Does holistic medicine and herbs always work?   There are a lot of people who have tried herbs or holistic therapies and say they do not work.   I have been using natural medicine for over 40 years with success. Yes, here and there I did have to take medicine but rarely. This was not always my view and the way I dealt with my health challenges.  Just to give you some of my history, I worked for doctors in the late 80's for about 5 years. I was part of a clinic in Ramona, Ca that went out administering to the Indian reservations in that area. I believed in doctors an ..read more

                                     Thank you to Andrew Ridley at Unsplash for the use of his picture here.  Mushrooms are one of the most amazing foods to boost your immune system and health!  As an herbalist, mushrooms are one of the newest foods to add to my daily regimen.  I knew about them but did not take them until the past year and a half.  It was when my Chronic Lyme disease flared up along with gut issues that I went back to research them.  There is so much resear ..read more

  Photo by Andrew Ridley on Unsplash Do you suffer from an illness such as Lyme Disease or MS?   Is your immune system compromised?  Is your auto-immune disease-causing severe fatigue? When we lived in TN, deep in tick country, I ended up with Chronic Lyme Disease.  Many chronic illnesses and diseases break down your immunity, your health and your mental health. Your body is always in fighting mode. Fatigue is a common complaint which is often severe at times. Even though I have recovered from most of the most serious effects of Lyme Disease such ..read more

What is your reaction to disasters? Do you get up and forge ahead despite the setback? It was over a week ago, that I looked at my own disaster and how I dealt with it.  I am a researcher and writer, so my computer is extremely important to my work.  I had not realized just how long it had been since I had backed up my computer research including a story I had written for my grandchildren. Life gets away from us and its like that bowl of soup in the refrigerator that you can't remember just when you cooked it.  Backing up your computer material is like that, and it can prove di ..read more

Learn How Adaptogen Herbs Differ From Other Herbs Plants.  How do Adaptogen herbs work to help the whole body to work more effectively? Herb plants grow all over the world in every country.  They are amazing  and complex in nature.  Each herb contains properties that are unique to its species, country, and how it is beneficial to both cooking and health. Many of these herbs are not in the Adaptogen category and I will explain the difference later in this blog. Examples that are not Adaptogen herbs are below. To use herbs properly even in cooking you need to know how they ..read more

One herb you May Not Know About for Anxiety and Calmness- Ashwagandha  One of the most serious problems with people today is anxiety. Most families have no idea about their jobs, food costs, rising rents and it all creates horrible anxiety in many people. In my other recent blogs, I have written on some lifestyle changes to reduce anxiety but sometimes we need more help. There are several herbs that can help with anxiety.  One of the main ones I am going to talk about today is Ashwagandha. It is an Ayurvedic herb used for thousands of years in India.  You many not of heard of i ..read more

  2022-  This year starts with continued stress and anxiety.   4 Herbs and supplements to help you cope. With everything from Covid to deadly wild fires and floods, 2022 is starting out with more to increase your stress level. Once you have done your best to lower your stress with diet, exercise and other lifestyle changes, there is more help.  This is one of two  or three more  blogs I am writing on this issue. Today the blog will address supplements and the next one herbs. The subject is too important to hit lightly.  So many blogs have so little real ..read more

 Possible war, the horrible killing in Ukraine, Covid, lock downs, business shut downs, kids being home schooled, the devastation of fires and flooding, gas and food skyrocketing are the headlines confronting us daily from every source. We go to the store and get almost nothing for $50.00 now. We just did that this yesterday. Our gas here went up again as well.   During these times people are becoming hopeless not knowing what their future will be.  I am sure that our parents and grandparents during the depression felt this way too.  In those days there were no unemplo ..read more

Learn how to become proactive in solving your own health problems when standard medicine has failed you. Education is POWER!  You can take over your health! Right now you have either been handed a diagnosis with no real results or you feel like garbage but you don't know where to begin?  This article will give you ideas on moving forward to getting well again. The first step is looking at your eating habits, your stress level, lifestyle habits such as drinking, smoking, junk food habits, and exercise habits.  This is the basics for improving health.    Herbs and supp ..read more

What Tests and Quality Control Steps Are Used On Herbs to Ensure Effectiveness  (why herbs may not work for you) Today's blog is on the importance of buying quality herb products no matter whether it is bulk herbs or herbs in any form.  Just because you buy organic herbs is not enough to ensure that the product you are buying is healthy. Organic should mean that they don't use pesticides on the product or chemicals.  That is often not the reality.  When we lived in California and was buying some organic produce from a farm, we were told that a neighbor sprayed their ..read more