Chinese Herbal Medicine

Are you looking for a natural remedy to fight off a cold or to boost your energy, but you don’t know where to turn? Chinese Herbal Medicine has been around for thousands of years and is used to treat many conditions, such as allergies, asthma, PMS, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, menopausal symptoms, and irritable bowel syndrome, among others. Often used in conjunction with acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine can be customized for each individual and provide
Read MoreWCCO Interview on Allergy Remedies


It’s allergy season and sometimes those over-the-counter medications don’t do the trick. WCCO’s Kim Johnson invited Senia Mae of Healing InSight in to talk about natural remedies for seasonal allergies. For more information, also check out our blog post on Allergy Remedies!
Read MoreSeasonal Allergies are Nothing to Sneeze At!
Seasonal allergies have hit many of us hard this spring, but there are so many natural remedies your can use to find relief from common symptoms. Why do we get allergies? In the Barrel Theory of allergies, our body has the capacity to hold onto a certain number of allergens without reacting. But once that barrel becomes full we begin to suffer from symptoms. How can we alleviate our symptoms?
Read MoreSuffering at Work? Remedies for Common Workplace Issues!
Do you ever experience aches and pains from sitting at your desk? How about while texting on your phone or typing on your computer? Here are some causes of these common workplace pains and how to alleviate them. Problem #1 – Wrist Pain What causes it? Typing on your computer, mousing, texting Potential health issue: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Solutions: Wear a wrist brace. Wrist splints and braces can easily be
Read MoreHow do you know you’re taking quality herbal supplements?


Over breakfast and the newspaper last week my husband said, “Did you hear about the herbal supplements in New York? Testing found that supplements at Target, Walgreen’s, and GNC didn’t contain any active herbs. Some just had garlic powder in them!” This is one of my pet peeves—crappy herbal supplements. Vitamins and herbs aren’t regulated in the US so there are a lot of poor quality products on the shelves,
Read MoreTreating Yeast Infections With Probiotics
Here’s an amazing Friday trick for those of you who suffer those annoying, frustrating, and potentially chronic yeast infections! In my opinion, yeast infections are one of the most annoying things to deal with. It’s so nice when you can treat it with a natural method, too. When I went to school, one of my classmates was a nun and had done missionary work in Africa, where they did not
Read More7 Probiotics You Need to Know About
It seems a little strange when you think about it—the fact that swallowing live microbes might make you feel better. But when you think of them as armies of the good guys, it gets a little less weird. They do a lot of thankless work—that is, until you’re unbalanced. Then you might have a whole host of problems or symptoms on your hands and it’s a relatively painless solution! I
Read MoreProbiotics 101
Or, maybe we could call this “When a good bug goes bad. Or disappears. And what we can do about it.” You may have seen a lot about probiotics in the news, on commercials, or recommended in natural-health magazines for a whole host of issues you may be having, but how much do you know about them? It’s a huge topic, so I wanted to bring you a little information
Read MoreThe Best Safe Sunblocks
All right, so we’ve been really digging the sun this week, right? I wanted to share with you some of my favorite sunscreens and sunblocks with you! I have two basic guidelines for picking sunblock: 1. No oxybenzone (watch out for this in lip balms containing SPF too!) 2. If “fragrance” is listed in the the ingredients, there’s no limit to the type of chemicals in the entire formulation. Scary,
Read MoreSun Safety: Guide to Sunblock
Bask in the sunshine. Boost your Qi. Absorb Vitamin D. But stay safe. Not only do you not want to soak up all the good stuff the sun provides, you want to protect against skin cancer, sunburns, and sunspots/aging. We’re starting to hear some creepy stuff about sunscreens and sunblocks—that maybe using sunblock doesn’t also prevent skin cancer. Turns out that SPF 50 you were putting on only prevents sunburn,
Read MoreFabulous Friday: Honey


Ahhh, take a deep breath: It’s May! Oh, feeling a little congested, stuffy, or sneezy? Shoot. Well, one of the greatest things that you can do if you have allergies is to consume a little bit of honey every day—but make sure it is made by local bees, exposed to local pollens. You can add it to tea or oatmeal, or to your Master Cleanse drink or lemon water. And
Read MoreFabulous Friday: Jet-Lag Remedy


Today’s Fabulous Friday is short and sweet! One of the downsides of taking a fabulous vacation is jet lag. It can leave you feeling like a zombie, sick to your stomach, or unable to sleep. And you want to enjoy your vacation to the fullest! Well, you know I have a suggestion for you so that you don’t needlessly suffer. It’s very imaginatively called No-Jet-Lag, and it’s a homeopathic remedy
Read MoreThree Essential Herbs for Travel
Hello hello! Having just returned from an early spring break, I’ve been thinking about what I do to stay healthy when I travel so I can share it with you. With this wretched winter, you’re probably ready for your own spring break! But one of the worst things ever is finally getting to take that beach vacation, or traveling for work for a big conference or presentation, and getting sick
Read MoreFive Ways to Keep Your Immune System Strong This Winter
We have officially reached that time of winter. The time where we’re not sure we can press on. The time where almost everyone has been struck down with something that has made them even more under the weather than the wind chill number indicates cold! Besides the usual colds and influenza, there has been a rash of stomach flu, bronchitis, and other nasty bugs going around this winter, probably because
Read MoreFive Ways to Get a Flatter Stomach Without Crunches
Put away the As Seen on TV AbRollers. Get up off the floor. There are a few ways to flatten your stomach without doing mind-numbing crunches. I promise! The added bonus is that you will improve your digestive flow in the process. Here are five easy ways to get rid of bloating—and look trimmer, too. 1. Cut out sugar—even the fake stuff. Sugars ferment in your gut and cause bloating.
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