Detox – A Good Way to Make a Fresh Start

‘Tis the season! Oh, you thought it was over? In January and February every year our clinic feels somewhat like a confessional. “Forgive me Father for I have sinned. I haven’t eaten right in 30 days. I cannot believe how much I went off the wagon over the festive season.”  The post Christmas season is
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Medicinal Mushrooms Part 6: Cordyceps, the Energetic One

Cordyceps, in its many forms, has been used since the 15th century in China and Tibet, while also being used by indigenous peoples around the world.1,2 I have seen it growing in diverse places like China and the Amazon. Its Chinese name dong chong xia cao literally means “winter bug, summer herb,” a reference to
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Medicinal Mushroom Part 5: Chaga, the Siberian Wonder

I was first introduced to Chaga (under another name), over a campfire talk by a Cree Elder from Northern Alberta, in the late 1980s. I was one of several instructors in a survival course on the lovely Kootenay Plains.  We were gathered to put on a weeklong course on various primitive technologies that could be
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Good New on NHPD Restrictions

Last week the NHPD released 10 natural source products back into the mainstream product application and use. Only a few affect Herbalists, but this could be significant. All ten of these substances were restricted to prescription use only. The one that we are the happiest with are: Oil of Apiol,  Parsley oil Centella asiatica, Gotu
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