Herbal Series

Dear Friends,                                                   April, 2017       In spring while weeding my gardens, I have a routine. I gently dig up dandelions to remove most of the root that I […]

Dear Friends,                                        January 2016   I hope you’ve enjoyed your holidays and you are starting the new year with health, joy and prosperity …and if this hasn’t been the case, may the universe whisper in your Angel’s ears and make

Dear Friends,           Ginkgo is a tree that has been called a living fossil because though it exists today, its fossil evidence dates back 270 million years. As a matter of fact it is the only survivor in its evolutionary line, and the only plant in its family (Ginkgoacea).  It was brought to America from

March 2015 Dear Friends,             I highly recommend using devils claw for arthritis. Devil’s claw is native to South Africa and was first used medicinally thousands of years ago in Madagascar and the Kalahari Desert. It belongs to the sesame family. It gets its name from the large hooks that

January 2015 Dear Friends, Turmeric is a safe anti-inflammatory herb that is used heavily in India as one of the milder spices in their curry blend.  It is a relative of the ginger plant and as with the ginger plant the tuberous root is the part of the plant used in herbal medicine.  Peeling the

January 2014 Dear Friends, I think it‘s only natural to review your life when one year ends and another year begins; if not your whole life, at least the year that has past.  We remember those we have lost and the new friends we’ve made, we remember our achievements as well as our blunders.  After

Dear Friends, This week I got some bad news about a client who passed after going to the hospital. Her daughter felt that she was over medicated and had far too many procedures. This prompted me to do some research on prescription death rates. In so doing, I stumbled across an online article called “The

Dear Friends, I am pleased to tell you that May 4th is the 8th annual National Herb Day so in Honor of this I would like to talk about one of the finest yet most over looked herbs…one could even say a miracle herb.          There is an herb that cleanses the blood and reduces

November 2012 Dear Friends,             This newsletter is going to be much shorter than usual for two reasons. 1) I know you are busy 2) I want you to read it.          By now those of you who live in California have probably been bombarded with the pros and cons as to whether GMOs should