Wonder Oil

Castor plant

Wonder Oil Jim, the first student on whom I demonstrated a castor pack, had been a raging alcoholic and had fairly serious cirrhosis of the liver, a slowly progressing disease in which healthy liver tissue is replaced with scar tissue.

Herbal Therapeutics In Perspective

Plants Have Been Adapting And Evolving On This World For Several Billion Years They’ve figured out how to live on sunlight and to use its energy to synthesize the primary compounds necessary for their metabolic functioning. You’d think they would have their act together by now.

Full-Spectrum CBD

I have been practicing herbal medicine since 1979 and teaching it since 1985. That year I tore my Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) playing basketball. I went to an MD friend who was a practicing herbalist who recommended treating it with a hot herbal compress, rather than surgery, the traditional approach in allopathic medicine. Long story […]

I Can Breathe

Mullein plant

I Can Breathe I formulated a respiratory tea when I had a serious case of the influenza virus many years ago and was having difficulty breathing. It contained these parts by weight: 4 parts Mullein leaves 4 parts Coltsfoot leaves 3 parts Peppermint leaves 2 parts Lobelia herb I added honey to the tea to […]

Sea Buckthorn Oil Benefits

seabuckthorn

Seabuckthorn Oil, Hippophae rhamnoides (hip-POH-fay ram-NOY-deez) is a deciduous shrub. It ranges from Europe, including Britain, from Norway south and east to Spain and Asia to Japan and the Himalayas.

Treating Sports Injuries

no ice

Treating Sports Injuries The Question: Does cryotherapy, the use of extreme cold in surgery or other medical treatment, improve outcomes for acute soft tissue injuries? I have been playing basketball for more than six decades and although it is purported to be a non-contact sport, I have sustained a plethora of injuries, so I have some […]

Supplement Support for Health and Well-Being

Vitamin C

Supplement Support for Health and Well-Being I have been supplementing two important vitamins and a mineral to support my general health and well-being and to now protect myself from possible harsh consequences of covid-19 infection. Vitamin C Vitamin C is perhaps the most popular supplement taken to protect against infection due to its important role […]

How We Become a Petri Dish

covid petri dish

How we become a petri dish The common flu is a coronavirus According to WebMD some important statistics on the flu based on the best available data: • 5% to 20% — Percentage of the U.S. population that will get the flu, on average, each year. • 200,000 — Average number of Americans hospitalized each […]

Upcoming Classes & Events

Practical Applications of Herbs

Starts March 25

Herbalism 101

Starts April 16

Medicine Making Workshop

May 5