CBD You’ve no doubt heard about the global craze sweeping the planet. Researchers, scientists, doctors, health enthusiasts, and people with mental and physical health issues are raving about the benefits of CBD. Cannabidiol—CBD—is a crystalline cannabis compound or phytocannabinoid discovered in 1940 in hemp, a strain of Cannabis sativa. It is one of some 113 identified cannabinoids accounting […]
Here Comes the Sun Growing up in Michigan in the 50s, we would summer at a tent and trailer park on the bank of Lake Huron. Many hours were spent playing and running around outside, swimming and fishing in the lake and hanging out on the beach.
Top 7 Lemon Balm Benefits In this article, I will share with you the Top 7 lemon balm benefits. 1. Supports brain health and function 2. Used for centuries to promote relaxation and induce restful sleep 3. Powerful antioxidant properties 4. Supports normal blood sugar levels 5. Powerful antimicrobial effects 6. May relieve inflammation and pain […]
Aromatherapy for Valentines the Rose We have one day each year set aside strictly for affairs of the heart. Valentine’s Day. As a child, I remember the ritual of writing the name of each of my class mates on a little card purchased by my parents. We would then exchange them in class, en mass, after […]
Flower Essences in Vibrational Medicine In my experience with flower essences over the past 30 years, I have found that subtle influences can indeed evoke profound changes. Our kinship with plants makes us susceptible to their vibrational influence. The use of plants to heal predates our historic period Plants have been evolving on this earth […]
What’s up Dock? Yellow dock, Rumex crispus, is a common weed, found growing around wet places nearly worldwide. Native to Europe and north Asia, this herb is now considered an invasive alien in many places, including San Diego. It is being removed from some canyons here in an effort to reestablish the plant populations to […]
Primitive people and wild animals have been using plants for medicine since before our recorded history. They enjoy a natural alliance with the plants and are guided by an instinctual wisdom in their use of them. Modern people, having, to some degree, lost this connection, have come to rely on an intellectual understanding of herbs, […]
San Diego encompasses coastal valleys, mountains and desert. This geographic diversity and a temperate climate provide life zones favorable to a variety of native plants. The native San Diegans, several local tribes, had a sacred relationship with their medicine plants. They used them with ritual and prayer. White Sage One native plant used by native […]
If you or someone you know is struggling with opiate addiction and finding it difficult to learn the best way to quit…you are not alone. In fact, you are part of an ENORMOUS population of people that share a common bond. It is estimated that somewhere between 26.4 million and 36 million people abuse opioids worldwide, with over 2.5 […]
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