The Herbal Advisor began as my radio program on World Radio Geneva in Switzerland for Ex-Pats and English speakers. The stories, the patients, the recommendations I made for countless concerns, became the foundation for Conscious Body Natural Medicine, a natural medicine practice of certified herbals, homeopathy and therapy. Since the start of this practice almost 40 years ago, thousands of clients with hundreds of different symptoms, illnesses and conditions have walked through my door seeking relief and resolution.
They found it and so their stories and my cases are documented, discussed and explained here for you. These articles and notes will provide you with some general guidance, ideas to try and true natural solutions that are being used daily Conscious Body Natural Medicine today.
Loneliness affects people's health. Don't doubt it for a minute. Up until this generation, older people were always kept at home where there was a sense of belonging. Where they were surrounded by their favorite things, ate the healthiest of foods, and were supported daily with love and devotion. And now?
Read MoreThere are so many things you feel you should know, tricks that stores do to sell you things, research to be sure you're walking out with the best deal, and not to mention the fact that you want to eat healthy! It's not so easy these days to know what to buy, when to buy it, where to find it or to have the time to get everything you need before the sun goes down.
Read MoreI want to give you an interesting truth here. All of us, and I mean ALL of us as women are unique in our bodies. And at the same time, none of us, and I mean NONE of us are happy with our body in its natural state. This has developed into the beauty biz. An entire industry to give us what we are missing or what we think we are missing.
Read MoreI think everyone would love to have peaceful sleep every single night. More and more pharmaceutical medications are targeting insomnia as a condition that requires medication. Once you start to look seriously at the side effects of any medication, you really have to think twice. You’d be surprised how many people might end up not just sleeping, but as my grandfather would say, sleeping with the fishes.
Read MoreI think half of our problems would resolve and half of our illness would disappear if we all had someone to talk to...
Read MoreThe choices we make is a dilemma for each of us every day of our lives. Some choices are small, some are large, some are life-changing. There is a dam project in Peru that will wipe out not just 60 villages and displace their residents, but it will destroy a large chunk of forest which is an essential producer of oxygen and absorber of carbon dioxide. If the roots of the trees are left in the ground instead of removed, then the decay of submerged tree roots will result in massive amounts of carbon dioxide and methane being released. But it will create resources and energy for entire populations. Is it worth the cost?
Read MoreWe try to do healthy things, not really knowing if they make a difference or not to our longevity. We don't really think about our quality of life, because today our quality is pretty good. I've been especially thinking about this lately because I don't have a husband, or any children. Who could I rely on if my quality of life declined?
Read MoreSo last night it was a gorgeous night for sleeping, meaning all the windows are open and the breeze was like out of a dream. And then the trucks began. Monday morning at 4:30 AM and it should be illegal! But the truth is that not only is my peaceful rest disturbed on most mornings, the idea of peaceful rest doesn't really even exist anymore.
Read MoreI remember when I was a kid that getting a physical at the doctor involved not just being so nervous I could pee all the way from the car to the examination room, but it involved something that there seems to be so little of... time. A "physical" involved having a physical examination. Checking, eyes, ears, nose, throat, heart, reflexes, my walk, my stance and LOTS of palpation. So it took quite a bit of time because it also involved a lot of questions and a lot of talking. That doesn't seem to be the definition of a physical now.
Read MoreMy grandmother died recently at 96. She had been bedridden for a few years because of a choice she made many years before where she decided that eating fat was unhealthy and so she wouldn't eat an ounce of fat after that. Gradually her knees deteriorated, her joints weakened, she became more confused and lost her hearing. All because of the choice she made to not eat fat. It was the result of a harmless suggestion given to her by her doctor at the time, who wanted to point out that her cholesterol was a bit higher than her last visit and so removing some fat from her diet might be wise. She took it to heart...
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