Warning: This article contains graphic wound images. Viewer discretion advised. I was sitting in the house one morning trying to get motivated to comb my hair and go to work when my phone rang. It was my receptionist. “Doctor Jones, you’d better come out here.” My morning commute is about 30 feet. I left the […]
How to Get Medicinal Plants Into the Kiddos! So, you’ve arrived at the point in your life where you understand the remarkable benefits of using herbs for a variety of life’s ills. You’re full of evangelical zeal to share your new herbal friends with your loved ones and excitedly await the opportunity to save someone […]
“Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink” is a line from the epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In the poem, the mariner is stranded in a becalmed sea. He is surrounded by water on all sides but is dying of thirst because the salt water is undrinkable. […]
Scooter is a nice little sheltie. He has a lot of responsibility. He gets mom up for breakfast at 7 a.m. sharp every morning, circles the kids to keep them in a well-mannered flock in the backyard and, most importantly, defends the perimeter from undesireables. Not long ago this last part of Scooter’s job got […]
Last week we talked about traveling with herbs. We had some good comments from readers on what they carried around and why. This week I’d like to talk about what sorts of things one could carry in an herbal first aid kit that would cover all the bases. Speaking of Herbal First Aid, I’ll be doing […]
Hopefully preaching to the choir here but… A recent study showed that many of the herbal supplement products on store shelves contain little or none of the herb on the label. Yikes! Researchers chose several popular herbs (Echinacea, St. John’s Wort,Ginkgo bilboa…) and purchased randomly selected products at healthfood stores and other natural supplement outlets. They then did DNA […]
By Patrick Jones, DVM In 1928 the world changed. A microbiologist named Alexander Flemming discovered a miracle. The miracle was called penicillin. Penicillin is a chemical produced by the Penecillium mold. The mold doesn’t like to compete with bacteria…so it kills them. Penecillin’s discovery opened the door to more research and antibiotics were born. More and more […]
It seems that everywhere we turn there is another herbal cleanse protocol or product being marketed. With that marketing often comes a lot of misinformation about cleansing. Let’s look at a few principles that can help you to make the most of this practice. Less is More First, let’s look at the natural processes of our […]
One of the most rewarding things about the world of herbal medicines is the self empowerment one feels. It’s a wonderful feeling to be able to address our own health and wellness issues using these wonderful plants. Having the plants close at hand is an amazing lifestyle. When I feel myself coming down with a cold, […]
People are discovering, more and more, that modern Western medicine doesn’t have all the answers. It’s my belief that the principle reason they don’t have more answers is because they are asking the wrong question! The entire basis of modern medical training and practice revolves around one question. It’s the first question we are asked […]
