Alternative Medicines

The Story about CBD – Part 3

Welcome to the final part in our 3-part series on CBD. If you missed either of the first two parts you can still read Part 1 and Part 2. Now onto the final part. Should You Consider CBD? Based on my...

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Nov08

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The Story about CBD – Part 2

Welcome to the 2nd part in our 3-part series on CBD. If you missed the first part, “CBD Basics,” you can read it here. On to part 2: “How CBD Works and Its Uses.” How CBD Works and Its Uses CBD’s...

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Nov08

The Story About CBD (A 3-part series)

Welcome to our 3-part series on CBD. Here we’ll tackle all the questions you’ve had about CBD but didn’t know who to ask. On to part one: CBD Basics! CBD Basics CBD seems to have something for...

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Nov08

The Healing Power of Plants

Jim Duke, America's elder statesman of herbs and spices, is a dedicated and strong-willed scientist whose advocacy of natural healing methods has never diminished. Born in Birmingham, Alabama in...

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Aug26

A Field Guide to Stress

Tom Ferguson, M.D. interviews Kenneth R. Pelletier Ph.D. about explains how a prolonged biological stress pattern leads to disease. He details how to break this pattern with various stress management...

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Aug26

Self-Care In a Mexican Village

Tom Ferguson, M.D. interviews David Werner about the self-care network run by the farm people among the villages in western Mexico. These people with no formal medical training have learned how to...

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Aug26

Herbal Materia Medica

Aug26

Manifesto for a New Medicine

Daniel Redwood DC

Daniel Redwood, D.C. interviews James Gordon, M.D. about the dramatic advances in public acceptance of alternative medicine in the past decade and how he first became involved with alternatives. Dr. Gordon offers inspiring stories of healing from...

Aug26

Natural Health, Natural Medicine

Daniel Redwood DC

Daniel Redwood, D.C. interviews Andrew Weil, M.D. about his views on integrating natural medicine into conventional healthcare settings and the need to reform medical school curriculum, medical licensing boards, and government policies.

Aug26

The White House Commission On Complementary And Alternative Medicine Policy

Daniel Redwood DC

Daniel Redwood, D.C. interviews James Gordon, M.D. about the goals of The White House Commission On Complementary And Alternative Medicine Policy, the key areas it will address, and the Commission's desire to elicit the broadest possible input from...

Aug26

Of Love, Death, And The Medical Cold War

Daniel Redwood DC

In "Of Love, Death, And The Medical Cold War" Daniel Redwood, D.C. interviews A. Robert Smith about his late wife Jane’s final illness as an example of the adversarial relations and lack of coordination between the alternative and conventional...

Aug26

Wild Lettuce

David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMH

Lactuca virosa Compositae Names: Lettuce Opium Habitat: Indigenous to Central and Southern Europe and Northern Asia, cultivated elsewhere. Collection: The leaves should be gathered in June and July. Part Used: Dried leaves. Constituents: Lactucin, a...

Aug26

Witch Hazel

David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMH

Hamamelis virginiana Hamameliadaceae Habitat: Indigenous to N. America and Canada. Collection: The leaves can be gathered throughout the summer and driedquickly to ensure that they do not become discoloured. The bark is gathered inthe spring after...

Dec06

Kava–Elixir of the Pacific

Christopher Hobbs LAc AHG

Kava is Piper methisticum Forst. from the pepper family, Piperaceae.
Depending on the area of the Pacific, Piper methisticum has been called
Kava, awa, waka, lawena, or yaqona by the people who have used it perhaps
for thousands of years.