The Two Traditions of Medicine When we think of health, it is might be worthwhile to point out that historically there are essentially two dominant conceptions of the body. While
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Skeptical of the Skeptics: Unreason in the name of Reason
Skeptical of the Skeptics: Unreason in the name of Reason Sometime ago I happened to hear vocal health skeptic Timothy Caulfield spreading his disdain for natural medicine on a Canadian
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The Quality of Natural Products In the U.S., reports emerge periodically indicating that herbal products are not to be trusted. When products have been tested from American chain drug stores,
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Taking a Sledgehammer to Heartburn You may be surprised to learn that medicine is subject to trends, one could even call them fads. For example, I’ve been astonished at the
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Choice, Fate and Aging It’s a wry fact that many of those who have been most vocal about best health practices have suffered the indignity of a relatively early death
View moreMaking Herbal Medicines, My New Vocation
Making Herbal Medicines, My New Vocation Plant medicines in the form of herbal tinctures have gradually become an important part of my naturopathic practice that always and still centres on
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Creating quality herbal extracts for botanical medicine: My Ongoing Adventures in Botanical Medicine I wrote a blog post a while back about my explorations in making quality herbal extracts. I
View morePenetrating the Illusion of Separation
Penetrating the Illusion of Separation The following article was written six or seven years ago as the afterword to a small book, essentially done but I’ve still been dithering over
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