Sinuses are kind of weird. An hour-long check of about 30 websites writing about sinuses shows an amazing lack of understanding about the purpose of our sinuses. The general consensus is that we are not sure what the sinuses are for. The conjecture is that they are there to humidify the air coming into the lungs, […]
I have been noticing a peculiar trend over the last couple of decades with patients, their temperatures are dropping. Back when I was growing up and through my schooling years the normal temperature of your average human was 98.6 degrees. This is what is still taught in school. Yet when I check patients or […]
I carry a lot of different supplements in my office for treating many different conditions and ailments. Yet 90% of what patients ask for and pick up are natural supports for pain relief. Pain seems to be a big problem these days. A shocking statistic I came across the other day is that opioids are […]
The last two weeks have been a killer for all my patients with allergies. First it was the pine trees and then the oak trees that started dumping blankets of yellow dust on everyone’s cars. At first it is hard to tell if the stuffy nose and scratchy throat are just a virus trying to take […]
I attended a class last weekend on using herbal teas as a home pharmacy for treating common complaints. One of the keystone skills presented in this class was a form of muscle testing that anybody can do without any training. I had not been reminded of this technique in years and thought that I would […]
Are you ever bloated? I hear it all the time from patients – “I eat a meal and a little later I look like I am 6 months pregnant!” Now I am not talking about feeling too full because you have just eaten your way through the Sunday Brunch Buffet. You’d expect to feel overly […]