There’s something magical about wild food: It draws us closer to the earth—and it’s delicious. Maybe it’s easy to romanticize this ease with nature, but it is romantic.
By Annie Graves
Ostrich-Fern Fiddleheads Photo Credit : The 3 Foragers Photo by New England Today. Image of fiddlehead ferns on a plate sourced from New England Today. Available at: https://newengland.com/
As it turns out, spring cleaning is yet another opportunity to integrate herbs into our lives. Herbs can be used to clear and uplift the energy in our homes while herbal cleaning products are a good choice for our health and the health of our ecosystem. Not to mention that inhaling the scent of herbs while we tidy up is downright pleasureful!
Photo by The Herbal Academy. Image of herbal preparation with dried herbs and a mortar and pestle sourced from The Herbal Academy. Available at: https://theherbalacademy.com
Peripheral nerve injury not only affects the site of the injury, but can also induce neuronal apoptosis at the spinal cord. However, many acupuncture clinicians still focus only on the injury site, selecting acupoints entirely along the injured nerve trunk and neglecting other regions; this may delay onset of treatment efficacy and rehabilitation. Therefore, in the present study, we compared the clinical efficacy of acupuncture at Governor vessel and local meridian acupoints combined (GV/LM group) with acupuncture at local meridian acupoints alone (LM group) in the treatment of patients with peripheral nerve injury.
Famous for facilitating an incredible exchange of culture and goods between the East and the West, the ancient Silk Road is thought to have meandered across long horizontal distances in mountain foothills and the lowlands of the Gobi Desert. But new archaeological evidence hidden in a lofty tomb reveals that it also ventured into the high altitudes of Tibet—a previously unknown arm of the trade route.
Source: “Earliest Tea As Evidence For One Branch Of The Silk Road Across The Tibetan Plateau,” By Houyuan Lu Et Al., In Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, Article No. 18955; January 7, 2016; Map by Mapping Specialists
By Beth Griffing
Parenting is stressful. (Maybe you’ve heard?) But before you reach for that third glass of chardonnay or end up couch-locked during a Dora the Explorer marathon because you forgot that pot is stronger now than when you were in college, consider that acupuncture is one of the best ways for parents to de-stress without the aftereffects of drugs and alcohol, while having a longer term effect.
When we talk about the element of wood, many people immediately think of the hard wood from mature trees. However, the tiny green sprouts of new plants are also considered wood, and in many ways give us a better understanding into this element.
By Taryn Dentinger, DVM, CVA Image of a close-up of a person's eye with an allergic reaction sourced from IVC Journal. Available at: https: ivcjournal.com
Western medicine will sometimes accept chronic conditions as a variant of “healthy” if they’re not life-threatening or debilitating. It has become routine to treat symptoms as they appear, but to disregard the underlying immune system dysfunction that leads to the allergy symptoms in the first place.
Photo by Heidi Shin. Image of people practicing yoga in a serene outdoor setting sourced from Yes! Magazine. Available at: www.yesmagazine.org
After doctors realized their exam room reminded traumatized patients of torture chambers, they invited Buddhist monks and Cambodian healers to bring age-old therapies to the clinic.
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