This month’s blogparty is all about staying cool this summer, and it’s hosted by Alchemille’s Garden.
I’ve always loved summer, I was born in early July in the deep South and have ever since thought of it as my own personal season. When I was very little I lived for a time on an island and [...]
For this month’s Spring Greens blogparty, hosted by Darcey Blue of Gaia’s Gifts.
Every year Loba and I gather pounds and pounds of fresh wild Grape leaves. From the time the first tender heart shaped leaves unfurl until the oldest, toughest leaves turn color and fall we spend a little while nearly every day gathering [...]
Remember the Cellulitis from hell post? You probably thought that was long since resolved, right? Wrong.
Right after I wrote that, the client cut that same foot again on the same bit of weirdly venomous metal. One long ragged cut across the top of the foot. I could have cried. Despite nearly immediate treatmen the foot [...]
So I’ve had this really annoying digestive issue for a long time: every time I ate much protein or anything high in animal fat, I’d get ungodly ill. I mean, I couldn’t even take a tsp of fish oil without feeling like I’d swallowed a swamp for at least 24 hours. If I ate a [...]
Check out this great post by Paul Bergner regarding the wonderfulness of eating meat, and here’s a quote to whet your appetite:
A very large trial showed that meat eating was protective against heart disease, and a large and growing body of evidence shows that meat eating is protective against osteoporosis and its worst endpoint. This [...]
First things first: I don’t recommend ever putting a salve on a fresh burn. It seems to hold the heat in and aggravate the burn. Once the heat is gone from the burn, salves can be very healing.
Second, don’t put ice on burns, especially severe burns, you run the risk of increasing tissue loss and [...]
So you know that case I talked about the other day? Well, it got worse again the next day. In fact, it got downright scary again, the swelling didn’t reoccur much but the red rash (cellulitis) started to spread up the ankle. And then I smacked myself in the head in disbelief at my own [...]
Note: If you read this post, please be sure to read the followup post as well which give further important information on the treatment of cellulitis and other infections of the skin.
I have recently attended to a great number of acute injuries to the hands and feet of various family, clients, students and assorted other [...]
An overview of some of the evidence pointing to obesity as a direct result of malnutrition, especially associated with certain minerals and vitamins. This is a post from Regina Wilshire’s Weight of the Evidence blog.
She also has a really interesting post on the lack of difference in results between a low GI diet and a [...]
The other day I was planting berry bushes in the riverbank. It was cold, and my hands were numb and covered in dirt and sand, so when the palm of my right hand started to itch I just scratched absentmindedly at it and went back to work. It kept on itching , so I looked [...]
The guidelines below are rather general but can be helpful when used in context. I’m mostly referring to excessive menstrual bleeding, miscarriage or abortion aftercare. Post-partum is a bit different, and I’m not as familiar with it.
Perhaps the most important aspect to examine here, is what defines excessive. It’s perfectly natural for some women to [...]
In a culture caught up in brand name diets, and “detoxifying” lifestyles, it’s quite easy to get sucked into the latest low-fat diet or sugar-free fad. All of us want to be healthier, and all of us want to feed our families the optimal, nutritive foods. So how do we sort through the mind-numbing array [...]
I’ve had steadily worsening blood sugar swings over the past few years despite a high quality/low carb diet, daily nourishing herbal infusions and being in good shape. My blood sugar swings resulted in fatigue, nausea, mood swings, dizziness and other unpleasantness. And no matter how carefully, or how often, I ate, it just got worse. [...]
You might have guessed by now, that we don’t yet have internet. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we’re rescheduled for installation this coming Saturday. ‘Course now the river’s up, and driving conditions questionable for bringing the satellite man into the canyon. Sheesh. It’ll seem like some kind of miracle if I can answer emails from home [...]
Note to self: If you have adrenal burnout, you really should not drink coffee, even decaf.
Sheesh, you’d think I’d know, wouldn’t you? But I was doing so much better that I got sloppy and started having decaf lattes now and then, and then a few times a week…. and suddenly my adrenals are acting all [...]
