by Sue Sprung | Jan 15, 2015 | Conditions
Detoxing is a bit of a loaded word these days, it pops up all over the place, but what does it mean and how can we used herbs to do it? A recent news report suggests that the idea of being able to ‘detox’ the body is a waste of time as our bodies are perfectly capable...
by Sue Sprung | May 31, 2014 | Conditions
Hypothyroidism is increasingly common these days. Typical symptoms are due to impaired metabolism which is regulated by thyroid hormones: Fatigue, Weight gain, Mood changes and cognitive function (there are many thyroxine receptors in the central nervous system)...
by Sue Sprung | May 15, 2014 | Conditions
Good digestion is fundamental to health and a holistic approach to ill health will always consider the digestive system. There are many plants that are commonly used to help with digestive complaints and below is an outline of some general classes of herbs used as...
by Sue Sprung | Mar 4, 2014 | Conditions, Individual herbs
A new study (Mozaffari-Khosravi et al., 2014) has shown the benefits of ginger in controlling blood sugar in diabetes; the study of 88 diabetic patients showed, amongst other measurements, a blood sugar reduction of 10.5% in the treatment group when 3g of ginger...
by Sue Sprung | Jan 11, 2014 | Conditions
The first edition of New Scientist this year has an article (Hobohm, 2014) about the practice of ‘fever therapy’ for cancer, used by US surgeon William Coley from around 1900 up until his death in 1936. Bacterial extracts were used to infect cancer...
by Sue Sprung | Oct 23, 2013 | Conditions
Migraines are debilitating for so many people and natural prevention and/or reduction of symptoms is most desirable. There are many factors involved in the processes that cause migraines, and there can be a large genetic component. Natural remedies can help the body...