Health and Well-Being Naturally
Posted in General, Home Treatments on Dec 31st, 2011
Yesterday a friend who is visiting Portland from Majorca, Spain told me that she continues to refer to my book Herbal Medicine for Health and Well-Being (Sterling 2004) when she has a health issue come up and wonders what herbs she can use to support her best health. This exchange reminded me that I really [...]
When I talk to clients in my office about eating a whole food diet rich in vegetables and good quality protein and fats I often get blank stares when it comes to breakfast – especially a grab-and-go kind of breakfast. Most people I talk to can relate to having a lunch of salad with avocado, [...]
Posted in General, Healthy Skin on May 25th, 2011
The word protection has taken on a new meaning as multiple environmental factors create a toxic cocktail that is detrimental to our health and skin. It is estimated that 90 percent of skin aging is caused from UV radiation from sun exposure. Sun exposure is at the top of the list as a major contributor [...]
Posted in General, Nutritional Cleansing on Jan 29th, 2011
I just made a delicious warm green shake and wanted to share the idea since in the colder months many people shy away from nutritional shakes because they tend to be cold. I started by adding zucchini, green beans, lacinato kale, burdock root and asparagus to a pot of water and brought it to a [...]
Posted in General on Jan 23rd, 2011
Weight gain or difficulty losing weight, poor sleep, cold hands and feet, dry skin, thin hair, heavy menses, brittle nails, depression, physical and mental fatigue, constipation, low libido – this is a list of symptoms associated with low thyroid function. Many people (mostly women) see a list similar to this and think low thyroid MUST [...]
Posted in General on Oct 23rd, 2010
It seems that as soon as Labor Day passed I started to hear sniffles and coughs in my yoga classes and see clients in my office fighting early-season colds. Now it is October and the air has cooled and the rains have come. Along with this change of seasons colds and flu happen, but there [...]
Posted in General, Home Treatments on Aug 9th, 2010
Earlier today a client and I got talking about painful heel cracks. I told her about the success I have personally had using castor oil. It reminded me that this remedy is in my book Herbal Medicine for Health and Well-Being (Sterling 2004). Since that book is in limited supply, I thought I would share [...]
Posted in General, Nutritional Cleansing on Jul 15th, 2010
As you can read in my post on Healthy Sodas, I just returned from my summer vacation. In addition to the family reunion, my husband and I went on a backpacking trip in the Trinity Alps of Northern California. We were surrounded by absolute stunning beauty that positively and powerfully shifted my disposition. We found [...]
Posted in General on Jul 15th, 2010
I just returned from a really fun family reunion at Lake Tahoe. It was fabulous in every way. In addition to hiking, biking, hanging out at the beach and taking a speedboat ride, one of the ways we had fun together was preparing food. To accompany our meals I had brought along some of my [...]
Posted in General, Nutritional Cleansing on Jun 19th, 2010
I am very excited about the launch of Seaside Cleanse Camps (for details visit the Cleanse Camp Tab above). In a recent email from my partner in this endeavor, she described it as an opportunity to: Go to the beach. Do nothing except RELAX, cleanse, LEARN, laugh, stretch, meet new people and perhaps make new [...]
Laura Washington ND
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