Kunzite! For smart gators in all of your motes.

I asked my friend, who is a very closeted and gifted poet, “What is the core message of your poetry?” She thought for second and said, “I’m not sure if there is a core message, but there is a core question. Which asks, ‘Where do I end, and my beloveds begin? and, Where is the intersection . . . → Read More: Kunzite! For smart gators in all of your motes.

Vitamin D and Ancestral Health

Vitamin D is perhaps one of the most important and mysterious nutrients that our bodies need. Recent research has found that Vitamin D is important for not only bone health, but immune, hormonal, cardiovascular, and emotional health as well.  It is potentially crucial in prevention of many cancers, viral infections, chronic . . . → Read More: Vitamin D and Ancestral Health

Be on the lookout

For your little holiday package from us. We are sending all of you some coupons and a little update about all that has been going on here. Have a great December everybody. We are here and the rooms are all warm and cozy, if you . . . → Read More: Be on the lookout

Now…What’s REALLY Possible?

I went to dinner with some of my dear old friends recently. One of them is an ER doctor, and she is so gracious about all of the medical questions she is asked during casual conversations. She is treated like the expert on everyone else’s body. And she knows it . . . → Read More: Now…What’s REALLY Possible?

Rhodiola, gift to humanity!

I am writing this blog to save me some work, because I suggest rhodiola rosea so often that this will save me writing this love anthem over and over on little pieces of paper and stuffing them into my patients goody bags.

Jessica taught me everything I know about this herb, so this is coming from her, . . . → Read More: Rhodiola, gift to humanity!

Confessions of a Coconut Pusher

Recently, a dear friend who is also a patient of mine accused me of being a “coconut pusher.”  And it does seem true that hardly anyone emerges from my treatment room without a prescription for eating coconut.  After 20 years of studying herbs, nutrition and healing, coconut is my number one healing “herb” (second only to . . . → Read More: Confessions of a Coconut Pusher

Sapphire Miracle

Today, I traveled down to Franklin, NC in search of some adventure at Mason’s ruby and sapphire mine. Franklin is truly a rockhounder’s paradise with rock shops, gem museums, and mines around every corner. Mason’s mine site appealed to me because it is “unsalted,” meaning the mine owners do not enrich (throw little specimens from other . . . → Read More: Sapphire Miracle

When Doctors Were Invented

Doctors were invented during the birth of the industrial revolution. When factories began to emerge, people left their homes and villages to go to work – for the first time. Before this, people were working for their father or their uncle or their cousin, on their land or up the road. They ate together at the . . . → Read More: When Doctors Were Invented

Rockhounding at the Little Pine Garnet Mine in Madison County

Yesterday Murphy and I traveled out to Madison County for a trip to the Little Pine Garnet Mine in search of some good local medicine.

It was a scene from Scooby-Doo. I wish I had taken some pictures of the entrance to the mine. It’s a big hole in the earth. You can walk right into it, . . . → Read More: Rockhounding at the Little Pine Garnet Mine in Madison County

St.John’s Wort at Max Patch

While Jessica is in India this month, I was given the very important job of harvesting enough St.John’s wort for our patients over the next year. It is known for being prime for picking in these parts right after the solstice. So I traveled up to Max Patch with my dogs on Saturday, June 25th. If . . . → Read More: St.John’s Wort at Max Patch