5 Tips for Treating Influenza!
How do I prevent getting Influenza? It’s January and the people who have been visiting my practice, the last couple weeks, have symptoms related to a cold or Influenza. Its flu season, it’s definitely in full force, and I’m hearing it from people who are local as well as people who live around the country. […]
Are Allergies the Reason I’m Sick all the Time?
Why Do I Keep Getting Sick? I get asked this question a lot. People who come in to my practise; they sometimes claim “I get sick over and over. Just as soon as I get over one illness, I’m moving right into the next one. I always nurse a congestion, stuffy nose, head pressure – […]
Beat Colds, Flus & Inflammation with this Simple Remedy
Naturopathic medicine focuses on treating the body and person as a whole, and finding underlying causes of diseases and disorders. In addition, prevention is also integrated into every protocol, as it is a major principle in naturopathy. When illnesses such as the flu, a cold or upper respiratory infections strike, the symptoms may be a […]
Study Finds No Benefit in Using Echinacea to Treat Respiratory Infections
Children who take echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) at the initial onset of a cold or lung infection do not experience a reduction in the duration or severity of symptoms, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (2003;290:2824–30). This is the first large study to examine the effects of echinacea in the […]
The Flu & Vitamin D
Sean E. Heerey ND, MA, CCC/SLP There is a chill in the air. It gets darker earlier. We no longer need to run our air conditioners. Summer is gone and fall is upon us. That also means flu season is upon us. Radio and TV remind us of this constantly. If you walk by a […]