First Aid

Natural Herbal First Aid Kit

First Aid

Jan 092012

Heavenly Herbs and Acupuncture handout:

Natural Herbal First Aid Kit: Recommendations of what every household should have!

Current Posts

Research: Thailand Approves Asian Herb Andrographis to Treat COVID-19
Thailand Approves Asian Herb Andrographis to Treat COVID-19 Other research (Clinical Trials) on Andrographis for COVID (including olfactory loss), IBS/UC, arthritis, MS (Multiple Sclerosis), immunity, etc.
Article: From Pills to Pins, Oregon is Changing How it Deals with Back Pain
From Pills To Pins: Oregon Is Changing How It Deals With Back Pain
Herbal Medicinal Treasures in Paradise, Ca.
Here’s an article I wrote which was published in the local Lotus Guide for Healthy Living, Jan-Apr 2021 issue, upon the re-opening of my business in February 2021, in Paradise, Ca (I lost my business in Paradise due to the Camp Fire on November 8, 2018): Herbal Medicinal Treasures in Paradise This article is to […]
Handout: Natural Medicine for Common Health Issues: Digestion, Stress and Trauma
This is a handout for a brief talk I did in April 2019 at a Butte College yoga class: Natural Medicine for Digestion, Stress and Trauma. It is only an brief introduction to the subject of easily accessible herbs for digestion, stress and trauma, geared towards the college student or lay person.
Happy Summer Solstice: June 21, 2018
Sharing pictures from the bounty of last summer!
Spring Lecture: Time to Tame the Liver!©
Spring seems to be my favorite time to talk about Chinese Medicine Food Therapy and how one can tailor their diet to the season for healing. In May 2018, I did a lecture on this topic and am posting my notes and recipes here: Spring: Time to Tame the Liver Summary Table of Spring Foods […]
Acupuncture Used to Treat Burned Bears
Wow! UC Davis School of Veterinary School of Medicine using acupuncture to help burned bears!! (And they were able to be returned back to the wild too!) Pregnant Burned Bear in California Fire Gets Acupuncture and Fish Skin Paws Vets Use Fish Skin and Acupuncture to Treat Burned Bears
Integrated Medicine and Veterans Health
Research into the importance of and benefits from an integrated model of health care has been recognized at the federal level for at least 20 years now with the formation the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). (NCCAM was renamed to National Center of Complementary and Integrative Health […]
Article: New American College of Physicians Guidelines Say Exercise, Yoga, and Acupuncture Beat Medications for Back Pain (2017)
New Guidelines Say Exercise, Yoga, and Acupuncture Beat Medications for Back Pain. Other article links on this blog about acupuncture and back pain.
Research: Smell Test Outperforms Brain Imaging in Predicting Dementia
Smell Test Outperforms Brain Imaging in Predicting Dementia Research showing the link between loss of sense of smell and Alzheimer’s disease dates back as far as 2002, with this small study showing a “classification accuracy of 95%”. Sounds like an easy, low-cost tool that the medical community should routinely use to help patients and their […]

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