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[trx_dropcaps style="2" bottom="0.5em"]Are you in need of some kindness and compassion? Perhaps a good place to start is by giving it to yourself. Do you treat yourself with the same kindness and compassion that you would show your best friend or a family member or perhaps a patient?[/trx_dropcaps] Often the healing can start when we feel able to forgive ourselves, let ourselves off the hook, give ourselves some slack. It can also come in the form of eating well,

  In October, a lady came to see me straight from the GP with quite high anxiety. She was bleeding almost constantly and had been that way since July. An ultrasound revealed a 4cm uterine polyp, unusual for her age, and an irregular endometrium, where the lining of the womb had a cystic and honeycomb appearance. Her anxiety came from a discussion with the gynaecologist that described her condition on a scale of simple hyperplasia (thickening) to precancerous/cancerous

Digestive Problems? I often have patients say to me they find their tonic very bitter and my reply to them is that the healing response to the herbs starts in the mouth in the bitter receptors - here is how: The bitter receptors on the tongue connect to and stimulate the Vagus nerve which then stimulates all of the organs of digestion, including the liver, improving function and tone by increasing digestive secretions and motility. This is why a

Look closely at this man's skin. On the right is a picture of the same man, only after an assassination attempt with poison. His skin eruption helped to save his life as his skin sequestered the poison away from his vital organs and continued to detoxify it by elevating detoxifying enzymes which are normally contained in the liver. We really are wonderfully made. This vivid illustration demonstrates the uniquely valuable role of herbal medicine in skin disease. Terminology which has