Are you too embarrassed to wear open toed shoes because your toenails look like they belong on a creature from Jurassic Park? The yellow-white discolouration, nail thickening and crumbling are characteristics of a fungal nail infection or onychomycosis....
What is conjunctivitis? Many of us have experienced “pink eye” or, conjunctivitis. You wake up in the morning with your eyelids stuck together; your eye is pink, painful and puffy. Frankly, you look like you’ve been way too friendly with a bottle of tequila the...
Naturopathic support for hay fever If antihistamines leave you tired, foggy or still symptomatic, you’re not alone. Many people with hay fever are treating symptoms rather than addressing why their immune system is over-reacting in the first place. As seasonal changes...
What’s the first thing you think of when I say “Cod Liver Oil”? People of a certain age will most likely be turning up their noses at memories of a weekly drenching with a slimy oil that made them gag and left them with fishy burps. The good news is that 21st...
Many of us are familiar with the tingling, itchy or burning sensation on our lips or mouth that heralds the arrival of a cold sore. Always at the least opportune time! These sores are caused by the Herpes simplex 1 virus (HSV1) that up to 95% of us get in...
How echinacea boosts your immune system Echinacea is the foundation in most of my herbal immune prescriptions. This plant is a member of the asteraceae or daisy family and has vibrant purple-pink flowers. But for immune purposes it is the less attractive roots doing...
