Elizabeth Walker, CHT, RH

Why I Don't Use Sunscreen... and No I Don't Burn

I've never been able to get on the sunscreen (lotion) bandwagon. From the time I first saw the promotions that said sun exposure causes skin cancer, it just didn't make sense to me. Like so many other things, it seemed to me that it was more likely an EXC... Read >

Marvelous Milk Thistle

This popular herb can be a little confusing. It has several common names, such as Milk Thistle, Marian Thistle and St Mary's Thistle; and it has more than one scientific name, for example, Carduus marianum and Silybum marianum. To make matters worse somet... Read >

Herbs For Kids

Amid warnings about the hazards of over-the-counter cold remedies for children, herbal medicine may have a larger role to play in the health of our children. With the help of a knowledgeable herbal practitioner, many of the herbs we use as adults can b... Read >

An Herbalist’s First Aid Kit

It recently occurred to me just how different my first aid kit is from what most people are used to. It's kind of funny because we are so used to antihistamines, pain killers, and commercial antibiotics that we don't think of them as drugs, and we are ver... Read >

Want to Lose Weight? Keep Away from Artificial Sweeteners

If you are trying to lose weight, or keep weight off, you may want to avoid artificial sweeteners. Yes, that includes sucralose. A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) pointed out that, based on recent studies; suga... Read >

Plastics and Health

Recently the impact of plastics on our health were in the news, substantiating what many in holistic healthcare have been saying (and ridiculed for) for years about plastic and health. So, what have we learned? One of the chemical names that keeps c... Read >