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Naturopathic Medicine Treatment for Depression

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Clinical Depression Treatment Overview   A naturopathic doctor dealing with client that are suffering from clinical depression can be effectively treated with a natural medicine modality such as Naturopathic Medicine. Vitamins and herbal remedies are often used, as well as lifestyle adjustments such as exercise and a dietary change to whole, organic foods. Additional supplements, such as amino acids and minerals, can also be very helpful. Visiting a Naturopathic Doctor is an excellent way to understand the causes and therefore help reverse clinical depression using natural medicine remedies and lifestyle changes. Depression is a type of mood disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, irritability, helplessness and hopelessness. Other symptoms include weight loss or weight gain, too much or too little sleep, lack of interest in day to day activities as well as loss of libido or thoughts of death or suicide. … [Read more...]

Hypothyroid Diseases

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  Thyroid diseases were very rare in the past but they have reached epidemic numbers lately. The latest results are because more then 90% of hypothyroid diseases started with an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s disease that goes after your thyroid. Because your immune system has stopped recognizing your thyroid as part of your body Hashimoto’s attack your thyroid. Basically your thyroid is genetically weakened because you are like the rest of us in todays environment you are toxic and possibly stressed from living in a toxic, polluted and stressed world. Because of this over exposure to toxins your immune system becomes confused and attacks your most vulnerable gland your thyroid. The result of of which is your thyroid is unable to supply the hormones as it was designed to do and so you end up with something called hypothyroid disease. … [Read more...]

Female Infertility

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Natural Treatments for Infertility in Women     There are many causes of female infertility. Some respond to natural methods, others require surgical or medical intervention. Naturopathic treatment of female infertility is aimed at correcting  the natural source of these problems such as nutritional deficiencies, adjusting hormonal imbalances, and improving the fmale reproductive health overall. Infertility & Nutrition … [Read more...]

Healing Depression The Natural Way

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Treating Depression with Natural Healing     Spiritual Healing of Depression Depression does not mean you are not a spiritual being. Depression can be caused by many physical and emotional sources. It is sometimes hard for the spiritual world to separate the spiritual from the material world. They are both part of the same creation and cannot be separated. Having a chemical imbalance in the brain can cause a person to lean toward being pessimistic, fearing the unknown, having sadness and being lonely even when in a crowd of people. Treatment for depression can have a material side and a spiritual side. People who we look to as "spiritual" have had to hide their depression until it has nearly been too late to help them in any way. The church then often shuns those who allow their depression side to show because they believe the person does not have enough faith or they wouldn't be depressed! This drives many people away from organized religions. … [Read more...]

The Parent Hormone Pregnenolone

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The hormone from which all other vital male and female hormones are made Pregnenolone the parent (precursor) hormone from which all other vital male and female hormones are made, has been studied for its effects on health, longevity, and emotional well-being sense the 1940’s. Pregnenolone is made from cholesterol in the body. It can be synthesized into a number of hormones - estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, aldosterone, cortisol, etc. It is, in fact, the master hormone from which all the steroid hormones are derived. … [Read more...]

Turkey Rhubarb The Root and Formula

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Know by names such as Chinese Rhubarb, Da huang,   Originating from northwest China and Tibet, Rhubarb has been used in medicine for more than 2,000 years and is considered one of the strongest herbs in Chinese Medicine. The Chinese call the root Da huang, which means ‘big yellow’ which is the color of Rhubarb’s tinctures and decoctions. Its use gradually spread through India, reaching Europe during the Renaissance overland via Asia Minor – hence the common name, Turkey rhubarb. The plant was a favorite remedy with early Persian and Arabian physicians. The Rhubarb grown for cooking and eating is usually r. rhabarbarum, an 18th-century cultivar. … [Read more...]

Naturopathic Answer to Thyroid Disease

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Why do so many of us have thyroid problems?     Thyroid disease, malfunctions of the thyroid gland, hyperthyroid (overactive) or hypothyroid (underactive) are showing signs in our population of becoming an epidemic says “The Colorado Thyroid Disease Prevalence Study”. This is a trend across the board in American health, where we are seeing many common diseases moving to an epidemic stage. You name a disease and it is probably an epidemic or moving toward becoming an epidemic-like thyroid disease. … [Read more...]