Hi everyone, I have exciting news….I have established Fountain Hills Naturopathic Medicine in Fountain Hills, AZ (near Scottsdale.) The move from Seattle went great, I am all situated and will be practicing at this new clinic at 16719 e Palisades Blvd Suite 205, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268. I am really excited for this new opportunity, [...]

What are the Best Natural Medicines for High Blood Pressure? By Dr. Nicole Sundene, Naturopathic Physician High blood pressure or “hypertension” is a tough nut to crack with natural medicines. Of course, there are many etiologies to this common disease; however, most cases are because we have gotten fat, old, and out of shape. Yes, [...]

 By Bonnie Pfiester, Fitness Trainer Moving on in many ways means saying goodbye. The problem is, goodbyes are often hard, even when the place we are headed may be a good place to be. I don’t know why it is so hard to let go of the past, but it is. We prefer the “known” [...]

By Life Coach, Tim Brownson As a certified hypnotherapist people sometimes call me for help with quitting smoking. The first question I ask them is why they want to stop? That usually generates a look of horror akin to if I’d asked them if they could marry their 13-year-old daughter have a goat as the [...]

What natural medicines do you recommend for psoriasis? The scaly silvery plaques of psoriasis that typically affect the elbows, knees, scalp, and other actively moving or injured regions can be unbelievably frustrating to manage and treat with natural or conventional therapies. Conventional treatments work to reduce itching, inflammation, and inhibit skin overgrowth. Natural medicines also [...]

Recently someone told me that they “don’t have time to eat breakfast”. I replied “you don’t have time to NOT eat breakfast. Not eating breakfast is killing you slowly. Your lifespan will be shortened by not taking care of yourself properly, therefore if you don’t eat breakfast you will REALLY be short on time.” As [...]

This is intended to be used to strengthen the Immune System and is not designed to be hypoallergenic. Modify as needed for your personal dietary needs. 4 cups Rolled Grains Begin by using the following proportions, adjust as necessary: 2 cups rolled oats (flakes); use 4 cups if other grains are unavailable. 2 cups other [...]

Do you ever just feel like you need to take a pill to take the edge off? Well a lot of us get extra stressed around the holiday season, and if you don’t want to take something that will totally knock you out, try a gentle relaxing cup of sedative tea instead of popping a [...]

Is this an ancient medieval torture device? No, it is simply a horse chestnut seed. Previously used for pelting other children on the playground, for adults the seed of Aesculus hippocastanum is a fabulous cure for hemorrhoids and varicose veins. Hemorrhoids are just varicose veins as well, so if you tend to have a weak [...]

By Bonnie Pfiester, Fitness Trainer Everyone knows it’s easy to gain weight over the Holidays. Christmas parties and yummy treats seem to replace exercise and healthy food. Once high calorie foods are in our view it’s hard to get them out of our head. Although most people admit going off their diet this time of [...]