Functional/Integrative Medicine
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Which Nutrients and Supplements Can Help Me Sleep?
A host of supplements — think melatonin, magnesium, and more — can help you drift off and sleep more soundly. And they’re typically safer than pharmaceuticals.
How to Use Rhodiola for Energy and Focus
Rhodiola is an adaptogenic plant that can help with mental focus. Here’s how.
How to Use Holy Basil for Calm
Holy basil is an adaptogenic plant that can help with inflammation, high blood sugar, and overall stress management.
How to Use Eleuthero for Stress Management
Eleuthero is an adaptogenic plant that has been used to treat memory loss, high blood pressure, and elevated stress.
10 Rules for Aging Well
Every second of every day, all of us are aging, and yet we often wait to address — or altogether avoid — age-related concerns about our health until we reach a certain point in our years or our capabilities begin to diminish. Frank Lipman, MD, shares 10 essential factors he’s outlined for aging well, emphasizing that it’s never too late — or too early — to start embracing them, and that it’s not as difficult as you might think.
4 Adaptogenic Recipes to Try
Adaptogens can help relieve stress, support your immune system, and even aid your workouts. Try these recipes to get more of these healing herbs in your diet.
Can Lithium Orotate Be Used for Everyday Mood Support?
Lithium carbonate is a popular medical treatment for bipolar disorder, but a milder, over-the-counter form of this mineral can be used as a mood stabilizer.
4 Essential Homeopathic Remedies
Nux vomica, arnica montana, allium cepa, and gelsemium sempervirens should be part of any at-home homeopathic first-aid kit.
5 Markers For Every Health-Conscious Person to Know
Regularly testing for and tracking these markers can provide invaluable insights to the course of your health journey.
It’s Not All in Your Head: A Q&A With Author Sarah Ramey
A candid conversation about chronic illness based on one woman’s personal experience of seeking a diagnosis and treatment.
What Is Homeopathy?
Treating mild ailments with homeopathic medicine is becoming more mainstream in U.S. healthcare. Learn how it works, and how to make it part of your own healthcare toolkit.
Gardens That Heal: Q&A With Juliet Blankespoor
Herbs like basil, thyme, fennel, mint, and more can be used in cooking — and in herbal medicine.
How to Use Tea-Tree Oil
This antiseptic and antifungal essential oil has several applications. Discover a few ideas for your home and body.
7 Tips to Boost Your Butyrate
If you’re eager to increase your own butyrate levels, here are several ways to start.
Can Hops Help Ease Insomnia?
This plant can ease anxiety and insomnia — especially sleeplessness related to nervous tension.
Everyday Habits for Building Immunity
The topic of immunity has gotten a lot of attention because of the pandemic, yet our immune systems always need support so we’re healthy and strong at the metabolic level and prepared to fight off germs, bacteria, and other potentially compromising invaders. Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT, shares the lifestyle habits within our control that can build our immunity, including primary factors to be aware of and what might provide us with the greatest resilience.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: How Nature Supports Our Mental Health
Here’s how nature supports our mind and mood — and how to get more of it.
Is Adrenal Fatigue a Real Thing?
Learn about this energy-depleting hormonal condition.
7 Tips on Eating for Trauma Recovery
Cutting back on caffeine, eating magnesium-rich foods, and more can help support you while you are healing from chronic stress.
How to Improve Vagal Tone
Getting a massage, chanting, breathing deeply, and taking a cold shower can all help stimulate your vagus nerve.
How Does EMDR Work?
No one is exactly sure how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing helps treat trauma, but here are three working theories.