Category: Wellness

Anyone who has traveled through a traditional village in India has seen Tulsi tea, because nearly every family grows it in their home garden, traditionally in an earthenware pot. For more than five millennia, it has been regarded to be one of the most sacred herbs because of its legendary spiritual and healing powers.
Also called [...]

Tips for American Heart Month from ChicagoHealer.com
by Dr. Kevin Boehm DDS
Because February is American Heart Health month, ChicagoHealer.com practitioner Dr.
Boehm, DDS explains the connection between gum disease and heart health and
offers tips for gum health that will keep heart problems at bay.
Brushing and flossing is not just about teeth and gums anymore.  It’s about
raising awareness [...]

by Patty James
It’s a new year and you are full of hope. This is the year you will claim or reclaim your good health! If you have a little feeling of dread in the back of your mind because this same scenario happens every year, have no fear. Big changes are often daunting and [...]

New Year’s Resolutions: we’ve all made them, and we’ve all broken them. Whether your goal last year (and the year before that, and the year before that) was to lose weight, spend more time with your family, or be more financially responsible, chances are that not much in your life actually changed between January 1st [...]

by  ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Ian Wahl, DAc, LAc, CH

Gluten has been a huge topic in the news in 2009. We notice that more foods are being promoted as “gluten-free”.  Yet most people have no idea what gluten is or why there are “gluten-free” foods.  Let’s see if we can bring some clarity to why even [...]

The most effective preventative medicine during cold and flu season is keeping your immune system healthy the natural way. This can be done fairly easily, by ingesting certain immune-boosting and nutrient rich foods.
ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Helen Lee offers the following flu-fighting foods:

The Importance of Digestion: Keep your digestive system happy. When the digestive system [...]

As much as 90% of health trouble is stress related. A recent report by the American Holistic Medical Association revealed that stress creates wear and tear on the mind and body that is harmful to our health and well being.
Now, three renowned wellness doctors, Deepak Chopra, Andrew Weil and Dean Ornish have worked with a [...]

Women of all ages, shapes, and stripes, will gather to learn, connect, and deepen at the 5th annual Southeast Women’s Herbal Conference on October 2-4, 2009. They gather from all over the Southeast and beyond, hundreds strong, to participate in what for one woman has become “the highlight of my year!”
They gather to choose from [...]

by Barry Vissell
It was Saturday, June 20, 2009, and we had one more week till our daughter Rami’s wedding to her fiancé River. I had no idea that this day would shake my whole world. We worked to get our house and property ready for the anticipated 170 people. Our new refrigerator arrived and I [...]

By David Simon, M.D.
In my role as a “mind-body” physician, I hear many heartrending tales. Over the three decades I’ve been practicing medicine, I’ve come to see a person’s migraines, fatigue, digestive distress or back pain as a sad kind of admission pass that entitles the bearer to a few moments of a doctor’s attention.
After [...]

Unlocking the Power of Glyphs
Jean Logan, Ph.D.
Holy Ground Farm, Inc.
203 pp, $24.95
Review by Marianne Hooker
According to the author, Jean Logan, Webster’s Dictionary defines a glyph as a “symbol that conveys information nonverbally.”   This book is a compilation of glyphs that the author felt led to design to help heal the world.   Each glyph represents a [...]

Steven Halpern has been making music for 33 years, but his latest CD, “Relaxation Suite” may be his most therapeutic work to date. Halpern, a multi-million selling artist, composer, producer and pioneer in sound healing released Relaxation Suite late in 2008.
The CD offers 70 minutes of deep, physical relaxation, stress relief and inner peace. Joining [...]