Summertime brings hot, muggy days, the perfect weather for flowers – and bugs – to bloom. Mosquitoes, stinging ants, and ticks lurk in the soft green grass, and their stings can harbor infectious diseases including West Nile virus, dengue fever, malaria,...
Judith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO As the nights grow longer and the days colder, we naturally turn inward and spend more time in quieter activities. In Scandinavia, people take out their favorite sweaters and speak of hygge, happiness that comes from closeness, having more...
Most humans require 9 – 10 hours of sleep for optimal health, according to sleep research James Maas, PhD. Very few people in our fast-paced culture sleep anywhere close to 9 hours. What can you do to improve sleep? A recent study suggests lavender essential oil...
Judith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO I have two miniature citrus trees that bloom in August and set glorious fruits that finally ripen close to Thanksgiving. As I write, the stems of the Meyer lemon, a cross between a lemon and an orange, bend with the weight of the ripening...
