by Dr. Melanie | Feb 4, 2019 | Ayurveda, Immune Health, Nutrition, Prevention, Skin Health, Stress
Resolve dry irritated skin, starting with this winter. Do you struggle with seasonal skin issues? Or year round? Hydration isn’t just important for your cells and brain. Your skin is also an organ, your largest one and needs to be nourished, especially during the...
by Dr. Melanie | Dec 19, 2018 | Ayurveda, Healthy Thinking, Mind-Body, Nutrition, Stress, Weight Loss
Blast the Bloats and Binges with These Tips. Bloating and heartburn after holiday meals takes the fun out of festivities. Sometimes these are caused by binging from mindless eating or emotional triggers. You can be so caught up in conversations during the office...
by Dr. Melanie | Dec 2, 2018 | Ayurveda, Food Recipes, Stress
The Ginger Immune Tea I always keep ginger in my home. It’s my go-to root herb for general health. Ginger is a heating herb. It has a sweet, pungent taste and is an expectorant and diuretic. In Ayurvedic Medicine it will balance vata and kapha so if you are...
by Dr. Melanie | Nov 12, 2018 | Acupuncture, Ayurveda, Chiropractic, Immune Health, Mind-Body, Nutrition, Prevention, Skin Health, Stress, Try New Things
“It’s about time I post an update!” (Read through and watch the demo video!) I know I didn’t post in October! I’m in the process of getting caught up from a very busy summer that well, didn’t quite go smoothly. In fact it stunted my...
by Dr. Melanie | Sep 15, 2018 | Ayurveda, Immune Health, Nutrition, Skin Health, Stress
Do You Know the Signs? Before you book your next mani-pedi or apply your own polish, take a good look at your nails, all twenty of them. Fingernails and toenails can give us strong indications that something could be wrong internally. So, if you are constantly...
by Dr. Melanie | May 13, 2018 | Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Culture, Meditation, Mind-Body, Natural Healers, Spirituality, Travel, Try New Things, Uncategorized, Yoga
This was definitely an interesting experience; the classic story of solo traveler stops in a quiet village for a few nights and learns from the locals about a “Medicine Man” of Sidemen who is also a holy man. This therapy did have an effect on me. Perhaps it was the...
