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How to Grow Your Own Medicinal Herb Garden

Imagine creating a medicinal herb garden and healing whatever ails you from your own backyard.  It's easier than you think.    Many healing herbs are simple to grow, especially for newbies. Their vibrant flowers will brighten up any garden, even if you only have space for a few pots. There are a zillion medicinal herbs you could start with, so figuring…
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Podcast 27: Coronavirus Chronicles: My Daughter Shares Her Symptoms and Recovery

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5XbZdxOby59DtGhxZhCLfQ?si=6fpy_ztVQkWfDFF2GUbTiw My daughter, Ani, came home from school with symptoms of COVID-19 last March. There were many unknowns back then and we weren’t able to get tested. I treated Ani at home and she fully recovered within a few days.. My husband, Paul, also came home with symptoms of COVID-19 a few days after Ani got sick. They were both…
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Podcast Ep 12: What is Hypnotherapy? How Hypnosis Can Heal Chronic Pain, Anxiety and Illness
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Podcast Ep 12: What is Hypnotherapy? How Hypnosis Can Heal Chronic Pain, Anxiety and Illness

“Western medicine is the only medical society that removes the mind out of the body in healing, but there is no healing without healing the mind because the body is an extension of the subconscious mind,” shares Lisa Ludovici,  a medical support hypnosis practitioner. She teaches people how to mobilize their own inner resources for their own healing.  Chronic pain…
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Podcast Ep 11: How Medical Cannabis Works
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Podcast Ep 11: How Medical Cannabis Works

In this episode of Modern Aging, Risa shares a recorded visit from 2019 with her mom, her sister, and cannabis doctor Dr. June Chin. This recorded consultation contains useful information about how medical cannabis can be used to treat Parkinson’s Disease among many other illnesses. For patients with Parkinson’s Disease, the body is constantly contracting and this takes a toll…
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Podcast Ep 10: Covid-19 Home Treatment and Recovery with Ayurveda and TCM
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Podcast Ep 10: Covid-19 Home Treatment and Recovery with Ayurveda and TCM

A good friend of mine contracted Covid-19 and treated her Covid symptoms with a combination of Western medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). She had a wide range of early signs such as cough, sore throat, and nausea. Like most people, she managed at home and has now recovered using an integrative approach. She is a big fan of the…
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Podcast Ep 9: Vitamin D, Zinc, Sleep, Stress Management – Boost Your Immune System to Fight Flu, Colds, Covid-19
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Podcast Ep 9: Vitamin D, Zinc, Sleep, Stress Management – Boost Your Immune System to Fight Flu, Colds, Covid-19

Dr. Pamela Yee, MD is a functional medicine doctor who is board certified in internal medicine and holistic medicine. In practice, she takes time to fully understand her patients individually by diving deep to find the root cause of a particular problem. As we continue to battle Covid-19, Dr. Yee shares many ways in which we can all boost our…
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Common Medicinal Herbs and Their Uses

https://youtu.be/k0lomMjbLpY How to Use Medicinal Herbs Andrea and Mathias Reisen have been growing all types of medicinal herbs for over 30 years. They take us on a tour of their medicinal herb farm in Avoca, NY where they turn the beautiful plants that they grow into natural medicine. As Mathias takes us through the farm, he shows us powerful common…
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Podcast Ep 4: What is Ayurveda? What’s Your Dosha (Pitta, Vatta, Kapha)?
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Podcast Ep 4: What is Ayurveda? What’s Your Dosha (Pitta, Vatta, Kapha)?

Today’s guest is Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya. She is an Ayurvedic and holistic medical doctor practicing in New York. Ayu-means longevity and veda- means wisdom, so Ayurveda means the knowledge of life. The objective of Ayurveda is to not only heal people but to keep them strong. When Dr. Bhattacharya started applying Ayurveda practices to treat her patients, she found that…
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How Dental Health Affects Your Overall Health As We Age – Video Interview with Dr. Alex Tsui
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How Dental Health Affects Your Overall Health As We Age – Video Interview with Dr. Alex Tsui

https://youtu.be/CBfHrcNSk8g No one really loves to go to see their dentist. Oral care and oral hygiene tend to take a back seat. But did you know that oral health and overall health are linked? A simple teeth cleaning can also be a great way to screen for sleep apnea, tongue cancer, neck cancer, oral cancer, mouth cancer, head and neck…
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