Doctor’s Diary
Tinctures Available!
I’m so excited to share this “shelfie” with you! You’ll see I’ve stocked my shelf with the new tinctures I have for purchase. Below you’ll find a list with the tinctures available and a description of the herbal actions for each. If you see a tincture or elixir here that you feel drawn to, please…
Read MoreForest Bathing
Shinrin-yoku, as it’s known in Japan where it was adopted as a viable medical therapy in the 1980’s, has recently gained a lot of popularity in the West for good reason. It’s part of a movement in medicine called Nature Therapy and is defined as “a set of practices aimed at achieving ‘preventive medical…
Read MoreUsnea species
From Elsa Beskow’s “Woody, Hazel and Little Pip” Usnea barbata is a lichen that tends to grow on tree branches, often of coniferous trees, but in some locations can be found on apple trees and other species. It has the appearance of a beard, with many fine rounded branches, hence the moniker barbata.…
Read MorePhthalates
We live in a toxic world. It’s sad, frustrating, and overwhelming to think about. How could we have come so far from our origins as people who lived in tune with the land in such a relatively short period of time? The greatest accelerator of the damage to the Earth seems to be World War…
Read MoreMeditation Challenge
If someone had told me that just 1 minute of meditation a day would…wait! I’ve heard of the myriad benefits. But have I tried it? Well, yes and no. I’ve meditated when commanded to do so in a yoga class, or during a retreat. But on my own I was prone to fussing about the…
Read MoreMaine Association of Naturopathic Doctors
I am a proud member of Maine’s association for naturopathic doctors or MAND. We are a group that meets quarterly to share clinical insights, organize educational events, promote naturopathic medicine to the public, and ensure access to our medicine for all through pursuing legislative initiatives in Maine. The MAND puts out a quarterly newsletter that…
Read MoreThe Perfect Poop
As a naturopathic doctor I ask everyone about their bowel movements (poop!) I’m not afraid of talking about it at the dinner table even, much to the chagrin of some dinner guests. Something that I have found though is that no one is ever really put out by my inquiry into their poop. They may…
Read MoreHygge
Hygge (hue-gah) It’s a word exported from dark and snowy Scandinavia. Originally a Norwegian word to describe “well-being”, it was quickly taken up for use in Sweden and Denmark in the 18th century and the meaning was broadened over time and now mostly means “coziness”. In 2016 it became the English word of…
Read MoreInflammation
Inflammatory! It’s a word that gets tossed around as a sort of dirty word in holistic health and wellness circles. There is a lot of shame and confusion around the term as well, as in “oh I don’t eat that, it’s inflammatory!” To confuse the matter more, it seems that almost everything on the shelves…
Read MoreImmune Elixirs Workshop Saturday, October 27th, 12-3pm
Come spend an afternoon with Dr. Sarah Buck learning to make some of her favorite herbal syrup preparations of the immune-boosting botanicals elderberry and rose hips. There will be guest-stars from the plant world to make your syrups unique and efficacious. Discussion of the medicinal qualities of the botanicals will accompany the bubbling and boiling.…
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