Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sedona Arizona

Breath taking views, beautiful weather, great company... priceless.





Saturday, November 14, 2009

Winters Relief Salve

I was in the winter spirit and got a wild wintery hair to make some more salve. The weather has just started cooling and my skin was starting to show signs of dryness. Especially my hands as I work in the medical field and am constantly wearing latex gloves (yuck). I chose a few winter like herbs and pulled them out of my medicine cupboard and smelled each one. How wonderful the fragrance, my mood was even more enhanced with the clove and cinnamon aroma. I ground each herb and careful mixed them and writing down each ingredient, I added ginger because it is warming and cayenne for it's anti inflammatory properties, I pulled out the comfrey and and chapparel and beautiful arnica and calendula. I kept smelling the mixture with great pride and thought to myself that I was making something wonderful! I used the best oil that I had, jojoba and olive oil and vit E and bees wax at the end. This is the most glorious smelling salve, my whole house has this fragrance and I am enjoying every bit of it. I have my windows and door open and the scent is mixing with the cold air of outside. Glorious! It smells like (but better) then a scented candle, very strong and warming, I could almost eat it! The buttery smell of the calendula and the cinnamon remind me of baking and I am sure my neighbors are salivating too!






Wednesday, November 4, 2009

HELP bring Naturopathic medicine to Florida!!!

> Hi there,
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> We would like your help in bringing Naturopathic Medicine to Florida. Naturopathic Doctors attend 4 year medical schools, have recently been classified as Physicians by the Department of Labor, and provide natural, individualized treatments that address the cause of illness and help to restore health. Blue Cross just completed a study that shows Naturopathic Medicine is at least 50% more cost effective then the current Florida health care model, and yet, Florida has not licensed NDs since 1959! What is up with that? Let's move Florida into the modern era, as Arizona, Washington, Oregon, New Hampshire, and so many other states have already done.
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> How can YOU help?
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> 1) Join our association as a supporting member, a Friend, for as little as $10.
> 2) Send this email to EVERYONE you know and encourage them to send it out to everyone they know.
> 3) If you have the desire and have some extra time, volunteer to help us spread the word.
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> Make a statement - We all deserve to be healthy, to have choices in healthcare, to know the doctor treating us is properly trained and licensed. Take back your health choices today -
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> Become a Member Today! We can make this happen, together, today.
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