by Lady Barbara Over the years, I have seen many systems for ascertaining what a 'patient' should or shouldn't take by way of herbs and supplements. Certainly, the least effective has been some health professional 'guessing' at you based on some study done on someone other than yourself. We are such very complex creatures, surely those rats that were studied just aren't chemically, hormonally, age-wise, diet-wise or astrologically where I am right at this moment. I'm being facetious to make a point. And health-professionals aside, more folks are probably self-'medicating' (or self-herballing, or self-vitaminizing) badly by taking just EVERYTHING that...

Brought to you by William Pollak D.V.M. and the Fairfield Animal Hospital. Evidence is mounting that having a pet is not only pleasurable, but good for your health. According to an article by Larry Dossey, MD, in the July 1997 issue of Alternative Therapies, there are more than 2,000 medical therapy programs throughout the U.S. that involve pets. Studies also show that pet ownership lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, decreases the risk of heart disease, and even increases the survival prospects for patients recovering from heart attacks. When researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine studied pet...

Brought to you by William Pollak D.V.M. and the Fairfield Animal Hospital. We all know that garlic is good for all kinds of things including improving blood flow. (In humans, it also of course, helps reduce blood pressure.) Garlic performs these improvements to function by decreasing platelet stickiness and by increasing the clotting time. The problem is that this can be a negative factor when we are delaying with a surgical situation. Therefore, it would be advisable if you have patients that are undergoing elective surgery to stop any supplementation of garlic, approximately 7 to 10 days before surgery. JAHVMA,...

Brought to you by William Pollak D.V.M. and the Fairfield Animal Hospital. "Holistic & traditional approaches to support the best of animal health." Epilepsy is a non-diagnosis. It is a term used to mean "fits" (or seizures) due to unknown reasons. The term epilepsy is used when available laboratory tests cannot account for the abnormal clinical signs. Causes of seizures are very often not known, but can be due to metabolic abnormalities, low calcium in lactating animals, and low sugar in puppies and kittens, toxins (internal or external), tumors, central nervous system inflammation, injury, malformations, and food poisonings. Most commonly,...

© copyright Hart Brent reprinted with permission You can directly ask your body what remedies you need by whole-body dowsing. You pass the bottle 3 to 5 inches in front of you scanning—from above your head to below the navel. In a positive response, you will draw forward, a negative response is a push backwards, and neutral—no movement. When you pass the remedy in front of your: you are reading your response to it for your: Forehead nervous system Thymus (upper chest) immune system Abdomen digestion/liver 1" below navel endocrine system I do not recommend taking any remedy unless it...

Brought to you by William Pollak D.V.M. and the Fairfield Animal Hospital. "Holistic & traditional approaches to support the best of animal health." From a truly holistic perspective, death is a continuation of the healing process. Death, as an event, is part of a larger process of sharing love and understanding in infinite ways. The meaning of all the particulars of any event lies in our ongoing response to it. This internal aspect of any event provides the framework necessary for the expansion of Wellness while we continue to interact with the world around us. In death, as in life,...