Naw, we can't get better sleep by adding in a few foods, can we? Sure we can, with the right amounts of the right kinds of food eaten at the right time of day. How does that work? Plants make compounds in response to their environment. These compounds regulate insects...
Naturopathic Medicine
Fast Like a Girl
In the 1980’s I relied primarily on wisdom from the Health Food store for my natural approach to health for myself. Then I also found a Naturopathic Physician. I went vegetarian. I did weekend and week-long fasts. I did yoga and karate and hikes in nature. I took...
Podcast Conversation
Do you sometimes feel a victim of circumstance, alone in your misery of illness? Do you suspect there is more, a benefit to whatever dis-ease you are going through? Explore with me “How to Go Beyond Dis-ease” in this short chat on Dr. Beverly’s podcast. Her Dancing...
Scientific Truths?
What is the scientific truth that has guided our governmental health policies? Is all the so-called misinformation about public health based on a biased view which is not scientific? With so much talk about science informing our decisions, let’s look at what “science”...
Low thyroid at 96 degrees?
Hey, 98.6, it's good to have you back again Oh, hey, 98.6, her lovin' is the medicine That saved me . . . In 1967, you might have heard that refrain sung by Keith on AM radio. But, why 98.6? That particular number – 98.6 – is associated with normal human body...
Self-Healing aided by my App
So often I am asked, what is a good herb for . . . (and you fill in the condition: acne, high blood pressure, arthritis, and so on . . .) My mobile app "Total Health w/ Dr. Cheryl" busts the myth that Natural Medicine substitutes herbs for drugs. I invite you to...
Seven Time Winner!
Dr. Cheryl has been awarded the Best Alternative Health Practitioner in the Verde Valley again! Annually, the readers of The Verde Independent newspaper vote on their favorites. One category is professionals, and included in that ...
Medicine is the religion of our technological society
I had the privilege to hear Dr. Andrew Weil speak at a hippie gathering at a hot spring in 1977. He had just graduated as a doctor, and was famously the author of From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs. Enough said. That...
Immune System Check-up
Mainstream media, whether TV or radio or online news or Facebook or wherever is NOT where you get the full picture about how you can protect your health during this pandemic. On the other hand, have you noticed they DO do a good job of keeping everyone in fear?...
Homeopathy for Prevention
We're in the midst of a pandemic. That's an epidemic on a world-wide scale. A virus has spread around the world, and it happened quickly thanks to airplane travel. Yes, we are hunkering down at home, practicing physical distancing. We wash our hands until they are...