The treatment protocols for strep throat and sore throat are very different. Therefore, your health provider must determine which ailment is making an appearance before dispensing a recommendation. Telling the Difference Between Strep Throat and Sore Throat Most sore throats are not strep throat and are caused by a virus. …
The immune system serves as your body’s first line of defense against colds, flu, and other illnesses. To fortify this defense, it’s crucial to understand the role that Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs), Vitamin D, and Probiotics play in bolstering your immunity. Especially as cold and flu season approaches, equipping your…
If you missed any of our most popular articles, get yourself a nice mug of tea or hot cocoa and enjoy catching up. We hope the information we provide empowers you to help your family facilitate and celebrate the blessing of good health. 1. ADD/ADHD: A Chinese Medicine Perspective 2….
Most childhood illnesses are common, natural and necessary for correct immune system development. Growing bodies have immature immune systems; therefore, kids get sick more often than adults do. The regular exposure to “germs” when we’re little helps build immune systems that recognize and defeat illnesses later in life. Described below…
If you missed any of our most popular articles, get yourself a nice mug of tea or hot cocoa and enjoy catching up. We hope the information we provide empowers you to help your family facilitate and celebrate the blessing of good health. 1. ADD/ADHD: A Chinese Medicine Perspective 2….
It seems too simple to be true. Halotherapy (salt therapy) can be used for myriad conditions such as asthma, allergies, colds, eczema, flu and stress. Yet salt has been used therapeutically for thousands of years and appears in ancient texts including the Bible. Even Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine,…
Cold and flu season generally occurs from October through May in the US, with a peak between December and February. There are many things that you can do to support your body and maintain your health throughout cold and flu season. What’s the difference between a cold and the flu?…
Since COVID appeared, there have been no easy answers—especially those of the health variety. Now that the school year has begun, we pray you and your family can settle in and feel confident about the decision you have made about fall school attendance. We have been encouraging our families to…
Our salt room has been open and helping patients since January 2018. We thought we’d take the time to answer a few of the most common questions about it. What does a salt room do? A salt room is a special spa-like room with salt-coated walls and floor. It is…
It seems too simple to be true: salt therapy for asthma, allergies, eczema and stress. Yet salt has been used therapeutically for thousands of years and appears in ancient texts including the Bible. Even Hippocrates used salt to treat his patients. The first modern inquiry into salt therapy came in…
Inflammation has more to do with getting sick than you might think. We generally equate a healthy immune system with “not getting sick.” Did you know that your immune system controls the body’s defenses against both infections and inflammatory diseases? All infections are inflammatory to the body. The majority of…
Cold and flu prevention is important for that difficult time of year when your kids collide with all types of viruses. Statistics show that, on average, children will acquire two viruses per month during their first year of daycare or school, each lasting 10 to 14 days. If you do…
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