Posts Tagged as ‘herbal healing’

March 10, 2010

don’t make my cancer flare up!

    It’s been a rough two weeks filled with delayed freelancing money, a lot of bickering at home, and a virus-infected computer. To put it plainly, this Slayer has been stressed. And that isn’t a good thing. I am a true believer in the mind-body connection, so after I was diagnosed, I made a [...]

June 24, 2009

roots & cultures

A good friend of mine inspired me to write this post. In the eight or so years that we’ve known each other, she has been relentless in extolling the healing properties of ginger. And she kicked it up a notch after my diagnosis last year. When I call her complaining of mild nausea after my [...]

June 4, 2009

states’ rights & the politics of pot

Peter Tosh, one of reggae’s original bad boys, may have been on to something in 1976 when he promoted the use of marijuana for medical purposes in his aptly named song “Legalize It.” Of course, he also promoted it for non-medical purposes, but that’s another story. In his native Jamaica, Tosh was at the forefront [...]