Healing Birch Studio

11/04/2024

Cold and flu season is here again so it’s important to nurture that immune system to prevent or lessen symptoms of either ailment. First and foremost, tending to nutritional and mental needs as well as rest. Herbs can have antiseptic/antimicrobial and antiviral properties by stimulating different elements of the immune system or acting directly on viruses and bacteria. When stimulating the immune system be sure it has all the nutritional elements it needs to produce immune cells. There are both vitamins and minerals that are vital to its function.
We can also use herbal tonics (etc. medicinal mushrooms, astragulus, elderberry) to help when someone is in a deficient state. They nourish body systems, helping them function optimally. There are many contributing factors to an optimally functioning system. Just stimulating it when the system is struggling with other deficiencies is not healthy. Herbal tonics may be very helpful and specific to an individual’s needs
Deficiency states are a common problem brought about by conditions in the diet, sleep patterns, stimulant use, stress management patterns, exercise habits and mental attitudes. The solution to general deficiency is to change the patterns that are causing it. Herbs shouldn’t be the only solution but can be very helpful.
Getting enough sleep is vital. Your immune system repairs and replenishes itself while you are sleeping. Stress also has a significant effect and can cause immune suppression. Be sure your diet is sufficient in Vitamin A, vitamin D, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, vitamin B6/pyridoxine, Folate and B12. Also important are zinc, copper, selenium, essential fatty acids and probiotics. Because micronutrients play crucial roles in the development and expression of immune responses, selected micronutrient deficiencies can cause immunosuppression and thus increased susceptibility to infection and disease.

To learn more about herbs and strategies that can help with recovery from illness or make you more comfortable without suppressing your body’s ability to fight disease you can contact me at [email protected]
Cold and flu season is here again so it’s important to nurture that immune system to prevent or lessen symptoms of either ailment. First and foremost tending to nutritional and mental needs as well as rest. Herbs can have antiseptic/antimicrobial and antiviral properties by stimulating different elements of the immune system or acting directly on viruses and bacteria. When stimulating the immune system be sure it has all the nutritional elements it needs to produce immune cells. There are both vitamins and minerals that are vital to its function.
We can also use herbal tonics (etc. medicinal mushrooms, astragulus, elderberry) to help when someone is in a deficient state. They nourish body systems, helping them function optimally. There are many contributing factors to an optimally functioning system. Just stimulating it when the system is struggling with other deficiencies is not healthy. Herbal tonics may be very helpful and specific to an individual’s needs
Deficiency states are a common problem brought about by conditions in the diet, sleep patterns, stimulant use, stress management patterns, exercise habits and mental attitudes. The solution to general deficiency is to change the patterns that are causing it. Herbs shouldn’t be the only solution but can be very helpful.
Getting enough sleep is vital. Your immune system repairs and replenishes itself while you are sleeping. Stress also has a significant effect and can cause immune suppression. Be sure your diet is sufficient in Vitamin A, vitamin D, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, vitamin B6/pyridoxine, Folate and B12. Also important are zinc, copper, selenium, essential fatty acids and probiotics. Because micronutrients play crucial roles in the development and expression of immune responses, selected micronutrient deficiencies can cause immunosuppression and thus increased susceptibility to infection and disease.

To learn more about herbs and strategies that can help with recovery from illness or make you more comfortable without suppressing your body’s ability to fight disease you can contact me at [email protected]

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03/25/2024

Allergy Sufferers
Do you suffer from seasonal or other allergies. If you are an allergy sufferer here is some important information that can potentially diminish or even stop your allergy symptoms from happening.
Allergies or Allergic symptoms can happen as a result of your body being overwhelmed by other chronic inflammatory triggers; your allergic load can no longer be managed by the anti-inflammatory mechanisms in your body. If your body is in a constant state of producing cortisol to quench inflammation when these chronic conditions overwhelm your system you start to have symptoms. If we could get rid of those underlying inflammatory conditions, perhaps your allergy symptoms would go away. There are different elements of your anti-inflammatory biology that can be contributing to your symptoms and can be the root cause of your inflammatory response. Food allergens can be a chronic trigger that your body is dealing with, nutritional deficiencies like lack of good oils that effect your anti-inflammatory enzymes, and vitamins that help stabilize the mast cells that producing histamine, and nutrients that help your liver rid your body of histamine can all be addressed and perhaps address your allergic symptoms. All these deficiencies impact your anti-allergic potential and increase the allergic load on your body. When your body is dealing with multiple sources of inflammation and your antiallergic potential is overwhelmed and another allergen is introduced e.g ragweed, your body may no longer be able to suppress that inflammation and symptoms emerge.
There are natural ways to reduce or eliminate your symptoms if we can identify those chronic underlying conditions. This approach coupled with medicinal herbs to modify symptoms may allow you to wean yourself off drugs you need to manage your allergy.
The allergic load on your body can affect presentation of symptoms as well as nutritional deficiencies. You want to remove as much underlying inflammation as possible, make sure you have the appropriate oils in your diet to assure an anti-inflammatory environment vs a proinflammatory environment, be able to process histamine effectively in your liver and assure there is no adrenal exhaustion from the allergic load.
It’s important to be proactive particularly with seasonal allergies. There are many herbs and dietary measures that can help alleviate symptoms while working on lessening the underlying symptoms. As an herbalist and nutritionist, at Healing Birch Studio, we can assess your allergic state and come up with a plan to relieve your symptoms naturally and improve your overall health as a result.
Contact Tish at [email protected] for a consultation or 603-560-1966.

06/08/2023

Understanding Lyme Disease and Natural Healing
Workshop June 21st Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem NH

Knowledge is Power in Keeping You Well. While rates of Lyme disease infections continue to rise, we are faced with a disease that can be crippling and is often misunderstood by the medical community. There are so many potential symptoms and lack of education on treating Lyme, these symptoms can often be ignored or misinterpreted.
You don’t have to have Lyme disease to benefit from attending the workshop on Lyme Disease. It is very important for everyone to understand ways to prevent infection, how it is contracted, the symptoms and how it is effectively treated. Lyme disease and the coinfections can be contracted in several ways and not always effectively treated with antibiotics. The symptoms can be very similar to some very serious diseases leading to misdiagnosis and left untreated. Its very important that we all know this information, so we can help ourselves, family and friends.
• Learn what Lyme disease is and how to prevent it
• Learn how to treat Lyme disease naturally
• Understand the elements of treatment that need to be considered
• Understand signs/symptoms and potential affects on the body
• Learn about the co-infections that often accompany Lyme
• Learn how to help a family member, friend, or yourself manage Lyme disease
I have come to learn a lot about Lyme from my personal experience with the disease and intense herbalism education focused on Lyme disease. She brings her background as a Nutritionist and Medical Herbalism to the treatment of Lyme disease. She has a B.S. in Nutrition and certifications from the Boston School of Herbal Studies and The North American Institute of Medical Herbalism.

03/21/2023

Suffer from seasonal allergies/Natural remedies
If you are an allergy sufferer here is some important information that can potentially diminish or even stop your allergy symptoms from happening.
Allergic symptoms can happen as a result of your body being overwhelmed by other chronic inflammatory triggers. This is when your allergic load can no longer be managed by the anti-inflammatory mechanisms in your body. If your body is in a constant state of producing cortisol to quench inflammation elsewhere in your body your system may not be able to quell other allergic reactions. These chronic conditions overwhelm your system you start to have allergy symptoms. If we could get rid of those underlying inflammatory conditions, perhaps your allergy symptoms would go away. There are different elements of your anti-inflammatory biology that can be contributing to your symptoms and can be the root cause of your inflammatory response. Food allergens for example can be a chronic trigger that your body is dealing with, nutritional deficiencies like oils that effect your anti-inflammatory enzymes, and vitamins that help stabilize the mast cells that producing histamine, and nutrients that help your liver rid your body of histamine can all be addressed and perhaps address your allergic symptoms. All these deficiencies impact your anti-allergic potential and increase the allergic load on your body. When your body is dealing with multiple sources of inflammation and your antiallergic potential is overwhelmed, then another allergen is introduced e.g ragweed, your body may no longer be able to suppress that inflammation and symptoms emerge.
There are natural ways to reduce or eliminate your symptoms if we can identify those chronic underlying conditions. This approach coupled with medicinal herbs to modify symptoms may allow you to wean yourself off drugs you need to manage your allergy.
The allergic load on your body can effect presentation of symptoms as well as nutritional deficiencies. You want to remove as much underlying inflammation as possible, make sure you have the appropriate oils in your diet to assure an anti-inflammatory environment vs a proinflammatory environment, be able to process histamine effectively in your liver and assure there is no adrenal exhaustion from the allergic load.
There are many herbs and dietary measures that can help alleviate symptoms while working on lessening the underlying symptoms. As an herbalist and nutritionist, at Healing Birch Studio, we can assess your allergic state and come up with a plan to relieve your symptoms naturally and improve your overall health as a result.