INM Wellness News
5 Weird But Effective Treatments For Pain
5 Weird But Effective Treatments For Pain Weird is different… right? In many cases, weird is exactly what you need when it comes down to a successful healthcare approach. I’ll explain. All too often, many Americans pop prescription drugs to deal with the aches...
Is the 2015 Nobel Prize a turning point for traditional Chinese medicine?
Is the 2015 Nobel Prize a turning point for traditional Chinese medicine? Marta Hanson, Johns Hopkins University I’m sure I’m not the only one surprised by the announcement that half of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to a researcher who spent...
The Metal Element and Chai Tea
As we move into the autumn season, we enter the time of year of the Metal Element. The Metal Element relates to the Lungs, immune system, and elimination. It is one of the 5 elements in Chinese Medical Theory. The 5 elements are the web between the natural on the...
Caveman Diet vs. the Mediterranean Diet
Caveman Diet vs. the Mediterranean Diet: Who’s Right? When it comes to nutrition, it can get very confusing. Patients often vent their confusion to me by claiming “The information is always changing! I don’t know what to believe!” In their ensuing frustration, they...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month – October
Breast Cancer statistics are staggering in our country with a rate of 1 in 8 women being afflicted in their lifetime. Yet only 5-10 percent of all cancers are inherited. During this month, Sophia Natural Health Center would like to focus on Breast Cancer Awareness...
Dark Chocolate, It’s Good For Your Health
Dark chocolate is loaded with nutrients that can positively affect your health. Made from the seed of the cocoa tree, it is one of the best sources of antioxidants. " The potential health benefits of chocolate Throughout the years, chocolate has been on the end of a...
Allergies and Global Inflammation
Have you noticed? Food and environmental allergies have become more and more common. Packaging for foods alerts us to the inclusion of tree nuts, dairy and gluten, school classrooms have been posting to protect anaphylactic children are present and grocery stores have...
Men’s Health and Hormone Balance
What you should know about Men's Health and Hormone Balance Men are often forgotten in the world of health when it comes to hormonal balance and the underlying factors that bring about ill health. Often they dismiss the signs of hormonal imbalances as just a natural...
Prescription Drugs or Acupuncture?
The Cost of Acupuncture vs. Prescription Drugs Informative video from the North Carolina Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the...
How to Regain Your Health
How to Regain Your Health with Integrative Natural Medicine Chinese medicine is one of the oldest functional medical systems still practiced. It began as a shamanic healing practice among the early Neolithic tribes of China. At that point in time stone, bone, and...