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	<title>Kitchen Table Medicine &#187; Herbal Medicine</title>
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	<description>Natural medicine info. Naturopathic physician, Dr. Nicole Sundene, answers your natural medicine health questions at the kitchen table! Diet, weight loss, herbal medicine, exercise, fat burning, health, nutrition, and alternative medicine research!</description>
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		<title>The 17 BLARNIEST Natural Medicines for Public Speaking, Singing &amp; Sore Throats</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is always “Kissing the Blarney Stone” in Ireland for what is said to be “good luck,” however upon my further investigation, the luck that you are receiving is the gift of gab, eloquence, flattery, and art of persuasion. We can all stand to communicate a bit better, and for those that are public speakers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Night Sweats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Night sweats or night time “hot flashes” can be a very frustrating problem for women in menopause or peri-menopause. Typically a hot flash is an experience of intense heat with sweating and increased heartbeat. The hot flash can last for a few minutes or up to 30 minutes. Usually the sensation of heat begins on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fifteen Most Fabulous Herbal Sedatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever just feel like you need to take a pill to take the edge off? Well a lot of us get extra stressed around the holiday season, and if you don&#8217;t want to take something that will totally knock you out, try a gentle relaxing cup of sedative tea instead of popping a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aura Cacia&#8217;s Lavender Harvest, Mommy&#8217;s Secret Weapon</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/aura-cacias-lavender-harvest-mommys-secret-weapon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kitchen Table Medicine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Herbal Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kat Lee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pediatrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleep]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kat Lee I have friends whose children drop off to sleep peacefully, alone, and fast; and I must confess that I secretly hate them. Okay, hate is not really the right word, but I seriously envy them. My children require ninja mommy skills when bedtime arrives. If your children are like this, then you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foxglove: Poisonous or Life Saving?</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/foxglove-poisonous-or-life-saving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know those pink and white “Gnome Hats” lining our roadsides in the Pacific Northwest can either kill you or save your life? Formally known as Digitalis purpurea, this beautiful plant contains a powerful herbal medicine that saves lives every single day for those with heart disease. Now, one should never make any medicine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Weed?</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/what-is-a-weed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The only difference between a flower and a weed is judgment.” I remember as a child having a hard time understanding what the “bad things” were that grew in our garden. What were these dreaded things called “weeds” that had my parents in such fits? “Is this a weed, Mom?” I would constantly ask, paranoid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosemary for Remembrance</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/rosemary-for-remembrance-the-easiest-herb-you-can-grow-in-your-garden-to-improve-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/rosemary-for-remembrance-the-easiest-herb-you-can-grow-in-your-garden-to-improve-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antioxidants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rosemary is a great herb for memory. Rosemary is often added to recipes dedicated to those that did not survive breast cancer for “remembrance”. William Shakespeare even wrote in the play Hamlet, &#8220;There is rosemary, and that is for remembrance&#8221;. Not too long ago we had some random spring snow here in Seattle, and whenever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbal Healing For Hemorrhoids</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/herbal-help-for-hemorrhoids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/herbal-help-for-hemorrhoids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constipation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this an ancient medieval torture device? No, it is simply a horse chestnut seed. Previously used for pelting other children on the playground, for adults the seed of Aesculus hippocastanum is a fabulous cure for hemorrhoids and varicose veins. Hemorrhoids are just varicose veins as well, so if you tend to have a weak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dandelions: Love Your Liver</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/you-may-not-like-those-dandelions-but-your-liver-sure-will-love-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/you-may-not-like-those-dandelions-but-your-liver-sure-will-love-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Detox]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Nicole Sundene Yesterday while watching my hero, Martha Stewart, a guest in her audience asked the HORRIFYING question &#8220;Martha, what do I do to kill the dandelions growing in my garden?&#8221; Martha and I simultaneously stopped everything we were doing and stared blankly at this woman for a few moments, not really understanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What can I do naturally to help my Scleroderma? And Automimmunity in General&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/what-can-i-do-naturally-to-help-my-scleroderma-and-automimmunity-in-general/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/what-can-i-do-naturally-to-help-my-scleroderma-and-automimmunity-in-general/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autoimmune Diseases]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you unaware of what scleroderma is, first let&#8217;s review that scleroderma is an autoimmune disease that results in progressive fibrosis of the system as collagen connective tissue fibers overgrow and become deposited inappropriately in the blood vessels. Symptoms typically begin with Raynauds (lack of blood flow to fingers, pallor, pain and paresthesaias) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Healing Power of Stinging Nettles</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/stinging-nettles-your-new-best-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/stinging-nettles-your-new-best-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allergies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s welcome to the kitchen table one of my favorite healing herbs&#8230;The Notorious Stinging Nettle. Now many of you may think nettles are a pesky weed, but that is simply an exception to the rule that &#8220;ignorance is bliss&#8221;. Wisely putting the weeds in your garden to good use after you pull them will serve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astragalus for Immune Support</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/my-favorite-immune-support-herb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/my-favorite-immune-support-herb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kitchen Table Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the herb Atragalus membranceus because it is a wonderful immune system “shield” for the winter months. Avoiding sick people at home, the work place, and social functions is nearly impossible during the winter months so protecting yourself with proper hand washing, and ensuring that your immune system is properly “winterized” is an easy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garlic’s Many Uses</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/garlic%e2%80%99s-many-uses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/garlic%e2%80%99s-many-uses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kitchen Table Medicine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Garlic, botanically known as Allium Sativum, is used for reducing high blood pressure, preventing age-related vascular changes, reducing reinfarction and mortality post-MI, decreasing LDL (bad) and VLDL cholesterol, and increasing HDL (good) cholesterol for coronary heart disease. Garlic is also used in Chinese medicine for diarrhea, amoebic and bacterial dysentery, tuberculosis, bloody urine, diphtheria, whooping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Was That I Should Take For My Memory Again?</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/what-is-gingko/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/what-is-gingko/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kitchen Table Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gingko is a medicinal herb from the leaves of the Gingko biloba or maidenhair tree. The gingko tree is an ancient plant, dating back at least 250 million years. It is the oldest living species of tree in the world and it survived to modern times only in the mountain forests of Eastern China. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you tired and stressed?</title>
		<link>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/are-you-tired-and-stressed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/are-you-tired-and-stressed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sundene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite herbs for patients that are struggling from fatigue and excess stress is Ashwaganda, formally known as Withania somnifera. With so many people tired and stressed these days I am going to have to vote ashwaganda the best herb of 2007! The root of this plant is best for those feeling very [...]]]></description>
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