Digestion is the first area of our health that I always discuss with my students. Without healthy digestion none of us are able to thrive in this world.
If you’d like to learn how to benefit from simple strategies to enhance how you process your food, this episode is for you!
My today’s guest is Dr. Orna Izakson, ND. Orna is an Oregon-based writer, gardener, herbalist, and naturopathic doctor.
She came to naturopathy through an interest in her health, her passion for environment and science, and her love of plants. Orna is a graduate of National University for Natural Medicine.
As a naturopath she treats people, not conditions. Her tools of trade are people’s medicine otherwise known as plants along with food, homeopathy and hydrotherapy.
Orna’s job is to remind her patients that natural cures are in their hands, cupboards, bathtubs, and refrigerators. She is a teacher and cheerleader, helping her patients toward better health.
By the end of this episode you’ll realize that the solution to healthy digestion is simpler than you were taught.
TAKEAWAYS
- Orna’s journey to become an herbalist and a naturopathic doctor
- Vitalist triad (assimilation, elimination, managing inflammation) and how it explains our state of health and well-being
- The importance of digestive system and where does the digestion begin (it’s not in your mouth)
- 2 ways in which rituals and traditions connect to digestive health
- 5 simple strategies to enhance your digestion (including the use of aromatic and bitter herbs)
FAVORITE QUOTES
”We have been taught to think that medicine and health are hard. They are not. We mostly know what we need to do.”
CONTACTING OUR GUEST
Dr. Orna Izakson’s website Celilo Natural Health Center, her Facebook page and herInstagram feedandTwitter account to follow
WEB RESOURCES
Teachers/programs – Colette Gardiner, Howie Brounstein and Steven Yeager – Columbines School of Botanical Studies, National University of Natural Medicine
Courtney Jackson’s TEDx talkon healthy digestion
Podcast episode with Camille Freeman on importance of circadian rhythm
American Herbalists Guild directory of registered herbalists and schools
Naturopathic physiciansAANP directory– state associations
Strictly Medicinal seeds – in Oregon
Fedco Seeds – in Maine
BOOKS
Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
This episode is brought to you by Herbstalk.
Image courtesy of Orna Izakson, ND
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