Herbal Medicine
This is the herbal preparation you might sip from a mug while curled up on the couch.
Tea/Infusion
This increasingly popular wellness practice involves voluntarily immersing yourself in very cold water.
Cold Plunge
This nutrient helps keep things moving through your digestive tract and is found abundantly in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains.
Fiber
This simple, accessible form of movement requires no gym membership and can be as easy as putting one foot in front of the other.
Walking
Also called square breathing, this technique typically involves inhaling, holding, exhaling, and holding again for equal counts.
Box Breathing
This semi-solid herbal preparation is typically applied directly to the skin (or lips) rather than taken internally.
Salve/Balm
Unlike a sauna, this heated hydrotherapy treatment surrounds you with humid, rather than dry, heat.
Steam Room
Meat, eggs, beans, fish, tofu, and Greek yogurt all have plenty of this macronutrient that provides the building blocks for your body.
Protein
This form of exercise uses resistance to challenge your muscles and can help build strength, muscle mass, and bone density.
Weight Lifting
This practice involves intentionally bringing your attention to the present moment, often by focusing on the breath, body, or a particular object.
Meditation
This concentrated herbal preparation is made by extracting plant constituents into alcohol and is often served in a little amber bottle with a dropper.
What is a tincture?
Magnesium sulfate is the star ingredient in this relaxing soak.
Epsom Salt Bath
Blueberries, green tea, and colorful fruits and vegetables are celebrated for containing compounds with this protective property.
Anti-oxidants
Combining movement, breath, and mindfulness, this ancient practice can support flexibility, balance, strength, and relaxation.
Yoga
This technique uses information about physiological processes, such as heart rate or muscle tension, to help you learn to consciously influence them. Hint: Dr. Smith offers this as a service in her practice.
Biofeedback.
Just a few drops of this highly concentrated plant preparation can fill a room with its aromatic scent, often through the use of a diffuser.
Essential Oil
Hot towels, cold towels, chest, back, repeat. This old-school naturopathic treatment is a Dr. Smith specialty.
Constitutional Hydrotherapy
Scurvy is the classic deficiency disease associated with this vitamin, famously abundant in citrus fruits.
Vitamin C
The name of this workout style stands for High-Intensity Interval Training and alternates periods of intense exercise with recovery periods.
HIIT
In the yogic tradition, this Sanskrit term refers to practices involving the regulation and control of the breath.
Pranayama
Unlike a salve, this topical preparation is typically lighter and contains enough water to give it a smooth, spreadable texture.
Lotion
It sounds miserable, but this traditional hydrotherapy treatment involves putting on wet socks followed by dry wool socks on your feet before bed when you first feel ill.
Magic / Wet Socks
A deficiency in this vitamin can contribute to megaloblastic anemia and neurological problems, and absorption can become more challenging with age. It is most abundantly found in animal foods.
Vitamin B-12
Developed in Japan, this specific form of high-intensity interval training traditionally consists of 20 seconds of intense exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated eight times.
Tabata
Often practiced at approximately 5–6 breaths per minute, this breathing technique aims to synchronize breathing with the cardiovascular system to support autonomic regulation.
Resonant Frequency Breathing