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5 Reasons to Consider Integrative Cancer Care

5 Reasons to Consider Integrative Cancer Care
When faced with a cancer diagnosis, your first reaction is usually panic. Here are 5 ways integrative cancer care helps you feel whole so you can stand on your own two feet once again.
Apr 28th, 2026

When Autoimmune Disease Flares: What You Should Know
Autoimmune flares can worsen with stress, weather, and inflammation. Learn how Portland Clinic of Holistic Health offers naturopathic therapies like Bio-Thermal Therapy®, IV nutrients, and nutrition supports, to help calm symptoms and restore balance.
Nov 16th, 2025

5 Ways Acupuncture Can Improve Fertility
Although Western medicine looked askance at acupuncture not too long ago, the practice is now widely recognized as a treatment for chronic pain. It also has other applications, including boosting fertility in both women and men.
Jan 9th, 2025

Super Woman Smoothie from The Nourish Me Kitchen
A natural smoothie recipe from Dr. Erika Siegel that boosts a woman's health. It's rich in antioxidants, selenium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and protein. Featuring Maca, a Peruvian root that helps to regulate hormones and allows us to adapt to stress!
Mar 29th, 2024

Bio-Thermal Therapy®: A Natural Approach to Healing
Bio-Thermal Therapy® supports healing by improving circulation, reducing inflammation, and easing pain. This natural therapy helps with arthritis, eczema, asthma, digestive issues, autoimmune conditions, and recovery.
Sep 3rd, 2025

Massaged Kale Salad by Nourish Me Kitchen
This massaged kale salad by Nourish Me Kitchen is delicious and full of nutrition and fiber. The trick is to thoroughly and lovingly massage the kale into submission, making it more enjoyable to eat and much easier to digest than straight-up raw kale.
Apr 8th, 2025

Chicken Tortilla Soup by Nourish Me Kitchen
This healing, aromatic Chicken Tortilla Soup by Nourish Me Kitchen, delights all of the senses and conjures images of a Mexican abuela creating something quite special.
Jan 20th, 2025

Belly Soother Rice Pudding by Nourish Me Kitchen
This coconut milk rice pudding, with mango and aromatic herbs, is a comforting treat that's easy on sensitive stomachs. Enjoy it as a cozy breakfast, snack, or dessert to brighten your day.
Dec 20th, 2024

Hearty Winter Root Soup by Nourish Me Kitchen
Warm up during the wet Northwest winters with this hearty root vegetable soup, a comforting and nutritious meal perfect for any time of day. With optional beans and quinoa, it becomes a complete dish, and leftovers freeze beautifully for a quick, wholesome
Dec 4th, 2024

Is Vitamin D the Key to Flu Prevention?
Discover how vitamin D could be a powerful alternative to flu vaccines. Research shows its role in boosting immunity and preventing respiratory infections like colds and the flu. Learn more about this natural approach to seasonal wellness.
Dec 2nd, 2024

Pumpkin Pie Pudding Muffins by Nourish Me Kitchen
Pumpkin is a superfood for our immunity, skin, and whole body! This recipe was created so sweet treats can add valuable nutrition to the diet. The moist pumpkiny center won't feel like you are sacrificing for a healthy treat.
Nov 27th, 2024

Golden Immune Honey by Nourish Me Kitchen
You can quickly mix up this age-old remedy and add it to hot water or tea to rapidly reduce inflammation, whether in the joints or the respiratory tract due to allergies or a cold or flu. This medicinal honey is best made as needed, to support immunity.
Sep 18th, 2024

Red Garden Gazpacho by Nourish Me Kitchen
Nothing is fresher than garden gazpacho. When you make this cold soup you can essentially serve up the summer farmer’s market in a cup! As nice as it would be to enjoy this soup all year long, gazpacho really deserves to be saved for when the tomatoes are
Aug 5th, 2024

Dairy-Free Creamy Ice Pops by Nourish Me Kitchen
Beat the summer heat with these delicious dairy-free, sugar-free creamy ice pops! These healthy treats satisfy your sweet tooth. Made with all-natural ingredients, they're a refreshing and nutritious way to stay cool!
Jul 19th, 2024

Veggie Enchiladas from The Nourish Me Kitchen
This vegetable enchilada recipe from The Nourish Me Kitchen is a great way to enjoy mexican flavors while giving your body what it needs to perform its best. It's loaded with vitamin A, potassium, and antioxidants. 
Apr 30th, 2024

Eating Seasonal Foods
By eating seasonal foods you can save money and also ensure your vegetables and fruits have the most nutrients available for your body. We like to use the Seasonal
Apr 9th, 2024

August White Recovery Fund

August White has been fighting a rare liver disease for the last eighteen years. At the beginning of 2023 his family learned of the treatment at our clinic and quickly relocated to Portland to start treatment. With medical expenses topping $50,000...
Dec 26th, 2023

Break Through RaDaR Cancer Screening From NeoGenomics
The Portland Clinic of Holistic Health has been invited to take part in NeoGenomics Clinical Evaluation Program that maps an individuals Cancer Tumor DNA and then monitors for recurrence and effectiveness of treatments.
Dec 13th, 2023

Turmeric and Yogurt Chicken Kabobs
Curcumin, the main ingredient in Turmeric is a neuro-protective antioxidant that protects against Alzheimers when consumed regularly. This recipe for Turmeric and Yogurt Chicken Kabobs highlights the great taste and color of Turmeric.
Dec 6th, 2023

Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation
Learn more about CES or Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation and how it is used in treatment at the Portland Clinic of Holistic Health.
Oct 19th, 2023

Easy Garlic Broth
Looking for a way to boost your immunity? This recipe for garlic broth is a simple and delicious way to do so.
Mar 2nd, 2023

New Vitamin D Findings
Vitamin D has many positive effects in the body. A new study looked at how it can help with urinary incontinence in women.
Feb 28th, 2023

MM Patient Testimonial
Martha has been working with our Nutritionist, Lindsay, with nutritional guidance and meal planning since October, and has expressed her joy with the program ...
Aug 11th, 2019

Go (Coco)nuts Over This Recipe
Here at our clinic, we believe strongly that “food is medicine”. If you give your body the right fuel required, it can do its job of healing, growing and creating energy to keep you living your best life. For this reason ...
Jan 13th, 2019

STAGE 3A INFILTRATING LOBULAR BREAST CANCER
A 57 year young woman presented to the clinic 4 months after a breast cancer diagnosis of the left breast after a routine mammogram. After this diagnosis, a lumpectomy was performed to remove the tumor as well as remove her lymph nodes ...
Oct 14th, 2018

Rheumatoid Arthritis
A 73 year old woman came to the clinic having been recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The ankles, knees and hips were all affected. The patient had been in a flare about 3 months earlier...
Sep 20th, 2018

Acid Reflux and Chronic Nausea
A 27 year old woman presented to the clinic with 3 years of severe acid reflux and nausea. She had suffered ‘all of her life’ with the symptoms, but the previous 3 years were unbearable. She awakes nauseous and feels sick after all of her meals...
Sep 17th, 2018

Stage 4 Breast Cancer
A 60 year young female patient presented to the clinic with stage 4 breast cancer that she had been diagnosed with about 8 months previous. The tumor was estrogen positive, progesterone positive, and had a high proliferation rate...
Sep 13th, 2018

Sjogrens Disease
A 73 year old woman came to the clinic from Columbia, South America. We had successfully treated her sister's cancer and she was suffering from a neuropathy that could not be clearly diagnosed. The neuropathy felt like a stabbing sensation...
Sep 6th, 2018

Fibromyalgia
A 36 year old woman presented with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. She was diagnosed six months prior, but had been experiencing debilitating symptoms for the last year and a half. Symptoms started after a 36 hour influenza infection...
Aug 16th, 2018

Vomiting and Dermatitis
A 20 year old man presented to the clinic with 5 years of stomach pain that awakes him from his sleep, and then makes him vomit for several hours every morning. In the 6 weeks before coming to the clinic, he had a global outbreak on the skin...
Aug 15th, 2018

Vitiligo and Digestive Trouble
A 32-year-old man presented to the clinic with a number of conditions. He experienced chronic side pain present for the past 3 years, digestive troubles, chronic heartburn, and an extreme difficulty breathing...
Aug 1st, 2018

Healthy Cookies!!
VEGAN & FOOD INTOLERANCE FRIENDLY! 15 MINUTE PREP TIME | 8 MINUTE COOK TIME | MAKES 2.5 DOZEN ...
Apr 4th, 2018

Vegan Pie Recipe
MAKES A 9″ PIE, 12 SERVINGS – VEG, V, EGG FREE, CORN FREE (Recipe by Tracy Hill*) ...
Jan 22nd, 2018

Celltoons
Teresa Werner, patient at Portland Clinic of Holistic Health, cancer survivor, and now author, has released her new book, CellToons: The Story of Cancer at a Cellular Level. Teresa is now in remission from lymph node positive stage IV breast cancer ...
Jul 18th, 2017

How to Boost your Metabolism
It’s not unusual to blame your shrink-resistant waistline on a slow metabolism. But that’s not usually the culprit keeping you from reaching your ideal weight. What is Metabolism? Metabolism is your body’s method of converting calories ...
May 31st, 2017

Integrative Cancer Care
We treat cancer patients daily at our clinic. We have used IV Vitamin C at the Portland Clinic of Holistic Health for over a decade with our cancer patients. The results can be profound ...
May 31st, 2017

Vegan Stuffed Poblano Peppers
This easy, 9-ingredient plant-based meal is packed with flavor and delicious nutrition in every bite! Aromatic brown rice and pinto beans are embellished with onion, salsa and a simple avocado crema ...
May 30th, 2017

Hormone Imbalance Treatment! Not as Easy as 1,2,3...
Taking extra hormones – even biologically identical ones- comes with risks. This study details some of them. The risks including increasing cancer risk – Breast, Ovarian, Colon, and Uterine in individuals with elevated aromatase enzyms ...
May 29th, 2017

Osteoporosis Drugs
Like a house never completed, your body remodels bone by breaking down old and building new. Old bone that is weak and fragile is harvested by the body in the constant process of bone remodeling...
Mar 6th, 2017

Healthy (Vegetable) Bieler Broth
Henry G. Bieler, MD (1883-1975) was widely recognized as a pioneer of holistic medicine using diet-based therapies. One of his many innovations was a soup to support immune function that came to be called the “Bieler Broth.” ...
Feb 12th, 2017

Simple Wholesome Veggie Soup
Treat yourself to a healthy winter with this wholesome vegetable soup. It is flavorful, stocked with vitamins and nutrients, and unbelievably easy to prepare. Enjoy ...
Jan 29th, 2017

Shed Fat with Lipo-Light
Shed inches to drop a dress size, fit into those old jeans, or tighten and tone those hard to reach areas that are resistant to slimming down. Start 2017 off right with ...
Jan 29th, 2017

The Healthiest Food is Home-Cooked Food
A study by researchers at Emory University suggests that Americans eat more than 30 percent of meals out of the house. And those cooked at home have a low percentage of fresh and whole foods when ...
Jan 29th, 2017

What Wikipedia Won't Tell you about Supplements
The wonderful world of supplements can be a bit overwhelming. Many supplements are available over-the-counter, yet this should not be taken as a license to self-prescribe or self-dose ...
Jan 29th, 2017

Healing Acid Reflux Naturally
You’ve just enjoyed a southwest burrito at your favorite restaurant. Now, you’re feeling as if someone has lit a fire in your upper abdomen and the flames are reaching up your throat. That’s acid reflux ...
Dec 29th, 2016

The Power of Naturopathic Adjustment Therapy
Naturopathic Doctors are primary care doctors. Naturopathic doctors treat the body as a whole and look at the root cause of the problem, not just the symptoms. This allows ...
Dec 29th, 2016

Zap Indigestion with #50 Capsules
#50 Capsules are 50% Gentian root and 50% Skullcap. This specialty naturopathic formula has been in routine clinical use for indigestion for well over a century, and the herbs themselves for many more ...
Dec 29th, 2016

Hiatal Hernia
A Hiatal Hernia is when the stomach slips up above the diaphragm (the flat muscle below the heart and lungs that separates the upper chest from the abdomen). This may ...
Dec 29th, 2016

More to Love about Green Tea (Camellia Sinesis)
Next to water, tea is the most consumed beverage in the world. There are health benefits to drinking a variety of teas, and the more pure the leaf in your brew, the better. Green Tea leaves, which don’t go through an oxidation process...
Oct 23rd, 2016

Broccoli: Superhero of Vegetables
Shaped like green mini-trees, broccoli is the superhero of vegetables, containing a powerhouse of nutrients beneficial for digestion, heart health, and the immune system. High in fiber and vitamin C, broccoli is a good source for potassium ...
Oct 23rd, 2016

Broccoli With Orecchiette
Pungent garlic and spicy red pepper are balanced by the light sweetness of green broccoli in this dish. It also makes for a wonderful side dish with the fish of your choice ...
Oct 23rd, 2016

Food & You: The Body-Mind Connection
There’s no doubt about it: what we eat, and how much we eat, has a direct impact on our physical health. But did you know that those same choices also influence mood, mental alertness, memory, and emotional wellbeing? ...
Sep 12th, 2016

Eggplant Caponata
Satisfying and versatile, eggplant can handle a variety of flavorful accompaniments, several of which give a kick to this Sicilian favorite. The tomato base is spiked with anchovies, garlic, and capers, creating a mouth-watering aroma...
Sep 11th, 2016

Eggplant: Versatile and Good for You
A favorite in vegan and omnivore cuisine, eggplant can be baked, roasted, grilled, used as a pizza topping or in stir-fry recipes. It has a pleasantly bitter taste and spongy texture that may vary depending on the color/variety of eggplant selected...
Sep 11th, 2016

Keep a Mind-Body Food Journal for Health and Healing
How would you like to understand, once and for all, the relationship between what you’re eating and how you feel? Keep a mind-body food journal. It’s a powerful way to gain insight into eating habits and the impact of food choices on your mental and ...
Sep 11th, 2016

Homeopathy: Finding the Cure in the Cause
Like cures like. That’s the concept behind homeopathy, a centuries-old system that stimulates the body’s innate healing ability. In 1796, Samuel Hahnemann, M.D. observed that Cinchona Bark, ...
Jul 25th, 2016

Beta-Carotene

Beta-carotene has two important functions in the body: It functions as an antioxidant, protecting cells against damage, and it can be converted to Vitamin A (retinol), critical to maintaining skin and eye health ...
Jul 25th, 2016

The Importance of Nurturing your Child's Emotional Intelligence
We want the best for our children. From the moment they’re born, we look for ways to stimulate learning potential and strengthen their IQ (Intelligence Quotient). While studies differ on whether we can actually enhance IQ, they concur that we can...
Jul 24th, 2016

Awesome Avocado
There are so many reasons – and so many ways – to love avocado. A culinary superfood, avocados provide up to 20 nutrients including vitamins K, C and E, as well as folate, magnesium, zinc ...
Jul 24th, 2016

How to Naturally Treat and Remove Heavy Metals
Toxic metals should be removed – gently and effectively, until retesting shows a negative finding. We have several techniques that we use for that purpose. A combination of these methods works best. The only normal is a negative test...
Mar 6th, 2016

Heart Herbs
Capsules contain an herbal formula to support cardiovascular function, brain function, circulation, and to improve cellular oxygen levels.
Feb 11th, 2016

How Healthy is Your Heart
MAXPULSE BLOOD VESSEL HEALTH TESTING Another fantastic tool that we have at the clinic is the The Max Pulse. This FDA approved device utilizes pulse wave analysis technology. The blood’s pulse wave is followed from the time it leaves the heart ...
Feb 11th, 2016

Essential Tips to Naturally Prevent the Flu and Stay Healthy
Hopefully you were able to get sun exposure last summer. This exposure increases your vitamin D stores and calcium levels for the winter. Vitamin D and Calcium are protective against colds and flu viruses during the winter seasons ...
Feb 8th, 2016

HERE'S TO A HEALTHY SMILE
DENTAL QUICK FACTS Oral health is an important component of overall health. There are links between chronic oral infections and other health problems including diabetes, heart disease, and adverse ...
Jan 12th, 2016

Prevent the Flu with Shower Hydrotherapy
Shower hydrotherapy. Real flu prevention can start in the morning shower. A German study in 1990 used a method that led to 50% decrease in colds and flu of those who participate...
Dec 8th, 2015

Sleep: Essential for Mind-Body Health
Adults and children alike are spending more time awake late at night to study, work, or having fun. All those late nights may be slowly killing us. More than 20 years of research shows us that sleep is vitally important to physical and mental health ...
Nov 30th, 2015

8 Tips to Help you Stay Healthy During Cold Season
1. During cold months dress properly, keeping the feet warm and dry, covering the back of the neck. 2. Avoid food intolerances, and eat mineral rich broths, soups, and stews, minimizing sweets and candies. 3. Maintain good social hygiene and ...
Oct 24th, 2015

Why Sleep is Vital to our Health
About 40 million people in the U.S. have chronic sleep problems. Some can’t fall asleep, some wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep; others get tired during the day, have a nap, ...
Oct 8th, 2015

Changing of the Season
The change of seasons is here – the cool and wet fall has boldly asserted itself. With these changes in the environment, our bodies will also change how they relate ...
Oct 7th, 2015

Naturopathic Treatment Plans for a Cold & Fever
At the first sign of a respiratory infection, cold, flu, or if you have been diagnosed where with bronchitis, pneumonia, sinus infection, ear infection, or any type of infection call the clinic and schedule ...
Sep 30th, 2015

Fall into a Healthy Routine
Now that we are back into the full swing of things this fall, are you noticing daily that your children are having trouble focusing, fidgeting, or are inattentive? Has their teacher also ...
Aug 12th, 2015

What your Bowel Movements Say About your Health
Unless you’re the parent of a toddler who has just mastered “going potty,” poop is probably not a hot topic in your household. But the composition of what you deposit into the toilet has important implications for health...
Apr 30th, 2015