Dr. Jus Crea Giammarino, ND

04/01/2026

I am extremely successful in helping patients reverse osteoporosis without any pharmaceuticals especially postmenopausal women! Time and time again - naturopathic medicine works! Amazing follow up bone densities! ✊🏼🌿

03/29/2026

Love my homeopathic remedies! ❤️💕❤️

03/29/2026

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03/14/2026

I just had a wonderful two days with Connecticut Naturopaths at their annual conference. Always fills my heart to be amongst them and to learn and share so much amazing knowledge and gifts. Where else could we experience three sound baths in two days? So nice. Plus I was able to attend lectures on homeopathy, cell salts, cancer, circadian rhythms, perimenopause, mast cell disorder, etc etc Unfortunately my pics do not give it justice. The come away message for me is we all have the power to heal ourselves! Much love to our naturopathic community of healers! ❤️🌿✊🏼🔥

03/10/2026

03/09/2026

From a talk I gave at Grow Food Northampton.

03/09/2026

This is awesome! Plantain for the win for asthma treatment!

🌿 Deep Dive: Herbal Showdown (Plantago major vs. The Asthma Drug) 🔬

In researching the respiratory chapter for my book, I found a head-to-head laboratory match-up that every herbalist needs to see. We often hear that herbs are "gentle" or merely "supportive" around the homestead, but can they actually outperform a standard pharmaceutical?

A study published in the Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine put our humble Plantago major (Broadleaf Plantain) to the test against Theophylline, a common prescription drug used to treat asthma and respiratory diseases.

🔬 The Setup: The Clinical Match-Up
Researchers induced asthma in models using citric acid to simulate the exact airway stress and inflammation humans experience. They then treated one group with Theophylline (200 mg/kg) and another with a hydro-alcoholic extract of Plantago major (100 mg/kg) for four weeks.

🏆 The Results: Plantain Takes the Gold
While the drug did help, the herb actually restored lung tissue closer to its healthy, normal state in several key areas:
🔹 The Inflammation Trigger (Mast Cells): In the asthma group, the number of mast cells skyrocketed. Think of mast cells as your body's histamine alarm bells. Theophylline failed to significantly quiet these alarms. However, the Plantago group showed mast cell levels nearly identical to the healthy control group, effectively cutting the inflammatory signal at the source.
🔹 Lung Tissue Repair: The asthma caused the "goblet cells" in the lungs to empty out and the airway walls to thicken with mucus. While the drug reduced some thickness, it still left heavy congestion. Plantago major, on the other hand, regenerated the goblet cells and cleared the airways!
🔹 Stopping the Damage: The untreated asthma caused hemorrhaging (bleeding) in the tiny air sacs. The Plantago extract successfully restored the tissue thickness and prevented this damage better than the pharmaceutical control.

🧪 The Chemistry: Why Did It Work?
The researchers point to two specific botanical mechanisms doing the heavy lifting:
🧬 Allantoin: The builder. Known for stimulating cell growth, it likely helped regenerate those damaged goblet cells and rebuild the lung tissue.
🧬 Mucilage: The soothing blanket. This complex carbohydrate reduced the presence of lymphoid cells (immune clumps) and physically soothed the raw irritation.

💡 Clinical Insight & Grower's Tip:
The study concluded that Plantago major had a "protective effect" on the lungs that was actually superior to Theophylline in this specific model. Proof that sometimes the most potent respiratory medicine isn't at the pharmacy—it's the "w**d" growing right through the wood chips in your garden!

03/09/2026

03/05/2026

Spring cleanse the body. It’s good for the soul too! I just found an old handout I made for a talk I gave on detoxification many moons ago. It’s that time of year again! 🌞🌞 🌞

03/02/2026

03/02/2026

📢 Open call for hearings with Indigenous Peoples on the Global Action Plan of Action for the Health of Indigenous Peoples

WHO is convening a series of hearings with Indigenous Peoples as part of the process to inform the development of the Global Plan of Action (GPA) for the health of Indigenous Peoples

These hearings aim to gather technical inputs from individual experts and non-State actors representing Indigenous Peoples, that are engaged across all areas of the health sector and key sectors addressing social and environmental determinants of health.

7 sessions will be held virtually over Zoom as follows:
👉 Wednesday 18 March at 9:00am (CST)- Session for Central, South America & the Caribbean
👉 Friday 20 March at 9:00am (PDT)- Session for North America
👉Monday 23 March at 12:00 (WGT)- Session for the Arctic
👉 Wednesday 25 March at 16:00 (EAT)- Session for Africa
👉 Friday 27 March at 11:00 (MSK)- Session for Central & Eastern Europe, Russian Fed., Central Asia & Transcaucasia
👉Tuesday 31 March at 18:00 (NZDT)- Session for the Pacific

To participate, pre-register by Wednesday 11 March at: https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/open-call-for-hearings-with-indigenous-peoples-on-the-global-action-plan-of-action-for-the-health-of-indigenous-peoples

📸Terry Reith

11/25/2025

These forever chemicalsls NEVER go away! They contominate FOREVER!

DCEG investigators have developed a portfolio of research aimed at identifying cancer-types associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These studies are innovative for their direct assessment of exposure using banked serum specimens as well as their evaluation of risks at varying ex...