Mary Ruttenberg HHP, LMT

11/24/2023

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06/30/2023

If you have immune issues, please stay safe, covid is not gone. I know people that have had it and did not know, no symptoms at all.

03/03/2023

Do you need a little less stress in your life? Get a massage.
Appointments available.

12/01/2022

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09/01/2022

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One of my favorite herbs -- oatstraw -- is a grass. Oatstraw (Avena sativa) is the dried leaves, or straw, of the plant that gives us the grain oats, found in most households as rolled oats. I use a full ounce (by weight) of dried oatstraw, with or without seeds, in a quart of boiling water, steeped at least four hours, to make a restorative tonic. Oatstraw is considered an herb of longevity in India. American herbalists value it as a strengthener and nourisher to the nerves. Like oats themselves, oatstraw infusion is heart healthy and cholesterol-lowering. Many a menopausal woman has praised oatstraw's cooling, calming ways.

07/30/2022

"When you say 'I have a gut feeling about something', you're not speaking metaphorically, you're speaking quite literally, because your gut makes the same chemicals as your brain makes when it thinks, your gut feelings are possibly more accurate because gut cells haven't yet evolved to the state of self doubt"
Deepak Chopra(1993)

07/19/2022

Plantain “weeds” are Nature’s first aid kit for everything from cuts and scrapes to bee stings, snake bites, sunburns and poison ivy. One of the few “gifts” English colonists brought to Native Americans was plantain, a favorite medicinal herb back in Europe. After witnessing its power, ....

06/26/2022

Yes!

What we put on our skin—the largest organ in our body—gets absorbed and travels through the bloodstream.

It’s a simple fact, yet so many of us don’t think twice about how the ingredients in our favorite skin care products, such as shampoo, sunscreen, lotion, and insect repellent, affect our health. Even small amounts of toxic ingredients in skin products can add up and contribute to endocrine disorders, heart disease, cancer, and a range of other illnesses.

You can heal many skin issues by balancing your hormones, changing your diet, optimizing your nutrient status and healing your gut.

The science behind creating great skin involves cultivating your soil to reset your system. Functional Medicine, which focuses on the underlying causes of disease, is the medicine of WHY, not WHAT.

Functional Medicine doctors are like soil farmers. We create a healthy soil, so pests can’t come and weeds can’t flourish. A healthy soil means disease can’t come. That becomes an inside-out rather than outside-in approach.

I handle skin issues like acne and psoriasis the same way I deal with other issues. I define the imbalance, address the causes first (usually diet and lifestyle) and then help the body repair and regain balance.

05/28/2022

What's in a Belly?
Your Authentic Voice
by Lisa Sarasohn
When you're speaking your gut truth, you're practicing the ancient art of ventriloquy. "Ventriloquy" means, literally, speaking from your belly, voicing the language of your venter: ventri-loquy. Venter is a word of Latin derivation meaning "belly," "womb," and "woman as birth-giver."

In current usage, a ventriloquist is an entertaining trickster, projecting the voice without moving the lips, producing the illusion that someone or something else is talking. Originally, ventriloquy was the practice of priestesses, women speaking from their bellies to deliver oracular wisdom, conveying the voice of the Sacred Feminine emerging from the Earth.

We can trace how the meaning of ventriloquism and related words has changed over time in a sampling of references cited in the Oxford English Dictionary:

The Bible's book of Isaiah makes reference to "a voice which whispers out of the ground like a familiar spirit." Conybeare and Howson, writing in St. Paul, claim that "It was usual for the prophetic spirit to make itself known by an internal muttering or ventriloquism."

As women honoring the Goddess came to be classified as witches, ventriloquism came to be associated with witchcraft. In his 1584 treatise on witchcraft, R. Scot describes a "w***h, practising hir diabolicall witchcraft and ventriloquie." Similarly, in 1680 Glanvill wrote that "Ventriloquy, or speaking from the bottom of the Belly, 'tis a thing as strange as anything in Witchcraft." He characterized one who speaks from the depths of her belly as a Pythoness. In his usage, Pythoness meant "witch" in a derisive sense. But, appropriately, the term originally referred to soothsaying women such as the priestesses of Delphi, who expressed the oracular voice of the underground serpent, the current of primordial life force generating the world. The serpent-priestess also figures in Kingsley's 1855 exhortation to "discourse eloquence from thy central omphalos, like Pythoness ventriloquising."

The voice which emerged from the belly—what was once considered to be oracular wisdom—came to be feared as diabolical. In 1644 Digby warned that ventriloquists "do persuade ignorant people that the Diuell [Devil] speaketh from within them deepe in their belly," and in 1656 Blount defined a ventriloquist as "one that hath an evil spirit speaking in his belly."

By the early nineteenth century, ventriloquism had become a parlor trick and a theatrical entertainment. An 1815 issue of Stage, for example, reports that "A ventriloquist at Paris has attracted the attention of the whole metropolis." Speaking from the belly—first a practice of prophecy—became demonized and then trivialized in Western culture.

Japanese phrases that incorporate hara, the word meaning both "belly" and the belly's soulful power, reveal another culture's understanding of the body's center. The phrase translated as "belly voice," for example, denotes a voice that, in its volume and depth, expresses integrity and presence. "A person who talks while opening his abdomen" describes a person who speaks the truth.

As we honor the belly as our body's sacred center, we in Western culture can reclaim the original meaning of ventriloquy, taking courage—and encouraging each other—to voice our truth and express the wisdom already abiding within us.

04/11/2022

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Red clover belongs to a family (the legumes) renowned for anti- cancer properties. It shares with its better-studied sisters-soy, lentils, and the Chinese herb astragalus- the ability to repair damaged DNA, turn off oncogenes, and reverse pre-cancer and in situ cancers. It is a widely used folk remedy against cancer. According to J. Hartwell, author of 'Plants Used Against Cancer', medical literature has reported and confirmed hundreds of cases of remission of cancer after consistent use of red clover. I personally know of several such cases. Homeopathic Trifolium (mother tincture) is specific against breast cancer.

02/20/2022

Breathe!

01/15/2022

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Comfrey Infusion

Drinking comfrey infusion has benefitted me in many ways: It keeps my bones strong and flexible. It strengthens my digestion and elimination. It keeps my lungs and respiratory tract healthy. It keeps my face wrinkle-free and my skin and scalp supple. And, please don't forget, comfrey contains special proteins needed for the formation of short-term memory cells. Comfrey (Symphytum) leaf is free of the compounds (PAs) found in the root that can damage the liver. I have used comfrey leaf infusion regularly for decades with no liver problems, ditto for the group of people at the Henry Doubleday Research Foundation who have eaten cooked comfrey leaves as a vegetable for four generations. Comfrey is also known as "knitbone," and no better ally for the woman with thin bones can be found.. Its soothing mucilage adds flexibility to joints, eyes, va**na, and lungs. Comfrey leaf infusion used internally and as a sitz bath is excellent at easing hemorrhoids .

Read more:
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12/26/2021

Itchy, crawling legs keeping you up at night? Here's how to stop those restless leg syndrome (RLS) symptoms using natural remedies.

12/13/2021

Herbal cough syrup is a natural homemade alternative to conventional cough syrup. It contains herbs that help soothe the throat and promote restful sleep.

11/22/2021

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11/11/2021

11/11/2021

Just letting you know, I am continuing mask wearing.
We can still catch and spread covid, so I feel it is best to do so.
Stay safe.

07/15/2021

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Make An Infused Oil/Fresh Herb
excerpt from: Abundantly Well: Seven Medicines

Oil and animal fat coax a variety of healing compounds out of fresh plants. Dried plants, with a few exceptions, will never make a great oil.

* Calendula oil calms inflammation and irritation.
* Chickweed oil softens and dissolves cysts and scars.
* Comfrey oil is tricky from fresh; heals tears and breaks.
* Plantain oil stops itching, hastens deep wound recovery.
* St. Joan’s wort oil eases burns, muscle soreness, nerve pain.

Fill a dry jar almost full with finely-chopped fresh herb, then fill with any edible oil/fat.
Cap tightly. Label (on lid). Put in a small bowl to catch ooze.
Steep, out of direct sunlight, for six weeks.
Sieve plant material from oil, squeeze well.

excerpt from: Abundantly Well: Seven Medicines
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06/02/2021

Just letting you know, I am continuing mask wearing even as things lift. We can still catch and spread so I feel it is best to do so.
Stay safe.

04/21/2021

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Chickweed is a Joint Oiler

Those experiencing burning, hot, searing pain from arthritis, rheumatism, stiff neck, sore back, sore legs, gout, backache, and bursitis find relief, often in a few hours, with hot chickweed baths, soaks, and poultices.

Those with chronic rheumatic pain can use Wise Woman ways and 20-30 drops of the fresh plant tincture (taken in water several times a day for several months) to restore joint mobility and ease pain.

To heal, stretch, and restore elasticity and strength to your tendons and ligaments, eat fresh chickweed freely, and treat with poultices or hot chickweed oil packs.

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02/27/2021

Update on corona virus protocol:

Masks worn for duration

Temp check upon arrival

If you have had covid,
you need doctor ok to get massage.

If you've gotten inoculation, it is advised to wait a few days before massage.

02/09/2021

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Properly soaking grains and beans increases the bio-availability of many vitamins to our bodies and allow more nutrients to be readily absorbed.

01/27/2021

Good article on medical use of honey.

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12/21/2020

What to expect...
Shower before coming
Temp check before entering
( If high, I will turn you away)
Must wear mask the whole time
Try to not touch anything as you come in, I am sanitizing with each client and less worry is better.
I will be wearing a fresh mask and apron each appointment
Sheets are bleached and room is cleaned after each client.

I know most of you are not ready and I fully understand, but if you are, know that I am doing my best to keep us all healthy.
Be safe!

08/14/2020

Achieve Instant Calm

Here are a few easy ways to calm jangly nerves, achieve greater overall calm, and cope on-the-spot with stressful situations. For instant calm, try these following simple calming exercises, herbal allies, and movements, and learn how and why they work so well.

* Unfreeze yourself: Curl up in a fetal position (on your side with knees drawn up), breathe deeply, and hum. You may want to rock back and forth. Concentrate on what feelings want to emerge. Do not be surprised if grief is what you are really feeling.

* Focus your eyes: Look at anything, steadily, with concentration, and breathe deeply. Feel a warmth in your upper abdomen; breathe; focus.

* Conjure an image of safety: Imagine a huge image of safety, such as a cowrie shell, the palm of Buddha or Christ, a giant mother’s lap, or a cloud of pink light. Surround the object of your anxiety with this image. Fear locks up movement and speech; a clear visualization can unfreeze you.

*Take an herbal calmative: Tincture of red clover is a profound relaxer and soothing calmative. Its salicylic acid content (similar to aspirin) makes it an excellent pain reliever, too. Motherwort is also effective. Motherwort is not sedating, but calming, leaving you ready for action, not flying off the handle or bouncing off the walls. Try 10 to 20 drops as soon as you feel your nerves starting to fray or just before a stressful event. Repeat every five minutes if needed.

* Try yoga postures. Yoga postures, yoga breathing, and quiet, focused meditation soothe the sympathetic nervous system instantly. Regular practice alleviates anxiety, often permanently.

Excerpt from New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way.

08/12/2020

Headaches?

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08/12/2020

Need a massage?
I work at home and follow all guidelines plus a few extra I have added.
Expect to have temperature taken and wear mask for entire visit.
I will be wearing a fresh mask and apron each appointment.
I disinfect area between appointments.
I request you shower before appointment.
Full disclosure expected if you are exposed or get sick and visa versa.
I have the right to turn clients away if they have a temperature.
Let's be safe and take care of ourselves.
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07/29/2020

Red clover

One of the most cherished of the fertility-increasing plants is red clover (Trifolium pratense). Common in fields and along roadsides, it has bright pink (not really red) blossoms from mid-summer into the chilly days of fall. A favorite flower of the honeybees, the tops (blossoms and appending leaves) are harvested on bright sunny days and eaten as is, or dried for medicinal use. The raw blossoms are delicious in salads and nutritious when cooked with grains such as rice or millet.

To make a fertility-enhancing infusion, I take one ounce by weight of the dried blossoms (fresh won't work for this application) and put them in a quart size canning jar. I fill the jar with boiling water, screw on a tight lid, and let it steep at room temperature overnight (or for at least four hours). Dozens of women have told me that they had successful pregnancies after drinking a cup or more (up to four cups) a day of red clover infusion.

It is especially helpful if there is scaring of the fallopian tubes, irregular me**es, abnormal cells in the reproductive tract, or "unexplained" infertility. It may take several months for the full effect of this herb to come on and pregnancy may not occurs until you have used it for a year or two. You can improve the taste by including some dried peppermint (a spoonful or two) along with the dried clover blossoms when making your infusion. Treat the father of the child-to-be to some red clover infusion, too!

Learn more about Red clover infusion:
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07/05/2020

Officially open for now.
What to expect...
Shower before coming
Temp check before entering
( If high, I will turn you away)
Must wear mask the whole time
Try to not touch anything as you come in, I am sanitizing with each client and less worry is better.
I will be wearing a fresh mask and apron each appointment
Sheets are bleached and room is cleaned after each client.

I know most of you are not ready and I fully understand, but if you are, know that I am doing my best to keep us all healthy.
Be safe!