Vital Elements Natural Medicine

02/26/2025

🌀Are you curious about the link between relationships and quality of life? Are you in recovery from a toxic or codependent relationship, and find yourself struggling to make sense of it all?
🌀Join Kat Lamola and I for this exploration of the link between codependent relationships and our health--mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. We're excited to bring you the best of what we have to offer from our combined professional and personal experience.
🌀 This a is 6-week virtual seminar with optional in-person retreat in May, for a deeper opportunity to connect with the group and with your own process.

Please DM for more information, or to sign up!

Participation limited to 12 women/femmes/women-identifying people.

03/11/2024

✍🏼 New blog post!

💥 Maybe it's the weather, maybe it's my annoyed-old-lady-trapped-in-young-lady's-body general demeanor, but this one's a bit....spicy.

🙊 In a cheeky, fun way (I hope).

🗣️ Think of it like a little glimpse into the watercooler conversations NDs have with one another, the ones that end in "....I wish I could just *say* these things to my patients/family/friends".

😇 Still with me? Read on, intrepid ones.

A bit of sassy (but also quite serious) truth-telling! Read on… 1. Titles and names matter. Alright, this one’s going to be a bit of a rant, so please bear with me. It’s common in the naturopathic world to call ourselves “Dr. [first name]”, or even “[first name only]” probably so ...

05/13/2023

It's been many months since I've written anything, so I figured I'd drop a li'l nettle bomb in my blog for all of you to enjoy.

I know I say this about every herb, but this is a favorite, a must-have, and maybe the most important medicinal herb to keep in your pantry.

Bonus recipe in this one!

Forage on, foragers!

The spring season has fully arrived in the Northern Hemisphere and, along with it, the bountiful medicines of leaves, buds, and flowers.  This season of renewal is always so potent after the long, cold, gray Washington winters, reminding us that even the darkest days can transform into lush

02/07/2023

Do you know which pollutants are in your municipal water supply? 💧☢️

I love EWG (Environmental Working Group) for keeping up to date on environmental factors that affect our health.

Take a few moments to put your zip code in this search tool and find out what's really in your water.

Don't like what you see? Start with a home water filtration system. Consider getting active in your local political or environmental groups. Call your local and state reps. Educate yourself on what you can do to put pressure on big polluters in your area.

Remember, knowledge is power, and clean water is a fundamental human right! 👊

Look up your local water system to find out which pollutants might be of concern, and find suggestions on the best kinds of home filters to remove those chemicals.

01/31/2023

"Benzene is classified as a human carcinogen. Exposure to benzene can occur by inhalation, orally, and through the skin and it potentially can result in cancers including leukemia and blood cancer of the bone marrow and blood disorders which can be life threatening."

One of many reasons to ditch chemical-laden (especially aerosolized) sunscreens.

The sun is not your enemy!

Chemical additives, on the other hand...

Choose non-nano zinc-based sunscreens, if you absolutely need them. Preferably, get a healthy amount of natural sunlight on your body (especially your trunk) and try to avoid burning. The best way to get bioavailable D3 is to make it yourself!

Edgewell Personal Care Company (NYSE: EPC) today expanded its voluntary nationwide recall of three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 to the consumer level as outlined in the table below. One additional batch has been added to the original recall announced on July 29, 2022. A

12/06/2022

👇New blog post!

🍃 This is my absolute favorite healer of the plant realm: Poplar bud

✨Read about this amazing tree medicine and how it can help you through the cold winter slog, and beyond!

One of the treasures of late autumn in Washington is the humble Poplar leaf bud, dormant and oozing with sticky medicinal resin.  Gazing up at this tall tree in the winter months gives us a clue about its famous use as a musculoskeletal pain reliever and anti-inflammatory: the branches form

11/14/2022

New! 👇🏻

🌿 I'm excited to offer my services through Well Me Right, a virtual consulting platform that lets you connect with me 1:1 to get personalized health and wellness advice. Check out my offerings, and book today! https://www.wellmeright.com/en/drbrittneynorthrop

11/02/2022

🖊 New blog post up!

💥 This is one of my favorite topics, and it's been a long time coming!

💊 I love talking to my patients about supplements: most of them take too many, and most of them are buying garbage. Really.

🚫 Read on for more reasons to ditch Amazon once and for all.

🗝 Knowledge is power!

It’s no secret that Amazon has come under scrutiny for numerous unethical business practices since its inception, and continues to plow through labor and industry laws, seemingly beyond reproach from regulatory agencies.