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Fall 2005
HEALING
AT THE TOP OF
THE WORLD
Two Bastyr faculty set
out to bring back samples of
indigenous Tibetan medicines
but return with much more
than a satchel full of herbs
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Fall : 2005
Volume 3, Number 1
03 Happy CAMpers
Fall 2005
Two allopathic medical school
students learn about natural
medicine at Bastyr’s annual
summer course
05 The Way of the Peaceful Worrier
Stress happens—but using the
right tools can help you face it
with an inner calm and a
healthy outlook
09 Healing at the Top of the World
Two Bastyr faculty set out to
bring back samples of indigenous
Tibetan medicines but return
with much more than a satchel
full of herbs
17 Mixed Media
Artist-chef Charles Rosenberg,
MS, CN, brings an eclectic range
of skills and creativity to the LA
food and art scene
Bastyr Research pg 2
Bastyr Supporters pg 14
Alumni News pg 18
Bastyr Update pg 19
ERRATUM:
The photo credit is missing for the moxibustion
image appearing on pages 9-10 in our Summer 2005
issue. Peggy Washburn is the photographer.
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President’s
OFFICE
Bastyr University
Welcomes New
President
Daniel K. Church, PhD, joins Bastyr’s team of internationally
recognized educators as the university’s third president in its Daniel K. Church, PhD
27-year history. Since his September 2 arrival, Dr. Church
has been busy meeting with constituents of the university to do what many who
enthusiastically advocated for his hire say he does best: communicate. The spring
issue of BASTYR MAGAZINE will include a full feature on Church. An edited portion
of the news release prepared by Bastyr’s Office of Media and Community
Relations follows:
New President Brings CEO, Higher Education
and Health-Care Experience
The Bastyr University Board of Trustees has named Daniel K. Church, PhD,
president of Bastyr University, following a national search. Dr. Church most
recently served as the general secretary/CEO of the General Council on
Ministries of the United Methodist Church. In that capacity, he oversaw eight
program agencies with 900 employees and a $50 million annual budget. Prior
to that, Church was president and CEO of Edwin Shaw Hospital in Akron,
Ohio, a nonprofit, comprehensive rehabilitation hospital with 167 beds.
Church also has significant
experience in higher education,
including 10 years as a tenured
professor at Seattle Pacific
University (SPU) and several years
on the executive administration
team at Malone College in Ohio,
where he was the assistant vice
president for academic affairs.
Church’s return to the Seattle
area is a return to his roots. Not
only was he a professor at SPU,
but his PhD in communication
theory is from the University of
Washington. Additionally, the new
president and his wife, Lorinda
Blews Church, have three children,
all born in Seattle.
“I cannot adequately express
how gratified I am to be among
you. To have been invited to
share in leading this community
into its future is an exquisite
pleasure. I am deeply grateful
to the members of the Board of
Trustees for the confidence they
have expressed in appointing
me and to all of you for having
made me feel so welcome.”
—President Daniel K. Church, PhD,
in his first e-mail to the Bastyr community
“I have always had a strong
interest in holistic health care
and believe the integration of mind/body/spirit promotes good health for
both individuals and the community,” says Church. He notes that recent studies
by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine and the Institute of Medicine both show large numbers
of Americans using natural medicine. “The opportunities have never been
greater, and Bastyr University is well positioned to advance the education
and the medicine.”

Bastyr
RESEARCH
Unlocking the Mysteries of Nature
Bastyr research scientists find
joy in laboratory and clinical
detective work
Through the first-of-its-kind grant to
a natural health sciences institution,
Bastyr University is training scientists
in natural medicine research protocols.
The $1.1 million grant (known at “T32”)
from the National Institutes of Health/
National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine supports a
five-year program in which 30 predoctoral
and eight postdoctoral fellows
conduct research under the guidance
of Bastyr research faculty.
Principal investigator Jennifer Lovejoy,
PhD, reports that six of the postdoctoral
fellows gave presentations on their
projects at an August 9 meeting of
the fellows and their mentors. Two of
these projects are spotlighted here.
Curcumin, which gives
turmeric (right) its yellow
color, shows promise as an
anti-cancer agent.
Effects of Curcumin
on Iron Overload
and Liver Cancer
Investigator:
Don Messner, PhD
Dr. Messner, who
holds a doctorate in
pharmacology, joined
the T32 program to study botanicals
in cancer prevention. Before coming
to Bastyr, he served on the faculty at
the University of Rochester Medical
School and worked at Purdue
University and at Northwest
Hospital (Bothell, Wash.). His
interest is in liver cancer, which he
describes as “a prime candidate for
prevention due to a lack of effective
treatments and because major risk
factors are known. These include
hepatitis, alcohol abuse and iron
overload seen in diseases such as
hemochromatosis.”
Messner’s current focus is on
curcumin, a component of turmeric
(the yellow spice in many curries),
which he says “has shown promise
as an anti-cancer agent in experimental
studies.” He is working with
faculty members from Bastyr and
the University of Washington to
study its effects on liver cells
in culture. “I am interested
in understanding how
iron overload
contributes to
cancer, and
whether substances
such
as curcumin
can prevent this
process,” he says. In
simplistic terms,
iron overload
results from a
defect in the
body’s regulation
of iron
Don Messner, PhD
uptake, which causes it
to absorb too much iron.
This overload is toxic to
the liver and eventually
breaks down liver cells,
making them more
susceptible to cancer.
Messner uses cultured
cells because they are a convenient
system for doing experiments. “We
simply add iron and curcumin to the
Petri dish, so the liver cells take this
in as they’re growing. Then we study
the cellular changes that result.”
Preliminary studies suggest the
curcumin is blocking the effect of
the iron on the liver cells by somehow
altering the activity of iron within
the cell. “Curcumin seems to prevent
the cancer-causing effects of iron, but
I don’t know how or why,” he says.
“But I have a couple of interesting
leads to follow up on.
“There are a lot of hidden secrets
in herbal and botanical medicines,”
he continues. “There’s a need for
rigorous evaluation of these in terms
of discovering what’s going on mechanistically.
I enjoy the puzzle part
of it, trying to discover what’s not
yet known.”
Pilot Evaluation of NAC
in Type 2 Diabetes
Investigator: Ryan Bradley, ND
By coincidence, Dr. Bradley, who
graduated from Bastyr’s naturopathic
medicine program in 2003, shares
with Dr. Messner a background in
pharmacology. “I’d begun my PhD
studies in pharmacology, but chose
to pursue natural medicine instead,”
Bradley says.
His research revolves around the
effects of the sulfur-containing antioxidant
N-acetylcysteine (“NAC”)
Continued on page 21
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Bastyr
COMMUNITY
Happy CAMpers
Since 2002, Bastyr University has
been teaching allopathic medical
students about natural, complementary
and alternative medicine (CAM)
through a month-long summer course
affectionately known as CAM Camp.
This year, 18 first- and second-year
med students traveled from schools
such as Brown (Rhode Island), Albert
Einstein (New York) and Ohio State to
attend. “CAMpers” spent the better part
of July learning about CAM topics,
including acupuncture and Oriental
medicine, naturopathic medicine,
whole foods nutrition, naturopathic
midwifery, Ayurvedic medicine,
meditation in health, homeopathy,
herbal medicine, spiritual care and
more. Many participated in activities
such as yoga and Qi Gong sessions,
herbal medicine
making and a
botanical field trip
to Mt. Rainier.
BASTYR MAGAZINE
caught up with two
of these future MDs
following the completion
of their
course to ask
them about their
experiences.
Grace Sousa
VITALS:
Grace, how did you
hear about CAM Camp?
GS My friend Carol Lynn Higgins
saw the announcement on a bulletin
board at school. I already knew about
Bastyr because one of my best friends
in med school has a sister who’s a
third-year ND [doctor of naturopathic
medicine] student there, Josie
Squyer. It piqued my interest because
I feel patients likely will be using
these therapies themselves, so I
should be educated about them.
Carol Lynn and I decided to come
out to Bastyr together.
What did you think of the program,
the quality of education?
GS Very high educational quality.
I got more out of the program than
•
•
•
Degree: Bachelor’s degree in
physiology and neuroscience
from University of California/
San Diego
Current Academic Status:
Second-year medical student at
Penn State College of Medicine
in Hershey, Pa.
Personals: 32; grew up in
Northern California and has
spent the last 10 years in San
Diego; now lives in Hershey, Pa.
I expected to, both educationally and
personally. I found it really helpful
that all the therapies were taught by
people who used them regularly as real
practitioners. It was a cool eye-opener
for me to see how much CAM encompasses.
I’d had massage before, but I
had never thought of it as a part of
complementary medicine.
How did your perceptions about
natural medicine change?
GS When I first went into it, I was
thinking that I should know about CAM
because my patients would be seeking
it out and I should protect them. Now
I realize that this is something I should
be able to use as part of my own
toolkit in helping my patients heal.
Who paid for CAM Camp? How will
you make this investment pay off?
GS I paid for it myself.
It was worth every
penny I spent, and it’s
already paid off. I got
back in touch with the
Grace who really wants
to be a doctor. After a
month at Bastyr, I was
reminded that I care
about people, I want to
help people. I will
return to school with
tools to preserve my
intentions of doctoring and helping.
Was your group of CAMpers made up
of “believers” or “skeptics”?
GS The group was pretty evenly
balanced. It was an
Intro to
Reflexology
Qi Gong Time!
awesome class. We had a ropes course
activity the first day, which helped us
bond quickly. It was so cool. I wish we
could do that at med school. There
was definitely a different energy in this
group. I’m pretty much a hard-core
skeptic. Yet everything felt sincere and
honest. My “BS meter” didn’t go off!
Therapeutic Touch and Reiki sounded
the most “woo woo.” So I volunteered
to be the subject, and there seems to
be something to it. It helped me to
open my mind to other possibilities
of healing.
Why should other allopathic medical
students consider this program?
GS To learn the same kinds of
lessons I learned, to get in touch again
with the real reason they chose to
become doctors in the first place. You
lose a lot of your ability to remain an
unbiased, independent thinker in med
school. Through a program like this,
you learn that it’s OK to balance your
skepticism with a little open-mindedness.
Carol Lynn and I are trying to
get a scholarship established here at
Hershey, so more students can attend
Lab time: Making
Medicine
Botani
Mt.

cal field trip,
Rainier
the camp. I’m also looking forward
to inviting CAM Camp speakers out
to Hershey.
Aside from CAM Camp, what did
you think of Bastyr and Bastyrians?
GS It was wonderful staying on the
grounds. I’m a runner, and I ran the
trails—definitely a positive energy
there. I did Qi Gong in the mornings
and I walked the reflexology path.
I’ve been mostly vegetarian myself,
so I loved the food. I bought the
Bastyr cookbook and the one by
Cynthia Lair [faculty in the School
of Nutrition and Exercise Science].
The whole foods class was great, and
I’m looking forward to preparing the
new recipes.
Overall, how has this experience
changed you? How will it make you a
better physician or a better person?
GS It was an amazing experience.
The whole thing was like an emotional,
physical and spiritual spring cleaning.
Since I’ve been back, people have been
telling me, “Wow, you’re glowing. You
seem so peaceful.” It’s funny; my
whole vocabulary changed. Now Carol
Lynn and I use expressions like, “It
resonates with me.” Now we talk
about our levels of “qi”! I think the
greatest thing I learned was to keep
an open mind. If an un-
conventional therapy
provides you with
another tool to help
patients without doing
any harm, why not?
———––
Blake, how did
you hear about
CAM Camp?
BR My first week at
Albert Einstein, I ran
into a student I’d
known at Columbia.
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Photos courtesy of Grace Sousa
Blake Rosenthal
VITALS:
• Degrees: Bachelor’s degree
in philosophy from Brandeis
University (Massachusetts)
with post-graduate work at
Columbia University (New
York) to pick up pre-med
prerequisites
• Current Academic Status:
Second-year medical student
at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine at Yeshiva
University (New York)
• Personals: 29; grew up in
New Jersey; now lives in
New York City
She’d attended the Bastyr summer
program herself, and she enthusiastically
told me all about it. Here I hardly
even knew where the dining hall was
and I was learning about this unique
program way out in Seattle.
What did you think of the program,
the quality of education?
BR Every class was of great value,
even if I disagreed with the instructor’s
philosophy. I learned more about all
these therapies than I could ever have
imagined possible in just four weeks. I
had been expecting a rather quick and
superficial survey of topics. I didn’t
expect to be touched as deeply as I
was by certain modalities and by the
Bastyr community. I’d start out
watching a presentation and thinking,
‘This is a strange way to practice
medicine.’ But often, no more than 10
minutes later, I’d be captivated when
I saw compelling evidence about some
of the therapies.
How did your perceptions about
natural medicine change?
BR I’d had this great misconception
that NDs [naturopathic physicians]
were practicing completely
independent of allopathic physicians.
But I saw a fair amount of consulting
between the CAM practitioners and
allopaths in order to come up with the
best therapy possible for their
patients. I was taken by how well they
worked together, how open-minded,
and how aware they were of their own
strengths and limitations.
Who paid for CAM Camp? How will
you make this investment pay off?
BR My school provided a grant, and
it’s already paying off! Bastyr showed
me the power of an open mind—that
patients benefit when
their practitioners
work together with
open minds, open
hearts and strong
reasoning skills. That’s
one of the greatest
lessons I’ll take
with me.
Was your group of
CAMpers made up
of “believers” or
“skeptics”?
BR Everyone was a
skeptic and believer
simultaneously. This created a neat,
dynamic tension that placed us in a
wonderful place to learn. For me, it
was the healthiest place to be.
Why should other allopathic medical
students consider this program?
BR I’ll be honest: I don’t think it’s
right for everyone. But it’s great for
those who realize that they need to
familiarize themselves with these
therapies, because CAM modalities
will be components of their patients’
care, even if patients have to go out
and get it themselves.
Aside from CAM Camp, what did you
think of Bastyr and Bastyrians?
BR Bastyr is one of the most
nourishing places I’ve ever been.
Everyone was so open to my
questions, my
sense of humor
and my child-like
curiosity. And the
cafeteria was
certainly one of
my favorite parts
of the program!
New York is so
intense, and to
come to Bastyr
and every day
have this
wonderful meal
shared with
welcoming,
wonderful
people … it
was like every meal was sacred.
Classes in Traditional
Chinese Medicine
Overall, how has this experience
changed you? How will it make you a
better physician or a better person?
BR Because Bastyr’s class on
meditation was taught by instructors
who were holding a mediation retreat
the week after CAM Camp,
I was able to attend that retreat. It
allowed what I had learned at CAM
Camp to sink in, to permeate.
Probably—hopefully—I learned
how to listen with an open mind
and an open heart, which will benefit
my patients and every person I meet
for the rest of my life. I came away
with more of a sense of compassion,
and I’m more grateful than words
could express.
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the way of the

peaceful wo rier
Stress happens—but using the right
psychological and spiritual tools can help you
face it with an inner calm and a healthy outlook
While a nutritious diet and good exercise can’t be
removed from the formula for managing stress, some
gentle stretching of the mind and spirit may be enough to
help you take those first steps on the journey from anxiety
to contentment.
“We all need to understand that we will experience
stress,” says Robert B. Speigel, LiCSW. “It’s how we
respond to it that determines how well we survive it.”
This man knows a thing or two about stress. Speigel is a
psychotherapist, advanced clinical hypnotherapist, research
scientist, Bastyr adjunct faculty, husband and father, and
founder, president and CEO of his own research company
(www.Psygenics.com). So he’s intimately familiar with the
stress of a man trying to fit too many lifetimes into one
short one. Through his research (he’s won nearly $1 million
in National Institutes of Health grants to study his patented
medical hypnosis technology) and his own experiences,
he’s learned practical and often profound stress-coping
mechanisms. He teaches these tools to Bastyr psychology
and naturopathic students through his courses “Stress and
Disease Processes,” “Medical Hypnosis” and student
services-sponsored “Stress Management Training.”
Stressed to kill
According to Speigel, people throughout the world—
especially in Western cultures—are living in a chronic,
mind- and body-debilitating state of stress. “The mere fact
that we’re living exposes us to regular, varying levels of
stress,” says Speigel. It can be subtle, it can take place over
time, and it can kill you. “Thankfully, first-stage indicators
of stress reactions are observational and quantifiable,” says
Speigel. “I instruct practitioners to look for clues like changes
in eating habits, sleeping patterns, mood swings, etc.”
He also recommends that people not leave this
detective work to their physicians. Behaviors they may
want to examine more closely themselves are patterns of
anger and depression, their need for sleep, mindless
grabbing for food, use of cigarettes, inappropriate sex
or craving dangerous thrills. “You try to catch unhealthy
self-medicating in all its forms,” says Speigel.
He warns that you actually can end up hooked on
stress, despite the fact you have no conscious desire for
it. “Our response to stress can become so habitual it turns
into a kind of addiction,” he says, pointing out that this
can be the result of deeply ingrained patterns or the
body’s craving over time for adrenaline and other stress
hormones. “One’s whole system can become so used to
a constant state of stress it begins believing this is the
normal, desired state.”
Don’t worry, be happy
Speigel recommends breaking the cycle of stress before
it triggers a habitual response. For example, if you notice
your shoulders starting to tense at the computer, force
yourself to take a quick break from that environment.
Disrupt the domino effect by walking away. Stamp your
feet on the ground, splash water in your face, wash your
hands, burst into song. “Oftentimes you need to redirect
the energy that’s built up,” he says. “Go to the garage
and hammer nails. Break a board.”
Speigel believes you need to discover your own
favorite relaxation exercises and techniques, something
that will focus your thoughts on, well, nothing. The idea
is to literally clear all thinking from your mind. You can
learn these techniques through community classes, religious
organizations, holistic health centers and a wide variety
of publications and recordings. Consider making up your
own form of meditation. It could be anything from blissfully
soaking in the tub to listening to the birds in the
backyard; from counting your breaths in and out to repeating
a favorite line of poetry or sacred text. “Meditation
doesn’t necessarily mean chanting and sitting cross-legged
on the floor,” says Speigel, “although it could. You just
need to meditate long enough to give yourself about three
to five minutes of ‘mindlessness.’ It can clear out the
thoughts and the chatter that produce much of the stress.”
He suggests visualization as a place to start. There
are many tapes and CDs that will guide you step-by-step
through relaxation techniques. Calming visualizations
often include instructions such as, “Relax each muscle
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Robert B. Speigel, LiCSW, tests
a hypnosis delivery system he
developed for medical
applications.
one-by-one from your toes
to the top of your head and
visualize them melting like
warm chocolate.” Others
will guide you to places in
your imagination that are
far away from present
irritations.
Or you can simply think happy thoughts all on your own.
Back to the future
A good tool for changing your response to stress
is to change your perception of stressful situations.
Speigel explains that every child learns coping skills that
are appropriate at, say, age five but aren’t necessarily
appropriate as an adult. You may think the burning in
your gut and the anxiety you feel over the insensitive
remark your boss tossed your way is related only to that
one moment in time. Speigel believes you’re more tied to
your past than you realize. “If you trace your response
back through time, you may find that it’s exactly the way
you felt when your dad chewed you out as a kid. Back
then, your father was a huge figure in your life—your
survival was dependent on his benevolence—so you were
eager to please him and you were afraid or heartbroken
when you didn’t.”
He points out it’s that same anxiety-ridden response
that then gets transferred over time to other authority
figures or even other people in general. That response
can become so etched in bodies and psyches that, without
thinking, it gets reproduced with little provocation. “As
children, it may have been necessary adaptive behavior
for the situation,” says Speigel. “Now it’s just a habit, and
over time it gets more generalized toward other situations
and it takes less and less to trigger the response. This is
when it can turn into what we diagnose as a ‘generalized
anxiety disorder.’”
He suggests that individuals examine those situations
that drive them up the wall, then ask themselves some
questions: Is there a similar thread running through them
all? When was the first time you felt this way? Are you
basing your reactions to this situation on a belief originally
established by your childish perception of past events?
“We’re walking repositories of all the trauma we’ve experienced
throughout our lives,” Speigel says. “Whether
we’re cognizant of it or not, it’s there in our memory
banks, often filed away when we were kids under ‘Big
Terrible Thing.’ We have to bring some of these
Create a stress-free refuge
by losing yourself in a good
book in a quiet room.
"Our response
memories to light before
we can make a conscious
decision to ‘refile’ them, to
put them in their proper
place within the mature
perspective of an adult.”
Because Speigel is a
psychotherapist as well as
a clinical hypnotherapist,
he’s very aware that
unconscious memories,
especially disturbing ones,
can go as far back as the
womb. And they can still have power over one’s life 100
years later. “Trauma occurs in the most unexpected places,
way back in the recesses of your mind. When it gets
bumped—like a bone that hasn’t healed properly—your
reaction to the bump is reminiscent of the original trauma.
Can it be healed? Yes! By re-exploring and feeling the loss
associated with the original trauma. By determining what
decisions you might have made in the original trauma that
no longer apply and making a new decision about how
you might want to react in the present situation.”
Talk it out
Speigel suggests that a therapist who practices hypnotherapy
is an excellent guide to exploring the possibility
that today’s unhealthy responses to stress are based on
yesterday’s forgotten and unresolved crises. “What astounds
me is that every time I use hypnosis it really works. Something
as simple as accessing the unconscious memory, giving
the mind a healthy suggestion and then watching the mind,
body and behavior follow it still amazes me. How powerful
your mind is as an agent of health and change!”
Speigel believes that seeking help is actually a sign of
strength and self-awareness. He points out that assistance in
managing stress doesn’t have to come from a professional
counselor. It can come from talking things out with supportive
family and friends or a caring social or church

to stress can become so habitual it turns into a kind of addiction.”
— Robert Speigel
group. It can come in the form of prayer and spiritual
practice. “Seeking help is itself a spiritual step,” says
Speigel. “In broad terms, I think we’re all here to serve a
purpose. The result of self-exploration results in a clearer
understanding of that purpose. It becomes a spiritual
journey at that point. So get in touch with someone who
is supportive of that, someone who can assist you as a
spiritual guide in helping you find your own answers.”
Acceptance
As a professional counselor, Speigel has watched people
wrestle with stress, and he’s discovered that sometimes the
wisest way to deal with stress is by refusing to fight with
it. Oftentimes the better approach is just living your life
moment-by-moment with insight and good self-care,
acknowledging that stress happens, then simply giving
the rest over to the universe.
If you seek refuge from daily stress
by diving into bed or into a gallon of
Haagen-Dazs, you may want to check
out these healthier options suggested
by Jane Guiltinan, ND.
“You can create a sanctuary for yourself
in your own home,” says Dr. Guiltinan,
Bastyr clinical professor and director of
Bastyr Center for Women’s Wellness.“You
don’t have to pay thousands of dollars
for a week-long stay at a resort spa to
find effective ways to cope with stress.”
According to Guiltinan, a spa experience
can be created through something as
simple as curling up in your favorite
chair with a good book in a quiet room.
Or soaking in your tub and taking a
dreamy vacation in your mind.“The idea
is to create a simple, safe, quiet and
healing space for yourself,” she says,“A
place you can walk into and say,‘Ahh.’”
Paramount to creating this space is ridding
the area of excess stimuli.“To quiet your
nervous system, you need to shut out all
those things that are assaulting it, that
are vying for its attention. This includes
bright lights, noise, clutter, conversation
and loud or complex music,” she says.
Guiltinan suggests incorporating the
following elements into creating your
home spa.
• Warm water: There’s a reason why
ancients deemed hot springs holy sites.
“Warmth can bring healing,” says
Guiltinan.“It relaxes the muscles, where
we hold a lot of our tension. I recommend
taking a neutral bath, with water
close to the body’s own temperature, so
it doesn’t have to work to regulate it.
Hot tubs can be too stimulating if your
goal is to relax.”To create a hot-springs
experience, add Epsom salts, salt crystals
from the Dead Sea, or other bath salts
that contain minerals like magnesium
sulfate, which Guiltinan reports is a
nervous-system relaxer.
Speigel has observed that this “let go and let God”
approach, when coupled with taking personal responsibility,
works very well for many people. Some may call it faith;
others, acceptance or inner peace. “I believe a wise and
practical way of dealing with stress is to get in touch with
your spiritual nature and your ability to connect with a
Higher Power,” says Speigel. “The founders of AA figured
this out a long time ago in working with addictions.”
He believes the Serenity Prayer used at Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meetings presents a very healthy and
balanced way of looking at life. “You’ve probably heard
the prayer,” he says. “‘God grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change, courage to change the things
I can, and wisdom to know the difference.’
“When it comes to advice for living in a stressful world,”
says Speigel, “it’s hard to beat that one.”
Creating a home spahhhhhh
• Candlelight: Have you ever found
yourself hypnotized by the flickering of
candlelight? Research has shown that
gently flickering light can, indeed, calm
brain-wave activity, and many tribal
societies still use flickering lights to put
themselves into a trance state. Guiltinan
suggests that candlelight may be very
comforting in another way. “It connects
us somehow with those primordial
symbols of home and safety, such as
warmth, light and food.”
• Scents: Surround yourself with the
scents of lavender or lemon balm, which
are used regularly in aromatherapy to
quiet the body and spirit. “Also try sipping
on lemon-balm or chamomile tea,”
says Guiltinan. “The herbs are calming
to the system.”
Guiltinan encourages each person
to create and then regularly use their
home spa. “Make your place of sanctuary
a priority part of your life,” she says.
“This is not indulging yourself. It’s just
as important as exercise, taking care of
your kids and working every day. Selfcare
is not a luxury. It’s a necessity.”
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF CYNTHIA WENNER AND TRISH FLASTER
Monks at the 600-year-old Ganden Monastery

OP OF THE WOrLD
Two Bastyr faculty set out to bring back samples of indigenous Tibetan medicines but
return with much more than a satchel full of herbs
potential for discovering priceless botanical
medicines deep in the Amazonian jungles is
well known. But it may come as a surprise to many that a
veritable treasure trove of natural, indigenous medicines
lies high in the Himalayas just waiting for the West to
recognize its value. Tibetan physicians and folk healers
familiar with the healing potential of Himalayan fauna
and flora have been putting these remedies to the test
for centuries.
Now it may be Bastyr’s turn.
Last spring, Cynthia Wenner, PhD, research assistant
professor in basic sciences, found herself facing a unique
opportunity. Her friend and colleague, Trish Flaster, MS,
Bastyr adjunct professor in botanical medicine, invited her
to explore Tibetan healing firsthand by joining Tibetan
Village Project representatives (www.tibetanvillageproject.org)
on a tour of rural Tibetan village schools and clinics.
Through a series of serendipitous events, Flaster had
arranged to travel with a small TVP contingency exploring
the feasibility of establishing a credible research project
on Tibetan medicine.
Flaster, who lives in Boulder, Colorado, called Dr.
Wenner to tell her about the trip, the places she’d be going
and the information she’d be gathering. She also told her
colleague how ideal it would be if Wenner could be there
to contribute her own scientific knowledge and skill.
Wenner soon found herself caught up in the excitement.
“I said, ‘Gee, I wish I could go.’ And Trish said, ‘So why
don’t you?’” Wenner admits it took awhile for the full
impact of that exchange to hit. “The option of going myself
just hadn’t sunk in,” she says, “because it seemed so far
out of the realm of possibility.”
©2005 Trish Flaster
A Tibetan Amchi from a Tibetan Village Project (TVP)
mobile clinic takes a pulse diagnosis.
It took some serious deliberation before Wenner
decided to commit to the trip. The challenge of traveling
so far away was daunting, and she hated the thought of
separation from her two young children. Tibet was calling,
but she wasn’t sure she should answer.
“But Trish was so excited and hopeful,” Wenner says,
pointing out that Flaster has the ethnobotany training
and experience in traditional medicine while she has the
research background. Knowing a multidisciplinary team
approach would be required to successfully implement a
study of indigenous medicine, Wenner realized she had
before her “an excellent opportunity to catalyze the project.
It was the opportunity of a lifetime.” She succumbed to
the irresistible call of Tibet. “It was a difficult decision,
but I felt compelled to go.”
Underscoring that decision was a realization she had
come to only recently. “I’d been asking myself, ‘What do
I want my life to mean? Where do my joys in life meet the
needs of the world?’ I realized the answer was to connect
with and help others around the world in a personal and
tangible way. Traveling to Tibet was one fantastic way of
doing that.”
Above left: Amchi Agon
dispensing an herbal
preparation
Left: Villagers in the
rural Ruthok Valley
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Trish’s Take on Tibet
Ethnobotanist Trish Flaster has been working on indigenous medicine
research projects since 1995. Here’s what she had to say about her experiences
in Tibet.
As we went further outside the Lhasa area to the villages, we were
able to see more of how the country and people had been when they
were an independent culture before the Chinese occupation. These are
people who strive to live with wisdom and compassion. We often gave
local people rides in the TVP minibus. In return, we’d ask them to sing
us a song. They never hesitated to share their music. Then we’d sing
back to them—rock ‘n roll, folk songs, whatever came up.
In ’97, I went to Tibet to work in a Tibetan hospital, so I’m familiar
with traditional, indigenous medicine. I’ve been using some of it on my
dog who was so arthritic she could walk on only three legs. Now she can
walk on all four. Very effective. Traditional Tibetan medicine has been in
existence since the 7th century, and it uses everything nature has to offer:
mineral, herbal and animal parts. Cordyceps sinensis, a fungus which
grows on a caterpillar, is thought to be good for everything; it seems to
increase oxygen to the brain. I bought some myself on the street, dropped
it into alcohol and soaked it overnight. Then I drank the liquid. It definitely
was strong!
Since I suspect the basis of Tibetan medicine is rooted in science, my
research goals are to assay [the medicinal components] and qualify how
the medicine works. Because medicines from other parts of the world
include the subjective—the interaction between mind, body and the
energetics of the plant—it’s hard to
measure in a laboratory. I hope to
explore the possibility of eventually
offering research at Bastyr in indigenous
medicine. The Dalai Lama says that if
you want to support a culture, you support
its medicine, therefore supporting the
language and the environment.
I was struck by how rural and
unpopulated the Tibetan Autonomous
Region is. It’s a very open and beautiful
space. Sustaining the environment in
any region of the world ultimately will
affect us as a part of the web of the
world. The Tibetans would call that karma.
Spirituality is infused into every
aspect of Tibetan culture. It’s pervasive.
At the monasteries and nunneries, I
sometimes would experience a sense
of spiritual calmness and elation at the
same time, a kind of personal spiritual
expansion. This trip helped me get more
in touch with my own spiritual nature
and practice. I would take at least 15
to 20 minutes each day to do a walking
meditation, usually around a
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©2005 Trish Flaster
Top: Pharmacist at a TVP mobile
clinic with bundles of Tibetan
medicines Above:View from
the Retin Monastery with Stupa
(in foreground) reliquaries for
important Lamas
monastery. This circumambulating is called kora, and it’s regularly
practiced by the Tibetan Buddhists who offer up prayers as they circumambulate.
I found it helped me find quiet inside my head.
I don’t separate the people in the U.S. from the people in Tibet. It’s
important that we understand that anything that affects them, affects
us as well. My hope is that those Tibetan prayers will reach heaven and
will circumambulate the world.
A Tibetan schoolboy does his writing exercises on a wooden slate
because paper is in short supply.
Tibetan mountain high
mid-June Wenner and Flaster arrived in the
teeming Tibetan city of Lhasa. “My senses were
overwhelmed!” says Wenner. “The colors, sounds, the
rich and foreign scents, people on the streets at all hours,
traffic continually weaving in and out. First thing in the
morning I would hear the ceremonial Tibetan horns, the
thungchen, being blown by the monks as part of their
morning worship.” Added to this heady brew of sights,
sounds and odors was the ever-present challenge of
breathing in an oxygen-thin atmosphere. “I was already
suffering from jet lag, and then I had to adjust to the high
altitude, the sense that you might faint if you climbed the
stairs too quickly. We were at around 12,200 feet, and Mt.
Rainier is only about 2,000 feet higher. This was an
experience that literally took your breath away.”
From mid-June to the end of the month, the two Bastyr
faculty traveled with 10 others in the TVP minibus in a
sweep of the Tibetan Autonomous Region surrounding
Lhasa. Wenner reports that as they climbed high into the
Himalayas, she traveled from a place of sensory overload
to one of deep peace and stillness. Their travels took them
up steep unpaved roads, across surging rivers, alongside
precipitous drops and deep into tiny villages and sprawling
monasteries. Throughout it all, they participated in TVP
activities along with their own of interviewing Tibetan
medical practitioners and assessing the feasibility of
developing a Tibetan indigenous medicine study.
At the village schools, the students were often so
grateful for the TVP’s visit and its gifts of drawing paper,
writing tablets, pencils and playground equipment they
wouldn’t stop clapping their welcome to the guests.
“Tashi delek!” (“greetings, good luck and happiness to
you”) they would keep shouting as they clapped until their
teachers finally told them they could stop. Within this
atmosphere of happy pandemonium, Wenner more than
once found herself pressed into service as a guest teacher.

“We’d brought some English picture books along to the
villages. I ended up reading through the books with the
village children. They thought that was quite a treat, and
I think I enjoyed it as much as they did. Maybe more.”
While disheartened to discover that the books in many
of the remote village schools were severely tattered
(children were using books that were ripped with only
the top half of pages remaining), the classroom walls were
covered with dirt and the tables were crude, she was
encouraged by the children’s eagerness to learn and the
teachers’ enthusiasm for teaching. “There was one teacher
who was absolutely thrilled to receive a pack of simple
alphabet cards from
us,” she says. “He went
through each card with
me, pronouncing the
words and letters over
several times, and he
couldn’t wait to share
them with his students.
They appreciate so
much those things we
completely take for
granted.”
Wenner recalls
that the villagers
were consistently
warm and inviting,
always concerned
that the visitors’
needs were being
met. “For example,”
she says, “we were
Trish Flaster, MS, with children from
Ruthok Valley
invited to eat in a small village home and were presented
with one fantastic dish after another. There must have
been 25 dishes or more. And, because we were guests, the
family wouldn’t eat until we’d finished. When I noticed
their young boy hungrily eyeing the table, my mother’s
heart went out to him, and I motioned to his mother to ask
if he could join us in eating. His mother nodded to him to
go ahead, but he refused—I think because it just wouldn’t
be polite. These are amazingly gracious people!”
Thanks to such generosity with their food, Wenner
became more adventurous in her eating. “I started out
following the traveler’s rule of thumb of not eating any
fresh foods, but after a week I was trying new things, like
sweet tea—cha nyarmo—similar to chai tea, toasted barley
flour—sampa—a staple in Tibet, peeled wild rhubarb
stalks, warm female yak —dri—milk and even yak ‘jerky,’”
she says. “One of the most common beverages was yakbutter
tea made from, I believe, just butter, salt and water.
It’s soup-like and has a therapeutic benefit in that it keeps
bodies internally moist in the high, cold, drying altitude.”
Tamdin Wangdu (left), founder
of TVP, with Amchi Agon
“A [Tibetan doctor's] first question
was, ‘How does Western medicine hope
to treat patients when it doesn't
recognize that spirit is an important
component of one's health?'" Cynthia Wenner
The Tibetan road to health
and Flaster took every
opportunity on their travels to
talk with local people about Tibetan health-care remedies.
“Tibetan medicine is thought to treat certain immunerelated
conditions particularly well,” says Wenner. Since
she has co-taught research-oriented classes in immunology
and since most of her own Bastyr studies involve the same,
she was particularly interested in Tibetan medicines used
for maintaining a healthy immune system. “Trish and I met
with a local traditional doctor—known as an Amchi—to
ask him about immune-building remedies. But it was very
difficult to communicate the concept of immunology. He
kept referring to medicines necessary for a healthy gut. I
realized then that the Tibetan view of strengthening the
immune system may be similar to the naturopathic one
that stresses the importance of supporting the integrity of
the mucosal system in order to protect against infections.
Trish pointed out that the digestive system is also at the
core of the Ayurvedic approach to healing.”
Tibetan medicine is comprised primarily of two
systems of healing. Half of Tibetan medicine stems
from the Ayurvedic tradition of India, which encourages
individualized diets and lifestyles that support the health
and balance of particular constitutional types. Tibetan
healers believe that imbalances in individual constitutions
show up as disease and distress. The other half is adapted
from Chinese traditional medicine. One of the ways Tibetan
medicine is differentiated from these other Eastern medical
paradigms is that it uses its own unique diagnostic system
to find root causes of health imbalances and disease.
Wenner and Flaster discovered the most common
ailments among the rural villagers were those you’d expect
to see in people living at the top of the world: joint pain,
arthritic conditions and upper respiratory infections,
including tuberculosis. “One Amchi that Trish and I
met had four very
complex herbal
blends he used in
combination to
control TB. It was
said to be very
effective. It reminded
me that some
Western MDs use a
four-drug approach
to treating the same
disease.”
©2005 Trish Flaster
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Cordyceps sinensis, a fungus that grows on caterpillars, is a popular
Tibetan medicine.
Two of the Amchi they interviewed talked about the
painful joint problems many of their patients were experiencing.
Both doctors mentioned their belief that the water
was too “heavy” and that the heaviness was accumulating in
their patients’ joints. Wenner and Flaster now are concerned
about the increasing pollution of the local water. “Could
this heaviness they refer to be heavy mineral deposits from
contamination?” Wenner asks. “Maybe vitamin deficiencies?”
As a direct result of these observations, TVP has since
hired two health practitioners to give monthly lectures on
hygiene to the rural villages and are working with other
groups to test the water for contamination. “We’re so
grateful to groups like TVP who are working to support
healthy communities and finding viable ways to solve
these problems.”
Fauna, flora and spirit
Tibetan medicine
utilizes all manner
of fauna and flora to bring about healing, no matter how
unusual the ingredient may seem to Western minds. One
perfect example of this is the Tibetan use of Cordyceps
sinensis, a fungus that parasiticizes a caterpillar and is
believed to be a powerful tonic for good health. By the
time the fungus has taken over the majority of the unfortunate
caterpillar, it’s ready for harvesting. Locals dig
for the Cordyceps, then sell them to Tibetan and Chinese
medicine-making facilities. The worm-shaped fungi are
either dried and ground into powder form or are dropped
into bottles of alcohol and drunk as elixirs. “Yes, it is
reminiscent of the worm at the bottom of the tequila
bottle,” laughs Wenner.
Concern now is growing over the over-harvesting of
indigenous ingredients, such as the Cordyceps, which is in
danger of extinction. “We met some locals who had spent
the day foraging for Cordyceps and found only seven
Prayer wheels line a lane in the
Tibetan village of Yari Ghang.
“Sustaining the environment in
any region of the world ultimately
will affect us as a part of the web
of the world. The Tibetans would
call that karma." Trish Flaster
fungi, whereas their parents used to find over 300
Cordyceps in one outing in the same area several years
ago,” Wenner notes. “One of the goals of the TVP—and
I know Trish feels particularly strongly about this—is to
collaborate with interested villagers to establish
sustainable phytopharmacies.”
Wenner points out that one cannot discuss Tibetan
medicine without discussing Tibetan spirituality. “Spirituality
is imbedded in this culture. In fact,” says Wenner, “when
we interviewed Amchi Agon, a Tibetan doctor practicing
for over 30 years, his first question to me was, ‘How does
Western medicine hope to treat patients when it doesn’t
recognize that spirit is an important component of one’s
health?’ Tibetan healers acknowledge the spiritual aspect
of a person, that it’s integral to their overall health, their
well-being and who they are as a whole person. He seemed
relieved when I told him that people in the West are growing
increasingly aware of the mind-body-spirit connection and
are finding ways to integrate healing on all these levels
into their lives.”
Wenner and Flaster found signs of Tibetan spirituality
everywhere: from the prayer flags waving in the mountain
breezes, to spinning prayer wheels, the sounds of distant
chanting, the familiar presence of brightly cloaked monks,
and the continual offering up of prayers by Tibetan
Buddhists walking around the monasteries from early
morning light to the last rays of the setting sun. “There’s
a spiritual richness to this land that touched me deeply,”
says Wenner.
Many experiences, in fact, touched Wenner deeply.
“As I connected with people and related to them in a
very human way, I
felt less foreign,” she
says. “I began to feel
the excitement and
anticipation you feel
in going to meet
family you’ve never
met before. I was
delighted by the way
men would spontaneously
break into
song. They have so
few material things,
yet these are a people
rich in spirit and love
for one another.”
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Standard Process Inc.
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Lucky Palate Vegetarian Meal Service
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and Michael Spano, LAc
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BASTYR MAGAZINE
Alumni
SPOTLIGHT
Mixed Media
Artist-chef Charles
Rosenberg, MS, CN,
brings an eclectic
range of skills and
creativity to the LA
food and art scene
The preparation of food is
an art and a science. So who
better to have a dual career
as an artist and a chef than
someone with degrees in both
fine arts and nutrition science?
And who better to find his
handiwork featured in The New
York Times than a talented
Bastyr alumnus who brings
a Bastyrian sensibility to
all things?
Charles Rosenberg grew up in a New York family who
would have felt right at home in the Bastyr community. “My
parents were folks who were into the health food scene in the
’70s,” he says. “They both enjoyed cooking and the ritual of
sharing it. We were a family who sat together at mealtimes.”
While the pleasures of food preparation came naturally
to Rosenberg, his first love was art. In 1988, he earned a
fine arts degree in sculpture from the Rhode Island School
of Design. After graduating, he divided his time between
working on his art and punching the clock at Angelica’s
Herb Store in New York City—“one of the best places in
the country to buy medicinal herbs.”
“I honestly can’t recall when I first heard about Bastyr,”
Rosenberg confesses, “but it was sometime during this
period that I attended a presentation by Dr. Ron Hobbs,
Bastyr’s admissions representative who was doing an East
Coast recruiting tour.”
Bastyr calls
By this time Rosenberg had become a bit disillusioned
with the art world, and he was determined to do something
more socially viable with his life. He had been volunteering
in the preparation of macrobiotic meals for people living
with HIV/AIDS, and he had found this work to be soulsatisfying.
Nutrition seemed like a perfect niche for him, but
“it was clear to me that a conventional nutrition program
wouldn’t meet my needs,” he says. “So when I learned about
Bastyr’s graduate program in nutrition, I was sold.”
Without knowing a soul in Seattle, Rosenberg packed up
his art supplies and moved west. He plunged enthusiastically
into his nutrition studies, but when he came face-to-face
with biochemistry, his
future at Bastyr went from
bright to bleak. “I told the
biochem instructor that I
just wasn’t cut out for this
and that I’d better quit
while I was ahead,” he says.
But his professor, Kent
Littleton, ND, wouldn’t
take no for an answer.
“He believed in me. He
believed we all had the
capacity to learn it. So I
persevered.”
In 1997 Rosenberg
received his master’s in
nutrition, and soon after
he became the nutritionist
at the downtown Seattle
Athletic Club. With his
artwork momentarily on the back burner, his creative spirit
found an outlet through writing. “I began writing about food
and nutrition for a couple of publications like Nutrition
Science News, and I wrote restaurant reviews for The
Stranger.” So how did he review meat dishes when he’s
primarily a vegetarian? “I would taste it, but I’d bring
friends with me to eat the rest!”
A new direction
When 2000 hit, Rosenberg began thinking about his
art again. “So I took a year off to focus on my artwork. I
completely devoted my time to it.” Like someone with split
personalities, the artist-nutritionist admits he sometimes has
difficulty blending his two personas. “I’ve learned that I
can’t devote myself fully to both art and nutrition at the
same time. I work best when I’m immersed in one or the
other.” His devotion paid off when a couple of Seattle-area
alternative art spaces showcased his work in paper collage.
Rosenberg always knew he would someday leave Seattle.
“But I was too used to the West Coast lifestyle to return to
New York,” he says. “And, besides, I craved sunshine!” And
sunshine he got. Thanks to friends singing the praises of Los
Angeles, he moved down the coast in 2001 and began a new
life in Southern California.
Once again, he returned to food and nutrition, and while
he was slowly building up his nutritional counseling business,
he also was working as a freelance food writer. “For nearly
two years, I wrote for Distinction, a Southern California
lifestyle magazine,” he says. “It featured a special gourmet
food every other month, which I would write about.” Now
he writes periodically for the Web site “LA.com,” doing

occasional restaurant reviews for them. “I do it more for
fun than to make a living,” he says.
What the 39-year-old does do to earn a living is work as
a certified nutritionist, personal chef and sometime caterer.
It was that last vocation that landed him in the pages of the
March 30, 2003, New York Times. “What started out as my
advising some friends on a couple of dishes for their party
turned into my catering it,” says Rosenberg. In a stroke of
luck that many chefs would give their right arm plus a pound
of white truffles for, a New York Times reporter covered the
event and wrote it up for the Sunday social section of the
newspaper. While the result wasn’t instant celebrity,
Rosenberg did get interviewed on a local LA cable TV
show and pick up a few more clients.
Finding balance
Whether he’s preparing a week’s worth of healthy meals
as a personal chef or advising health-conscious clients on
proper nutrition and diet, Rosenberg incorporates the
Bastyr philosophy of holism. “My approach to nutritional
counseling—treating the whole person, recognizing the
emotional/behavioral aspects of eating—originated at
Bastyr,” he says. “People are eating foods further and
further removed from their natural state. I encourage my
clients to buy direct from farmers whenever possible. Food
is the element of self-care that each of us has almost the
greatest control over. I want to be at the ground level of
things people do that impact their health.”
His devotion to a holistic lifestyle has resulted in another
enterprise: teaming up with fellow Bastyr nutrition alumna
Susan Gins, along with a yoga instructor, to offer “Healthy
Eating for Renewal” retreats at a resort in Laguna Beach. “We
provide a weekend of detoxifying foods, cooking classes, oneon-one
counseling and yoga classes. It’s a great combination.”
Now that his nutrition career is firmly established,
Rosenberg is picking up his art supplies again. “I’m feeling
a need to devote more energy to my art, to approaching it
in a disciplined way,” he says. His current art projects are
very tactile; he’s incorporating fabric into his abstract geometric
designs. “The process is similar to cooking for me in
that it’s very meditative. It takes sensitivity to the materials
that you’re pulling together. When it comes right down to
it,” he adds, defining his approach to cooking and art and,
coincidentally, that of a healthy lifestyle, “it’s all about
harmony and balance.”
At the September 27 Board of
Trustees meeting, Bastyr trustees
elected alumnus Robert M. Martinez,
DC, ND (‘85), to serve as their new
vice chair. Other newly elected
officers are Julie Tall, LAc, chair;
Linda Nordstrom, secretary; and
Donald Murphy, CPA, treasurer. [Ed.:
The next issue of BASTYR MAGAZINE will
include a full report.]
Bastyr alumnus Michael Murray, ND
(‘85), and Joseph E. Pizzorno, Jr., ND,
Bastyr’s co-founder and president
emeritus, recently released Super
Foods and Super Supplements for
Health, Energy and Vitality. The 944page
publication, which covers the
nutritional benefits and medicinal
properties of all things edible, is
being touted as the largest and most
evidenced-based guide to naturopathic
medicine in print. The two
physicians previously co-authored The
Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, now
From Charles
Rosenberg’s
Kitchen to Yours
“I love exotic and
unusual vegetables,
and fennel is one that
is fairly uncommon yet
readily available on
the West Coast. When
cooked it becomes sweet and has a meaty texture. It’s
great with whole-wheat pasta and salmon.”
BRAISED FENNEL
2-3 fennel bulbs, trimmed
1 small red bell pepper
1 small onion
1 clove garlic, chopped
3 Tbs. olive oil
Salt
Pepper
2 sprigs of parsley, chopped (optional)
Slice fennel bulbs in half lengthwise,
then, with flat side down, slice each
half lengthwise into thin slices. Do the
same with the pepper (after removing
seeds and stem) and onion.
Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil in a
large heavy saucepan over medium
heat until soft; add bell pepper, fennel
and salt to taste; stir and cover. Continue
cooking, stirring every few minutes.
Enough liquid should come out of the
vegetables to keep them from burning,
but, if necessary, add a small amount of
water or stock. Vegetables should be tender
and done in about 10 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle
with parsley and black pepper before serving.
considered a classic on natural
health.
An interview with Bastyr alumna
Carrie Louise Daenell, BS (‘96), ND
(‘98), is featured on the Alumni
Career Spotlight page of the Web site
for the Association of Accredited
Naturopathic Medicine Colleges. To
read it, go to www.aanmc.org/
alumni/index.php.
Tucker S. Meager, ND (‘01), has
launched PracticePro Practice
Management Software to help naturopathic
physicians and other CAM
practitioners manage schedules,
patient information, treatment plans,
etc. Read more at www.NDmed.net.
Emily Kane, ND (‘94), MSA (‘94),
has published Managing Menopause
Naturally: Before, During and Forever!
The book includes endorsements by
Joseph E. Pizzorno, Jr., ND, and Peter
D’Adamo, ND (‘82). For more information,
go to www.DrEmilyKane.com.
www.bastyr.edu
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BASTYR MAGAZINE
Bastyr
UPDATE
CAMPUS MASTER PLAN AWAITS
KENMORE APPROVAL
In early September, Bastyr officials presented an updated
25-year master plan to the City of Kenmore. In its ongoing
efforts to receive the city’s approval on purchasing the land
the institution leases, Bastyr has responded to feedback from
neighbors, elected officials and members of the Bastyr community.
Most recently, the university addressed concerns
about the potential increase in Kenmore traffic, the number
of trees being removed to allow for building expansion, and
access of the public to ball fields adjacent to the university.
This newly altered plan now awaits response from the
Kenmore City Council. To read about Bastyr’s master plan,
go to www.bastyr.edu/about/masterplan.asp?reform.
AREA AGENCIES ON AGING VISIT BASTYR
On July 12, Bastyr University hosted a mobile workshop for
25 Area Agencies on Aging directors from across the United
States. Area Agencies on Aging are dedicated to providing
services that support senior independence, and they are
perhaps best known for their Meals-on-Wheels programs.
While at the university, attendees learned about a Bastyr
University-local government pilot project that provides nutrition
information to diabetic seniors receiving home health
care. They also learned about herb and prescription drug
interactions and the role of natural medicine in supporting
the health and well-being of the elderly.
FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE
Bastyr Bookstore Manager Ken Danis finds the following
books nicely complement the topics covered in this issue
of Bastyr Magazine. Both books are available online at
www.bastyr.edu/bookstore at a 20 percent discount through
March 1. Here, in his own words,
are Danis’s recommendations:
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction
Workbook is an extraordinarily
effective and empowering tool for
coping with the stresses of a
changing world and creating the
time and space for enjoying life.
Focusing on unique diagnosis
and holistic treatment techniques,
the Tibetan Healing Handbook is a
comprehensive and clearly written
guide to an ancient and complex
system of healing that is accessible
to trained healers, students of
Tibetan culture and interested
laypersons alike.
Exercise Science and Wellness students in Bastyr’s Biomechanics I
class were instructed by adjunct faculty and ergonomist Ian Chong
to biomechanically and ergonomically analyze “real-life scenarios”
involving human-mechanical interaction. As part of a June 14 presentation
of findings to the Bastyr community, students Jake Pedersen
(left) and Kyle Davis (right) brought in the arm ergometer (above) of
a handicapped racer. The racer had changed his seat position, which
resulted in more crank power, but over time had created debilitating
elbow pain. After analyzing the situation and determining a causal
relationship, the students ultimately solved the problem by adjusting
the hand position while maintaining the new seat position.
BASTYR STUDENT DISTRIBUTES
GOODS TO KATRINA SURVIVORS
Naturopathic student Amy Naylor distributed food, nutritional
supplements and other necessary items to Katrina victims,
September 22-24. Moved by the plight of people displaced
by the hurricane, Naylor solicited neutricuetical companies
and the Bastyr community for donations. She delivered everything
from diapers and toothpaste to the Birmingham
Salvation Army for distribution to evacuees sheltered in
Alabama. Read more at www.bastyr.edu/news.
BASTYR OFFERS TUITION AID TO
STUDENTS DISPLACED BY KATRINA
The following is excerpted from a September 16 open letter written
by President Daniel K. Church, PhD, to the Bastyr community:
Among the many things which have impressed me since
I joined the Bastyr University community are the passion and
compassion with which you approach your work and relationships.
Of particular interest to me have been the several initiatives
to reach out to our sisters and brothers whose lives have
been ravaged by the hurricane disaster in the Gulf States. In
many ways you have reached out to them, expressing the
compassion which is so characteristic of persons committed
to healing and wholeness.
One unique way we have chosen to respond as a university
is to encourage students from nutrition and exercise science
programs in the affected region to consider admission and
enrollment at Bastyr. To support them now in this time of
national crisis, the university will reduce first-quarter tuition
for students who are juniors or seniors currently enrolled in
accredited schools of nutrition and exercise science affected
by the disaster. It is our hope that some will find their way
to us and will find solace, support and a sound educational
experience before returning to the institutions from which
they have come.
A news release that will give you additional details has been
posted at www.bastyr.edu/news. This is something I know you
will embrace and celebrate.

Photo: Kathy Doolin
Master Master Gardener, Gardener, TV personality
personality
and and prolific prolific writer writer on all things things
horticultural, horticultural, Ed Hume Hume was was the
featured featured speaker speaker at the Bastyr Bastyr
Medicinal Medicinal Herb Herb Garden Garden Reception,
Reception,
September September 15. Speaking Speaking to 110 110
guests guests about about gardening gardening with with the
seasons, seasons, he demonstrated demonstrated the
creation creation of autumnal autumnal plantings
plantings
using using a variety variety of herbs herbs and and
flowering flowering plants. plants.
PUBLIC EDUCATION CLASSES
For more information, to register or to learn about continuing education classes for
professionals, go to www.bastyr.edu/continuinged or call (800) 841-6721 x3075.
• Reducing Stress with Aromatherapy
Jimm Harrison
November 12, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Cost: $39
Discover how to create effective essential oil blends that, when used for stress
reduction, also benefit the skin, prevent and reverse signs of aging and relieve
digestive imbalance. The instructor is the founder of the Phytotherapy Institute
and was the first cosmetologist invited by Harvard University and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology to discuss the impact of essential oils in skin care.
• Autism—Natural Remedies for Children
Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, DNC, RH
January 28, 2006, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Cost: $55
This class presents herbal treatments for the symptoms and related difficulties of
autism, including sleep problems, cognition, digestive disorders, allergies, anxiety
and seizures. The instructor is on the board of directors for the American Herbalist
Guild, is a senior editor for Harvard University’s Natural Standard and is a faculty
member in Bastyr’s botanical medicine department.
•
The Changing Face of Beauty
Lillian Bridges
February 11, 2006, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Cost: $75
Learn to understand the true causes of aging and how to reverse them. Discussed
are proper care of the skin, the healing emotions, finding your body’s natural
rhythm, finding your “original face,” and ancient Taoist secrets to rejuvenation.
The instructor is a professor of Oriental medicine; she is internationally known
for bringing the study of facial diagnosis back to the field.
• Introduction to Chandel Acupressure
Bhupinder Pal Chandel, MDA, PhD, and Rowland Wright Kucera, PhD
March 4, 2006, Saturday, 1– 4 p.m.
Cost: $20
Chandel acupressure is a therapeutic treatment that applies digital pressure
to the hands and soles of the feet in order to relieve stress and pain. Ailments
responding particularly well to this method are arthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia,
migraines and digestive disorders. Chandel acupressure originated in ancient
India and has been brought into the modern age by the instructor, Dr. Chandel,
who is president of the International Acupressure Medical Association (IAMA).
He is joined by Dr. Kucera, who is the joint secretary of IAMA.
BASTYR CENTER MOVES
TO NEW SITE
In January 2006, Bastyr Center for
Natural Health (BCNH) will open the
doors at its bigger and better location
just down the street from its current
one. The site, which includes ample
parking, is located at 3670 Stone Way
North, on the corner of 38th and Stone
Way in Seattle.
[Ed.: Look for a pictorial feature on BCNH,
Bastyr’s teaching clinic, in the spring issue
of Bastyr Magazine.]
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER
PUBLISHES IN JOURNAL
OF THE ADA
The work of Megan McCrory, PhD,
research associate professor in the
Bastyr University School of Nutrition
and Exercise Science, was published in
the September 2005 issue of the Journal
of the American Dietetic Association.
The article—“Dietary Fiber and Fat are
Associated with Excess Weight in Young
and Middle-Aged U.S. Adults”—outlines
the research Dr. McCrory conducted at
Tufts University with three research
colleagues prior to her move to Bastyr.
Says McCrory, who continues her obesity
and health research at Bastyr, “We
found the more fiber women had in
their diet, regardless of their fat intake,
the less over-weight the women were.
This is one of the first studies to carefully
separate out the effects of fiber versus
fat per se in the diet.”
STUDENTS DEDICATE KENYAN
HEALTH CLINIC
In early September, four Bastyr naturopathic
students helped launch the
opening of a medical clinic in Kitale,
Kenya. Built to serve a population with
a high incidence of HIV/AIDS, the clinic
was a dream of the late Chris Halperin,
a Bastyr naturopathic and acupuncture
and Oriental medicine student who died
in 2003. The students traveled to Kenya
on a Bastyr venture grant and joined
with the community in dedicating the
clinic to him by naming it the Chris
Halperin Memorial Clinic.
[Ed.: Bastyr Magazine will feature these
students and their humanitarian mission
in a future issue.]
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Top of the World
continued from pg. 13
Wenner speaks of a peacefulness in the mountains of
Tibet that’s nearly palpable, and she illustrates her point
with a favorite memory. “We were camping alongside a
ridge overlooking the Tidrum nunnery with mountains
rising up over 15,000 feet around us. I stepped out of the
tent late at night. I was alone. It had snowed, and there
was a dusting of snow everywhere. I could see the prayer
flags reflecting off what little light there was. The air was
very fresh and brisk. I was surrounded by total silence and
beauty. I felt as if the spirit of Tibet had always been a
part of me. I realized how important those aspects of the
Tibetan way of life were to me—acceptance and spiritual
grace—and I reconnected with that sense of self. I felt
at peace.”
A changed life
asked what she gained from her trip,
Wenner speaks of both her academic
life and her personal one. Because of the knowledge she
gained, the connections she made and the botanical
medicine samples
she brought back
to Bastyr, Wenner
is hoping to conduct
future trials to study
traditional indigenous
medicines known to
be helpful to maintaining
a healthy
immune system.
“We’re very interested
in studying the
Tibetan remedy for
tuberculosis,” she
Cynthia Wenner, PhD, at the top of
Phenpo Chukla mountain pass
says. She and Flaster
are also eager to begin
writing a concept
proposal for a grant from the National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National
Institutes of Health to explore the value of Tibetan
medicine in maintaining immune health.
“My personal gains are so many, it’s hard to put them
all into words,” Wenner says. “Through my interactions
with the villagers, I feel more connected to the rest of the
world, and I realize we’re all a part of the web holding
life together on this planet. My short time in Tibet helped
reinforce the journey I’m on of acknowledging and learning
more about the importance of the mind-body-spirit
connection in healing. And finally,” she adds, though one
suspects these thoughts aren’t final at all, “to me the trip
speaks directly to Bastyr’s mission and vision of being a
world leader. We can’t be a leader in the world unless
we’re out in it learning about those societies that have
natural healing and spiritual wellness so deeply imbedded
in their culture. How rich a society is when the wealth
of spirit, family and community is woven so finely
into its fabric!”
Unlocking the Mysteries
continued from pg. 2
on diabetics. NAC is a supplement similar to the amino
acid cysteine that’s found in many foods like poultry and
broccoli. NAC increases glutathione, a natural antioxidant
in the body. “Because glutathione levels are reduced in
type 2 diabetics, NAC is thought to increase those levels,”
he says. “This may, in turn, help prevent some of the
vascular damage done by diabetes.” According to Bradley,
this theory has never been tested in patients with
type 2 diabetes.
Bradley’s clinical trials involve recruiting subjects,
administering NAC and measuring glucose and
hemoglobin A1c levels to watch for changes during the
study. “We will also
be watching the
markers of vascular
inflammation, such
as high-sensitivity
C-reactive protein,”
he says. Bastyr’s
institutional review
board is studying the
project protocols.
Once the board
gives its approval,
the enrollment of
volunteers will begin
in early 2006.
Ryan Bradley, ND
“I chose to study
type 2 diabetes
because it has such a significant impact on public health,
and clinical studies using human participants haven't
been done in the whole naturopathic approach to treating
this disease,” Bradley says. “I’m committed to increasing
the quality and precision of care in naturopathic medicine,
and this is dependent on solid clinical research
being performed.”
FREE PUBLIC AUTHOR
PRESENTATION
Joseph E. Pizzorno, Jr., ND
Textbook of Natural Medicine,
Third Edition
Wednesday, November 30
7 – 9 p.m.
Bastyr University Auditorium
Bastyr’s co-founder and president emeritus talks about
his newly updated encyclopedic text on natural medicine.
Co-edited by Michael Murray, ND, the book includes more
than 90 well-known contributors, 10,000 cited references
to peer-reviewed literature, and 34 new chapters on
treatments for specific health problems.

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7 – 9 p.m.
Bastyr University Chapel
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