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. . . . Make Nature's Medicine Your Own
{Sorry for the long absence; working on getting
the book finished. Thanks for your patience.}
Although
“herbology” may not be an
active term in your vocabulary, it is a
reality in your
life. The mustard on your table
and many of the spices in your kitchen come from herbs; most of the
vegetables in your salad are herbs, and if
you have a yard/garden,
many of the plants growing there (whether
by your or their own design) are also herbs. Each family of plants
has its own peculiar habit of taking from the soil a specific group
of chemical elements that give it its specific healing properties.
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| White Oak Bark |
It is the chemical constituent 'tannin' in herbs like White Oak Bark
(main 'natural' ingredient in aspirin), Kudzu (also used as a soup
thickener), Uva Ursi (widely used in UTI's and many female urinary
disorders) that facilitates their tightening (contract tissue and
arrest discharge) action as styptics (stops bleeding) and vulneraries
(helps wounds heal).
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| Saw Palmetto Berries |
When the pancreas aren't able to produce
sufficient insulin to convert glucose's sugar into energy in the
cells (diabetes), the glucose then continues to circulate and
accumulate in the blood, which can become very dangerous for
diabetics. A number of organs are affected by diabetes: kidney,
pancreas, spleen, liver and gall bladder. Herbs like uva ursi,
parsley root, gentian root, red raspberry
leaves, buchu leaves, saw palmetto berries, kelp and bladder wrack all contain chemical ingredients that promote the body's
ability to reduce high blood sugar. Different herb parts heal
different parts of our bodies. In fact, the physical, mental and
spiritual embodiment of man is perfectly reflected the root, stem and
leaves of a plant, in that all the chemical constituents
of which our bodies are composed are contained in the roots, barks,
leaves, flowers and fruits of herbs, and are put here by the Divine
Creator to serve us. We just need to ask them, harvest them, prepare
and take them, and live more in accord with the cycles of the
universe, the seasons, days ~ and our bodies.
More often than
not, we forget that “herbs are nature's medicine.” Ironically,
the source of many pharmaceuticals actually come from herbs. Because
man-made drugs are an adulteration of the source herb, they do not
contain the life force energy, and therefore are unable to heal,
restore our balance or vital energy! Healing is the natural process
by which the cells in the body regenerate and repairs itself to
reduce damaged or necrotic tissue – which herbs facilitate.
Although modern
medical drugs greatly influence the
rate of progression of many diseases, and
subsequently improve
the state of health, they do not possess the same holistic healing
qualities as herbal preparations. A single molecule pulled out of a
plant manufactured in a laboratory does not
have the same healing properties of the
whole plant. In some cases another vitamin or
enzyme that occurs naturally in the plant
is essential to trigger its action; or
conversely, may have an adverse affect when isolated or 'taken out of
context' of the “whole!” A plant, berry or piece of bark may
contain up to 20 chemical constituents
which interact to produce a healing effect. When the whole
herb is used all the other chemical constituents
that naturally occur within the herb acts as 'buffers' and
'catalysts' amongst themselves, bringing a naturally safe synergy to
the whole herb – a safeguard that can't be reproduced in the
isolated constituent that we pop as a pill.
Herbs
also have specific energies, tastes and directions that affect a
healing change, and act very similar to our foods, in that they
provide our body with nutrients and other components that enhance
organ functions. The way you prepare the formula (as a tea, tincture,
capsule, etc.) and the strength of the formula, which is determined
by the proportions of each herb to others within the formula, will
determine its healing power. There are many foods and condiments in
your kitchen that are healing. If you have cold extremities
in the dead of winter, ginger is your remedy, as it disperses its
healing properties outward to the extremities; or if you can't really
get warm in your core, cayenne capsules will resolve that dilemma,
as it contracts the warming energy to your center; or to relieve gas
after meals chew a few fennel seeds fifteen to twenty minutes before
meals; and a simple remedy to prevent infection for minor cuts,
bruises or rashes, boil a couple of peach pits in water for twenty to
thirty minutes, covered, let sit covered for another twenty minutes.
When cooled, use the water as a rinse on the affected area.
We
are all healers, inherently, and we need to return to our roots and
get back to nature. I'm guessing that you would prefer to have
nature's medicine instead of the medications with horrendous side
effects. So, it would behoove you to learn how to select the right
herbs for the right symptoms in the right proportions to make
effective formulas. It's not rocket science. It's relatively easy.
For example, to relieve migraines and
headaches use nettles and dandelion; to strengthen the kidneys you
can use golden rod and sarsaparilla; to help repair the liver (which
rejuvenates the pineal gland) use milk thistle and dandelion; or my
favorite Chinese herbal pair: bupleurum and peony. Each of these
herbs when used with others in effective combinations relieve
dis-ease and restores balance to our organs.
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