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    Herbal Therapy

    Q- What is herbal therapy and should a person undertake it as a self-help therapy?

    A- NO. Herbal therapy or herbalism is basically botanical medicine. It is the use of herbs and bear in mind I said our food is also our medicine so in their natural state and used properly. The fruits and vegetables that we eat day to day when they have their full nutritional content and not this bastardization that they are putting on the market today is for restoring and not just for their diet.

    It is using them for their therapeutic or medicinal value. An herb is a plant or part of a plant for either medicinal, aromatic or savory or consuming the your food. Your body takes in the chemical materials from these plants not only to help in your diet but to you help you in periods of dis-ease. When did this all start? It began when man started consuming shrubs and how certain plants helped when certain things were going on.

    This “database” was built up and passed on by word of mouth and training all the technique up to modern day, despite corporate memory being destroyed during the burning times. It went underground and they still kept practicing it for the barons, earls, kings and queens who knew the importance of this information. They supplied a harmless haven for these people from the church. So primitive man appreciated the plants because they supplied food, clothing, shelter and all of this was done via observation of animals, via trial and error but as time went by the medicinal power of the herbs in clear cut areas built up a conciousness base of that area that took care of all of the people that lived there.

    That database was almost destroyed. Did you know that companies like Monsanto, Libby, and Del Monte and others are starting to genetically manipulate certain plants in dissimilar countries so that they have a patent on it. They are trying to deny the several medicine people in those areas because they now own the rights to it.

    If aspirin were introduced today you would have to have a prescription to obtain it because it will be considered a controlled substance. Just like now they are trying to do an inroad around things so that vitamins, amino acids and things like this are to be considered a drug.

    Thus, they can be controlled by the pharmaceuticals so that they can put the holistic markets out of business. This is a wonderful thing for them because if we don’t have the use of the herbs then we have to use their medicines.

    They are trying their best to cut us off from our natural pharmacopoeia. They have already done some things overseas to make some herbs unavailable, and you need a prescription. Money is at the bottom of all of it.

    Now, obtain this. The world health organization estimates that about half the world’s population use some form of herbal treatment. On top of that, the pharmaceutical companies are working difficult on 110-130 plants that they are making their medicines out of in some form or another. One of the frontline heart medicines comes from foxglove. They found out that you cannot break down digitalis to make something else from it or you will kill somebody. If they try to manipulate it then you're dead.

    Q- What are some of the typical things that people can use herbal therapy for?

    A- For controlling pain, asthma, high blood pressure, low blood pressure and respiratory problems. There are various things, colds, skin conditions and stomach problems. If you're having many of troubles with your stomach you could use peppermint and spearmint. You can use cinnamon for diarrhea; peppermint can be used for clearing your nasal passages, peppermint oil. If you're having troubles with asthma you could use true camphor will open up your passages and lungs like Vicks vapor rub like menthol. Menthol can also be used on your arthritic joints because it blocks the pores and causes heat to build up to that part of the body your body enhances the blood flow thereby dilating all the veins and with all the blood flowing there helps to cool it down but also more blood flow brings in more oxygen and that is what breaks down the lactic acid.

    Q- What should someone look for when they go shopping for herbs?

    A- Try not to obtain too exotic and ask questions. State what it's that is going on with your body, and ask what herb can aid for that malady. And, people obtain the hell off Prozac! Prozac is the last line you draw in taking care of mild depression. Since before the Crusades, the plant that became known as St. Johns Wart has been used for depression and it was used to aid wounds heal and getting over trauma and stopping bleeding.

    Q- So you're saying that Prozac is comprised of St. Johns Wart.

    A- Prozac is the chemical copy with no buffers joined as St. John’s Wart. Herbs have their own peculiar side effects but they are things that you learn to survive with while you're getting over whatever your ailment is.

    St. Johns Wart will make you sensitive to sunlight. So that means if you're on it you don’t go to the beach. Here is another thing that it will do, if you're on any type of psychotropic drug like drugs for stopping seizures. You can’t take St. Johns Wart while taking Prozac because it will do unbelievable things to your body besides kill you.

    There many of things that happen in your body when it's caused undo pressure that can throw your body in a tailspin. They will put you on high doses of Ibuprophen and if you went to a chiropractor in just three manipulations your body will recover. St. Johns Wart will metabolize certain drugs out of you. There is many of data out there but just like regular medicines there numerous things to know. Now, the thing that can not be stressed ample is that if you're on certain medications and you decide to go to the herbal remedies you have to obtain your chemical medications out of your system at least a week before you commence herbal medicine because there are herbs out there that go after clear cut ailments.

    For example there is a medicine that is called Lanoxin and this is for people with heart ailments. If you're going to take hawthorn berry, which lowers your blood cholesterol level, you cannot take it and the medicine because it will cause heart failure.

    Q- It sounds like herbal therapy is not something that someone should attempt on their own.

    A- That is what I said earlier. You have to ask. If you're going to self-medicate and do the herbal remedies then you need to do your homework. If someone is suffering from low blood pressure or they have anemia and they are down they will prescribe ginseng.

    If someone is on Cumadin it can thin the linings of your veins and arteries and if you obtain increased blood pressure from taking ginseng or garlic or ginger you can blow out a vein. Ginseng can over stimulate you and keep you from sleeping. So you don’t want to drink many of coffee and take ginseng. There are also some herbs that shouldn’t be taken by women for long times of time.

    You need to be concious of a garlic and Cumadin mix because Cumadin actually came from the industry that created rat toxin and because of their little body structure it would make their veins burst and they would bleed out and then they found out the Cumadin could make your blood thin out to where it acts as rubbing up against clots or build up in the vein walls, it will work on fatty deposits.

    However garlic does the same thing. Pure garlic or the capsules but if you take Cumadin, garlic cannot be in your diet. Err on the side of caution and remove all garlic.

    Garlic has anti-clotting qualities on it’s own, however vitamin K is what causes your blood to coagulate, Cumadin destroys vitamin K. That is what causes people to bleed out and they have to inject you with things that are going to force your blood to clot. Now garlic, which is a natural component, will work together with vitamin K by staving it off it doesn’t destroy it from your system.

    Q- What is vitamin K responsible for in your body?

    A- Vitamin K is what helps your blood coagulate. It is what helps your blood to clot so you don’t bleed out.

    Q- what should someone look for if they are looking for an herbalist?

    A- First you need to check out their credentials then the next necessary thing is to observe how “people orientated” they are.

    Q- What kind of credentials should a potential herbalist be able to share with them?

    A- There are several naturopathic schools around the country. Again how people orientated this person is and what their views are on homeopathy.

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