Isn't it amazing that so many of our pharmaceutical drugs are based on the herbal cures of yesteryear?!
What's more amazing to me is how well so many of them work today! and why not - herbs are here for us to consume. What natural (i.e. traditional) medicine is saying is that we (our bodies) are not well equipped to process artificial.. anything over long periods of time. That if you continually take artificial medicines (and foods) - over time you're body will start to fail. But each person responds differently, how my body deals with the assault could be a completely different experience for you. Now of course, we're also eating over-processed foods and over-immunizing ourselves - complicating life for the youngest among us... but that's another website I suppose...
(ok. mini-rant on vaccinations...Are some vaccines necessary? Yup, no doubt.
But how many are our kids getting these days??? and are all these really necessary??
In the 1970's, children got 23 doses of 7 vaccines by the age of 6 with the first vaccine given at 2 months of age. TODAY? are you sitting down?
In the span of just 30 years we have increased to 48 doses of 14 vaccines by the age of 6. Got that?
48 doses of 14 different vaccines before our children turn 6. Oh, and let's start this at 12 hours - and at the tender age of just 2 months, give her 8 vaccines.. altogether now! Before Junior's 2nd birthday - hey, he can handle 12 vaccines at 1 appointment! source Oh Yeah baby~
Let's see, we have obese kids on cholesterol and blood pressure meds now. Cholesterol meds shut down the liver. They are giving this to children? Hello?
Children have arthritis now. Children. I am speechless at the implication of arthritis for a lifetime. And of course, vaccines are suspect in autism. It's not just about the mercury... just don't go there.
So, what's the connection? The immune system! We are destroying our babies immune systems.
/end rant.)
4/7/09 Oh! Be still my heart! Guess what was learned... I just read the article in a subscription emag today! short intro:
"Childhood asthma is reduced by half when the first dose of diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) is delayed by more than 2 months vs given during the recommended period, according to the results of a retrospective longitudinal study reported in the March issue of the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology."
Here are just two of the easier natural remedies for common ailments.
colloidal silver - an anti-fungal, -viral, -bacterial, -biotic - it's simply an amazing product that has a very undeserved bad reputation. When you feel a cold, sinus infection or earache coming on - a few drops a few times a day for a few days will get rid of it!
3% hydrogen peroxide - apply 2x daily to minor growths and watch them disappear. I've had a small brown mole above my knee since I was a teenager... it's going away! Ditto with an unidentified (!) mole on my face.... It also works very well to prevent infection on cuts and scrapes.