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Robert McDowell's Herbal Treatments 21 July 2004 Herbal Help for Humans and their CompanionsI have been reading a book by Robert Sardello called "Freeing the Soul From Fear". It is a very topical book as it addresses the world wide problem of fear of terrorism as well as our own "little" anxieties and problems.He acknowledges that it certainly feels like there is little we can do to personally combat terrorism except that we can increase our own soul qualities to strengthen us and those around us. You can do this by finding the numinous qualities, the holiness in both the simplest inanimate and living things in our environment. You don't have to live in idealic bush surroundings either , try finding the pattern that the sun makes on your brick wall , enjoy the weed growing in a crack on your footpath, listen to the bird calls. In everything there is the touch of the maker . If you can do this as often as possible it will boost your soul forces to handle lifes anxieties of all sizes. This simple enlivening of our lives does a lot to also boost the immune system and keep us physically healthy. This week we feature:-
Canine - Hair Changing Colours or Falling Out We have often have greyhound clients commenting on coat colour changes and have never identified a deficiency as such but rather it always seemed to signal a change in their health. If there are no health issues which immediately preceded the colour change and if the dog has not been subjected to some sort of metabolic shock like a snake bite or vaccination or other injection we can only suggest that something about the metabolism may be on the point of going off the rails. If there is no such history, We have a particular blend called the Conditioning Mix to be found on the website at: http://www.herbal-dogkeeping.com/dog_conditioning_mix.html As the write-up suggests this tonic essentially rebalances all the partners in the metabolism and allows their function to return to normal. a course of one blood cycle or 12 weeks should be sufficient to get things back into line and the coat back to its healthy black colour. We may never know what was the problem but it becomes academic at this stage. Hair falling out is often a result of toxic shock like chemotherapy and it is often an indication that blood toxins are reaching high levels. This mix can be found on the following site at: http://www.herbal-dogkeeping.com/dog_skin_blood_cleanser.html Equine - Warts Warts in a young horse often fall off by themselves but they can be encouraged by the use of two of our standard treatments. These are the internal blood cleansing mix which clears the blood of toxins and the fungal/viral material which stimulates the formation of warts. This mix can be found at the following link: http://www.herbal-horsekeeping.com/horse_blood_cleanser.html We can also provide an external mixture which can be put as drop once per day over some of the warts. You don’t need to apply it to all of them, just a group of them and as these go you will find that others which are not treated externally also go: http://www.herbal-treatment.net/herbs_warts.html Human - The Question of Cancer What do you think about "biological fate"? Some people think that it really doesn't matter much how or even if they "fight" the cancer invader, the outcome is already written in their genetic code. Treatment , chemo and radiation, may often shrink the tumor, but does it really "buy" time? If we leave the tumors alone and not do anything, would we be better or worse off? That is the question. These questions are more than just rhetorical, the answers could determine how people decide what to do next. Some doctors encourage you to do everything possible to get rid of cancer cells in your body while others, perhaps, agree that it makes sense to back off from the poisions of chemo and other chemicals. What ever your beliefs are or decision is it is entirely sensible to keep your immune system as healthy as you are able as this is often the reason behind the onset of a cancer in the first place. This is why Robert always recommends Maritime Pine Bark to cover that aspect of your health: http://www.herbal-treatment.net/article_maritime_pine_bark.html Lets look at how we can actively do something about preventing Cancer is in our life. Anything at all we do which enlivens us reduces our chances of falling prey to Cancer. "Enlivening" is a pretty good description of the factors involved in Cancer. Falling in love, family satisfaction, eating clean foods, looking after our body and our spirit, positive thinking and joy, are all enlivening. (Hanging onto life in our deathbed to wait for a loved one to visit, or to give birth, is also enlivening.) Their opposites include things like eating poor food, not dealing with stress well, being taken advantage of, being powerless, being joyless and not looking after the body and the spirit. For an explanation so simple it is surprisingly difficult for most people to understand and a great deal harder for them to live. Modern science seeks simplistic answers in drugs, statistics and in genes and is currently spending its efforts in these directions, but the answer will be as elusive as the cure for the common cold. It is the simplistic approach, which automatically discounts factors not subject to scientific measurement is the problem. From a holistic point of view, this makes the current "scientific" efforts appear extraordinarily stupid. How can you discount stress from being involved in the process of Stomach Ulcers, currently being blamed on a bacterium? Or from Glandular Fever currently blamed on a virus? How can you discount the effect of being physically run down or a change in seasons from the process of the common cold currently being blamed on a virus? How can you discount the emotion of resentment from the formation of GallStones? Asthma, from fear? Diabetes, from emotional dissatisfaction? Rheumatoid Arthritis, from disappointment? On and on it goes. None of them measurable. In the same way how can you discount the emotion of hatred from the process of Bowel Cancer, over-caring from the process of Breast and Uterine Cancer or shoveling emotions through the GIT in the process of Stomach and Liver Cancer? Discounting factors because you have no means of measuring them is the main problem facing scientific understanding of any non-physical processes and we are beginning to find that there are very, very few, wholly physical phenomena. Even in Physics the purest of science, there is the "observer effect" in which the behavior of sub atomic particles is influenced by the intentions (this is worth repeating - The Intentions) of the observer. OK, so if it so hard to reduce stress or lack of joy or whatever in our lives our lives, what can we do to help ourselves? The answer is that anything at all we do which is enlivening will help. Whatever we chose which suits our own particular state of mind or stage of life will cure and prevent Cancer. It ends up being like one of those Zen statements. "Everything is a both a cause of, and a cure, for Cancer." This is almost as difficult as saying "Be happy!" In practical terms however it needn’t be difficult.
Back to enlivenment: One of the physical processes central to the process of aging and illness which Science has been able to clarify is the relationship between free radicals and antioxidants. Physical enlivenment revolves around the balance between the processes, which break our bodies down, and those, which build us up. Did you notice that Liptons are now advertising the antioxidant properties of Tea? Vitamin C was the first major antioxidant discovered and so began the Orange Juice industry. Now they inject mega-doses of Vitamin C into Chronic Fatigue or Cancer patients! Not so good! Rosehips is just beginning to appear in skin creams and you will shortly begin to hear much about the ‘new’ super anti-oxidants found in Grape Seeds and in the bark of the Maritime Pine, when everyone gets on the bandwagon. Although this is another of these “scientific simplifications”, aging, illness and cancer can be seen as the war between free radicals and antioxidants. Living - causes the formation of free radicals. Eating, breathing, sleeping, exercise all cause them to be produced in the body. Living hard - causes more. Excessive sport, working hours, stress, isolation, exposure to the sun and the weather. Living dangerously - causes more still. Cities, agricultural chemicals, living with a mobile phone stuck to your ear, sunscreen stuck to your skin, a cigarette stuck in your mouth, a TV stuck to your face or a needle stuck in your arm. You get the idea. Living sensibly provides us with antioxidants, which reduce free radicals. Eating fresh fruit and vegetables (not so much the genetically engineered, irradiated, out of season or artificially ripened variety). Chemical free, home or organically grown stuff in season is best, but we can certainly cope with a fair bit of the other as well. Plenty of whole grains, fiber and all the rest, not too much meat, all play a part of course, but: "We are not what we eat!" Fanaticism about anything, even about pure food, is bad for our emotional well being and balance. We are emotional, feeling and spiritual beings and parental love, respect, rewarding work, hobbies, recreations, time for ourselves, love for ourselves, for others and for our animals, and not too much self sacrificing, are also all supremely important parts of free radical management. (Not a single one of them subject to scientific measurement) All of us have within our power things we can change to reduce significantly our personal likelihood of developing Cancer and to improve our chances when fighting it. Read more from this article at the site below: http://www.cancer-herbal-treatment.com/article_understanding_cancer.html#part4 Home Remedies -Slippery Elm Bark Powder Slippery Elm is perfectly safe and can be prescribed even for tiny infants with reflux and colic. Think of Slippery Elm Powder when anyone has had internal surgery, or for ulceration or disturbances at any point in the gastrointestinal tract, peptic or gastric ulcers, hiatal hernia, diverticulitis, coeliac 's disease infact any bowel condition is healed by the taking this powder. Slippery Elm powder needs to be taken for a minimum of 8-12 weeks to line and heal the tract . Take 1 tablespoon daily - it works for 30 hours , mix with chamomile tea to a soft slurry thats drinkable or mix with banana or yoghurt to make it palatable. Slippery Elm Powder tastes fine but has an unfortunate slimey texture that needs hiding. It produces a soothing lining in the stomach and gut which protects the mucosa and allows irritations and ulcerations to heal themselves. Your stomach acid is an indication of both an irritation in the lining (not yet ulcerated) and an excessively high acid production. High acidity can be a result of too much apple or orange juice or too much white flour or white sugar. Substitute whole meal breads, honey as a sweetener and diluting fruit juices with water are opportunities to reduce acidity. On an energy level the people that tend to need Slippery Elm are those folk that swallow all the stresses in their life taking the stress into their digestive system and not admitting to their own shortcomings or expressing irritations, they may dislike changes or even have a fear that they do not want to face. Past Newsletters: I invite you to browse through recent newsletters on a wide variety of topics on both human and animal health issues there will certainly be something of immediate interest to you: http://www.herbal-treatments.com/newsletter.html Reader Feed Back We value your feedback so much that we are making it easier for you to send us a sentence or two. Please fill in the form below and click 'Submit' Wishing you and your companions the best of health and happiness. Yours Truly, Judith Burton for Robert McDowell |
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