Therapeutic herbs

Many informed men and women today realize the value of herbs as therapies that can noticeably improve the lives of themselves and their families. They are finding that they can use them both safely and effectively in their own homes.

Herbs are concentrated foods, with the ability to address both the symptoms and causes of a problem. As nourishment, herbs can offer the body nutrients it does not always receive, either from poor diet or environmental deficiencies in the soil and air. As medicine, herbs are essentially body balancers that work with the body functions so that it can heal and regulate itself.

Hundreds of herbs are available in several usable forms and at all quality levels. Worldwide communications, transport mechanisms, and improved storage allow us to obtain and use herbs from different countries and different harvests, an advantage ages past did not enjoy.

Herbs in their whole form are not drugs. Do not expect the activity or response of chemical antibiotics, or tranquilizers, or other pharmaceuticals. These agents only treat the symptoms of a problem. Generally, you have to take more and more of a drug to continue to get the same effect and increasingly, more often than not, experience negative side effects.

Herbs are foundation nutrients, working through the glands, nourishing the body’s deepest and most basic elements, such as the brain, glands and hormones. Results will seem to take much longer. But this fact only shows how herbs actually work -- gently acting as support to control and reverse the cause of a problem with more permanent lasting effect.

Even so, some improvement from herbs can usually be felt in three to six days. Chronic or long standing degeneration will, of course, take longer. A traditional rule of thumb is one month of healing for every year of the problem.

Herbs are not addictive, but are powerful nutritional agents. Balance is the key to using herbal nutrients for healing. As with other natural therapies, there is sometimes a “healing crisis” which is also known as the “Law of Cure”, and simply means that sometimes you may seem to get worse before you get better.

Because of the cleansing ability of herbs, the body frequently begins to eliminate toxic wastes built up from years of trauma or current or previous drug use. Though rare, side effects can accompany an "herbal cleanse", including lightheadedness, sluggishness or a feeling of exhaustion. Remember, these feelings are not caused by natural herbs but by toxins entering the bloodstream on their way to being eliminated from the body. Sometimes, when larger quantities of toxins simultaneously enter the stomach or intestines, more intense feelings such as headaches or nausea can follow. Keep in mind that your body is struggling to rid itself of these harmful toxins and that can be hard work. Any initial discomfort you might experience will seem a distant memory once you realize the new energy, vitality and health that await you. Strength and relief shortly return when this process which generally lasts from a few hours to a few days is over.

Most herbs, as edible plants, are as safe to take as foods. Occasionally a mild allergy type reaction may occur as it might occur to a food. This could happen because herb quality is poor because it has been adulterated with chemicals in the growing/storing process. This is why it is important to get your herbs only from a reputable, quality source.

Herbal combinations generally work better than single herbal remedies. There are several reasons for this. Each formula compound contains two to five primary agent herbs that are part of the blend for specific purposes. Since all body parts, and most disease symptoms are interrelated, it is wise to have herbs which can affect each part of the problem.

For example, in a prostate healing formula, there would be herbs to dissolve sediment, anti-inflammatory herbs, tissue toning and strengthening herbs and herbs with anti-bacterial properties.

Herbs work best when combined with a natural foods diet. Everyone can benefit from an herbal formula, but results increase dramatically when fresh foods and whole grains form the diet basis. Subtle healing activity is more effective when it doesn’t have to labor through excess waste material, mucous, or junk food accumulation. In addition, rotating and alternating herbal combinations according to changing health needs allows the body to remain most responsive to their effects.

Interestingly enough, herbs can help counter the problems of “civilization foods”. Herbs are rich in minerals and the basic elements missing or diminished in today’s quick grow, over sprayed, over fertilized produce. Minerals are a basic element in food assimilation. Herbs simply pave the way for the body to do its own work, by breaking up toxins, cleansing, lubricating, toning and nourishing.

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