I celebrated the cooler weather earlier this month, with open windows in August. It was truly glorious, but the real August weather has returned and the air conditioner is once again, running. This past week has been wonderful and very accomplished, but my back was up against the wall, so to speak with some web decisions, and the stress was noticeable. I didn't get to be outdoors enjoying the cool refreshing weather as much as I had hoped to.
In my mind, I could hear my Grandma's voice talking to my cousins and I, when we were kids. Anytime someone had to be cooped up for a time with an illness or when we were at her house and started getting a bit rambunctious, she say, "Go out and blow the stink off!" Our bodies need Vitamin D and sunshine is one of the best sources.
Whether it's cabin fever, spring fever, or just cooped up on a project, we need to take time to be outdoors. I can't say for certain, but there's no Scriptural evidence of a building in the Garden of Eden! I would even hazard a guess, as to say, too much time under fluorescent lights and in small cubicles is probably causing the increase use of psychotropic medications, anti-depressants, and mood elevators. Not to mention, blood pressure issues and heart palpitations. I'm just mentioning the things I thought I could have experienced, if the pressure I faced this week for one project, was a lifestyle rather than a single event. I felt myself, just longing to be outdoors, in the sunshine.
I went to bed one evening, fully aware that I would not do well in the general work force. It's an amazing blessing to work from home and be able to go outdoors any time. I was working so hard the other evening, and right up to the window appeared Avalon, letting me know, the sun wasn't waiting. It was time to do chores. The sun just doesn't shine indoors. We truly do need to make a point of embracing the great outdoors and healthy dose of Vitamin D.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
We are Quickly Approaching Autumn
We, naturalists, have to be very careful in how we make recommendations, so we are not "practicing medicine without a license." I'm not practicing medicine, I'm seeking the health designed by our Creator, and sharing what I find, when I think it might be helpful to others.
Before I left mainstream medicine, I didn't get flu shots. I had one experience, many years ago as a child, that left me completely sure, I wouldn't do that again, and I didn't. Of course leaving the promoted medical preferences of our society has gotten me a lot of advice, but . . . for whatever reason, people who believe in pharmaceuticals can give advice all day long and they don't incur problems about practicing without a licence.
What is posted below, I haven't tried yet. I just found it this week, and wanted to share it. I'm not so sure about waiting until symptoms occur. I promote more of a preventative plan. Extra garlic in dinner entrees and extra Vitamin C at breakfast is a great idea when school starts, throughout the cold and flu season.
I will offer this. Garlic is a natural immune builder or maybe it just causes other folks to keep a distance . . . kidding. Garlic is great for the immune system. Ginger and cayenne are both wonderful for stomach issues, and honey and lemon are great for scratchy throats.
Do with this as you will. We're just making the information readily available.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
If Big Pharma Could Patent Pot
The title of this article, I believe, says it all. Marijuana is a plant, hemp used to be legal, and there were many natural remedies that could actually be purchased from the local apothecary until . . .
Medicine became powerful! The medical industry is huge and getting bigger by the day. Now we are consuming laboratory products for our dietary and our health care while rendering creation obsolete and or illegal. I know I'm not the only one seeing this or questioning it.
I've included an article that I find interesting as well as potentially ground breaking.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/health/charlotte-child-medical-marijuana/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
I was so glad to see that her parents went ahead and took the risk. I was very thankful for the gentlemen that worked with them and the plants while taking a huge risk, since it was a child involved. I have given considerable thought to this natural remedy from three perspectives. One, as an herbalist who believes fully in our Creator, I have studied the value of what He made and the Instructions He's given. Two, as a person with MS, I've read some really positive reports regarding the use of cannabis in symptom management, but it isn't legal in my state, therefore I don't use it. Three, I don't believe in medical health care as it is. For religious reasons, I believe 100% of my health care is between my Creator and myself, so I don't go to doctors and I don't use prescriptions or OTC chemicals. I haven't had so much as a Tylenol or even a Tums in over 12 years,.
This fact, from an herbalist perspective is probably the main reason cannabis remains illegal. Herbalists are considered quacks and have no credibility in the current health care system. The only scientific studies that are well funded for research are done for patent purposes, which brings me to the problem. The Supreme Court just ruled that something naturally occurring cannot be patented. With no patent, there is no exclusive ownership, therefore no trademark profits.
I want it recorded today, the 11th day of August 2013. The day someone discovers a way to patent pot, the federal law will change. It will be trademarked, it will be regulated, it will be controlled, it will be taxed, and it will be owned! And once it can be exclusively owned, it will be legal.
Medicine became powerful! The medical industry is huge and getting bigger by the day. Now we are consuming laboratory products for our dietary and our health care while rendering creation obsolete and or illegal. I know I'm not the only one seeing this or questioning it.
I've included an article that I find interesting as well as potentially ground breaking.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/health/charlotte-child-medical-marijuana/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
I was so glad to see that her parents went ahead and took the risk. I was very thankful for the gentlemen that worked with them and the plants while taking a huge risk, since it was a child involved. I have given considerable thought to this natural remedy from three perspectives. One, as an herbalist who believes fully in our Creator, I have studied the value of what He made and the Instructions He's given. Two, as a person with MS, I've read some really positive reports regarding the use of cannabis in symptom management, but it isn't legal in my state, therefore I don't use it. Three, I don't believe in medical health care as it is. For religious reasons, I believe 100% of my health care is between my Creator and myself, so I don't go to doctors and I don't use prescriptions or OTC chemicals. I haven't had so much as a Tylenol or even a Tums in over 12 years,.
This fact, from an herbalist perspective is probably the main reason cannabis remains illegal. Herbalists are considered quacks and have no credibility in the current health care system. The only scientific studies that are well funded for research are done for patent purposes, which brings me to the problem. The Supreme Court just ruled that something naturally occurring cannot be patented. With no patent, there is no exclusive ownership, therefore no trademark profits.
I want it recorded today, the 11th day of August 2013. The day someone discovers a way to patent pot, the federal law will change. It will be trademarked, it will be regulated, it will be controlled, it will be taxed, and it will be owned! And once it can be exclusively owned, it will be legal.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
What Do Other Creatures Do?
In assessing the changes needed for human health, I've of course sought Scripture, thus natural solutions by our Creator, but I've also watched the animals.
Chickens are interesting in that unlike mammals, their babies have no option but to learn to eat right away! There is not even a time, like wild birds, of the mother bringing the food to the nest. Little chickens learn to eat and drink, day two. They live off the lining of the egg shell the first day, and then it's pick and scratch for the rest of their lives. Now mama hen still broods over them at night for over a month, until the day she leads them to the roost, but her mothering is far from coddling. It has to be, for her chicks to survive.
I have a nice herd of goats, and I've certainly learned a lot watching them. Even with my milk goats, I don't take the kids off their mothers to bottle feed them. I feel very strongly that what their mothers teach them in the early weeks of life are imperative to their health and long term survival. Goats forage, so the young ones need to learn what's good and what isn't. I have a fair knowledge base of that, but I'm not out with them all day to nudge them away or allow them just enough to survive it, but not go back to it. Since goats are herd animals, I need at least two, and to honor my Sabbath understanding, I only milk once a day.
This has proven to be a very productive method for me. Once the kids are eating a bit, at 8 days, I separate mothers and babies for about 8 hours in the day time. That correlates with allowing them the early morning and evening grazing time together. The babies are with mom from evening until morning getting milk and learning what is good, then for eight hours the kids are penned with hay and to play, then back to moms after milking.
I say all this in this section for two very good human reasons. First, free range eggs, chicken without arsenic, and raw milk are better for humans than what is being put into our food supply. Second, I've learned from watching the moms that we humans need to do a better job of teaching our children what is good for them and what will cause them problems later in life. Good farmacy beats pharmaceuticals any day!
Chickens are interesting in that unlike mammals, their babies have no option but to learn to eat right away! There is not even a time, like wild birds, of the mother bringing the food to the nest. Little chickens learn to eat and drink, day two. They live off the lining of the egg shell the first day, and then it's pick and scratch for the rest of their lives. Now mama hen still broods over them at night for over a month, until the day she leads them to the roost, but her mothering is far from coddling. It has to be, for her chicks to survive.
I have a nice herd of goats, and I've certainly learned a lot watching them. Even with my milk goats, I don't take the kids off their mothers to bottle feed them. I feel very strongly that what their mothers teach them in the early weeks of life are imperative to their health and long term survival. Goats forage, so the young ones need to learn what's good and what isn't. I have a fair knowledge base of that, but I'm not out with them all day to nudge them away or allow them just enough to survive it, but not go back to it. Since goats are herd animals, I need at least two, and to honor my Sabbath understanding, I only milk once a day.
This has proven to be a very productive method for me. Once the kids are eating a bit, at 8 days, I separate mothers and babies for about 8 hours in the day time. That correlates with allowing them the early morning and evening grazing time together. The babies are with mom from evening until morning getting milk and learning what is good, then for eight hours the kids are penned with hay and to play, then back to moms after milking.
I say all this in this section for two very good human reasons. First, free range eggs, chicken without arsenic, and raw milk are better for humans than what is being put into our food supply. Second, I've learned from watching the moms that we humans need to do a better job of teaching our children what is good for them and what will cause them problems later in life. Good farmacy beats pharmaceuticals any day!
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