Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 True, , I'm a bona fide herbalist and dyed-in-the-wool about it but, like surgery, there is a time and a place for everything and some of these recalcitrant infections may need to be knocked down with antibiotics especially in emergency situations. Actually I was in the hospital when both occurrances of antibiotics were given to me. I was too out-of-it to vote anyway, but it might have saved me. Who knows? I did switch to herbs immediately after leaving the hospital. When you think about it, just about every antibiotic comes from some sort of poison from a microbe originally, so it has a bit of nature in it. I still dose myself daily with Vitamins C, A, D, and E to keep the immune system going. There are many great herbs in addition to echinacea (which is so good to stimulate the white blood cells), even garlic is fantastic, but so is oil of oregano (the next big fad herb!), Baptisia (wild indigo), ginger, calendula, rosemary (particularly for the GB), and many others. The right herb must be selected to match the energetics of the situation. I think I had a lot of stagnation along with the infection so burdock was an herb I used to great effect when I was infected. I've also used many Chinese herbal combinations to good effect. I think you might want to recommend the other berberines, such as Oregon grape and barberry in lieu of goldenseal as the precious and now-rare goldenseal plant is extremely endangered and these new large herbal corporations are hiring people to rip it out by the ton (these people don't harvest sustainably either) because it sells big and continues to be recommended by herbalists. I don't use it at all nowadays. I fear it will be gone forever unless we stop the demand for it. Will in Minnesota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: " Will Winter " <holistic@...> <gallstones > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 8:38 PM Subject: Herbal GB cures > > > True, , I'm a bona fide herbalist and dyed-in-the-wool about it > but, like > surgery, there is a time and a place for everything and some of these > recalcitrant infections may need to be knocked down with antibiotics > especially in emergency situations. I practice and teach natural treatments but agree 110% with this statement. The vast, vast majority of the time it should be done with pure natural substances but in acute dangerous situations you pick up the biggest gun you have (many times it is a natural substance, not a pharmaceutical). When you think about it, just about > every antibiotic comes from some sort of poison from a microbe originally, > so > it has a bit of nature in it. Or a secondary metabolite from a higher order organism. The outer layer of bark, seeds, roots, etc, always contain compounds that are going to inhibit attack from other organisms from the outside. This is one of the ways that the organism is able to survive. I still dose myself daily with Vitamins C, A, D, and E > to keep the immune system going. > > There are many great herbs in addition to echinacea (which is so good to > stimulate the white blood cells), even garlic is fantastic, but so is oil > of > oregano (the next big fad herb!), Baptisia (wild indigo), ginger, > calendula, > rosemary (particularly for the GB), and many others. The right herb must > be > selected to match the energetics of the situation. I think I had a lot of > stagnation along with the infection so burdock was an herb I used to great > effect when I was infected. I've also used many Chinese herbal > combinations > to good effect. > > I think you might want to recommend the other berberines, such as Oregon > grape and barberry in lieu of goldenseal as the precious and now-rare > goldenseal plant is extremely endangered and these new large herbal > corporations are hiring people to rip it out by the ton (these people > don't > harvest sustainably either) because it sells big and continues to be > recommended by herbalists. There are other compounds in goldenseal that contribute to its antibacterial properties. The commercial cultivation is now quite effective so if you make sure you are getting organically grown and not wild crafted you step around this issue. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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