RE: Rheumatoid Arthritis - BFC TEA

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My husband drinks a tea called BFC. The first year he started drinking it

was the first winter he went without pain due to his RA. I also recently

shared some with a friend that was in so much pain from her RA that she

could barely walk up the stairs (which she has to do in her job many times

during the day) It has been helping her as well. It doesn't taste great

but you can add apple juice concentrate or try mixing with other teas (my

hubby did green tea). You drink it and also can apply the tea to the area

that hurts with a piece of fabric soaked in the tea...you may want to wrap

plastic wrap over it. We usually just do that at night if needed. I use it

for my neck area because I have some soft tissue damage from a car accident

so when it flares up I put it on over night and fell much better in the am.

Anyway, we love it...so here it is.

BFC Formula

6 parts Comfrey Root

3 parts Gravel Root

1 part Lobelia

3 parts Marshmallow Root

3 parts Mullein

6 parts Oak Bark

1 parts Skullcap

2 parts Walnut Bark

2 parts Wormwood

Remember, a part is by volume, not by weight

You can buy herbs by the pound or the ounce to get what she needs.

Kayte

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hi All,

I have a friend who has been diagnosed with RA. It may have been there

undiagnosed for a while but she does have a firm diagnosis now.

She is oriented towards alternative treatments and diet as a way to manage

this but is open and trying to learn about all her options.

Her preliminary research seems to imply that red meat is a bad thing for RA

patients and that people who go down the vegetarian path do better.

Like most of you, I am extremely wary of the mainstream diet recommendations

that often come with disease since most are based on non organic feed lot

foods and AMA myth.

I have suggested that a diet that is more NT/Paleo in nature consisting of

range fed meats and dairy and no grains might make more sense.

Another friend of ours has found a study that seems to indicate this is true

since it apparently indicates that with respect to arthritis issues positive

results are shown (and I quote here) " not only by the increase of o3s in the

diet but a proactive and concentrated effort to reduce the o6s so that the

6s and 3s assume a more natural relationship...4 or 5 to 1, being " ideal "

for humans.

Simply increasing 3 is not anywhere's as effective in reducing the symptoms

as is lowering the 6s and also upping the 3s.

So range-fed/raised red meat, would

apparently be at least one appropriate way to reduce the inflammatory

effects of excessive 6s in the diet.

So people who across the board nix red meats are not actually addressing the

real issue, which is life out of balance. This " baby out with the

bathwater " response is no more accurate than saying fatty foods cause

pancreatitis. "

Do any of you have any experience dealing with RA and diet? And do any of

you have any treatment thoughts/suggestions.

Thanks,

Alison