Re: Re: Herbs/ Summer

[Guest guest]

Summer,

You're a miracle!!!

Do you know of any herbs to destroy Tourette's/ticking and OCD?... we're

pretty desperate. He's uncomfortable and embarassed...Help!!!

We used Cat's Claw for Lyme's disease.

Agape,

Gertrude Snicklegrove hunterdrake2001@...> wrote:

Carol,

>>>Personally I react badly to most herbs and supplements and am very wary.

Perhaps

DeFelice can comment further on Gotu Kola and also the FDA. I am in Canada and

our

approvals from the government vary from the U.S. Our government is trying to

control

alternative medicine...<<<

I have no idea what Defelice's opinions may be on Gotu Kola. While I am

not an herbal practicioner, I have been studying seriously these last 6 years,

and plan, when my children are bit older, to possibly attend the naturopathic

college near me, or some similar program. Once I found out that many medicenes

are made from herbs, and only through manipulation and synthetic manufacturing

can a patent and profits be possible, I was intrigued. I have had some very

severe health problems, from cancer to stroke, to a blood clot sitting in a vein

by the brain for 8 months. I was dying. I was also allergic to coumadin and

reacted badly to heparin injections. Little did I know that coumadin was always

made from red clover until the point the drug makers could synthesize the

coumarins in a lab, synthetically, and slap a patent on it. When I switch over

to natural blood thinners, by MRI and MRV my blood clot disappeared in 2 weeks,

with no side effects. After that, I was hooked. Aspirin

used to made out of white willow, until synthetically reproduced look alike was

made. I use white willow. I have been cancer free for 7 years, and my heart

murmur and cardiovascular problems disappeared. I still use maintenance herbs.

In fact, couple months ago, National Geographic reported on some studies

conducted on some of the herbs I am taking, that they kill cancer cells,

kaposi's carcinoma, herpes and SARS. Very neat stuff.

Having MCS, I am allergic to most medicenes anyway, and find the natural

buffering chemicals in many herbs (ie nutrients compatable with the

phytochemical) to be much better tolerated. Some medicenes can send me into

anaphylaxis!

That said, not every herb is for everyone, and it is important for people to

seek information from someone knowledgable, because many herbs work best in a

mixture, and some herbs work against each other. Some herbs are contraindicated

if using certain prescription medicenes as well.

I make many of my own tinctures, just like people can make tinctures of

vanilla extract and whatnot. All a tincture is is an alcohol extraction of a

plant property(ies).

The FDA in the US will pull a herb or put out a warning if 1 person has a side

effect, even if the wrong herb was reported. There is an instance where a lady

died after taking a tea of foxglove in her garden, what digitalis is made from,

and that is dangerous. The lady supposedly mistook the foxglove for something

else. The FDA because of that one case scenario was willing to put out one of

those frightening " beware of all herbs " statements in the media, but are willing

to let countless thousands die or be mamed by Vioxx before withdrawing it.

Unfortunately, this day and age, it is not just Canada trying to control

alternative medicene.

Right now, compounding pharmicies in a couple of states are the subject of a

couple bills that are trying to do away with them. Hopefully, it will blow over.

I just don't get it, I am beginning to think it has nothing to do with the

public's welfare. Nothing. What about the people who depend on them for

medicenes because of allergies???

Anyways, I think it is prudent to be careful with any and all medicenes, herbs

and supplements. Especially with people like us with MCS.

Summer

---------------------------------

Yahoo! Mail

Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.