Author: Dara Dietz

Dara D Dietz is co-founder with her Husband of H.E.A.L. Marketplace, a private Natural Healing Association. As a teacher and counselor she has been supporting the members of H.E.A.L. with Natural Healing information and herbal supports since 1998. She continues to maintain strong ties to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Since healing her own kidney ailments she has assisted thousands of people in discovering and using natural herbal remedies. Dara has written and compiled numerous articles on a wide variety of natural healing topics. Drawing from her own healing experiences and borrowing from the vast wisdom of natural healers long departed, she continues to provide H.E.A.L.’s international membership with down to earth natural healing wisdom in H.E.A.L.’s bi-weekly newsletters. Dara and her husband currently reside in Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

The Ten Basic Kinds of Water

April 25, 2022September 29, 2026 Dara Dietz

1. Hard Water. This is saturated with calcium, iron, magnesium, and many other inorganic minerals. All water in lakes, rivers, on the ground, in deep wells, is classified as hard water. (Many city systems take water from rivers or lakes, or reservoirs supplied with mountain water; they erroneously call their supplies “soft water” but it is soft only in comparison with water which is harder.)

2. Boiled Water. Boiling helps remove some of the germs, but concentrates the inorganic minerals. Other germs are carried into a fertile element for rapid and lusty propagation of germs and viruses already in the body.

3. Raw Water. This has not been boiled. Raw water may be hard (as calcium hardened water) or soft as rain water. It contains millions of germs and viruses. In every densely inhabited drop. Some of these viruses and bacteria may adversely affect the thyroid gland, the liver and other vital body organs.

4. Rain Water. This has been condensed from the clouds. The first drop is distilled water. But when it falls as rain, it picks up germs, dust, smoke, minerals, strontium 90, lead and many other atmospheric chemicals. By the time rain water reaches the earth it is so saturated with dust and pollutants it may be yellowish in color. Water is supposed to act as an atmosphere purifier. If we had no air pollution, we would have far less pollution in our drinking water.

5. Snow Water. This is frozen rain. Freezing does not eliminate any germs. All snowflakes have hardened mineral deposits. Melt the cleanest snow and you will find it saturated with dirt, inorganic minerals, germs and viruses.

6. Filtered Water. This water has passed through a fine strainer, called a filter. Some calcium and other solid substances are kept in the filter; there is no filter made which can prevent germs from passing through its fine meshes. Each pore of the finest filter is large enough for a million viruses to seep through in a few moments. A home filter usually only picks up suspended solids and is effective for the time, maybe only for hours, until it is filled up. Then it is ineffective even for removing suspended solids, and at the same time becomes a breeding ground for bacteria.

7. Soft Water. This water is soft in comparison with water which is harder. It may contain many trace minerals and chemicals, viruses and bacteria. It is not to be confused with “softened water.” Soft water may be classified as water which is harder than distilled water.

8. Reverse Osmosis. This is a system of water purification which allows pre-filtered water to be forced through a semi-permeable membrane to separate impurities from our drinking water. However, this membrane allows only certain molecules to pass through providing the water pressure is exactly constant. The matter of water pressure is a problem still to be solved. Furthermore, the membrane also allows some iron and nitrate molecules to pass through. Another problem to be solved.

But it now seems promising that we can look forward to tremendous strides in this system of water purification. Gulf Oil, Culligan and Eastman Kodak are sponsoring vast research in this area. High purity water between 90 and 97 percent of the dissolved mineral (and organic solutions), and over 99 percent of the suspended and colloidal particles are rejected by, the special membrane which has been developed for this process by these companies in their research. The product water, from this new research, is ultra-clear, low in dissolved solids, practically free from hardness components and essentially sterile as produced. This makes a close second to distilled water.

9. De-ionized Water. A process of exchanging “hard” ions for “soft.” The total ions are still present. The end result is the same. But the water has the appearance of being distilled. (Nature recognizes transformation but not extinction!) Since water leaving the sodium-cation exchanger has little hardness, it contains sodium salts.

10. Distilled Water. This is water that has first been turned into steam so that all of its impurities are left behind. Then through condensation, it is turned back into pure water. It is the only pure water. The only water free from all contamination. Distilled water may well be considered the only pure water on earth.

Hydrotherapy the Ultimate Healing Tool

April 25, 2022September 29, 2026 Dara Dietz

Hot & Cold: Practical advice on hot and cold showers

Why is hydro (water) therapy so important to do?

Whenever there is disease or injury there is blockage. The blood is not flowing freely through the affected area. It does no good loading your blood with healing nutrients if the blood cannot get through the blockage and deliver its load of nutrients and oxygen to the affected area.

Hot water brings fresh blood to the surface.

Then the cold forces it deep.

The more dramatic the change between Hot and Cold, the deeper and harder the blood is driven through the blockage.

Think of it as though you are firing a blood bullet through the blockage. The hot water loads the blood bullet and the cold fires it. The more dramatic the change between hot and cold the deeper and harder the bullet is fired.

How long do you recommend a person stay in hot and cold showers?

When someone is dealing with a terminal illness, it is suggested they take a forty-five minute shower three times a day.

How long hot? How long cold?

A couple of minute’s cold and five minutes hot, and a couple minute’s cold and five minutes hot. Do about seven repetitions of that.

There are several ways to do your HOTS & COLDS.

With a held held shower head apply hot and cold water, as hot as possible and as cold as you can get it, to the diseased area.
Take hot and cold showers. Stand under the flow of an over head shower and turn the knob to be as hot as you can handle, then all the way to cold.
An Ice Plunge is done as follows: Take a hot shower then jump in a bathtub of ice-cold water, or water with 20-40 pounds of ice in it.

The purpose of these techniques is not torture. It is to BLAST blood into sick areas that are not getting enough blood. Until you do that, expect to stay sick.

Simple Rules

For those who are frail, use common sense and start slowly.

For instance, on babies, use warm water and cool water. Obviously, be gentle.

If you have a heart condition, start gentle with warm and cool. You don’t want to shock the heart when it is weak.

To get the most result, work yourself up to using as hot as you can stand it — without burning your skin — and as cold as you can get it.

There are some hydro therapy procedures you can use on situations that commonly come up.

Ice Poultice for sore throat or swollen lymph glands in the neck area.
Foot soak in Hot and or Cold tubs for Neuropathy, Poor Circulation ect…
Cold Sheet Treatment for anyone doing the Incurables Program.

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History of: THE COLD SHEET TREATMENT

Mankind suffered greatly when the black plague struck Europe during the dark ages as well as the many times these types of flu or influenza have returned to the world, and we especially remember, with sadness, the great multitudes that died during the great flu epidemic of 1918 during World War I.
A fever is given to a person to assist in healing the body which has an over-case of toxicity which is causing a disease (lack of ease). Fever is like a fire, which can warm your body and save your life, or burn your house down and kill you. If the fever is properly controlled and skillfully handled it will clean the poisons, toxins and surplus mucus from the body and bring on a healing crisis. If not controlled properly the fever can kill the patient.
With the information we are presenting to you, at this time, many lives can be saved should another epidemic return.
Water therapy has been used for centuries to heal the sick. Rev. S. Kneipp, the great natural doctor of the old country, had published books on “water cures.” One in our library is a massive work on the subject. Many doctors and authors have volumes written on this subject, and why not? The body is made up of over 80% liquid. Much of the fluids in the body are toxic, loaded with cholesterol, mucus, etc., and with proper replacing, in a natural way, of good liquid we have a great key to better health.
An old story of the first written instances of the water cure is as follows:
Many years ago a peasant was heading home on foot, with miles to go. He was racked with fever, colds, and lumbago. While crossing a stream, over a log for a bridge, he slipped and fell into the icy cold water and was drenched to the skin. It was a bitterly cold day and the man had to walk home in the cold in sloppy wet clothes. By the time he had arrived home, his clothes were nearly dried out. The fevers and heat in his body had been raised, while hurrying miles home, to a point of healing climax and was down to nearly normal at the end of his journey. The lumbago and fever were gone and he rejoiced! The next time he got lumbago and fevers he knew the cure–he would return to the stream, fall in and walk home again.
We are going to explain a procedure that will do the job at home without “falling into the stream” and this is a life saver, when pneumonia, colds, flu and fevers hit. It is called:

Emotional Healing

Morning Visitor

April 24, 2022 Dara Dietz

This Beautiful Lunar Moth came to visit this morning. So of course, I darted back inside, grabbed my cell phone and took a movie of him. He just sat there and let me take his picture. He is the second Lunar Moth I have seen. His great grandfather came to visit nearly 10 years ago, his picture if framed and hanging in my office.

Before moving to North Carolina I never dreamed there could be so many varieties of bugs, months and the like, and that they could grow so big! When we first moved in I evicted, in any way possible, these huge spiders that were as big as my hand and ugly as sin. I believe they are called Wolf Spiders, they are the biggest, ugliest and most aggressive creatures on eight legs I’ve ever come across.

It has been the butter flies and Moths that have dazzled me. I hope you enjoy this video.

Herbal Healing, Herbs & How to Use Them, My Opinion

An Herbal Morning Routine

April 20, 2022September 29, 2026 Dara Dietz

The morning is my favorite time of day. My energy is up and I have a whole day full of hours to work on my current projects. Consuming a heavy meal early in the day will make me feel sluggish and bog down my brain.

My main meal of the day is taken sometime between 1pm and 4 pm. This is what works for me. In the morning I get plenty of fluid down with my tonics and teas.

A bad bowel day can happen to anyone. Watch my video below on how to do a Vitamin C Flush. It is a quick easy way to clear the bowels when they have failed to empty for whatever reason.

Vitamin C Flushing

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing

Cleansing the Liver

April 12, 2022September 29, 2026 Dara Dietz

Everyone under estimates the power of the cleansing programs. Failure to do the cleansing programs rigorously and repeatedly can cause you to not get well.

I’ve spoken with members who swore they were on the Incurables program, yet they only cleansed their liver once in a while, every few months. They did not seem to regard it as critical. It is.

The Liver Cleansing Routines support the liver in the work of healing your body. It does not matter what the disease or injury, if the liver is not actively doing the work of waste removal, you will not have a healing experience.

Everyone wants a “silver bullet”, they hope H.E.A.L. will provide them some herbal remedy in a bottle to reverse all the damage, heal their diseases and fix decades of unconscious living in a weekend. This just can’t be done. Anyone who claims they can do this is lying.

My Liver Cleansing Testimony

I began liver flushing when my knee failed to respond to any of the normal healing routines I had been doing. The fire-ball of pain in my knee sent me looking for answers. While researching in Dr. Christopher’s material I happened across this simple sentence, “nervine herbs can be helpful in cases of nerve pain.” That was all I needed to read. I secured a bottle of the General Nervine Tonic and quickly applied the liquid solution right on my knee. Instantly the flames of pain were quenched. The relief lasted nearly three hours before needing a reapplication.

Even though this proved to be the turning point in my healing a rapid return to health did not occur. I seemed to be settling into a chronic condition of knee pain. Some days I felt pretty good, but there was always the awareness that my knee was not healthy. This is not an acceptable way to live. I continued to do hot and cold on my knee, BF&C packs, anything I could think of to focus the healing powers of my body on this area. Nothing helped, for unknown reasons healing had stalled.

The time had come to get serious; when nothing is working it is time to liver flush.

The first week of flushing I noticed a huge relief. The amount of pain I felt dropped about 60%. I removed the stool I had been using to keep my knee stable from beneath my desk. I also stopped using ice packs, and begin strengthening the knee by exercising with light weights.

The next week I did a light kidney flush and raw food program. By Friday of that week I was hurting again, it seemed I’d regressed a bit.

Week three, Monday morning I began another week of liver flushing. By Thursday I knew I had made tremendous progress, I was practically pain free. I had been juice fasting since Sunday night.

Friday morning I decided to end my juice fast and have a favorite dish I’d been dreaming of all week. Except for the French bread the meal could be considered raw. To make a long story short, I crashed, big time. Friday night I was in a world of hurt, again. It was a horrible set back. I had broken an important rule for coming off a juice fast. There must be at least one day of eating raw before using cooked foods again. The bread was more than my system could handle.

The next week of liver flushing provided some relief but did not bring me back to the nearly pain free place I had experienced. It took two more weeks of liver flushing, an entire month, (each week of liver flushing must be followed by a week of kidney flushing) before I regained the pain free condition I had experienced at the end of my second week of serious liver flushing work.

I found liver flushing the only herbal therapy that would move my case forward. I’ve seen this in other cases I’ve advised on.

When nothing seems to work, do a liver flush. Cleansing the liver is always a good idea, when you are ill, injured or just emotionally down, do a liver flush. If you do not like the way your life is going, do a liver flush. Clean up the inside and the outside will take care of itself.

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Getting Started, Herbal Healing

Get your Program Started

April 5, 2022September 29, 2026 Dara Dietz

The confusion over moving past the basic programs continues to be a problem. Today I want to address the main questions that seem to prevent those starting their programs from progressing into the healing cleansing routines.

The call comes in, a referral or member with an issue needing to be cleared. We talk about getting the bowels moving, usually an issue with most people new to natural healing. If the bowels are not open and able to remove the waste created by the healing programs all the effort and money will be wasted.

We discuss the basic program for getting the bowels open and moving well. Then quite often the need to do an ELF, Emergency Liver Flush, is addressed. I share, in strong terms, that they cannot do an ELF until the bowels are open and moving well.

The order is taken and the items sent. This is where the problems begin with so many who are new to the natural healing programs. Their box arrives and they feel unsure of how to proceed.

The ELF Party

Bowel cleansing Program

Let me see if I can provide the answers for those new Members who need a little extra coaching.

Open the box and separate out the items. You will want the Superfood, Echinacea and LBF #1 to begin that day. Take one capsule LBF #1 with dinner that night, two capsules the next night, continue to increase by one capsule each day until you find the number of capsules that support your bowels.
If you are doing an infection program you may also begin using the echinacea and infection extracts as we discussed. Check my blog for detailed information on doing the infection programs. There are several blogs and videos along with pdf files with specific instructions.
When dealing with eczema or hives, the quicker you can do your ELF the faster you will find relief. There are several options for clearing the bowels quickly so an ELF can be taken.
1. A Vit C Flush, 1 tsp of Ascorbic Acid (Vit C) Powder every 15 minutes in 4 oz of water until the bowels begin to move. The effects of this flush will last from 4 ot 6 hours. Begin early in the morning and you should be able to do an ELF in the evening.
1. A Prune Juice Flush: the info sheet will provide detailed instructions on doing this flush. The Effects will again last for 4 to 6 hours. Often the bowels will go to liquid for a few hours as the waste is cleared and the bowels are opened.
1. The Amazing Liver Flush which includes the Epsom Salt. This will have the effect of flushing the bowels when you do the liver flush. This is good for someone who thinks their bowels are open but not completely sure. The effects are the same as above causing the bowels to become liquid though the evening and again in the morning for a few hours.
Once the bowels have been cleared the ELF can be done. The best time for doing an ELF is to begin sometime between 6PM and 10PM. Stop eating around 2pm in the afternoon so your stomach will be cleared of any food. You may continue to drink water, teas, Juice, and Superfood up to 30 minutes before you drink the ELF.
Continue to increase your LBF #1 or take the number you have established for yourself. The clearing of the bowels using the Vit C flush or Prune Juice flush, will not affect the number or LBF #1 Capsules you need to take. They each work on the bowel in a different way and do not affect the activity of each other.
Once your bowels are open and working well you can then establish the LBF #2 taking 1 tsp shaken in water every three hours. This is the bowel vacuum that will clear the toxins from the bowel wall.
When the LBF #2 is begun you are now able to begin your week of liver Flushing followed by a week of Kidney flushing. There are schedules and pdf files with detailed instructions on how to do the weeks of flushing.

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Once the bowels are open and working well you are free to move into any of the great detoxing or rebuilding programs. Note: The liver is the vacuum cleaner for the body, when that organ is full of waste it is time to do another ELF. When the program stops working as expected or fails to do the job expected it is time to do another ELF. Keeping the liver cleared, open and able to move the waste on out of the body is the only way clear the toxic issues from our bodies.

Emotional Healing, Weight Loss

Maintaining My Weight Loss after 3 years

March 24, 2022September 29, 2026 Dara Dietz

Three years have passed since I shed the 240 lbs. None of the weight has returned. Maintaining the weight loss has been a lot harder for me than loosing the weight. Learning how to feed myself properly, how it works to keep the weight off. Today I will share with you how I eat to maintain the weight loss.

First and most important I do not eat any processed sugar, NONE. White sugar will spike your insulin causing your body to stuff every bite of food into stored fat. High levels of insulin force the body to store whatever is eaten as fat. Cheap carbs, white flour, sugar ect will spike the insulin. These foods need to be completely out of your food program. I do not eat anything processed. I have also stepped away from all bread products. Even whole grains don’t do well with me. This is a personal choice, not one everyone will need to make. My seed crackers are my bread.

Honey, or Maple Syrup, are not a problem, I can sweeten with these items without the insulin spike. Today I make a quart and one half of Strawberry jam using honey. I had to use frozen strawberries since there were no fresh ones to be had. To the large bag of frozen strawberries, completely thawed, I only needed to added 1 ½ cups of honey.

My days of struggling have slowly eased to a workable routine. I eat only one meal a day. Sometime around 1pm I put the first bits of food in my mouth for the day. First thing each morning I drink my hot lemonade, several cups of tea, (my tonics in hot water) Weight loss Formula, Female formula, Calcium formula, Echinacea, along with a teaspoon of Vit C powder in 4 oz of water and 10 kelp Capsules. These drinks are consumed throughout the morning.

My food program is vegetarian. I do eat eggs as they agree very well with me. Superfood is an excellent source of high quality protein.

In the evening I allow myself a bit of fruit. Sliced apple, Watermelon pieces, or grapes.

Even eating this way my weight has ticked up. Something will cause me to pop up a few pounds. I have found an easy way to remove these pounds quickly. I usually Fruit Fast at least one day each week. The detox from a grape fast is huge and will remove any bit of extra weight I may have put on. Drink all you want of your teas & water but eat only grapes. It is a great way to clear the liver and bowels, also clears the cobwebs from the brain.

My summer favorite is a watermelon (Watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew,) fast. Eat only melons all day long. Watermelon is a powerful diuretic which works well to clear any extra pounds that have slipped back on.

The scales are checked every morning after workout and shower. Since my weight will flux up even with all these new habits I know that at least one day each week I will need to do some fruit fast. When I really want to drop a few pounds very quicky I can do a one or two day water fast. On my water fast I drink only Herbal Teas, along with my teaspoon of psyllium husk fiber in cold water, to keep my bowels comfortable.

This food program is a small price to pay for the knowledge that I have the ability to choose to never put the weight back on. The power to enjoy and live well is in my hands, I have the knowledge and can choose to keep the weight off. This is not a program I will one day end, that truth finally hit home for me, along with the truth that I’m ok with this as the rest of my life.

Heart, Blood & Circulation, Herbal Healing

Blood Pressure Spike

March 7, 2022September 29, 2026 Dara Dietz

When the blood pressure spikes to dangerous levels the need to know what to do and also know that what you are doing will support the issue is vital. Last week after making a pot of scrumptious vegetable bean soup including a can of butter beans which I failed to check the sodium level before adding, my blood pressure spiked. I will not share how high it had gone as it will disturb many kindhearted souls who will know how dangerous the levels were.

The afternoon and evening after consuming the soup I did not feel well but was not overly concerned. In the morning after a good night of rest I woke with a headache and feeling a little off, dizzy, just a bit lightheaded. I decided to take my blood pressure and found it to be in very serious condition. Here is what I did to bring the numbers down quickly. By 2pm my blood pressure was down to 106/62. A little low for my normal 110/74.

1 tsp Cayenne in my morning drink of lemon juice and apple cider vinegar with distilled water.

This drink was repeated four times before noon.

2 tsp. High Blood pressure #1 formula right after drinking my cayenne drink

Hi BP #1 was repeated two more times before noon at 1 tsp per dose.

I also took my regular dose of Echinacea.

1 rounded teaspoon of Burdock root added to cup then boiling water poured over the herb. This was allowed to steep for 15 minutes before drinking. Burdock root supports the kidneys to better filter waste from the blood.

The NF Formula was a true gift as I did not need to have a panic attack over the very high numbers that kept showing on the BP monitor. I used ½ tsp one time early in the day to keep calm.

Complete faith and a working knowledge that what I was doing would support my blood pressure allowed me to proceeded into my day as I normally would. I did not get on the treadmill as I was feeling a bit weak but that was the only part of my day I left out. The more I moved around getting my shower and dressing I felt stronger, my head stopped pounding midmorning. Every hour or so I would take my blood pressure again to find it was still much higher than normal or safe. Understanding that the Cayenne would support my heart and prevent a stroke I took the hot lemonade with the tsp of cayenne every hour throughout the morning.

When our employees left for the day at 2pm, I went back upstairs and took my pressure once again and found it to be 106/62. My body had removed the excess sodium and its effect from my system. My pressure has continued at its normal levels. Yes, I was concerned but I knew without a doubt that what I was doing to support my body would work. This is how faith grows through time and experience. The herbs are powerful gifts form the Father, with the nutritional strength to support life and health when used in a crisis.

Getting Started, HEAL Classes, Herbal Healing

Getting Started- The Additional Routines Class

February 21, 2022September 29, 2026 Dara Dietz

When beginning any healing program the place to start for most members is bowel cleansing. Getting the bowels open and working well. When also dealing with an infection or an acute or painful problem, steps must be taken to support or clear the issue. Our class this week will deal with how to speedily get the bowels open so the body, very often the liver, can quickly clear the discomfort.

Depending on the reason for the crisis, examples could be, a breakout of hives, gallbladder attack, chest pains, inflamed painful joints, in most cases the bowels need to be opened and the liver flushed. A quick effective way to flush the bowels enabling an Emergency Liver Flush (ELF) is done with the powdered Vitamin C. Using 1 tsp every 15 minutes in a few ounces of water until the bowels begin to move. The bowels will usually continue to flush for several hours, clearing the waste effectively for the ELF to be done in the evening hours.

The Lower bowel formula will still need to be established and used to keep the bowels open and working well, but the Vitamin C Flush is an excellent tool to use when for whatever reason the bowels tighten up and need a bit of encouragement to empty well. This is usually the case the morning after an ELF, when the waste from the liver is setting heavy in the bowels. Very few bodies are able to pass this heavy toxic waste out easily. Use the Vitamin C Flush to clear the bowels after the ELF as needed.

In our Class this week we will discuss the additional healing routines, when to use and how best to apply: Hydro-therapy; Castor Oil Packs; Salve Packs; Juice Fasting; The ELF ect.

Digestion & Gut, Herbal Healing

Gut Health Naturally

February 8, 2022October 4, 2026 Dara Dietz

When thinking about a healthy gut most of us equate a Healthy Gut with good bowel movements and no stomach issues. If you don’t spend time thinking about your gut health, because you have no issues that upset your stomach or bowels, most people believe they are fine. It is not until you experience some sort of discomfort somewhere in the middle of your body that your attention is focused on how well or unwell your gut actually is.

Many live Unconsciously, eating, drinking, and emotionally consuming whatever catches their fancy, without a thought for the health of the mind and body. Yes, the emotional life, as well as our physical life will impact the health of the body and the mind. Once the health of the body has been compromised the only way to rebuild is to stop all the unconscious living and begin to make healthy, uplifting choices.

Our class this week is dealing with Gut Health, it is amazing how much our emotions affect the health of the entire body but even more the effect of our digestive system. The ability to absorb the nutrients we eat and eliminate the waste. Class meets on Zoom every other Tuesday at 6:30 PM EST.

Handouts for class: