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.
Food & Nutrition, Herbal Healing

What is Real Food?

Dara Dietz

The body will keep us alive and healthy provided that we feed it “Real Food”. Real food is a food which is compatible with the body; that in no way takes from the body, but lends itself to the building up of health and maintaining life. It contains nothing that is harmful, toxic or non-usable by the body.

Real Food is defined for us by Nature as follows:

1) Something edible grown by Nature of the Plant Kingdom.
2) Food which can be eaten without processing in any way.
3) Food which comes to us from Nature as “complete packages”, that is, they contain naturally everything in them necessary for the body to process and assimilate that food.

Why Do We Eat Food?

The only qualities of food which the body requires in a complete package are the following:

GLUCOSE, PROTEIN, FATTY ACIDS, MINERALS, ENZYMES, WATER

If all of these components are in the food, the food is complete. If any of these are missing, the food is not “Real Food”.

Real Food is provided by Nature in this form as raw fruits and vegetables. Raw fruits and vegetables contain all of the parts mentioned above. If food has been processed, cooked or altered in any way so as to change or eliminate any of the above ingredients, it is no longer “Real Food” as far as the Human Body is concerned.

PLANTS ARE THE SOURCE OF REAL FOOD FOR ALL LIFE FORMS

photosynthesis-colorThe plant kingdom utilizes sunshine, carbon dioxide, oxygen, water and organic minerals in the process of photosynthesis to feed itself and grow. The result is a living plant (food for animal consumption) containing: Glucose, Protein, Fatty Acids, Organic Minerals, Organic Enzymes (vitamins), Water (pure)

Inorganic Mineral from the Earth + Photosynthesis = Organic Minerals from Plants which provide Protein and Enzymes for animals and humans.

The animal kingdom does not possess the ability to perform photosynthesis, therefore must rely on the plant kingdom to prepare its food.

Any form of processing nature’s foods (such as pasteurization, cooking, adding preservatives, etc.) breaks the bonds between the food components and their attached enzymes as well as destroys the enzyme. The result is inorganic or denatured food components and thus inorganic food.

The enzyme must be alive and attached to the mineral or food component in order for the body to utilize it. The enzyme acts as a “passport” to get the mineral into the cell of the body and aids in the cell’s utilization of that mineral. Raw foods are living and thus produce life in the body; because they have intact enzymes they are organic. Enzymes are catalysts – substances which help the body work more efficiently in utilizing food for life maintaining purposes.

An example of an inorganic substance is table salt. It is simply sodium and chloride. No enzymes, thus it is dead and the body cannot use it. Our bodies cannot attach an enzyme to inorganic substances, except at great cost. It is only the plant kingdom, through the process of photosynthesis that can attach enzymes to inorganics and make them living or organic.

The more we process a food, the less nutrient value it retains. This is because living foods are organic foods. Processed foods, to various degrees, are inorganic or “dead” foods.

The following is the hierarchy of food preparation starting at the top with no preparation leaving the food with its full nutrient content, ending at the bottom with the most processing, rendering the food dead and useless to the body – little or no nutrient value retained:

RAW and WHOLE JUICED and consumed immediately once the skin of fruits or vegetables is broken, oxygen combines with the enzymes and kills them (this process is called “oxidation”)

DEHYDRATED or DRIED loses 2-5% of nutrient value dried without chemicals or additives commercial brands of dried fruit contain sulfur dioxide; exception: raisins)

FROZEN freshly picked and frozen immediately loses 5-30% of nutrient value

STEAMED loses 15 – 60% of nutrient value steamed means the green bean is still a bit crispy (if it’s limp, its cooked)

COOKED baked, broiled, boiled, grilled, steamed too long, home canned the green bean is limp loses 40 -100% of nutrient value, depending on how long it is cooked

COOKED LEFTOVERS MICRO WAVED Loses 90 – 99% of nutrient value

COMMERCIALLY CANNED FOODS– FRIED FOODS– FOODS with ADDITIVES These not only lose 100% of their nutrient value, but have toxins added to them

Herbal Healing, Herbs & How to Use Them

THE TEN MOST IMPORTANT HERBS

Dara Dietz

There are well over three hundred thousand herbs–many of them have been life-savers over the years.  Can we, then, find the “Ten Most Important”, which should be kept on hand at all times for health or survival emergencies?  This is a hard one–choosing the names of ten of my top friends, our herbs.  Perhaps the best way to proceed is to choose one herb from each of ten major herb categories of which there are many more.

Hippocrates used twenty-nine herbs and their combinations to help keep the people of the Isle of Cos in a healthy condition.  In our practice we use approximately one hundred common herbs to take care of any malfunction that has been brought to our attention.  We will, therefore offer you a tithe of our herbs.  One herb cannot be said to be superior to another, as each has its own specific use, so we will list the categories from which each herb was selected alphabetically.

1)  ALTERATIVE HERB:

Plantain (Plantago major; lanceolata, Plantaginaceae)

Parts used: root, leaves, flower spikes, seeds.

Medicinal uses: poisonous bites and stings, boils, carbuncles, tumors, inflammation, scrofula, eczema, frog or thrush, blood poisoning, malignant and bleeding ulcers, bleeding and minor wounds, diarrhea, piles, cuts and scratches, erysipelas, burns, scalds, leucorrhea, lumbago, bedwetting, syphilis, dropsy, toothache, worms, running sores, itch, ringworm, mastitis, poison ivy, bruises.

Preparation: fluid extract, infusion, powder, tincture.

2 )  ASTRINGENT HERB

Oak, White Tanners, Scrub, etc. (Fagaceae).

Parts used: mainly the inner bark, also leaves, acorn, acorn cups.

Medicinal uses: internal and external hemorrhage, leucal diarrhea, dysentery, prolapsed uterine, prolapsed anus, relaxed vagina, sore mouth, spongy and bleeding gums, ulcerated and inflamed throat, frog or thrush, diphtheria, seminal emissions, ulcerated bladder, bloody urine, pin worms, inflammations, burning fevers, infection, uterine troubles, piles, varicose veins, kidney and liver problems, goiter, ringworm, scaly eruptions, catarrh, colon troubles, gonorrhea, gleet, stomach troubles, relaxed tissue, cholera infant, hemoptysis, intermittents, phthisis, prolapsed uvula, gangrene, tooth powder, washes, poisoning.

Preparation: decoction, fluid extract, infusion, powder, tincture.

3) CATHARTIC HERB

Mountain Flax (Linum catharticum, Linaceae).

Part used: whole herb.

Medicinal uses: torpid liver, jaundice, obstinate constipation, digestive problems, gravel, dropsy, muscular rheumatism, catarrhal affection.

4) DIAPHORETIC HERB

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium, Compositae).

Part used: whole herb.

Medicinal uses: fevers, eruptive diseases (measles, chicken pox, smallpox, etc.), hemorrhage of the lungs and bowels, dyspepsia, jaundice, piles, mucoid bladder discharges, incontinence of urine, chronic dysentery, typhoid fever, diarrhea (including infants), uterine problems (amenorrhea, menorrhagia, leucorrhea), suppressed urine, scanty urine, wounds, ulcers, colic, diabetes, Bright’s disease, stomach gas, piles, relaxed throat, sore nipples, rheumatism, flatulency, fistulas, influenza (flu), congestive headaches, ague, loss of hair.

Preparation: decoction, fluid extract, infusion, oil, powder, tincture.

5) DIURETIC HERB

Parsley (Apium petroselinum, Petroselinum sativum, Umbelliferae)

Parts used: whole herb, root, leaves, seeds.

Medicinal uses: Dropsy, gall bladder problems, gall stones, gravel, aches in the lumbar region, menstrual obstructions, jaundice, enuresis, kidneys (congestion, irritation, inflammation), amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, nephritis, cystitis, intermittent fevers (Fresh juice, seeds), hepatitis, obstruction of liver and spleen, female problems, insect bites and stings, swollen glands, swollen breasts, cancer preventative, difficult urination, strangury (painful urination), syphilis, gonorrhea, dry up nursing mother’s milk, catarrh of bladder, anemia, tuberculosis, rheumatism, arthritis, acidosis, obesity, high blood pressure, catarrh, dyspepsia, halitosis.

Preparation: decoction, infusion, fluid extract, oil

6) EMMENAGOGUE HERB

Squaw Vine or Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens, Rubiaceae, Ericaceae).

Parts used: herb or vine.

Medicinal uses: childbirth, uterine troubles (menorrhagia, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, leucorrhea, etc.), dropsy, diarrhea, suppression of urine, sore eyes, urinary complaints, dysentery, gonorrhea, sore nipples, gravel, rheumatism, etc.

Preparation: decoction, fluid extract, infusion, powder, tincture.

7) EXPECTORANT AND DEMULCENT HERBS

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale; Boraginaceae)

Parts used: root (more powerful) and leaves.

Medicinal uses: cough, ulcerated and inflamed lung conditions, bronchitis, hemorrhage, asthma, (excessive expectoration), tuberculosis, pleurisy, pneumonia, inflamed stomach or bowels, ulcerated kidneys, sooth gravel, bloody urine, diarrhea, dysentery, bruises, sprains, swellings, fractures, cancers, torn ligaments, ruptures, broken bone, cuts, gout, gangrene, heart problems, ulcerous wounds, hemoptysis, catarrh, scrofula, anemia, leukorrhea, female debility, boils, gum boils, sinusitis, burns and insect bites.

Preparation: decoction, fluid extract, infusion, powder and tincture.  The comfrey root contains a large amount of mucilage that is best extracted by water.

8) ANTISPASMODIC HERB

Lobelia (Lobelia inflata)

Parts used: herb and seeds (the latter are much stronger)

Medicinal uses: abscesses, adynamic (weakness), angina pectoris (heart excitability), asthma, blood poisoning, blood circulation problems, boils, bronchial problems, bruises, catarrh, chicken pox, cold sweats, colds, colic, congestion, constipation, convulsions, cough, cramps, croup, digestive disturbances (nervous dyspepsia, acute indigestion, etc.), drowning, dyspnea, diphtheria, earache, eczema, epilepsy, fainting, febrile trouble (fevers).  Felons, female problems, heart weakness, hepatitis, hydrophobia (mad dog bites), hysteria, inflammations, insect stings and bites, laryngitis, measles, meningitis, nephritis, nervousness, palpitation, peritonitis, periostitis, phrenitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, poison ivy, poison oak, rheumatism, ringworm, scarlet fever, smallpox, spasms (spine, muscles, chest or genital organs), sprains, stomach irritation (small doses), tetanus (lock jaw), vomiting (small doses), whooping cough and zymotic diseases.

Preparation: Decoction, fluid extract, infusion, pills, poultice, powder, syrup, and/or tincture.  Do not use lobelia tincture from drug stores, as it is extracted with an etheric menstruum.

9) STIMULANT HERB

Cayenne (Capsicum Minimum, C.  Fastigiatum).

Parts used: fruit (oil is in the seeds)

Medicinal uses: Apoplexy, arrest gangrene or mortification, arthritis, asthma, asthmatic asphyxia, atonic gout, bleeding, bleeding of the lungs, chilblains, chills, colds, cold extremities, congestion, constipation, cough, cramps, debility, delirium tremens, diphtheria, dyspepsia, emesis (strong dose), functional sluggishness, fatigue, heart trouble and heart attacks, hemorrhage, hemorrhoids, high and low blood pressure, indigestion, inflammation, kidney and related problems, lethargy, low fevers, lumbago, menorrhagia, neuralgia, offensive breath, pains in the stomach and bowels, palpitation, pleurisy, profound shock, quinsy, rheumatism, scarlet fever, strokes, tonsillitis, toothache (oil), typhoid fever, ulcers, vomiting, wounds, yellow fever, cayenne (as a stimulant) is an activator, carrier and accentuator.

Preparation: Cayenne is prepared into decoctions, infusions, ointments, powder and tinctures.

10) TONIC HERB

White Poplar (Populus tremuloides)

Parts used: inner bark, leaves and buds.

Medicinal uses: articular swelling, burns, cancer, cholera, infantum, cuts, cystic catarrh, debility, diabetes, diarrhea (sub-acute, chronic), eczema, faintness, flu, gangrene, gleet, gonorrhea, hay fever, hysteria, indigestion, inflammation, intermittent fever, jaundice, kidney complaints, liver problems, neuralgia, purulent ophthalmia, acute rheumatism, strong perspiration, sciatica, syphilitic sores, bad ulcers, urinary complaints and-weakness, infected wounds.

Preparations: various forms

Conclusion

These ten herbs may be stored in any number of forms, bulk, capsules, tablet, tincture, concentrate, etc.  Tinctures, syrups, concentrates and ointments if properly sealed can last twenty or more years and not lose potency.  The bulk dry herbs should be put into cans such as the type in which bulk honey is often sold.  The lid should be pressed in tightly and sealed carefully with a paraffin wax.  All stored herbs should be sealed in this way with paraffin.

The diaphoretic herbs are the ones to be collected in the largest amounts.  A pound per person of these herbs in their dry form is not out of line.

If the dry herbs, capsules or tablets can be sealed hermetically so much the better.  It would be wise to store the seeds from as many of these herbs as possible.  Label them well and seal them up for use in times of natural disaster.

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing, My Opinion

Liver Flushing- The Preparation

Dara Dietz

liver flush drinkDoing anything well requires a bit of groundwork and understanding.  Liver flushing is no exception.  Understanding what the liver flush is to accomplish and how best to prepare for this work can be as important as the process itself.

Liver Flushing, put very simply, is the process of changing out your internal vacuum cleaner’s bag.  The liver is the vacuum cleaner of the entire body.  If there is waste needing to be cleared the liver is what will be doing the work.  When there is injury or disease the liver is hard at work clearing out the old diseased or injured material while the body is working to heal and rebuild.   Massive nutrition along with good steady flushing of the bowels, liver and Kidneys will support the body as it does the innate work of self-healing.

Supporting the Process

The Bowels must be open and working well before any type of liver flushing can be attempted.  The problem is many of us think we are doing just fine in this area when in fact our bowels are actually backed up.  One bowel movement a day is not enough.  A good functioning bowl will move upon rising and after every meal. This is how the body was made to function.  The liver is working through the night filling the bowel with waste which begs to be eliminated shortly after rising each morning.

When a meal is consumed the process of chewing and swallowing initiates the peristaltic motion of the intestines and bowels.  This symmetrical contraction and relaxation creates a waving motion which moves the food through the digestive tract, the small intestines and colon.

Current Meal: The meal being consumed is moved to the stomach and small intestine where it will be broken down and the nutrients absorbed.

Last Meal: The meal from before is moved from the small intestine to the colon, where absorption of nutrients continues and the excess water is resorbed.

Two Meals Back: The meal from before this one will be eliminated within an hour or so of eating.

Using the Lower Bowel Formula #1 will ensure the bowels are working well.  Once you have established good daily movements it is time to begin liver flushing.  To ensure the bowels are truly working well The Prune Juice Flush is an excellent one day program for clearing any lingering waste in the bowel.

Food Program

Leading up to the Liver Flushing Program a normal healthy food program can be maintained.  Consuming two or three 8 oz glasses of apple juice each day for the preceding five days will aid in softening the waste in the liver.  These glasses of apple juice should be consumed alone, between meals.  During the week or days of liver flushing the best food program is Juice fasting or Raw food only.  (See the liver flushing E-book and Video in Member’s area for details.)

Cleansing & Flushing, Getting Started, Herbal Healing, My Opinion

How to Begin to Cleanse

Dara Dietz
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Several articles are available to explain the “why”.  Today we are going to unwrap the question:  “How” to begin?

The decision has been made; it’s time to do some internal spring cleaning.  Everything you need to cleanse the bowels, liver and kidneys is now setting next to the open box on your dining room table.  Surveying the bags of tea and brown bottles of extracts it is easy to feel a bit overwhelmed.   Where do I begin is the first of many questions you are asking yourself.  Today we are going to open the box together as we go through the basic startup of a good cleansing, healing program.

the Incurables Program; An Overview

The Unpacking of the box

Grouping the items together for the flushing programs is a good place to begin.

Foundational Items: Superfood, Echinacea, (Bowel Formulas) LBF #1, LBF #2

FoundationalDownload

Liver Flush:  Detox Tea & Detox Tincture, LP formula, Echinacea

Liverflushing pdfDownload

Kidney Flush: Kidney Flush Tea & Kidney Tincture, Cayenne, Echinacea

Kidney flushingDownload
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Support Formulas: This would be any specific formulas for your personal conditions. Example would be: High Blood Pressure, Female or Male formula, Pancreas Support, ect…  These items can be started today.  Begin using the dosage we discussed or look up the information sheet on line in the Member’s Area.  You can also email if you need and someone will be happy to send you specific information on how to use these formulas.

The Directions: If you do not have the Flushing E-books feel free to download them from the member’s area or email and we will send then as attached pdf files.  The flushing E-books contain directions and schedules.

Today: At Dinner time take 1 LBF #1 Capsule.  That is it. Very simple, continue with your regular food program while you establish your bowel program.

Day 1: Breakfast is 2 table spoons of Superfood in your fresh juice.  Midmorning take a full ounce of Echinacea in a large mug.  At dinner time take two LBF # 1 Capsules.

Day 2: Repeat day 1 but take 3 capsules with your dinner.  Continue to increase the LBF #1 until your bowels are open and working well.

Day?: Somewhere between day 3 and day 10 most of us find our LBF #1 number, (how many caps we have to use daily to maintain good bowel movement), once you have found your number it is time to begin using the LBF #2.  Most of us have to increase the LBF #1 by 2 or 3 caps daily when we begin using the LBF #2.  The LBF #2 is a black clay powder formula which moves slowly through the system.  It is a bowel vacuum, pulling waste from the walls as it passes along.  Follow the directions using 1 rounded teaspoon every three waking hours.

When the bowels are open and working well it is time to begin the liver flushing program.  

The five day Liver Flushing program can be done with the degree of intensity desired.  Beginning with an E.L.F. (Emergency Liver Flush) is a great way to kick off your week of cleansing.   It is always a great idea to end with the E.L.F. on day five.  See the video in the member’s area for more details on doing an E.L.F.

Five Day Kidney Flush: After completing the week of Liver Flushing it is time to flush the Kidneys.  The Kidney Flush is also a five day program.  See E-book for detailed instructions.

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing

Painless Juice Fasting

Dara Dietz
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When thinking of summer my mind is filled with all the great tastes and smells out of the garden.  Meals prepared with nothing but fresh fruits and vegetables right from nature.  This is also the best time of year for a good long juice fast filled with plenty of water and nutrition.

When doing a juice fast of any length there are several good items to use daily.

Fiber Plus Powder: Use a rounded teaspoon of fiber in a glass of juice or water each day.  This will add bulk to the bowels ensuring comfortable movements.

Superfood: Use 2 to 4 tablespoons three times a day for added energy.  Using the Superfood in a glass of fresh juice three times a day will not only keep the hungeries away but your energy will shoot through the roof.

Echinacea: Use an ounce a day for four days each week you are fasting.  The need for a strong immune system while juicing is huge.  All the fresh juices create an alkaline condition in the body which allows for deep down detoxing.  The entire system will be dumping waste.  Unless you want to feel like you’ve been run over by a freight train I strongly suggest using the Echinacea.

Carrot Juice: 16-32 ounces each day.  This will ensure the raw material is available to build the needed immune cells.  Juice your carrots first then build the rest of your vegetable juice on top the carrot juice.  Split into 16 oz portions and drink throughout the day.

Fruit Juice: Apple juice is always an excellent juice.  Here is a suggestion for a tasty blend of several different fruits.  This will produce about ½ gallon of juice.

8 Kale Leaves, 6 apples, 1 pear, ¼ pineapple, 1 cantaloupe

Using the fruit juices in the morning and vegetable juices in the afternoon is often found useful.  The fruit juice provide a nice pick up for starting the day.

Juice Once A Day: Many people make their fresh juice just as they are ready to consume it during the day.  Keeping up with all the juicing chores needed for a juice fast can become the biggest obstacle to doing one.  Here is a simple way to keep your juice fresh for the day.

Pick up a case of 16 oz Canning Jars.

Prepare the juice as you normally would.

Pour into the 16 oz jars until they are completely full, to the very brim.

Now screw the lid down and place in the fridge.

The juice will remain very fresh because there is no air in the bottle to degrade it.  Make the juice in the day for the day.  This method enables all the juice to be made once a day for the entire day.

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing

Water, a Healing Tool

Dara Dietz

glass-of-waterSimply stated Hydrotherapy is using water in a therapeutic way.  The power of any healing remedy is enhanced with the use of hydrotherapy.

It is important to flush the body internally with plenty of clear fresh water.  Drinking the nutritionally rich juices aid in rebuilding a sick body but they do not do the work of flushing waste from the system.  Drinking a good amount of water each day is as important to the health of the body as breathing clean air or eating healthy nourishing foods.

Using water externally to cleanse and open our skin is also an important part of healing.  Taking a detoxing herbal bath can revitalize the entire system simulating the removal of waste through the skin as well as the liver and kidneys.

Anytime there is disease or injury there is blockage.  A strong therapeutic form of hydrotherapy is commonly called doing “Hot’s and Cold’s”.  Alternating the hot and cold water over an affected area will effectively blast through blockage, allowing the body to flood the diseased or injured part with fresh nutrient rich blood.  It does no good taking in all the great healing herbs and juices if the nutrition is blocked form the injured or diseased areas of the body.

Consider you want to fire a blood bullet through to blockage around a diseased or injured area.  The Hot water loads the gun.  Use water as hot as can be tolerated.  Do not scald your skin.  Turn the water as hot as you can tolerate without injury.  With your hand wand concentrate the heat over the affected area until the skin is pink with fresh blood.  When heat is applied to the body the blood in pushed to the surface to cool the area. Fresh cooling blood in brought to the area.

NeckPainNow it is time to fire the blood bullet as deeply as possible through the blockage and into the affected area. The more dramatic the change between hot and cold the more power behind the blood forcing it deeper into the blocked up areas. This can be done in one of two ways.

1) Turn the flow of water away from the body.  Now make the water completely cold.  IT will take a few seconds for the flow to change to cold.  As soon as the water is good and cold apply the flow back over the affected area.  Allow the flow to remain for a good 60 seconds before changing back to the hot.  Do at least seven “hots” and seven “colds”.

2) Before beginning fill a bucket or tub with ice and water.   After the affected area is well heated and filled with blood plunge the area into the ice water for a good 60 seconds. Do at least seven “hots” and seven “colds”.

When healing any major disease or injury the “Hots &Colds” should be done three times a day.  Failing to do the hydrotherapy often means the body does not have the ability to heal properly or clear the disease.

Emotional Healing, Herbal Healing, My Opinion, Skin, Wounds & First Aid

The Emergency

Dara Dietz

Senior handsSeveral years ago I discovered my mother in law passed out across her bed.  The year was 1997 and she was in her early 80’s.  She’d had several strokes over the past 10 years brought on by high blood pressure.  Earlier in the day she had seemed agitated and ill tempered.  A fretful disposition would often precede an episode of elevated blood pressure.   Fearing she was working herself up to a crisis I’d kept a close eye on her throughout the morning.  After lunch her disposition had greatly improved leaving me free to get some work done.  Just before dinner I discovered her apparently unconscious, her lips and finger nails were blue tinged while her skin was all but white.

Moving quickly across the floor to her I grabbed the lobelia extract from the dresser and pressed a dropper full into her mouth.  Her shallow breathing was detectable as I exchanged the lobelia for the Cayenne extract setting close by.  The small amount of liquid lobelia had caused no problem as it was quickly absorbed into her mouth.  Within Seconds her body relaxed from the tight fetal position.

The first dropper full of Cayenne had barely had time to absorb into her mouth before her skin color returned.   Dropperful number two had just emptied into her mouth when her eyes opened.  She moved herself from the bed to her chair where she consumed her normal ½ ounce of cayenne extract followed by a swallow or two of cool water.

She appeared oriented and alert.  What would she like to do? We asked.  She wanted to go to the emergency room.  So we packed her up in the car and headed for the hospital.  She continued to talk freely during the 20 minute trip to the hospital.  Once there the doctor determined she had stroked over her speech center.  They admitted her for observation.  The doctor was not impressed with the use of Cayenne and refused to allow her any further dosing of the cayenne.

The next day we arrived during visiting hours to find her unable to form language.  She was alert and had things she would have liked to say but could not form the words to speak.  She grabbed several time at my purse where she knew I kept a bottle of Cayenne.  Since she had been hooked up to a heart monitor it was not possible for me to let her have the extract.  The doctor had been very stern that I was not to interfere with any of my herbals.

cayennepepperThey released her after 5 or 6 days with aftercare appointments for speech therapy. She had been unable to speak since the morning after she arrived at the hospital, nearly a week.

My daughter and I helped her into the back seat of the car, out of the sight of the nurses and doctors, before pulling the bottle of Cayenne from my purse.  She reached out for her dose as I handed it into the back seat.  She tossed the cayenne to the back of her mouth, followed by a few sips of water.  Within seconds her speech returned perfectly clear.  Her first words, “What is wrong with those crazy doctors?” She had no speech issues the rest of her life.  She passed in 2003 after a fall in her residence.

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing

Bad Food = Clogged Lymphatic System

Dara Dietz

junk-food_0Maintaining a healthy body does not happen by accident.  The choices we make today will determine our quality of life tomorrow.  Continuing to fuel your body with cheap unhealthy food may not seem like a big deal when the body is young and full of vitality.   Consuming this type of food on into middle age will cause the body’s systems to weaken from malnutrition.   Early signs of aging begin to appear alongside any number of serious chronic conditions.    The body is starving for food with a stomach full of empty calories.

One of the issues that can appear is swollen enlarged lymph glands.   The more toxic the poisons and mucus materials taken into the system, the more often the glands accumulate this bad waste from the lymph system and we have glandular swellings over various parts of the body.

An impure blood stream, constipation and a generally toxic body condition cause the glands to swell up and become painful. These may be on the neck, under the armpits, groin, etc.

The first step in clearing the lymph system is to CLEAN UP THE FOOD PROGRAM.  Consume only the highest quality food from the best sources.

80-20mealNext, GET THE ELIMINATION ORGANS OPEN and working well.  Bowel Cleansing, Liver Flushing, Kidney Flushing.

Use the best Herbal Supports and healing programs for clearing the Lymphatic System.

Bowel Cleansing, Liver Flushing, Kidney flushing, The Best Herbs for the lymph are: Poke Root, Parsley Leaves, Mullein leaves.

Poke Root is a powerful lymph cleansing herb and must be used in small doses only.  10 drops is a large dose.  When using start with 1 or 2 drops of the extract in an 8 ounce glass of water.   Poke Root can cause uncontrolled vomiting when over used.  Poke is a powerful herb and should be used with respect.

Emotional Healing, My Opinion

Overactive Bladder-Urgency

Dara Dietz

Bladder-overactiveOveractive bladder is a problem with bladder-storage function that causes a sudden urge to urinate. The urge may be difficult to stop, and overactive bladder may lead to the involuntary loss of urine (incontinence).  Often the bladder spasms are caused because the bladder has become too toxic.  Heavy amounts of bacteria (bacterial Infection) can also contribute to these issues.

If you have an overactive bladder, you may feel embarrassed, isolate yourself, or limit your work and social life. Several years ago I discovered an effective herbal regiment that will control and in many cases clear this condition.

I discovered the value of Lobelia during a road trip with my husband.  My bladder had become very spastic giving me an uncontrollable need to void every 30 minutes or better.  After the fifth or sixth stop I decided to try some lobelia for the spasm.  It worked like a charm, nearly 2 hours passed before I needed to stop again.  The many members who have tried lobelia have all reported quick relief.

Lobelia is an excellent antispasmodic which can calm the bladder spasms.  A good suggested dose is one dropper full by mouth each time you void until the issue has been cleared.  Using Lobelia the bladder will be allowed to fill up properly before the urge to empty is received.

To clear this issue we suggest a week or two on the “Foundational Herbal Infection program” while doing a good Kidney Flush.

Some people will need to repeat The Kidney Flushing Program every few months to maintain heathy bladder function.  Remember it is important to maintain proper hydration if you want a healthy renal system.