Category: Herbal Healing

Heart, Blood & Circulation, Herbal Healing

Care & Feeding of the Heart

Dara Dietz

heart front viewThe heart is a vital organ, a pump, we cannot live without.  The question now arises how best to maintain the healthy function of the heart.  The Vegan food program has been proven the absolute best for regaining or maintaining healthy heart function.  Vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, all the good foods created to fuel our bodies.  If all you do is change from an animal based food program to the vegan lifestyle, this one choice alone can significantly reduce your risk for heart disease.

For more on how to do a vegan food program I suggest you watch an excellent DVD titled: “Forks over Knives”.  This will not only provide all the information needed to make this lifestyle change intelligently but there is also an excellent cookbook filled with tasty dishes for the new vegan.

Herbal Supports for a Sick Heart

Heart disease is a serious life threatening condition.   Below is a program for quickly clearing heart blockage while restoring healthy tone and vigor to the heart muscle.

“Juice-fasting is excellent for people with clogged arteries.”

The food program for the first 30 days should be juices only.  Yes, a 30 day juice fast is the quickest way to thin the blood and unblock the heart.  Depending on the severity of the condition the juice fast might need to be extended and or followed by a period of time on a raw food program.  The patient will then need to maintain an ongoing vegetarian food program for the rest of their lives.

In cases of a failing heart the blood must be thinned and the cholesterol level reduced. Juice-fasting is the quickest way to accomplish both objectives, quickly reducing stress on the heart. Juicing takes all the pressure off. Even a full stomach puts pressure on the heart.  You don’t need any more pressure. Juice-fasting is amazing after just two weeks heart patients experience a reduction of blood pressure, reductions of blood cholesterol levels, the blood is thinner and easier to pump, and they have more energy. The person has totally transformed themselves.

Using two to four tablespoons of Superfood three times a day while juice fasting will provide an excellent amount of Alfalfa along with many other basic nutrients needed for rebuilding the health of the body and heart. Dr. Christopher said Alfalfa would clean the arteries.  We know that not only does alfalfa do it, but garlic does it, and so do many herbs and natural routines.

First Response for Heart issues

Any Chest pain or tightness: add 1 tsp. Cayenne & 1 Tablespoon Hawthorne to cup hot water.  Finish entire cup.  (When healing any heart condition it is important to learn to use cayenne as soon as possible.  Start with a small amount and work up to the full 1 tsp. dose.)

Begin Cayenne & Ginger fomentation’s, or Hot & Cold Hydro-Therapy, this will in most cases immediately relieve angina.

NOTE: For those not used to taking Cayenne you may add 1 tsp. cayenne to shot of juice or water.  Get the cayenne down, just shoot for the back of your throat and swallow.  Then sip on the nice tasting hot cup of Hawthorne tea.

If there is still Nausea or discomfort follow the above process with 1 tsp. each Digestive Tonic & LG/AP formula in 2 ounces water or juice.  The Gallbladder likes to join any party going on in the body, this will cool the gallbladder right now.

HEAL’s Heart Tonic

Here is a powerful Heart Formula for today’s heart problems.

Hawthorn berry, Red Clover, Motherwort, Ginger root, Cactus grandifloras, Cayenne pepper

Dosage: Use 1 teaspoon 3 to 8 times daily.

Heart-Kidney Connection

When there is not enough blood going to the kidneys there will be swelling, edema, in the body.  Often this will show in the lower leg area from the calf down.

The use of Cayenne will stimulate the kidneys as well as help to thin the blood.  Often, with congestive heart failure, you don’t even have heart issues, just kidneys that aren’t working.

You need tremendous quantities of fluids to thin the blood. Most doctors use diuretics to get rid of fluid, when what the body actually needs is plenty of fluids to flush the body out. Starving the body of fluids endangers the person.

  1. Batmanghelidj, M.D. says, the body hoards water when it is dehydrated. To get rid of the edema, the patients need plenty of fresh water, with 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of natural salt for each 8 glasses of water drunk. Readers who need more information on this can get Dr. Batmanghelidj’s book, “Your Body’s Many Cries for Water, Get this book!

What to do for severe clogged arteries

Castor Oil Packs

Castor oil will break up congestion in the body and is an excellent aid for dissolving and clearing severely clogged heart arteries.  The castor oil packs should be applied right over the center of the sternum. The best place is about a steering-wheel size castor oil poultice right over the center of your chest.

Fomentation

The use of cayenne and ginger fomentation is extremely beneficial.  Into 2 quarts of water add two heaping tablespoons of cayenne pepper, and two heaping tablespoons of fresh, grated ginger.   Depending on the person’s pilot light, you’ve got to be careful, because the hot tea fomentation can be pretty fiery.  Alternate the fomentation with the castor oil packs over the heart.

Hydro-therapy

The Hot & Cold Hydro-therapy right over the heart is a little stronger routine.

FYI: Dr. Richard Schultz says he used five or six tablespoons of extra hot powdered cayenne pepper a day while healing his heart. 

Cayenne Dosage

A good internal dose of cayenne 200,000 heat unit powder or liquid tincture is three to six teaspoons a day.  The Cayenne and ginger are counter-irritants. They go into the pores, they warm; they bring blood; they move the blood, especially for conditions like congestive heart failure.

Hawthorn is the #1 Heart Food

Suggested Daily Dosage: ½ teaspoon Hawthorn extract every three hours, for serious cases 1 teaspoon every three hours in cup hot water with cayenne 

Hawthorn berries strengthen and protect the heart.   Cayenne supports circulation, movement of the blood through the body.  The hawthorn is more of a food for the heart—but it should not be underestimated. Hawthorne contains chemicals similar to flavonoids which protect the heart muscle from damage and cause the heart to be stronger.

“Hawthorn lets your heart survive on less blood and oxygen, so if you have a severe heart disease, you’re not going to have a heart attack.”

In heart conditions like blocked coronary arteries, angina pectoris, whatever, hawthorn will buy you time.  The enzymes in Hawthorn bind to heart cells allowing the heart to function on less oxygen and blood.  It’s an amazing plant much like milk thistle toward the liver, hawthorn is for the heart; it protects and repairs.

Changes Must Be Made

Don’t expect the herbs to support the heart while you continue to eat, think, and live poorly.  Those who refuse to reform their lifestyle will one day be shocked when they have a heart attack while taking hawthorn.  While these herbs are very powerful, they will not remove the results of continual bad living.  The bottom line is: if you refuse to feed your body correctly, continue smoking cigarettes, nothing is going to keep you alive.

Food & Nutrition, Herbal Healing

FYI Black Tea

Dara Dietz

tea_t670Growing up in a conservative Adventist community no one I knew smoked, or used coffee or black tea of any kind.  From an early age the dangers of caffeine had been drummed into my brain.  That did not stop me from becoming an avid iced tea and coffee drinker as soon as I discovered the pronounced energy pick-up these beverage’s afforded. I main-lined the stuff until in my 23th year, with a pulse of 160 and my blood pressure off the charts, the emergency room doctor explained I had just over dosed on caffeine.

Young and dumb, I stopped popping the “No-Doze” (caffeine pills) and cut back a bit on my coffee intake.  This kept me out of the emergency room until my love of iced black tea gave me a taste of the worst pain one can experience; Kidney Stones.  Thinking I was doing myself a favor I brought two big 32 ounce sipper bottles of the stuff to work with me each day.   Again the Emergency Room Doctor explained how I had done this to myself; that was enough for me; I never touched black tea again.  Finally I completely gave up Coffee several years later after realizing caffeine was not my friend.

Looking around the net for more information on black tea today I was amazed at the websites devoted to talking about the benefits of black tea.  These sites completely ignore the long understood and proven ill effects of black tea consumption.  I want to share some basic information on the dangers of drinking Iced or hot black tea.  There are excellent substitutes for those who enjoy the cool refreshing glass of iced tea or the comfort of a nice cup of hot tea.

  • The peppermint leaf makes an excellent iced tea beverage.
  • The detox or Kidney bladder teas are also excellent and tasty substitutes used hot or cold; just to name a few.

FYI: Black Tea

A cup of hot tea can do wonders after a tiring day at office. This soothing hot beverage has been used from many centuries to calm down our mind and relax our body. In various parts of the world, drinking black tea on an everyday basis is quite common. While some like to make their cup of tea very strong, some go with mild, and some take a light dose. No matter how you take it, there are ill effects of consuming black tea.

Camellia sinensis, better known as black tea, is used in dried form to make tea. Due to its properties that are quite similar to caffeine present in coffee, it works well in relaxing muscles and helping the nervous system calm down. Produced extensively in the countries of Sri Lanka and India; black tea shipments travel far and wide to be utilized by numerous people across the globe. However, before you consume your next cup of tea, take a look at the negative effects of black tea.

Increases Toxins

By drinking this tea on a daily basis, you can increase the amount of toxins present in your body. The root cause of the toxicity is Aluminum, an active component found in higher quantity in older tea leaves.

Kidney Stones

One of the ill effects of black tea is that it has the ability to trigger formation of kidney stones due to Oxalate. This compound has the capability to affect the health of the kidneys if consumed on a large scale.

Weakened Digestive System

Filled with tannins, intake of black tea regularly can unbalance the digestive system and lead to health issues such as diarrhea, etc. Constipation can also occur as a result of negative effects of black tea.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Increased intake of Aluminum, in the form of black tea, is one of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease. The disorder has the ability to affect the memory and imagination of people.

Osteofluorosis

Drinking large quantities of this tea can hinder the fluoride tolerance level of the human body. Fluoride ill effects of black tea increase the susceptibility of bone fracture as fluorine weakens bones.

Stained Teeth

Among the ill effects of black tea consumption, stained teeth is one. If you consume this tea frequently, then there are high chances that your teeth are stained and gums are injured. It also increases the formation of plaques.

Urinary Trouble

Disruption to the urinary system of the body can occur as a result of ill effects of black tea. The urinary bladder becomes heavy, thereby triggering a sensation of frequent urination.

Slowdown of Clotting

Regular consumption of black tea can actually slow the formation of blood clots upon an injury. This is one of the negative effects of black tea that should be kept a note of.

Esophagus Cancer

There is an increased risk of developing esophagus cancer with black tea. This canal that connects the stomach with the oral section is sensitive to sudden temperature changes, and also tannins, present extensively in black tea.

Food & Nutrition, Heart, Blood & Circulation, Herbal Healing

FOOD FOR THE HEART

Dara Dietz
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Today I want to share an excellent article on Heart food from the writings of Dr. John Christopher.  I just can’t say enough about the value of Cayenne.  Christopher shows it to be a “fountain of youth” for the heart, veins & arteries.

Cayenne is one of the finest foods for the feeding of the heart and for keeping the veins and arteries in good youthful condition. 

It is best to begin using cayenne in small amounts and increase the volume gradually.

  • For example, start with 1/3 teaspoonful of cayenne in a little water three times a day.
  • Continue taking cayenne in these amounts for three or four days and then add another third of a teaspoonful to the original third each time it is taken.
  • Again after three or four days increase the amount of cayenne by another third of a teaspoonful until you can take at least a teaspoonful three times each day.

This herb is not a drug.  It is merely an excellent food, high in calcium, Vitamin C, etc.  Even though one senses heat and slight discomfort at first, this is due only to a stepping up of the circulation and can do no harm to the body.

The herb cayenne is a great food for the entire circulatory system because it feeds the necessary elements into the cell structures of arteries, veins, and capillaries throughout the body so that these structures regain the elasticity of youth again and blood pressure adjusts itself to normal.

Cayenne rebuilds the tissue in the stomach and will heal stomach and intestinal ulcers.  By equalizing blood circulation, cayenne produces natural warmth and by stimulating the peristaltic motion of the veins, arteries and intestines it aids in assimilation and elimination.

When the venous structure becomes loaded with sticky mucus, the heart has a harder time circulating the blood and therefore higher blood pressure is required to force the substance through the veins.

Equalizes Blood Pressure

Cayenne regulates and equalizes the flow of blood from the head to the feet which immediately relieves the heart and gradually extends its effects to the arteries, capillaries and nerves.  The frequency of the pulse though not increased is given more power.

Dr. Christopher’s Cayenne Testimony

Because of my own experiences I must tell you that I am a firm believer in the use of cayenne for the circulatory.  I suffered ill health in my youth and from my middle twenties to the middle thirties it was impossible for me to purchase life insurance, even a thousand dollar policy.  This was due in part to the hardening of the arteries and a disposition to high blood pressure which I suffered from.

During my middle forties I tried again for a substantially large policy of life insurance.  Because of the amount of the insurance I had requested, I was required to see two different doctors, each of whom gave me an examination.  After one examination the doctor exclaimed that he was astounded at my blood pressure which resembled that of a healthy teenager though I was forty-five years old.

The second doctor measured my blood pressure five times, in each instance shaking his head and repeatedly scrutinizing my case history chart.  I was becoming irritated and asked him if his equipment was broken, seeing that he had repeated the reading over and over.  He told me that the equipment had been used without trouble for some time, but since my age was forty-five and I had a perfect systolic over diastolic pressure he had to wonder if the reading was correct.  I assured him that it was and related what the other doctor had said.  I got an O.K. for the policy from both practitioners.

Last year as I neared seventy years of age I told this story to a class I was instructing.  One of the pre-medicine students asked if my blood pressure was still as good as it had been then.  So I gave him permission to take my blood pressure.  Amazingly, the group saw the blood pressure reading of a healthy young man and not the average reading of a seventy-year-old individual.  This was very gratifying to me to say the least.  The main reason for this good blood pressure of mine, besides my close adherence to the mucusless diet, was the use of cayenne as a food each day.

I take one to three teaspoons or more of cayenne every day of my life and the resulting healthy blood pressure is what I call a good pay-off for a total effort.

Never Lost a HEART ATTACK Victim

In more than thirty-five years of practice we have never lost a case when called to help a heart attack victim because we always use cayenne.  After propping up the patient and pouring down a cup of hot cayenne tea, which is one teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of hot water, relief comes quickly.  One will find a great blessing if this herb is used as a daily food, six days a week, throughout life.

Digestion & Gut, Herbal Healing

Candida Program

Dara Dietz

A little about Candida: Candida albicans is currently the most commonly isolated species, and can cause infections (candidiasis or thrush) in humans.  Antibiotics promote yeast infections, including gastrointestinal Candida overgrowth, and penetration of the GI mucosa. While women are more susceptible to genital yeast infections, men can also be infected. Certain factors, such as prolonged antibiotic use, increase the risk for both men and women.

Candida is an issue most of us deal with to some degree.  After spending nearly 15 years under medical care for bladder and Kidney Infections, which included extensive use of antibiotics, I was left with an extreme case of candida overgrowth.  The best results for me came when I used a combination of the following Natural Supports.

  • Klaire Labs – Ther-Biotic Complete Powder 2.1oz; 1 tsp. of the powder 3 times a day.
  • Echinacea: 1 ounce a day for 4 or 6 days each week. Detoxing with Echinacea
  • de-Lenolate 180 Caps; 3 capsules 2x a day or 2 capsules 3x a day.
ELF Party

Liver Flushing will be necessary at least once a month.  You can do an ELF as needed during the month but a full week of liver flushing at least once a month while doing an intense program is very important.

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The Liver is the vacuum of the body.  All the die-off produced while clearing the candida will put a heavy load on the liver.  Supporting this process by flushing the liver once a month will allow you to clear your candida issue with far fewer symptoms or the detoxing backlash often accompanying a good candida program.

Getting Started, Herbal Healing, My Opinion

Understanding Dis-ease

Dara Dietz
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Trying to pass on the understanding of how to heal the body can be a daunting task.  When someone is dealing with a terminal condition the window of opportunity for healing can close very quickly in some cases.  While others with conditions may linger for years without showing much impact on their overall health.

What makes the difference?

One factor is, of course, the condition impacting the body.  Among the most serious and fast moving are Pancreatic Cancer and Lung Cancer.  The window of opportunity for clearing these conditions is often very narrow to nonexistent.  Even with the most aggressive natural healing programs often the diagnosis comes too late. By the time the condition has been discovered the disease has progressed beyond the body’s ability to deal.

Another factor would be the individual’s constitution; the vitality within the person.  Someone with a strong body, mind and spirit will likely have a much easier time clearing the disease from his system.

The Natural Healing Programs will vary little regardless the condition.   An example would be a case of hives or cancers; both are cleared through the same channels.  In most cases Hives are cleared quickly while cancer will take many months.

What is it the body does?  One of the best explanations available is posted as a pdf file on the front of our website.  It is called “Health through Nutrition” by Dr. Joel Robbins

DISEASE AND ITS CAUSE

Read entire article: “Health through Nutrition” by Dr. Joel Robbins

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Disease or “dis-ease” is defined as a lack of health. Disease results when any cell is not functioning 100% of its designed duty whether due to trauma, toxicity, lack of communication or a combination thereof.  Disease is due to stress.

Whether due to ignorance or laziness, exposing the body to stress will produce a diseased state of the body. Stress is the only means of tearing down health resulting in disease, our bodies paying the price for violating the laws of nature (our wrong doings). We do not “catch” a disease or illness, we earn it.  We must “work” for disease.

Disease is nothing more than the body responding to the wrong we have done to it. It is the body’s attempt at keeping us alive in response to the wrongs we have inflicted on our bodies.

Pathological changes are the cell’s response to stress. These changes or compensations allow the body to survive -maintain homeostasis- as long as the stress continues. These tissue changes which result in disease are the outward manifestation of internal compensation to stress. Until the cause is removed, the condition will remain in one form or another.

Food & Nutrition, Herbal Healing

Superfood

Dara Dietz

superfood shakeSuper Nutritional Morning Drink or Meal Replacement

1.) How do I prepare or use my Superfood?

There is any number of ways to fix Superfood; The most common way is to mix 2 tablespoons in juice and drink. I enjoy making mine in the morning using the following plan: Blend together 1 frozen Banana, 4 or 5 frozen Strawberries, 8 oz of Apple or Orange juice, 8 oz water, and one tablespoon flaxseed oil.**  This combines to make a thick shake type breakfast drink.  Very good, and very satisfying.

**Try using a table spoon of Flax seed oil for every 100 pounds you weight.

Some of our Members tell us they mix it with plain water and find that to be just fine also.

2.) How much Superfood should I be using a day?

This depends completely on your personal needs.  If you are doing major disease work or cleansing you might want to be using as much as 2 tablespoonfuls 3 times a day.  I have known of members who have use 3 or 4 times this much in a day while they were healing their diseases.  Allow your body to tell you how much to use.  Use as much as you feel you need, there is no reason to be concerned with overdosing on Superfood, it is just Food; (GOOD FOOD).

3.) Superfood for children, pets & husbands?

Click on the link to find the correct amount of Superfood to give children & pets. Use the formula provided to determine how much of the herbals to give a child or animal.

This is a very good food for Children, pets, and Husbands.  We have heard that many children and husbands don’t want to drink something that is green.  (They will try that new Green Ketchup but not a green drink.) This problem can be remedied by blending fresh or thawed strawberries, blueberries etc… into the mix.  The berry juice will make the drink an acceptable Red or Blue Color.

For your favorite 4 legged friend try sprinkling a bit of the Superfood over his food, most pets love this and it is so good for them.

Food & Nutrition, Herbal Healing

What are food allergies?

Dara Dietz

fruits_vegetablesPeople seem to be allergic to so many different foods these days.  Some of the more common are to corn, wheat, nuts and strawberries (to name only a few).  Unprocessed, natural foods right from nature are where most allergy foods come from.  So what is going on?  The idea that a food created to sustain life can cease to feed and actually destroy life does not seem right.

Over the years I have come to understand food allergies in a different light.  These foods are not a poison to the body but the nutrition they provide is too detoxifying.  Instead of being the enemy these foods are actually trying to clear toxic waste from the body.   Think of what happens when allergy foods are eaten.  A few examples would be:

  • Anaphylaxis, causes an itchy rash, throat swelling, ect… (massive movement of toxins) or
  • Hives break out over the skin, (backed-up liver trying to push waste out through the skin), or
  • Bowels turn to liquid, (body flushing toxic waste through the bowels)

With a food capable of doing such a powerful detoxing work in your body it is important to support this food in the work it is capable of doing.  Many years ago a friend shared her story with me.

Jackie’s Experiment

Jackie was dangerously allergic to strawberries.  One little bit would bring on Anaphylaxis, causing her throat to swell shut.  Trusting the natural healer’s wisdom she had studied she decided to put it to the test.  After several months deep cleansing with the liver flushes and kidney flushing she decided to take a small nibble of strawberry.

She was in the middle of a week of liver flushing when she began her experiment.  She described what happened over the next few days.

The first day after ingesting a little nibble of strawberry she broke out in a hive over her heart.  Continuing her liver flushing program the hive cleared from the heart area and reappeared over her stomach.  To make a long story short she continued consuming a small nibble of strawberry each day for the next week or so.  The hive worked its way down her trunk breaking out over every major organ.  When the process was over and the strawberry had done the extreme work of detoxing it needed to do she was able to eat strawberries like anyone else.

Breaking out in a hive while doing a liver flush indicates a huge amount of toxins are being moved out. The liver uses the skin to detox when it is unable to move the waste out through regular channels. The small amount of strawberry she consumed each day did a massive amount of detoxing.  Some nutrient in the strawberry was exactly what her body needed to accomplish the detox necessary for her to be truly well.

Proceed with Caution

This was a very serious step for her to take.  I would never suggest someone do a program such as Jackie did unless they have been doing a serious cleansing program for 3 to 6 months or longer.  If the immune system is not equipped to handle the huge amount of toxins released for removal by the allergy food the situation could become serious.

On that word of caution I will also add that lesser food allergies could be cleared more quickly and without much concern. You have found a food that has a work to do in your body.  Prepare your system to handle this work with a few weeks of good liver and kidney flushing.  God’s creation is not our enemy but at times it can be too friendly.  Learn how to allow the nutrition we have been given for our food to do the work it needs to do in your body.

Cleansing & Flushing, Digestion & Gut, Herbal Healing

Effect of Gallstones on the Liver

Dara Dietz

digestive system organsOver the next few weeks I want to share some great information on how important flushing the liver is and how a backed up liver affects every system of the body.  The health of the body and quality of life depend to a large degree on how well the liver is functioning.

The liver acts as a filtering or cleansing device for the blood; it even deactivates a limited amount of hormones, alcohol, and medicinal drugs. Its task is to modify these biologically active substances so that they lose their potentially harmful effects–a process known as detoxification. Specialized cells in the liver’s blood vessels (Kupffer cells) mop up harmful elements and infectious organisms reaching the liver from the gut. The liver excretes the waste materials resulting from these actions via its bile duct network.

A healthy liver receives and filters 3 pints of blood per minute and produces 1 to 1.5 quarts of bile every day. This ensures that all the activities in the liver and in the rest of the body run smoothly and efficiently.  Obstructive gallstones in its bile ducts greatly undermine the liver’s ability to detoxify any externally supplied and internally generated harmful substances in the blood. These stones also prevent the liver from delivering the proper amounts of nutrients and energy to the right places in the body at the right time. This upsets the delicate balance in the body, known as homeostasis, thus leading to disruption of its systems and undue stress on its organs.

Effect of Gall Stones on the Liver

A clear example of such a disturbance is an increased concentration of the endocrine hormones estrogen and aldosterone in the blood. These hormones, produced in both men and women, are responsible for the correct amount of salt and water retention. When stones congest the gallbladder and the liver’s bile ducts, these hormones may not be broken down and detoxified sufficiently. Hence, their concentration in the blood rises to abnormal levels, causing tissue swelling and water retention. Most oncologists consider elevated estrogen levels to the leading cause of breast cancer among women. In men, high levels of this hormone can lead to excessive development of breast tissue and weight gain.

Obesity and Liver Congestion

Over 85% of the American population is overweight or obese. Men, women, and children in this condition suffer mainly from fluid retention (with relatively minor fat accumulation). The retained fluid helps trap and neutralize noxious substances that the liver can no longer effectively remove from the body.  This unsightly side effect, however, helps the overweight or obese person to prevent or even survive a major toxicity crisis that could otherwise lead to a heart attack, cancer, or massive infection.

The problem with prolonged fluid retention in the tissues, though, is that it causes these toxins and other harmful waste matter (metabolic waste and dead cell material) to accumulate in various parts of the body and further congest the pathways of circulation and elimination. Whenever in the body that storage capacity for toxins and waste is exceeded, symptoms of illness begin to show up. These symptoms merely indicate that the body is desperately trying to correct these imbalances and heal itself.

Stones inside the Liver: Intrahepatic gallstones

Gallstones in the liver, which John Hopkins University and some medical schools referred to as intrahepatic biliary gallstones or biliary stones, tend to cluster together and form large obstructions that can lead to dilation of bile ducts. Intrahepatic gallstones are composed of mostly cholesterol and other bile constituents.

What makes bile so important?

One of the liver’s most important functions is to produce bile, about 1 to 1.5 quarts (0.95 – 1.4 liters) per day. Liver bile is a viscous, yellow, brown, or green fluid that at a pH of 9.5 is highly alkaline and has a bitter taste. Without sufficient bile, hydrochloric acid entering the small intestine from the stomach can cause burns throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Also, ingested foods will remain undigested or only partially digested. For example, to enable the small intestine to digest and absorb fat and calcium from the food you eat, the food must first combine with bile.

Bile Needed for Calcium Absorption

When bile secretion is insufficient, fat is not absorbed properly. The undigested fat remains in the intestinal tract. When undigested fat reaches the colon along with other waste products, intestinal bacteria break down some of the fat into fatty acids or excrete it with the stool. Since fat is lighter than water, having fat in the stool may cause it to float. When fat is not absorbed, calcium is not absorbed either, leaving the blood in a deficit. The blood subsequently takes its extra calcium from the bones.

Most bone density problems (osteoporosis) actually arise from insufficient bile secretion and poor digestion of fats, rather than from not consuming enough calcium. Few medical practitioners are aware of this fact and, hence, merely prescribed calcium supplements to their patients without addressing the underlying reason for the calcium deficiency.

Bile Needed For Proper Digestion

Likewise, the body also requires fats to help digest and make use of proteins and carbohydrates. To digest these fats, the liver and gallbladder must release sufficient amounts of bile. Poor bile secretion leaves these foods largely undigested, which subjects them to decomposition by bacteria. Persistent abdominal gas, discomfort, and bloating are among the first indications to show that this important liver function has been seriously compromised.

Besides breaking down the fats in our food bile also removes toxins from the liver. The liver is the most important organ of detoxification, and the health of every cell depends on how efficiently it rid itself of these toxins.

The bile constituents, bilirubin and biliverdin, process significant antioxidant and anti-mutagenic properties. Higher concentrations of bile pigments in the body have been linked with reduced prevalence of cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Bile: Natural Laxative

One of the lesser-known but extremely important functions of bile is to deacidify and cleanse the intestines. Bile serves as the body’s natural laxative. Constipation and sluggish bowel movements are the commonest consequences of impeded bile secretion.

When gallstones in the liver or gallbladder have critically obstructed bile flow, the color of the stool will be tan, orange-yellow, or pale as in clay, instead of the normal brown.

Gallstones are a direct product of an unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Even if someone has successfully dealt with all other causes of chronic illness, if gallstones are still present in the liver or gallbladder, recovery may be short-lived or impossible.

Gallstone’s detrimental effects

Gallstones pose a considerable health risk and may lead to illness and premature aging. Over the next few weeks our newsletter will carry a description of some of the detrimental effects of gallstones on the different organs and systems in the body. When these stones are removed the body as a whole can resume its normal, healthy activities.

Emotional Healing, Getting Started, Herbal Healing

Support for the College Bound

Dara Dietz

college boundMember Q&A: Maybe you have already covered this topic, but I was wondering what you might recommend for our youngsters who are just off to university.  Bearing in mind their diets normally deteriorate extremely (over here most tend to self-cater) and their alcohol consumption goes through the roof… maybe this might be a topic for a newsletter at some point.   Thinking it through I guess the Superfood should be a mainstay but I wonder if there is something else that isn’t too much trouble for them that would also support?

Answer: Yes, Superfood would be a staple for any child going away to college.  The Lower Bowel Formula #1 to keep the bowels open and moving well.   Digestive Tonic & LBF #2 on hand for; “the Morning after the night before”   (Vomiting & Diarrhea)

The hard living you have described as being part of the college life will present a bill down the road for those who partake largely during their college career.   There are formulas to support the different areas of the body but these will not be much benefit until the person has decided to support themselves with a better lifestyle.  This will come when the physical & emotional bills are presented.  This type of abuse of the human system will require rebuilding.  When we are young and our powers are strong it is hard to be convinced that this is not how it will always be.  We throw our limited physical resources away on such vain things.  Once depleted, damaged or gone they are never fully regained.  Our health is a gift lightly esteemed until it is broken.

As for Tonics that might prove helpful; The Brain Formula will assist by increasing blood flow to the brain.  Supporting the remaining brain cells not yet destroyed.  A good Kelp Blend to support the Thyroid gland which will provide a good usable source of energy without whipping up the adrenals with caffeine.

The NF Formula would be an excellent aid for the emotional pressure in those who tend to lose it when the heat is on.  This is a nerve food formula which supports the emotional health as well as the physical health of the nerve cells.  It is one I would use as needed not on a daily routine unless the person is suffering from an anxiety issue or depression.

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Detoxing with Echinacea

Dara Dietz
Windblownsm

Member Question: I have the flu and cannot believe it.  I have not been sick for 10 years and now I am watching everything I eat and I get sick.  I am obviously doing something wrong.

Answer: This is what we call a healing crisis; it is very common when the body is being cleansed.  You are doing a deep work on your system, pulling toxins out from everywhere.  Just the change in your food program to a better way of eating can create a healing crisis.  You are not doing anything wrong.  It is going to be important for you to use enough Echinacea, to support your immune system to prevent feeling bad while the toxins are processing out.

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Your immune system needs a boost.  The diseased condition in your body is not separate or isolated from the rest of your system.  To heal you must detox your entire body.  This condition in your body was created over many years and will take time and effort to clear.   When the process is complete you can be assured your entire body will be benefitted from the work you will have done. It is suggested at this time you will be best served by using an ounce of Echinacea for six days each week.

A good place to begin any detoxing program is to consume a full four ounce bottle of Echinacea each week.  An ounce a day for four days in a row each week you are working a program. As the toxic condition of the body is processed out the immune system must attach and neutralize each piece of toxic “die-off”.  What is not neutralized is reabsorbed causing a back-lash of detoxing symptoms.  Echinacea sends a chemical command to the immune system to produce more immune system. With more immune cells available to attach and neutralize the flood of “die-off” there is less to be reabsorbed back into the body.

While cleansing a major disease or condition it is common to need to increase ones intake of Echinacea several times. Pay attention to how you are feeling; when flu like symptoms appear the time has come to step up your use of Echinacea.

For a full write-up on a good Echinacea formula, with the four forms of the plant, how to make it, and how much to take, see Echinacea: Telling the Immune System to Gear Up.

Here is a good plan for gradually stepping up the use of Echinacea.

  • Start: begin using one ounce each day for four days each week you are working a program.
  • Step one: begin using an ounce a day for six days each week you are working a program.
  • Step two: begin using 1.5 ounces each day for six days each week you are working a program.
  • Step three: begin using 1 oz. in the morning and 1 oz. at night for six days each week you are working a program.

It is unlikely to need more than two ounces each day but if the need arises feel free to increase another step. Only you can know exactly what your body needs to keep you comfortable while doing your detoxing program.  Be kind to yourself, do the work and feel good.  You do not have to feel bad while you work on yourself.

Understanding the Healing Crisis

If you find you are detoxing too rapidly and need to slow the process down a bit you can step down from juice fasting to a raw food program.  This will provide less alkalinity into the system thus slowing the body’s ability to detox.  If the need arises to further slowdown the detoxing process continue your raw food program with the exception of a baked potato or serving of brown rice.  Always use caution when applying the brakes to your detoxing program.  Often the body is in a detoxing mood and will not appreciate the interruption.