Dara Dietz Blog

The Holiday season is upon us, Thanksgiving is only weeks away with all the family drama, rich food and pretty much everything needed to overtax and stress our nerves and digestive systems.  Learning how to enjoy ourselves without paying an overly high price for the privilege is vital to living well.  Life’s dramas are not to be avoided but embraced and learned from.

Avoid overeating, filling the stomach until uncomfortable.  Overeating will place a heavy burden on the digestive systems causing frayed nerves and short tempers.

Eating continually throughout the day prevents the digestive process from completing well.  Allow at least 5 hours between meals.  Coming to the table with a healthy appetite ensures better digestion and more enjoyment of the food eaten.

Drinking more than a few ounces of water or juice with a meal will dilute the digestive juices inhibiting suitable absorption of the nutrients consumed.

Support herbs to have on hand for the holiday emergencies would be:

Digestive Tonic: for any upset in the upper digestion; Gas, Bloating, Upset Tummy ect…

Cayenne:  This herb moves the blood; reach for it first for Heart attack, Stroke, any bleeding on the outside of the body due to cuts or scrapes.

Lobelia: Breathing issues, Charlie horses, pulled muscles,

LBF #2: Vomiting or Diarrhea,

Digestive Tonic & LP formula: Gallbladder Attack

Knowing how to deal with life’s little emergencies allows the good times to be even better.  No sad trips to the emergency room will occur when the proper use of these herbal supports are understood.

Cayenne an Aid for Warming Cold hands and Feet

Cold weather can be a trial for those with poor circulation.  Spending the cold months of winter in a constant shiver unable to maintain the body warmth needed for comfort is no way to live.  Cayenne is the answer for anyone dreading the cold.  Cayenne moves blood increasing circulation which contributes to an increase in body heat.  Begin by adding 5 to 10 drops of cayenne tincture to any cup of tea or glass of juice.  Continue increasing the number of drops until you are able to add a teaspoon of cayenne tincture to a glass of tea or juice.  Try doing this daily or even twice a day for better circulation. The warm hands and feet good circulation provides will more than make up for the discomfort of learning to use cayenne

An infection in the body should always be taken very seriously.  Left to run out of control serious to fatal results can occur.  With this understanding in place it is important to understand the answers to this, often acute and always serious issue, available to those choosing a natural healing remedy.

HEAL’s Herbal tools to clear infections of all types are our, Herbal Antibiotic and Infection Formula used in conjunction with Echinacea.  The herbs in these formulas support the body in the process of clearing the infection while also aiding in the removal of waste from the system.

When serious infections are in the system the following has proven effective many times in the past.  Remember these are only suggestions and are given with the understanding that the bowels are working well and proper nutrition is being consumed.

Superfood and Juicing provide the additional nutritional support needed.  When clearing an infection the body will not have the resources to heal if proper nutrition is lacking or unavailable.

The use of hydrotherapy will unblock the affected area allowing the fresh blood with its load of healing nutrients to cycle through.  Depending on the place and type of infection the hydrotherapy should be modified to ensure good circulation for the introduction of nutrients and effective removal of waste.

The Natural Infection formulas (Herbal Antibiotic & Infection Formula) are loaded with the herbs needed to breakdown and clear infection ensuring the nutrients needed are available once the use of hydrotherapy has cleared any blockage. Depending on how serious or wide spread the issue these two formulas can be used in conjunction or separately but nearly always should be taken in conjunction with Echinacea.

The suggestion has been given and used successfully for any number of serious infections that the formulas be used hourly trading between the two infection fighting formulas.  An example is to use a teaspoon full of the Herbal Antibiotic at 9am; a teaspoon full of Infection formula at 10am; a teaspoon of Herbal Antibiotic at 11am; continuing this routine every hour throughout the day.

For lesser issues the formulas can be used every three hours. An example is to use 1 teaspoon of the formula when awake for the hours of 3-6-9-or 12; using hours divisible by three makes it a bit easier to remember when the next dose should be consumed.  Except for extremely serious issues waking the person up to take a dose of extract during the night is not advised.  A good night’s sleep is also very healing for the body and should not be disturbed.

Garlic Paste to the Feet is an effective tool to aid the body in getting on top of an infection.  For details on how to apply this very helpful herbal remedy see the infection information sheet in the member’s area.

Flushing the Liver; aka Doing an “ELF” (Emergency Liver Flush); the reasons this is an extremely good idea anytime the body becomes over run with infection would take too long to write.  For additional information on Doing an ELF see our Blog or Lady of Herbs site for any of a number of articles written on this subject.  

Applying the above suggestion along with a good dose of common sense has allowed me to honestly say I have yet to meet an infection I could not beat.  The Father has not left us alone in this world, learning how to intelligently use the tools easily within reach can ensure a brighter healthier tomorrow for each of us.

A big part of clearing any injury or illness from the body requires the affected area be cleared of blockage and flooded with healing nutrients.  One of the most effective ways to accomplish this has been with the use of “Hot Fomentation” a very time consuming, messy procedure.  The value of the fomentation for relief of pain and healing cannot be over stated.  The fact that few will take the time or extend the effort is also a truth.  Because of this truth HEAL has developed a line of herbal Salves, loaded with the needed herbal nutrients, which can be applied quickly and easily, in most cases taking the place of the “hot fomentation”.

Salve packs can be used effectively for many issues such as: Inflamed arthritic joints, gout, bursitis, soft tissue injuries, pulled muscles, injured tendons, thyroid malfunctions, infected wounds, malfunctioning kidneys, Edema, tumors, to name just a few.  Applying the healing herbals topically, allowing them to saturate the affected area will shorten as well as aid the healing process.

Applying the Salve Pack:

1) Gather the items, Salve, Cotton Flannel (or other natural fiber cloth), Press N Seal wrap. Optional items: Towel and heating pad.

2) Cut Flannel to fit area to be treated.  Material should be folded once/ two layers.

3) Cut Press n Seal wrap and place on counter; Place folded flannel in center of wrap.

4) Apply a good portion salve to Flannel

5) Pick up entire pack and apply over affected area, smooth the wrap firmly into skin.

Applying a heating pad over the pack will aid the absorption of the nutrients into the tissue.  Do not apply a source of heat to a newly injured site. The salve pack can be applied but wait 24 hours or better depending on the degree of injury before applying any heat source to a fresh injury.  Ensure all bleeding has been arrested before any heat is applied.

6) Apply towel over Pack, top with heating pad for 30 min to an hour depending on the injury.

Note: the M&L salve is an excellent tool to massage into most affected areas before applying a healing or drawing salve pack.  This salve opens up the area allowing free movement of fluid and toxins from the affected area.  Applying a small amount over the affected area just before applying a pack will enhance the effects of most packs.

The clearing and healing of the bowel is likely the most important part to any healing program.  With this understanding in mind the subject of how to heal a sick bowel can never be exhausted.  The Lower Bowel Formulas #1 and #2 are the tools needed for this purpose.  Knowing their value and how to use them well will aid in any cleansing or healing program.

With these two formulas, the LBF #1 and LBF #2, you have the “hot and cold” for the bowel.  The LBF #1 will make the bowel work more effectively, move the waste out better.  The #1’s (poop pills) will soften the waste and support the bowel muscles to more it along.

The LBF #2 should be taken every three hours (5 doses a day) I find it easiest to remember by taking the dose at 3,6, 9 or 12 o’clock if I’m awake for any of these hours.   This formula draws inflammation and infection from the bowel walls, healing the bowel.  IT is a binding formula so an extra dose can be used to slow down the bowel action if the LBF #1’s (poop pills) make the bowel too active.

Begin using the LBF #2 when the bowels are working well.  Increase the #1’s  until you find good movements, then add an additional capsule of the #1’s the night before you begin using the LBF #2.  IN the morning when you take your first dose of the LBF #2 any over active feeling or action in the bowel will be calmed.

In the evening when you are ready to take you #1’s (poop pills) consider how your bowels functioned that day, if they were a bit slow take an extra capsule, if they were a bit over active drop a capsule.  The number of caps you use will flux with the detoxing activity going on in your body.  The more intense the detoxing from the liver ect… the heavier the waste dumped into the bowel will be, (less or no fiber is mixed into the toxic waste dumped from the liver) because of this when the body is doing a good detox you may need to increase your #1’s to keep the waste moving out well.  When the body takes a break from this work your need for the #1’s may drop off a bit.

You have the tools in your hands to support your bowels preventing an uncomfortable or backed up condition in the bowel.  A little thought each night before taking your capsules will prove very beneficial to your entire healing program.  Only you will be able to say what is the right number of capsules on any given day.  The LBF#2 should be established and continued, don’t start and stop this formula while healing the bowel, use the LBF #1’s (poop pills) to slow or increase the bowel function while maintaining the LBF #2, (healing formula for the bowel) using this formula every three waking hours.  It may take several months of continued use to heal a diseased or infected bowel.

Any healing program will be deficient or hastened depending on how well the ‘Liver Flush’ is used.  This statement is all inclusive; regardless if one is healing from an injury, degenerative disease, or a cancer, whatever the body is clearing, if the liver is not flushed often and well the healing will be slow or not at all.

The Liver is the vacuum cleaner of the body.  Any healing will create an amount of waste that must be eliminated (vacuumed) from the system.

The Immune System also plays an important part.  An immune cell must attach and neutralize this toxic or degraded matter before it can be processed from the body.  When there are too few immune cells to attach each piece of “die-off” the toxic waste that is not neutralized must be reabsorbed back into the system. The reabsorption of these pollutants creates a toxic condition with symptoms ranging from headaches to sever body aches and everything between.

When the waste, “die-off” is ready for elimination the liver is then able to filter the toxins from the body’s fluids.   Problems occur when the liver is unable to process the waste properly into the bowel for elimination from the body.

The vacuum bag is full.  Anyone who has tried to use a vacuum when the bag was full quickly realized their efforts were wasted.  Either the machine failed to pull the waste or it was blown from the vents around the bag settling back onto the floor.  This action also mirrors the effect of a backed up Liver on the body’s systems.  When the liver is unable to clear or dump the waste it is holding the process of filtering all but stops and the system tries to process the excess waste out through the skin.  The Skin was not intended for this type of toxicity and quickly breaks down, or out, in hives, sores, rashes or any number of skin ailments.

Liver Flushing or Doing an “ELF” (Emergency Liver Flush) washes waste through the liver allowing a more effective clearing of toxins from the system.  Inflammation goes down.  Skin aliments are clear.  Sore inflamed joints are soothed.  Painful conditions in the body are cleared as the congestion is removed from the system.

Doing two or three ELF’s a week when clearing any major condition from the body will produce huge benefits.  Failing to do this work while doing any major cleansing program can often result in a preventable cleansing crisis as the body’s systems back up with un-eliminated toxins.