Dara Dietz Blog

For some time now I have been singing the praises of the M&L Salve.  (Mullein & Lobelia) This mighty combination is one of the best topical antispasmodics available.  The all herb combination when applied topically over a spastic muscle will all most instantly relax the muscle.

Friday my husband, who is 6’4”, fairy thin with a long back, had another up close and personal opportunity to witness the power of this herbal salve.  While moving a pile of rain soaked lumber to a sheltered area he sprang his lower back.  When will the over forty masculine half of society realize they are no longer nineteen.  Yes, I’ll get off that subject; you all pay dearly for your misconceptions.

Michael’s lower back grabbed as he went to straighten up with a load of rain soaked lumber.  We immediately massaged the M&L Salve into the affected muscles.  Throughout the day he continued to apply the M&L Salve over the area.  Later in the day he did an Epsom salt soak with three cups of salt to his tub of hot water.  He felt the Epsom Salt soak was extremely beneficial.  He went to bed shortly after his bath.

Saturday he continued resting and applying salve as needed.  Sunday Morning he woke up feeling 90% better and was able to finish the job he abandoned on Friday.

Knowing what to do when an emergency occurs can cut the recovery time down from weeks to days.  Using the proper herbal supports can prevent the body from accepting the injury.  Since the spastic muscle was not allowed to remain in a spasm there was no swelling or blockage to contend with and the recovery shortened to only a few days.

You can read more about this excellent herbal support at my blog: M&L Combination

Dr. Christopher said that Lobelia is one of the greatest herbs in the world.  It is certainly one of the most disputed herbs in the world, yet those who use it consider it to be indispensable in their herbal repertoire, acting as a “thinking” agent which goes to whatever part of the body is ailing and treats it, often in conjunction with other herbs.

Dr. Christopher considered that Lobelia would help correct the entire bodily system, as it is easily diffused and utilized.  Its greatest aspect is that it removes obstructions and congestion within the body, especially the blood vessels.  Over his years of practice, Dr. Christopher administered Lobelia many times, and there were numerous miraculous healings.  Time after time, Lobelia helped all, from the very young to the very old, with only positive results.

Not a Poison

As for Lobelia being a poison, Dr. Christopher considered this one of the most ridiculous falsehoods ever foisted upon the public by orthodox allopath’s.  Dr. Christopher himself quickly swallowed as much as four tablespoons of honey-sweetened tincture of Lobelia at one time, mistaking it for apple cider vinegar.  After vomiting profusely, he felt nothing but improvement, and suffered no damage whatever; only a good cleaning out!

Lobelia is a Selective Herb

Dr. Christopher said that Lobelia is a selective herb.  Lobelia will cause a dead or extremely weakened fetus to abort, for example, but if the fetus is strong and healthy, it will cause the mother to strengthen and allow her to carry the child until the proper time of delivery.  Lobelia selects which way it should go.  It acts in this way in many instances.

Example

Dr. Christopher made up a simple but extremely effective formula for glands, of three parts mullein and one part Lobelia, to be taken as tea, in capsules, or to be used as a fomentation.  This is used anywhere in the body that the glands are swollen and malfunctioning.  Dr. Christopher liked to relate the cases of two small boys suffering from an enlarged gland on the side of the neck behind the ear.  A nurse had called him in desperation to ask his advice on the first case.  Usually the medical practice for this malady, besides antibiotics, which are usually ineffective, is just to wait for the child to grow out of it.  The nurse accepted Dr. Christopher’s advice to use the mullein and Lobelia fomentation.  She asked, “Which way is the toxic accumulation going to come out of the body?  Will it come out directly through the skin like a bursting boil or will it be routed through the bloodstream and be taken out through the bowel?”  Dr. Christopher replied that he did not know; that it would be “decided” by the Lobelia.  If the bloodstream cannot handle the poison, it will be taken out through the skin; otherwise, the bloodstream will carry it out to be eliminated.

The second little boy had a similar swelling behind his ear.  His mother called Dr. Christopher and asked him what to do; he gave exactly the same advice, the mullein and Lobelia fomentation.  She applied the fomentation as described.

In the first case, the poison gathered up and burst, and it drained out straight through the neck.  The boy cleared up and suffered no more from the problem.  In the second case, the poison was absorbed by the body and the toxic material eliminated through the bowel.

Another Example

In another case, this formula was applied as a fomentation to a small boy who had been playing by a trailer.  It flipped up and split his scrotum so badly that the family doctor felt that the only solution would be castration.  The fomentation was applied and the damage repaired; the boy grew up normal.

We have applied this fomentation to a young boy whose glands became so swollen that he had huge lumps at the back of his neck as well as almond-shaped lumps behind his ears.  This had become such a chronic condition that we had little hope of improvement.  We applied it to him last thing at night and in the morning, when he awoke, the swelling was absolutely and completely gone.  We were so amazed that we decided that we must have this combination in the house at all times!

The Case of Lockjaw

Dr. Christopher was once called out on a case where an old man had a terrible case of lockjaw.  The Doctor poured a small amount of the tincture into his mouth through his clenched teeth and within minutes he opened his jaws and was able to thank the Lord for relief.  Lobelia solved the effect; when the man could speak, he described working out on his farm, where he stepped on a rusty spike left out in the field by someone years ago.  It had penetrated through his boot and now blood poisoning had set in.  Dr. Christopher then went to work on this cause.  He used plantain ointment to draw out the poison, and other herbs to cleanse the bowel and the bloodstream of the poison.

Clear Asthma

Dr. Christopher used the tincture of Lobelia to clear people of asthma, although they had it many years.  A couple of young fellows brought an old, old man into the Doctor at about two o’clock one morning in Evanston, Wyoming.  The old man had asthma for 26 years.  For 20 years of the 26, he had never been able to work.  He had not lain in a bed for 20 years.  They had to build a special chair so he could sit up at night with his feet stretched out.  He had a doctor at the home an average of once a week, either to give him some drug orally to keep him alive, to give a shot, or to administer oxygen.  Since the family couldn’t locate the doctor that night, they came in desperation to Dr. Christopher.

Since the Doctor did not want a naturopathic physician in town, most people had never heard of such a thing.  The young fellows asked, “Do you treat human beings?”  The Doctor said yes and to bring him in.

As the man sat down, the Doctor gave him a cup of elder leaf tea to drink gradually.  He told him how he had suffered from the asthma.  He had been quite independent, but lately they had had to mortgage their home in order to go on with the doctoring.  After he had sipped the elderberry tea for about ten minutes, the Doctor gave him a teaspoonful of the tincture of Lobelia.

He waited ten minutes–being sure to be very accurate about this–and gave him a second teaspoonful of the tincture.  After another ten minutes he gave him the third.

In 40 years of practice, the Doctor commented, he never had to use the tincture of Lobelia more than three teaspoons full to a patient.  He explained that this was so because each time he was called it was at a crisis, at the climax of the disease, the right time for clearing the disease.

They just sat around and chatted.  The Doctor had buckets and pans around and, all of a sudden, the man started to heave.  This was a little after two o’clock in the morning and he heaved on until five o’clock, for three full hours.  At the finish it was dry heaves, but he brought up everything he had eaten for days, plus nearly a cup of phlegm and pus from his lungs and bronchi from yellow to green.  After he was done, the Doctor told his son to take him home.  “Should I bring him back tomorrow,” he asked.  “No,” answered the Doctor, “It’s a do-it-yourself-kit; it’s all finished.”

They took him in and started to walk him to his chair, but the man said, “No, boys, I’m sleeping in the bed tonight.” But, Dad, it’ll kill you!” they pleaded.  “No, I’m the boss–take me to bed.”  They were afraid to stretch him out in case he should choke up and die.

This was at five o’clock in the morning.  He slept through until five o’clock the next morning–which is 24 hours–then slept on past noon–30 hours he slept!

When he woke up, for the first time in over 20 years he took a deep breath of air.  He could take it without choking or coughing, and he said, “I’m healed.”  The boys were quite pleased about this.

Twenty years later, one of them touched Dr. Christopher on the shoulder in Salt Lake City.  He said, “My name’s Workman; remember me?”  Dr. Christopher said, “No.”  “We brought our pap into you in Evanston, Wyoming at two o’clock one morning.  The Doctor then remembered him.  He asked, “What happened to your dad?”  The young man answered, “He never had an asthma attack from that day to this, and he went to work as a gardener and never missed a day’s work since that time.  The family thanks you very much.”

Dr. Christopher reiterated that his program will only work if a person is at a crisis, at a climax, where they think they are going to die in a few minutes.  If a person has a slight asthmatic condition, this would not do them any good.

Anti-Miscarriage Formula

Lobelia is also an important herb in the anti-miscarriage formula.  It will do such wonders as seal up a tear in the bag of waters in an instance of a threatened miscarriage.  It will also help to expel, without complication, a fetus that is already dead.  One lady who was about five-and-one-half months along in her pregnancy began to show signs of bleeding, as if a miscarriage was about to occur.  Some women who were assisting her gave her one-half cup of the tea every half hour, while the pregnant woman remained in bed. The woman noticed that the bleeding had not subsided after several hours, so they packed her off to the hospital.  No sooner had she arrived in the emergency room and was about to be examined by the doctor, when she expelled a fetus that had been dead for several weeks, unbeknown to her.  The doctor was amazed, and questioned the attendants about the events leading to this spontaneous abortion.  The woman told him about the false unicorn and Lobelia formula.  The doctor commented, “Never in all my years of practice have I seen a dead fetus evacuated from the womb in such a clean manner.  Usually we have to surgically remove particles of the placenta which adhere to the uterine walls.  The herbs you have used are miraculous.  I wish I could use them in my practice–but my hands are tied.”

HERB OF MANY USES

Most people agree that Lobelia is a specific treatment for asthma, as well as other bronchial or spasmodic troubles.  Because the herb removes obstructions, giving it when an attack comes on will often cause vomiting; matter will accumulate in the stomach which will cause obstructions.  When the person vomits, it removes the intestinal blockage and often removes the mucus accumulations in the bronchial system as well.  Dr. Nowell told the story of a woman who at 40 years old was pregnant with her first baby.  She was suffering terribly with asthmatic spasms, unable to lie in bed, fighting for breath; both she and her husband begged their doctor to stop the cough.  They were told that nothing could be done until the child was born.

Dr. Nowell gave them a bottle of tincture of Lobelia, telling her to take a teaspoonful whenever the coughing began.  The next morning, the patient told the Doctor that almost immediately after taking the first dose, the patient brought up long, thick masses of phlegm from the lungs the size of a man’s fist.  No further dose was taken and the patient never had a trace of any chest trouble since and lived a long and fruitful life.

Superior Antispasmodic

Lobelia is in this regard and in other conditions a superior antispasmodic, which is an herb to stop spasms and pains related to spasms.  It relaxes the system powerfully, although cayenne should be taken with it to lengthen the duration of the herb’s effect.  For baby convulsions, place a drop or two of the tincture on the tip of a clean finger and place it in the baby’s mouth.  This should stop the spasms immediately.  The antispasmodic tincture, which combines equal parts of Lobelia, scullcap, skunk cabbage, gum myrrh, black cohosh, and a half part of cayenne, is even more effective.  This is also used by the teaspoonful in sweetened warm water for painful spasms of any kind in the body.  It should relieve attacks of epilepsy, lockjaw, delirium tremens, fainting, hysteria, suspended animation, etc.

The relaxant or releasing quality of Lobelia is related in a case handled by an associate, Richard Schultz M.H., N.D., when a three-year-old child was brought to him, after receiving no help from medical doctors.  The little girl was swollen so badly with edema that a person could not see her eyes through the puffiness.  Schultz administered previously successful herbal diuretics to no avail.  Knowing that she must release these fluids, he administered Lobelia seed tea, one teaspoon three times per day, which gave some immediate pain relief and reduced the swelling gradually, clearing the condition completely within two weeks.

Lobelia is said to be an excellent remedy (and preventative) for infectious diseases.  Since most fevers result from obstruction in some part of the system–usually the digestive tract, we have found Lobelia “locates” and removes the obstruction.  We have seen this happen many times with the children; they begin to sicken, and you can tell there is something congesting their system.  By removing the congestion, you remove the cause of the illness.  Lobelia can be used as an enema to remove congestion from the body via the colon.  When Lobelia causes vomiting, Malstrom claims, it usually signals a cleansing process in the body expelling debris that cannot be expelled in any other way (Malstrom:94).  He considers it an effective remedy in scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, mumps, and other contagious diseases. It gives almost immediate relief from suffocating mucus and phlegm that has accumulated in the respiratory tract and which is often associated with these diseases (Rose:Herbs:77).  In connection with infectious diseases, Dr. Christopher told a story about one of the most contagious of them all-mononucleosis.  A woman, an elderly student of Dr. Christopher’s, was in contact with the disease with the employees she worked with at a nursery hothouse.  Since all of them had been using the company drinking fountain, all of them were exposed to the disease, and there was almost a complete turnover in employees because of it.  The lady tried to locate Dr. Christopher to ask what she should take to prevent getting the disease, but he was away lecturing.  She took a bottle of the tincture to work with her, and took two drops in a teaspoonful of distilled water every 15 or 20 minutes.  Out of all the employees, she was the only one who did not get mononucleosis! Dr. Christopher thought that she might have needed to drink a teaspoonful every so often, as he thought more might be needed to do the job!

Often a person who has a fever coming on will take the teaspoonful of tincture of Lobelia with a glass of water.  After vomiting, the fever breaks and the person is able to go about his regular duties.  Dr. Christopher said that Lobelia is an anti-infection herb as well as a relaxant.

Important in the Relief of Pain

It is also very important in the relief of pain.  However, we must stress here that the pain should be of an acute nature and not simply a minor irritation.  We feel that there are other herbs of a less potent nature, such as Catnip, which will alleviate pain without requiring the skillful and knowledgeable use that Lobelia does.  However, in accidents Lobelia can help immediately.  Once a student of Dr. Christopher’s smashed his finger with a hammer.  He immersed the injury in tincture of Lobelia and the pain subsided in seconds.  Terrific pain from muscle over-exertion has been abated by massaging Lobelia into the affected muscles.  People writhing in pain and rolling on the floor have been immediately calmed with the administering of one-half teaspoonful of tincture of Lobelia.  When there is acute swelling, such as with bolls or inflammation, an external rub of the tincture or a poultice of the bruised herb mixed with flaxseed or bran, suitably moistened, will relieve the pain.

However, used as a sedative, Lobelia depressives the spinal cord function excessively.

Lobelia seems to have been a specific for poisoning from various reasons. 

It is used in cases of hydrophobia, where a mad animal bites a human (we suppose that it could be used for animals who have been bitten as well). Give the tincture by the teaspoonful, give the tea as an enema, and rub the tincture over the bitten part.  Emesis may result as the poison is eliminated from the body, but the rabies should cause no harm.  For tetanus, follow the same procedure.  In fact, when any poison is ingested, if you feel that the care of a doctor is not required but you would like to administer something to remove the poison, Lobelia is the answer.

There are various other uses for Lobelia. 

• For pleurisy, you can give Lobelia and pleurisy root for a certain action.
• For earache, place a few drops of warm Lobelia tincture in both ears (even if only one is aching, put the tincture in both) and plug with cotton. You can put oil of garlic in first.
• Of course, combinations such as B&B Tincture or the antispasmodic tincture, both of which contain Lobelia, will do the job as effectively or perhaps even more effectively.
• For any external problems, such as irritations, swellings, inflammations, boils, and so on, make a mixture of one part Lobelia and two parts Slippery Elm; moisten to make a thick consistency, and apply.
• For liver problems, Lobelia is mixed in equal parts with pleurisy root, catnip, and bitter root; these herbs are made into tea and taken by the tablespoon every couple of hours.
• Lobelia is used in the case of mumps; when catnip enemas and Lobelia are given, mumps usually have very little effect on males, although there is usually concern when males contract the disease. The illness will disappear, after mild symptoms, within five days (Malstrom:94).
• Lobelia reduces palpitation of the heart, and it is in this regard that many herbalists use the plant.
• Lobelia is employed in midwifery to alleviate rigidity of the pelvic musculature during childbirth
• It is taken internally to help break the smoking habit, as the action of the alkaloid lobeline greatly resembles the action of nicotine. For this reason, doses of lobeline sulfate are incorporated in tablets of lozenges that are intended to aid in breaking the habit.
• Lobelia is helpful in meningitis, hepatitis, peritonitis, nephritis, etc.
• Used in very small doses, frequently given it can raise a vigorous perspiration, being a diaphoretic, after which a long sleep of ten to twelve hours often follows. When the patient awakes, he is either cured of his illness or feels greatly improved.

LOBELIA POISONING?

With so many applications of the herb, and with the virulent claims that Lobelia is a poison, it might be well to discuss the history of Lobelia and poisoning.

From the beginning of its use, Lobelia was labeled a poison by Thomson’s enemies.  Although no deaths have ever been proven to have been caused by Lobelia, there are certain symptoms when much of the herb is taken.  These include great dejection, exhaustion, mental depression; nausea and vertigo; contraction of the pupil; profuse clammy salivation; dryness and prickling of the throat; pressure in the esophagus with a sensation of strong vermuclar motion; sensation as of a lump in the throat; incessant and violent nausea with pain, heat, and oppression of the respiratory tract; vomiting, followed by great prostration; violent and painful cardiac constriction; griping and drawing abdominal pains; increased urine, easily decomposing and depositing much uric acid; violent racking paroxysmal cough with expectoration; small, irregular, slow pulse, general weakness; violent spasmodic pains, with paralytic feeling, weariness of the limbs, with cramps in the gastrocnemii, and sensation of chill and fever (Millspaugh:388).

We have experienced many of these symptoms upon taking much Lobelia, however, we nor anyone else have ever experienced the last one: death, preceded by insensibility and convulsions.  The critics’ great question is whether the effects of Lobelia are a cleansing crisis or simply a poison effect on the body.

Do people improve after the vomiting sequence from the herb?

Is this improvement a healing; is it relief from illness?

Herbalists with sufficient Lobelia experience will affirm its benefits.  Some people say they never experience the weakness and giddiness, only a tobacco-like irritation until the vomiting occurs.  Moore treats the subject rather humorously.

“The presumption that a patient should puke his or her brains out and then take even more Lobelia is past my understanding…The pedantic idea that Lobelia cannot be poisonous is clearly antithetical to the facts.  I know of one genial addlepate who was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles in near coma, turning strange colors from respiratory failure, after attempting a Thomsonian ‘cleansing’ emetic” (Moore:98).

We should not simply dismiss the fact that Lobelia sometimes has greatly distressing effects on individuals; as all of us know, herbs react differently upon different people.

For this reason, we usually recommend two things.  One is that people taking Lobelia should do so for distressing situations that cannot be handled by other means.  If a mother is unable to deliver her infant and has suffered many hours of unproductive labor, this is a situation worthy of using a strong medicine.  If a person can hardly breathe due to asthma distress, this again would merit the use of the herb.  Dr. Christopher said that the herb simply won’t work unless a person is at a crisis.

We discourage people from using the herb for simple, everyday problems that can be solved using a milder herb that requires less skill in administration.

The second condition we like to apply is that a skilled person administer Lobelia.  This doesn’t mean a doctor necessarily; it doesn’t even mean an herbalist or a naturopath.  But it means someone sufficiently knowledgeable and skilled in the application of herbs that they don’t overdose with Lobelia.  As Brigham Young said, the best doctor is someone with the gift of the Holy Ghost who can discern what is wrong with a person and then discern what is best to overcome it.

Dr. Commichaux, a noted reflexologist in Salt Lake City, warned us not to use Lobelia except in the case of heart palpitations.  We do think, however, that Dr. Christopher’s use of the herb in small amounts mixed with others in formulas, to act as a carrier is certainly within the limits of good application.  What we are concerned with is people using the herb excessively without proper cause and without adequate skill.  Most really potent medicines require this same skill; this doesn’t mean that Lobelia is dangerous, but simply that it is powerful.

In 1981, Dr. Christopher’s staff called the Division of Toxicology of the Food and Drug Administration in Washington D.C.  At that time the FDA was removing Lobelia from the shelves of herb and health stores, claiming that it was a poison.  Shortly thereafter the agency discontinued its illegal action, although we understand that the FDA still considers it a poison and in 1986 is renewing its efforts.  Dr. Christopher’s staff spoke with Dr. Sara Henry at that office to find out what sort of criteria the FDA uses to classify Lobelia as a dangerous drug.  Dr. Henry graciously looked through the files on Lobelia, although she mentioned that there were so many substances for the FDA to investigate, only a limited amount of time could be allotted for the judgment of each one.  She mentioned that Lobelia contains lobeline, “a poisonous alkaloid possessing properties similar to those of nicotine.” Lobeline itself was not considered extremely toxic, however.

There was almost no research in the file on the use of Lobelia by human beings.  There was simply not very good clinical data available to the FDA.  They relied mostly upon written sources, such as books dealing with poisonous plants.  Dr. Henry said that using Lobelia was dangerous because if people used it as an emetic, perhaps 99% of the people might vomit, while 1% might retain the lobeline within their systems and become poisoned.  However, this 99% figure was purely hypothetical.

Dr. Henry considered that there were much better expectorants and emetics nowadays whose dosages are measured and whose purity could be controlled.  Dr. Henry mentioned that it is not sure how much lobeline is in the crude herb; plants vary, she said.  She mentioned that 8 mg. is the maximum tolerated dose in a human and that most people take 100 mg. of the herb.  Of course, these figures are not documented in the FDA files.  Dr. Henry was kind enough to supply the inadequate information that the FDA had.

But Dr. Christopher’s staff went a bit further.  Consulting Phytotoxin Tables by James A. Duke of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, published in 1977, we find that lobeline can be fatal to 50% of a mouse population if injected intraperitoneally in a dose of 39.9 mg. or if 37 mg. is injected subcutaneously or 78 mg. if injected into the veins.

Setting up a relationship between the human average weight of 150 pounds and the mouse’s weight, the amount of lobeline in Lobelia to be toxic in a human is as follows:

If six pounds of raw Lobelia were injected subcutaneously (under the skin) individually into a human population, the lobeline would be sufficient to kill 50% of that population! Orally is even more absurd; it is suggested that most folks would vomit before taking a minute fraction of the six-pound lethal dose!  Of course, we are talking about Lobelia herb and not the extracted lobeline.  Dr. Christopher always stressed that the herb in its entire state contains elements that help in its assimilation and use in the body.  If we begin to isolate the ingredients, we pervert the action of the herb plant–eliminate the synergistic safety from other chemicals, and increase the risks of overdose.

An elderly family member with an incurable or chronically debilitating condition can do a strong cleansing program with great benefit.  The fragile constitution of advanced years must be taken into account when applying the natural healing protocols.  Begin slowly; notice any adverse or positive reaction to the herbal supports and procedures.  Since everyone is different there are no hard rules here, common sense should always be liberally applied.

Where to Begin

Begin at the beginning with the Foundational Programs.  These three routines must be established and continued as long as any restorative program continues.  Learn more about the Foundational Programs in the member’s area.

Once the Foundational programs are in place it is time to begin supporting the body’s efforts to clear disease from the system.  The main thrust of this work is done by flushing the liver.   Understanding the liver as the vacuum cleaner of the body will afford a prospective of the work ahead.  Providing the body the needed resources to process out the waste is only half the story.

Time to Detox

A week or two into a good cleansing program is about when the liver begins to need a good flushing.  All the waste it has been filtering out has begun to gum up the works.  The body will begin to show signs of the waste back up in many different ways.  Symptoms ranging from hives to depression can all be contributed to an over-toxic system in need of a liver flush.

Preventing the toxic symptoms is best.  This is accomplished by following the immune boosting routine and liver flushing every other week.  Direction can be found in the Liver Flushing E-Book.

Remember to advance slowly into the liver flushing routines as you daily build the body with fresh juices and natural herbal supports.

Flushing the Kidneys

When the week of liver flushing has been finished it is time to do the milder week of Kidney flushing.  This week of mild flushing not only supports and feeds the entire renal system but allows the body a chance to finish the detoxing process it began during the week of liver flushing.  The waste still needing to be eliminated from the body can now be handled.  Kidney flushing will not create the flood of detoxing waste liver flushing calls forth.

IMMUNE SYSTEM STIMULATING

I have found it beneficial to consume 1 oz. ECHINACEA PLUS midmorning four days each week, Monday-Thursday, when doing a cleansing program.

If you desire to remove the alcohol follow the directions below. This procedure will remove the alcohol from the solution:

• Add 1 oz Echinacea to large cup or soup mug.
• Bring 2 to 4 cups water to a rolling boil.
• Add Hot Water to mug, allow liquid to cool before drinking.

Feeling out of sorts:

• If you are feeling a bit off, but it’s nothing you can really put your finger on, this may mean that you are about to get sick.
• It also may mean that your body is fighting something off but in either case it is a good time it give it some help.
• In this scenario I suggest taking two dropperfuls six times daily until you consume two fluid ounces.
• This will take approximately six days.

I know I am sick.

• This is when you actually have some observable, clinical symptoms. Sore throat, fever, nasal or lung congestion, toxic bite or sting, wound or trauma.
• Anytime there is anything wrong with you, your immune system must go to work.
• In this case I suggest an initial blast of 1 dropperful every waking hour or about 16 dropperfuls in a day, until you consume a total of two fluid ounces.
• This will take approximately four days.

Using Herbal Extracts

1)Add extract to your cup	2) Add Hot Water.	3) Add Honey as Desired

I am REALLY sick:

• This is when you are suddenly sweating, have the chills, a cold, food poisoning, cancer, whatever, but you are really ill.
• There is not time to waste fooling around and immediate aggressive herbal treatment can save you days of agony.
• In this case I suggest drinking an entire fluid ounce of Echinacea tincture immediately. For those who might have a hard time doing this, it can be diluted in juice or drunk ½ an ounce one hour and the other ½ ounce the next.
• Remember that this is 1 ounce of alcohol so keep that in mind and don’t drive.
• Then consume an additional two dropperfuls every waking hour until you finish two more fluid ounces.
• This will take two to four days.

REMEMBER, all of the above suggested dosages can be doubled, meaning you can consume more than two fluid ounces.

Many members doubled; tripled, even quadrupled these above suggestions and I never had one case of Echinacea Poisoning or Immune System Burnout.

Juice fasting is a powerful tool for clearing the body of toxic back-up before a major disease takes hold in the system.  A pure food program, eating only the best quality food for the body, is an excellent safeguard for a healthy spiritual, emotional and physical life.  That said; even with the best lifestyle there is still a degree of waste that must be eliminated.  Regular times of fasting provide the extra nutrients to clear the body of accumulated toxins.  Think of juicing as pushing the restart button on your life.  When the body begins to send weird error messages, small little strange thing start popping up in your life, it may be time to hit the restart button.

My Personal Suggestion for a Painless Juice Fast 

Here is what I do when I juice fast.

An ounce of Echinacea daily, 4 to 6 days a week, each week I juice fast.  Since I’m asking my body to detox I might as well support my immune system to deal with the “die-off”.  Supporting the immune system also aids the body to more quickly clear any issues in my Bones, Flesh or Cartilage, namely areas in my body that are in constant need of support.

Superfood, two tablespoon in fresh juice two to three times a day.  This is my meal replacement.  I add Flax seed oil to my breakfast Superfood smoothie each day.  With each glass of Superfood I swallow 5 kelp capsules; this supports the thyroid and feeds the entire endocrine system.

1 teaspoon Psyllium husk powder daily, in a glass of fresh juice or water. Use the Psyllium powder or do a bowel cleanse using the LBF #2 daily during the entire juice fast to keep the bowels comfortable while supporting good elimination.

1 tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar in 32 ounces of distilled water each morning.  If drinking this first thing make sure to swish first few swallows around the mouth before swallowing.  This allows the stomach to set up for what is coming, preventing any discomfort that may arise from sending the vinegar onto an unprepared stomach.

Each morning I prepare a half gallon or better fresh fruit juice which I sip on all morning.  Come noon I make a fresh pitcher of vegetable juice for my afternoon drinking.  I keep a cup of tea or glass of juice with me throughout the day.  There is really no limit to the amount of juice but all juices should be sipped slowly allowing the flavors to fill the mouth before swallowing.  (Remember: Chew your Juices for best absorption of the nutrients.)

Nature is loaded with Super foods that provide nutrition naturally. We have combined the best nature had to offer into a green drink we like to call “Nature’s Superfood” You can use as much as you feel you need of this powder. We suggest you try two tablespoons three times a day or three tablespoons twice a day, morning and evening.

The ingredients are: Spirulina, Chlorella, Alfalfa Grass, Barley Grass, Wheat Grass, Purple Dulse Seaweed, Beet Root, Spinach Leaf, Rose Hips, Orange and Lemon Peels and Non-Active Nutritional Yeast Flakes.

Make the following nutritional drink:

• 8 to 16 ounces freshly squeezed fruit juice diluted as needed with distilled water.
• ½ to one cup of fresh or frozen seasonal fruit
• 2 tablespoons Superfood powder mix.

If using fruit with your Superfood mixture gives you too much sugar, you can mix the Superfood in water, or in carrot or other juices.

If you are under a great amount of stress, you can increase the amount of Superfood per dosage, and you can take the increased dose four to six times daily. The food yeast in the Superfood will give a lot of energy that can lift depression and often reverse symptoms of neurological damage.

Some members have noticed their skin becomes too dry on the vegetarian program, so we suggest adding two tablespoons of flaxseed oil to the Superfood drink. This should effectively take care of any onset of dry skin due to a change in your food program. You can also rub castor oil into your dry hands and feet.

One minor problem with adding any oil to Superfood is that it can make some people sluggish. You may have to take the flaxseed oil in the evening, when any energy loss wouldn’t matter as much. Another possibility is to add ground-up flaxseed to your Superfood drink, instead of flax oil.

Our skin is an organ which must be kept in good health and which mirrors the health of the body below.  Skin issues of all kinds seem to be plaguing society.  Members are asking help for clearing everything from the most serious cases of Psoriasis, chronic hives to black spots to a condition where the skin loses color in patches. I’ve also seen horrible out breaks of moles covering large areas of the body.

The medical community has created many long words naming all the conditions affecting the skin.  We need to look at the underlying causes for all these issues.  If your liver is not doing its job of breaking down toxins efficiently they must be eliminated from your body by other means – in many cases they come out through your skin! When excessive toxins build up in the deeper layers of the skin this causes inflammation to occur and this can manifest as any of the numerous conditions described above. Often it will be seen that worsening skin problems are a sign of liver dysfunction or of future liver problems on the horizon.

When dealing with any serious or mild skin condition my advice has always been to clear the liver first and then begin a program to rebuild the skin.  There is no point using expensive herbal supports for the skin if the liver is going to continue breaking it down through the disposal of toxic waste.

Once the liver has been properly flushed, for acute conditions such as hives ect I would suggest doing an ELF which will usually clear the worst of the issue then follow through with a good liver flush program as needed.

When we understand how our skin functions we will be able to get our minds around how to support this beautiful organ in a healthy state.

Understanding our Skin

The skin has been called the third lung because it takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.

In each square INCH of skin there are:

65 hairs
95-100 sebaceous glands
78 yards of nerve fibers
19 yards of blood vessels
650 sweat glands
9,500,000 cells (this blows my mind)
1,300 nerve endings
19,500 additional cells at the end of the nerve fibers
78 sensory apparatuses for heat
13 sensory apparatuses for cold
160-165 pressure apparatuses for the perception of tactile stimuli

The skin performs 5 functions

• Protects our bones and organs
• Allows feeling via the power of sensation
• Regulates body temperature
• Excretes and secretes (Nutrition can be absorbed through the skin)