Herbs whether they are from the West or from the East are direct gifts from the Creator.
Do You Think The Powers Above Would Allow Us To Come To This
Place Called Earth Without An Herb For Every Disease That
Man Could Clone Within Themselves?
Absolutely Not......
Herbs are food and as such there job is to nourish and replenish the body. Every herb has major properties and minor properties.
If a formula is prepared properly it would consist of a calming herb, cleansing herb, building herb and a catalyst herb that will help to drive all these herbs into the body to go to the source of the problem. Many times what happens is, we go off to the health food store and we buy one bottle, say Saw Palmetto because we have a prostrate problem. You may find relief, however an herbal formula working synergistically prepared by a knowledgeable herbalist would have you seeing and feeling better results quicker. One herb working alone vs. a formula working together.
When you are looking at using herbs you need to look at what the herbs actually do. It is like looking at an old house that you want to renovate. You look closely at the foundation and what can be used over again and what has to be cleared away and made new. If the foundation is strong then half the job is done. Herbs because they have major and minor properties will go into the body and fix the major problems and then they will kinda run around fixing all the little minor problems. It would be like you painting a large room, then going back over touching up the trim and the spots you missed.
Sometimes, and this is where I differ from many other herbalists, you need to go the traditional route with your health challenge then start to build with the herbs and then go onto an herbal program. Let me explain. Herbs are very strong but because they are completely natural they will look for all the problems to fix in your body. As humans we like to wait until the 25th hour with a problem. Herbs sometimes will take to long and if you have a serious problem it may have to be addressed by traditional medication then addressed by the herbals.
I have always known where the line was between what I can accomplish with the herbs and in what time frame, versus what is being presented to me by my client.
The population readily knows Western herbs due to their availablity versus Chinese herbs which, even though they have a 3,000 year success rate are just coming into their own here in the West. An herbalist who understands the many uses of Chinese herbs can be very aggressive when addressing many health issues. When you combine Western and Chinese herbs you have a combination of well over 2,000 herbs to formulate a program. The Chinese view our bodies differently so the herbs take on a different energy. Western and Chinese herbs both support the body in different ways, Western will support the organ while the Chinese herbs support and then have the ability to change the chi (energy) of the affected organ. Some of our organs are meant to operate cool, while others operate warm or hot. When this energy flow is interrupted it is helpful to have the ability with the herbs to change the energy (chi) and revert these organs back to working condition.
Follow the diagrams below. Diagram A shows by the X the problem is in the liver. The client feels tension, pain and discomfort in the neck and shoulders. Notice the arrows going upward, this is called by Chinese terms - Rebelious Chi- simply meaning the energy is going the wrong way. It is being driven towards the head area. Since the liver is the organ that handles the emotions of anger and resentment (Please see Did You Know) you know then that the energy is strong and painful. Most likely a visit to the health food store would prompt you to buy a bottle of Milk Thistle (Silymarin), good choice but not as effective as if you chose to combine it with the Chinese herbs. Chinese herbs, which would also contain silymarin would cool the liver down, which then the body would on it's own direct the energy downward (Diagram B) and then the body can eliminate via the colon and bladder. Some people prefer or it is necessary to intervene with colonic irrigation.
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