Total Health Breakthroughs: Alternative Solutions for Mind, Body, and Spirit

Raspberry — y-u-u-u-um! This delightful herb has been used in folk medicine for hundreds of years. It is easy to grow and fun to have in your garden because of its luscious fruit. Both raspberry leaves and fruit are credited with healing properties. Containing modest amounts of vitamins A, B, C and E along with calcium, phosphorus and iron, raspberries are as healthful as they are delicious.

One of the most common uses of raspberry is for women’s issues because it is an excellent uterine tonic. In both Chinese and European herbal medicine, raspberry leaf tea is a classic herbal preparation for pregnant women. In the 1940s, British researchers found that raspberry relaxes muscle spasms in the uterus.

It is recommended that you speak with a knowledgeable professional before using any herbal remedy.

Nerve tonic, detoxifier, immune system stimulant… Siberian ginseng is considered an ‘adaptogen’ because it normalizes body functions and can be taken for all body systems.

(It is recommended that you speak to a professional with herbal knowledge before using any herbal remedy.)

Lobelia is one of the greatest herbs ever given to the world! After studying hundreds of natural medicines, I find no plant that is more harmless in its effect on the human body — and none more powerful in removing disease than Lobelia. It is known as a “general corrector’ of the whole system, since it is easily diffused and able to influence the entire body.

If you’re one of more than 20 million Americans struggling to control your blood sugar you may already know about the distressing health problems it can cause.

The pharmaceutical companies have plenty of drugs to help you deal with blood sugar imbalances. The trouble is… the side effects of some of these drugs can be WORSE than the disease they’re supposed to treat!

For example, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently mandated the use of a “black box” warning on the diabetes drug Avandia®. This strong warning label emphasizes that the drug, “may cause or worsen heart failure in certain patients.”

When I began the course work to complete my degrees in alternative medicine, I was required to study herbs — their actions and the healing power they can exert on the body. I was amazed to learn there is something in nature for almost any malady that mankind might suffer.

In addition, when you correct wrong living habits, add a nutritious whole foods diet along with cleansing and building herbs, you would be surprised how fast your body can heal from most chronic diseases.

Let me list a host of reasons why herbal remedies work both effectively and efficiently for chronic disease states — and in many instances, over time, will allow you to come off some, if not all, prescription drugs:

Imagine if a modern drug company reported about a new promising compound that seemed to exhibit the following properties (and with no side effects!)

In this time of tremendous global change, one of the greatest opportunities we have is the increased possibility for sharing among the peoples of the world. The technological innovations of our culture, combined with the profound understandings of unity and ecological attunement of the indigenous cultures of our world, provide the “raw material” for a powerful and unprecedented synergy that can uplift all of mankind.

Normal wear and tear on our joints gets the better of most of us over time. Joint pain happens.