tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75975288331342995612024-03-13T09:40:27.279-07:00HerbCraftingsowing the seeds of the herbal revolution one article at a time from Nicole Telkes of the Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine http://about.me/herbcrafter
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-46856375090529347992014-02-13T13:15:00.003-08:002014-02-13T13:15:52.961-08:00Nutritive Herb Resources<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">http://medherb.com/Materia_Medica/The_Mineral_Content_of_Herbal_Decoctions_.htm</span><br />
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Healing Wise Susun Weed</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com167tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-48384359747400266342014-02-04T10:08:00.000-08:002014-02-04T10:08:25.035-08:00Leaky Gut and Small Instetine Bacterial Growth Resources<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Great Zine on the GAPS diet http://zinelibrary.info/files/GoWithYourGutRead.pdf<br />
Thomas Easley on SIBO http://www.modernherbalmedicine.com/articles/small-intestinal-bacterial-overgrowth.html?page=1<br />
http://www.westonaprice.org/digestive-disorders/food-allergies<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-27745379325898000522014-01-28T09:28:00.002-08:002014-01-28T09:29:07.220-08:00Open Letter to Shire Herbals about Trademarking Fire Cider http://originalfirecider.blogspot.com/<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.513513565063477px;">
Dear Shire City Herbals(Brian, Dana and Amy)</div>
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This is an exceptionally painful letter to write to you all. I love seeing small herb companies get successful. I love seeing herbal remedies spread around to various shelves. I love Fire Cider. I love your labels. I love that you all seem to be conscious enough to want to market such a great kitchen remedy. I would normally wish you the greatest of successes. Unfortunately, you have chosen to do something, (maybe from getting bad advice or maybe just ignorance on the issue) that is bad for the herbal community, and could create a negative effect on future popular remedies and placing "ownership" legally over something that is thought of as part of our herbal "commons" so to say. It may be that you had no idea there really was a lot of people making Fire Cider for generations and selling it. You seem to be a rather new company and sometimes growing pains can be big. I want to start by saying I think that you could still be very successful and be supported even more right now if you all take the path that maybe your lawyers would have advised against. I ask you to dig deep and really think about this not as business people, but as herbalists, and caring individuals-- as people who love Fire Cider. </div>
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Herbal Medicine's tradition is one of being by the people and for the people. Herbalists such as Nicholas Culpepper, and more recently Rosemary Gladstar, have led a long battle to keep herbs in the hands of the general populace, not an elite group, or medical group. Fire Cider is an exciting and popular remedy that many of my students and friends have wanted me to either mass market or they themselves have been pushed in this direction. I have taught 100s of people to make it. Many now sell it in their own neighborhoods and communities. Its delicious. I first learned about it in Eugene, Oregon in the late 90s and have been making it ever since. I read about your German grandmother making a similiar concoction. Yes, my Hungarian grandmother in Budapest does as well. It is common. The name is as well in this country.</div>
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We all know it takes very hard work, as your responses have defended, to get products marketed well. Most herbalists never do it very well, choosing more of a craft than a product. You obviously have done the time and put energy in, which can be done to popularize just about any remedy. Its the same way some brands of Echinacea became stars, or products like Dr Singhas Mustard Bath that got into big retail establishments. Now, you may have never heard of one of these items or known that they were popular, or who else knows about them, but that means nothing. They are. I do not think whomever did the research when deciding on the Trademark with Fire Cider did it with due diligence. I really think consulting with an established and knowledgeable herbalist right now would be of help to you. </div>
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I really hope you all consider your decision in this matter carefully and with a full heart. Most people are expressing their distaste for your actions, not your company, so please know that if you decide to do what is ethically right, and courageous to protect Traditional, popular herbalism, I will personally support your decision, as a Practicing Herbalist, Director of a Herb School, Activist--oh and human.</div>
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I know you probably have some canned responses to this type of letter, and nothing is more distasteful to me right now. I have already read your form letter responses. I ask for a human response. If you need to talk this out, I believe Rosemary Gladstar(who has already tried communicating about this and gotten what I saw as a generic and thoughtless response), is most likely available to you. I know it may be really hard to get yourselves out of where you are at right now, but I think we can figure this out. I really dont want to see you completely lose all of your business after all of the hard work you have done.</div>
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Currently, 2500 people have petitioned against you in 24 hours.</div>
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People are now contacting retail establishments and returning your product and asking to have your product pulled.</div>
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I personally just spoke to the buyer of our local coop and am beginning the process of boycotting if you are unable to change your position.</div>
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I would much rather be spending time on companies like Monsanto and other monsters, but with the direction you are taking this you are acting in the same thoughtless way they are, and putting money and the idea that you need to "protect your business" before people's health. I love seeing multiple brands of herbals on the shelf. I love that several of my students have their own versions of Fire Cider, and I hope you can begin to reevaluate whether you can come to this situation from a place being part of a larger, and long tradtiion and community that operates with passion and respect. I want to respect you. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you figure out your next step. Wouldnt it be great if we started a campaign and promoted it helping you to change the name? I really like the idea of Shire Cider that one person put forth. Just remember that whatever your decision, it will echo, and many people are watching(including my new class of 35 herbalists)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-85310704325154806932014-01-25T20:37:00.000-08:002014-01-25T20:38:40.224-08:00Fire Cider: Make it Yourself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">Fire Cider(also known as cyclone cider or vinegar of the 4 thieves) is a popular kitchen remedy amongst many folk herbalists, especially in the Northern parts of North America. What is it? Its an herbal vinegar e</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">xtraction that relies on a few main ingredients: Garlic, Ginger, Chili Peppers and Horseradish.YIKES! Garlic from Mrs M Grieve's A Modern Herbal says: “It formed the principal ingredient in the 'Four Thieves' Vinegar,' which was adapted so successfully at Marseilles for protection against the plague when it prevailed there in 1722. This originated, it is said, with four thieves who confessed, that whilst protected by the liberal use of aromatic vinegar during the plague, they plundered the dead bodies of its victims with complete security”<br /><br />Fire Cider Remedies is a stimulant, purgative, antimicrobial, and more. It is sweet, sour, spicy and pungent. It tastes so good, many people keep it out and even add it to some of their food dishes. You can use it on cold mornings to wake up and get your circulation going. You can use it to help resolve colds and flu. Sometimes people add other herbs in the mix, sometimes not. It is a lovely addition to your herbal first aid cabinet.<br />The basic recipe:<br />Assemble Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Local Honey, Organic Garlic, Organic Ginger, Organic Horseradish, Organic Chili Peppers(or garden chili peppers), a knife, clippers, and quart sized mason jar<br />Chop up all ingredients and fill you a mason jar with equal parts peeled garlic, ginger, horseradish and chile peppers. If you are sensitive to chile peppers, you may want to add less. Fill the mason jar with Apple Cider Vinegar, covering the plant material. Screw the top on. The extraction process takes about a month, shake often.<br />After a month, strain out plant matter and add ½ cup of honey to the remaining liquid. Bottle and store. Dosage varies, from 1-2 tspns as needed. Some amendments include: burying it for a month(adding a little earth magic), adding beets, or nettles, chickweed, cleavers, or other nutritive weeds, adding maple syrup instead of honey....etc. Make up your own recipe!!! http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/9d/d9/f4/9dd9f4da4aaa0e838b7c79a510434ebe.jpg</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-78633674336712077592013-12-13T16:36:00.000-08:002013-12-13T16:36:13.556-08:00Mineral Rich Bone Broth Recipes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Feeling Bad? Recovering from an illness? Worried about malabsorbtion, low level of Mg or Ca or Iron in the body? Bone broth should be part of your road to recovery. Read about it here</div>
<a href="http://nourishedkitchen.com/bone-broth/">http://nourishedkitchen.com/bone-broth/</a><div>
<a href="http://balancedbites.com/2011/04/easy-recipe-mineral-rich-bone-broth.html">http://balancedbites.com/2011/04/easy-recipe-mineral-rich-bone-broth.html</a><div>
<a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/broth-is-beautiful">http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/broth-is-beautiful</a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-83524645342511368302013-10-16T20:57:00.002-07:002013-10-16T20:57:47.242-07:00Mental Health and Herbalism<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mimosa</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Albizia </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: He Huan Ha Collective Happiness Flower, regulating to life force </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pasque Flower</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anemone :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Let things move thru you like the wind, and ground you from wind and make decisions</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lemon Balm</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melissa</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Bee Happy and Alive, headaches, glandular support, elevate</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vervain </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Verbena </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bendability and shifting. Movement from one place to another in the psyche. You can do it, if you want to</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chasteberry </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vitex: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take away the haunting addiction,calm the frantic desire</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wood Betony</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stachys</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Bring to center and clear the head for dreams</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rose </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rosa:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Open and soften the heart</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Some ways of assessing the correct remedy for yourself or a client:</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spend time creating the proper Space for healing, especially when dealing with mental health issues</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Protect yourself by be present and grounded. techniques include wearing a white or light colored head covering</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drugs: When to Say When. Sometimes Drugs can save people's lives. Dont suggest or act in ways that could create a life threatening situation. I am very much a believer in natural therapies and seen them do amazing things. Some people have gotten off of meds and led much healthier lives BUT I lost one of my close friends many years agowhen she tried to stop taking her medication. She ended up taking her life while in a bad epsiode. For her I will always remember that there is a time and a place for medications. With all of that said Walk in Beauty and may you find peace </span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-53185710136104463812013-04-04T19:38:00.002-07:002013-04-04T19:38:26.464-07:00Mother's Milk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I love making this drink for women who just gave birth, are breastfeeding and need extra energy and sustenance. Its also great after a long illness.<br />
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1 cup of the juice of 1 young coconut<br />
1-2 medjool dates<br />
cacao nibs--a sprinkle<br />
1 cup soaked cashews and/or almonds/hazelnuts<br />
1 cup of strong tea of nettles and or raspberry leaves/or oatgrass<br />
1 handful of fresh berries--your choice<br />
1 teaspoon of powdered reishi mushroom<br />
1/2 a teaspoon of maca if appropriate for your constitution<br />
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Drink as a shake<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-37774317908873983142013-02-20T08:43:00.001-08:002013-02-20T08:46:16.423-08:00Herbalismo!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Check it out! An herb festival outside of Austin this Fall<br />
<a href="https://herbalismo.org/">https://herbalismo.org</a><br />
<span style="background-color: #e5e1de; color: #7a1600; font-family: 'Crimson Text', Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-style: italic; line-height: 19.5px;">Dear Medicinal Plant Lovers,</span><br />
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It is with great joy that we invite you to participate in Herbalismo! We hope that this historic event will bring together practitioners and students of many herbal traditions in our region to celebrate plants and healing in the Deep South. Well respected Herbal Elders like Rosemary Gladstar, Paul Bergner, Matthew Wood, Margi Flint, and Will Morris are joining us in the festivities and offering their own special and unique teachings and support. A large percentage of our Teachers will be bioregional—some you may have heard of, others have been hiding in nooks and crannies—and we are drawing them out of their cabins, their books, their swamps, and backwoods hideaways to join with us in this inagural conference.</div>
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Herbalismo! is a celebration of our local traditions and together we will honor and learn from practitioners who have cherished and kept the fires of ancient knowledge burning in our modern world. Sacred ceremonies are planned with the lovely Maria Elena Martinez, who will also lead the building of an altar for Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos. Another dear friend and herbalist, Filiberto Delgado will be building a traditional sweat lodge. The festival explores all the different ways we can honor plants and the people who love and use them for healing.</div>
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Classes are diverse, ranging from traditional herbs and midwifery from parteras, Native Hill Country wild plant walks from local experts, permaculture in herbalism, and beginning medicine making to advanced clinical study. We have guests coming from all over the South to share their own special ways of connecting to the Earth and to plants and to dance with us to the drumbeat of the Earth and her cycles. If there’s one thing that we’re known for in Austin, it’s how to have great festivals!</div>
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Herbalismo! promises enriching opportunities for learning from teachers to whom we rarely have access, covering topics that are relevant to our modern health challenges. We welcome you to join us as the light wanes and the shadows darken.</div>
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We are Gathering.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This information is to help offer a better understanding of types of Ayurvedic and other Specialty Bodywork Treatments offered by Nicole Telkes. </span></b><br />
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I offer the following Treatments but have also had training in Zen Shiatsu, Mayan Abdominal Massage and Structural Massage. This information is for clients to understand the techniques that are applied during their treatments. Clients may have a sense of the type of treatment they would like to experience, but Nicole will guide you through your choices to make the best one for your situation. You can go here to see<a href="http://nicoletelkes.com/massage.htm"> rates</a> for specialty massage offerings shown below.<br />
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<i>The goal of Ayurvedic bodywork is to balance the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosha">Doshas</a>, or Ayurvedic Body Constitution. The doshas can be assessed by looking at both the <a href="http://flowingfree.org/dosha-tests-determining-your-prakruti-and-vikruti/">Prakruti and Vikruti</a>. One assessment looks at your base constitution, determined at birth and the other at your current state of imbalance. After assessing this, along with whatever symptoms you are coming to the session with, a holistic treatment plan is offered. I do an assessment blending Ayurvedic Concepts, Greek, Chinese, and even Physiomedicalism to come up with a good treatment strategy for you. Take the <a href="http://www.himalayaninstitute.org/yoga-international-magazine/cleanse/dosha-quiz/">Dosha Quiz here</a> or <a href="http://www.naturesformulary.com/CategoryContents/Dosha-Test.aspx">here</a> </i><br />
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In my practice, I offer an eclectic approach to Ayurvedic Bodywork. I specialize in North American Herbalism, so though I have been trained in the traditional Ayurvedic offerings, many times I incorporate native herbs and bioregional plants that I have picked myself and made into preparations. I do love the traditional Ayurvedic Hands On Treatments because there are so many unique and wonderful ways to apply herbal therapeutics within session. <br />
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As a bodyworker and massage therapist I offer the following treatments:<br />
<i>These treatments can be gotten on their own but for maximum effectiveness and results, they should be part of a larger treatment plan. Incorporated into some of these treatments may be some basic massage, tuning forks, aromatherapy, sound therapy, meditation, chakra balancing, and even tarot with followup herbal and dietary guidelines.</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Marma is a </span><a class="kLink" href="http://www.massagelotion.net/marma%20point%20massage.htm#" id="KonaLink2" style="background-color: white; background-image: none !important; border: 0px none transparent !important; bottom: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; left: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: static; right: 0px; top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border-bottom-color: blue; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">Sanskrit </span><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border-bottom-color: blue; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">word</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> meaning hidden , or secret. By definition, a marma point is a juncture on the body where two or more types of tissue meet, such as muscles, veins, ligaments, bones or joints. Yet marma points are much more than a casual connection of tissue and fluids; they are intersections of the vital life force and </span><a class="kLink" href="http://www.massagelotion.net/marma%20point%20massage.htm#" id="KonaLink3" style="background-color: white; background-image: none !important; border: 0px none transparent !important; bottom: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; left: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: static; right: 0px; top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">prana</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white;">, or breath.</span><span style="background-color: white;">The idea behind massaging the marma points is to cleanse blocked energy, also called chi, by either arousing or calming the doshas. Like a television with three channels, each marma point has three receptors that align with the three doshas. During a marma-point massage, the points are stroked in a deliberate sequence using specific essential oils. More <a href="http://www.kahc.co.uk/marma.html">here</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• all the benefit of abhyanga massage</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• strengthens the organ systems and tissues</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• regenerates tissue</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• relieves physical and mental blockages of energy</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps remove excess ama (toxins)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• prevents aging</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• improves lymph</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• increases the protection from vata disorders</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• nourishes the body</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• encourages good sleep</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• improves physical stability</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• balances the dosha</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps easy flow of energy through the energy channels. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps to release blocked energy helping prevent disease. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">This herbal massage treatment includes a full body massage and full body exfoliation using herbal powders, and salts or sugars and oils to exfoliate and deeply cleanse the skin. The herbal powder/scrub is applied all over the body with therapeutic oils using specific massage movements.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• ideal Cellulite busting treatment</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps remove lymphatic toxins from the body</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps remove excess subcutaneous fat (liquefying & burning it up)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• exfoliating & deep cleansing to the skin</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• ideal weight management treatment </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• increases basal metabolic rate</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• deep cleansing & softening to the skin </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps with blemished & oily skin</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps rid the ama (toxins) from the body</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps improve muscle & skin tone</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• has also all the benefits of abhyanga massage </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• it tones up the skin and muscles after child birth or weight loss</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• eases joint pain</span><br />
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This deeply invigorating thermal massage is performed using small muslin bags filled with ayurvedic herbs. These herbal muslin bags are heated and are used to foment the body to produce sweat. The fomentation helps absorb the herbs into the body through the pores in the skin. The body is massage, pummelled and kneaded with the herbal linen bags to clear the body and the mind<br />
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• tension & stress<br />
• deeply cleansing and hydrating the skin<br />
• detoxifying<br />
• cellulite<br />
• glowing complexion to the skin<br />
• pain relief including muscular<br />
• chronic pain<br />
• lower back pain<br />
• sciatica<br />
• neck pain<br />
• joint and arthritis-related problems<br />
• reduced local swelling and muscle/joint stiffness<br />
• aches and pains<br />
• sports injuries<br />
• relieving stress<br />
• revitalises the body<br />
• energising the body<br />
• helping mobility<br />
• restoring appetite</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">Drawing from Ayurveda, Zen Shiatsu and Mayan Abdominal Massage. A powerful non invasive abdominal massage to improve tone and purify the area. This is the ideal treatment for weight loss and digestive problems, pregnancy, and after birthing. Herbal Steams may also be a part of this work.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• detoxifying</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• ideal for post pregnancy toning</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• weight loss management</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• bloating</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• irritable bowel syndrome</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• constipation</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• heartburn</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• indigestion</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• low digestive fire (low appetite)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• IBS, crohn’s, colitis</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• skin toning</span></div>
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During this anti-aging facial the face, neck and shoulders are massaged with ayurvedic oils to suit your skin type using specialised techniques. The facial gives the skin a smooth texture and appearance, together with a healthy glow. This is a natural and effective method of reducing wrinkles. Types of Products and Formulas used on the skin reflect the doshas and any individual situations that need addressing.</div>
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During the treatment marma points are gently massaged which are energy centres in the body. Marma points are connected with each other by energy channels (nadis). Under normal circumstances, energy should flow uninterrupted through the energy channels (nadis) while passing through the marma points. Energy tends to get blocked in marma points due to external influences like stress, tension and lack of rest etc. Blockages of these points will also result in early aging. So one of the aims of the traditional ayurvedic facelift massage is to keep these energy centres and channels free of such blockages so that there is uninterrupted energy flow through them.<br />
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There are 37 marma major points in the head and neck area and 98% are vata reducing points. Excess vata will produce wrinkles so by massaging the area with specialist techniques, vata is reduced therefore wrinkles are reduced. Vata dosha is dominant in old age this means that there is vata dosha excess during this period of life.<br />
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Ayurveda says, ‘that as long as one is able to pacify vata dosha, one can prolong life and keep old age at bay’.<br />
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So with this facial the therapist concentrates on all vata dominant points of the head and face region to pacify the vata dosha.<br />
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• it relaxes the face muscles<br />
• it stimulates the microcirculation and lymph flow,<br />
• it promotes the regeneration of healthy younger looking skin,<br />
• it also activates the natural metabolism of the skin tissue and improves muscle tone, thereby improving the skin’s natural capacity to retain moisture<br />
• to help uninterrupted energy flow through energy channels<br />
• anti aging</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">This traditional Indian foot massage treatment is extremely soothing and relaxing, awakening the vital energy areas in your soles including feet, calves, knees and shins. It is a rejuvenating experience that releases deeply felt tension and leaves you relaxed and balanced. Marma points (energy points) are massaged during this treatment intensifying the healing process of the body. Ideal for stress related problems! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• reduces stress & anxiety</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• nervous conditions</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• helps with insomnia </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• detoxifying</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• helps reduce oedema</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• helps reduce inflammation </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• helps with arthritis & rheumatism</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• improves varicose veins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• helps hypertension</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Warm therapeutic oil is poured into the ears to lubricate the delicate filaments of the ear canal. It helps dislodge impurities and sharpen hearing. This relaxing therapy helps many ear related conditions it especially ideal for neck and jaw tension, ringing in the ears, itching and dryness in the ears and much more. Our senses are connected to the five elements (space, air, fire, water, earth). Hearing is connected to space and air so it is an area where these elements or vata collects. Hence the treatment is very effective in reducing vata in the body. </span></span><br />
<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This ear therapy can help the following conditions;</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• brings healing energy to the reflexology points on the ears</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• alleviates restlessness and nervousness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• brings better sleep and helps with insomnia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• Increases mental clarity</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• reduces jaw and neck tension</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• calms vertigo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• helps with balance problems</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• vata related problems (vata headaches etc)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• reduces ringing in the ears (tinnitus)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• helps with congestion </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• helps with excess ear wax</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• ear ache</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• deafness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• excess dryness in ear nose and throat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• palpitations</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 11px;">• neck pain</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Kati Basti</span> (30minutes)</b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11px;">Head Massage--Usually incorporated with a Shirodhara Treatment</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">Experience the classic Indian Head Massage as it has been practiced in India for thousands of years. Using treatment oils to nourish the skin and hair, this therapy involves massage of the head, face, neck, shoulders, upper back and arms. Massaging the scalp stimulates the flow of blood to the hair follicles, improving the supply of nutrients needed for healthy hair growth which can in turn help slow down the balding process. Indian head massage can help stress-linked problems like headaches and eyestrain and other ailments.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps with stress related ailments</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• balances the central nervous system</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• promotes mental clarity</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• improving concentration</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• restores joint mobility</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• improves blood and lymph circulation </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• ideal for office workers prone to tension</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">• helps reduce vata dosha</span><br />
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A stream of soothing therapeutic warm oil is poured rhythmically across the forehead, this settles the mind and profoundly relaxes the central nervous system. It helps soothe and rejuvenate the mind & nervous system instilling a sense of deep meditation and relaxation.</div>
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This ancient treatment can help;<br />
• relieve stress/stress related conditions & anxiety<br />
• improve Insomnia<br />
• calm an agitated mind<br />
• alleviate mental exhaustion<br />
• rejuvenate the face and soften worry lines<br />
• regulate mood and depression disorders<br />
• release stored emotions<br />
• improve concentration, intelligence, self esteem and confidence<br />
• stimulate cognitive memory<br />
• strengthen the immune system<br />
• regulate the endocrine system<br />
• stimulate the secretion of serotonin & melatonin<br />
• benefit nervous system diseases, nerve disorders, paralysis etc<br />
• benefit many diseases connected with the head, neck, eyes, ears, nose and throat<br />
• regulate the hormonal system by working on the chakras<br />
• invigorate the physical system and mind<br />
• sharpen the sensory organs<br />
• cool the body and relieve pain.<br />
• encourage endorphin production in the body<br />
• relieve fatigue, anger, chronic headaches & burning sensation in the head & neck<br />
• Improve digestion and constipation<br />
• sharpen the sense organs<br />
• hypertension, ulcerations & inflammation in upper body<br />
• premature greying or loss of hair<br />
• excessive sweating<br />
• excessive sleep<br />
• lethargy<br />
• remove build up of mucus in the body<br />
• weak digestion & low appetite<br />
• anorexia<br />
• high cholesterol<br />
• diabetes<br />
• balance the 3 doshas by working on the marma points<br />
• awaken the third eye </div>
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• increase spiritual awareness & intuition</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Basti means a bladder or something that holds)</em><br />
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Basti treatments involve applying warm therapeutic oils to a specific contained area (using a freshly made dough ring) on the body and allowing it to penetrate. This bathing therapy creates very deep, penetrating heat that allows the healing qualities of the oil to profoundly infiltrate the surrounding tissues, nourishing and strengthening the muscles, bones, ligament, tendons and nerves etc. The basti therapy works also over chakras and marma points releasing blocked energy and rejuvenating the area.<br />
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This basti assists with ailments such as;<br />
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• lower back ache<br />
• osteo arthritis & osteoporosis<br />
• nerve related conditions<br />
• sciatica<br />
• prolapsed disc<br />
• chronic & acute pain<br />
• paralysis of lower regions of the body<br />
• lumbar spondylyosis<br />
• degenerative spine changes compressed discs,<br />
• hip pain & abdominal pain<br />
• vata related problems (lower back is seat of vata)</div>
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This basti assists with ailments such as;<br />
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• neck, upper back, shoulder aches and pains<br />
• chronic pain in neck region, frozen shoulder<br />
• cervical spondylosis<br />
• osteoarthritis & osteoporosis<br />
• cervical nerve conditions<br />
• stress related conditions<br />
• blocked energy between shoulder blades<br />
• blocked emotions of the throat<br />
• helping emotions be expressed</div>
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<b>Heart and Lung Warm Oil Pour</b><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">This basti helps nourish, strengthen and balance the heart functions and rejuvenates the heart area. It also helps to nourish the lungs, clearing channels in the lungs and heart and prevents them drying out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11px;">It also assists with ailments such as;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• nervousness, anxiety, fear & grief</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• palpitations</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• high blood pressure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• chronic fatigue syndrome</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• multiple sclerosis</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• heart conditions</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• respiratory problems (asthma, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, wheezing etc)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• extreme vata problems</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• emotions of deep seated anger and sadness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;">• helping emotions be expressed</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Abdominal Warm Oil Pour</b></span><br />
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• bloating<br />
• constipation<br />
• detoxifying<br />
• IBS<br />
• indigestion<br />
• weight loss<br />
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This basti assists with ailments such as;<br />
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• arthritis<br />
• knee pain<br />
• osteo arthritis<br />
• osteoporosis<br />
• rheumatism</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Buying herbs can be tricky: Herbs are regulated
through the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). Just because the industry is regulated,
doesn’t mean that everything on the shelf is of the highest quality or even
what it says it is. In general it’s good
to ask a lot of questions when it comes to purchasing supplements. Many formulas on the market are “kitchen
sink” style, where everything natural that could possibly work is thrown in
hopes that something may work. Buying
herbs from trained herbalists is very different from buying herbs from the herb
industry. The amount of energy and love
that goes into making fresh, hand-picked extracts is immeasurable and cannot
even be compared with large herb companies (oftentimes now subsidiaries of
pharmaceutical companies). Whenever
possible, support small herb companies, local herbalists and local herb
growers. The herbs you obtain from
smaller suppliers will most likely be fresher, more potent, more sustainably
harvested and include weedy, local herbs that are not often found in the market
or large health food stores. Just
because something is “natural” does not make it safer or better. Herbalists are able to distinguish when and
what herbs may work better for an individual and amend recipes to an
individual’s unique situation. Take care
to purchase Organically Grown herbs, or those grown in pesticide-free
gardens. Make sure that any herbs that
you buy that are “wildcrafted”(taken from the wild) are picked under strict
conservation guidelines. Over harvesting
of many popular market herbs have led to them being placed in “At Risk” or
“Threatened” status by United Plant Savers, a group dedicated to the
conservation of medicinal plants . It
is very important to know where your plants came from and use as many weedy
alternatives to exotic plants that are brought into the country. Many times herbs coming from overseas are
irradiated upon entering the country. A
great website that gives information on additives and preservatives, and levels
of toxicity for is the Environmental Working Group at www.ewg.org <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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color, and strong smells. Old herbs look
and smell worn out. Sometimes if they
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the menstruum it is preserved in. Dark
colors and deep and pungent in smell.
The color will vary between green, brown and black. Different plants need different percentages
of alcohol to extract. Make sure the
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and smell. Salves should vary from green
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<b>What better way to experience the wonderful healing benefits of our native Cactus, or Opuntia, than as a cream? </b> We are busy on a line of Cactus-based preparations for an upcoming trip to the <a href="http://traditionsinwesternherbalism.org/">Medicine of the People Conference in Northern New Mexico.</a> The Opuntia cactus has so many uses I could spend all day talking about them. You can see a short blurb<a href="http://weedcrafter.blogspot.com/2011/04/cactus-opuntia.html"> here on Cactu</a>s on my other Blog dedicated to <a href="http://weedcrafter.blogspot.com/">Texas Herbs</a>.<br />
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I made a wonderful antioxidant cream today featuring the innards of Prickly Pear pads. The Goo can be used similarly to Aloe Vera. It is both mucilaginous, and has some astringency. It is chocked full of anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds, is soothing, emollient, and has a wonderful hydroscopic nature. <br />
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After scooping out and staining the Opuntia goo, we added a hydrosol of Orange blossom, Local Raw Honey, some homemade Colloidal Silver, and Fresh Rosemary Extract to preserve the fresh goo.
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Here you see the oil component of the cream--a blend of our native Sunflowers and Jojoba Oil being added to the Prickly Pear Goo. <br />
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Next we poured them off into some Smaller Containers, and will soon Label!<br />
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Be looking soon for other posts about Cactus Cordial, Cactus Cleanser/Mask, and Cactus First Aid Powder<br />
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In bodycare, it seems cactus is becoming the new fad. Here are some links <a href="http://www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/Formulation-Science/Skincare-line-using-prickly-pear-seed-oil-debuts">http://www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/Formulation-Science/Skincare-line-using-prickly-pear-seed-oil-debuts</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/pae/botany/botany_map/articles/article_23.html">http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/pae/botany/botany_map/articles/article_23.html</a>
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<a href="http://www.makingcosmetics.com/Prickly-Pear-Extract-p989.html">http://www.makingcosmetics.com/Prickly-Pear-Extract-p989.html</a>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Introduction to Botany for Herbalists</b> </span></h2>
<span style="background-color: white;">Notes from class</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br />Botany is the study of the plant kingdom, or plant sciences. It is especially important to understand if you are an herbalist that harvests from the wild. It is an area that many herbalists struggle with. To be a good Botanist you must try to study plants as often as you can. Not only are you learning a new language, but a new way to look at the world around you. The more closely you look, the more time you take to look the more you will come away with. Along with botany, comes the study of ecology or how plants work together with other things their environment, including us. If you are Wildcrafting, or Wild Harvesting plant material it is important to hone your skills as a botanist and ecologist. All herbalists, whether wildcrafting or benefit from having a basic understanding of botany.<i> </i>Botany classes can cover everything from the naming of plants, evolution, growth cycles of plants, anatomy and physiology of plants, plant reproduction, and plant identification. For the purposes of this brief glimpse I will focus on Plant Taxonomy, heirachical arrangement, plant anatomy, reproductive anatomy, fruits, and learning to read botanical descriptions.<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Identifying through names, or Plant Taxonomy. </u></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In Botany, Latin is the agreed upon official language to name plants by. Latin is called a "dead" language, it doesn’t change and evolve. The names of the plants stay the same, (or not!). The names of plants oftentimes have to do with a characteristic, color, botanist who is said to have “discovered” a plant, or a bloom pattern. For example, Calendula is named so because it was thought that is bloomed according the Calender—the first day of the month. Monarda was named after Spanish botanist, Nicolas Monartes. For herbalists we are most interested with the Genus and species of a plant, though learning the Family characteristics of plants is also helpful. Plant are most often referred to botanically by their Genus and species. Calendula officinalis or Monarda citriodora. There may be many species, so it is somewhat backwards to the way humans name themselves. For example if I was a plant I would be Telkes nicole my brother would be Telkes chris etc….<br />Plants are put into what is called a Taxonomic hierarchy, larger groupings that subdivide to smaller and smaller ones by a series of yes and no questions.<br /><b style="font-weight: bold;"> PLANT TAXONOMICAL HEIRARCHY</b><br /><b style="font-weight: bold;"> Phylum<br />Kingdom / (Subclass)<br /> \ Class / Family<br /> Phylum / (Suborder) /<br /> \ Order /<br /> Class / Family Species<br /> \ (Superfamily) / Genus /<br /> Order / (Tribe) /<br /> \ (Subfamily) /<br /> </b><b style="font-weight: bold;"> Family</b><b style="font-weight: bold;"> / Species<br /> \ (Subgenus) /<br /> </b><b style="font-weight: bold;"> Genus</b><b style="font-weight: bold;"> /<br /> \ (Subspecies)<br /> </b><b style="font-weight: bold;"> Species</b><b style="font-weight: bold;"> /<br /> \<br /> (Subspecies)<br /> \<br /> (Varieties and Forms)</b><b> </b><br /><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Identifying Plants Visually</u></b><br />Some of the first questions to ask to be able identify a plant are:<br /><b style="font-weight: bold;">Is this plant a <i>gymnosperm(cone bearing) or angiosperm(flower bearing)?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">More of the time, depending on where you live of course, the plant is flower bearing--or an angiosperm, so the next question would be<br /><b style="font-weight: bold;">Is this plant a <i>monocot or dicot?</i></b><br />There are several characteristics that differentiate a plant but many times it tends towards being dicots more than monocots--so for the purposes of the class that goes along with these notes:</span>Once you have figured out what division of the Taxonomic heirarchy you are in, you can start to figure out the family--which in turn leads you to the Genus and species. Field identification tools utilize leaf shape, arrangement of leaves, if woody the bark will be described, flowers, flower arrangements, and fruits as defining ways to gauge what you are looking at. Having tools to measure, look more closely at things, and even take pics and samples can be helpful. One of the easier ways to start to learn to identify plants is through the flowers and/or fruits. Here,as an example,w<span style="background-color: white;">e will look more closely at the more common dicots of the angiosperm division.<br /><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Basic Anatomy of a flowering plant(Angiosperm) </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://kvhs.nbed.nb.ca/gallant/biology/plant_anatomy.html" style="color: #c56a63; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://kvhs.nbed.nb.ca/gallant/biology/plant_anatomy.html</a><br /><i>The vegetative portion of plants can be further identified by bark types, leaf structure and arrangements, root types, color, smell and texture</i><br /><b style="font-weight: bold;">Reproductive parts of a flowering plant(angiosperm)</b><b>: </b><i>The attached link shows the basic anatomy of a "perfect" and "complete" flower. Flowers are then described by how they are arranged on a stem as an inflourescense.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/printouts/floweranatomy.shtml" style="color: #c56a63; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/printouts/floweranatomy.shtml</a><br /><br /><b style="font-weight: bold;">Fruit Types</b><b>: Dry versus Wet fruits</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b><a href="http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/glossary/flower.htm" style="color: #c56a63; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/glossary/flower.htm</a><br /><br /><b style="font-weight: bold;">Learning how to read botanical descriptions</b><br />1 Start with field guides, not floras<br />2 Read a paragraph slowly out loud.<br />3 Reread the paragraph stopping at every word you don’t know and look it up<br />4 Reread the paragraph again and look at the plant as you reread it again.<br />Make this a common practice for yourself…waiting rooms, buses, as you are going to bed, right when you wake up. The more you practice the easier it gets.<br /><br /><b>2 examples of a description of calendula:</b><br /><br />“Calendula is a bushy, aromatic annual, with branched stems and lanceolate leaves. Flowers have yellow to orange ray florets, produced from spring to autumn”<br /><br />“annual plants native to southern Europe. They grow 1½ to 2½ feet high. Their branching stems are covered with simple, alternate leaves and they produce large flowers in different hues of yellow and orange in the summer. These plants are easy to grow. The main kind is C. officinalis (the Common Pot Marigold), it has light green leaves and short stems bearing single or double, orange, yellow, cream, or white flowers that are 2-3 inches across.”</span></div>
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First: Create as sterile and dry of a space as you can when making oils. Water and oil= bacteria. Oil in fact on its own tends to hold bacteria well and can break down easily. Wash everything thoroughly and dry it prior to getting into this process.<br />
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Not all plants extract equally well into oil. In fact, check and make sure that the constituents you are trying to obtain are soluble in oil. Books like Lisa Ganora's Herbal Constituents can help with that. Also, James Green's Herbal Preparations.<br />
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Not all oils are created equal. Choose a high quality oil, traditionally Olive Oil is used but Grapeseed, Almond, and Sunflower are also options. The best oil to use is Organic OR pesticide free cold pressed virgin(if olive). Cold pressed means NO HEAT was added so the oil is still a food. The fatty acids and vitamins are still present in the oil. Heat and synthetically extracted oil lacks this. They are just lubricants at that stage. Sunflower Oil is one of my preferred oils--The plant is Native to the U.S., readily available, has a light, cooling energy, and sustainable to use.<br />
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Not all oils affect someone the same way. I like using oils that are as neutral as possible if the extract is to be used on larger surfaces of the body. If the extract is for small areas of the body as a therapeutic extract, then the type of oil is not as important. As a bodyworker, I try to choose oils that match the bodytype of my client. When making salves, and more focused types of oils for more localized therapeutic purposes(like eczema etc) then I worry less about the body type. If the infused oil is going to be made into a body oil, I add infused oils at 30% to a base of a constitutionally balancing oil-- then have my clients slather it on.<br />
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The biggest differences in dried plant oil making are in whether you infuse the plant material into hot or cold oil. Some people swear that cold infusions are superior. The belief is that when you add any heat--over a certain number of degrees you are losing constituents both in the plants, and the oil. Because I live in the South we have created a psuedo-warm extraction method using the sun, which I leaving the method for at the bottom of the article.<br />
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If you make oils, research whether your plant is affected positively or negatively by Sunlight. When in doubt, protect the preparation from the sunlight. One of the only plants I know of that is actually activated by sunlight is St John's Wort.<br />
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Extraction time can vary based on whether you are using a warm or cold method of extraction. I prefer using my solar and or cold method method and give the plants about 2-3 days if we are over 95 or so and up to 2 weeks to infuse if it is winter time. Remember grinding is the key to potent infused oils.<br />
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If you are doing a warm extraction, try to find an old crockpot at a thrift store that actually has a temp gage. If you cant dont use anything over the warm setting. Put your oil and herbs into the crock pot at a 1:5 ratio, and let the mix sit for at least 12 hours. Turn off and cool.<br />
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After you are done extracting with whatever method you choose, siphon off and strain the oil. Store in a cool dark place. If you can refrigerate, they will stay good longer. Your oil should be used within a year if outside of the fridge. It may last longer in the fridge. Sniff often. Smells funky? toss<br />
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Oil Migrates. Please know that no matter how clean and how much you wipe the area around your oil infusions, you will need to check for migrating oil--like things getting oily, around the bottle and the shelf.<br />
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Pressing Oils. If you dont have a press you can lose A LOT of oil when hand pressing. One trick is to put the pressed plant material into a plastic baggy, rip a small hole in the corner and hang the baggy about 1 foot above the jar that is catching the oil--for at least 1 day. I have been able to catch an extra couple of oz at times.<br />
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What to do with the oily marc? Put it in an old sock and use it as a scrub in the bath before you compost it!<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVMtJ6ZSL6o/T9dnztOcVLI/AAAAAAAABgY/Kd1iMmfGxRw/s1600/productscarla+062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVMtJ6ZSL6o/T9dnztOcVLI/AAAAAAAABgY/Kd1iMmfGxRw/s320/productscarla+062.JPG" width="213" /></a>Wildflower School Solar Infusion Method<br />
(or that sun is so dang hot for so long why not take advantage of it) <br />
makes 1 pint of oil which renders about 10 oz<br />
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You will need<br />
2oz of dried plant material(like calendula)<br />
10 oz of high quality oil(like Extra Virgin Olive Oil)<br />
1 pint sized mason jar<br />
A large clay pot<br />
a handheld blender<br />
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Put the plant material into the widemouthed mason jar and blend until the plant material is as fine as you can get it. Sometimes at this point, I will use a larger jar so plant material doesnt fly all over the place.<br />
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Put the macerated plant material into a pint sized mason jar. <br />
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Add your oil<br />
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Put a lid on, flipping the rubber seal(because oil can degrade the rubber seal). <br />
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Shake the oil, clean any excess oil off<br />
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Put a label on with pertinent info and the date<br />
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Set outside underneath a clay pot for a week or so--depending on how hot it is. In Texas, when it can be 100+ degrees, the oil will be ready in just a few days.<br />
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Your oil should taste, smell ,and change color. If it does not, then you havent captured the plant. <br />
Let it sit longer. <br />
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After the infusion is done, strain out all plant material carefully and press as much oil out as you can(see above tips).<br />
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Transfer the infusion to amber glass and label with the date the plant was made, and the method. Not to mention the name of the plant.<br />
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Happy Oil Making!<br />
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Small Farms and Herbalists Looking for or that Have herbs available to you. This list reflects more of a Microbusiness model---mostly practitioners, growers, and foragers of bioregional and obscure non-market driven herbs. Looking for something unusual or from someone who collects it and prepares stuff themselves? Or cant find something? I will list folks with resources and folks who have projects that are looking for plants.</div>
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We have lovingly home grown medicinal herbs from our organic backyard garden. Fresh herbs available to the SF Bay Area, freshly dried available also for shipping. See our website for a list of what is available and what we are growing. We are happy to entertain many possibilities of trade, barter, purchase...</div>
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We're a 9 acre botanical sanctuary, certified organic grower and processor of medicinal herbs with more than 2 acres under cultivation, wildgathering from our well managed wild stands. We've a well stocked apothecary of tinctures, formulas, herb tea blends and bulk dried herbs. Visit our website for full listing.</div>
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Recent grad of David Winston's 2 year program. have a small herb garden and also harvest wild herbs that grow in abundance for medicine making. currently building my herbal apothecary. I often tincture extra of herbs i have in abundance and love to share these in exchange for herbs/tinctures that i do not have access to. email herbsrfriends@yahoo.com</div>
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small herb farm specializing in potted medicinal plants for you to grow in your garden. large selection at unbeatable prices.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kings-Herb-Nook/138268485033" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>pages/Kings-Herb-Nook/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>138268485033</a></div>
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I have an extensive herbal apothecary specializing in locally grown and wildcrafted fresh herbal extracts using organic grape alcohol. I also connect with local growers for fresh herb including Tulsi, Yarrow, Mullein, Calendula, and more. Wild harvesting Yerba Santa is a specialty. Contact me at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cherylfromholzer" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>cherylfromholzer</a>.</div>
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I am a small one woman business, located in mid-coast Maine. I organically grow herbs and ethically wild gather from the coast, fields and forests of Maine, respectfully using these herbs to create, hand crafted, high quality herbal medicine and body products. I offer a wide selection of tinctures, flower essences, elixirs, tea blends, herbal oils and body products. Herbal Revolution was recently awarded at the American Herbal Guild Symposium Grand Prize for the Best Overall Herbal Products Line.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/herbalrevolution" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>herbalrevolution</a></div>
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Simplers Method is a popular way to make fresh plant tinctures. Its pretty simple. After harvesting some beautiful, vital, local fresh plant material, snip or chop plant material into small pieces and stuff a jar. </div>
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<li> I find beginners tend to be hesitant about what "stuffing means" lets use the word "packing" instead. Pack the jar as full as you can, so that the plant material is solid-feeling in the jar. </li>
<li> Make sure to leave a little space at the top. Sometimes a rock is helpful to keep the material down. </li>
<li> Fill the jar with alcohol at the appropriate %. If you do not know what the appropriate % would be Vodka being 40% and everclear being 96%, I recommend looking at Michael Moore's website and books like Making Plant Medicine or Herbal Constituents. </li>
<li>Make sure to leave a space at the top so that the herb has about an inch of solvent(alcohol) covering it. This ensures that your plant will not be exposed to the air and allow for any oxidation--which usually manifests as brownish looking bits.</li>
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<li>Store in a cool dark place and shake often for a full moon cycle. Some folks think that in a pinch many tinctures can be ready as soon as two weeks after making. Taste your tincture--see how the flavor ripens, or changes as it extracts. Once the flavor is stable, usually the tincture is ready. </li>
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You can join the Facebook Group here to locate plants and seeds in real time!<br />
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Small Farms and Herbalists Looking for or that Have herbs available to you. This list reflects more of a Microbusiness model---mostly practitioners, growers, and foragers of bioregional and obscure non-market driven herbs. Looking for something unusual or from someone who collects it and prepares stuff themselves? Or cant find something? I will list folks with resources and folks who have projects that are looking for plants.</div>
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<strong>Debbie Lukas at Siskiyou Mt Herbs lives on the Frog Farm in Takilma, OR,</strong></div>
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Learning garden for kids to learn about medicinal plants. We are looking for donations of seeds that will grow in this area, hot humid summers and cold dry winters, approximately USDA Zone 5. </div>
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The fellow workers farm is a microfarm and apothecary</div>
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<strong>Wild Spirit Apothecary Austin TX</strong></div>
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Wild Spirit Apothecary is an extension of the Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine focusing on bioregional herbs and homegrown treasures. Formulation available. Some seeds are available as well.</div>
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Primarily wildcrafted, always ethical and sustainable, botanicals of the southwest deserts and mountains in small quantities. I can provide freshly harvested plant on request and tinctures/oils.</div>
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Over 200 herbal extracts in stock (check out our website to view our comprehensive pharmacy list) with new additions added regularly. Specializing in (yet not limited to) obscure medicinals found growing throughout the Western United States. Clinicians, inquire about our "practitioner list".</div>
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18 acre farm with pasture-raised dairy goats and chickens, top bar bee hives, an acre of organic veggies, and several acres of non-gmo alfalfa, oats, and other grains. This year I am transitioning a 1/2 acre of pasture to a medicinal native prairie plant mecca and starting our first medicinal plant nursery. Lots of live plants for sale! Additional fresh-cut medicinals (ethically wildcrafted and organically grown) also available in season. Check out our offerings and growing practices at:</div>
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An herb school integrating Western herbal medicine and Chinese medicine with a focus on clinical skills and medicine making.</div>
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We have lovingly home grown medicinal herbs from our organic backyard garden. Fresh herbs available to the SF Bay Area, freshly dried available also for shipping. See our website for a list of what is available and what we are growing. We are happy to entertain many possibilities of trade, barter, purchase...</div>
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Athens, Maine</div>
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We're a 9 acre botanical sanctuary, certified organic grower and processor of medicinal herbs with more than 2 acres under cultivation, wildgathering from our well managed wild stands. We've a well stocked apothecary of tinctures, formulas, herb tea blends and bulk dried herbs. Visit our website for full listing.</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-72983771620501892802012-01-25T17:57:00.000-08:002012-01-25T17:57:30.467-08:00Legal Implications of Practicing as a Herbalist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Herbs and regulated but Herbalism is not(right now). Learning Herbs.com has a legal and regulatory video with Roy Upton you can purchase. I also have some information from a workshop I had a local herbalist give at my school on being compliant with the new laws and regulations just going into effect this year(GMP guidelines) on my social networking site for the school on the spruz social network.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Practicing herbalists, are just that---PRACTICING. Some herbalists believe that the big pitfall in herbal medicine as a modality is the lack of access to clinical training that herbalists receive if they want to practice and accept money--aka professional.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">My Registration is with the only "professional association" of herbalists in the nation. It means that people I respect went over my qualifications and experience and I answer not only to my clients but to this Guild. I believe in some ways the Registration does nothing and in others it hold me to a higher level of accountability. Registration or certification as an herbalist is not necessary and many would like to keep herbalism away from Licensure or any other form of institutionalization. </span><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">It is suggested that those seeking registration with the AHG see clients and practice as herbalists for several years. There are many different types of herbalists. Some make medicine, some wildcraft, some see clients, some teach, some do a little of all of it.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">If you see clients and take money, I do feel that it is important to have some sort of protocols and scope of practice for yourself. The AHG suggests an informed consent and full disclosure form when practicing to avoid any miscommunication. I think that because we are unregulated, and I am one that likes it that way, I am pretty methodical about how I practice since it is publicly on the internet and my community.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">As far as selling. That is an entirely other realm. There are lots of new regulations. They pretty much suck to put it mildly.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">There is a several hundred page document that was just drawn up on the matter. Yuck.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Basically if you sell you are supposed to follow a bunch of guidelines and protocols and make sure you document EVERYTHING, oh yes and have a commercial kitchen.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">There is an article that a colleague of mine did in Plant Healer Magazine on the subject--Sean Donahue wrote it.</span></span> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-39640163504376234502012-01-05T20:16:00.000-08:002012-01-05T20:16:33.083-08:00Cedar Fever-sigh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Don't get me wrong. I love Cedar. I use it medicinally, I think its beautiful. In my opinion its only so prolific because we have created a system that is out of balance with overgrazing. It took me almost 18 years for cedar to begin to affect me. I sit here, sneezing, heavy lungs, runny, and headachy. About the same time last year, I was reminded by my husband that I exhibited the same symptoms. I don't want to admit but, I am yet another person in Central Texas suffering through Cedar Fever, or Juniperus spp season. <a href="http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/allergies/weather/USTX0057">Here is our pollen count</a>. As the texts, emails, and facebook posts come in asking me if symptoms that folks are experiencing sound like Cedar symptoms, I say yes, it most likely is Cedar pollen. For images <a href="http://www.hay-fever-relief.com/cedar-tree-pictures.html">click here</a>. <br />
Juniper or Cedar trees(the common names refer to the same Juniperus spp we have growing all over. There are several species) are a common shrubby tree growing in Central Texas alongside oaks. You can find them all over the Southwest and even up in to Yellowstone. They tend to grow at lower elevations and drier areas. In Central Texas one of the most common species is Juniperus ashei, or Ball Juniper. Juniper, or Cedar Trees have both male and female trees, so between Dec -Feb the male trees expel massive amounts of pollen to get to the female trees, who make the well known bluish purple berries I love to use medicinally.<br />
The tree is very aromatic, and the leaves and berries can be used as warming antimicrobials.<br />
Unfortunately the pollen gets into our respiratory tracks and wreaks havoc for many people. Symptoms can include runny noses, headaches, asthmatics get more asthma symptoms, sneezes, itchy eyes and ears, and a feeling of lethargy and malaise. <br />
So, lets get down to it, what to do. Everyone has their favorite remedy. I think you may just have to go through the list until you find what works for you. One thing you can do is not make it WORSE by eating or drinking things that inflame it or stressing out and lowering your immune system. Allergic response is an inflammatory response, which means it puts a strain on our immune systems, leading to that run down feeling. Lack of sleep and stress lower your immune system even more.<br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li>One of the first things you can do is a nasal rinse.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBch4X8x7dk"> Here is a video </a>of how to do it complete with giggles. Big thing to remember is to make sure the salinity and warmth of the water is adequate. Also, use purified water. Neti pots or other nasal irrigation devices can be obtained many places and made a daily, or more like 3-5 X a day routine while suffering. Nasal irrigation gets pollen out of your nose, period.</li>
<li>Nasal Oil after a nasal rinse will help settle sneeziness. Drip a few drops of something as simple as olive oil into each nostril and sniff.</li>
<li>Another thing that happens is that the weather tends to be REALLY nice when the pollen counts get high. That means, you may open your windows, take long walks. Close the windows when pollen counts are high. Get an air filter. Where a mask if you go outside, yes I know its dorky, but I guess its all about how much you are suffering. One interesting observation was to make sure and avoid outside air before 10AM because that's supposedly when counts were higher.</li>
<li>Substances to avoid include ones that have a tendency to inflame and/or cause more mucous production. Wheat(gluten),dairy, and sugar are some big culprits. </li>
<li>Foods/Medicines to include would be spicy and/or pungeant and moist. Ginger, Turmeric, Chile Peppers, and other warming spices soups and curries. </li>
<li>Steam rooms with essential oils on a towel you can inhale to help your lungs open and expel the irritants</li>
<li>Some people swear by colloidial silver</li>
<li>Others swear by homeopathic remedies that have microdoses of cedar pollen in them which causes your body to respond against it and build immunity. Make sure it is the Juniperus pollen for this region if you try that</li>
<li>Immune building herbs include mushrooms like reishi and shitake(would also be good in food) </li>
<li>Other herbs that help with symptom relief include Yerba Mansa, Yerba Santa, Goldenseal, Ragweed Leaf--yes folks it works, Eucalyptus, Peppermint, Osha, and Yummy Elecampane.</li>
</ul>Good Luck everyone. Just wanted to give you some hope, and here is one of my favorite<a href="http://amberdemure.tumblr.com/post/2638874908/cedar-fever-welcome-to-austin"> pics </a><br />
Warning, its not in good taste but it cracks me up<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-14714180698396723152011-12-12T20:53:00.000-08:002011-12-12T21:11:58.733-08:00Digestive Herbs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NBQcUw-616o/TiMvxsiuTII/AAAAAAAAA_8/FjtAsG5Mqc8/s1600/rosemarybloom06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NBQcUw-616o/TiMvxsiuTII/AAAAAAAAA_8/FjtAsG5Mqc8/s320/rosemarybloom06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Herbs can influence digestion in several ways. Many culinary herbs we use today are thought of as adding flavor but their original inclusion was due to their affect on digestion.<br />
<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The use of herbs in cooking is usually due to what is termed a carminative effect that their volatile oils have. Volatile, or essential oils is what give these herbs their flavor and aroma. Carminatives tend to stimulate digestion and dispel gas, and some can even relieve spasms. Common carminatives include fennel, dill, ginger, peppermint and cardamom. Many times if these herbs arent used in cooking, they are introduced afterwards as teas or other alcoholic drinks.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KO-KrIH0_Z8/TiMpDxHQ19I/AAAAAAAAA5c/zzSER2XDr7c/s1600/march+2009+047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KO-KrIH0_Z8/TiMpDxHQ19I/AAAAAAAAA5c/zzSER2XDr7c/s320/march+2009+047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Another way herbs influence digestion is through adding the flavor of Bitter. The bitter flavor is often ignored in the U.S. and instead sweet, salty and sour is found. A bitter, as simple as it is, can cause a multitude of effects on the digestive tract, causing a hormonal cascade which results in movement in the digestive tract. Many of the carminative herbs mentioned before are also slightly bitter. Bitters tend to drain and move things out of the digestive tract. as well as stimulating secretions. Common bitters include dark leafy greens, dandelion, artichoke leaf, and Oregon grape or the Southwest alternative to Oregon Grape, Agarita.</div><div>Herbs sometimes contain mucilage causing a demulcent effect in the digestive tract. The mucilage is slimy and can act to soothe and coat the stomach and intestines. Mucilage is found in things like flax seeds, marshmallow, and aloe.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0cZSgzNw0ew/TiMphYeWrNI/AAAAAAAAA5o/hWNcUT5jXeA/s1600/march+2009+048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0cZSgzNw0ew/TiMphYeWrNI/AAAAAAAAA5o/hWNcUT5jXeA/s320/march+2009+048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Herbs can contain prebiotic and probiotic substances and some can act as antacids. Some can do very specific things or many complex effects throughout the system. How the herbs acts depends on so many different things from quality, to dosage, duration of time the herb is used and the body constitution of the person taking the herbs. Unlike drugs, herbs they are much more personalized in who does best with what for how long. It is also a common belief among herbalists that whole herbs are best, and splitting them into phytochemicals--similiar to drugs only asks for more side effects to occur. The herbs come in a complex package of phytochemicals for a reason and have evolved that way for millenia. If we are lucky we can tap into their offerings, and trigger healing responses or, just better digestion following meals. </div><div><br />
</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-74075614707691675522011-11-03T10:58:00.000-07:002011-11-03T10:58:38.483-07:00Case Study for the AHG Professional Application Process Nicole Telkes, Practicing Herbalist Austin Texas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This case study is offered not only as an example of successful use of holistic therapeutics for pets with extreme injuries but as a guide for others that need help learning how to care for disabled pets or those with chronic illness. Note Nov 2011. Mocha is still doing well!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> Well-loved 7 year old healthy dog named Mocha was hit by car Dec 20, 2007. She sustained major injuries which eventually led to major paralysis. She was not only able to heal what was thought to be an incurable secondary infection that led to paralysis but then 6 months after healing she began to regain motor function. Mocha began walking again in March 2009, a year after she was left completely paralyzed in her hind legs. This is her story of healing herself with some help from her human friends..<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Description of initial trauma<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJRh3ZgioS0n_uFUSlLJA3QKX-TK1VY0O3r6zUa4SVEMfKKh11us5J506_hEXa6TvzZMDnY7smq8rmJYe6b5vWpLegJmzX2Ix-3tR31Uu4WkEi6Hr_hNvytfSR4YSERKlSgMHM2Unt1hD/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJRh3ZgioS0n_uFUSlLJA3QKX-TK1VY0O3r6zUa4SVEMfKKh11us5J506_hEXa6TvzZMDnY7smq8rmJYe6b5vWpLegJmzX2Ix-3tR31Uu4WkEi6Hr_hNvytfSR4YSERKlSgMHM2Unt1hD/s320/003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Well loved dog was hit leaving lacerations all over her body, broken jaw, and her front right leg crushed. Minor fracture in spine missed, leading to spine collapsing and cracking completely and rendering dog paralyzed in hind legs. Secondary infections followed eventually leading to MRSA inside the spine. Dog was given a 30% chance of making it thru surgery.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="all" /> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8bVxgSTDXC8/TrLStQF9yKI/AAAAAAAABR4/0_P1SosPezw/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8bVxgSTDXC8/TrLStQF9yKI/AAAAAAAABR4/0_P1SosPezw/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Medical History and explanation of emergency medicine for initial trauma<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Well loved dog had prior history of demodectic mange as puppy which cleared. Dog is spayed. Flea allergy. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Following accident, well loved dog was immediately put on heavy medication to ease pain and infection. Veterinarian strongly recommended antibiotics, pain meds, and steroids. Initial healing was interrupted by spinal collapse. Paralysis led to a uti from catheter, and on to which led to MRSA(antibiotic resistant staph) crossing the blood barrier into the spinal column. In total, the well loved dog went through 3 surgeries. Well loved dog began to lose weight and long term steroid use led to degeneration of muscles. Antibiotics that were used had chance of causing aplastic anemia. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Assessment <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Due to extremity of situation, herbs and other holistic protocols were employed in conjunction with western emergency medicine. Holistic strategy was to stabilize dog with specialized diet, additional supplementation, and massage. Adjunct herbal therapies were given to kill infection, tonify various body systems, and calm. The key methods in assisting her were to do deep immune building to foster strength to heal, and keep system eliminating well.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Later, herbal therapies moved into rebuilding and strengthening neural pathways and regular bodywork. One major motivator in her rehab was a cat next door I call “Rehab kitty” she would try to chase. “Rehab kitty” has since moved on since mocha began walking and no longer comes into the backyard.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Formulation and Protocols used<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Please see attached sheet for protocols used. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Time Line of Recovery <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Dec 20: Mocha goes to the emergency room and is stabilized after <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> being hit by a car<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Dec 21: Mocha is tranferred to surgery and receives 8 pins in her leg, 6 staples <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> on her side and her lower law is wired together.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Dec 22 Mocha comes home, but has to be carried out to pee and poo, and is on <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> a bunch of pills<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Jan 4 Mocha is recovering well and she gets her bandage off her leg. Her jaw surgery <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> may not hold so she may still lose her lower canine but the vet <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> decides to wait to see if it may still take. She is sore but improving. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Her pins require daily cleaning and she is still on a pain pill<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Jan 10 Mocha looks extra tired and can't get up. She is shivering. We carry her <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> out to pee. She curls up in the sun and goes to sleep. The next <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> thing we know she is sitting up, panting and feverish. She can't <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> move. We take her to the vet immediately. She is diagnosed with <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> a back injury.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Jan 11 After a bunch of procedures it is determined that surgery is not the best <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> option. She has a subluxation/collapsed disc. She is put under observation <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> at the ICU for the weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Jan 12 Mocha is on morphine and groggy but eats wet food from our hands and whines <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> when we leave. She is given a prognosis of an 80% success rate if <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> she is kenneled for 10 weeks. We will have to express her urine <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> from her kennel for awhile.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">MAJOR</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">HERBAL PROTOCOLS AND ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION BEGAN HERE</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Jan 14 Mocha comes home on horse tranquilizers. It sucks. She is a zombie. We <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> wait for them to wear off. She cannot hold her head up.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Jan 16 The tranquilizers have worn off. She is perking up and eating and drinking. We have <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> to pick her up to take her outside. She cannot stand up but she <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> is in better spirits. Her ribs are very crunchy<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Jan 17 She put a little weight on her back legs today. She is also being defiant. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> That is a good sign that she is coming back into herself<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> February: Mocha is acting tired, she is in more pain and has a low grade fever. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> We take her in and a urinary tract infection is discovered. She <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> also seems to have a lot of pain around her injury at the spine<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Mid-February: Mocha is diagnosed with a potential MRSA infection in her spine <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> and urinary tract. Her front leg isn't healing due to the extended <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> prednisone use and she is losing sensation in her back leg<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Late Feb, a last ditch effort is made to save mocha with a very risky spinal surgery. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> She is given a 30% prognosis of making it.. She makes it through <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> surgery but we aren't sure if the antibiotic we are giving her is <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> going to even touch the infection. She comes home looking like Frankenstein<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> March Mocha is doing fairly well. She is better but still in a lot of pain and <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> paralyzed in the back legs. She requires around the clock care. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> We are pretty exhausted at this point. She is getting a little bit <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> of pain sensation in her legs and tail but unable to move them. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">April. Mocha is turning around. It turned out a UTI infection was complicating <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> the situation. We treated her with more yucky antibiotics and her <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> spirits greatly changed. She began to get a little perkier. She <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> is now paralyzed but the pain is beginning to subside. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">She receives <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> acupuncture and begins to sleep through the night for the first time in 2 months.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> We find a used wheelchair on craigslist and it comes in the mail. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> She DOES NOT like it.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Late April. Mocha barks at another dog for the first time in 4 months, then for the <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> first time in 2 months she wags her tail!!! She starts to wag more <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> and more. She walk herself with sling support 1/4 of a mile. She <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> begins rehab at the pet rehab department<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">May Mocha is now in the midst of 3X a week rehab donated by the surgery department <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Central</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Texas</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Veterinary</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Specialty</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place>. She is practicing <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> on her newly healed front paw, getting strength back in her front <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> end. In, fact she scooched herself Eddie Murphy Trading Spaces style <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> to her dog Bowl one morning before we were awake to get water. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">May 4 Mocha learns to use her wheelchair thanx to the rehab department. She tools around <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> for 20 minutes with her tail wagging. She is off most of her meds <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QVrJB_lzgQU/TrLUF1FbB7I/AAAAAAAABSI/SApneL5OH4E/s1600/hunh.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QVrJB_lzgQU/TrLUF1FbB7I/AAAAAAAABSI/SApneL5OH4E/s320/hunh.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> and supplements.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Summer: Mocha <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> is has her ups and downs. Her leg that was broken in 6 places is <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> sore a lot but she is tooling around quite well on her chair. Some <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> days are better than others. Overall, her spirit is coming back <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> a little more everyday. Its a different life but we are very happy <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> to have her with us. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">MAJOR PROTOCOLS SCALED BACK BUT I KEEP HER ON WOOD BETONY (STACHYS SP) TINCTURE 1 DROPPERFUL 2X A DAY AND 1 FISH OIL GEL CAP A DAY<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Winter 2008:</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> mocha tried to stand up on her back legs, does so and then falls over. She feels me pinch her back feet and pulls away from the sensation. The vet doesn’t believe me. I go back to the pet acupuncturist and keep up her protocols. She gets another UTI and takes an antibiotic again. She is not able to clean herself </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summer 2009</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Mocha may have hurt herself. Her left leg is not responding as well so I change her protocol again and put her on supplements. Another acupuncture appointment is being scheduled<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">PROTOCOL #2 SEE SECOND SHEET</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Food is very important</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">. When mocha was very ill I made her homemade dog food, as I did when she was a puppy and had demodectic mange. <o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">A simple recipe for homemade food is roughly:<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">50% cooked grains(rice, barley, quinoa etc…no wheat)<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">20% veggies raw—shredded or chopped in<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">30% animal protein—it is supposed to be more but affordability makes this difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I also added nutritional yeast and a tspn of yogurt or probiotic powder<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I make a batch that was about 1-2 weeks worth and put it in the freezer, defrosting 3 days at a time. <o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">When she was very ill with MRSA I added raw liver.<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">She is now on a NO GRAIN commercial formula. Both my dogs poo about ½ as much on the no grain formula and have had no digestive problems. These foods are more expensive but they eat and poo less. Homemade is best but can get overwhelming<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pet acupuncture and chiropractic treatments </span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">from </span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Dr Van Winkle,</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">helped a lot. I took Mocha for just a few sessions and immediately saw changes in her behavior as well as improvement in the movement of her limbs<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MRSA</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body. It's tougher to treat than most strains of staphylococcus aureus -- or staph -- because it's resistant to some commonly used antibiotics.(definition from WebMD). MRSA is spreading rapidly in veterinarian clinics, one reason being that humans are taking less precaution than at a regualar health clinic with regards to hygiene and transferring it to the animals. MRSA is extremely painful and very difficult to treat once it gets into the bloodstream and into deeper layer of tissue. Barberry is used as an adjunct therapy in many hospitals in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>(Michael Moore) when treating staph. I took this idea and ran with it, using our native species, Berberis trifoliolata as an adjunct therapy when Mocha was fighting the bug</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. <i>As in a regular human hospital, vets will take on no liability for secondary infections caught at the veterinary hospital…….<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Handicapped Pets Website</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> is an excellent resource for folks dealing with disabled pets <a href="http://handicappedpets.com/">http://handicappedpets.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Not only did I find a used wheelchair for mocha for 1/3 the price of a new one, but they also have discussions and forums to help you with everything with expressing the bladder to discussion forums on a wide range of ailments<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Unique ways to give herbs to pets: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How do you know whether or not to give something to a pet and in what does?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I always drop test my pets before dosing according to bodyweight. It works out to around 7 drops per 12 pds of weight of tincture. Water extractions are around 1.5 tblspn per 12 pds of weight.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Not everybody’s dog will take supplements well. A few dog friendly ways to give supplements include:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Making meat <b>broth</b> infusions or decoctions of supplements, and then turning those into <b>ice cubes</b> to add to food. This is a really good menstruum for pets just out of surgery. My dog would not drink water when she was going through surgeries but would drink beef broth, which I snuck other things into….<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">If a pill is necessary, <b>ghee</b> is a good medium, it also nourished the nervous system.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To help with upset bellies, frozen yogurt or a tspn of yogurt in food works well.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thoughts on pain <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I thought a lot about whether or not to give the wide range of pain pills to my dog. I really had to evaluate whether they helped or not. I am very much against using steroids. I used them anyway against my better judgement and now really wish I had insisted on taking her off of them after a week or two. The longterm use was overkill on the vets part and I think led her depressed immune system getting ravaged and leading to MRSA. Fear based decisions are always prominent when dealing with emergency medical situations. Remember to listen to your gut no matter what. The hard part of pet pain is evaluating the situation when something cant tell you how it feels. At one point I decided, enough with the meds, I will just do herbs. After carefully watching her, my partner and I decided to put her back on the pain meds. We weren’t sure but she seemed to be more responsive ON pain meds and more apathetic off of them. What I have learned most is that pets will NOT complain. Some may briefly, but it is VERY difficult to tell how much they are hurting. I feel that it is better to have them on low dose pain meds with some skullcap(skullcap with pain meds strategy in humans according to Adam Sellers) than on just herbs. One example of how little pets complain just hit home yesterday when one of my friends next door neighbors was abusing an animal with neglect and it literally laid down and died from the pain rather than complain thru whimpering and crying. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When do you stop trying</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Well, most of us stop because of financial constraints or because the animal is going thru too much trauma. I wasn’t ever sure until Mocha was declared infection free that we were doing the “RIGHT” thing. I really wanted to do what was best for her. I also felt like it wasn’t fair to allow a hit and run be her last life memory. . At one point I even contacted pet psychic to see if she could offer any insight. I slept with her and watched her closely. One of my good friends is disabled, and her advice to me is that if it was time to put her down, I would know. I never did “know” so I kept trying. I felt that Mocha kept trying and as long as she did, my partner and I did. Luckily I had an empty credit card and refused to look at the balance as we okd surgeries and vet visits. I felt like her life was more important than debt, and like one of my friends said “lots of people go into debt for stupid stuff, at least you did it to save something’s life”. I ended up starting a fund for her and a bunch of friends donated what they could. I looked all over for funding but will tell you firsthand, don’t count on any organization helping My vet clinic ended up donating all of her rehab and call her super Mocha. She is the inspiration to many others who aren’t sure about whether or not to keep trying. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vAbl8JWtkrU/TrLUtgSsFOI/AAAAAAAABSY/5_tsZ3capyE/s1600/IMG_0284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vAbl8JWtkrU/TrLUtgSsFOI/AAAAAAAABSY/5_tsZ3capyE/s320/IMG_0284.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Mocha on her first walk in over a year on a road trip to <st1:place w:st="on">West Texas</st1:place> March 2009</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Resources</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pet Remedies </div><div class="MsoNormal">YouTube Videos showing recovery <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/stikitheclown">http://www.youtube.com/user/stikitheclown</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">March 2009</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mocha 2009<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Obb-ylhAqek/TrLUebO4VlI/AAAAAAAABSQ/U78mpaF953A/s1600/IMG_0319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Obb-ylhAqek/TrLUebO4VlI/AAAAAAAABSQ/U78mpaF953A/s320/IMG_0319.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kh10ReiNzv4/TrLV3a1N0UI/AAAAAAAABSg/zzfYBNcnvpU/s1600/wisemocha.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kh10ReiNzv4/TrLV3a1N0UI/AAAAAAAABSg/zzfYBNcnvpU/s320/wisemocha.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Mocha 2011-sunbathing and wise--she is now 10- turning 11</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-72483885965721945652011-11-03T10:34:00.000-07:002011-11-03T10:34:15.913-07:00Dosing: Herbs for Dogs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Dogs metabolize meds faster, so therefore I have started with higher dosing of herbs with my animals and am having better results with symptoms being alleviated. <br />
The standard dosage for humans is 30 drops of tincture for 50 pounds of body weight. I now dose my dogs with 60 drops of tincture for every 50 pounds of body weight. I also have upped the broths and powders to higher doses based on their faster metabolisms. <br />
As my dogs age, I add most of their supplements into either oil, butter, or a little raw meat treat---<br />
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Make sure their food is grain free. Raw food is obviously the first choice, and homemade second. <br />
If that is cost prohibitive, then at least get grain free and add supplementation.<br />
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Inflammation: LOTS of fish oil supplementation<br />
Kidneys: Cranberry Powder in meat---<br />
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It is not worth buying dog food with supplementation added. Thats like buying a Pepsi products that has herbs and hoping that its therapeutic.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-66625033613725073722011-09-26T20:08:00.000-07:002011-09-26T20:08:04.342-07:00We're the Ones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This was shared with me at a full moon spring equinox gathering this year. The words keep echoing in my head and have ever since I heard this read. I thought I would post it for folks<br />
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You have been telling the people that<br />
this is the Eleventh Hour<br />
Now you must go back and tell the people<br />
that this is The Hour<br />
And there are things to be considered:<br />
Where are you living?<br />
What are you doing?<br />
What are your relationships?<br />
Are you in right relation?<br />
Where is your Water?<br />
Know your garden<br />
It is time to speak your Truth.<br />
Create your community.<br />
Be good to each other.<br />
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.<br />
This could be a good time!<br />
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There is a river flowing now very fast.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8LjMR-jcrs0/ToE88nVk4rI/AAAAAAAABRc/OOxNykr48dk/s1600/newmexicosue+084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8LjMR-jcrs0/ToE88nVk4rI/AAAAAAAABRc/OOxNykr48dk/s320/newmexicosue+084.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>It is so great and swift that there are<br />
those who will be afraid.<br />
They will try to hold onto the shore.<br />
They will feel they are being torn apart, and<br />
they will suffer greatly.<br />
Know the river has its destination.<br />
The Elders say that we must let go of the shore, push<br />
off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes<br />
open, and our heads above the water.<br />
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See who is in there with you and celebrate.<br />
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At this time in history, we are to take nothing<br />
personally. Least of all, ourselves.<br />
For the moment we do, our spiritual growth<br />
and journey comes to a halt. The time of the<br />
lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!<br />
Banish the word "struggle" from your attitude<br />
and your vocabulary.<br />
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All that we do now must be done in a sacred<br />
manner and in celebration.<br />
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We are the ones we've been waiting for.<br />
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-The Elders<br />
Oraibi, Arizona<br />
The Hopi Nation </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-83384247080288555302011-09-07T13:12:00.000-07:002011-09-07T13:16:39.987-07:00Lungfire Seasonal Remedy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">In celebration of the recent cold front, I went to sleep with all the windows in my home open. In Central Texas, the brutal heat had finally broke and I was looking forward to a couple of nice cool evenings to enjoy. Unfortunately, our area was plagued with massive wildfires in the wake of the cold front(brought on from the winds of a nearby hurricane which ironically gave us no moisture). I woke up several times in the night with phlegm, worried that I was coming down with something. In the morning, a haze filled the air. <a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/308112_10150299612344693_815359692_7601623_2642075_n.jpg"> Here is a photo</a> to give you an idea of the extent of the damage There was no doubting the smell, fire. As one woman said "Should we be wearing masks? I bet this is what hell must smell like". We were thick with smoke all over Austin. Today was the day I was creating a seasonal support syrup to help people transition out of the blazing hot summer and lend a hand to their taxed out kidneys. The syrup was going to be a base of wild Texas prickly pear tunas, wild Texas mulberry leaf and berries, peaches from my home garden, and a few added extracts. The seasonal support syrup deserves its own post, so I will let you read more about it there. After experiencing the very toxic smelling and irritating air, I decided to make part of the base into a seasonal lung support formula. I added into the base extracts of Mullein , Cordyceps, Gumweed, and Bee Balm.<br />
Prickly Pears, Mulberries and Peaches are cooling and moistening. The prickly pears and mulberries are added support to the kidneys and blood sugar imbalances(though this being a syrup makes that use questionable). Thankfully, Kiva rose had already written up some ideas for supporting the lungs after wildfires, since she had experienced some recently where she lives in New Mexico. After looking at her post here <a href="http://bearmedicineherbals.com/smoke.html">http://bearmedicineherbals.com/smoke.html</a> I got some more ideas for my own remedy. <br />
Cordyceps, a mushroom(ish) extract, was added in because it also strengthens the kidneys and lungs. It is gently tonifying and nourishes your vital essence, oftentimes it has been used therapeutically as an endurance remedy.<br />
Mullein is one of my first go to's for lung support. It enlivens the lungs yet relaxes them at the same time. Mullein is soothing and gently astringent. I use it in lung remedies to make sure and direct other herbs. As soon as I take it, I can feel it center in on the lungs. It is a specific for dry coughs, especially when used in syrup form.<br />
Gumweed, I added this in to complement Mullein and add in some extra "oomph" so that any particulates from the wildfires could be more easily expelled. Grindelia can relax the respiratory tract, lessening coughs, and also create a situation where when you do cough us is more productive.<br />
Bee Balm is an herb that quells the fire. It does so by drawing the fire out to the surface and allowing it to burn itself out more quickly. For sore throats, there is no plant I can think of I would rather use. As much as Mullein centers on the lungs, I feel Bee Balm centers on the throat.<br />
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All in all you've got a nice seasonal, bioregional blend of herbs and berries. Want some? We'll be at the Hope Farmers Market in East Austin or email me at wildflowerschoolherbs@gmail.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-61007304927017725892011-09-03T08:51:00.000-07:002011-09-03T08:51:07.615-07:00Uterine Fibroids: A holistic approach<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u><b>What are they?</b></u> Fibroids are noncancerous growths beginning on muscle tissue that can get larger or decrease in size over time most often found in women of childbearing age. Some signs and symptoms include abnormal or heavy bleeding and pain, a sense of fullness or pressure in the womb and sometimes you can even see the abdomen become a bit distended. Uterine fibroids, according to allopathic medicine are caused from an overproduction of estrogen in the body, or excessive amounts in the body. In allopathic medicine they are usually "controlled" with hormonal drugs or with surgery. In holistic medicine, these growth indicate an imbalance. The imbalance may be from hormone levels, dietary influences, elimination blockages or a combination of these things.<br />
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<b><u>What to do about fibroids: </u></b>Ultimately you need to make an educated decision about your own situation and come from a place of strength, not fear. Fear will land you immediately to allopathic methods of suppression or slicing. Susun Weed has a great lecture she's given on the levels of healing, I encourage you to go through all of your options, this is my interpretation 7-8 years later of her lecture, these are in order of their level of invasiveness:<br />
0 Serenity medicine--Do nothing--many illnesses work themselves out<br />
1 Story Medicine--Tell people about your situation and get opinions--several<br />
2 Energy Medicine: Flower Essences, Reiki, Etc that can shift your vital energy without actually the nutritional or chemical makeup of your body<br />
3 Food Medicine: Eating well and balanced for your body. Eliminating things that cause imbalance or inflammation. Adding the proper nutrition and even adding some dietary supplementation in at therapeutic levels<br />
4 Sedate or Stimulate: Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, and other therapies like Massage, Yoga, Mayan Abdominal Massage, Chi Nei Tsung<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-InQmaenZYrg/TiMlSGGIbzI/AAAAAAAAA4E/ExEIvVW7vYE/s1600/256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-InQmaenZYrg/TiMlSGGIbzI/AAAAAAAAA4E/ExEIvVW7vYE/s320/256.JPG" width="320" /></a>5 Suppression: Steroids, Antibiotics or extremely high amounts of herbal substances acting like drugs--or drop dosage herbs that act like drugs<br />
6 Surgery and other Invasive procedures. Keep in mind once you open the body up you can't go back. It doesnt like being sliced into and being exposed to the outside world. This is where secondary infections and other problems can come in. Sometimes surgery is necessary, but in this scale of invasiveness, it is a last resort, not one of the first ones.<br />
Please do not go immediately onto the internet and do research unless you know <b>where</b> to do research. You can look at the student section of my website and I have put together a list of places to do herbal research on the internet at <a href="http://www.wildflowerherbschool.com/students.htm">www.wildflowerherbschool.com/students.htm</a><br />
Most articles you will "google" on the internet about your condition and what to do about it site each other and have a limited amount of information available to you. I encourage you to go see a Herbalist, Naturopath, Traditional Chinese Medicine Pracitioner, Ayurvedic Practitioner, or Homeopathic Pracitioner in your area. Be sure to research and ask people their background and philosophy of practice. You may or may not be a match for them. In the realm of holistic medicine, you have lots of choices and I truly believe taking back some of the control over your health includes choosing practitioners you enjoy and have some common ground with--be responsible to yourself before you put your health in someone else's hands. Sometimes this can seem expensive, but try surgery....even with insurance.........I think you'll find that seeing a holistic practitioner regularly is far less expensive in the long run. To truly heal from any illness usually takes a support<b> team</b> made up of practitioners, family, and friends.<br />
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<b><u> Dietary Changes:</u></b> Industrially produced meats, eggs, and dairy have abnormally high amounts of estrogen, since the animals are routinely given estrogen(amongst other drugs) to boost production(thanks Chanchal Cabrera). Eliminate all of it from your diet. Yet another reason to buy from the farmers market!<br />
Inflammatory foods like gluten (wheat and other grains), sugar, dairy--ah yes here it is again, and it also makes elimination harder. Eliminate it.<br />
Refined carbs and deep fried foods, caffeine, SOY, and alcohol...yup eliminate it.<br />
Taking things out is going to make what you put in work better.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Dr Tori Hudson, ND also says:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Saturated fats, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, and junk foods are presumably problematic in two main ways:</span></div><ol style="list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 1.2em; margin-right: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">they interfere with the body’s ability to metabolize estradiol to estrone to estriol, and</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">some of these foods are deficient in vitamin B or interfere with B-vitamin metabolism. If B vitamins are lacking in the diet, the liver is missing some of the raw materials it needs to carry out its metabolic processes and regulate estrogen levels.</span></li>
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<b><u>Nutritional Supplementation</u></b> to consider: According to Chanchal Cabrera: B Complex, Vit E, Vit C and Lipotropic Factors ,may be helpful see article here: <a href="http://medherb.com/Therapeutics/Female_-__Holistic_Treatment_of_Fibroids_.htm">http://medherb.com/Therapeutics/Female_-__Holistic_Treatment_of_Fibroids_.htm</a><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GAVdKOU8pc/TiMrxDjqlAI/AAAAAAAAA6U/Lp7-kTkSJGM/s1600/achillea.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GAVdKOU8pc/TiMrxDjqlAI/AAAAAAAAA6U/Lp7-kTkSJGM/s320/achillea.JPG" width="320" /></a><b><u>Herbs to research:</u></b> Raspberry Leaf(<i>Rubus idaeus)</i>, Lady's Mantle(<i>Alchemilla vulgaris</i>), Ginger(<i>Zingiber officinalis</i>), Yarrow(<i>Achillea millefolium</i>), Wild Yam(<i>Dioscorea vilosa)</i>White Dead Nettle(<i>Lamium alba</i>) Cinnamon(<i>Cinnamonum spp)</i> Vitex(<i>Vitex agnus-castus</i>) and Dandelion Root(<i>Taraxacum officinale</i>)<br />
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<i><b>This list does not mean to go out and buy all of these herbs and take them.</b> </i> A skilled holistic practitioner will look at your constitution(body type) and blend together something that works best for your body. OTC herbal supplements may help somewhat, but they are generally designed as kitchen sink remedies, where the company puts in anything that may influence the body towards better balance and that you will recognize one or more of the herbs and buy it. I would not recommend buying premade formulas without having a skilled practitioner you trust decide if they are helpful. Quality considerations are a big factor. If you want herbs to work, get them from herbalists, not large herb companies that are now owned by pharmaceutical companies(surprise!).<br />
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In general, drinking gentle, nutritive teas that are slightly astringent like<br />
<b>Raspberry leaf</b>(Rubus idaeus),<b> </b><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mz1Ew-MC47o/TiMlWuxQnXI/AAAAAAAAA4I/zWPwQ2vi3s8/s1600/259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mz1Ew-MC47o/TiMlWuxQnXI/AAAAAAAAA4I/zWPwQ2vi3s8/s320/259.JPG" width="320" /></a><b>Lady's Mantle herb</b>(Alchemilla vulgaris)<br />
and <b>Nettles Leaf</b>(Urtica dioica)<br />
will most likely be beneficial in most situations for those that have fibroids. Herbs that influence our hormones or shift our bodies to eliminate things better should be taken with care and other supervision so that changes in pathology can be monitored. A general detoxification and liver herb that can be taken regularly to make sure you are eliminating estrogens and other things that can influence the growth of fibroids is<br />
<b> Dandelion Root</b>(Taraxacum officinale). This can cause pretty sudden shifts in body chemistry, menstrual flow, and elimination so again please make sure and find a trusted herbal practitioner that can monitor you. <br />
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Applying<b> castor oil packs</b> by rubbing castor oil onto the womb and covering with a hot towel covered by plastic wrap or wool to keep it warm for about 20 min 1-2 times a day is another general remedy you can do prior or while eeing a practitioner.<br />
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<b>Cod Liver Oil</b>: Omega 3s are Anti-inflammatory and regulating to our bodies, therapeutic doses of these will most likely have beneficial effects for those with fibroids<br />
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<b><u>My experience: </u></b> I have worked with a few clients with fibroids and the greatest changes came from dietary shifts. Herbs alone may help the body but unless the client in question makes major dietary, emotional work, and lifestyle shifts, I have found it difficult to affect change and see them shrink. I have found that in order for most major shifts to happen, the client MUST have regular check ins with a practitioner--like every 2 weeks so that they can be kept on track with diet and lifestyle and be held accountable at check ins. Eliminating is harder than putting things into the mix.<br />
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<b><u>Resources </u></b><br />
<a href="http://www.fibroidnetworkonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=26">http://www.fibroidnetworkonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=26</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ultimatehealing.com/uterinefibroids.html">http://www.ultimatehealing.com/uterinefibroids.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.menopause-metamorphosis.com/An_Article-fibroids.htm">http://www.menopause-metamorphosis.com/An_Article-fibroids.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tcmpage.com/hp_uterine_fibroid.html">http://www.tcmpage.com/hp_uterine_fibroid.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fibroidnetworkonline.com/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=viewlink&cid=67">http://www.fibroidnetworkonline.com/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=viewlink&cid=67</a><br />
<a href="http://drtorihudson.com/articles/uterine-fibroids-womens-health-update/">http://drtorihudson.com/articles/uterine-fibroids-womens-health-update/</a><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com114tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597528833134299561.post-68592607968503336432011-07-13T22:10:00.001-07:002014-07-15T09:28:37.740-07:00You are what you eat: Educate Yourself Here on Food and Recipes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR6IZm-Bs6cC6DQTaklk4KE5v0IekxYqrNUDADI6rbhfkhSOY3cxA" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR6IZm-Bs6cC6DQTaklk4KE5v0IekxYqrNUDADI6rbhfkhSOY3cxA" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Basic Guidelines:</b> Do not eat things out of boxes or cans. Eat as fresh as possible. If you must eat something out of a box or can, make sure it is not a processed food. Eat fresh, simple, proteins, vegetables ad libum and whole fats. Do not eat things that have been broken apart into partial foods--like low fat, or pasteurized. Eat raw, organic, pesticide free whole foods. Go light on grain. If you eat grains, eat unprocessed whole grains. Strive to have about 5 colors of food on your plate except for white. Stay away from the whites: white flour, white sugar, potatoes, etc.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Where to find healthy fresh, local food:</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.localharvest.org/"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Local Harvest</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.sustainabletable.org/home.php"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sustainable Table</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.eatwellguide.org/"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Eat Well Guide</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.sustainablefoodcenter.org/">Texas: Sustainable Food Center</a></span><img 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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Bastrop:<a href="http://www.bastrop1832farmersmarket.org/"> Farmers Market </a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.bastropproducersmkt.com/"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Producers Market</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><u>http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_diet.htm</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.omgallergyfree.com/">http://www.omgallergyfree.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.tastespotting.com/tag/congee"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Congee Recipes</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.naturesformulary.com/Contents/Recipes-for-Tridosha.aspx">Kitchari and Dosha Balancing Recipes</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.sproutedkitchen.com/">http://www.sproutedkitchen.com/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://overgrowthesystem.com/">http://overgrowthesystem.com/</a></span></div>
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<b><b><br /></b></b><b>10 Books/CookBooks to check out!</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Vegetable-Miracle-Year-Food/dp/0060852569/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405439308&sr=1-1&keywords=Eating+Local+GAme">Animal Vegetable Miracle By Barbara Kinsolver </a></span><br />
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<b>Food Related Documentaries I recommend (great to have the whole family watch after Thanksgiving Dinner)</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.kingcorn.net/"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">King Corn</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.foodincmovie.com/"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Food Inc </span></a></div>
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<a href="http://beerwarsmovie.com/"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Beer Wars</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Fat Sick and Nearly Dead</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://lettuceeatkale.com/2010/10-top-documentary-food-films/"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Here is a Guide to the top 10</span></a></div>
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