BEATING DOWN COVID

HERBALISM, MASSAGE, SAUNA, MEDITATION, and HERBAL ENEMA... all of these alternative medicine methods go hand in hand depending on the person seeking treatment.

WE DOVE IN to the doctor's office and wellness clinics in fear of the great pandemic after lockdowns and restrictions. We argued over wearing and not wearing masks to prevent immuno-deficiency from being the trick play in our "recent year" life play. Many of us opted to run the gambit with beefed up bodies empowered by vitamin supplement stacking, spiked smoothies and fitness boosting activities to beat COVID and symptoms of COVID19 which is a close cousin to the 2016 SARS and now SARS COVID. Germs and bacteria that cause infection have always been around. They seem to progress right along with technology. But if we remain calm... maybe we can "out think" them. Stay calm.

The herbal interest and study of preventive medicines originated from natural herbs came to a forefront bringing the likes of SAMBUCOL and ELDERBERRY SYRUPS or TINCTURES, Licorice Root, GINGER GARLIC dosing and on to Chinese medicine and Ayurveda. Naturopathy has caught on in many states across the United States. The shelves are lined with, not home remedy solutions for colds and flu, but herbal blends produced and packaged with the patient in preference of alternate medicines in mind. Alternate medicines being those from old wives' tales and the like.

In the 1960s many of us took a ride on the coat tail of BACK TO EDEN author, Jethro Kloss who promoted the idea of home therapy as an affordable, always available and most health conscious means of keeping well through onset of injury or most known illness. From there, interests held on if only for an "all life" reference point interspersed with updated medical treatment. The unnerving approach or unconcerned attitude of physicians... the distance between home and medical care or frustration with adverse effects of prescribed medicines or lack of relevant solutions for an issue of pain; bring an individual back to the remedies presented in BACK TO EDEN and consult with alternative health practitioners. In 2020, we dove into the revival of those alternative methods for boosting our immune system and diminishing any trace of cold or flu and pneumonia. We adapted our prescribed treatment for diabetes and hypertension to meet necessary basic immune support for added safety. The holistic and Ayurvedic approaches gave confidence enough to glide over the worst of a year 2020, 2021 and, now into year 2022 world health crisis just as the black draft molasses remedies and 666 tonics of the 1960's. These worked... perhaps those of the '60s did as well.

While mentioning the COVID 19 PANDEMIC and prior challenges with similar bacterial infections or parasite infestation, as with the African Bot Fly and tiny white flies new to America's Midwest outdoors; infestation occurs when eggs are laid on tissue of a host and larvae develop to feed on that host until dispatched. The whiteflies have not as yet been identified, but with any infestation of parasites, there is at least one herbal resolve. According to Jethro Kloss, tinctures, ointments, and infusions of herbal blends can diminish the problem.

As a part of filling idle time, members of a course in herbal studies claim to have registered for the purposes of altering their medical practice for self and family. One very well advertised program is that of HERBAL ACADEMY and for those wanting a more indepth background in natural medicines, the naturopathy program at BASTYR UNIVERSITY School of Naturopathy is referred as one of the more qualified training programs to include Acupuncture, Midwifery and Herbal Sciences.