We All Choose Our Hard

     I have really come to embrace the term, Choose Your Hard. We all make a lot of choices every day and many of those choices greatly impact our lives. We are choosing our hard. What is your hard? Are you Overweight? Do you have Diabetes, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Prostate Issues, Kidney Problems or some other serious health issue? That’s Hard!

    When it comes to health issues many people like to say it is genetic, I can’t help that I have this health issue. Or can you? Really think about it, do you have any control over your health issues? I have a friend that says her doctor is managing her health issues. She is overweight, has diabetes and a whole list of other problems. I have been trying to get her to understand it can be reversed through diet, but it is easier to let the doctors “manage” the diseases for her because then she doesn’t have to do anything! It makes me very sad because as I see it she is choosing a hard life with health issues.

    Dr. Christopher taught people that to be healthy you need to eat what he called the Mucusless Diet. Today this is called eating Whole Foods Plant Based (WFPB) diet. There are so many people eating this way now, with lots of online support making it easier to find recipes and make the change. People are getting healthy! My husband and I are getting healthier than we have ever been! This diet change has been hard, but it is the hard we choose! We would rather make the hard change to eat different than most people, than to keep going down the hard path of disease!

    Dr. Christopher created many amazing herbal formulas to help heal the problems people may have, and he also stated that for complete healing people need to follow this eating program. I’m grateful for his formulas, and know that once my body heals I won’t have to stay on the herbal formulas forever! Drugs are forever and create a cycle of more and more drugs to maintain some sort of life. Not the kind of life I would want to live! 

Here’s a link to all of Dr. Christopher’s formulas, below are the formulas for the most common health issues that people are dealing with today!

Dr. Christopher’s Blood Circulation Formula This group of herbs feeds cayenne and ginger into the circulatory system where the cayenne works from the bloodstream to the heart and arteries and out into the veins. The other herbs in the formula assist these two herbs and work together to equalize the blood pressure (whether high or low) bringing it into a suitable systolic/diastolic balance. Blood flow is life itself. Blood Circulation Formula capsules or extract or bulk as BPE

Dr. Christopher’s Hawthorn Berry Heart Syrup The heart is the most vital muscle in the whole body. It is our life pump, and when it is not properly fed with wholesome foods it suffers malfunction. Heart failure is one of America’s greatest killers. The Hawthorn Berry Heart Syrup is considered by many to be the best heart tonic or food, used historically to help restore optimum health of the heart.  Available in 4 oz and 16 oz. syrup.

Dr. Christopher’s Male Urinary Tract formula For the aid of the malfunctioning prostate gland. This formula has been designed to dissolve the stones that are in the kidneys, as well as clean out other sedimentation and infection in the prostate. This formula works exceptionally well by itself. However, when combined with Prostate Plus Formula, another male urinary tract formula, they work very synergistically together. 

Dr. Christopher’s Prostate Plus formula For the aid of the malfunctioning, weakened prostate gland. This formula has been designed to help strengthen and tone the prostate while cleansing it with nourishing antioxidants. This formula works exceptionally well just by itself. However, when combined with the Male Urinary Tract Formula, another prostate formula, they work very synergistically together.

Dr. Christopher’s Memory Plus A great combination of old-fashioned herbs used to cleanse, build and increase circulation to the brain. Used historically to help promote improved peripheral and cerebral circulation. All the anti-aging effects of better circulation go along with this ability: increased energy, antioxidant effects, better concentration, etc.

Dr. Christopher’s Pancreas formula Helps the pancreas and has assisted many that have had hypoglycemia or diabetes. Many have had a glucose tolerance test with a clean bill of health after using the Pancreas formula. Many reports have come in about heavy insulin users who continue using the insulin have gradually tapered down on the insulin; and many within a year, have found complete relief using two to three or more capsules, three times per day, six days a week.

     We sell these and other great healing herbal formulas and essential oils at Herbs First. Free shipping in the United States on your $75.00 order! Order online or phone in your order at 801-228-1901. Email me and I can send you links to help you learn more about what you need to know!

Wishing you the best as you strive to care of your family!
Kathryn

Olive leaf, wow, amazing!

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I had a customer asking about Olive Leaf extract today which got me looking into it a bit more. I had been on it a few years ago recommended by my health care practitioner. Olive Leaf is broadly anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic and anti-bacterial, and it covered the issue I was working on. During that time I was on it I had been gradually losing weight, and then when I went off it I gradually gained weight. I’ve had some stressful things going on in the past few years and with working on my own health issues never even considered that the OIive Leaf was helping me with my weight.  I felt that as the health issues got better that my weight would get where I wanted it to be, so I didn’t worry about it.

When I looked at it today, some things jumped out at me about Olive Leaf that I had no idea about. Here is what I found on healthline:

Olive leaf extract is a natural source of wellness with therapeutic properties that are:

• gastroprotective (protects digestive system)
• neuroprotective (protects central nervous system)
• antimicrobial (inhibits microorganism growth)
• anticancer (reduces risk of cancer)
• anti-inflammatory (reduces risk of inflammation)
• antinociceptive (reduces pain stimuli)
• antioxidant (prevents oxidation or cell damage)

These properties mean that olive leaf extract may help with weight loss, heart health, and herpes breakouts.

Olive Leaf extract:

• reduces cardiovascular risk, like atherosclerosis
• lowers blood pressure
• helps treats type 2 diabetes
• supports weight loss
• eliminates free radicals
• boosts immunity
• fights herpes
• reduces inflammation

     Amazing right? It sounds like Olive Leaf would be good for a lot of people. I originally bought the 4 oz. bottle of Western Botanicals Olive Leaf extract, and also got a pound of the cut herb and made up a bunch on my own extract to refill my bottle. It is easy to make an extract and save money over buying it prepared. For people that need their money to go further this is a great option. Olive leaf is available in capsules, extract 2 oz. and 4 oz, and bulk cut and powder, 4 oz, 8 oz. and 16 oz. sizes (scroll down on link and select size and type wanted).

How to make an Alcohol Extract

    Herbal Preparations and Natural Therapies, Debra Nuzzi St. Claire recommends using 100 proof vodka, which is readily available and is equal to the required solution of 50 percent alcohol and 50 percent water. Use four ounces of herb to one pint of alcohol. The herb should be finely cut or powdered, placed in a clean glass jar. 

    After pouring the alcohol over the herb, the jar is tightly covered. Shake the jar for a minute or two each day. At the end of two weeks, strain the tincture through cheesecloth, a jelly bag, or a coffee filter. If you happen to have a wine press, you could use that. "It is best to put up one's tincture on the new moon and strain it off on the full moon so that the drawing power of the waxing moon will help extract the herbal properties". Store herbal tinctures in dark glass bottles away from heat and light.

    At Herbs First we have bulk herbs from Acai to Yucca root and almost everything in between.  Feel free to call me if you have any questions and to place and order 801-228-1901.

 Free shipping in the United States on your $75.00 order! Order online or phone in your order at 801-228-1901. Email me and I can send you links to help you learn more about what you need to know!

Wishing you the best as you strive to care of your family!
Kathryn

Fenugreek for Hot Flashes

I’ve been struggling the past year with hot flashes and have been having a crazy time getting my system balanced. I did well for over five years taking 2 Hormonal Changease twice a day, then suddenly it just wasn't’ working. I increased to 2 Hormonal Changease three times a day and that didn’t help, and even 3, three times a day gave me no relief. I added Female Reproductive and didn't get any result. I tried other things and even made my own Wild Yam cream with no relief. Not fun!

This past month I started adding Fenugreek seed to my diet, starting with 1 capsule three times a day. Each week I would increase it it by one. When I got to 3 capsules three times a day the “magic” happened. Sweet relief, I feel normal again! My temperature remains at a nice constant level with no hot flashes whatsoever! Happy day!

Fenugreek is used world wide as an herb and as a spice. Here are a few of the known uses of Fenugreek:

• balances hormone levels aids in treating PMS and menopause.

• helps milk production

• diabetes aid for blood sugar regulation

• helps to lower elevated cholesterol

• soothes gastrointestinal inflammation

• improves digestion

• enlarges breast tissue

• the seeds of fenugreek contain choline which may be helpful for memory loss and to slow down the aging process

• treat bronchitis and asthma

• inflammation, pain, joint pain, gout, rheumatoid arthritis cramps such as period pains or digestive cramps
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  Pregnant women should not use fenugreek, since it may cause uterine contractions.
  
  Fenugreek is available in Christopher's capsules, Western Botanicals capsules, extract and bulk powder & whole seed.
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  Order online or call 801-228-1901 to order.
  

Coconut Oil to the rescue

I woke up in the early hours this morning with my eye hurting and realized that I was getting an ulcer on my cornea which is different from an eye infection. I have dealt with this problem for many years and the last time I had this problem was in January & February which lasted over a three week period. This type of infection is not to be taken lightly, it is a stabbing pain in the eye along with incredible sensitivity to light. Being an ulcer it is wears holes in the cornea and if it is in the line of vision will result in distorted and even loss of vision. I spent close to $300.00 in doctor bills and eyedrops last winter and wasn’t getting anywhere until I decided to try the coconut oil cure.

Coconut oil kills virus & bacteria and I found then as now that taking it internally will help the problem quite quickly. When I first realized that I was getting an ulcer I drank a glass of coconut milk since it is high in coonut oil. Later when I got up it was still hurting so I popped my oil bottle into hot water to melt the coconut oil and started taking a tablespoon of oil about every half hour. After about three doses my eye finally stopped hurting. I have continued to eat a tablespoon of oil every few hours throughout the day and will continue to take it for a few days to make sure the problem is taken care of. Wow, knowing this works has saved me a lot of money and better yet, saved me the pain I have gone through in years past when these infections hit me.

There has been a lot of research on using Coconut Oil for many health issues including diabetes, AIDS, stomach ulcers and more. You can learn more in the book Coconut Cures. I enjoy cooking with coconut oil and it makes the food taste better. I love to dribble coconut oil on my steamed vegies, cook my food in the oil and use it in my baking. Coconut oil is great for the skin and we have gone through quite a bit of the oil using it externally. We made homemade scones a few weeks ago and usually I can’t handle the smell of fried foods in my house. The scones were very delicious and did not leave that awful smell in my house. Coconut oil doesn’t change when heated and is a very safe oil to eat.

We have great pricing on our coconut oil with a low shipping cost of $10.00 for up to 4 gallons of oil.

You can purchase Coconut Oil at Herbs First.

The Choice Is Yours

A friend called me a few weeks ago to ask if I knew what was going on with her having numbness in her hands and feet. I didn’t know but could tell she was worried, so suggested she go to a doctor to find out what was wrong. She went and found that she has diabetes. Now that she knows what the problem is she can learn what to do for it. She ordered the Pancreas Formula and said wow, these herbs are way less expensive than the medication that they want to put me on.

I think this is a good time to review one of my older posts on my blog about Natural Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine. It is important to read this from time to time to remind us of how herbs and correct diet work in our bodies and why it is a better choice over conventional medicine. We also need to realize that we get ourselves into these kinds of messes from how we eat. My dad is a good example, he is my close family member that is on dialysis in the Natural Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine post, and the reason why we made a quick trip to Washington last month. I kept giving him herbs to cleanse his kidneys, build up his blood etc. He would say they aren’t working. When I was there I brought home the almost full bottles of everything that I gave him over the past few years. The herbs don’t work if they stay in the bottle, you have to actually open the bottle and eat them. He just didn’t want to change, has chosen the medical method and is paying an awful high price for it.

The lesson is this; we all choose our fate, is it eating whatever we want and using conventional medicine to only get worse and worse, or are we going to change our diet and use the herbs to help us maintain optimum health?? Dr. Christopher often said, this is a do it yourself plan. Learn what to do and then do it, and you will be healthy. The choice is clear for me.

I am happy to give links to people that ask. Please email me with what you are looking for if you can’t find it yourself. A great website to learn from is the Herbal Legacy Website from the School of Natural Healing, and where most of the links I give come from. Due to the FTC and FDA regulations we are not able to post this information on our website. We also have available for purchase, Dr. Christopher's School of Natural Healing Aliment CD Rom, $4.95 with a $50.00 purchase, or $13.97 without the minimum purchase. This CD is well worth the investment and has been updated from the old one that we offered a few years ago.

Comment from a subscriber:

Loved this and forwarded it to a lot of people. I keep getting..."So what can I do?" My answer is, "So what is the problem." They don't want to find out but they want someone else to fix it. Loved the story about your Dad. My sister did the same thing.

My question when she found out that she was ill, " Would you like to start an herbal program." Her answer was, " No, the doctor is going to heal me." She died in 2005. It is a planet of choice.
Herbally,
P. H.