It's always been about the food

“Let food be thy medicine,
 and medicine be thy food.”

~Hippocrates~

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    Dr. Christopher followed Hippocrates belief that food is great medicine and he taught people how to eat right to stay healthy.  Many people are still not getting it today, but then again, many are.  It amazes me the difference I feel when I eat real food vs. fake food. 

    I went to a new naturopath last week and one thing I asked him about was cherry hemangiomas that keep popping up all over my body. They are these red dots that are blood vessels that come to the surface of the skin.  I had some lasered off at a pretty high price a few years ago, but I keep getting more.  The answer was simple, eat a cup of berries a day and they should be gone in about three months! I love that he prescribed food as the medicine, just as Hippocrates and Dr. Christopher did in their day. The first day of eating berries I noticed a difference in my vision being clearer and recall that David Christopher talks about eating berries for better vision in his Maintaining Healthy Body Systems CD set. 

    Some people may not realize that The School of Natural Healing has a great informational website called Dr. Christopher’s Herbal Legacy - "Natural Healing with Herbs for a Healthier You". On this website you can learn about Dr. Christopher’s formulas that are recommended for over 180 ailments.  It also contains Dr. Christopher’s Healing Programs including the Mucusless Diet, Three Day Cleanse, Incurables Program, Candida Program and more.  I also found some great links to recipes that I hadn’t realized was there.  

    We invite you to bookmark the Herbal Legacy website and then come back and purchase the formulas at Herbs First where Dr. Christopher products are always affordably priced.  We also carry the full line of Western Botanicals Herbals that follow the same philosophy of healing.  The owners of Western Botanicals also learned from Dr. Christopher’s School of Natural Healing and I have come to rely on many of their wonderful formulations.  When you are looking for the best herbs to keep you healthy, you need look no further than Herbs First. 

Have a great month!
Kathryn

What Herb Do I Use For My Ailment?

    I noticed a lady at church that didn’t seem to be doing very well.  I asked her if she was okay, and she told me about all the medication she is on.  She just switched health care plans and the new insurance company sent her three months worth of medications for all of her prescriptions.  She told me that her hormone pill looked different and she felt terrible on it.  Her high blood pressure pill looked different and she did not feel good at all on it either.  She named medications for other ailments and all the medications were different than what she had been using and she was worried! I’m sure other people are experiencing the same thing with the changes in health care and they should be worried!

    I figured out pretty early on in my adult life that I did not like giving the power to decide what to do for my health to another person.  I learned this the hard way when at twenty I had radioactive iodine treatment for hyperactive thyroid.  That procedure can’t be un-done and I will forever live with the consequences.  Since that time I have been more mindful of how I treat my body via food, herbs, essential oils and other alternative therapies. 

    There are alternative treatments for all ailments, and it is up to us to take the time to learn what they are. Even though health insurance doesn’t cover the cost of alternative medicine, herbs are affordable to use. A months supply of herbs would cost about the same as a co-pay. Herbs and oils work, and don’t have the terrible side effects.

    We know that you have a lot of choices to make when it comes to your health.  At Herbs First we carry a few product lines, and that is because we only sell the products that really work. When you have questions, we are here to answer them via email, where we can reply back with links, or via phone at 801-228-1901.

Ailments List
Abrasions - Bentonite Clay,  Coconut Oil,   Comfrey Ointment,  Complete Tissue & Bone Ointment,  CTR Ointment,  Rash Ointment 
Acne - Bentonite Clay,  Blood Detox Formula,  Blood Stream Formula,   Essiac Formula,  Female Balance Formula,  Hormonal Changease Formula, Liver & Gall Bladder Formula,  Liver/Gallbladder Formula 
ADD/ADHD - Attention Calm Formula,  Attention Focus Formula,  EFA Blend for Children,  Essential Oils,  Herbal Cleansing,  Kid-e-Trac,  MindTrac, Relax-Eze,  Rebounding 
Adrenals - Adrenal Formula,  Appetite Formula,  Appetite Balance Oil   Ginseng Plus Formula,  Super Adrenal Support Formula

Allergies - Allergy Formula,  Blood Stream Formula,  Herbal Cough Syrup, Immucalm,  Jurassic Green,  Kid-e-Soothe,  Nettle,  Respiratory Congestion,   Sinus Allergy Formula,  Sinus & Lung Extract,   Sinus Plus Formula

Anal Fissures - Complete Tissue & Bone Ointment
Anemia - Female Tonic Formula,  Herbal Iron Formula,  Jurassic Green,  Male Tonic Formula 
Anthrax - Anti-Plague,  Bentonite Clay,   Super Garlic Immune Formula
Anxiety Disorders -  Composure Oil,  Depression Formula,  Female Balance Formula,  Kid-e-Trac,  Liver Transition Formula,  MindTrac,  Nerve Calm,   Relax-Eze
Apoplexy - Antispasmodic
Arthritis - Anti-Inflammation Formula,  Bentonite Clay,  Cayenne Heat Ointment,   Complete Tissue & Bone Formula,  Complete Tissue & Bone Ointment,  CTR,  CTR Ointment,  Deep Heat Ointment,  Immucalm,   Joint Formula,  Jurassic Green,  Kid-E-Soothe

Asthma - Anti Plague,   Antispasmodic,  Immucalm,  Kid-e-Soothe,  Lobelia, Lung & Bronchial Formula,   Sinus Plus Formula,  Super Garlic Immune Formula  

Athletes Foot - Bentonite Clay,  Black Walnut Extract,  Complete Tissue & Bone Ointment,  Garlic Oil,  Myrrh Oil,  Tea Tree Oil,  X-Ceptic  
Bedwetting - Bladder Formula,  Kid-e-Dry
Bi-Polar Disorder - Composure Essential Oil Blend,  Depression Formula,  Female Balance Formula,  Kid-e-Trac,   Liver Transition Formula,  MindTrac, Nerve Calm,  Relax-Eze
Bladder - Bladder Formula,  Kid-e-Dry,  Kidney Formula,  Kidney/Bladder Formula,  Kidney/Bladder Tea

Bleeding Gums - Herbal Tooth Powder (Christopher's),  Herbal Tooth Powder (Western Botanicals)

Blood Circulation - Blood Circulation Formula,  Cayenne,  Hawthorn Berry Heart Syrup

Blood Poisoning - Bentonite Clay,   Stings & Bites Ointment,
Blood Pressure - Blood Circulation Formula,  Cardio Plus,  Cayenne, Hawthorn Berry Heart Syrup
Blood Purifier - Blood Stream Formula,  Blood Cleansing Tea,  Blood Detox Formula, Burdock capsules,  Liver Detox Tea

Boils - Bentonite Clay,  Black Drawing Ointment,  Black Walnut Extract,  Blood Stream Formula
Bones, broken etc. - Bentonite Clay,  Complete Tissue & Bone Formula,  Herbal Calcium Formula
Bones, children - Kid-e-Calc
Bowel Disorders - Colon Cleanse,  Colon Comfort Formula,  Colon Detox Formula,  Happy Colon,  Lower Bowel Formula,  Kid-e-Reg,  Quick Colon Cleanse #1,  Quick Colon Cleanse #2,  Turkey Rhubarb Formula

Bronchitis - Anti-Plague,  Glandular System Massage Oil,  Infection Formula, Lung & Bronchial Formula,  Respiratory Congestion Oil,  Super Garlic Immune Formula
Bruises - Bentonite Clay,  Complete Tissue & Bone Formula,  Complete Tissue & Bone Ointment,  CTR,  CTR Ointment

Burns and Sunburn - Bentonite Clay, BF&C Conditioner,  Complete Tissue & Bone Ointment,   CTR Ointment,  Lavender Essential Oil
    This is the beginning of an ailments list.  We will add to it and at the end combine them into one page on our Herbs First blog.


Have a great month!
Kathryn

Coconut Oil, the Healthy Oil

It is interesting when two people get married that were raised in different families discover the kind of diet they will eat in their home. When my husband and I got married I mentioned that I eat wheat bread and he said he was ok with wheat bread. He won on on mayonnaise vs. Miracle Whip issue when after a year or so of buying both I gave in to mayo. We now use Grapeseed Oil Veganaise which is certainly abetter choice and we both feel the cost is worth it.

Over the years there has been a lot of talk about the fats that are good to use. Fast food restaurants were forced by the FDA to quit using animal fat to fry their foods and to use fats that were deemed to be the good fats. We now know that those supposedly good fats change when heated, making all foods fried in them very unhealthy. Coconut oil has been known as a healthy oil for many years, but a controversy was created making coconut oil look like one of the bad oils. The truth won out and now most people know that coconut oil is good for you.

I bought a gallon of coconut oil two years ago and have become a total coconut oil addict. I use it for everything, making breads, cookies, cakes and other baked foods. For making oven fries, stir fries, and on vegetables where I would normally use butter. Coconut oil does not form harmful byproducts when heated to normal cooking temperature like other vegetable oils do. Coconut oil doesn’t turn into fat in the body, the body burns it as fuel as it is taken in. And the biggest thing I like about coconut oil is that it just makes everything you eat taste so good. I go through about 4 gallons a year for my small family, I know a few large families that use a gallon a month!

When people taste the things I cook they often want the recipe. I am just using my normal recipes and using coconut oil in place of what ever oil is listed. It is great to know that we are using a fat that is healthy and won’t make us fat when we eat it. Read more at Herbs First about the many health benefits of using coconut oil. We have great pricing, only $55.00 per gallon with special shipping of only $10.00 for up to ten gallons shipped to the same address in the continental United States. Order some today!

You can purchase these and other great healing products 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.