8 Ways to understanding healing crisis

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When I hit a healing crisis and started to detox, I quit using herbs. I thought the herbs were making things worse, thank goodness, out of desperation I returned to those herbs, rode out the cleansing and healing process and now enjoy better health than I had when I was 22 years old. Read the rest of this entry »

Herb dosages

It is illegal for me (and everyone in the US) to prescribe an amount of nervine or any type of herbs or supplements.

I can however tell you what I have noticed about dosages. I have worked with over 1500 people with OCD or other nerve or stress conditions.

One of the things which happens when you are under stress Read the rest of this entry »

How safe are herbs?

A lot of people are very apprehensive about taking herbs but how dangerous are herbs? According to National Poison Control Center, between the years 1983 – 1990 there was only 1 death linked to herb ingestion. That was 1 suspected death in 7 years. Also according to the National Poison Control Center in 1990 there was a reported 2556 deaths from Over The Counter Drugs. According to the National Poison Control Center in 1990 there was a reported 85,000 plus death from prescription drugs.
The 2556 deaths from over the counter drugs and the 85,000 plus deaths from prescription drugs all occurred in 1 year, while the 1 death linked to herbs was over a seven year period.
By the way, the one man who died while taking herbs was also on 4 prescription drugs at the time.

MEDICINE VS. HERBS

How often have you heard of a doctor tell a diabetes patient that he wants to try to nutritionally support the pancreas in hopes of improving it’s health and function, which would decrease or eliminate the need for insulin injections? Read the rest of this entry »

So many kinds of OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, what do we do??!

Prayers, spiders, glass, OCD can be attached to anything!

There are many kinds of OCD. Scrupulosity is when a person’s OCD is attached to religious belief and are often involved people who expect perfection in their thoughts and actions.

Although this is a lofty goal, it is a process Read the rest of this entry »

There are bad herbs too!

There are a few herbs which are really not medicine friendly… St. John’s Wort, 5 htp, SAMe, Kava Kava are the worse offenders.  I would avoid all of these if you are on any medication… Another herb many people don’t realize can worsen anxiety and is not good with SSRI’s etc is Coffee, with black pekoe tea which is almost as bad.

Typically fatty acids help and are very compatible with most meds.

And I think a good pharmacist would be your best resource to ask about interactions.