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Candidiasis, (Yeast Infection Candida, Thrush)
By Medicine Woman White Sparrow

Candidiasis is an infection caused by Candida albicans, normally a harmless yeast-type fungus found in the intestines, but is also regularly found in the mouth, throat, and genital tract. When your body is functioning properly, it will keep Candida in check. It is only when the body becomes unbalanced, problems arise.  

Many things that contribute to a body's imbalance fall into three main categories:      

• Toxins – pollution, poor toxic food choices, and other related issues.  
• Emotional – stress, emotional lows, worry, and other related issues. 
• Deficiency – lack of vitamins, minerals, and other necessary building blocks  
  

When you address these imbalances, the body then has the ability to heal itself.

Symptoms of a Candida overgrowth include:

• Bad breath / Indigestion
  
• Constipation / Gas
  
• Chronic infections
  
• Depression
  
• Fatigue / Insomnia
  
• Food cravings
  
• Headaches
  
• Adrenal and thyroid problems
  
• Hiatal hernias
  
• Mental confusion / Panic attacks
  
• Menstrual problems
  
• Vaginal infections produce intense itching, accompanied by an odorless, white, cheesy discharge.
  

Candida albicans overgrowth (too much) in the genital tract causes yeast infections and most often is caused by a weakened immune system. More than 75% of all women have experienced a yeast infection during her lifetime and many will have a recurring infection. (Sometimes bacterial vaginitis is mistaken for a yeast infection, but can be the result of a pelvic inflammatory disease and leads to infertility.)

A man can also get a yeast infection but is less likely to be aware this infection because there may not be any symptoms.  A lowered immunity and sexual contact with an infected partner are the most frequent causes of genital yeast infections in males. About 12% to 15% of men can develop symptoms such as penile rash and itching.

Over $60 million annually is spent on over the counter (OTC) products to heal this infection in the United States. These OTC treatments rarely address the imbalance that creates the problem in the first place.  Therefore repeated yeast infections will continue to arise. 

Below are some more specific issues that can through your body out of balance and cause a Candida overgrowth.

• Hormones in the body change during the menstruation cycle, menopause, pregnancy, or the use of birth control pills.
• The prolonged use of antibiotics is probably the leading cause of chronic yeast infection. Antibiotics kill the large variety of good bacteria in the gut and allow Candida to become dominant.
• The imbalance called Diabetes causes an elevation of the blood sugar levels that feed a yeast infection.

Other situations that may not be the direct cause, but they may increase the likelihood of an infection are:

• Hot, humid weather
• Tight clothing – poor ventilation
• Diet changes, poor nutrition, and junk food (high sugar content)
• Poor hygiene
• Allergies (weakened immune system)

Yeast lives on moist areas of the body, such as the lining of the mouth and the vagina. When there is an alteration of the normal pH balance this usually allows the fungus to thrive. For example, stress causes a reduction of the production of stomach acids. This  lets the Candida invade the stomach and thrive, where it is normally never found. As a result, less digested food enters the intestines. The Candida in the intestine feed upon the improperly digested food and grows out of control.

In the oral cavity, Candida is called thrush. White sores may develop on the tongue, gums, and inside the cheeks.  Mothers can pass thrush on to their newborn children. The baby’s tongue will appear red and be covered with white spots (generally noticed 8-9 days after delivery) that will appear like milk spots.  On the buttocks, thrush may resemble diaper rash.

The immune system recognizes disease as non-self, an invader to the body to attack and kill. It is natural for the immune system to destroy disease, cancers, and infections with the assistance of the white blood cells that produce the antibodies.  Since Candida albicans is a normal part of the body, it is much harder for the body to recognize this infection.

Prevention can be the first defense by:

• Learning to eat healthy food like garlic, broccoli, wheat grass, turnips, kale, collards, cabbage, millet, brown rice, beans and vegetables.  Almonds and nuts are okay, but avoid peanuts.  Add fiber to the diet because it assists to clean the colon. Avoid sugary foods, cheese, alcohol, chocolate, fermented food, gluten grains (wheat, oats, rye, and barley), meat, pickles, raw mushrooms, or any yeast product.  
• Build-up the immune system by taking Shiaqga.
• Take a probiotic to build the good bacteria in the body.
• Drink plenty of water.
• Get enough sleep to keep the body strong.
• Use Therapeutic Essential Oils to balance the hormones (Clary Sage or Sage), reduce stress (Geranium), assist digestion (Fennel or Peppermint ), detoxify (Lemon ), and to build the immune system (Frankincense).  ​

Cataracts
By Medicine Woman, Paway-yatanatu way-akt

The lens of the eye is the clear part of the eye that helps to focus light or an image on the retina. Light will pass through the lens to the retina where the light is changed into nerve signals that are sent to the brain. The lens must be clear for the retina to receive a sharp image. When the lens becomes clouded, the eye is unable to properly focus on objects and the image is blurred. This is known as a cataract.  

Cataracts occur as a result of structural changes to protein fibers within the lens.  Normally, the lens will slowly change from clear to a yellow/brown, adding a brown tint to vision. This is a gradual change starting with a slight cloudiness that could eventually affect the identification of colors; mostly blues and purples. The softness and transparency of the eye lens is lost, making the eye lens become hard and dry. As time passes, there is an opaque cloud that will increase till it covers the complete eye lens.

Cataracts usually develop in both eyes; but generally, one eye is more severely affected. Cataracts are one of the leading causes of blindness for millions of Americans over the age of 40. More than 12 million Americans suffer from cataracts.

Types of cataracts:

• Secondary cataracts can form as a result of other health problems like Hyperparathyroidism, Down’s Syndrome, atopic dermatitis, diabetes, hypoglycemia, high blood sugar levels, and low calcium levels. 
• Traumatic cataracts can develop after an eye injury, developing years later.
• Congenital cataracts occur if the mother had rubella during the first three months of pregnancy or if the infant has the inability to properly digest lactose. These cataracts generally do not get worse.  
• Toxic buildup. Examples:  Hair dye has been scientifically shown to cause cataracts. Studies show that 89% of those who dye their hair develop cataracts. Other studies reveal that people who smoke, take steroids, have heavy metal poisoning, low immune system (stress, allergies, and so forth), or who eat seafood (ingesting mercury) are more likely to develop cataracts.

​Symptoms:

• Cloudy, blurred, or double vision
• Problems with lights
• Colors appear to be faded
• Poor night vision
• Frequent changes in eyeglass prescriptions

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Detection:

• Visual acuity test – this eye chart test measures how well you see distances
• With pupil dilation – the pupil is widened to allow the lens and retina to be viewed
• Tonometry is a test that measures the fluid pressure inside the eye.  Increased pressure may be a sign of glaucoma.

Modern Medical Treatments:
The Modern Medical Establishment addresses symptoms rather than focusing on the root cause of the problem. Taking drugs with serious side effects or having surgery is like trimming your prized rose bushes but never watering or fertilizing them. This can eventually lead to the degradation or death of the plant. 

General Natural Health Cures:
When you take care of your body and give it the proper building blocks, most modern health conditions never form in the first place. There are many natural remedies that have been shown to assist or cure cataracts. With any kind of health condition, the more good you give your body the easier it is for your body to heal itself.  Alternative healing regards the whole body. Here are some beneficial things to do to stay in good health and combat cataracts.  

• Obtain adequate rest at night. Avoid sitting up watching television till late at night! You are tiring the eyes and irritating them with harmful energies at the same time. A lack of sleep will suppress the immune response and create a myriad of health problems.
• Eat mostly raw (uncooked) healthy plant-based foods. Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, papaya, and plums have clinically been shown to improve vision and produce better health. Eating high mineral-rich greens (wheatgrass, kale, watercress, and dandelion greens), fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, seeds, and sprouts (use 1/8 tsp. of MSM in water for soaking seeds) are the foundation of good health. The human body is designed to heal itself from any condition provided that you feed it the proper fuel.  
• Exercise early in the morning and avoid long exposure to the direct sun.
• Relaxing for a few minutes several times a day can give your body and your eyes a rest.
• Drink your water. Take 4 ounces of water every 30 to 60 minutes.

Specific Cataract Cures:

• ​Helichrysum Italicum is a Therapeutic Essential Oil that I have personally witnessed many miracles with. Plant essences derived from herbs, seeds, and leaves are powerful medicines of our ancestors. Therapeutic Essential Oils contain hundreds of molecules that work together to heal.  Helichrysum Italicum is on the top of my list when dealing with cataracts and wounds. I consider it a first aid kit in a bottle. Helichrysum strengthens, repairs, and improve the eyes and eyesight. Many have reported putting 50 to 100 drops of Helichrysum italicum into 1oz of organic castor oil and putting one drop in the eyes at night gets results in a few months.  Never put the pure Helichrysum oil directly in the eye, but you can use it around the eye.        
• A weak or non-functioning immune system, poor health, diet, an unhealthy environment, and age all contribute to disease. When the body does not have the proper nutrients, it cannot heal.   The best defense against any ailment is the body’s immune system. If you are deficient in nutrition, minerals, smoke, or use alcohol, this puts the immune system on overload. Shiaqga is my first supplement of choice for immune system modulation and stem cell activation. Please read more under the Shiaqga article.  
• Use MSM (Methyl Sulfonyl Methane) eye drops often especially before bed.  To make MSM eye drops take two tablespoons distilled water and dissolve ¼ teaspoon of MSM crystals.  Try a drop in your eyes to see how it works. If it is too strong, add more distilled water. If it’s too weak, add more MSM. I find people have a preference on the strength of the drops. Put into a dropper bottle and use several times daily. MSM is a sulfur-carrying compound that magnifies the nutritional effect of vitamins and assists build the amino acids responsible for protein building and muscle formation. It supports the immune system and almost every major body function.
• Other supplements that contain greens also have powerful benefits for supporting the body in obtaining and maintain good health.      

Cellulitis
By White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Cellulitis is a bacterial infection of the skin and underlying tissues. Bacterium can enter through a break in the skin such as a cut or sore. The bacteria then start to reproduce and break down skin cells.

The symptoms start with a small area of tenderness, swelling, and redness. The red area will begin to enlarge and may be accompanied with a fever, chills, sweats, and swollen lymph nodes. The skin on the face or lower legs is the most commonly affected areas, although it can occur on any part of the body. When it occurs on the scalp, it is a non-localized inflammation without suppuration.  Symptoms appear gradually over several hours.

Elderly people are especially vulnerable to cellulitis because many of them have poor circulation, which lead to edema or leg ulcers. These problems increase the risk of cellulitis infection. If the leg is infected, you should keep it elevated. Others at risk of cellulitis include diabetes and intravenous drug abusers. Cellulitis may reoccur if you have a persistent circulatory or immune problem.

A cellulitis infection involves the skin’s deeper layers: the dermis and subcutaneous tissues, caused by the bacteria’s Streptococcus and Staphylococcus (staph), to name a few.  An extreme case of cellulitis is when the infection has spread to the deep layer of tissue called the fascia lining. Necrotizing fasciitis is commonly known as the “flesh-eating bacteria” that is an example of a deep-layer infection. This can be deadly.  If cellulitis is left untreated it may cause septicemia, a serious blood infection.

Risk factors:

• Weak immune system due to HIV/AIDS, stress, and etc. 
• Diabetes
• Cancer
• Animal, human, or  insect bites
• Severe burns or severe trauma
• Chemotherapy, corticosteroids and other medications
• Tattoos
• Age – the elderly
• Surgical wounds
• Athlete’s food, dry skin, or eczema

Symptoms:

• Painful, red, swollen skin
• Fever, chills
• Swollen lump nodes
• Skin rash, blisters, scabs
• Red lines on the skin
• Headaches
• Bruising

The signs of inflammation and an elevated level of white blood cells is the immune system trying to heal the body. The immune system is the body’s first line of defense against disease and infection.  

A weak or non-functioning immune system, poor health, diet, an unhealthy environment, and age all contribute to disease. When the body does not have the proper nutrients, it cannot heal. The things that put your immune system in overload are being deficient in nutrition, smoking or using alcohol, stress, and pollution.

Treatment:
The first step is practicing good personal hygiene, washing the hands frequently, addressing any cuts or sores and protecting the skin from injury.

Therapeutic Oil plant essences, derived from herbs, seeds, and leaves, were the first medicines of our ancestors. They contain hundreds of molecules that work together to kill viruses and bacteria. Here are my favorite and most effective Therapeutic Oils to use against viruses, bacteria, and infections:

Tea Tree – is beneficial against viruses, bacteria, fungus, parasites, inflammation, and infections (especially against staph, strap, respiratory, ear, nose, and throat infections). It is an antiseptic insecticide. 

Thyme – is beneficial against microbes, bacteria, fungus, infections, viruses, inflammation, parasites, and is an antiseptic.

Clove Bud – it is an antiseptic and beneficial for inflammation, viruses, bacteria, fungus, tumors, parasites and infectious diseases.  

Cinnamon Bark – is an immune stimulant and it has been found that viruses, bacteria, and fungus cannot live in this oil.  It is used against parasites, typhoid, flu, colds, tropical infections, coughs, warts, and is a general all around maintenance oil.  It is important to get the Cinnamon Bark and not the leaf which is less effective.

Oregano – is one of the strongest antibacterial Therapeutic Oils and may be beneficial when a strong response to bacterial infection is needed. It has a broad spectrum of bactericidal and anti-microbial action.  It is beneficial against fungus, infections, viruses, parasites, is an antiseptic, immune-stimulant, balancing the metabolism, and strengthens the vital centers of the body.

Helichrysum Italicum – it is beneficial when used against allergic conditions, fungus, bacteria, infections, viruses, and inflammation (properties that reduce inflammation found in this oil exceed those of any other therapeutic essential oil).

Melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquinervera) – is hard to find because it is most often adulterated with other oils. It is beneficial against infections, bacteria, fungus, especially Candida, tumors, inflammation, parasites, viruses including “slow” viruses, and catarrh.

Ravintsara – is referred to as the “oil that heals”. It fights infections, fungus, bacteria, is an anti-biotic, antiseptic, an expectorant, and supporting to the nerves. It is anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-infectious, antiseptic, and supporting the nerves.

Mountain Savory – is effective against fungus, viruses, malaria, major infections, inflammation of lymph nodes, and a general tonic for the body.  

Other Effective Treatments:
Start by a change in lifestyle by making most of your meals healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits, and greens. Drink at least 1/2 ounce of water for every pound of weight daily, exercise giving the body movement to assist in flushing out waste materials, and taking supplements.

One powerful supplement is Shiaqga. Each ingredient in Shiaqga is demonstrated in scientific research to strengthen, support, and modulate the immune response in different ways.  When these ingredients are combined there singular efforts are synergized. (People have shared success with topically applying Shiaqga to affected areas.) 

Another supplement that is beneficial is vitamin C, since the Shiaqga seems to be more effective when your intake of vitamin C is adequate. Among other things vitamin C is an antioxidant that is vital for tissue growth, repair, wound healing, and the resistance to infections.  It plays a part in all aspects of health and well-being.   

The body has the power to heal itself if given the right tools to support the healing process.

Chemotherapy
By White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Chemotherapy is not a treatment for cancer that is recommended by Natural Healers. This simply is because of the high expense, proven more effective treatments, and the harm it does to the "good" cells of the body. 

The modern medical establishment uses chemotherapy, a simple treatment that involves the use of chemicals, to stop cancer cells from growing. More than half of the people diagnosed with cancer receive chemotherapy. It is designed to kill cancer cells and is administered through a vein, injected into a body cavity or taken orally in the form of a pill. Yes the “chemo” kills cancer cells, but it also kills fast growing healthy cells like your hair cells and blood cells.
 

Some cancer cells grow slowly while others grow rapidly. There are different chemotherapy drugs that target the growth patterns of specific cancer cells.  Chemotherapy kills the cancer, but one of the side effects is a lowered white blood cell count. This means that the immune system is weak and increases the risks of infection. Most cancer patients become very ill during these treatments.

There are other side effects that are temporary but can be life-threatening:

• Nausea,  
• Vomiting   
• Hair loss   
• Fatigue
• Diarrhea / Constipation
• Mouth sores / Ulcers 
• Loss of appetite / weight loss
• Anxiety 
• Insomnia 
• Yeast infection
• Depression / headaches 
• Low White and Red Blood Counts - (Neutropenia is a condition of a low white blood cell count. White blood cells are the soldiers of the immune system that fight disease). 
• Low Blood Platelet Counts - (Thrombocytopenia is a condition of a low platelet count that may cause bruising or excessive bleeding).​
• Anemia - results by a low red blood cell count that affects how much oxygen is circulating in the body to the cells.  

There is a lot of profit in proscribing chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer.  The proven more effective but lower cost treatments are almost always ignored. (For example, scientific studies have proven that taking Black Cumin internally was more effective than both chemotherapy and radiation treatments and at almost 1/100th of the cost.) Also, physicians normally do not share with their patients that 80% of them will have cancer again in a few short years. The cancer returns simply because the chemotherapy or radiation treatments do not address the bodies original reason to why it developed cancer in the first place.

Natural Healers will turn to remedies that address fixes to why cancer was allowed to grow in the body in the first place. For example, Shiaqga gives the proper nutrition to the body to modulate the body's immune system and therefore naturally increase your body's ability to eliminate cancer.  

Shiaqga is also safe to take while undergoing the modern medical establishments treatments. Shiaqga so effectively builds up the healthy cells that are killed during such treatments, healers often hear the physicians express how amazed they are that the patent is responding so well to their chemo treatment while taking Shiaqga.

Cholesterol
by Man Found Standing, Native American Medicine Man

Cholesterol is naturally produced by the body consisting of a combination of lipid (fat) and steroid. Our bodies need only a moderate amount of cholesterol as a building block for cell membranes, forming bile acids, for hormones (both estrogen and testosterone), and other internal processes. About 80% of the body’s cholesterol is produced by the liver and the rest of comes from diet.  

After you eat, cholesterol in the food is absorbed from the intestine and stored in the liver. The liver regulates the cholesterol levels in the bloodstream and secretes cholesterol to replenish the body. Too much cholesterol and the body begins to develop health problems that can end in heart disease and stroke.  

LDL & HDL Cholesterol
LDL (low-density lipoprotein), is considered the bad cholesterol. LDL elevates the levels of cholesterol that increase the risk of coronary heart disease. LDL causes cholesterol (plaque buildup) on the artery walls causing a narrowing and hardening. This process is called atherosclerosis. Diets that are high in saturated fats (from meat and dairy) and cholesterol raise the levels of LDL in the blood.  

Through the lowering of LDL cholesterol, one can prevent or reverse atherosclerosis, angina (chest pain caused by too little oxygen-carrying blood reaching the heart), and heart attacks.  This also prevents or stops the formation of plaque on the artery walls, reduces existing plaques, and prevents blood clots forming, as well as decreasing the risk of a heart attack.    

HDL (high-density lipoprotein) is considered the good cholesterol.  HDL cholesterol prevents atherosclerosis by extracting plaque from the artery walls and disposing of it through the liver. Diets that are high in unsaturated fats (from vegetable sources like coconut, avocado, and palm) assist the body.  

What to do?
Scientific studies show that when people with life-threatening cholesterol issues switch to an all plant-based diet, their health improves rapidly.  So, eat healthy nutritional plant-based foods and take high-quality herbal supplements like Shiaqga. This will ensure that your body gets the fuel it needs to live a healthy life, have a strong immune system, and activate the body's healing stem cells.   The human body is designed to heal itself. By giving it the proper building blocks miracles of healing can will.  

Crohn's Disease (also Colitis & Granulomatous)
by Man Found Standing, Native American Medicine Man

Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammation of the digestive tract that is most often diagnosed in the young. This disease affects portions of the bowel so severely that it can inhibit digestion. This disease generally involves the small bowel and can restrict the absorption of nutrients, leading to malnutrition and deficiencies of vitamin B12, calcium, folic acid, and vitamin D.  Getting enough calories for adequate nutrition for normal body function and growth is often difficult.  

Ulcerative colitis symptoms are very similar to Crohn's disease. Ulcerative colitis begins at the bowel’s inner surface, where Crohn’s disease begins below the mucosa and spreads into the deeper layers of the bowel wall but can affect the small or large intestine (colon).

Symptoms include:

• Diarrhea / Constipation
• Fever 
• Fatigue
• Abdominal pain / cramping
• Bloody stools
• Mouth sores
• Loss of appetite / weight loss / malnutrition
• Pain or drainage near or around the anus
• Inflammation of the joints, liver, or bile ducts

Modern medicine has no known cure for Crohn's disease and their treatments consists of the use of powerful anti-inflammatory medications, such as steroids. Other treatments involve surgically removing areas of the bowl, that never fully heal and scars that cause bowel obstructions. I personally never met any Crohn’s patients that felt that medicine adequately controlled their symptoms.

Natural remedies would include high quality supplements like Shiaqga, avoiding toxins, and making sure you are only eating foods with the proper nutrition. As your body's immune system and stem cells are activated, your body will heal itself. 

Depression
by White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner 

Depression paralyzes the mind. Life seems to have no direction. Everyone has experienced these mood swings, but depression happens over a period of time. With depression, the whole body suffers.  

Western Medicine ranks depression by the severity of the symptoms with levels of mild, moderate, or severe. Depression is twice as common in women as in men and could be a  a precursor to a stroke due to a reduction of  blood circulation that inhibits normal body functions.

The brain is made up of over 100 chemicals called neurotransmitters. The four basic neurotransmitters are norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine, and acetylcholine. A difficult life situation, a change in hormones, food allergies, inflammation, immune system suppression, abnormal brain activity, nutritional deficiencies, hypoglycemia,  environmental problems, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s dementia, addictive disorders, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or schizophrenia can cause an  imbalance of some of these chemicals resulting with some level of depression. Using medications for blood pressure, sleep disorders, infections (antibiotics), and birth control pills have also been associated with depression.

Symptoms:

• Anger / Confusion
• Change in Appetite
• Energy loss
• Excessive Sleeping / Inactivity/ Insomnia
• Fatigue 
• Negativity, low self-esteem, guilt
• Recurring thoughts of Death /Suicide
• Withdrawal from Activities

Modern medicine’s answer for depression is to prescribe antidepressants, psychotherapy (talk therapy), or even electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) where an electric current is passed through the brain to produce seizures and sort-term memory loss. These have side effects that range from weight gain or loss, dry mouth, diarrhea, nausea, constipation, insomnia, anxiety, restlessness, decreased sex drive, dizziness, tremors, sweating, sleeplessness, fatigue, headaches, or being suicidal.   

Modern medicines do not cure and there are natural healthy alternatives. The best therapy is to exercise, meditate, eat a healthy diet, and take supplements to feed the body, soul, and mind. The human body is designed with an immune system that is the natural defense against disease and infection. When you feed the whole body, the body will heal itself.  As Hippocrates said, “Make food your medicine.......”

The “depression diet” will destroy nutrients, over stimulate the glands, interfere with the way the body processes nutrients, weakens the immune system, and causes other harmful effects. You should avoid or use in moderation the following:

• Processed and junk foods .
• Low sugar/high sugar diet.
• Antibiotics or steroid enhanced foods 
• Caffeine and tobacco 
• Food coloring, chemicals, preservatives, and additives.

Many have found that simple lifestyle changes help soothe and prevent the re-occurrence of depression symptoms. 

• Find therapeutic oil, that you like the smell of and wear it often during the day. When you smell an oil, the oil molecules can go beyond the blood barrier of the brain may affect the neurotransmitters, easing depression.
• Get enough sleep.
• Start a healthy/nutritious diet that includes more B vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids. (Complex carbohydrates increase the amount of amino acids and tryptophan that ares ingested and increases the amount of serotonin made by the brain, producing a calming on the body. High-protein foods promote the production of dopamine and norepinephrine, which increases hyperactivity and nervousness).  Get active, move, and exercise.​
• Turmeric taken on a daily basis has shown significant improvement.  
• Pray or meditate.
• Spend time with friends or family members, (play games, talk, laugh together).  
• Count your blessings.
• If seasonal depression issues arise, use special lights during the fall and winter months.

Several therapeutic oils that are beneficial to cope with depression include:  

• Cypress - Improves circulation, acts as a female hormone stimulant, and calms stressful or nervous tension.  Very comforting and strengthening in times of death or divorce.  
• Lavender - Is considered a universal copal and is beneficial for inflammation,  insomnia, and helps to balance the emotions of irritability, moodiness, fear, restlessness, and depression.
• Peppermint - May assist when used for shock, fatigue, and nervous stress.
• Rosemary - May assist the immune and endocrine systems, awakens the brain, and lowers blood pressure.
• Ylang Ylang -  Is a wonderful relaxing essential oil that lowers blood pressure and calms the brain.​

The Native American Medicine Woman, Paway, states, 
“I use half as much of the "I Am" Essential Oils and get better results!  (The oils company I was previously using stated that they were the experts and supplied the best oils in the world.) I have been using oils for over thirty years, and your oils are truly the most therapeutic I have ever encountered.         

I would recommend anyone who suffers from depression to look into the "I Am" Essential Oils and read about their different properties. Try the oil you feel would work best for your situation. I have seen many who have used their oils and experience a miracle". ​

Diabetes

by Man Found Standing, Practitioner Medicine Man

Diabetes starts with problems with digestion. The human body digests food for fuel to repair, heal, and rebuild.  Everything that we put in the mouth starts the digestive chemical process. Food travels from the mouth, then to the stomach, and onto the small intestine.  

Food is broken down and turned into glucose (sugar) and absorbed from the small intestine into the bloodstream. This causes the percentage of sugar in our blood to rise and stimulates the pancreas to release a hormone called insulin. The pancreas is a small organ that is located in the upper abdomen next to the small intestine and automatically releases insulin when the blood sugar is high or releases the glucagon hormone when the blood sugar is low. These hormones play their part by keeping the blood glucose level at the right percentage for the body. 

Once the insulin removes sugar from the bloodstream, it is used for energy, converted into a molecule (glycogen) that functions as a secondary long-term energy (stored in the muscles and liver), or stored as body fat. There is a lot for the body to accomplish from the food that is eaten in order to supply the cells with energy to function. When this process is not working properly, this is called diabetes.

Diabetes is the condition in which the body has a high blood sugar (glucose) level, either because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or because the cells of the body don’t properly respond to the insulin that is produced.  

Diabetes is the 6th leading cause of death and scientists estimate that 90% is preventable by simple lifestyle choices of diet and exercise. Not correcting diabetes can lead to other problems in the body such as heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, possible amputation, and more.

Diabetes falls into two types. Type 1 diabetes happens when the endocrine gland in the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or stops making it all together. The body is unable to metabolize glucose which results in an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.  

Western Medicines' treatment of Type 1 diabetes is to inject or take insulin pills.  This mindset will never lead to a cure since it addresses the symptoms rather than the cause of the problem. It is like having an automobile with a leak in one of its tires. By filling up the tire with air, can you expect it to be fixed?  No!  It is only by addressing the cause of the problem that a cure be obtained.     

Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder where the body does not respond to the effects of insulin. This type can almost always be prevented or cured through proper nutritional support.  

Understanding Western Medicines’ limited knowledge of what proper nutrition really is, along with understanding the lack of proper nutrition in our food supply, contributes to diabetes being the 6th leading cause of death. 

The Fix: 
Modern medicals' focus for curing diabetes is directed towards transplants and stem cells research. Stems cells are very unique, they reproduce quickly, indefinitely, and have the potential to become any type of cell in the body. Stem cells are simply waiting for instructions.  The Diabetes Research Institute is undergoing tests to transform or coax the stem cells to develop or regenerate into islet cells to assist the pancreas in returning to its normal function. (See the March 2005 issue of Journal Diabetes.)  This could ultimately be a cure for type 1 diabetes. These high-cost procedures are out of the question for most of the world's population however this is a cost effective natural health solution.

The Shiaqga supplement gives the body the nutritional support to modulate its immune system and to naturally activate its stem cells.

Addressing the diabetes problem is all about getting the body the proper nutritional building blocks to allow itself to repair and regenerate. This cure can easily be obtained through diet (avoid meat and dairy) and high-quality supplements.  Since proper nutrition and alternative herbal medicine do not generate massive amounts of income for the medical establishment, they probably will never be approved or intensely researched by Western Medicine.

Diverticulitis
by Man Found Standing, Practitioner Medicine Man

Diverticulitis refers to a medical condition where the small pockets or sacs called diverticuli in the mucus membrane of the bowel become inflamed. The disease occurs almost exclusively in the elderly and is far more common in countries where poor nutrition foods (processed foods) are eaten regularly. The modern diet has a lack of fiber/roughage which slows the bowel transit time and contributes to toxic buildup in the bowel.  This toxic buildup causes inflation.   

Diverticulitis Symptoms:

• Abdominal pain, bloating, gas
• Low-grade fever
• Elevated white blood cell count
• Fever and chills
• Diarrhea or constipation
• Nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite
• Blood in stools

The modern medical treatment of the disease will prescribe antibiotics and advise the patient to avoid foods (like seeds, nuts, grains, and so forth) that could lodge in the diverticular pouches.  Sadly, this advice tends to complicate/worsen the disease due to the harmful destruction of the friendly flora and the further reduction of dietary fiber needed to speed up bowel transit time.

Proper nutrition and supplements that contain Shiaqga have shown wonderful results when dealing with diverticulitis by strengthening and speeding up bowel transit time. Shiaqga alone in many cases is enough to reduce the worst symptoms of the disease. The Shiaqga contains Beta-glucans that in scientific research shows an expediential increase in a body’s immune response, anti-inflammatory action, and controls infection in the diverticuli. Also, the Triterpenes found in Shiaqga will affect the production of bile and enzymes in the liver which are then passed down into the bowel. This will regulate digestion and prevent constipation.
 

Testimonial:  Speaking about Shiaqga, P. Landis from Humansville, Missouri said, “I am a cancer survivor of twelve years and it has made all the difference in the world to me. My diagnosis is T-cell Lymphoma of the bowel with 4th stage metastasis to the liver, prostate, vocal cords and lymph nodes of the abdomen and throat. No treatment was suggested as my cancer was too far advanced to do anything about it.”

Earache and Ear Infections
By Paway-yatanatu way-akt, Medicine Woman

Earaches, that are described as an inner ear infection are common. Everyone has probably experienced this at some time in their life. The inner ear contains nerves that go to the brain that regulate balance. An inner ear infection consists of the nerves become inflamed because of a virus and will result in some pain, sometimes hearing problems, and possible vertigo.  

Ear infections affect the middle ear, the otitis media, and the Eustachian tubes that is directly behind the eardrum and connects the ear to the throat. These tubes can become infected, swollen, or clogged with fluid from the nose and throat that create an ideal environment for bacteria to thrive.

Ear infections often happen to young children because their tubes are small.   The symptoms can result in a sense of fullness inside the ear, loss of hearing, a ringing tone that won't go away, a persistent itchiness, and a pain to the outside ear. The pain will be worse at night because the body is lying down flat and it is more difficult for the eustachian tubes to drain out the phlegm.

Earaches and ear infections can cause damage and need to be treated quickly. (Scientists have discovered that you are six times more likely to have a reoccurring ear infection if you use pharmaceutical drugs rather than natural means to cure the condition.) 

Other Earaches and Ear Infections symptoms are:

• Ear drainage
• Swelling
• Trouble sleeping
• Balance difficulties
• Hearing problems
• Fever
• Aching or pain 
• The feeling of the ears being plugged
• Nausea or vomiting 
• Dizziness

As expected, ear infections are more frequent in bottle-fed infants than those that are breastfed. Cow's milk produces inflammation and blockage of the infant's eustachian tubes that can cause infection from outside. Breast milk contains 'immune globulin A' that assists to strengthen the infant’s immune system that is developing. When a child is fed with a bottle while lying down, it may cause a problem with the ears.

Swimming in public pools can increase chances of getting ear infections. The “Swimmer’s Ear” is an infection of the outer ear canal that can result in a foul-smelling drainage from the ear. As a precaution, you may want to use earplugs when swimming, or put in a small amount of vegetable oil in the ears before going in the water.  

Ear pain can happen when the pressure changes and can be relieved by yawning or swallowing to reduce the pressure by opening the valves, or also by contracting the muscles of the Eustachian tubes by blowing your nose while holding both nostrils closed till you hear a small pop. A smart tip is to chew gum while traveling on a plane to help relieve the pressure.

Ruptured or perforated eardrums may be caused when the tympanic membrane in the eardrum separates or is broken and can cause a temporary hearing loss. The bones and nerve endings in the middle and inner ear send a nerve impulse to the brain. This can happen from an inner pressure buildup from infection, outer pressure from buildup, foreign objects stuck in the ear canal, or from trauma.  Put nothing in the ear until the eardrum is healed. A fomentation (warm moist compress) on the outside of the ear can be helpful. This can be treated by putting warmth on the ear, keeping the ear clean, and using the Therapeutic Essential Oils for healing, like Helichrysum Italicum. Impacted ear wax can be loosened by taking a hot shower. (The steam will soften the wax buildup.)

Allergies, sore throats, colds, or sinus infections can cause the mucous membranes in the Eustachian tubes to produce fluid and swell, blocking the fluid in the ear and not allowing it to drain naturally. Although not common, sometimes the ears will ache because there is trouble with the teeth, not because of infection.  If you have an ear pain in the ear, pull firmly on the earlobe. If the pain increases, then you probably have an ear infection. If the pain does not increase, you may have a dental problem. 

Natural remedy treatments for ear infections:

• Modulate the immune system by taking supplements with Shiaqga.
• Keep the ear warm and the person lying down with their head slightly elevated to assist natural drainage of the eustachian tubes.
• Swallowing and yawning assists open up the eustachian tubes and ease the pain.
• Only feed a child when he is sitting up.
• Place a drop of Helichrysum Italicum (my favorite), Juniper Berry, or Black Cumin on the tip of your little finger.  Now rub both little fingers together so the ends are each covered with oil.  Now place a finger in each ear and gently rub the oil around. After that is done you can rub the extra oil behind the ears. Sometimes using another drop of the Therapeutic Oil behind the ear is quite beneficial.
• For an earache cut an onion in half. Wrap one of the halves in aluminum foil. Warm oven to 350 degrees. Put the onion in the oven and heat it until it becomes hot. Take from oven and remove the foil. Place a dry washcloth over the round part of the onion to retain the heat, and hold it with your hand. Place cut surface of the onion directly on the ear. 

To improve drainage of pus, lay on the bed with infected ear down, as you continue to hold the onion in place. Relief normally comes within 3-5 minutes.  

Things to avoid:

• There is a tendency for people who have ear problems to be heavy earwax producers.  To reduce the amount of earwax the body makes, eat less saturated fatty acids. Various fats contain different proportions of saturated fat. Examples of foods containing a high proportion of saturated fat include animal fats such as cream, cheese, butter, suet, lard, and fatty meats; as well as certain vegetable products such as coconut oil, cottonseed oil, palm kernel oil, chocolate and many prepared foods.  Unsaturated fatty acids are not a problem.

• ​A 1991 study showed children with chronic otitis media revealed that 78% were had sensitive food allergies to milk, corn, dairy products, peanuts, and wheat. Further proof for eating healthy was that 86% of the children were cleared of all ear problems by eliminating those foods from their diets.  
• Avoid smoking since it damages the immune system and can irritate the eardrum.
• Dairy products increase sticky mucus in the body which increases ear infections.  
• Excessive sweets and starches lower immune resistance and intensify ear problems.
• Place drops of hydrogen peroxide (the low percentage that is commonly found in stores) in the ear, to help clean it out, making certain first that the ear drum is not perforated). Then rinse it out with water. Do not leave the peroxide in the ear since it can sink through the eardrum and produce a fizzing sound which some people have reported lasting for several years.

The immune system in the human body is designed to destroy cells foreign to the body. That’s the body’s natural defense against disease and infection.  A weak or non-functioning immune system, poor diet, an unhealthy environment, and age all contribute to infection. If you are deficient in nutrition, minerals, smoke, or use alcohol, this can put the immune system on overload. Rebuild and strengthen the body’s natural immunity (or defenses) to destroy infections.

Herbs and plants are the oldest medicine.  Plant essences, derived from herbs, seeds, and leaves, were the first medicines of our ancestors. Therapeutic Essential Oils contain hundreds of molecules that work together to kill viruses and bacteria.  The modern world of medicine looks to pharmaceutical drugs for the cure, but all pharmaceutical drugs cause damage to the body and in almost all cases are not as effective as the alternative treatment.  

As a natural, alternative healer, I have found that the use of Helichrysum Italicum is extremely beneficial for earaches caused by nerve damage, allergic conditions, bacterial, and fungus, virus, inflammation, and tooth or sinus infections. It is an excellent pain reliever, infection fighter, and assists in healing and repairing.

Improve your lifestyle by eating healthy, taking high-quality supplements, drinking water, and moving. The body has the power to heal itself given the proper tools. 

Take charge of your body and your health. 

Eczema
by Man Found Standing, Medicine Man Practitioner

The cause of eczema is usually attributed to an imbalance of the liver/kidney and a malfunction of the elimination of toxins. Modern medicine will prescribe steroids that can be a remedy for a short-term fix but does not address the cause of the problem. Over time, eczema will get worse. (You may want to avoid using essential oils because they may compound the problem due to their detoxification properties.)

A natural fix can be made just from the juice of fresh bitter greens, the more nasty and bitter the better, combined with good eating habits. Bitter greens include dandelion, watercress, wheatgrass, and others that will assist the body to heal itself.

To begin this natural fix, start early in the morning upon awakening. Do not eat or drink anything. Prepare 3-6 oz. of the greens drink and swallow it down. Wait about 45 minutes before you eat or drink anything. Over the next couple weeks, you should begin to witness improvement to your health. 

Once your body is back in balance, you will be able to reduce your intake of greens. Just “listen” to your body and follow what works for feeling better.

​There are many other “good things” for you to do to assist your body healing. For example, one of the most powerful natural products I have come across for assisting the body heal from many conditions is Shiaqga. (Please be cautious because there are a couple companies claiming to sell the real Shiaqga when in fact they are selling the much cheaper and less effective Chaga.) As you improve your diet, take the bitter greens, and supplement with Shiaqga your body will receive the nutrition it needs to heal itself.  Just take one healing-step-at-a-time and soon you will reap the benefits.  

Understanding Therapeutic Essential Oils 
Radio Interview

Welcome to this health interview between Dr. Troy Frazier, founder of Absolute Health an Integrated Health Care Clinic in Orem Utah, and Man Found Standing.

* Hello, I’m Dr Troy Frazier, and today I’ll be speaking with Man Found Standing, a Native American Medicine Man Practitioner.  Welcome.

Thank you Dr. Frazier, it’s good to be here. As you know, Dr. Frazier, there are many paths to travel to obtain good health.  

*Yes. Everyone chooses his or her own path to excellent health. It is my personal belief that, given support and opportunity, the body will usually be able to heal itself from many conditions. Tell me how you became interested in Therapeutic Oils.

From my earliest beginnings, I have always been associated with alternative medicines. I was raised with the philosophy that nature provides us with everything we need to keep ourselves healthy and happy. My first major introduction to Therapeutic Essential Oils was over two decades ago in the early 1990’s. I remember my mother calling me up and excitingly telling me about her wonderful new discovery.

Through a minor accident that happened two weeks after that telephone conversation, I was fully converted to the use of Therapeutic Oils. Instead of being on crutches for a month, I was out running in a week! I attributed my speedy return to complete mobility after the injury to the use of Therapeutic Oils.

Over the next several years, I had many wonderful healing experiences with the Therapeutic Oils. I saw first-hand many miracles involving the oils. Let me share one experience involving my daughter.   

For the first two and a half years of my daughter‘s life, she had chronic bronchitis. This was due to being subjected to powerful antibiotics that compromised her immune system. We started her out on the essential oils by applying them twice a day. In less than two weeks of putting an immune building blend on her feet and a respiratory blend on her chest, she was completely clear of all problems and has stayed clear now for over five years.  

Through experiences like this, I knew that I wanted the Therapeutic Essential Oils to play a major role in my life. Because of my love for the Therapeutic Oils, in 1997, I went to work for a company that supposedly supplied the world’s best Therapeutic Oils. Over the next few months while I worked, I listened to countless hours of Therapeutic Oil audio tapes. The more that I gained knowledge through learning from others and through my own personal experiences with the Therapeutic Oils, the greater my excitement became. 

As I became more involved in the company, I also became saddened by what I personally witnessed; what was being said and what was actually being done were two separate things. After one particular shocking experience, I came to the conclusion that if I was going to continue using the essential oils, I wanted to be sure that the quality I was paying for was what I was actually going to receive.  What this meant was I was going to have to do the job myself.  

*So, what are Therapeutic Essential Oils Oils?

Therapeutic Essential Oils are the end result of plant metabolism. They are produced by the plant and circulated through the stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, and roots. Each plant produces an essential oil that is unique to that plant.

When you walk through a pine forest, you can easily smell the Therapeutic Essential Oil from the trees. Oils are essential for the plant’s survival. What I have found most exciting is their ability to contain the intelligence or life force of the plant and assist in healing the plant when injured or attacked. Just as blood is a key component to our survival, essential oils are a key component to their survival of the plants. Essential Oils are highly concentrated plant medicines. Some components in the essential oils can be a 100,000 times stronger than in the dried herb. For example, it takes more than 100 pounds of eucalyptus leaves to produce one pound of eucalyptus oil.  A few thousand pounds of rose petals produce only one liter of essential oil. Try replacing your peppermint teabag with one drop of pure Therapeutic Oil, it is quite powerful.

When chemists studied the Therapeutic Essential Oil constitutes, they discovered that these oils are extremely complex substances. Chemists have identified more than 3000 different aromatic molecules and new ones are continually being discovered. For example, rose oil has over 300 compounds with over half of them not yet identified. In our modern day society, chemists studied the compounds and plants to determine the effect these may have on the human body. Some of these constitutes may be synthesized artificially to make modern medicine. But such synthetic compounds cannot be made to work biologically in the same way as the compounds made by nature.

*How long has man been using essential oils?

Essential oils have been around for thousands of years. Plant medicine forms part of every cultural tradition. You can read about their use in the Bible. In the 19th and 20th centuries, with the advent of manmade drugs and modern surgical practices, man almost completely forgot these gifts of nature.

During the 1920’s, a French cosmetic chemist, named Rene-Maurice Gattefosse by accident burned his hand. Gattefosse applied Lavender oil to his wound and to his surprise, it relieved the pain and after a few days, there was no blistering or scarring on his hand. Excited by the possibilities, he spent the next years in more research and experimentation.  Because the essential oil had aromatic properties, he coined the phrase “Aromatherapy”.  

*Is scientific research available to backup the claims of the healing properties of essential oils?  

Yes. Chamberlain did one of the first early studies on Therapeutic Essential Oils in the 1880’s. Chamberlain studied the anti-bacterial properties of the vapor of oregano, cinnamon, angelica, and geranium essential oils. He tested these against certain disease causing illnesses.  He found that they were effective against several bacteria in vapor form.  

In 1918, Chevelle conducted experiments with essential oils. He found that even in diluted amounts, the Therapeutic Essential Oils showed antiseptic action. For example, clove bud oil was found to kill tuberculosis at the rate of one part Therapeutic Oil to 6000 parts TB. 

In the 1930’s, Belgium Researchers tested Therapeutic Essential Oils and learned even more of their beneficial properties.  Since the 1960’s, France has made many discoveries and is one of the leading countries using essential oils for medical purposes. Therapeutic Essential Oils are continuing to amaze researchers with their healing properties and excitement is growing for their many uses.

*How do you get the essential oils from the plants?

There are many ways of extracting the oils from the plants. Each plant has unique requirements in terms of how the plant should be handled before and during the extraction process. The most commonly used extraction process is through steam distillation. In the steam distillation method, plant material is put into a chamber; steam is then injected into the chamber causing the plants to release their Therapeutic Oil. The steam and Therapeutic Oils are carried out of this chamber and deposited into a cooling container where the Therapeutic Oil raises to the top and is separated and gathered.  

Hydro-distillation and expeller pressing are two other common methods used to extract the essential oils. 

*Is the time and temperature during extraction important?

Most definitely! To produce superb quality Therapeutic Essential Oils, one must be conscious of temperature, pressure, and the amount of time the plant is to be distilled. For example, Bergamont distilled at a lower temperature produces a nicer smelling, higher quality Therapeutic Oil.  However, it is photo-sensitive. If you were to wear it on your exposed skin and go out in the sun, you will get sunburn.

When Bergamot is distilled at a higher temperature, it removes the phototoxic fuorocoumarins which makes the oils safe to use on exposed skin.  

With most all essential oils, vital chemical constitutes for medical properties will be destroyed if the proper care has not been taken place. Many thousands of tons of essential oils are produced each year for the use in the flavor and fragrance industry. These oils are inferior in quality and are not as useful for our healing practices. Sadly all around the world I have found that almost every distiller is more concerned about how much oil they can extract from the plant rather than the therapeutic qualities.  Almost all the oil produced worldwide have some of the healing properties destroyed.

*Do some plants that produce Therapeutic Oils grow better in certain parts of the world?

Yes. Different soil conditions and climate affect the way the plants grow and that in turn affects the quality and chemical composition of the essential oil. For example, Helichrysum Italicum, one of my personal favorites, is grown in Europe. It's oil is found to be far superior, more that twice the quality of the same plant grown and distilled in the USA, India, or other parts of the world.

*I have noticed that there could be quite a difference in price between two Therapeutic Essential Oils. Why do some Therapeutic Oils cost more than others?

Each plant produces a certain amount of oil. For instance, you can get more oil from the peppermint plant than from the same amount from Melissa or Rose. The distillation time required and the demand for certain high quality essential oils also determines the price.

*How can the general public benefit from knowing about Therapeutic Essential Oils?

Just a few years ago, most people believed that the threat of epidemic infectious disease was a thing of the past.  But now, infectious diseases of all types are suddenly front page news again. The way things have changed since September 11, 2001, and the subsequence anthrax attack, suddenly leave everyone feeling much more vulnerable to the threat of biological warfare.

For the first time, we now understand clearly how likely we are to experience such attacks and how poorly prepared we are to face them. Twenty well-known infectious diseases, including TB, malaria, and Cholera have recently re-emerged and are spreading globally, often in more deadly or drug-resistant strains than before and since 1973, at least thirty new previously unknown disease causing microbes have been identified. These include diseases with no cures available such as HIV, Ebola, and Hepatitis C.

The findings from the CIA indicate that health conditions will decline before they get better and the threat from infectious diseases will increase. In an epidemic, health officials rely on stockpiles of vaccines and antibiotic drugs which have been stored away for their use in an emergency. However, no one can be sure that the medication stored away will be effective against the particular infectious agents causing the epidemic. We know that viruses mutate and that bacteria become resistant to modern treatment.  Who is to say when nature or someone or something else will adjust things to introduce a new bad boy into our society?  

One reason for the increase in antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria is the widespread misuse of antibiotics. One benefit of Therapeutic Essential Oils is that they can reduce our dependence in antibiotics, especially since antibiotics are not effective against viral diseases. I’ve personally seen and experienced the Therapeutic Essential Oils powerful effects on viral diseases. Due to the inability to patent a natural product, there may not be a great deal of formal research to backup what I’m saying, but there a lot of impeccable evidence to support it.

Essential oils have been proven effectively to kill bacterial as well as to inhibit their growth. One of the main reasons for using Therapeutic Essential Oils is that germs can develop a resistant to antibiotic drugs, but they have yet to develop a resistance against Essential Oils. Essential Oils contain certain chemical compounds that are lethal to germs and are also so numerous that disease causing microbes cannot form a defense against them.

Let me share a story. A few years ago, I was lecturing about the Therapeutic Essential Oils. During this meeting, I spoke about the oil of Oregano which I happened to be studying at the time. A week later, I did a follow-up meeting.  Before the lecture started, I asked if there were any questions or comments about last week’s meeting. In the audience, a lady jumped out of her seat, raising her hand said she had something to share.  She shared her experience of being unable to breathe through her nose for a solid year. Her doctor had tried everything without any effect at all. She was told that the next thing to do was to operate and to manually go in and clean everything out.  She was quite apprehensive about the procedure because of the price and also because her doctor told her that there was no guarantee that she would not be completely clogged back up again in six months.  

Well, after my first lecture, she made a small purchase of 15ml of oregano.  According to her, she went home and mixed the Therapeutic Oregano Oil with olive oil in a 50/50 mixture. She then proceeded to flavor her water with 3 drops of this mixture in a glass of water 3x a day. On her 3rd day, her sinuses started to drain. By the 5th day, she was completely clear of any problem. She stood in front of the audience, and after taking a deep breathe through her nose, she stated how much she appreciated the Therapeutic Essential Oils.

Why do we need to know about the Therapeutic Essential Oils? Because they are so effective and powerful, not only against illness or disease, but against physical injury, pain, emotional trauma, and more.

*Could you share with us an example of how effective Therapeutic Essential Oils are with pain?

My brother and a few of his friends stopped by my house for a visit. As it so often happens, the conversation moved to a discussion about Therapeutic Essential Oils and how powerful they are. In order to show the oils’ effectiveness, I asked if anyone had any pain. One gentleman told me that he had sustained an injury over a year ago and was unable to raise his hand above his head without having pain in his shoulder. I took out a Therapeutic Essential Oil synergy like Deep Heat and had him rub a few drops on his shoulder.  We continued to talk about the essential oils and about 10 minutes later, I asked him to raise his hand and see how he felt.  Well, he raised his hand above his head and then started waving it around. He was amazed.  He stated that he was completely pain-free and was now able to freely wave his hand over his head.  Something he had been unable to do for over a year. This is just one of many cases, literally, for less than ten cents; this gentleman was free of pain.  

This brings up the subject of using Therapeutic Essential Oils with wisdom.  Just because this gentleman was free of pain does not mean his problem was immediately fixed. He must allow time for his body to heal the injured area. Yes, the Therapeutic Essential Oils will assist your body at repairing itself at a rapid rate. I have seen injuries that would normally take a few weeks to heal completely better in a couple of days or less. No one wants to go out and incur greater damage just because they did not want to take it easy for a few days. Learn about the Therapeutic Essential Oils and use them with wisdom.

*I have a two-part question for you. You stated that Therapeutic Essential Oils might be effective against emotional trauma? I understand how emotions affect our health, but many people do not. Could you share your thoughts on how our emotions affect overall health and how many essential oils assist us with our emotions?

Edward Bach, who discovered the flower remedies for emotional healing, taught that disease is in essence a result of conflict between soul and mind.  As long as our souls and personalities are in harmony, all is peace, joy, happiness, and health. If our mind and soul are in conflict, problems may arise.

Emotions cause reactions that upset our body chemistry. For example, emotions such as deep-seated fears, mistrust of others, anger, trauma, and stress result in physical symptoms such as anxiety or depression. Emotional tensions may result in aching shoulders, headaches, neck pain, rapid pulse, high blood pressure, sweating, butterflies in our stomach, rapid breathing, cramps, tingling in our arms and legs, weakness, dizziness, and much, much more. Some feel that in many cases, chronic illness may be the result of deep-seated emotional conflicts. 

Now essential oils can play a major role into bringing into balance our mind and soul. As a matter of fact, I have not yet discovered anything that works better than the Therapeutic Essential Oils for bringing balance back into the mind, body, and soul. Have you ever walked into a room and smelled a familiar smell that brought back memories? Smell is the fastest way to alter moods and is why Therapeutic Essential Oils are so effective and beneficial. In my experience I have found that all Therapeutic Essential Oils seem to work on altering moods and affecting the emotions one way or another.  

For example, a lady from our neighborhood, quite unexpectedly, lost her husband. She found it hard to adjust to the loneliness and pain. Having never used Therapeutic Essential Oils before, she was skeptical. One evening, she took some of the diluted rose oil we gave her and rubbed it over her heart. The next morning, we received a call thanking us for the oils and their great ability to relieve her pain. She was able to get the support she needed to let go of the emotional conflict. Imagine where she would have been in a year or two if she had been unable to let go of this emotional conflict.

Emotional healing is part of your total healing. Let’s face it!  We have all been hurt emotionally in some way or another.  Using the Therapeutic Essential Oils may assist us in getting the support we need to allow ourselves to deal with and let go the pain of the past and present. This allows us to have the opportunity for a better future.

*How are Therapeutic Essential Oils used?

Therapeutic Oils are used in various ways.  The quickest way to receive the benefits of essential oils is through smell. Diffusing the oils puts out a fine mist that floats through the room where everyone can benefit. When oils are used on the feet, they are absorbed quickly and via the bloodstream reach the whole body in a matter of a few minutes. Therapeutic Essential Oils are wonderful for a full body massage, in a bath, or just to rub into a specific spot. They are very beneficial in facial massages and delightful to use in cooking.

*In your opinion, what is the number one problem with the Therapeutic Essential Oil industry?

Adulteration; all over the industry I’ve come across this problem. I have tested a so-called 100% pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils from one competitor and the results came back indicating it was 75% propylene -glycol, an odorless liquid used as industrial antifreeze. I even had the top expert in America say, “Everyone does it”, when we had mentioned that he had altered his Therapeutic Essential Oils.

There are many ways Therapeutic Essential Oils can be adulterated. What I find most upsetting is when synthetic or other such adulterants are added to the oils. Therapeutic Essential Oils used for medicinal purposes should be free from all manmade chemicals including contaminants such as herbicides and pesticides.The one exception to this rule would be the absolutes. 

Some plant material is very fragile and the plant is unable to release its Therapeutic Oil through “natural means”. For example, because of the flower’s delicate nature, there is no such thing as Jasmine Therapeutic Essential Oil. The proper term is Jasmine Absolute, since the oil is obtained through using a solvent. Rose oil, on the other hand, can be extracted through steam distillation. You should always use rose Therapeutic Essential Oil over a rose absolute. With our absolutes, we are very fussy about the percentage of chemicals remaining in the end product.  One of the determining factors of the high quality absolute would be the percentage of the solvent remaining in the end product. An excellent absolute will have below 1% solvent remaining. Also, due to the ability to extract more oil from the plant, many places will use solvents partially or entirely in their distillation process.

Adulterating the Therapeutic Oils and doing things that compromise the quality of the oils is very rampant in the industry.  I find it interesting that France exports more than 100% pure French lavender oil each year than they actually produce.  While some companies are very conscientious about correctly labeling their Therapeutic Essential Oils, others are not. The secret to obtaining Therapeutic Essential Oils of good quality is to locate a reliable source: A provider who adheres to sound testing, manufacturing, and labeling standards.  When purchasing medicinal Therapeutic Essential Oils, insist on purchasing the species that produces the best medicinal results.

Not all the essential oils of Lavender are alike. There are some 30 different species of Lavender. Each of these has different chemical constituents and medicinal characteristics. On the open market, their quality and price can vary greatly. Just because you go into a shop and purchase 100% pure lavender oil does not mean that you are getting anything worth using. There may be considerable difference in prices of Lavendula angustifolia and Lavender hybrid, but this difference is meaningless if the less costly Therapeutic Oil has few therapeutic properties. Lavender is often adjusted using linalool and linalyl points vacuumed off higher quality lavenders or those chemicals maybe manmade and may be added to “sweeten a batch”.

​Again, I want to stress how important it is to purchase your Therapeutic Essential Oils from a company with integrity. I have personally seen cases where companies love to use marketing hype that states where they have, “The highest quality, organic, therapeutic grade, essential oils in the world”, unable to produce organic certificates for most all of their essential oils. This is due to the fact that they have not grown them organically.

If this is not bad enough, I have also witnessed labels on bottles with the wrong species of oil. Their label states that they have a higher quality, more expensive species of oil, when in actuality they have lower quality oil in the bottle. Without proper testing or good education, the average person would never know that they were not getting the Therapeutic Essential Oil they are paying for.

*What is the difference of a blend and a synergy?

Even though those terms are used simultaneously for the same thing, really there is a big difference. Synergies are considered to only contain pure Therapeutic Essential Oils and sometimes high quality absolutes, combined together to enhance the properties of all the oils and intended to produce a specific result.  It is like the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Now Blends are almost the same as synergies. The difference is with a Blend there has been a carrier oil added to either make the expensive oils more affordable or making the stronger synergies ready to use right from the bottle.  

When a company uses the term blends, it is usually because they have carrier oil in their combinations.

*What carrier oils do you use and why?

Because of their long shelf-life and beneficial properties, I use Fractionated Coconut Oil or Jojoba. Most companies use lower quality carrier oil in the blends like sesame seed or grape seed oil. With the short shelf-life of these carriers, the blends go rancid quickly. 

For a long time, most companies would not admit to ever using a carrier oil, but thankfully, I’ve seen more and more beginning to……….well at least they’re beginning to tell the truth if specifically asked about the blend even if they don’t put the carrier oil on the label.

Unlike carrier oils that have a short shelf-life, Fractionated Coconut Oil or Jojoba have practically an indefinite shelf life. If you use a blend that has carrier oil with a short shelf-life, make sure to use the blend quickly. If you wait too long, the carrier oil will go rancid and spoil your blend. I had this happen to me when I purchased oils from companies who did not label their blends honestly.

*I was wondering why you sometimes have two Therapeutic Essential Oils that are the same but from different countries.

That all comes down to price and quality.  Let’s take two popular but different peppermints for example. Cheaper therapeutic peppermint is grown organically and has a sharper crisper smell. The oil is distilled at a higher temperature. Now the U.S.A. 1st Distilled Peppermint, even though it is conventionally grown, is truly the higher quality Therapeutic Oil. Due to its herby smell, some people have a harder time getting used to it.    

While I’m talking about peppermint, I wanted to share a little more on the subject of the adulteration. Most all people who are use to using peppermint, even those that think they are only using the certified highest therapeutic quality, are using adulterated or poor quality peppermint. There is an easy way to tell, just take you peppermint out and smell it.  If you peppermint is sharp and clear smelling, you are using low quality peppermint.  

If the oil is pure, this sharp clear smelling peppermint is food or even the lower quality soap grade peppermint. True high quality peppermint will have a nice herby undertone. Many tons of peppermint adulterated with corn mint, or peppermint distilled to extract all the oil (through high temperature distillation, solvent distillation, or reinstallation techniques) will be sold as high quality Therapeutic Essential Oil.  

My experience is if a company is selling low quality or adulterated peppermint, they are also selling many other adulterated or low quality oils. Sadly there is truly only a small amount of pure high quality Therapeutic Essential Oils being sold each year.   

*Since there are so many Therapeutic Essential Oils, where would you suggest a person begin?

If you are new to Therapeutic Essential Oils, an easy way to begin is through purchasing some of the basics like Lavender, Lemon, Peppermint, Rosemary, and Tea Tree. These oils will assist in numerous aliments including balancing the body, increasing one’s energy, relieving discomfort, soothing the emotions, and in bringing feelings of love and joy into your life. 

*What would you say to someone who is currently using Therapeutic Essential Oils from a company but not sure if they are truly therapeutic.

If the oils you have are working for you, that is great. If you are open to experimenting, I suggest you compare the "I AM" essential oils with what you are currently using. I am positive you will notice a quality improvement. I hear reports back all the time from avid oil users who believed they are using the highest grade therapeutic essential quality oils now tell me they’re amazement at what the I Am oils do. They use half or one-fourth as much oil as they normally would use and still get better results from our oils.

*What are "I Am" Essential Oils goals for the Therapeutic Oils?

Their goal is to produce and locate the truly high quality Therapeutic Oils grown throughout the world and supply the same quality to the public. Over the years, I have seen first hand the shocking extent of Therapeutic Essential Oil adulteration and misinformation that runs rampant throughout the industry. This has only firmed my resolve to use the best quality Therapeutic Essential Oils. The "I Am" Essential Oils company is dedicated to provide quality and truly make a difference in the world. 

One of the ways they can do this is by assisting people from third world countries. For example, a couple of years ago I visited Africa to begin a Therapeutic Essential Oil farming project. We have a small impoverished village growing Citronella for us there. It is wonderful to see the joy on the villagers faces when I pick up the oils.

Upon my return home, I gave a sample of the Citronella to a friend who was going over to Europe for a Oils meeting. Two of the top experts in Europe tested this oil.  They both agreed that it was the best Citronella that they had ever had the pleasure of smelling.

Through assisting people who love and care for their plants, and then by using the proper distillation techniques, they are able to produce Therapeutic Essential Oils that are the best of the best.

*What are some basic safety precautions we should be aware of when we are using the essential oils?

Those of you, who are new to using essential oils, start out slow. The Therapeutic Oils can have a powerful detoxifying effect, so you’ll want to use a small amount. Using an excess of oil may cause you to detoxify too quickly and you may experience headaches, diarrhea, or flu-like symptoms. If this happens, drink plenty of water and get fresh air.  Remember, one drop of pure Therapeutic Essential Oil will go a long way.  

Using a carrier oil along with the Therapeutic Essential Oils is also a safe practice. That way, you can experience how your body is going to react to the oil that you are using. Some oils like oregano, cinnamon bark, and red thyme are hot on the skin.  Mix a carrier oil with these oils to slow down the absorption. If you are not careful, these hot Therapeutic Essential Oils may burn or blister the skin.  

You’ll want to keep all Therapeutic Essential Oils, absolutes, synergies, and blends out of the reach of children. They are a part of nature’s pharmacy. Use them with respect and wisdom. Educate yourself and your family about their proper use. Keep the Therapeutic Essential Oils away from the eyes and other sensitive areas of the body. If an accident happens, immediately flush with vegetable oil or cold, full-fat milk to dilute. If stinging is not alleviated, seek medical assistance.

Although some of the oils have been used internally for thousands of years and some have been approved by the FDA for internal use, ingesting any oil should be undertaken with care and by the supervision of a professional health advisor. Never exceed the suggested amount because taking too much essential oil can damage you beneficial intestinal bacteria.  

If any kind of problem is observed when using a particular Therapeutic Essential Oil, immediately stop using it. If you are under the care of a doctor who is open to working with Therapeutic Oils, contact your doctor and discuss the problem.  Also, a basic rule of thumb is no more than 20-25 drops of pure Therapeutic Oil on an adult’s body during any 24 hour period of time.  

*I know this is a tough question, but quickly in closing, I just wanted to ask you one final question. If you could have only one Therapeutic Essential Oil, what would it be and why.

Well, my personal favorite is Helichrysum Italicum. It’s like having a first-aid kit in a bottle. Having this oil has literally saved me thousands of dollars. I just absolutely love this essential oil. It has so many wonderful properties.  

I have seen many wounds that before I knew about the Therapeutic Essential Oils, I would have rushed down to the emergency room. Now I find they’re easily taken care of with a few drops of Helichrysum. In just a few short hours, I’ve seen injuries look days or weeks old.  I’ve seen old scars fade, pain and swelling disappear, feeling restored to areas that supposedly would never have feeling again, and many more miracles all from a few drops of this Therapeutic Oil.
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Thomas Edison, the inventor said, “The doctor of the future would give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet, and the prevention of disease”.  

Fluoride Reduces IQ 
By Man Found Standing, Medicine Man Practitioner

I ran across a recent study published by Harvard University that showed once again the harmful effects of fluoride in our drinking water. The study concluded that children in areas with highly fluoridated water have "significantly lower" IQ scores than those children who live in low fluoride areas.

This along with many studies published during the last century, clearly show the harmful effects of fluoride to the brain and overall body health. Below are a few articles to assist you in understanding how harmful fluoride can be.

Dr. Dean Burk, who in 1937 co-founded the US National Cancer Institute, in a taped interview equates the fluoridation of the public drinking water to being "public murder." Studies at that time clearly demonstrated dramatic increases in cancer cases and deaths in as little as one to two years after instigating fluoridation.  

On October 1, 1944 the Journal of the American Dental Association stated:  "Drinking water containing as little as 1.2 ppm fluoride will cause developmental disturbances. We cannot run the risk of producing such serious systemic disturbances. The potentialities for harm outweigh those for good."

In the book “Fluoride, The Aging Factor” by Dr. Yiamouyiannisa, long term exposure to fluoride are documented.  Even in minute amounts, as little as 10% of the amount of fluoride used in normal fluoridated water, fluoride was shown to cause cumulative tissue damage, gastrointestinal disorders, osteoporosis, skin rashes, acne, suppressed immune system, cancer, and many other health problems.   

The United States Center for Disease Control and the Safe Water Foundation has reported that areas containing fluoride of only one part per million added to the drinking water in the United States show an increase in the death rate compared to areas not exposed to fluoride. They estimate that around 40,000 deaths occur annually in the United States that are directly linked to fluoride poisoning.   

In 2006 the U.S. National Research Council concluded the fluoride is linked to learning disorders, neuro-developmental delays, and neurotoxicity in laboratory animals. Rats exposed to as little as 1 part per million of fluoride in their drinking water not only showed structural alterations in the brain but also increased levels of aluminum. (Aluminum toxicity has been linked with Alzheimer disease and other debilitating diseases.) 

​Currently in the United States, over seventy percent of the public drinking water contains added fluoride. Fluoride toxicity has been shown in scientific research to lead to the following other variety of health effects not mentioned above:

• Increased lead absorption
• Thyroid disease or lowered thyroid function
• Genetic damage
• Increased infertility
• Disrupts synthesis of collagen
• Hyperactivity
• Muscle disorders
• Bone fractures
• Arthritis
• Inactivates 62 enzymes and inhibits more than 100 others
• Lethargy
• Dementia
• Inhibits the formation of antibodies
• Damaging to the hippocampus
• Formation of beta-amyloid plaques (the classic abnormality in Alzheimer’s)
• Damage to purkinje cells
• Reduction in lipid content
• Reduction in nicotinic acetylcholine receptors 
• Exacerbation of lesions induced by iodine deficiency
• Impaired antioxidant defense systems
• Increases the uptake of aluminum

The Shiaqga product assists the body in detoxification and restoring the body's ability to heal from fluoride poisoning.  

GMO's
By Dennis Willmont

Telling It Like It Isn’t
The Kellogg’s Company recently announced in their support of genetically modified food that seventy percent of all food now packaged in the US is genetically modified. You wouldn’t know this by reading the label because genetically modified food is not required to be labeled. That’s because if they labeled it, nobody would buy it. They know this and the FDA, who makes the labeling laws, knows it too. Genetically modified food is part of what is called the Green Revolution, an Orwellian double-speak term used by the chemical pesticide companies to disguise the toxicity of their products. George Orwell worked for the CIA and based upon what he saw there wrote his infamous book Nineteen-Eighty Four, which described how the government planned to manipulate, control, and enslave the population by a certain date in the future―1984. In that book he described double-speak as a term used by government and industry to make the population think one thing was happening when the reality was just the opposite. So while the pesticide companies like Monsanto are spewing poison all over the world and especially in third world countries with toxic pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, they disguise what they are really doing by telling everyone they are making the world “green.” One example of how “green” the world has become after their efforts is that 30,000 varieties of brown rice have become extinct in India after only three years of these “life-saving” practices.

If efforts like these weren’t enough, now the same companies are genetically modifying foods so they can withstand this chemical onslaught even more. The pesticide companies buy up all the seed companies so only their hybridized or genetically modified seeds are available to farmers while all the natural seeds that took thousands of years to perfect become extinct. Companies like Monsanto state that one of their main goals is to have one hundred percent control of the world’s seed bank. This means that when and if they reach this goal, the natural seeds required to grow authentic human food will no longer exist and everyone will be totally dependent upon the genetically modified ones.  People will then no longer be able to freely trade seeds with each other like they have done in the past. They will then only have access to the seeds that have produced from the limited imagination of company profit and control.

Subsidiary companies like Kellogg’s claim that genetically modified food is safe for the environment, healthy for human consumption, and will help save the food shortages they predict for the future. But if this doublespeak is really true, why have two hundred and fifty thousand Indian farmers committed suicide recently after they were bullied into growing Monsanto seeds?  The financial pressure produced by this chemical alternative to traditional farming gave these farmers no other choice but to use them? By regulating the price of crops, which are always at the cheapest possible level, the cost for raising them has to keep decreasing for farmers to survive. After being stuck with the Monsanto seeds, the farmers needed so much more water than they were accustomed to using that they couldn’t afford to water them so they never reached harvest. Even more troubling is that the Monsanto seeds are genetically modified to self-destruct each week that they are not given their toxic dose of Roundup, a pesticide that gets stronger and more toxic and dangerous each year it is used. The Indian farmers couldn’t afford to buy the Roundup either. Even worse, their agricultural communities became so saturated with these chemical toxins, as are others around the world that use these chemical practices, that the cancer rate in their communities goes up and up each year these artificial seeds are grown.  

What is Food Anyway?
What happens to the people who eat these foods? Do these toxically produced foods also cause cancer? Thanks to the tobacco industry, nobody will ever be able to prove that they do. The tobacco lawyers may have temporarily lost the battle with cigarette smoking but they apply what they have learned to protecting the toxins we now have in food. The legal proof is now so cumbersome it is impossible to fulfill. Are these foods really as healthy as the companies that produce and promote them claim them to be? The answer depends on what people think food is or should be. One startling and shocking image of modern food production comes from the documentary Food Inc. This film shows the true condition of industrially produced cows as an example of the foods we commonly eat today in the US market. They are so sick and so weak that they can’t even walk and have to be fork-lifted to their own slaughter. You have to see this picture to really believe it and I encourage you to do so. If you don’t, your efforts won’t go far enough to prevent the catastrophe that we are all headed for in the near future. Even Paleolithic man would have enough intelligence not to eat these animals! Unfortunately, modern man doesn’t seem to have the intelligence of a cave man because millions of US citizens continue to eat this trash year after year. No wonder we have such a health crisis and no wonder even our best and brightest can’t figure out how to solve it. They eat this crap too!

But even these horrid conditions are nowhere near the abominable state that genetically modified food creates. The big lie that the regular person is led to think is that genetically modified food is just like the normal hybridization of food that has been going on for the last century and that it’s totally harmless. Here’s how the average American thinks that genetically modified food is produced: Take the genes from wheat that grows in the cold and combine it with those that grow in the heat, those that grow wide, those that grow fat, those with more protein and any other quality we desire and stir them up to make a super wheat. Right?  Wrong!  Usually these different genes don’t even come from the same species like at least they did with hybridization. Instead genes from insects, reptiles, fish, a wide variety of mammals, and even bacteria―creatures that would NEVER and could NEVER combine in the wild―are violently forced together to produce a new Franken-Creature, one that totally serves the vested interest of those who make them. Yes, you are going to wish you are a Paleolithic person by the time you finish this article. At least that way you’d have the common sense it takes to stay alive.

Franken-Foods and Beyond
One of these vested interests is so that the Franken-Creature can tolerate the heavily toxic chemical environment it is expected to withstand. Another was written about in the Bulletin for the Union of Concerned Scientists around 2006. They documented how sixty percent of the food grown in the Midwest at that time was genetically modified, not to produce Franken-Foods mind you, but to produce chemical medications for the pharmaceutical industry. That’s right!  They call it Big Pharma. Imagine tomatoes producing Prozac as a by-product and your string beans producing Lipitor―your food is now a veritable drug store and you don’t even need a prescription. I’ll bet you didn’t know that Monsanto is now prescribing these drugs without a license because even if you don’t want them, they are spreading into the food supply.  Somebody should call the AMA and put them in jail where they belong.  

What do they care if we suffer as long as they make their profit? What they do care about is that their genetically modified foods shouldn’t be grown by anyone without a license. They want to insure that they get paid for the use of their seeds.  They do this by patenting the seeds so no one else can use them without paying their price. If they do, or even if they spread accidentally into a neighboring field, the owners of that field can be sued for stealing Monsanto’s patent. Why farmers growing organic food for several generations in the same fields would ever want these seeds in the first place is totally beyond comprehension, but many of our organic farmers in the Pacific Northwest are being sued and their land is being stolen from them legally for just these reasons. This has been going on for more than ten years already. I wouldn’t be surprised if these genetically modified seeds blew off a truck as it was driving by or even, more insidiously, by secret agents flying over in a plane or helicopter and sowing them illicitly.  

Nevertheless, the fact that Monsanto has been suing these farmers for stealing their patented crap for decades now proves in court that they know their seeds regularly escape. The problem is that only lawyers and judges hear the farmers and they have their own agendas about the truth.  

The rest of us are too busy to listen or we only want to listen to positive things. God forbid if Paul Revere acted like this. Can you imagine―“the British are coming!”  “Now, now, think positively my dear. I don’t want to hear anything negative like that.” Well my friends, the British are coming but this time they aren’t coming from England and they aren’t wearing red coats. They are dressed in suits and they are coming from corporate America and their clones in Washington DC. These people try to hide their despicable actions with their unjust laws and their doublespeak language. They tell us from one side of their mouths that genetically modified food is beneficial to all and basically just like any other food. That’s why they don’t have to label it they tell us.  From the other side of their mouths they tell us that genetically modified food is radically different from every other kind of food. That’s why they get to patent it.  

Another great documentary exposing the horrific dangers of industrial food is called Fresh.  Fresh makes the link between not having to label genetically modified food because it is the same as everything else and getting to patent it because it is so radically different to one Supreme Court Justice―Clarence Thomas.  How much money, power, and prestige is it worth to twist American justice to such a perverted end?  You would think these people would at least want to protect their own children wouldn’t you? They must be a race of extraterrestrial reptiles that are totally immune to natural law. Maybe they think they can just buy everything. Maybe they have just been eating too much Cornflakes!

All the King’s Men
In fact, much of the confusion we have about genetically modified food comes from what we think food is. During World War I and II, industrial food companies began to emerge. They typically refined food to give it a longer shelf-life. That way they could ship food overseas to the military and keep the shelves stocked for long periods without the food going bad.  They did this by removing parts of the food that would spoil more easily―especially the vitamins and fatty acids. They threw in all the minerals too for good measure. The result was that many people started coming down with diseases never before seen―what we now call vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The very food industries that started the problem then created a team of investigators to solve it. These people became the nutritionists. They analyzed the industrialized food and discovered that it was vitamin and mineral deficient.  You would think that would be a reason to return to the whole foods of their ancestors? But no, that wouldn’t be good for profit! Instead they added a little bit of what they took out back in. Maybe it even came from an entirely different plant. If you are in my generation, you will remember the fake cereals “fortified” with some of the vitamins and minerals they took out. The rest of these nutrients they could sell back to the public as nutritional supplements at an even greater profit.  Thus, the supplement industry was born.  Was it really any different than the refined food industry that spawned it? Were the vitamins and minerals they sold separately any less refined than the white flour and white rice products they were doctoring up? How in the world were they supposed to know how much of this or that nutrient people were supposed to be getting?  They only pretend to know the answer.  The truth is that these so-called scientists are like Humpty Dumpty who fell of the wall and all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put him back together again. Humpty Dumpty is the whole egg and symbolizes whole foods in general.  The king’s horses and the king’s men symbolize the scientists and doctors who, in spite of their efforts and claims, have never been able to reinstate the fractured whole. Like the Paleolithic hunters who would never eat a cow who couldn’t even walk to its own slaughter, the people who created this fairy tale knew something about whole foods that we have forgotten today. Just how and why we have forgotten brings us back to Kellogg’s and Monsanto and the fractured nutritional world view we have about food and why this attitude blinds us from seeing the even more dangerous problems that now confront us with genetically modified food.

The Systematic Extinction of Whole Grain
One of the main industrially refined foods that replaced the whole foods of our fairly recent ancestors was whole cereal grain.  In most traditional societies whole cereal grain was eaten as a principle food, meaning that it was eaten with each meal in a substantial proportion. For example, breakfast would consist of wheat, barley, corn, or oats that were either cracked or ground fresh and then cooked into porridge with water and a little salt. This type of whole grain provided the most nutritious breakfast with the least amount of work at the cheapest price. However, once it was refined by companies like Kellogg’s, it could be just poured into a bowl with a little milk and eaten without cooking. The time it took to prepare was much, much less but the price we paid was in the loss of nutrition. As a nation, we have lost around seventy-five years of health from this poor nutrition. Therefore, we are now three generations weaker than our ancestors who never had the heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity we have today.

We also lost the inclusion of whole grain in the rest of our meals and, even more important, we lost our traditional concept of whole food and whole grains in general. Today, the food industry staffs the FDA, which then passes laws and regulations favorable to the food industry at our expense. The FDA says that the food industry can state on the label that a food is whole grain as long as it contains at least sixty-five percent whole grain.  This is whitewashed doublespeak. It is not the truth and it is not whole grain. Even Health Food stores carry this junk. I recently went to the local Health Food Store to get real whole wheat bread and couldn’t find a single loaf. That’s because I know how to read the double-speak labels. If any grain is listed that doesn’t explicitly state “whole,” then you know it is refined by default. It might as well read, “STAY AWAY FROM ME, I WILL TURN YOU INTO A SICK INDUSTRIAL SLAVE!”  You don’t get to pay sixty-five cents on the dollar at the fake food store or pay sixty-five percent of your taxes do you?  No, you have to pay the whole thing while they just rake in the profits! Then they want us to pay more and more money to subsidize the Health Care Industry. Are they kidding?  We can’t even walk to our own demise! It’s time for Paleolithic Man to make a comeback, don’t you think?

In addition, the whole meaning of breakfast cereal has been systematically changed from whole grain to the fake, artificially produced, nutritionally poor boxed cereals that line the shelves of supermarkets today. That way, when they Jimmy the labels we have nothing to compare them with. We don’t remember what a whole grain cereal really is so we just believe whatever they tell us. I tell people that they can tell whole grains from their industrial counterparts because whole grains could be planted in the garden and they will actually grow something. Wheaties won’t do that.  Nevertheless, they just stare at me as if they don’t know what I am talking about.  If you are one of these people you need to wake up! You can’t really be free OR HAPPY unless you do. You won’t get any justice from the food industry, the government, or the legal system either.  

We also believe their chemical nonsense about nutrition that tells us that any chemical nutrient is just the same as any other. All carbohydrates are the same, the chemists, doctors, and nutritionists tell us. Well, pardon me but my Paleolithic inner self tells me that sugar, potatoes, and whole wheat aren’t the “same” at all.  The carbohydrate contained within them may be chemically the same but these foods are radically different. I never see “carbohydrates” on the shelves at the grocery store. I see potatoes, white rice, and fake wheat bread. Potatoes are a tuber that grows under the ground and whole wheat is a grain that is formed by the combination of the fruit and seed of a grass and rises above the plant upon an erect stem. How could these be the same? People must be eating too many sick cows to believe nonsense like this.  Even if we look at these two foods strictly from the chemical perspective and, just for the sake of argument we say that these two foods contain the same vitamins and minerals, which they don’t; the relationship between them is very, very different.  

Whole wheat is very small in size, several thousand times smaller in fact than a potato. Therefore, the percentage of carbohydrate (the white stuff in the middle of the potato or the entire kernel of white rice) to the vitamins and minerals (the skins of the potatoes and the hulls of the whole wheat) is vastly different. The potato is carbohydrate rich and vitamin and mineral poor in comparison to the whole wheat or the brown rice. This extra carbohydrate in the potato feeds the lower part of the body, especially the abdomen, and serves to create the quick energy needed for physical work. The potato originated in the Andes of South America where it is still eaten in combination with very tiny whole grains like quinoia and amaranth to give the people who eat it more vitamins and minerals. The extra vitamins and minerals in whole wheat as well as other whole cereal grain feeds the upper part of the body, especially the brain.  

The traditional way of understanding this difference is through common sense. The whole grain, being a combination of fruit and seed, gives us the capacity to understand whole cycles in nature―for example, how things begin and end. The seed of a plant is the beginning and the fruit is the end. Most seeds, like nuts, have a very hard and inedible fruit―the shell of a walnut, for example. Most fruits, like apples or oranges have very hard, slightly toxic, and inedible seeds.  Therefore, you don’t eat the “fruit” part of nuts or the “seed” part of fruits. You throw them away. Only whole grains have the edible parts of their seeds and fruits combined. This amazing combination of the seed and fruit in whole grains serves to nourish the brain and give us the capacity to understand how to see how our present actions will turn out in the future. This type of thinking is what gives us Judgment. It enables us to create a sustainable world, one that we and our children can be responsible for. Without whole grains as the principle food in our diet, we will not be able to understand what it takes to have this sustainability as our present culture so aptly demonstrates!

Native American culture called the awareness of the “beginning and end” the Circle of Life. They taught that to be a True Human Being you have to walk this circle in Beauty. To complete this walk, you had to look seven generations behind you and another seven generations ahead. At this point, the walk becomes the dance of sustainability. In conquering America, the white man built his church of territorial expansion, profit, and greed upon the holy circle of the Native American to destroy him. Now, the excess has come back to haunt the white man and it could even be his demise.

Genetic Chaos
Without whole grains, we also can’t think for ourselves. We then trust others with our wellbeing. The result is a catastrophe.  Nowhere is this catastrophe as great as in the threat of genetically modified food. At the very best we will have genes of all sorts forced together in the same organism. Each of these genes was once a part of a whole that had very different evolutionary goals. Now they are left struggling for dominance with each other within a life form that was originally designed by nature for something else―a chaotic situation indeed!  

In the past, our food would co-evolve with us. Each type of food would strengthen or balance a different organ or group of body tissues. For example, squashes nourish the stomach and spleen, root vegetables nourish the intestines, beans nourish the kidneys, green leafy vegetables nourish the liver and eyes, and flowers like cauliflower and broccoli nourish the heart. Chinese medicine makes further correlations between these organs and their corresponding emotions, spirits, and empowerments. The Stomach and Spleen correspond to sympathy, worry, mental focus, and Faith; the Lung and Large Intestine correspond to grief, the instinct to survive, and Justice; the Kidney and Bladder correspond to fear, willpower, and Wisdom; the Liver and Gall Bladder correspond to anger, mental perspective, and Freedom; and the Heart and Small Intestine correspond to excitement, joy, conscious awareness, and Happiness. These are the empowerments that enable us to be fully human.

Without these empowerments, genetic internal chaos will manifest in the external world emotionally, socially, economically, and politically. These realms will manifest this chaos because our Body/Mind/Spirit is one whole unity no matter how we treat it. The inherent conflict contained within genetically modified food will create extreme upheaval in the Body/Mind/Spirit of people who eat it causing these parts of us to disconnect. You are what you eat.  

The nature of genetically modified food will prevent humanity from achieving its higher purpose and rapidly create its downfall. If a person eats food that is genetically modified to self-destruct when it doesn’t receive regular doses of toxic materials, the person who eats it will also self-destruct when he or she doesn’t get their regular dose of toxins. 

You may think you can protect yourself biologically by eating whole food even while the culture degenerates into this madness. But I ask you, where will the seeds come from to grow it?  Even worse, is how can you maintain any form of stability if the genetic chaos in the general population pervades the entire culture?  What will happen to the banks when the people who run them can no longer think straight?  They can’t even do this now.  What about our relationships and families?  What will hold them together?  And what will keep our nation afloat?  Already we have leaders who can only think of spending more and more. 

Is such a vision really sustainable?  When the nation becomes genetically chaotic, the problem will get much, much worse.  If seventy percent of the population is eating genetically modified food now and Monsanto has been secretly spending over a trillion dollars a year on genetic modification for over two decades, then by next year more than ninety percent will be eating genetically modified food. Most all of the population will then have very different values than we can hope to understand now. The probably won’t be able to understand their values themselves.

One thing is for certain, these values will express the chaos of our genes. This expression can only result in more and more struggle, a struggle that will persist and dominate every factor of life. The worst part of this scenario is that once all the natural seeds are gone, the damage to human life and society will be irreparable.  People talked about the catastrophes of 2012. Even in the worst case of these scenarios (if the axis shifts or if volcanoes erupt or if water floods the land) we will still have the ability to pick up and start all over again IF our natural genetic foundation is preserved. But if our genetic integrity is lost, we will have nothing to build from but more chaos. Paleolithic man will truly have the last laugh if this vision comes to pass.

But I say to you, this is not my vision and I hope, no matter who you are, that it is not yours either. If you want to stop this madness, you must act now as if your life and the lives of your children depended upon it. You must insist on eating only organic food that is preferably local.  Every penny spent on industrial food increases the coffers of the industrial monsters even more. Don’t give them that penny and don’t believe the lies they tell you. Organic food is only more expensive now because of the subsidies given by the government for junk food like high fructose corn syrup, a label that they are trying to doublespeak as this article is being written. I saw an interview on the Charlie Rose show on PBS where a spokesperson for the genetic engineering industry was being interviewed. After all the normal lies he told about the safety and global need for genetically modified food, Charlie asked him what he ate himself. Don’t be surprised when he said organic food or when he said organic food was too expensive for the rest of us. Who does he think he is!

Please inform yourself by reading more on this subject and watching informative documentaries like the ones mentioned below. Even more important, warn everyone you know with as much intelligence and kindness as you can muster and tell them to do the same.  

Please feel free to copy this article and distribute it widely. We must take this situation into our own hands now before it is too late.  

Further Resources

• Nineteen-Eighty Four, George Orwell, 1949, New York, Penguin Group
• Union of Concerned Scientists, http://www.ucsusa.org
• Imagine a World Without Monarch Butterflies, by Alex Jack.  2009, Amberwaves.
• The Future of Food, Deborah Koons Garcia, 1999, Lily Films, http://thefutureoffood.com
  Documents the impact of genetically engineered food on farmers and society.
• Percy Schmeiser, www.percyschmeiser.com
  Percy is one of the organic farmers whose land was stolen by Monsanto’s lawyers because they found genetically modified plants growing on his property.
• Food Inc., http://www.foodincmovie.com
  Reveals stark and unforgettable images of the insanity of the modern food industry.  Suggests Wal-Mart as the solution, which is extremely shortsighted.
• Fresh, Ana Sofia Joanes, http://www.freshthemovie.com
  Also reveals great images of the tragedy of the modern food industry but offers realistic solutions in terms of sustainable, local, and organic food production.
• King Corn, Ian Cheeny and Curt Ellis, http://www.kingcorn.net
  Shows how the government subsidization of corn as one example leads to many of the diseases ravaging our society and makes makes organic food so expensive in comarison
• The Biotech Century, Jeremy Rifkin, 1998, New York: Jeremy P. Taracher/Putnam
  Tells the story and absurdities of genetic modification as a movement.
• NaturalNews Insider Alert ( www.NaturalNews.com ) email newsletter
  Provides almost daily news and commentaries on many natural health issues, including genetic modification.

Good Health
by Man Found Standing, Medicine Man Practitioner

Good health is important to everyone:  feeling fit and fine, having lots of energy, being disease-free, and living an active lifestyle well into advanced years. Good health does not come automatically; it’s having the proper lifestyle. It all starts with eating the proper foods and getting enough exercise to be able to have the strength and energy to be physically and mentally fit. Why be 90 years old and be in poor health for the last 20 years? Live to be 90 years old and have an active, full life. Heck, why don’t you feel so good that you can go out and run a marathon for your 90th birthday if you want to?  
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Eating healthy, what does that really mean? “You are what you eat.” What you eat affects your health in more ways than most medical doctors realize. Whole foods, fruits, vegetables, and greens contain the nutrition that the body needs.  The human body uses food to repair its self. Many people suffer from diseases and the simple answer is poor habits.

When you eat a balanced all plant-based diet, your body receives the right nutrition. You will see your body quickly improve in health while reducing its risk of chronic diseases such as heart, stroke, and cancer. Eating the right food is not only for prevention but for the cure as well. It is an everyday decision. It is not too late to start eating healthy. Simple changes in your diet can cause a great difference in a short period of time.  

In our modern world, the people of the Earth experience many scientific advancements. Sadly, those advancements have come at a severe price. The environmental toxins have increased exponentially over the last 100 years. Just imagine, at your age, you are taking in more toxins in a single day than your parents did at your same age in an entire year.  

Along with our toxic environment, we are also experiencing a shocking lack of nutrition in the foods we eat. Because of modern farming techniques of quantity rather than quality, the plants we eat have become less nutritious. We all have probably experienced the major quality difference between a homegrown tomato and a regular store-bought tomato. The wonderful taste of your garden tomato is all from the nutrition it receives!

So, with our toxic environment and lack of nutrition, what do you think is happening to your body? Simply put, our bodies are so overworked with repair and detoxifying that we can no longer live a healthy life.  How many 90-year-olds do you see moving around working all day? Did you know in some cultures, where the modern diet has not yet been introduced, it is normal to see 90-year-olds out working in their field all day long? With their family and villagers willing to assist them, they don’t do this out of necessity but out of the simple joy of being active.   

It is not too late to turn your health around. Our bodies have tremendous healing abilities and by giving your body the proper building blocks, miracles can and do happen. Try these simple approaches:

• Avoid toxins – Smoking and other toxic habits will lower your quality of health
• Drink more pure water – Recommended consumption is 8-12 glasses a day.  
• Breathe more clean air – Exercise and deep breathing will increase your oxygen intake.
• Eat healthy – Switch to an all plant-based diet and notice drastic health improvements.        
• Supplement  with Whole-food supplements. In the world we live in it is extremely important to use high-quality supplements.

With our modern lifestyles, almost every single one of us is not getting the nutritional support we need for optimal health. Just like there is a difference in the nutrition you get from your garden versus the nutrition you get at the fast food restaurant, there is a difference in supplements. Are you wasting money on low-quality synthetic supplements that really don’t do any good and can even harm your body? Look at high-quality whole-food derived supplements that are all natural and free from harmful fillers.   

There is a wide range of lifestyles so the supplemental requirements of each individual will vary. Below are three of the top supplemental suggestions that should be in almost everyone’s life: 

Immune System – The immune system not only protects the body but it also assists all other body systems. Literally, by having a better immune system, your body functions better on all levels. Make sure you purchase a supplement, like Shiaqga that modulates your immune response (produces healthy more active cells) and does not just stimulate it (makes your cells work harder).  

Enzymes – Living cells and tissues require nutrients to be able to divide and grow.  The human body is able to absorb nutrients that create energy from the food we eat. Enzymes are the catalysts that help process the digestive and metabolic systems of the body. Digestive enzymes help break down the food so it can be absorbed by the body. With about 3000 known enzymes, they are considered the fountain of life. They are responsible for all of the functions of every organ of the body. Food that has been heated to 118 degrees F for more than 15 minutes destroys all the enzymes. It is better to eat foods raw to get the necessary enzymes.

Probiotics - To assist in restoring the internal balance that protects us against illness and promotes optimal health, we need probiotics. They provide protection in a toxic world and have a far-reaching impact on your overall health. 

Greens – The chimpanzee is the closest genetically related animal to us humans.  If you look at the wild chimpanzee’s diet, you will find that they eat about 40% greens and even more fruit. The building blocks of health are found in the greens.  Modern eating habits don’t even get near to that percentage of greens in the diet.  Greens assist the body in the detoxification process and they give it the vital vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients necessary for optimal health.         

Take charge of your life and seek your own path to good health. Make the changes that work for you and your lifestyle and reap the benefits for years to come.

Thomas Edison said, “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”

“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” -- Hippocrates, 400 B.C

Headaches
By White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Headaches are generally classified as pain in the upper portion of the head. With over 45 million Americans have headaches on a regular basis and about 18 million Americans experience those as migraines; understanding headaches is important part of holistic medicine.  

Headaches may be caused by numerous different conditions like dehydration, toxins, stress, and even distension of arteries at the base of the brain from fever, hangovers, or high blood pressure.

Research shows that women tend to have headaches three times more than men. It also shows that 80% of all headaches go away within thirty minutes of drinking a liter of water.   

Headache Triggers:

• Anything with caffeine
• Allergies to food (Keep a food diary to see if there are any common factors between eating and you’re experiencing a headache. Sometimes the headache will show up as late as 48 hours after eating a specific food.), pollens, chemicals, perfumes, airborne pollutants, and industrial fumes
• Processed meats containing nitrates 
• Too much salt 
• Ice cream chilling the roof of the mouth.
• Food dyes, artificial sweeteners, MSG
• Tobacco, alcohol, and drugs
• Stress and anxiety
• Skipped meals/hunger
• Hormonal imbalance
• Trauma to the head
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Constipation 
• Sinus inflammation or ear infection
• Medication overuse
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Excess sun exposure
• Eyestrain
• Muscle tension 
• Poor ventilation or a lack of fresh air
• Infections, fevers, diseases of the eyes, nose, or throat.
• Spinal misalignment

Symptoms that indicate a more serious medical condition that may need medical attention are:

• Headaches accompanied by a fever and stiff neck could indicate meningitis
• Visual changes, blurry vision or double vision
• Headaches that persist after a head injury or accident
• Headaches that change the personality or have unusual behavior
• Headaches accompanied by severe nausea or vomiting
• A fever, rash, or stiff neck that occurs with a headache
• A headache that develops in minutes with an inability to move a limb, may be signs of a stroke.
• A headache with mental confusion, may be encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain due to a virus
• Repeated headaches may be a symptom of a serious disorder
• Sensitivity to light can cause eyestrain and headaches
• Loss of speech or confusing
• Pounding heartbeat, throbbing of the head and temples
• Feeling that your head may explode

The treatment for headaches depends on the underlying cause. Headaches that are caused by a certain specific problem will frequently return. Try to identify what is causing the headache to avoid recurring headaches in the future. (What is sometimes thought to be a sinus headache is actually a tension headache, migraine, or cluster headache. When the headache is recurring, it is probably not sinus trouble.)

A very powerful way to deal with a headache is to apply one of the following Therapeutic Oils to the area and massage it in:

• Helichrysum italicum or Helichrysum gymnocephalium – assists inflammation and an excellent pain reliever. 
• Lavender – beneficial used for relaxation, spasms, inflammation, muscle pain, and headaches. 
• Marjoram – beneficial used for migraine headaches, muscular aches, and stiffness.
• Peppermint – assists with inflammation, spasms, stress, migraines, and headaches.
• Rosemary – assists with poor circulation, muscular spasms, and headaches.

Other possible remedies:

• Make healthy dietary and lifestyle changes.
• Apply a cold compresses to the area.
• Regular exercise assists with stress reduction and improves circulation.
• Get enough sleep.
• Avoid overdoing.  Learn to live within your limits.  Use relaxation such as meditation, deep breathing, or yoga to keep yourself calm.  
• Eat on time and do not eat problem foods.
• Acupuncture
• Massage therapy
• Many people have reported that doing an enema eliminates their headache
• Avoid chewing gum since the repetitive chewing can bring on a tension headache.
• For high altitudes take additional vitamin C plus ginger to avoid a high-altitude headache.
• Keep a diary to help determine the cause of the headaches. Note the date, time of day, where the pain is felt and any comments about what you think might be the possible cause. Use this diary to determine the causing factor(s) for your headaches.
• Remove toxins and preservatives from your diet will stop or improve headache symptoms.  

There are many types of headaches but below are a few types with simple remedies.  (Remember, that any of the Therapeutic Oils mentioned above, and many others, may be beneficial for headaches.)  

• What is referred to as Episodic Tension Headache or Nervous Tension Headache, are the most common type of headache that usually causes pain on both sides of the head. This is a result from contractions of the face and neck muscles, often due to fatigue and stress. The scientific experts tell us that 90% of all known headaches are caused by emotional issues like tension, worry, conflicts with others, and etc. Nervousness causes the muscles to tighten making it feel like there is a tightening around the head and neck accompanied with an ache.  These mild to moderate pain tension headaches will be on both sides of the head and generally last from about 2 to 12 hours. 

Treatment of this most common of headaches includes application of therapeutic oils on the neck and upper back followed by an ice pack if desired.  Drink water, relax or meditate, get some exercise by going for a walk, take extra vitamin C with bioflavonoids, and avoid sugar, caffeine, and food allergens.

• Cluster headaches are more severe and recurring; with a strong, throbbing pain on one side of head, tearing of eyes, flushing of face, and congestion in the nose.  These are related to allergic reactions. They may be caused by inhaling allergens such as perfume, house dust, or cigarette smoke. They can occur just by themselves but often they are associated with other problems and diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome. Ninety percent of those people who suffer from cluster headaches are men. Cluster headaches will only be on one side of the head and generally last from 30 to 90 minutes at a time, yet they can reoccur 1 to 3 times a day for weeks or months. Take the Ultra 1 supplement, enough protein found in plants (nuts are a great source), avoid inhalant allergens, and keep a diet diary to learn the triggers.

• Hangover headaches involve a throbbing pain and that is caused by drinking excess liquor. Put a Therapeutic Oil along with an ice on the neck. Drink lots of water and fruit juices to replenish the body. Stop drinking alcohol in excess.

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• Exertion headaches can be caused by physical exertion or sexual excess.  Apply ice packs to the point of pain, improve the diet, and stop the excesses.

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• Caffeine headaches are a throbbing pain that happens when you try to quit your coffee addiction too fast. Drink a small amount of coffee to stop the headache, and then gradually reduce the amount and frequency to get away from this addiction.

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• Sinus headaches are pains that can be to the right and left of the nose and over it.  Apply a Therapeutic Oil, moist heat to the area, and take vitamin C.

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• Bilious headaches involve throbbing temples with a dull headache in the forehead. It is caused by overeating, wrong eating, and inactivity. Take an enema, change your diet, take high quality supplements, and get more exercise.

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• Menstrual headaches can occur during menstruation or ovulation. It will feel like a migraine. Take potassium, magnesium, and vitamin B6.

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• Hunger headaches are headaches that occur just before mealtime and are caused by skipping meals or excessive dieting. Eat better and more healthy meals and snack on nutritious alternatives.

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• Eyestrain headaches can be a pain in the frontal lobes, just behind the eyes.  Many think this is caused by uncorrected vision problems but it really is caused by stress. Learn to let go and do not perform too much “brain work” at late hours. Also changing your eyeglasses so you are not stressing the eyes as much.

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• Arthritis headaches can be a pain at the back of the head or neck that increases with movement. Massaging with therapeutic oils is recommended.

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• Hypertension headaches consist of a dull pain over much of the head that increases with movement. Reduce your blood pressure.  

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• Migraine headaches are throbbing pain that occur on either or both sides of the head, often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, and sensitivity to light and sound. The migraine generally lasts between 4 to 72 hours and the pain can be mild to severe. There can be a blueness of the fingers from the lack of circulation and oxygen. A hemiplegic migraine is associated with a weakness on one side of the face, arm, or leg.  Use the Therapeutic Oils, eat a better diet that includes supplements like Shiaqga, relax, drink a small amount of water (4oz) every 30 to 60 minutes, and keep a food journal. 

Heart Disease
By White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Heart Disease is a term used to describe a variety of diseases that affect the heart. The heart pumps the blood throughout the body, supplying oxygen and nutrients to tissues. All organs in the body, like the brain or kidneys, are dependent on the heart pumping blood efficiently so the heart is considered by many to be the most important organ in the body. If the heart stops, death occurs within minutes.    

Heart disease can happen to anyone at any age. It is the number one killer in the USA and the major cause of disability worldwide. Sometimes, there are no symptoms. Heart disease is known as the silent killer because it can take years to develop. What this means is that this starts to happen at a very early age.  

Western Medicine focuses on treating the symptoms of the problem, not treating the cause of the problem. Through proper nutrition Natural Medicine has shown that not only does your body have the ability to avoid Heart Disease, but it also has the ability to heal itself from those conditions. 

There are many types of heart disease:

• Coronary artery disease is caused by an accumulation of plaque or a thickening of the walls of the arteries.  Plaque obstructs the flow of the blood supply that can lead to chest pains (angina- a warning sign) or a heart attack. In the USA, this is the major cause of death. Modern Medicine’s treatments may include bypass surgery, atherectomy (surgery to remove plaque build-up), and medications. Alternative Medicine would look at options to reduce and eliminate the accumulation of plaque and the thickening of the arteries.  Simple solutions would be a more healthy diet, taking enzymes between meals, immune system modulation and stem cell activation supplements like Shiaqga.  

• Cardiomyopathy is a disease or degeneration of the heart muscles.  Western Medicine’s treatments may include medication, implanting a pacemaker, using a defibrillator, ablation, or ventricular assist.  Alternative Medicine would look at options to assist the heart in regenerating, especially activating stem cells with Shiaqga.

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• Ischemic heart disease causes a reduction in the blood supply to the cardiac muscle. Symptoms include angina and a reduction of the ability to be active. Risks for this type of heart disease are age, hypertension (high blood pressure), a family history/lifestyle, smoking, diabetes and high cholesterol. Modern treatments include medication, and/or angioplasty (mechanically widening a narrowed or obstructed blood vessel).  Simply by giving your body the nutritional support it needs, Alternative Medicine assists to support your body’s natural healing abilities. 

• Hypertensive heart disease is caused by high blood pressure. This can lead any type of heart disease: coronary, cardiac, heart failure, and others.  Most often the medical establishment will try to regulate the “bad” in the diet and medicate. Other alternative healing options would include the intake of greater nutrition and supplement support to enhance the immune system and assist in better cellular communication.

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• Cardiovascular disease affects the heart and blood vessels (degeneration, hardening, widening, narrowing, and etc.). Western Medicine will try to slow the damage by medication, maintaining their version of a healthy diet, encouraging more exercise, and eliminating smoking. Again in the alternative medical field, we know that by giving your body the proper support in the first place, this would avoid or eliminate this condition.   

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• Heart Failure / Congestive Heart Failure happens when the heart is unable to supply enough blood that is required by the body. Symptoms are shortness of breath, swollen ankles, and a decrease in physical activity.  Western Medicine treatments include medication, surgery, and a change of lifestyle. Alternative Medicine knows that the lifestyle of the patient probably caused this and all of the other conditions in the first place. Our bodies have the ability to prevent and heal itself from any condition. It is by giving the body the proper support and activating the cellular communication for optimal health to be obtained.  

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• Inflammatory heart disease describes inflammation in the heart or the surrounding area. Doctors routinely proscribe synthetic drugs and perform surgery even though they have proven that natural beta glucan support reduces or eliminates inflammation.         

Prevention and education are the real preventative and cure for heart disease. Simple, healthy lifestyle decisions that are made everyday will contribute to a healthy, active, and long life. Start today with learning to eat properly, taking supplemental support, dealing correctly with stress, and exercising the heart.  

Heavy Metal Toxicity
By Man Found Standing, Medicine Man Practitioner

Heavy metals become toxic when they are not metabolized by the body and accumulate in the soft tissues. Heavy metals may enter the human body through food, water, air, or absorption through the skin when they come in contact with humans in agriculture and in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, industrial, or residential settings.

Industrial exposure accounts for a common route of exposure for adults; whereas ingestion is the most common route of exposure in children. (Children, who come in contact with contaminated soil or other toxins like paint chips, may develop toxic levels of heavy metals just from the normal hand-to-mouth activity they perform.) Less common routes of exposure are during a radiological procedure or from inappropriate dosing or monitoring during intravenous nutrition therapy.

Products that we use every day in our homes to provide us with a better quality of life also can be potential toxic heavy metal sources. Medications, pain, pesticides, batteries, electroplated metal parts, dyes, steel, light bulbs, and thermometers are just a few sources of potential heavy metal poisoning.

For some heavy metals, toxic levels can be just above the background concentrations naturally found in nature. Therefore, it is important for us to inform ourselves about the heavy metals and take protective measures against excessive exposure. 

In most parts of the United States, heavy metal toxicity is an uncommon diagnosis by practitioners simply due to their lack of knowledge on this subject. Doctors most often contribute illnesses that are significantly linked to heavy metal toxicity to other causes. (Example:  There are scientific studies that prove an association between aluminum exposure and the higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s.) If heavy metal toxicity is unrecognized or inappropriately treated, the result is significant illness that reduces the quality of life.

There are 35 metals that concern Natural Healers the most because of occupational or residential exposure. Of these 23, are the heavy elements or "heavy metals".  

They are as follows:  

• antimony
• arsenic
• bismuth
• cadmium
• cerium
• chromium
• cobalt
• coppergallium
• gold
• iron
• lead
• manganese
• mercury
• nickel
• platinumsilver
• tellurium
• thallium
• tin
• uranium
• vanadium
• zinc
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Interestingly, small amounts of these elements are common in our environment and diet and are actually necessary for good health, but large amounts of any of them may cause acute or chronic poisoning. These metals, when ingested in the body, will target the brain, kidneys, central nervous system, digestive system, immune system, skin, bones, blood, thyroid glands, liver, lungs, heart, and gastrointestinal system.  

Heavy metal toxicity can result in damaged or reduced mental and central nervous function, lower energy levels, and damage to blood composition, and other vital organs. Not only can long-term exposure mimic or cause severe medical conditions like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and cancer, it can also mimic or cause common simple health problems like allergies. 

The association of symptoms indicative of acute toxicity is not difficult to recognize because the symptoms are usually severe, rapid in onset, and associated with a known exposure or ingestion. 

Some of these symptoms are:

• cramping
• nausea
• vomiting
• pain
• sweating
• headaches
• difficulty breathing
• impaired cognitive, motor, and language skills
• mania
• convulsions

The symptoms of toxicity resulting from chronic exposure (impaired cognitive, motor, and language skills; learning difficulties; nervousness and emotional instability; and insomnia, nausea, lethargy, and feeling ill) are also easily recognized; however, they are much more difficult to associate with their cause. 

Symptoms of chronic exposure are very similar to symptoms of other health conditions and often develop slowly over months or even years. Sometimes the symptoms of chronic exposure actually abate from time to time, leading the person to postpone seeking treatment, thinking the symptoms are related to something else.

As a rule, acute poisoning is more likely to result from inhalation or skin contact of dust, fumes, vapors, or materials in the workplace. However, lesser levels of contamination may occur in residential settings, particularly in older homes with lead paint or old plumbing. 

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta, Georgia, is a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and was established by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning adverse human health effects. The ATSDR is responsible for assessment of waste sites and providing health information concerning hazardous substances, response to emergency release situations, and education and training concerning hazardous substances. 

In cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the ATSDR has compiled a Priority List for 2001 called the "Top 20 Hazardous Substances."The heavy metals arsenic (1), lead (2), mercury (3), and cadmium (7) appear on this list.

Natural Treatments:

• Sulfur is known as a healing mineral and assists every cell in the elimination of toxins. Natural food sources for sulfur are kale, cabbage, onions, garlic, horseradish, watercress, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower, turnips, cranberries, dried beans, legumes, and wheat germ.  (MSM, found in almost all health food stores, is a form of sulfur and has shown to eliminate heavy metals from the body. By adding MSM to the water I soak my sprouting seeds in has assisted to make more sulfur available for eliminating the heavy metals.)  

• I have had a personal experience with Shiaqga detoxifying me from heavy metal poisoning.  I have even had one doctor shared with me his study he did with Shiaqga verses this normal more expensive intravenous chelation therapy. His study showed that the taking of two times the recommended daily dosage of         Shiaqga for six weeks provided significantly better results.  Another added benefit to taking the Shiaqga is its ability to assist with the modulation of the immune system. The immune system is the body’s first line of protection against disease and infection. A weak or non-functioning immune system due to poor diet, stress, and toxins can significantly contribute to disease.  When the body does not have the proper nutrients, or when its cellular programming is impaired, it cannot heal properly.   

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• Plant essences, derived from herbs, seeds, and leaves were the first medicines of our ancestors.    

The Therapeutic Essential Oils contain hundreds of molecules that not only work together to kill viruses and bacteria but also to detoxify and heal the body.

• Start with a change in lifestyle by eating healthy (vegetables, fruits, greens), taking plant-based supplements, pure drinking water, and exercising (moving). By giving the body the proper fuel it will detoxify and heal.     

Beneficial Heavy Metals
In small quantities, certain heavy metals are nutritionally essential for a healthy life. Some of these are referred to as the trace elements (e.g., iron, copper, manganese, and zinc). These elements, or some form of them, are commonly found naturally in foodstuffs like fruits and vegetables.

For the most part, I consider most all mineral supplements as non beneficial and even harmful. Almost always the minerals contained in the supplements are in the incorrect form for proper body healing.  (Example: Coral Calcium contains 93% “bad” or improperly utilized calcium and only 7% “good” calcium.) Make sure any mineral supplements you take are completely from the plant source.   

As noted earlier, there are 35 metals of concern, with 23 of them called the heavy metals. Toxicity can result from any of these metals. This protocol will address the metals that are most likely encountered in our daily environment.  

Briefly covered will be four metals that are included in the ATSDR's "Top 20 Hazardous Substances" list. Iron and aluminum will also be discussed even though they do not appear on the ATSDR's list.  

1.  Arsenic is the most common cause of acute heavy metal poisoning in adults and is number 1 on the ATSDR's "Top 20 List." Arsenic is released into the environment by the smelting process of copper, zinc, and lead, as well as by the manufacturing of chemicals and glasses. Arsine gas is a common by-product produced by the manufacturing of pesticides that contain arsenic. Arsenic may be also be found in water supplies worldwide, leading to exposure of shellfish, cod, and haddock.  Other sources are paints, rat poisoning, fungicides, and wood preservatives. Target organs are the blood, kidneys, and central nervous, digestive, and skin.

​2. Lead is number 2 on the ATSDR's "Top 20 List." Lead accounts for most of the cases of pediatric heavy metal poisoning.  It is a very soft metal and was used in pipes, drains, and soldering materials for many years. Millions of homes built before 1940 still contain lead in painted surfaces, leading to chronic exposure from weathering, flaking, chalking, and dust.  Every year, industry produces about 2.5 million tons of lead throughout the world. Most of this lead is used for batteries. The remainder is used for cable coverings, fuel additives, plumbing, and ammunition.  Other uses are as paint pigments and in PVC plastics, x-ray shielding, crystal glass production, and pesticides. The organs the lead targets are the bones, brain, blood, kidneys, and thyroid gland.  

3. Mercury is number 3 on ATSDR's "Top 20 List" is mercury.  It is generated naturally in the environment from the degassing of the earth's crust, from volcanic emissions. It exists in three forms: elemental mercury and organic and inorganic mercury. Mining operations, chloralkali plants, and paper industries are significant producers of mercury. Atmospheric mercury is dispersed across the globe by winds and returns to the earth in rainfall, accumulating in aquatic food chains and fish in lakes.  
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Mercury compounds were added to paint as a fungicide until 1990. These compounds are now banned; however, old paint supplies and surfaces painted with these old supplies still exist. Mercury continues to be used in thermometers, thermostats, and dental amalgam.  Medicines, such as mercurochrome and merthiolate, are still available. Algaecides and childhood vaccines are also potential sources. Inhalation is the most frequent cause of exposure to mercury. The organic form is readily absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract (90-100%); lesser but still significant amounts of inorganic mercury are absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract (7-15%). The target organs are the brain and kidneys for mercury.

4. Cadmium is a by-product of the mining and smelting of lead and zinc and is number 7 on ATSDR's "Top 20 list." It is used in nickel-cadmium batteries, PVC plastics, and paint pigments. It can be found in soils because insecticides, fungicides, sludge, and commercial fertilizers that use cadmium are used in agriculture. Cadmium may be found in reservoirs containing shellfish. Cigarettes also contain cadmium. Lesser-known sources of exposure are dental alloys, electroplating, motor oil, and exhaust.  Inhalation accounts for 15-50% of absorption through the respiratory system; 2-7% of ingested cadmium is absorbed in the gastrointestinal system. The target organs for cadmium are the liver, placenta, kidneys, lungs, brain, and bones.    

5. Discussion of Iron toxicity in this protocol is limited to ingested or environmental exposure. Iron overload disease (hemochromatosis), an inherited disorder, is discussed in a separate protocol. Iron does not appear on the ATSDR's "Top 20 List," but it is a heavy metal of concern, particularly because ingesting dietary iron supplements may acutely poison young children. As few as five to nine 30-mg iron tablets for a 30-lb child be toxic. 

Ingestion accounts for most of the toxic effects of iron because iron is absorbed rapidly in the gastrointestinal tract. The corrosive nature of iron seems to further increase the absorption. In the past most overdoses appear to be the result of children mistaking red-coated ferrous sulfate tablets or adult multivitamin preparations for candy. Fatalities from overdoses have decreased significantly with the introduction of child-proof packaging. 

Other sources of iron toxicity are drinking water, iron pipes, and cookware. The iron target organs are the liver, cardiovascular system, and kidneys.    

6. Although Aluminum is not a heavy metal, it makes up about 8% of the surface of the earth and is the third most abundant element. It is readily available for human ingestion through the use of food additives, antacids, buffered aspirin, astringents, nasal sprays, and antiperspirants; from drinking water; from automobile exhaust and tobacco smoke; and from using aluminum foil, aluminum cookware, cans, ceramics, and fireworks. 

Studies began to emerge about 20 years ago suggesting that aluminum might have a possible connection with developing Alzheimer's disease when researchers found what they considered to be significant amounts of aluminum in the brain tissue of Alzheimer's patients. Although aluminum was also found in the brain tissue of people who did not have Alzheimer's disease, recommendations to avoid sources of aluminum received widespread public attention. As a result, many organizations and individuals reached a level of concern that prompted them to dispose of all their aluminum cookware and storage containers and to become wary of other possible sources of aluminum, such as soda cans, personal care products, and even their drinking water.

Sadly however, the World Health Organization concluded that although there were studies that demonstrate a positive relationship between aluminum in drinking water and Alzheimer's disease, the WHO had reservations about a causal relationship because the studies did not account for total aluminum intake from all possible sources. Although there is no conclusive evidence for or against aluminum as a primary cause for Alzheimer's disease, most researchers agree that it is an important factor in the dementia component and most certainly deserves continuing research efforts. Therefore, at this time, reducing exposure to aluminum is a personal decision. 
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Workers in the automobile manufacturing show a significant increase in their likelihood of developing degenerative muscular conditions and cancer. They are now becoming concerned about long-term exposure to aluminum in the workplace (contained in metal working fluids). The target organs for aluminum are the central nervous system, kidney, and digestive system.

The Many Viruses of Hepatitis
By White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver caused by a virus, infection, or autoimmunity, but this can also be caused by toxins: alcohol, drugs, certain medications and plants. More than 680,000 people die each year due to Hepatitis.

There are many different groups of viruses that causes Hepatitis: A, B, C, D, and E, mononucleosis, cytomegalovirus disease, or yellow fever. Many times, when the virus enters the body, there are no symptoms for awhile. Liver infection is a common occurrence in all types of hepatitis and can be fatal if left untreated.

The basic symptoms of Hepatitis are muscle and joint aches, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, fatigue, loss of appetite, abdominal discomfort, jaundice, dark urine, and a decrease in the bloods clotting ability.

Hepatitis A (HAV)
This virus is contagious and has an incubation period of about 2 months.   The highest group-at-risk is children from the ages of 5-14. It is spread by fecal-oral, poor sanitary conditions, poor personal hygiene, person-to-person contact, or by ingesting contaminated food or water.  This is usually prevented by immunizations, with their potential harmful side effects, or the proper modulation of the immune system through high quality supplements.

Hepatitis B (HBV)
This is a DNA virus infection of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus. This virus triggers the immune system to cause inflammation to the liver as the body tries to eliminate the virus and heal. Having a strong immune system to fight the virus makes your chances of recovery very likely and the body develops a life-long immunity for the virus.

Some of the known risks are sexual transmission, shared needles with illicit drug use, exposure to infected blood that could also be by tattooing, piercings or acupuncture, and a mother passing the virus to an unborn child.    

Hepatitis C (HCV)
This is caused by the Hepatitis C virus and is made from RNA genetics (ribonucleic acid). (RNA is naturally found in the body.  RNA is a molecule that is similar to DNA and crucial in protein synthesis and other cell activities.) This type of hepatitis is the leading cause of liver transplants.  Without proper immune system modulation the immune system will have a difficult time eliminating this virus. The age risk group ranges from 40-60.  

The virus cells have an outer coat that contains enzymes and proteins that allow the virus to reproduce within the cells of the liver. This will trigger the immune system to cause inflammation of the liver.  (Inflammation is the body’s immune systems first response to start the healing process). Prolonged inflammation causes scarring of the liver which could eventually lead to cirrhosis and cause liver failure.

Risks are sexual transmission, shared needles with illicit drug use, passed from mother to unborn child, and exposure to infected blood that could also be by tattooing, piercings or acupuncture.    

Hepatitis D (HDV)
This virus causes liver inflammation and can only propagate in the presence of the Hepatitis B virus. Transmission is by infected blood, needles, and sexual contact with an infected person. Modern medical HBV vaccine can eliminate the risk of this virus, but only with the potential harmful side effects of vaccination. A healthier, all natural alternative is modulating the immune response through proper diet or supplementation.    

Hepatitis E (HEV)
This is a form of liver disease and an inflammation of the liver caused by infection due to the Hepatitis E virus. Transmission is from food or drinks that are handled by an infected person, an infected water supply due to poor sanitary conditions, and uncooked deer meat. The modern medical establishment does not have an established treatment or vaccine for this illness. 

All of these viruses affect the body and trigger the immune system response. The immune system is the first line of defense against preventing infection and disease.  Without the proper building blocks, the immune system cannot do its job properly. If you are deficient in nutrition, minerals, smoke, use alcohol or are surrounded by environmental toxins, or under stress; this can wear down the immune system. Start by eating healthy, taking high quality immune modulation supplements like Shiaqga, drink more water, and exercise.

Herpes Simplex
By White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner

This viral disease is caused by both herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2). These infections, oral herpes (type 1 - usually above the waist) or genital herpes (type 2 - usually below the waist) are categorized by the site of the infection. Both types have visible symptoms that resemble cold sores or fever blisters and are capable of infecting the skin at any location of the body.  

Many people are infected with this virus and have no symptoms. This is because the immune system is producing antibodies against the herpes virus. This response assists to reduce a recurrence for the virus and makes it hard for the virus to get a “foothold” anywhere else in the body. Since the family of herpes simplex viruses can become latent and hide from the immune system in the cell bodies of nerves, it is vital to maintain a modulated immune system. If the infected person’s immune system is weakened (most often due to poor nutrition, stress, or toxins) the virus can reactivate and an outbreak can occur.   

The family of herpes simplex viruses also causes other disorders such as herpetic whitlow, herpes gladiatorum, ocular herpes (keratitis), cerebral herpes, infection encephalitis, Mollaret’s meningitis, and neonatal herpes. These viruses are contagious and can be transmitted by person-to-person contact by touching an infected area, through salvia and bodily fluids.  

To the modern medical world, there is no cure or vaccine for the herpes; this is a life-time virus. With Natural Healers the modulation of the immune system can prevent the virus and also be the treatment. Through having a modulated immune system and by keeping the body healthy, your natural defenses can fight and win. For this purpose, nature has provided us with plants that contain wonderful healing properties. (All medications proscribed by your doctor can find their roots in nature.)  Therapeutic Essential Oils contain high concentrations of anti viral properties.  

If you are like most people in our modern society, your immune system is already on overload. Start improving your defenses with eating a healthy diet, taking supplements like Shiaqga, drinking enough water, and exercising the body.  

Man Found Standing states, “I want to share with you my personal experience with the herpes simplex virus type 1.  When I was in my mid teens about every six months a cold sore would appear that would last for about two weeks. They were not only quite painful but very embarrassing as well.  

During one of my outbreaks that was halfway formed, my Grandfather happened to see me and suggested an ancient Australian Aboriginal remedy.  This oil extracted from the wild Tea Tree leaves was my first introduction to Therapeutic Essential Oils. He gave me a bottle and told me to test it out.

I put a drop on my finger and then rubbed it on the blister. There was a painful burning sensation that lasted about thirty seconds and then the area was pain free.  I continued to put a drop of oil on the area every four or five hours when the pain started to return.

Within days the area was completely healed. I was further amazed that no blisters returned. Now, over thirty years later, I still have not had another outbreak. I thank my Grandfather for sharing this wisdom with me.” ​

High Blood Pressure / Hypertension
By White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Blood pressure measures how hard the blood pushes against the walls of the arteries and moves through the body. It is normal for the blood pressure to fluctuate throughout the day. When the blood pressure stays up, that is called hypertension. Sometimes routine activities during the day can cause the blood pressure to rise: driving, smoking, family meetings, and even going to the doctor’s office.

High blood pressure damages the blood vessels, heart, brain, eyes, kidneys, and other areas of the body. It can lead to heart attack, stroke and other life treating problems. Serious symptoms for high blood pressure include: headaches, chest pain, vision problems, nausea, and vomiting. Often people may not have any symptoms so high blood pressure is known as a silent killer.

When taking someone’s blood pressure, it consists of two numbers: Systolic (heart pumping) and Diastolic (between heartbeats). Normal pressure readings would be around 120 /80 or lower. That is read as 120 (systolic) over 80 (diastolic). You are considered to have hypertension with a reading of 140/90 or higher.  

Normal: less than 120 over 80 or less
Pre-hypertension: 120 to 139 over or 80 – 89
Hypertension:
Stage 1: 140 to 159 over or 90 – 99
Stage 2: 160+ over or 100+
Emergency Care Needed: 180+ over or 110+

What do doctors suggest?
Doctors tell us that your risk of high blood pressure increases as you age. They state that many high blood pressure problems can be regulated by a change in lifestyle like loosing that extra weight, eating less salt (2300 milligrams of sodium per day – that’s one teaspoon of salt), exercising, limiting your alcohol intake (two drinks a day), and getting 3500 milligrams of potassium in the diet. They also state that in some people, high blood pressure cannot be regulated without medication.    

Is there a cure? 
Really having high blood pressure all comes down to not taking the proper care of your body. With our modern lifestyles of stress, environmental toxins, and poor nutrition, hypertension is rapidly becoming a major epidemic. Being overweight, drinking too much alcohol, being inactive, long-term use of pain medicines or other synthetic drugs, and not having enough potassium or calcium in you diet will just compound your risk of having high blood pressure.

Blood pressure commonly rises as you get older due to the body’s accumulation of toxins and lack of regeneration. By giving your body the proper building blocks of good health through the food we eat or the supplements we take, the body heals itself. It’s that simple.

The Shiaqga supplement activates the body's ability to eliminate toxins and regeneration so naturally there are many testimonials about it assisting hypertension. 

Hypoglycemia
By White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Hypoglycemia is considered a diet related condition simply because a proper diet can eliminate this condition. Scientists consider as many as 100 million people in the U.S.A. suffer from it. Simply put, Hypoglycemia is low blood glucose often called low blood sugar (when the blood glucose drops below a normal level). The food that we eat is broken down and turned into glucose in the small intestine and absorbed into the bloodstream and carried to the cells. When the blood glucose falls, glucagon (a hormone made by the pancreas) signals to the liver to release stored glucose into the bloodstream. In-between meals, during exercise, or when you sleep, the liver releases stored glucose to supply the body with energy.  

With hypoglycemia, the pancreas sends out too much insulin and the blood glucose plummets low. When the blood glucose is too low, in a sense, it starves the cells that need the glucose for fuel, thus causing physical and emotional symptoms. This usually happens in people with diabetes. There are two types of hypoglycemia that can occur in people who do not have diabetes: Reactive hypoglycemia (post-prandial hypoglycemia) that occurs within 4 hours after meals and Fasting hypoglycemia (post-absorptive hypoglycemia) that could be related to an underlying disease.  

Severe hypoglycemia can cause a person to pass out and can even be life threatening. The known causes are:

• Diets lacking in proper nutrition 
• Environmental toxins (pollution) or other harmful chemicals (including smoking and so forth)
• Alcohol – Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach, even days later. (The body’s breakdown of alcohol interferes with the liver’s efforts to raise the blood glucose. This can even cause death)
• Increased physical activity – up to 24 hours afterward
• Meals or snacks that are too small, delayed, or skipped 
• Hormonal deficiencies – especially in young children, but rarely in adults 
• Tumors -  Insulinomas are insulin-producing tumors in the pancreas 
• Critical Illnesses can affect the liver, heart, or kidneys 
• Medications - including some medicines that are used to treat diabetes

Since the brain is one of the first organs affected by low glucose, the symptoms of hypoglycemia can happen suddenly. If left untreated, confusion, clumsiness, or fainting may occur. Severe hypoglycemia can lead to seizures, coma, brain damage, and even death. (The brain is dependent on a continual supply of glucose from the blood and tissues within the central nervous system.)

Some of the symptoms that can vary from person to person, are: hunger, shakiness, nervousness, sweating, dizziness (light-headedness), sleepiness, confusion, difficulty speaking, anxiety, and weakness. Hypoglycemia can even happen during sleep that includes crying out or having nightmares, sweating, feeling tired, being irritable or being confused after waking.  

If you are not diabetic, and when you feel like you are experiencing hypoglycemia, try this:

• Eating small meals and snacks about every 3 hours
• being physically active
• eating a variety of healthy foods
• eating foods high in fiber
• limit foods high in sugar – especially on an empty stomach
• Be prepared. When your blood sugar is too low, a high-glucose food can be a quick-fix to raise the sugar level.  Honey, fruit juice, or anything that has high carbohydrates can all be used.​

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Depending on the frequency and severity of the hypoglycemia, you may want to keep a diary to document the time of day, time since the last meal, previous episodes, what you ate or your physical and mental state to help recognize what the cause may be. If hypoglycemia is due to a chronic pancreas related condition, look into supplements like Shiaqga that active the cellular communication, especially stem cells. 

Hypotension -Low Blood Pressure
By Man Found Standing, Medicine Man Practitioner

Low blood pressure is supposed to be a good thing, right? That means that the heart is not working too hard. Why do I need to be concerned about low blood pressure?

The body’s blood pressure is measured by the amount of blood that is pumped by the left ventricle of the heart into the arteries and the resistance of the flow of blood caused by the walls of the arteries or veins.  

Blood pressure consists of two numbers:  Systolic and Diastolic. 

Normal pressure readings would be 120 /80. That is read as 120 (systolic) over 80 (diastolic). The 120 number shows how hard the blood pushes when the heart is pumping. The 80 number shows how hard the blood pushes between heartbeats and when the heart is relaxed and filling with blood.  A resting heart, for a healthy adult, will beat between 60-80 beats a minute.  The strengthened heart of a trained athlete can have a resting heart rate as low as 40-50 beats per minute. 

Having a blood pressure too low can be unhealthy. Low blood pressure (hypotension) can cause symptoms, due to the low flow of blood through the arteries and veins, so that not enough oxygen or nutrients can be delivered to the brain, heart, and kidneys. This can cause permanent organ damage. Symptoms may develop if the blood pressure drops to 100/60 or below.  

There are nerve sensors that sense the blood pressure in the walls of the arteries and send signals to the brain that will transmit messages to the heart, arteries, and kidneys to make changes that will lower or increase blood pressure. The heart can adjust the speed, contraction, and amount of blood to adjust the pressure that causes the veins to expand and narrow. When the veins expand, more blood can be stored in the veins and less blood returns to the heart and this makes the blood pressure lower. When the veins narrow there is less blood stored in the veins and that makes the heart pump more, which makes the pressure higher.  

Even the kidneys respond to the changes in blood pressure by the increase or decrease in the amount of urine that is produced. (When the kidneys make urine, water is taken from the blood; this makes an increase in the blood pressure.)
 

When the blood pressure is low, there is not enough blood supplied to the organs of the body. This can cause symptoms of dizziness, fainting, chest pains, a heart attack, shock, and kidney failure. 

Some conditions that may lead to low blood pressure are:

• Drug toxicity
• Bleeding – moderate or severe bleeding (from trauma, surgery, ulcers, tumors, or diverticulitis)
• Heart Disease
• Dehydration – prolonged nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea (loss of water)
• Toxic Buildup
• Lack of Nutrition

How should low blood pressure be treated?
Sadly it seems that Modern medicine‘s answer for every ailment is to take a toxic drug. This also seems to be the case for low blood pressure. Despite the known serious side effects of synthetic drugs, this form of treatment only addresses the symptoms and not the root cause of the problem.  

​In order to live a long, active, and health life, the body needs to have the building blocks to regenerate. Being healthy requires a lifestyle that includes nutritional food, the proper high quality supplements, exercise, fresh air, water, and learning to deal with stress.

Spider Bites
By White Sparrow, Medicine Woman Practitioner

There are more than 29,000 known species of spiders. There are many spiders in the United States that are poisonous, but many of those have fangs that are too short to cause any damage. The Tarantula is the world’s largest spider and lives as far north as the southwestern U.S. , however, its bite is no more dangerous to a human than the sting of a bee or wasp. Most bites of spiders will cause minor reactions and they are excellent at insect control. The two spiders that are extremely dangerous are the Black Widow and the Brown Recluse.    

The Black Widow Spider is the most dangerous spider in the U.S.A. It is a small black button-shaped spider with a red hourglass mark on the underside of the main body segment. Only the female Black Widow Spider is dangerous to man and death usually results from complications, not from the actual bite.  

The venom of the Black Widow spider, drop for drop, is more potent than the poison for a rattlesnake, copperhead, or cotton mouth, yet each spider bite injects only an extremely small amount of venom. The bites of this spider will release a toxin that can cause damage to the nervous system. Four out of every 100 people bitten by a Black Widow die due to anaphylactic shock. 

Some of the symptoms include:

• Immediate pain, burning, swelling, rash, itching, or redness, and maybe fang marks
• Cramping pain and muscle rigidity in the stomach, chest, shoulders, and back
• Cold sweats, difficulty in breathing
• Headaches, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting
• Restlessness, anxiety, weakness, tremors, or paralysis, especially in the legs
• Salivation or tearing of the eyes
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The Brown Recluse Spider, also known as the violin spider, is about 3/8-inch long, with a dark, violin shaped mark on its upper back near the head. It prefers to hide in dark places in the house like basements, closets, and attics. Contrary to belief, this spider is not aggressive but will usually attack if trapped or held against the skin.

It spins a sticky, irregular web, with threads running in all directions. It can live for days without food or water and is found all over the U.S. The venom of a bite from the Brown Recluse spider causes the flesh to decay and can require extensive treatment but death from a Brown Recluse is extremely rare.  

Some of the symptoms include:

• A burning, pain, itching, rash or redness
• A deep blue or purple area around the bite, surrounded by a whitish ring and large red outer ring like a “bulls eye”
• An ulcer or blister that turns black
• Fever, nausea, or vomiting
• Eventually, most of the tissue dies around the bite, leaving a deep sore that may take months to heal.

Treatments:

• Always contact a physician if it is a poisonous spider.

• Chew up and swallow 10 charcoal tablets with water. Crush some more tablets, make a paste, and place on the bite as a compress. Charcoal will powerfully draw out the poison if applied extremely fast.

• If there is swelling or pain after a poisonous spider bite, keep calm and apply a constricting band 2-4 inches above (not below) the bite. Loosen the band for 15 seconds every 10 minutes. Do not let the extremity turn blue!  Do not move the affected area; keep it below the heart level, if possible. The victim should lie down.  Pack ice around the wound.

• For a normal spider bite wash the area with soap and water.

• Apply Therapeutic Essential Oils directly on the bite. The oils contain hundreds of molecules that work together to kill viruses, bacteria, parasites, infections, and inflammation. They are very beneficial for healing all areas of the body. 

• ​Applying a drop or two of the Shiaqga supplement two or three times a day has been reported to have wonderful results with bites from spiders, snakes, and insects. It also has been reported to heal wounds and skin cancers. ​

Stop Smoking with Shiaqga

The following is for Individuals who have risen to the consciousness to stop smoking. 

Thank you for having the desire to improve your optimal health by stop smoking. Fully read the entirety of this information so you can have a complete understanding of how to stop the cravings. With this information, we suggest you to use the Shiaqga supplement to assist in your detoxification and healing. 
 

PART ONE: YOUR COMMITMENT
Nobody can convince you to quit smoking, and we are not going to try. Wanting to quit is up to you because it does take effort and determination and only you can do it. Once you have the desire, we can give you the method that will make it possible.
 

The hardest thing you will have to do in this program is to decide to quit. You’ve already made a big step in that direction by starting to read this information. There are 15 proven simple steps that enable you to quit without pain or discomfort of any kind.
 

Much of what we will be asking you to do will seem a bit weird, strange, or even silly. You may not understand how some of these steps could possibly assist you to quit. Nevertheless, we want you to know that if you will trust us and follow each of the steps that we will teach you, to the letter, every day, for the next seven days, you will be a non-smoker.
 

No smoker can do the things we are going to ask you to do this next week and still be a smoker. This system is designed to turn off the longing, the desire, the craving for a cigarette that, in the past, has stopped your efforts to quit. If, indeed, this system will really turn off that longing for a smoke, wouldn’t you agree that it would be easy to quit?
 

We have a sincere promise that we would like to make to you, and then we would like you to make one to us. Our promise to you is this:
 

If you will forget all the past experiences you have had trying to quit cigarettes and follow every single one of the 15 Steps we will soon teach you, you will be a non-smoker, seven days from now!
 

It is true. But there is only one way for you to find out how great this system is – you have to do it. You can never honestly say the system does not work unless you have put it to the test.
 

We are going to ask you to make a commitment that you will follow the steps for seven full days.  

First off, click the "Declaration of Independence” button at the VERY END OF THIS HEALTH ARTICLE SECTION. Read, and then sign it. This is essential because you are telling your subconscious mind you have made up your mind you are going to follow the steps for seven days and you deserve its support. 

PART TWO: THE BELL
Back when you first started to smoke, you had to learn how. It took a bit of time. Does it make sense that once you have learned “how” to smoke, you must learn how “not” to smoke?
 

There was a famous scientist named Pavlov. He did an experiment with some dogs, which you might have heard in school. He put a dog in a cage with a special device attached to his throat that would measure each time the dog would salivate. Whenever Pavlov would put food in front of the dog, the machine would register.
 

Pavlov began to ring a bell just before he would show the dog some food. He did this over and over, again. Finally, he rang the bell without showing the dog the food. The machine registered just as if the food had been shown. The dog was conditioned to the bell. When the dog heard the bell, he thought the food was coming next, so he began to salivate.
 

Smokers are similar in that they have a bell as well. Smokers have been conditioned to all kinds of “bells” which send a signal to the brain that says: “Time for a cigarette”.
 

If we could turn off that bell, the desire for a cigarette would never come, and you could quit with no problem, right?  Well, that is exactly what this system of quitting is based on. It is designed to turn off that bell. You learned how to turn it on when you first started smoking, now you must learn how to turn it off.
 

PART THREE:  CRUSHING THE HABIT
How would you like to turn off that smoking bell? This is where your commitment comes in, you must want to turn it off. We can teach you the system, but you get to be willing to make it work.  But, before we do that, there is one more important thing we would like you to do. This could be the hardest thing we are going to ask you to do. Right now please take out your pack of cigarettes. . . now go throw them into the trash. You will also need to gather up all smoking materials and throw them away.
 

That was great!!!  Now that is done everything else is really easy from here on. Well, congratulations!  You are now a non-smoker. The purpose of this lesson, from here on, is to learn how to stay a non-smoker.
 

PART FOUR:  THE 15 STEPS

1.  MEDITATE
We ask everyone who uses this Stop Smoking Protocol to begin each day with a short meditation or prayer to ask for assistance. Get your subconscious mind to work with you. Picture yourself as a non-smoker and use an affirmation that says, “I am now enjoying my new environment and I am bringing happiness to others around me”. Make the affirmation fit you. Use an affirmation that uplifts you and assists you to see yourself as a smoke-free person. Avoid using “negative” words like I am not smoking or I don’t smoke anymore. Because the subconscious does not recognize the words not and don’t, it is reinforcing what you have committed to stop. If you do your very best at this you will be successful.
 

2.  AVOID TEMPTATION
You have already begun working on this step by discarding those cigarettes. But that isn’t the end of it. Just like a person on a diet should not sit and look at a bowl of sweets, a person quitting smoking should avoid placing himself in a position to have to fight off temptation. Get rid of all smoking materials from around you if possible. Even the sight of a pack, or an ashtray, or even a box of matches can cause that bell to ring. Stay away from places where people are smoking.  Avoid trying to be strong and put up with these things.  As long as you let that bell keep ringing, you will be asking for trouble.
 

If we were to stand here ringing a real bell, and if you couldn’t stop us, it could eventually drive you crazy. The same thing happens if you let any smoking “bells” keep ringing.
 

Many people are afraid to stop smoking, so they keep a pack of cigarettes at hand “just in case”. That is like keeping a loaded gun on the kitchen table “just in case” someone tries to break into your house.  Sooner or later, it will go off, most likely when you do not want it to.
 

Note: If you have questions about what to do about other people who smoke, we will cover that when you get to Step 12.
 

3.  PREPARE
There are two ways to prepare. The first is to gain knowledge of how to quit, and the second is to have all the items necessary to make the system work. We can assist you with the knowledge and understanding along with two powerful essential oil combinations, but you must be the one to go to the store and buy any other items you may need.
 

Each day, please remember to read over the 15 steps so you will have them fresh in your mind throughout the day.  Remember, we are not asking you to do these things for the rest of your life, just for seven days. 
 

So far, is there anything in this program that you do not think you can handle? Then let’s get into the real meat of the program.
 

4.  BRUSH TEETH
Every step of this program is vitally important. None can be left out, and none is “the most important” or “least important”. But, this one must be considered one of the most important steps, because it is designed to start your day on the right foot. Do not ever leave it out.
 

As we mentioned earlier, there are many bells that cause you to want to smoke. This first step is designed to stop the first bell of the day. The moment you wake up in the morning, you just jump right out of bed and head for the bathroom, brush your teeth and rinse your mouth with a strong natural mouthwash. Now put a few drops of Shiaqga in your mouth. (You decide how many drops and how often that will best work with your body type. Usually, five to ten drops are sufficient at this stage. The more Shiaqga you take, the more healthy building blocks and cleansing effect you will receive. 

The recommended dose of Shiaqga is three dropper squirts a day (that is about 1/3 to 1/2 of the dropper full). Taking more will greatly compound the detoxification and healing effects. Slowly build up and take the amount of Shiaqga that feels good for your body.)    
 

The purpose of this step is to drastically change the taste in your mouth, assist your body in its detoxification efforts, support your body in building healthy cells, and overcoming cravings. You see, you have been conditioned to want a cigarette first thing in the morning when you have that “morning mouth taste” in your mouth. If we can make a drastic change in the taste in your mouth and give you a little assistance, you won’t have the first bell go off.
 

Even if you don’t usually have a cigarette, right away when you wake up, this step is essential and must not be skipped. It will help you to get your day started without a first cigarette, no matter when you usually have that first one.
 

5.  BREAKFAST
Do you have breakfast in the morning? Most smokers do not. For the next seven days and hopefully from now on, you must have a good, healthy, nutritious breakfast to get your day started on the right foot. You will be surprised at how good it will help you feel.
 

Look what you have been doing. You have been putting pollution into your body with very little good nutrition. When you quit smoking, your body needs as much “good” coming in as possible to assist you in being strong and able to easily overcome the effects of smoking. You can clean the pollution out by putting lots of “good” in.
 

What is meant by a good breakfast is some healthy whole-grain cereal, either hot or cold. Having fruit and then waiting 10-15 minutes for your cereal is best. You can add anything else you want to that, but those are some basics you can include in your breakfast for each of the next seven days.
 

As you put better “fuel” into your body, doesn’t it make sense that your body will run better?  When you smoke, all kinds of impurities get into your system. In order to get them out, you deserve to use a good cleansing system. Good nutrition will not only clean up the garbage inside you, but it will also fuel your system and give you lots of energy. It is so much easier to quit smoking when you are feeling good.
 

As soon as you finish your breakfast, we want you to drink a cold glass of grapefruit juice. (Note: If you are currently on a prescription medication that does not allow for grapefruit juice to be consumed, if you really have to, orange juice will also work, but grapefruit juice works so much better.) We know that most people do not care much for grapefruit juice, but for one week you can handle it.
 

The reason for this is that the taste of grapefruit juice is not a taste that you have been conditioned to. When you drink a glass of grapefruit juice, a bell does not go off making you want a cigarette. Changing the taste in your mouth the moment you stop eating, will turn off the cigarette bell.
 

In fact, this simple step works so well at turning off the after-meal cigarette bell, we want you to do this after every meal. After every meal, for the next seven days, finish with a good size glass of grapefruit juice. (Freshly squeezed is always the best for its nutrition, but if you don't have the time the pre-bottled grapefruit juice will do.)
 

The other benefit of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice is that it contains Vitamin C. Vitamin C is the fastest known substance for cleaning nicotine out of the blood system. In fact, can you see that everything we are asking you to do is good for you? We can help you quit smoking by doing good, healthy things for your body.
 

Since Vitamin C is so helpful in quitting cigarettes, we want you to also take a Raw food (not synthetic) Vitamin C capsule after every meal. Buy a bottle of Raw Vitamin C capsules, and get the highest quality and strongest dosage you can get. You cannot overdose on natural raw Vitamin C. Your body uses what it needs, and the rest is eliminated. In this way, you will constantly have plenty of Vitamin C in your body working fast to clean out all the nicotine from your blood. It is great and assists you to feel better and be healthier too.
 

So, let’s review. Every morning, you will have a good nutritious breakfast, ended with a cold glass of grapefruit juice and a Vitamin C tablet. You will also finish each meal of the day with grapefruit juice and Vitamin C.
 

Is there any reason why you could not do these things for the next seven days? Can we count on you to follow these steps?
 

6.  FLOSS & BRUSH TEETH AFTER EVERY MEAL
This time, when you floss and brush your teeth, it is not to change the taste in your mouth like we did first thing in the morning, although that will be helpful. The main reason we are having you floss and brush your teeth is simply to clean them. When you eat, particles of food get stuck in your teeth. Later in the day those particles may come out and hit a taste bud, causing a bell to go off. It is totally a psychological thing. It happens subconsciously. By following this step, you will be taking precautions to prevent the bell from ringing.
 

Once your teeth are brushed, place another five to ten drops of Shiaqga on your tongue.
 

If you will carefully follow each and every one of these steps we have given you so far, you will eliminate about 90% of the bells that will cause you to desire a cigarette. It will take some effort on your part. You will have to think and plan in advance, but you can do it. 
 

Is there any step we have given up to this point that you do not understand or which you do not think you can follow?
 

If you answered in a positive way, congratulations. If your response was negative you need to know you are making excuses, procrastinating, and are failing to abide by your agreement to have faith in the system, give it a chance and believe it will work for you and the next seven days will prove it.
 

7.  EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
As we just mentioned, the steps we have discussed so far will stop the bell 90% of the time. There will be times when the bell will ring even though you have done everything we have told you to do, so far. When that happens, have no fear! We have several emergency procedures for you to follow that will turn off the bell when it rings.
 

The first step is quick and easy to use. You can do it anywhere. All you have to do is a little deep breathing exercise. (Incorporating a couple of drops of Shiaqga on the tongue while doing this may assist you greatly.)  Deep breathing does two great things for you. First, it stops the bell by sending five times more oxygen to your brain than normal. Your brain would much rather have oxygen than nicotine, so it turns off the bell calling for a cigarette.
 

Secondly, all that extra oxygen assists in cleaning out the poisonous gases from your blood system and in cleaning your lungs. In order to get the bad gases out of your blood; you have to put something good in. The goodwill pushes out the bad very quickly. Normally, it will take weeks for this to happen, but by following this step, and others, it will get your system cleaned out in days. Deep breathing also speeds up the process of cleaning out the garbage from your lungs. This may be a long process, but that does not affect the bell, so that is okay.
 

If you should develop a cough (more than normal), don’t let that scare you. It is to be expected.  As soon as your body discovers that you have stopped smoking, it will begin to “clean up” right away. Coughing is your body’s natural response to making that effort. Using the Shiaqga will assist your body in cleaning out the garbage quicker.
 

Another “side effect” of the deep breathing is that you may get a bit light-headed from all the oxygen rushing to your brain. This is to be expected and is not harmful in any way. Because of smoking, you are just not used to all that oxygen. Oxygen cannot hurt you, so don’t be concerned.
 

Not only can you use this as an emergency step, but you can also do this three or four times a day as a way to assist your body in overcoming the effects of smoking faster. Do it often and you will feel great.
 

The idea is to empty your lungs of all the air that is in them, and then fill them up with as much air as possible through your nose.  Start by breathing out all the air you can. When you think it is all out, say the word “assist” to get the last little puff of air out, and that will also remind you that we all need assistance in this life. You then slowly fill your lungs right up to their capacity, hold your breath a few seconds, (start with two or three seconds and build up to ten, do not go more than ten), then blow the air out through your mouth and repeat this process at least two more times. Try this right now and see how you feel. It really is a marvelous thing to be able to get rid of the longing for a cigarette just by breathing.
 

The next emergency step is to just take five to ten drops of Shiaqga.
 

If you would like more assistance you can then take a drink of grapefruit juice. You will see what I mean, once you give it a try. It quickly takes away that desire, and it gives you extra Vitamin C.
 

If you want something even more powerful than the grapefruit juice, try natural mouthwash.  Just swish a little in your mouth and it will last from one to two hours. 
 

8.  SNACKS
Many people are concerned that they will gain weight when they quit smoking. That is, indeed, a possibility. When you stop smoking, it is normal to have a desire to munch. That’s great!  We want you to eat, but we want you to eat only those foods that will provide good nutrition. Remember that good nutrition will assist you to quit smoking.
 

All this week you want to eat as much fruit and vegetables as you can get. Stay away from “junk food” and sweets as much as possible. When you want to munch, use fruits and vegetables. A good snack that many people have found helpful is to slice carrots, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, and other vegetables, put them in a bowl with some water to keep them fresh and keep them in the refrigerator. In another bowl, have some healthy salad dressing or fresh olive oil mixed with lime juice and salt.  When you feel like munching, you can just dip some of these raw vegetables in the dressing for a tasty, nutritious snack that will assist your body become healthier and fight off the effects of smoking. 
 

Fruit, also, works well, so have a good variety on hand to choose from. Please, no cakes, cookies or sweets of any kind for these seven days.
 

9.  KEEP BUSY
If you allow yourself to sit around bored, with nothing to do, chances are a bell will go off telling you to have a smoke. Prevent this by making an extra effort to stay busy all the time. Find projects you have put off for a while and do them. Go assist a neighbor, friend, or relative.  Volunteer to assist with a civic group or organization. There is plenty to do. If nothing else is available, take a quick walk. There is nothing like a brisk walk in the fresh air to avoid a cigarette.
 

10.  DRINKS
This is vital. There is no way around it. You know for a fact that if you drink coffee, tea, or any kind of alcohol, you will want a cigarette. That bell will ring. If you let the bell ring, the system will not work.
 

Fortunately, the same steps that turn off the cigarette bell also turn off the longing for coffee, tea, or alcohol. If you follow all the steps exactly, it will work great.
 

Remember, we are asking you to just follow the program to find out for yourself that it will work.
 

Is there any reason you cannot follow this step, exactly?
 

You know yourself that coffee, tea, alcohol cause the bell to ring. If you tell yourself that you can be strong and not smoke while you drink them, you will be asking for trouble. If you let the bell keep ringing, you may be able to deal with it for a while, but sooner or later your willpower may slip and you could end up on cigarettes, again.
 

Remember, if I were to stand here ringing a real bell, and if you could not stop me, before long, it would get very frustrating and painful. That is what will happen if you let the cigarette bell keep ringing.
 

It is only one week, seven days one day at a time. We are not asking you to change your life.  We are just asking you to change for a few days. At the end of the seven days, it will be up to you what you do from there. Of course, we recommend that you think carefully about the advantages to your health by not drinking these things anymore, but after seven days you should be able to stay away from snacks with or without these drinks.
 

11.  FRIENDLY SUPPORT
You deserve all the assistance you can get. Don’t keep your efforts to stop smoking a secret.  Wear your badge proudly by telling all your friends and family. Everyone deserves a little pat on the back, and when you tell them what you are doing they will naturally give you encouragement and support. Some of your smoking friends may joke and give you a hard time, but most will give you great support. No one knows how hard it is to quite like a smoker.
 

12.  NON-SMOKERS
We know that it would be idealistic to think that you could avoid all smokers for a full week, but we know you can substantially reduce your contact with people who are smoking. The idea of this system of quitting is to make it easy for you, not difficult. We know the things that will make quitting easy.
 

Certainly, you realize that it will be easier if you avoid being with a smoker.
 

You are now a non-smoker, so go to non-smoking sections of restaurants, and visit shops where smoking is not permitted. Stay away from parties, bars, and meetings where people smoke.  Remember, this is just for seven days, not for the rest of your life. You can make an adjustment for one week.
 

Is there any reason you know of why you cannot follow this step, exactly?
 

13.  PUT UP SIGNS
Signs are designed to be a gentle reminder of the commitment you have made to follow these 15 steps. They are designed to make you smile and make this task a bit more pleasant.  (See the enclosed signs. Write a few of your own to add.) 

Click the "SIGNS” button at the VERY END OF THIS HEALTH ARTICLE SECTION. Put them up all over the house. Put them in your car and at work. Wherever you go, you should see these signs.
 

Don’t think of them as a silly extra. As the week goes on, you will come to realize how these signs assist you. Use them, and you will be glad you did.
 

As one of your signs, use the “DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE” you signed when we began. Put it in the most prominent place in your house, so everyone will know of your efforts to quit.
 

When others see your signs, they will ask you about them. This will give you a chance to tell them what you are doing, which will bring you some friendly support for Number 11, and it will assist you to get other smokers interested in quitting, also.

14.  ASSIST SOMEONE ELSE TO QUIT
The more people who know of your success, the more likely you will be asked by your friends how you were able to do it. Tell them about this program and invite them to learn the 15 steps, themselves.
 

The reason this is such an important step for you to follow is that whenever you teach something to someone, it also reinforces that principle or teaching for yourself.

15.  THANKS
Just as you began your day by meditating or praying for assistance, we want you to end your day with thankful meditation or prayer. Get your subconscious mind working for you again. Picture yourself as a non-smoker and say a thankful affirmation. You may try something like this.  “I thank the Universe for assisting me in being smoke-free this day.”  Once again make the affirmation fit you. Use positive language and celebrate your success

Superbugs
By Man Found Standing, Medicine Man Practitioner

Drug-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs,” have developed due to the overuse of antibiotics. Last year these superbugs killed over 700,000 people worldwide and in thirty short years, these superbugs are estimated to be more lethal than cancer. Because of these superbugs, Dr. Margaret Chan with the World Health Organization stated, "things as common as strep throat or a child's scratched knee could once again kill."    
 

These superbugs are lifestyle and life threatening. I would like to share with you an experience from my daughter.
 

“My boyfriend got bit by a poisonous spider that caused an open wound in his leg. During the doctor’s treatment of this condition, he also picked up a very bad flesh-eating superbug to the injured area.    
 

I also had a small open injury on my elbow and a couple days later, when I discovered the wound had grown to the size of a ping pong ball, I realized that I too had picked up the superbug. (Sadly, I had been neglecting my Shiaqga intake.) Having been raised with alternative medicine, I knew what to do. First, I boiled up some water and thoroughly soaked a rag in it. With the rag, I deep cleaned the infected area.
 

Next, I got out my therapeutic "I AM" oregano essential oil. Yes, I know that oregano is extremely ‘hot’ and powerful and should not be used directly on the skin. Still, I was dealing with a potentially fatal bacteria so I decided to become extreme myself. Because of my education, I knew that no bacteria or virus can survive contact with oregano. I took the oregano oil and put a few drops into the open wound. 
 

The oregano started my wound ‘burning’. To ensure that the oregano reached every part of the affected area,I did another extreme treatment. I scrubbed in the oregano with a clean toothbrush until I was sure the oil completely saturated the affected area. (Yes, this also was quite painful.)
 

I then wrapped the wound and forgot about it. Occasionally a couple times a day I would allow it to air out. In less than two weeks my wound was completely healed.
 

Now my boyfriend had watched me undergo my extreme treatment and when I offered to do his wound he said, ‘No way!’
 

A couple weeks later he came to me and said, ‘I just came back  from the doctor.  He thinks that I might have to have my leg amputated. There is no way I am going to do that so you can do  your thing.’
 

I followed the same regiment but with a bit more all-around treatment because his wound was larger. He did not return to his doctor and his leg was all better in just over two weeks.”
 

Essential oils are wonderful when dealing with killing superbugs on the skin. Sadly, these superbugs often will find their home inside our bodies. Taking large amounts of essential oils is not recommended to deal with that situation due to their ability to kill the “friendly” bacteria in your body.  What really works best for internal superbugs is having a modulated immune system.
 

Having a modulated immune system also heals or avoids the current health epidemics of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancers, autoimmune disorders, and so forth. With Shiaqga supplements you can restore your family’s health and protect them against superbug bacteria and viruses. Another added benefit of long-term use of Shiaqga is its ability to activate your body’s own adult stem cells.  

You can literally turn back your biological clock through stem cell regeneration of your organs.​

Ulcerative Colitis
By P. Landis, N.D., Medicine Man Practitioner

Ulcerative colitis generally strikes adults in the second, third and fourth decades of life, with the majority of cases being women and young adults. It is a chronic (prolonged duration) inflammatory disease for which no definite cause has been identified, but which many health care professionals consider the product of our modern diet and lifestyle. Jewish origin, Caucasian race and having a close family member with the disease are considered risk factors.

​Although no absolute cause has been identified, it is generally understood by medical doctors that infection, dietary triggers, immune dysfunction or genetic causes are to blame. Because some evidence has been noted in leading publications regarding the role of immune dysfunction in the development of the disease, most medical research in this area is working toward shutting down the immune-inflammatory response as a method of treatment. This type of focus is unfortunate, especially in view of the fact that other immune dysfunction diseases have been most effectively treated with immune modulation – working with the immune system rather than against it.

From my own personal experience in battling the disease, I believe that the cause is multi-factorial and involves dietary impropriety and the consequent infection which triggers immune dysfunction. It is my belief that genetic factors are less important than the inherited lifestyle that predisposes whole families to the disease.

Ulcerative colitis has an insidious onset with relatively silent inflammation beginning deep in a fold of the large bowel. Damage to the mucous membrane is caused by the inflammatory cells of the immune system which are confused by the relative non-self environment of the toxic, infected mucosal lining of the intestine. In this environment, the process of healing never really finishes, the damaged mucosa eventually ulcerates, and the inflammatory process begins to involve the deeper layers of the bowel wall.

Mucosal destruction causes cramping, bleeding and the constant urge to defecate. The disease process described to this point occurs at multiple sites in the bowel and results in blood-tinged, pus-laden diarrhea. Patients can have up to 10 to 15 stools a day.

While serious bleeding is rare, usually occurring only in severe disease involving extensive portions of the colon, anemia from blood loss is not uncommon. Dehydration, weight loss, low grade fever, and constant cramping pain render patients truly miserable and often disabled entirely. Strictures of the bowel and anal fissures or abscesses are frequent problems. Worst of all, after years of the disease, the risk of colon cancer increases significantly. In fact, sufferers of ulcerative colitis are as much as twenty times more likely to develop cancer of the colon and related organs.

Modern treatments are aimed at decreasing inflammation, but the steroids and anti-inflammatories used both orally and rectally have numerous, dangerous side effects. In extensive disease, hospitalization for IV rehydration or antibiotic treatment of infection is not an uncommon occurrence.

The Role of Shiaqga in Ulcerative Colitis
To complete the process of healing requires that the neutrophils and macrophages of the bowel perform their function without confusion. Because these cells are also involved in the overall cleanup of the environment of the bowel, their healing function can be overridden by the need to transport toxic materials away from the affected mucosa. In the chronically infected and toxic state of the bowel in ulcerative colitis, these important cells are not able to perform their healing functions.  More cells are needed. Beta – glucan causes a modulation (dramatic increase) of the important cells so that both functions may be carried out simultaneously.

Beta – glucans cause a systemic (body-wide) immune cascade as well. This so enhances the body’s response to infection that mucosal damage is reduced. Healing is allowed to take place because the chronic nature of the triggering infection is overcome.  

In addition to its Beta – glucan content, Shiaqga contains powerful, steroid-like triterpenes that help to control bowel inflammation without the side effects of chemotherapeutic anti-inflammatory drugs. These triterpenoid compounds also assist the liver in proper bile and digestive enzyme production ensuring a more toxin free bowel environment.

I am a cancer survivor of twelve years and it (Shiaqga) has made all the difference in the world to me. My diagnosis is T-cell Lymphoma of the bowel with 4th stage metastasis to the liver, prostate, vocal cords and lymph nodes of the abdomen and throat. No treatment was suggested as my cancer was too far advanced to do anything about it.

For addition knowledge on Beta-glucan, please carefully read the information provided for you, located at the very bottom of this page. Thank you.

Rise of the Medical Epidemic 
By Paway-yatanatu way-akt, Medicine Woman Practitioner 
and Man Found Standing, Medicine Man Practitioner

Over the last decade, the United States government has increased their interference with our personal health freedoms. There have been many laws secretly passed regulating how citizens can use and talk about the healing, properties of plants, and the therapeutic benefits of alternative health care devices. The laws have gotten so bad that your grandmother technically is committing a felony, practicing medicine without a license, every time she suggests that her chicken soup will make you feel better.
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If you have been watching carefully you will also have noticed the  government  has been steadily moving forward their agenda of forced vaccines.

With a century worth of scientific research showing that vaccination has become the  problem and is no longer a solution, why would they continue to push such an unhealthy practice?  

It's quite simple, who is profiting from the practice?
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Early in the 20th Century, natural practitioners were twice as large as those practicing allopathic medicine. Between the years 1910 to 1925, the laws were dramatically changed through the influence of the financially elite and the American Medical Association. Because of these new laws all but twenty five percent of the existing medical schools were shut down. With this single attack, the financially elite took over medicine in the United States.

Back in 1983 the World Health Organization (WHO) set forth their program to vaccinate the world's children. One year later the UN passed laws that basically replaced any rights and authority of the parents over their child's health care and gave that authority to the WHO.

In 1997 the financially elite further extended their control through WHO in their the Declaration of Alma Alta. WHO, through the United Nations, imposes it's control of the world's health policies and forces all governments to comply. They now imposed the “scientific” medicine as the ONLY valid system of medicine. Since the manipulation of scientific evidence is geared towards the ones funding the research, literally the financially elite control the system of medicine as they desire. Again following the money trail shows that all this is done for financial reasons not the welfare of people.

The control of our individual and family's health freedoms has basically vanished except for some protections found in religious worship. The financially elite influence the politicians that in turn make laws that further strengthen the elites control over the system. Vaccinating the masses is a major agenda for the ruling elite because huge profits are reaped for Big Pharma and profit generating side effects.
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For example, every few years you will hear of a new pending epidemic. Remember the Swine Flu epidemic, then the Bird Flu epidemic, and now the Zika epidemic. Remember all the all the little scares in between like "flu season will be particularly hard this year so get your vaccination now." Why does this happen? Simple math.

When you hear the media spewing out the latest health concern, remember that Big Pharma immediately generates revenue with their upwards of 100 times profit margin for one single vaccine. A vaccine can generate tens of billions of dollars in profit. The swine flu vaccine alone generated Big Pharma over 100 billion dollars in profits in a short period of time.

The huge immediate profits for a vaccine is not even close to being the most lucrative reason for Big Pharma's vaccination agenda. Nearly all of the vaccines created also include toxic substances like mercury (cleverly hidden under the name thimerosal). Vaccines, through billions of dollars in scientific research, have been proven to "confuse" the body's immune system and cause the immune response to focus only on the specific vaccine antigen. These vaccination issues create major long term harmful effects on the body's overall health.
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Fact: Why are the vaccine makers and federal officials are exempted from lawsuits involving their vaccines? The simple answer is, they willing know the harmful effects that their vaccinations cause and they do not want to be held liable for their deception. Legally they get all the profit and none of the responsibility.
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The long term harmful effects of vaccination secondarily allows Big Pharma to continue to supply more of their other products all throughout your life. To those who have not yet looked into these non transparent issues, products may be seen as beneficial, but in reality it further reduces your body's ability to maintain optimal health. The medical coercion feeds off of the people causing the inspecting public to be continually dependent on the system. The coercion has shown time and time again that profit is more important than people.

Now Big Pharma is moving into the natural health industry. Over the last few years they have been purchasing large natural health companies and lobbying for new laws. They are slowly positioning themselves to control this market as well.

It is only in taking back your personal health freedoms that your optimal health can be achieved. The body has the ability to heal itself given the proper building blocks. Immune modulation, and the stem cell activation this ensues, show supplements like Shiaqga is a major key to optimal health. It solves the problems of epidemics, vaccinations, and is exponentially more effective than whatever solutions Big Pharma can provide.

Vertigo
By Paway-yatanatu way-art, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Vertigo is caused by an impaired sense of balance and equilibrium, and is generally due to an inner ear disorder (labyrinthitis). Balance that is maintained by the body is something that we all just take for granted. Vertigo causes dizziness and illusions of movement, symptoms that cause over 8 million people to visit a physician in a year. As expected, older people have it more often than those who are younger.

The brain coordinates equilibrium in the body, specifically at the brainstem but it is the ear that is considered the organ of balance: the vestibular system that consists of fluid-filled tubes and sacs. These are located in the labyrinth of the inner ear. With movement, the liquid in the tubes acts as a level that is read by nerve cells. This information is sent to the brain to calculate movement. Problems with balance originate in the vestibular system. It’s a combination of the eyes, ears, and the brain in constant communication just to move.

Vertigo can also be caused by changes in the parts of the brain, the cerebellum and the brain stem that are involved in controlling balance. There can be interruptions in the neural structures of the cerebellum, brain stem, and fibers along the spine. 

Causes of vertigo:

• Concussion, skull fracture, or injury to the inner ear – dizziness may occur long after the injury supposedly healed.
• Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) – is the most common form and is characterized the sensation of motion, head positions that are caused by calcium deposits in the ear canal. This is temporary and not serious.
• Labyrinthitis – inflammation in the middle and inner ear that is most often caused by bacteria or a virus. This inflammation can cause hearing loss. 
• Meniere’s disease – described with three distinct symptoms: ringing in the ears, episodes of vertigo, and hearing loss. Scientists are still trying to determine the cause for this disease. 
• Neuronitis – virus that affects the nerves of the vestibular system or blood clots that lodges in the blood vessels that feed the inner ear. This may cause ringing in the ear.
• Head trauma and neck injury can damage the inner ear, a decreased of blood flow to the brain, or bleeding in the brain from a cerebellum hemorrhage. 
• Migraines or headaches can cause vertigo due to blood flow.
• Antibotictis can cause damage to the vestibular system with high doses or prolonged use.
• Other causes are anemia, brain tumors, high or low blood pressure, psychological stress, lack of oxygen or glucose in the blood, nutritional deficiencies, fever, changes in atmospheric pressure, the use of certain drugs, middle ear infection, excess wax in the ear, or blockage of the ear canal or eustachian tube.
• Low oxygen levels at higher altitudes can also cause it, as well as vitamin B6 and niacin deficiency.
• You can expect that you may temporarily experience vertigo if you engage in certain activities, such as amusement park rides, sailing, or virtual reality games.  
• Warning: Dizziness can be a warning sign of a coming heart attack or stroke. It can also indicate that a concussion or brain damage has just occurred.

Symptoms:

• Dizziness, faintness, or light-headedness. The person may feel that he is falling or sinking or that the room is moving around him, sometimes even spinning.
• A sense of disorientation, difficulty walking
• Nausea or vomiting
• Sweating or perspiration
• Abnormal eye movements, double vision
• A decreased level of consciousness
• Headaches
• Weakness
• Difficulty speaking
• Hearing loss
• Ringing in the ears

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​Many diseases are known to cause dizziness. Dizziness is not the same as vertigo. From time to time, anyone can experience some dizziness or faintness. Those with low-blood pressure will frequently experience this when standing up. Depending on the cause of the vertigo, there may be certain tests that will pinpoint the problems:

• Blood tests to check blood sugar levels
• Electrocardiogram (ECG) to check heart rhythm
• CT scan if brain injury is suspected

Preventive measures:

• When you feel dizzy immediately sit down your feet flat on the floor and look at a fixed object for several minutes.
• When the attack occurs immediately restrict your head movement and keep your eyes fixed on a stationary object a long ways away. Or another method is to lie down, with your unaffected ear against the floor, and look in the direction of the affected ear.
• If it is an inner ear disorder it needs to be treated.
• If the cause is low blood pressure, lower your head letting the blood flow into your head.
• Eat a nutritious diet which includes the entire B vitamin complex. Extra vitamin C, vitamin E, and lecithin are also needed.
• When you get over 2,000 mg of sodium in a day it may disrupt the functions of the inner ear. 
• Avoid nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, and fried foods.
• Not enough glucose or low blood sugar may be the problem.  Decrease simple carbohydrates in the diet like sugar and flour while increasing the intake of fiber. To overcome brief dizziness, drink a glass of fruit juice. Snacking on candies or refined carbohydrates such as cookies, donuts, chips, and pastries may intensify symptoms.
• If vertigo begins after taking some new drug, stop using it immediately and consult your doctor. 

The “modern world of medicine” looks to pharmaceutical drugs for the answer to treat the patient’s symptoms, where as Natural Healers regard the whole body. Plants, herbs, seeds, and leaves, were the first medicines of our ancestors. The Therapeutic Essential Oils are powerful healers and contain hundreds of molecules that work together to kill viruses, bacteria, fungus, molds, parasites, and microbes.   

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle by eating a balanced diet that is high in greens (greens such as wheatgrass, kale, watercress, and dandelion are especially healing), fresh fruits and vegetables, and stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water. It is important to drink an ounce of water for every pound of your weight.Make sure it is only water you are counting this way.  You can drink other drinks but avoid counting them as part of your water intake.

Other modalities that will assist would be to practice balancing exercises, yoga, and take quality natural supplements. Avoid nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, and fried foods. Limit your intake of chocolate, avoid regular table salt that contains potentially harmful additives (use Himalayan salt instead), and processed foods. A diet low in sugar and fat can eliminate repeated dizziness.  

Natural Relief:

• A drop of coriander oil to a glass of water and drink.
• Add a drop black pepper and lemon oil to a glass of water and drink.
• Add lemon or lime to the diet. They are good in salad dressing or water.
• Peppermint oil is good for motion sickness. Add a drop to water and drink.
• Lavender oil is good to put around the ears and for aromatherapy.
• Helichrysum Italicum is beneficial for hearing problems caused by nerve damage. Apply around the ears or put a drop on cotton and put in the ears about 2 times a day.
• Ginkgo (60-240 mg daily) in Europe is prescribed for vertigo. In one French study, people with chronic vertigo showed 47% improvement using gingko.
• A U.S. Navy study showed ginger reduced dizziness by 38%. One gram of ginger relieved vertigo better than the standard drug they were issuing.
• Celery seed has been used by the Chinese for dizziness.

The Shiaqga supplement has the benefits to strengthen the immune system, lower blood pressure and stimulate circulation. Some people have reported getting relief from vertigo by using this supplement.

Viral Infections (also see Superbugs)
By Paway-yatanatu way-akt, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Viruses can be especially serious. Viral infections are caused by small, infectious organisms that must invade a living cell to reproduce. The virus will attach itself to a cell and release DNA or RNA (genetic material) inside the cell to be able to reproduce the virus. The viral infection causes the cell to die during the reproduction of the virus that then spreads them to other cells.

This infection changes the normal DNA of the cell which can become cancerous. A virus can remain dormant for a time, only to start an infectious cycle again. Viruses are transmitted by swallowing, inhaling, insect bites, parasites, or sexual contact. There are over 200 different types of viral infections and all are contagious. 

Despite the modern medical practice of prescribing antibiotics, antibiotics only fight bacteria invasions and are useless against viral infections.

The human body‘s first line of defense against infections are the skin and mucous membranes. The second line of defense is the immune system with its army of white blood cells that recognize, attack, and kill a virus (foreign invader). Trouble begins when the invaders are strong and many, and the body is in a weakened or in a sluggish condition. 

Now, the good news is once the immune system has fought a certain virus, it has the ability to remember the invader in the future. So when it is attacked by the same virus again, this triggers memory cells that will create a more rapid, more intense immune response. This is called an acquired immune response.

The most common type of viral infections involves the respiratory system and causes the common cold, flu, and bronchiolitis that can lead to lung or a heart disorder. Symptoms include body chills, fever, headache, muscle aches, joint aches, and a sore throat.  

The gastrointestinal system is affected by viruses with symptoms like diarrhea and vomiting. This can be spread through contaminated food or water that can cause gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestines. Poor hygiene and improper washing of the hands helps spread this virus.  

The skin can also be infected by viruses. Chicken pox with symptoms that include an itchy rash, fever, and headache, is a virus that in most cases stays in the body forever. Also in most cases, if you have been infected once, will not be infected again.

The herpes simplex virus (HSV) can infect the mouth, genitals, and anus. This virus will cause sores that can “flare-up” and disappear. Modern medicine says there is no cure and the virus will remain in the body forever causing outbreaks for life. It is also very contagious even when sores during outbreaks aren’t present.  

West Nile virus can be transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. Most human infections are mild, causing a flu-like illness that lasts only a few days. A minority develop encephalitis, characterized by headaches, fevers, a neck stiffness, and muscle weakness, that has proved fatal in some cases. Modern medicine has no cure for this virus. In severe cases, intensive medical care, involving intravenous fluids and respiratory support is necessary to keep the patient alive. 

Viral infections can be prevented and cured in most all cases by keeping the immune system modulated. (Strong and health and in an aggressive posture.) The Shiaqga supplement is currently the best supplement in the market for not only modulating the immune system, but also for activating the adult stem cells. Building-up the immune system is vital for optimal health. Having a modulated immune system will allow your body to have the best natural defense against virus, infection, or disease.

If you are deficient in nutrition, minerals, smoke, or use alcohol, this can put the immune system on overload. You can’t fight a battle with weak soldiers. Start with eating a healthy diet, taking supplements, drinking enough water, and exercise the body. This will assist you in having the fuel to fight the battles of disease.

Some essential oils that are known to be beneficial against viral infections are:

• Cinnamon Bark is an immune stimulant and it has been found that viruses, bacteria, and fungus cannot live in this oil. Caution: cinnamon is extremely “hot” and will burn the skin so always dilute heavily.   

• Clove Bud is an antiseptic and beneficial for inflammation, viruses, bacteria, fungus, tumors, and parasites. It is beneficial for a virus of the nerves (MS), and viral hepatitis.

• Black Cumin, because of its complex chemical structure (more than one hundred active ingredients, has positive effects on the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, immune, and urinary systems of the body. Recent research has verified claims that Black Cumin strengthens and stabilizes the immune system and is effective in the treatment of other immune disorders.

• Melissa has powerful anti-viral constituents.

• Mountain Savory is effective against fungus, viruses, major infections, and has been used as a general tonic for the body. It is an immune stimulant.

• Tea Tree is beneficial against viruses, bacteria, infections (especially against staph, strap, respiratory, ear, nose, and throat infections), and against such infectious diseases as chickenpox. Tea Tree stimulates lymphatic circulation and is an immune stimulant.

• Oregano has a broad spectrum of bactericidal and anti-microbial action. It is beneficial against fungus, infections, parasites, viruses, is an immune-stimulant, balancing the metabolism, and strengthens the vital centers of the body. Caution: Oregano is extremely “hot” and will irritate the skin so always dilute.

• Palmarosa fights microbes, bacteria, viruses, infections, fungus, is an antiseptic, stimulants digestion and circulation, and assists all types of healing.

• Rosemary, a general all around oil, is called the “Universal Oil” because of its many benefits. It acts as a restorative against spasms, viruses, bacteria, infections, and catarrh (clears mucus quickly), bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough, colds, and flu. It assists the immune and endocrine systems.

• Ravintsara is referred to “the oil that heals” in Madagascar. This is another of the “universal oils” and may be used for many purposes. It fights infection, fungus, viruses, bacteria, is an anti-biotic, antiseptic, an expectorant, and supporting to the nerves. It assists respiratory problems, colds, bronchitis, coughs, flu, sore throats, lung infections, viral hepatitis, and herpes.​

Vomiting / Emesis
By Paway-yatanatu way-art, Medicine Woman Practitioner

Vomiting is known medically as emesis, and informally as throwing up or by a number of other terms. It is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. The feeling that one is about to vomit is called nausea, which usually proceeds, but does not always lead to, vomiting. 

In vomiting, the stomach is irritated and wants to get the substance out so it doesn’t harm the body. It can occur due to a wide variety of conditions. In most cases it is caused by eating the wrong food, overeating, poor combination of foods, or excessive alcohol. Other things that may be the cause for vomiting are food allergies, poisoning, food poisoning, or infection. 

(Notes:  if what comes up when you vomit looks like “coffee grounds,” it probably includes large amounts of blood from a bleeding ulcer or stomach cancer. You should take care of this immediately by going to the emergency room since internal bleeding can be fatal. Also, if an infant has a fever, vomiting, and is unresponsive, it could indicate meningitis. Call a physician immediately.)

If someone has just eaten a poisonous plant or so forth, you may need to induce vomiting. Drinking an emetic herb tea, like Lobelia, can assist. With Lobelia tea, it is better to give the full dose all at once or you will not induce vomiting. Add one ounce of Lobelia herbs to a quart of boiling water; let steep (that means turn the heat off, put a lid on the pan, and let it sit) for 5-10 minutes if you are in a hurry or 15-20 minutes is better. Then give the liquid (not hot), at least one cup and better is two, and let him vomit.

To stop vomiting there are several things you can do. The first thing I would recommend is using Therapeutic Essential Oils of Peppermint and Fennel rubbed directly over the stomach and bowel areas. If you have sensitive skin, make sure you diluted with a carrier oil. You do this by adding one drop of the Therapeutic Oil to four to ten drops of olive oil, or some other vegetable oil, and then massage the area.

Also, an interesting way to control vomiting is to hold half a peeled onion under each armpit. Or place an ice pack against the back of the neck.

Since you lose a lot of fluid when you vomit it is important to drink plenty of warm liquids so you do not get dehydrated. (Avoid drinking cold fluids since this will shock the weak stomach and avoid eating for several hours.) Warm or hot water herbal teas made from any of these essential oils, have been known to be beneficial:    

• Peppermint  
• Ginger 
• Spearmint
• Basil
• Clove Buds
• Chamomile
• Yarrow

To make a quick herbal tea, put a small amount of honey in a mug, mix a drop of one of the herbal essential oils mentioned above to the honey, and then add the hot or warm water. Since the Therapeutic Essential Oils are very concentrated usually only one drop is needed and you can have an herbal tea in an instant.
 

It is best to wait on eating and avoid drinking carbonated products after you vomit. When you feel ready to eat, start back with a small carbohydrate meal, such as rice soup and avoid fatty substance since they remain in the tired stomach too long.
 

Remember, vomiting also flushes out minerals. These need to be replaced with electrolyte drinks, clear soups, apple or cranberry juice. Another way to add electrolytes is to add a couple pinches of sugar and salt to your water. 

In Africa, I got Guardia from drinking un-boiled water and I used the sugar and salt method. I was glad I knew it because there wasn’t much else available where we were. It is best to sip the fluids slowly, pause, and then sip a little more. Avoid gulping in any liquids. Drink plenty of water and other clear liquids such as fruit juices to assist the body returning to normal.

Warts
By Medicine Woman Practitioner Paway-yatanatu way-akt

Warts are small, usually painless growths on the skin caused by a virus called Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Most, but not all, are generally harmless. These skin growths grow in clusters and are typically seen on the fingers and feet, however, warts can affect the genital and rectal areas. Warts appear more frequently in adolescents who are experiencing hormonal changes, especially between the ages of 12 and 16.

Warts can be annoying, painful, disfiguring, embarrassing, and can spread all over the body. They may spread from one person to another, but this is uncommon.Some warts are spread through sexual contact.  

Warts often go away on their own within two years, but when they are found around and under the nails warts are much more difficult to cure.  Warts can even recur, even when they appear to be fully treated. Minor scars can form after removal.

The typical wart is a raised round or oval growth on the skin with a rough surface.

• The spot may be lighter, darker, or black (rare) colored compared to other skin.
• Some warts have smooth or flat surfaces.
• Some warts cause pain, others do not. 

Different types of warts include:  

• Common warts usually appear on the hands, but can appear anywhere. They usually do not cause pain unless they are repeatedly rubbed against.
• Flat warts are generally found on the face and forehead. They are common in children, less common in teens, and rare in adults.
• Genital warts are usually found on the genitals, in the pubic area, and in the area between the thighs, but they can also appear inside the vagina and anal canal.
• Plantar warts are found on the soles of the feet. They can be very painful. Many of them on the foot may cause difficulty walking or running.
• Subungual and periungual warts appear under and around the fingernails or toenails.   
• Filiform warts are often found on the face. They are long, slender growths appearing on the eyelids, armpits, or neck. They most often appear on people who are overweight and middle-aged.
• Mosaic warts are tiny seed warts.

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Avoid attempting to remove a wart yourself by burning, cutting, tearing, picking, or any other method. Since everyone seems to respond differently there is a variety of treatments. It is said that no form of wart treatment is 100% effective for all people. Over-the-counter medications are available to remove warts. 

Below are some natural remedies for getting rid of warts:

• Oregano oil and White grapefruit oil are good for wart removal. First, use an emery board to file the wart when your skin is damp. For example, after a bath or shower. This helps remove dead tissue. Do not use the same emery board on your nails. Apply the essential oil to the wart. Just rub the oil into the wart and cover with a Band-Aid. Do this two times a day till the wart dies. 
• Apple cider vinegar applied to the wart two times a day and cover with a Band-Aid until the wart dies.
• By soaking the wart for 30-90 minutes twice a week in hot water (ll3-118 degrees) eliminated half the warts according to one medical study.
• Cover the wart with honey for 15 days.
• Milkweed sap applied several times a day. In England people have also been known to use the juice of a dandelion stalk.
• For plantar warts on the bottom of the foot, apply a plantain poultice using the leaf itself.
• Place the inner sides (white part) of a fresh banana peel over the wart and hold it there with tape or rub it on 2-4 times a day for 5-7 days. Change daily after washing the entire area. Once a week the thickened outer horny layer is removed. Maximum time for complete disappearance of a wart is six weeks, with no recurrence within two years.

The usual methods of removing warts such as surgery, acids, burning, electrotherapy, or freezing often results in their reappearance.  To truly cure warts, or any infection, the underlying causes should be eliminated.  Warts appear because the body has a lowered vitality and lack of resistance.  Improve the diet by eating foods high in vitamins A, B complex, C, and zinc. 

Other helpful practices include keeping proper hours of wakefulness, exercising in the open air, and breathing deeply.  Deficiencies in all four are related to an increased incidence of viral infections.  Also increase the sulfur-containing amino acids in the diet, such as are found in asparagus, citrus fruits, garlic, and onions.

See a practitioner if:  

• There are signs of infection (red streaking, pus, discharge, or fever) or bleeding. Warts can bleed a little, but if bleeding is significant or not easily stopped by light pressure, see a doctor.
• The wart does not respond to self-care and you want it removed.
• You have pain associated with the wart.
• You have anal or genital warts.
• You have diabetes or a weakened immune system (for example, HIV) and have developed warts.
• There is any change in the color or appearance of the wart.
  

Ways to prevent warts:

• Avoid direct skin contact with a wart on someone else. 
• After filing your wart, wash the file carefully since you can spread the virus to other parts of your body. You can infect yourself again by touching the wart and then another part of your body. 
• After touching any of your warts, wash your hands carefully. Warts are easily spread by direct contact with the virus and you can infect another person by sharing towels, razors, or other personal items. After contact with HPV, it can take many months of slow growth beneath the skin before you notice a wart although it is extremely unlikely that you will get a wart every time you come in contact with HPV. 

Good Health & Wellness Practices
by Man Found Standing, Medicine Man Practitioner

Good health is important to everyone... feeling fit and fine, having lots of energy, being disease-free, and living an active lifestyle well into advanced years. Good health does not come automatically; it’s having the proper lifestyle. It all starts with eating the proper foods and getting enough exercise to be able to have the strength and energy to be physically and mentally fit. Why be 90 years old and be in poor health for the last 20 years? Live to be 90 years old and have an active, full life. Heck, why don’t you feel so good that you can go out and run a marathon for your 90th birthday if you want to? 

Eating healthy, what does that really mean? “You are what you eat.” What you eat affects your health in more ways than most medical doctors realize. Whole foods, fruits, vegetables, and greens contain the nutrition that the body needs. The human body uses food to repair its self. Many people suffer from diseases and the simple answer is poor habits.

When you eat a balanced all plant-based diet, your body receives the right nutrition. You will see your body quickly improve in health while reducing its risk of chronic diseases such as heart, stroke, and cancer. Eating the right food is not only for prevention but for the cure as well. It is an everyday decision. It is not too late to start eating healthy. Simple changes in your diet can cause a great difference in a short period of time. 

In our modern world, the people of the Earth experience many scientific advancements. Sadly, those advancements have come at a severe price. The environmental toxins have increased exponentially over the last 100 years. Just imagine, at your age, you are taking in more toxins in a single day than your parents did at your same age in an entire year. 

Along with our toxic environment, we are also experiencing a shocking lack of nutrition in the foods we eat. Because of modern farming techniques of quantity rather than quality, the plants we eat have become less nutritious. We all have probably experienced the major quality difference between a homegrown tomato and a regular store-bought tomato. The wonderful taste of your garden tomato is all from the nutrition it receives!  

So, with our toxic environment and lack of nutrition, what do you think is happening to your body? Simply put, our bodies are so overworked with repair and detoxifying that we can no longer live a healthy life.  How many 90-year-olds do you see moving around working all day? Did you know in some cultures, where the modern diet has not yet been introduced, it is normal to see 90-year-olds out working in their field all day long? With their family and villagers willing to assist them, they don’t do this out of necessity but out of the simple joy of being active.  

It is not too late to turn your health around. Our bodies have tremendous healing abilities and by giving your body the proper building blocks, miracles can and do happen. 

Try these simple approaches:

· Avoid toxins – Smoking and other toxic habits will lower your quality of health
· Drink more water – Recommended consumption is 8-12 glasses a day.  
· Breathe more – Exercise and deep breathing will increase your oxygen intake.
· Eat healthy – Switch to an all plant-based diet and notice drastic health improvements.    
· Supplement – In the world we live in it is extremely important to use high-quality supplements.

With our modern lifestyles, almost every single one of us is not getting the nutritional support we need for optimal health. Just like there is a difference in the nutrition you get from your garden versus the nutrition you get at the fast food restaurant, there is a difference in supplements. Are you wasting money on low-quality supplements that really don’t do any good and can even harm your body? Look at high-quality supplements that are all natural and free from harmful fillers.  

There is a wide range of lifestyles so the supplemental requirements of each individual will vary. Below are three of the top supplemental suggestions that should be in almost everyone’s life:

Immune System – The immune system not only protects the body but it also assists all other body systems. Literally, by having a better immune system, your body functions better on all levels. Make sure you purchase a supplement, like Shiaqga, that modulates your immune response (produces healthy more active cells) and does not just stimulate it (makes your cells work harder). 

Enzymes – Living cells and tissues require nutrients to be able to divide and grow.  The human body is able to absorb nutrients that create energy from the food we eat. Enzymes are the catalysts that help process the digestive and metabolic systems of the body. Digestive enzymes help break down the food so it can be absorbed by the body. With about 3000 known enzymes, they are considered the fountain of life. They are responsible for all of the functions of every organ of the body. Food that has been heated to 118 degrees F for more than 15 minutes destroys all the enzymes. It is better to eat foods raw to get the necessary enzymes.

Probiotics - To assist in restoring the internal balance that protects us against illness and promotes optimal health, we need probiotics. They provide protection in a toxic world and have a far-reaching impact on your overall health.

Greens – The chimpanzee is the closest genetically related animal to us humans.  If you look at the wild chimpanzee’s diet, you will find that they eat about 40% greens and even more fruit. The building blocks of health are found in the greens.  Modern eating habits don’t even get near to that percentage of greens in the diet. Greens assist the body in the detoxification process and they give it the vital vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients necessary for optimal health.        

Take charge of your life and seek your own path to good health.  Make the changes that work for you and your lifestyle and reap the benefits for years to come.
 

Thomas Edison said, “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”

“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” -- Hippocrates, 400 B.C.