Natural Healing--Powerful Enough for Emergencies?

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Natural Healing--Powerful Enough for Emergencies?

 

 

In the midst of an emergency, few people turn to natural healing.

Most run immediately to the medical doctor. Medical doctors do very

well with handling emergencies, but few are aware that there are

nautural ways to deal with most of them

 

If we knew how to handle most emergencies at home

with herbs and natural remedies, we would save ourselves much time

and money.

You might be quite surprised at my response. I have dealt with many

emergencies using only herbs, essential oils or other natural

healing techniques.

 

But before we begin, let's define " emergency. "

 

For some people, an emergency means running out of beer in the

middle of a party. For others, it can mean getting diagnosed with a

terminal illness. To the medical doctor, an emergency means an

acute, life-threatening situation such as a very high fever, kidney

stones, gallstones, a severe asthma attack, severe bleeding, severe

trauma, severe diarrhea or vomiting, diabetic coma, a stroke, a

heart attack, appendicitis, a seizure, or bone fractures.

 

Let's take each of these situations one by one to see what natural

healing has to offer.

 

High Fever:

 

one of the worst things to do for a fever is to

suppress it. Suppressing a fever, as many doctors can attest to,

merely prolongs the infection, since the purpose of a fever is to

activate the immune system and to raise the temperature to a higher

point at which germs cannot survive.

 

When you suppress a fever with aspirin or other medication, you slow

down the immune system. Your

immune system is exactly what you need to fight germs -

specifically, the macrophages and the T-cells, and the natural

killer cells (your white blood cells).

 

These cells kill many microbes, and even absorb them, releasing

their germ-killing enzymes (such as lysozymes) on the inside of

their cells.

Another type of white blood cells, the B cells, produce antibodies,

which attach to the harmful microorganisms and neutralize or kill

them.

Stopping or slowing down your immune system will allow the germs to

grow and reproduce even more.

 

Aren't I being irresponsible for not suggesting that you immediately

take a fever medication so that you or your child won't develop

seizures? For most fevers, just taking more fluids in will lower

it, without ever having to resort to fever-suppressing medications.

at a time.

 

When you first notice a fever, the best thing to do

right away is to stop eating - STOP EATING AND IMMEDIATELY FILL THE

BODY WITH FRESH JUICES.

 

This will accomplish 2 things - one:it will flood your body with

liquids, which will automatically take down the temperature, and

two: it wil give you nutrients in a form that does not require any

energy for digestion. The last thing you want to do when you're sick

is to use 1/3 of your body's energy to digest food.

 

The enzymes you will get from raw juice will help add

to your body's enzyme pool, which will enable it to produce more

metabolic enzymes which clean up toxic waste in the body - the very

waste that caused the infection which caused your fever.

 

The juicing regimen I am talking about involves drinking at least 1

gallon or more per day of liquids.

 

Most people are dehydrated for many reasons which are all too

familiar - the drinking of

caffeinated beverages (coffee, tea, soft drinks) and alcohol (beer,

wine, whiskey, vodka, etc.) instead of pure water and juices.

 

A dehydrated body heats up faster. It is almost like expecting an

engine to run without any water in the radiator to take away the

heat. Your body, when it metabolizes nutrients, produces heat.

 

The very act of living and breathing produces heat. When you are

dehydrated, it is much easier to get a fever and much easier for it

to rise.

 

One of the first things that happens on admission to a

hospital is that doctors hook you up to an I.V.

Doctors know that half the battle in many situations is just getting

fluids in the body.

For more information about what problems dehydration can

cause, read the book, Your Body's Many Cries For Water.

Taking water internally for a fever is even more important than

taking a cold shower, but I would do both if I had a high fever.

 

The next thing to do is to get as much waste out of your body as

possible by taking an enema.

Although I am not in favor of regular enemas, for emergencies, they

are unparalleled in their ability to stabilize the body and draw out

toxins in a state of acute infection.

Sometimes, this step alone has been known to take away a

fever. For high fevers, use cold water to help bring them down.

 

There are many causes for fevers, and it is important to know what

the cause is so that you know how to act.

It can be as simple as a tooth infection, sinus infection, the flu,

bronchitis, or it can be

the indicator of more serious conditions such as cancer, colitis, a

severe vaccine reaction, AIDS, or an autoimmune disorder such as

lupus.

 

For most situations, a potent *echinacea*-based tincture has

worked wonders.

 

Essential oils can also help bring the body temperature down, the

most notable one is peppermint. I take 1 or 2 drops in a glass of

water, and find that it gives me a cooling sensation all the way

down to my stomach.

Peppermint is a cooling herb, and many people have noted its ability

to take down fevers in many cases.

 

Pure therapeutic grade essential oils are highly antibacterial and

antiviral, making them an excellent choice to use during infections.

Essential oils such as oregano, thyme and Mountain savory are oils

that I have found very useful in helping with strengthening the

immune systeme and fighting acute infections.

 

To use essential oils, rub them - one drop at a time (they are

highly concentrated!) on the bottoms of the feet, directly on the

part of the body that is ill

(except for inside ears and eyes) or diffuse them into the air with

a diffuser.

The quicker you act, the quicker the problem goes away.

I cannot emphasize this enough.

 

For a person who has just gotten ill, acting

immediately may result in an infection lasting a few hours. Acting

after a couple of days may result in an infection lasting for a

week.

 

This is why it is so important to keep an herbal/essential

oil " medicine chest " stocked with natural remedies to use in

emergencies so that you do not have to wait for days for them to

arrive after you have ordered them.

 

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