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A Little Herbal Knowledge Can Save You A Fortune!
May
We talk about self-reliance here pretty regularly. Gaining the knowledge to use common plants to care for our loved ones when things go pear-shaped is certainly a worthwhile ambition and one that I heartily recommend.
But what if you aren’t a prepper?
What if you could care less about all the tin-foil-hat, SHTF, TEOTWAWKI, apocalypse Hoo-haw?
What if you’ve embraced the normalcy bias and are just sure nothing really bad could ever happen?
No Problem. You Should still learn to use herbs.
The fact is that the cost of medical intervention has increased markedly in the past few years. Add to that the fact that the value of our currency has decreased in value due to inflation and suddenly, taking Junior to the doctor for an earache and then to the pharmacy for pharmaceuticals gets to be a significant financial hit. What if you could just grind up an onion, strain the pulp through a hanky and squirt the onion juice into Junior’s ear and get immediate resolution of his earache with the added benefit of not beating up his gut flora with antibiotics? Well, you can. I’ve done it countless times. I raised 15 kids…most of whom had ears. Mind you, they all looked like they had ears but some seemed unable to hear me when I’d say things like “Hey buddy, let’s get that room cleaned up OK?” But I digress.
I should also mention that in the 30 or so years I spent raising those 15 kids we had a total of three doctor visits.
Three.
One was for a son that had a seizure one day for no reason. The doctor never could see why and he never had another. Visit #2 was a son that got blisters all over his hands and feet. He was recently from Haiti and I thought maybe he had a fun and exciting tropical vesicular disease the doctor might want to write a paper about so I took him in. Nope. Just the cold sore virus being silly. The third visit was with a little daughter that had an altercation with a peanut butter jar and needed a few stitches on her finger. Had it been the apocalypse, I’d have stitched it up myself but I thought she’d enjoy a little sedation for the adventure.
So, were my kids never sick?
They were sick a little less often than some kids because they had a nice mother that poked vegetables and such into them but they were still sick once in a while like other kids. The difference was that when my kids started getting sick, they’d head over to the herb cupboard or out to the gardens to get what they needed and were typically on the mend very quickly.
Sore throat coming on? Sip a little cayenne in water.
Bellyache? Go out to the garden and graze on some parsley.
Cold or flu? Have some Elder, peppermint and yarrow. Heck, throw in some Echinacea too.
So, what if I didn’t have a bunch of budding herbalists in the house that could take care of most things on their own or could ask Mom or Dad if they needed a bit of guidance with something? What would that have cost me in doctor bills and ER visits?
I shudder to think!
Understand that I’m not dismissing the value or need for modern medicine. Doctors are great people and have wonderful tools for diagnosing and fixing a lot of things. Heck, if it weren’t for medical doctors, I’d be dead right now and wouldn’t be typing out this article. Several years ago, I nearly died from a ruptured appendix. A nice doctor did surgery and put my innards back together. Last year I had nine hours of brain surgery to remove a benign tumor that was making me blind. So, if something serious is going on, go to the doctor. If you aren’t sure what you’re dealing with or think it might be something serious, go to the doctor. If the herbs aren’t working, go to the doctor. If you have too much money and are bored, go to the doctor.
What I am saying is that the vast majority of things we’re seeing doctors for really don’t need a doctor’s intervention. We’re getting a new roof this week and one of the roofers cut his arm open badly. The lacerated artery was pumping away and shooting blood everywhere. My son-in-law drove him to the ER and they had him sit in the waiting room putting pressure on the wound (which was still bleeding like crazy and soaking his clothes) for a really long time because the ER was really busy that day. Many of the cases sitting in that waiting room were pretty simple and could easily have been dealt with at home with a little knowledge and a few weeds. If those folks had had that information and those tools the nice roofer could have been sewed up more quickly and each of them could probably have saved several hundred dollars.
I’ve had the pleasure of visiting with and teaching many folks how to deal with wounds and illnesses over the years. Some of those were cases where modern medicine wasn’t finding solutions. I’m sure it would be no exaggeration at all to say that hundreds of thousands of dollars have been saved by those folks because they learned how to use commonly available plants to help with their problems.
So, what is the cost of an herbal education? Well that depends on where you get it. But I do know of one school that is about 1/5 the cost of programs with a similar amount of content. And why is that school so much less expensive? Simple. I’d rather make 5 herbalists than one. That, and the fact that I believe that a good quality herbal education should be within the financial reach of anybody that really wants it.
So, I’ll leave it to you to do the math. But I’m pretty sure that when you do, the low enrollment price will be an obvious no-brainer. Add to that the fact that you will have lifetime access to the material (as well as new material as it’s added) and the decision gets pretty easy. And did I mention that the nice man that teaches it has been a practicing veterinarian for 30 years? Heck, you could pay for the whole thing with just a couple of earaches and a few vet visits. :0)
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I believe it’s critical that we learn to take charge of our own health and become medically self-sufficient. There are many herbal education programs available. Many are quite expensive. Many focus too little on medicinal plants and too much on commercial formulas they’d like you to buy.
What would it be like to be taught the principles of anatomy and physiology that would really help you understand how the body works in a clear and direct way?
What would it be like to really understand what the plants are doing to the organs and systems of the body?
What if that teacher didn’t just treat head colds, acne, and low energy but actually used herbs to address serious wounds, rattlesnake bites, gangrene, systemic infections, liver disease, and all manner of other serious conditions?
What if you could walk through the deserts and forests with that teacher and be taught how to identify and harvest medicinal and edible plants yourself?
I’ll begin by saying that I completed the school (and love that it’s never “really” complete as I have lifetime access to all of the new things being added regularly…very cool) and am very satisfied with all that I have learned. I was looking for an herbal education to help me gain understanding of herbalism in an organized way, versus what I was previously doing, which was picking up bits and pieces of herbal info wherever I could find it. It’s hard to understand how herbs work in the body in that way.
Nobody in my immediate family has needed a doctor in several years. We’ve had minor accidents~~cuts, scrapes, bruises, etc….bug bites and bee stings…minor colds and allergy symptoms…as well at “The Virus”. We’ve weathered it all with herbs and home remedies. Here are some examples:
*Husband had dead battery on 4-wheeler, so kick started it with full force, missing the mark and bruising/cutting his calf. Wife had comfrey poultice in freezer for just such an occasion.
Husband doubtful at first, then amazed at quick and complete healing with no problems.
*Child informed Mom that she hadn’t pooped for a few days. Mom gave American ginseng and ginger tinctures, gave warm oatstraw tea (the kid dislikes oats…odd duck), and put kid on couch with heating pad on belly and had her massage colon area in small circles from ascending, along the path, to descending. Thirty minutes later, the bathroom was happily occupied (and window opened).
*Elderly mother with Parkinson’s couldn’t rest at night due to painful spasming in legs and drawing in arms. Small dose of Lobelia inflata tincture calmed nerves, stopped spasms, and sleep was achieved. (Of course, not to be used in people with low BP or taking BP meds…..consult an herbalist when using Lobelia)
*Same elderly mother having pain and bad circulation in calves and feet (years of varicose veins). Daughter made topical spray of yarrow and rosemary tinctures (circulation+) and hops tincture (pain-). Mother amazed at her prodigy. 😉
Frantic texts at 2am from son with fevered 2yo daughter asking, “What can we do besides Tylenol or Ibuprofen?!?!” Mother suggests cool cloths, chamomile tea, lots of liquids/monitoring urine output/signs of dehydration (which mother also listed),monitoring fever and not trying to stop it unless it spiked really high or stayed up for an extended time. Child did the ‘fine by day, fevered by night’ thing for 3 nights. After the 2nd or 3rd night mother told son to watch for child to have a very yucky, smelly bowel movement, after which a sigh of relief can often be breathed as the fever will most likely end and the cold will play out. Wife met son at the door that evening with outstretched arms and a diaper in a bag with orders to, “Take this to the garbage bin~~we can’t breathe in this house!” Child fine.
*”The Virus” weathered by family with tinctures of pine, chaga, elderberry, and black walnut…and admittedly, an occasional Ibuprofen for the furious headache.
*Probably my favorite: Mother (me) experienced the ongoing stress of illness/death/graduations (both high school and college) of kids/marriage of kid/becoming a Gammy, twice/job stress (husband’s)/reg’lar life stress…all while approaching 50th birthday. Adrenals worn out. Ovaries acting up. Insomnia, anxiety attacks that were Freddy Krueger level scary. Nervines helped some, but anxiety attacks persisted. Lobelia to the rescue. Mother sane again. Lobelia only necessary occasionally.
**I could go on. I am so glad for what I’ve learned in the school! I’m glad to be able to care for my family at home. It gives me a measure of peace to know that I have on hand the medicines that we need for common (and some not so common) ailments.
**I think our local liquor store should give a shout out or advertisement for the school too, as they’ve sold a lot more vodka since I started making tinctures regularly! 😉
It seems it took me a really long time to complete the class, but that is just me. I have so much going on and so little resources (internet, exception, phone and occasional time at church with free wifi) but I have a lifetime to keep coming back. Recently, because I felt unsure of myself and my abilities, I spent almost half of the cost of class,on a vet visit for one dog with gastrointestinal problems
Life is a journey not a race. The good things we continue to persist in, in spit of delays and speed bumps, will be a great blessing to us in time.
I have a lot of students that get detoured by other things in life that need their attention for a time. Lifetime access to the school means just that. Enjoy the journey. :0)
Don’t get discouraged, no matter what — you are learning the entire time — and it might be better to absorb the materials by taking your time with it, too. It took me a while as well, since I work full-time and then some, in a non-herbal related job and I am my own sole breadwinner. But I was determined and I stuck with it, and it maybe took me 2 years of occasional evenings, vacation days and weekends, but I have my certificate now and my sons, their wives, and my grandkids are so proud of me — it has a prominent place in a pretty frame in the living room.
I go back on canvas frequently, I just really enjoy Doc’s classes, and I always learn a little bit more. I also made up some binders to be able to refer back too quickly and if I don’t have time to get on the computer (that work schedule again). It’s a great class, it has really been life-changing for me and given me more confidence in my own personal healthcare. I like it that there isn’t a timeframe, and I could still be working through the classes if I needed the time, and I watch for new emails of upcoming classes, which I sign up for right away. Before the school on Canvas, I took Doc’s class on herbal preparations and loved it so much I didn’t hesitate when I saw he was opening the school. I wish you the best of luck — just keep going forward, and enjoy the process along the way!