Jan 22 2009
The Craft - Herbology
Did you know that herbology was known as “the craft” long before it got its fancy name? Knowledge and folklore were passed to generation after generation and used to treat family and community, keeping them as healthy as possible during the times when causes of diseases weren’t known and there was much mystery about how the human body worked.
People who practiced the craft were persecuted and burned at the stake as witches. If a person in the middle ages knew how to treat a disease with the plants that grew along the ditches, in the moors or forests they were usually shunned by all but those extremely desperate for a cure. The medical practice of the day was so expensive that only the very wealthy could afford medical attention, and fear kept the common people from going to those who knew about natural healing.
We’ve come a long way since that time, but seem to be heading back into the dark ages. Modern science has proven many of the claims about the healing properties of herbs. The exact property they thought responsible for the healing actions was extracted to make medicines, and later were synthesized from man-made chemicals. Without the total herb, these medicines seem to have an unusually large number of side effects, whereas using the whole herb provides a better synergy and the body utilizes the individual properties in ways that science has yet to explain.
Since the end of World War II man made medication has grown, boomed and overwhelmed herbology, suppressing it nearly into obscurity. The general population disregarded the medicine of their grandparents and in some cases joined the medical community in ridiculing it.
Herbs taken in the proper doses for the proper reasons have no side effects. It’s only when these safety parameters are removed that herbs are dangerous. Deaths from liver failure have been blamed on herbs when, in fact, the person was taking a prescription drug that effected the liver. The herb acted as a potentiater and the liver soon quit functioning. Nothing was ever said about the effect of the prescription drug on the liver, the herb was blamed in every case.
Do you want to go back to the middle ages? Do you accept every report you get from the FDA about a death or near death supposedly caused by herbs? Are you willing to allow someone else to dictate to you how you maintain your health? I, for one, have no intention of giving up my hawthorn berry and garlic to replace them with medication for high blood pressure, or my horse chestnut and vitamin E and replacing it with a vasodilator, or replacing my colloidal silver with the newest prescription antibiotic.
Crafts come and go. They gain popularity, then fall by the wayside for a generation or two, then re-gain popularity. I don’t think we can afford to allow the craft of Herbology to fall by the wayside again. Visit the Natural Solutions website for more information on the government’s manipulation of our health freedom.
