Herbs, Facts, And Hype

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In 1978, I was working as a Realtor in my family's 100 year old business. I "had it all"; of course all but happiness. I believed strongly in holistic medicine, herbs, vitamins, etc. I ran the Lafayette to Crowley, La. 26-mile marathon twice. I owned one of Mississippi's first health and natural food stores. There wasn't an ounce of fat on my body. I could pass for a movie star. A day didn't go by that gorgeous women did not ask me out. I was emotionally, spiritually and physically a mess.

I ran five to ten miles a day. I had a successful business. I read all the books on vitamins, minerals, herbs, became a vegetarian, and everything one can do to be "superhuman". I was in a deep depression and after each marathon would become very ill for months; a feeling that could only be described as to how I've heard mononucleosis described.

But what was wrong? I listened to all the traveling health food salespersons, I went to isolated mountains to study with herbalists, I even lived in a yoga ashram for awhile. I still did not feel right. I took all the "right natural vitamins". Organic foods were the staple in my home. I was still ill.

A little over two decades later, I suffered a major heart attack. This time, I had an extra tool. The Internet. I told myself (in the hospital) "Rick, if you recover from this, you are really going to find out the truth about health foods and nutrition."

The day I was released from the hospital, my research mission had begun.

This is what I found. 99.9% of "health food experts" don't have a clue. I know that is going to make me sound controversial, disliked, etc., but "oh well". I have to sleep at night.

The only thing I may have had right was raw fresh vegetables early on.

As far as herbs. I might as well have been eating junk. I had no idea most of them derived from third world countries, sprayed with dysentery-infected water, causing more harm than good.

Many were not even wildcrafted much less certified organic (though the company names had the word "organic" and "natural" on them as a ploy. And the ploy works.

Buying herbs in tablet or capsule form is a total waste of money and is unethical to sell. The seller doesn't know that because he/she has been educated to think it is doing someone some good. It is not helping anyone but the grower.

In addition, the only herbs that have any meaningful medicinal value are in tincture form, and certified organic, preferably grown in western countries and preferably wildcrafted if possibly but wildcrafted is not necessary.

And there was yet more to learn; even the finest herbal tincture cannot get to the diseased organ(s) without the help of cayenne tincture (the hotter the better...I take 200,000 heat units mixed with every other herb). Cayenne, in addition to having healing powers of its own, acts as "a taxi herb" taking other herbs immediately to the diseased organ or organs, so very little is wasted.

So now we know the score on herbs. What about vitamins and minerals? Again, for the most part, a waste of money, whether synthetic or organic. Why? The way they are processed.

Flash dried fruits and vegetables with live enzymes is what the body craves, what "sparks" life. There are only a few companies out there that use a process called "flash glancing". This leaves us with a live food enzyme that is the "spark of life". Without it, your toilet wins out in the vitamin mineral game.

Ok, I know that articles like this don't make me Mr. Congeniality. But if this valuable information sinks in to just one person, does it really matter what someone else thinks of me and my discoveries? As long as one person who was misguided like me now has a chance at a healthy life, why not take the chance and say it. There, I just did.

People often ask which tinctures I prefer. If I had to pick any two they would be cayenne and cat's claw (una de gato) which I take daily. There is a rare form of Cat's Claw known as Samento that is 1000 times stronger than regular cat's claw. I prefer it. It is also known as TOA-Free Cat's Claw. I think you'll see the difference. As an immune booster, Echinicea, Ginseng, Pau D' Arco, and the rest don't hold a candle to cat's claw or it's more potent form Samento. I like a lot of the medicinal mushroom tinctures, hawthorn berry (for the heart) and ginkgo (which is amazing when taken with cayenne), only mediocre at best when taken alone.

May you be healthy and prosperous.

About the Author

Cartoonist Rick London once owned a health food store. He later had a heart attack. He decided to learn about alternative medicine. Learn about Rick at Rick's Cartoon Site,and Top Internet Cartoons