Natural Health

This is probably going to be a pretty boring post for those of you who love pictures, but I've been learning a lot of new stuff lately. I am completely fascinated with the whole world of natural medicine. Mainly because it has helped me tremendously in the last two years. Josh and I both are in the process of eliminating debilitating migraines. I haven't had a migraine for almost 8 weeks now, and in the last three months I've only had one, using all natural methods! It is so wonderful to be pain free. If I do get a headache, it is very minor, doesn't interfere with my life anymore, and I can usually get rid of it completely in just a few hours, naturally.

Josh is behind me about four weeks in the process, but he is well on his way to being headache free. He has cut the frequency of his headaches down to one-fourth of what they used to be! I'm so thankful for this for him and for me. No more getting up several times a night to give him a massage to alleviate the pain. Now, he gets massages during the day, just for the fun of it. : )

As most of you know, I resist going to the doctor for any reason, especially where my kids are concerned. And we avoid all over-the-counter and prescription medication because they are all toxic chemicals, or in other words, poison. All of these medications have side effects that are potentially worse than the symptom one is trying to cover up. Natural medicine treats the root of the problem not just symptoms, and you're not putting unnecessary chemicals into your body that will make you more susceptible to sickness in the future to accomplish it. God has provided in creation all that is necessary for man to live a happy, healthy, productive life. It isn't a mystery. It's just a matter of educating yourself. And the results are truly amazing.

It makes me sad to see people living their lives being so incredibly miserable when it is completely unnecessary. It's a lot like salvation. You think to yourself, "if they only knew!" But most individuals care nothing about educating themselves. They want everybody else to do it for them. And so they learn the wrong things from the most available sources such as the pharmaceutically funded media, doctors, and websites. Of course they're going to tell you to medicate! There's a conflict of interest so don't always trust them.

Don't get me wrong, doctors and chemical medications have their place, but usually only in emergency situations, where the benefits out-weigh the risks. They are trained to save lives, and most doctors mean well, and truly want to help people, but they are trained to medicate, not cure. They only get four hours tops of nutritional and natural remedy education during their entire four to eight years of college. That is staggeringly inadequate.

My doctor is a former MD who has educated herself, and is now a naturopath. She is still learning, but I appreciate the balance that she has acquired and her open-mindedness. And best of all, she congratulates me on refusing to vaccinate my children, and encourages me not to even when I wonder if maybe, just this once, I should for whatever reason. That's quite a change from all the flack I've received in the past from doctors and a breath of fresh air for sure. She isn't odd like a lot of homeopathic doctors that I've been to. She doesn't encourage yoga and holistic medicine and so on in the sense that most homeopaths do. She looks at things more from a Biblical perspective.

Most headaches, migraine and others, are caused by a vitamin B2 or riboflavin deficiency. This more than likely indicates that you are deficient in all B vitamins though. We take up to 3000 mg's of the daily value on the bottle. B vitamins are water soluble so you really can't overdue it. You're body will absorb what you need and get rid of the excess. (BTW, not all vitamins are all they are cracked up to be. Research is required to finding a good multivitamin that is balanced, potent, and absorbable. A good rule of thumb is to buy only pharmaceutical grade vitamins.)

We also go to the chiropractor regularly. The reasons for this are many so I will just say that it is absolutely vital to living pain free. Basically, subluxations are interferences in your spine that inhibit your nerves from sending messages to your brain which in turn causes pain. Your spine is the main passageway for your nerves to send messages to your brain, and if it's out of whack, your whole body will suffer.

I also found out just in the past two weeks from the dentist that I have TMJ which is a popping of the jaw when yawning or otherwise opening your mouth really wide, and causes headaches. My chiropractor has helped me with this too. My jaw rarely pops now! I was thrilled since I didn't know chiropractors could help with this. The dentist led me to believe I needed a night guard that adjusts my bite while I sleep which would have cost over $1,000. Chiropractic also heals asthma, chronic ear infections, and other childhood illnesses by clearing the way for the nerves to send the brain the vital messages so that the body can heal itself as God created it to.

In terms of the cost, the "an ounce of prevention" adage applies. It has been well worth it and minimal.

I have had so much fun learning about all these things, and many more, and have enjoyed seeing the wonderful results in my family. It is so fulfilling and empowering to know how to help your family feel better all by yourself, and if I can do it, pretty much anybody can. If any of you have any specific questions, please feel free to ask. Between myself and a really good friend of mine, we should be able to come up with an all natural answer to whatever ails you, including high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, etc. I doubt I'll receive many comments on this post, but I look forward to it anyway. : )