SEAWEED IS AN EVERYDAY MIRACLE

This is another great article I would like to share from Susan Weed.

Seaweed is an everyday miracle. The benefits of including seaweed’s optimum nourishment into your daily diet are extensive: increased longevity, enhanced immune functioning, revitalization of the cardiovascular, endocrine, digestive, and nervous systems, and relief from minor aches and pains. No wonder seaweed has been part of the traditional diet of all coastal cultures, including the people of Japan, Korea, China, Iceland, Denmark, Wales, Scotland, Hawaii, and the South Pacific Islands, and all the people who had trading contacts with the coastal cultures.

All seaweeds are high in fiber. Those in the brown family supply large amounts of algin as well. Each seaweed contains a wide range of essential nutrients, including enzymes, nucleic acids, amino acids, minerals, trace elements, and A, B, C, D, E, and K vitamin complexes. Seaweeds offer us zest for life and the perfect medium for electrical nerve flow.

Benefits from a wise woman alliance with seaweed – glossier hair, more luminous skin, less digestive distress, renewed energy and stamina, rekindled sexual desires, and reawakened delight in life – will be noticeable in about 13 weeks.

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It is very interesting when you start researching the various types of healing that are readily available and have been in practice for centuries. I have decided to dedicate a section of my blog to briefly discuss these alternative methods. Today, I will start with Acupuncture and over a period of time I will add information on other sources. I look forward to hearing from those of you who have tried any of these methods and the results you have achieved.

Acupuncture is an ancient system of healthcare that has been used to treat pain, illness, and various dysfunctions within the body. These conditions occur when the body has an imbalance or blockage of Chi some where along a meridian, which is a lengthy topic in an of itself. Basically there are 12 meridians on each side of the body. These meridians are named for the organ which they influence or course through. I recommend that you research the meridians in detail.

We commonly think of acupuncture being used to relieving pain. It has also been found to be effective in addressing nausea associated with pregnancy and chemotherapy, asthma, cardiac disease, menstrual problems, genitourinary problems, neurological dysfunctions, smoking addiction, and weight loss to name a few.

I personally have tired acupuncture for various conditions and found the results to be quiet positive, specifically weight loss, back pain, and smoking cessation. I would encourage anyone to try this ancient

I thought this was an interesting name when I ran across it reading this week. It is more commonly referred to Gravel-Root or Queen-of-the-Meadow and can be found easily in thickets and woods in eastern North America.

The Native Americans made tea out of the roots to be used as a diuretic, to treat rheumatism, gout, reduce fevers, colds, diarrhea, respiratory disorders and even impotence. It also has apparent uses as a sedative and stimulates perspiration and sweating. It was utilized to flush the bladder and kidneys with increased urine flow and removing gravel/stones and accumulated toxins from these organs.

As with any alternative treatment you should consult a physician prior to using, especially if it will be taken in conjunction with prescription medications. If any of you have tried Joe Pye Weed I would be very interested in hearing of your experiences.

I am very interested natural healing and frequently visit the Herbal Medicine and Spirit Healing site of Susun S. Weed. I am looking forward to expanding my knowledge in this area by taking her correspondence course. Susun has a number of outstanding books and other resources available at Ash Tree Publishing.

Susun S. Weed is the voice of the Wise Woman tradition, where healing is nourishing. She is known internationally as an extraordinary teacher with a joyous spirit, a powerful presence, and an encyclopedic knowledge of herbs and health. For more than thirty years she has opened hearts to the magic and medicine of the green nations, restoring herbs as women’s common medicine, and empowering women to care for themselves.

Susun S. Weed has no official diplomas of any kind; she left high school in her junior year to pursue studies in mathematics and artificial intelligence at UCLA and she left college in her junior year to pursue life.

Susun began studying herbal medicine in 1965 when she was living in Manhattan while pregnant with her daughter, Justine Adelaide Swede.

She wrote her first book — Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year (now in its 29th printing)– in 1985 and published it as the first title of Ash Tree Publishing in 1986.

It was followed by Healing Wise (1989), New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way (1992 and revised in 2002), and Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way (1996).

In addition to her writing, Ms Weed trains apprentices, oversees the work of more than 300 correspondence course students, coordinates the activities of the Wise Woman Center, and is a High Priestess of Dianic Wicca, a member of the Sisterhood of the Shields, and a Peace Elder.

Susun Weed is a contributor to the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women’s Studies, peer- reviewed journals, and popular magazines, including a regular column in Sagewoman.

Her worldwide teaching schedule encompasses herbal medicine, ethnobotany, pharmacognosy, psychology of healing, ecoherbalism, nutrition, and women’s health issues and her venues include medical schools, hospital wellness centers, breast cancer centers, midwifery schools, naturopathic colleges, and shamanic training centers, as well as many conferences.

Susun appears on many television and radio shows, including National Public Radio and NBC News.

Medicinal mushrooms are used in the practice of medicine throughout the world. They have been used in folk medicine for thousands of years and is well documented in the East. There have been preclinical studies that have shown 200 species of mushrooms that inhibit the growth of tumors.

The intent of this article it to identify medicinal mushrooms, which have shown to have significant immune-stimulating properties. The main mushrooms that I’ve been able to identify with immune-stimulating properties are, cordyceps, coriolus, shiitake, maitake and reishi,. If you maintain a strong immune system you are far less likely to get colds or flu. They can be used both preventively and during an illness. Unlike many immune-boosting herbs, mushrooms do not seem to lose their effectiveness with prolonged use. I personally use and recommend that you include one or more of these mushroom varieties in your weekly diet.

If you search the web you can find a number of places to purchase organically grown mushrooms. I personally purchase a number of the mentioned varieties at a local Chinese food store. To order on-line, check out GMHP Health Products and Mushroom Science.

I have also read a number of articles that discuss how some mushrooms that are also used for the treatment of tumors and certain type of cancers.