Your Right To Buy Herbs and Vitamins will be gone in 2012 if you don't Act Now!

You must get in your protests to the FDA NOW! Before Dec 1st!

In Dec the FDA will be moving forward to reclassify herbs as drugs. All vitamin and herb supplements will be affected. If you take vitamins or herbs, you will be affected. 

If they do that, what herbs are cleared will increase in price. There are thousands of herbs and supplements that are not cleared. That means that many supplements and vitamins will be taken off the shelf.  

You must do your part to let the FDA know you are against this. 

They do not have your safety in mind. It has to door with the pharm companies and their push to control the herbal market place.  

Right now this has already happened in Europe and it can happen here. The FDA is out of control. It is in bed with the drug companies...just look at the constant drug advertising on television. 

Any supplement or vitamin introduced into the marketplace after 1994 will have to go through reams of paperwork and thousands of dollars to get cleared. They will have to prove with sales receipts and marketing material that they did sell their product before 1994. How many businesses have kept records back that far. 


If the company changed the way they manufactured the supplement after 1994, which most have, they must go through the whole process. 


You must show safety proof for 20 years......drugs only have to go through a few weeks to be be released to the public.....so why with herbs? It is one way to stop herb and vitamin formulations from being cleared. 

This will effect all supplements including Fish Oil and Vit C....all of it. They are asking for manufacturers to give the same kind of proof that drug companies have to.....studies that cost billions of dollars. This is unnecessary and will put most companies out of business.  The reams of unnecessary paperwork and legal costs will kill most businesses. You must hire an expert to figure out how to comply with the pages of paperwork.


When its all said and done, you will be left with no alternative other than drugs that destroy the liver and kidneys....you will have no choice but to do that.....This is serious and they will go ahead with this in the new year.

They must be stopped. It is overreach by the FDA and will be used with bias as the case now. 

With Citizens for Health supporters already having generated over 11,000 letters to Congress demanding that the FDA’s NDI (New Dietary Ingredient) Draft Guidance be withdrawn.

The organization is now on a mission to collect 10,000 petition signatures in 10 days calling for Congress to withhold FDA appropriations until this unaccountable agency is held to account: by adjuring the FDA to withdraw the supplement-killing NDI Guidance and to cease and desist from reviewing and enforcing against dietary supplements and nutritional ingredients according to its willfully adversarial re-interpretation of the laws governing dietary supplements.

There is a petition that needs 10,000 signatures to be presented to the FDA . 

We need your help to make that happen below:

Please take time to watch the video listed Below:
To help us in this effort, Australian truth rapper and activist Jody Lloyd, aka Trillion, helped produce our video "10,000 Signatures" - view it here.
 

Being almost halfway to 10,000 signatures in a little more than 2 days means we can certainly reach our goal - but only with your participation!

As always, thanks for being involved,

Please go here to this FDA site listed below and send the FDA your view against this guidance directly! Write them...call them....all of it!

It needs to be done now!

Although you can comment on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the agency considers your comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance, submit either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance within 90 days of publication in the Federal Register of the notice announcing the availability of the draft guidance. 

Submit electronic comments against this  to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Submit written comments against this NCI Guidance to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All comments should be identified with the docket number listed in the notice of availability that publishes in the Federal Register.

You can read the Nutritional Guidance paperwork here at this address below: 

How many companies are going to have the money to submit to pages of regulations and hassel? 

Why should vitamin and herb companies be subjected to more paperwork than a drug?

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/GuidanceDocuments/DietarySupplements/ucm257563.htm

Readers Please Ask Questions!

Readers,

Please leave me a note if you have questions or something is unclear. I will strive to answer them with my experience or research, if I don't know the answer. I appreciate notes left and comments. It is great to know that you read my blogs and appreciate them. I want to Thank all of you who read my blog and support it. You are great and again Thank You!

Kate, The herbladyisin

Why Herbs May Not Be Effective on Your Cold

Hi Friends,

Well its winter with colds and flu season. You need to have certain herbs and vitamins on hand to head them off. The first one I take is goldenseal and Echinacea extract. I put two dropper-fulls in cranberry juice and drink them down about 3 to 4 times a day. I take at least three thousand Vitamin C in caps as well. I feel that Liquid Vit C or in caps is the fastest way for your body to make use of it. I don't do well with tablets. I then also take garlic powder caps and or an immune formula if needed. Oregano caps are also very effective on stubborn, severe infections.

The Brand Does Make a Difference:

The brand you buy does make a huge difference in the quality of the product and the benefits you derive from them. Poor quality equals poor results. I usually don't buy from the stores but if I have to, here are several name brands that I feel are good: Kyolic Garlic, Solaray,  and Natural Factors. I usually buy most all my herbs from New Sun Herbs. Their extracts are first on my list. Please give me a call for prices and ordering.

The Factors that go into the Production of Herbs:

#1:  The herb must be grown in the right soil and climate for its best quality.

#2:  The herb must be grown for the proper time before it is picked. An example is ginseng which must be left in the ground for two years at least for its potency.

#3: It must be picked at the proper time and time of day. An herb picked too early or too late will have less value and potency. If it is flowers, roots, or leaves, there is a time when the oils are more present in the plants.
Picked at the wrong time, it may have less medicinal value.

#4: It must be dried properly or its value may be lost.

#5: It must be processed properly. If it is processed with too much heat, that is not good. Are chemicals used to process it and if so what are they and how do they effect the end product.

#6: It must be tested for bacteria, chemicals, animal feces, E-coli, heavy metals, and other environmental toxins including weeds and dirt. This is where allergies come in. If the herb contains any of the above, you many suffer from an allergy to those foreign materials.

Herbs from foreign countries can be a problem. Look for statements such as tested for heavy metals and contaminants, processed according to FDA standards, and listings for their stated percentage of medicinal oils.
If you are buying a generic brand with no labels that give you indication of its quality, you may be getting a product that will give you little benefit. An example is garlic oil caps. Most of the cheap brands are mostly oil with little garlic value. Garlic oil caps go rancid quickly as well. When you buy 1000 garlic oil caps from Costco, the quality may be low. They may have been on the shelf for months. I always buy garlic powder or extract. Garlic oil can be rubbed into a infants feet to help them. When it is rubbed onto the sole of the foot, it is taken into the body through the pores of the skin. It is them diffused into the infant's body. Get a quality brand of garlic oil and not the store brand. You should be able to smell the garlic caps unless it is a odorless brand. Keep it refrigerated and try not to open it any more than necessary.

I hope this clarifies this issue. I hope you stay well now that winter is here. Have a great week and Halloween! Kate the Herbladyisin

More On Garlic...for Colds, Flu and Emergencies

Hi Friends,

 Think Twice about a flu shot. 

Reinforce your own immune system to fight off a cold!

My last blog was on herbs for the medicine chest with one of the most important ones being Garlic. With the current FDA trying to reclassify herbs as drugs, Garlic is even more important. The great thing about Garlic is that the FDA cannot get rid of it completely. It is a food that cooks worldwide use on a daily basis. You can grow your own easily even if you don't live in the country as we do. You can grow it even if you live in a condo. You can easily dry your garlic or make it into powder yourself. You can apply the cloves to infection as they did in the war before current antibiotics. You can make garlic oil at home as well. The FDA may be able to take it off the shelves as a supplement but its availability as a food is set. One way to get a good deal on either Garlic powder or garlic cloves is through outlets such as Costco. They generally have a better price. Keep your garlic powder stash in the freezer so it will last longer or in a cool, dry place in your house.

Garlic has been shown in thousands of studies in countries such as India, Russia, Japan, and China to work on Staph, Strep, E-Coli, and most bacteria and viruses. The Japanese and Chinese governments have spent many thousands on garlic research. These are quality double-blind studies. The research is there and valid. This research was around twenty years ago.

 What I Personally Take in Herbs To Keep Well: 

I use garlic combined with Goldenseal-Echinacea shooters  ( herb extract put into cranberry juice) if I feel a cold coming on. I use extracts more often because I seem to feel the effects more quickly than with caps. Liquids are absorbed rapidly in the body. I also take several thousand Vitamin C for a few days. I may add an immune stimulant such as Reshi Mushrooms to the mix. It depends on the situation. I rarely get sick. I do not believe in Flu shots period.

I had a friend who was never sick. His doctor talked him into a flu shot and within two days he got really sick. He was sick for two weeks. He never again got a shot and to this day is rarely sick. He has a super immune system. Your body does have systems to fight these bugs if you give it the right stuff to fight with. You must also take the herbs and Vitamin C right when you start getting that hurt all over feeling or congestion. Don't wait until the bug gets set into your system. Drink plenty of fluids, home made chicken soup with garlic and onions, and rest is also important to get well quickly. If your use the shooters explained above, take a shooter at least 4 times a day. Use a whole dropper of the extract. You must keep fortifying the system with herbs to fight the bug with.

A few days ago, we had a computer repairman here at the house. Nice guy but was sick as a dog. He was coughing and hacking all over the kitchen. He was here for almost 4 hours. When he left, I put the dishes including his glass into the dish washer first. I then put my husband and I on a regimen of garlic, Goldenseal and Echinacea shooters.  We did not get sick. When you are around lots of people who are sick, you must go on a prevention program of higher Vitamin C intake and garlic. If you are in a social job, buy Kyolic Garlic which will not make your breath smell.

Wash Your Hands, Phone, and Desk with Disinfectant!

Just today a headline article told that one out of 6 cell phones is contaminated with fecal germs. They did not wash their hands. This was found true over many areas tested. Washing your hands is so important in the program to keep well. When at work, wipe off your work tools such as phones and desk. People cough and sneeze all over your work area. They may pick their infected nose or wipe their mouth often when sick. This is often why the whole floor gets sick.

Well this is all for now.

Have a healthy week!. Leave me a note on what you use in herbal medicine when sick or to prevent getting sick.
Kate Freer, The Herbladyisin

Please visit my websites at:

http://www.womenshealth-naturalsolutions.com   and
http://www.moringa4healing.com

What's In Your Herbal Medicine Chest?

Hi Friends,

I am sorry for not blogging but my computer was down all of September. Getting a tech out to Mina was really a mess. We are five hours from Reno and the techs needed to come out from Reno because it was covered by warranty. It turned out to to have several problems including the system board, keyboard, and other elements.

Then on the same day the computer got fixed, we received our new baby chickens and were blessed with finding abandoned kittens. We had our hands full, including trying to finish the pen for the rabbits and the baby chickens. It was a lot of work. Now that the baby chickens are out into their pen in our shed, it's much less work.

These baby chicks and rabbits are part of my plan for the hard times ahead. Here in Mina, Nevada we have one store that is 44 miles away. The nearest Walmart is two hours away. We live out in the Nevada desert in a town with less than 100 people. You learn to shop effectively. I believe with the times ahead you need to be prepared in many ways. That includes water, extra food and supplies such as candles. One of the key issues in those preparations is herbal medicine. You need to have these on hand at all times. I am going to talk about these herbs over several blogs.

 #1 is Tea Tree Oil

The first one of my list is tea tree oil. I use it for bites, scratches, cuts, and infections. It is one of the most effective oils to have on hand. We constantly get splinters in our hands which really hurt. The tea tree oil takes the redness and pain right out. You can put a few drops in your mouthwash to create an effective mouthwash for mouth or throat infections.

#2 is Garlic ( Garlic Cloves and Garlic Powder)

Garlic powder or crushed cloves can be used to stop infections both internally and externally. Garlic is another natural antibiotic that works against bacterial infections, and colds. Before penicillin there was garlic used in the wars. They placed crushed garlic cloves over nasty gunshot and knife wounds. Using garlic saved lives.  Taking garlic internally works for colds and flu bugs. It is my 2nd choice for your medicine bag. In some cases it might be my first choice. It depends on the medical situation.

You need cotton bandages and tape as part of that medicine bag. One of the ways to use garlic is as a poultice over the wound. Clean cotton T-shirts would work in an emergency to cover the wounds. I always save old T-shirts for that purpose.  Silver duct tape should be on hand in every household. It works to keep bandage material over a wound or to apply a splint. There are hundreds of uses for silver duct tape. It is great stuff for emergencies.

Clean water is important. We keep about 20 gallons of water on hand. You certainly don't want to wash a dirty wound with foul water. When we moved here there was a bad leak on the water line. We used bottled water until the line got repaired. All of us should have emergency water at home. Make sure you rotate your water, using it up and refilling the bottles. Water after it sits for awhile will grow algae unless you treat it with drops of chlorine bleach or iodine.

Will close for now. Next few blogs will cover for herbs needed for your emergency medicine bag.

Kate Freer, The Herbladyisin

Essiac Tea and Its Properties

I want to tell you about Essiac tea.

The original formula came from Rene Caisse in Ontario, Canada in 1888. Yes, it has been around for a long time. She learned about it from a patient who had received help from a Chippawa Indian neighbor for her cancer. She began giving the formula to her sick patients with cancer. Many were cured. Several physicians using her formula successfully tried to get it cleared for general use in the government. This failed. She eventually turned the formula over to the Resperin Corporation of Ontaria for $1.00, hoping they could get the clinical trials and studies needed to get it cleared. They never did get it cleared as a drug but its use has helped thousands over the years. It is one of the best bets in alternative medicine for cancer.
 The Essiac Report : Canada's Remarkable Unknown Cancer Remedy


Does it always work? No.  Neither does chemo or radiation work in many cases and destroys the immune system in the therapy.  Nothing is 100 per cent a cure. I would place my bets on Essiac any time.
The Essiac Handbook

BOOKS & MEDIA Bridge of Hope (The Essiac Story) Demers

Have I used it? Yes but not for cancer. I have talked to others who have. I used Essiac with the addition of Cat's claw to reduce my fibroid tumors. It took time but it worked. I avoided a hysterectomy. I still take it often to keep my liver and blood cleaned out. I fell off steps years ago onto a wrought iron plant stand. I swelled up and was in severe pain. I had no insurance so treated myself. That fall damaged my kidneys and liver function. I took Essiac for a year after than fall and I recovered for the most part. On occasion, I still  need it to keep them working properly. I know it works and it is very effective. If I ever do get cancer, I will take it for that. You either believe in alternative medicine or you just talk about it. I live that view. I use alternative medicine and know it works. You must use the right herbs for the right problem. So lab tests can be useful and exams as well. You must take enough of the herbs, often enough, and for enough time to secure healing. Your body does not heal on your time table. The quality of the herbs cannot be understated. It is all necessary to get the end result....healing. I am going to be talking about herbs and alternative cancer treatments. It is hard to find on websites. You should have options even if you choose not to use them. You have the right to that knowledge in making your decision.So over the next few weeks, we will go over some of these.
 

Essiac, the original formula, contains Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella), Burdock (arctium lappa), slippry elm (ulmus fulva), and turkey rhubard or rheum palmatum.  The version I take contains Cats Claw as well. I persoanlly feel the addition of Cats claw makes the formula even more effective.

Sheep Sorrel is used to clean out the blood. It helps a weak stomach, stimulates appetite, and is used against nausea and vomiting.

Burdock medicinal properties lie in the roots of this plant. It acts as a diuretic and diaphoretic. It also cleans out the blood and aids digestion.  It is used with sore throats and coughs.


Slippery Elm is a tree where its bark is medicinal. Slippery elm helps heal gut and digestion problems. It soothes and helps ulcers. It can be made into a gruel and eaten for food. It is nutritious. It heals mucous membranes in the gut and stomach. It is gentle enough to give to babies or baby animals with diarrhea.

Turkey Rhubarb grows in China and Tibet. It root is medicinal. It contains tonic and digestive properties. It has been used successfully with dysentery.

Cats Claw: Very potent detoxifier for the whole body.
NOW Foods Cat'S Claw 5000, 120 Vcaps

These herbs are brewed in a stainless steel pot with pure water.  The formula must be stored in amber bottles in the refrigerator and used within two weeks.  One place to get the dried herbs to make the formula is Herbal Healer Academy here....http://www.herbalhealer.com/essiac.html . This is where I buy my dry herbs. I do add the Cats Claw to this formula when I make it.  They do also sell the original formula in a bottle already prepared. Drink the Essiac in cranberry or grape juice. I actually enjoy the taste of it this way.

If you don't want to take it in a liquid form, you can buy it from Natures Sunshine. Natures Sunshine has really high quality products. I have used their products through the years, as well as New Sun. A treatment plan for cancer involves dietary changes and immune system support. Essiac is one part of that plan I would use if I had cancer. I would go to a holistic doctor and have his help with my treatment. There are treatment centers that  use herbs and alternative therapies.....and can give you help to beat cancer. I will list some cancer treatment centers in this blog to help you get a research head start.
Bye for now...Kate the Herbladyisin
Nature's Sunshine E-Tea 100 capsules

Tea Tree Oil Heals Sore Throats and Sore Mouths

Here is a formula for the speedy healing of a sore throat or sore mouth: 




Take Tea Tree Oil Extract
Put 5 drops of tea tree oil and a pinch of salt  in a half glass of  warm water and stir. 
Gargle several times, holding it in your mouth for a min or so
Do not swallow the liquid.

You can add the tea tree oil to any mouthwash to make it more antiseptic and healing. This also helps for sore teeth, gums and abscesses. It is very effective and speeds your recovery and healing.

For chest colds, put 5 to 10 drops in 4 to 6 cups of warm water or in a vaporizer and inhale it into your lungs.

Put tea tree oil on bites or stings. It takes the itching and pain away quickly.

I drove a splinter under my nail three days ago. I could not get it out. So I just kept putting tea tree oil on it and within a day all the redness and pain was gone It would have been gone sooner, had I not dug under the nail with a needle. That did not help at all. It is amazing how hurtful a tiny splinter can be. I now know why they used that for torture in ancient times. I work with wood and animals on our little homestead. I use
tea tree oil on a daily basis for most everything. It is always in my purse, our car, and readily available.

One day we were visiting my daughter in Fresno. There was a guy moving out some construction materials with a hoist. He disturbed some bees that had taken up in that stack of old wood. He had several stings. He was hurting. I took out the tea tree oil right there and gave him the bottle. We saw him the next day and giving him that oil immediately really cut down on his pain and swelling. He insisted on paying me for the bottle. He was indeed thankful. So this is one oil that should be included in your emergency kit always.

I have many more personal stories on using tea tree oil, so write me any questions. I have used both products listed on this blog at one time or another.
See you next blog.  Kate, the Herbladyisin

Fighting Staph Infections, MRSA Infections With Herbs

Hi Friends,

One of my granddaughters got bit by a spider. After 4 days it got ugly and they took her to the hospital. It was full of pus and blood, very nasty and painful.  They told my daughter, they consider all infections like this as MRSA infections, even before the blood tests are in. 

Her infection did turn out to be MRSA. She now has three abscesses on her body. Even though she is being treated by antibiotics, the staph is spreading still. She asked me what else she could do to wipe the staph out of her blood system. This is the advise I gave her and have used on my own problems. 

I do advise you to see a doctor with a bite or wound that gets nasty quickly.  If you have blood poisoning from the wound, it may take IV drug interaction to stop the infection. If you see red streaks coming from the wound with swelling, redness, and pain, that means more than likely, blood poisoning. This can happen with a dog bite or cat scratch. Blood poisoning can result in amputation of a limb. It spreads in hours. It can kill you. My husband got deeply scratched by our cat. There were red steaks coming from the wound by the next day. He needed IV treatments twice a day for a month to stop it. It got nasty and lethal quickly. 

Even after seeing the doctor, I would still do the following: Often antibiotics do not work. You still need to build up the immune system, use the Vitamin C, and put tree oil on the wound. If you put the tree oil on the wound, you may both prevent it from becoming nasty or lessen the severity of the infection. This means within minutes of receiving the bite or wound. Tea tree oil also takes the pain out of bee and wasp stings, and other bites.

Take antibiotics at different times from herbal antibiotics such as oregano or garlic. Do not take them together. 

#1: Apply tea tree oil immediately to the area of the wound and any new areas. Reapply several times a day. If it is in the mouth, rinse your mouth out with water and a few drops of tea tree oil. It will taste ugly but it really does a good job of killing the infection.

#2 Give Vitamin C  (1000 mgs dose) several times a day orally. You are fighting a bad bacteria that overcomes the bloodstream. It can set up in any weak area including the bladder, kidneys, heart, lungs, almost anywhere in the body. If it keeps popping up in a new abscess, it means it is in the bloodstream. Most all abscesses, boils, styes, and nose boils are always staph. The staph spreads easily by touching the area and through the blood system itself. You must neutralize it in the blood system. 

Vitamin C given by an IV can stop a dangerous infection but the FDA has made it illegal to do this. That is a real shame, because when it has been done, it is highly effective and safer than drugs.

Oral Vitamin C cannot do the job that Vitamin C given in an IV will do. It has to do with how the body assimilates Vit C or drugs in an IV situation. It is like giving antibiotic pills versus shots. It is all in the delivery of the drug into the system.

I knew a man years ago with cat scratch fever. The infection was so bad that he was going to die. The traditional antibiotic IV in the hospital was not working. The doctors wanted to amputate his arm. He pleaded with his private doctor to administer the Vit C - IV.  It worked, saving his limb. The doctor got his license taken away because he went against the AMA rules in this emergency situation. This is a true story and shows the bias against alternative medicine.

#3: Take oregano caps at least 4 times a day....two or three caps at a time. Oregano is a natural antibiotic and a potent one.   Take Cats Claw caps as well because it is a potent detox for the blood system. 

#4: Take an immune stimulant to help the body fight against the staph infection. Improving the immune function is really important. 

You must take these herbs in large doses to fight off staph. It is dangerous and can be deadly. Take them until the bite or wound is completely healed and for a few days after.  

Staph kills 19,000 Americans a year, more than AIDS.  MRSA infections are unaffected by the majority of antibiotics. They do have a couple of new ones but those two will sooner or later become ineffective.

I hope this gives you some idea of how I use herbs and Vitamin C against bacterial infections, flu, or other infections. Oregano is just one of the natural antibiotics used in herbal medicine.

All for now....Kate, the herbladyisin