Are We Looking To The Wrong Substances and People For Answers?
Take the anti depressants. Did you know some of their side effects can be things like psychotic episodes? Doesn't this make you a little bit sad that you could be trying to get a little happier and suddenly end up going nuts?
What about the amazing libido pills? There are warnings they are causing heart attacks in individuals. Well, gosh, perhaps the libido isn't as important as staying alive.
What about diet pills? There are warnings on these too. Remember the ones that were recalled with Phen Phen. Would you rather be a little plump than dead?
What about drugs to control Chloresterol? Stop taking them later when your readings rebound and you could end up dead too from not continuing to take them?
What about something simple like lice? Governments have given the green light to chemicals that are meant to kills cock roach infestations. Read the warning and you'll be surprised you're only supposed to use this kind of stuff twice in a lifetime at the most. Pregnant women and small children under two are not supposed to use this product.
And the list goes on.
I had a friend who had a mysterious lump under her arm every so many months. At first, she looked to doctors and they kept removing it. Then, she did her research and as she was a vegetarian, it looked like from what she read that she needed to increase the oils in her diet. So she did. No lump.
I had a friend suffering from seasonal depression. So she took Kava Kava before it was banned and she never suffered a day beyond the day it took to diagnose. No psychotic episodes. Now she uses a natural pill that keeps the seratonin in her brain when the light is low.
As for lice, I ran into a product about two years ago called Kim's Lice Preventative with all natural essential oils (that are made to be inactive) and we can use it every day to prevent lice infestations from occuring or simply to kill all the lice and eggs without knit picking. Not bad and it saves countless days off of work and school.
It stands to reason that if there is something that is viewed as sickness or not natural (such as bugs living in your hair), then there should be a natural solution. For example...in Britain where seasonal depression is plentiful, St. John's Wort grows on the sidewalks despite all the sidewalks. In French Polynesia, people put drops of Kava Kava in their tea during the winter mostly. It grows there!
Can we not start looking to ourselves for real solutions to our problems before turning to the extreme?
Here are a few popular solutions that work:
Ear wax--candling (done by someone who knows what they're doing avoids invasive procedures)
Bladder Infections--Cranberry juice taken as a preventative and to get rid of it
Mould, as in too much mould in your body--straight lemon juice and water
Infected sore--tea bag put into hot water for ten minutes, then applied to the wound for twenty minutes. The boric acid pulls out the painful infection, avoiding scars and medical intervention. This can also work after wisdom teeth are pulled.
Lice--natural products such as Kim's Lice Preventative and others that must be out there
Repeated Ear Infections--Cranberry Juice as a preventative
Puffy Eyes--Cut Cucumbers
Aches and Pains--Warm to hot bath, stretching
In B.C., the government sent out a book full of these natural remedies to all families. The expense of the printing has no doubt been offset by the amount of people looking into certain minor problems themselves.
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Robyn Whyte is the author of Police Issue, a romance available from amazon.com.
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