Hi friends,
This is my spot to follow my journey of learning herbalism and natural healing. Here's my story: When I was 35, I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I was in such terrible pain I had to crawl down my stairs, could barely walk and couldn't sleep.
The first medications I was given were loads of prednisone and methotrexate (which is used for cancer treatment). I just felt worse. The prednisone helped with the inflammation but the methotrexate made me sick. Over the years, I went through all sorts of medication and finally started taking Humira Injections. They greatly improved my quality of life as far as pain and inflammation, but all these medications caused high blood pressure and high blood sugar. Then I was prescribed MORE medicine. Plus living in constant pain causes depression so I had to take anti-depressants as well.
I know that I can never live entirely without certain medications, but I can certainly take control of my life and learn how to heal many of my issues naturally.
I'm hoping to start taking courses from East West School of Planetary Herbology in the next month. I can'tseem to get enough learning now that I'm determined. I've discovered the "godmothers" of herbalism: Susan Weed and Rosemary Gladstar. Also there are greats like Michael Tierra, Christopher Hobbs and so many more.
Here's what Michael Tierra (my future mentor) says:
What we face now is a world health crisis. For too many, mainstream medicine remains inaccessible due to the rising cost of health care insurance. Add to that the inability of conventional medicine to offer a satisfactory solution for many diseases. Then there's the plethora of adverse side effects from prescription drug use
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