Categories: Zakiyyah MaaKheper-Ast,
HERBS ARE NATURE’S MEDICINE
AS ABOVE – SO BELOW:
How the Elements in Nature Manifest in our Bodies
The Wood Element – in nature, manifests in our body as part of the Digestive System, which governs the liver and gallbladder. The Wood Element rules living, growing entities, like trees, plants and the human body, and all growing structures: roots, trunk and limbs for plants; the spine, limbs and joints in our body. A Wood imbalance can result in spinal problems, poor flexibility; arthritis is viewed as a wood problem.
Whenever I treat liver conditions, my go-to liver herbs are bupleurum and peony. As the most important detoxification system in the body, it is also the most sensitive to stagnation or stuck-ness: of Energy, Blood, and Meridian Chi. Bupleurum acts as an anti-inflammatory, inhibits certain hepatitis viruses and growth of liver cancer cells. Using liver herbs, together with intestinal cleansers, can work to directly release toxic overload, which can, over time, have negative repercussions on all our body systems, and our mental health in general.
Bitter herbs are a good therapy for the liver, as they are purifying, sedating and heat-dispelling. Alterative herbs are often taken in spring as blood purifiers. Some COOLING ALTERATIVES are aloe, Echinacea, plantain, poke root, red clover and goldenseal. Some HEATING ALTERATIVES are bayberry, cayenne, cinnamon, garlic, black pepper, and white poplar bark.
MAKE NATURE’S MEDICINE YOUR OWN
This information is to help balance your body’s natural healing energies, and is not intended as diagnosis, treatment or cure. Email: theherbalist1750@gmail.com; phone: 347-407-4312; blog: www.herbsarenaturesmedicine.blogspot.com.
