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Who uses herbs to heal (sorry dyslexic here) :(
Missy Wyld05-Nov-22 05:51 pm
I would like to increase peoples awareness of the importance of herbs in our diet/'medicine' cabinet.
I believe they are our only chance to regain our health and increase our vitality and energy levels.
I'd like to gauge your experience with them, (good or bad) - & if bad, would like to change your mind about them.
I ask for 'experience with them', not what you have read on 'Dr Google'. :)
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  • Judy CooplandiaQueen
    All in
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    • Stephen S 945123
      I enjoy the head rush I get from ginger and honey tea. It's always best made from a diced and sliced root, as opposed to the ginger tea bags. FRESH GINGER ROOT FOR THE WIN!!
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      • Helene W 1086281
        interesting
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        • Missy Wyld
          Why are my reply posts not posting or disappearing? :( Do they get censored here?
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          • Thomas (Rewardia Support)
            No, all your posts and replies are online, and visible to all members.
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          • Missy WyldThomas (Rewardia Support)
            thank you Thomas but a few I cannot see :( & I know I replied back to a few members here. Thanks anyways for replying.
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          • Thomas (Rewardia Support)Missy Wyld
            It may happen if the message that you replied to has been deleted by its author
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          • Missy WyldThomas (Rewardia Support)
            nope they are still there :(
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        • Katzeye
          I drink green tea regularly for the health benefits and use a wide variety of fresh herbs in cooking which I grow my own.
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          • Missy Wyld
            well done, that's what I love to hear. There is however lots of better tea, than green tea to drink for medicinal purposes. For starters it also contains caffeine. but still better that coffee or normally black tea :)
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          • KatzeyeMissy Wyld
            I love my coffee too lol and not prepared to give that up.I have tried other teas like Roobios,peppermint and chamomile but not for me so I stick with green tea :)
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          • Missy WyldKatzeye
            fair comment lol (tried Dandelion coffee?) - I'm not giving up on you so easily lol ;)
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        • mary c
          I read a bit about hibiscus tea the other day. Anyone heard of it's benefits. Not sure where to get. In NZ.
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          • Missy Wyld
            Did I write a reply to you Mary? I'm sure I did (but cannot see it here now), it's high in antioxidants, if you cannot find in the health shop, then order on line.
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          • mary cMissy Wyld
            Thanks Missy- i asked my friend who lives in the US- she tried it but found it upset her sensitive tum. I have a sensitive tum too- can't even tolerate Vit B pills for some strange reason so not sure about the hibiscus now. I would though do anything to somehow protect myself from getting covid.
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          • Missy Wyldmary c
            I would try elderberry syrup then & take with food. Always take them with food (Vit B's) - sometimes its the brand, cheaper ones often filled with additives etc. N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) - as long as you do not take Anginine tabs, again take with food. and consider Zinc supplements. Other teas would be Stinging Nettle, Dandelion. Other caps try Astragalus caps. Always check with your GP, if you do not want to do your own searches if any meds your on, do not clash with the herbs you intend to take. (as I don't know your medical history/meds) - hard to give too many suggestions.
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          • mary cMissy Wyld
            Lovely to hear from you Missy. I did read that Dandelion root i think was particularly beneficial for protecting immunity against virus's- looked for some dandelion root as its so easy to get lured into a different product. Then gave up- tenacity is not my strongest suit. The same friend does Elderberry- i think she made her own- she is in Vegas and the climate good for growing such things :) Where are you?
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          • Missy Wyldmary c
            South Australia :)
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          • mary cMissy Wyld
            Good climate for herb growing?
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          • Missy Wyldmary c
            yes i guess so fairly mild compared to the rest of the world all things considered - can get a bit hot though, so they need protection then.
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          • mary cMissy Wyld
            True- every place has it's pro's and con's. We sure get alot of rain where i am!
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          • Missy Wyldmary c
            where ru?
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          • mary cMissy Wyld
            Noo Zuland...NZ haha.
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        • MARGARET p 388156
          I have been taking herbals tables and fresh herbs everyday for cooking for over 30yrs
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          • Missy Wyld
            Good to hear. :)
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        • Pat C 618241
          Back in my stressed out working day states I used St Johns Wort and at least had a good nigh'ts sleep.
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          • Missy Wyld
            yes great for that hay. :)
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        • Jennifer H 722364
          Ashwagandah is something that my family has started to use so many benefits and they have see an improvemnt for the reasons for them taking it . Worth looking into and It does say no side effects but thats up to the individual chemistry
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          • Missy Wyld
            Yes it is indeed a wonderful herb. (I take it too), growing in my backyard & harvest (root) to make my tinctures out of it. It is good for, anxiety, stress, supportive to the nervous system, and especially the adrenals.
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          • Katzeye
            I tried the gummies to help with anxiety and they did actually calm me down but they also caused me bad tummy pains.
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          • Missy WyldKatzeye
            aww damn sorry to hear that. they mite of had additives in them ur tummy did not agree with. I also use a homeopathic one for anxiety which is really good too.
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          • KatzeyeMissy Wyld
            Possibly or I took too many which is probably the case.
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          • Missy WyldKatzeye
            could have been too.
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        • Christina C 466456
          Aloe vera. I'd pop my pimples one night, put on a fresh sliver of aloe vera leaf plucked straight from the plant then place on popped pimple and cover with a bandaid. Wake up next morning and it's completely healed without a trace anything was there. I don't recommend popping pimples though lol + it's something I done as a teenager. Fresh aloe vera leaf on a wound works wonders though.
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          • Missy Wyld
            Thanks for sharing your experience Christina. Aloe is a very good plant/herb, with amazing healing properties, external use only. There is only one variety that can be taken internally though, that's Aloe Vera barbadensis. (I am not sure if we are allowed to post website links here? If we are, I can post the reference to that info.
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          • Missy Wyld
            oh & they have yellow flowers, instead of the usual orange ones most of us have.
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        • Lyn A.
          hmm, as a person who has intolerance to many herbs I keep away from them. As a child I couldn't eat bananas, wasn't till adult I found out they are a herb, in fact recently found out they are actually the biggest herb.
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          • Missy Wyld
            That is unfortunate. You must also be intolerant to many foods though too? Salycitates or histamines? & yes they are a herb (similar or distantly related to ginger). We have helped ppl detox and finally be able to tolerate some herbs eventually. A genetic pass on. When you have these things as a child this is not something you have developed over time, this is a genetic predisposition you were born with. Not to say it cannot be rectified.
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          • Lyn A.Missy Wyld
            can't eat seafood either, but strange can tolerate lobster and true crab in small amounts but not shrimp. At my age now I just go with the flow. Occasionally I will try something, find out after that I shouldn't have
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          • Missy WyldLyn A.
            You hav never explored what the issues were/are? Can you take aspirin?
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          • Lyn A.Missy Wyld
            no back in my early life things like that were unaccessible out in the 'wops'. Can't remember if aspirin has any effect. I very rarely use any form of pain relief
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          • Missy WyldLyn A.
            We know so much more these days about these things. Short term elimination 'diets' can be useful to stop the triggering, but also the inflammation, and help your body calm down so to speak. These days you can Google plenty of pages which will list off foods with both Salicylate and foods high in histamines. Unfortunately you will quickly see a lot of every days foods are high in one or the other or sometimes both! But in my experience when others have had even severe intolerance to these, after detoxing and cleaning out their bodies, they can eventually start to reintroduce some of them with out having reactions....but it is a SLOW process, and unfortunately many give up as they run out of patience. Just depends on how willing or how bad their lifestyle has been affected to how long they are willing to try..
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        • Denise C (Qld)
          I do know St Johns Wort has the potential to bump me off or so my doctor tells me.
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          • Missy Wyld
            SJW cant be taken with antidepressants.
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          • Denise C (Qld)Missy Wyld
            precisely
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          • Missy WyldDenise C (Qld)
            I would check Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) herb, as this is great for anxiety and the nervous system. (pending on what meds your on). Check with your GP. Bear in mind, they will Google search most likely just like we do, as most know jack shit about herbs.
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          • Denise C (Qld)Missy Wyld
            Yes my doctor is good at ramping up pharma meds unfortunately. It would be good to be under a doctor who also prescribes natural remedies when or where possible.
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          • Missy WyldDenise C (Qld)
            Definitely. There are a few around, unfortunately most are bound to their pharm companies. My Mum who recently passed, lived in aged care, and her visiting GP she had was wonderful. He let me introduce a few great herbal remedies for Mum to take, (she was on blood thinners so many herbs were often contraindicated), but I got her on D-Mannose (derived from herb) for her constant UTIs (she had supra pubic catheter in),- had none in almost 12 mths after she started taking them and Elderberry syrup to build a strong immune system.She never had the CO VID shots (I refused these) & she never got CO VID despite all residents around her getting it for mths on and off. This GP had a lot of time for me, which I was very thankful for, and he admitted to me he had learned a lot from me about herbs haha (got himself onto Elderberry when he too came down with CO VID at one stage. Better to go see natural therapist or an integrative doctor (these can also be a hit n miss though. Gd GPs who are into natural therapies too, are far and few between. Unfortunately for my dear sweet Mum, I could not do a lot for her poor heart (x2 bypass surgeries later years ago, and a lot of damage to the heart muscle itself) she was 86 when she passed, a few mths ago :(
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        • Denise C (Qld)
          No experience whatsoever.
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          • APB
            Tell us more Missy...
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            • Dada WA
              Is St john's Wort a herb? I have had a little success with it but I always called it a plant. There are claims for another plant to work wonders - canibis
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              • Missy Wyld
                Yes it is a herb. herbs are plants. CBD (cannabis) oil works wonders esp for autistic kids.
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              • Dada WAMissy Wyld
                So really you are including plants? that opens a whole new box. many main line medicines are derived from plants. The best supplement I take is fish oil - it seems to work wonders for me.
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              • Missy WyldDada WA
                fish oil comes from fish not a plant lol any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavouring, food, medicine, or perfume. eg "bundles of dried herbs"In botany, the term herb refers to a herbaceous plant, defined as a small, seed-bearing plant without a woody stem in which all aerial parts (i.e. above ground) die back to the ground at the end of each growing season. All herbs are plants, but all plants are not herbs :P
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              • Missy Wyld
                There has been A LOT of studies done with cannabis oil. A lot of positive results.
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              • Dada WAMissy Wyld
                I agree and studies using fish oil are mostly positive. Good source of omega 3. so there are other alternatives to herbs.
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              • Missy WyldDada WA
                yes I take it too.
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              • Dada WAMissy Wyld
                I've passed 80 eating mostly anything that I like. Reasonable balanced diet, a few vits that doc recommended and some necessary medications I have been prescribed over the years. Tried a few fad diets as we all have with no success. So I'm pretty happy with where I am. Probably my favourite is fresh fish cooked the day I buy it (Day after landed) Cheers all
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              • Missy WyldDada WA
                well you are indeed blessed. We are all not so fortunate. xx
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            • Dada WA
              A few may help in small ways but seeing a doctor is important. If a doctor recommends herbs or alternate treatments then I will take their advice. Taking a couple of his recommendations already. As for being the "only way" then that's just not true. They probably have some value but that's all. There are so many medicines, vitimins and other treatments that can be used. I use herbs in cooking for flavour but have not seen any evidence good or bad on my health but that does not mean there isn't.
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              • Missy Wyld
                For me, seeing a GP doctor is very overrated, if you have the knowledge to look after yourself. I only go there if I need a certificate for work. You are but a number to them, many don't keep up with new studies treatments etc, and are only interested in how many they can book into their clinics in a day, and how quickly they can get you out of their room once you are in there! But alas baby boomers and above were taught doc knows everything and to trust them. Sorry they are in the pockets of big pharma.
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            • boy blunder
              is hops a herb ,i know its a plant
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              • Missy Wyld
                Humulus lupulus yes its a herb.
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              • Dada WA
                Missy will agree hops is a herb as herbs are plants.
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              • Dada WA
                get into that beer Robert
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              • Missy Wyld
                Hops is a very good medical plant. For anxiety, insomnia and other sleep disorders, restlessness, tension, excitability, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), nervousness, and irritability. Not sure how great it is once turned into beer however :( sorry.
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              • boy blunderMissy Wyld
                actually not a beer drinker just wondered
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            • Chosen
              I'll stick to the Doctors and Specialists advice and recomendations thank you.
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              • Missy Wyld
                thank you, always ur call.
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              • ChosenMissy Wyld
                Yeah each to their own but I guess there must be something relevant re a herb forming a bases of a medicine (of which there are many) but how many herbs are and can be significant in their own right I am not at all sure.
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