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As times get financially tougher, and societal aspects are troubling and hard to predict, there is some encouraging, proactive news for diabetics and their families. The Wilen sisters, Joan and Lydia, have been trained in herbalism and folklore remedies their whole lives, and their appearances in the national media are really informative and show successful strategies.
All of the tactics described in their new book are approved by physicians and have often been scientifically studied for the operative mechanisms. This is a way for you to become less dependent on Big Pharma.
___ As a testimonial from Dr. Al Sears, MD, he states:
“I found out about the Wilen Sisters through their publisher. He knew about my own research into food cures and passed along their amazing story. I have to say I’m impressed. Their winning strategies are simple and practical. And they work.“
“Here’s one you can try right now. It’s the “gin-soaked raisin cure” for ARTHRITIS.
- 1 lb golden raisins (preferably organic!)
- Gin (approximately 1 pint)
- Glass bowl (Pyrex or glass is good – but crystal is bad)
- Glass jar with lid (same caveats as above)
Spread the golden raisins evenly on the bottom of the glass bowl and pour enough gin over them to completely cover. Let them stay that way until all the gin is absorbed. Cover them with a piece of cheese-cloth. Occasionally stir the mixture to make sure all the raisins are covered. It may take 5 to 7 days.”
“When the gin is absorbed, transfer the raisins to the jar, put the lid on and keep it closed. Do not refrigerate.”.
“Dosage: Each day, eat nine raisins – exactly and only nine raisins a day.”
Dr. Sears continues: “In case you’re wondering, there’s almost no alcohol in the raisins by the time you start eating them. A pharmacologist who tested the remedy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, confirmed this.”
He says: “The Wilen Sisters demonstrate the raisin remedy on TV and get great feedback. One lady who tried it had constant pain and no mobility in her neck. Two weeks after trying the gin-soaked raisins she wrote a letter to the sisters reporting “no pain with complete mobility.”
Em: Please let me know your results.
___ All the Wilen sisters’ remedies use ingredients readily available in most kitchens, supermarkets or health-food stores. Of course, always check with your doctor before taking any dietary supplement or herb, if you use prescription or over-the-counter medicines regularly, to make sure there are no interactions.
___ To help with INFLUENZA: Many different cultures recommend treating a cold with a combination of 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar and 1/4 cup honey! For decades, apple cider vinegar and warm water has been a well-known gargle! Yes, from the Caribbean to Austria, warm water with lemon juice, honey and cayenne is sipped as a detoxification as part of the “Master Cleanser” protocol, and it’s an alkalizing method used by sufferers of colds and flus.
So, how to do this — at the first sign of a sore or scratchy throat, mix 2 teaspoons organic apple cider vinegar in 6 – 8 fluid ounces of warm water (preferably spring water). Take a mouthful, gargle with it for a minute and then spit it out. Next, swallow a mouthful of the mix. Repeat this gargle // swallow pattern until there’s nothing left in the glass. Do this every hour until your throat is feeling better. The sisters say they usually feel better within 2 – 3 hours.
Em says: Only use Bragg’s Organic apple cider vinegar (or Spectrum’s) and only the versions which contain the enzymatic “mother of vinegar” (it will say this on the label). For people over 3 years of age, use raw, organic honey, but NO honey should be given to children under 3 years old due to all honey contains the potential to harbor botulinum spores. But our immune systems can handle the botulism spores, in the minute quantities which may appear in honey, after we are 3 years old and if we are basically healthy people. Cooking honey (as all processed honeys are) does not kill the spores; that’s why I say ‘no honey under 3 years old’.
Em also says: Do not use this treatment before you need it, as the mouth bacteria are part of immunity, too. As well as harboring harmful bacteria, a process with good bacteria takes place at the back of your tongue whereby the beneficial mouth bacteria manufacture nitric oxide. This is needed to help your heart, and dilate blood vessels. So, good dental health is important, but you also want to keep natural populations of friendly bacteria alive in your mouth.
___ STOP BLEEDING – Famed American herbalist Dr. Christopher also tried to tell people to always have a bottle of cayenne with them in their cars, especially. He helped train EMT’s in Utah to carry it to traffic accidents, in their ambulances, for many years before he died.
The Wilen sisters say: A simple first-aid procedure to stop a gash from bleeding is to sprinkle the cut with cayenne pepper. Gently pour on the pepper; it will sting. And, the bleeding will stop quickly.
___ BURNED FINGERTIPS – The Wilen sisters have a unique way of treating minor first-degree burns, where the skin is painful and red but unbroken. It’s using a form of acupressure. Make an earlobe sandwich by placing your thumb on the back side of your earlobe, and the burned fingertips on the front side of the same earlobe. Press firmly and after a minute, the pain is gone!
Em: This may work through the meridian system in a way of making different circuits carrying pain information and also is possibly representative of the mudra hand-positions of Ayurvedic Medicine, which shares them with much more knowledge and many more options.
___ INSOMNIA - Walnuts are rich in serotonin, the brain chemical that calms anxiety allowing us to turn off the daily pressures in order to get a good night’s sleep. So, eat approximately a small handful (one ounce) of raw walnuts about 2 hours before going to bed. It’s important to chew each mouthful thoroughly, until the nut pieces are ground down to liquid.
Em says: try not to eat later at night as it delays your body’s ability to release Human Growth Hormone, at the proper cyclical time, in order to repair your body. Late night snacks impede this. That’s why I modified the instructions to say about 2 hours before sleep and I encourage you to begin your down-time at “normal” hours which allow for 8 hours of night rest.
We are responsible for our own health, ultimately. Most of the world still relies on Nature’s Pharmacy and the hereditary knowledge of each groups’ herbalists and shamans. Western Medicine is great for “emergency, surgical procedures”, but it is lousy and incapable, it seems, of maintaining health and certainly incapable of curing chronic disease. You need to look at other options for cures, and they are possible.
So, the link below which I am giving you to purchase the Wilen sisters’ newest book is from Dr. Al Sears, MD, and it includes a special deal to get more of the Wilen sisters’ books as bonuses. I chose Dr. Sears’ site as I want him to benefit from your purchase and to use the money toward the important ethnobotany research he does to find natural remedies from plants, rather than using man-made pills. I do not receive any monetary reward for sending you there.
REFERENCES:
Dr. Sears, MD tells how the Wilen sisters cure migraines, plus link to order the new book.
Best to all — Em
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