So, You're Going to an Herbalist
Natural Approaches to Asthma
My Unique Approach To Lyme Disease
The Science of Vibrational Healing
No Deer, Not Tonight
Herbal Detox Program
Sage:  More Than Just Poultry Stuffing
The Ginger Bath: A Relaxing Stimulant

Kitchen First Aid: Foods to Heal & Soothe Your Little Ones

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Summer Woes
Bugs: The Natural Way To Keep Them At Bay
The Secret to Healthy, Radiant Skin
Uncommon Uses of Common Kitchen Herbs
Taking Charge Of Your Family’s Wellness…Naturally
Protect Yourself While Traveling…Naturally!

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My Unique Approach To Lyme Disease

The conventional medical approach is to treat the Lyme disease with antibiotics. When a child or adult is quickly treated with an appropriate antibiotic, the result is usually a swift and positive healing.  However, if the person does not recover with the first round of antibiotic, additional rounds are routinely prescribed, often leading to “antibiotic cocktails.”  Long-term antibiotic therapy can result in an imbalance of micro-organisms in the intestinal tract and deplete the functioning of the immune system, making the body more susceptible to other illnesses.  Consider taking the best of both conventional and holistic medical practices by integrating natural remedies with antibiotic therapy.  They can help keep the body strong while the antibiotic does its job.

Researchers still puzzled

In many cases of chronic Lyme, medical researchers cannot understand why symptoms persist when intensive testing fails to reveal signs of the Lyme bacteria in blood or spinal fluid. In a New York Times article, they reportedly account for these symptoms by assuming that Lyme has led to autoimmune dysfunction without considering that the tick may have passed more than just bacteria into its human host.  In my client population, I have found the majority of long-term Lyme cases complicated by viral co-infections.

Common scenario of infection 

A common scenario is for a tick to feed upon a dog, picking up a strain of parvo virus; feed upon a mouse, picking up a strain of hanta virus; feed upon a deer, picking up the spirochete, and then feeding upon the human passing a spirochete piggybacked by viruses. Doctors are now discovering bartonella bacteria piggybacking the spirochete.  Bartonella is cat scratch fever - likely picked up by the tick feeding on a cat.  If the tick can pick up a bacteria from a cat, why not viruses from dogs and mice?  It is also possible for the tick to pass neuroviruses picked up from other wildlife and pass them into the central nervous system of the human host.

The integrated approach

When my son had Lyme disease, blood tests confirmed that it was accompanied by the virulent bacteria, ehrlichiosis, and his doctor immediately put him on an antibiotic.  Of course, I gave him probiotics and echinacea as described below. However, since antibiotics do not treat viruses, rather than waiting to see if one round of antibiotics would bring him to total recovery, I tested him for viruses, using kinesiology.  I gave him natural remedies that specifically addressed the particular strains of virus that commonly piggyback the spirochete and for which he tested positively.  When children and adults do not fully and quickly recover with a round of antibiotics, it may be because viruses are also involved.  They do, however, respond to natural remedies designed to address the specific viruses and can be given along with antibiotics - without interfering with each other. 

If your Lyme disease is not responding well to the antibiotics alone, or you have been suffering with chronic Lyme disease, in spite of long-term antibiotic therapy, you may wish to consult with a health practitioner who is familiar with the viruses that are known to attach themselves to the ticks that transfer this disease.

Increasing good bacteria

Friendly bacteria and yeast micro-organisms live harmoniously in the intestinal tract.  The antibiotic does not differentiate between beneficial and harmful bacteria and, in its quest to go after the “bad guys”, may deplete the “good guys” located in the intestinal tract. When the level of good bacteria is depleted, yeast, regularly kept in check by the “good guys”, has an opportunity to grow out of control.  Yeast overgrowth can cause a variety of symptoms such as bloating, gas, itching, sugar cravings, brain fog, mouth sores, headaches, weight gain, mood swings, depression, and extreme fatigue.

Acidophilus and other probiotic, active bacterial cultures in yogurt (plain yogurt without added sugar, as sugar feeds yeast) help to bring balance to the intestinal flora by repopulating the area with good bacteria.  Probiotics are available in capsules, liquid and tablet form, and are best taken three times a day, one hour before or after the dose of antibiotic, and continuing for at least three weeks, three times a day, following the antibiotic therapy.   Making the last dose of the day right before bedtime helps the good bacteria have a chance to grow unimpeded overnight.                                                                                                    

Immune support                                                                                         

Echinacea, known to gardeners as the purple coneflower, is a popular, non-toxic herb easily found in health food stores.  It helps to support an immune system which can become depleted by antibiotic use. Although it is available in tea and capsule form, the liquid alcohol extract of echinacea is the most potent and effective form of the herb, safe for adults and children alike (except for those with autoimmune disease).  One teaspoon, diluted in a little bit of water or juice, taken three times a day, can accompany the antibiotic therapy (see my book, Gentle Healing for Baby and Child (Simon & Schuster), for dosing instructions for children).  To further strengthen the immune system, continue taking the echinacea for a few weeks after the antibiotic is finished.  Cycling it for 10 days on and 4 days off will keep your body from becoming resistant to its benefits and give you an additional immune-stimulating boost each time you go back on it.  People often feel weakened coming off an extended therapy of antibiotics.  Supporting the body’s immune system will help them to feel stronger when the therapy is finished.                                                                                        

Reducing sugar intake

Bacteria and viruses feed on sugar so it would be a good idea to reduce sugar intake. Desserts should be limited to low sugar fruits like strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.  Keep in mind that many fresh and dried fruits, and fruit juice, like banana, raisins and apple juice have a high sugar content. This would be a good time to eliminate junk foods and eat health promoting foods like pesticide-free vegetables, antibiotic-free chicken, fish, grains, organic eggs, and nuts, so as not to pose any additional challenges to the body.  Check with your local health food stores and organic produce departments in supermarkets for the best choices.

Protection against tick bites

The safe, natural way to prevent tick bites is with the essential oil of eucalyptus, found at the health food store.  The strong but pleasant smell seems to effectively repel the ticks.  There are three ways to use this aromatic oil.

1.    In a spray bottle, add 16oz water to 1oz eucalyptus oil.  Spray on the skin before an outdoor activity, like gardening.  The bottled mixture remains potent for many months.

2.    For longer protection, such as a hike in the woods, mix 10 drops eucalyptus into ½ ounce almond or sunflower seed oil and apply to skin and clothing.  A larger amount can be pre-mixed for a camping trip or for sending off with a child to summer camp.

3.    Protect your dogs and cats from ticks and you will also be protecting yourself!  Some people never touch a blade of grass yet get Lyme disease and wonder why.  Your pet may be transporting the ticks into the house.  Dip a thin rope into the eucalyptus oil and wrap in a bandana.  Tie the bandana around your pet’s neck, refreshing the rope twice a week.  Your pet will look fashionable and be protected at the same time!  It is best not to tie the eucalyptus rope directly onto your pet’s skin as it may cause irritation.  The spray bottle of eucalyptus and water may also be used to spray your pet’s coat before an outdoor romp in the grass or in the woods.

Choosing the pleasures of country life over city life means we must learn to cohabit with nature harmoniously.  The fewer chemicals we use internally and externally will mean safer groundwater and air, healthier bodies, and a reverence for life around us.

                                               - Andrea Candee, MH, MSC

Feel free to contact me if you would like to further discuss my unique approach to chronic Lyme disease.

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The Science of Vibrational Healing

In the history of natural healing, first there were herbs, then came homeopathy and now there are vibrational formulas.  All work well when you have knowledge of how to apply them.

Vibrational healing is a blending of research in the fields of microbiology and alternative medicine.  Using the large body of science on pathogens and their effects on the body, plus the principles of homeopathy, vibrational formulas are a uniquely effective means to completely eliminate diseases.

Many of the formulas are based on miasms, the weaknesses in our bodies inherited from the illnesses of our ancestors.  Miasms are the basis of all chronic diseases and appear in electrical form on the DNA.  When a remedy is based on a miasm, there are a series of realizations and benefits that can occur. If, for example, 12 bottles are needed of a particular formula, the first third of the bottles yields benefits in the physical body.  In the second third, we start to add the mental/emotional value when we begin to recognize patterns that need changing.  In the third part, we perceive issues from a more spiritual perspective. In very individualistic ways we put the patterns and lessons together by the end of the 12 bottles.  You need the full 12 or so bottles of the remedy to get the full physical result, the full mental result and the full spiritual result because they are all connected in the harmonic hologram of the body. 

Whereas chronic diseases are defined as growing steadily worse almost no matter what is done, the science of vibrational healing disproves the definition and, for most people, can completely reverse disease for the rest of their lives.

Vibrational formulas are well-known as incapable of harming a person.  It is true they may sometimes help a person heal faster than is comfortable, but that is easily compensated for by taking less of the remedy for a while. There is a finite time period to reverse the cause of the disease and then the remedies are no longer needed.  Upon completion, when the offending miasms are nullified, the body starts to reconstruct itself.  In most instances, the body part(s) affected start getting better and fully heal.  There are no toxic materials or dangerous side effects – just electrical frequencies, water and alcohol (to hold the vibration).

Notable success has been achieved with allergies, asthma, chronic fatigue syndromes, candida, colitis, Crohn’s, diabetes, diverticulitis, emphysema, eczema, genital herpes, gluten intolerance, heart diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, leukemias (multiple forms), leaky gut, Lyme disease, lupus, migraines, teeth and gum issues, psoriasis, scoliosis, and much more.

The use of vibrational formulas has allowed discoveries unheard of in current science: a virus proved to be the basis of most all phobias, compulsions, obsessions.  One new virus family is proving to be the basis for excessive weight with protocols now under development.

With thousands of people healed in over a dozen countries, the word is slowly spreading.  One woman took the remedies for osteoporosis 4 years ago.  Subsequently, she had an auto accident where she was thrown out of the car and its full weight pinned both her legs for 45 minutes.  At the hospital, the x-ray technician became very excited when the x-rays showed that not only were the legs not shattered, they weren’t even broken.  She brought everybody who knew how to read x-rays into the viewing room to see what they had never seen before from such a severe accident.  The program of remedies the woman had previously completed had helped the bones to not only repair the osteoporosis, but to strongly rebuild themselves.

This is a relatively new approach to healing built on solid systems of the past.  It may take longer but it builds a stronger body.  It may cost more for a short time, but you won’t need maintenance drugs to stay better.  The remedies are designed to get in, get the job finished and then let your body function as it was originally designed to work and to rebuild itself.       Our non-invasive methods of analysis find more issues than you knew were brewing.  We believe each person is an individual and design our programs that way.