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Our native plants are stressed and overworked. Having outsiders drop in has created more stress and lessened the native’s natural resources. Logging, mining, and land development have displaced native species and encouraged the uninvited plant species to not only come to visit, but to stay as permanent residents in native plants’ homeland.

The discord between medical doctors and herbalists for the past 3000 years is entangled with issues of religion, money, power, and ignorance. Since medical practitioners seem to have ‘the law’ on their side, this discourse has created numerous legal problems for those who practice alternative healing.

Poison Ivy is the single most common cause of allergic reactions in the United States. Each year 10 to 50 million Americans develop an allergic rash after contact with these poisonous plants. About 85 percent of all people will develop an allergic reaction when adequately  exposed to Poison Ivy. You weren’t born with a sensitivity to Poison Ivy.  Sensitivity develops after the first direct skin contact with the oil urushiol. 

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When people first hear of flower essences, they often think of aromatherapy, which uses fragrant essential oils from flowers. But flower remedies are different from aromatherapy.

West Nile fever is a mild viral illness transmitted by mosquitoes that cause fever, rashes and muscle and joint aches. Treatment includes re-hydration and full and rapid recovery is expected. A second exposure to the disease can result in Dengue hemorrhagic fever, a more serious illness. Re-hydration is necessary if dehydration is evident. The high fever can be treated with yarrow tea (avoid willow and other herbs containing salicins). Full recovery is expected with Dengue hemorrhagic fever. Complications include high fever, convulsions and severe dehydration. West Nile Virus is very similar, but not as serious as, St. Louis encephalitis.

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While we all have personal reasons for pursuing knowledge of the medicinal power of plants, there are certain things which remain the focus of our interest. With spring rapidly approaching, I feel that this is a good time to reiterate that focus.

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Current unclassified information reveals that, despite the 1972 Geneva Biological Weapons Convention, at least seventeen countries are known or suspected to have biological weapons programs. Terrorist use of biological weapons could kill many people to create an unparalleled medical, political, and social crisis. Despite the fact that biological weapons have never been used against the United States, we must look beyond ‘duct tape’ and prepare for a new age of terrorism.