As I was growing up, i can remember my mother rushing me to the Dr. every time I had a cold or a fever to learn what in the world was wrong.  I, as everyone, was givein a prescription of sorts with combined directions on how to take it and for how long in order to get better.  Most of the time, I could not stand to take the medicine because it meant swallowing a pill; which I still do not like to do.   The other point being, the Dr. stuck me with a needle, which not only hurt, but in reality scared the dickens out of me.  A long shiny thing coming towards me and then jammed into various parts of my body was just scary and today still is.  I do not know what transpired which I am unable to remember, but even today, I do not like to get shots.  Even at that young age, I knew there just had to be another way. 

Upon growing older, I began to study ways of healing without having to go to the Dr, take in the antiseptic smell of the office, risk getting more ill than I already was - from someone elses germs in there----and in the process found a way which has kept me out of a Dr office for many years now.  Thank God for that!!

Through my years of learning how to stay healthy without suffering through the swallowing of pills, or having to be stuck with a needle, I have managed to remain remarkably healthy...all because I learned what natural things to put into my body instead of all the chemical preparations most use and more likely are made to take due to various illness they have contracted through various sources.

It all boils down to how healthy you keep your immune system. Ahh! Noone likes to hear about it, yet if it is unhealthy, your physical and mental state will deteriorate rapidly. I learned first off, that most of the spices which I keep on hand for cooking actually have medicinal properties...which for the life of me, I never in a million years would have thought that a simple preparation of cinnamon and honey in an appropriate measure would have helped my arthritis. But I am here to tell you that it did. I am pain free without the chemical compounds, residual effects, of a pill which would have been prescribed by my Dr. In fact, I quit seeing the Dr. because I do not like the side effects of the medicine and found a cure for my pain, inflammation and everything in my spice cabinet and in the ingestion of local honey to boot.

Spices and herbs have been used for years too many to count, dating back to the stone age, the Biblical Exodus and even stated by God in the Bible as He has given us all the herbs of the earth to use for our healing......yet so many are becoming more ill due to the chemical compounds we are given by the Dr nowadays. Every ad you see on tv is fraught with warnings about this side effect and that side effect....people are misdiagnosed and come up with yet further symptoms which are worse than the ones they had to begin with. I am sorry, this makes me very sad when I know all things are able to be healed by the herbs growing in the ground and even the barks on the trees without harmful side effects. The trick in using these herbs however is to know which ones are safe for use under what conditions --- some herbs are unsafe for women who are pregnant because they will cause contractions of the uterus and cause an untimely birth or even a miscarriage....so please be careful when and how you use them. They are very powerful, yet the most gentile way to keep yourself healthy.

Most herbal preparations, whether they be in a tea, a tincture, a compress, do not have side effects if taken in the proper manner for the correct thing. It took me a long time to assimilate the knowledge I have to know how to stay as healthy as I am fortunate enough to be. But I will guarantee this, my immune system is strong, my mind is alert - I was actually diagnosed with degenerative arthritis a few years back and after suffering through the pain of a long needle filled with cortisone to kill the pain, I never went back to the Dr. I suffer no pain and discovered that it was an inherited thing.....but the effects have been arrested by simple herbs, not painkillers and chemicals. I have a devoted blog and website which teaches people about different ways to use the things you keep in your home all the time to go about the healing process - without chemical compounds. Not only am I healthy, but I have no agrivated bills from the Dr office to weigh my finances down.

I do not suggest to anyone reading this hub that they immediately stop taking the medicine their Dr has prescribed, only to do some research on the natural herbs to possibly find a better way to maintain your health other than taking chemical compounds-and to integrate these things into your life today if at all possible. Do your due diligence and research as I have to find for yourself a more natural way to stay healthy!