Healing Wise

Apple Cider Vinegar

Hi Susun,

I've been drinking a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar every day in a glass of water, which I love to drink as it's refreshing and has helped me lose weight and gives me energy.  The question I have is I've been seeing reports that apple cider vinegar is bad for you because it depletes calcium in the bones.  I was wondering if you have any thoughts on this.

Apple cider vinegar will leach the calcium from bones if you place the bones directly into the vinegar, but not from consuming the vinegar….do continue your protocol if it feels good to you….apple cider vinegar has been a wonderful food for many many moons….make your vinegar even better by adding herbs…

http://www.susunweed.com/Article_Herbal_Vinegar.htm

love,

Justine

You can get your health questions answered by Susun on blogtalkradio, Tuesday nights 7:30-9:30 pm EST. Call in with your questions 1-646-929-2463. Visit the link for more info: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susunweed. You can also join the free women's health forum where hundreds of wise woman can help you. Sign up for the free herbal healing ezine, filled with wise woman wit and wisdom. Visit the Wise Woman Bookshop for online university, gift shop, bookshop, digital downloads, and more. Go to www.susunweed.com for a complete list of offerings including radio show and free videos.

Whooping Cough

Just found out half C.'s class is out - including the teacher! - with whooping cough. She's been vaccinated but turns out so have some of these kids. Anyway, I'm giving her echinacea tincture every day to try and boost her immune system a bit further - and us too - but do you think there's anything else I can be doing to help protect her/us?

Whooping cough is a bacterial infection, so plenty of rest, good nutrition, low stress environment, washing hands frequently, not touching eyes with hands, plenty of nourishing herbal infusion, and lots of fun…here is an excellent article by Susun for you: http://www.susunweed.com/herbal_ezine/june03/herbalmedicine.htm

 Love,

Justine

You can get your health questions answered by Susun on blogtalkradio, Tuesday nights 7:30-9:30 pm EST. Call in with your questions 1-646-929-2463. Visit the link for more info: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susunweed. You can also join the free women's health forum where hundreds of wise woman can help you. Sign up for the free herbal healing ezine, filled with wise woman wit and wisdom. Visit the Wise Woman Bookshop for online university, gift shop, bookshop, digital downloads, and more. Go to www.susunweed.com for a complete list of offerings including radio show and free videos.

 

Nutrition the Wise Woman Way

Hi,

I'm curious about Susun's perspective of the blood type diet. It is confusing because I'm a B blood type and the guide says that they don't generally benefit from herbal teas, with a few exceptions. As "unbeneficial" they list Red Clover and of course they leave out so many available herbs. What do you think about the testing of the blood type in general and the beneficial nutirition of herbal infusions?

 

I'm so tired of being confused and I have a fairly narrow field of resources I select from ...

Hello,

No doubt it is confusing trying to navigate all the different approaches to health and diet - blood type diet, low-carb, macrobiotic, raw food, juicing, fasting.... and on and on. These types of specialized diets have been around through the ages. I can tell you that Susun follows The Nourishing Traditions diet put forth by Weston A. Price. The emphasis is on whole unprocessed foods, full-fat dairy, fermented foods, whole grains with vegetables and some meat. This diet along with daily use of herbal infusions is the foundation for her approach to health and diet. This is a simple way of eating as close to the source as you can without following complicated lists of do's and don't's. I can't say that I am familiar with all the guidelines put forth by the blood type diet, but one that is telling you to avoid most healing herbs is not in line with the Wise Woman Tradition. 

Susun is a firm believer in the nutritional value of herbal infusions as a way to maintain health and help supply your body with all of the needed vitamins and minerals. And you need to understand that when it comes to using herbs in this manner - as a powerful supplier of these minerals and vitamins, you do need to do infusions. Teas won't be beneficial as you are talking about a very small amount of herb that is usually steeped for 10 minutes. Here is a further breakdown of what you will find in these infusions:

http://medherb.com/Materia_Medica/The_Mineral_Content_of_Herbal_Decoctions_.htm

Certainly, we are not a one size fits all and there are times when people do need more specialized diets. You have to decide what works for you. That is also part of the Wise Woman Tradition - listening to your body's intuition. If you are following this diet, how do you feel? How were you eating before? Any diet that has caused you to cut out processed foods, white flour, white sugar, etc. will most likely be beneficial to you, but I certainly wouldn't agree with avoiding herbs. Herbs has been something that humans have used since the dawn of time for health and healing; in fact, that was all we had for ages as our medicine - so I certainly do believe that they are beneficial, no matter your blood type.

blessings,

Kim

Wise Woman Team

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You can get your health questions answered by Susun on blogtalkradio, Tuesday nights 7:30-9:30 pm EST. Call in with your questions 1-646-929-2463. Visit the link for more info: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susunweed. You can also join the free women's health forum where hundreds of wise woman can help you. Sign up for the free herbal healing ezine, filled with wise woman wit and wisdom. Visit the Wise Woman Bookshop for online university, gift shop, bookshop, digital downloads, and more. Go to www.susunweed.com for a complete list of offerings including radio show and free videos.

Herbal Skin Care

Hello Ms. Weed,

...I am currently in the process of trying to make my skincare business all natural and organic: I am very interested in making my own products such as cleansers, masks, oils, etc.

...I was wondering if you could offer some advice on which of your classes would benefit me in my endeavor. Also which of your books would benefit me the most as far as finding recipies for skincare.

I am very interested in meeting you and attending your classes so any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much for your time...

Hello,

I would say that Susun's focus is on establishing a relationship with the plants and herbs. Her approach is a shamanic one where you apply your intuition in learning about the plants. With incorporating plants for any use, it is always important to have a firm foundation on which to build and this is mainly what Susun supplies. I do not know how much experience you have with herbs but, of course, the learning is all entwined together. For that reason I do feel that any of Susun's upcoming workshop would be helpful in your endeavors.

Her book Healing Wise does contain some recipes for skincare and if I were you, I would perhaps check out these upcoming workshops first, such as: May 23: Hands-on First Aid with Susun Weed; June 27: Talking with Plants with Susun Weed; Sept 18: Sensual and Scented with Susun Weed.

We will be putting up the schedule online shortly, so it would be good to periodically check here for any changes, additions, etc: http://www.susunweed.com/EventsCalendar.htm

Also I would suggest checking out our forum: http://healingwiseforum.com/ . We have a room devoted to Body/Skin care and you will find numerous resources available. Just let us know if you need any additional information.

 

blessings,

 

Kim

Wise Woman Team

www.wisewomanweb.com

www.wisewomanbookshop.com

www.wisewomanuniversity.org

 

You can get your health questions answered by Susun on blogtalkradio, Tuesday nights 7:30-9:30 pm EST. Call in with your questions 1-646-929-2463. Visit the link for more info: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susunweed. You can also join the free women's health forum where hundreds of wise woman can help you. Sign up for the free herbal healing ezine, filled with wise woman wit and wisdom. Visit the Wise Woman Bookshop for online university, gift shop, bookshop, digital downloads, and more. Go to www.susunweed.com for a complete list of offerings including radio show and free videos.

Safe or Toxic Yarrow?

Hi there - love your Healing Wise book! 

I have an abundance of yarrow achillea coronation gold in my garden this year. Can I use this in the same way as wild yarrow - i.e. as tea and medicinally please?

Greetings,

The only yarrow Susun uses is the wild species that has the white flowers - no medicinal uses for the colored yarrows and they can be toxic. Many thanks for writing. Just let us know if you need any further assistance.

 

Blessings,

 

Kim

Wise Woman Team

www.wisewomanweb.com

www.wisewomanuniversity.org

www.wisewomanbookshop.com

 

You can get your health questions answered by Susun on blogtalkradio, Tuesday nights 7:30-9:30 pm EST. Call in with your questions 1-646-929-2463. Visit the link for more info: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susunweed. You can also join the free women's health forum where hundreds of wise woman can help you. Sign up for the free herbal healing ezine, filled with wise woman wit and wisdom. Visit the Wise Woman Bookshop for online university, gift shop, bookshop, digital downloads, and more. Go to www.susunweed.com for a complete list of offerings including radio show and free videos.