Gold star on the forehead for ShadowMan!!Amazon review DONE!!
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No worries here. More than glad to pay full price. Just picked mine up from the post office.FYI. I still don't understand how the Amazon publishing world works, but for some reason, Amazon just put Armageddon Pharmacy on sale--20% off.
When I was in school many moons ago, the pre-med students all said they were going into medicine because they wanted to "help" people. Of course, most were far more interested in making money. And that's why they just prescribe Big Pharma's pills. And it's because they've sold their practices to the big corporations and are now just employees doing what their bosses tell them to do. The ones who truly want to help people use allopathic and natural medicine and nutrition and behavioral changes to help their patients.Books arrived today. A couple days early, actually. We got 2 copies of the herbal book and a paperback of the bandages book (already have the Kindle version but these books are worth getting the printed versions for the library).
The 2nd copy of the herbal book is for our granddaughter who just graduated from pre-med and concurrently received her 2nd Lt. officer's commission through ROTC. She changed her path from an MD to a DO to specifically be able to learn more about nutrition, herbal remedies and the like instead of just being taught and coerced into prescribing pharmaceuticals.
I bet she wears this book out as she continues her studies in medical school.
This exactly, and having worked in a large private medical school, I know for a fact that Big Pharma is the largest funder to medical schools. They teach pills to the students instead of a solution.When I was in school many moons ago, the pre-med students all said they were going into medicine because they wanted to "help" people. Of course, most were far more interested in making money. And that's why they just prescribe Big Pharma's pills. And it's because they've sold their practices to the big corporations and are now just employees doing what their bosses tell them to do. The ones who truly want to help people use allopathic and natural medicine and nutrition and behavioral changes to help their patients.
Wow, that last sentence sounds more like it belongs in a fairy tale now.
My gr gr gr grandfather owned the only hotel in his county (parish) in the 1850s through 1880s.When I was in school many moons ago, the pre-med students all said they were going into medicine because they wanted to "help" people. Of course, most were far more interested in making money. And that's why they just prescribe Big Pharma's pills. And it's because they've sold their practices to the big corporations and are now just employees doing what their bosses tell them to do. The ones who truly want to help people use allopathic and natural medicine and nutrition and behavioral changes to help their patients.
Wow, that last sentence sounds more like it belongs in a fairy tale now.
Sorry, Barry, I didn't see your question until just now.My book arrived late yesterday, so I have not had time to read it yet.
But I have a question for you, School Marm.
Living in the southeast where Kudzu is King - I made time a few minutes ago to find any references you might have regarding kudzu. I mean, there has GOT to be SOMETHING good about the plant that has swallowed up half of west Tennessee, right?
Your only reference to kudzu was on page 112, where you said it has properties similar to arrowroot.
Then you went on to talk about the use of arrowroot POWDER.
My question is this: My home is surrounded by kudzu plants. Living plants. Invasive living plants. There is no shortage of kudzu in these parts. (We wish there was.)
Can you make a powder out of leaves from the living vines or leaves?
Like I said, I have not read the book yet. I am up early to water the garden and feed the chickens early, before it gets too hot. So forgive me for asking this question, but…
Do you give directions for turning living plants into powders?
Have you ever read The American Plague by Molly Caldwell Crosby? While it focuses on Memphis or Nashville (can't remember which) during the yellow fever epidemic in 1878, it might help you understand more about what your grandfather experienced as he treated patients. It's really well written--kind of a page-turner.My gr gr gr grandfather owned the only hotel in his county (parish) in the 1850s through 1880s.
It had a bathtub at a time when bathtubs were not frequently found anywhere.
He was also a doctor who practiced medicine using the Thompson method, which - if I understand it correctly - is somebody who uses herbs and cleanliness to fight disease.
When the big Yellow Fever epidemic hit the Louisiana bayou country in 1878, my gr gr gr grandfather was credited with saving alot of lives. More than any other doctor in that part of Louisiana, according to the front page of the local paper in 1880. He used the Thompson method of medicine, but also, his success might have been because he had his patients take a bath daily, according to the 1880 news article. (People did not take daily baths back in those days.)
I learned that when I went back and read the local newspaper. The 1880 article in that paper thanked my gr gr gr grandfather for saving so many lives.
The school my gr gr gr grandfather studied at was closed by the Rothchild machine in the early 1900s.
This, of course, is true. But... too many patients have no interest in ANYthing thar requires them to change their preferred lifestyle. They want a fast fix, and it better not interfere with their lives! Heck, some earlier antibiotics fell out of favor (even though they were effective and relatively safe) simply because they required 3-4x daily dosing, and too many people "forgot" to take every dose!When I was in school many moons ago, the pre-med students all said they were going into medicine because they wanted to "help" people. Of course, most were far more interested in making money. And that's why they just prescribe Big Pharma's pills. And it's because they've sold their practices to the big corporations and are now just employees doing what their bosses tell them to do. The ones who truly want to help people use allopathic and natural medicine and nutrition and behavioral changes to help their patients.
Wow, that last sentence sounds more like it belongs in a fairy tale now.
Yes, kudzu IS edible, and it is incredible how fast that stuff can grow. It can grow over a car or even a house that has the unfortunate luck of lying inside its running path in a matter of just days.Sorry, Barry, I didn't see your question until just now.
You're going to think I'm ridiculous, but I've sometimes wished that I had kudzu growing here. Aren't they edible?
I've never researched kudzu because, as I have stated on the blog and in the books, this whole writing adventure started as putting my brain on paper for my children. It was never supposed to develop into this. Anyway, kudzu doesn't grow anywhere around here, so there was never a need for us.
To answer your question, yes, there is information on turning plants into powders. It's really pretty basic. Cut the plant. Wash it. Dry it. Put it in the dehydrator at about 90 degrees until it is crispy-dry. Powder it in a blender. Vacuum seal in a canning jar. Store in the dark.
No,I never heard of the book.Have you ever read The American Plague by Molly Caldwell Crosby? While it focuses on Memphis or Nashville (can't remember which) during the yellow fever epidemic in 1878, it might help you understand more about what your grandfather experienced as he treated patients. It's really well written--kind of a page-turner.
When I was in school many moons ago, the pre-med students all said they were going into medicine because they wanted to "help" people. Of course, most were far more interested in making money. And that's why they just prescribe Big Pharma's pills. And it's because they've sold their practices to the big corporations and are now just employees doing what their bosses tell them to do. The ones who truly want to help people use allopathic and natural medicine and nutrition and behavioral changes to help their patients.
Wow, that last sentence sounds more like it belongs in a fairy tale now.
Totally agree. Gotta get back to work, or play, or get the kids back in school or daycare ASAP. And so many took the jab so they could go back to "normal."This, of course, is true. But... too many patients have no interest in ANYthing thar requires them to change their preferred lifestyle. They want a fast fix, and it better not interfere with their lives! Heck, some earlier antibiotics fell out of favor (even though they were effective and relatively safe) simply because they required 3-4x daily dosing, and too many people "forgot" to take every dose!
Type 2 Diabetes is a disease that is *mostly* lifestyle related. Not 100%...some people just lose the genetic lottery, or have something attack their pancreas, but the vast majority could get off all meds just by modifying their diet and getting more exercise. But apparently, they'd rather end up in a wheelchair due to neuropathy and circulation issues, getting toes and more amputated, than cut out the sweets and refined carbs.
Our doctors always express shock when they find we actually DO the therapy.
Summerthyme
Yeah, it's taken us a long time to get to this point. The camel got his nose under the tent with Rockefeller over a hundred years ago, and he's been making slow and steady progress since then. DH couldn't/wouldn't ever consider becoming self-employed because being T1D was too expensive without the benefit of good insurance working for a large corporation. Whenever job-hunting, the insurance coverage was the first thing he looked at.Many guard rails have been placed around "Medicine" to channel Doctors to that end state.
Regulation, "Standards of Care", Taxation, Insurance (both Liability and Health), Laws, as well as Lawyers circling like sharks just hoping for an opportunity to file a suit and win the Legal Lottery.
This leads, I think, to a type of conditioning of the Practitioners. What they can or can't do, when they can or can't do it.
There are still some outs, such as off-label prescriptions, but it's getting harder and under greater and greater scrutiny.
And for many, the UN-dischargeable student loans waiting to crush them should they stray too far from the path.