Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL

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I have been asking myself this question :how to combat a flu naturally without a vaccine , as I suffer from allergies, I prefer a NATURAL ALTERNATIVE .I did a little research and I share with you the references which I consulted in case you want to bypass a vacine which might contain mercury or want to consider a second choice/opinion  .I personally beleive in NATUROPATH DOCTORS and ACCUPUNCTURE PHYSICIANS.They use herbs and alternatuves to drugs or vaccines that have sometimes ,dangerous life threatening effects.A recent incidence is the use of PROPOFOL drug by a world famous celebrity -now recalled from the market -had a morbid side effect which is now being investigated .There is a controversy from using vaccines which have mercury used as a preservative.Autism is one of the controversial issues from using vaccines on kids who acquired AUTISM .Also there is the GULF WAR  SYNDROME controversy of vaccinating the troops .More than 200,000 gulf war-I veterans have turned up with some kind of illness-side effects which are offcourse controversial! !Besides, there are the case of those who were immunized earlier ,some time ago, and came up with :GUILLAIN -BARRE SYNDROME .Now there are H1N1vaccine trials to be conducted on some volunteers ,so the  best thing is to wait and see .

HERE ARE SOME OF THE BOOKS I RESEARCHED:

1) Questions and answers about INFLUENZA,BY :Deltia Ricks,MA,MS. ISBN 078-0-7637-4501-1.

2)Natural cures for the common cold , BY:Carol Turkingston.ISBN:0-936197-38-2

3)The germ freak's guide to outwitting COLDS and FLU,BY Allison Janse and Charles Gerba.

Here are a few things which I have learned from my readings :

History of the INFLUENZA pandemic:1918-1919

4o million people parished worldwide is just an estimate as some underdeveloped countries in Africa did not keep records and the death toll was higher than anounced..It started  at a time when the flu is unlikely to spread.Spring time ,in Europe .Was named the Spanish FLU as the information was uncensored started coming from Spain.There are some conspiracy theories inspiring the source might have been BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ."Pulitzer Prize -winning author Katherine Anne Porter , who was a 28 year old newspaper reported in 1918 working at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver , nearly died in the pandemic.She advanced the notion of influenza as a possibe biologicqal weapon in the semiautobiographical 1939 trilogy "PALE HORSE,PALE RIDER:They say that it is really caused by germs brought by the GERMAN ship to Boston"Qoute from*1(Questions and Answers).I highly recommend this book if you want to learn more about the HIS-STORY and HER-STORY of INFLUENZA!.What matters is your own story offcourse!:)

There was a second wave :Fall 1918...and a third wave in 1919.The highest toll came from the second wave !

Influenza strikes fast and hard.Here are the sympoms:

nausea,vomiting,diarrhea,high fevers,body aches especially in the back,chills,eye pain,dry cough,light sensitivity and headache.

Disclaimer:The best thing to do is to consult a  physician or your doctor before anything else to be sure that you are safe and your family too!This article is only meant for sharing information and personal opinion.The writer Is not responsible for the use or misuse of the information here by disclosed,does not  intend to -or incourage the-  use of this information as alternative to health care providers professional help.The reader is solely responsible of any actions taken by their own discretion and should never use the information as to diagnose,prognose,treat any disease.

The local newspaper today reported the death of the third victim of SWINE FLU -or H1N1 or Mexican Flu-in our county .They say it will be worse as the fall season approaches and dry air replaces the humidity that so far keeps a check on the spreading of the flu.A friend of mine was telling me recently that he fell ill from a cold and got over it by JUST using GARLIC TEA INFUSIONS besides bed rest .I checked out the "Natural Cures for the common cold" and it also emphasizes the use of GARLIC in addition to VITAMIN C,ECHNACEA ,ASTRALAGUS,GINGER,CHAMOMILE just to mention a few ..

 I beleive the best protection from any disease is THROUGH PREVENTION .The IMMUNE SYSTEM takes care of SAFEGAURDING our body which heals and cures ITSELF.We need to give our body some help though by doing the RIGHT THING AS WE MAKE CHOICES OF  WHAT TO :EAT ,DRINK.Also our life styles need to be checked out.Rest,sleep,exrecise also make a difference in our health.

ORGANIC Farming and gardening now is taking more of our thoughts , decisions and actions.We are opt to go back to MOTHER EARTH and REDISCOVER our forgotton habits of GROWING OUR OWN.

Schools and crowds gathering places like markets ,malls,gyms etc.. are the best environment for the spread of a flu.We need to fortify our immune system if we make a living by mixing with crowds.Fear is not a solution .Bweing proctive and vigilant and prepared is the best thing to do.I would start by encouraging the creation of ORGANIC HERB GARDENS in our schools,wellness centers,hospitals etc...HERBS have AROMATHERAPUTIC property.THEY PURIFY and CLEANSE the AIR where the flu spreads.

I personally beleive in the following herbs to cleanse,purify and repell not just pests and insects :

SAGE(for smudging)-CUBAN OREGANO-BASIL-ROSEMARY-THYME-ECHANEACEA-LAVENDER-ALOE VERA-MINT-EUCALIPTUS LEAVES/OIL-TEA TREE LEAVES/OIL

Fumigating the home by smudging with SAGE or VAPOR-boiling Eucaliptus LEAVES ,or boiling TEA TREE leaves(MELALUCA) into ..may clear the air.Native  NORTH American INDIANS and Shamans of SOUTH AMERICA do this smudging N/A- or VAPOR BATH S/A - in their PURIFICATION RITES and RITUALS!

Recent flu  victims were young and two of them were pregnant women in their 2o's one died with her baby saved,and another one is in coma at a local hospital , unfortunately her premature born baby died upon delivery.

Building a STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM is the FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE.EATING LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC GREENS helps !

There are a lot of books and information out there , but we do not have so many courageous farmers or gardeners who write or  tell their real life tales (other than what the fox or the dear ate from their farm!) .The earth and its inhabitants could be TRANSFORMED by just going back to the BASIC SIMPLE WAYS of LIVING while keeping the EARTH a LIVING PLANET ,A SAFE HOME....for the LIVING!

TELL YOU TALE and walk humbly and RESPECTFULLY  on earth , for it might be the ashes of your ancestors that you tread on!

I want to share with you a REAL story about one of the COMMUNITY GARDENS in South Florida that are becoming history!

This community garden I am talking about was more than 15 years old.It started at a neglected African American neighborfood back in the 90's.Dads Against Drugs were the ones who intiated the idea ,the volunteers and the city provided the land for the community garden.There was a soup kitchen involved and a local college kids program as well in addition to many local volunteers.The media was summoned upon opening and lots of propaganda followed.Two years ago a local newspaper did  a report on urban farming and a columnist did the coverage.That was then!Until the times when the folks volunteers community gardeners started to get behind in paying their mortgage ,insurance and so forth bills.One by one they left the garden to work a second job or find a way to pay the bills!Come 2003 ,I was the only one left .The Parks city co-ordinator was fired  due to  budget cuts .There were lots of crimes and murder not to mention the drug dealing before the garden.situation now is back .Recently "someone" came and demolished the almost one acre garden without notice at least to salvage the trees ,containers,tools etc..Rare neem trees,grape vines and garden accessories ...all were gone.Now piles of land fill occupy the garden and soon they will be building on the lot.No notice.No nothing.Tell me about respect for the land and volunteers who work community gardens!

Urban farming is a necessity to neglected neighborhood where drug dealers and crime brew and foster.Add to this a crowd of human beings who travel from all over  to seek rehabilitation from DRUGS at this sobriety world known retreat capital.Guns and ordinances can not solve the problems of neighborhoods infested by crime, poverty and drug dealers and users!Community outreach programs like PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY GARDENS can be one of the solutions!

Check out this: In Japan and Finland...gardening is being introduced as a THERAPY at hospitalls,rehabilitation and wellness centers..How about learning from those programs and implementing them in our own backyard.Lots of people now have no jobs,no homes and are flooding the food stamp system .I suggest giving those who are able bodied a "PRODUCE YOUR OWN FOOD" voucher instead ,payable at a COMMUNITY ORGANIC GARDEN near you!

Yes, we can save millions if not billions by calling all vollunteers to work the community gardens.

There are by this moment around ONE MILLION FLORIDIANS who have no jobs.Most of them will be applying for FOOD STAMPS ,if they did not already.We have hundreds and thousands of neglected lots that are either owned by city or county.Why not start a program like the VICTORY GARDEN for example and earmark some bail out funding or budget? People can be productive producing their own food especially here in the South where we are in the 8-9-10 agricultural zone .. Produce can be grown almost the whole year round!

Now please be advised that we have THREE COMMISSIONERS ALREADY IN JAIL here and an INSPECTOR GENERAL: position now is being contemplated to investigate FRAUD etc...so we need some one from above to come first and have a look from below to find out what is going on.

Food is a necessity.People who are unemployed can produce their own ib community gardens if HELP is available.

Ask me about help and I tell you:No body listens!They were dumping the mulch from the Hurricane destroyed trees at the cemetry while there was  a need to use it at the community garden but no one would care, no matter whom and how many times you asked for help.Money talks loud around here.

Save those kids from the drug dealers by teaching them how to grow their own food.Save those neglected neighborhoods by growing fruit and vegetable community gardens in their neighborhoods.Let us produce Organic food locally by those who are able and  unemployed.We can do it .

In exploring and researching the roots of growing herbs in the tropical zone of Florida I stumbled on the mystical meanings as revealed throyghthe ancient healing arts of Ayuervida and TCM(TraditionalChinese Medicine).

It is so funny that we are witnessing a revival of this forgoton healing art that was buried in history and mystic philosophies.

In our times we are now hearing stoies about the pain killer pills and the narcotics blended in them in the name of medications to heal..Lot of patients have experienced the morbid side effects of those so called legal drugs.There are victims who fall everyday and we read about them when they happen to be celebrities and we dont hear about them if they are not.

For those of us who are suffering and have no access for medical professional help because they have no insurance or a job to sustain their living who is goping to turn a helping hand when they fall ill?

Man and women have learned from experience to trust their guts .Just like aniumals when they get sick , they trust their instinct to survive and go to the woods fetching digging(bears)and sniffing(cats and dogs)for the  plants that could give them help .

We humans have forgotten about how to relate to Mother Earth as we retired to our shelters in cement boxes and wrapped our selves recently with toxic dry wals to mention the least.

Time out.

As I went searching the the woods of books I dug out some roots about TCM .The Chinese knew the benefits of herbs as well as the ancient Greeks and Indians.The Greeks gave us Hippocretes the father of Medicine who preached about using food as our medicine and "let your medicine be your food".The Indians gave us Ayuevedic medicine.Now the East and West are meeting not in the battle field like once Rudyard kippling mentioned.They are meeting in the civilized study and application of herbs as food and medicine.

Most of us when we get sick swallow a pill.Not any more.It took us FIVE THOUSAND YEARS to be educated here where we stand now in the 21st century.Time is the best teacher.Time tested...Yes, herbs have been time tested for more than five thousand years.The rest is for us to open our hearts and minds to apprehend and comprehend .Understanding is the key for LEARNING.The mind is like a PARACHUTE.If you do not open the parachute then you are doomed as you jump into the world.The same thing applies for the heart .

There are four elements of creation as the Native Americans teach us:Air,Fire,Earthand water.There are Four vital fluids :Blood,Phelgm,Choler,andMelancholy as the Chinese TCM and Indian Ayeurvida teach us.Understanding how herbs can help us we need to go through the mystic journey of learning those ancient doctrines.

Happy Herb Gardening in Florida.