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Natural Insecticide Marigold And Its Healing History

All Marigolds, Indian, African, French and English, have healing qualities, as well as being useful and beautiful companion plants for the organic garden. Marigolds are natural insecticides. Their wonderful, sun-like vibrant orange flowers are delightful, therapeutic, and energizing to behold. If you have marigolds in your garden, you will have colour in your garden throughout the year if you live in New Zealand, or places which have a similar temperate climate.

Marigolds Are Treasured In India: A Hindu friend told me once that, in her home town in India, Marigolds were one of the most lovely flowers that one could take to honour the Gods at the Temple of Krishna.

The English Marigold, Calendula officinalis, is a wonderful healing and protective flower with a great history. It is thought to have been brought to England from its native India well before the 13th century. The Marigold is thought to have been named in England in honour of the Virgin Mary.

Marigolds can be used in cosmetics to enhance the skin, in hair rinses to enhance the shine of the hair, in salads as a colourful and healthful condiment, and in herbal relaxing teas.

John Gay, who was born in 1685, the same year as Bach, Scarlatti and Handel, and who died in 1732, was an English poet and author of ‘the Beggar’s Opera’: He makes reference to the Virgin Mary, and refers to the rich golden colour of the Marigold in his centuries old poem, ‘Pastoral’ when he asks:

‘What flower is that which bears the Virgin’s name. The richest metal added to the name?”

Shakespeare also wrote of the marigold, saying that ‘the Marigold goes to bed with the sun and with him rises weeping’. Charles the First apparently was mindful of the Marigold and its sun-worshipping attributes when he was imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle, saying that ‘The Marigold observes the Sun….More than my subjects me have done’.

These historic references quoted above are taken from the book by Josephine Addison, entitled ‘The Illustrated Plant Lore’, published in 1985, Guild Publishing, London. About birthday flowers, Josephine says that the 15th January is the date for the English Marigold, and that the 29th May is the date for the French Marigold.

Well, the lovely Marigold flower is a great plant to put amongst your garden flowers for its beauty and therapeutic value , and in amongst the vegetables, to keep insects at bay and add colour to the vege patch.

All Marigolds Possess Natural Insecticide Qualities. The ‘Tagetes’ variety, which are the French and African variety, are supposed to be the most potent, but the English Marigold is also good. Because of a strong odour which comes from the roots, Marigolds are thought to be great to plant grow amongst root vegetables. Put it in amongst the potato crop. The odours from the root works as an insecticide to keep eel worm away from the growing potatoes. Beans, tomatoes and roses also benefit from having Marigolds planted amongst them. The Marigold is also helpful in keeping white butterflies away from cabbages and other Brassica vegetables. Apparently the Mexican beetle stays well away from beans which have Marigolds included in the planting.

Brenda Little, in her book called ‘Companion Planting in New Zealand’, New Holland Publishing, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000, reports how an organic gardener friend of hers has one motto with regard to companion planting: ‘Plant marigolds with everything’ is his advice to the organic gardener.

How No Alcohol, No Smoking, Diet and Detoxification Improved Eyesight

View Through The Trees: Photo by Merrilyn on Holly’ camera, Dunedin Botanical Gardens, December 2012.

Lack of Important Nutrients and Poisons stored in the body can cause the eye sight to deteriorate. Poor diet, dehydration, exposure to toxic chemicals, and chemicals contained in food, can all cause the eye sight to weaken, with blurred vision, or black spots developing in the field of vision. But if the right measures are taken, I believe that many people are capable of improving and restoring their sight again, just as they are capable of improving memory and combatting alzheimer’s disease.

If you can reverse the beginnings of glaucoma, or macular degeneration in the early stages, chances are that you can stave off these serious eye conditions for a very long time. Concurrently, you find that if, through your efforts, the eye condition improves, then so does memory and general brain function.

I know for a fact that the state of the eye sight is not fixed in concrete. The quality of your vision can change from day to day, week to week, depending on how you are looking after yourself, the amount of sleep you are getting, the levels of stress you are experiencing, the chemicals in your environment and body, whether you drink alcohol or smoke, and the vitamins and minerals in your food. These factors all have a bearing on how well your eyes are performing.

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Excessive alcohol drinking, and smoking, both affect the health of the eye sight very badly. Good eye sight depends on having clear sinuses, so if you are busy contaminating your sinuses by smoking, or inhaling other toxic substances, your eye sight, and your hearing, will deteriorate. Thirteen to sixteen years ago, because of alcohol abuse, and smoking, I suddenly found that I could not read the print on a book held at a normal distance from the eyes. This state of affairs did not correct itself immediately upon quitting alcohol, but took some time to reverse.

After I had become a ‘recovering alcoholic’ and was attempting to bring some semblance of order into my life again, I did my truck driving licence as a test to see if my memory would work again. It was a small goal to set myself. Everything about the examinations went well, except for when I went to have my eyes tested for the issuing of the new licence. My eye sight at this stage showed that I would need glasses to get the licence. Mind you – I was tested on one of those dreadful machines at the AA office, which simulates distances, and has the effect of disorienting you spacially.

I do not think that these machines give an accurate indication for eye sight performance. Nowadays I request to use the old fashioned eye chart to get my eyes tested. However, I was aware that my eye sight was not half as good as what it had been only three years earlier, before I had taken up smoking and the drinking of wine on a daily basis.

So – after sobering up, but still continuing to smoke, I went to an optician to get prescription glasses made so that I could pass the truck driving licence. These cost $750 which was quite a lot of money at the time. Anyway – the glasses were issued a couple of weeks later, and so I went to get my eyes tested again, this time by the bus company’s medical team, who used the eye chart instead of a machine. I decided to do the test first without the glasses, to see how my eyes were performing without the glasses. It seemed that my eye-sight was much better than it had been prior to this time – I was pleasantly surprised to see how well I fared. I passed the eye sight test without the glasses. The doctor told me that my eye sight was actually very good for my age, and that many younger people do not have eye sight which was as good as my own. So I have never used those glasses.

One day I might have to use glasses, but so far – 13 years after I was told I would have to have glasses for the rest of my life, for driving and for reading – I still do not have to wear glasses for anything – not to read a book, nor to drive a car. I am 62 years old today. I thank Divine Power, the Power Greater than Ourselves, and my friends, for helping me to recover from alcohol and getting my life back on track.

I went back to another doctor five or six years later to get my licence renewed, and was told the same thing – that my eye sight is very good. But it certainly was deteriorating very fast while I continued to smoke and drink, in combination with an acidic diet which was devoid of many fresh or cooked vegetables.

Avoid Alcohol and Smoking, Herbicides and Pesticides: The trick to improving eye sight, I have found, is to stop using all these weakening environmental chemicals which damage the eye sight. Herbicides and insecticides and many other chemicals have a bad effect on the eyes. But substance abuse of any kind is probably worse, because it is done to the detriment of the body on a daily basis: Alcohol, and especially smoking, are extremely damaging to the eye sight.

Avoid Food Additives To Protect Eye Sight: One needs also to stop using processed foods which contain damaging chemicals such as preservatives and colourings. These also affect the eye sight, the nervous system, the memory, and the general health.

Detoxify With Castor Oil To Help Eye Sight: Once I began to take an interest in my health and well being again, I began using natural detoxification methods to reduce the toxins stored in the body: Using castor oil once a week is one method of detoxifying the body naturally. This has an immediate beneficial effect on the eye sight.

Lemon Cleanser: A litre of warm lemon drink taken every morning with 1/2 teaspoon of paprika pepper, is another good cleanser. This hydrates the body as well as working as a detoxifier. Drink as much as you can of the lemon drink first thing, before eating anything or making coffee. Try to drink down at least half a litre, about a pint, of the lemon drink and paprika in one go. Then finish what is left after breakfast.

Vitamin C – Calcium Ascorbate: This is a miracle worker. Vitamin C is a natural detoxifier, as well as being highly instrumental in the building and maintaining of cell tissues. Apparently the brain has very high amounts of Vitamin C in it, something like six times the amount found in any other part of the body. Your eye sight also needs this Vitamin C to function properly and stay healthy. Extra vitamin C, taken in the form of Calcium ascorbate, can help to regenerate those eye tissues. This is a very good idea if you have been neglecting your diet in any way, or have been exposed to harmful chemicals. Vitamin C helps to remove toxins from the body. A body free of toxins leads to better eye sight.

Enemas and Colonics: I recommend using enemas, or going for a colonic irrigation if you are attempting to improve the eye sight and your general well-being. This is another method which hydrates the body whilst detoxifying the body at the same time. A professional colonic irrigation washes away years of toxins which have built up in the intestines. This is a great start both physically and psychologically, to a new and healthy approach to life.

Drink Plenty Of Water Or Vegetable Juices: Dehydration can cause poor eye sight. Alcohol causes dehydration, which is just one reason why it is bad for the health and the eye sight. So does excessive coffee drinking. Drinking enough water keeps the bowels working efficiently. Drinking enough water helps the kidneys to remove toxins through the bladder. If you decide to use the lemon cleanser drink in the morning, then this will hydrate your body wonderfully well, and take care of your water needs. Eyes do not perform well if water is short in the diet.

Alkaline Diet After Giving Up Alcohol– and eventually smoking, I began to change the diet to a more alkaline one again, and to work on nourishing the body and the brain with vitamin and mineral rich foods. Good quality protein is important, as well as all those alkaline foods. Organic free range eggs, chicken, fish, beef, lamb, nuts and seeds, are all good for helping the eye sight, so long as enough raw vegetable matter is taken as well. These methods of simple purification, which included plenty of alkaline foods such as green vegetables and sprouts, and fresh fruit, all helped to restore the health of my eyes. Even memory was regained, when I thought I would never ever recall a movie, or remember a face again. The nervous function improved bit by bit: After a year of not drinking a drop, the shakes stopped, and general health improved.

Note: Using an alkaline diet will help you to give up drinking alcohol if you are having difficulties with abstinence.

Other things to help the eye sight: Reduce coffee. Eliminate milk if you can, at least until the eye sight has improved and the bowels are cleansed. It is good to eliminate bread and all wheat products too, I have found. Walter Last recommended this many years beforehand, and I reverted back to his diet whilst I was recovering. It is better to have a bowl of rice rather than a slice of bread. Have an apple instead of a piece of cake or a biscuit. For snacks, use vegetable and rice and protein left overs instead of bread or cake, or dairy foods. Eat some sunflower seeds, or sesame seeds, or almonds, with dates for a sweet and nutritious treat. Sesame seeds are much higher in calcium than milk is. Sunflower seeds are also rich in calcium and other nutrients which benefit the nerves and the eye sight. There is nothing in bread, really, which is beneficial to the eye sight. So- cut bread out and use the nutritious alternatives instead.

Grated Raw Carrots: This is one of the best remedies for the eyesight, the health of the nervous system, and the immune function. Carrots, either raw or cooked, are rich in beta-carotene, which is a Vitamin A constituent. Raw carrots grated up are especially good to include in the daily diet to help eye sight, as more or the beta carotene is held in the raw carrot. The raw carrot also helps provide enzymes and roughage for the bowel, which also helps eye sight.

Broccoli, Silver Beet, Comfrey, Raw and Cooked Spinach: These are also high in Vitamin A beta-carotene, iron, Vitamin C, and other vitamins and minerals.

Sluggish bowels lead to the eye sight deteriorating. Keeping the bowels clean by eating plenty of the alkaline raw foods, sprouted seeds and grains, green vegetables and fruit, is going to do your eyes and your nervous system, and your general health, just so much good. Eating snacks of raw celery and carrots is going to help keep your system alkaline and clean of toxins. Eat a good breakfast every day, such as porridge with a grated raw apple, or a banana, each morning. Dr Gerson recommended porridge every morning, taken with a large grated apple and olive oil, for his cancer patients. Porridge is rich in silica, as well as being good bowel-cleansing fibre, which is going to help your eye sight recover.

Homeopathy For New Strain Of Avian Flu When Vaccines Don’t Work

Homeopathic Medicine will win in the end. When Vaccinations no longer work, or prove to be too risky for the health of the individual, people will resort to the alternatives to vaccination and antibiotics – Homeopathic medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, Herbal medicines, and Vitamin C.

Two days ago, on the 29th August 2011, on New Zealand television news, we were told that a new strain of Avian Flu Virus has developed, and that this is threatening parts of Asia. It was announced on the news that this new strain is not responding to antibiotic treatment. Vaccines are in effect an antibiotic, so this statement which warned that the new strain is immune to antibiotics, means also that Vaccinations will not be effective in defeating this flu virus.

Powers greater than ourselves are at work, I am sure: The drug companies have been making a mint out of promoting their chemical prescription medicines for a long time now, and they have deliberately caused Homeopathy, Herbal medicine, and Vitamin C therapy to be ignored by doctors and the general public. Once these giant companies gained a stronghold of the market, and they saw their fortunes rising dramatically from the very profitable drug making industry, they have used their money and their influence to drive out any competitors. Exerting their power over the forces of marketing has resulted in the detriment of the real healing arts. But it looks as if their dictatorial control over medicines, many of which have proven to be harmful, might be coming to an end, thanks be to the ‘Divine Forces’, ‘Mother Nature’, or unseen forces.

Suddenly, viruses have developed which their pharmaceuticals and vaccines cannot cure. There is no alternative in such a scenario, but for the public to demand Homeopathic medicine, and Vitamin C instead. Homeopathic medicine is more than likely to be effective in the case of the new strain of Avian flu, as is Vitamin C, when given in megadoses.

Of course, it is essential that you visit a Homeopathic practitioner in the event of an epidemic. But better still – why not go to visit a registered and experienced Homeopathic practitioner now, so that you can prepare for the event of an epidemic. If you live in an at risk country, then you really should visit your Homeopath, because it is possible for PREVENTATIVES, or PROPHYLACTICS to be given for almost any illness, before the event arrives. These prophylactic homeopathic remedies will work similarly to a vaccine in that they will help to counteract the virus. A prophylactic homeopathic remedy may not completely immunize you against the flu virus, but it will most surely help your immune system to fight off the disease should it occur.

Meanwhile, arm your medicine cupboard with quantities of the preventative and cure for almost all illnesses – Vitamin C. I prefer the Calcium Ascorbate powder, as this is a non-acidic type of Vitamin C. Because it is non-acidic, it is possible to take large quantities of the calcium ascorbate vitamin C, whereas you might tolerate only small quantities of the acidic type of Vitamin C.

Vitamin C can be taken along with Homeopathic Medicine which has been prescribed specially for this flu virus. You would take the Vitamin C powder at a time when you were not taking the Homeopathic remedy. For example, you might take your homeopathic remedy in the morning at 8 AM. At 9, or 10 AM you might take the Vitamin C. At 11 or 12 oclock noon, you might take another dose of the Homeopathic remedy which was prescribed for you.

However, in the event of an illness, and there being no medicine around to help you, you need to have quantities of around 5 to 10 gms of Vitamin C, or Calcium Ascorbate – for one adult, for one day’s dosage. I have no idea what this new Avian flu is like, or how long the worst of the symptoms last, but I guess that you would need to have enough Vitamin C to last one adult for about a week. That would be anywhere between 35 gms to 70 gms per adult. You would give a quarter to a half of this dose to a child who had the illness. If you have a larger family, then I would procure a good quantity of Calcium Ascorbate so that nobody would miss out, if there was a need for it.

Your Homeopathic Physician can prescribe specific remedies which are stronger than those you can buy across the counter. He or she can also select the very best remedy, with consideration for your body type, your mental type, your age, and the disease which is expected to strike, so that the very best result can be achieved.

As a precaution, in case it might not be possible to visit a Homeopath, or Herbalist, or Ayurvedic or Chinese herbal practitioner, OR a doctor, you could invest in the following flu and infectious disease remedies, to keep in stock.

Dr John H. Clarke, a Homeopathic physician who wrote a book on Homeopathic Prescribing entitled “The Prescriber”, recommends the following for an epidemic of Influenza. At the time of writing his book, there was a strain called the ‘Russian or Siberian Influenza’ which was prevalent in Europe.

Dr Clarke says when there is a risk of infection from flu, or a threatening epidemic, then the prophylactic – preventative- homeopathic remedy to take is Ars. 3, pil. iii. 8h. Only a chemist, or a Homeopath from the old school, would know how to prepare this homeopathic preventative remedy. However, “Ars.” is an abbreviation used in Homeopathic medicine to describe Arsen alb., which is Arsenic. Of course this is in a homeopathic microdose, and so it is quite safe to take. You would never take arsenic in home made dilutions of any kind, except in the safe homeopathic preparation, which has been diluted many times, to a specific degree.

So – you could buy a bottle or two of Homeopathic Arsen alb. to keep in your medicine chest. You can buy the 30C dilution, and the 6C dilution at most health food stores. This remedy could prove to be very valuable in the event of a flu epidemic. You would take the 30C dilution of Arsen alb. once a day for two days, as soon as you hear that there is an epidemic about. I should think that this treatment would not be as good as the specific prophylactic Ars. remedy which Dr Clarke recommends, as shown above, but Arsen alb is a very potent medicine, and it could very well do the trick.

I have oftentimes used Arsen alb. in treating illnesses of various kinds, including treating a young pup who had contracted Parvo, a disease which is usually deadly to dogs. I also spoon-fed honey and water every hour or so to the pup. I eventually gave a dose of castor oil after several days, to detoxify the dog more quickly. This treatment of Ars. alb, and honey and water to prevent dehydration, culminating in a dose of castor oil, worked to cure the dog. Suddenly, he was ‘up and away’ again.

Another good Prophylactic Homeopathic Remedy for Influenza according to Dr Clarke the homeopath, is Bacillinum 30 and Influenzinum 30. He suggests taking “a dose of each taken together or as a combination remedy once a week during inluenza epidemics.”

Other Homeopathic Remedies for treating the Flu are: Bapt.; Eupatorium perf.; Glonium; Belladonna; Mercurius. sol.; Gelsemicum; Echinacea; Bryonia; Aconite; Sang.; Aviare; Camphor; Phytolacca. Aconite may be given in alternation with another chosen remedy.

The addition of Aconite to the treatment can be especially helpful at night, when there may be exceptional restlessness and sleeplessness. Aconite is a pain killer and a mild sedative, as well as being effective in treating some infectious diseases.

Natural Herbal Remedies For Dermatitis of the Hands

Inflammation of the skin as in Dermatitis can be remedied by avoiding those irritants which cause dermatits, by applying herbal remedies to the skin, and by correcting the diet. Homeopathy can be a great help in helping to cure skin conditions, but of course, it is imperative that you avoid exposure to the chemicals which usually cause the problem of dermatitis.Herbs For Healing: Photo taken at Dunedin Botanical Gardens NZ. Merrilyn took the photo on Holly’s camera December 2012.

The main thing is to avoid using detergents and dish washing liquids: Most of these are derived from petroleum products which dry out the skin terribly. Petroleum compounds, as used in detergents and other household products, are absorbed through the pores of the skin and contribute, along with many other chemicals in food, cosmetics, and our environment, to cancer and other degenerative disease. A skin condition of ill-health is to be taken as a warning sign that something is wrong. No use going to take steroids and other such drugs which only mask the real problem: The irritant cause has to be dealt with if you want to protect your general health.

People with sensitive skins usually suffer when their hands are put into a sink full of water containing detergent. Washing powder for the clothes can also be the cause of skin inflammation, so watch out for those. If you have a problem with eczema, or dermatitis, then you should use pure ‘Lux’ soapflakes, or pure ‘Sunlight’ soap for your dishes, as well as for your clothes-wash. You should also use rubber gloves to protect your skin, even if you use pure soap flakes in your dish washing water. If your hands are in a bad way, then use cotton gloves inside the rubber gloves, to line them. Alternatively, get someone else to wash those dishes. You can do the drying….

Babies often get a rash for no good reason – the answer is usually to stop using soap powders which contain irritating chemicals. Just grate up a suitable amount of pure soap for using in your washing machine, if you cannot buy pure soap flakes.

The book called ‘Successful Herbal Remedies’, written by Nalda Gosling, 1985, suggests that the best herbal remedies for dermatitis are Chickweed ointment, or slippery elm or marshmallow ointment. One of these should be applied morning and night. She also recommends supplements of 2,500 IU of Vitamin A daily, as well as extra B complex and extra vegetable oil. Nalda Gosling also recommends the herbs Echinacea and Blue Flag Root for helping skin conditions. These could be taken in a herbal pill form as per instructions on the label.

Homeopathic Remedies which might help dermatitis of the skin are Echinacea, Thuja, Mercurius, or Sulphur. Any one of these will help the body to detoxify, which will, in turn, help the skin to heal. I can recommend the Weleda combination homeopathic medicine which has Thuja and Echinacea, together with some other herbs. This is a fanatastic tonic for helping people who are suffering candida, yeast infection, or who have been exposed to vaccinations or other chemicals which have affected the immune system. Follow the instructions as given by Weleda.

A daily dose of one dessertspoonful of sunflower oil will supply essential fatty acids, Vitamin E, and other nutrients which will help the skin to stay healthy. Alternatively, try to include plenty of sunflower seeds and sesame seeds in your diet. Almonds are also helpful.

Castor Oil to Detoxify: Taking a couple of tablespoons of Castor Oil once a week will help your body to detoxify. This will help the condition of the skin.

Castor Oil Pack: A warm castor oil pack which is left on the abdomen overnight, or for at least 3 hours, will also help the body to detoxify. This treatment is best applied for 3 days in a row, then left for 3 days, according to Walter Last’s recommendation to me many years ago. I have found the castor oil pack to be enormously helpful in curing digestive problems, and in detoxifying the body. It is easy to do – Use a small piece of white cotton or linen or wool, and pour over a couple of tablespoons of Castor oil. I put this straight onto the abdomen with a small plastic bag over the top and a hot water bottle on top of that. It is important to use a clear plastic, or a white plastic, with no coloured writing on it, otherwise the colour on the plastic, or contained within the plastic, will come off onto your castor oil pack. This will ruin it, as then you will have unwanted chemicals on your pack.

The pack can be used again. Just top up with a teaspoon or two of oil as needed.

Diet To Help Skin Conditions: Avoid all processed foods and all foods containing preservatives, colourings, or flavourings. An alkaline diet which is rich in fresh green salads, with grated raw carrot, and enough protein from meats, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, almond, and coconut, is helpful. It is best to avoid wheat products, and dairy products, and sugar, until your skin is better. Then you can establish whether or not you are allergic to any of these foods, as when you re-introduce them again, you will get a reaction if they are no good for you.

Also avoid any foods which have yeast in them, such as bread, vinegar, wines, beer, soy sauce, etc. Yeasts encourage candida in the body, which causes yeast problems. Skin troubles can be a sign of candida overgrowth. So – stick to the alkaline diet, with plenty of raw green salads, with cooked greens as well, rice, potatoes, and protein of various sorts except for milk and dairy, and you should see an improvement.

If your skin is not better after a week or two of following a programme such as this, then you most certainly need to see a professional health expert, if you haven’t already done so.

Natural Remedy Castor Oil Under Threat By Powerful Drug and Related Companies

Terrorists ‘plan poison attack’ reads the heading of an article which appeared in New Zealand’s ‘Herald On Sunday’, August 14th, 2011. This is a really ridiculous idea.

The message of the article is that the Castor Oil plant contains the poison Ricin, and that terrorists are supposed to be stock-piling this for use in a terrorist attack sometime in the future. What? The authorities expect us to believe this? Even if the so-called ‘terrorists’ were planning an attack of some sort, there are thousands of ways in which one can poison people. Banning the Castor Oil plant will not make any difference to anybody planning a poisoning ‘incident’.

There is obviously a hidden agenda behind this ‘terrorist’ threat which, the authorities say, centres around using the poison Ricin from Castor Oil. And if you look at how the drug companies have been reducing our access to natural remedies for quite a long time now, you might understand the ulterior motive in damning the Castor Oil plant – It is not really the bean with its poison that the Secret Service, or the FBI, or the CIA, or the drug companies will be worried about, (they are all tied up together) but the profits they lose because of thousands of people healing themselves naturally with Castor Oil, year by rear.

This reminds me very much of President Bush’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’ theory, which gave the American military the excuse to march into Iraq, and to kill many innocent people and wreck their villages and communities. It turned out there were no hidden ‘weapons of mass destruction’. This was a lie.

The plan to get rid of the Castor Oil plantations will be to convince the public that ‘the terrorists’ are going to make deadly poison from the untreated Castor oil bean with the intention of poisoning us all. Once the gullible public have swallowed their medicine and accepted that Castor Oil plantations must be destroyed to save the Western world from attack, then the way will be clear for them to BAN castor oil importation by any country. These drug companies have powerful allies in many parts of the commerce and military worlds – It will be easy for them to manipulate powerful governmental organizations so that their goal will be reached – To ban Castor Oil, and so encapture another major part of the drug market.

The drug companies have managed to manipulate facts so that many valuable garden herbs have been make illegal in many countries of the world. Comfrey, the ‘miracle healer’, is perhaps the most important of all the healing herbs known to man, but the drug companies have made sure that we are unable to grow it in our gardens anymore. This is, essentially, so that they will make more profit from selling their own drugs and medicines, because, without comfrey, many people will take allopathic medicines instead. The reason that was given for the demise of comfrey was that ‘it caused cancer in pigs’. But nobody has ever suffered comfrey-caused cancer, or comfrey poisoning of any kind to my knowledge. Comfrey has been used by mankind for thousands of years now, to heal broken bones, to cure burns, stomach ailments, bowel troubles, to build strong teeth hair and bones, and to fix bronchial disorders, including asthma. No wonder the drug companies manipulated figures and facts to get Comfrey outlawed. We should be fighting to have the right to use Comfrey again, and not let these powerful drug companies control our garden healing herbs.

Now, drug companies can benefit from the ban on Comfrey, because they are the only ones with the authority to grow comfrey and extract its allantoin and silica compounds, for use in their own medicines.

Castor Oil is a valuable natural remedy, like Comfrey. Castor Oil is employed by most people as a home remedy for constipation. But Castor Oil is used widely in natural treatments for cancer, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, parkinson’s disease, AIDS, and many other serious degenerative conditions. Castor Oil has the power to draw out poisons from the liver and the body tissues, so that cancer tumours are reduced.

This is why the drug companies hate castor oil. And this is why they have manufactured a scaremongering attack on the castor oil plant: They are priming us in anticipation of a move to take Castor oil away from us.

If the American drug giants, combined with forces such as the American FDA board, manage to stop people farming the Castor Oil plant, and ban Castor Oil to stop us from using it, many countries who rely on the Castor Oil bean for export will be deprived of an important crop. This will affect the economies of those poor countries where the Castor Oil plant is grown, such as the Middle East, India, and parts of South America. Many families who rely on the income from the valuable castor oil plant will suffer. And we, in the Western world, will be deprived of yet another affordable, natural, miracle medicine.