[Andrea Barnett Budin]

SOMETHING NEW TO REPORT...!


SOME FASCINATING THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:

I'VE BEEN TAKING OIL OF OREGANO, as my IBS reached ridiculous heights after my abdominal surgery experience 6/27. I saw a doctor on Dr. Oz, who was touting the use of this supplement specifically for diarrhea and digestive problems. She said she would recommend taking it at least 3X a day.
I started with 1 a day. After a few wks, I have moved to 1 twice a day, with food.
What is the ORAC Value of OREGANO? 15,300 µTE/100g

Why be bothered with this number? ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. It tells you the antioxidant capacity of a food item. Antioxidants have shown to reduce the risk of age related conditions and cancer! This was developed by the USDA researchers. For instance: Spinach = 1,260; Clove = 1,078,700. Wow! The number for clove is NOT a typo!
Most Interesting Historical Reference?
Did you know that Oregano is contained in Hildegard’s Medicine Book? Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was known as the first herbalist and naturopath of the middle ages. Her book documented over 12,000 remedies for symptoms and diseases. Wow!

What are the Plant Properties? Antifungal, antiviral, anti-aging, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic, immune stimulant and antiseptic.

What are the Documented Uses and Benefits of Oregano? Abscess, anthrax, asthma, bacterial infection, boils, bronchitis, bursitis, cholera, chronic pain, cold sores, cough, corns, diarrhea, digestive problems, diptheria, dysentery, Epstein Barr, fibroids, flu, food poisoning, fungal skin infection, gallbladder infection, gangrene, ganglion cyst, gonorrhea, immune system, infections, influenza, lyme disease, oral infection, mouth ulcers, rocky mountain fever, pancreatitis, parasites, pneumonia, radiation damage (internally), respiratory infections, scoliosis, sore throat, strep throat, syphillis, ticks, tonsillitis, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, whooping cough, viral and bacterial pneumonia, viral colitis, arthritis and rheumatism, muscles and vaginal yeast infection.

Of course, I had to share...

Anecdote: My dghtr was suffering from vertigo. Really bad. Has 3 children whose schedules require her chauffeuring services daily. She couldn't drive of course. She went to 3 specials. She had extensive testing, hours long... All the (independent) docs told her there are different kinds of vertigo and the kind she had was the one that isn't easily resolved. The easier vertigo would just go away in a few wks.

My other dghtr had recently discovered a local holistic doc woman who is also a chiropractor and deals with the energy of the body. Vertigo dghtr went to her, in desperation, with nothing to lose. After a while the doc asked if she ate a lot of sushi. Yes. She loves sushi. Well, the holistic lady said she thinks my dghtr has parasites as a result. The stop the sushi thing and to take some supplement that is an anti-parasitic.

Within a wk, the vertigo disappeared. She has been fine since.

I suppose my point is the experts and specialists are great. They look at you from their perspective. The holistic lady sees you as a being with a mind and a body, with energy coursing through you. She thinks outside the box, so to speak.

I believe in that kind of thinking. When I had a slipped disc that herniated (oozing stuff onto sensitive nerve endings surrounding the injury), I was in constant pain. Immobilized. It was 1980. 3 different pp who didn't know one another told me to go see this amazing doc in Manhattan. I lived on Long Island. A friend drove me to the city.

This man who a physiatrist. Dealing with the physiology of the person. Viewing the person as a mind and body. He spoke with me for a full hour. He demonstrated several things to me. And -- I KNEW I would be cured. The orthopedic surgeons had told me I had degenerating disc disease. I wasn't yet 40. Degenerating meant I would only get worse. I began to think of myself as an invalid. Fragile. I moved cautiously, KNOWING pain would strike with each action (reaching, bending, sitting, standing, brushing my teeth...).

The physiatrist was at NYU Medical Center. Head of the Outpatient Clinic. He also taught at Rusk Institute. He showed me how to go back in my mind -- each time I felt the gripping pain (vs the steady gnawing pain). Each time, he said, I would prove to myself that I had just been thinking of something that was stressful (from anticipating pain with a movement, to figuring out what I was going to make for dinner, and so on).

Once I proved that EVERY time, he was indeed right, if I managed to search my mind for the precise thought that I was pondering just before the gasping pain -- I was focused on something that brought about stress.
He calls the disorder TENSION MYOSITIS SYNDROME. TMS. He discovered it as he was a victim of it himself. Within 2 wks the pain I'd experienced for yrs, dissipated...


Andi