Druid College of Healing

[helenoftheways]

It's OK, Deepwater, I've found the College of Healing pages now, thank you! I am a bit phased by the statement there that "holistic healing includes conventional medicine" though. While I'll admit that there are more conventional doctors now who embrace the idea of practising 'holistically', conventional orthodox medicine is notoriously not holistic!

I would like to try & contribute, so I'll email Fitheach.

[deepwater]

I found my first changa on a small birch not far from the grove

[helenoftheways]

I found my first changa on a small birch not far from the grove

What are we talking about here, deepwater?

[deepwater]

sorry spelling was off,,its chaga,,I just found out about it and if only 1/10 is true is still a great fungus,,Im hoping to make some tea for the wife and hope it will help her acid reflux,,First I try it on me trhan in a week on her

[darkreign]

hello, i'm darkreign , young bards and i'm interesting for a health school druids.
my question is: the health school druids is a gwers or no , if a gwers i'm very interesting because i leave in france and now is not possible to travel a united kigndom.
thank you for your answers, and i'm sorry for my poor english.
darkreign

[Lily]

Hi there,

the "college" is not a physical school, and there will be no dedicated course for it in your gwersi. you have a pm to explain.

[LadyTessa]

Hello Everyone! I just joined the OBOD. I am also a reiki Master and have studied other like disciplines for years. I also work with healing crystals. I pm Fiteach(pardon me if I misspelled) about helping out in the healing college. I look forward to getting to know all of you and providing any assistance I can.

Love and blessings to all,
Lady tessa

[Al Hakim]

Hi Tessa,

I am a "conventional doctor" but am still maintainig - despite other comments - a holistic view. GPs like me have to admit that there sometimes are other more effective "alternative methods". That makes me very eager to learn about those other successful ways of healing.

Al Hakim.

N.B. "Al Hakim" means in Arabic language a sage and/or a healer

[Aigeann]

Hi Tessa,

I am a "conventional doctor" but am still maintainig - despite other comments - a holistic view. GPs like me have to admit that there sometimes are other more effective "alternative methods". That makes me very eager to learn about those other successful ways of healing.

Al Hakim.

N.B. "Al Hakim" means in Arabic language a sage and/or a healer

Greetings Al Hakim! Welcome to the Board. Thanks for your thoughtful post.

Blessings, Aigeann

[Al Hakim]

for any of you healers out there,, if your looking for hands on experience please contact me,,i have some knowledge of herbs and plants but i have a wealth of physical knowledge you can use

I deepwater, if you are still alive,
what is your herbal suggestion for the modern "burn-out syndrom"?
Greetings,
Al Hakim

[deepwater]

Al,,Its not so much Herbal as its healing you from the inside out,, one breath one long walk one sunrise at a time,,You have to want to step aside ,,not away from your life but aside and just breath ,,sit on a stream side or a hill and watch things ,,I like ants,,maybe you like water,,Turn off the phone and take a walk,,eat better and in a week ask me some thing else

[Aigeann]

I totally agree, Deepwater....

[Al Hakim]

Well, I'll try to leave the mobile turned off and walk across nature. Indeed, I had a very good experience recently when I stood out in rain and became soaked but felt better.
Thanks for your advice.
Al Hakim

[Bricklayer]

Greetings fair folk,

I am just started to learn about herbs and the healing properties. Any advice on which links, websites or books or practical know how would be most appricitated.

So far I have Coltsfoot, Fennel, Mugwort and St Johns Wort hanging up and some in dry format. What I want to be able to do is to harvest my own herbs and hang them to dry, but my kitchen is very cold. Any ideas?

You should put them in paper sacks and shake them a few times a day to rotate the material if you use the oven you will cook off a lot of the actual medicine.

[Kalimadran]

Hello to all my name is Kalimadran I got a friend that gets sevear urinary track infections and she hates modern medicane and she has asked me if I new of any natural remedies which I do and I would suggest silver birch tree sap which is know for cleaning up these infections and as a cleansing detox but no matter how hard I look I cant fimd any side affects other then alergic reactions and thats only witj hayfever allegies which she doesnt have basically I dont want to suggest something with out all the info so if you guys know of any other uses or negative effects please let me know.

[deepwater]

If your concerned about allegies you can put some sap on some tender skin areas and see what happens in 2 or 3 days,,Chaga grows on birch trees as well so if she dosent have any redness from a sap smear maybe Chaga tea would help as well,,, You can tap a birch tree just like a suggar maple and cook off the water in the sap to thicken,, dont use heat for a rolling boil ,, but a good simmer along the edges of the pot

[Aphritha]

I don't know any cures, but I have the same problem. A preventive measure she can take is to drink pure cranberry juice daily. Cranberry caps work too. You can get them at a natural medicine store.

[ShadowCat]

Taking capsules with turmeric or goldenseal gives a general protection against infections. As mentioned: Cranberryjuice helps good with acute infections, but less with chronic ones. Chaga is nice too as a general healer/tonicum.

If she's serious about her health though, even if she doesn't want to go to a allopathic doctor, she should not solely rely on a friend getting internet advise for her but seek out a herbal healer herself, or start studieing it herself. Taking responsibility for your own health doesn't end with the refusal of antibiotics. You might also want to be a bit cautious in advising her, if you don't have the knowlegde yourself to double-check any advise given here against her specific medical background. I'm not saying this to be condecending, but natural medicine as an institution might get harmed if to many people "dabble" in it, not generating results or even harming folks, further widening the path for big pharma to claim that natural healers are all quacks...

[deepwater]

There is another way and its not about herbs,,in this open forum im not at ease to post it but will pass it on to any that Email me,,, just put deepwater in the subject block so i know it from someone i asked to email me

[Aigeann]

I don't know any cures, but I have the same problem. A preventive measure she can take is to drink pure cranberry juice daily. Cranberry caps work too. You can get them at a natural medicine store.

I can personally vouch for this!!!