Meningitis Vaccine

My son had to get 3 more vaccines for 7th grade today.  One of them, which was new to me, is the Meningitis vaccine.  The meningus bacteria (there are many strains) are VERY bad for your health.  I knew that part.  And with the waning effectiveness of the anti-biotics, it could be even more so.

As you've heard me say a million times on here-the best defense is a strong immune system as a foundation.  When you do inevitably pick up a virus or bacteria, your body can resist it on it's own, with proper rest, etc. of course.  But this bacteria is deadly.  The link above takes you to Dr. Andrew Weil's site.  He believes the vaccine to be safe.  I like Dr. Weil because he's a compromise between allopath and holistic.  His values are holistic and he's not a "yes man".  But his training is traditional allopathic-so he knows how these guys think.

My son does have a strong immune system because he was breastfed and given minimal antibiotics as a child.  The constant hammering of anti-biotic use ruins your immune system-especially a child's.  Anti-biotic means against the body.  They are medicines that are against the body, not for the body. 

What IS for the body?  A happy frame of mind, excercise, balanced, low calorie diet, astragalus root, certain supplements if you're low on certain ones.  You can find this out at http://www.cronometer.com and Pro-biotics.  Hand washing and not touching your face is a good idea, but the viruses are so virulent that you just breath them in floating in the air.  You can't avoid breathing!  But you can avoid groups of people if there is a particularly nasty bug going around.  That is not a bad idea at all.

My website at www.hhogr.com if you'd like to contact me for an herbal consultation.

Preventative Medicine Budget

The season is changing from very warm to cool.  With that, the virus's start to multiply coming up out of the ground, into the air, as do many microorganisms.  It's true that holding a positive, happy mindset that is centered in your authentic self (your true feelings) holds the most value for health.  But is also true that there are certain supplements that are beneficial to have on hand when the virus's start to circulate, to shore you up.  Part of living the holistic life is planning ahead.  "Forewarned is forearmed" as they say.  If you know that for every year of your life you've been challenged by the bugs that circulate, then plan for it this season.  Plan to be well.  Plan for people to say, "Why aren't you sick when everyone else is?" and feeling very positive and empowered with a smile on your face. 

Getting sick is like getting drunk.  When you're around a bunch of alcoholics, they expect you to be drunk and addicted to alcohol too or they'll diss you and try to make you feel guilty for not affirming their alcoholism by being one yourself.  That is also true of being a sober, centered, holistic person.  It's pretty anti-social to be healthy and happy, consistently... let's face it.  So, if you're on for this carnival ride to personal well-being, the supplements to get are:

• Astragalus Root
• All your multi-vit. supplements
• Liquid Minerals
• Sambucol (anti viral)
• Sun Ten Magnolia Flower Formula (through my website above)
• Sun Ten Ophiopogon Root (through my website above)
• Turmeric Root for inflammation

You can get most of these at your local health food store but they are online as well.  The Sun Ten Magnolia Flower kills the Strep Throat bacteria.  You can adjust the dosage and give it to children.  I've given it to my son all of his life.  You can contact me for dosage information.  Have a great Fall!