Herbs have traditionally been used to assist a person to come back to a healthy state of well being. Individual herbs, specifically prescribed for a particular situation may assist the body to come back into balance, thereby allowing a healthy homeostasis to be reinstated as nature intended. The herbalist looks to the whole person, their values and attitudes as well as their circumstances and physical condition along with other aspects of their individuality. This is in marked contrast to the allopathic medicine approach.
Below you will find an example of selected herbs for a particular condition. Herbal support can take a variety of forms and combinations, so it is vital that each person consult directly with a qualified holistic practitioner to gain the full benefit of immunity and health building support.
There are simple precautions to take when travelling to exotic locations and there are very specific herbs, which act to boost your immunity and help it cope with the demands placed on it by the bugs and diseases of a foreign country.
Other countries' are not much more dangerous nowadays than our own, it is just that the bugs are different and our immunity sometimes has a lot to cope with, meeting all these differences at the one time.
Also of course, often when travelling one can become run down due to the demands of travel, strange food and the stress of fending for yourself if you have not previously been in this situation. One of the simplest precautions is to avoid tap water for a while as your body learns to cope and you must remember that ice blocks are made from tap water and fresh green vegetables are washed in tap water also. If for the first week or so you manage to avoid untreated water and eat cooked food and treated or Blended water it will give you a good start.
There are in the East a few exotics like Malaria and you may be asked to inoculate against others. The herbs I provide in this mix will give you added protection against the specifics and also assist your body cope with the inoculations, which can have the effect of depleting your immunity, generally themselves.
For those with sensitive stomachs, there is a separate treatment for travel Diarrhoea, which I can provide and which is good to have on hand for such episodes.
It is wise to start the Exotic Travel Mix 10 days before you leave, and take it for the first three months of the trip. You would then hold in reserve the balance of a second Blend, which you can re-start, if there were any signs of problems developing later on.
The mix includes Chamomile, Garlic, Vervain, and Rhubarb along with the Bach Flowers Walnut and Impatiens. The Exotic Diarrhoea Mix.
