Wella’s Guide to Wellness

We have a wonderful older neighbor, in his 80’s that called me and asked me what to do because he had not been able to urinate for days.  I ran over to his house with these five herbs that I had him make into a tea.

• Catnip (helps clean out mucus in the body,normalizes blood pressure, and improves circulation)

• Buchu (absorbs excessive uric acid; reducing bladder irritations, one of the best urinary organ herbs and soothing when there is pain while urinating.)

• Stinging Nettle (increases the flow of urine, shrinks inflamed tissues, helps blood circulation and purifies the blood, alkalizing and a good source of minerals)

• Cornsilk(used for over a century for kidney problems, for acute and chroniclaly inflamed bladders and the prostate gland.

• Saw Palmetto(calms nerves and acts as an antiseptic,has a good effect upon all the glandular tissues)

• When infection is involved, separately use Echinacea for a week to 10 days as listed below. (expels poisons and toxins and is an excellent blood cleanser, also, works like penicillin in the body with no side effects)

He used equal parts of each and  put 1 tsp of the combined herbs into a cup of water that had been boiled.  He then put a saucer on top of the cup and waited for 20 minutes until it had cooled enough to drink.  He strained the tea and told me that very shortly he was able to void. Prostatitis, common in men of all ages, is the inflammation of the prostate gland.   He was a delighted and grateful  80 year old cowboy .  Giddy-up!

There are 3 types of prostatitis:

• Acute infectious prostatitis is usually caused by bacteria from another part of the body that invades the prostate.   This happens suddenly.You may experience pain between the rectum and scrotum, fever, frequent urination accompanied by a burning sensation, a feeling of fullness in the  bladder, and blood or pus in the urine.

• Chronic (long-term) prostatitis is also a bacterial infection.  When an infection is involved we have included echinacea in the formula temporarily, 4 capsules a day for a week to 10 days. You could also use the infection fighting formula in this blog until symptoms disappear.

• Non-infectious prostatitis with similar symptoms but with no infection

• Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) is the gradual enlargement of the prostate which happens to about 50% of men over 50 and 75% of men over 70.  Because of the change in hormones he has an overproduction of prostate cells which results in prostate enlargement.An enlarged prostate, if it becomes too large, obstructs the urethral canal, interfering with urination and the ability to empty the bladder completely.

If the bladder doesn’t empty completely the kidneys also may not empty as they should. A major symptom is the need to urinate frequently, becoming more frequent as time passes. Many will find themselves rising several times during the night to urinate.

• The cause of all disease is Toxemia.  An inability of the body to expel toxic wastes from the body faster than you can put them in. Your body cannot absorb nutrients and heal itself unless we cleanse the system.

All types of prostatitis, if untreated, can lead to impotence.  This would be a more severe symptom but the cause is the same.

• VITAMINS AND MINERALS: Natural Multiple Vit & Mineral Supplement , B Complex,Zinc and Selenium are very important in helping to prevent and alleviate prostate problems. Just increasing zinc has helped some men to stop having problems with needing to get up at night and having little or no stream.

Many friends and family members have used this prostate formula and have experienced great relief.  If you would like to prevent the problem you would want to get on a healthier diet which we will cover in a future post.

Two other formulas that you would want to take on a regular basis until the problem is solved would be Dr. Christopher’s formulas #22 and #23.

Formula #22 is an aid for the prostate area.  In case of malfunction I would suggest this combination to assist the male:  cayenne, ginger, golden seal root, gravel root or queen of the meadow root, juniper berries, marshmallow root, parsley root or herb, uva ursi leaves.  This will dissolve the stones that are in the kidneys, as well as clean out other sedimentation and infection in the prostate.  Mix the powders and place in  No. “0″ capsules and take two or more morning and night, with parsley tea when possible.

Formula #23 is a hormonal herbal combination that is needed by both men and women.  This provides natural foods and materials to help rebuild weak, malfuntioning areas and help keep the organs healthy.  Herbs are food so there are no “side effects” that you get from synthetic drugs.

You can purchase these already encapsulated at a Dr. Christopher website or you can purchase the bulk formula from a Dr. Christopher website and encapsulate them yourself.  I purchase an equal amount of each herb listed, mix it together and encapsulate it myself.  I save about 50% of the cost by doing this.