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Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:11:07 -0700February Newsletter - GangreneHerbs First Below is the February Newsletter that you requested from Herbs First.Gangrene Gangrene is the term used to describe the decay or death of an organ or tissue caused by a lack of blood supply. It is a complication resulting from infectious or inflammatory processes, injury, or degenerative changes associated with chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus. In the winter we hear of people getting lost in the snow and getting frost bite. Often the frozen toes, feet, fingers, hands and sometimes noses get gangrene. Doctors will treat the affected area with antibiotics, but if that doesn't work then the next step is amputation. I don't care for that solution, and I'm sure you don't either. My hope is that people will become familiar with the healing programs of Dr. Christopher, so that if it happens to someone you love, you can help them to avoid this sad scenario. The Complete Writings of Dr. John R. Christopher, CD ROM contain many success stories, which we share with you. The Carrot Poultice is Good for Man or Beast: Traveling from our office in Evanston, Wyoming, a number of years ago, I had to go over to Woodruff on a house call, to a family that was very, very sick. They improved so rapidly and were so pleased with our program that it was with some reluctance and embarrassment that the man said to me "Would it insult you if we asked you something about an animal?" I said, "No, we're good for man or beast." He said that he had a favorite horse outside that got tangled up in the barbed wire. "The vet was here yesterday and used the last ointments, salves and things that he knew about, and then he said there was only one thing more left to do, as the gangrene is setting in, so just shoot the horse." Well, this lovely animal was part of the family. They had quite a few children, and they still loved the horse, so he said "What can we do?" So we went out and looked at the horse's leg. I said "All right, you have been taking carrot juice and you havesome pulp there and a ton or so of carrots that you have brought in from your field, just grind up carrots and make a great big poultice and cover that horse's leg. That will do him good, and then give the horse all the carrots it can eat." Within seven days time that horse's leg was completely healed. The flesh was fully restored. [sNH p.266] Gangrenous Limb: We had a case where a man had injured his leg and gangrene had set in. He went to a medical doctor, who insisted that it should be amputated. That he refused to do, and he came to us. We dug up a large quantity of marshmallow root in the yard, sufficient to make enough decoction to completely submerge the leg in the liquid and after just a number of hours, the tissue returned to normal. This is the plant that people keep trying to weed out of their yards. It has big, deep roots which gather generous amounts of minerals and nutrients. [sNH p.332] Blood Clot and Gangrene Gone: One time, a doctor called Dr. Christopher from one of the largest hospitals in Seattle, Washington. He had traced him down by calling Mrs. Christopher, as the Doctor was lecturing throughout the country, often only one night in one place. The Doctor was then on the West Coast. The medical man asked the Doctor how he might save the leg of a patient with a case of blood clotting associated with gangrene. This was located in the leg and because of the gangrene, the hospital staff wanted to cut off the leg; the medical doctor wished to save it. Dr. Christopher told him to put an oak bark fomentation on the blood clot and a Marshmallow fomentation on the gangrene. He promised the doctor that the blood clot would be cleared within twenty four hours (that's quite a promise!). The clot had been bad enough that the hospital staff decided to do bypass surgery, but then they noticed that the gangrene had set in on the bottom of the leg, on the foot and theankle. When they decided to cut off the leg, the woman's daughter refused; thus the doctor had called Dr. Christopher. The medical doctor called Dr. Christopher back a week later and told him that the blood clot had truly cleared itself within twenty-four hours. When you've got a bad blood clot that is stopping circulation which can be cured in twenty-four hours, it is quite an accomplishment. Also the Marshmallow fomentation on the leg had pulled the gangrene out so that the green and black in the ankle and the foot were all gone, except for a little around the toes. Later the woman's daughter called Dr. Christopher and told him that the clot and gangrene had completely cleared when the woman got the one problem that frequently occurs in the hospital--pneumonia. The staff was concentrating on fighting the pneumonia and forgot all about the gangrene and so it came back, even though it had previously cleared. They used the same treatment to clear it again. [uW-Marshmallow] Miracle Marshmallow: Dr. Christopher was giving a one week series of lectures in Seattle a few years back, and after the Friday night talk, most of the people were standing around talking to each other, some leaving, when a young man came in the door pushing a wheel chair. In this chair was a man about seventy years old with a lap robe thrown over his legs. He was wheeled down to the podium, and the man in the chair motioned for Dr. Christopher to come down. He introduced himself as the president of the Northwestern Spiritualist Church organization. He was scheduled to go to the hospital the following Wednesday to have his legs amputated just below the hips. The gangrene was up part way to his knees by this time and by the time they could get him into the hospital, they estimated that the infection would be so high that it would necessitate taking the legs off just below the hips. "I do not want to lose my legs," he said. Having heard of others being helped by Dr. Christopher, he asked, "Would you please help me save my legs?" Dr. Christopher asked the young man pushing the chair to come outside with him to the parking lot. There was Marshmallow growing, just handy to show to him. I asked the young man if he knew what it was, and he said, "Yes, it is cheesies; I have been digging it out of the garden and field all day." When asked if there was more that had not been dug yet, he laughingly said, "Acres of it." Dr. Christopher took him back inside to give instructions on the procedure to save the legs. They should gather bushels of Marshmallow herb and root, shake or quickly rinse the roots off, and simmer in large buckets or pots made of stainless steel, unchipped enamel, or other inert substances--never aluminum or copper. They should make gallons of tea from these herbs. Then they should place it in a large container where the tea would come up almost tothe knee, such as a five-gallon can with the top out, tall waste baskets, etc. Put the tea in as hot as can be borne without damaging skin tissue, and use one container for each leg, filled as high as possible. Into the tea, they should put an ounce or more of cayenne pepper. After soaking the legs for thirty minutes in the hot tea, they should take them out and place them into buckets of ice water--or water as cold as it can be obtained. Leave the legs in the cold water five minutes, ten back into the fresh Marshmallow root tea, with cayenne, as above. This should be continued, thirty minutes hot and five minutes cold all day long; by nightfall, the extreme pain should be alleviated enough to apply fomentations over the legs, covered with oiled silk, plastic, or waxed paper. These fomentations are made best by soaking a Turkish towel or gauze in the very hot tea, lightly wringing it out just so that the tea will not run out of it, and placing as hot as possible without blisteringover the area. People sometimes apply a hot water bottle or other source of moist heat (never dry heat) to continue the warming, healing influence of the fomentation. This fomentation should be kept on the legs all night long. The next morning, the soaking program should begin again, and should be continued until complete healing occurs, so that even the scars are gone. During this time, the patient was to drink at least three cups of Marshmallow root tea per day and to stay on juices and distilled water. Food taken should be of the mucusless diet, that is, fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and seeds, raw or low heated. Zone therapy could also be applied to speed the action, but never on the afflicted area. If the gangrene occurs on the leg, for example, do reflexology on the arm on the same side, and in the area of the malfunction on the other extremity if it too is not affected. The men promised to apply this therapy. When Dr. Christopher returned to the area for another week's lecture the following month, a man came down to the front of the hall and asked permission to speak. He said that the Doctor probably would not remember him, but that the last time, he had been brought to the lecture in a wheelchair prior to having his legs amputated for gangrene. He followed the instructions, and using the herbs the good Lord had placed on earth to heal mankind, his legs had been completely healed. He stood there and stomped both feet on the floor so people could see that they were his own, not artificial. This man was quite emotional during his short talk, but he convinced a roomful of people how Marshmallow is truly a great herb. [uW-Marshmallow] Used by permission, taken from The Complete Writings of Dr. John R. Christopher, CD ROMHappy Valentine's.Kathryn Mechlinghttp://www.herbsfirst.com DISCLAIMER The information provided here is for educational purposes only, and should not be used to diagnose and treat diseases. If you have a serious health problem, we recommend that you consult a competent health practitioner.After each product is a list of what it has been used to aid. We are not claiming that the product will cure any of these diseases or that we created them to cure these disorders. We are merely reporting that people have used the product to aid these conditions.Finally, we wish to caution you that the information on this web site is for educational purposes only. 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