Hello friends!

I was away for several days, because I was busy moving from Berlin to Latvia. Now I'm fine and ready to continue my daily publications.

These shots I took in the garden of Ökowerk in the forest park Grünwld in Berlin and It's my contribution to the naturalmedicine competition.

Some information about me.

First of all, I would like to express my respect and gratitude to the organizers of the contest.

In accordance with the terms of the contest, I will tell a little about myself and about what natural medicine or naturopathy means to me.
I am vegan and really treat my consumption as seriously as possible. I lead a comprehensive and in-depth analysis on everything what I eat, what I drink, what I use for the hygiene of my body. This approach allows me to live for several years without pain. Since childhood, I have suffered from a mysterious illness, which was given a name several years ago - FIBROMIALGIA. Details on this disease you can read on the Internet. I will explain this briefly to you - this is when all the medical examinations and tests say that you are healthy, at a time when you feel constant pain in all parts of the body and sure that you are dying. Your muscles are affected by painful spasms and your joints ache from the slightest load.You experience daily headaches and attacks of chronic fatigue.You suffer from food intolerance to many foods and from irritable bowel syndrome. That's how I lived for many years - but now everything is different.

When I live consciously in harmony with nature, I do not need medical help. I do not need any clinical medicine or natural medicine - I'm practically not sick.The only disease that I can not avoid is aging. However, I can significantly slow down the aging process by simply following a program created by nature for our species. In other words, we can study ourselves as a biological species and create for ourselves ideal living conditions. This is what I have been passionately passionate about the last ten years and my health status confirms that I am on the right track.

Being a biologist I have been practicing naturopathy for many years. However, as a person close to science, I do not divide medicine into natural and unnatural. Because it is very difficult and often incorrect to draw a line between these concepts and the more it is incorrect to talk about the unconditional benefits of natural medicine or about the evil of chemical preparats.
I do not want to write in detail, but in general, I'm sticking to the position that all the elements for the synthesis of chemicals are taken from nature. At the same time, many natural preparations (tinctures, decoctions, dry, aqueous, oil and alcohol extracts) are products obtained with the help of chemical, thermal, enzymatic processing, which are invented by man and unnatural for nature. Extraction of useful substances allows us hundreds of times to improve the healing effect of the gifts of nature, but still, these are the fruits of the human intellect that is given to us by God or Nature - for me it is one and the same.
I urge you to use your mind and analyze any information before deciding to follow someone else's example.

Sorry, if my English is not very good, but I hope that I was able to correctly state my idea, which I consider to be very
important!

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Echinacea - almost a panacea!

The flower that you see in my photos is called Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'. More often you can see the image of this plant with purple petals. However, this version of Echinacea is no different from purple except for the color of the petals.

So, friends, When you suffer from infections of any origin, the best thing you can do is help your immunity recognize and destroy uninvited guests.
Let me introduce you to the famous and beautiful Echinacea

The knowledge of pharmacological effects of different preparations of Echinacea purpurea has been used for the medical treatment of several complaints for centuries now. Historical traces are going back to the North-American Indians
The echinacea plant is known for its anti-inflammatory and immuno-enhancing properties, and has thus become a popular herbal ingredient for boosting immune function.
Immunomodulating properties of echinacea are due to the fact that it contains many biologically active substances. These are polysaccharides, essential oils, glycosides, saponins, resins, organic acids (including polyunsaturated fatty acids) and phytosterols, alkaloids, tannins; phenolic acids - possessing antiseptic properties; polyenes are substances that destroy many kinds of fungi.

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The traditional areas of use are numerous and include, among others, wounds, burns, inflammations of the gums, toothache and sore throats, colds, coughs, mumps, measles, and gonorrhoea. There are many reports of Echinacea being used to treat snake and insect bites and generally as an antidote for symptoms of poisoning.
Traditional use of the plant focused on root preparations, but i have come to understand that all parts of the plant contain the necessary chemicals to support our immune system.
The best way to create a tincture of echinacea is to start early in the season with a leaf tincture, add the flower in the summer, and top off the preparation in the fall with a bit of root.
It is very popular to prepare a hot drink from Echinacea. You can find on sale dried Echinacea in bags for making herbal tea. But unfortunately it does not work. Hot water can not effectively remove useful substances from the plant and do not destroy them.

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To get a really effective medicine based on Echinacea, you need to use an alcohol-containing aqueous solution. I recommend using a 20 ° solution of alcohol. Grind all parts of the plant, pour diluted vodka in a ratio of 1: 6 (one part of the raw material: six parts of 20 ° alcohol). Leave the mixture at 28-30 ° C for 24 hours. Then mix thoroughly for one hour and leave for another 24 hours. After the second day, you need to drain a quarter of the liquid into a jar and add fresh 20 ° of alcohol to the original volume (how many have drained and so much add) and leave for another 12 hours. It will be better if you mix the solution with the grass periodically. Now you must drain all the resulting solution and connect it to the solution that you drained the first time. Filter the solution from the plant residues using a fine sieve. Place the resulting solution in a glass dish and leave in the refrigerator for 7 days. Almost done. Now you need to pour the solution through a paper coffee filter and your tincture is ready for use.
Shake before use. Adults and children over 12 years old take 25-35 drops 3 times daily before meals. Children from 2 years to 6 years are prescribed 5-10 drops three times a day, and children from 6 to 12 years - 10-15 drops three times a day. The duration of one course of treatment should not exceed 8 weeks. The average duration of treatment is 2-3 weeks.

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A little difficult? Maybe! But this is really the most effective way of extracting useful plant substances!

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Be healthy! I'll be back very soon. See you!