Wolf Love ~ Healing with Herbs

Baby knew that many of the common illnesses we face in our modern world today can be cured with herbs. She is not a studied modern medical herbalist, but a learned one gathering most of her knowledge from her relatives and her brief study of Biology in college so she is careful to only help her animal friends but if a human asks her a question she is always careful to tell them to consult their medical doctor.

The Native American Indians who lived thousands of years ago lived off the land and used their collected herbs as food and medicines. The most wonderful benefit from using these herbs is that they cause no side-effects like prescription or over-the counter drugs. If you do not grow or collect your own they can be bought at a health food store, pharmacy or on-line.

The common Yarrow was called "life medicine" by the Navajo because it could numb pain on contact. It also had coagulants that helped stop bleeding from wounds. The Native Cherokee bathed in Yarrow leaves to help aid the speed of healing time as it is also an antiseptic killing surface bacterias. This herb is also used for eczema and skin rashes. Baby used Yarrow on many of her

wolf and small animal charges as well as humans if they consulted their family doctors first.

Baby burns Sagebrush in a little ceramic dish

to purify the air in our home as the Native Americans did to purify the air in ceremonies.

When Sagebrush is burned the space around is sanitized by giving off anti-inflammatory properties.

Do not think me strange when I tell you I actually have seen our old Anika spring into action after burning a sage bundle around her. When released into the air and when we breath these properties into our lungs thus allowing them to reach our

blood streams it will kill the harmful germs in our system. Common Sagebrush grows abundantly wild all over our Western United States.

Arnica is a natural pain reliever reducing pain

and stiffness for joint pain inflammation and muscle aches. The Native Americans used Arnica often to ease the pain. Arnica is of the Sunflower family and The seed like fruit have a pappus of plumose, white or pale tan bristles. The entire plant has a strong and distinct pine-sage odor when the leaves of mature plants are rubbed or bruised. This plant should not be taken internally.

Arnica contains caffeoylquinic acid, a natural pain reliever. If you buy Arnica at a health store make sure you get a good quality cream to rub into your skin scrapes and bruises.

If you use modern aspirin then White Willow contains salicin which is the same chemical in aspirin. Baby never has a bottle of aspirin in our home. Instead we make White Willow tea to ease our pains. The Native Americans made a tea of this herb also drinking it to ease pains.

The modern,pill aspirin, works faster but the herb white willow will relieve pain longer and will not irritate the stomach.

It seems that everyone has allergies today. My sweetheart Baby uses stinging Nettle to combat allergies in our household. We live near a meadow and we are in it almost everyday but we do not have the allergies as others do because we use Stinging Nettle to combat the swollen nasal passages from allergies. This herb impedes the production of histamine which is a chemical produced by our immune system that causes congestion and sneezing and other related allergy symptoms. Stinging nettle is also a natural anti-inflammatory and pain reliever to help shrink swollen nasal passages.

Now I saved the best for last. Sexual problems.

Oh my is this taboo ? i do not think so. If there were not sex then we would not exist would we ? Sex is good when treated in a loving and caring way between mutual beings.

For the ladies Black cohosh is the herb that mimics estrogen and balances hormones. The Algonquin Indians called black cohosh the cramp bark because it helped ease menopausal symptoms easing hot flashes and night sweats.

For the gentlemen Saw Palmetto helps in cutting the risk of prostrate cancer and when used by women it helps to get rid of facial hair. This is because it balances the body's hormones. How wonderful that saw palmetto can help both sexes.

Now you all know I love and honor my wife because I call her sweetheart Baby. No one has asked her given name. She was named Lucy. I prefer to call her baby but her close friends do call her Lucy. My “sweetheart Baby' Lucy will help animal and human alike and that is why I honor her.