Fatigue in the 21st century

Are you a victim of over abusing your body? Do you drag yourself into bed at night, and then 5 to 6 hours later, you are dragging your butt out of bed? Why are we in such a hurry to rush our life away? Well, as so many people, I fall in this same catagory.

The conference in New Mexico that I just attented, "The Traditions in Western Folk Herbalism", really opened my eyes to many new things. First off...I need to slow down in my life and smell the roses! I need to take time and enjoy my surroundings. I wake up in the mornings and grab a diet coke to help wake my body up. It's a wonder my body is still working.

In my practice, I see a lot of people who come to me in very slow motion. They are lacking energy, with body aches from head to toes. They have been sent away from their Medical Dr's with handfuls of prescriptions saying it's all in their heads, that there is nothing wrong with their health. As I start working with my clients, I investigate their life patterns, and it is obvious that they are suffering from extreme fatigue.

What is fatigue? Is it in the health catagories as: Fibromyagia...Chronic Fatigue...Depression...Exhausted Adrenals... In my personal opionion, it all falls into the same catagory! We are buring the candle at both ends, and the flame has just burned out!
In the next few blogs, I am going to address many natural approaches that we can do to nourish ourselves back to normal balance. It's going to require healthy nutrition, exercise, and vitamins and herbal potions.

For today, I would like to challenge everyone to go for a walk around your neighborhood. Get some fresh air. Take your dog or your loved one with you. Enjoy your surroundings. Take in the scenery. Stop and literally smell the flowers or bushes along your path.

Before going to bed, take a hot and cold shower. It helps get the blood flowing and helps strengthen the immune system. Hot and cold water therapy has been used for thousands of years with amazing results. Hippocrates the Father of Natural healing was known for his knowledge of hot and cold water applications. Alternating hot and cold water is a great body balancer. Hot water draws old and tired blood out of the internal organs and helps with circulation and opens up the pores to pull out toxins. Cold water sends fresh blood back to the organs and nourishes the core of the body. You should do a couple of cycles of hot and cold water and the finish up with the warm water. This water therapy alone has been known to help with depression and other life threatening illnesses.

After taking your walk and doing your water therapy, it's time to unwind and finish up your day with a relaxing cup of herbal tea. I reccommend herbs that have a relaxing effect such as: Kava Kava, Chammomile, Passionflower, Skullcap, Peppermint or Spearmint, Blue Vervain just to name a few. Sleepytime tea is also a popular one. Give one of them a try and find your favorite. Add honey or Agave Nectar to taste. If you are still needing a little extra relaxation supplement, try rubbing Kava Calm Balm on your feet to help bring about grounding the body. Try rubbing the balm and or Lavender Kava Calm Lotion on and around the neck to relax stressed out muscles and to help the body relax. The herb Kava is a great muscle relaxer, and with it being the number one ingredient in the balm it penetrates in for fast acting muscle relaxer. Give it a try tonight. You will be amazed of how good you will feel.

Take care, and watch for more blogs on Fatigue.

New and upcoming projects

As you can tell by the picture... We are venturing out in the world of soap. It's good clean fun! We've taken our soap process one step further and we're incorporating our popular oils from our balms to our soaps to bring anti fungal and anit bacterial protection for the whole family. What else could you ask for? OK...for folks like me who don't like to rise with the chickens, I'm creating a morning time soap to wake you up in the shower. I think we'll have to make a commercial on that one. Any volunteers? Who likes to sing in the shower? Ok...more updates on how the soap process is going. Anyone who would like some free soap (my guinea pigs...hahaha) when you make a order for Mobu products, just mention to Lena, or anyone else on the end of the phone that you want to be brave and try some soap. Come on now...try it, you'll like it. Besides, not to much in life is free. Give us a call. 877-396-6628 It's our S.O. S. soap.

Great news! The Kombucha Tea is turning out so wonderful. Billy Bob my Husband and human robot taste tester and big time guinea pig just loves sippin on the "Booch" tea. He has not had any indigestion since drinking his 2 to 4 oz everyday. It is so nice to have his 3:00 AM ritual of tossing and turning reaching for his antacids finally gone. So for all of you who suffer with the indigestion and upset tummy,you should really think about giving Kombucha Tea a try.

It's back to school for me. I'm off to New Mexico for Herbal conference. I'm looking so forward to this. Great teachers who continue to inspire me today. Here's their website with all the details:http://www.traditionsinwesternherbalism.org/classes.html

Have a great week. Thanks for following. Let me know if there's anything I can blog about. I'm never loss of words. lol.

Here's to your good health. Cheers!
Janell

Kombucha Tea

Kombucha Tea has been really getting a lot of media attention lately due to the fact that all brews have been taken off the shelves at all health food stores. What's the big to do about this mystery brew that is fermented by a odd looking form of a mushroom? Is there really any truth about alcohol being the reason it was pulled off the store shelves?

OK...my curiosity got the best of me this last week. I have delved into the deep blue sea of Kombucha Tea and really did my homework. What was the fuss about this tangy sour fermented brew? Is it the wonder brew that everyone says it is?
I was lucky enough to find one last bottle of Kombucha Tea in one of the local health food stores refrigerated area. Citrus Flavor. Ok. Be careful I tell myself. Warnings on the bottle...Do not shake! I slowly open the bottle and much to my surprize.....volcanic eruption...This stuff explodes! Combustion power!!! After digging in the glove box for napkins to clean up my carelessness, I decided to take a swig. MMMMM...Not Bad. It definately had a sour taste, kind-of hard to compare to anything else I've tasted. It definately didn't taste like Tea I've ever tasted, and I'm a big time tea drinker. I've heard others compare it to Beer. I find it hard to compare to beer, because I can't even stand the smeel let alone the taste of beer. (Besides gathering up the stale beer and washing my hair)

Couple hours later, I'm still full of energy, no mid day slump, no nap time needed, and no need of caffeine. By-the way...no feeling of alcohol in the Kombucha Tea. I would have felt it, cuz I'm pretty sensitive to things like that. My luck I would have been pulled over for a DUI if it had alcohol in it.

To make a fermented story short...let's just say... I just received my Scogie in the mail. It's my baby mushroom and I'm ready to start Kombuchin it! I have my brew on and in 7 to 10 days, I'm going to be ready to bottle it!. I love new projects. I will post lots of pictures and results later. Yum-O....I'm excited!

Have a great Labor Day Holiday. Cheers!