Ginger and Intention

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/node/83545

"Not only is ginger a culinary marvel, its health benefits are stunning. It has been shown to be more effective against staph infections than antibiotics—and without the adverse effects."


So who loves ginger? Who hates it? Who stomachs it with sushi? Regardless of how you feel about its flavor (most of the world loves it and includes it prominently in their cuisines ranging from savory to sweet), one thing you can't argue is that it's a useful little herb. It's actually a rhizome and looks much like another wonder-root I like to call The Golden Goddess (Turmeric).

The article referenced is very well-written, easily digestible and comprehensible to even a novice health enthusiast. As always with GreenMedInfo.com, full bibiliographical information referencing the scientific studies is available.

In case it hasn't been clear what I'm trying to do here with this blog, I post these articles in hopes that people will read them and understand that health is not a profession practiced by a few highly-educated individuals on behalf of others. Health, rather, is a natural homeostasis of all life. It has been studied for millennia, and our last 100 years of Western "medicine" (which is pharmaceutical-based) is not an authority on well-being.

Pharmaceuticals are largely based upon substances occurring in nature, generally derived from plants. Using these models, specific parts are isolated and/or synthesized artificially in the lab. Disregarding the simple logic that unnatural things can not result in natural health, we are forced to objectively look at the history of the use of these man-made drugs. They work less often and with more unintended negative effects (we have to end this idea of a "side effect" because these effects are not things to be dismissed) than the natural "alternatives" which have been used and documented for hundreds and sometimes thousands of years. In the case of ginger, it has been safely and effectively used for over 2,000 years.

If you want to go with medical practice based upon evidence acquired by use, observation, and documentation the worst idea possible is to trust a drug which has been pushed through our government agencies for the use of maintaining sickness and disease. There is nobody to profit from natural therapies except farmers. When farmers benefit, the earth benefits, the ecosystem of which we are all a part benefits, and we ourselves benefit from real health care which accomplishes its goal.

It's economical, it's ecological, it's wise. Put down the pill and pick up the plant.