Page 110 - Msingi Afrika Magazine Issue 7
P. 110

FARMING  GOD'S WAY














          Natural Healing is Possible



          Isabella Baird

                  y journey to discovering   From that day on, I began to       neck. Other than that, Niah has
                  natural health remedies    read up on and research how        never seen a doctor to date and
                  started when I had my      to support and strengthen our      has only been given natural
          Mfirst child, Neriah. Being        immune systems using natural       healing remedies since she was
          a new mum and trying to deal       remedies to prevent illnesses,     born.
          with all the worries that would    instead of waiting to fight them   Other than when I was pregnant
          come when she would fall ill,      once we were already ill. I also   with Niah, I too have not seen a
          was not easy. I would tend to      began to share what I had          doctor in the past 8 years. This
          panic whenever she would get       learnt with the parents and oth-   transformation in understanding
          a fever and immediately give       er people I knew. All this new in-  of how to deal with health the
          her Calpol, because that was       formation made me literally stop   natural way has given my family
          what every parent that I knew      taking my daughter to doctors      immense health and wellness.
          did. The other thing I would use   and I am proud to say that she     I say wellness, because it has
          is antibiotics whenever she had    has not had any severe illness     also given me mental peace of
          an infection, until one day, when   or even the common flu and        knowing that He who created
          she was still an infant, she was   she has not needed to see a        the earth put everything that
          prescribed a dose of Augmen-       doctor for the past eight years,   we need at our fingertips, to
          tin, the same amount I would       she is now nine.                   enable us to be healthy. When
          get prescribed as an adult. This   Another thing I had to battle      He spoke and created the
          is when I really began to ques-    with concerning Neriah was a       vegetation, plants and trees, He
          tion a lot regarding the medical   severe case of eczema that         was also creating every healing
          industry and the manufactured      lasted for a couple of years. I    solution to every problem that
          medicines we would use.            later came to learn that it was    would arise, remember after all
          One day I called my brother,       caused by the vaccines people      He is the God who knows the
          who is a medical doctor in Den-    give their children, for lack of   beginning from the end! For me
          mark. I asked him what should      better understanding. At that      everything that I needed to sup-
          really be done when a 3 month      time I was not knowledgeable       port, build and heal our bodies
          old has a fever. To my surprise    on the dangers of vaccines and     was right there in my kitchen.
          he said I should not give her      I had her fully vaccinated. How-   They were items I would use
          calpol, he continued to say that   ever, when I had my youngest       every day to cook with but I
          he would not prescribe Calpol      daughter Niah, I heard a voice,    didn’t know or understand their
          to any child. He recommended       that I know was God, instructing   use as natural medicines.
          instead that she should wear       me to not have her vaccinated.     The main item I would use from
          the minimum amount of clothing     By that time she had already       my kitchen which you probably
          possible, so that her body could   had a couple of vaccines, but I    have and use regularly too is,
          cool down, and that I should let   stopped from that moment on.       yes you guessed it, garlic. Let’s
          her ride out the fever for three   I stand to testify that since the   take a deeper look at the com-
          days, while closely monitoring     day that Niah left the hospital    ponents of garlic and how bene-
          her temperature and keeping        after she was born, she has        ficial it can be to our health.
          her hydrated. He explained that    never had an ailment beyond
          a fever is a sign that the im-     the common flu, a few fevers
          mune system is fighting a virus.   and one case of a rash on her



          110       |   heal . restore . rebirth .  Afrika                          HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
   105   106   107   108   109   110   111   112   113   114   115