I was interviewed for an article for Get Degrees(.com)

Here's a link to the an article I was interviewed for Get Degrees (.com)!

http://www.getdegrees.com/interviews/interview-lori-bell-mom-earns-master-herbalist-diploma-online/

How I was introduced to herbal medicine...

I started an interest in herbal medicine in 1992 when our oldest of our 4 children was a baby. She had reoccurring health problems that doctors couldn’t get under control. Their answer was massive doses of medicine that compromised her immune system and then surgery. As young parents, we wanted to put our faith into the doctors’ hands, but when I started to feel that they were mechanically going through the motions to treat our baby, something inside me shouted, “there has to be another way!”

As fate goes, I noticed a herbal heath food shop as I was driving home with our daughter from an emotional doctors appointment. At this point I was open for any options. The wonderful woman who owned the shop took a look at Jessika and started gathering a couple of herbal remedies. Before I left her shop she gave me some quick instructions to get Jessika back to health. I had two weeks to get Jessika healthy before my next doctors’ appointment, when they wanted to schedule surgery. For two weeks I diligently followed her instructions, we saw great improvements, but was it enough. The day of the appointment arrived and I nervously keep silent as the doctor was checking Jessika. At this point a little doubt started creeping in me as he looked at me and said, “what did you do to your daughter?” I felt the blood drain from my face and asked him, “why?” Then he said, and I’ll never forget these words because they changed my life, “your daughters infection is completely gone, she is totally healthy, there’s no need for surgery.” I started to cry in relief as I told him what I did. He looked at me and told me to “NEVER take Jessika’s health into my own hands, because I didn’t understand the human body and how to treat it.” I thanked him, gathered my baby and we left. He’ll never know how he effected the direction of my life. From that day forward I had insatiable appetite for learning everything I could about the human body and how to treat it with herbal medicine.

In 2000 I found the “Australasian College of Health Sciences,” an accredited on-line course that taught in detail the human body and how to retain optimal health using herbal medicine. It was a very challenging course, in August 2003 I graduated with honors, I loved every minute of it!

The reason I’m telling my story is so you’ll get a since on how important herbal medicine is to my family and me. At this time I’m not working in this field outside of my home, but I’m always creating new formulas to treat and heal human (& animal) ailments.

I originally formulated this ointment specifically for stubborn, temperamental and “fickle” baby bottoms, when our boys were babies. I soon discovered that this ointment was very effective on a wide range of uses for the entire family (pets too).

Thank you,

Lori Bell M.H.Hons,

(Master Herbalist with Honors)

To all busy people out there who’d like to know more about herbal medicine..

My name is Lori Bell and I have a degree in herbal medicine. I graduated from American College of Health Science ( www.achs.edu ) in 2003, with a Master Herbalist degree with Honors. I’v made countless remedies for my family, friends, pets and neighbors over the years for a wide range of ailments. It is my intention to help others feel comfortable in knowing that there are herbal remedies that are safe to use at home. When you or a loved one is sick wouldn’t it be great to know what do for them at that moment. I do not intend any of this advise on this blog or my web-site to replace the advise of a doctor, especially in emergency situations. But for an example, you have a tickle in your throat, you can go to you spice cupboard, grab your italian spice mix and make a tea and a gargle with it, then sip on another cup. I’d like for you, the reader to learn how herbal medicine works really well with our bodies to support it as a whole.

I know busy...

I’m a mother of 4 great kids, Jessi 18, Danielle 16, Zachery 11 and our youngest, Jacob is 9. I’ve been married to Chris, my high school crush for 21 years.

All of the kids are in sports and after school activities, our oldest is even getting ready to go to college! Add to this, we have 3 big wonderful dogs to keep the fun meter bumped up pretty high. And, like everyone else who lives in a older house we are constantly painting, fixing or repairing something on a regular basis. So having a good base knowledge on herbal medicine helps when someone gets sick or hurt, you just handle it right then and there and then jump back into your busy life. Most times when you jump on a sniffle, it wont turn into a full blown cold. And chances are you’ll get it under control before you ever even consider going to the doctors. I don’t want to mislead anyone about going to the doctors, there is a time and place for them. But I think there are times when we go to the doctors when we really don’t need to, and then we subject ourselves to all the germs in the office when our immune systems are low and can easily pick up a new cold. For me it was gaining the confidence to treat my loved ones when they were ill and and I know I knew what to do and to be patient while they were healing.

Prescription antibiotics are WAY over prescribed! Only one of my kids even took antibiotics! With the use of Echinacea, Goldenseal, Astragalus and a good probiotic you can support the body to maintain good health. Antibiotics are wonderful when you really need them. But when you over use them your body becomes use and they no longer work and you’ll have to get a stronger and stronger dose. They not only kill the bad bacteria but the good as well in your gut, the good bacteria needs to be supported with a good probiotic to keep them healthy so the can keep doing their job. If not thats when we experience stomach problems and yeast infections afterwards. How many women do you know that bought a yeast infection prescription at the same time as their antibiotics because they knew that within days that “little itch” will start up.

I have a very strong pull to share what I’ve learned about Herbal Medicine and how I incorporate it into our daily life.