" Because you are alive, everything is possible." - Thich Nhat Hanh
It is the second edition of Buhner's Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug Resistant Bacteria. For most, you never consider a herb as an alternative for an antibiotic. Well, if you have not thought of this, you better start. The conventional antibiotics are dwindling in number, and the number of resistant bacteria are getting overwhelming.
We need to make friends with bacteria because as Buhner states, "bacteria play an integral role in supporting, maintaining and rebuilding health." I feel and know it is unhealthy thinking to make enemies of bacteria as well as the plants, the honeybees, the ants, and all forms of life. You must realize that these life forms were here well before man. This is wonderfully demonstrated in his book. It also has been well demonstrated when listening or reading Paul Stamen's " Mycelium Running" This is a book about the intricate life of mushrooms and their use in the world. There is so much we do not know about life at this time.
We are in a world of antibioticc overuse which generates new pathogenic and resistant strains. You read about MRSA, methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. It is not the only bacterium that has developed resistance. There are more than we know.
Herbal Antibiotics 2nd edition explores different herbs than the first edition and utilizes the terms systemic, non systemic and synergistic herbs.
I am a lover of books, and this book is no exception. He is also the author of another favorite, " Healing Lyme"
Until tomorrow...
Interesting. Big article in last week's New Yorker mag about mining positive attributes of bacteria and allowing it to keep us healthy.
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