Alternative Therapy Saved My Daughters Life

My daughter is alive today because of alternative medicine and prayer. I have been a Master Herbalist for some 30 years but before that I worked for medical doctors. In fact, I headed the department that was responsible for buying the drugs given to the patients. Drug company representatives took me out to lunch weekly to push whatever product line they sold. I knew nothing about alternative medicine. I believed in the system and my doctors blindly and completely.

My youngest daughter was born in this time period. She was born with no complications and her first three months were normal. This all changed with two events at that 3 month time period. I took her to my doctor for her first baby shots and she was moved to formula after my breast milk dried up. She then began to experience infections. The infections ranged from colds to ear, nose, and throat infections and later bladder infections. She was put on antibiotics as was the norm for those days. The infections were not affected by the antibiotic therapy. She got even worse and then was changed to a new antibiotic that was stronger. She continued to be sick most of the time. With each new infection or reoccurring infection, she was given a new drug to try. None of them did much good and she progressively got worse.

After months of antibiotic therapy, she was dangerously chronically ill. She cried all the time, had lost weight, refused to eat most of the time and was very weak, I carried her most of the time. She never got well except for a few days. She was taken to the hospital for tests but they could not seem to find what was really wrong. She was covered with rashes caused from the systemic yeast infection due to the overuse of the antibiotics.

Remember, this was 30 years ago before the problems of over -medicating with antibiotics was acknowledged. They gave antibiotics as a standard for both viral and bacterial infections. She had been given antibiotics that now would not be prescribed to a child of that age at all and certainly not for that duration of time. When I protested telling the doctors that she was immune to the effects of the antibiotics and that they were making her worse, I was told that could not happen. I was given no choice and these were top notch pediatricians of that time period. At that point, they gave up. They informed me that they did not know what was wrong with her or how to treat it. Their one regimen of treatment had not worked from the beginning. They were out of antibiotics to experiment with. They suggested Mayo clinic.

By this time, I had lost faith in the standard medical system and the doctors treating her. Despite the warnings from my husband, family and friends I made the decision to take her away from the standard medicine doctors.

In recent weeks, I had spent days of research into alternative medicine therapies, homeopathy, and how the immune function worked in children. I found through research that there was a homeopathic doctor in the area and so my next step was to take her there for an evaluation.

After taking a complete history of her problems, he had me change her diet to fresh goat's milk. Goats milk is the closest milk to breast milk and much easier to digest. He instructed me to give her plain yogurt to help her stomach. He gave her a homeopathic formula for the thymus gland to boost her immune function. The Thymus gland is one of the main glands that is responsible for immune function in children. She was given a formula to rebalance her system where the yeast infection had taken over. She was given a formula to strengthen her urinary tract that was compromised by the overuse of the antibiotic regimen. When she got sick, she was given a formula to fight that. Within a month she began to eat and gain a little weight back. She stopped crying all the time and several months later she was free from infections for the first time in over a year.

It took months for her to regain her normal weight back. She continued to grow stronger slowly and now walked instead of having to be carried. She began playing and acting more like a normal child. It took over 6 months to rebalance her system so that she did not have yeast rashes. She had bladder problems for years from the damage caused by the overuse of the antibiotics. The herbal and homeopathic medicines did work to decrease the infections over time and the severity of them. With the formulas to support her immune system, she was sick less often. She got well more quickly and her infections were much milder.

It took a number of years to undo the damage from the overuse of the antibiotics. I might add that when the antibiotics had no effect on her infections all those months, the herbal and homeopathic medicine did work. She did not magically get well but she began to improve within the first month. I am indebted to her homeopathic doctor and his expertise. Her recovery took years but she progressively got better with each year.

My daughter is grown now and still has problems with her immune function at times. She uses herbs to both strengthen her immune function and fight infection if she gets one. She pays attention to her diet and eats as nutritiously as possible. She does better overall than many of her friends who never were as sick as she was.

I take herbs to strengthen my immune function and I rarely get sick. If I am around people who are sick, I go on a regimen of extra Vitamin C and Oregano Oil. I sometimes add olive leaf extract that also supports immune function. I have used herbal medicine successfully many times over the years. I use Chinese herbal medicine now to deal with a genetic problem which causes me to be at greater risk for a clot. I adhere to a nutritional regimen that supports health and a healthy immune system.

My youngest child is why I became a Master Herbalist and why I went to school to complete that education. She inspired my research and she is the reason why I am so dedicated to the principals of alternative medicine. My youngest daughter is a testament to the value of alternative medicine.