Dr. Henry Bieler: The Liver is the 2nd line of Defense against Disease

Dr. Henry Bieler of Food is Your Best Medicine (1965) fame clearly explains how the Liver is the human body’s 2nd line of defense; with digestion being the 1st line of defense. Dr. Bieler says and I quote: [Read more…]

Dr. Henry Bieler: Digestion is the first line of defense against disease

Read what dr Henry Bieler has to say about digestion. This is for all you eczematics and psoriatics there who are thinking about that much rumored leaky gut syndrome. Here are the principles, and here are some thoughts on how to fix this problem.

In 2008, I remember one of my teachers Barefoot Herbalist MH always saying to heal the stomach with orange juice fasting, then with a mono diet, and eating but once per day. He said that when the stomach was back online, it kept your blood pure. Dr. Henry Bieler in his 1965 book Food is Your Best Medicine devoted chapter 5 to talking about Digestion: First Line of Defense Against Disease. [Read more…]

Healing my 5 year old boy of bubbles on fingers and raw skin in one web between fingers

Last week I saw my 5 year old boy scratching vigorously his hands. He’s the silent type. Doesn’t complain much. Being the hands on parent I saw just how serious his predicament was. He had all these bubbles on the underside of his left hand on the first digits of all his fingers. What was worse is the web between his tall man and pointer finger was turned raw. Looks like eczema to me. Must be caused by the change of now going to school. [Read more…]