Herbs, notably taken as part of herbal formulas, are a big part of our regenerative detoxification protocols, and for a good reason.
There are generally two objections that arise concerning the use of herbs, which include:
- that people have been able to heal without the use of tissue-specific herbs by relying exclusively on diet and fasting, and it's therefore occasionally assumed by the inexperienced practitioner or layperson that every other individual is able to accomplish the same; and
- some people consider herbs toxic (such as proponents of the Natural Hygiene philosophy and principles).
Dr. Morse says he used to help people using just diet until years into his practice when he realized that diet alone was becoming increasingly ineffective at bringing people out of very poor health conditions.
When he began incorporating herbs into his practice, this was when things turned around, and promisingly so.
Just doing raw [food] at these chronic levels… I’ve got to tell you, I got away from just using diet to try to help people years ago because it wasn’t enough.
Robert Morse, N.D., Questions & Answers 239 @ 2:26:05 (Source)
Also, many people have felt the difference between varying levels of detoxifying diets and forms of fasting, with and without herbs. They can testify to the fact that herbs, generally used as part of strong herbal formulas, often make a noticeable and phenomenal difference.
Why We Use Herbs
1.) Compared to a large percentage of commercially produced fruits and vegetables that have lost much of their potency, wildcrafted herbs or organic herbs grown properly and harvested at the right time are still many times more powerful in terms of effects on our body tissues.
And with chronic tissue weaknesses, we need all the additional support we can get, herbs being a big part of this. There are situations where tissues will not respond favorably without a “push” of some kind, whether in the form of herbs, glandulars, biomagnetic therapy, or some form of tissue manipulation technique.
2.) The current suboptimal lifestyle and diet trends followed by the majority of the Western world, as well as the environmental pollution we endure, dictates that each subsequent generation of our kind will face deeper genetic weaknesses and greater toxicity problems than the previous generation (which reflects in the irides of the eyes). And this doesn’t even factor in the use of chemical medications and ingestion of, or exposure to, substances that are considerably challenging to eliminate from the body. Notable examples are bioaccumulated sulfur and heavy metals or metalloids.
Sadly, even with the inclusion of herbs, many can still have a more challenging time achieving regeneration or restoring normal tissue functioning than has ever been encountered in prior history.
This is partly why:
- Dr. Morse resorts to the use of bovine glandulars to help rebuild and normalize various endocrine glands and organs.
- many people aren’t getting away anymore with simply treating symptoms and will have spent large sums of money on different supplements and diet programs in the process of just trying to get well and heal.
3.) Of course, people with minor to moderate health problems and without deeply congested lymphatic systems can heal without using botanical products.
We need to realize that sometimes it'll take significantly longer. Multiple intermittent or longer fasts may need to be undertaken to be able to detoxify deep enough.
Many people tend not to have much patience with their healing journey, but the reality is that correcting our health issues is a fairly slow process, and further so if diet alone is relied on exclusively.
Natural Hygiene and Herbs
If there's a flaw in the Natural Hygienic principles, Dr. Morse has identified the postulation that all medicinal herbs only serve to suppress, stimulate and/or toxify the body as one of them, a major flaw.
The Natural Hygienic people pretty much tore it (health) to parts themselves; the thing where they fell off is considering herbs toxic. That was a big mistake from them, and that’s okay, but I found them (herbs) to be just quite the opposite and so did most animals on the planet.
Robert Morse, N.D., Questions & Answers 118 Part 2 @ 6:11 (Source)
Some people have been passionate devotees of the Natural Hygiene philosophy and its principles. They, too, experienced amplified healing when they set aside their disdain for herbs and began using them.
Their success with herbs came from not using them to treat symptoms but as a powerful aid to address the root cause of health problems by targeting key systems in the body, which enabled healing to accelerate.
One such person is Joy King, as the following article excerpt highlights:
“Dr. Morse helped Joy understand the body’s mechanics and the power of herbs. ‘Being trained in Natural Hygiene originally, I was very anti-herbs or anything other than fruit,’ she said. ‘After taking his herbs and understanding the basics of the body and how it works and how the kidneys must be properly filtering, my healing catapulted to a completely new level. Sure, many people can heal with just fruit alone; however, when the damage is deep in the organs, sometimes a boost is really required—and that is the power of the herbs. This information was a game changer for me.'”[1]
Also, you may want to ask yourself the following:
Would you deny a person the use and application of aloe vera, burdock, or comfrey for speed healing and regeneration of severe burns, deep cuts, or fractured bones because these herbs are supposedly only going to serve to suppress, stimulate and/or toxify the body?
Would you deny a person the use of a wisely-formulated antispasmodic herbal formula when they endure asthma attacks, seizures, convulsions, tremors, cramps, or spasms – while focusing on addressing the root cause – because the formula’s herbal content is supposedly only going to suppress, stimulate and/or toxify the body?
It's for each individual to decide whether they want to use herbs, but in our view, herbs are and have always been here to help. Like any other tool, it goes without saying that herbs should be used wisely.