Natural Treatments, Important Oils, and Therapeutic Your Physique with out Medication with Heidi Villegas

That is the transcript of an interview hosted on Ruth’s Really feel Higher. Stay Free. podcast.

Ruth Soukup: It’s no secret that I’m not an enormous fan of prescription drugs, or the best way massive pharma, and massive meals for that matter, haven’t solely corrupted the well being business, however immediately precipitated the huge well being and weight problems disaster on this nation. And whereas we speak rather a lot right here on this podcast about how one can begin therapeutic your physique by consuming the suitable issues, One factor we don’t actually discuss is what pure alternate options exist for changing the medicine which are nonetheless taking over house in your drugs cupboard.

That’s why I’m so enthusiastic about at the moment’s episode. If nothing else, it’s undoubtedly going to offer you some critical meals for thought. So let’s dig in.

Welcome to the Really feel Higher Stay Free podcast dropped at you by Thinlicious. I’m your host, Ruth Soukup, and right here we’ll discuss every thing from the science of weight reduction to sensible ideas for making your well being a precedence within the midst of a busy life. It’s somewhat bit nerdy, somewhat bit humorous, and somewhat bit revolutionary.

So buckle up good friend, as a result of it’s about to get actual.

Hey there, and welcome again to the Really feel Higher Stay Free podcast. For these of you who don’t know me, my title is Ruth Soukup and I’m the founding father of Thinlicious and the creator of the Skinny Tailored System, in addition to the New York Instances bestselling creator of seven books. And at the moment we’re going to be chatting with my good friend, Heidi Villegas, who’s a passionate herbalist with over 20 years of expertise, in addition to an aromatherapist and a homesteader.

And she or he has not solely been in a position to heal her personal physique naturally and eradicate all the medicines from her life, she now teaches folks all over the world tips on how to use herbs as drugs. And she or he’s fairly superb. And at the moment she’s going to be strolling us by means of what that really appears to be like like. And I gotta inform you, that is actually one of many, my favourite conversations that I’ve ever had on this podcast thus far.

It’s fairly enjoyable. We get somewhat heated generally it’s, but it surely’s fairly good. So with out additional ado, I’m excited to have the ability to introduce you to at the moment’s interview visitor, Heidi Villegas. Heidi, thanks a lot for being right here at the moment. I’m so excited to speak to you.

Heidi Villegas: Thanks Ruth. I’m thrilled to be right here.

Thanks a lot for having me on. 

Ruth Soukup: You’re welcome. And you already know, folks don’t, may not know this, however you and I’ve recognized one another for a really very long time. You’ve been in my enterprise packages for a very long time and been in my mastermind and all these items. So we had a lot of alternatives to speak in regards to the enterprise aspect of what you do, however I haven’t really had that a lot time to speak to you about just like the precise nitty gritty of what you do, which is definitely very cool.

So why don’t we simply begin like, give us a fast overview of who you might be, what you do, after which we’ll dive in. 

Heidi Villegas: Okay so I’m Heidi Villegas and I’m the founding father of Therapeutic Harvest Homestead and likewise the College of Botanical Arts and Sciences. I’m an herbalist, and I’ve been an herbalist now for about 20 years, after which I obtained into aromatherapy in all probability about, oh, 5 – 6 years in the past, and obtained educated in that.

However I got here into this with some actually critical well being points, and I used to be doing every thing proper, I assumed. And I found medicinal herbs form of by chance. And there’s an entire story behind that, however I received’t go into it. However anyway, that’s what spurred my curiosity in medicinal crops. And I used to be in a position to heal my physique from, oh my goodness, so many various well being points.

And plenty of of them have been associated. They have been like uncomfortable side effects of the totally different well being points I used to be having and the medicines I used to be on. And so as soon as I obtained off every thing, It’s, I’m 60 years outdated and I really feel higher now than after I was 40. Though I used to be like fitter again then, you already know, so I now train folks tips on how to use these medicinal herbs and God gave us the herbs.

He gave us the crops for our meals and drugs. And we as a collective society have forgotten tips on how to use them. So I simply helped carry that again. 

Ruth Soukup: I really like that. I really like that. Properly, and you already know, as you in all probability know, I feel, however I’m not an enormous fan of massive pharma. So I really like something that’s various. And but I don’t know, like herbalist, that feels like such a like fancy time period.

So inform me, like, inform me, clarify to me, what’s an herbalist? 

Heidi Villegas: So, and that is so humorous as a result of lots of people will research herbs and begin utilizing pure cures. and making their very own pure cures. And so they hesitate to name themselves an herbalist as a result of it does appear form of like excessive finish, fancy, no matter.

The fact is anyone who works with medicinal herbs is an herbalist. I imply, should you’re a gardener and also you develop mint in your yard and you employ that for natural teas, nicely, you already know, to an extent you’re an herbalist. Yeah. And many individuals, it’s enjoyable. I prefer it. So, and many individuals as soon as they begin studying extra deeply in regards to the medicinal crops, they go on to assist different folks.

That’s thrilling. 

Ruth Soukup: Yeah. So what is taken into account a medicinal plant? Like what are the totally different, or like that ones that folks would have heard of? 

Heidi Villegas: Okay there are literally thousands of them, to begin with, and yeah, a lot of them are literally the meals that you’ve got in your kitchen proper now. For instance cinnamon is an unimaginable medicinal herb in quite a few alternative ways, many makes use of for it.

Lavender, garlic peppermint, rosemary, oregano your Italian spice seasoning. That is so humorous. A good friend of mine was telling me that her son who’s in school. Began having an sickness and he or she mentioned, simply go to the physician. Now she’s certainly one of my college students and he or she was fearful about him. He says, no, as a result of I’m not going to take an antibiotic and I’m not going to take a steroid.

I really like this child. Precisely. Properly, I, she’s been my pupil for a extremely very long time. So she like is aware of, she goes, look, go to the grocery retailer. Get your, get the Italian spice seasoning and do an natural steam. And that’s going to, you already know, assist launch every thing and enable you heal up. He did it. He felt higher like actually inside a day.

So, wow. Yeah. Many individuals simply don’t understand how these herbs are so at our fingertips and Massive Pharma doesn’t need us to find out about them. 

Ruth Soukup: No, they don’t. 

Heidi Villegas: No, should you have a look at the historical past of drugs, like, you already know, the AMA, the American Medical Affiliation in society, it’s actually fairly sickening. And it began way back, actually again within the 1800s.

And if you wish to return even farther and get into, I hate the phrase, the patriarchy and all of that, you might take this all the best way again into the 1500s with the witch trials and issues like that. They have been wow. Yeah. There’s a, all the best way again to that. Yeah. It’s an enchanting historical past.

However in fashionable society you already know, the American Medical Affiliation, the FDA, the medical health insurance business, and naturally massive pharma, principally simply crushed herbalism and herbalist. Herbalism was authorized in our nation to practices of medical modality, and it now not is. They’ve taken it away from the folks.

So yeah, so herbalists now, like after I work with shoppers, I’m not practising drugs or any type of various medical well being. What I say is I’m not a health care provider. And. I don’t diagnose. I don’t prescribe. I don’t remedy. I don’t deal with, however we help the physique’s pure therapeutic processes. So we form of have skirted across the language.

Yeah, however 

Ruth Soukup: yeah, oils are form of like that somewhat bit too, which I’ve been utilizing, you already know, important oils for. 10 years, 12 years, one thing like that. And I’ve, however I’ve, I discover it irritating which you could’t get like good solutions, proper? Like should you Google it, every thing is so throttled to seek out out like what important oil will do which factor due to every thing that they’re allowed or not allowed to say.

And even like what I ended up doing was shopping for outdated books, like books from, I don’t know, the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties. 90s. I’d discover them on eBay or Amazon or no matter. And so they have been costly as a result of there’s not very a lot of them as a result of different folks have performed the identical factor, however from earlier than they began actually throttling what you’re allowed to say about these totally different important oils.

In order that I, simply in order that I may know tips on how to use them and what to make use of for various issues. So how do you. How do you get round that? Like, after which that’s the half that’s so like, I feel somewhat bit overwhelming for me. And possibly if any person is listening, going, sure, I need to use herbs, but when I don’t know what to do, then how is that going to assist me?

So how do you get round that to really like be taught what issues do, what issues and what are used for what issues, does that make sense? 

Heidi Villegas: It does. So to begin with, let me speak important oils for only a second as a result of I do each. And yeah, humorous as a result of not many herbalists who apply herbalism really apply aromatherapy too and vice versa.

Most aromatherapists don’t apply herbalism, however I even have a number of stills copper stills and I distill my very own important oils oftentimes. Right here’s, yeah. So right here’s, and I began doing that and I simply, had a light-weight bulb second. I favored at some point, however important oils are merely one other natural extract.

That’s all they’re. Once we put herbs in a alcohol, we extract like, like vanilla extract. You’re really making a tincture. Similar factor. Important oils are only a steam distillation of the plant. So actually I have a look at important oils as herbalism and that’s that’s my view on it. 

Ruth Soukup: No, it’s form of, it’s only a totally different model of the identical factor, the identical crops, the identical herbs, that every one the distinction.

Heidi Villegas: Yeah, it’s a really concentrated type of the plant matter. So it’s important to be tremendous cautious with them, but it surely’s herbalism nonetheless. And so far as, you already know, what your query was about getting began I’m not going to lie. It’s laborious and it’s as a result of the data has been throttled. And I’m simply going to say this with the rise of AI.

AI is great in a variety of methods, however when it comes to getting details about issues which are censored, I wouldn’t go there. I’ve really Googled natural questions so many instances and I’ve given, been given incorrect solutions, incorrect by AI. So don’t try this. I wouldn’t belief something on Google to be trustworthy.

It’s the identical, 

Ruth Soukup: sorry to interrupt you, but it surely’s the identical factor with all of the stuff that I discuss right here on this podcast, proper? As a result of. The normal well being proper of, Oh, you simply must rely your energy and eat much less and train extra and go like the usual authorised line, which is all BS, which has made all of us fats and unhealthy and sick for the final 40 years is what you discover.

And that’s why it’s so, that’s why we’re well being rebels right here, Heidi, as a result of it’s counter tradition and it makes me loopy as a result of I feel. That is really what works. And we’re and the proof in our society is that 80 p.c of individuals are obese. All people’s sick. All people’s on medicine. Like what we’re doing isn’t working.

Does no person see that? Does no person see that right here? Like, clearly, like, I don’t even have to love, be a conspiracy theorist to have the ability to have a look at society and know That this what we’re doing isn’t working. Let’s discover a totally different approach. 

Heidi Villegas: Hallelujah. I didn’t know No, I completely agree. And I really like listening to you discuss this.

And I feel you’re very courageous. I’m not courageous sufficient but to get on the market. You’re speaking right here. Yeah, precisely. However you already know, possibly I’ll with among the shifts which were occurring. 

Ruth Soukup: I’d ask you about that. Like, what do you assume now about like Maha, proper? Like, and that is like, let’s put all politics apart.

I don’t actually discuss politics. I’m fairly enthusiastic about make America wholesome once more. I have to say I’m as a result of it’s every thing that we discuss on this podcast on a regular basis. And now it’s popping out in like, I feel it’s opening up the dialog a minimum of, however that’s going to alter the rules like for what you do.

And no, 

Heidi Villegas: I actually, I actually don’t. I do assume that when it comes to some meals, some cosmetics, some residence merchandise, which launch endocrine disruptors and every thing else into our our bodies by means of inhalation and pores and skin use. I do assume a few of which may shift and alter, particularly as a result of over in Europe, they’ve such their guidelines and their legal guidelines are a lot, a lot more healthy for the folks.

And so they’re far more stringent about issues like cosmetics use and what toxins are allowed and never allowed right here in America. It’s a free for all and it’s all in regards to the cash and it’s all about, you already know, who’s getting wealthy and who’s not and the individuals are struggling. The individuals are completely struggling.

I get actually indignant after I take into consideration conditions I had with my kids well being smart, as a result of once more, you already know, my youngsters have been born within the eighties, a extremely very long time in the past these days, however. I, it’s like I didn’t know what to do about colic. If I had recognized that I may have drunk a cup of chamomile tea half-hour earlier than I nursed my child, he in all probability would have been rather a lot much less, he would have had much less ache and I’d have had much less ache.

Simply little issues like this that we simply have misplaced, Ruth. It’s loopy. And now, meals. Yeah, they’ve they’ve made our meals poisonous. I do know, 

Ruth Soukup: I do know. I discuss that on a regular basis, however I imply, simply occupied with like what you’re saying, like my identical factor, my daughter, my youngest daughter cried for the primary three years of her life.

And now we all know she had allergy symptoms and all these items. And, It was in all probability related issues, proper? There’s a lot that I may have performed. Had I recognized who is aware of what I used to be consuming or not consuming. And I look again at photos of my pantry pondering that I used to be consuming high-quality. And it was like, I cringe now.

After which simply this week, a brand new, I simply learn an article of that. Now, all these younger individuals are being recognized with colon most cancers they usually’re One of many causes is due to all of the seed oils. Proper? However what occurs whenever you go to the grocery retailer? In the event you go to the grocery retailer and also you have a look at all of the oils, what ones say coronary heart wholesome on them?

It’s the shit ones, proper? It’s ones which are horrible for you and are making you sick. And but the labels on them make these appear to be they’re the great alternative. And that’s disgusting. That’s disgusting about our society. It’s. It’s, Yeah. After which once more, I say like, all it’s important to do is have a look at the outcomes of our, of what has occurred in our society and what we’re getting.

And if and no, one thing is incorrect, this isn’t working like important pondering expertise would inform you no matter we’re doing isn’t the reply. So let’s strive one thing else. Okay. 

Heidi Villegas: Ruth, you’re so proper. And it’s even the identical with simply regular over-the-counter drugstore medicine. It’s the identical precise factor as with our meals.

Do you know that the DM, the dextromethorphan that’s in cough syrup, it’s a semi narcotic? And youngsters have really realized tips on how to get excessive with it. It’s not supposed for use with kids beneath the age of six, and but I’ve seen labels for the cough syrups for teenagers, little kids two years outdated, dosage quantities.

It’s nuts. Acetaminophen, which, you already know, all of us simply love for as a ache reliever. It’s really the primary killer of people that die from liver illness. It’s not alcohol. It’s acetaminophen. We’re taking issues and a few of us rather a lot, particularly like stuff like Afrin, folks get hooked on that stuff.

There, there’s a greater approach. There’s a pure, higher, mild, and more practical approach. to cope with our meals, our our bodies, our life, our medicines, the issues we’d like for blood stress. I managed, are you aware what? We’ve got not taken any prescription or over-the-counter medicine in occurring 15 years now. And it’s, completely modified our life.

And the factor is that I’ve my medicines. Yeah. I’ve what we’d like. 

Ruth Soukup: You guys can’t see what I’m taking a look at. Trigger we’re on video proper now, however she’s obtained little jars behind her, like a 18th century. It’s cute. Like that, all of the, like all of the little herbs and jars. So when she’s pointing at her pharmacy, I’m describing it.

She’s pointing at her pharmacy behind her. It’s a variety of jars. 

Heidi Villegas: My pharmacy is definitely rather a lot larger than that. That is only for present, however actually it’s a variety of enjoyable. And my college students, what occurs is with my college students come into my world for a few causes. Primary, I’ve obtained a variety of younger mothers who need to be taught this, these expertise for his or her youngsters and their households and train their youngsters at a youthful age, which I simply love that.

That makes me simply so blissful after I see younger folks waking up going, such as you mentioned what are we not? You understand, understanding right here. It’s a multitude on the market. So I get younger mothers. I become old folks coming to me who’re like of their forties and fifties they usually’re beginning to expertise well being issues.

And so they’re like, wait a minute, the medicine aren’t working. This isn’t the place, you already know, the medical doctors, I imply, I had medical fail after medical fail. And it’s, I get so mad and it’s like, they need one thing totally different. So they arrive they usually need to be taught herbalism too. After which I’ve obtained a variety of homesteaders who wish to be independent after which I’ve obtained a It’s a small crowd of preparedness folks.

So preppers. I’ve somewhat 

Ruth Soukup: tiny little bit of prepper in me. I 

Heidi Villegas: do too. I do too. 

Ruth Soukup: Tiny bit. Not rather a lot. I’m not like excessive. However somewhat bit. Only a 

Heidi Villegas: little. In 

Ruth Soukup: case all of it goes south. I need to be okay. 

Heidi Villegas: Precisely. I’m there with you. 

Ruth Soukup: I really like that. So like, I, simply going again to what you have been saying in regards to the like over-the-counter stuff, proper?

Like we predict as a result of it’s offered over-the-counter, you don’t even want a prescription for it. Oh, it should be secure. It’s high-quality. It’s no massive deal. It’s no massive deal. It’s no massive deal. And in addition I feel instinctively, or possibly like, What we consider is that any person on the market within the authorities or in these FDA and all of the regulate regulatory our bodies like they’ve our again, proper?

Like they’re searching for us that certainly they wouldn’t permit us to have stuff that was not okay for us. And but I feel that’s a variety of the dialog that has come out the previous couple of years, particularly put up COVID. And now what’s popping out in regards to the fact about COVID and the way it was originated and the way, and even what the response was and what they’d let you say and what they wouldn’t let you say.

I imply, this report that simply got here out from Congress, principally saying that. The whole lot everyone was saying was proper. The masks weren’t efficient, that they really made issues worse, that social distancing was not efficient. And it really was horrible for teenagers and holding them residence from faculty and all of these items, proper, that I used to be afraid to say out loud, however undoubtedly mentioned in my personal circles has all been confirmed to be.

the case. So now it’s nearly this factor too, of like, how will we, who will we even know tips on how to, who to belief if our, if the those who we’re trusting to look out for us, medical doctors and companies and FDA and all of those folks which are speculated to have our again are literally permitting us to take issues which are making us sicker.

Heidi Villegas: You understand, I do know precisely what you imply. It’s a variety of indoctrination. You understand, individuals are indoctrinated from the time they’re born. And if their dad and mom have been indoctrinated already, it’s simply, it’s a misplaced trigger till any person wakes up and goes, Okay, I must be taught extra about this, that or the opposite, and what’s occurring.

You understand, it’s, and the way do you remedy the issue? Properly, you begin studying. You understand, when you get up to what’s going on on the planet, and hopefully increasingly folks will, particularly with Maha, glad you talked about that then you definately begin studying. And sadly, the one approach, one of the best ways, and the quickest approach is to get right into a program, like folks get into your Thinlicious.

They need to take cost of their well being by means of their meals and meals is our first drugs. Then often folks, hopefully folks will take it a step farther and go, you already know what, possibly these medicine aren’t the most effective issues. What do I do as an alternative? Oh gosh, these crops work. They work, they’re confirmed and increasingly scientific research are literally being performed on them.

The issue there’s that with massive pharma, waking as much as the truth that individuals are waking up they’re now beginning concern techniques. Like, should you take lavender important oil and also you’re a younger boy, you’re going to have, you already know, boobs. Properly, no, that’s an enormous fantasy. And you already know, and I’ve listened to sufficient analysis and research and conferences in addition to learn them.

It’s an entire fantasy and it’s a lie. We’re being lied to. Again and again in quite a few alternative ways 

Ruth Soukup: and over and I feel it’s nearly that such as you, you go down the rabbit gap otherwise you pull the thread or one thing you already know what I imply such as you, there’s like a gate. I assume it’s a play on phrases but it surely’s like a gateway drug like for me.

It was. Shedding weight, proper? Like I simply needed to drop pounds and I couldn’t perceive why it was so laborious and why I used to be making an attempt so laborious and doing all of the issues and doing all of the issues that everyone all the time mentioned to do, like rely your energy and eat much less and train extra and do extra, you get extra cardio.

Why it simply was not working. I couldn’t perceive it. Trigger I’m not, I imply, you already know, me for a very long time, Heidi, I’m not an unmotivated individual. I’m not a, I’m not an individual who doesn’t strive laborious. And like, after I go all in, I’m like, I’m all in, proper? Wish to the purpose of like, like dial it again. That’s what my husband says, like dial it again.

And also you’re getting somewhat once more. However for actual, like that’s how It began for me was purely simply, I need to match into my skinny denims once more, proper? Like I all the time joke about that. I wasn’t, I didn’t care about that a lot about feeling wholesome, regardless that I did really feel like crap, I didn’t actually essentially affiliate it.

I simply, you already know, with prefer it was that it was all linked, which it was, however I didn’t see that what I, it was very superficial of, I don’t be ok with my physique and I need it, I need to look good once more. And so I, and so from that perspective. Additionally, sorry, it is a little tangent. 

Heidi Villegas: That’s okay. I obtained 

Ruth Soukup: to get this out.

It’s like remedy for me. However from that perspective, proper, of simply eager to look good, I completely perceive why folks take Ozempic, proper? Like why they’re like, I’m simply taking it. As a result of if I, if that had come out and thank God that it didn’t come out. Like till after I had actually gone by means of my well being transformation as a result of I’d have been first in line.

I didn’t care about all these items. I wasn’t into all of the pure. I wasn’t fearful about like, it didn’t actually matter to me that a lot. I simply needed to be skinny. And so no matter it took to get me there, if it was doing a, you already know, 10 day juice cleanse or no matter crappy eating regimen I may provide you with, that’s what I cared about.

Yeah. After which as I began studying, proper? Like that was, in order that was the gateway drug for me and it was completely superficial. However as I began actually digging into it and going, wait a minute, every thing that I’ve ever been advised about weight reduction is a lie. What else have I been lied about? Proper? Like what else is what am I being lied about?

And wait, all of that is really my hormones. And it’s not simply the meals that I’m consuming and the toxins in my meals and the crap the crappy stuff that I’m consuming. It’s. Really, all the stuff round me and we, all the medicines are additionally contributing to smash my intestine well being and hold me sick.

And 

Heidi Villegas: you 

Ruth Soukup: go, holy crap. And so now I’m on this podcast ranting like a lunatic as a result of I simply need it to be skinny. And I prefer it opened up. An entire new world of realizing that we’ve all been lied to, that massive meals is mendacity to us, that massive pharma is mendacity to us, and that should you actually actually need to be wholesome, like return to nature, primary.

And quantity two, cease believing all of the lies and simply nourish your physique with actual entire issues. 

Heidi Villegas: That’s precisely proper. In all of the methods, in skincare, along with your fluids, every thing, all of it you already know, oh my gosh. I really like speaking to a like minded individual. It’s so 

Ruth Soukup: true. I do know individuals are in all probability listening to this proper now going, Ruth’s on a tear at the moment.

I do know I’ve had a variety of espresso, guys. Sorry. A number of espresso at the moment. So let’s return to the herbs, proper? So if you’re pondering like, okay, herbs, yeah, I need to be extra pure. I don’t need to, I don’t, I wish to eliminate medicines, like even the outer over-the-counter stuff, however this simply feels overwhelming.

Like what’s like, what’s the place to begin? Like, what are some form of easy Issues that you might do which are in a different way that may make a huge impact. 

Heidi Villegas: It will depend on you already know, what you’re keen to speculate money and time, proper, however these are all the time the 2 investments that folks have to take a look at.

And if you’re on a extremely tight funds. And also you don’t have some huge cash. I’m simply going to say go to my YouTube channel or my web site. I’ve actually obtained tons of of movies. I’ve obtained tons of of articles and you’ll really begin trying. I’ve obtained an index on my web site within the get to know us part and other people can really begin taking a look at cures which were formulated by me and have been confirmed to work with totally different folks.

Now I simply need to say right here, not I’ll, that is, I obtained to speak about actually fast the distinction between drugs, allopathic physician drugs versus natural drugs. In the event you’re a superb herbalist, you’re not pondering allopathically. You’re not occupied with, okay, what tablet with a health care provider, it’s going to be okay.

What’s incorrect with you? Right here’s a tablet masks, the symptom simply might get the individual extra snug. That’s all that issues. Herbalists. need to heal the physique. So what we are inclined to do is have a look at every particular person individual and take into consideration their structure. Do they run scorching? Do they run chilly? Do they’re they dry?

Are they moisture? We’re all totally different. We’d like various things. And so a holistic herbalist will have a tendency to take a look at all that after which select totally different herbs and crops and formulate them for the person. Now, with that mentioned, should you’re coping with one thing that’s like, like an ongoing problem, like sleep, all it’s important to do actually is determine which herbs be just right for you sleep smart, dial them in, and then you definately’ve obtained your individual personalised, you already know, sleep tincture.

You understand, you are able to do that. So I’ve obtained a number of recipes on my web site. Individuals can simply go and make them and check out them. They’re all you guys are Ruth herbalism is really easy. It’s folks assume it’s actually laborious. It’s not, it takes actually 5 minutes to make an natural tincture. You dump the herbs in a jar, you pour the alcohol in, you let it soak for 4 to 6 weeks.

You shake it often and also you pressure it off. There you go. You’ve obtained a tincture. What’s, what do you do with the tincture? Properly, so proper earlier than we began speaking I’ve a cough and I, I obtained it from a good friend of mine final week and it’s a, it’s going into my chest. I’m like, okay it’s a bronchial cough.

It’s within the decrease respiratory system. So I’m going to make use of, you already know, I’m utilizing wild cherry bark and Ella marketing campaign primarily, plus a few different issues. So I’ve obtained my particular cough tincture and I simply, Take a couple of half a teaspoon by means of, it’s about three dropper fulls, put it beneath my tongue and let it soak in for somewhat bit after which swallow it.

Or if I can’t stand the style, which I really like my tinctures now, however many individuals have hassle taking them at first. So simply dilute them in somewhat little bit of water, only a quarter cup. After which Drink it down and there you go. The factor about herbalism and like issues just like the tinctures, they’re made to get, they’re really, they what’s it, the alcohol base or the glycerin base soaks into the mucous membranes all through the entire digestive tract beginning within the mouth by means of the esophagus into the abdomen and They work actually quick more often than not.

And guess what they do? Not solely is that this calming my cough, however the compounds in these herbs are literally going to work to assist my physique heal up. And that’s one other factor too. We attempt to go to the basis trigger. Like if it’s a power problem, like an allergy, what’s inflicting it? After which we will go work on that whereas additionally coping with the consolation degree of the acute a part of it.

So It’s a form of a multifaceted pondering course of. So for, however for folks on a funds, simply begin making stuff, giving it a strive, get into some actually good natural communities, get in. I’ve a free one on my Fb group. I’m not on Fb very a lot, however I do have a few of my crew members are in there serving to.

So you probably have questions you may need to ask in there, however once more, I simply need to warning everyone. Please don’t belief the stuff you learn on-line. I’ve seen a lot harmful stuff. And I’m going to say, together with my very own group, as a result of I’m personally not monitoring it. All the time double, triple verify, you already know, the data earlier than you begin messing with issues.

And I simply additionally need to point out right here with security, should you’re on medicines like prescriptions, you really want to guarantee that there’s no herb drug interactions as a result of Yeah, okay. So one of many essential main ache killing herbs that lots of people begin utilizing, particularly once they’re new, trigger it’s, everyone makes use of it and it’s straightforward to know is willow bark, you already know, and lots of people develop willow of their yards.

I’ve a few totally different willow timber, however. You’ll be able to tincture that and it makes a wonderful ache reliever. And it’s as a result of get this, that chemical in willow bark that makes it work is the very same spinoff chemical that’s in aspirin. And actually aspirin began off. within the 1800s with the Bayer firm, taking this chemical out of willow and isolating it and saying, Oh, why don’t we simply give folks the chemical?

Properly, it made them actually sick. And what they ended up doing then was placing a buffer coating over it, therefore bufferin, after which folks may really take it. However Willow bark really goes by means of two metabolic processes within the physique earlier than it turns into that chemical and it’s a lot safer.

It’s gentler and also you’re getting all the different compounds from the willow that go to work to assist that compound get into the physique and do what it must do. I imply, It’s loopy. Really, Joe, my husband, simply, I do know folks can’t see this. It is a half a gallon 

Ruth Soukup: of willow bark tincture. Oh, wow. 

Heidi Villegas: Yeah. 

Ruth Soukup: And also you simply, once more, you similar to put that beneath your tongue, form of the identical factor, the best way that you just have been.

Heidi Villegas: Yeah. You 

Ruth Soukup: simply 

Heidi Villegas: put it into somewhat tincture bottle and. 

Ruth Soukup: I need to return to one thing you mentioned, as a result of it was, it actually caught with me and form of gave me a light-weight bulb second. Is that, as a result of we really discuss this. rather a lot on this podcast with reference to meals, proper? That meals is drugs in that whenever you begin to eat the suitable issues and minimize out all of the poisonous stuff that you just’re consuming, you’re therapeutic your entire physique, proper?

And so that’s going to love, whereas. you already know, there’s the fast fixes, the medicines and the issues are designed to masks the signs and make you depending on them in order that it’s important to hold taking them to maintain experiencing the outcomes. Whereas should you can really heal your physique from the within out and eat the suitable meals and minimize out the toxins and scale back irritation, you’re Insulin resistance and heal your intestine and do all this stuff.

Then your physique works the best way that it’s speculated to, whenever you really feel good. So all the signs go away. It turns into this very holistic factor, however I don’t assume I’ve actually essentially thought of that when it comes to medicine, proper? Though I discuss it form of, I like when, as a result of I’m nonetheless pondering like, oh, nicely, what would you do?

What would you do should you had a sore foot then? Proper? Like, what do you want, what herb do you employ for that? And also you’re saying. It’s really a way more holistic factor. It’s important to have a look at the physique and have a look at what your physique’s engaged on and work on therapeutic your entire physique. After which all the signs go away.

Heidi Villegas: I’d love to offer you an instance of that. We’ve got a variety of medical professionals in my household. My daughter, as a matter of reality, is ending her medical diploma this yr and going into her residency, which is so bizarre as a result of her mates have a look at her, like, nicely, you’ve obtained it. Your mother’s an herbalist.

Yeah. They’re taught to not use herbs. They’re advised herbs are unhealthy. Inform your sufferers don’t use herbs. 

Ruth Soukup: Do you know 70 p.c of medical colleges are funded by massive pharma? 

Heidi Villegas: Oh yeah, completely. They don’t need herbs wherever round. And my daughter did a variety of my analysis for me a number of years in the past, earlier than she went off into medical faculty, she spent like an interim interval of like six, seven months at my, with us.

And I mentioned, look, should you’re going to be right here, you possibly can like begin doing a few of my analysis. And I. have been actually open. She used to assume I used to be a kook, however she noticed the analysis. She noticed that the proof she was writing my a variety of my books that I’ve written have been partially written by her and researched by her.

So, yeah it’s actually eye opening for medical professionals once they get up to now and I used to be going to, oh yeah, I needed to speak about my daughter in regulation. So she’s all the time been towards herbs. In truth, she obtained actually mad at me one time. She’s like, Simply take a tablet. She’s like, it simply, it’ll simply go away.

Take a tablet. I’m like, I’m not taking a tablet. Sorry. So we have been within the automotive driving one time. She lives down in Florida and and we, so we had somewhat methods to go and he or she goes, so inform me about, you already know, your faculty. And I advised her in regards to the faculty and I advised her about my course, ditch the pharmacy. And she or he goes, nicely, what’s it?

What do you be taught in ditch the pharmacy? Now she had kids at this level. I’ve obtained, they’ve two little, two of my grandkids are theirs and he or she’s very interested by pure cures proper now, which is good. She was asking in regards to the course and. I advised her, I mentioned, nicely, principally in a nutshell, what I do is I train folks to create their very own personalized residence apothecary for his or her household.

It’s personalized. So it’s not generic. And principally you possibly can change every thing that’s in a drug retailer with what I train. I imply, significantly, every thing. And she or he goes, proper, she says, okay, she goes, so how do you change Tylenol? And I advised her, I mentioned, nicely, I mentioned, you it’s all about the best way you concentrate on it.

So an herbalist, versus a health care provider, if any person is available in with a ache, they’re simply going to say, take this a lot Tylenol. And generally they’ll put oxycodone with it too, you already know, to energy it up somewhat bit. I mentioned, however an herbalist goes to say, okay, nicely, what sort of ache is it? The place’s it at?

What’s occurring? What’s inflicting it? So let’s take an instance. Let’s simply say any person has oh, a headache. All proper, you already know, complications are quite common. An herbalist goes to, or as, or should you’re working with your individual physique, you’re going to go what’s inflicting the headache? Are my shoulders tense? Is that this a pressure sort headache?

Am I stressed? Okay, in order that’s going to tell which herbs you may use. You probably have a migraine headache, That’s going to tell some totally different herbs that you just may use should you’ve obtained a sinus headache. Properly, then you definately cope with the sinuses and you too can cope with the headache on the identical time. And so all of these three totally different sorts of complications, you should use totally different herbs and be very efficient with them.

And should you’re at a loss and also you don’t know what to do, take your willow bark.

Ruth Soukup: If all else fails, simply go to willow. It’s fascinating. Like, I actually assume that. I imply, clearly it’s greater than you might discuss it in a single podcast episode, however you’ve put all of it collectively in your course. And so, I imply, you principally did simply inform us about what you do within the drug retailer, however how does any person get to be a part of that?

Heidi Villegas: Properly, it’s a hybrid course. I like working with my college students I wish to work together with them as a lot as doable. Often I’ll do what I name an open spherical two or 3 times a yr the place we get on dwell chats each week so I can actually information them in creating their residence apothecary. And I train from the bottom up, like that is starting, that is like starting household herbalism and we go into the important oils.

So that they’re additionally studying primary aromatherapy as nicely. After which I assist folks plan and set up their apothecary that having the course be a hybrid implies that any person can be a part of anytime and get began on the supplies. It’s very clearly laid out. Our pupil group is completely superb and crammed with so many very supportive and skilled herbalists and aromatherapists at this level.

So there’s all the time you already know, a solution to get solutions to your questions. And if that fails, you possibly can simply attain out and chat me. You understand, I really like speaking with folks, however the The underside line is the objective, I really feel prefer it took me ceaselessly to be taught this. It took me a extremely very long time as a result of I began studying earlier than the web was round.

I feel that’s a blessing now. Yeah, I needed to dig and dig for the data. And my first course was a snail mail course. It was correspondence by means of the mail. I do know it was that way back. And so I simply ended up, you already know, feeling like with, and I’m a instructor. I taught youngsters for near, nicely, 30 some years, so 40 dec 4 a long time should you rely my preschool educating years.

And so I do know that the quicker you will get any person by means of an idea efficiently with understanding, the higher off they’re going to be and the extra doubtless they’re going to make use of it of their actual life. So the objective right here is to get folks The security basis first after which get their plan and group prepared after which dive into the drugs making make some selections and we information folks like what do you assume, you already know, they’ll ask and lots of people will are available with well being wants and ditch the pharmacy is a course that’s probably not for that.

I’ve one other program for individuals who need increased degree well being assist, however ditch the pharmacy is fairly primary. What that mentioned, A lot of my college students are available with points like hypertension or you already know, they’re engaged on their diabetes, which eating regimen, proper? Such as you mentioned, you already know, sort two diabetes will be actually cleared up a variety of instances simply with shifts in eating regimen and train.

However a variety of them have been in a position to get off a number of pharmaceuticals. Simply. That’s superb. 

Ruth Soukup: Yeah. Yeah. So we’ll hyperlink to that in our present notes for these of you who’re listening, if you’re like, I obtained to get into this ditch the pharmacy so as to go and get all of the stuff we’ll hyperlink to Heidi’s YouTube channel and to all of the issues she’ll ship us all of the issues we’ll add all of these to the present notes.

I really feel like Heidi we may hold speaking. ceaselessly about this, so that you’ll have to come back again as a result of I don’t really feel like I’ve one other hour’s price of questions for you. However because it’s winter, how about we simply finish with like, if any person comes down with a chilly or flu or no matter and needs to really feel higher.

What do they do? 

Heidi Villegas: It will depend on the signs. It will depend on the symptomology. So primary could be work along with your immune system. Ensure that you’re dealing with that. In the event you, and it relies upon, there’s 4 phases of chilly and flu that I like to consider. There’s the primary stage, the place you already know you’re going alongside and issues are good and you are feeling such as you’re simply getting somewhat sick increase that immune system take your echinacea that may be the time don’t take echinacea on a regular basis it’s too highly effective folks don’t understand that there was a time period the place you already know echinacea got here available on the market and everyone’s like i’m simply going to take it on daily basis nicely it doesn’t work like that it really will mess up your immune system on the every day.

So you’re taking it proper whenever you’re beginning to get sick after which elderberry needs to be taken somewhat bit at a time ongoing as a tonic. These two issues proper there together with getting, you already know, sufficient sunshine for vitamin D you already know, taking your zinc, your ordinary stuff getting sufficient relaxation, you already know, you guys know the life-style factor.

Is step one. The second step is should you begin getting, you already know, the primary signs, get them get on these instantly, as a result of like I mentioned a minute in the past, a variety of these cures, like for sore throat, or for a stuffy runny nostril. These not solely will deal with the stuffy runny nostril and the sore throat, however they’ll really they’ve obtained compounds like time, the herb that you could find within the grocery retailer.

It has an oregano, after all. And rosemary. So I may hold itemizing them. I needed to guard the designs. Yeah. Yeah. You can begin taking these. They’ll assist the physique heal extra shortly. And so they’ll additionally maintain among the signs as nicely. After which the subsequent factor is, you already know, as you’re recovering, don’t cease, hold taking your echinacea, you may begin feeling higher, however you’ve obtained to maintain on going for one more, I all the time say every week or two, simply to make sure, as a result of lots of people will begin feeling higher, they cease taking every thing, after which now they’re sick once more, and also you get higher Properly, who’re, you already know, they’re sick for like six months as a result of they simply don’t give their physique an opportunity to relaxation.

There’s a variety of totally different, like I mentioned, my web site, my YouTube channel tons of and tons of of treatment and I cowl. Extensively. 

Ruth Soukup: Be careful, Heidi. I is perhaps in there this yr as a result of, you already know, I simply introduced this, that subsequent, that 2025, I’m solely going to be working three days every week as an alternative of 5.

Heidi Villegas: I’m like, I need to try this. 

Ruth Soukup: Give attention to my homestead right here, which has no animals and Two unhappy little herb crops that do have time. Oh, and I’ve basil. So I’ve three, three unhappy little herb crops, 

Heidi Villegas: however someplace I obtained to begin someplace. Yeah. 

Ruth Soukup: So I’m prepared. I’ve been working since beginning three years in the past.

It has been a grind, so it’s time to, it’s time to. work, spend rather less time within the workplace and somewhat extra time exterior. And I’m enthusiastic about that. Properly, Heidi, this was superb. So thanks a lot. Once more, we will likely be including hyperlinks to every thing that Heidi talked about within the present notes, you guys. So undoubtedly verify these out.

Take a look at her Ditch the Drugstore course. If you wish to be taught extra about herbalism, if you wish to grow to be an herbalist, if you wish to ditch the pharmacy and simply have herbs in your pharmacy which I undoubtedly do. And I’m very enthusiastic about this. So thanks once more, Heidi, and hopefully we will speak to 

Heidi Villegas: you quickly.

Ruth Soukup: All proper, guys, that about does it for this episode. Do not forget that you could find all of the hyperlinks to every thing that we talked about on the present notes. And if you already know any person else who may profit from every thing that we talked about at the moment, please remember to ship it their approach. Then remember to subscribe to the podcast to be notified of future episodes.

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