The 10 Minute Herbalist Pocket Version

From the Back Cover

Create an expanding circle of well-being around yourself &
be healthy in self-defense!

The 10 Minute Herbalist is designed as a practical tool for Professional Herbalists and Naturopathic Physicians. It is especially helpful for practitioners who work with the herbs and supplements from Nature's Sunshine Products. This book includes thirty articles/brochures in two, easy to photocopy formats. They discuss and explain the kinds of issues and solutions that Master Herbalists need to explain to clients in the process to guiding them along the pathway to good health.

The beginning brochures cover the ABC's of well-being. The following brochures reveal the social and nutritional causes of many of the most significant health challenges and then, most importantly, they offer practical strategies and solutions for using herbs and supplements for defending your health and that of your family, friends and clients.

Drs. Ralph & Lahni DeAmicis are Master Herbalists, Naturopathic Physicians and Educators. They have written & lectured extensively on Natural Healing, Environmental Design and Business. Their approach to healing is practical and direct. They’re teaching style is entertaining, illuminating & easy to understand.

Contents
Introduction: The Herbal Approach to Health: 1
How to Use this Book: 2
The System: The First Page Number is the Article and the Second Page Number is the Foldable Brochure.
General Health Knowledge
1. A Healthy Life: 3, 125
2. Herbs are Food, Practical Herbal Tips: 7, 127
3. Alkaline & Acid = pH, An Easy Guide to Health: 11, 129
4. Better Out than In! Comfortable Detoxification: 15, 131
5. Conspiracy Foods: 19, 133
6. Asking Your Body: 23, 135 Basic Nutrition
7. The Foundation of Minerals: 27, 137
8. Magnesium! The Relaxing Mineral: 31, 139
9. Foods that Keep Children Healthy: 35, 141 Hormonal Health
10. Hormonal Harmony for Women: 39, 143
11. Men’s Good Health: 43, 145
12. Encouraging Pregnancy: 47, 147
13. GIGI, Hormonal Rejuvenation for Women: 51, 149

Challenges
14. Becoming Free of the Fear of Cancer: 55, 151
15. Calming the Irritated Bowel: 59, 153
16. Feeding the Lungs: 63, 155
17. Healing Heartbreak: 67, 157
18. Being Free of Fear: 71, 159
19. Understanding Allergies: 75, 161
20. Being Free of Pain: 79, 163
21. Lifting the Spirits: 83, 165
22. Say Bye Bye to Yeast and Fungus: 87, 166

Environmental Health
23. Essential Oils and a Healthy Home: 91, 169
24. Living with Electronics: 95, 171

Life Style
25. Five Keys to the Ideal Weight: 99, 173
26. Ralph’s Favorite Herbal Snack Recipe: 103, 175
27. Face Lift in a Bottle: 107, 177
28. Stress!!! Effective Management Tools: 111, 179
29. Herbs and Children: 115, 181

Business
30. Multi Level Wellness, Creating a Community: 119, 183
Introduction to the Folding Brochures: 123
Appendix: Product Directory: 185

An excerpt, Brochure #3

Alkaline & Acid = pH:
An Easy Guide to Health

Here’s the secret to good health: Too Much Acid Equals Pain. Your body has to convert all of your foods into a salty or alkaline state before you can assimilate and use that nutrition. Your blood has to be alkaline because if it turns too acidic you’ll die, which cancels your warranty.

What creates an acid state in your body? Stress, acid foods, consuming large amounts of the acid producing minerals; phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine! What creates an alkaline state in your body? Relaxation, joy, alkaline foods and consuming large amounts of the alkaline producing minerals; calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium in an easy to absorb form!

Are there any health problems that are not caused or made worse by an acid condition? Yes! Getting hit by a truck and other such “out of the blue” incidents. But in every other major health problem, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, digestive problems, nervous stress and so on, excess acid due to mineral imbalances is either the direct cause or a major contributing factor.

How do we know this? Because since ancient times, when a person corrects their alkaline-acid balance all of these conditions are improved, often dramatically. Amazing coincidence! If you keep your reserves of alkaline minerals high and limit acid producing foods you’ll improve your long-term health, have less pain and more energy.

Add some lifestyle habits that promote happiness, and the reasonable management of interesting stress and you’ll find yourself enjoying good health instead of suffering from disease. How do you know how good your alkaline and acid balance is? By testing your saliva for its ‘pH’, or potential of Hydrogen, measured from Zero (most acid) to 14 (most alkaline) and 7 is neutral.

An alkaline body conducts electricity better than an acid body and pain is a sign that an electrical connection isn’t being made correctly. Acid blocks conductivity. Your body’s systems work best within specific pH ranges. For example, blood needs to be between 7.35 and 7.45. Stomach acid ranges around 2, while the intestinal tract is around 8. When acid levels exceed the proper range two things happen; pain and excess acids are dumped resulting in rashes and inflammations of the skin and organs.

Red and tender skin means that it’s sitting in an acid bath! Saliva is naturally mildly acidic and its pH goes up or down based upon the overall pH of the body, making saliva a convenient barometer. If your saliva pH is good, then you’re maintaining good reserves of alkaline minerals. If it’s too acid you’re probably suffering from a degenerative problem and pain.

Test your saliva in the morning before brushing your teeth or having anything to drink. Get 100 pH test strips in a kit with a chart, NSP #2918-8. Get an extra 25 pH charts #2843-8 in case you give strips to friends and family. They also have a pH-testing brochure #2836-1. If your pH is low, there are two strategies to correct that.

First, supplement with Coral Calcium Powder #1873-7. 2 to 4 scoops a day in water will restore your reserves of the alkaline minerals, calcium and magnesium, that your body uses as chemical buffers to convert acids to alkaline. It’s the best product to do this quickly. The more you use the less pain you’ll have!

Taken two hours before bed, it encourages a good night’s sleep by neutralizing pain-producing acids. Potassium Combination #1673-3 supplies potassium and sodium. Important chemical buffers, they also accelerate the flow of nutrients into the cells and the flow of toxins out. Use 1 to 2 capsules for every scoop of Coral Calcium. Magnesium #1786-6 helps your muscles relax, the bowels become more effective and also aids the absorption of other minerals. Use 1 for every 2 scoops of Coral Calcium. Second: Improve your diet.

A food is alkaline or acid depending upon the state it produces in the body. This is due to the types of minerals it possesses, not whether the food is alkaline or acid to the touch. For example, meat is alkaline to the touch, but being high in phosphorus and iron it creates an acid state in the body.

A healthy diet is more alkaline than acid. Depending upon your blood type, the diet should consist of 60 to 80% alkaline foods and 20 to 40% acidic foods. Generally the A and AB blood types need the most alkaline diet while the O and B blood types need more animal products in their diet. The O needs meat and the B needs dairy.

But remember, if you’re in pain, you’re acidic.

Here is a partial list of foods by acid/alkaline category.

Acidic Foods: Butter, Cream, Cheeses, Eggs, Seeds, Most Nuts, Sea Food, Soft Drinks Beans, Most Oils, Lentils, Coffee, Cocoa, Flour products, Pasta, Most Grains, Animal Fats, White Sugar, Milk, All Meats, Tea, Dairy products, Wine, Alcoholic Beverages.

Alkaline Foods:Almonds, Bananas, Prunes, Raisins, Figs, Grapes, Pears, Potatoes, Avocados, Melons, Maple Syrup, Dates, Coconut, Spinach, Beets, Molasses, Green Peppers, Lettuce, Cucumbers, String Beans, Corn, Carrots, Squash, Cabbage, Parsley, Peas, Okra, Olives, Oats, Millet, Yogurt, Soured Dairy Products.

These Fruits can be acidic in the stomach but yet slightly alkaline in the tissue: Apricots, Strawberries, Apples, Peaches, Raspberries, Dried Fruits, Papayas, Cherries, Grapefruit, Pineapple, Oranges, Lemons, Plums, Blueberries, Mangos, Apple Cider Vinegar.