Hope in healing

#1.The highest order is Food is the highest order of medicine for NON traumatic injury. In  maintaining Optimal health over the lifespan, ancient Greece, China and  India were clear on this. For example, An Ayurvedic Gall bladder cleanse  goes something like this....Eat apples and water ONLY for 3 days, Then  have a bit of Vinegar in water, followed about 30 minuets later by 2  tablespoons of olive oil. The built up bile would supposedly squirt out  some gall stones.....Or, consider that Oats are a nervine (they calm the  nerves) so, a bowl of oatmeal at breakfast, can be used in nervous  system related insomnia....The category of food includes NOT food, as in  fasting, or avoiding certain foods for a while, which can be a game  changer in many cases. This category includes herbal teas, salts and  glandulars.                                                                                                                                                                                 
#2.The NEXT order, is Physical. Sleep/rest, (the great healer) music,  light and temperatures. Sweats, cold compresses, sunlight, massage,  movements (tai chi) , medicinal (clay or seaweed) baths, hydro therapy,  forest-bathing, Art, ....Neti pots, herbal and flower Infusions, and so forth.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      You would still be considered a decent healer that could  maintain the health of your charges by using the next order. #3. Herbs,  gentle if used with care but if misused very dangerous, even deadly.  Herbal extracts are approaching drug potency. For example Rhodiola,  Blackseed, Mimosa Pudica and Turmeric have no equal that I am aware of  in any other category. Some antibiotic herbs for example, are flat out  Equal in potency as modern drugs,  should only be used as a last resort,  as they , like antibiotics can devastate the gut  biome.                                                                         
Essential oils are right here. At the extreme end. Right now i have  a toothache and i am so glad for the clove oil, which is a concentrate  of just one aspect of Cloves, the herb used in food, especially  potential parasite transmitting food. The ancestors were smart, maybe  WAY smarter that we want to admit, on our high horse with our fancy teck  and potential to destroy the planet....