Alternative Alternatives

     Around 2009/2010 I was introduced to a  retired Cardiac nurse who had all but saved my daughters sanity with yet another technique of  "quackery." Let me explain.

     I will try to make a very long an sad story short. My daughter had loss a set of twin girls at twenty weeks while vacationing in Florida. After delivering the girls Leah was left scratching herself because of an insatiable itch that was driving her crazy. The hospital had done all the standard testing for liver toxicity, because itchy skin is a symptom of toxic liver. All test came back negative. They sent her home, saying "She'd been through a lot and it is probably a psychological/emotional issue." 

      This itch was no ordinary itch. She had scratched her whole body into into raw red mess. Once back home in Michigan Leah went to see the Cardiac nurse we'll call JJ. JJ had left the hospital scene to become a holistic practitioner who used a machine called the BioMeridian Scan. Without a lot of detail, the bio-meridian scan works along the line of an EKG or EEG. The human body has 14 meridians  leading from our feet and hands to all the vital organs. These are the same meridians that medical doctors, acupuncturists or reflexologists use. A wand is pressed against the meridian sites which then sends an electrical pulse down each meridian and depending on how long the pulse takes (whether it gets bogged down mid stream) to get to specific organ attached to that meridian. The feedback can tell how well or sick and what areas are of concern. Similar to EKG.

     Within a few minutes the scan had detected a toxic liver. Now you may think this is voodoo medicine but, the simple vitamins, enzymes and a cleanse that were prescribed by JJ because of the scans findings, healed Leah's liver, clearing up all signs of itching within a few days. Until then the itching and being told it was all in her head nearly drove my daughter crazy. I am scared to think of what might have lay ahead for Leah had she not sought out this unconventional holistic practice. Thank goodness she did.

     Western medicine IS NOT the end all know all good medicine. It has its limits and that is what forces (and thankfully so) patients to search out alternative ways of healing.  Alternative practices have by necessity slowly found their way into modern medicine under the name Integrated Medicine. Not because these alternative practices were sought out but because patients demanded it. Now, chiropractic, massage therapy, acupuncture, reflexology, bio feedback, green nutrition and yes, Essential Oils have found their way into many of the top hospitals in the country, including our Cleveland Clinic.

     My daughters loss was just one more reason to start educating myself on what alternatives are available outside of the norm. Learning about the BioMeridian Scan was now a priority.

     The first scan JJ performed on me pinpointed to a tee many of the symptoms and troubled areas I had long known. I was profoundly intrigue at how accurate the diagnosis was and the relative ease of how to remedy many of my issues. I was convinced.

     For the next two and a half years JJ would travel once every couple months from Detroit to my suburban Cleveland home to see dozens of  BioMeridian "believers". Testing them and offering natural healthy solutions to best remedy ailments that many had lived with for decades. I learned so much about Natural Health care, ie. vitamins, nutrients, enzymes, probiotics, colloidal silver from JJ during those years, I will forever be grateful. Since, I hear she and a partner has opened a clinic and continue to help folks who want a different avenue of care than what allopathic medicine currently offers.

     Still, you ask, what does this have to do with Young Living Essential Oils. Be patient, I'm getting there. Join me for my next post.