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As little as two teaspoons per day of the result-  to place in plain view on the refrigerator or the inside of a cabinet door.
            ing juice can go far to help cleanse and heal the  These charts can list the person’s supplements or products, dosages,
            digestive system.                         time of day, whether to take with or without food and so forth, as well
               Fire water is equally useful as a seasoning  as including checkboxes to keep track of doses taken (see sample chart
            for meals. It can be helpful to keep it close to  below). Without such a visual aid, it can become overwhelming to keep up
            one’s herbs and spices to add to salad dressings,  with everything needed! This strategy was a life-saver when my husband
            soups and other savory dishes.            was recovering from his chronic Lyme disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
               In severe cases where one’s ability to eat  In addition to placing a chart on our refrigerator, I also printed copies
            anything at all is compromised, meat stock and/  for him to take to work, as he was often away for many days at a time.
            or a modified version of WAPF’s homemade     I did the same for my father when helping him through his cancer
            baby formula are very nourishing and promote  diagnosis. Initially, he felt overwhelmed with his supplements, prescrip-
            healing. These can even be offered in a GI tube  tions and herbals, but my chart made his regimen very doable. I even
            when oral feeding is impossible. Also remem-  prioritized each of the components on his chart with color coding, as he
            ber cod liver and coconut oils, and use extra  often literally could not stomach everything suggested for him.
            liposomal vitamin C to aid healing and combat   Some prescriptions or supplements need to be taken early in the
            infection.                                morning or before bed. For these, I keep a dish with a few pills on our
                                                      bathroom vanity to make it easier to remember to take them. This may
            REMEDIES                                  not be wise if little fingers are able to reach a potentially dangerous pill
               In addition to diet, our household employs  or supplement, so exercise good judgment.
            a variety of nutritional supplements and herbal
            and homeopathic protocols. We keep several  REST, SWEET REST
            items in our “medicine cabinet”—a drawer     It is important to remember that one key component of any healing
            in our pantry—for regular preventive use and  protocol is rest. Without this, the body will take far longer to heal—if it
            also as the need arises. These include vitamin  can even heal at all. If it is mom who is experiencing a health crisis, it
            C, fermented cod liver oil products, colloidal  helps for the children to learn to help with daily chores such as cooking
            silver, herbal products and essential oils (see  and cleaning. Even toddlers can be taught to put their things away. The
            sidebar p. 52).                           family also can learn to simplify meals and tolerate messes.
               It can be helpful to create and print charts   Make sure there is a quiet space—a refuge—where the ill family

                                        SAMPLE CHART FOR SUPPLEMENTS AND REMEDIES

                                  Morning   Breakfast  Mid-morning  Lunch       Mid-afternoon  Dinner    Bedtime
             Remedy and Dosage    (empty               (empty                   (empty
                                  stomach)             stomach)                 stomach)
             Liposomal vitamin C      X                                                                     X
             (1 tablespoon)
             Fermented cod liver oil            X
             (1 teaspoon)
             MSM                                X                                                 X
             (1/2 teaspoon)
             Wild teasel              X                     X                         X
             (30 drops)
             Enzymes                  X                     X                         X
             (2 tablets)
             Monolauric acid                    X                        X                        X
             (1 scoop)
             Homeopathic Ledum                              X                         X
             (5 pellets)
             Low-dose naltrexone
             (1 tablet)

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