That is the transcript of an interview hosted on Ruth’s Really feel Higher. Reside Free. podcast.
Ruth Soukup: It’s no secret that I’m not an enormous fan of prescription drugs, or the way in which huge pharma, and large meals for that matter, haven’t solely corrupted the well being business, however instantly brought about the huge well being and weight problems disaster on this nation. And whereas we speak loads right here on this podcast about how one can begin therapeutic your physique by consuming the fitting issues, One factor we don’t actually discuss is what pure alternate options exist for changing the medication which might be nonetheless taking over area in your medication cupboard.
That’s why I’m so enthusiastic about in the present day’s episode. If nothing else, it’s undoubtedly going to provide you some severe meals for thought. So let’s dig in.
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Hey there, and welcome again to the Really feel Higher Reside Free podcast. For these of you who don’t know me, my identify 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 writer of seven books. And in the present day 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 he or she has not solely been in a position to heal her personal physique naturally and remove the entire drugs from her life, she now teaches individuals all over the world learn how to use herbs as medication. And he or she’s fairly wonderful. And in the present day she’s going to be strolling us by means of what that truly seems to be like. And I gotta let you know, 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, however it’s fairly good. So with out additional ado, I’m excited to have the ability to introduce you to in the present day’s interview visitor, Heidi Villegas. Heidi, thanks a lot for being right here in the present day. 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 understand, individuals don’t, won’t know this, however you and I’ve recognized one another for a really very long time. You’ve been in my enterprise applications for a very long time and been in my mastermind and all these items. So we had numerous alternatives to speak in regards to the enterprise facet 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 in addition 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 bought into aromatherapy most likely about, oh, 5 or 6 years in the past, and bought educated in that.
However I got here into this with some actually severe well being points, and I used to be doing every little thing proper, I believed. And I found medicinal herbs sort of accidentally. 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 alternative well being points.
And lots of of them had been associated. They had 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 bought off every little thing, It’s, I’m 60 years outdated and I really feel higher now than after I was 40. Although I used to be like fitter again then, you understand, so I now train individuals learn how to use these medicinal herbs and God gave us the herbs.
He gave us the crops for our meals and medication. And we as a collective society have forgotten learn how to use them. So I simply helped carry that again.
Ruth Soukup: I like that. I like that. Effectively, and you understand, as you most likely know, I believe, however I’m not an enormous fan of huge pharma. So I like something that’s various. And but I don’t know, like herbalist, that appears 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 examine herbs and begin utilizing pure treatments. and making their very own pure treatments. And so they hesitate to name themselves an herbalist as a result of it does appear sort of like excessive finish, fancy, no matter.
The fact is anyone who works with medicinal herbs is an herbalist. I imply, for those who’re a gardener and also you develop mint in your yard and you utilize that for natural teas, nicely, you understand, 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 individuals.
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 individuals would have heard of?
Heidi Villegas: Okay there are millions of them, to start 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 unbelievable medicinal herb in quite a lot of other 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 considered one of my college students and he or she was nervous 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 like this child. Precisely. Effectively, I, she’s been my pupil for a very 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 understand, assist launch every little thing and allow you to 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 Large Pharma doesn’t need us to learn about them.
Ruth Soukup: No, they don’t.
Heidi Villegas: No, for those who take a look at the historical past of medication, like, you understand, 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 can take this all the way in which again into the 1500s with the witch trials and issues like that. They had been wow. Yeah. There’s a, all the way in which again to that. Yeah. It’s an enchanting historical past.
However in trendy society you understand, the American Medical Affiliation, the FDA, the medical insurance business, and naturally huge pharma, principally simply crushed herbalism and herbalist. Herbalism was authorized in our nation to practices of medical modality, and it not is. They’ve taken it away from the individuals.
So yeah, so herbalists now, like after I work with shoppers, I’m not working towards medication 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 treatment. I don’t deal with, however we assist the physique’s pure therapeutic processes. So we sort of have skirted across the language.
Yeah, however
Ruth Soukup: yeah, oils are sort of like that somewhat bit too, which I’ve been utilizing, you understand, important oils for. 10 years, 12 years, one thing like that. And I’ve, however I’ve, I discover it irritating that you may’t get like good solutions, proper? Like for those who Google it, every little thing is so throttled to seek out out like what important oil will do which factor due to every little 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 Nineteen Eighties and Nineties. 90s. I’d discover them on eBay or Amazon or no matter. And so they had been costly as a result of there’s not very a lot of them as a result of different individuals have carried out 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 learn 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 believe somewhat bit overwhelming for me. And possibly if anyone 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 start 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 observe herbalism really observe aromatherapy too and vice versa.
Most aromatherapists don’t observe 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 lightweight bulb second. I favored at some point, however important oils are merely one other natural extract.
That’s all they’re. After we put herbs in a alcohol, we extract like, like vanilla extract. You’re really making a tincture. Identical factor. Important oils are only a steam distillation of the plant. So actually I take a look at important oils as herbalism and that’s that’s my view on it.
Ruth Soukup: No, it’s sort of, it’s only a totally different model of the identical factor, the identical crops, the identical herbs, that each 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, however it’s herbalism nonetheless. And so far as, you understand, what your query was about getting began I’m not going to lie. It’s arduous 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 whole lot of methods, however when it comes to getting details about issues which might be censored, I wouldn’t go there. I’ve really Googled natural questions so many occasions and I’ve given, been given fallacious solutions, fallacious by AI. So don’t try this. I wouldn’t belief something on Google to be sincere.
It’s the identical,
Ruth Soukup: sorry to interrupt you, however it’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 have to rely your energy and eat much less and train extra and go like the usual permitted 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 believe. That is really what works. And we’re and the proof in our society is that 80 % of persons are chubby. Everyone’s sick. Everyone’s on remedy. Like what we’re doing shouldn’t be 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 take a look at society and know That this what we’re doing shouldn’t be working. Let’s discover a totally different manner.
Heidi Villegas: Hallelujah. I didn’t know No, I completely agree. And I like listening to you discuss this.
And I believe you’re very courageous. I’m not courageous sufficient but to get on the market. You’re speaking right here. Yeah, precisely. However you understand, possibly I’ll with a few of the shifts which have been happening.
Ruth Soukup: I’d ask you about that. Like, what do you suppose 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 need to say I’m as a result of it’s every little thing that we discuss on this podcast on a regular basis. And now it’s popping out in like, I believe it’s opening up the dialog a minimum of, however that’s going to alter the laws like for what you do.
And no,
Heidi Villegas: I actually, I actually don’t. I do suppose that when it comes to some meals, some cosmetics, some house merchandise, which launch endocrine disruptors and every little thing else into our our bodies by means of inhalation and pores and skin use. I do suppose a few of that 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 individuals.
And so they’re rather 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 understand, who’s getting wealthy and who’s not and the persons are struggling. The persons are completely struggling.
I get actually offended after I take into consideration conditions I had with my kids well being smart, as a result of once more, you understand, my children had been born within the eighties, a very 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 most likely would have been loads 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 excited about 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 most likely related issues, proper? There’s a lot that I may have carried out. Had I recognized who is aware of what I used to be consuming or not consuming. And I look again at footage of my pantry considering that I used to be consuming positive. 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 persons are being identified with colon most cancers and so they’re One of many causes is due to all of the seed oils. Proper? However what occurs if you go to the grocery retailer? In the event you go to the grocery retailer and also you take 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 might be horrible for you and are making you sick. And but the labels on them make these seem like 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 take 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 fallacious, this isn’t working like crucial considering abilities would let you know no matter we’re doing shouldn’t be the reply. So let’s attempt one thing else. Okay.
Heidi Villegas: Ruth, you’re so proper. And it’s even the identical with simply regular over-the-counter drugstore medication. 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 learn 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 understand, 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 loads, particularly like stuff like Afrin, individuals get hooked on that stuff.
There, there’s a greater manner. There’s a pure, higher, mild, and more practical manner. to take care of our meals, our our bodies, our life, our medicines, the issues we want for blood strain. I managed, have you learnt what? We have now not taken any prescription or over-the-counter medication in happening 15 years now. And it’s, completely modified our life.
And the factor is that I’ve my medicines. Yeah. I’ve what we want.
Ruth Soukup: You guys can’t see what I’m taking a look at. Trigger we’re on video proper now, however she’s bought 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 whole lot of jars.
Heidi Villegas: My pharmacy is definitely loads greater than that. That is only for present, however actually it’s a whole lot of enjoyable. And my college students, what occurs is with my college students come into my world for a few causes. Primary, I’ve bought a whole lot of younger mothers who need to be taught this, these abilities for his or her children and their households and train their children at a youthful age, which I simply love that.
That makes me simply so joyful after I see younger individuals waking up going, such as you mentioned what are we not? , understanding right here. It’s a multitude on the market. So I get younger mothers. I grow old individuals coming to me who’re like of their forties and fifties and so they’re beginning to expertise well being issues.
And so they’re like, wait a minute, the medication aren’t working. This isn’t the place, you understand, the docs, 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 and so they need to be taught herbalism too. After which I’ve bought a whole lot of homesteaders who prefer to be independent after which I’ve bought a It’s a small crowd of preparedness individuals.
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 loads. 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 like that. So like, I, simply going again to what you had been saying in regards to the like over-the-counter stuff, proper?
Like we predict as a result of it’s bought over-the-counter, you don’t even want a prescription for it. Oh, it should be protected. It’s positive. It’s no huge deal. It’s no huge deal. It’s no huge deal. And likewise I believe instinctively, or possibly like, What we imagine is that anyone 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 looking for us that absolutely they wouldn’t permit us to have stuff that was not okay for us. And but I believe that’s a whole lot of the dialog that has come out the previous couple of years, particularly publish 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 will let you say and what they wouldn’t will let you say.
I imply, this report that simply got here out from Congress, principally saying that. Every little thing 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 preserving them house from college and all of these things, 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 virtually this factor too, of like, how can we, who can we even know learn how to, who to belief if our, if the those who we’re trusting to look out for us, docs and businesses and FDA and all of those individuals which might be purported to have our again are literally permitting us to take issues which might be making us sicker.
Heidi Villegas: , I do know precisely what you imply. It’s a whole lot of indoctrination. , persons 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 anyone wakes up and goes, Okay, I have to be taught extra about this, that or the opposite, and what’s happening.
, it’s, and the way do you clear up the issue? Effectively, you begin studying. , when you get up to what’s going on on the planet, and hopefully increasingly more individuals will, particularly with Maha, glad you talked about that then you definately begin studying. And sadly, the one manner, one of the best ways, and the quickest manner is to get right into a program, like individuals get into your Thinlicious.
They need to take cost of their well being by means of their meals and meals is our first medication. Then normally individuals, hopefully individuals will take it a step farther and go, you understand what, possibly these medication aren’t one of the best issues. What do I do as a substitute? Oh gosh, these crops work. They work, they’re confirmed and increasingly more scientific research are literally being carried out on them.
The issue there may be that with huge pharma, waking as much as the truth that persons are waking up they’re now beginning concern ways. Like, for those who take lavender important oil and also you’re a younger boy, you’re going to have, you understand, boobs. Effectively, no, that’s an enormous fantasy. And you understand, and I’ve listened to sufficient analysis and research and conferences in addition to learn them.
It’s a whole fantasy and it’s a lie. We’re being lied to. Time and again in quite a lot of other ways
Ruth Soukup: and over and I believe it’s virtually that such as you, you go down the rabbit gap otherwise you pull the thread or one thing you understand what I imply such as you, there’s like a gate. I assume it’s a play on phrases however it’s like a gateway drug like for me.
It was. Dropping pounds, proper? Like I simply needed to drop some weight and I couldn’t perceive why it was so arduous and why I used to be making an attempt so arduous 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 understand, me for a very long time, Heidi, I’m not an unmotivated particular person. I’m not a, I’m not an individual who doesn’t attempt arduous. 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, despite the fact that I did really feel like crap, I didn’t actually essentially affiliate it.
I simply, you understand, with prefer it was that it was all related, 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, this can be a little tangent.
Heidi Villegas: That’s okay. I bought
Ruth Soukup: to get this out.
It’s like remedy for me. However from that perspective, proper, of simply desirous to look good, I completely perceive why individuals 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 nervous 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 understand, 10 day juice cleanse or no matter crappy food plan 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 little thing that I’ve ever been informed 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. Truly, the entire stuff round me and we, the entire drugs are additionally contributing to smash my intestine well being and preserve 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 huge meals is mendacity to us, that huge pharma is mendacity to us, and that for those who actually really 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, together with your fluids, every little thing, all of it you understand, oh my gosh. I like speaking to a like minded particular person. It’s so
Ruth Soukup: true. I do know persons are most likely listening to this proper now going, Ruth’s on a tear in the present day.
I do know I’ve had a whole lot of espresso, guys. Sorry. Plenty of espresso in the present day. So let’s return to the herbs, proper? So if you’re considering like, okay, herbs, yeah, I need to be extra pure. I don’t need to, I don’t, I wish to do away with drugs, 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 sort of easy Issues that you can do which might be in another way that might make a huge impact.
Heidi Villegas: It is dependent upon you understand, what you’re prepared to speculate money and time, proper, however these are all the time the 2 investments that individuals have to have a look at.
And if you’re on a very 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 bought tons of of movies. I’ve bought tons of of articles and you’ll really begin trying. I’ve bought an index on my web site within the get to know us part and other people can really begin taking a look at treatments which have been formulated by me and have been confirmed to work with totally different individuals.
Now I simply need to say right here, not I’ll, that is, I bought to speak about actually fast the distinction between medication, allopathic physician medication versus natural medication. In the event you’re a very good herbalist, you’re not considering allopathically. You’re not excited about, okay, what capsule with a health care provider, it’s going to be okay.
What’s fallacious with you? Right here’s a capsule masks, the symptom simply could get the particular person extra comfy. That’s all that issues. Herbalists. need to heal the physique. So what we are inclined to do is take a look at every particular person particular person and take into consideration their structure. Do they run sizzling? Do they run chilly? Do they’re they dry?
Are they moisture? We’re all totally different. We want various things. And so a holistic herbalist will have a tendency to have a look at all that after which select totally different herbs and crops and formulate them for the person. Now, with that mentioned, for those who’re coping with one thing that’s like, like an ongoing problem, like sleep, all it’s important to do actually is work out which herbs be just right for you sleep smart, dial them in, and then you definately’ve bought your personal personalised, you understand, sleep tincture.
, you are able to do that. So I’ve bought 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 very easy. It’s individuals suppose it’s actually arduous. 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 bought a tincture. What’s, what do you do with the tincture? Effectively, so proper earlier than we began speaking I’ve a cough and I, I bought 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 understand, I’m utilizing wild cherry bark and Ella marketing campaign primarily, plus a few different issues. So I’ve bought 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 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 persistent 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 sort of a multifaceted considering course of. So for, however for individuals on a funds, simply begin making stuff, giving it a attempt, 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 group members are in there serving to.
So if in case you 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. At all times double, triple verify, you understand, the data earlier than you begin messing with issues.
And I simply additionally need to point out right here with security, for those who’re on drugs like prescriptions, you actually need to be sure that there’s no herb drug interactions as a result of Yeah, okay. So one of many principal major ache killing herbs that lots of people begin utilizing, particularly after they’re new, trigger it’s, everyone makes use of it and it’s simple to grasp is willow bark, you understand, and lots of people develop willow of their yards.
I’ve a few totally different willow bushes, however. You may 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 by-product 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 individuals the chemical?
Effectively, it made them actually sick. And what they ended up doing then was placing a buffer coating over it, therefore bufferin, after which individuals 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 the entire 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. Truly, Joe, my husband, simply, I do know individuals 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 identical to put that beneath your tongue, sort of the identical factor, the way in which that you simply had 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 sort of gave me a lightweight bulb second. Is that, as a result of we really discuss this. loads on this podcast with reference to meals, proper? That meals is medication in that if you begin to eat the fitting issues and reduce out all of the poisonous stuff that you simply’re consuming, you’re therapeutic your entire physique, proper?
And so that’s going to love, whereas. you understand, there’s the fast fixes, the drugs and the issues are designed to masks the signs and make you depending on them in order that it’s important to preserve taking them to maintain experiencing the outcomes. Whereas for those who can really heal your physique from the within out and eat the fitting meals and reduce 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 way in which that it’s purported to, if you really feel good. So the entire signs go away. It turns into this very holistic factor, however I don’t suppose I’ve actually essentially considered that when it comes to remedy, proper? Although I discuss it form of, I like when, as a result of I’m nonetheless considering like, oh, nicely, what would you do?
What would you do for those who had a sore foot then? Proper? Like, what do you want, what herb do you utilize for that? And also you’re saying. It’s really a way more holistic factor. It’s a must to take a look at the physique and take a look at what your physique’s engaged on and work on therapeutic your entire physique. After which the entire signs go away.
Heidi Villegas: I’d love to provide you an instance of that. We have now a whole lot of medical professionals in my household. My daughter, as a matter of reality, is ending her medical diploma this 12 months and going into her residency, which is so bizarre as a result of her pals take a look at her, like, nicely, you’ve bought it. Your mother’s an herbalist.
Yeah. They’re taught to not use herbs. They’re informed herbs are dangerous. Inform your sufferers don’t use herbs.
Ruth Soukup: Do you know 70 % of medical colleges are funded by huge pharma?
Heidi Villegas: Oh yeah, completely. They don’t need herbs wherever round. And my daughter did a whole lot of my analysis for me a number of years in the past, earlier than she went off into medical college, she spent like an interim interval of like six, seven months at my, with us.
And I mentioned, look, for those who’re going to be right here, you’ll be able to like begin doing a few of my analysis. And I. had been actually open. She used to suppose I used to be a kook, however she noticed the analysis. She noticed that the proof she was writing my a whole lot of my books that I’ve written had been partially written by her and researched by her.
So, yeah it’s actually eye opening for medical professionals after 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 in opposition to herbs. In actual fact, she bought actually mad at me one time. She’s like, Simply take a capsule. She’s like, it simply, it’ll simply go away.
Take a capsule. I’m like, I’m not taking a capsule. Sorry. So we had 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 understand, your college. And I informed her in regards to the college and I informed her about my course, ditch the pharmacy. And he or she goes, nicely, what’s it?
What do you be taught in ditch the pharmacy? Now she had kids at this level. I’ve bought, they’ve two little, two of my grandkids are theirs and he or she’s very excited about pure treatments proper now, which is sweet. She was asking in regards to the course and. I informed her, I mentioned, nicely, principally in a nutshell, what I do is I train individuals to create their very own personalized house apothecary for his or her household.
It’s personalized. So it’s not generic. And principally you’ll be able to exchange every little thing that’s in a drug retailer with what I train. I imply, critically, every little thing. And he or she goes, proper, she says, okay, she goes, so how do you exchange Tylenol? And I informed her, I mentioned, nicely, I mentioned, you it’s all about the way in which you concentrate on it.
So an herbalist, versus a health care provider, if anyone 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 understand, 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 happening? What’s inflicting it? So let’s take an instance. Let’s simply say anyone has oh, a headache. All proper, you understand, complications are quite common. An herbalist goes to, or as, or for those who’re working with your personal physique, you’re going to go what’s inflicting the headache? Are my shoulders tense? Is that this a stress 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 simply may use for those who’ve bought a sinus headache. Effectively, then you definately take care of the sinuses and you may as well take care of the headache on the identical time. And so all of these three totally different sorts of complications, you should utilize totally different herbs and be very efficient with them.
And for those who’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 suppose that. I imply, clearly it’s greater than you can 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 anyone get to be a part of that?
Heidi Villegas: Effectively, it’s a hybrid course. I like working with my college students I prefer to work together with them as a lot as attainable. Normally I’ll do what I name an open spherical two or 3 times a 12 months the place we get on stay chats each week so I can actually information them in creating their house 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.
In order that they’re additionally studying primary aromatherapy as nicely. After which I assist individuals plan and arrange their apothecary that having the course be a hybrid signifies that anyone can be a part of anytime and get began on the supplies. It’s very clearly laid out. Our pupil group is totally wonderful and stuffed with so many very supportive and skilled herbalists and aromatherapists at this level.
So there’s all the time you understand, a method to get solutions to your questions. And if that fails, you’ll be able to simply attain out and chat me. , I like speaking with individuals, however the The underside line is the objective, I really feel prefer it took me ceaselessly to be taught this. It took me a very very long time as a result of I began studying earlier than the web was round.
I believe 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 understand, feeling like with, and I’m a instructor. I taught children for near, nicely, 30 some years, so 40 dec 4 a long time for those who rely my preschool educating years.
And so I do know that the quicker you may get anyone by means of an idea efficiently with understanding, the higher off they’re going to be and the extra probably they’re going to make use of it of their actual life. So the objective right here is to get individuals 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 individuals like what do you suppose, you understand, they’ll ask and lots of people will are available in with well being wants and ditch the pharmacy is a course that’s not likely 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, Lots of my college students are available in with points like hypertension or you understand, they’re engaged on their diabetes, which food plan, proper? Such as you mentioned, you understand, sort two diabetes may be actually cleared up a whole lot of occasions simply with shifts in food plan and train.
However a whole lot of them have been in a position to get off a number of prescribed drugs. Simply. That’s wonderful.
Ruth Soukup: Yeah. Yeah. So we are going to hyperlink to that in our present notes for these of you who’re listening, if you’re like, I bought to get into this ditch the pharmacy in an effort to go and get all of the stuff we are going to 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 preserve speaking. ceaselessly about this, so that you’ll have to return 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 anyone comes down with a chilly or flu or no matter and desires to really feel higher.
What do they do?
Heidi Villegas: It is dependent upon the signs. It is dependent upon the symptomology. So primary can be work together with your immune system. Make certain that you’re dealing with that. In the event you, and it relies upon, there’s 4 levels of chilly and flu that I like to consider. There’s the primary stage, the place you understand you’re going alongside and issues are good and you are feeling such as you’re simply getting somewhat sick enhance that immune system take your echinacea that might be the time don’t take echinacea on a regular basis it’s too highly effective individuals don’t understand that there was a time frame the place you understand echinacea got here in the marketplace 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 each day.
So you’re taking it proper if you’re beginning to get sick after which elderberry must be taken somewhat bit at a time ongoing as a tonic. These two issues proper there together with getting, you understand, sufficient sunshine for vitamin D you understand, taking your zinc, your typical stuff getting sufficient relaxation, you understand, you guys know the life-style factor.
Is step one. The second step is for those who begin getting, you understand, the primary signs, get them get on these instantly, as a result of like I mentioned a minute in the past, a whole lot of these treatments, 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 bought compounds like time, the herb that you’ll find within the grocery retailer.
It has an oregano, after all. And rosemary. So I may preserve 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 deal with a few of the signs as nicely. After which the following factor is, you understand, as you’re recovering, don’t cease, preserve taking your echinacea, you may begin feeling higher, however you’ve bought to maintain on going for one more, I all the time say per week or two, simply to make sure, as a result of lots of people will begin feeling higher, they cease taking every little thing, after which now they’re sick once more, and also you get higher Effectively, who’re, you understand, they’re sick for like six months as a result of they only don’t give their physique an opportunity to relaxation.
There’s a whole lot 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 likely to be in there this 12 months as a result of, you understand, I simply introduced this, that subsequent, that 2025, I’m solely going to be working three days per week as a substitute of 5.
Heidi Villegas: I’m like, I need to try this.
Ruth Soukup: Deal with 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 bought 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 outdoors. And I’m enthusiastic about that. Effectively, Heidi, this was wonderful. So thanks a lot. Once more, we might be including hyperlinks to every little 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 develop into 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. Keep in mind that you’ll find all of the hyperlinks to every little thing that we talked about on the present notes. And if you understand anyone else who may profit from every little thing that we talked about in the present day, please you’ll want to ship it their manner. Then you’ll want to subscribe to the podcast to be notified of future episodes.
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