Participants: Curtis & Paula Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL000202A
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00:01 Nearly one third of the senior population
00:02 are taking at least five prescription drugs. 00:05 Those who have chronic illnesses are taking up to 20 or more, 00:09 totaling over 100,000 deaths per year. 00:13 What went wrong? Is there another alternative? 00:16 Well, today's program is entitled, 00:18 "Medicines from the Earth". We'll be right back. 00:48 Hi, and welcome to "Abundant Living." 00:50 This is Curtis Eakins, your co-host 00:52 and of course I have another co-host as well 00:55 that would be my beautiful bride. 00:56 And why don't you introduce yourself for me please. 00:59 For you, Paula. Paula. 01:02 And is there a last name to Paula? 01:04 I'm your bride, so, Eakins. Eakins, okay. 01:07 Very good, I'm glad you're with me with all these programs. 01:11 I'm glad to be here as well. 01:12 Yes, okay, and so why is the laughter? 01:16 This is the new series. Yes, it is. 01:18 Well, why don't we talk about that? 01:20 Yeah, let's talk about that. 01:21 Well, this series is about-- now again this is my new series 01:24 as my wife have said and this series is entitled 01:27 "The Eight Natural Remedies." 01:31 And some of the Adventist Christians known about 01:32 the eight natural remedies for, I guess over 40 years now. 01:36 And lot of us are Seventh-day Adventist Christians 01:38 and others as well has heard to a lot of 01:41 these eight basic principles of health reform. 01:44 And so there's one way to remember 01:47 these eight natural remedies, it's a acronym. 01:49 So, honey, let's walk them through the acronym 01:51 of the eight natural remedies, this is the acronym for that. 01:54 And let's talk about the eight natural remedies 01:56 that we'll be sharing with them for the next few weeks. 01:58 Well, you know, for sometime people have tried 02:00 to change them up a little bit. 02:01 Yeah, that's a different version. 02:02 Well, basically, it's called the eight naturals, 02:04 I say doctor's, eight natural laws, 02:06 eight natural principles, 02:08 but it actually is called new start. 02:11 I like that because in the Book of Psalms, 02:13 it talks about that new creation also as well. Okay. 02:15 But new start. The 'N' stands for nutrition. 02:19 The 'E' stands for exercise. 02:21 The 'W' stands for water. 02:23 The 'S' for sunshine. 02:25 The 'T' for temperance. 02:27 The 'A' for air. 02:29 The 'R' for rest 02:31 and the 'T' trust in divine guidance. 02:35 That is just excellent. Can you do that backwards? 02:39 One day I'll be able to do it backwards, 02:41 but let me just say, the word new start 02:45 actually came from our understanding from a gentleman 02:48 that was trying to remember the eight natural laws 02:50 from the book Ministry of Healing 02:51 written by Ellen G. White, we'll talk about her later also. 02:54 But basically he put that together 02:56 in the new start philosophy. 02:58 If you think about it, 02:59 the trust in divine guidance was the last one. 03:01 However, I submit to you that if we-- 03:06 enable for us to able to do the eight natural. Okay. 03:09 We actually have to trust in divine guidance first 03:12 then He could move us through nutrition, 03:13 exercise and water, sunshine, 03:15 temperance, air, rest and trust in Him. 03:18 Oh, okay, I think there's a lot of acronyms 03:20 as my wife has said, I think, one is called godly trust 03:24 or something like that and of course 03:25 'G' would be godly trust, okay that be first but again. 03:29 And these principles are good for those who are sick 03:32 to help to reverse a lot of diseases 03:34 and also those who are well to keep them well. 03:37 And so as Seventh-day Adventist Christians 03:38 we are here to allow these principles 03:41 and we have enjoy a measurable degree of health 03:44 and longevity and we thought that 03:46 we'll put this into a series to also share with you 03:50 these benefits that you can receive as well, 03:52 the eight natural remedies. 03:54 So stay tuned for the next few weeks, 03:55 we'll be walking through into these eight natural remedies 03:59 to one degree or another, we'll make some changes, 04:02 some variations but basically we'll cover all eight. 04:05 We know, the last time we came together, 04:07 you kind of talked about nutrition 04:09 and you looked down some things 04:10 about all the different diets out there in the market 04:12 and you spoke about the fact 04:14 that there was two main individuals that was left out. 04:17 And we came to find out that those two individuals 04:19 was God himself, the Creator 04:22 and the other one was once again the author Ellen G. White 04:25 with the book Ministry of Healing. 04:26 And so my question once again 04:28 and that is these two individuals 04:30 have these main references and so these references 04:33 also move into the area of herbal medicine as well. 04:36 So, you know, what about these main references 04:39 as it relate to our medicines from the earth? 04:42 Okay, let's go with first God's word 04:44 because God's word had to say something about drug therapy. 04:47 If you mentioned In-- 04:49 and lot of people are taking drugs. 04:51 Here in United States we take-- 04:52 we spend twice as much money on drugs 04:55 that anybody else in the world and we take two times 04:59 more drugs anybody else as well. 05:01 Yet, we're still one of the sickest nations on earth. 05:05 So the Word of God, this is God's word, 05:07 it's one of the standards of truth 05:09 that we'll be using as, Paula, our reference going through 05:13 the eight natural remedies and God's word 05:15 has to say something about drug therapy. 05:18 So I want you to turn to your Bibles to Revelation 18:23, 05:25 now this maybe an eye opening for a lot of people. 05:28 But God's word is clear 05:30 and we'll be using this as our spring board 05:33 and to talk about what God's words had to say 05:35 about drug therapy as well. 05:37 So Revelation Chapter 18 and the last part the Bible says 05:42 "For thy merchants were great men of the earth, 05:48 for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived." 05:54 All right, merchants, those who are in business, 05:59 great men, presidents, CEO's, 06:03 "it says, by thy sorceries all nations were deceived." 06:10 Now, honey, when most people read or hear the word sorcery, 06:17 what word comes to mind, honey? Witchcraft. 06:21 Okay, and that's right 06:22 and most people will say witchcraft, all right. 06:25 Now keep in mind, the Word of God was written in 06:28 Greek, Hebrew and some portions are Aramaic. 06:30 In Revelation, the Bible of course was written in Greek. 06:34 The word sorcery in Greek is the word Pharmakeia, 06:41 in which we get the words pharmacy, pharmacist, 06:48 as in medication or druggist, sorcery, 06:55 taking medication, all right. 06:57 So this is very profound and we're gonna highlight 07:00 that as well as we go through the series 07:03 or this particular problem 07:04 as far as all nations were deceived. 07:06 Well, lot of people think, well, I take a drug, 07:09 oh, wait a minute, I'm cured. 07:12 Well, not necessarily so. 07:15 So again this is very profound, 07:17 the Word of God is clear on this 07:19 as far as sorceries were all nations were deceived. 07:22 Again the merchants, the great men on the earth, 07:25 of course pharmaceutical companies 07:26 are some of the greatest companies on planet earth 07:30 as far as our sales is concerned so, 07:32 again this apply to, we believe based on Greek, 07:36 sorcery, Pharmakeia which is pharmacy and pharmacist. 07:42 Now you said pharmaceutical, 07:44 so that means that the Food and Drug Administration, 07:46 they actually put up a safety on drugs, right? 07:50 I mean, how safe they are that's what they do, is that right? 07:53 Well, not, it would appear, 07:54 the Food and Drug administration-- 07:56 I mean, again it's called the Food and Drug Administration 08:00 as far as safety is concerned. 08:02 I got a statement here that-- I want to read this statement, 08:05 this is a quote, after I read the statement, 08:08 I want you to guess who made this statement, all right. 08:11 Here's the statement. This is a quote. 08:15 "Today we are faced with what 08:17 may be the single greatest drug safety catastrophe 08:24 in a history of this country. 08:27 In my opinion, the FDA has led the American people down 08:34 and sadly portrayed a public trust." 08:40 Now this is a congressional testimony. 08:44 Who do you think will make such a statement? 08:45 I mean, I'm talking about 08:47 the Food and Drug Administrations 08:48 both to protect the safety of drug, 08:50 you know, usage, can you give me any idea 08:52 who will make such a statement as far as 08:55 the Food and Drug Administration, 08:57 as far as letting the American population down 09:00 and also betraying the public trust. 09:02 You have any guesses, 09:03 any idea who will make such a statement? 09:06 I have no idea. 09:07 Okay, I want you to hold on to your seat, 09:09 I want you to hold on to your seat. Okay. 09:11 The person who made the statement, 09:13 Dr. David Graham, guess what? What? 09:16 He works for the FDA. 09:20 He is the Associate Director of Drug Safety 09:24 or the Food and Drug Administration. 09:26 He made the statement just after a box 09:29 back in a few years ago and so because he's right there 09:33 dealing with the drug safety and efficacy 09:35 of the food and drug administration. 09:37 So he's aware of that, again, you know, at sometimes 09:40 we watch television, honey, 09:42 and we all will chuck amongst ourselves 09:44 because when a drug commercial comes on-- Yes. 09:46 And over 50% of commercials are drug related. 09:49 You know, probably about 80% of the drug commercials 09:52 itself is listing all the side effects. 09:54 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 09:55 Take this drug and it does this and does this. 09:57 But if you're pregnant, or you want to get pregnant 09:59 or know someone who is pregnant 10:01 and don't take this drug or you can't operate heavy machinery, 10:04 light machinery and you can't drive your automobile 10:07 and you can hardly do anything, you know. 10:10 And I don't see if this drug is right for you, 10:12 you know, with all those side effects. 10:13 So again you have a lot of side effects 10:16 and but again lot of people 10:18 are taking medication and drug therapy. 10:21 But again you have some Belfort side effects as well. 10:24 So and you could be mind full of that 10:26 and thousands of people are dying 10:28 because of misuse and side effects of drug therapy. 10:33 Well, I was just thinking about before 10:35 when those commercials used to come on. 10:36 They would only be-- that we're speaking 10:38 really fast when we talk about the side effects. 10:40 Right, real fast. 10:41 Now they have actually slow, really slow down. 10:45 There's one particular one it came up this out, 10:47 it talks about, you know, 10:48 if you are going through depression. Oh, yeah. 10:51 And that one there and when you say that-- 10:52 I mean, you know, you almost gonna fit well-- 10:55 where you find out exactly what you are saying 10:57 as all the side effects. 10:59 Is worst then what you have in first place. 11:00 Really, mind will stay depressed, as they depress. 11:02 But praise the Lord, there's a way out off all this. 11:04 Yeah, more drugs for the side effects 11:06 or the list goes long and longer. 11:07 What does the other reference say about this whole thing? 11:10 Yeah, there's one inspired writer 11:12 of course this is all other reference Ellen G. White, 11:15 the author who has written more volumes 11:19 on health, healthful living 11:20 been translate more than any other author in United States 11:22 second in the world has something to say 11:24 about this topic and this is an eye opener as well. 11:27 Let's go to the screen 11:29 and look at what this author said about drug therapy. 11:32 "Drugs for a Cure?" 11:35 This is taken from the book Selected Messages, 11:37 book 2 page 451. 11:39 She simply put "Drugs never cure disease. 11:45 They only change" get this 11:48 "the form and location." All right. 11:54 Now that's a very powerful statement. 11:58 They never cure disease just simply change 12:01 the form and the location. 12:04 She goes on to say, they didn't have reference 12:06 for the rest of the quote but what happens is that years later 12:10 that form changed into a different area of the body 12:13 which has maybe another different type of disease 12:16 and people don't connect to that 12:18 because its years later and it is in different form 12:21 and in a different location. 12:23 So again drugs never cure and we're not saying 12:27 that I know that a lot of people out there 12:29 are taking drug medication for a lot of things. 12:31 We are not saying get off your drug, 12:33 we are not saying that. 12:35 You know, if God but if we're driving-- 12:38 we're on a automobile on the highway, 12:40 you said this before and we get into accident 12:44 and truck hit us or whatever 12:46 rooms out of on the street 12:48 bleeding in excruciating pain. 12:51 If any of you who know us happened to be driving by 12:55 do not make me any herbal tea. 12:58 Get on your smart phone call 911. 13:02 You heard this before, why are you laughing? 13:04 And take me to the hospital and if I've to have surgery 13:07 I don't what herbs, I want the most powerful drugs 13:10 the hospital has to offer. 13:11 All right, I mean, you know, 'cause God gave us the brain 13:13 to make intelligence decisions. 13:15 But again we must me mind full 13:16 that they don't really change or cure disease 13:21 but just change the form and the location. 13:24 And then there are so many more medications and drugs 13:26 you have to take because of the side effects 13:28 of the actual drug itself. 13:29 What does God advocate when it comes to herbs? 13:32 Well, when it comes to herb and herbal medicine 13:34 the Word of God is clear as far as herbal medicine 13:37 is concerned in God's Word. 13:39 You know, on the first day-- 13:40 well, on the third day of creation week 13:42 God created the earth or the field, Genesis 1:11. 13:47 And then a psalmist said in Psalm 104:14. 13:51 The Bible says, "He causeth the grass 13:54 to grow for the cattle, 13:56 and the herb for the service of man." 13:59 So herb is for our service. 14:01 So they're some few examples here 14:04 because the Word of God has lots to say 14:06 about herbal medicine, 14:07 it mentions about aloe and cinnamon, 14:10 and frankincense and myrrh 14:13 but two of the most well known herbs 14:15 that's mentioned in the word of God. 14:17 The first one is Psalms 51:7 and David says, 14:23 "purge me with" Hyssop. 14:25 That's right, "Hyssop for I shall be clean, 14:28 I should be whiter than snow." 14:30 Hyssop is an herb used to cleanse the earthly sanctuary. 14:36 It's known also to cleanse the respiratory system, 14:40 cough and bronchitis. Hyssop. 14:43 So David knew something about herbal medicine. 14:47 Now let's go to Jeremiah 51:8. 14:51 And Jeremiah talks about a balm, 14:54 I gave her a balm for her pain and she shall be healed. 14:59 Hyssop is used 12 times in Word of God. 15:01 Balm is used five times. 15:04 Elsewhere in the Word of God 15:05 Jeremiah talks about the balm of Gilead. 15:09 So there's different types of balms. 15:10 There's balm from Egypt, there's balm from Nazareth, 15:13 there's balm from Capernaum, 15:15 but the balm from Gilead is the best balm 15:18 and that's used for now today for female problems, 15:22 Melissa Lemon Balm is used for anxiety, stress, tension. 15:28 So God's word is clearer for as herbal medicine is concerned 15:32 and usually these different herbs for medicinal properties. 15:35 And by the way, you know, a lot of people say 15:37 well, you know, herbs don't really work, I use drugs. 15:40 If you look at the word drug, 15:42 the word drug has its roots in herbal healing. 15:47 For the word drug that is name from the word droge 15:51 which means to dry. 15:54 The first step into an herb into medicinal properties. 15:57 So the word drug that is roots in herbal healing. 16:01 Drug, droge are like. 16:03 I remember, and as a matter of fact there's sometimes 16:07 when I have lot things on my plate. Oh, okay. 16:09 You know, what I'm thinking about, 16:11 you know, I may have one or two projects 16:12 going at the same time. 16:13 I'm gonna use kind of people 16:15 that unless I could actually see the item 16:18 or the project completely finished 16:20 I'm not gonna go to sleep, 16:22 you know, I mean, I can get on the bed 16:23 and so think about and then get a piece of paper 16:25 and write something down and stuff. 16:26 And I remember when we first got married 16:29 and I was telling you about sometime 16:30 things are really in my mind, crawl in my mind. 16:33 And you gave me some valerian. Okay. 16:36 Now valerian is supposed to help you go to sleep, 16:38 its just kind of help to relax you, 16:40 you know, kind of empty your mind of everything really. 16:43 And I said, well, how long well this last kind of thing? 16:45 He said, well, it supposed to have a four hour time frame. 16:49 I said, okay. So he gave it to me. 16:52 Three hours and fifty-seven minutes. 16:56 My eyes open right up and I was like 16:58 okay, I couldn't take it second time, 17:00 'cause there was the morning in the next time. Yeah. 17:01 But it's kind of amazing that that actually helps 17:04 to calm you down, valerian 17:06 and takes my mind off everything going on. 17:07 And of course I take the baby children's valerian 17:12 because I don't really take the adult, 17:14 but I take the children valerian, 17:15 it does the same thing. Yes it does. 17:17 And so it's amazing how these herbs do work 17:21 and their rightful place, you know. 17:23 So I guess we have a graphic on next one as well. 17:27 Yes, this are often Allen White has something say 17:30 about herbal medicine which is a profound statement. 17:32 Let's go to screen at this time. Herbal Education. 17:35 Selected Messages book 2 page 294 she says here. 17:39 "The Lord has given simple herbs that are beneficial, 17:44 and if every family were educated, 17:49 much suffering might be prevented." 17:53 If every family were educated. 17:56 Time doesn't not permit to go list all the major herbs 17:59 and how they can be beneficial, 18:02 but again those who may take herbs 18:04 make sure that your healthcare professional be aware 18:06 that you are taken herbs, 18:07 so there will be no counter indication 18:09 with any medication that you've taken as well. 18:12 So your healthcare professional must be aware of that 18:15 for safety or precautions as well. 18:17 How can we learn more about that, 18:19 how can we learn more about herbal medicine? 18:20 Yeah, those who are interested-- good question, honey, 18:22 to learn more about herbal medicine 18:24 there is a company that have been-- 18:26 we've been members are for over I guess 15 years 18:29 and let's go to screen at this time 18:31 and let's talk about this company. 18:33 It's the American Botanical Council, 18:36 this is probably the number one organization 18:39 in the United States non-private organization 18:41 dealing with herb and herbal medicine in this country. 18:45 They have a herbal course which also gave you CE credits. 18:49 They have a internship for university students 18:52 and also have a physician's guide to herbal medicine 18:55 and a lot more as well. 18:57 And so those who can just do a Google search 18:59 go American Botanical Council gives you all information 19:03 about the most prolific herbs out there, 19:05 the most 20, 25 herbs that most people use 19:08 and also they are beneficial effects 19:11 based on clinical studies, 19:13 for those who are interested may want to check 19:15 on the American Botanical Council. 19:17 You're talking about checking on American Council. 19:19 We're also going into the American kitchen, 19:22 because at this point-- I know you're thinking 19:24 that we're not doing any recipes, but we are. 19:26 We're gonna be doing the Spicy Tofu Lettuce Wrap. 19:28 So you want to get your paper and pencil 19:30 and you want to meet us in the kitchen. |
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