Using the wisdom of ancestral medicine to recover your health.

The leader for the functional phytotherapy movement in the U.S. is arguably Professor Kerry Bone, BSc. (Phytotherapy is the use of plant-derived medications in the treatment and prevention of disease.)

He has recognized a connection between today’s complex health conditions and ancient tribal systems of health care. Professor Bone compares what those civilizations did to treat the afflicted with how we treat the same problems today. He believes the wisdom and insight of the ages can be embraced by studying the history of other health care systems and building on that knowledge with current research.

Herbs from different parts of the world have different concentrations of active compounds. Ancient shaman and medicine men only used the most potent parts of medicinal herbs. They knew that to get the proper results, they had to use the right herb, the right part of the plant, from the right area of the world, and in the correct dosage.

Enter the herbs

One hallmark of Bone’s career has been his passion for promoting Echinacea as a healing herb. His comprehensive strategy begins with Echinacea to strengthen innate immunity. Then he uses other ancient herbs to stimulate specific parts of the acquired immune response. By providing support for different parts of the immune system, he hypothesized that he could effectively drain the “soup” from the stealth pathogen bowl.



Echinacea is Making a Strong Comeback

0811938001559330136.jpgMany people are familiar with the herb Echinacea, a flowering plant in the daisy family. Its name comes from the Greek word ekhinos, meaning “hedgehog,” because of the flower’s spiky disk florets. The two common species for medicinal use are Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea angustifolia.

Perhaps the most popular use of Echinacea is in the form of herbal tea, which people drink as a tonic to ward off or lessen the effects of a cold or flu. Indeed, it has held a place in folk medicine for more than 400 years, and was well-known to the North American Plains Indians.

“The research suggests Echinacea works on the innate immune system and the natural killer cell (NK) response,” Bone says. NK cells are a type of cytotoxic lymphocyte critical to the innate immune system. “If you’re stimulating the nervous system to defend against threats, the effective agent needs to be in the system.”

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