Transcript: Holistic Medicine

Zen Living

Episode “Holistic
Medicine”

Nicole
Tomlinson: With health care cost on the rise everyone is looking for more
affordable alternatives. Holistic medicine is gaining popularity, but what is
it all about? We will take a look on today’s Zen Living.

I am here
with Luisa Mendoza from Mr. Natural and she is going to tell us a little bit
about Holistic Medicine. Hi Luisa.

Luisa
Mendoza: Hi Nicole.

Nicole
Tomlinson: How are you doing today?

Luisa
Mendoza: We are doing fine.

Nicole
Tomlinson:  Good now please explain to me
about holistic medicine I don’t know much about the subject and I am really
curious to find out more.

Luisa
Mendoza: yes, holistic medicine is a medicine that embraces all things.
Therapies from the natural elements of nature that we can implement or incorporate
in our daily life.

Nicole
Tomlinson: So how did you initially get started in holistic, where you raised
this way? Or is it just something you just stumbled onto later in life?

Luisa
Mendoza: Since I was eighteen years old I got this information in a book in Mexico
where I am from. And this book was talking about all the truth about the food.
And I was in shock about it; I didn’t know how the animals are fed. And how
much toxins we can take without knowing. And then I realized that it was so
impotent for our health to be really in much better quality. Know exactly the
quantity but it is the quality. And then I started to study with the doctor
Estrada Valero in Mexico, at the school of natural medicine. And I have become
vegetarian because I understand that the natural food was very good.

Nicole
Tomlinson: How does it work different than taking the medicines?

Luisa
Mendoza: Well, the medicines are made in laboratories, but these are made by
nature. So it is as simple as that.

Katy: The
thing I like about holistic medicine is that it seems to focus more about
prevention than it does about just dealing with the problem if it happens. What
I think happens a lot in western medicine if somebody has a problem then they
go to a doctor instead of learning about there bodies.

Luisa
Mendoza: We have also, for example the geo therapy, which is made out of the
clay. When we use the clay mixed with water or juices or herbal teas. Then we
apply it to the kin or some areas of our body. It helps to heal because the
clay has the power of bringing out through the skin any problems or stimulate
the circulation or the detoxification.

Nicole
Tomlinson: So this is a way of detoxifying through the skin?

Luisa
Mendoza: Through the skin yes. For external use. But there is another one that
has the bentonite, that is also for inside. But sometimes the flavor of
bentonite is not very pleasing.

Nicole
Tomlinson: I have had bentonite in a liquid form and it was not too tasty. Is
there another option then?

Luisa
Mendoza: This one is another option. The purifiber has the bentonite in a good
amount but also has inside probiotics. Those probiotics are helping to strength
our immune system through the inside of the intestines sop then we have a
better flora, intestinal flora.

Nicole
Tomlinson: o let me see if I understand this correctly all of these things in
front of us are going to detoxify our system.

Luisa
Mendoza: Exactly we have to go through the basic step. Which is the digestive
system, the digestive system we use it as many times as we eat during the day.
So what we need to do is to clean our system, our intestines, our stomach. And
then we have to do it by things like this.

Or what I
have in this little cup is the flax meal. It is the flax seed grounded.

Nicole
Tomlinson: So this has, let me see if I can remember: Fiber, and omega three.

Luisa
Mendoza: But I like to suggest always the fiber with the aloe. Because the aloe
juice is the pure that we can see I will show you here look. It is very thick.
It’s a very thick juice and I can add it to my smoothie, one ounce a day and a
little bit of this fiber and this will make me feel better with my stomach
already.

The main
thing for someone who wants to go through the detoxification process is to
start the morning with something like this.

Nicole Tomlinson:
So a fiber cocktail or shake of some sort using the flax seed ground up and now
I have heard of aloe vera for your skin also, but this is for your stomach?

Luisa
Mendoza: Yes, this is the extra virgin aloe gel. So when we use that in the
morning it’s the first thing to open up to work the intestines, when we have
that work done then we can digest anything else.

Another
thing which we can use is the Phyto-therapy. Which is the use of the plants,
the botanical extracts of the active principals that each herb has to offer to
us.

Benito: I
think sometimes in our society, particularly pharmaceutical companies and
things of that sort sometimes divert attention from other remedies that may be
much better for you.

Nicole
Tomlinson: What is in my smoothie?

Luisa
Mendoza: Your smoothie was made by soy milk and papaya, fresh papaya. And mine
is made of pineapple and orange juice.

Nicole
Tomlinson: Now what is mine, soy milk and papaya? What are these two things
helpful for are these going to be healthy for my digestions?

Luisa
Mendoza: Well these are very healthy because the papaya has the enzyme papain,
papain is like a vegetable that will help the lining of the stomach and it
helps to move the intestine. Peristaltic movements are made by the papain.

Nicole
Tomlinson: So the enzymes in the papaya are going to help me breakdown my food?

Luisa
Mendoza: Yes, of course.

Nicole
Tomlinson: Well let’s dive in.

Luisa
Mendoza: And also the natural medicine is so helpful with all the food as
Hippocrates used to say, your food should be your medicine. And he really did
because when we take the freshest ingredients from the vegetables or fruits we
don’t have to spend anything else.

Nicole
Tomlinson: So your food should be your medicine, you shouldn’t have to take
loads of pills to feel better. It should be what you eat everyday.

Luisa
Mendoza: Exactly, the impact there many people these days they go only in this
way. And they don’t take medicines at all.

Nicole
Tomlinson: As you can see holistic medicine may just save you a trip to the
doctor I am Nicole Tomlinson, and form all of us at Zen living thanks for
watching and we will catch you next time. Peace.