Natural remedies are all the rage these days. Some of them even work.
For example, my problem with post-nasal drip and congestion has at times been eased by taking a tonic of apple cider vinegar and honey just before bed. Other people look for more complex solutions to things that have no real cure, but which are believed to have important properties, such as how the Astragalus plant is looked to as a source of antioxidant Selenium.
I’m not convinced all of these things work. But then again, I’m not convinced they don’t. Often, natural cures are simply watered-down, less concentrated forms of prescription medicines, and in fact are the place where prescription medicines go for their inspiration, and sometimes even the source of prescription medicines, with the difference being that prescription meds are far more highly concentrated.
Is there much utility to all this? Sometimes.
But what I can say is this: when looking for real healing, I do prefer acknowledging the author of all healing, Adonai. Through Yeshua the messiah, G-d can and often does heal us of afflictions, whether we acknowledge his role in it or not.
I’m not one of those who discounts the value of doctors or medicine, though. Often, those doctors and medicines are the very tools Adonai chooses to use to deliver our healing. Sometimes, he does so by purely spiritual means, as well. Yet no matter the means, the source of our healing is always the same: Adonai our G-d, from whom all blessing flow.
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