I'm a big believer in natural tonics to strengthen and revitalize the healing system. - Dr. Andrew WeilThe American Heritage Dictionary says it is tonic ...... An agent, such as a drug that restores or increases body tone, an invigorating, refreshing, or agent of restoration or influence. It is tonic to produce or promote the physical, mental or emotional force.Toners are usually prepared liquids having a combination of herbs, vitamins, minerals and other ingredients. No tonic has a magical healing effect on any disease. This may seem a strange thing to say in an article on natural tonics for health and wellness. Let me explain.The only thing that can heal a body is the body itself. Nature has designed a self-healing for the human body that achieves the apparent miracle. Most of the time all you have to do is stay away.Sometimes a toxic, biological or chemical agent, can overcome the body's ability to heal itself. Medical science can assist by removing any overload. The body itself then takes over and does the actual healing. A tonic acts to supply repair mechanism missing body to function at its best nutrients.Is it possible to help the body by supplying things you need to do your job? Of course it is. Usually these nutrients come from the foods we eat. Often our foods do not contain all the nutrients they should, for any reason. That's why we're starting to see the medical profession suggesting we take a good multi-vitamin and mineral daily. Before this, our ancestors learned through experience, the value of getting certain substances in the body. They made tonics to supply these substances. Natural tonics can fill the gaps in our nutrition. Our bodies and then do the rest.You can find recipes for tonics that are made with anything under the sun. Usually natural tonics are made with some herb or combination of herbs. Some of the most common are garlic, ginseng, ginger and green tea. Fungi are also used as tonics. Chinese caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis) improves athletic performance and increases energy. Species like reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), shitake (edodes Lentinella) and maitake (Grifola frondosa) are used to boost immunity.Even clear water can be a tonic for someone suffering from dehydration. After all, the human body is composed of 55 to 75 percent water.It seems that the best way to integrate all minerals your body needs is to have a tonic made with something like seawater, but you can not drink seawater. The salt content will kill you.If you went to school in the 1960s, maybe you remember watching an educational film called Hemo the Magnificent. Hemo was the comic blood god real life Dr. Frank C. Baxter, they made several films of Disney. Hemo proclaims that he is the mysterious source of life and the good doctor tells you: "You know who you are you to seawater!"As the seas that are essential for life on earth, our blood is essentially seawater too. Science speculates that life began in the sea. Amniotic fluid is nearly identical to that of seawater.René Quinton, a French physician, performed a famous study on the effects of seawater. Quinton experiments proved seawater and blood plasma are remarkably similar in composition. As a result, Quinton said, "All living organisms are in fact a marine aquarium." He said seawater should be used to heal.Due to the complete nutrient content of seawater, sea vegetables, sea water cleaner, provide all the necessary minerals for life. Sea vegetables have more minerals than any terrestrial plant. Between 7 and 38 percent of the dry weight of sea vegetables are minerals.Any kind of high quality natural tonic made from vegetables sea must supply the body with all the minerals it needs to function at its best. It only makes sense right?Many diseases can be attributed to mineral imbalances in the body. Minerals are responsible for many functions in our body, such as helping to keep our work in the body repair systems. Suitable minerals must be ingested daily.Unlike drugs, which can have an immediate effect on symptoms, you may not see immediate results with tonics. Allow your body to heal itself may take some time. Use a tonic regularly for a few months. Let your body do what it does. Give her what she needs and hopes for healing.See if you have a greater sense of well-being or more energy when taking a tonic. Even if you do not notice immediate effects, pay attention to how to respond to physical and emotional stress. See if you become less susceptible to disease. Give natural tonics an honest try.
