KniijiWata Tinctures 

Did you know, Willow bark is primarily known for its active compound salicin, which is a natural precursor to aspirin and is used for pain relief and anti-inflammatory effects? Or, that soil acts as a vital source for modern medicine, with microbes producing compounds that account for over half of all prescribed antibiotics and 60% of anticancer drugs and, that these natural, soil-derived agents 3rdinclude essential treatments like penicillin, statins, and various antibiotics, highlighting nature's ongoing role in advanced healthcare?

     Herbs, roots, and fungi (mushrooms) has served to support, restore, and improve the human body since time in memorium, Every culture on every continent has nourished the body using wild-grown vegetation in various preparations, dried and steeped into hearty teas, pounded into powders and rolled into pills, used topically as poultices etc. and we have not only survived but thrived using these treatment options. So, why don't they seem to have the same effect in the present day?

  We have all succumb in one way or another to the to the ideal that 'time is of the essence'. Time in fact, is infinite and WE are the essence. Understanding that we can only get out what we put in applies to all areas of life is a game changer. 

Our issues and ailments almost never arise out of nowhere, they are the result of slow and subtle changes our bodies make over time in its quest to maintain balance or as it's called in the medical field, homeostasis. This is Our nature. Weeks, months, or most often years of our bodies accommodating less than ideal environments, subpar dietary options, and modern-day stressors such ad deadlines, bills, traffic, jobs etc... create the perfect environment for system malfunctions- Kidneys and circulatory systems get overworked, digestive system is starved for proper nutrients, the mind is stuck in a loop of overactivity and the next thing you know, the results are what the medical field labels "illness."

Our lie of 'time' sets the stage for the use of quick fix measures that force the body to operate in a new way. And if science has taught us anything it's that If one object exerts a force on another object, then the second object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first object [Newton's law of motion]. How this presents itself in our bodies when forced to change course is what is known in layman's terms as side effects. And we all know how it goes, you take one pill for the issue you came in for, then take two pills for the sides effects, right?

Herbal support works with the understanding that just like it took time and consistency to get into the condition our bodies may have found themselves in, it will take time and consisitnecy to move beyond it as well.