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INTRODUCTION: Planting a Therapeutic Garden with COVID-19 in mind
by Camille Alleyne
Grown at Home encourages householders, wherever possible, to plant a complete diet. This time around, however, we want to do something different but still relevant. In this issue, let’s learn to plant a therapeutic garden. With COVID-19 restrictions being relaxed or lifted in many regions of the world, it would be wise for us to do all we can to maintain good health as we mix and mingle once again.
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6 WAYS TO KEEP HEALTHY
1. Eat a balanced diet based on pure, fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs
2. Watch your salt, sugar and unhealthy fat intake
3. Stay active
4. Avoid smoking
5. Avoid alcohol or keep your consumption at a low level
6. Plant a therapeutic garden
In general, we hear about building our immune systems, but health and wellness consultant Everton 'Heru" Holligan explains, "Our immune system is already found in every area of our bodies so we don't really build our immune system. What we can do, however, is allow our bodies to create the correct immune response to fight disease.”
When it relates to COVID-19 specifically, Heru has successfully treated patients at his practice at Healing Earth Inc, My Lord’s Hill, St Michael, Barbados. These patients include those with comorbidities, so his trustworthy advice will help you create your own COVID-19 therapeutic garden.
COVID-19, like every disease, may result in negative outcomes for persons with comorbidities. Comorbidity is the coexistence of more than one medical condition (physical or mental) in a patient. With or without comorbidities, however, we want our bodies to perform at its optimum when facing and fighting sicknesses. One way to do this is to plant foods at home that will aid the creation of a powerful immune response.
We asked Heru, who has been in the field of wellness for 25 years, to suggest specific foods that could be grown at home in a therapeutic garden. He recommended: garlic, mustard greens, moringá, thyme, limes (or local citrus), turmeric and ginger. Of these wonder-working plants, we will focus on five of these in the magazine on pages 20 - 29.
