It is dazzlingly spectacular at the rate the body will repair the most severe types of injuries if it is given the correct balance of nutrition and herbal support.

It has been my joy to have a “post teenage” son who desires to be active and productive, showing an extremely elevated motivation to bless others and support his family. So, I have encouraged his activities as a welder and steel worker. However, as I am well acquainted with the dangers of this occupation, it was not a great surprise when I received a picture text from him about 11:00 one day, just recently.

A little background on this young man’s health include, minor eye and vision problems which were corrected with herbs which he was still currently using, albeit irregularly. He was also taking BF&C capsules for muscle ache from exertion. This played into what happened next.

The picture text he sent showed his right eye swollen nearly completely shut, dark bruising around the entire orbital area, and a gaping laceration about seven eighths of an inch long just below his eyebrow. The wound was open about a quarter of an inch with tissue bulging out. His text simply said, “What do you think.” My first response was to find out what happened and if this was the only injury. He stated a long steel wedge had been pounded between two large steel beams to align the bolt holes on the steel structure they were erecting. He had attempted to pull out the wedge but it appeared to be stuck. So, as he looked into the crack to see what was holding it from coming out it shot out with the force of a missile, striking his safety glasses and smashing the right lens into his eye and face.

My Orthodox training screamed “Hospital, X-rays, Stitches, Possible Surgery.” But the more logical side, stemming from the School of Natural Healing with Dr Christopher said, “Put a cool pack on it. Make sure it is clean with a distilled water flush or saline solution, then find some steri-strips and pull it shut. Cover the area with a warm fomentation of BF&C and take 12 capsules of BF&C every 4 hours.” As he was near the end of his shift, he went home and followed the suggestions. He had the BF&C on hand, as mentioned above, and thus the herbal building blocks were already in his system.

Twelve hours later I got another picture text. It simply stated, “knitted.” The picture showed the eye swelling had subsided to the point that his eye was half open. The laceration was knitted shut without the further need of tape or stitches and looked like a thin pink line under his eyebrow. However, this was when I could now see his eyeball. What a sight! It was filled with dark purple congealed blood, with only about a third of the “white” part of his eye next to his nose still showing any white. I texted back suggesting he utilize the Herbal Eye Wash and increase the dose of the Herbal Eye Formula in capsule form, which I knew he also had, as often as he could, preferably every two to four hours. Then I didn’t hear from him for a week (oh the stress of being a parent).

I saw him face to face a week later, and was very pleased to see no swelling, a slight pale scar where the laceration had been, and only a slight pink spot in the white of his eye near the outside edge, which also dissipated before I left his company two days later.

I have never seen such an injury heal so fast and completely. It is another testimony of putting both ores in the water, “Faith and Works”, doing what we are inspired to do, and Father does the rest.

Thank you all again for seeking to bless others all over the world, wherever you are, and wherever you will go. We feel to encourage you to continue the mission of Dr. John R. Christopher, passed on to his son, and now…. through all of us.

Barry Thorn is a Master Herbalist graduate of the School of Natural Healing.