Master Herbalist Bachir Aboukhazaal

Q:   I have been using Natural Balance for about three years now, and, as you would expect, the dose that I take does tend to vary from time to time, with a new batch perhaps or just normal variations in lifestyle.  Is a level of variation normal?  I have not changed my lifestyle in this time.  In every other way everything seems fine and I have no reason to suspect a health problem is at the root of this. Any advice would be welcome.

A: By Bachir Aboukhazaal. When somebody asks a question about these herbs, I try to give my best explanation to them.  It is important to me that people fully understand the nature of what they are taking to improve their health.

These herbs are the result of many generations of my family’s use.  The recipes were passed from generation to generation over the evening fires and in song until about 500 years ago when they were written in the Ancient Arabic writings.  I have this valuable manuscript in my home today.

The answer to your question will be determined by your body type, whether it is hot, cold, wet or dry.  Every one of us has a body type which is as permanent to us as our blood type.  To understand your body type is to understand how your climate, the types of food you should eat, the herbs and medicines you take and even how other people will affect you. 
Harmony within your body type will bring about a harmony with Nature.  In the event of any disharmony, by knowing your body type you can correct the imbalances.  Disharmony usually occurs over a long period and may not show itself early on.

If you are living in a country where there is a noticeable change in temperature between the seasons, your own habits will change drastically, even though you may not notice it.  You may not change your lifestyle but in the seasons your lifestyle is changed for you.  In the hotter months your body burns more calories, you wear less clothes and become more active.  In the colder months you store more fats and slow down.  Your body’s need for food and water changes and this affects your digestion, the nature of your bowel movements and creates variances of your organ functions.  It is during these changes that you will you notice your changing needs for the amount of herbs your body responds to.  The herbs my family produces are balanced so that each of the body types will benefit by taking them.

Perhaps your understanding is that the variation of dosages is caused by the herbs.  With seasonal changes and harvest times there are indeed slight variances in each batch I produce, but these are minimal.  The real variations are found within your body.