It is an Indian custom never to thank people and never to apologize for anything; your friends don't need it, and your enemies don't believe it. For those of you who have not succumbed to rumor and who have sought the truth, I dedicate this site.

My purpose has always been to educate you, although much of the time you have educated me! It is your health that has caused me to search and discover. Most of you have become more than just patients. Throughout the years we have worked, cried, laughed and prayed together, and now it is my turn to give you all of what I know to be true regarding ill health and it's remedies.

Do not succumb to the magic that some alternative healing promotes. God intended for us to be self healing, in fact, I dare say no doctor has ever healed anything. Perhaps, we can aid in healing, but the healing process is your body's responsibility. Also, never lose sight of the spiritual side to healing, many times it is the missing link.

My first purpose is to encourage you to begin gardening. This may seem impractical, or even impossible, at the moment, but it is a goal you can achieve. The commercial food supply, even the so called "organic" produce, is mostly inadequate for proper nutrition. At least organically grown food is clean food, without agriculture poisons, and some studies have shown that organically grown food has a higher mineral concentration over the commercial counterparts. But, for your family to become ultimately healthy, I am convinced you will have to change your lifestyle and learn how to find or make nutritious soil to produce nutritional food. I am so convinced that I am no longer in the position of telling you, "Do what I say and not what I do," our family is currently growing our own food, organically. With three acres under cultivation we expect excess. Check the updates area for the produce in season. We also have access to some bulk organic grains.

Although most say that public water is safe, we wish that you would seek an alternative source for your water. Many of you are currently drinking distilled, but have you ever considered rain water? With the cost of chlorinated and fluoridated public water in monetary and health terms, many families are turning to cisterns.

But, most of all, you must not depend on anyone to do it for you; the agriculture system supports producers of quantity and not quality foods. Remember, a bushel of wheat has lost several pounds in the past 50 years; that weight loss is mineral and protein deficiency. (See Leviticus 26:26 and read the Aluminum entry found elsewhere)

Second, disease does not come, "like a rock" from Mars. There is a preventable reason for almost every disease and malady affecting us; cause and effect. Understanding this can help you prepare for what lies ahead.

Third, as the term physician means teacher, it is my duty to teach. What I have discovered in my clinical practice is infinitesimal but along the way, I may have stumbled across that clinical pearl that helps make you whole again. While it is impossible to see everyone in need, many of the remedies mentioned in this site require an attending physician. There are many qualified physicians in this field, so look in the Reference section for help finding a physician in your area.

Fourth, my apology for some of the information being technical; I just don't have a better way of relating the information. But, technical information can be checked out and, of course, it is better than just being told to go home and take the pills!

We welcome your questions and comments.

Love, Dr. Braun.