Food and Herbs Do the Healing, Not Me, Says Dr. Sebi

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“It’s the food that you eat that would reconnect you with the energies of life and then words are unnecessary because you could see,” Dr. Sebi said in an interview at his healing center in Honduras, Central America.

He insisted we look at the food on our tables to help pinpoint the source of illness. In his nutrition guide—given to all customers who purchase the African Bio Mineral Balance products—it states that the combination of alkaline (natural) food and herbal compounds “supports the body’s natural ability to regenerate and heal.” Heal from what? Mucus. Disease manifests in the body where mucus has accumulated, according to Dr. Sebi. It thrives in that acidic environment.

“When you describe an asthmatic person’s condition, you describe all others because all diseases stem from the accumulation of mucus,” Dr. Sebi said in the book Seven Days in Usha Village. “What causes prostate cancer? Inflammation,” he continued. “What is inflammation? The accumulation of mucus.”

Nutrition changes are key to its removal. Dr. Sebi’s following quotes give reasons why.

“I was a steam engineer and I learned from the pH balance of things how to maintain the water. I concluded that if life manifests at 450˚F and a pH of 7.1, which is alkaline, then the herbs I said that should heal have to be on the alkaline side of the pH scale.”

“When I left MLK [Martin Luther King Hospital] in 1980, I was already prepared with the knowledge of compounding herbs and making certain recommendations, which were working to reverse disease.”

“Mustard greens are more digestible. So is kale. Turnip greens too.”

“You have spelt. You have quinoa. Those are the grains. Quinoa, teff, the other one from the desert of Mali, which is fonio. And then you have the amaranth. These are natural grains, alkaline.”

“There are health food stores that have mushrooms, the portobello.  You also have the oyster mushrooms. You also have the spelt bread.”

The following foods, including those mentioned in the quotes above, are listed in Dr. Sebi’s Nutritional Guide: cucumber, dandelion greens, okra, chickpeas, olives, wild rice, seaweed, dulse, nori, squash, burro bananas (the tiny bananas), raspberries, elderberries, peaches, dates, grapes with seeds, watermelons with seeds, mangoes, raisins, soursops, walnuts, Brazil nuts, grapeseed oil, olive oil, sea salt, cayenne pepper, onion powder, date sugar.

First published July 30, 2021