Beverly Oliver
In Part II, Xave Bowman, daughter of herbalist and natural healer Dr. Sebi, shares how she lived a normal and unassuming childhood, but grew up and learned the importance of her father’s work.
“Growing up in a household with my father it was so normal. I would say regular, something you could easily overlook as a child. I don’t want to say it wasn’t anything special, but you’re so accustomed to your father saying someone took the herbs and they’re healed. It wasn’t that exciting, but I can definitely remember him saying these are really important things to learn, like how he would create the compounds and the temperatures we would use.”
She learned the type of pots some herbs required when most children her age were learning how to read and write. She remained unfazed by Dr. Sebi’s innovations in herbal medicine.
“During the time at those ages, it was like oh, I’m in the kitchen with my dad. I’m in the kitchen with my mom when she’s showing me how to make tea. I wasn’t excited about it. It was like ok, you steep it and then you strain it, and then you let it cool. It wasn’t anything major, but now it’s something different.”
It’s been something different for the past 17 years. As Xave grew older, she watched her father’s business grow too. She developed a new awareness and a passion for natural healing in her teen years, a period when she observed clients alongside Dr. Sebi. She recalled her apprenticeship.
“He would ask me questions like what do you think this person would need? What do you think is truly wrong with this person? How do you feel about the situation overall in terms of approaching the healing portion of this? So, there was a lot of that done, and I didn’t realize at the time this was him still trying to teach me and to make sure it was embedded in me.”
The student mastered her teacher’s lessons, so much so that when Dr. Sebi traveled to Africa to get herbs like cancansa and pōpa, he would leave his business in Xave’s hands.
“I was in the office basically by myself,” she said. In the book Sojourn to Honduras Sojourn to Healing, Dr. Sebi praised Xave’s abilities.
“My daughter Xave is running the business,” he announced proud and emphatic. “She can mix herbs ten times better than me. . . . That salve you bought? Xave made that batch.”
At first, Xave felt her parents placed too much responsibility on her shoulders, and besides that, they were travelling abroad leaving her alone more than she wanted them to. As a consequence, she slowly embraced her new position, one without further guidance.
“I honestly didn’t realize until later on it was oh, they know that I knew what I was talking about. They were like, ‘You are fine. Now you’re on your own. Now you’re going to do this on your own.”
The Next Generation
“I’ve been working with herbs for many years. Working with a couple of people one on one is really when I truly got passionate about it,” Xave said. In fact, one of Xave’s first clients was a woman with HIV. When Dr. Sebi and Xave’s mother traveled abroad, Xave treated the woman at the Los Angeles office. She prepared herbs for her as well as diet recommendations. Her client committed to a regimen that included appointments with Xave 1–2 times per week. Over time, both women noticed improvements in the client’s health. At one point, the client wanted to stop the treatment. Xave considered that choice hasty.
“I will never forget it. About seven months into her program, she called me and she says, ‘I know I don’t have this anymore. I know it’s gone from my body.’ At that time, I said look, you’re dealing with something major. I don’t want to allow you to stop the program now and then say you’re healed when we don’t even have that in black and white.
Normally in situations we recommend that you go to the doctor so somebody can actually say in black and white that you have actually been healed because there are many parts of your program. You’ll get to where your body is doing amazing. You feel as though you’re healed because now you’re taking in so much iron and minerals and eating cleaner and drinking water. It doesn’t necessarily mean the disease is completely gone.” (To be continued in Part 3, the conclusion)
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