The Health Plus Letter
September, 7 2004, Vol. 2, No. 30
By Larry Trivieri, Jr. – founder & publisher,
http://www.1healthyworld.com
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Table Of Contents
What’s New
Quote of the Day
Fast Fact
Medical Freedom Alert
Learning to Heal (Part 2)
Self-Care Tips for Managing and Preventing Infection
Reader Feedback
Recommendation
Unabashed Plug
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What’s New
This issue I’m continuing my essay, Learning To Heal. You’ll also find self-care tips for preventing and managing infection. I’m running behind schedule this week due to vacationing over the holiday weekend and will make up for it next week.
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Quote Of The Day
"To the Soul, impossibility is impossible.”
Fast Fact
By 2025, more than 1 billion people will be over 60 years old.
Source: The Bolen Report (http://www.bolenreport.com)
Medical Freedom Alert
Our health freedom remains under siege. Please support the following organizations, which are at the forefront of those working to protect our rights:
Citizens for Health - http://www.citizens.org (Sing their online petition to safeguard health supplements.)
Institute for Health Freedom – http://www.ForHealthFreedom.org
International Advocates for Health Freedom (IAHF) – http://www.iahf.com
Health Lobby (Monica Miller) – http://www.healthlobby.com
Also, please do your part to ensure that the misleadingly named “Dietary Safety Supplement” Act (S. 722) is defeated. To become informed about S. 722 and to take action to help defeat its passage, please visit:http://capwiz.com/nnfa/S722.html
To stay informed of other developments related to medical freedom, please visit http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org the website of Dr. Mattias Rath, a leading crusader for medical freedom.
To see to what depraved lengths people will go to persecute practitioners of alternative medicine in the U.S., please read the following report by noted medical freedom advocate Tim Bolen at http://www.quackpotwatch.org/opinionpieces/Suster2.htm
And to learn how corrupt and extensive Big Pharma’s monopoly is, visit http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/research/index.html the website for the Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research. In particular, read their in-depth report The Pharmaceutical Drug Racket that you will find there.
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Learning To Heal (Part 2)
A physician I know who specializes in the treatment of chronic, degenerative illness, asks first-time patients the following question: What will you have to give up in order to be f/r/e/e of your disease? Her reason for asking this question stems from her observation that all of the patients she’s treated in one way or another were deriving benefits from being sick. Usually, they were not conscious of this, but invariably they wanted the benefits to continue. In order to heal, becoming conscious of such benefits and discovering healthier, more appropriate ways of receiving them can often be essential.
Last week (see http://www.1healthyworld.com/ezine/vol2no29.cfm), I shared two instances in my own life where healing occurred once I became conscious of the underlying emotional issues associated with my conditions and allowed myself to release them. In the first instance, instead of manifesting severe colds during the holidays in order to be assured of my family’s love for me, I discovered more appropriate ways of communicating with them openly and lovingly, and thus no longer have an emotional need to become sick. More recently, by letting go of the sorrow lodged in my shoulder as a result of my sister’s passing, I have been able to open myself up to new and deeper levels of love and gratitude.
In this second instance, it might seem that the sorrow I was carrying was not only natural, but also appropriate. I loved my sister, after all, so why shouldn’t I continue to mourn her loss? For a number of reasons, actually, most especially the knowingness I have that Andrea didn’t “die,” she simply moved on, something that has more than once been confirmed for me and others in my family since her passing. After a certain point, my continued sorrow was more an indulgence than a necessity, something I could hold onto as a “badge of honor,” as if suffering the loss of a loved one made me special. Today, having let go of that and regaining my healthy shoulder/arm as a result, I know there is no reason for me to continue to grieve. And had I acknowledged that in the first place, I might not have developed shoulder pain and restricted arm movement. But the lessons we learn in life are a process, and unfold in accord/ance with what we are ready for.
None of the above is to suggest that all of the illnesses we experience in our lives are due to such issues as unresolved emotions and that dealing with those issues will automatically result in healing. The world we live in is complex and filled with daily stressors and environmental toxins, both of which play big roles in the disease process, as do poor diet and other unhealthy lifestyle choices. I think it is simplistic and misleading to say, as some people do, that health and illness are solely states of mind. Tell that to the child with leukemia born and raised in an environment rife with industrial pollution! On the other hand, however, an increasing number of healers and physicians I respect have lately been pointing out to me the frustrations they have over not always being able to heal their patients’ mental/emotional issues, which they say perpetuate physical diseases that should, in their clinical experience, have otherwise been resolved. This only confirms the saying, “Healing is an inside job.” For it to truly occur, each of us must examine our inner, as well as our outer, life and see what is there for us still to deal with.
As you consider this, ask yourself the following questions:
Overall, are you happy and enthusiastic about your life?
If you aren’t, what areas of your life are you dissatisfied about?
What changes could you make to improve those areas?
What, if any, of those changes have you resisted making up to this point?
Why?
What is it in life that you fear? (Nearly all of us have fears of some sort that still need addressing.)
If you are currently ill, can you identify any benefits you are receiving from your illness?
Can you see a way to still receive them without being sick?
Are you willing to do what is required to do so?
I will continue this essay in future issues of The Health Plus Letter.
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Self-Care Tips for Managing and Preventing Infection
Infection refers to the growth of disease-causing organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi) anywhere in the body. The organisms grow in colonies that are invasive and multiply. They can damage cells through a variety of routes, such as directly, through release of toxins, or through allergic reaction. Many of the symptoms of the infection are usually a result of the immune system mounting a response to these foreign colonies.
Symptoms: Redness, inflammation, pain, swelling, and formation of pus-filled pockets (abscess) at the site of the infection. If fever and painful joints occur, this may be a sign of an infectious disease that is spreading throughout the body and a doctor must be seen at once.
Special Note—Be Careful with Antibiotics: When used appropriately, antibiotics are effective for serious or life-threatening bacterial infections. Their indiscriminate use, however, is ill-advised. First, although they are often prescribed for such conditions, antibiotics do not work against viruses or inflammatory conditions. Second, they kill not only harmful bacteria, but also beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract (mouth to anus) which can lead to digestive and intestinal problems (notably Candida albicans yeast overgrowth) if not remedied. Third, indiscriminate use of antibiotics has produced multiple-drug-resistant bacterial strains and is in danger of rendering antibiotics ineffective against life-threatening infections.
If you suspect you have a bacterial infection, ask your doctor to take a culture of saliva or tissues or fluids from the infected area. If it is a bacterial infection, samples of different antibiotics can be placed in the growing bacteria to determine which will be the most effective in killing that specific bacteria; this is called a sensitivity test. If you do take antibiotics, be sure to supplement with acidophilus during and after the course of treatment.
Self-Care:
Diet:Increase dietary garlic and unflavored yogurt. Increase diluted orange juice, apples and apple juice, grapes and grape juice, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, plums, figs, cabbage, onion, kelp, and raw honey. During infection and recovery time, avoid refined sugar as this may depress natural immune response. Drink plenty of filtered water.
Nutritional Therapy: According to Garry Gordon, M.D., the following can be effectively used as an antibiotic replacement, particularly if used at the first sign of any cold or flu or other infectious process: vitamin A (400,000 IU daily for five days), liquid garlic extract (up to two 4-ounce bottles a day) or the equivalent in high-quality garlic in capsules or tablets, and vitamin C to bowel tolerance (indicated by loose stools and/or gas). This protocol is to be used only under a physician’s guidance. The dosages are for an average 175-pound adult and should be scaled down proportionately according to weight. The vitamin A should be taken for a period of at least three days, but no more than five days. [Caution: Vitamin A at such high doses can cause headaches in about 1% of those using it. Should this occur, either decrease the dose or use a natural remedy like feverfew or a homeopathic remedy for headaches.]
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) found in the oil of linseed, evening primrose, and certain fish, among other sources, also have antibacterial properties. Bromelain, an enzyme compound found in the pineapple plant, is an anti-inflammatory and has been shown to be as effective as antibiotics in treating pneumonia, bronchitis, kidney infection, and staph infection of the skin, among other infections.
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., has found that acute infections respond well to an intravenous injection of a “cocktail” composed of magnesium chloride hexahydrate, calcium glycerophosphate, hydroxocobalamin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), dexpanthenol, B complex, and vitamin C. This is a modification of the nutrient cocktail popularized by John Myers, M.D.
Aromatherapy: For fungicidal infections, use cedarwood. For infected wounds, use frankincense, tea tree, patchouli.
Fasting: Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O., suggests a water-only fast for 24-36 hours at the onset of any infection as it has a dramatic effect on the immune system, enhancing natural killer cells and other defensive immune activity. This is only true if the fast is a water-only regime. Caution: This is not appropriate for the very frail or very yo/ung unless supervised by an expert in these methods, such as a naturopathic or alternative physician.
Flower Essences: Flower essences for accompanying emotional/mental states. Crab Apple; Rescue Remedy. Rescue Remedy Cream® on unbroken skin.
Herbs: Herbs such as echinacea, goldenseal, and garlic can prevent and treat infection. In small amounts taken regularly, they boost resistance; lar/ger doses combat specific infections. Berberine, an alkaloid component of certain plants, notably goldenseal, Oregon grape, and barberry, is a strong antimicrobial. Goldenseal is one of nature’s most potent antibiotics that also stimulates immune response. Its effects have been demonstrated against Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, E. Coli, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, among others.
Echinacea can be taken internally as a tea or used externally as a poultice or wash on infectious sores. Echinacea has a broad spectrum of beneficial effects on the immune system, and has proven effective in treating infections in general, including colds, flu, upper respiratory infections, and urinary tract and genital infections.
Stress must be treated as it has a direct impact on immunity. In addition to working with a stress management program, use adaptogenic herbs such as Siberian ginseng. Also, select the appropriate herb(s) most suited for the particular sight of infection: garlic for the lungs, bearberry for bladder infections, myrrh topically for the skin.
Grapefruit seed extract is a multipurpose antibiotic for bacterial infections and can be applied topically or taken orally. Olive leaf extract has with antibacterial and antiviral properties; useful for a range of infections. Tea tree oil is an antiseptic that assists in fighting a broad range of infectious microorganisms and is one of the best skin disinfectants, helpful for acne and other skin infections.
Reflexology: Adrenals, lymph system, region or area affected.
Reader Feedback
Cosette S writes:
"Congratulations on the new 'experience' that's blessed you so. Your thoughts on the subject were truly fascinating, but quite accurate, I believe.”
Kristie F adds:
"Thank you for sharing your story about your right shoulder and baring your soul, again, about your sister's death and how its affect manifested itself as it did. Keep up the good work and sharing your gathered knowledge.”
My thanks to both Cosette and Kristie, as well as to everyone else who wrote me last week. I’m glad so many of you are enjoying Learning To Heal, and very much appreciate your feedback.
Recommendation
Website:
http://www.hado.net - The homepage for the research being conducted by Professor Masaru Emoto, who is proving that water carries the vibration of the energies and frequencies to which it is subjected, including those of our thoughts. Very inspiring!
Health and Blessings!
Larry Trivieri, Jr. (larry@1healthyworld.com)
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