Vaccination Study
This is a difficult subject as there are benefits and side effects to immunizations and vaccinations. Here is a new study to take a look at:
http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/10/14/big-study-vaccinated-kids-2-5-more-diseases-than-unvaccinated/
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Homeopathic Materia Medica by Nash
ARNICA MONTANA
(arn)
Bruised, sore feeling all over; bed feels too hard.
Head, or head and face hot; body and extremities cold.
Ecchymoses; as from bruises.
Stupor; answers, then falls back into stupor (fevers).
Taste and eructations and stool like rotten eggs.
Recent and remote affections from injuries, especially contusions or blows.
Haemorrhages, the result of mechanical injuries.
This is the leading remedy for bruises and the results therefrom, and the symptoms—”WEAKNESS, WEARINESS, SENSATION AS OF BEING BRUISED.” “Felt as if bruised over the whole body,” as found in the provings, explain the reason and the many cures it has made, even in the high and highest potencies, of both acute and chronic affections. The result of trauma is another evidence of the truth of our law of cure. One of the best characteristics is “EVERYTHING ON WHICH HE LIES seems too hard” (PYROGEN.); he must keep changing his position to get relief. This is because of the sensation of SORENESS AS IF BRUISED ALL OVER.
BAPTISIA has—”Feels as if lying on a board; changes position, bed feels so hard, makes him feel sore and bruised.”
PHYTOLACCA has—”Feels sore all over from head to foot; muscles sore and stiff, can hardly move without groaning.”
RHUS TOXICOD. has—”SORENESS IN EVERY MUSCLE, WHICH PASSES OFF DURING EXERCISE; FEELS STIFF AND SORE ON FIRST BEGINNING TO MOVE.”
RUTA has—”All parts of the body on which he lies are painful as if bruised.”
Here are five remedies which seem much alike, and others might be added, like STAPHISAGRIA, which has— “All the limbs are SORE as if bruised, and as if there were no strength in them,” and CHINA—”HE IS SORE ALL OVER, in the joints, the bones, and the periosteum, as if they had been sprained, like a drawing, tearing, especially in the spine, the sacrum, the knees and thighs.” Now to know thus far of these remedies would be of little use for therapeutic purposes, for it would be senseless to prescribe all of these remedies mixed together, and full as much so to prescribe one of them to the exclusion of all the rest without a good reason for so doing. Fortunately there is always a possibility of making choice between them, but it is not always easy. Take, for instance, ARNICA and BAPTISIA. Both have the symptom of SORE BRUISED FEELING. Both have feeling as if the bed were TOO HARD. Both have STUPOR, from which they can be aroused, but fall quickly back into it again. Both have a dark streak running through the tongue.
Both have a DEEP RED FACE, and all these similarities often occur in the course of a typhoid fever. How are we to choose between them ? LOOK FURTHER. If in addition to these symptoms the patient “tosses about the bed, reaching here and there, and in his delirium complaining that he cannot GET HIMSELF TOGETHER,” BAPTISIA is the remedy, or if the stool, urine and sweat are EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE, it is BAPTISIA. If the stool and urine are passed unconsciously and there appear suggillations under the skin, ARNICA is the remedy. Now here are only a few of the characteristic differences. There are others, and we must “watch out” for them. It is no harder to choose between these two remedies than it is to choose sometimes between HYOSCYAMUS and OPIUM in the same disease. Here is the place where the old physician might exhort the young as Paul did Timothy. “Study to show thyself approved, # # # a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the truth, etc.” Such close prescribing is business of course, and is also successful.
If I came to a case that had the bruised sensation very markedly in connection with a diphtheritic throat I would not give ARNICA, because it does not have that kind of throat; but PHYTOLACCA has, and it has one other symptom of ARNICA, viz.: HEAT AND REDNESS OF HEAD AND FACE, WHILE THE BODY AND LIMBS ARE COOL OR COLD.
I have met many such cases of diphtheria, and if prescribed early PHYTOLACCA cures without the aid of any other remedy. Again if I found a patient with the sore, bruised sensation, who was brought into that condition by getting wet while perspiring, or by lying on damp ground, or between damp sheets, or from a strain of the muscles, RHUS TOXICODENDRON would be the remedy.
If in cases of actual injury I should find the bruise in the periosteum or bone, I should expect more benefit from RUTA, which seems to be better also than RHUS TOX. in one kind of muscular strain, viz., strain of the ciliary muscles. I have often relieved sewing girls or students of pains in the eyes from this cause and have sometimes enabled them to lay off the glasses that had been prescribed by the opticians. It is much better to use this remedy in a weakened power of accommodation than to try and compensate for it with artificial lenses. Of course where the impaired vision is purely optical this cannot be done.
So we might go on to draw the diagnostic symptoms between all the various remedies having a similar symptom if we had time and space. But it would not be the best thing to do, for every physician should get in the habit of doing this for himself.
In addition to all that has been said about the great value of the SORE AS IF bruised sensation of this remedy, it should always be remembered in affections, acute or chronic, which are the RESULT OF TRAUMA. Among these are concussion; fracture of the skull with compression of the brain; headaches of long standing; meningitis; apoplexy; inflammation of the eyes with suggillations, or even retinal haemorrhages, where it expedites the absorption of the blood clots, deafness, epistaxis, newly filled teeth, affections from blows on stomach or other viscera. I once cured a man who had suffered from what he and his physician had called dyspepsia for several years. He had been obliged to give up his business because he could not eat enough to support his strength. He had been told by his physician that he would never be well again and had given up hopes himself. This condition was caused by the kick of a horse upon the region of the stomach. A few doses of ARNICA 200th cured him in a short time and he resumed his business. Now I will conclude ARNICA with a few characteristics that are genuine, and have been, with me, of inestimable value.
“Stupor with involuntary discharge of faeces and urine.”
“Fears being struck or touched by those coming towards him.”
“Putrid smell from the mouth.”
“Offensive eructations or flatus, smelling like rotten eggs.”
“Bruised sore feeling in uterine region, cannot walk erect.”
“Soreness of parts after labor prevents haemorrhages or pyaemia.”
“Cough; child cries before paroxysms, as if sore.”
“While answering falls into a deep stupor before finishing.”
“Head alone, or face alone, hot, rest of body cool.”
“Many small boils, painful, one after another, extremely sore.”
“Prevents suppuration and septicaemia and promotes absorption.”
ARNICA, although an old remedy, is not so often used as it should be in general practice.
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Mosquito Bites
Some people are more susceptible to the ‘venon’ of mosquito bites, The bites swell up, itch terribly and last for days. For this condition you can try Ledum 30c one dose every three or four days for six doses. If this person with the bites happens to feel better from cold applications and is very irritable and or have a mean streak you may notice these character traits improve as well as the local bite symptoms …. much to the satisfaction to those around them.
The famour homeopath James Kent describes a Ledum patient who liked to let his legs soak in ice water. This is the idea of Ledum. Cold water, cold baths even ice applied can make them feel better.
Ledum can be purchased from most health food stores. Even one dose of the 30c can do a lot to heal the effects of the mosquito bite.
Swine Flu
The flu seems to have waned away for now. Hopefully it is not sequestering itself in some forgotten corner of the world only to offer a resurgence later this fall.
Insurance Debate
The US health care debate is still on. In how much detail has the successful systems of universal insurance been studied in other countries? I have not heard that any careful analysis of this has been done.
Sunburn Rx
What is the best remedy to take for a sunburn?
Urtica urens 30c
If the burn is more severe you can take Cantharis 30c.
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Dr. Steve
Male in late 30′s
Presents with nausea worse from the smell of food.
Pale complexion. Achy joints, fatigue, headache. Thirst is average to low.
No lab work done. Not confirmed for swine flu.
Analysis: The most likely remedy is Eupatorium perfoliatum. There would be more confidence for this remedy if he had a strong thirst for cold drinks.
One dose of Eupatorium 30c given at 7:30 pm April 30th.
Result: Next morning he reports feeling much better. Went to work feeling well. No need for further doses so far.
Discussion
I will list the most likely remedies to take for this epidemic of swine Flu but I need a lot more information first. We need the case notes from at least twenty people who have had this illness. That way we can find out the genus epidemicus.
If you know some of the details of any cases you can e-mail them to me. steveolsen@iinet.com
1. I would like to know the thirst of the patient, how often they want to drink and for cold or warm drinks.
2. I would like to know if they feel chilly or too warm or some combination of these and to what degree.
3. Is there any perspiration and what areas of the body?
4. The mood of the patient and how they feel with the illness? i.e. anxious, irritable, indifferent?
5. What makes any of the symptoms worse or better?
6. A list of the specific symptoms.
This information was taken from another web site (hpathy.com) and seems to be reasonable advice:
Homeopathy has proven track record to treat pandemics and flu.
A report to the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1921 documented the dramatic success of homeopathy in the worst flu pandemic in history. Of 24,000 flu cases treated with conventional medical care, the death rate was 28.2%; of 26,000 cases treated with homeopathy, the death rate was a nearly miraculous 1.05%. Similarly, many individual homeopathic physicians reported that they had treated thousands of patients with very few deaths.
The Current Swine Flu Epidemic or Possible Influenza Pandemic
It has been reported that in the current Swine influenza epidemic, the gastrointestinal symptoms (Nausea, Vomiting) are pronounced. Considering this remedies like Baptisia, Arsenic-album or Ipecac may work as Genus epidemicus or as prophylactic treatment for the current Swine influenza epidemic.
How to differentiate in these flu medicines?
If the patient has mild flu like symptoms (runny nose and watery eyes etc) but no other peculiar symptom but is anxious if it might be swine flu – think about Aconite.
If the flu patient is listless, prostrated, indifferent, has offensive diarrhoea and the parts rested upon feel sore and bruised – think about Baptisia.
If the flu patient is restless, anxious or fearful, thirsty but drinks small quantity and often, prostrated, diarrhoea after eating or drinking and nausea on seeing/smelling food, burning pains – think about Arsenicum-album.
If the nausea is more pronounced, the patient is thirstless and has pain felt in bones – think about Ipecac.
If the gastrointestinal symptoms are not marked but the patient has deep pains as if bones are aching – think about Eupatorium perf.
If the flu patient is feeling dull, dizzi, drowsy, has low thirst, feels chilly, esp in back – think about Gelsemium.
Lessons from the 1918/1919 Flu Pandemic
Many people believe that the current virus strain matches closely to the 1918/1919 flu pandemic, although it is not exactly alike.
In the 1918/1919 flu pandemic, people without symptoms could be stricken suddenly and within hours be too weak to walk; many died the next day. Symptoms included a blue tint to the face and coughing up blood caused by severe obstruction of the lungs. In some cases, the virus caused an uncontrollable hemorrhaging that filled the lungs, and patients drowned in their body fluids (pneumonia). In others, the flu caused frequent loss of bowel control and the victim would die from losing critical intestinal lining and blood loss.
If such symptoms present themselves in the current pandemic, the remedies that may prove useful would be Arsenic-album, Cantharis, Phosphorus, Cuprum-met, Camphora, Veratrum-album, Ipecac or Carbo-veg.
Ars-alb, Phosphorus, Ipecac and Carbo-veg may seem to have a more pronounced action on lungs/respiratory symptoms in the above mentioned symptom group. Cantahris, Phosphorus, and Carbo-veg seem to cover the bloody stools better. Camphor and Verat-alb cover the acute collapse with bluish discoloration better.
Note
Homeopathic remedies need strict individualization and are given as specifically prepared, non-toxic, micro-dose homeopathic potencies. Please consult a qualified homeopath before taking any homeopathic remedy for Swine flu / influenza
Reference for Swine Flu Information
1. Center for Disease Control (CDC), USA
Send us your suggestions, comments and experiences with Swine Flu: steveolsen@iinet.com
It is best to take one dose of the 30c potency every ten to fourteen days. Take only one medicine at a time. If you really want to take two then take them as far apart as possible – say one week.