Information on popular complementary and alternative medical topics

If you inherited good health and vigour you should always cherish and appreciate these valuable gifts. Inherent advantages should be enjoyed and used to make others happy too. An old proverb puts it this way: ‘The happiness we give to others will return to make our own hearts rejoice.’

Life is like good garden soil. It brings forth nothing if we do not sow, till, water and care for it. Without good seed even the best soil will not produce a thing. If we do not put anything into life, we cannot hope to get anything out of it. Again, the poet’s words come to mind: ‘Know that the noble mind puts goodness into life, but does not seek it there’! All the things that raise our spirit and give us strength are like valuable and beautiful plants in our lives. The useless things that hang about us, imperfect beings that we are, are as weeds, which should be pulled out and destroyed.

Undoubtedly one of the best and most useful plants or attributes we possess is happiness. This not only brings peace to our spirit but also healing to our body.

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Once the balance of the electric field is upset, all kinds of disturbances may manifest themselves; for example, we can be overcome by an unnatural heavy fatigue, or persistent headaches, sometimes leading to troublesome migraine and depression. A lack of vigour and initiative often comes in its wake. Worry and nervousness may set in, bothering the sufferer so much that he does not know what to do with his fidgety limbs. He may fall victim to an unpleasant nervous condition, coupled with inner discontentment.

Since modern technology enables us to measure this electromagnetic field, we know that concrete, and reinforced concrete in particular, is able to rob much energy from those people who have to live in concrete buildings, the amount depending upon their individual sensitivity. For this reason, if you have the choice, select instead natural stone, brick or, better still, wood as the main building materials if you plan to build your own house.

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The virulence of poisons should be judged not merely on the basis of their specific effects, but on their long-term influence. Poisons that trigger typical symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhoea but are easily expelled from the body or neutralised may be unpleasant and considered dangerous by the person so affected; however, poisons that produce none of these symptoms but remain in the body, causing degenerative or insidious conditions, are really much worse. In fact, they may have a considerable role to play in the development of cancer, and it is unfortunate that physicians and the health authorities in general find it difficult to recognise them.

To illustrate this point further, I know of one representative of the chemical industry, involved in the manufacture of pesticides and insecticides, who challenged the opponents of the industry to produce evidence of fatalities resulting from the application of such chemicals. No one would deny that arsenic is a dangerous poison, nor that opium is a hazardous drug. But it would not be easy to provide conclusive evidence that, say, the death of a woman who had eaten arsenic to improve her complexion and looks had been caused by her doing so. Even if it were possible to discover such a case, another expert would almost certainly stand up and prove a different cause of death. The same holds true of opium addicts.

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If we slice a wheat grain lengthways we will find that the white inside is mainly made up of starch. White flour comes from this part. The yellowish germ is located at one end of the kernel. Years ago the wheat germ was not fully used because no one knew about its great value as a source of vitamin E. The outer protective cover over the starchy part is the bran, consisting of a tough sheath which, being pure cellulose, is indigestible. This roughage should not be eaten if one suffers from gastritis and stomach ulcers, for it is so tough and sharp-edged that it would actually irritate and inflame an already damaged stomach lining. In the case of ulcers it may even trigger pain and light bleeding.

A number of valuable minerals are found in the layers between the starch and the outer cellulose sheath. These layers contain vitamins of the  complex, gluten and amino acids essential for the building up of body protein. It is exactly these valuable and important parts of the wheat kernel that are usually fed to cattle, the bran together with its roughage or cellulose and germ. It is quite an achievement that modern milling machines are able to separate the valuable layers without including the indigestible cellulose, so that we can actually obtain the important elements of the grain and include them in our diet. This product is sold as ‘wheat germ and bran.’

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Vitamin E is rarely found in meat, except in those parts that are unsuitable for human consumption, for example bulls’ testicles, the spleen, placenta, pancreas and pituitary gland. It is, however, found in fish and egg yolk, and in small amounts in milk as well as butter.

It is more abundant in vegetable products, primarily in cereal germ, oil fruits and cotton seed, also in corn (maize), peanuts and all varieties of cress – watercress, garden cress, nasturtium and American cress. For this reason the formulae of Herbamare and Trocomare include these cresses. Vitamin E is also present in spinach, lettuce and alfalfa (lucerne), as well as in most leafy salad greens. That explains why vegetarians probably meet their daily vitamin E requirement more effectively than meat-eaters. If you suffer from a deficiency, make use of the above-mentioned sources. For quick results take wheat germ oil, and if you do not like its taste, use wheat germ oil capsules, which are quite easy to swallow. The gelatine capsule dissolves in the intestine and there is no danger of the taste repeating on you.

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This is a stimulation therapy according to the Baunscheidt method or Chinese treatment. First the upper half of the back is treated and about ten days later the lower part. After about twenty days the treatment is repeated; once again treat the upper half of the back first and then the lower part. The same treatment is given three times, so that a total of six applications are performed. The dietary treatment will not achieve the same results in a year that this stimulation therapy can bring about in a matter of a few months. However, it is advisable to let an experienced therapist give this treatment.

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Paddling in a canoe through the dense jungle is no doubt an unforgettable experience many a nature-lover dreams about. The untouched character of nature has a special attraction, and indeed, where man has not yet created order, or disorder, the tropical environment is a unique experience. You think you are in a different world when the sun’s last red-golden rays shoot through the fan-like palm branches in the evening or when the vines hanging from jungle trees appear to take on eery forms. At night, lying on a bamboo mat in a native hut under a mosquito net, never hope to find undisturbed sleep. In the solitude of the jungle unusual noises and animal sounds, often terribly frightening, reach your ears. We get the uncanny feeling of adventure, realising that what we have let ourselves in for is actually more interesting than it is pleasant. Nevertheless, we soon become accustomed to things, and what seemed strange and exotic to begin with becomes gradually more familiar. We begin to recognise plants and animals, and every day new experiences occur in the jungle. Comparatively soon we get used to snakes and wild animals and even the lack of sanitary arrangements, as well as all the discomforts connected with it.

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Medications claiming to melt down fat are highly dangerous and should be avoided at all cost, for one’s health is more precious than a trim figure. Preparations containing seaweed and cellulose, which expand in volume, are tolerated for a short period of time, but after a while the patient gets tired of them. The best weight-reducing plan is one that utilises kelp, since it contains minerals in concentrated form and potassium iodide. Kelp not only stimulates the function of the endocrine glands, as mentioned earlier, and consequently helps to reduce weight, but it also induces a positive feeling of well-being. A word of caution, however: people suffering from exophthalmic goitre must take kelp only in homoeopathic doses.

Kelp is known to be one of the richest of all seaweeds. It will suffice, therefore, if the person takes one or two Kelpasan tablets in the morning and at noon, and Helianthus tub. A steady reduction of weight will be noticed from month to month, and the general condition of health and vitality will improve at the same time. Many patients have been helped to lose weight by taking Kelpasan and can testify to the truth of this statement.

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If we are careful in our choice of protein we can count on rapid success. Lactoprotein, as found in soft white cheese (quark), buttermilk and sour milk, is a good form of protein to take when skin disorders have to be treated. It is preferable to mix in finely grated horseradish, because fresh horseradish has antibiotic properties. People suffering from a skin disorder often cannot tolerate full-cream milk and should therefore abstain from it. On the other hand, they can take protein as contained in almond milk or soya milk. However, stay away from eggs, especially boiled eggs, and egg dishes, which cause strong reactions in persons suffering from eczema and similar skin disorders. The same holds true for all kinds of cheese with the exception of curds, cottage cheese, quark and most soft white cheeses made from skimmed milk, if they cause no upset.

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There is a happy medium between the over-taxed heart of a professional athlete and the under-taxed ‘loafer’s heart’. Anyone who does not want to end his life prematurely should certainly try to achieve this medium. It is extremely dangerous to give up physical exercise around the age of forty, because by doing so you may run the risk of having a heart attack fifteen or twenty years later and perhaps dying as a result. So, if you practise therapeutic exercises early enough and always make sure to take plenty of exercise in your daily life, you will avoid the need to go on strophanthin medication in later life.

There are times, however, when certain symptoms appear as an advance warning, making us aware of a potential problem. This happened to me several years ago when I began to have severe heart spasms. A subsequent examination showed there was nothing wrong with my heart, but I was prompted nonetheless to take a closer look at my life. In doing so I found that for some months I had been doing only brain work, with little physical activity. What made things worse, during this time my life was filled with problems and worries. It did not take much persuading to make me resume my interest in hiking and climbing in the mountains. And sure enough, within a short time I felt fully recovered.

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