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We naturally think of being quite still while we are relaxing. This is so for the early stages. However, we have now mastered the technique. We are familiar with the relaxed feeling of the mind, and we have learned to induce it quite easily and quickly while sitting down. We have now reached the stage when we can practise the exercises while we are actually doing things.
The first step in this direction is a very simple one. As we relax, we allow our eyes to open a little, and to close again very slowly. We do this in time with our breathing. As we breathe in our eyes open, then they close again as we breathe out. All the time we maintain the deep relaxation of our mind. At first we are content to have our eyes open just a little. As we become more experienced, they can open wider and wider.
The next stage is to do our exercises as we walk slowly down the street. We feel the relaxation of our mind. We are conscious of the ease and rhythm of our body as we move; and all the time we are aware of the relaxation of the muscles of our face and the calm of our mind.
In a similar way the housewife can practise while doing rhythmical domestic tasks such as polishing or using the vacuum cleaner on the floor. By this means the calm and ease of mind induced by the exercises is kept with us in all the tasks of our everyday life.
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The program of vital nutrition outlined above has the greatest potential for optimum health and prevention of disease. It is important to realize, however, that a diet which is perfect for the building of health and prevention of disease is not necessarily the best possible diet for a sick person. Particularly in the case of arthritis, certain specific changes in this general nutritional plan must be made. During the first stages of a therapeutic biological program, for example, all bread and milk should be excluded, with the exception of soured milk and yogurt, sprouted grains, and raw wheat germ. The only form of cheese permitted is homemade cottage cheese. When the patient is well on his way to recovery, whole grain bread and milk and milk products can be gradually added to the diet again. However, a person recovering or recovered from arthritis should always be careful with acid-forming foods: bread, cereals, animal proteins, cheese, etc. It is imperative to continue with the program of vital nutrition long after recovery if lasting results are to be expected. The biological program of treatments establishes favorable conditions in your body for the rebuilding and healing processes to take place. These favorable conditions must be maintained indefinitely in order to assure the continuance of good health and prevent the recurrence of disease.
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The treatment of infantile spasms is unlike that of other epilepsies. Treatment usually consists of giving a steroid, either by intramuscular injection, or by mouth. The drug which is given by injection is called ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic hormone), and by mouth, prednisolone. The injections are usually given once (rarely twice) a day for two weeks until the spasms have stopped, and then every other day, and eventually just once a week. Only about one half to
two-thirds of children will respond to ACTH or prednisolone, and a number of these children will relapse (have further spasms) once the medication is discontinued. Unfortunately, these medications may be associated with serious side-effects, and therefore the children must be monitored very closely. Other drugs which may be useful in treating spasms include: sodium valproate (Epilim) and nitrazepam (Mogadon). More recently, one of the newer anti-epileptic drugs, vigabatrin (Sabril) is appearing to be successful in treating spasms, particularly if the cause is tuberous sclerosis or as a result of earlier meningitis/encephalitis. This drug seems to be safer, with less serious side-effects, than the steroid drugs. It may soon become the ‘first choice’ drug in the treatment of infantile spasms. One of us already uses vigabatrin to treat every child who has infantile spasms, irrespective of the cause because it appears to have so few side-effects.
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That name’s such a mouthful that many people with temporal mandibular jaw disorder can’t even say it without their jaws locking up. No it’s not the tetanus infection called lockjaw. TMJ is a problem usually caused by jaw malformation, fracture, dislocation, or arthritis. It can even come just from biting down too hard on something.
It can vary from an occasionally bothersome jolt of pain when chewing or talking to a constant terrible pain that even inhibits normal speech. Minor cases can disappear in a few hours or a few days. Chronic TMJ can cause constant and dreadful pain that can last a lifetime.
To resolve the problem, doctors like to prescribe pain medications. Surgeons like to recommend surgery. Neurosurgeons will suggest neurosurgery. Chiropractors propose manipulative therapy. Dentists want to x-ray it. Acupuncturists want to jab you with needles. Any or all of these procedures may prove helpful. We have nothing against them.
But can you guess what usually works best for chronic TMJ? CMO, of course.
One female patient suffered from recurring TMJ pains as a result of her misaligned jaw. She had already run the gamut before finding CMO. Her chiropractor had manipulated her jaw and made it worse. A neurosurgeon had offered her pain medications. She saw a slew of dentists claiming to be TMJ specialists. One x-rayed her jaw, injected it with something, and constructed a splint for her to wear 24 hours a day. She tried acupuncture but that didn’t help either.
The misalignment remained and the pains kept coming back. Then a bit of dental work on one tooth worsened the situation. She began taking a lot of Advil and a number of prescription codeine tablets daily just to maintain.
Two days after starting CMO she reported that her pains were subsiding. She now enjoys an improvement of better than 80% overall, more than enough to feel quite comfortable again.
Hers was a quick response to a very severe case. Most TMJ cases respond just as quickly. Dozens have reported 100% recoveries from the problem.
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Symptoms: general bodily discomfort; fever; sore throat; nausea; sore, stiff muscles; stiff neck or spine.
Home care
The best home care is prevention; be sure your child is adequately protected against polio by immunization.
Precautions
- The child needs the full series of immunizations to receive long-lasting immunity.
- If the child originally received the Salk polio vaccine, he or she must have boosters or receive two full series of the Sabin vaccine in order to be fully protected.
- Polio is caused by one of three different viruses, and attack by any one of the three confers immunity against that virus only. It is, therefore, technically possible to have three separate attacks of polio.
Polio – poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis – is an infection of the spinal cord. It is due to one of three related but different viruses. Attack by one of these three viruses confers lifelong immunity against that type only. Therefore, it is possible to have three separate attacks of the disease.
The polio virus is found in the saliva and the stool of the infected person. It is transmitted by direct contact or through contact with something that has been contaminated by the virus carried in an infected stool – for example, foods, toys, or the water in a swimming pool. The incubation period – the time it takes for the symptoms to appear once the person is exposed to the virus – for polio is three to 14 days.
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You be instructed as to what type of insulin your child needs and the correct dose for him. He may be on a single type of insulin – for example, Isophane insulin – or he may be on a mixture of insulins – for example, Isophane and Actrapid insulin. It is of course important to measure the dosage accurately, as a small variation may affect the blood glucose significantly. The method of drawing up the insulin is set out below.
Clean hands
Wash hands thoroughly in soap and water. Dry them well.
Clean the insulin bottle
Wipe over the upper cap of the insulin bottle with a cotton wool swab which has been moistened with spirits.
Mix the cloudy insulin well
Any insulin which is cloudy such as Isophane insulin must be agitated so that it is thoroughly mixed just before drawing up. You can do this by gently inverting the bottle a number of times or by rolling the bottle gently between your hands. This must be done immediately before drawing up as insulin suspension settles very quickly.
First put air in the syringe
Take the syringe and draw the plunger down to the mark giving the correct dose that you are to give. This allows air to enter the needle and syringe and the volume of air will be the same as the dose that you are giving. Next, checking that the insulin has been mixed properly, plunge the needle through the cap of the bottle so that the needle is just through the cap.
Put the air into the bottle
Invert the bottle so that the point of needle is below the surface of the insulin, and push the plunger up so that all the air is expelled into the insulin bottle. This will make it easier to withdraw the insulin, as the pressure will remain the same inside the bottle, the withdrawn insulin being replaced by an equal volume of air.
Draw down insulin
When you draw down the plunger to the correct mark some air will enter the barrel. Hold the syringe with the needle and bottle still in place in a vertical position with the needle pointing upwards and tap the barrel gently so that the air bubble is at the top of the insulin in the syringe.
Now push the plunger back a little way to force the air back into the bottle. Draw down again to the correct mark. If air is still in the syringe, repeat this until it is completely gone. Now finally check that the plunger is down to the correct mark giving the right dose.
Remove the syringe and needle from the bottle. You are now ready to give the injection.
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You or your partner may be in a job that regularly exposes you to hazards and you will need to think about whether the risk can be minimized or whether you may have to change your occupation.
For example, working with lead (used to make storage batteries), radiation, pesticides and solvents can be a problem. If you work in a dry cleaners or hairdressers you are likely to come into contact with many different chemicals.
Visual Display Units
Research on the risks of radiation from VDUs is still in its early stages. However, you can reduce the risk if you:
• Keep the time spent on the VDU to a minimum, with the most being four hours per day.
• Ask your employer if it’s possible to give you other, non-computer work for at least the first three months of pregnancy.
• Use houseplants to stop the air becoming too dry. (Some plants are able to absorb a certain amount of radiation and to act as air purifiers, according to a NASA space project, which showed that the plants could remove toxic substances like carbon monoxide from the air. The most beneficial plants are the tropical ones such as lady palm (Rhapis), bamboo, parlour palm (Chaemaedorea), ficus, peace lily (Spathiphyllum) and spider plants.)
Occupational Hazards for Your Partner
The male organs are on the outside of the body for a good reason. The testes need to be several degrees cooler than body temperature because sperm production can only take place at 32°C (89°F). And our normal body temperature is 37°C (98.4°F). Anything that brings the testes closer to the body, and so raises their temperature, may affect the sperm count. An increased temperature of only 1°C has been shown to decrease the sperm count by about 14 per cent.
A number of studies on drivers have found that men who spend more than three hours a day in a car or lorry are less fertile. When men drive they are not only sitting for a long time but are getting the vibrations from the vehicle. So they are literally ‘in the hot seat’.
The same research showed that men who are exposed to heat during their work are four times less likely to make their partner pregnant within three months. This might apply to a range of occupations – including anyone working with boilers or welding. One man I saw, who is a baker, was getting great blasts of heat directly on his genital area every time he opened an oven door.
What He Can Do
• Avoid crossing his legs when sitting down.
• Take regular breaks to move around.
• Avoid wearing tight trousers or underpants which constrict the testes.
• Avoid hot baths – he should shower instead.
• Shower his genitals with cold water to lower their temperature and improve circulation.
• Avoid using electric blankets – particularly once he is in bed.
Exercise
It is important to have a good level of physical activity because it improves heart function, controls cholesterol, reduces blood pressure, reduces excess weight and generally optimizes health. But it is also important to keep a balance and some sports may compromise male fertility.
If a man exercises excessively it can lower his sperm count. Long hours of training for a marathon, for instance, could therefore be a problem.
Very vigorous sports, like squash or running, may not be advisable because of the knocking effect of the testes against the thighs as the man runs.
Likewise tight-fitting nylon shorts, either worn on their own for running or under shorts in the gym, may contribute to male fertility problems.
Finally, men who regularly go for long bike trips, especially on a racing bike, may spend a lot of time bent over, bringing the testes quite close to the body and crushing them against the seat of the bike, causing overheating and constriction.
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• Eat a diet rich in fibre, low in animal protein and low in sugar. Sucrose (table sugar) can increase the rate of absorption of calcium from the gut and also its level in the urine of some people. Lactose (milk sugar) also enhances calcium absorption by the body.
• Drink plenty of water or other watery drinks. Try to drink a glass of water in between the normal drinks you would have. This keeps the urine dilute and flushes out any tiny crystals that are about to form. Those who already have stones should aim at drinking enough fluids to produce 2-3 quarts of pale urine a day and should set their alarm clock to wake them at night to drink a glass or two. Most don’t produce another stone if they take this action.
• Magnesium supplements appear to inhibit stone formation, a fact first documented as far back as 1697! A recent Swedish experiment gave 200 mg magnesium a day to a group of forty-one men and fourteen women who individually averaged about one stone a year and who as a group had formed 460 stones during the ten years before the experiment. After 2-4 years on magnesium only eight of the patients reported new stones. As a group their average rate of new-stone formation fell by 90 per cent. A control group was kept as a comparison and not given magnesium. After four years 59 per cent had developed new stones.
• Vitamin B6 could be a valuable preventive too because of its oxalate-lowering effects. You can reduce your oxalate intake by avoiding spinach, rhubarb, tea, chocolate, parsley and peanuts, all of which are rich in oxalates. But you can also improve things with vitamin B6. This vitamin seems to be especially valuable in lowering the oxalate level of the urine of stone-formers. Indian researchers recently found that only 10 mg of vitamin B6 a day significantly lowered the oxalate levels in the urine of twelve stone-prone people all of whom had developed at least one stone a year in recent years.
This relatively small dose of the vitamin produced better results than a group of drugs called the thiazides which doctors use to increase urine output and so wash out any stones. Unfortunately, thiazides have certain unpleasant side-effects: they produce light-headedness, elevate the amount of sugar and uric acid in the blood (promoting diabetes and gout), and can also reduce the level of potassium in the blood, which produces muscle weakness and cramps.
• It seems that certain individuals are sensitive to increased dietary calcium which, in turn, results in high levels of calcium in their urine. It makes sense to limit your dairy produce intake if you are a stone-former. Having said this, be very careful not to so limit your calcium intake that you lay yourself open to osteoporosis.
• It appears that in some people salt produces an increase in calcium in the urine. If you or your family are stone-formers it makes sense to cut out added salt altogether.
• Alcohol increases the excretion of uric acid, calcium and phosphate and has an adverse effect on vitamin B6 and magnesium metabolism, both of which are useful in protecting against stone formation. Avoid alcohol or drink only in moderation.
• Vitamin Ñ is metabolized to oxalic acid, so don’t take high doses of the vitamin if you are at risk of forming kidney stones.
• If you have ever had an oxalate-containing stone (the commonest kind), avoid tea, coffee, chocolate, peanuts, spinach, rhubarb and beetroot because they are rich in oxalic acid.
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Pain is a message which tells us that a part of the body has been damaged or injured in some way. The message is transmitted by a network of nerves from the site of the damage or injury to the brain – where it is perceived as pain.
Pain is the dominant symptom for many women with endometriosis. Until recently, the management of pain was largely ignored by the medical profession, and even now there is little written about which pain management techniques are the most beneficial for the relief of the pain associated with endometriosis.
It is thought that much of the pain of endometriosis, especially that experienced during menstruation, occurs when the implants bleed on to the tissues surrounding them, causing inflammation and the release of chemicals known as prostaglandins which in turn causes pain.
The endometrial implants and cysts may also cause pain as they grow and swell during the second half of the menstrual cycle, particularly if they are embedded in the ovary.
Adhesions can cause pain because they pull and stretch the organs in the pelvic cavity into abnormal positions.
The rupture of an endometrioma may also cause pain because the spillage of its contents severely irritates the surrounding tissues, causing inflammation and the release of prostaglandins.
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Chicken with Raisins, Pine Nuts and Ginger
20 grams raisins
20 grams pine nuts
1 chunk of ginger, grated
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
100 grams chicken breast (preferably organic)
50 grams freshly steamed vegetables
75 grams brown basmati rice, cooked
1 handful black sesame seeds
In a food processor, blend the raisins, pine nuts, ginger and vinegar to a paste. Pour over the chicken breast, coating well, and leave to stand for 1 to 2 hours. Place in a tray and grill, brushing with the marinade as the chicken cooks. Turn and grill the other side, until the meat is cooked through, approximately 8 to 10 minutes. Alternatively, bake in a moderate oven or fry in a frying pan. When cooked, sprinkle the sesame seeds over the chicken. Serve with steamed vegetables (broccoli, Bok Choy or cauliflower) and brown basmati rice.
Chick Pea Vegetable Curry
100 ml vegetable stock
25 grams diced onion
1 clove garlic
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 pinch cayenne pepper
50 grams cauliflower
8 green beans
40 grams tomatoes, roughly chopped
50 ml water
100 grams chickpeas, cooked
50 grams green peas
Simmer 50 ml of the vegetable stock in a saucepan with onion and garlic, until the onion is cooked. Then increase the heat to evaporate the liquid. Add the spices and dry-fry with the onion and garlic. Add a little more vegetable stock. Add the remaining stock, cauliflower, green beans, tomatoes and water. Cover and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chickpeas and green peas. Continue to cook until the curry is heated through and the peas are tender. Add sea salt if necessary.
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