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BACH FLOWER REMEDIES PRESCRIBING PREGNANCY

admin — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:32:04 +0000

In pregnancy, the method of diagnosis remains the same, and the remedy changes according to the change in mood of the patient. It should however, be borne in mind, that it is an abnormal time for the woman and her moods change very often. Even behaviour pattern discarded years ago may suddenly reappear.
More often than not, the young mother – to – be grows anxious and tense as she nears the term. She may be requiring Walnut, Mimulus, Rock Rose, Impatiens, Vervain according to the changing mood.
It is a good practice to give her Rescue Remedy a few days prior to date of birth and continue it for 3-4 days after the birth.
STAR OF BETHLEHEM is a must for mother and child to cover energy shock, after birth. However, it would not be necessary if Rescue Remedy has been given.
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TAKING CARE OF OLDER PEOPLE: COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES TO NURSING HOMES

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:52:36 +0000

When people begin to have trouble with cooking or getting around and their families cannot care for them, the knee-jerk reaction is to consider just a nursing home. But a nursing home may not be needed. Surveys show that some nursing-home residents do not need to be institutionalized; they could live in the community if they took advantage of the outpatient alternatives that exist. For instance, in one demonstration project, people otherwise bound for nursing homes called a special triage number. Through the use of community resources, the health-care team operating the project was able to keep 25 to 30 percent of these callers at home.

The decision to put a loved one in a nursing home frequently is made after a medical crisis. The patient is in a hospital and must be discharged soon. Handling life at home right now is impossible. There is a mad scramble to find a nursing-home bed. There is no time to explore other possibilities or even to select the best nursing home.

But in a hospital people are at their physical worst. After they recuperate they may not need institutional care. They may require only minor help with shopping or cooking or getting around. Placing this type of person in a nursing home is like using a sledgehammer to treat a problem that could be cured by a tap. And it is physically wasteful. Offering too much care produces excess disabilities, further eroding the quality of life.

A comparison of patients who entered nursing homes and two other groups with similar disabilities receiving different types of home care underlines this point. After three months the patients getting care in the community made greater improvements in their ability to care for themselves and get around, and they were happier than the group in the nursing homes.

Nursing-home care can also be financially wasteful. It is very expensive, costing on the average 20,000 to 25,000 dollars a year. Medicare covers 1 percent of the cost. The Medicare system covers only acute or curative care. Once care is labeled as custodial, chronic, or forever, Medicare will not pay.

Although nursing-home insurance has recently become available, it too is expensive – about 1,500 dollars a year for subscribers in their seventies, more costly beyond that age. A 1987 review of thirty-one policies showed that qualifying for this type of insurance can also be hard. Companies often impose numerous eligibility restrictions – for instance, weeding out anyone with obvious disabilities or even denying coverage if a person answers yes to any health-related question on the application. Policies can have numerous “exceptions” or provide very limited coverage for certain types of nursing-home care.

Most people begin by paying the astronomical nursing-home fees privately. In fact, while a mere 5 percent of people over sixty-five are residents of nursing homes; the lion’s share of the out-of-pocket health-care dollar spent each year by this age group goes not to hospitals or physicians, but to nursing homes. The steep expense bankrupts all but the wealthiest; resources are soon exhausted, and the nursing-home resident becomes eligible for Medicaid, the health-care insurance system for the poor, which does cover custodial care. This scenario fits an estimated half-million people every year.

If a relative is having problems functioning independently, you should explore every alternative to a nursing home. Visit your local office for the aging for information about what exists in your community. Get a full consultation from a social worker on the staff. Even when the answer must be a nursing home, the judicious use of these services may buy you time-to search out the best nursing home, to allow your relative to share the decision making and absorb the news, to make the transition to institutional living less wrenching.

The community services described below can also be costly. But unless full-time home care is required, they are likely to be much less expensive than paying privately for a nursing home. Just as Medicare covers only services defined as “rehabilitative or curative” in a nursing home, this condition also applies to its paying for non-institutional care. Unless a service is defined as medical and noncustodial and a doctor certifies that your relative needs it, Medicare is unlikely to pay.

While Medicaid, the health-insurance system for the poor, does cover non-institutional custodial care, specifically what it will pay for varies from state to state – the reason being that whereas Medicare is federally administered, the Medicaid program is under the jurisdiction of individual states. Here are the services to consider.

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GENERAL HEALTH

ALPINE PLANTS AND LOWLAND PLANTS – ALPINE PLANTS

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:52:40 +0000

The alpine plant is usually richer in its constituents and medicinal value than its lowland relative. I have proved this for myself through analysis. For example, the lowland yarrow contains less essential oil and is less aromatic than the highland yarrow from the Engadine, the Lower Engadine to be exact. Mind you, it may be true that the soil and the abundant sunshine and warm atmosphere, also the greater intensity of ultraviolet rays, exert an influence on the quality of the plant.

The conclusions drawn from Professor Flueck’s experiments were arrived at with little, if any, consideration of the influence of ultraviolet radiation and this would lead one to believe that these rays are not so important in plant life, at least as far as their principal active elements are concerned. However, there are other constituents to be reckoned with, even though they are not generally considered ‘active substances’. These elements, especially the trace elements, seem to depend upon ultraviolet light to a far greater extent than the more common principal substances, although little is known about the relationship between trace elements, ultraviolet radiation and mountain climate, as Professor Flueck admitted.

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THE SKIN – IMPETIGO

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:46:02 +0000

Young people often suffer from pustules all over the face and on the back. The condition may be attributable to a disturbance in the internal hormone secretions and especially associated with the sex glands. At the same time, an external bacterial infection -mainly staphylococci or streptococci – may also be diagnosed. This unpleasant condition usually provokes inhibitions and the sufferer tries to get rid of the disfiguring infection as quickly as possible. So he keeps squeezing the pustules and spots, only to spread the infection with his fingernails. The bacteria keep on spreading, the affected areas and spots growing larger and more inflamed. In time, the lesions secrete a fluid which, when dry, develops into yellowish crusty sores, of a rather unsightly appearance. In the past mercury ointments were used to combat this condition, but in modern times penicillin or sulphonamide creams have become more popular, both of them giving better results than those with a mercury or tar base.

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OUR TEETH – THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEAD TEETH

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:27:59 +0000

As the expression indicates, a dead tooth is completely lifeless. Since it can no longer be regenerated, bacteria are able to form pus and abscesses. It may seem strange, however, that pain, or a toothache, is not always felt. An X-ray picture will disclose the presence of a granuloma full of bacteria at the root apex, or there may be an abscess full of pus. Still, even this unfortunate condition does not always cause pain. These abscesses or cysts scatter toxins, triggering headaches, dizziness, indisposition, rheumatic pains, neuralgias, neuritis and many other illnesses. The effect on some people is such that they never again feel quite well, and the slightest overexertion or change in the weather will make them feel indisposed. Good natural remedies and other medicines often give little relief, because the problems I have just described return again and again, making the person feel depressed. Of course, these symptoms may stem from a liver disorder. Conversely, the cysts may affect the liver if they happen to be in the teeth, tonsils or certain other parts of the body. When the dangerous abscesses are tackled by resection of the dental root, or the bad teeth are simply pulled out, the patient is suddenly freed from all his problems.

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IS CANCER COMMUNICABLE? 2

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:19:15 +0000

Then there is the time spent in caring for the patient and the deep sympathy felt for his suffering. Both are a strain on the energy reserves, apart from the shattering experience of the loved one’s eventual death, the resulting loss being difficult to bear. The feeling of loneliness after decades of companionship can be overwhelming. In fact, just as joy and happiness strengthen and help to overcome an illness, so constant sorrow and anxiety can contribute to producing an illness, turning it into infirmity that may end in death.

We must not forget that not everyone has the necessary inner strength to recover from losses and problems successfully, and this fact should be taken into account as another factor to be added to the total of all other causes.

If cancer really were communicable, it would no doubt claim many more victims than it does and would be far more dangerous than it already is.

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A TESTIMONIAL OF SUCCESS

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:10:27 +0000

‘Now I can watch television for hours without any difficulty, participate quite normally in conversations, and I read a lot.’

Letters like this one from our Belgian patient are indeed encouraging. They show that if we support nature it has the power to bring about a regeneration even in serious cases of illness. The patient in question had been ill for many years and I am sure that his progress and success would have been better still if the treatment could have been given right from the start. The remedies mentioned by the patient are good for raising the calcium level and curing circulatory disturbances, inflammation and spasms.

However, the remedies alone could not produce the fine results he experienced. Considering the mental anguish multiple sclerosis patients are subjected to, it should not be too much work or trouble to apply the treatment described. It should be followed conscientiously even when the healthy person, who still has full use of his limbs, finds it hard to understand what it means to the sick to wait for years, perhaps decades, seemingly without any hope, until he is relieved of his affliction.

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COLDS – DURING A CHANGE OF SEASON 3

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:02:27 +0000

You can see that it is not at all surprising that we need to be much more careful during the change of seasons than in the depths of winter, since we become chilled much more quickly when the body is still attuned to the warmth of sunny autumn days. Therefore, do not be tempted to sit down to your work in the morning without having taken some vigorous exercise previously. Do not despise the idea of making your own bed or tidying up your room in the morning. Even this exercise will warm you up. Again, do not just hop in the car or let the bus or train take you to your place of work. It is much better for you if you can walk or bicycle to work. If you live in an area where snow falls, enjoy the new day by shovelling snow in the fresh air. You will afterwards appreciate the warmth of your room, and it is true that brain work is much easier after brisk exercise and deep-breathing, which invigorates and promotes good circulation. You can also warm up in a natural way by doing early morning exercises and deep-breathing in front of an open window, and by giving yourself a good brush massage. Exhaling vigorously rids the body of waste gases and deep inhalation saturates the lungs with oxygen. This is particularly important in discouraging the conditions that favour colds.

If you do have a tendency to catch colds, make sure to eat plenty of foods rich in calcium, because the body is more susceptible when it lacks calcium; especially during the change of seasons, take a biological calcium preparation (Urticalcin) as well. The veins should not be overlooked either, so that the circulation remains unimpaired. Heed this advice and you will acquire more resistance to the common cold and related afflictions.

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TAKING PRECAUTIONS

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:32:25 +0000

During the productive years of youth an active person often neglects to think about the fact that the central nervous system and brain must still serve their purpose during the autumn of life. If we wish to be sprightly and in good spirits, feeling well physically and mentally during our old age, we must see to it that the engine in the control room, the brain, is given more attention than is usual in today’s world.

How many of us regularly curtail the brain’s wonderful source of energy and recharging by not getting enough rest and sleep! The body may be able to take one or two exceptions, but a continuous lack of sleep will undermine the health, lead to fatigue and will gradually diminish one’s efficiency and productivity. Let us therefore, first and foremost, make sure to enjoy a healthy amount of sleep, going to bed early. We should also make an effort to eat wholefoods for adequate nutrition, get enough exercise for refreshing relaxation during our free time, and avoid the poisons threatening us in so many ways.

Taking these precautions will not only contribute to our overall state of health but will render an incomparable service to our brain.

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MEASLES

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:27:41 +0000

Even though in many lands this is a harmless infectious disease of childhood, in areas where it has only recently become known, for example among some American Indian tribes, the affected children often die. The causative agent is a virus, one of the submicroscopic entities that have been discovered only in more recent times. These viruses are even smaller than bacteria and cannot be seen under a normal microscope simply by colouring as can bacteria; only with the aid of modern electronic microscopes have scientists been able to study them. Even so, measles has always been considered an infectious disease because of the course the illness takes and the fact that children catch it so easily.

Most parents are familiar with the rash of pink-brownish blotches, accompanied by a high temperature. And yet, you might be uncertain as to the nature of the child’s illness in its early stages, unless you check the inner cheeks in the region of the molars. In a case of measles these areas are red, and a day or two before the rash breaks out red spots with tiny white spots in the middle of them, 2-3 mm in diameter, (so-called Koplik’s spots), will appear.

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