The Nervous System: Healing with Medicinal Plants
Keith Stelling. M.A; Dip Phyt; M.N.I.M.H.
Herbalism is sometimes maligned as a collection of home-made remedies
to be applied in a placebo fashion to one symptom or another.. provided
the ailment is not too serious and provided there is a powerful chemical
wonder-drug at the ready to suppress any "real" symptoms. We often forget,
however, that botanical medicine provides a complete system of healing
and prevention of disease. It is the oldest and most natural form of medicine.
Its history of efficacy and safety spans centuries and covers every country
on the planet.
Because herbal medicine is holistic medicine, it is, in fact, able to
look beyond the symptoms to the underlying systemic imbalance; when skilfully
applied by the trained practitioner, herbal medicine offers very real and
permanent solutions to very real problems, many of them seemingly intractable
to pharmaceutical intervention. Nowhere is the efficacy of herbalism more
evident than in problems related to the nervous system.
Stress,
anxiety, tension and depression
are intimately connected with most illness. And the herbalist finds his
success accelerated by including in his treatment, medicine to free the
body from the vicious cycle of interference from worry and nervousness
that so often takes its toll on otherwise healthy systems.
Few health practitioners would argue with the influence of nervous anxiety
in pathology. We know that the Xth Cranial Nerve, the Vagus, travels down
from the medulla oblongata at the brain stem to innervate the pharynx,
heart, bronchi, lungs and gastro- intestinal tract, including the small
intestine, caecum, appendix and colon, supplying both motor and sensory
fibres. It is not surprising that nervous stress can interfere directly
in digestion. Nervous tension is generally acknowledged by pathologists
to contribute to duodenal and gastric ulceration, ulcerative colitis, irritable
bowel syndrome and many other gut-related pathologies. We know also from
physiology that when a patient is depressed, the secretion of hydrochloric
acid...one of the main digestive juices... is also reduced so that digestion
and absorption are rendered less efficient.
Anxiety, on the other hand, can lead to the release of adrenalin and
stimulate the over-production of HCL and result in a state of acidity which
may exacerbate the pain of an inflamed ulcer. In fact, whenever the voluntary
nervous system (our conscious anxiety) interferes with the autonomic processes,
(the automatic nervous regulation that in health is never made conscious),
pathology is the result. But few other health professionals have access
to the scope of botanical remedies with their fine subtlety in rectifying
this type of human malfunction.
The medical herbalist knows, for example, that a stubborn dermatological
problem can best be treated by using alteratives specific to the skin problem,
circulatory stimulants to aid in the removal of toxins from the area, with
re-enforcement of the other organs of elimination (liver and kidney); but
above all he will achieve the excellent results for which phytotherapy
is famous, by using herbs which obviate nervous interference in the situation
and allow the patient to relax... perhaps for the first time in many months.
Curiously this is an approach which has never been taken up by orthodox
medicine. There, the usual treatment of skin problems involves suppression
of symptoms with steroids. Our subtle, non- invasive botanical nervines
are not available in synthesized form. And the use of anti-histamines or
benzodiazepines by the orthodox profession often achieves less lasting
benefit to the patient than an additional burden of "impairment of intellectual
function",[1] drowsiness, further toxicity for an already compromised metabolism,
and often life-long drug dependence.
Botanical nervines, on the other hand, are free
from toxicity and habituation. Because they are organic substances and
not man-made synthetic molecules, they possess a natural affinity for the
human organism. They are extremely efficient in balancing the nervous system.
Restoring a sense of well-being and relaxation is necessary for optimum
health and for the process of self-healing.
The work of Linus
Pauling is quite enlightening. Clear back in the 60's, Dr. Paining
talkedd about "orthomolecular
Psychiatry." (J. Science 1968;160:265.) He maintained that most, if
not all psychiatric disorders, were due to significant deficiencies in
key nutrients. He was able, as many practitioners familiar with his work
also do today, to help many people with psychiatric conditions, by adjusting
their diets, and supplementing these key nutrients. A study following
up on China's famine in 1959 found the rate of Schizophrenia doubled in
exposed children, by the time they became adults. (JAMA 2005;294:557.)
Of course, depression is not as bad as Schizophrenia, but, they both share
an "orthomolecular" lack of nutrients.
The brain-gut connection is quite important in depression. I have never
seen a depressed person with a 100% normal intestinal function. Most of
these people are told by misinformed practitioners that their depression
is causing the intestinal problems. Well, that is true in all diseases,
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DISCOVERY OF HOW ANTI-DEPRESSANTS
CAUSE PSYCHOTIC BREAKS
by Alex Nicolson
This article was first published in The
Latest Magazine
My daughter who was five at the time had a serious problem with oversized
tonsils, which caused her to have a breathing problem at night. After months
of trying to fix it by every means we could find, we finally made an appointment
with a sleep clinic to see how bad the condition really was.
So one evening we checked in to the famous Huntington Memorial Hospital
Sleep Center in Pasadena. My daughter got a kick out of the whole thing
as the nurse wired her up to the measurement instruments. There were about
20 or 30 sensors placed around her head, neck and upper chest to record
all the data needed to see what happened when she slept. At 9 o’clock she
went to bed and was soon fast asleep.
I stayed up in the main control room as there were four patients being
monitored that night and I found it very interesting. I talked through
the night with Kimberly, the Sleep Study technician, as I was fascinated
with the measurement data and kept asking her what each of them meant.
She appreciated the company and was willing to tell me.
At one point, she brought up the subject of anti-depressants and how
much she detested them. I asked her why and she told me the following fascinating
story. When people sleep, their bodies go through four recognized stages.
These stages can be monitored by the instruments in the Sleep Center, which
check: brain waves, heart rate, body movements, pulse rate, muscle tone
in the chin, eye movements, oxygen level in the blood, chest motion, airflow
into the nose and mouth, to name a few. The four stages can be described
briefly as follows:
Sleep Stage 1
Transient condition as the body prepares for sleep, normally lasting
about 10 minutes.
Sleep Stage 2
Deeper sleep condition, recognized by brain wave patterns, and changes
in the other body functions listed above.
Sleep Stages 3 and 4
Deep sleep condition recognized by appearance of Delta brain wave patterns
and other body factors. These two stages (3 and 4) are the most vital ones
to the human body as these are the ones where the body is healing and repairing
itself and going through a lot of other important physiological changes.
People generally reach these deepest stages for three or four hours a night.
Kim explained that she mostly sees older overweight patients and small
children with sleep apnea, a condition where the person stops breathing
for a short while and then wakes with a start, which breaks down the quality
of their sleep. This results in sleep deprivation, which then accumulates
over months or years and leads to low energy, poor performance and finally
severe depression. When the apnea patient gets depressed, they go to their
Doctor, who puts them on anti-depressants for the depression, not realizing
what new and more damaging problems they create for the patient because
the underlying problem, sleep deprivation, has not been addressed.
Now what Kim had observed is that patients who come into the Sleep Center,
who are on anti-depressants, never get into the stage 3 and 4 sleep conditions.
They bounce around in the Stage 1 and Stage 2 areas, where there is an
apparency of sleep occurring, to an untrained observer, but the healing
and repair Delta Stages 3 and 4 never occur!
She knows that anyone who is not getting their usual two to three hours
a night of Stage 3 and 4 healing sleep is accumulating all of the physical
and mental problems caused by the resulting severe sleep deprivation, namely
short temper, irritability, anger outbursts and eventually psychotic breaks.
I think I have stumbled on something that can finally explain exactly how
the anti-depressants given to children can be tied directly to their sudden
outbursts and psychotic reactions as evidenced in the numerous school shootings
and other dramas that have occurred. This effect can measured directly
at a sleep center and will stand up to any scientific criticism, as sleep
study technology is an advanced science and can stand up to the closest
scrutiny.
We may now have an exact way to medically document the dangers of anti-depressants
and show it to the world. This needs to be known to every one who has an
interest in removing drugs from our schools and so it will greatly assist
in the fight to take out psychiatry and their attendant drug cartels. This
needs to be known to everyone who has an interest in removing drugs from
our schools and greatly assist in the fight against psychiatric abuses
and their attendant drug cartels.
Julian Whitaker, M.D.
believes there is a direct link between the violent
shootings and the increased and indiscriminate use of popular antidepressant
drugs. Dr. Whitaker points out that many of the gun-related massacres
that have made the headlines over the past decade have a common thread:
they were perpetrated by people taking Prozac, Zoloft, Luvox,
Paxil,
or a related drug. A documented side effect of these drugs -- known clinically
as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) -- is akathisia, or
physical and mental agitation. Dr. Whitaker says "akathisia is to violence
what a match is to gasoline. And this condition has been reported in a
significant number of Prozac users." Moreover, the Food and Drug Administration
has received over 40,000 reports detailing adverse effects related to Prozac.
The
Scourge of Prozac by Dr. Julian Whitaker MD
Dr Peter Breggin,M.D
the eminent psychiatrist and author (Toxic Psychiatry, Talking Back to
Prozac, Talking Back to Ritalin), told me: "With Luvox, there is some evidence
of a four percent rate for mania in adolescents. Mania, for certain individuals
could be a component in grandiose plans to destroy large numbers of other
people. Mania can go over the hill to psychosis." more
--- also,
check these google links
Do
antidepressants cause teen suicide? The
FDA opened hearings on this issue this week and are they ever in a tight
spot. more
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Alert!FDA
Issues Public Health Advisory for Use of Antidepressants in Adults and
Children
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The great herbal restoratives of
the nervous system
The great herbal restoratives of the nervous system are Avena
sativa (Oats), Scutellaria
lateriflora (Scullcap) and Turnera
diffusa (Damiana). Oats contains a nervine alkaloid which also helps
to restore the heart... (again the vagus connection). According to Canadian
research, Avena is helpful in angina and in cardiac insufficiency. Moreover
in an article in Nature in 1971, Gonon outlined its usefulness in the treatment
of addiction to morphine, narcotics, tobacco and alcohol... a use which
is still current in British hospitals.
But the list does not stop here. Rosmarinus
officinalis (Rosemary) helps the circulation to the brain and
is therefore useful in geriatric senility; Lavandula officinalis (Lavender)
exerts
a cardio-tonic and anti-migraine action; Tilia europea (Linden or Lime
Flowers) is an antispasmodic particularly suited to problems of venous
congestion and arteriosclerotic states, but gentle enough for an anxious
child.
There is great scope for the development of herbal medicine in the area
of nervous diseases and of its application in so-called "mental illness"
where pharmaceuticals seem at best to be applied for their "management"
effect. And this is an area where the benefits of a wholefood diet and
holistic life-style are badly neglected. Among the more outstanding serious
problems that have been recorded at the Clinic of Herbal Medicine in Balham,
London, England, (the teaching clinic of the National Institute of Medical
Herbalists), are: the control of Parkinson's disease in a 59-year old man;
the elimination of epileptic seizures in a 14-year old girl; the removal
of clinical depression in a 46-year old woman; the eradication of frequent
migraine attacks in many patients; and the regulation of the wide mood
swings and other distressing symptoms that accompany both menopause and
premenstrual stress in countless women patients. (These are just cases
which I myself have witnessed over a period of 10 months).
Understandably, the choice of a nervine most suitable to an individual
patient must be based upon a thorough health assessment and the experience
and training of a qualified herbal practitioner. But even the layman can
do much to alleviate stress and sooth frayed nerves. Drinking Chamomile,
Lemon
Balm or Linden tea (long the custom in Europe) is the prudent
choice instead of coffee for anyone having sleeping difficulties or anyone
who wishes to achieve a greater sense of inner calm. Twenty minutes out-of-breath
exercise (walking, swimming, or cycling) will go a long way as a natural
antidote to the pent-up tension that results from a stressful day at the
office. And it will have the unexpected bonus of improving circulation,
increasing metabolic rate and enhancing heart and lung function. The B-vitamins
as found in whole-wheat bread, wheat germ, torula or brewer's yeast and
liver (organically produced) provide ideal nourishment for the nervous
system and can be wisely substituted for the stimulant foods such as white
flour, sugar, junk foods and their myriad harmful chemical additives.
Herbal medicine can justifiably boast of Valeriana
officinalis (Valerian), the ideal "tranquillizer". The rhizomes
of this plant contain a volatile oil (which includes valerianic acid),
volatile alkaloids (including chatinine), and iridoids (valepotriates)
which have been shown to reduce anxiety and aggression and even to counteract
the effects of ethanol [2]. So effective is Valeriana in cutting out the
interference of anxiety while maintaining normal mental awareness, that
it enables the patient to continue the most complicated mental exercise
without drowsiness, loss of consciousness or depression. Valerian has been
usefully taken even before an examination or a driving test! Valerian
herbal extract
Verbena
officinalis (Vervain) on the other hand, is not only effective against
depression, but also strongly supports the detoxifying function of the
liver. Its French name is still "Herbe Sacre"; an old English name is "Holy
Wort"; for Vervain was one of the seven sacred herbs of the Druids. (Significantly
Druidic medicine worked very much upon the psychological background to
the disease, attempting to revitalize the psyche before healing the body).
To-day we know that the antispasmodic qualities of Verbena are largely
due to the glycoside verbenalin. Recent Chinese research has linked the
plant with dilation of arteries in the brain: a likely explanation of its
usefulness in treating migraine, especially whenthis
problem is accompanied by liver congestion. It is certainly indicated for
hysterical, exhausted, or depressive states. (Vervain
herbal extract)
Analgesic and Anti- inflammatory
Hypericum
perforatum (St. John's Wort) is an analgesic and anti- inflammatory
with an important local application to neuralgia and sciatica. Systemically,
its sedative properties based on the glycoside hypericin, (a red pigment),
make it applicable to neurosis and irritability. Many English herbalists
use it extensively as a background remedy. (St.
John's Wort extract)
Harmonious functioning of the heart
and the stomach
Melissa
officinalis (Lemon Balm) being both carminative and antispasmodic,
is active specifically on that part of the vagus nerve which may interfere
with the harmonious functioning of the heart and the stomach. Recent experiments
at the University of Heidelberg have confirmed that the action of the volatile
oil begins within the limbic system of the brain and subsequently operates
directly upon the vagus nerve and all of the organs that are innervated
by it. Accordingly, neurasthenia (complete nervous prostration), migraine,
and nervous gastropathy are amenable to its healing power. (Lemon
Balm herbal extract)
Keith Stelling. M.A; Dip Phyt; M.N.I.M.H.
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Glyconutrients
and the Nervous System
The sugars found on all Glyconutrients
(saccharides) also address the workings of the brain and nervous system
– from memory and sleep to anxiety and depression. In addition, they have
a role in helping the body handle cholesterol and fats by lowering triglycerides
and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) while, at the same time, raising the
good cholesterol (HDL). Commercials have long touted the benefits of eating
oatmeal to bring down cholesterol. What is not mentioned is that it is
the sugars (beta-glucans) in oatmeal that are responsible.
Sugars That Heal offers a revolutionary
new health plan based on the science of glyconutrients--foods that contain
saccharides. Here, are chapters dealing with the special nutritional needs
of people suffering from cancer, heart disease, asthma, and neurological
disorders, and methods for using glyconutrients to
treat depression, obesity, and ADHD.
Fish Oil Eases Depression
By Aman Shah, MD
Oct. 18, 2002 -- It may sound fishy, but researchers say taking a daily
fish-oil supplement may boost the effectiveness -- or even replace -- antidepressants
for treating depression in some people. In a new study, people who added
a daily dose of omega-3 fatty acids to their regular antidepressant treatment
had significant improvement in symptoms, including anxiety, sleeping problems,
sadness, decreased sexual desire, and suicidal tendencies. Researcher Malcolm
Peet, MD, of Swallownest Court Hospital in Sheffield, England, and colleagues
found that patients who took the lowest, 1-gram daily, fish-oil dose showed
significant improvements on all major measures of depression compared with
those who took a placebo. In particular, 69% of the patients who took the
1-gram dose had a 50% reduction in their symptoms, compared with only 25%
of those who took a placebo. more
As reported in the May 1999 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry,
Stoll and colleagues found that large doses of fish oil significantly eased
the symptoms of severe bipolar disorder, even in some patients who weren't
responding to drug treatment. The study, which measured rates of relapse
into mania, involved 30 patients whose symptoms were not abated by their
medications. Fourteen of the subjects started taking a hefty 10 grams of
fish oil every day, some while using other medications and some using the
fish oil alone, while the rest took olive oil. more
Fish
Oil: The Natural Anti-inflammatory
by Joseph Maroon, Ph.D.
Did you know that the root cause of serious chronic diseases such as
heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, arthritis, and asthma has been
identified as chronic inflammation? Although numerous studies have confirmed
these findings, few physcians are aware of or consider the fact that the
battle against inflammation is at the forefront of the fight for health
and well-being of the global population. Authors Joseph Maroon and Jeffrey
Bost have set out to reverse that trend with "Fish Oil: The Natural Anti-Inflammatory." Ultra-Refined
Fish Oil
Pharmaceujtical companies
have spent billions of dollars in an attempt to understand the bio-chemistry
of inflammation. Unfortunately, pharmaceutical anit-inflammatories such
as Celebrex, Vioxx, and Bextra have been shown to greatly increase the
risk of heart attack, stroke, and uncontrollable gastric hemorrhage, with
potentially fatal consequences. Is there a safer alternative? Absolutiely!
The answer lies in the power of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil,
undeniably the most under-recognized and also the most petent natural anti-inflammatory
available. With compelling arguments and the results of thousands of clinical
studies to support them. the uathors explain in plain and simple terms;
How the inflammation process works and how it can evolve into a chroninc
condition that is the cause of many diseases; How fatty acids work in the
body; Why supplementtion with omega-3 fatty acids can restore the body's
balance and mitigate the effects of inflmmatory factors; and why fish oil
is the best source of omega-3 fatty acids, and how to identify good-quality
fish oil supplements.
Joseph
C Maroon. M.D.,is a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Neurological
Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also
a Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience as well as the team neurosurgeon to the
world-champion Pittsburgh Steelers. His publications numbr more than 250,
and he is a reviewer on five medical journals and an editorial board member
of "Neurological Research." Jeffrey Bost is a neurosurgical physician assistant
and clinical instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has coauthored many presentations, articles,
and grants exploring the use of omega-3 fatty acids.
Dr.
Stoll's book The Omega-3 Connection. He is a Harvard psychiatrist who
has done a great job compiling evidence supporting the use of fish oils.
Up to 80% of the fatty acids in the cerebral cortex of the brain should
be composed of omega-3 fatty acids. Food sources particularly rich in omega-3
fatty acids include deep water fish and flaxseed oil. A relative deficiency
of essential fatty acids in cellular membranes makes it virtually impossible
for the cell 
membrane
to perform its vital function. The basic function of the cell membrane
is to serve as a selective barrier that regulates the passage of certain
materials in and out of the cell. When there is a disturbance of structure
or function of the cell membrane, there is a tremendous disruption of homeostasis.
This term, homeostasis, refers to the maintenance of static conditions
in the internal environment of the cell and, on a larger scale, the human
body as a whole. In other words, with a disturbance in cellular membrane
structure or function, there is disruption of virtually all cellular processes."
Dealing
With Depression Naturally/the Drugless Approach to the Condition That Darkens
Millions of Lives
There are natural antidepressant therapies which can restore emotional
health, from vitamins and dietary adjustments to visualization exercises
and sleep therapy. Baumel tells how to assess the pros and cons of these
various therapies and how to apply them to personal issues in this strong
self-help guide.
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Mood
Aid Formula
Mood Aid formula represents a blend of traditional
medicine and recent science. Mood Aid uses St. John's Wort, to promote
a positive mood. 5-HTP, the precursor of seratonin- a mood regulating neurotransmitter
produced by the body. B- Vitamins, essential co-factors to the central
nervous system for the production of seratonin, and Korean Ginseng, to
enhance mental vitality and physical endurance.
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Natural
treatment for depression Poor mood, depression, emotional disturbance
and low energy affect tens of millions of men, women and children.
There are natural antidepressant therapies which can restore emotional
health, from herbal remedies, vitamins and dietary adjustments to visualization
exercises and sleep therapy. (Learn
about Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia)
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Herbal
and nutritional formulas for nervous disorder
Available
natural herbal products and and more information for stress issues
The
Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook
amazon reviewer: "I'm an American woman living overseas,
and believe-you-me, I've had some VERY stressful times these past ten years.
I'm not stressed out at present, but saw this book, and ordered it to deal
with the next time I am. Looking through the book, I would have given ANYTHING
to have this book at various times these past few years."
Stress
can result from many things: a high-pressure job, relationships, financial
problems, lonliness, crowds, and traffic jams. Because of the complexity
of today's world stress is experienced by everyone at one time or another.
Ginseng
has been used medicinally as an adaptogenic herb for thousands of years
to fight the damaging effects of chronic stress, fatigue, and physical
exhaustion.
Bach
Flower Therapy
The Bach Flower Remedies are 38 plant and flower based remedies, each
one specially devised to treat a different feeling. They help you to manage
the emotional demands of everyday life, the kind of feelings that affect
everyday life in the 90s. They are the original flower remedies made according
to the exact homeopathic traditions of Dr. Edward Bach. The Bach Flower
Remedies work by stimulating the body’s own capacity to heal itself, by
balancing negative feelings, helping you to take control, feel good about
yourself, and get more out of life. The Bach Flower Remedies are unique,
simple to use, suitable for the entire family
Learn
more about Bach Flowers
Condition Usage Guide
How to Choose for Yourself
Examples of Use
Instructions for Taking
Questions and Answers
Available Bach Supplements
The
Bach Flower Remedies : Including Heal Thyself, the Twelve Healers, the
Bach Remedies Repertory
Dr. Edward Bach (1886 – 1936) A British origin Doctor - discovered
flower therapy between 1930-1936, which is called Bach flower therapy later
on. He was a renowned physician and bacteriologist. While practicing as
an allopathic doctor he realized the meaning of old dictum that "There
are no diseases, only sick people". When he was treating the factory laborers
prone to various diseases, he observed that the workers were working under
some unknown fear - the fear that they would be jobless. Thus when the
mind is under constant pressure of fear, terror, uncertainty, despondency
and despair, it is obvious that the harmony between mind and body gets
imbalanced. The vital force of life gets disturbed resulting into illness.
This also makes the immunity of body frail and the physical body gets easily
susceptible to the diseases or conditions. Therefore the patient is more
important than the diseases. His mental make up is vital in determining
the correct line of treatment and every ailment is the result or expression
of mental disturbances due to accumulated various mind obstructions originating
either itself from mind or surrounding environment.
Healing Manic Depression
the Natural Way
Excerpt from he Hallelujah Health
Tip Newsletter
"It is said that depression, caused by chemical imbalance, affects an
estimated 22 million people in the United States alone. My problems started
one year after getting married, in the summer of 1995. I started spending
money uncontrollably, buying clothes and things I didn't need, giving money
away to friends, giving away things like my clothes without comprehending
what I was doing. Many nights I stayed up for hours, getting only a few
hours of sleep, for weeks at a time. I had unbelievable energy that kept
me on the go all day and most of the night. I would speak irrationally
and make irrational decisions. One night I left the house to go to a shopping
mall while my husband was sleeping. On the way back I ran through a large
intersection going about seventy miles per hour.
"A few weeks later, we went on a vacation to celebrate our one-year
wedding anniversary. That is when my husband began to realize I desperately
needed help. The pastor's wife in the church we were visiting, who had
known me from high school days, after looking and talking with me and seeing
the wild and tired look on my face, came up to my husband with this shocking
statement: "Your wife is going through depression and you need to get her
some help right away." My husband couldn't believe it. I denied I needed
help when he tried to get me to go to the hospital after we got back home.
"I finally agreed to his suggestion and went to a hospital where they
diagnosed me as having manic depression. I was then admitted to a mental
institution for three weeks where I was given many different medications.
The doctor finally settled on a drug called Depakote, which I took, among
others, for about one year. During this time I gained about fifty pounds,
began wearing prescription glasses, my hair stopped growing, my fingernails
stopped growing and started breaking, and I was tired all the time. The
doctor also advised against becoming pregnant, because he said my manic
depression problem would return if I ever became pregnant. So we lived
this way for a full year, with no hope of ever having any children or ever
getting better.
"In 1997 we went to hear evangelist Stan Harris, a fundamental Baptist
preacher, speak on the Hallelujah Diet, which had healed him of total burnout
and resulting depression. We left the meeting that night excited to try
the Hallelujah Diet. We went home and began throwing away all the bad things
- like sugar, milk, white bread, butter, meats, eggs, soda, cakes, etc.
We then realized we didn't have anything left that we could eat and our
refrigerator was empty. We had to go back to church again the next night
to hear Brother Stan speak so we could find out what we could eat. After
that second night, we went back home very excited and started the Hallelujah
Diet.
"My husband and I have now been on the Hallelujah Diet for a little
over a year and a half. I have lost about 70 pounds, no longer wear eyeglasses,
my hair and fingernails are growing again, and I have stopped ALL medication
for depression because my depression problems are gone. My husband has
lost 25 pounds, is so full of energy, and has no more sinus or asthma problems.
After exactly one year on the Hallelujah Diet, I became pregnant and we
are soon expecting our first child.
"I thank the Lord for Dr. Malkmus and his wife Rhonda, for teaching
'you don't have to be sick' if you will simply follow the Genesis 1:29
diet. I am convinced God used this diet to get me well and make it possible
for me to conceive."
The Incredible Healing Powers of
Raw (Living) Foods and Juices
"The fastest way to restore wellness is
to stop putting into the body the things that have caused the physical
problem to develop in the first place, and then give the body the nutrients
it needs to repair and rebuild itself. The body is self-healing when the
infraction is stopped and proper nutrients provided." Dr. Malkmus
learn
more
Sugar free products and depression Ralph
Walton, M.D., Psychiatrist, Chairman of the Center for Behavioral Medicine:
"We have known for years that when aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal/Spoonful,
Canderal, Benevia, etc.) is ingested with a carbohydrate rich meal the
usual physiologic increase in tryptophan is blocked, while brain phenylalanine
and tyrosine concentrations are increased. These changes in amino acid
blocked neurotransmitter precursors could, I believe, alter indoleamine/catechloamine
balance, and thus have a profound effect on mood and cognition....depressed
mood, anxiety, dizziness, panic attacks, nausea, irritability, impairment
of memory and concentration." more
The
Prozac Alternative: Natural Relief from Depression With St. John's
Wort, Kava, Ginkgo, 5-Htp, Homeopathy, and Other Alternative Therapies
by Ran Knishinsky
A comprehensive guide to the use of St. John's wort and other alternative
therapies for treatment of depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders
- Offers a comprehensive look at St. John's wort--the most significant
natural remedy for depression--including its history in herbalism, current
clinical uses, safety, and side effects - Discusses other natural alternatives
such as Kava, Melatonin, and 5-HTP as treatment options to depression In
the early 1990s the sale of Prozac exceeded the sale of all other antidepressant
drugs in both American and world markets. But today St. John's wort is
recommended 3 to 1 over Prozac as a primary treatment for depression in
European countries such as Germany--and its sales continue to skyrocket
in the United States. Safe, all-natural, and less expensive than synthetic
drugs, St. John's wort is the ideal natural therapy for many people's depression,
anxiety, and other related mood disorders. The Prozac Alternative offers
a comprehensive look at St. John's wort, including its history in herbalism,
current clinical uses, and safety and side effects, as well as how it compares
with other natural alternatives such as Kava, Melatonin, and 5-HTP. It
also discusses other uses of these natural substances as treatment alternatives
to Western medicine for a variety of medical conditions.
Alternativas
para el Prozac: Remedios naturales para la depresion by Ran Knishinsky
Remedios naturales para la depresion - Hierba de San Juan, Kava, Ginkgo,
5-HTP, Homeopatia y otras terapias alternativas
A principios de la decada de 1990, las ventas de Prozac superaban las
de todos los demas medicamentos contra la depresion tanto en Estados Unidos
como en el mercado mundial. En cambio hoy, en Alemania y otros paises
de Europa, la hierba de San Juan se recomienda tres veces mas que el Prozac
para tratar la depresion, y han aparecido muchos otros remedios naturales,
menos caros que el Prozac y sin sus numerosos efectos secundarios. Alternativas
para el Prozac es el primer libro que presenta un extenso panorama sobre
la historia de la hierba de San Juan, los resultados de los estudios medicos
y sus aplicaciones clinicas. Tambien es el primero en proporcionar
informacion sobre las demas terapias naturales contra la depresion: la
kava, planta medicinal del Pacifico que alivia la tension y la ansiedad;
el aminoacido 5-HTP, que eleva los niveles de la serotonina y de las endorfinas;
la homeopatia, que tiene remedios especiales acordes con las diferentes
personalidades; el ginkgo; la fenilalanina; la tirosina; y las vitaminas
B. Todos estos remedios son invaluables para el mejoramiento de la
salud mental. Alternativas para el Prozac habla de manera sencilla
y directa sobre la depresion. Es un libro ideal para los consumidores responsables
que desean saberlo todo y conocer todas las alternativas antes de decidir
lo que mas les conviene.
1. Todos ponen su atencio
en la hirba de San Juan
2. Como funcionan las plantas
3. Que es la depresion
4. Como deshacerse de la
melancolia
5. Una renovada sensacion
de placer y felicidad
6. El hypericum curativo
7. Otros tratamientos naturales
para la depresion
8. !En sus marcas, listos,
fuera! Preguntas mas frecuentes
Your
Drug May Be Your Problem : How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Drugs
by Peter Md Breggin
"This is the perfect book for anyone who wonders why she or he feels
WORSE -- whether emotionally or physically -- when using psychiatric drugs
like Prozac or lithium. Both easy to understand and thoroughly researched,
"Your Drug May Be Your Problem" explains why the drugs are dangerous, how
to safely stop using them, and how to deal with emotional crises without
resorting to drugs. In a culture in which psychiatric drugs are pushed
by everyone from the White House down to the neighborhood elementary school,
this book is a refreshing change. I WISH I'd had the information contained
in this book six years ago when doctors put me on a nightmarish regimen
of psychiatric drugs. All in all, a fascinating and enlightening read."An
amazon.com reviewer
Epidemic of
multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus related to aspartame (Aspartame
is the technical name for the brand names, NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful,
and Equal-Measure.)
"H. J. Roberts, M.D., said in his first press conference that if something
wasn't done about aspartame then in 5 or 10 years we would have a plague
on our hands. Now Dr. Roberts has declared aspartame disease to be a world
epidemic and is in the process of publishing the medical text on the world
plague."
Alternative Treatments
for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Fibromyalgia is a painful disorder for which mainstream medicine has
no solution other than heavy, and often ineffective, use of painkillers.
Perhaps you have been told by a well-meaning but uniformed doctor that
you will "just have to learn to live with it." Actually, Chronic fatigue,
fibromyalgia and environmental illness can be permanently reversed using
nontoxic alternative medicine treatments.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
If You Are You Feeling Emotionally
Stressed...
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a therapeutic approach to discharging
excess emotional distress and liberating one's natural growth process.
It has its roots in ancient Chinese medicine and the modern science of
Applied Kinesiology.
Successful
treatment with vit.B12 (Methylcobalamin)
Japanese scientists have identified a form of vitamin B12 that protects
against neurological disease and aging by a unique mechanism that differs
from current therapies. Some of the disorders that may be preventable or
treatable with this natural vitamin therapy, called methylcobalamin, include
Parkinson's disease, peripheral neuropathies, Alzheimer's disease, muscular
dystrophy and, neurological aging. Americans have immediate access to this
form of vitamin B12, and unlike prescription drugs, it costs very little
and is free of side effects.
Case reports Dr. Britt Ahlrot-Westerlund, M.D.
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Fibromyalgia and painful paraestesiae
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Multiple Sclerosis
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Physical weakness, dizzyness and depression
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Chronic mercury-poisoning from dental amalgam
Prozac-Free
: Homeopathic Medicine for Depression, Anxiety, and Other Mental and Emotional
Problems More than 25 million adults in North America alone suffer
from depression, and over 22 million prescriptions for Prozac were written
last year. This book is an eye-opening resource for the millions of people
who are looking for safe, effective, natural treatments for depression
and other mental health problems. In Prozac-Free, bestselling authors of
Ritalin-Free Kids, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, N.D., M.S.W., and Robert
Ullman, N.D., offer a homeopathic treatment for depression, anxiety, and
other mental and emotional problems. Using over 40 successful cases from
their clinical practice, they demonstrate the long-term effectiveness of
homeopathic medicine.
"I have been suffering from
depression sinse I was a young teenager and attempting to use anti-depressants
to treat the problem for the past 12 months, to no avail. Then I read "Prozac
Free" and found that I really identified with some of the contributers'
stories, so I sought out homeopathic treatment and havn't looked back since.
That was 3 months ago now. I haven't had 90 good days in a row in over
15 years!" S Steele, Australia, an amazon reviewer
Most Doctors Who Set Guidelines Have
Industry Ties
"The vast majority of doctors involved in establishing national guidelines
on disease treatment have financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry
that could potentially sway their recommendations and inappropriately influence
thousands of other physicians.Eighty-seven percent of guideline authors
had some type of relationship with drug companies." Dr. Mercola
INSANE PSYCHIATRY
A Profession Run Amok
By Nicholas Regush
February 16, 2002 - There is no drug that can cure modern psychiatry.
This is a profession that is close to routinely practicing medical terrorism
by shamelessly over-prescribing drugs to people of all ages, often for
phantom diseases and for purposes that have no rational basis in science.
What’s needed is something akin to a War Crimes Tribunal to investigate
psychiatry’s relationship to major pharmaceutical companies. Haul all the
big product champions and psychiatry associations in and determine their
involvement with money-grubbing schemes and the abuse of patients. And
let me re-emphasize this point: this is a medical specialty that is second
to none in ripping off and abusing 
patients.
The situation has long been out-of-control. It is no longer a matter
of a few bad apples screwing everyone left and right. It’s become a full-scale
assault on humanity.
Nicholas Regush produces medical features for ABC News
FDA
Issues Public Health Advisory on Cautions for Use of Antidepressants in
Adults and Children The Food and Drug Administration today issued
a Public Health Advisory that provides further cautions to physicians,
their patients, and families and caregivers of patients about the need
to closely monitor both adults and children with depression. The drugs
under review include bupropion, citalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, mirtazapine,
nefazodone, paroxetine, sertraline, escitalopram and venlafaxine. It should
be noted that the only drug that has received approval for use in children
with major depressive disorder is fluoxetine (Prozac).
more
According to the first comprehensive scientific review to include all
available studies, including negative data that have long been withheld
from public scrutiny by the pharmaceutical industry, four popular antidepressants
being used to treat thousands of depressed American children are unsafe,
ineffective or both. Those antidepressants are: Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor,
Celexa. This is damning evidence of the drug companies' patent disregard
for the safety of humans and focus on profits. GlaxoSmithKline was found
to be concealing evidence that shows that these drugs do not benefit children
in any way and only increase their risk of killing themselves. This was
confirmed in an article in the Canadian
Medical Journal. Drug companies do the research and learn that
the drugs don't work, yet are willing to sell and market them to children
even when it is clear that they are causing many children
to commit suicide.
Gary
Null's Action File Psychiatric Force
Toxic
Psychiatry : Why Therapy, Empathy, and Love Must Replace the Drugs,
Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the New Psychiatry by Peter
R. Breggin
Issuing a passionate, much-needed wake-up call for everyone who plays
a part in America's ever-increasing dependence on harmful psychiatric drugs,
a psychiatrist breaks through the hype and false promises surrounding the
"New Psychiatry" and shows how potentially dangerous, even brain-damaging,
many of its drugs and treatments are.
Psychiatry:
betraying and drugging children If your rights or the rights of someone
you know have been violated by psychiatry, immediate action must be taken.
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) stands ready to assist you.
They do not give medical or legal advice but they can help you in how and
where to file a complaint against psychiatric abuse.
Talking
Back to Prozac : What Doctors Won't Tell You About Today's Most Controversial
Drug by Peter R. Breggin, Ginger Ross Breggin
The book that tells the reader the truth behind the testing of prozac
and its potentially frightening side effects. Find out what Prozac's label
doesn't say; the panic and anxiety Prozac can cause--not cure; what Prozac
has in common with cocaine and amphetamines; cases of sexual dysfunction
from Prozac, particularly in men; and much more.
They
Say You're Crazy : How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's
Normal by Paula J. Caplan
Paula Caplan, an APA "Eminent Psychologist", clearly explains the pitfalls
and dangers inherent in the process, and the implications for the lives
of millions of clients.
A
Dose of Sanity : Mind, Medicine, and Misdiagnosis by Sydney Iii, Md.
Walker
Dr. Walker is a neurologist as well as a psychiatrist. His book is a
stern indictment of the contemporary medical profession and the mental
health field in particular. He charges the majority of psychiatrists of
ignoring the true needs of their patients and instead practicing and arbitrary
pseudo-science of labeling.
Time
to Relax, Stress Relief Herbal Gift Basket This Gift Package
is a fine selection of our best selling Natural Health Products for Relaxation.
Everyone will Love this selection of products that will relieve your daily
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The FDA - Who Do They Really
Protect? by James DeMeo, Ph.D.
Anti-Constitutional Activities and Abuse of Police Power by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration and other Federal Agencies
Without your voice, there is no choice!
Citizens For Health is a free, grassroots, consumer advocacy group
that champions public policies empowering individuals to make informed
health choices. Let your voice be heard! Join
efforts to end chemical pollution of the environment and our food supply.
Healing with Flowers, Grass, Herbs and Other Natural
Remedies
Natural antibiotics - Wheatgrass Juice: the wonder healer - The Use
of Bee Pollen as a Superfood - Why Most Herbal Formulas
Don't Work! and much more
Alternativas
para el Prozac: Remedios naturales para la depresion - A principios
de la decada de 1990, las ventas de Prozac superaban las de todos los demas
medicamentos contra la depresion tanto en Estados Unidos como en el mercado
mundial. En cambio hoy, en Alemania y otros paises de Europa, la
hierba de San Juan se recomienda tres veces mas que el Prozac para tratar
la depresion, y han aparecido muchos otros remedios naturales, menos caros
que el Prozac y sin sus numerosos efectos secundarios. Alternativas para
el Prozac es el primer libro que presenta un extenso panorama sobre la
historia de la hierba de San Juan, los resultados de los estudios medicos
y sus aplicaciones clinicas. Tambien es el primero en proporcionar
informacion sobre las demas terapias naturales contra la depresion: la
kava, planta medicinal del Pacifico que alivia la tension y la ansiedad;
el aminoacido 5-HTP, que eleva los niveles de la serotonina y de las endorfinas;
la homeopatia, que tiene remedios especiales acordes con las diferentes
personalidades; el ginkgo; la fenilalanina; la tirosina; y las vitaminas
B. Todos estos remedios son invaluables para el mejoramiento de la
salud mental. Alternativas para el Prozac habla de manera sencilla
y directa sobre la depresion. Es un libro ideal para los consumidores responsables
que desean saberlo todo y conocer todas las alternativas antes de decidir
lo que mas les conviene. mas
What
Every Parent Should Know BEFORE Their Childen Are Vaccinated! Why
are a growing number of parents and health care professionals around the
world questioning vaccination? The controversy stems from the thousands
of deaths and permanent disabilities attributed to vaccination annually,
as well as the many published medical studies, government statistics, congressional
testimonies, and other credible sources that directly contradict commonly
held assumptions about vaccine safety and effectiveness.
More pictures of vaccine damage available to view at the
CDC
website
"Bart Classen, a Maryland physician, published data showing
that diabetes rates rose significantly in New Zealand following a massive
hepatitis B vaccine campaign in young children, and that diabetes rates
also went up sharply in Finland after three new childhood vaccines were
introduced." Nicholas
Regush ABCNEWS.com
In fall 1997, two influential professional magazines featured articles
asking the question: Has the decrease of infectious diseases in childhood
through the mass use of vaccines been replaced with an increase in chronic
diseases such as diabetes and asthma? The Economist, a prestigious international
magazine read by world leaders in government, business and public policy,
and Science News, a magazine read by both health care professionals and
the general public, explored the reported links between vaccines and chronic
diseases in their November 22, 1997 issues. Learn
more about vaccine and diabetes connection --- asthma and
vaccine connection --- SIDS and autism and vaccine connection
--- "Shaken Baby Syndrome": the vaccination link
Congressman is calling for criminal penalties for any government
agency that knew about the dangers of thimerosal in vaccines and did nothing
to protect American children.
Congressman Dan Burton (R-Indiana)
during Congressional Hearing: "You mean to tell me that since 1929, we've
been using Thimerosal, and the only test that you know of is from
1929, and every one of those people had mennigitis, and they all died?"
For nearly an hour, Burton repeatedly asked FDA and CDC officials what
they knew and when they knew it. (Thimerosal contains a related mercury
compound called ethyl mercury. Mercury is a toxic metal that can cause
immune, sensory, neurological, motor, and behavioral dysfunctions.)
Please get informed!Enter the vaccine information
site
Homeopathy
can be used successfully to prevent and treat smallpox, measles,
whooping
cough, chickenpox, and other ailments.
Would you allow big brother to enforce vaccinations on your kids? Government
Enforced Vaccinations
Vaccination Tracking Registry - Government programs
that limit your choices -and your rights- in health care when it comes
to mandatory vaccination. These mandates last for 40 or so years
and they're impossible to repeal. Also, learn about Legal Requirements
and Exemptions
Are Vaccines Damaging Our Pets?
Routine Vaccination: Is
it really safe and effective? Most recently, an article appeared
in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association entitled
"Are We Vaccinating Too Much?"
Alternative
medicine for the nervous system .......
Benzodiazepines
can cause a range of side effects: confusion, stumbling, memory loss,
drowsiness, light-headedness, depression, fatigue, aggression, and subtle
personality changes. 
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