Varicella = chicken pox= ababu-ot ruach= wind pokken etc.

Varicella = chicken pox= ababu-ot ruach= wind pokken etc.

These days there seem to be some cases of varicella [chickenpox] around.

I don’t know the statistics, but I got a call from a few patients.

Therefore a few words about this viral disease. [just a little joke: the Word program wants to change the word varicella while I am typing this word into : vermicelli or Marcella: maybe Microsoft needs some medical update…………..]

Varicella is basically a children disease, but these days, because of vaccinations, one sees it less and less.

I will not go into the discussion on the “wisdom” of vaccination against this children disease.

I don’t give advice about vaccinations by e-mail or telephone to anybody!

(I did sent you a while ago a general article about vaccinations where I mentioned some of my own ideas, without connecting to this an absolute practical advice)

Varicella is highly contagious [therefore it is also called ababu-ot ruach wind pox /wind pocken /wind pokken [in Hebrew, English, German and Dutch etc] to “indicate” that it spreads as quickly /simple as the wind…..!

Typically there are developing fluid-filled lesions [like blisters] which in the end become a scab and fall of.

The lesions develop not all at once but in little groups, in different stages.

While some are still vesicles ["blisters"], others are already dried up scabs.

One always find these blisters also on the head –the hairy part [look for them] and this is quite typical for varicella.

Also in the mouth and on the white of the eyes [even on the cornea] and elsewhere one may find these blisters.

The immunity after varicella is life long! No second attacks.

Young babies will not get varicella if the mother had the disease, because they will be protected by antibodies in the blood of the mother which pass the placenta before birth.

The disease is not dangerous, but patients who are being treated with “anti-cancer” drugs, steroids and such [drugs which compromise the immune system] as well as pregnant women who never had chicken pox should consult their doctor if there was contact with a patient with chicken pox.

Homeopathically I would ask the homeopathic pharmacy-if anybody gets chicken pox- to make up the following prescription:

ant tart
ant crudum
rhus tox
sulfur
pulsatilla
mixed together, totally 50 cc [equal parts] as D6 and to take every 2 to 3 waking hours some 7drop. under/on the tongue

Possibly rhus tox D6 alone may also be enough,but various writers bring their various experiences.

One well known German homeopathic work on children claims not to be impressed by homeopathic treatment for varicella.

A trial however will certainly not harm and it may bring relief.

Locally one may try some calendula or calamine lotion.

Also washing with the water of cooked potatoes [after straining] may help as well as oatmeal water [oatmeal soaked in water and strained]

Locally aloe vera may also be useful as well as vitamin E oil.

Washing with lavender and chamomile tea may also bring relief.

Drinking a tea mixture like that of

calendula/chamomile/sambucus/mentha/eupatorium may be useful and shorten the duration of the disease.

See below: Links from wikipedia about varicella: [I don't agree automatically with the all that is written in the various articles]

http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%97 [Hebrew]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicella [english]

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicelle [french]

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicela [spanish]

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterpokken [dutch]

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windpocken [german]

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox[ simple: english]

Feverfew [Tanacetum parthenium ][Chrysanthemum parthenium]

Feverfew [Tanacetum parthenium ][Chrysanthemum parthenium]
Today I will write you some very interesting facts-and far more then that- about a remarkable herb,
called feverfew.
you will be able to find a lot about it on the Internet of course, but I want to write you about a few less known aspects such as the remarkable anti-cancer effect of this herb.
let’s start with some history. ( Read more… )England 1978 : Mrs Jenkins cured a life-long migraine headache after 10 months by using 3 leaves of feverfew daily.
this got to the news-media and extensive research started in a London migraine clinic and all over the world ,also in Israel, .
I was so lucky to know Prof.Dan Palevitch -z.l.- personally some 20 years ago who supplied a few “herbal”doctors with the herb for migraine patients and who did research in Israel with feverfew.
In fact it is interesting to notice that there is nothing new under the sun ; Culpepper wrote already in this famous “Complete Herbal” in the 17 th century [in old English]
“It is very effectual for all pains in the head coming of cold cause, the herb being bruised and applied to the crown of the head”
But Culpepper’s observations were forgotten.
feverfew can be very effective in migraine but also may do nothing for certain patients.
a well known herbalist of our days ,Simon Mills observed that people who are helped by heat may benefit from feverfew for migraine whereas if the migraine get some better by cold then feverfew will not work for that patient and it will be better to avoid it.
A most interesting observation, something one often find in homeopathy: the physician may ask :does this or that get better or worse by heat or cold??
according to this he may decide about as certain homeopathic remedy.
I have personally also experience with feverfew in the treatment of delayed / absent menstruation [in non pregnant women].
the main thing ,however, I want to mention today is the new research done with
I quote now some information brought by Ralph Moss ,a well known cancer researcher:
What is particularly exciting is that this feverfew extract is the first agent known to destroy myeloid leukemia at the level of the stem cells. Increasingly, cancer research is homing in on these primordial cells as the source of cancer. An increasing number of scientists believe that unless cancer is attacked at this level it can rarely be controlled, much less cured……………………………………. The scientists studied it against two human breast cancer and one human cervical cancer cell line. “Feverfew…extract inhibited the growth of all three types of cancer cells,” they wrote. Of four feverfew components, parthenolide showed the highest inhibitory effect, although the other compounds work in concert with it in inhibiting cancer.[end quotations]

we have an excellent feverfew formula in Israel, maybe one of the best in the world.

It is produced in k’war ha-nasi under the name of : migralife and available in health food shops and pharmacies.

if you decide to use feverfew for more severe diseases then please consult a doctor who may guide you or give him this article to look at.

be healthy!!

khat gat qat chat : the bad effects of this middle eastern herb [known with the temanim, etc]

really only important if you have “something to do” with this herb.
otherwise forget about it.
see link below

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=44133&nfid=nl+

WINTER DROPS [FLU DROPS]………………………MELTING SNOW טיפות בחורף

By now most of you will know that colds and flu are going around.

This year the symptoms seem to be more protracted ["memushag"] then in other years.

I wrote you in the past already about tea’s for fever/flu, and recently also about a cough formula [primula] and a few days ago about osciloccocinum as prevention.

Today I would like to write you about a formula I am using already many years to strengthen the immune system [if you want to call it this way].

There is all kind of variations possible but for the sake of clarity I will write one formula that virtually everybody can use.

If you are treated with very exceptional drugs like coumadine or with a lot of other drugs then first discuss the use of this herbal formula with a doctor who deals with herbs.

The formula can be bought in homeopathic pharmacies, I advise to buy them in the pharmacies I am working with, because they keep the various compounds in stock [French pharmacy in Gilo or Oplatka on rehov jafo 110].

You may print the following out and show it to them, if you wish to buy the drops:

Astragalus 20cc / Echinacea 30cc / Tropaeolum majus 30cc / Cetraria isl. 10cc / Myrrha 5cc / Usnea 15cc, all of these compounds as a mother tincture [T.M] and all together in one glass bottle [not plastic!!].

Ask the pharmacy to give only the tinctures made by ketzar כצר ,as these are of a good quality.

How much to give?

I will give you some rough estimation;

6 months to one year: 5 to 8 drops

1-3 year: 8 to10drops

3-7 years: 10 to 15 drops

7-12 years: 15-20 drops

12-18 years: 20-30 drops

Older: 30-40 drops

This is a rough estimation; giving some more is not dangerous.

It may be good to start with half of the amount prescribed for one or two days and if tolerated well to give then the amounts as prescribed above.

When and how often to give?

To any child or adult who is often sick [presuming that he get good, nutritious food: how often should we repeat this!!?] one can give these drops for a 2 weeks in a row and then interrupt for 4 days or so and then start again and repeat this cycle.

The drops may be given 3 times a day [or in acute diseases even up to 5 times] and after a 2 to 3 weeks one can give them twice a day for another 3 weeks and then only once a day[for example during the whole winter, or even in summer, if necessary]

The drops can be given with some fruit juice [or grape juice] or honey water.

They may be given before or after food.

There are many other combinations possible, but I have good experience with a combination like this for many years.

As time is running fast forward: the drops from ketzar are made with alcohol which is kosher for pesach and may be given on pesach.

They keep well over many years and don’t throw them out, because of a “cleaning-instinct” [don't waste money]

Have a healthy winter with or without these drops!

For those who feel worse when the snow is melting:
WHAT DOES MELTING SNOW AND HOMEOPATHY HAS TO DO WITH EACH OTHER??
WELL, HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES SOMETIMES HAVE SOME “KEY-SYMPTOMS”, THAT MEANS: ONE OR MORE SYMPTOMS THAT ARE NEARLY OR TOTALLY SPECIFIC FOR THAT REMEDY[MEDICINE]
MELTING SNOW IS QUITE A KEY-SYMPTOM FOR CALCIUM PHOSPHORICUM.
WHEN ALL KIND OF SYMPTOMS [OR DISEASES] GET WORSE AT THE TIME SNOW IS MELTING,THEN ONE MAY THINK ABOUT THIS REMEDY.
I COPY FOR YOU AS IS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE HOMEOPATHIC LITERATURE:
Calcarea phosphorica – Modalities] – Worse, exposure to damp, cold weather, melting snow .