1000 and 1 things [hebrew and english text]written for Aderet Eliyahu synagoge for rosh chodesh Iyyar

אייר – אני ה’ רופאך – הקב”ה נותן לנו את הטבע להירפא באמצעותו

אחרי מספר פעמים בהן דובר על נושאים ספציפיים, הפעם נשוב ל’1001 דברים מועילים’.

מחקר חדש מראה שרבע כוס של גרעיני פשתן טחונים טרי = flax, linseed מדי יום יצמצמו את גלי החום בשליש ויקטינו את כאבי המחזור אצל שתיים מתוך שלוש נשים וכן יורידו באופן משמעותי את מצבי הרוח והדיכאונות הקשורים לגיל המעבר.

פשתן מכיל מינון נמוך של אסטרוגן מן הצומח המאזן את רמת ההורמון הזה אצל נשים כאשר הוא יורד לרמה נמוכה מדי. לעולם אל תקנו זרעי פשתן טחונים (עיכוב ארוך מהטחינה עד השימוש מזיק) אלא טחנו אותו בעצמכם, והשתמשו בו לכל סוגי המזון. אפשר לפזר זרעי פשתן טחונים על דגנים או יוגורט. אם מוסיפים לשתיה, ודאו שאתם שותים הרבה נוזלים. נסו להכניס למרק גרעיני פשתן שלמים. המתינו כמה דקות כדי שיספגו מים ויתרככו, ותגלו תוספת בריאה, טעימה ופריכה.

גרעיני פשתן מסייעים לטפל בעצירות. למטרה זו יש להשרות גרעינים שלמים במים, אותם יספגו. יש להם פוטנציאל להאט התפתחות גידולים אצל חולי סרטן השד. זה פועל במיוחד בשילוב עם גבינת קוטג’. אבל טוב לדעת ש קוטג’ עשירה בלקטוזה אך יש שיסבלו מגזים או כאבי בטן כתוצאה מאכילתה.

כמו ירקות אחרים ממשפחת הכרוב ובהם kale, כרובית וכרוב ניצנים, גם בברוקולי יש sulforaphane ו indolesולהם השפעות נוגדות סרטן ניכרות. מחקרים חדשים מורים שהאוכלים ברוקולי בקביעות הם בעלי חשש מופחת ללקות בסרטן בערמונית, במעי הגס, ברקטום, ובסרטן הריאות, אפילו בהשוואה לאלו האוכלים בקביעות ירקות אחרים שאינם ממשפחת הכרוביים. כל חלקי הברוקולי, לא רק הפרחים, חשובים בריאותית.

חוקרים מעריכים שבנבטי ברוקולי (הזמינים בחנויות טבע ולעתים בחנויות רגילות) יש פי חמישים כוח לנקות רעלים שיש חשש שהם מסרטנים מאשר באותו ירק כאשר הוא בשל. לא רק שברוקולי מדכא את צמיחת התאים הסרטניים אלא הוא גם פועל נגד התפשטות תאי הסרטן לאיזורים אחרים בגוף sulforaphane מזרז את סילוק החומרים המסרטנים מגופכם.

כמה ירקות ממשפחת הכרוביים יש לאכול כדי להוריד את הסיכון ללקות בסרטן? מספיק לאכול פחות מספל אחד ביום!

כבר כתבתי על החיידק helicobacter והקשר שו לאולקוסים ולסרטן בקיבה, וכן לבעיות בקצב הלב, לגלאוקומה, מיגרנות ועוד. לדיאטה שכללה 100 גרם נבטי ברוקולי ביום הייתה תוצאה של ירידה ניכרת של הדבקה עם. חיידק helicobacter

מזה זמן ידועה ההשפעה של מיץ כרוב חי כמרפא אולקוסים בקיבה ובתריסריון.

אגב, ברוקולי ואגוזי מלך הם רק שניים מהמזונות המחזקים את העצמות.

ברוקולי ועגבניות ידועים, כל אחד לחוד, כנוגדי סרטן אך כאשר מדובר בסרטן הערמונית, יכולות אלו מוגברות כאשר הם נאכלים ביחד. קיצוץ וחימום של הירקות הללו מגבירה את יעילותם, אך מוטב לא להגזים בחימום ברוקולי, די באידוי של 5 דקות. מאחר שהגזעים הסיביים של ברוקולי מתבשלים יותר לאט, ניתן להכינם קודם במשך כמה דקות ורק אז להוסיף את הפרחים. והוסיפו מעט פרחי ברוקולי לרסק העגבניות שעל הפיצה שלכם.

הכנת ברוקולי בתנור מיקרוגל תגרום לאובדן יותר מ-80% משלושה חומרים השובים שבו. מתי כולם ייפטרו כבר מהתנורים הללו?

בהוספת כמה פטריות מבושלות (אין לאכול פטריות ללא בישול) לברוקולי, ההשפעה נוגדת הסרטן גדלה משמעותית, וראו עלון קודם בהקשר זה. אכילת ארבע פטריות (רגילות, כמו אלו שקונים בסופרמרקט) או פחות ביום יכולה למנוע התפתחות סרטני שד חדשים, וזאת בדומה לתרופות הקונבנציונליות, ולמעוניינים מומלץ לאתר את המאמר: anti-aromatase activity of phytochemicals in white button mushrooms (agarius bisporus)

Quercetin הינו חומר מעכב חמצון, המצוי בבצל וביין אדום. הוא מסייע לצמצם ביותר ממחצית את המספר והגודל של הפוליפים [הטרום-סרטניים] במעיים. ניתן לרכוש אותו בטבליות, 2 ביום (לדוגמה של סולגר) והוא מאוד עוזר לבעיות ערמונית (פרוסטטה) ואולי אף מונע סרטן שם.

רימונים מכילים אסטרוגן מן הצומח ולכן פועלים נגד יובש בנרתיק (וגינאלי) ובנוסף הם משפרים את מצב העור והשיער.

ענבים הם ‘נשנוש’ המחזק רגישות לאינסולין וכך מצמצמים משמעותית תנודות ברמת הסוכר בגוף ונדרש פחות מזון להרגיש שבעים. הרחת שנף (וניל) אמיתי עשוי לגרום לצריכת פחות ‘אוכל זבל’ שכן הוא גורם לשחרור סרוטונין המעניק תחושת שובע.

מחסור בויטמין די הינו גורם, אולי המרכזי, למחלת פרקינסון. פורסם מחקר אודות חולה שמצבו השתפר בקביעות לאחר טיפול יומי של 4000 יחידות. בעבר כתבתי רבות על תכונות הגנתיות שונות של ויטמין די, לרבות נגד סוגי סרטן.

כורכום מכיל חומר חזק ושמו כורכומין המגן על המוח נגד הנזקים המובילים לאלזהיימר alzheimer.

- Watercress גרגר הנחלים- עשוי לתרום לראייה בריאה, כמו גם תרד וביצים הנאכלים יחדיו.

שינה בחדר חשוך לגמרי, ללא שום תאורה, עשויה להוריד משמעותית סוגי סרטן שונים. לאחרונה הוכח שאור מלאכותי בלילה עלול להעלות את התחלואה בלאוקמיה אצל ילדים. אנא, שימרו על חדר השינה שלכם חשוך לגמרי! אור עלול לפגוע בשחרור מלטונין-melatonine- החיוני כל כך לבריאות טובה: רופאים המתמקדים ברפואה טבעונית מוסיפים מלטונין לטיפול בסרטן. דובדבנים ואגוזי מלך מכילים מעט מלטונין ועשויים לסייע לשינה.

לאחרונה היו בישראל דיווחים על חיידק עמיד לאנטיביוטיקה קלבסיאלה -.Klebsiella ובכן, הוכח שיש לא מעט שמנים היכולים לעזור, כגון שמן עץ התה או אכילאה-Achillea-. גם שום בתוך גרביים (אפשר להניח בין שני זוגות) הוא פתרון נפלא. למיטב ידיעתי הפתרונות הללו לא יושמו במצבים הבעייתיים שהתעוררו בבתי החולים בארצנו.

אם למישהו עדיין יש ספק לגבי התועלת בחלב אם, אז הנה חומר למחשבה. לאחרונה הוכח ששיעור התמותה בקרב תינוקות בני שלושה חודשים באפריקה שאמותיהם נדבקו בווירוס של איידס וניזונו רק מחלב אם היה פחות מחצי מזה של בני אותו גיל אשר הוזנו מאבקת חלב. זהו ממצא מרשים ביותר! לדעתי ראוי להאכיל תינוקות באבקות רק לפי מרשם רופא, ורק במקרים חריגים ונדירים ביתר

[אין בעצם סיבה לכך].

עוד גילוי חדש הוא שגברים אשר עברו סירוסvasectomy– מצויים בסכנה מוגברת של סוג של דמנציה. מדובר בניתוח החוסם את תעלות הזרע. הוא אסור על פי ההלכה היהודית, ועל רופא יהודי אסור לבצעו על כל חולה, יהודי או נוכרי. לדעת החוקרים, במצב הגופני החדש שנוצר הזרע מתערבב בדם. אני תוהה (אך זו רק שאלה תיאורטית שלי) האם יש מצב מקביל אצל נשים אשר מקיימות יחסים שמדובר עדיין על מצב נידה-חס וחלילה-, כאשר זה אסור. אמנם כבר אין דימום אבל כלי הדם עדיין לא הבריאו לחלוטין אחרי המחזור, ואז הזרע ‘מתערבב’ בדם.

עוד תגלית חדשה: הקליפה הפנימית של העץ lapacho (ניתן לרכוש בבית מרקחת המתמחה בצמחים) עשוי לסייע לטפל בסרטן נדיר בעיני ילדים, .retinoblstoma

הצמחים ולריאן (valeriana officinalis) ומליסה Melissa officinalis)) פועלים כמרגיעים ומקלים על חרדות. בחנויות טבע ניתן כעת לרכוש מגוון נעים של צמחים מרגיעים אורגניים, ושמם relaxteas.

Iyyar = ANI HA-SHEM ROFEGA ………when G-d gives us nature as a help to get healed.
After the last few times when we discussed some definite subjects we will continue again with “thousand and one things”.

New research shows that eating ¼ cup of freshly ground flax seed [=linseed=pishtan] daily reduces hot flashes by a third and reduces cramping during the menstrual period for two out of three women and also remarkable reduces the risk of menopausal mood swings and depression.
Flax contains mild plant estrogens that balance a woman’s own estrogen when hormone levels dip too low. Just sprinkle ground flaxseed on cereal or yogurt, or add to any food.
Drink enough with it! Never buy ground flax seed, but grind it freshly.
Try adding whole flax seeds to your soups. They make a tasty and crunchy addition. Wait a few minutes after you add the seeds so that they have time to absorb the water and soften up. Flax seeds are wonderful stool softeners and help reduce constipation.
Flaxseed has the potential to reduce tumor growth in patients with breast cancer, especially if combined with cottage cheese.
[Cottage cheese is rich in lactose and some people may not tolerate it well [abdominal pains, gasses]

Like other cruciferous vegetables [of the cabbage family, like cabbage, cauliflower, kale and Brussels sprouts], broccoli contains the phytonutrients sulforaphane and the indoles, which have significant anti-cancer effects.
Recent studies show that those eating regularly broccoli have a much lower risk of prostate, colon, rectal and lung cancer-even when compared to those who regularly eat other vegetables [all of them are important] not belonging to the cabbage family.
All parts of broccoli-also the stems-are healthy, not only the florets.
Researchers estimate that broccoli sprouts [available in health food shops] has some 50 times more power then mature broccoli to detoxify potential carcinogens.
Broccoli does not only suppress tumor cell growth, but also cancer cell metastasis (the movement of cancerous cells to other parts of the body)
Sulforaphane helps to clear potentially carcinogenic substances more quickly from your body
How much to eat of cruciferous vegetables to lower your risk of cancer? Less then one cup a day is enough!
I wrote already about helicobacter infections and their connection with gastric ulcers, gastric cancer as well as their connection with irregular heartbeat, glaucoma, migraine etc.
A diet including 100 grams of broccoli sprouts per day resulted in a significant reduction of H. pylori
Since long known also is the effect of raw cabbage juice as a healer substance for ulcers of the stomach and duodenum [peptic ulcers].
By the way: walnuts broccoli, just two examples of excellent food to strengthen your bones.

Broccoli and tomatoes-each of them separately recognized for their cancer-fighting capabilities-are even more successful against prostate cancer when eaten together in once diet
Chopping and heating make the cancer-fighting constituents of tomatoes and broccoli more effective, but don’t overcook broccoli [steaming it for a 5 minutes is enough]
Since the fibrous stems of broccoli take longer to cook, they can be prepared separately for a few minutes before adding the florets.
Microwaving broccoli resulted in a loss of more then 80% of its three major antioxidant compounds. [When will everybody get rid of his microwave??}
Add lightly steamed broccoli florets to the tomato-paste on your pizza.
By adding some cooked mushrooms to the broccoli the anticancer effects are tremendously increased!! [See former alon]
Eating some four mushrooms a day or even less [the normal ones in the supermarkets] could have an effect themselves on preventing new breast cancers.[ see article:Anti-aromatase activity of phytochemicals in white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus ]

Regularly consuming quercetin, an antioxidant found in onions and red wine, helps cut the number and the size of [precancerous] colon polyps by more then 50%.
Quercetin can also be bought as capsules [for example solgar] and are most useful for prostate problems and even may help prevent prostate cancer [2 capsules a day]

Pomegranate has found to improve vaginal dryness because of their phytoestrogens. [plant estrogens] And in addition it improves skin and hair.
Snacking on grapes boosts insulin sensitivity, reducing blood sugar swings to a great deal, so less food is needed to feel full.
Even so, inhaling the scent of real vanilla makes you less likely to eat junk food. It triggers the release of serotonin that promotes satisfaction.

Vitamin D deficiency is a cause, and possibly the major cause, of Parkinson’s disease. There is published a report in which a patient with Parkinson’s disease steadily improved when treated daily with 4,000 IU of vitamin D.[I have already written enough about the other protective effects of vitamin D ,like many cancers etc]

Turmeric contains a powerful substance called curcumin, which shields the brain from the damage that leads to Alzheimer.
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Watercress can be highly beneficial for good vision, just as spinach and eggs eaten together.

Sleeping without light at night in a really totally dark room can significantly reduce various kinds of cancers and recently it has shown that artificial light at night can increase the incidence of childhood leukemia .
Keep your sleeping room totally dark!! Light may disturb the melatonin secretion so important for good health and giving extra melatonin is well known in anti cancer treatment by natural doctors.
Walnuts and cherries contain a bit of melatonin and may help as “sleeping aids”

Recently there have been in Israel quite a bit of talk about resistant Klebsiella infections. It has been shown that there are quite a few essential oils which may help with resistant bacterial infections for example tea tree oil and the essential oil of Achillea
Garlic even by putting it into socks may be another wonderful option
To the best of my knowledge none of them have been applied in hospital situations in our country.

If one is still in doubt about the extreme value of breast milk then the following may give one to think: it was shown recently that the death rate of 3 months old babies who were exclusively breast-fed was less than half that of infants who received infant formula alone in African women infected with the AIDS virus. A most remarkable finding!
In my opinion any formula feeding should be available only on prescription and then alone in most exceptional cases.
Also a recent finding is that man who had vasectomy are at risk for a certain type of dementia [vasectomy] Vasectomy involves blocking the tubes through which sperm pass.[ = "sterilizing" man by surgery]
This operation is forbidden by the torah for Jews
It is also forbidden for a Jewish doctor to perform this operation on non-Jewish patients.
After a vasectomy the protective barrier is broken and semen mixes into the blood.[according to the researchers]
I wonder if semen which mixes with blood in a women who is not yet totally “clean “[ absolutely forbidden by the torah to have then relations] or even if there is no bleeding anymore but the blood vessels are still “not totally recovered” after the menstrual period [zeman nida ="waiting period"]may not have the same negative effect on women.],but this is just a theoretical idea from me.
Also recently found: The inner bark of the lapacho [herbal pharmacies] tree might help treat a rare eye cancer in children so called retinoblastoma

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) and valerian (Valeriana officinalis) are used as mild sedatives and anxiolytics herbs.
In health food shops one can buy now a days various teas under the name of “relaxteas” which contain nice combinations of relaxing organic herbs

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]

the good side of nicotine [really I don't smoke and i don't advise you to do!!],but there maybe never a good side to margarine or inferior food oils………..

…………….But immunologist Luis Ulloa has found that it can also reverse the condition called sepsis, which kills some 250,000 Americans a year.

We all know nicotine as the addictive substance that gets people hooked on cigarettes, which can kill you. But as this ScienCentral News video explains, now nicotine could also be a tool in defeating one of the leading causes of death in the developed world.

Putting Out the Fire

The nicotine that gets people hooked on cigarettes can be implicated in hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S. each year. But immunologist Luis Ulloa has found that it can also reverse the condition called sepsis, which kills some 250,000 Americans a year.

Typically, when your body responds to an infection, immune cells send out chemical messengers called cytokines. Some of these cytokines force your blood to clot, which ensures that the threatening material doesn’t spread throughout the body.

Usually sparked by trauma or a bacterial infection, sepsis is when this immune response goes into overdrive. Ulloa explains, “Your immune system becomes very strong, [and it] wants to protect your body at any cost.”
Ulloa Lab
People in the early stages of sepsis may feel confused, have a fever and rapid heart rate, and develop a rash. Sepsis is often confused with other conditions, Ulloa says, and treating the underlying infection with antibiotics misses the root of the problem. “It’s your own immune response who is killing you,” he explains. “So your own immune response becomes so strong that it’s attacking the cardiovascular system and it’s able to cause multiple organ failure.”

Previous studies showed that smokers are less prone to another disease of the immune system, ulcerative colitis. This inflammatory disease attacks the digestive system, but was found to affect a disproportionate number of non-smokers.

This led Ulloa and his team at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research to study nicotine as an anti-inflammatory for sepsis. He discovered that nicotine grabs immune cells and prevents them from spewing inflammatory cytokines throughout the body.

In laboratory tests it was able to reverse sepsis in mice. After inducing sepsis, researchers waited until the mice became sick to inject the nicotine. It worked: many of the mice, Ulloa says, got better within 24 hours. He says that this experiment closely replicates how sepsis could be treated in the real world, “because for patients, you can’t predict when someone will go into sepsis. So you have to develop different experimental strategies to be able to rescue the patient.”
Nicotine Graphic
Ulloa found how nicotine can be used against sepsis by calming down the inflammatory particles in the body.
While nicotine is useful in the laboratory, Ulloa stresses this is no endorsement of smoking. “It was very interesting to find out that nicotine have a strong anti-inflammatory potential,” he says. “However, the clinical problem [is that] you can never use nicotine. There are so many toxic effects.”

“When you’re smoking, you may have some small beneficial effect from nicotine, but you still have another thousand chemical products that is killing your body,” says Ulloa.

But since his team also found the specific receptor on immune cells that nicotine latches onto, researchers can now see if drugs that work like nicotine can help battle the fires within.

Other researchers are currently working with one nicotine-like drug, originally developed to fight Alzheimer’s, to treat inflammation. This drug, named GTS-21, was found to be ineffective in the treatment of Alzheimer’s because it wasn’t able to penetrate the brain. But Ulloa says that it has great potential as an anti-inflammatory, since it can avoid the brain and target other parts of the body.

Ulloa’s research was featured in the June 2006 Scientific American magazine, August 2005 Nature, and November 2004 Nature Medicine. His research is funded by the Faculty Awards Program of the North Shore Health System, the North Shore-Long Island Jewish General Clinical Research Center, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

‘תורה’ מסיןי Torah from Sin[ai]

‘תורה’ מסיןי Torah from Sin[ai]

הפעם ארצה לתאר מספר נקודות אקופונקטורה נפוצות עליהן ניתן להפעיל לחץ, אולי במעט פחות יעילות ממחטים אך בכל זאת לתועלת לא מבוטלת. אזכיר בעיקר נקודות לטיפול חירום. אתאר כיצד למצוא את הנקודות, אמסור את מספרי הנקודות כפי שהם מוכרים על ידי אקופונקטוריסטים במערב וכן את השמות באנגלית, שמא תרצו לחפש אותן, וראו בסוף חיבור המאמר לאתר עם איורים.

לכאב חמור בגב התחתון שמונע לעמוד או אפילו לצאת מהמיטה, יש ללחוץ בו זמנית במשך דקה או יותר די בחוזקה מתחת ומאחורי הקרסול החיצוני. אלו נקודות UB 60, UB 62 ׁ(bladder point 60, 62). נסו ראשית את הקרסול באותו צד של הגב שכואב. אחר כך תוכלו לעמוד לפחות זמן קצר או לצאת מהמיטה כדי לבקר אצל רופא. ניתן לחזור על לחץ זה לעתים קרובות. נקודה נוספת המסייעת לטיפול בכאבי גב תחתון מצויה בקו האמצע בין האף והשפה העליונה.

נקודה זו משמשת גם למטרות אחרות ויכולה להציל חיים במקרים של דימום חמור העלול – לא עלינו – לגרום למוות אם אין סיוע ישיר אחר בנמצא, דוגמת נוזל לווריד. במקרים כאלו ניתן לתקוע בנקודה זו כל מחט מצויה. זה לא מסוכן, וגם אם רשמית אין זה חוקי, יש לפעול כך כאשר ברור שיש סכנת חיים. זוהי נקודה DU 26 ׁ(governing vessel 26).

לבחילה חמורה או בעיות והפרעות בלב לחצו על הצד הפנימי של הזרוע, בערך 3 אצבעות מעל לכפל של מפרק שורש כף היד, היכן שנמצאת רצועת השעון. אפשר ללחוץ על זרוע אחת או על שתיהן. בסין (ועכשיו יש סימנים לכך גם בישראל) נשים עונדות רצועות במקום זה כדי להתמודד עם בחילות בהריון, ועל הרצועה שמות משהו בחלק הפנימי כדי ללחוץ על הנקודה האמורה, ושמה P6 ((pericardium 6.

לטיפול בעצבנות קלה, יש ללחוץ על הנקודה בין העיניים, אותה ‘עין שלישית’ של ההודים.

יש אנשים שסובלים מיסרפדת .urticaria. לעתים קרובות הגורם לא נמצא ומקבלים תרופות חריפות. כוסות רוח במרכז הטבור במשך כמה דקות מספר פעמים ביום יכולות לרפא סירפדת עיקשת וכן שלשול חוזר אצל ילדים.

צירי לידה מוקדמים יכולים להוות סכנת חיים. יש לי ניסיון טוב מאוד בטיפול בהם באמצעות מחט אחת בנקודה K9((kidney 9, לעתים די בטיפול בודד (!) החוסך לאם ריתוק של חודשים למיטה. קשה להאמין, אך אמת לאמיתה. לכשעצמי, אני משתמש רק במחטים לצורך זה אך ייתכן ועיסוי בנקודה זו גם יועיל. אזור לחץ יכול להיות פחות מדויק מאשר נקודה לדקירה. הנקודה הזו נמצאת 10-11 ס”מ (כ-7 אצבעות) – חפשו את הנקודה הרגישה ביותר – מעל לקרסול הפנימי, בין עצם ה- tibia ובין הגיד העולה מהעקב, גיד אכילס.

לתינוק הפוך-אכוז, ‘סיגר’ סיני (הקרוי ‘מוקסה’ moxaועשוי מצמח Artemisia) יכול לחמם את UB 67
(bladder point 67) בקפל הציפורן של האצבע הקטנה ברגל. שיטה זו בטוחה לחלוטין, ואינה כואבת. תוכלו להתקשר אלינו וניתן לכם את פרטי תלמידותיי העובדות עמי ויוכלו ללמד אתכם להכין את המוקסה. לפחות מחצית התינוקות המיועדים ללידת עכוז יתהפכו אם הטיפול יתבצע לפני השבוע ה-35. אחרי השבוע ה-36 ההצלחה מועטה. בהעדר אפשרויות קלות ברפואה המערבית לטפל בבעיה, רצוי להיבדק סביב שבוע 32-33 כדי לדעת את מיקום הראש.

לקשיים בהנקה (שוב, לעולם, לעולם אין לתת מזון מאבקהformula-, כולם מסוכנים) יש הרבה פתרונות: הסברים, הרגעה, צמחים, מזון וכו’. לפעמים אקופונקטורה עם שתי מחטים, אולי אפילו רק פעם אחת, יכול מאוד לסייע. אינני בטוח שלחץ יעזור במקרה זה.

לכאב ראש באזור הרקות: לחצו בין האצבע הרביעית והחמישית ברגל, בקצה ה’קרום’ היכן שהעצמות נפגשות. זו .Gb 41 (gallbladder 41) הקלה עשויה לבוא תוך שניות, וניתן לחזור על הטיפול לעתים קרובות.

את הנקודות ניתן לראות באתר המאויר www.acuxo.com/index.asp לחצו משמאל על acupuncture points. חברי הקהילה מוזמנים לפנות אלי ואראה להם את מיקום הנקודות.

תיהנו ממסעכם הווירטואלי לסין והיעזרו בו אם תזדקקו לחוכמת העם הזה. אשמח לשמוע את לקחיכם ומסקנותיכם בנדון.

“Torah” from Sin[ai]

“Torah” from Sin[ai]

Today I would like to describe you some common used acupuncture points which likely also can be used –maybe a bit less effective then needles-by pressure on these points.
I will describe mostly points used for emergencies.
I will describe how to find the points and mention the number of the point as they are used in the West by acupuncturists as well as the English names in case you want to look them up: see link at the end of the article]
At the end of the article I will copy a link from a website where you can look up the points –in pictures-if you wish.
For acute low back pain [when one cannot get out of bed or stand]:
Press directly at the same time under- and behind the outer ankle for a minute or more quite strongly. [names of the points: UB 60 and UB 62][bladder points 60 and 62]
Try first at the ankle which is corresponding to the side of the back that hurts.
Thereafter one should be able to stand at least for a while or be able to get out of bed to visit a doctor.
This pressure can be repeated very often.
Another point for the same purpose, for acute low back pain is situated in the midline between the nose and the upper lip.
This point can also be used for other purposes and can be life saving in case of severe bleeding which –lo alenu- [may we be spared from this] may lead to a deadly shock if there is no direct help available [like intravenous fluid]
In this case one may stick any needle available in this spot [not dangerous], even if you are not trained [and it may be officially "illegal"] as long as it is clear that the person has a life threatening bleeding and may die if you don’t do anything [name of the point: DU 26 [governing vessel 26]
In case of severe nausea [or any heart problems / disturbances]: press on the inner side of the fore arm [lower arm] in the midline of the arm, about 3 fingers above the wrist crease [where the watch strap is located]. One or both arms may be used.
In China [and now also known in Israel] women seem to use a wristband for nausea in pregnancy with something on the inner side of the band which presses on the mentioned point. [point: P6][pericardium 6]
For [light] nervousness press on the point between the eyes [the "third eye" of the India].
Some people suffer from recurrent urticaria.
Often no reason is found and strong drugs are given.
Cupping [kosot ruach] on the center of the navel, repeated a few times a day for a few minutes often can heal stubborn urticaria and also persistent diarrhea in children.
Early [premature] contractions in pregnancy can be life threatening.
I have extreme good experience with the treatment of this with just a single needle at the point: K9 [kidney 9], sometimes only a single treatment may be enough!! ……… and spares the mother bed rest for months, hard to belief ,but true. Maybe massage at this point, frequently done, can also be helpful. [I have always used only needles in this case]
Location of the point[for pressure one can be a bit less precise then when one works with a needle and one can use a "wider" area]:
some 10 -11 cm[some 7 fingers] [more or less: good to look for the most tender spot in that area] above the inner ankle, between the tibia bone and the tendon which goes up from the Achilles tendon]

For a baby which is “upside down” [breech] [akuz] a Chinese “cigar”[so called moxa, made from Artemisia herb] can be used to warm the UB 67 point [bladder point 67], at the nail fold of the small toe of the foot.
If this is done before the 35th week at least half of the babies may turn, after the 36th week there is little success.
The method is totally safe and painless!
For this treatment you may contact us and we can give you the telephone numbers of the “talmidot” working with me who can help you to teach you how to do the moxa.
Concerning the fact that there is not a single “easy option” in western medicine for this problem, it may be very wise to be examined around the 32-33 week to know the position of the head.

For difficulty with breastfeeding [again: never, never give a formula, all of them are dangerous] there are many advises possible [explanation, reassurance, herbs, food etc]
Acupuncture [sometimes a single time], with just 2 needles, may help tremendously.
[I am not sure if acupressure will help here]

For headache which is locate in the temple area [rakot]:press between the 4th and the 5th toe, at the end of the web where the bones come together.[point
In seconds there may be relief, can be repeated often if necessary

To get illustrations of the points you can look up on google:
http://www.acuxo.com/index.asp [and click at the left on; acupuncture points]
[If you wish I can show you where a certain point is located][for those in aderet eliyahu]
Enjoy your virtual journey to China and use it if their wisdom if ever necessary.
I would be happy to hear your experiences in these cases.

Old books – new books……….”camel-like fever”, chom k’mo gav ha-gamal

Old books – new books: why to bother to look in old books!?
……….Often after 2 to 3 days the patient is without fever free for a day, but thereafter the temperature rises again for 2 to 3 days.["camel-like fever", chom k'mo gav ha-gamal]
Read further to know what this means.

It seems that most of the flu [shapa-at] in Israel is behind us.
Why do I wish to write you about flu, if there is seemingly so little news to write about it –you may know all about it already
Flu is caused by an influenza virus.
Most common symptoms: sudden high fever, headaches, dry cough, all kind of body /muscle pains, etc.
All this is very well known to all of you probably.
Sometimes it may be difficult to differentiate between a simple common cold and flu, especially if the flu symptoms are mild.

I copy now for you the symptoms as described by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention [USA]:
Symptoms of Flu
• Symptoms of flu include:fever (usually high)
• headache
• extreme tiredness
• dry cough
• sore throat • runny or stuffy nose
• muscle aches
• Stomach symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, also can occur but are more common in children than adults
Another description, copied from a famous other text book of medicine: [if you are interested see the whole description at the and of the e-mail.

………"In uncomplicated influenza, the acute illness generally resolves over a 2- to 5-day period, and most patients have largely recovered in 1 week, although cough may persist for 1 to 2 weeks longer"

During the [past] flu I “treated” most patients/families by telephone
[telephonic advise].
Most people already knew what “weapons” to use and just needed some reconfirmation.
Why is the title of this story: Old books – new books?
To explain this I will now copy [and translate] from an older Dutch book of medicine [1963] a short description of the symptoms of flu:

Symptoms:
The disease starts mostly acute [therefore the name: grippe,griep]
[French:gripper=to attack suddenly]
The maximum fever reaches its peak in the first 3 days [40-41 Celsius],but the fever can be much lower.
The fever lasts mostly 2-3 days but it can also continue for a week.
The temperature can go down suddenly ["critically", as this is called] but it mostly goes down more slowly.
Often after 2 to 3 days the patient is fever free for a day, but thereafter the temperature rises again for 2 to 3 days.

This is precisely what we saw in many cases in this last flu and not a single modern book seems to be aware of this phenomenon, or at least none of them mention it.
[I am therefore happy with my book from 1963 [van Buchem etc]and wanted to let you know this clinical picture in case the flu still continues]
I think it is important enough to know because one could falsely start worrying if this is not known and the fever recurs.
Of course in some cases the recurring fever could be a complication, but often it is not.

The book continues with the most common symptoms like described before [cough, headache, difficulty sleeping, muscle pains, painful eye movements, can't tolerate light, etc.
It is amazing that modern text books of medicine often ignore older well established clinical symptoms.

For those interested: the whole description from a modern book.
From
Harrison's Internal Medicine [considered by many as the "bible" of internal medicine]
Manifestations
Influenza has most frequently been described as an illness characterized by the abrupt onset of systemic symptoms, such as headache, feverishness, chills, myalgia, or malaise, and accompanying respiratory tract signs, particularly cough and sore throat. In many cases, the onset is so abrupt that patients can recall the precise time they became ill. However, the spectrum of clinical presentations is wide, ranging from a mild, afebrile respiratory illness similar to the common cold (with either a gradual or an abrupt onset) to severe prostration with relatively few respiratory signs and symptoms. In most of the cases that come to a physician’s attention, the patient has a fever, with temperatures of 38° to 41°C (100.4° to 105.8°F). A rapid temperature rise within the first 24 h of illness is generally followed by a gradual defervescence over a 2- to 3-day period, although, on occasion, fever may last for as long as a week. Patients report a feverish feeling and chilliness, but true rigors are rare. Headache, either generalized or frontal, is often particularly troublesome. Myalgias may involve any part of the body but are most common in the legs and lumbosacral area. Arthralgias may also develop.
Respiratory complaints often become more prominent as systemic symptoms subside. Many patients have a sore throat or persistent cough, which may last for a week or more and which is often accompanied by substernal discomfort. Ocular signs and symptoms include pain on motion of the eyes, photophobia, and burning of the eyes.
Physical findings are usually minimal in cases of uncomplicated influenza. Early in the illness, the patient appears flushed and the skin is hot and dry, although diaphoresis and mottled extremities are sometimes evident, particularly in older patients. Examination of the pharynx may yield surprisingly unremarkable results despite a severe sore throat, but injection of the mucous membranes and postnasal discharge are apparent in some cases. Mild cervical lymphadenopathy may be noted, especially in younger individuals. The results of chest examination are largely negative in uncomplicated influenza, although rhonchi, wheezes, and scattered rales have been reported with variable frequency in different outbreaks. Frank dyspnea, hyperpnea, cyanosis, diffuse rales, and signs of consolidation are indicative of pulmonary complications. Patients with apparently uncomplicated influenza have been reported to have a variety of mild ventilatory defects and increased alveolar-capillary diffusion gradients; thus, subclinical pulmonary involvement may be more frequent than is appreciated.
In uncomplicated influenza, the acute illness generally resolves over a 2- to 5-day period, and most patients have largely recovered in 1 week, although cough may persist for 1 to 2 weeks longer. In a significant minority (particularly the elderly), however, symptoms of weakness or lassitude (postinfluenzal asthenia) may persist for several weeks and may prove troublesome for persons who wish to resume their full level of activity promptly. The pathogenetic basis for this asthenia is unknown, although pulmonary function abnormalities may persist for several weeks after uncomplicated influenza.

Chafetz Chaim and health

Chafetz Chaim and health [www.shemayisrael.co.il/publicat/hazon]
The Chafetz Chaim, whose teachings we discussed in previous letters, stressed the importance of good health to his students. In a talk that he gave at his yeshiva in 1903, he said: “Don’t go learning and studying inordinately, beyond the normal amount of Talmud. A person must guard his body against ailments. He must therefore rest, renew his strength, breathe fresh air. An hour should be set aside regularly for a walk around evening time, or for resting at home. As much as possible, one should bathe in the river, to fortify the body. Excessive, exaggerated zeal and perseverance in study stems from the counsel of the bad inclination, which seeks to persuade a person to toil away beyond his strength, so that his body should become so weakened that he will be forced to give up the study of Torah completely; and thus his reward will be canceled by his loss. In my own self I have seen this: In my early years I kept learning and studying Torah beyond my strength, and as a result, my eyes became weakened; and so the doctors decreed that I must not read any printed work studiously for a full two years.” (“The Chafetz Chaim” by Rabbi Moses Yoshor, ArtScroll)

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+

colour [color] of bile vomit in a newborn

Conclusions There is little agreement about the colour of bile vomit in a newborn. It is more pertinent to ask parents about the colour of vomit rather than whether it contained bile. Many general practitioners and parents do not recognise green as an appropriate colour for bile in the vomit of newborns, which may delay surgical referral . Though yellow vomit does not exclude intestinal obstruction, and requires expeditious referral.