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A bit about homeopathy [written for beit knesset Aderet Eliyahu]

A bit about homeopathy [written for beit knesset Aderet Eliyahu]

With what can I help you, I ask to the patient who comes in?
I don’t know where to start says Mrs Rachel while taking a deep sigh.
She looks quite sad.
I have recently so often headaches, and on top of this all also muscle twitches in my face and also lately I had a few times a very stiff neck, when I could hardly turn my neck for a few days. A neurologist asked even for a CT scan but could not find anything
She is yawing and I ask here is she is tired……….no, is the answer but lately I have the need to yawn as if I am lacking air.
When did this all started, I asked? I think it began after I lost one of my best friends some 6 moths ago.
Rachel get one little tablet IGNATIA 10 M under her tongue and some 2 weeks later she feels “reborn”.

Moshe is brought by his mother,even if he could have come alone.
The problem: a terrible low self esteem ,constant feeling of being not worth anything.
He often says that he feels like he is in a dream, likes things are not real.
One thing I saw , says the mother, is that when he does not feel well then eating seems to be the [temporarily] solution, working like a sedative.
But a short while after eating he feels bad again
Does he feels always better after eating, whatever his complaints are, I ask? Yes it seems so says the mother.
Does he very much wants to prove himself, I ask?
O, yes,, affirms the mother,he even stole something to prove to his friends that he dares to do so………not because he needed this at all.
He gets one dose of ANACARDIUM 200 under the tongue and gradually improves in all aspects.

Mrs Rivka is 43 years old and is desperate about very strong recurring headaches.
I nearly poison myself with painkillers which even do not always help,she relates.
The headaches are the worst before the menstruation.
Asking her where the headaches are located, she says that they are always at the left side and adds that it recently came up in her mind that whenever she has any physical problem in life , it mostly affected the left side of her body.
How are the headaches during the menstruation, I ask her?
The moment the menstruation starts, especially if it is strong. she headaches miraculously disappear, she says with certainity.
Does she ever wears a “golf”[cloth].O, I can’t stand that she says straight away, no clothing which is tight ,certainly not around my neck . This question was asked by me to confirm if the homeopathic remedy LACHESIS would be fitting
[ made from snake poison][remember snakes may strangle:neck!]
And it did ,it helped her out of her problems: again a single tablet dissolved under the tongue.

These are just a few lucky samples of homeopathic remedies where sometimes as a single dose may resolve complex, even longstanding problems where our now a days medicine can only -at the best- offer symptomatic relief with all its side effects.
It is not that common and simple to find straight away a homeopathic remedy for “every problem”, sometimes/often other methods have to be used and sometimes with the best efforts one does not find the right homeopathic remedy [where really quite a bit of siata d'smaya is needed......]
For problems of the muscular skeletal system for example acupuncture may be easier and more straight forward
What should be clear from the above examples ,is that symptoms which are totally not important in modern medicine [sighing,left side,tight clothing etc] are of huge importance to find a homeopathic remedy, symptoms which are unique for a certain person.
There is not just headache but headache combined with all sorts of other specific symptoms for a certain patient.
Lachesis may be useless for a patient with headache which starts with the menstruation and which is right sided.
Now a description-not of a particular patient- but of one of the homeopathic remedies and its characteristics.[that means the variety of characteristics that a person may have [or often just partially] to whom this remedy may fit.
The most outstanding symptoms of a remedy which makes the remedy quite unique are called the KEY symptoms.
These symptoms may belong to the mental area or maybe just physical or be very particular and strange. A person may feel often as if he has a hair on the tongue,but there is none! [“as if” symptoms]
SEPIA: [inkfish]: the Dancer
very often and mostly a women remedy.
If it concerns children : the girl is often negative and moody and listlessness The child will not like to sit on your nap but may push you away,the child is rather cool and reserved.
She often closes herself of from friends and even from her family [leave me alone]
The child or adult loves to dance and everything gets better if she can dance![or do any vigorous sport]I have seen this again and again when sepia fits!!
It is remarkable to see how a simple question can lead one to a real treatment,when some of the other keynotes are also in the picture.
A sepia person often knows “perfectly” well the weak spots of another and can making cutting,cynical remarks which they often later regret.
Many women has been healed by sepia when there is a feeling of prolapse [uterine prolapse,urine incontinence],sometimes the feeling of healing [the raising of the uterus] happens instantly,like as if surgery was done,a most remarkable effect I have witnessed in the clinic]
Sepia women may sometimes become quite indifferent to their family and may get an aversion of being touched. [loss of libido]
The mother may be disinterested to feed her baby after birth and may be depressed.
There is much more to tell about sepia but one “exciting” story I would like to share with you.
The down stair neighbors found themselves with an acute problem: the cat which had just delivered refused to feed the kittens.
As they thought about an infections of the nipples they asked the veterinary for antibiotics but to no avail.
Comparing this cat behavior tho a woman after birth I suggested sepia and within an hour or so mother and kittens were the best friends again!
If you are interested in reading some more nice basics about homeopathy then I would advise the booklet from the late Dr. Margery G. Blackie called :The Challenge of Homeopathy [was appointed as physician to the Queen of England [Elisabeth the second] in 1969]
[the book is translated in Hebrew and available as ha-edgar she-be-homeopatia]

An happy Chanuka with maybe also some reading about the miraculous art-science, called homeopathy.

Gold, silver, copper [ nechoshet ]: some Tora thoughts and some medical and homeopathic issues

Gold, silver, copper [ nechoshet ]: some Tora thoughts and some medical and homeopathic issues .

Copper , together with silver and gold are repeatedly mentioned in the parshiot va-yakhel-pekudei [starting at shemot 35:1]

“Take from among you a donation for G-d, let
every generous person bring it, a donation for G-d,
consisting of gold, silver, and copper”; Vayakhel: Shemot/Exodus, Chapter 35 Verse 5
” And to devise [plans] with ingenuity, to execute [those plans] in gold, in silver and in copper.” Vayakhel: Shemot/Exodus, Chapter 35 Verse 32:
He made the Basin [ Kior ] out of copper and its base out of copper, from the mirrors of the women who had gathered at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting Vayakhel: Shemot/Exodus, Chapter 38 Verse 8:

The Kior was the basin in which the Kohanim washed their hands and feet every day at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

And today I will discuss some “medical issues” in connection with copper
Copper is -as everybody know- an excellent conductor [the second best after silver] and therefore used in electricity wires.
What may be less known is that copper does not sustain any bacteria growth on its surface and there fore it would be ideal to use this metal for door knobs especially in hospitals.
Is it not remarkable that the “Healer of all flesh” commanded that the Kior in the mishkan [Tabernacle] had to be made of copper?
The kohanim had to do the ritual washing form the copper basin!
[yes , I do realize that the Tora is not a medical hand book]

In the human body copper -even if it is present only in small amounts-has a vital function.
Copper and zinc are very dependent on each other.
Too much copper and low levels of zinc can lead to serious psychiatry problems and even possibly to certain forms of schizophrenia .
Fortunately, zinc food sources also provide copper.
Especially rich in copper are nuts (brazil nuts,cashews,peanuts, pecans), seeds (especially poppy and sunflower), chickpeas, liver and [oysters].
potatoes, legumes (beans and peas), grains (wheat and rye), fruits (peach and raisin), and even chocolate!
A shortage on the other hand can lead in the long run to serous blood vessel problems and even to a widening and weakening of the aorta which may rupture and cause a potential fatal bleeding.
Copper has many more important tasks.
It helps in the production of hemoglobin and some anemias may never get better without the addition of extra copper, again a not very well known fact.
For a proper thyroid function proper amounts of zinc , copper as well as selenium and other minerals/vitamins are required.
Women seem to need more copper then men for their hormonal balance, where as men need more zinc.
Is it again not striking that the mirrors of the women were made of copper?
[I am not relating to the midrash in the pure spiritual sense ,but I am wondering -and again only the Creator may know-if the women needed the little bit of extra copper which they possibly could have absorbed from these mirrors [micro-homeopathic amounts?] , to gives a more “materialistic-physiological” explanation of the midrash concerning the function of the mirrors………..??
I will now discuss the use of copper in homeopathy and just mention the most striking characteristics of this metal and this will give an idea when copper in homeopathic form may be indicated as a remedy.
The main essence [characteristic] of copper [cuprum metallicum] in homeopathy is:
CRAMPS, all kind of cramps ,calve cramps, spasms,twitching and even convulsions [epilepsy],crampy cough [whooping cough!],severe,violent asthma often relieved by vomiting and this in itself may be a sign that the patient needs copper.
Language is fascinating and to compare the root letters of cramps and cuprum with each others does give one an chizuk [strong argument] that what happened at Babel was very real!!
C…R…M…P= C… u.. P…R..M
nachash……….nechoshet ………cramping —–cuprum: wind like a snake french : se torder , serpenter = to wringle serpent = snake
german:sich schlängeln …….. schlange =snake
To show you that nachash and nechoshet [the wringeling of the snake ,the crampy movements are all found back in other languages and that cuprum [nechoshet] has as main characteristic: CRAMPS
A very special indication for cuprum is the so called “breath-holding spells”.
Small children who -after a crying spell- suddenly stop breathing and turn blue for a short while and then come back to “life”. The condition is innocent except that it can cause the parents the fright of their life!
One dose of cuprum [potency 200] may clear up all future attacks!

Also mentally “cramped”[introvert],suppressed feelings,duty bound,keeps all the rules and regulations and can’t stand when other don’t do the same; fanatic,will not give up
Wants to be independent ,will not ask for help.
Dictatorial, they like to keep the same pattern,the same rules,no changes,please!
Policemen!! I understood that in the States police men are called in “slang”:copper
All cramps of the copper patient have a violent character [violent diarrhoea,violent vomiting,hysterical cramps,violent asthma]

Wants to be in control of everything.
Never able to relax, hard workers,ambitious very disciplined ,never gives up,hard for himself and others.
Cuprum children can behave violent [kicking,biting,spitting]
They are very serious in class and are afraid to get a rebuke or to be criticized and will do everything to please the teacher.[according to the rules]
School teachers should know this and they should not ask to much from children with a “copper picture”,because these children will do everything to keep up with the demands and may then get sick if they can’t perform as asked from them.
Copper children often don’t like to be touched or to be approached.
Babies with colics may react very well on cuprum especially when there is a clear gurgling sound when they drink/nurse.
And to end with a simple advise: in ayurvedic medicine children with severe asthma are often given to drink some water that has been left [overnight] in a copper vessel.
May we celebrate the coming Purim with -if necessary – taking beforehand some copper water to loosen up! Purim sameach.

absolutely fascinating: brit mila [circumcision] and some facts

What I am sending you now, is in my opinion absolutely fascinating.
A while ago I sent you an article about brit mila and metsisa [sucking of the blood by mouth after the circumcision by the mohel]
Far from being an expert in this field I wrote you some medical thoughts [new findings in medicine] and things that go back a long time in Jewish tradition]

The article below from French researchers: “Potent Painkiller Found in Human Saliva More powerful than morphine” brings a new dimension to what I wrote about the metsitsa.
I find it fascinating to see how again and again Torah truths are discovered these days by science [of course the Torah does not need science as a "proof" ]

Potent Painkiller Found in Human Saliva More powerful than morphine it could lead to better pain medicines, researchers say
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HealthDay

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

HealthDay news imageTUESDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) — French researchers say they’ve discovered a natural painkiller in human saliva that’s several times more potent than morphine used in animal studies.

The researchers have named the pain inhibitor opiorphin, because it acts on the same pathways as morphine and other opiate painkillers. The finding could lead to improved pain medications because opiorphin is a naturally occurring molecule that is quickly metabolized, according to a report by researchers at the Pasteur Institute, in Paris.

Not much is known as yet about opiorphin, said study author Dr. Catherine Rougeot, director of the institute’s Laboratory of Pharmacology of Neuroendocrine Regulation.

“We found it in saliva, that was the first step,” she said. “Now, we are exploring its presence in other human biological tissues. Maybe it is localized in the blood, the brain. Now, I cannot answer.”

It’s not even known where in the body the substance is produced, Rougeot added. “We need more information to answer this question. Now, we need to characterize its function at physiological levels and learn by which tissues it is produced,” she added.

The study was published in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The discovery was made after the researchers identified a powerful pain-inhibiting molecule in rats. Their search for a similar molecule in humans turned up opiorphin. In rat studies, injections of 1 milligram of opiorphin per kilogram of body weight equaled the painkilling power of 3 to 6 milligrams of morphine per kilogram. Opiorphin was equally effective against chemical-induced inflammation and acute physical pain.

In addition to studying opiorphin, Rougeot and her colleagues plan to make and study variations of the original molecule. “It is important to mimic such compounds,” she said.

A painkiller arising from the research could have important applications for human use, Rougeot said. “Opiorphin is natural, so it is quickly metabolized,” she said, so its effects on the body would be more limited than those of existing painkillers.

Rougeot already has contacted a pharmaceutical company about funding for more research on opiorphin. “To complete this program, I need very much money,” she explained.

Identification of opiorphin is “a potentially very significant finding,” said Dr. Max Kelz, an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania. “This new compound could serve as a potentially useful therapy for fighting pain in a number of conditions.”

Kelz agreed that the discovery was just a beginning. “More has to be done to elucidate how this affects other endogenous painkillers,” he said. “But the results are certainly promising.”

Dr. Ed Ross, director of the pain management center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, said opiorphin could be an important addition to the only other natural painkillers found in the human body — endorphins.

“Endorphins have been around for quite a while, but they are weak and have a short half-life, so the problems in using them clinically are very significant,” Ross said. “Now, this is a compound that has much more strength than the endorphins. It also suggests a potential for other synthetic compounds that work on different receptors that we have known before, and, for a pain doctor, that is very significant.”

Another paper in the same issue of the journal described the discovery of toxins from two species of snails that hold promise for relief of severe nerve pain such as sciatica. The toxins lock onto nerve cell receptors to block nerve pain, said the report by researchers at the University of Utah.

One of the toxins, designated Vc1.1, is being developed by an Australian company and already is undergoing trials in human patients. It is administered by injection.

It may be possible to develop a version that could be taken orally, but that might require 10 years, said a statement by J. Michael McIntosh, a research professor of biology and a member of the team reporting the discovery.

“There really is no highly effective treatment available for this kind of severe pain, so having a new way to treat it is exciting,” he said.

This I sent you a while ago in english and in hebrew:

Leviticus: 12-3: And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Did you know that the 8th day is the safest day for the child to be circumcised??

The ” rofe kol basar ” ["the Healer of all flesh"] knew this-so to speak- very well and may have probably engineered the system of every newborn this way.

Of course these kind of medical facts are just an example of the wonderful ways in which we may recognize our creator.

On this day the clotting factors in the blood are super-optimal.

Before that date and after that date they are or sub-optimal or just “normal”.

Do you know that metsitsa[ sucking by mouth] of the blood during/after the brit [circumcision ]is the best and safest method there is to regulate the bleeding after the circumcision[and not by a tube]?

This is of course not meant to criticize anybody /any mohel who does otherwise now a day.]

I am speaking pure medically and expressing the ideas of many rabbis of the past.

It has been shown that morning saliva [the first saliva in the morning, before eating or drinking makes the chance of transferring diseases nil

[even Aids!!]

How proper would it be for this medical reason alone to do the brit early in the morning!! and to use metsitsa.

For the same reason we advise people with severe acne to dap there face ,as first thing in the morning ,with the morning saliva ,directly after netilat yadayim] , the antibacterial effect is tremendous.

absolutely fascinating: brit mila [circumcision] and some facts.

absolutely fascinating: brit mila [circumcision] and some facts

What I am sending you now, is in my opinion absolutely fascinating.
A while ago I sent you an article about brit mila and metsisa [sucking of the blood by mouth after the circumcision by the mohel]
Far from being an expert in this field I wrote you some medical thoughts [new findings in medicine] and things that go back a long time in Jewish tradition]

The article below from French researchers: “Potent Painkiller Found in Human Saliva More powerful than morphine” brings a new dimension to what I wrote about the metsitsa.
I find it fascinating to see how again and again Torah truths are discovered these days by science [of course the Torah does not need science as a “proof” ]

Potent Painkiller Found in Human Saliva More powerful than morphine it could lead to better pain medicines, researchers say
Printer-friendly version Printer-friendly version

HealthDay

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

HealthDay news imageTUESDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) — French researchers say they’ve discovered a natural painkiller in human saliva that’s several times more potent than morphine used in animal studies.

The researchers have named the pain inhibitor opiorphin, because it acts on the same pathways as morphine and other opiate painkillers. The finding could lead to improved pain medications because opiorphin is a naturally occurring molecule that is quickly metabolized, according to a report by researchers at the Pasteur Institute, in Paris.

Not much is known as yet about opiorphin, said study author Dr. Catherine Rougeot, director of the institute’s Laboratory of Pharmacology of Neuroendocrine Regulation.

“We found it in saliva, that was the first step,” she said. “Now, we are exploring its presence in other human biological tissues. Maybe it is localized in the blood, the brain. Now, I cannot answer.”

It’s not even known where in the body the substance is produced, Rougeot added. “We need more information to answer this question. Now, we need to characterize its function at physiological levels and learn by which tissues it is produced,” she added.

The study was published in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The discovery was made after the researchers identified a powerful pain-inhibiting molecule in rats. Their search for a similar molecule in humans turned up opiorphin. In rat studies, injections of 1 milligram of opiorphin per kilogram of body weight equaled the painkilling power of 3 to 6 milligrams of morphine per kilogram. Opiorphin was equally effective against chemical-induced inflammation and acute physical pain.

In addition to studying opiorphin, Rougeot and her colleagues plan to make and study variations of the original molecule. “It is important to mimic such compounds,” she said.

A painkiller arising from the research could have important applications for human use, Rougeot said. “Opiorphin is natural, so it is quickly metabolized,” she said, so its effects on the body would be more limited than those of existing painkillers.

Rougeot already has contacted a pharmaceutical company about funding for more research on opiorphin. “To complete this program, I need very much money,” she explained.

Identification of opiorphin is “a potentially very significant finding,” said Dr. Max Kelz, an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania. “This new compound could serve as a potentially useful therapy for fighting pain in a number of conditions.”

Kelz agreed that the discovery was just a beginning. “More has to be done to elucidate how this affects other endogenous painkillers,” he said. “But the results are certainly promising.”

Dr. Ed Ross, director of the pain management center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, said opiorphin could be an important addition to the only other natural painkillers found in the human body — endorphins.

“Endorphins have been around for quite a while, but they are weak and have a short half-life, so the problems in using them clinically are very significant,” Ross said. “Now, this is a compound that has much more strength than the endorphins. It also suggests a potential for other synthetic compounds that work on different receptors that we have known before, and, for a pain doctor, that is very significant.”

Another paper in the same issue of the journal described the discovery of toxins from two species of snails that hold promise for relief of severe nerve pain such as sciatica. The toxins lock onto nerve cell receptors to block nerve pain, said the report by researchers at the University of Utah.

One of the toxins, designated Vc1.1, is being developed by an Australian company and already is undergoing trials in human patients. It is administered by injection.

It may be possible to develop a version that could be taken orally, but that might require 10 years, said a statement by J. Michael McIntosh, a research professor of biology and a member of the team reporting the discovery.

“There really is no highly effective treatment available for this kind of severe pain, so having a new way to treat it is exciting,” he said.

This I sent you a while ago in english and in hebrew:

Leviticus: 12-3: And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Did you know that the 8th day is the safest day for the child to be circumcised??

The ” rofe kol basar ” [”the Healer of all flesh”] knew this-so to speak- very well and may have probably engineered the system of every newborn this way.

Of course these kind of medical facts are just an example of the wonderful ways in which we may recognize our creator.

On this day the clotting factors in the blood are super-optimal.

Before that date and after that date they are or sub-optimal or just “normal”.

Do you know that metsitsa[ sucking by mouth] of the blood during/after the brit [circumcision ]is the best and safest method there is to regulate the bleeding after the circumcision[and not by a tube]?

This is of course not meant to criticize anybody /any mohel who does otherwise now a day.]

I am speaking pure medically and expressing the ideas of many rabbis of the past.

It has been shown that morning saliva [the first saliva in the morning, before eating or drinking makes the chance of transferring diseases nil

[even Aids!!]

How proper would it be for this medical reason alone to do the brit early in the morning!! and to use metsitsa.

For the same reason we advise people with severe acne to dap there face ,as first thing in the morning ,with the morning saliva ,directly after netilat yadayim] , the antibacterial effect is tremendous.

absolutely fascinating: brit mila [circumcision] and some facts

What I am sending you now, is in my opinion absolutely fascinating.
A while ago I sent you an article about brit mila and metsisa [sucking of the blood by mouth after the circumcision by the mohel]
Far from being an expert in this field I wrote you some medical thoughts [new findings in medicine] and things that go back a long time in Jewish tradition]

The article below from French researchers: “Potent Painkiller Found in Human Saliva More powerful than morphine” brings a new dimension to what I wrote about the metsitsa.
I find it fascinating to see how again and again Torah truths are discovered these days by science [of course the Torah does not need science as a "proof" ]

Potent Painkiller Found in Human Saliva More powerful than morphine it could lead to better pain medicines, researchers say
Printer-friendly version Printer-friendly version

HealthDay

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

HealthDay news imageTUESDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) — French researchers say they’ve discovered a natural painkiller in human saliva that’s several times more potent than morphine used in animal studies.

The researchers have named the pain inhibitor opiorphin, because it acts on the same pathways as morphine and other opiate painkillers. The finding could lead to improved pain medications because opiorphin is a naturally occurring molecule that is quickly metabolized, according to a report by researchers at the Pasteur Institute, in Paris.

Not much is known as yet about opiorphin, said study author Dr. Catherine Rougeot, director of the institute’s Laboratory of Pharmacology of Neuroendocrine Regulation.

“We found it in saliva, that was the first step,” she said. “Now, we are exploring its presence in other human biological tissues. Maybe it is localized in the blood, the brain. Now, I cannot answer.”

It’s not even known where in the body the substance is produced, Rougeot added. “We need more information to answer this question. Now, we need to characterize its function at physiological levels and learn by which tissues it is produced,” she added.

The study was published in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The discovery was made after the researchers identified a powerful pain-inhibiting molecule in rats. Their search for a similar molecule in humans turned up opiorphin. In rat studies, injections of 1 milligram of opiorphin per kilogram of body weight equaled the painkilling power of 3 to 6 milligrams of morphine per kilogram. Opiorphin was equally effective against chemical-induced inflammation and acute physical pain.

In addition to studying opiorphin, Rougeot and her colleagues plan to make and study variations of the original molecule. “It is important to mimic such compounds,” she said.

A painkiller arising from the research could have important applications for human use, Rougeot said. “Opiorphin is natural, so it is quickly metabolized,” she said, so its effects on the body would be more limited than those of existing painkillers.

Rougeot already has contacted a pharmaceutical company about funding for more research on opiorphin. “To complete this program, I need very much money,” she explained.

Identification of opiorphin is “a potentially very significant finding,” said Dr. Max Kelz, an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania. “This new compound could serve as a potentially useful therapy for fighting pain in a number of conditions.”

Kelz agreed that the discovery was just a beginning. “More has to be done to elucidate how this affects other endogenous painkillers,” he said. “But the results are certainly promising.”

Dr. Ed Ross, director of the pain management center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, said opiorphin could be an important addition to the only other natural painkillers found in the human body — endorphins.

“Endorphins have been around for quite a while, but they are weak and have a short half-life, so the problems in using them clinically are very significant,” Ross said. “Now, this is a compound that has much more strength than the endorphins. It also suggests a potential for other synthetic compounds that work on different receptors that we have known before, and, for a pain doctor, that is very significant.”

Another paper in the same issue of the journal described the discovery of toxins from two species of snails that hold promise for relief of severe nerve pain such as sciatica. The toxins lock onto nerve cell receptors to block nerve pain, said the report by researchers at the University of Utah.

One of the toxins, designated Vc1.1, is being developed by an Australian company and already is undergoing trials in human patients. It is administered by injection.

It may be possible to develop a version that could be taken orally, but that might require 10 years, said a statement by J. Michael McIntosh, a research professor of biology and a member of the team reporting the discovery.

“There really is no highly effective treatment available for this kind of severe pain, so having a new way to treat it is exciting,” he said.

This I sent you a while ago in english and in hebrew:

Leviticus: 12-3: And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Did you know that the 8th day is the safest day for the child to be circumcised??

The ” rofe kol basar ” ["the Healer of all flesh"] knew this-so to speak- very well and may have probably engineered the system of every newborn this way.

Of course these kind of medical facts are just an example of the wonderful ways in which we may recognize our creator.

On this day the clotting factors in the blood are super-optimal.

Before that date and after that date they are or sub-optimal or just “normal”.

Do you know that metsitsa[ sucking by mouth] of the blood during/after the brit [circumcision ]is the best and safest method there is to regulate the bleeding after the circumcision[and not by a tube]?

This is of course not meant to criticize anybody /any mohel who does otherwise now a day.]

I am speaking pure medically and expressing the ideas of many rabbis of the past.

It has been shown that morning saliva [the first saliva in the morning, before eating or drinking makes the chance of transferring diseases nil

[even Aids!!]

How proper would it be for this medical reason alone to do the brit early in the morning!! and to use metsitsa.

For the same reason we advise people with severe acne to dap there face ,as first thing in the morning ,with the morning saliva ,directly after netilat yadayim] , the antibacterial effect is tremendous.

kidney stones and [damaging] shock waves

kidney stones and [damaging] shock waves
Some 10 years ago[or more] a patient of mine who was offered to undergo kidney -stone therapy by shock waves ["galiem"] showed me articles where the severe side -effects of this therapy were already described[hypertension.
she always brought me "chidushim", seemingly she had siyata d'shemaya finding these articles.
it should be logic to imagine that shock waves which 'break up stones" may also do something to the delicate kidney tissue, but maybe I am to primitive in my thinking.
The specialist to whom she showed the article[s] was quite upset with her…………
[even if the article was published in his own's specialist-journal!!]
since then i advised all patients to look for alternatives [and there are many alternatives]
surgery is not the only alternative as suggested in the article.
now -so many years later the article below shows up ,which i think would be good to forward to friends.

Study: Kidney stone treatment boosts diabetes, hypertension risk
April 13, 2006

By Ed Edelson
HealthDay

Patients who undergo shock wave therapy that breaks up kidney stones, called lithotripsy, are nearly four times more likely to develop diabetes and face a nearly 50 percent higher risk of high blood pressure over the following decades than those getting alternative treatment, according to Mayo Clinic researchers.

However, that has not changed the use of lithotripsy at the Mayo Clinic, said study author Dr. Amy Krambeck, a urology resident.

“Most of our patients have been receptive to shock wave therapy,” she said, even after being told about the potential long-term risks, preferring it to alternative treatments such as surgery.

The report appears in the April issue of the Journal of Urology.

every mother should ask for a vitamin D test in pregnancy

every mother should ask for a vitamin D test in pregnancy

Over the years I have sent you an “endless” amount of articles about the importance of vitamin D [and the sun]
I can state now with certainty that every mother should ask for a vitamin D test in pregnancy if it was not done before [ and not only in pregnancy, but the more so during this period ]
I sent you in the past a whole story about the desirable values [arachim be-dam]
Ask your doctor to do the following test [you don’t have to fast for it]:
25 [OH] D.
It is extremely important for the foetus [ fetus ] [ baby to be born]. [ Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and childhood bone mass at age 9 years: a longitudinal study. The Lancet 2006; 367:36-43 ]
Furthermore, there is hardly any serious disease where vitamin D seems not to be not involved.
One of the most remarkable connections lately discovered , is the connection between low vitamin D levels and pancreas carcinoma!!
I would suggest the ministry of health to give a bonus of a few hundred shekalim to anybody who has his vitamin D level examined [this being done for free all over the country]
I suppose that within a year or two the “savings” in health will be tens of millions of shekalim [if not hundred of millions].
The same could have been true if folic acid was advised some 20 years ago already and not just in the last few years and the same is true for vitamin B12 which is also still treated as a step- child.
All of you could help to do a lot of good medically if you would spread this message as far as possible [ministry of health,who seems to be over-busy with flu shots………] , Knesset members, doctors, nurses etc. [ you know by now that I have some missionary tendencies……. ]
If you wish you can have your D level checked in kupat cholim meuhedet and if you tell them that you are referred by me you will pay 200 shekel instaed of the full price.[also outside of Jerusalem if they call the laboratory in Jerusalem]
I wish to declare that I have no personal benefit from this arrangement with this kupa.
There are the only one who do the test within 2 weeks [instead of 6 or more]
be hatzlacha, good luck.

guava,guaba, in Surinam-dutch:goejave

Instead of rimon ,instead of selek which would fit this month something about a fruit beloved by many and for some reasons “hated” by others, even the smell of it: the guava,guaba, in Surinam-dutch:goejave
The leaves of guava are an excellent remedy for diarrhea and dysentery [loose stools with mucus and blood, often caused by special bacteria or parasites:[ in case of dysentery consult your doctor as well], it also has antispasmodic, on top of the antimicrobial activities .
Many bacterial species [and parasites] are known to cause diarrhea, including Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli. By the way, also mango has been shown to be quite effective for giardia lamblia
[ girdia lamblia is a parasite which many people "pick up" when traveling-specially- to India ] and which can cause long-lasting diarrhea, abdominal bloating and weight loss]]

Research suggests that alcoholic extracts [so called tinctures have a greater antimicrobial activity than a water extract [so called tea].
If you make a tea then boil the leaves ,it is not enough to throw hot water on the crushed leaves],you have to boil the water and the leaves on a low fire for some 15 minutes or so [keep it covered]
the tea is quite save even in high doses and even in pregnancy [but consult your doctor about this in the last case]

The guava fruit itself is full of good things: high in potassium [good for high blood pressure and for the heart in general],high in vitamin C, high in soluble fiber [which helps to lower pathological high lipids],a good source of caretenoids [good for the eyes, for the prostate, and against various cancers ].
Recently the way guava shows it anti-tumor effect has been substantiated scientifically [.for those who are dealing with this issues: by depressing Tr cells and subsequently shifting to Th 1 cells] .
The guava is also a fine fruit to be used by diabetics and can moderately lower the blood sugar.[mango and kiwi's are also excellent for diabetics ]

Herpes zoster can be treated by a mixture of finely crushed guava leaves, red pepper [pilpel charif adom] and kaolin ["white clay"] [ask how to prepare before using this]

This method I have been using for many years and borrowed it from a publication by the World health organization ,who described the use of this mixture as it is/was used in Africa.

Now a days there is a commercial formula on the market [ zostrix], widely underused in my opinion by doctors, and which contains red pepper [pilpel charif adom].
Much cheaper to prepare it yourself at home!
It would be a wise idea if the formula would include in some form the guava leaves as well.

I wish you all a shana tova umevurechet with or without a guava at this time of the year.

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