MAGNESIA CARBONICA.

 This remedy is derived from the Carbonate of Magnesia.

This remedy is useful in gastro-intestinal disturbances with marked acidity.

This remedy is useful in children, who are prone to become thin.

This remedy suits persons whose body smells sour and is disposed to boils.

It is useful in the after effects of shock, blows and mental distress.

It is useful in toothache in pregnancy, which is worse at night, worse from the cold and quiet.

It is a useful remedy, whenever there is a desire for fruits, acids, vegetables and ingestion of these results in eructation.  It is a specific remedy in cases of heartburn, sour belching and sour vomiting, especially in pregnancy.

It is useful whenever there is a greenish, watery, frothy, griping and colicky pain.

This remedy is useful when milk passes undigested in children.

This remedy is useful whenever a sore throat appears before menstruation.

It is good remedy for broken down women at menopause.

It is useful whenever there is pain in the shoulders, which may feel dislocated and worse of the right side. It is also useful in neuralgic pain, which is lightning like, forcing the patient to keep walking to try and get relief.

This remedy suits persons who are worse from the warmth of the bed and every three weeks.

This remedy suits persons who are better warm air and walking in open air.

 TIPS FOR THE MASTERS…

 MAG. CARB is highly recommended by Dr. Hahnemann for the toothache of pregnancy where it has often served me well. The pain Dr. Guernsey says ‘is characteristically insupportable during repose: the patient must get up and walk about’.

Dr. Hughes L.R.C.P.

In a number of cases of cataract, in which MAG CARB had been given with effect, 13 out of 22 patients finding improvement more or less marked from its use; employed in the 6^th potency.

Dr.Priel.

Introduction:

 This herb is extremely popular as a sexual rejuvenator.  In the 1970’s, this herb became notorious as people went to great lengths to smuggle it out of the Orient.

Ginseng is however a famous Chinese herb and has been used there for over 7000 years.  Ginseng is found in China, Russia, North Korea, Japan, and many parts of the U.S, Siberia and Eastern Canada.  The roots are called Jin-chen meaning ‘like a man’.   Several species of Ginseng are known, the most popular being, “Panax Ginseng”.  Panax means ‘cure all’ and Ginseng means ‘essence of man’.  In Chinese medicine; it is used as an adaptogenic agent, to combat stress and as a restorative agent.  It is also used to treat nervous disorders, anemia, angina, fatigue; the endocrine system disorders and has immune stimulant properties.

Pharmacological Properties:

 According to chemical analysis, Ginseng contains 30 glycosides some of which are called as Ginsenosides.  It also contains Vitamin B & C, trace minerals.

Red Ginseng contains maltol, which has an anti-oxidant property and prevents strokes and heart attacks. As maltol activity is inhibited by Iron, Ginseng roots are never boiled in iron pots.

Uses in Medicine:

Ginseng has been found to improve muscular function, work capacity, helps in combating stress and increases alertness and psychomotor skills.

Ginseng has been found useful in Diabetes Mellitus.  In rats it has been shown to prevent Radiation induced diseases. Ginseng also has anti-cancerous properties. It helps reduce the Cholesterol and clot formation.  It has been found useful in gout and reduces the serum uric acid levels and thus alleviates the pain in the joints.  Ginseng improves sexual performance by improving the erectile function in males and increases sperm motility.  Other uses of Ginseng include its use in age-related nervous disorders; sleep disorders, memory loss and confusion. It is also thought that this herb can slow down the aging process.

Conclusion: 

 A lot of objective scientific research on the properties of the active elements of Ginseng has actually supported traditional claims that it is useful in invigorating, rejuvenating and increasing the longevity of the person.

LYSSIN.

 THIS REMEDY IS USEFUL IN PREVENTING RABIES.

This remedy is derived from the saliva of a Rabid Dog.

This remedy is preventive in Rabies.

It is useful in subjects who have headaches after a dog bite.

It is useful in Diabetes when the patient has a constant desire to urinate on seeing running water.

This remedy is also useful in ailments in subjects, who cannot bear the heat of the sun.

This remedy is useful in subjects, who have ailments, which are worse from the sight and sound of running water or pouring water.

This remedy is also useful in subjects, who are fearful of becoming mad after a dog bite.

Heat as a therapy, has been known to man since pre-historic times. There are many references in the writings of Ayurvedic physicians, Arabs, Greeks and many physicians from ancient civilizations about the value of heat.

How does Heat help?

  Heat therapy is based on the principle that warmth relaxes the muscles, dulls the pain and reduces the inflammatory process in the body.  Heat also promotes the discharges of boils and abscesses.  Heat can be applied to relieve stomach cramps during periods or due to digestive upsets.  Heat also helps alleviating the aches caused by sudden muscular spasms or in arthritis.

Heat works by relieving relaxing the muscles.  Heat helps by increasing the blood flow to the injured or inflamed part and this increases the oxygen supply to the part and promotes healing.  Heat has probably a direct effect on injured nerves and may act by releasing certain chemicals called as prostaglandins, which inhibit the pain.

How can heat be applied?

• As a hot water bag, pack, poultice or through electrical heat pads.
• Infrared lamps.
• Hot spoon bathing (here a wooden spoon is heated in water and after the drops of water are shaken off, the spoon is applied on the affected part.
• Short wave diathermy and other methods in Physiotherapy.
• Along with balsams in combination with massage therapy.

Heat should not be used in:

• In patients taking anti-blood clotting medications, as this may cause more bleeding.
• In patients having a blood clot in the muscles, as this clot may be dislodged and may travel to the brain or the heart and cause sudden death.
• It should never be applied over the abdomen of pregnant women.
• In cases where a tumor is suspected. Application of heat will allow the tumor to spread.
• In cases of burns, after radiation therapy in cancer patients.

Conclusion:

Heat therapy has come from Naturopaths; it is a safe home remedy, which is suitable in minor sports injuries and ordinary aches and pains.  The most important thing about Heat therapy is not WHEN? BUT WHEN NOT TO APPLY IT.

LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

This remedy is derived from a small plant called as the Club moss.

This remedy is useful in nearly all cases where there is an evidence of urinary or digestive disturbance.

It is a useful remedy for failing digestive powers, where the function of the liver is seriously compromised.

It is useful in melancholy, where the male patient is afraid to be alone with loss of self-confidence. It suits men who are irritable and melancholic, avaricious and greedy, miserly, malicious, with a pale complexion; unhealthy skin, with deep furrows and such persons look older than they actually are.

This remedy also suits babies, who cry all day and who sleep well all night. It suits babies with a weak body, large head, who are emaciated, peevish and cross, who kick and scream all the time.

It suits female patients, who weep all day and cannot calm herself. Such subjects even cry when thanked.

It is useful to dissolve sty that are on the lids near the inner canthus.

It is useful whenever there is a yellow offensive discharge from the ear with humming and roaring associated with hardness of hearing.

ONE OF THE KEYNOTE SYMPTOMS OF THIS REMEDY IS THE FAN LIKE MOTION OF THE ALA NASI.

This remedy is useful in dyspepsia due to farinaceous or fermentable food such as, cabbage beans. This remedy suits persons who feel bloated in the abdomen after eating a little.

This remedy suits persons who have an aversion to bread. This remedy suits persons who have a desire for sweet things.

This remedy suits persons who have incomplete burning eructation up in the pharynx.
This remedy suits persons who have diarrhea, hemorrhoids, which are very painful to touch and ache.

This remedy suits persons who have pain in the back, while urinating and the urination ceases to flow after initiation and the patient has to strain. This remedy suits persons who have retention of urine with increased urination in the night with HEAVY RED SEDIMENT.

This remedy also suits male patients who have no erectable power, impotence, premature ejaculation and benign enlargement of the prostrate.

This remedy suits females who have varicose veins, prominent in the pudendal region with leucorrhoea.

This remedy also suits persons who have catarrh of the chest, when the chest seems to be full with rattling of mucous.

It is also useful in tearing pains in the shoulder and elbow joints.

This remedy is useful for the cramps in the calves and toes. It is also useful in chronic gout with chalky deposits in joints.

It is a useful remedy for the ulceration of the skin, in hives, in acne and in chronic eczema. It is also a useful remedy in persons to stop the premature graying of the hair.

This remedy suits persons who are worse on the right side and whose complaints shift from the right to the left.

This remedy suits persons who are worse from 4 to 8 pm.

This remedy also suits persons who are worse from the heat of the room and in hot air.

This remedy suits persons who are better from motion, after mid-night, from warm food and drinks, from getting cold or from becoming uncovered.
TIPS FROM THE MASTERS…

LYCOPODIUM is of value in Post-operative cases where over-distended with wind and cannot get relief, even early cases of Paralytic Ileus.
Dr. Boyd, F.R.F.P.S. etc.

LYCOPODIUM and LACHESIS can be used advantageously as the first remedy in Appendicitis and I have cured several cases with these two.
Dr. S. Philip Clements.

In girls, LYCOPODIUM is a great remedy for Amenorrhoea with non-development of the breasts. LYCOPODIUM develops the breasts in such girls and makes the course appear.
Dr. Leon Renard.

LYCOPODIUM is more useful for the unresolved Pneumonias and the dry, teasing cough in weak, emaciated boys. I have verified this several times and it is often accompanied by such mental symptoms as irritability on waking, ugly, kicking and screaming.
Dr. William B. Griggs, M.D.

Dr Teste commends LYCOPODIUM strongly in the constipation sometimes so obstinate, of young children. He also praises it in a very different condition of the bowels, viz, that most dangerous enteritis which is set up in infants by the ingestion of food, which they cannot digest. I have more than once verified this recommendation.
Dr. Hughes, L.R.C.P.

LYCOPODIUM is a great remedy in duodenal ulcer, with heartburn, eructation’s and pain or pressure in the epigastrium or right hypochondrium. It can be used most successfully alternating with a bowel nosode Dysentery Co. But, be careful of using LYCOPODIUM in potencies much higher than the 12C in a case of severe pain, or you may precipitate a perforation.
Dr. H. W. Boyd, F.R.F.P.S., F.F.Hom. (Lon).

In peptic ulcer with pyloric pain, great flatulence leads us to suggest after LYCOPODIUM, URANIUM NITICUM.
Dr. R. L. Redfield, M.D.

I am myself very fond of LYCOPODIUM in cases of suspected phthisis in young men, where yet there is no evidence of tubercular deposit.
Dr. Hering, M.D.

After an attack of Influenza, the intellectual sequel calls for LYCOPODIUM, while the neurotic ones call for SCUTELLARIA and the long lasting weakness and chilliness call for CHINA.

LYCOPODIUM has proved of positive value in Malnutrition due to chronic dyspepsia, Rickets and the results of incompletely cured acute infections.
Dr. William B. Griggs, M.D.

LYCOPODIUM has been found of value in Post-Diphtheritic paralysis of the soft palate with regurgitation of fluids from the nose.
Dr. D. M. Gibson, F.R.C.S., M.F. Hom (Lond).
LYCOPODIUM is a master remedy for infantile eczema.
Dr. Leon Renard.

Loosevelt said that a half open condition of the eyes during sleep pointed to LYCOPODIUM.
Dr. Sidwick.

LYCOPODIUM is particularly adapted to the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver.
Dr. Boher.

LYCOPODIUM is especially indicated and effective in patients from families where liver affections of any type appear to be inherited.
Dr. Med H. Zulla.

Bee venom therapy is also called as APITHERAPY.  Man has known the medicinal use of honeybee products since ancient times.  Honeybee products have been found useful in treating arthritis, degenerative diseases and many inflammatory conditions.

The Chemical Ingredients in Bee venom:

 Honeybee venom contains at least 18 active substances. Melittin is the most potent ant-inflammatory agents known. It is 100 times more potent than Hydrocortisol.  Adolapin is another strong anti-inflammatory substance, which inhibits Cyclooxygenase activity and thus exhibits an analgesic effect. Other substances include, hyaluronidase, Compound X, Phospholipase, A2, Histamine and Mast Cell Degranulating Protein, Neurotransmitter like Dopamine, Nor adrenaline and Serotinin.

Medicinal uses of Bee venom:

It is useful in a number of conditions such as,

• Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis and Osteoarthritis, Scleroderma.
• Acute and chronic injuries, bursitis, tendonitis and chronic neck pains
• It is useful in dissolving scar tissues and keloids.
• It is useful in Multiple Sclerosis, where its mechanism of action is poorly understood.

How is Bee venom therapy performed?

 Bee venom therapy can be performed by a beekeeper and the patient can be taught to use the bees. The bee is taken out of a hive and the number of sites, where the patient is to be stung is determined beforehand and it depends on the condition that the patient is suffering from. A simple tendonitis may respond with a few stings. A chronic arthritis may require 2 to 3 stings for about 3 months, before a favorable result is obtained.  Patient with Multiple Sclerosis take many months before they respond.

The Side effects of the treatment are

• Inflammation
• Itching
• Rarely a severe life threatening choking may result because of an anaphylactic reaction.

Conclusion:

 Many physicians are using Bee venom therapy. They do this by obtaining the venom in sterilized vials and inject it under the skin, sometimes after mixing it with a local anesthetic agent to prevent the pain that accompanies the sting.  It is better to administer this in a clinical setting, where the doctor has measures to counter the severe allergic reactions that sometimes occur.

LOBELIA INFLATA.

 THIS REMEDY IS USEFUL TO COMBAT THE BAD EFFECTS TOBACCO, ALCOHOL AND TEA.

 This remedy is derived from the Indian tobacco.

It suits persons who are allergic to tobacco.

It also combats the bad effects of alcohol, tea and tobacco.

It is useful in ailments with deathly nausea.

It is useful in nausea in pregnancy.

It is useful in asthma, which is spasmodic with dyspnoea and suffocation and oppression of the chest.

It is useful removing foreign bodies in the esophagus and the larynx.

It also removes poisons lodged in the stomach by inducing vomiting.

It is useful in gonorrheal strictures.

It aids the easy delivery of the fetus by dilating the rigid Os cervix.

Grapefruit Seed has antibiotic, anti-septic, disinfectant properties and is also used as a preservative in food and cosmetics.

 Introduction:

 The Grapefruit seed extract (GSE) owes its existence to Dr. Jacob Harish, who was a physicist.  World War II forced him to abandon his studies and become a fighter pilot. Just after the war Dr. Jacob Harish was breakfasting on Grape fruit, which was a rare treat in France.  While he savored the sweetness of the fruit, he was intrigued by its bitter taste of the seed and wondered if it had any medicinal properties.

It took years of perseverance on Dr. Jacob’s part to study this fruit. More herbal, plant and fruits should be investigated for anti-microbial properties.  After the war, he migrated to the US and took a medical degree and did research on Grapefruit Seed Extract and found it useful.

Grapefruit extract is non-toxic, environmentally safe and quickly biodegradable and it is inexpensive. Dr. Harish was honored for his pioneering work and was invited to Europe, as a guest of honor at the Pasteur Institute of France, which is Europe’s leading AIDS research center.   For years, this Institute has been researching the potential of GSE, as a prophylactic against the HIV virus, as well as against the secondary infections associated with AIDS.  The farmers of Europe now use a powdered form of GSE, in fish and poultry feed to fight pathogenically lethal bacteria, such as Salmonella and E Coli.

The uses of Grapefruit Seed Extract:

• Reports from the University of Georgia in Athens, by Dr. Wyatt have proved that GSE has a wide spectrum of activity that offers antiviral, antibacterial (both against Gram + and Gram – bacteria), antifungal and antiprotozoal activity.
• When GSE is mixed with soap and cleaning products, the cleansing product only kills the germs and does not harm the skin.
• It is extremely useful when used as a pre-surgical scrub for a minute
• A growing number of dermatologists, aestheticians and cosmetologists are using GSE mixed in soaps and skin cleaners.
• A few drops of GSE have been found to be useful when put in one glass of water, as a preventative for “Traveler’s Diarrhoea”.
• 3 to 4 drops of GSE per gallon of reservoir water into a humidifier will prevent the growth of algae.
• It is a sure shot remedy in cases of Sore throats caused by Streptococci and gargling water with GSE definitely prevents sore throats.
• It has been found useful by dentists to cure Oral thrush infections due to Candidial infections.
• It has been found to be useful in protozoal infections such as Amoebiasis.

Conclusion:

Research into the flora and fauna has become very important because we are living in an era of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and a tremendous and frightful resurgence of killer viruses like Hepatitis and AIDS.   Perhaps, the answer to infectious diseases lies in cheap Holistic Alternatives such as the humble Grape fruit Seed Extract and many other unknown plants and fruits.

LILIUM TIGRINUM.

This remedy is derived from the Tiger Lily.

It is a remedy that works on female organs.

It profoundly acts on persons who are depressed with a constant tendency to weep, and consolation aggravates.  The person is tormented about her salvation.  The patient feels that her ailment is incurable.

This remedy suits persons who are disposed to curse, strike and utter obscene things.  This remedy suits persons who are aimless, hurried in their manner and must keep busy.

It is useful in myopic astigmatism and restores the power of the weakened ciliary muscle.

It is useful for flatulence with pressure in the rectum and anus and the patient has a constant desire to pass stool.

The remedy suits persons who feel as if the heart is grasped by a vice.  The heart feels full to the point of bursting, there are palpitations and the pulse is irregular and very rapid.  There is pain in the cardiac region with a feeling of lead in the chest.

This remedy suits persons who have Angina Pectoris with pain in the right arm.

The remedy suits persons who have scanty, early menstruation, with dark clotted blood.  The menstrual blood is dark clotted and offensive and there is a bearing down to pass stools with the onset of menstruation.  This remedy suits females with pain in the ovarian region, radiating down to the thighs.  It is also considered to be a useful remedy in Nymphomania.

This remedy suits ladies who have an acrid leucorrhoea with smarting in the labia.  This remedy is also useful when there is smarting in the labia associated with sub-involution of the uterus with itching in the pudendal region.

It is useful when there is aching in the legs and the person cannot keep still and there is burning with palms and soles.

This remedy suits persons is useful for person who have a disturbed sleep with dreams.

TIPS FROM THE MASTERS…

Think highly of LILIUM in cases of ciliary spasm where the nervo-muscular derangement of the eye has caused a certain degree of astigmatism.  Recorded several cases in which such conditions disappeared under its use.

Dr. Woodyatt.

 Recommend LILIUM TIGRINUM to be given in mental and moral disturbances connected with uterine disorder and those which occasionally manifest themselves in pregnancy, child-bed and the climacteric age those in fact, for which ACTEA RACEMOSA has hitherto been our main remedy.

Dr. Dyce Brown.

Dr. Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) is the father of using Bio-energy as a therapy. Dr. Reich believed that Bio-energy travels throughout the body and would become trapped in muscles and harden them, whenever emotions were repressed. Such a blockage of energy also destroyed the natural feelings and inhibited sexual responses.

Dr. Reich discovered during his research that loosening chronically rigid muscles resulted in physical sensations such as, pricking; itching and emotional arousal and he came to regard these sensations as reflecting the movement of bio-energy of the body.

From these concepts, two therapeutic approaches evolved; Bioenergetics by Dr. Alexander Lowen and Biodynamic Psychology by Dr. Gerda Boyesen.

Bioenergetics:

Dr Lowen’s approach lay in three areas:

Grounding which concentrates on the stance of the patient with the feet on the ground and energy flowing freely in a circuit which reinforces a positive link with the earth.

Breathing: Here regular breathing patterns are established so that the sensory awareness increases and the feeling of being alive are enhanced.

Character Structure: Bioenergetics recognizes five major character types and most people manifest aspects of all the five.

• Schizoid character: which is represented by holding the body together as a result of fear of it’s falling to pieces. The social behavior is not in harmony with body awareness.
• Oral Character: the muscular pattern reveals a fear of abandonment or isolation.
• Psychopathic character: Here a muscular pattern of holding up against fear of failure is revealed.
• Masochistic character: The muscular pattern derives from tension caused by blocking feelings of rights and needs.
• Rigid character: This is exemplified by a muscular pattern of holding back against emotions.

The School of Biodynamic Psychology:

Dr. Gerda Boyesen pays special attention to the interplay between the mind and body processes. Her approach uses massage and bodily movement techniques and works on the premise that a neurotic person embodies his neurosis in physiological processes.

Conclusion:

Bioenergetics is a Holistic therapy, which seeks to release defense structures that we have evolved to cope up with everyday stress and help us experience a sense of well being and pleasure.