posted by admin on Apr 7
For the best results, it will also be necessary to give the bowels a good clean-out beforehand. Soaked prunes or figs, freshly ground linseed or Linoforce, and psyllium seed will serve this purpose very well. But if they do not move the bowels sufficiently, give an enema with a warm camomile infusion in addition. To help even further, hot packs should be applied to the liver area for a few hours before and after drinking the oil. As soon as the bowels have been emptied you can take the oil. That accomplished, lie down, turn over on your right side, relax, and remain in this position for two hours. If you find it difficult to drink the oil by itself, try to take it in alternation with a cereal coffee {Bambu Coffee Substitute). Should even this prove to be obnoxious, you will then have to ingest the required quantity of oil spaced out, a little at a time taken over several days. This method will not be quite so effective, but at least the smaller stones may be eliminated and the remaining bigger ones may not cause any trouble for a while. However, anyone who is capable of drinking the whole quantity of oil at one time should not be surprised if all the stones are eliminated from the gallbladder. Of course, this is more likely to occur in cases which have not become chronic and where no large stones are present.
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posted by admin on Apr 7
There is a special soup which stimulates sluggish bowels if eaten every morning with a little crispbread or wholegrain (wholewheat) bread. The recipe is as follows. Cook freshly ground whole wheat, a small chopped onion and a crushed clove of garlic in some water. After taking the soup off the stove, add a little finely chopped parsley and a spoonful of pure olive oil.
This simple breakfast has cured many of their constipation. For more stubborn cases, psyllium seed or ground linseed should be added.
Alternatively, if you are bothered with intestinal sluggishness, have been overdosed with laxatives, if even natural plant laxatives no longer give relief, or if you simply want to normalise your bowel movement, the following recipe will be helpful.
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posted by admin on Apr 7
Electric and insulin shock treatments could be a step in the right direction. Although these treatments cannot strictly be termed natural methods, the principle behind them may be based on observations from life; for example, the shock brought on by a fright, an accident or other emotionally ’shocking’ experience can jolt a person back to reason.
A change of climate, environment and latitude, long walks and hikes, breathing exercises (especially diaphragm-breathing), physical training, singing, vocal breathing exercises, etc., are all beneficial and may help to change the patient’s mental outlook. Hydro-therapeutic treatments such as baths, cold or hot showers, Schlenz baths (see pages 433-6), underwater massage, walking or stamping in cold water, walking barefoot, also walking barefoot in the early morning when the dew is still on the grass, are further sources of help which can be employed according to the doctor’s advice and bearing in mind the individual’s needs.
In accordance with the patient’s condition, doctors and nurses
should try various approaches and watch and note the patient’s reactions to each treatment, however small the influence of the shock effect may be. Moreover, anything contributing to a happy atmosphere should be encouraged by the nursing staff, as physical therapy and cheerfulness alone can quite often work small miracles.
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posted by admin on Apr 7
Internal treatment should also start at the onset of a colic. Magnesium phos. 6x and Atropinum sulph. 4x should be given. If the
patient brings everything up, then the remedies must be given by means of an enema.
If, in spite of all precautions, the patient loses consciousness anyway, there is no need to panic as the spell will pass off without doing any harm, and perforation can be prevented.
Keep the bath hot by adding hot water; it should last half an hour, the patient being massaged all the while and the cold compresses being renewed. After the bath apply hot packs and give frequent herbal enemas. If blood comes instead of urine, this means that the stone has become stuck in the ureter and has damaged it. At this stage, it would be beneficial to give Solidago by enema in order to stimulate the kidneys, for if he has a severe attack, the patient will usually be unable to retain anything given by mouth. Continue the packs and enemas for half an hour and then follow up with another hot bath, with massage and compresses.
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posted by admin on Apr 7
First of all, you must take up the fight against constipation, for as long as you remain constipated any treatment will have only partial success. It must be said, however, that the cause of constipation is often more than the lack of a proper diet — one made up of wholegrain or wholemeal bread and plenty of fresh fruit and raw vegetables – and good herbal remedies such as Rasayana and Linoforce; an additional factor can be the mental and emotional stresses and tensions many of us experience as a consequence of unsolved problems in our life. An ‘uptight’ attitude can be an outward sign of a similar tension in the bowels, which, incidentally, are governed by the sympathetic nervous system. Once constipation has been remedied, it is relatively easy to treat the haemorrhoids successfully.
For this purpose there are some fine natural medicines available. Aesculaforce and Hypericum perforatum are good for the circulation and have aided many people in their effort to get rid of varicose veins. For this reason they are equally effective for the treatment of dilated veins in and around the anus. These remedies help to reduce the pressure in the veins and thus have a healing effect on the entire venous system.
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