Wendy was a woman who lived on her own in Queens, NY  She lived a very simple life.  She had a few close friends and a daughter who was distant.  Wendy’s job was not too stressful. She could go to work and come home and do her crafts and take care of her home.  Wendy [...]]]> Wendy was a woman who lived on her own in Queens, NY  She lived a very simple life.  She had a few close friends and a daughter who was distant.  Wendy’s job was not too stressful. She could go to work and come home and do her crafts and take care of her home.  Wendy lived a simple life.  When I first met Wendy, she never complained.  Wendy was satisfied with her life.  No major dramas in her life and she liked it that way.

When Wendy was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer or adenocarcinoma, she was told that she had six months to live.  Wendy didn’t notice the changes in her body or additional pain, because she had become used to her body being in pain.  She couldn’t remember a day without pain since she was in her early 20′s.  Wendy had some undiagnosable pain, which today there would be more exploration of her possibly have other chronic diseases like fibromyalgia.

Wendy confided in her good friend Carol, a nurse who was exploring energy healing and was experienced in alternative/herbal therapies.  This was at a time when I was completely untested as a healer.  I had only worked with people who had some pain. Carol had met me at a crystal healing class, where we teamed up in groups of 4 channeling healing energy of crystals to assist people in their healing.

When I first met Wendy she was bright and full of cheer.  She had accepted her physician’s diagnosis and treatment.  She decided would receive chemotherapy treatments and she was open to other ways of healing.  The only thing Wendy was sad about was losing her hair.  She knew that she was going to lose her hair from the chemotherapy treatments.

Wendy agreed to see us twice a week.  Carol suggested that Wendy start taking an herbal remedy called ESSIAC TEA to help detoxify the effects of the chemotherapy.  The first time we met with Wendy as a group to do healing, the effects where immediately noticeable.  Wendy was tired and not her usual bright self.  One of the most shocking things about Wendy was that she had lost her hair within two weeks of beginning chemotherapy.  This was Wendy’s first lesson about the power of the mind.  She had convinced herself that she would lose her hair and she did with amazing rapidity.

Week in and week out we visited Wendy in her apartment spending anywhere from an hour and a half to three hours with her in session.  Some days were good others not so good.  Slowly Wendy’s life story came out and we began to see the emotional components of Wendy’s cancer.

I now know through my studies and observations as a medical intuitive that each type of cancer has a specific mental and emotional component.  At the time I was only concerned with healing the physical body and if the emotional, mental and spiritual components were attended to that was a bonus.

Wendy’s started talking about her issues at work and how she couldn’t stomach the people she worked with.  She revealed that she didn’t like the person her daughter had become and that there was a great gulf between them.   Eventually underneath the calm loving exterior, Wendy began to reveal emotions of resentment, pain, jealousy that she never admitted to herself.  She also revealed dreams that she had of things she wanted to do in her life and the relationship she wanted to have with the only living member of her family, her daughter.

We began to outline a plan for Wendy of how to change the relationships she had in her life.   We started with the least scary to most scary.  Healing her relationship with her daughter was the scariest thing she faced.  She even admitted that it was scarier to her than facing her cancer and possible death.  Slowly Wendy started confronting her co-workers.  She forgave those she needed to forgive and place boundaries around others.  With each person she completed her unfinished business with Wendy seemed to get stronger.  Finally she was ready to deal with her daughter.  Wendy started believing that it was a matter of life or death that she forgive her daughter and get on good speaking terms with her.  In one swift move Wendy accomplished this.  She said this was the scariest thing she had ever done in her life.  Somehow she was able to forgive her daughter and renewed a close relationship with her.

With each step Wendy got stronger and stronger, there was a glow to her skin, no more pale skin.  Wendy had more energy and she began to dream of the things she would do when the chemotherapy was done and she was healed.  Wendy felt like she was healed, she no longer wanted us to come to her home twice a week, she wanted us once a week and then reduced to every other week.  After three months, Wendy went to the oncologist, when she was tested for the cancer again.  Wendy was called into the office for the results.  Her oncologist told her the news.  Actually he apologized, he was sorry but apparently Wendy had been mis-diagnosed as they did not find any cancer, he said.  Wendy was ecstatic, and at the same time she was angry at her doctor, because just like any good patient, Wendy had undergone several tests when she received her diagnosis and had gotten several opinions.  Her Doctor simply refused to believe that the work she had done with her herbs, diet changes, and inner work.  He preferred to believe that she never had cancer in the first place.  But Wendy knew better, then left on her dreamtrip to Alaska.

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My last blog post about the swine flu was about prevention through detoxification and immune system supportive actions.  The flu which broke out in Mexico and found in the US is now being found in many other countries.  Today’s  post will cover additional things you can do to prevent catching the disease.

The traditional media [...]]]> My last blog post about the swine flu was about prevention through detoxification and immune system supportive actions.  The flu which broke out in Mexico and found in the US is now being found in many other countries.  Today’s  post will cover additional things you can do to prevent catching the disease.

The traditional media and sources have a few guidelines for prevention which I will site here and then I will add a few of my own.

Once again, there is no need to panic.  You are going to be seeing headlines spreading fear everywhere.  There is no need to panic.

What can you do to protect yourself? Experts offer a a few suggestions:

1. Sanitize — i.e. Wash Your Hands Frequently. It may sound obvious, but hand-washing with soap and water for around 20 seconds is the single best thing you can do (if you’re going to go out into the world and interact with other human beings). The CDC estimates that 80 percent of all infections are spread by hands. If you can’t wash your hands regularly, try hand-sanitizers with 60 percent alcohol content.

2. Avoid — i.e. Engage in Social Distancing.” That’s the fancy term for staying away from other people if you’re sick or if you’re concerned that they may be infected. It may not be especially practical when you have to go to, say, work, but experts believe it’s worth repeating: Isolation and avoidance reduce your chances of getting infected or infecting others.

3. Be Alert — i.e. Recognize the Symptoms and Get Help. Swine flu symptoms are similar to regular flu: Fever, body aches, sore throat, cough, runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy. If you don’t feel well, seek medical attention. So far, it’s important to note, this swine flu is treatable (and absolutely survivable). It’s resistant to two of four antiviral drugs approved for combating the flu: Symmetrel and Flumadine. But two newer antivirals – Tamiflu and Relenza – appear to work.

Again I would like to state that I am not a fan of flu vaccinations but in some cases they are necessary.

Now that you’ve got the “official” prevention information here are preventative holistic measures you can take.

Start monitoring yourself.  The flu has a 24-48 hour infection period.

• Start taking higher doses of vitamin C
• Take Zinc Lozenges
• Echinacea and Goldenseal
• Take 2 drops of Oregano essential oil in the AM and PM then take probiotics 2 hours after taking the oil. (the orgeano oil tastes nasty but it will kill most any virus)

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• Should you have a few symptoms you can begin to take a homeopathic remedy.

• Oscillococcinum, Gelsemium, Bryonia and Rhus Tox are over the counter homeopathics which you can take.

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I’ve included an excerpt from FLU: Alternative Treatments and Prevention by Randall Neustaedter OMD, North Atlantic Books, 2005 which describes research on homeopathy and past epidemics.  It also describes which homeopathic remedy is most useful for the symptoms you have.

“Finding the right homeopathic medicine for the flu is usually straightforward because the symptoms tend to be dramatic and easily characterized.

Most flu seasons and epidemics fit a common homeopathic picture, so that the majority of people with the flu will benefit from the epidemic medicine.

Homeopaths are singularly confident about treating viral illness, including flu. There is a long history of successful management of serious acute infections with homeopathy, particularly the flu. Homeopathic medicine proved extremely effective in the management of the 1918 flu epidemic, and it will prove itself in any future flu pandemic, just as it does every winter in the treatment of that year’s flu cases. … A report to the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1921 documented the dramatic success of homeopathy in the worst flu pandemic in history. The death rate of 24,000 flu cases under conventional medical care in that study was 28.2 percent, while the death rate of 26,000 cases treated with homeopathy was a nearly miraculous 1.05 percent. Similarly, many homeopathic physicians each reported treating thousands of patients with very few deaths.

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Oscillococcinum

One specific homeopathic medicine used to treat the flu has been subjected to clinical trials. The medicine is a homeopathic preparation of the liver and heart of a Barbary duck (trade name Oscillococcinum). This medicine was first formulated in 1925. Its name arose from a spurious notion that the blood of flu victims in the 1918 pandemic contained bacteria composed of balls (cocci) that vibrated, or oscillated. Joseph Roy, a French physician at the time identified this supposed pathogen and found it in many animal species. He chose as the source of his homeopathic preparation a duck, possibly an extremely fortuitous accident because of the association between human flu epidemics and bird viruses.

Oscillococcinum was first studied in France during the 1987 flu epidemic caused by an H1N1 virus. This multi-center study examined the effect of Oscillococcinum (200C) on the early symptoms of flu. Results were published in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. A group of 149 non-homeopathic physicians enlisted 487 patients in the study, each of whom had developed flu-like symptoms during the previous 24 hours. Symptoms met strict criteria for the level of fever and the presence of associated flu symptoms. This took place in the midst of a documented flu epidemic. A treatment group and control group were established and the medicine prescribed in 5 doses, once at the physician’s office and then twice a day for two days following. More patients in the treatment group recovered completely in the first 48 hours than the control group (17 percent of patients with active treatment compared to 10 percent of controls). This was deemed a statistically significant difference. More patients in the treatment group also judged the treatment as favorable compared to the placebo, 61 percent vs 49 percent (Ferley, 1989).

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In 1990 German physicians replicated the French study of Oscillococcinum. They used the same criteria as the previous study and enrolled 372 patients. After 48 hours of treatment with Oscillococcinum the treatment group had significantly milder symptoms than the control group, and the number of patients with no symptoms from day two onward was significantly greater in the treatment group (17.4 percent) compared to the control group (6.6 percent) (Papp, 1998).

Both of these studies show a significant curative effect of a homeopathic medicine in the treatment of flu in carefully conducted, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. The two studies were done in different countries, each with many participating physicians, and during two different flu epidemics, presumably caused by different viruses. Conventional antiviral drugs reduce the duration of flu by about one day if taken within the first 48 hours of illness (Cooper, 2003). Comparing the results of these studies with the meager effect of conventional treatment shows that homeopathy carries the potential to make a dramatic difference in any flu epidemic without the risk of drug side effects.

Homeopathic Flu Medicines

The two most frequently indicated homeopathic flu medicines over the past 100 years have been Gelsemium and Bryonia. There are significant differences in the symptom pictures of these two medicines that make it easy to decide which is the better fit. They are not the only medicines used to treat the flu, but between them they will probably fit the majority of cases.

Bryonia and Gelsemium type flus both come on slowly over a 6-12 hour period. You begin to feel gradually worse over that time. By the second day you have aching muscles, feel pretty bad, and usually have a headache. Bryonia has more pain in the front of the head, which is definitely made worse by moving the head, or moving the eyes, and feels better from pressing the hand on the head. Gelsemium has pain in the back of the head with stiffness and aching in the neck and across the shoulders. Gelsemium does not want to move much either, and you may feel worse from moving around, but you avoid movement primarily because you are so tired. The characteristic state of Gelsemium is lethargy and fatigue. By contrast, Bryonia is tired but also restless. Bryonia discomfort is worse from motion, but at the same time you feel the urge to move about restlessly in the bed. No position seems comfortable. Bryonia is thirsty, Gelsemium is not. In fact Bryonia is generally warmer and drier. Bryonia wants air and cool temperatures to calm the heat. Gelsemium is chilly and sensitive to cold; cold shivers go down the spine. At the same time Gelsemium is clammy with the fever, and feelings of heat and cold may alternate. Bryonia has more coughing and chest symptoms, a painful cough that aggravates the sore throat. The Bryonia cough will also cause chest pains, and the inevitable reaction to this situation is to press the palm to the chest to minimize the movement caused by coughing.

Gelsemium does not have the energy to be emotional. Bryonia is irritable, worried, and fretful. Bryonia wants to be left alone, Gelsemium is too exhausted to respond.

Rhus toxicondendrom

The Rhus toxicodendron flu immediately distinguishes itself by its extreme restlessness. With all of the aching pains Rhus tox is better from moving. Constant motion, changing positions, and stretching provide the only relief. If you lie still with a Rhus tox flu you begin to ache, which forces you to move. Nighttime is the worst for Rhus tox because of the difficulty remaining in one position. You will toss and turn looking for relief. Mentally Rhus tox is anxious with a restless mind, and emotionally a sudden depression with crying is common. Like Gelsemium, Rhus tox is chilly and sweaty. Rhus tox is also sensitive to cold and better from warmth. The headache of both Rhus tox and Gelsemium has its focus in the back of the neck and head with aching across the shoulders. Rhus tox has a very dry mouth, but despite the dryness is not very thirsty.

Baptisia

Baptisia is a bad flu that comes on quickly with a high fever. Suddenly with a Baptisia flu you are very sick and going downhill fast. Mentally Baptisia is confused, stupidly dull, and even delirious, sleepy all the time and unable to even answer questions. The main characteristic is an offensive odor from the sweat, the mouth, and the stool, and Baptisia flus are accompanied by both diarrhea and vomiting. The tongue is coated yellow or brown, the throat intensely red, ulcers appear in the mouth, and the gums ooze blood.”

For more information about a Medical Intuitive approach to the flu visit Swine Flu – A Medical Intuitive Perspective.

Disclaimer: the herbs and remedies mentioned in this article enhance the body’s response to an acute infection; however, they are not a substitute for medical treatment.  You should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing any medication. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem, please contact your health care provider.

Added August 20th 2009:  Swine flu is still making the headlines, it is still preferable to take a holistic approach to any flu.  The fall is upon us and I would like to invite you to a Fall Detox/Cleansing.  Please visit Fall Detox – Holistic Protection for Flu for details

Over the past 3 days or so we have been hearing more and more about the Swine Flu that has killed 60 people in Mexico. This particular strain of swine flu has also been found in parts of California and the SouthWest. This time the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and WHO (World Health Organization) [...]]]> Over the past 3 days or so we have been hearing more and more about the Swine Flu that has killed 60 people in Mexico. This particular strain of swine flu has also been found in parts of California and the SouthWest. This time the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and WHO (World Health Organization) is watching. They are watching for a possible pandemic. The CDC has written answered the most frequently asked questions about the flu here.  If you would rather see the statement on video Swine Flu on You Tube

I will not go into the conventional methods of prevention and treatment here.  You are able to access that in many places.  Being Medical intuitive and Holistic Healer this is a holistic perspective of flu and its prevention.

Three things you need to know about the flu

1. Severe flu symptoms will not manifest in a healthy immune system
2. Flu season occurs at the same time one is supposed to detox the body
3. Heightened fear of the flu increases the chances of getting the flu

Let’s look at each of these items.

1. Severe flu symptoms will not manifest in a healthy immune system

A healthy immune system is a system that takes appropriate action when it perceives danger to the body.  The key word here is appropriate.  A child’s immune system has not yet been tested fully to fend off diseases. The elderly and people with chronic diseases usually have an under-reactive immune system.  On the other hand people with allergies have an immune system that is over-reactive.  In the case of the swine flu that has hit Mexico it seems that mostly middle aged, seemingly healthy people were killed by the flu.  I would like to propose that their immune system over-reacted when introduced to the flu.

You can strengthen an under-reactive immune system with supplements, like Echinacea and Goldenseal.

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Other herbs which support the immune system; some of which can be used as a long term to enhance resistance to infection and others which are beneficial for the treatment of acute infections. Bayberry, Boneset, Echinacea, Elder Flower, and Elder Berry, are among the herbs which can be used for the treatment of a cold, flu, fever, and upper respiratory infections.

2. Flu season occurs at the same time one is supposed to detox the body

Maintaining your health with a detox or cleansing program twice a year in the spring and fall will prevent severe flu and cold.  It is all the rage these days to go on a detox for 10 days eating nothing but lemon juice or raw foods.  The spirit in which you do a detox is the difference between a maintenance program or a fly by night fad.  Embracing your body’s need to clean toxins from your body during season change is the best way to do a detox and support your immune system.  Eating raw food for a week or being on the master cleanse are good ways to do this.  Each season, I change the type of detox I do.  One season I will do a liver cleanse, the next a kidney cleanse and the next perhaps a raw food cleanse.  I change the cleanses according to my intuitive sense of what my body needs.  I also anticipate that my body might go through some minor cold/flu like symptoms so I am sure to take time to rest during the cleanse.  I prefer to schedule my down time rather than have mother nature or my intrinsic nature create down time for me.

3. Heightened fear of the flu increases the chances of getting the flu

Sounds a little like the Law of Attraction, but I’m not coming from that perspective today.  Fear creates stress in the body.  A large amount of stress will always change the behavior of the immune system, either into over-reaction or under-reaction.  It is always best to be aware of potential dangers, not ignoring and hiding from them and most certainly not being panicked by them.

As an aside, I am not a big fan of flu vaccinations, however for some people it may be the appropriate action to take to guard against the flu.  There are also time when I have unscheduled cold/flu symptoms. When that happens I reach for my homeopathic remedy cabinet and take the appropriate homeopathic.

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Living a healthy lifestyle and having appropriate emotional, mental and spiritual behaviors and reactions does not guarantee that you will be dis-ease free, but it will allow you to have more energy and feel better for more extended periods of time in your life.

Disclaimer: the herbs and remedies mentioned in this article enhance the body’s response to an acute infection; however, they are not a substitute for medical treatment. Information and statements about the products on this site have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. You should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing any medication. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem, please contact your health care provider.

Added August 20th 2009:  Swine flu is still making the headlines, it is still preferable to take a holistic approach to any flu.  The fall is upon us and I would like to invite you to a Fall Detox/Cleansing.  Please visit Fall Detox – Holistic Protection for Flu for details.

The Herpes Virus can be killed with Herpaflor!

Each disease has its own energetic signature, its own emotional pattern as well as physiological patterns.  Herpes is just one of many chronic diseases that has stumped the establishment.  One of the first things you need to believe is that there is a cure.  If you [...]]]>

The Herpes Virus can be killed with Herpaflor!

Each disease has its own energetic signature, its own emotional pattern as well as physiological patterns.  Herpes is just one of many chronic diseases that has stumped the establishment.  One of the first things you need to believe is that there is a cure.  If you believe there is no cure then there isn’t one.  However if you hold the thought form that there is a cure and it just hasn’t been found or publicized then you are way ahead of the game.

The following is the established medical understanding of how herpes works: once herpes gains a foothold, the virus begins making copies of itself and spreading. This can lead to a range of signs and symptoms, everything from subtle symptoms that go unrecognized to severe illness. In response, the immune system mobilizes its forces for an assault and limits herpes viral spread.

Whether there are severe symptoms or not, virus will persist in the body. To avoid the immune system, Herpes Virus will retreat along the nerve pathways, finding safe sanctuary in a nerve root called a “ganglion.” In cases of genital herpes, Herpes retreats to the sacral ganglion, located at the base of the spine. In “oral” or facial herpes (cold sores), HSV finds its way to the trigeminal ganglion, at the top of the spine. In the ganglion, the virus remains inactive (“latent”) for an indefinite period of time.

The phenomenon of latency is basically a sleep cycle. In essence, the virus returns to a safe haven and sleeps, sometimes for long periods. Unfortunately, while HSV is latent, various biological events can cause it to become active and begin traveling the nerve pathways back to the skin. There it can cause signs and symptoms again, though it doesn’t always do this.

How often the virus “wakes up” is a complicated question. It used to be thought that all of the Herpes Virus “waking times” were marked by outbreaks— an irregularity in the skin such as a pimple, for example, or else some kind of symptom like an itch. Then researchers learned that the virus could wake and become active without causing noticeable signs or symptoms: no itch, no pain, no pimples, no blisters.

Who gets herpes an how?

• About 50 percent to 80 percent of the adult population in the United States has oral herpes (commonly called cold sores or fever blisters), with as many as 90% having the virus by age 50.
• Most people contract oral herpes when they are children by receiving a kiss from a friend or relative.
• About one in five persons in the United States has genital herpes; however, as many as 90 percent are unaware that they have the virus. There are many reasons people do not know they have herpe.
• Anyone who is sexually active can contract genital herpes.

In other words, our current medical system does not have a cure for nor can it target who gets it.  Let’s take a look at it from a Medical Intuitive Perspective.  The first thing that one needs to note about herpes is that it is gotten from someone else.  Immediately, the Victim Archetype comes in front and center.  On an emotional and psychological level you must deal with your Victim Archetype.  Your victim archetype teaches you about control, responsibility and power.  The Victim Archetype is the Guardian of Self Esteem.  Unlike other sexually transmitted diseases which may bring the Saboteur to the front.  Herpes works with the Victim Archetype in you to sometimes make you feel helpless.

The lessons that come with Herpes is about personal boundaries and your interactions with people with whom you have control issues.  Being able to be out in the world with a cold sore without being conserned about what others think is the ultimate in self-esteem.

Looking at the chakra system.  The Herpes Virus retreats to the seventh & first chakras.  Issues of family, acceptance and even survival show up when one has the virus. Faith is tested and the question of why me is always being asked.

According to current medical wisdom there is no way to cure herpes, however using alternative therapies one can alleviate even eliminate the symptoms altogether.  Energy Medicine or hands on healing techniques can assist in working the the herpes virus itself.  Working with your Victim Archetype and any other archetype associated with your specific manifestation of Herpes is also very useful.  Chakra work on the 1st and 7th chakras help along with working with the energetics of the chakras that your symptoms manifest at when there is an outbreak.

On the physical level a combination of herbs and compounds have separately and collectively been associated with releaving and inhibiting the herpes virus.  A combination of Marine Algae Extracts, Zinc Sulfate, Prunella Vulgaris, L-Lysine, Licorice Root, Sage, Lemon Balm, Reishi Mushroom, Tea Tree Oil, Spirulina, Oregano Oil, Rosemary Oil, Peppermint Oil, Chaparral and Aloe Vera have each been written up by various news sources and peer reviewed journals known to assist in being effective treatments for herpes.  There is one product called Herpaflor which is the only product I am aware of that contains all these compounds.  Additionally there are homeopathic remedies that are useful such as  Vaccinotixinum, Apis mellifica.  Please be aware that if you are using any essential oils along with homeopathic remedies the essential oils will render the homeopathic remedy inactive.

Each person has their own specific emotional and physiological relationship to any disease.  It is always best to tailor a regimen to each individual.  The above is a good place to start.  For an intuitive session please contact me at  1-800-418-9566

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