--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00058Date: 07/01/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 01:21am \/To: JANE KELLEY (Read 1 times) Subj: Ear Candling Hi Jane, You wrote to Sarah: > SD> TM> As for ear-candling, the hot wax can burn the skin if you spill > SD> TM> in on it and the flame can set the hair on fire. Dowsing with a > SD> TM> dowsing rod would seem a lot safer and is probabaly equally > SD> TM> effective. > SD>What's a dowsing rod? > incidently, much safer methods of getting the same amount of heat to the > ear if you insist upon this. One is a hot water bottle, wrapped in a > towel, the other is a heating pad turned on low or medium. Sunlight is even more effective. ;-) >> TM> Have you investigated whay is causing them to swell shut ? > SD>Yep. Cow's milk causes ear infections with him, but even though I > stopped > SD>the consumption, fluid remained. > Then there are some other food allergies which you have not stopped > giving the child. Most people are not "allergic" to milk..their bodies just refuse to accept cowmilk as a natural alternative either before or after weaning off. > If a child is allergic to milk, he will also be allergic to a certain > kind of insulation used in homes that has formeldehyde in it. Breathing > the fumes will make any physical condition worse. Bunkum. > If your child is also a heavy sugar and sweets eater this is an > indication that his diet lacks the amino acids his system needs. Bunkum again. The body merely learns to accept those sugars as being those natural sugars that it really needs. And this is the fault of the parents. Sugars have nothing at all to do with amino acids BTW. > All of this and more is the first step towards figuring out for yourself > what you can do to elimiate the fluid problem and much of it is not > known to all doctors. With friends like you giving this little gem of advice..who needs enemies? Huuuugh??? Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00059Date: 07/01/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 11:36pm \/To: JANE KELLEY (Read 1 times) Subj: Fever Can Kill Hi Jane, > AF> > AF> > told me to leave foods with gluten alone. > AF> > AF> You could have saved your money and time....I told you that months > AF> > AF> ago. ;-) > I didn't think that ten or 15 dollars was a huge amount at the time. Never trust a Brit eh? ;-) > AF> What do you mean by "essential oils"? I presume unsaturated fats > AF> together with the fat soluble vitamins they contain. If so, > AF> nothing wrong with that advice if you are down on A, D, E or K. > AF> Better to get them from the fats (also good for your joints) > AF> than in pills..that's for sure. > I'm still trying to learn this, something about GLA content. I know > that if I eat some flax seed, take Oil of Evening Primrose, and get some > olive oil and salmon oil (in fish) that I am doing very well. All cold-pressed vegetable oils are good...but forget the salmon oil. > Something is working as the knees feel a lot better some days. Vegetable oils are important for the joints. They are literally a lubricant. Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00060Date: 07/01/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 11:48pm \/To: LAURENT DE FONTENAY (Read 1 times) Subj: marijuana/men breast cancer Hi Laurent, Nice to hear from South Africa! You wrote to Gayle: > GL> Hi Laurent, In the 70s they would make brownies and put > GL> marjuana in the brownies you eat the brownies and you get high. I > GL> don't recommend any of it. Tobacco or alcohol except for maybe a > GL> glass of wine now and again. Ciao, Gayle > Wise words. :-) I'd never have thought that eating the stuff could make > one high though. Hempseed is extremely nutritious (softened overnight in half a flask of warm water). Clothing made from hemp is very hard-wearing and very comfortable. Hempseed oil is also nutritious if you like the taste. The Germans (I'm a Brit living in Germany) have reintroduced it as an agricultural crop for these purposes. Best regards, Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00061Date: 07/01/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 11:59pm \/To: JANE KELLEY (Read 1 times) Subj: Virus Hi Jane, You wrote to Terry: > Alan wrote this: > TR> > I am surrounded by a couple of hundred of you guys (a few are also > TR> > good friends of mine) and it is enlightening to hear their own > TR> > goals in life (rather than the goals of their peers). There are > TR> > many people in this world who need to think about what they are > TR> > doing...for whom..and why. > And you responded: > TR> OK, again, what's your point?!! > He is trying to prove that what you say is corrupted by our passion for > money over here. I can speak for myself thank you...and did so when I replied to Terry's post. Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00062Date: 07/02/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 12:34am \/To: ALEX VASAUSKAS (Read 1 times) Subj: marijuana Hi Alex, Thanks for your reply. > AF> I get the sneaky feeling that you misunderstood or misinterpreted > AF> my former reply to your post. Marijuana..to me...is an evil..and > AF> only hempseed (very nutritious) and hemp textiles (extremely > AF> healthy and long-lasting) are beneficial to humans. > Why do you consider marijuana to be an evil? Any substance...either natural or artificial..which intereferes with rather than promoting body functions (IOW any substance which is not merely nutritious) is not conducive to good health and well being (i.e. whether addictive or not) and can thus merely "treat" some symptom rather than initiate a body cure. >> Unlike tobacco and alcohol, which are legal, >> the federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule I >> substance -- equivalent to heroin, and people are sentenced to >> prison for decades and have their property confiscated by the >> government for growing or possessing less than a pound of it. > AF> Here I would agree that it is useless to jail any junkies > Since we were talking about marijuana, and I understand "junky" > to be synonymous with "addict", are you suggesting that marijuana > is addictive? Whether one is addicted to a drug or whether one takes it on a regular basis wuthout becoming addicted is irrelevant. Anybody who needs any drug (sleeping pills etc. included) on a regular basis could be termed a "junky". Drinking a bottle of whisky a day without being an alcoholic is just as damaging to the body as an alcoholic doing the same thing. (> AF> ...I am of the opinion that all drugs > AF> are both dangerous and an answer to nothing > Why do you believe that all drugs are both dangerous and an > answer to nothing? Becuse they do not address the underlying problem..i.e. the cause (i.e. why the person thinks he or she needs to take the drug in the first place). > AF> but that these > AF> self-same drugs should be legalized and thus made cheaper to stamp > AF> out both the criminal activities of the pushers and the junkies. > AF> As to the junkies themselves, they should not be > AF> treated as criminals but allowed to "go to pot" ('scuse the pun) > AF> or cure themselves under their own steam (natural selection) and > AF> out of their own pockets..as the case may be. Drugtaking is a > AF> self-inflicted injury which should cost the state (and hence the > AF> non-drugtaking population) absolutely nothing. The Dutch have > AF> taken the first step in this direction and are > AF> achieving remarkable results. > What is referred to as "drug-related" crime should more accurately > be referred to as "prohibition-related" crime. Then it would be > easier to implement the sensible solution you suggest. Would you > apply this same solution across-the-board to all people who undertake > behaviors that increase risk of injury or ill health, such as poor > eating habits and inadequate exercise? There could be a case for this seeing that most people today are made aware by the media that they may be eating wrong and ignoring good exercise. The health insurance companies are also debating whether to differentiate (smokers as against non-smokers etc. etc.). Mandatory health insurance contributions such as here in Germany (where health costs are spiralling) are merely so high because the lowest common denominator (i.e. all those people..the majority still..who leave their health to the docs rather than taking on the responsibility themselves) is used as the basis for calculations. >> Prohibition has helped government grow, become more powerful, >> and been very lucrative for it. Consequently, there is a >> substantial interest in demonizing marijuana and other substances. > AF> I would totally disagree that prohibition helps a government grow > AF> and become more powerful. It merely breeds people like 'ol Al > AF> Capone and his mob. > Prohibition naturally raises prices of things people demand, thereby > encouraging lawbreaking for profit. But, in the U.S.A. prohibition > has also increased the power and size of government in terms of > an expanded military, expanded and new police agencies, more prisons, > and the erosion of civil rights and civil liberties in the name of > fighting the crime created by prohibition. Then we here must be doing something wrong....i.e. despite the same prohibition we do not have either enough police or enough prisons or even enough judges even for the crimes not associated with drug use. This is because a lot of people have legal insurance and drown the courts and overtax the police with petty, stupid complaints (mostly against neighbours). In addition, we lack a National Guard which does not have to concern itself with things like traffic offences and noise complaints etc.. Best regards, Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00063Date: 07/02/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 12:51am \/To: TERRY RICKS (Read 1 times) Subj: Hi Terry, I believe I have answered your initial reply already...but in case you didn't get it...I'll reply also to this one. >> A virus is an obligate intracellular parasite. >> >> A buzzword maybe....but true according to state-of-the-art knowledge. >> IOW a virus is an opportunistic cell parasite. > Not a "buzzword", but a fact. Be careful with the word fact as there are people around who believe that more viruses are actually NEEDED by cells than actually damage them. This is why I said "true according to state of the art knowledge". How do you define "opportunisitic"? > Every know cellular form of life has at least one viral parasite, most > have > more than one. Not every virus can attack every cell; the cell has to > have > the appropriate protein receptor site. The virion attaches to the > appropriate site. There is no "opportunity", as in attacking the cell > at a > weak, or unprotected, moment, which is what your statement implies. >> Whereas what you are saying is accepted...who is to say that cells do not offer the appropriate protein receptor site in cases where they need the actual virus? And why does the immune system tend to attack and attempt to eradicate some viruses? >> viruses? Does your research concentrate on improving/strengthening >> the immune system? > How can you say that this knowledge gets us nowhere? This knowledge > has > allowed the development of anti-viral drugs that block receptor sites, > or > help cells fight viral reproduction. Most viruses are easily destroyed > by > natural materials such as sunlight, heat, or simple chemicals such as > chlorine (as a chlorite solution). We can already destroy viruses! > What's > your point? My point is that our anti-viral drugs (for example) are not working Terry. Even innoculation is producing better results as only the body is able to identify and produce the necessary antibodies to fit the particular virus. We are still experimenting (and people are thus still getting colds) in this area because we just do not have the technology (and don't need it until we understand the real role of viruses) to both differentiate fully between wanted and unwanted viruses and also to be able to successfully block the receptor sites without knowing of possible other consequences. Best regards, Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00064Date: 07/02/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 12:56am \/To: JANE KELLEY (Read 1 times) Subj: Adhd Hi Jane, > AF> Why not, for example, get hold of a pack of DTP (diptheria, > AF> tetanus and pertussis) vaccine and read the little slip of paper > AF> describing the contents. Among the ingredients are: > I've had DPT several times in my life, including as an adult when I was > a student nurse. I've also had something for measles or German measles > which gave me a lot more trouble at the time. > AF> DTP has been indicated as causing or leading to: > AF> - Nodules and abcesses > AF> - Mental retardation with learning disabilities > AF> - Epileptic fits > AF> - Sexual aberrancy > Don't have any of those and neither do my children or grandchildren. I > think you need a new group of authors and definitely a new data base. Nothing to do with authors or databases Jane...all packs from all companies currently on the market list these possible side-effects. Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00065Date: 07/02/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 01:01am \/To: MARK PROBERT (Read 1 times) Subj: Adhd Hi Mark, > AF> The statistics (including those of the U.S.A....read Sagan, for > AF> example) tell an entirely different tale about the effectiveness > AF> of vaccines Jane. > AF> Why not, for example, get hold of a pack of DTP (diptheria, > AF> tetanus and pertussis) vaccine and read the little slip of paper > AF> describing the contents. Among the ingredients are: > AF> Mercury: A toxic heavy metal known to cause severe salivation, > AF> brain cell destruction, feeblemindedness, Alzheimer's > AF> (most probably), toxic dementia, insanity and death. > AF> Aluminum: Destroys brain cells and becomes part of the > AF> replacement for them through a process known as > AF> - Mental retardation with learning disabilities > AF> - Epileptic fits > AF> - Sexual aberrancy > How about a citation or two, or three to back this up? Who should I quote here Mark? Get a hold of ANY pack and read the slip of paper for yourself (as I also advised Jane to do). You don't even need to buy it....just go down to your local drugstore and ask to read the slip of paper. Best regards, Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00066Date: 07/02/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 01:13am \/To: MARK PROBERT (Read 1 times) Subj: Virus Hi Mark, I wrote to Terry: > AF> Everyone who sticks to the subject of ALTMED (which is > AF>non-allopathic and thus concerned with causes and prevention rather > AF>than treatment) is welcome in here Terry. At the moment I would > AF>estimate that the allopathics are in the majority in here..which > AF>merely (at least to me) reveals their insecurity as to allopathic > AF>treatment methods. > Me insecure? Now, that is a first. If you are an allopathic then why are you delving in here? Best regards, Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EBC00067Date: 07/02/97 From: ALAN FLETCHER Time: 10:02pm \/To: MARK COLE (Read 1 times) Subj: Mint Hi Mark, > Can anyone tell me the best way to dry leaves of Mint? Mine end up with > black patches all over them (which may be harmless for all I know). Although I personally have never dried mint (I always use the fresh herbs/plants/roots of the season), the general rules are never to dry leaf herbs on metal surfaces (dry them on wood, paper or linen), never expose them to sunlight during drying and never dry them at a temperature of over 40 C (104 F). They are ready when they disintegrate when crushed between your fingers. Best regards, Alan --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Bear's Cave (2:2461/161.5)