Throwback Newsletter: From July 2007
If you had a drug that had more than 44,000 adverse reports to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) including delirium, hallucinations, convulsions, aggressions, psychosis and more than 1,000 suicides could you with a clear conscious promote it to school children? According to an article in “American Free Press” if you were a major drug producer and the drug was Prozac, the answer would be yes!
Dr. Candice Pert said, “I am alarmed at the monster that John Hopkins neuroscientist Solomon Snyder and I created”. Peter Breggin M.D. claims that the company “knew from early on, and suppressed, that Prozac has a dangerous stimulating effect similar to amphetamines and cocaine”. He also claims that “in controlled studies for the FDA, Prozac’s beneficial effect was no better then a sugar pill”. Dr. Breggin also claims that in a clinical trial, six percent of the kids on Prozac turned psychotic.
In light of this report, why not try putting these children on a vitamin program to help normalize their bodies before resorting to drugs. A line-up of the following vitamins taken daily just might be the trick.
These items along with an all natural, sugar, preservative and caffeine free diet just may be enough to help keep your child’s body normalized and away from the drugs that may harm them even worse than helping them.
Medical Mythology: Let’s Talk About Air
By Dr. Glen Mahoney, May 2007
Let us begin by reminding ourselves about the three rule. We can survive for three weeks without food, for three days without water, but only three minutes without oxygen in the air. Let us also remind ourselves that the energy needs of the body are supplied 90% from oxygen and only 10% from food and water. One last reminder, only a few hundred years ago the earth’s air was 35% oxygen. Today the earth’s air contains 21% oxygen and with more and more pollution. “Things just ain’t what they use to be.” In fact, many practitioners are well aware that oxygen deficiency is a contributing factor in many diseases. All this is the reason for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). However before we begin our discussion of HBOT, it’s time for the “disclaimer”. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seems to be more than negatively inclined toward HBOT.
Having heard what the FDA believes, we will now quote from “HealthLink”: a newsletter from the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Oxygen is essential for proper healing of bodily tissues, whether it’s skin, muscle, or bone. In most cases, the act of breathing combined with a health network of veins and arteries provide enough oxygen for the body tissues to heal. However, in certain circumstances, hyperbaric oxygen treatment is used to substantially increase oxygen flow within tissues to improve healing. The undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society has approved the use of hyperbaric oxygen for several other conditions besides the bends.
These conditions include: air or gas embolism, carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, crush injuries, problem wounds, anemia/blood loss, intracranial abscess, soft tissue infections, bone infections, radiation therapy complications, skin grafts, and burns. Of special note in this list, of which many are infections, is the further statement that “bacterial infection eats away soft tissue, releases toxins into the bloodstream, and inhibits the body’s defense mechanisms. These bacteria prefer low-oxygen concentrations. High doses of oxygen via hyperbaric therapy inhibit bacteria and toxin production.”
At Country Health Clinic our HBOT chamber is low pressure (PSI three to four) with filters and oxygen augmented air. This process increases the oxygen availability to the blood and body fluids by 20% to 25%. In most cases, HBOT is used adjunctively with many of the other therapies available at the clinic. The most common negative after effects are pressure on the ears during compression or decompression and feeling lightheaded for a few brief minutes following treatment. At the clinic our experience has been favorable with several of the conditions noted in the “HealthLink” report.
Scents You Should Know…The Basic Care Kit
An essential oil extensively used in deodorants, soaps, cosmetics, perfumes, hair, and bath products, Chamomile is also the fourth oil of the ten basic oils to keep on hand, which include Lavender (EO35), Tea Tree (EO74), Peppermint (EO57), Chamomile (EO11), Eucalyptus (EO22), Geranium (EO26), Rosemary (EO63), Thyme (EO73), Lemon (EO37), and Clove (EO17).
Chamomile hails from Europe. It is especially found in the Mediterranean region and has been for over 2,000 years now. It is now grown in the USA as well. There are two different types of Chamomile, Roman and German. The Roman Chamomile is a perennial that grows to be about 10” tall and is characterized by being a pale blue with a warm sweet fruity smell. The German Chamomile is an annual that grows to be approximately 24” tall an is a dark inky blue color with a strong sweet smell. Both have daisy like flowering heads from which the oils are extracted by steam distillation. Both oils have antibacterial, antiseptic, disinfectant, and anti-inflammatory properties that may be used to help aid in nausea, anorexia, morning sickness, digestive system, arthritis, headaches, skin care, and many other problems.
Hay fever, a problem for many people, will be showing up as the weather gets warmer. Try this to help soothe your symptoms: add two drops of both Chamomile and lemon with a drop of lavender to your bath water. Afterwards, dilute two drops of chamomile, one drop of geranium (EO26), and one drop of lemon (EO37) to one teaspoon of vegetable oil, and massage onto the neck, chest, and back. For skin rescue here is a mixture that may work: 10 drops of chamomile, 10 drops of geranium, five drops of lemon, and five drops of lavender diluted in 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil. Massage mixture over the chapped or dry skin areas for relief, or two drops of chamomile and two drops of geranium mixed with two teaspoons of aloe vera gel for chapped lips. This may help to get rid of the “alligator skin”.
What’s Up Doc?
Q: What should I do now that I had a stroke?
A: We highly recommend coming into the clinic to use the Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber to help heal the brain. Crown therapy helps stimulate the brain and promote better motor recovery, a Chelation IV is excellent for cardiovascular health. Redlight bed helps energize cells to promote faster healing and muscle recovery. We also recommend adding these supplements CHF #39 Oral Chelation to help keep arteries healthy and clean. CHF #4 Vit. E helps thin the blood. CHF #12 Liver helps remove bad cholesterol. ProOmega2000 helps reduce inflammation of the brain.
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