Saturday, May 12, 2012

Cayenne Pepper - One of the Greatest Health Secrets of the World

(Imzaia.com) Cayenne pepper must be one of the most amazing spices I have come across so far. Its health benefits have been scientifically proven over and over again and probably the only reason why it is not commonly used as a medicinal herb is that Big Pharma would see their profits shrink considerably if the use of Cayenne pepper were as widespread as aspirin.

Fortunately this is changing. Scientists themselves are showing (renewed) interest in the health benefits of Cayenne pepper and many people are stepping away from conventional medicine and finding their way back to natural remedies. If every 'heart' patient (what a term!) could be made aware of how Cayenne pepper can stop a heart attack very quickly and how this wonderful spice could prevent heart attacks from happening in the first place, global health would already improve considerably.

So let's spread the word to make this world a healthier place for everyone!

Jasmine for the Imzaia Team

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Health Benefits of Cayenne Pepper

What are the health benefits of cayenne pepper? How do cayenne peppers help you, if at all, with your weight loss diet regime?

The purported health benefits of cayenne are almost too unbelieveable, but its reputation keeps growing among medical researchers as well as alternative health afficionados and deservedly so.

It can do everything from kill cancer cells in the prostate, lungs, and pancreas to immediately stop a heart attack within 30 seconds.

Let's get into some of the specifics of cayenne pepper benefits. Cayenne pepper (or cayanne pepper as it's sometimes spelled as) increases metabolism by immediately influencing the venous structure.

It is nothing short of amazing with its effects on the circulatory system as it feeds the vital elements into the cell structure of capillaries, veins, arteries and helps adjust blood pressure to normal levels.

Yes, cayenne pepper for high blood pressure is certainly one of its core uses, but cayenne cleans the arteries as well, helping to rid the body of the bad LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. Considering that heart disease is the number one killer in America, this is significant.

Cayenne is also great for the stomach and the intestinal tract. It stimulates the peristaltic motion of the intestines and aids in assimilation and elimination. When taken internally, it warms the body and has even been used by some herbalist doctors to help heal and rebuild flesh due to frostbite.

Notwithstanding its hot taste, paradoxically it is actually superb for rebuilding the tissue in the stomach, facilitating healing with stomach and intestinal ulcers. Cayenne pepper for ulcers is not something most would have considered but I can testify to that remarkability capability of cayenne.

Cayenne Pepper and Heart Health

Yes, the effect of cayenne pepper on your body is dramatic, even literally instant and no more so than with the heart. Cayenne pepper's benefits is one of the things that brought you to this article so now let’s discuss the phenomenal healing properties of cayenne pepper with the human heart.

Dr. John Christopher, the famed natural herbalist, was persecuted relentlessly by the government for his practice of herbal medicine all the while assisting patients in curing heart disease, cancer, tuberculosis, infertility, rheumatism, leukemia, and every other incurable under the sun.

One of his greatest stories in his long career was how he could instantly stop a heart attack if he could get the patient to drink a glass of warm cayenne water. He said, "A teaspoon of cayenne should bring the patient out of the heart attack."

While this is not directly related to cayenne pepper and heart health, with internal hemorrhaging, if the patient can drink a glass of extra warm cayenne water, Dr. Christopher wrote, "...by the count of ten the bleeding will stop. Instead of all the pressure being centralized, it is equalized and the clotting becomes more rapid."

Perhaps now you can see why cayenne pepper is regarded as a true "miracle herb." With over 700,000 thousands Americans experiencing a stroke each year and almost half a million dying yearly of either heart disease or related issues, believe it not the cure is as close as your local health food establishment. How should you take cayenne? Ideally orally in a drink.

Cayenne Pepper Detox Drink
The cayenne pepper drink, when taken faithfully, will dramatically improve your heart health as well as your venous structure. Drink it with warm distilled water but if that is unavailable, purified water will substitute nicely. Start by mixing about a quarter of a teaspoon in a glass of warm water. Then, down the hatch. Don't worry, you'll get used to it.

Of course, the Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) rating of the cayenne pepper you're using should be known. Most cayenne is between 30,000 to 50,000 SHUs.

Some, though, like the African Birdseye cayenne pepper powder can come in anywhere from 90,000 to 140,000! Needless to say, you should scale back your dosages of this until your body acclimates to its heat.

Another benefit of cayenne peppers is its antifungal properties. Cayenne pepper antifungal properties are significant although this is not its primary health benefit. Cayenne has been shown in some studies to be active against phomopsis and collectotrichum -- both are fungal pathogens.

These fungal pathogens affect fruits especially strawberries and are not directly related to humans. Currently, cayenne immune system benefits are also the subject of studies conducted by many nutritional supplement companies and microbiologists.

Let's get even more specific. Here is a comprehensive list of all the things cayenne can do for your health and why you should make it a regular part of your daily health regime.

(I take this information from Dr. John R. Christopher's book School of Natural Healing.) By the way, the word "capsicum" is another term for cayenne pepper and is used interchangeably. That is how Dr. Christopher referred to cayenne in his book.

Key Health Benefits of Cayenne Peppers

• This herb is a great food for the circulatory system in that it feeds the necessary elements into the cell structure of the arteries, veins and capillaries so that these regain the elasticity of youth again, and the blood pressure adjusts itself to normal. It rebuilds the tissue in the stomach and heals the stomach and intestinal ulcers; in equalizing the blood circulation, Cayenne produces natural warmth in your body; and in stimulating the peristaltic motion of the intestines, it aids in assimilation and elimination.

• Cayenne regulates the flow of blood from the head to the feet so that the pressure is equalized; it influences the heart immediately, then gradually extends its effects to the arteries, capillaries, and nerves (the frequency of the pulse is not increased, but is given more vigor).

• Human circulation; it is warming; dilating; specific for varicose veins; equalizes the blood pressure in the arterial and venous system; equalizes blood pressure instantly actually.

• Cayenne is useful in alleviating allergies, muscle cramp, improving digestion, gives more pep and energy, and helps wound healing with minimal scar tissue.

• Cayenne is a counter-irritant; it brings blood to the surface and allows the toxins to be taken away.

In an article reported on March 16, 2006 by Reuters, the main ingredient in Cayenne, capsaicin, was found to destroy prostate cancer cells. Here is what the article said,

"Capsaicin led 80 percent of human prostate cancer cells growing in mice to commit suicide in a process known as apoptosis, the researchers said. Prostate cancer tumors in mice fed capsaicin were about one-fifth the size of tumors in untreated mice, they reported in the journal Cancer Research. 'Capsaicin had a profound anti-proliferative effect on human prostate cancer cells in culture,' said Dr. Soren Lehmann of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine."

• Capsicum supports the natural beat (rhythm) of the viscera and interior actions of the glandular, circulatory, lymphatic, and digestive systems. It has been used with great success as a cure for spotted fever (?); the most active stimulant to support and re-animate feeble or exhausted powers.

• This is a medicine of great value in the practice, and may be safely used in all cases of disease, to raise and retain the internal vital heat of the system, cause a free perspiration, and keep the determining powers to the surface. The only preparation is to have it reduced to a fine powder. For a dose, take from half to a teaspoonful in hot water or tea sweetened with honey.

• Dr. Coffin includes cayenne pepper in his composition powder to restore the normal function of the body in the various stages of pregnancy and childbirth. For morning sickness he recommends a combination of ‘White poplar bark, agrimony, centaury, raspberry leaves, yarrow and rhubarb, each a quarter of an ounce, steep in two quarts of water, strain, and add while hot two teaspoons of powdered cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of Cayenne pepper, and let the patient take one tablespoonful every three hours until the symptoms are removed if this should not relieve, give an emetic and repeat if necessary.


• Great for heartburn.

• Capsicum is a powerful rubefacient.

• Capsicum is a general nervous stimulant; a specific for delirium tremens.

• For atonic gout, in paralysis, in dropsy, in tympanitis, and in the debilitated stages of fever.

• For scrofulous; dyspepsia; flatulence; it's an excellent carminative.

• For sore throats—gargle (prepare the gargle with honey); for spasmodic and irritating coughs; heartburn and diarrhea;

• Enables feeble stomachs to digest food; for atonic dyspepsia; specific for hemorrhoids; cures intermittent fever; Capsicum has the power to control menorrhagia; relieves sea-sickness;

• In delirium tremens it is beneficial by enabling the patient to retain and digest food.

• Capsicum is particularly efficient in tonsillitis, and the sore throat of scarlet fever and in diphtheria no application is so efficient as a strong gargle or wash make with Capsicum.

• Promote digestion; relieves pains of the womb; removes obstructed menstruation; for quinsy; for all diseases of the throat; use as a plaster with honey for rheumatic pains, pains of the joints, gout, swellings, etc.; Use outwardly as a liniment, apply it warm or hot for arthritis and rheumatism; gargle for scarlet fever; use an infusion for ulcers in the mouth, strep throat or tonsillitis. (p.103)

• Cayenne is an excellent remedy for a cold; mix infusion with slippery elm and molasses or honey, and take in doses throughout the day; also excellent for sore throat and coughs.

• Cayenne mixed with pennyroyal (an herb) taken for three days will expel the dead birth material from a miscarriage.

• Eases toothache; preserves the teeth from rotting, and when rubbed on the gums, stimulates them enough to prevent pyorrhea.

• Excellent for any type of internal hemorrhage, (create an infusion with bethroot or star root);

• Capsicum is an important remedy in cholera; Capsicum stops vomiting; combine with equal parts of Capsicum and common table salt, one half ounce of each, one pint of good vinegar, give in tablespoon doses for cholera, vomiting "cholera morbus" -- the gross material associated with cholera from the system

• In chronic lumbago a plaster of Capsicum with garlic, pepper and liquid amber (silarasa) or storax is an efficient stimulant and rubefacient application. (p105)

• When made into a lozenge with sugar and tragacanth it is a remedy for hoarseness.

• For a carminative make pills of equal parts of Capsicum, rhubarb and ginger or aloes.

• Combine Capsicum with cinchona for intermittent and lethargic affections and for atonic gout and in advanced stages of rheumatism.

• Combine with asafoetida and sweet flag root or camphor in the form of pills in cases of cholera.

• Capsicum has a powerful action on the mucous membrane, and in hoarseness and sore throat, and in putrid throat a gargle made of Capsicum is particularly beneficial.

• By pouring hot vinegar upon the fruits of Capsicum all the essential qualities are preserved. This vinegar is an excellent stomachic.

• The whole plant steeped in milk is successfully applied to reduce swellings and hardened tumors.

• An infusion with cinnamon and sugar is a valuable drink for patients suffering from delirium tremens as it satisfies the craving in dipsomaniacs. A dose of ten grains of finely powdered capsicum seed, given with an ounce of hot water, two or three times a day, sometimes shows wonderful effects in cases of delirium tremens.

• Capsicum can be used in the treatment of a snake bite.

• As well as the fruit being used as a spice, the leaves were applied to ulcers and headaches. (p.111)

• Capsicum is given internally in atonic dyspepsia and flatulence. It is used externally as a counter-irritant in the form of ointment, plaster, medicated wool, etc. for the relief of rheumatism and lumbago.

• Oral administration of Capsicum may stimulate the gall bladder reflex.

• Capsicum either contains a cholagogue, or acts as a powerful stimulus upon the mucous membrane of the duodenum.

• Cayenne pepper is forgotten therapeutic agent against anorexia, liver congestion, and vascular troubles. Capsicum is highly effective in causing hemorrhoids to regress; and these fruits have the same action on varicose veins. The results are attributed to alkaloids or glucosides in the peppers.

• Excessive amounts of Capsicum (above 20 grams, thus, nearly an ounce) may induce frequent bowel movements.

• Cayenne stimulates the appetite, more especially as a hot climate tends to produce anorexia. We have always held the saliva is the key that unlocks the door to digestion. Capsicum, a sialogogue, will stimulate the flow of saliva and will be very helpful to people who have become accustomed to ‘inhaling’ their food and thus robbing themselves of the benefits of saliva in the digestive process. Capsicum would stimulate their flow of saliva as they return to a healthier attitude toward eating.

• Capsicum may be valuable in the prevention and treatment of blood clots.

• Cayenne pepper is very soothing; it is effective as a poultice for rheumatism, inflammation, pleurisy, and helpful also if taken internally for these. For sores and wounds it makes a good poultice. It is a stimulant when taken internally as well as being antispasmodic. Good for kidneys, spleen and pancreas; wonderful for lockjaw; will heal a sore ulcerated stomach; Capsicum is a specific and very effective remedy for yellow fever, as well as other fevers and may be taken in capsules followed by a glass of water. (p. 119).

So, there you have it. Cayenne pepper is literally one of the greatest health secrets in the world. It's also remarkably inexpensive. I've seen it as low as $1.67 a pound and as high as $35 or so (it was organic certified), but even that $35 a pound figure was astonishingly low, in my view. Big Pharma hates medicinal spices and herbs as they are a powerhouse of nutrition and healing but they don't offer much with profits. It, therefore, takes the dedicated seeker of truth to find out for themselves -- and that is why I put up this website.

I hope this cayenne pepper health benefits has been useful to you.

Yours in health,
CayennePepper.info




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(Imzaia.com) After having done more research about Cayenne pepper I wanted to test it on myself. Cayenne pepper sprinkled on a deep scratch on my arm indeed stopped the bleeding instantly and I did not feel any stinging at all. It also healed very quickly. Truly amazing. Nausea and stomach aches disappear within seconds of drinking a glass of warm water with a quarter tea spoon Cayenne pepper, and the same goes for heart burn. This is very helpful especially now our physical bodies are changing so quickly with all the 'Ascension Symptoms' thereof. 

Cayenne pepper is a truly one of the greatest health secretes that deserves a premier spot in every spice rack/medicine cabinet!

100 Kentucky hospitals join network to improve patient safety, fight hospital-acquired conditions such as infections

To help hospitals reduce preventable readmissions and hospital-acquired infections, 100 of Kentucky's 131 hospitals have joined the Kentucky Hospital Association's hospital engagement network. The group's goal is to help hospitals find ways to improve patient safety, reduce readmissions and hospital-acquired conditions such as infections, and share learning among hospitals.

The network hopes to reduce the incidence of adverse drug events; catheter-associated urinary tract infections; central-line-associated bloodstream infections; injuries from falls and immobility; obstetrical adverse events; pressure ulcers; surgical site infections; venous thromboembolisms or deep vein clots; ventilator-associated pneumonia; and preventable readmissions.

The two-year project is supported by a contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as part of the "Partnership for Patients" campaign, launched earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The goal for the project is to reduce preventable  readmissions that occur within 30 days of discharge by 20 percent and hospital-acquired infections by 40 percent (compared to 2010) by the end of 2013.

"The commitment to patient safety and quality by hospitals across Kentucky has resulted in lives saved, fewer complications and reduced costs," said Mark J. Neff, chair of the KHA board of trustees and president and CEO of St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. For a list of hospitals participating in the network, click here.

The Mistletoe And The Secret Of Its Healing Power

Signature of the mistletoe

The outer appearance of the European mistletoe is relatively modest compared with its relatives in Africa and Australia. The mistletoe doesn’t suck out its host tree (as do the mentioned relatives) but uses for itself only about 23 to 43 % of the carbohydrate and amino acids that it extracts from the host tree. The rest is being stored in the plant (water and the mineral nutrients of the soil + organic substances).

When we look at the slow growth over many years (only one pair of leaves per year) and the very slight differentiation of the plant, an inhibiting principle is clearly visible. This is a principle that is used to inhibit the growth of the tumor.

The characteristic spherical form of the mistletoe underlines that it does not adapt itself to its host tree, there is no integration, just like the tumor does not adapt itself to the body of the human being and refuses any integration.

Looking at the host trees of the mistletoe with an understanding of signatures it is most interesting to note that the mistletoe that is applied for the therapy of cancer of women grows on apple trees, while the mistletoe used for cancer therapy of men grows on oak trees. However, women with characteristic male qualities may also get an oak tree mistletoe preparation.

Rejection of Integration

In some parts of the world there are mistletoe species that adapt themselves completely to their host tree, including the form of leaves and blossoms, taking over even the identity and essence of the host tree. Not so the European Viscum.

The mistletoe has its origin on the “Old Moon”, as Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy, calls the planet Earth at a previous state of development during evolution, when the shape and organization of the human body was extremely different from what it is at present. The tumor ignores its affinity to the human organization, just as the latter differentiates itself from the surrounding nature.

Humans and trees are relatives

The mistletoe lacks the capacity of standing up straight, which is the exact opposite to what is characteristic for a tree. The capacity of the tree to grow and develop upwards make the tree and the human being look much the same. A kind of personality can be discovered. A beautiful old tree with sufficient space for its full development, is something that leaves a great, deep impression on us. We feel profoundly associated with the trees.

There are many wonderful stories and tales about the relationship and experiences between trees and humans. Tree cults, reverence of trees, individual naming have always been an important issue in the course of history that made a deep impact on humans.

Court was held underneath lime-trees. Some people obtain vitality from trees to which they feel closely related. Others have a talent to experience trees as endowed with an individual, lively, elemental-spiritual personality, intelligence and a clear consciousness.

Just as we human beings do, also an old, mighty tree is marked by fights with the surrounding forces and challenges.


Uprightness is a health factor

Straightening up, standing up, uprightness are the factors that make the human being human. Is it possible, that these are the energies that the tree gives to the human being as a present so that he may be healed? This is so, when the human being can find himself, his Self, he can get rid of the parasite – the tumor.

This is also applicable to other “parasites” in life. Such parasites can come up as humans, trying to steal his uprightness and sincerity, breaking his resistance to adverse circumstances and pressure in life.

Our soul is a mirror, illness is a reflection of the soul

Pressure, often in combination with despair, hopelessness, futility, depresses the human being, leaves him disheartened. Self-awareness, uprightness, man’s ability to walk upright, begins to withdraw in the face of overwhelming problems. This happens on the psychic (the soul’s) level, continues to influence in a negative way the vital organization, and finally manifests itself in form of a disease of one or several organs. This is why we can say that an illness always reflects the state of our soul, an organic illness is always a symptom of something that is going wrong in our soul, of unsolved problems, challenges that we are unable to cope with. When we try to get rid of the symptoms only, we destroy the mirror. The problem remains unsolved. The illness will come back, in a different, new form. The more we suppress symptoms, the more difficult it gets for the physician to find out what the real original cause for the disease may have been.

What shall we do if we don’t like what we see in the mirror?

If, what we see in a mirror, does not please us, this is certainly not the fault of the mirror. Therefore, it would not make sense to destroy the mirror. It is necessary to go to the trouble of changing what the mirror is reflecting, or revealing.

Just a few examples:

a person suffering from repeated headaches should ask himself the question what he is “racking his brains about” all the time. Not pills against headaches are the right solution, but the solution of the problems that he is racking his brains about.

Or: in case of digestion problems pills do not solve the real problem. One must find out, which problems are not “digested”.

Our skin separates us from the world that surrounds us. Skin problems show that we have a (psychic) problem to distance us from surrounding problems, sometimes people.

Naturally, as a first help it makes sense to get relief from pills, tinctures, dilutions, injections …, followed by a closer look at our problems.

Often, however, it is very difficult to make out the reason for a disease, or change one’s personal conditions of life, even if the cause for the disease is recognized. And then there are very serious diseases where it is extremely difficult to determine their origin. Never should one tell a sick person, that “it’s his/her own fault”. A sick person needs in the first place help, comfort, support, warm attention and interest. First help on all levels: help for the spirit, the soul, the vital organization, and the physical body. Then we can look at the deeper-lying reasons for the illness.

Such a (tragic) disease is cancer. The possible causes for this worldwide plague are so deeply rooted in the human organization that it needs our most serious attention and understanding if we are to find ways of therapy.

Hardenings in our soul

A person affected by a tumor suffers from a hardened tissue of an organ. Might this have to do with a “hardening” on the psychic level? This question is relatively easy to answer, because everyone of us is familiar with such ”hardenings”: these can have the form of
1. a dogma, which again can be of a religious or social character;
2. or people let other people dictate or determine their life, or lifestyle (this often happens between partners, e.g. husband and wife);
3. or traditions, that are continued even against better insight;
4. rigid, inflexible clinging to decisions that were once made and will not be changed;
5. points of view that must not be questioned.

In short: when the soul gets rigid/hardened, the same thing happens then as a consequence to the organs of the body

Very often, the cause for cancer is to be found in our (negative) lifestyle in previous lives! But this is a different chapter (and a different Vitasophie article).

Let’s shed tears!

The Dutch anthroposophical physician Dr Mees once said: Cancer is laughter that has not been laughed, or tears that are not shed (but should be). Depressions often result in cancer. Depressions are often the result of many years suppressed emotions, of feelings of loneliness. What the person affected needs then, is neither chemistry nor treatment with deadly rays, but warmth of the heart, the rays of the sun, encouragement (courage is a quality of the heart), attention, warm interest by other people. His emotional world needs repair, stabilization. Our soul is our emotional world, the middle of the human being. Stabilization of the soul, the strengthening, and revival of our middle, a self-conscious, re-established, confident and swinging soul is the basis of therapy.

First aid is possible

How can we give first aid to a cancer-affected person? By encouraging him, showing sincere interest and warm feelings, supporting him spiritually, not blaming him for anything. And we must be very careful with wise pieces of advice. Even if we are “sure” about the reasons of this person’s illness. Sometimes it is the better therapy just to listen to somebody. Just by describing one’s problems to someone else, a person may suddenly find the right answers all by himself. This approach is used in biography work.

Help on the spiritual-psychic level is just one part of any therapy. The healing process must also be supported on the level of the physical body. In cancer therapy it is the mistletoe that offers such a help.

There is no magic formula, or ready-made solution

Every human being is an individual person, with his own personal abilities, talents, and possibilities. Therefore, there are also many different ways of therapy. What is helpful for one person, may not at all be recommendable for another. What is sometimes working wonders with one person, may not have the desired effect on someone else.

The interaction between the human being and nature also needs to be studied and tried out quite individually. It is the task of the therapist to find out what the ideal solution for his patient is. He does this in form of a cooperation and coordination with his patient, who always must be aware of what is happening with him and in his body.

The purpose of the present Vitasophie article is not to provide detailed therapy instructions but to work out, in the first place, how the forces, properties, and vitality of the tree can, in cooperation with the mistletoe, possibly contribute to healing cancer.

How does the mistletoe work, how is a healing process possible?

The mistletoe uses two proteins, cytotoxins, to help the organism, affected by a tumor, to “become again master in his own house”. These two cytotoxins – lectines and viscotoxins – come into being and have an effect in space and time in two different ways: the lectines are concentrated mainly in the central parts of the mistletoe, namely in the stalks and in the root. The viscotoxins are formed in the peripheral organs, the leaves. Correspondingly, they have an effect on different parts of the tumor-affected cells: the lectines destroy the inner part of the cell, whereas the viscotoxins destroy the cell walls. This way they complement one another in the tumor-affected organism. An additional aspect is: the toxin contents is the highest in summer, the lectine contents in winter. This is why winter and summer juices are mixed for the production of the mistletoe preparations.

Letting go on all levels

This way the lectines and toxins help the body to get rid of waste cells, let them go, so that there is space for new, healthy cells. We have here a good example for what the process should be also on the level of the soul, if effective, sustainable healing is to be realized: let go old, no longer usable but blocking situations, so that there is space for new qualities, or possibilities: new, inspiring ideas, a new lifestyle, so that we can whirl, swing through life again, on all levels!

Everybody needs warmth

Another most important effect of the mistletoe is that it creates warmth in the human organism. After the injection of a mistletoe preparation it is normal that a slight fever comes up. This is desired! The Self of the human being is (spiritual) fire, a one-dimensional, vertical love-fire pillar that lives in the warmth of the blood. It by way of the blood that the Self transfers its spiritual creative structures, of which it is composed, to the organs of the body.

For this process warmth is needed. Something comparable happens in the case of childhood illnesses, and in all illnesses that are accompanied by fever. A person’s Self uses the warm, or even hot blood to transform, or change all unsuitable cell structures (the structures of the present physical body that do however not fit the spiritual creative organ structures of the human’s Self) so that the human’s Self can better unfold and develop it’s qualities, talents, and plans for life.

Every human being is different! When medicaments are used to suppress fever, a person’s Self is not in a position to transform the unfitting organs that it needs to unfold and develop properly in life. In this case the Self has to be happy with the available organs, and it is well possible that the planned development cannot be realized because it is blocked. Therefore, it is important that the responsible physician does not suppress his patient’s fever but observes and controls it, so that the transformation of one or several organs can take place.

The mistletoe has a long past

In order to round up the picture of the mistletoe I would like to add the following: it’s originally Celtic name means “the one that heals everything”. The Celtic priests, the Druids, deemed the mistletoe so important, even sacred, that they climbed up the oak trees in long white garments, to harvest the mistletoe with a golden sickle, after which they collected the mistletoe bunches in white sheets (at that time the oak-tree mistletoe only was used). The idea was that the magic charm and vitality of the mistletoe was transferred to the person who consumed it. Among the consumers were and still are the mistletoe thrushes, which take care that the mistletoe is disseminated by their excretion, while sitting on the branches of the next tree.

The mistletoe was also believed to heal epilepsy and ulcers. The mistletoe made sterile women just as fertile as it does with livestock. Also the Ainu (Ainu means “man” or “human being”), people of white skin living in the extreme north of Japan are convinced that the mistletoe has these properties. The mistletoe has these powers because it comes right from heaven (the mistletoe doesn’t grow on the soil, but on trees only) and falls down on sheets. Its origin in heaven and the fact that it was disseminated by birds, explains why the old Germanic people was able to communicate with the spirits after consumption of the mistletoe.

The Galliards harvested the mistletoe that was growing on oak-trees because the oak-tree was awe-inspiring thanks to its enormous size and robust age. The consumption of the mistletoe meant taking up the “water of the oak-tree”, its forming vitality, its juice, its blood, its essence.

Kisses under the mistletoe

A mistletoe bunch from the oak-tree, hanging at the ceiling, is said to give stability and duration to the love of the lovers embracing and kissing each other under it on 31 December at midnight. This is the same effect that the mistletoe has when it is used as a pharmaceutical preparation (Viscum album; Weleda: Iscador; WALA: Iscucin), to support the immune system of the human being in a sustainable way – but only if he wants it!

The trees help heal

So far the mistletoe. Actually, it is not the mistletoe itself that has the healing powers, but the host trees are our helping, healing friends. In the case of the mistletoe host trees these are mainly the apple tree, the oak-tree, the elm, the pine-tree, the lime-tree and others (presently 13 trees are known).



Many people think they are thinking. In reality they are just sorting out anew their prejudices.

William James

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Man is what he is bearing in mind all day long.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The first step towards wisdom consists in questioning everything; the last is coping with everything.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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You do not have to be afraid of anything in life, you just have to understand it.

Marie Curie

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A prayer is not a substitute for working, thinking, vigilance, suffering, or giving; but it supports all these efforts.

Georg Buttrick

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Love means living. He who misses love, misses life.

Leo Buscagli

Beyond Hydration: The Shocking Intelligence of Water

By Dr James Chappell

[CAVEAT – According to the FDA, you should always seek medical advice from your orthodox medical doctor before attempting any natural healing protocol. If you do, I suggest you find one that knows what natural healing is and how it works using herbs, nutraceuticals and other adjunctive remedies. Only practitioners using drugs are allowed to claim they treat, prevent or cure disease. Natural healing practitioners may not make that claim even if their protocols actual do.]

Based on propaganda from medical media outlets, Oprah’s Vitality magazine, and writer Leslie Goldman, drinking eight, eight ounce glasses of water daily is passé, stating; “The recommendation to chug all that H2O was likely based on guidelines published in 1945.” So?

Although I agree with Ms. Goldman’s goal of “eating your water” through hydrating foods such as cucumber, celery and watermelon, water is not what you think it is. And eating your water really depends on the water you are eating. Consuming commercial, pesticide laden, dead food is not what you want inside you, be it water or fiber substance.

Water or H2O is the liquid form of gases made of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. Water is a universal solvent cleansing every part of the body including the cells. At the highest level, water is a transporter of energy, thoughts and frequencies. I have said for over 40 years, “Water is so intelligent; it created humans to move itself around.” Let’s see why…

Intelligence of Water

According to Masaru Emoto, Ph.D., a water researcher and author of Messages from Water volumes I, II & III, water contains a consciousness that can be influenced through prayer, music, light wave forms, written words, thoughts and more. It is NOT just gases in a liquid form.

Because anyone that dares to teach self reliance on any level; health, relationships, finance, law or anything in between, those that have a vested financial interest in keeping people from learning options, possibilities and accurate information, will relentlessly attack the message and the messenger. Such is the case for those of us suggesting water transports energy, thoughts, frequencies or has a consciousness, let alone, drinking eight, eight ounce glasses daily.

Ever since Dr. Emoto came out with his research and books, the “scientific” community, made-up of governmental employees and others under grants by them; universities, research laboratories, etcetera, have stated; “Emoto and his clan live in a fantasy world of make believe. They do not use our accepted scientific model and therefore have no validity.” That says it all. Get our stamp of approval or we won’t approve. Cut us in on the profits or you won’t make any.

This is nothing new. From the beginning of humanity individuals have been controlling other individuals, creating laws and behavioral rituals, dogmas, doctrines and rules. Especially the United States, and the agencies working within such as; FBI, CIA, DEA, SEC, IRS, FDA, FTC and all others, as well as the the multitude of companies and organizations — most distinctly the American Medical Association, and the pharmaceutical and chemical companies. These entities are all sharing the preverbal “trough.” Those of us outside of their system are continuously ridiculed, ostracized and ignored. And so is the case for the real effect of water and the reason we need it.

If there are influences that can change the molecular structure of water outside the body as demonstrated by Dr. Emoto’s research and others, it seems logical to assume the same influences may change water INSIDE the body, as well. Remember, the human body is made of 75 to 85% water or fluids. As Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill and others have said, “We become what we think about all day long.” In other words, thoughts imprint and manifest in our physical body.

White Water

Many years ago, I was called to a fellow researcher’s lab to participate in an experiment concerning the effects of water on dehydrated red blood cells due to tissue hypoxia or lack of cellular oxygen. Remember, water is hydrogen and oxygen in liquid form.

My friend, Norman, had created what he called ‘white water’, or highly energetically-charged water that used the etheric field of Scalar wave technology to traverse time and space; sounds rather impressive for those of us “with eyes to see and ears to hear.” For others, it is just rubbish talk. On that note, I have always said, “Everyone has a right to their own level of ignorance.” Unfortunately, what your doctor does not know can kill you.

Using Darkfield microscopy (another voodoo test the AMA and our government has claimed pseudo-science and invalid), Norman placed one drop of my blood on the microscope slide looking for RBC’s that were dehydrated. There was a 22” television monitor where we could view my blood. After he found a few dehydrated cells looking more like raisins, he asked me to step back from the microscope to a stool ten feet away where I could still see my blood on the monitor. Norman then asked me to pick up a glass jar of water just under the stool. As I did, I noticed the water was whitely opaque. It looked a lot like glacier milk or the water the Hunzcats drink in the Himalayan Mountains.

Norman asked me to keep my eyes on the monitor and my dehydrated RBC’s while drinking his “white water.” As I did, I was astonished in what I was seeing. From a distance of over ten feet, I saw my dehydrated cells RE-HYDRATING! I was drinking Norman‟s “white water” and my RBC’s under a microscopic slide ten feet away were re-hydrating as if they were being quenched with water directly.

I had never seen anything like this before. It gives meaning to the saying, “Wherever you go, there you are.” We can only live weeks without food, days without water and minutes without oxygen. However, since water is made of oxygen, it plays a part in that too.

How Much Water Do We Really Need?

Humans lose fluids and water daily. The amount depends on where you live; climate and altitude, what your lifestyle is like; including foods you eat, liquids you drink, what you do for work and what kind of exercise you employ.

Everyday, we lose water from respiration, perspiration, defecation and urination. Let’s break these four pathways down:

1. Respiration – How much water you lose from your lungs depends on how you breathe and how much moisture is in the air. The deeper you breathe the more moisture you will release. The faster you breath, such as when exercising, the more moisture you will release. Even when you sleep, you are expelling moisture all night.

2. Perspiration – The skin is the largest elimination organ of the body. Every pore releases toxins and moisture. Your core temperature and environmental temperature will determine how much moisture you will lose. The hotter you are the more moisture you will lose. Exercise increases core temperature and so does sleeping.

3. Defecation – Healthy people have healthy bowel movements. Your diet will determine what your bowel movement will look like and how often you have one. One purpose of the stomach is to prepare the small intestine to digest whatever you consume. One purpose of the colon is to re-absorb electrolytes and water. If you are consuming enough water, an adult bowel movement will be 12 to 14” long, 1 ½” in diameter and will float to the surface of the toilet bowl water. If this is not the case, you may be dehydrated.

4. Urination – In addition to where you live; environmental temperature, how often and how much you exercise, what you eat and drink will determine how often you urinate. One way of determining hydration is the color of your urine. The goal is to be clear to lightly yellow. Anything darker than that and you may be demonstrating dehydration. [NOTE: The skin also reflects hydration both from water and oil].

Through the above pathways it is estimated the average adult living in the United States and weighing 128 lbs. looses about 64 ounces of water and fluids every 24 hours. Therefore, the rule of measurement has been; if you take your ideal weight and divide it by two, then convert that amount to ounces, you can estimate how much water you may be loosing daily. Taking 128 lbs. divided by two equals 64 ounces of water that should be replaced. This equals eight, eight ounce glasses of water daily. Again, you can personalize this rule by the color of your urine and texture of your skin. Wrinkles may be a sign, signal and symptom of oil depletion and dehydration.

Until, if and when, I see evidence to the contrary, I suggest we all drink enough water to re-hydrate the body and if done with “energy” in mind, we just may be able to imprint our drinking water with the kind of thoughts and desires to help us achieve optimum health, longevity, peace and prosperity.

Dr. James Chappell is a retired board certified chiropractic physician, traditional naturopath, clinical nutritionist, medical herbalist and master formulator with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Since 1971, he has been an avid health researcher and educator specializing in teaching and incorporating natural healing protocols for chronic, severe and so-called “terminal” illnesses. He does not treat patients or disease. He teaches those interested in advanced natural healing. His books and nutritional products are found throughout the world. His services are sought globally, as well. Contact information: calldrjim@sbcglobal.net 805-646-1193 .

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Broccoli delivers a one-two punch to prevent cancer development and progression

By John Phillip

Broccoli is a super star member of the cruciferous family, well known and documented as an immune boosting food that supports the healthy clearance of aberrant cancer cells before they multiply and develop into detectable tumors. Researchers reporting in the journal Clinical Epigenetics have found that the bioactive compound in broccoli, sulforaphane provides a multi-modal attack against cancer cell development and proliferation through the complex mechanism of epigenetics.

Epigenetics refers to the way that diet, toxins and other environmental contributors can change which genes get activated, or "expressed" within our genetic code to guide the accurate replication essential to cellular metabolism and repair. This can play a powerful role in preventing and promoting many chronic illnesses from cancer to heart disease and other health issues. Consuming broccoli raw or lightly steamed several times each week can supply a potent dose of sulforaphane to help prevent many types of cancer.

Broccoli and cruciferous vegetables directly influence genetic expression to inhibit cancer

In past research bodies, scientists have documented the pathway utilized by sulforaphane to inhibit the action of an enzyme known as histone deacetylase (HDAC inhibitor) that helps restore proper balance and helps prevent the development of cancer. Researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have uncovered a second mechanism, DNA methylation, that works in concert with HDAC inhibitors that work to maintain proper cell function. Sulforaphane from broccoli and other crucifers stimulates both HDAC and DNA methylation pathways in a synergistic fashion to prevent cancer development.

The lead study author, Dr. Emily Ho commented regarding the sulforaphane-cancer connection "Cancer is very complex and it's usually not just one thing that has gone wrong... it's increasingly clear that sulforaphane is a real multi-tasker. The more we find out about it, the more benefits it appears to have."

DNA methylation controls the healthy expression of genes. When this pathway is blocked scientists have found a significantly increased risk of conditions including cardiovascular disease, immune function, neurodegenerative disease and even aging. Foods that provide sulfur groups necessary for proper DNA methylation include onions, garlic, nuts and seeds. Sulforaphane from broccoli is found in this research to stimulate the methylation path to enable normal gene expression to thwart cancer cell genesis.

Nutrition experts recommend consuming one to two servings of broccoli (or other members of the crucifer family such as cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts or kale) several days of the week. A rapidly growing body of evidence demonstrates that the natural, active compounds found in these vegetables help to prevent cancer and other chronic disease by dealing a two-step knockout blow to influence gene expression.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.clinicalepigeneticsjournal.com/content/3/1/3

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120228140555.htm

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/osu-amd022812.php

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/242302.php

About the author:

John Phillip is a Health Researcher and Author who writes regularly on the cutting edge use of diet, lifestyle modifications and targeted supplementation to enhance and improve the quality and length of life. John is the author of 'Your Healthy Weight Loss Plan', a comprehensive EBook explaining how to use Diet, Exercise, Mind and Targeted Supplementation to achieve your weight loss goal. Visit My Optimal Health Resource to continue reading the latest health news updates, and to download your Free 48 page copy of 'Your Healthy Weight Loss Plan'.

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How to keep your kidneys healthy, happy and stone-free

By Jonathan Benson

Kidney stones are one of the most excruciatingly painful conditions a person can develop. But a recent study published in the Journal of Urology has found that maintaining high intake of calcium and fluids, and cutting back intake of refined salt, can help to prevent kidney stones from forming. Dandelion, aloe vera, apple cider vinegar, cranberry, magnesium, and potassium can all help prevent, or even pass, kidney stones as well.

Dr. Mathew Sorensen, a urologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSC) in Seattle and his colleagues evaluated data on more than 78,000 American women who were tracked for eight years. During this time, one in 40, or 2.5 percent, of these women reportedly developed kidney stones for the first time.

What the researchers discovered, however, was that high intake of calcium and fluids was linked to a lowered risk of developing kidney stones, while those with the lowest intakes had the highest risk. The 20 percent of women who ate the most calcium, for instance, were 28 percent less likely to develop kidney stones compared to the 20 percent of women who ate the least calcium.

The findings were similar among women who drank the most fluids, which were 20 percent less likely to develop kidney stones compared to those who drank the least fluids. Salt intake, however, appeared to have the biggest effect, as the 20 percent of women who ate the most salt were 61 percent more likely to develop kidney stones than the 20 percent who ate the least salt.

The calcium finding is particularly interesting, as it is widely believed that calcium intake contributes to the formation of kidney stones. But it appears as though eating foods naturally-rich in calcium -- sesame seeds, sardines, collard greens, spinach, kelp, garbanzo beans, and broccoli are a few good examples -- can help prevent the formation of kidney stones.

Dandelion, a powerful medicinal herb that is a known diuretic, also helps increase the amount of urine the body produces, which is believed to help dilute the components that contribute to the formation of kidney stones, and flush them from the body. Aloe vera, apple cider vinegar, cranberry, magnesium, and potassium can all help with preventing kidney stones as well.

"Protein and oxalates in the body have more to do with causing kidney stones than calcium does," write Dr. George Kessler and Col. Leen Kapklein in their book The Bone Density Program: 6 Weeks to Strong Bones and a Healthy Body. "[T]he more natural calcium you get from the foods in your diet, the less likely you are to develop kidney stones."

Sources for this article include:

http://www.reuters.com

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/dandelion-000236.htm

http://www.herbcompanion.com

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=48

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