PLACEBO EFFECTS, SIDE EFFECTS & CONTRAINDICATIONS OF HOMŒOPATHY?
"Are there side effects of homœopathics?"
"Do the remedies clash with other medications?"
"But isn't it just placebo effect after all?"
Three of the most common questions that newcomers to homœopathy ask. While the official answer to each is NO, there are complexities in answering this so simply.
Side effects as we know them are physical, emotional & psychological responses to traumas or assaults upon the body - namely chemical. They are not actually 'side' effects but in fact are direct effects or responses. One only needs to peruse a MIMS annual to see the possibilities.
In homœopathy, we have a healing crisis (also known as a primary reaction) which presents itself as a temporary aggravation of symptoms. When I first took a remedy for hay fever, for which no other treatment was alleviating, it became so extreme after one dose, I thought I would go mad and of course I was really angry, thinking this stuff was b-a-d. I had been forewarned of this phenomenon, so I took a break of one dose then repeated the remedy and bam! the symptoms were gone like magic.
This paradox simply means your body has begun responding way too fast and it is in fact, a good sign; it means the remedy choice was 100% right.
As for 'clashing' with other medications, again, when we talk about this in the pharmaceutical realm (or even contraindications) where certain organ or system function can be under threat, even catastrophic threat, when the wrong medicine is given - this is not the same as the few homœopathic laws below, that dictate remedy choice - it's never a case of endangering life itself:
Using camphorated oils after or during homœopathic dosing can neutralise their actions, rendering them ineffective
Storing or using remedies next to essential oils can taint them, removing their effects altogether
Eating or drinking anything but water close to administration can weaken their efficacy
Brushing your teeth too close to administration can stop any beneficial action
Drinking coffee, tea or alcohol too close to administration can stop any beneficial action
The harsh effects of some medications slow the healing mechanism of homœopathic remedies so that while you appear to be healing, the introduction of a strong medication (chemo, etc) can slow down or even negate any benefits.
So, while there are technically no side effects or possible clashing with other medications, their efficacy can certainly be changed. These changes alter ONLY the remedy’s energy-force; unlike other forms of medication, these changes do not result in harm.
This is the reason we find ourselves in the Catch-22 of ‘It can’t be a real medicine because it is not registered like other drugs’ - those responsible for this claim overlook the fact that in order to be registered (or scheduled) the medicine must be able to invoke harm. It is impossible for them to realise (or they do not care) that inability to harm does not equate to inability to heal.
Having said this, being who I am, means I challenge everything. Coming from a nursing background, I particularly felt I needed to put everything to the test, or at least stretch abilities as much as possible.
One interesting case that flouted the homœopathic law, involved an alcoholic patient. He could not bear the thought of getting up in the morning and facing the day without a drink. He had been recently bereaved and was close to suicidal, having given up all hope of a future.
He wanted to give up smoking and drinking but his addiction was such that he simply lacked the willpower to change. At the time, I thought this would be a great opportunity to challenge the possibility that the remedy might still work even if administered in such circumstances.
I gave him his remedy along with instructions to not take it at least 15 hours before or after drinking (or smoking), knowing he would not take the full advice. One case where I did not have much hope.
I saw him two days later; he decided he would put the remedy in his beer and if it worked, it worked. If not, he had tried. Under no circumstances would I ever suggest this as while it is not dangerous, it is simply just a waste.
Anyway, he was happy to say, he had not had another drink of beer or another cigarette since that first day. This was only 2 days in, but the story took place over 30 years ago. As far as I know, he never touched either again.
We could easily say this is placebo - most would. That's okay; I left my ego at the door when I swapped from orthodox to 'alternative' medicine.
While ANYTHING can have a placebo effect, a homœopath is reminded that over the course of our careers, many of us have successfully treated babies in utero, newborn babies with life threatening disorders (one case, with holes in the heart, another with intussusception, yet another, a 3rd baby with rhesus factor). I have also treated comatose patients and I have treated injured animals, poisoned animals and unconscious animals. A number of my patients did not know they were receiving any treatment at all (including parents administering remedies to their children, or spouses administering remedies to their partners). None of these patients could possibly know they were receiving medications, let alone use their thought processes to encourage healing.
I believe 'placebo' dismissal can well and truly be put to rest.
Collagen = the glue holding us together
Are there long term dangers of collagen supplementation?
I go on a bit about protein & what a mythological entity it is. Many switch off here because we 'need' protein, right? What would you say if I told you we don't, that it is a fallacy? Think about it. The word protein was coined in the early 1800s - and not too much later, it was discovered that protein toxicity ('proteinuria' or excess of amino chains in the urine because the body is trying to excrete it) was high in people with a low plant intake & high meat intake.
It wasn't about the need for protein but the excess of it. The diseases found amongst those especially in built up cities that did not have access or interest in fresh plant foods. To be deficient in 'protein' we have to be deficient in every other nutrient because it is linked to all other nutrients. Exacerbated by things like excess alcohol and sugar, the body literally begins breaking down because we eat and live out of balance.
What does that breaking down look like?
Degenerative diseases (neuro, skin, bones, blood, organs)
Cancers
Diabetes
Kidney disease
Thyroid disorders
Mental health disorders
Heart disease
Body wasting (opposite to muscle mass & keto/paleo-type diets that trigger weight loss short term and living decay over time because the digestive mucosa becomes so damaged it can no longer assimilate nutrients).
And then we get onto all the fads
Protein powders, bone broth, protein bars. Wait, what does bone broth have to do with it? Well, collagen is a complex amino chain - the glue that holds us together. We are told that we 'need' to consume the collagen of another species to be strong and healthy. Someone forgot the memo that like the animals humans consume, we can CREATE our own collagen and that by supplementing with the so-called nutrients of another species, we are in fact destroying our body's natural capabilities of creating our own. So what are the building blocks of collagen?
Those would be LAMININS; crucifix-shaped, helix-bound structures are the ties or glue that hold those tiny AMINOS together. Aminos form 'protein' in hundreds of ways. And every system, every organ, every function requires a different chain or combination of aminos. The lie that we 'need' complete protein (ie meat) to survive, has resulted in so much sickness and death is as bad as it gets.
But back to these electron-microscopic particles; I can just imagine people are now making a mental note to go out and buy a laminin supplement. Well, you kind of can, by taking a land or water plant supplement. And how do your calcium supplements tie in, apart from being acidic and useless?
It is not calcium that gives you strong bones; that is a mere part of it. Yes, we need calcium but unless we are deficient in everything else or have very bad gut health, calcium is not an issue - but now, thanks to the medical wizardry of calcium supplementation, too many now have massive stores of this space junk floating around in our blood & lymph (read, blood clots & blocked arteries). To build strong bones, strong immune systems & strong gut health, we need foods rich in laminins in order to build our own collagen - ie build our own stores. That comes from PLANTS.
Raw or fermented in most cases is better, so get to love salad and cook less. Not just a slice of tomato, a few lettuce leaves or a bit of grated carrot. But as wide a selection of fresh raw fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts as you can get. Raw sprouts and ferments are about as good as it gets.
When governments, grant groups and supermarket giants get together
First, throw out that government/supermarket promotion of 5 veg, 2 fruit a day rubbish. Did you know every year they pay big bikkies to various hopeful groups to come up with new innovative ideas to product-flog? It has little to do with health.
The truth is, you need mostly fresh food, a lot of it. If you physically cannot consume such a range of fresh foods every day, supplement with a smoothie powder that has dozens and dozens of the widest variety of plant-based ingredients in dehydrated form. Or a fresh juice.
Some of the following you may never have heard of; that's because our food suppliers keep us on such a tight rein - they only promote what they grow. There are hundreds of thousands of possibilities that you wont find in a supermarket (but you can often grow).
FYI a shortlist of laminin-building food agents include (as organic as possible) - vitamin C-rich foods, and those high in natural minerals: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, citrus fruits, kale, kiwi, mango, papaya, peppers, pineapple, strawberries, beans, buckwheat, cabbage, chives, chickpeas, peanuts, organic soy, watercress, oats, barley, avocados, cucumbers, asparagus, horsetail, nettle, Brazil nuts, milk, spinach, carrots, peas, beans, root vegetables, sprouted seeds and nuts, sunflower seeds, lentils, almonds, apricots, dark chocolate (NOT the high-sugar dairy-milk sludge; another massive marketing campaign), mushrooms, greens, blackstrap molasses, sesame seeds, spirulina, coconut meat, cultured yogurt, water/coconut kefir, seaweeds, pumpkin seeds.
This is in no way even close to the possibilities and options. But seriously, if you want to build strength and longevity while slowing down the effects of aging AND preventing/treating disease, ignore this at your own peril. It's better than spak-filler!
Protein - They’ve Got It Wrong (Again)
There is so much misinformation surrounding protein. What is it? And is it really linked to more disease than health? Has it all been just one big man-made myth, created in order to sell something?
‘Protein’ is a myth…
There is so much misinformation out there; in social media, popular media, medicine, advertising, gyms, schools, magazines - even books as well as advice given by gurus, nutritionists & influencers. What you read about protein is little more than catchy spin to sell, or promote ill health - if not sooner, then definitely later. A lot of it is done with good intention based on ignorance.
Along with the wizardry of myths, superstitions, lies and spin of incorrect supplementation, to put it bluntly, protein supplements are killing people. I can imagine the gnashing of teeth right about now, for anyone reading this, who is addicted to the notion of huge muscles, rapid weightloss and vital health. The simple truth is, there is more than enough research out there IF you care to find facts rather than follow trends. Ouch.
So, what are these dangers, I hear you say? Well, they are myriad, but broken down:
Bone disorders and disrupted calcium homeostasis (balance)
Renal dysfunction (kidney disease)
Cancer
Liver dysfunction
Coronary artery disease
While you might try to argue that this list is short, let's break it down further:
Bone disorders can equate to anything from bone cancers to brittle bones, osteoporosis, porous bones, spurs & calcifications, pain.
Renal dysfunction can equate to anything from fluid retention, blood disorders, kidney stones and gout, right through to renal failure and the need for dialysis.
Cancer; take your pick, depending on the areas most affected by protein toxicity & acidosis, but especially cancers of the bowel, liver, bone, kidney, pancreas, bladder, stomach, rectal, endometrial, ovarian and blood.
Liver dysfunction can mean sluggish function, fatty liver, obesity, cirrhosis or even jaundice - and in turn, a completely compromised elimination system.
Coronary artery disease can mean plaques (as opposed to so-called cholesterol), arterial and venous blockage, strokes, heart attacks and are a huge contributor to Alzheimer's.
To be deficient in ‘protein’ (read: amino acids) means you are deficient in EVERYTHING & unless you are existing on processed foods or chemicals, you will not be deficient. 'Protein' is a word created to encompass amino acids, which are available in every single plant food on the planet. But this same word is used every day to promote unnecessary meat & dairy-based 'nutrition'. The belief we can get all the protein we need from meat & dairy is as misleading as it is wrong, based on old beliefs and promotions of survival food. Our bodies need amino acids, not so-called complete protein.
To fulfil every role that required of aminos in their various chains we must first break them down to rebuild and to that we need two main components to the puzzle:
Strong laminins
The correct enzyme balance
“Never heard of laminins, they can’t be that important.”
But oh, they are. They are the cross-like glycoprotein structures that bind our amino chains. You simply cannot just eat them. You must make them. All other ‘protein’ is second hand.
We cannot simply get either from just eating meat and dairy (or whey); we must make our own, tailored to our individual bodies, according to signals sent out, depending on a thousand different needs - and all of these aminos can be sourced from plant foods. In other words, our enzymes must be able to break down amino chains (including ‘complete amino chains) to rebuild them into the chains each system and process requires, using laminins that are personally linked to our own gemone codes.
Out of date research tells us that we must consume second hand protein to make protein. This is broken protein. New research tells us (only since 1990) that our bodies must produce our own individual amino chains according to age, health, sickness and fitness - and this changes according to every structure of the body.
'Complete' protein cannot bypass this process, nor can a protein supplement which can and does create imbalance. In fact, once the body becomes overwhelmed, the entire puzzle falls apart and poor health results.
The enzymes required for breaking down food are being destroyed by this toxicity as well as excess alcohol consumption, acidosis, medications and bad habits in general. Proteolytic enzyme aka peptidase or proteinase, requires a balanced pH (most people today exist in a state of acidosis) AND a balanced gut bacteria (microbiome). This process is called proteolysis.
Sounds pretty unremarkable, doesn't it? But what if you have the wrong bacterial balance? Well, that equates to the wrong type of protease and that means pathogenic proliferation, all linked to:
inflammation (pain and infection)
cell mutation (cancer)
increased clotting (strokes & heart attacks)
poor clotting (bleeding)
immunodeficiencies
auto-immune disorders
So what is proteolysis? Quite simply, it's the hydrolysis (or splitting of a compound) ie breakdown of larger chains (proteins) into peptides and amino acids. And it is vital in order to allow the body to rebuild the right amino chains. The opposite of this is weakened chains, breakdown with poor rebuilding processes. The process is simple, even if it sounds complex and sadly, most will believe the fakery and hype rather than actually doing any real research. Those who know the science either don't want others to know or don't care.
I believe this fad of protein supplements & keto and high protein type diets will, as with all fads, pass - hopefully before too many find out the hard way - but in the meantime, how much damage is it doing, without people even realising?
Aspirin = ACID
Mimicking nature and getting it so wrong…
Another medical-pharmaceutical scam.
Why are doctors STILL prescribing aspirin to supposedly thin the blood?
Gastric type cancers have increased exponentially over the last few decades, which just coincides with the belief that aspirin will prevent clotting and strokes.
Why is it so important to stay abreast of research? Because, without fail, it is the patient who has to ask the questions - take notes, question EVERYTHING.
Do your own research. HELICOBACTER PYLORI is the bacterium linked to stomach ulcers - but SO much more than that. IBS, cancers, and yes, even more.
ITP, one of the long-named diseases (Immune thrombocytopenia) is a side effect of aspirin - one major player in 'ageing' type symptoms that doctors will tell us are part of ageing:
Poor nutrition, linked to...
Chronic diseases
Petechiae (those pesky red spots on the skin)
Intracranial haemorrhage (linked to strokes)
Bleeding gums
Blood imbalances
Wasting diseases
Once again, medical treatment effects (ie NOT ‘side’ effects but direct effects) are worse than the initial disease but in this case, there was no disease to begin with because aspirin is part of the whole BS 'preventive' scam.
And all this, before we even ask whether the patient has been tested for something else on the rise, salicylate sensitivity. And that is a whole new ball game. After all, aspirin IS salicylic acid. Think auto immune disorders & behavioural disorders.
The truth is, aspirin CAN thin the blood and relieve pain, but so can White Willow Bark (which aspirin was formulated. to emulate. After all, we can’t have something natural because it cannot be patented…) At about 15c a day I would say it is good medicine.
And just as the incidence of blood clots has gone through the roof as a direct effect of various covid vaccines, so too has the recommendation and use of aspirin increased. Do you see where this is going yet?
Note: Don’t do a free-search of the links; as usual, the pharmaceutical companies have paid for top search spots on Google so you won’t get the truth that way. In fact, you won’t get the truth on any health issue today simply because during the so-called pandemic, millions of dollars were spent to manipulate the internet. There is more lost research than ever before and what once pointed the finger at big pharma now looks like a fairy-tale.
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OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO ASPIRIN & SIDE EFFECT TREATMENTS
Vitale blood building & cleansing
Micra mould & biofilm cleansing
Katharsis spike protein protection
Divina 7 healing mushroom blend
Ancient Lakes Liquid magnesium
Orexis appetite, anorexia & cachexia support (wasting)
Qi Life whole body Rife & PEMF healing
the simple truth is, there are countless safe and effective alternatives to chemical ‘medicines’. And it is time the world knew about it.
Does anyone even remember?
Does anyone even remember? The scandal, the lies, the destruction - or what changed things forever?
What brought an entire industry to its knees, destroyed careers - and lives? How was a complete coup achieved? And how did it happen in full view of the nation; of something which today, most people still live in ignorance bliss?
Does anyone else remember the Pan crisis? Or, like the rest of Australia, did you just not listen to the pleas of the thousands of ‘alternative’ health physicians who fought for years to prevent its happening?
Baseless persecution destroyed natural health as we knew it just over 20 years ago. An over-the-counter pharmaceutical product that just happened to have ginger in it, was blamed for the death of one person - who has never been identified.
The owner of the company (Jim Selim) was acquitted of any wrongdoing but he lost millions and both his life and reputation were destroyed. When the govt were forced to reimburse him for losses, the media turned the public on him by saying tax payers would be funding it (a TGA, AMA & government modern day collaboration resembling the Spanish Inquisition passed off as a mistake).
A mistake that took years to formulate and almost a year of destruction to execute - both physically and legally. Laws were re-written. Provider numbers of natural health physicians were revoked. Qualifications were revoked. Brick by brick long-established colleges were pulled down. Media darlings both in print and on mid day TV defamed and caricatured any healing modality that did not fall under the burgeoning umbrella of the medical gods. Jim Selim was an unwitting scapegoat to pull down anything seen as competition for modern medicine.
Hundreds of thousands of bottles of supplements, herbals, therapies and adjuvant remedies were destroyed. Pharmacies were the first hypocritical lemmings to wipe everything from their shelves in favour of chemical versions of health products.
What the public were not told is that for the previous close-to-100 years, these same natural health physicians, many of whom studied longer and far wider topics than most medical doctors, had been covered by something called a Grandfather Act. This Act was soon to expire which meant that by the year 2000, the fallacious image of medical doctors would soon end; natural health physicians would once again be able to claim the title of Dr, with all the same rights, respect and recognition that their medical counterparts had.
Years of lampooning the natural healer in the media, TV and movies, dismissal by doctors if a patient dared to ask for a referral to a natural health physician - but worse than that, all the textbook destruction, all the sabotaged research, and having to share the stage with people they had grown to hate; this would cause an avalanche of push-back repercussions. Lost lives, lost incomes, lies and coercions - it would cause a catastrophic collapse of the medical system as it was then known.
And they were not going to allow that to happen. How Selim was selected is anyone’s business. Perhaps he just made too many good products. Perhaps he was on the brink of true affordable blended, integrative medicine for all.
Subsequently, all natural manufacturers were shut down, probably around half of the existing natural professionals were deregistered (me included) and most were never able to practice again.
Big pharma bought out around 90% of existing natural companies. These are the same so-called natural health companies people buy from today. Most formulate little more than synthetic supplements, many of these are ‘practitioner only’ brands. Nutrition is now less about food sources of nutrition and all about medicalisation of encapsulated and IV sustenance.
The other big coup for them was it paved the way for university-trained natural health professionals who were under-trained with watered-down information but now seen as the gold standard in training.
They were taught to promote the 'practitioner-only' products now owned by big pharma and the existing colleges were all shut down except one major player which jumped straight into bed with big pharma while passing itself off as THE leading light in natural health.
All of a sudden, the skills and qualifications of traditionally educated & trained physicians, which were the best in the country, were now obsolete. A consummate coup d'etat in full view with an altogether different story told in the media. All of a sudden, it was no longer about tolerating those pesky healthy fringe dwellers who maybe ate sprouts and did yoga, but an outright war against anyone who dared to be a traitor to the gods of medicine.
Ironically, the original product that started the whole thing (Travacalm), is now back on shelves and owned by a different pharmaceutical company altogether. No fanfare, no change of ingredients. There is even one dedicated to highlighting ginger; also one specifically for children.
The creator was targeted because he paved the way for the blending of natural and modern medicines. Those who initially opposed him, now head the 'integrative' health system. I have personally spoken to family members of staff who originally worked for Pan Pharmaceuticals. A gagging order that was never lifted has ensured the truth has failed to come out.
Long before the shills and trolls, long before a certain wealthy mama blogger’s hatred for anything that threatens modern medicine, there was John Dwyer - his original witch hunt. A man who has never been taken to account for the damage he has caused. Even the documentary exposing the truth (Pandemonium) has been removed from the internet...
Professionals have turned on each other; gatekeepers of registering bodies have become absolute turncoats to the existing professionals. So forgive me if I tend to go on about the state of natural health colleges, the trustworthiness of so many natural health professionals, integrative doctors and health products.
The industry today is so different from just 25 years ago that it's barely recognisable. It's all allowed MLM companies, influencers and gurus to be more sought after than actual professionals.
In the meantime, I hope you will join me in the continued fight for honesty, health and justice for all affected - and still being affected - by medical hegemony. It was never about health, always about money. Those of us who lobbied the government back in the 80s and 90s, arguing that improved natural health care would reduce the pressure and burden upon the medical system, were laughed at. Earlier promises to trial such a thing were dismissed - until now.
