vaccinations/ peppermint oil+

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Hello all,

I just thought I'd mention speaking of peppermint oil, my 2 1/2 year old son had

a tummy bug accompanied by a fever yesterday, and he was extremely uncomforatble

crying and complaining, so I rubbed some diluted peppermint oil on his feet, and

within minutes he calmed down, was able to rest and function. (I also put some

lavender oil on the pillow he was resting on to calm him).

I was pretty impressed. I think the peppermint addressed his fever (cooling) and

his tummy troubles.

He's much better today, fever gone, eating a little and resting.

It's amazing to me too where young children come down with things, but bugs seem

to travel, if your baby is exposed to other children, or sometimes things just

seem to be in the air, even if you dont leave the house, if a bug has the mind

to do so, it'll get in!

My son started part time daycare this year and it seems for every week of

health, there is a week of sickness to go through.

At least we have nice tools, that even if they dont prevent, they may lessen the

severity of the symptoms. We've both been sick alot this year, but thankfully

with nothing serious, and nothing needing antibiotics. Thank goodness for small

miracles.

Also, as soon as I see the beggining of anything, I give my son either a formula

based on tumeric, or sitopiladi with honey,( I call it " sweet and spicy " and he

likes it) depending on the symptoms, I think that warns off some things.

Anyway, good luck to all,

Radhika

 

 

Vicky York <vmyork wrote:

You know what I don't understand, Martha? A newborn baby of a natural living

mother who is entirely breastfed for 6 months should have a strong immune

system. He is so new to the world, for heavens sake. So why would he get

whooping cough, allergies, colds, etc.?

Thank you for all the time you expend to share your knowledge. Vicky

 

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Martha Oakes

06/15/05 12:15:08

ayurveda

Re: vaccinations

 

" Life saving antibiotics are losing their effectiveness and

eventually will cure as well as a sugar pill. " World Health

Organization Press Release

 

" You might say that a virus doesn't give you the flu; an immune system

that doesn't defeat the virus is what gives you the flu. The key is

immunity. " Jenny Thompson - Health Sciences Institute

 

Dear Vicky;

(I'll talk more than just about the flu). There is so much good

information about vaccinations out there, after finding my way through

the maze with my children I don't keep much except generalizations in

my head on the first question. You will find on my updated resources

page though or search Dr. Sherry Tenpenny, Dr. Mercola, and a

particularly interesting article User-Friendly Vaccination Schedule

for children, by Donald Miller, MD/cardiac surgeon, for ample

discussion.

 

When my daugher, REna, was still quite young (28 this year!) she was

not well and I gook her to a homeopath. He asked me about the

immunizations and made an interesting comment I've not heard elsewhere

that makes a lot of sense, so I'll share that and then some Ayurvedic

general points. I'd love to hear more from Hakim, Dr. REddy and

others if you will possibly be checking in on the latter?

 

The doctor commented that the recent generation of children were

generally the first or second in a long meat and potato type dietary

lineage who were changing their dietary habits thanks to guidance from

their parents going health food conscious, vegetarian, etc. The

effect of exploring many things, changing a deep pattern, whether you

call it genetic or not the body has adapted and is having to adapt in

new ways. This doctor observed in clients that this creates a more

fragile status, where he saw more succeptibility to intense reactions

even life threatening to the vaccinations as well as other medical

interventions and often, dissease influences.

 

He also observed that those who continued to be heavy sausage, fried

foods and gravy type traditional american diet, as well as heavy junk

food eaters had a courser strength with which to withstand the side

effects of the immunizations.

 

This certainly makes sense to me. In any case, the conditions of

vaccinations in general being that they put an aggravation on the

system to make it create antibodies still means the system is being

challenged, and a system which less " stable " and less strong in cruder

strengths, and is opening up subtler levels of functioning and new

experiences, and still working to create a new " ground " for it will be

more easily thrown.

 

The need for protection from infectious diseases and the need to

handle the challenges once one has them are again two more issues.

>From the viewpoint of Ayurveda (all natural medicine) keeping the

immune system strong and the system cleansed, emphasyzing good food

combining and appropriate temperature, quality, taste, freshness,

cooking method, and choice of food for the person including season as

well as other lifestyle and stressors all have their role in ANY

disease prevention and reversal.

 

Not to underrate the importance of immediate attention, but it is

valuable to understand that the childhood diseases although serious

are still not such great mysteries and there is so much a mother or

practitioner can do to mitigate. Because I am not trained as a

physician, I cannot give advice here, but again can only theorize.

 

Regarding protection and reversal both, I have seen a very active

support group on several essential oils forums and can send you there,

Vicky. Because research also confirms the power of certain eoils for

antibacterial, yes antiviral, antifungal, antioxidant, anticatarrhal,

and many other qualities - even to recent hospital antimicrobial

comparison studies, I continue to keep my eoils as an important aprt

of my personal and client care tool kit. The potency of therapeutic

grade essential oils is many times in one drop over in a larger than

one can reasonably take dried or fresh herb. ONe drop of such

peppermint oil is effective equivalent to 20 - 28 cups of tea! One

cann't wisely drink that much, but the oil gets absorbed directly into

the tissues through the lipid similarities easily transported through

the body.

 

If you go to http://www.oil-testimonials.com/?x=1441 and put in

whooping cough, you will find 18 references to experiences there (I

haven't read this group, no guarantees . It is a searchable no hype

or chat data archive of eoil experiences, quite valuable resource.

 

www.joygroup is one of the forums - There is a

lot of sorting to do as the archives are huge! But well worth the

search. I have collected several pages of flu management experiences

from posts on this one and /healthlineonline which can be found on my

website at http://www.sacredwindow.com/EO-Flu.html. Jessica Wild's

Wildharvest group (by approved membership only) is the most

aroma-warrior approach, in keeping with more the French model of

aromatherapy. I don't agree with all they do, they have no

understanding of Ayurvedic principles and overlook as a result many

key issues; but at the same time I applaud much of it, and you will

find mostly young mothers raising children, facing many such

challenges.

 

There are so many mothers choosing to not use vaccines, undoubtedly

there are many such groups - and undoubtedly the gorup here would

appreciate your sharing any you find. I know there is a support site

(don't know address) where you can find sample letters to legally

decline immunizations, the wording of which varies somewhat from state

to state.

 

If I were asked my opinion how to handle whooping cough, I would first

look into the list of body systems and tissues involved, symptoms,

timing and risks involved and then work with the knowledge available

to me for supporting the body best through these experiences. If I

was knowledgebale with the ayurvedic pulse reading, this along with

all the other ayurvedic assessment tools would come into the process.

 

Hopefully this offers some further insights in your search to better

serve your clients, and if you have information on the whooping cough

with which we can translate and begin to collect protocols, anyone?

Please share!

 

Warm Regards,

Martha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Radhika;

This experience with good peppermint oil seems to be pretty

universally successful, aint it great! Of course we still have to

make sure he rests, eats simpler, all those things. But I think you

might not have had a chance to read the mother's experiences with flu

and preventing the problems you are having ... cut this link and check

it out http://www.sacredwindow.com/EO-Flu.html. Specifically one of

the moms after having constant colds and all come home from daycare

started rubbing either purification or thieves blend on kids feet

every day, another diffused thieves 15 minutes before leaving for

school, another 15 minutes on coming home and presto, speaking of

small miracles! Properly used they can be an amazing boost to immune

strength, vitality, AND antimocrobial protection. If you read the

basics section on the site there you will understand more why.

So give us a report when you have that experience down ... almost no

more colds and flues IS possible.

 

I'm fighting one I cought from my 17 year old son ... after traveling

and really short on sleep, bad sleep conditions, off my normal " feed " ,

not being prophylactic enough with my oils ( " where is that bottle

now? " ) and coming home to mildew, body just sometimes has had all it

can take. Some of us are not as constitutionally strong as others

also. I tend to be at risk traveling.

 

Newly delvered moms are of course too, which is why I recommend a

diffuser in her " hang out " room near the rocker with something

suitable for season, bodytype and nose which has good antimicrobial

properties. Even good lavender helps a lot. Ancient ayurvedic

tradition burned strong antimicrobial purifying incenses arond

postpartum mothers and their infants as a matter of protective protocol.

Martha