Alzheimer's Disease: Healing for Patient & Healing for Caregiver

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CHRIS

January 21, 2010 3:16:55 AM EST (CA)

Alzheimer's patient and caregiver

 

Namaste,

 

I have just completed the Advanced Pranic Healing Course.

 

My mother is 79 years of age and has had Alzheimer's for at least 5

years, during which time her behavior became quite violent, which was

corrected with medication.

 

Recently she has become very shaky and emotional and I fear her

condition is degenerating quickly.

 

I would be grateful if you could advise whether there is a protocol for

healing Alzheimer's and if so, whether I could follow the protocol to

do distance healing.

 

My father is mum's principal caregiver, can you suggest any healing

that will help him? He appears to be coping well, but it must be

affecting him as my mother is now virtually housebound and he cannot leave

her for periods exceeding 1 hour.

 

With love, light and thanks,

 

Chris Walker

 

 

Dear Chris,

A Loving Atma Namaste

 

Thank you for your e-mail.

 

MEDICAL BACKGROUND

 

Alzheimer's Disease: Introduction

 

Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects the mental abilities including memory,

language, and cognition. Progressively it leads to dementia and death. AD

usually arises in late middle age or the elderly but there is a rare

familial subtype that occurs earlier. Because AD is so well-known, other

causes of dementia or memory loss may be overlooked. Other possible

diagnoses include normal aging (if very mild symptoms), emotional problems,

fatigue, depression, and certain medical conditions such as thyroid disease,

brain tumors, multi-infarct disease, or Huntington's disease. In its early

stages, a correct diagnosis of AD can also be overlooked itself and

misdiagnosed as other conditions such as depression, dementia, simple

forgetfulness, or senility.

 

Also known as primary degenerative dementia, Alzheimer's disease accounts

for more than half of all dementias. An estimated 5% of people over age 65

have a severe form of this disease, and 12% suffer from mild to moderate

dementia. Because this is a primary progressive dementia, the prognosis is

poor.

 

Causes

Several factors contribute to the progression of Alzheimer's disease. They

include neurochemical factors, such as deficiencies in acetylcholine (a

neurotransmitter), somatostatin, substance P, and norepinephrine;

environmental factors, such as aluminum and manganese; viral factors, such

as slow-growing central nervous system viruses; trauma; and genetic

immunologic factors.

 

The brain tissue of a patient with Alzheimer's disease typically shows

cortical atrophy, the hallmark features being neurofibrillary tangles,

neuritic plaques, and granulovascular degeneration.

 

Signs and symptoms

Onset is insidious. Initially, the patient experiences almost imperceptible

changes, such as forgetfulness, recent memory loss, difficulty learning and

remembering new information, deterioration in personal hygiene and

appearance, and an inability to concentrate. Gradually, tasks that require

abstract thinking and activities that require judgment become more

difficult. Progressive and severe deterioration in memory, language, and

motor function results in a loss of coordination and an inability to write

or speak.

 

Personality changes (restlessness, irritability) and nocturnal awakenings

are common. Eventually, the patient becomes disoriented, and emotional

lability and physical and intellectual disability progress. The patient

becomes more susceptible to infection and accidents. Secondary to loss of

the cough reflex, pulmonary diseases such as pneumonia may result in death.

 

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Alzheimer's

Disease includes the 34 symptoms listed below:

 

Early symptoms

Forgetfulness

Loss of concentration

Forgetting names

Progressing symptoms

Memory loss

Forgetting how to do everyday tasks

Thinking difficulty

Difficulty speaking

Difficulty reading

Language deterioration

Impaired visual skills

Impaired spatial skills

Poor judgment

Confusion

Disorientation

Later symptoms

Indifferent attitude

Apathy

Anxiety

Depression

Aggression

Wandering

Normal motor function - AD affects the brain but not the body

Cognition disintegration

Personality disintegration

Suspicion

Hostility

Aggression

Inability to function

Loss of speech

Difficulty swallowing

Drooling

Incontinence

Diagnosis

Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is difficult because the patient's

signs and symptoms are subtle. The diagnosis is based on an accurate history

from a reliable family member, mental status and neurologic examinations,

and psychometric testing. Symptoms and history are compared with the

criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th

edition – Text Revision.

 

A positron emission tomography scan measures the metabolic activity of the

cerebral cortex and may help in reaching an early diagnosis. An EEG and a

computed tomography scan may help in later diagnosis.

 

The disease is essentially diagnosed by exclusion: Various tests are

performed to rule out other disorders. Ultimately, however, the disease

can't be confirmed until death, when an autopsy reveals pathologic findings.

 

 

CLINICAL TIP: Many researchers believe that the aluminum and silicon found

in neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques occurs as a result of damage

and isn't a cause.

 

Treatment

A cerebral vasodilator (such as ergoloid mesylate or isoxsuprine) is

prescribed to enhance the brain's circulation; hyperbaric oxygen, to

increase oxygenation to the brain; a psychostimulator (such as

methylphenidate), to enhance the patient's mood; and an antidepressant, to

treat depression, if that seems to exacerbate the patient's dementia.

Donepezil and nivastigmine, which are centrally acting anticholinesterases,

are given to treat memory deficits.

 

Most drug therapies being used are experimental. These include choline

salts, lecithin, physostigmine, enkephalins, and naloxone, which may slow

the disease process. Antioxidant therapy is also being investigated. Another

approach to treatment includes avoiding the use of antacids containing

aluminum, aluminum cooking utensils, and aluminum-containing deodorants to

help decrease aluminum intake.

 

Special considerations

Focus on supporting the patient's abilities and compensating for those

abilities he has lost.

 

Establish an effective communication system with the patient and his family

to help them adjust to the patient's altered cognitive abilities.

 

Offer emotional support to the patient and his family. Teach them about the

disease, and refer them to social service and community resources for legal

and financial advice and support.

 

Provide the patient with a safe environment. Encourage him to exercise to

help maintain mobility.

 

Source:

 

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/a/alzheimers_disease/

 

 

PRANIC HEALING:

 

A. For the Altzheimer's patient

 

1. Invoke and scan before, during and after treatment.

 

Touch your heart with the pads of the fingers of your passive hand. Smile.

Project loving energy to the patient for several minutes.

 

 

2. Apply advanced general sweeping with LWG twice.

 

3. Do localized thorough sweeping alternately with LWG and LWV on the entire

head area. Sweep the left and right brain thoroughly.

 

4. Do localized thorough sweeping on the crown, forehead, ajna, backhead, jaw

minor, throat, and secondary throat chakras alternately with LWG and ordinary

LWV.

 

5. Energize the crown, forehead, ajna, back head, jaw minor, throat and

secondary throat chakras with EV. Simultaneously will the chakras to become

bigger.

 

6. Do localized thorough sweeping and energizing on the front and back solar

plexus chakras with LEV or EV. Inhibit with LWB.

 

7. Do localized thorough sweeping on the front and back heart chakra with LWG.

Energize through the back heart chakra with LEV or EV.

 

8. Do localized thorough sweeping on the navel chakra. Energize with LWR.

 

9. Do localized thorough sweeping on the sex and basic chakras and the perineum

minor chakra alternately with LWG and LWO. Energize them thoroughly with LWR.

 

10. Do localized thorough sweeping on the arms and legs and their minor charkas

alternately with LWG and LWO. Energize the minor chakras with LWR.

 

11. Distribute the energy by sweeping energy in front and at the back several

times. Start from the upper chakras and end on the upper chakras. Then

distribute the energy around and to the arms and legs.

 

Or you may instruct the patient how to do the Superbrain Yoga properly. Due

to the advanced age, this may be done in semi squat position, 7 to 14 times.

Since the patient is elderly, it is necessary to monitor the patient while doing

the exercise. This exercise brings the energy up to the brain, energizing and

activating the brain cells and nerves.

 

12. Rescan. If basic, sex, and perineum chakras are partially depleted due

to the transmutation, energize them again with LWR.

 

13. Stabilize and release projected energy.

 

14. Repeat treatment 3 times a week.

 

Superbrain yoga may be done for 14 cycles, 1 to 3 sessions per day,

everyday, after physical exercises.

 

People who eat pork, who smoke, or who have hypertension as well as women in

their menstrual cycle and those with dirty sex chakras must do this exercise

only

after thorough sweeping of the affected chakra(s); otherwise, the dirty

energy may be distributed to the head area and cause adverse reactions.

 

 

B. For The Caregiver

 

1. Do Pranic Breathing 5 min per session, several times a day.

 

2. Do Meditation on Twin Hearts regularly, daily if possible

 

3. Bathe in water with salt and few drops of lavender essential oil.

 

4. Take a 30 minute walk in nature, in order to draw in fresh Pranic

energy from the surroundings.

 

5. Avoid unnecessary stress, negative thoughts, negative emotions, negative

activities and negative environment.

 

With Loving Blessings,

The PHQandA Team

 

Source: The books written by MASTER CHOA KOK SUI including:

 

Miracles Through Pranic Healing

Advanced Pranic Healing

Pranic Psychotherapy

Pranic Crystal Healing

 

NOTICE:

 

1. Pranic Healing is not intended to replace orthodox medicine, but rather

to complement it. If symptoms persist or if the ailment is severe, please

consult immediately a medical doctor and a Certified Pranic Healer.

 

2. Pranic Healers who are not medical doctors should not prescribe nor

interfere with prescribed medications and/or medical treatments.

 

~ Master Choa Kok Sui

 

MCKS website: http://www.pranichealing.org