A Country’s health athmosphere is hardly separable from its economy. I was priviledged to be a visitor to THE BERLIN WALL after a portion of it was broken down to allow east Berliners free access to West Berlin when the two Germanies ended their post second world war COLD WAR and reunited. East Berliners were forlon, like humans exhumed from antiquity and could not tell what the future held for them. Their roads were broken and cratered, their houses coated in faded paints. Even Lagosians owned better cars than these Germans. Just across the road in West Berlin were some of the smoothest roads on earth. Mercedes Benz new models were everywhere. Everyone was chattering and smiling. I saw some of the biggest houses I had ever seen with all sorts of architectural wonder. In one I would ever remember, CHARLES ATLAS bore huge weights on the shoulders, to typefy how an elemental being reportedly holds the earth in one hand, rolling it on its axis and carrying it around the sun in 365 or 366 days, one of the buttons of his coat bigger than the earth itself. West Germany was free , prosperous and burstling with life.
At no time since I grew up to be able to take care of myself have I seen so many people wear forlon looks in Nigeria, talking about the economy and complaining about their health. The truth is that many people have sapped themselves of positive energy, embalmed themselves with negative energy and their experiencing all sorts of health disorders. The enquiries of readers of this column are the primary sources of single health conversations every week. Once in a while, we break the mode to discuss multiple cases. The replies to enquiries in such cases are not as detailed as in single-subject discussions but, nevertheless, provide the stepping stone to larger conversations . We call the small engagements…CLINIC DAY. Welcome, please, to some of them.
QUESTION 1
Shaking hands, shaking voice
My hands and voice are shaking. What is wrong with me and how can I solve these problems? I am 63
Answer:
The problem may be simple, or a complex one in infancy. If it is
simple, it may be a problem such as nerve agitation from ex
haustion or nutritional deficiencies of, say, magnesium, vitamin B complex, especially vitamin B1 (thiamine). If it is a brewing volcano, it may be Parkinson’s disease in which heavy metals, environmental pollutants and toxins, pesticides, herbicides, free radicals and insufficient nerve nutrition and nerve antioxidants may be causing damage to special cells in the brain. These cells stabilise and control movement of nerves and muscles. Parkinson’s, make semi-voluntary muscle movements uncontrollable. This may involve inability to keep the jaws together, so that the mouth is not ajar, incapacity to prevent saliva from drooling out of the mouth, being unable to freely swing the arms while walking and the inability to control the tongue to produce audible and clear speech. If the tremours are more in the hands, this may be peripheral nerve damage caused by blood sugar challenges.
Years ago, my hands shook whenever I held a book. Lab technicians could not take my blood sample from any vein to check my fasting blood sugar. The syringe needle could not stabilise on the vein. The veins were trembling. Too much calcium may have been contracting their soft muscles, causing tremours and spasms. My thumb would have to be pricked. The technicians pulled whatever blood they wanted by pricking my thumbs in several places and pressing out the blood. One day, I decided to give the monthly lab check a break and look after myself. I took sublingual Magnesium, the tissue salt called mag phos (Magnesium phosphate), vitamin B complex and Lecithin. The laboratory had been suggesting I take certain tests to rule out certain diseases. When I resurfaced for another blood sugar test and my veins cooperated to their amazement, all they could ask was: ” WHAT HAPPENED”.
From this experience, I make the following suggestions for minor nerve and muscle agitations.
Detoxification
Maria Treben bitters was my prime detoxicant. I also took detoxifying herbs such as aloe vera gel from FLP, corriander vegetable (efo ebolo), asparagus, nettle, chanka piedra etc. They help to eliminate micro organisms from the intestine, the waste products of which may poison the nerves and cells when in large concentration in the blood. Milk Thistle is also good to help the liver to cope with Detoxification. There is a proprietary curry powder blend I discovered later which should do the job as well. It is a powder blend of Corriander (Efo ebolo in Yoruba or Cillantro in english), Turmeric, Fenugreek, Nutmeg, Fennel, Cumin, seed cloves, Garlic and Ginger. When Detoxification has reduced the acid levels in the body, it is good to follow it up with alkalization. The body is relatively healthy when it is slightly alkaline at 7.34 P.h on a 0 to 14 acid /alkaline scale in which values below 7 are acidic and those above 7 are alkaline. The brains of many people are acidic and inflammed, causing all sorts of problems from cognition deficiencies, nerve pain, nerve incoordination, nerve sluggishness to mood swings and depression. One of the best alkalising agents is WHEAT GRASS.
Blood Glucose metabolism
Too much blood sugar caused by either excessive dietary intake, insulin resistance or insufficient insulin may poison or damage the nerves, cause kidney damage, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) etc. Blood sugar may be controlled with orange peel, chanka piedra, bitter leaf, Maria bitters, pawpaw leaf, or proprietary products such as Blood Sugar Metabolism, Blood Sugar Balance, Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) etc.
B-50
The nervous system is sustained by the B vitamins or Vitamin B complex. The most important among them for nerve health, although they work as a team, is vitamin B1 or thiamine. These are a group of water soluble vitamins. This means the body cannot store them and they must be consumed in the diet everyday. Unfortunately, many people do not consume enough B vitamins in their diet. Overtime, their nerves begin to wither and their bodies show signs of diseases associated with B vitamin deficiencies. One of such symptoms for people who consume too much white flour foods, including white bread and pasta, and white rice, all of which are thiamine deficient, is BERI BERI. The nerves are so weak that they cannot easily transmit energy to the muscles and the muscles, too, become weak and wither. Beri beri is a Japanese word which means I CAN’T, I CAN’T. When doctors visited inmates of a prison where prisoners suffered from this disease and asked them to lift their arms and legs , the outcry always was…BERI BERI, BERI BERI. The cause was unknown to be dietary in nature until chickens outside the prison yard fed with leftover prisoner’s food began to suffer the same symptoms. Today, beri beri and other nerve weakness problems are treated with mega dosages of B-vitamins in combination therapies of thiamine and the entire B -Complex vitamins.
Neuro Booster
This is another proprietary nerve formula in powder form which may be added to water, drinks or to food.
Lion’s mane mushroom: When the nerves are damaged, this is one proprietary product that can be relied upon like gotu kola to revive them. It was discovered during the second World War by a young Italian female doctor who experimented with all sorts of substances that may reverse damage to nerves and revive damaged nerves.
Brain antioxidants
The nervous system originates from neurons in the brain. Many people do not eat for their brains. They hardly even remember that they have a brain until they begin to experience certain symptoms which their doctors may say are mental health challenges. The brain is a fatty organ which means it can be easily damaged or oxidised in the absence of adequate protection. If you leave raw fatty meat in a bowl and raw lean meat in another bowl on a table for 3 days, the raw fatty meat will decay faster than the raw lean meat. In the brain, many substances offer protection against decay. Since nerves originate from neurons in the brain, they, too, are protected by these substances which include, but are not limited to…
- Omega-3 fatty acid
- Lecithin
- Magnesium
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin C
- Thiamine, (vitamin B1)
- selenium
- zinc
- Manganese
- Co enzyme Q 10
Zinc, selenium and manganese are important for the production by the body of 3 basic antioxidants which it uses to protect all body tissues, including the brain, against free radicals. These basic antioxidants are
- Glutathione
- Catalyse
- Super oxide dismutase (SOD).
Glutathione, Chief among them, is produced from A) glutamic acid B) glycine and C) Cysteine, all of which are amino acids. As many people deprive their diets of the 20 amino acids found in human bodies, they do not have a full compliment of them to make these important antioxidants. I suggest that spirulina which has the full compliment or aloe lite or a mixture of both be included in the diet. Gotu kola, which plays a significant role in the balancing of the brains, should be included in a brain formula.
Inflammation/poor blood circulation/diabetes of the brain
From all sorts of reasons, the brains of many people shrink, are inflamed or do not get enough blood supply due to blockages in blood vessels or weak hearts. There is a new idea in mental health called diabetes of the brain. This means the brain cannot take up enough blood glucose from the blood circulation because of certain factors. Yet, blood glucose is the food of the brain. Deprivation makes the brain hungry, weak and its cells will begin to wither or to die. This process has been linked to diseased symptoms of
- dementia
- memory loss
- Alzheimer’s
- Parkinson’s disease and even glaucoma.
Inflammation can be addressed with anti inflammatory foods, herbs and proprietary products. Some of such proprietary products are curcumin 2000X and curcurite etc. Curcumin, the yellow substance in turmeric, is one of the most anti inflammatory substances on earth. In these curcumin proprietary blends, curcumin is formaulated with either Cayenne or black pepper to make them 2000 times more active than normal curcumin. I suspect this is so because Cayenne pepper and black pepper not only help to stimulate the heart, to clear blockages in blood vessels, they also help to promote micro circulation in the tissues. As for poor blood circulatoon, Cayenne, black pepper, ginko biloba, grape seed extract, gotu kola are good for moving blood into the brain and within the brain. Regarding “Diabetes of the brain”, where glucose is not readily available for providing energy, a substance rich in Medium Chain Triglyceride (MCT) is substitutable. The one easiest to find is coconut oil.
QUESTION 2
Floaters in the eyes:
Are there herbs or other natural means of clearing floaters in the eyes? They make it difficult for me to see well or to read easily.
Answer:
Although there are are back and forth arguments
among researchers and doctors, some challenged per
sons do report improvements or reversals from time to time. If a case appears intransigent, it is probable, as in all cases of ill health, that the Laws of Nature are being infringed when Nature is looked upon for a cure.
Floaters in the eyes have many causes, for which reason it is important to have an opthalmologist (eye doctor) check the eyes for what is going on. Some floaters are age related, others are caused by either infection, inflammation, bleeding, diabetes, poor nutrition, poor blood circulation and shrinkage of the vitreous humor. The eye has two Chambers, one in the front, the other at the back. The front chamber, called the aqueous humour, maintains balance of pressure in the eye. The back chamber, the vitreous humour, forms about 80 percent of the eye ball, and contains nutrients for the eye. Both Chambers are made of 98 to 99 percent water. In the vitreous humor are such substances as hyaluronic acid (HA) for hydration, glutathione, an antioxidant, zinc, also an antioxidant, mineral salts, proteins, collagen (a special protein for tissue structure), sugar etc. In aging or diseased conditions, the vitreous chamber may shrink and its collagen content may spill, float around, present themselves before the retina and block clear vision as experienced by persons challenged with floaters.
Excessive brain work imposes a huge strain on the metabolism, that is living processes of the eye. Floaters are metabolic debris not disintegrated or dissolved, absorbed or cleared away from the vitreous chamber. Their existence suggests that the eyes are weak, de energised, and are not receiving enough blood, oxygen and other nutrients while the poor blood flow within it is not moving away metabolic wastes as at when necessary. Secondly, according to medical beliefs in the Eastern world, weakness in the liver, intestines and kidneys impact the eyes because they all lie in the pathway of the same etheric energy meridians. If malfunctioning organs, like broken down vehicles in traffic, block the flow of this energy, the other organs the meridians are to supply with energy will be weakened and may wither and malfunction, the same way as traffic jams affect human geography and well being. This thought is based on the conception that we are not our bodies. Our bodies have no lives of their own. We their owners give them energy, like electricity mains give energy to the deep freezer or the television set. Owners of these earth bodies have seven sockets known as The SevenE Chakras, in eastern medical philosophy and practice. The eye belongs to the SIXTH CHAKRA and is governed by the colour indigo. Drinking water may be solarised using indigo paper filters on glass bottles stood in the sun to attract indigo ethers of sunlight into the water. Regrettably, the paper sun filters are not sold in Nigeria. The first line therapy is to avoid dust falling on the eyes, the eyes absorbing smoke and environmental pollutants, and for the person challenged to learn to work during day hours alone, thus avoiding electric lighting for reading or other mental work which may seriously involve the eyes. There is a reason day and night hours were created. Almost all of us are guilty of this. I, too, am guilty as charged! As the eyes are easily affected and damaged by the BLUE Rays in the spectrum of sunlight, it is advisable when outdoor, to wear QUANTUM energy eye-glasses which block them from reaching the eye. I notice that when I wear one indoor, if some eye drops make the eyes to water, the sensations soon disappear.
Next, we must avoid denatured food and eat for the eyes, liver, intestine, kidneys and the heart, above all, for healthy blood and circulation. ( For more information, please refer to my articles on floaters in www.olufemikusa.com.)
Floaters are believed to be a condition in which debris of metabolic waste are not dissolved or absorbed, but float about before the retina, sometimes bonding and getting bigger. Antioxidants for the eyes help to get rid of them. These are many. Some people prefer them in single proprietary products. In this presentation, the dosages are often low. So, some persons prefer a few antioxidants in mega dosages. The first line of these antioxidants are vitamin A, vitamin c, vitamin E and selenium.
Among the beneficial proprietary blends are:
- Bilberry
- grape seed extract
- lecithin-
- lysine-
- zinc-
- vitamin A
- vision saver
Vitamin A is a major eye nutrient. That is why it is now given to babies by mouth almost immediately after they are born and periodically up to an age. Vitamin A needs the presence of zinc to function properly in the eye.
Bilberry is well known for protecting the retina and the optic nerve, but it also protects other sections of the eye.
Grape seed extract promotes circulation in the eye and prevents damage to the protein structures through glycation.
Lecithin is an emulsifier, especially of fats. An emulsifier is a substance which dissolves other substances needed to be dissolved.
Lysine is an amino acid which prevents glycation and other damage to the collagen structures of the body and in the eye.
Zinc is an immune booster, healing and repair agent and a factor in the ability of the eye to use vitamin A for its protection.
Vision saver is a proprietary blend which contains some vision nutrients, especially vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) which is now suggested to be important in glaucoma therapy, maybe because it helps to drive circulation to the eye and away from it.
