Archive for July, 2010

Nestmann: Sabal Serrulatum

I have been recommending this product to my clients for 20 years.   New clients will often tell me, “Oh, I tried Saw Palmetto, and it really didn’t change anything- I still get up 4 times a night to pee.”  My response is invariably, “Not any more!”  I really have found that barring any more serious condition, benign prostate hypertrophy (enlarged prostate) will improve substantially on a great Saw palmetto tincture, and this Nestmann product has other homeopathic ingredients that strengthen the action.

OK, so give it a try. It is made in Germany by a company called Nestmann, but is available here through Marco Pharma. Sabal Serrulatum is simply the Latin term for the Saw Palmetto herb. Take as directed, and remember that it will take 2 or 3 small bottles, or 1-2 large bottles, to really see the significant change. Then you will probably need a bottle or two twice a year. Most of my clients do this when the clocks change, so they can remember!

I have no involvement with Marco Pharma or Nestmann, and am not making anything off this recommendation! :-)

Such a classic book- always re-reading bits of this terrific book:

Review
A landmark book, written with profound understanding, but in simple and readable language. — Health World

Dr. Richard Gerber has provided a valuable step in thinking about the higher reaches of human beings. — Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words

This book is at the cutting edge of the whole health movement. — Publishers Weekly

What a great book. The idea that we are PROGRAMMED to evolve, to become conscious, just moves me. Deep in our DNA we know this is our job! So cool- check it out….

The Biology of Transcendence:  A Blueprint of the Human Spirit

Click on the book below to read more or purchase from Amazon:

Product Description: This is the editorial review from Amazon

Uses new research about the brain to explore how we can transcend our current physical and cultural limitations.

• Reveals that transcendence of current modes of existence requires the dynamic interaction of our fourth and fifth brains (intellect and intelligence).

• Explores the idea that Jesus, Lao-tzu, and other great beings in history are models of nature’s possibility and our ability to achieve transcendence.

• 17,000 sold in hardcover since April 2002.

Why do we seem stuck in a culture of violence and injustice? How is it that we can recognize the transcendent ideal represented by figures such as Jesus, Lao-tzu, and many others who have walked among us and yet not seem to reach the same state?

In The Biology of Transcendence Joseph Chilton Pearce examines the current biological understanding of our neural organization to address how we can go beyond the limitations and constraints of our current capacities of body and mind–how we can transcend. Recent research in the neurosciences and neurocardiology identifies the four neural centers of our brain and indicates that a fifth such center is located in the heart. This research reveals that the evolutionary structure of our brain and its dynamic interactions with our heart are designed by nature to reach beyond our current evolutionary capacities. We are quite literally, made to transcend.

Pearce explores how this “biological imperative” drives our life into ever-greater realms of being–even as the “cultural imperative” of social conformity and behavior counters this genetic heritage, blocks our transcendent capacities, and breeds violence in all its forms. The conflict between religion and spirit is an important part of this struggle. But each of us may overthrow these cultural imperatives to reach “unconflicted behavior,” wherein heart and mind-brain resonate in synchronicity, opening us to levels of possibility beyond the ordinary.

Dana Ullman has conducted a very thorough review of homeopathic research trials. He worked with a professor at the Medical University of Vienna and together they wrote this very review of research conducted on homeopathy and respiratory allergies. They considered numerous studies published in the Lancet and BMJ.

People keep claiming that there is little or no research in homeopathy, but this is just not true!

A Review of Homeopathic Research in the Treatment of Respiratory Allergies

Dana is such a respected leader in the field, and I have been following his work for many years. Many thanks to him for this work.

Dana Ullman: FB: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/dana.ullman?ref=ts

He writes regularly for : http://www.homeopathic.com/

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Dana’s bio: Thanks to Huffington Post: Dana Ullman

Dana Ullman, M.P.H. is widely recognized as the foremost spokesperson for homeopathic medicine in the U.S. He has authored nine books, including his newest book, The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy (North Atlantic Books/Random House, 2007), which includes a Foreword by the Physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. He has also written Homeopathic Medicines for Children and Infants (Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam, 1992) and the best-selling Everybody’s Guide to Homeopathic Medicines (Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam, revised 2004) that is America’s most popular guidebook to using homeopathic medicines at home.

Dana Ullman has written extensively on homeopathic research in an ebook entitled Homeopathic Family Medicine: Evidence Based Nanopharmacology, which describes and references 200+ clinical trials testing homeopathic medicines. Dana’s resource center, Homeopathic Educational Services (www.homeopathic.com) is a leading source for homeopathic books, medicines, home medicine kits, software, and courses.

Dana Ullman has also written chapters on homeopathic medicine for several leading medical textbooks for practicing physicians, including in Integrative Oncology (edited by Andrew Weil, and Donald Abrams, Oxford University Press, 2009), Weiner’s Pain Management: A Practical Guide for Clinicians (edited by M.V. Boswell and B.E. Cole, Taylor and Francis, 2006), and Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practice (edited by A.M. Schoen, and S.G. Wynn, Mosby, 1998).

Dana Ullman co-taught a ten-week course on homeopathy at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine from 1993 to 1995 and again in 1998. He also has served or been asked to serve as a consultant or on the advisory board to alternative medicine institutes at Harvard, Columbia, University of Arizona, and University of Alaska schools of medicine. Dr. Andrew Weil’s Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona asked Dana to develop their curriculum in homeopathy for their physician associate fellows.

Dana Ullman has written over 200 published articles in a variety of respected publications, including eCAM (published by Oxford University Press), Western Journal of Medicine, The FASEB Journal, Social Policy, The Futurist, Utne Reader, California Living (the Sunday magazine to the S.F. Chronicle and S.F. Examiner), as well as numerous health care and homeopathic journals. Besides authoring many books and articles, Dana has served as publisher of 35 major texts in homeopathy by other authors.

Dana Ullman has been particularly effective in working with major institutions and getting them to change their attitudes and policies towards natural health care. He has organized successful conferences that were sponsored by the federal Department of Health & Human Services (“Holistic Health: Policies in Action,” May, 1980) and U.C. Berkeley (“Conceptualizing Energy Medicine,” March, 1981). He authored the San Francisco Foundation’s Health Report, which changed the funding priorities of this major philanthropic institution. He consulted on a research project sponsored by the California medical board that ultimately recommended many of his proposals. He has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization in 1993. He attended the Institute of Medicine’s Summit on Integrative Medicine in 2009, and he authored a report on it for Oxford University Press’ journal, eCAM.

Dana Ullman graduated from U.C. Berkeley’s School of Public Health (1978). U.C. Berkeley’s alumni magazine featured him in an extensive interview in 1999.

I found this great article today, and have to read Doctor Lundell’s book:

“The True Cause of Heart Disease”

Everyone focuses in on cholesterol, but it is just one part of the story… Dr. Lundell lays out the case for inflammation being the key problem, and those of us using Solaris and Biological Terrain Assessment have been saying this for year. Thanks to Dr. Lundell.

The True Cause of Heart Disease, Part 1 of 2

Dr. Lundell is the author of the world-wide bestselling book, The Great Cholesterol Lie. This book is a revealing look at heart disease and the faulty theories of low-fat diets and cholesterol. He also reveals his clinically-tested recommendations for lowering inflammation that can prevent and reverse heart disease.

Conventional wisdom tells us that high cholesterol is the cause of heart disease. But Dr. Dwight Lundell is fighting to expose this dangerous mainstream myth.

Dr. Lundell is a pioneer and leading expert in this field. He has enjoyed a long and a distinguished career, leading his peers to new breakthroughs. He spent 25 years as a cardiovascular surgeon and performed over 5,000 heart surgeries.

His experience in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery includes certification by the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. He was a pioneer in “Off-Pump” heart surgery, reducing surgical complications and recovery times. He’s in the “Beating Heart Hall of Fame” and has been listed in Phoenix Magazine’s “Top Doctors” for 10 years.

He has been recognized by his peers as a leader and has served as Chief resident at the University of Arizona and Yale University Hospitals. He later served as Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery.

He was also one of the founding partners of the Lutheran Heart Hospital which became the second largest heart hospital in the U.S.

Dr. Lundell recently agreed to grant us an in-depth and revealing interview about the pioneering work he is currently conducting. It’s our privilege and pleasure to share part one of that exclusive interview with you today.

THB: You are the author of a controversial heart-health book called The Great Cholesterol Lie. The book challenges conventional wisdom and accepted medical theories. What’s been the response to this book?

Dr. Lundell: The response to the book has been overwhelming.  I regularly correspond with people from around the world who are enjoying better health from the new understandings they gained from learning about inflammation and heart disease.

READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE:

The True Cause of Heart Disease, Part 1 of 2

On Facebook,David Bortman posted: Harvard’s happiness study concluded that the happiest people are those who are the least self-conscious.

Isn’t self consciousness related to ego? (This was/is a hard one for me, having been in the goldfish bowl of the entertainment industry for all those years). Little children don’t have it-as we get older, we gain awareness of self, the ego, and then have to learn, over a lifetime, to undo it a little! As you become less self conscious, the ego has less control, and happiness can burst forth.

What do you think?

Many thanks to Nicole for this very important article!

Side effects of Benadryl

Side Effects of Benadryl

by Nicole Evans M.D.

Benadryl is a popular over-the-counter medication.  There are a large number of indicated uses for Benadryl.  In fact, Benadryl is used along the entire spectrum of the population, from young children to the elderly, and mild self-limited symptoms to dangerous medical conditions.

Despite the fact that Benadryl is available in every corner drug store, the use of this medication does require certain precautions.  Benadryl has very real side effects that potential users need to be aware of.

The name Benadryl is actually a synonym for the more generic name Diphenhydramine.  Benadryl is a first generation antihistamine and, as such, it is more sedating than the later generation antihistamines such as cetirizine (Zyrtec) and loratadine (Claritin).

Benadryl is used for relief of allergy symptoms and symptoms of the common cold.  As a sleep aid, Benadryl is used for the short term treatment of insomnia.  Benadryl is also used to treat pruritic (itchy) skin conditions, to prevent itching and swelling reactions to intravenous medications, to relieve nausea and vomiting, and to improve mild anxiety.

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Side Effects of Benadryl

Source: Lexi-Comp Online. Accessed Mar 26, 2010.