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Case 4: Cold & Flu 2 (2011)
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| How is the traditional medical consideration
against viruses |
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| Chemical-free vegetables |
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In my younger days, I caught cold almost
all through the year. My two sons in their
babyhood, too. We three lay down on the bed
with a high fever every each month.
Now we are strong against viruses. We seldom
catch cold. Although somebody catches cold
occasionally, nobody is infected. Of course,
we cure without a medicine.
Chemical-free vegetables made the turning
point. Especially, rice and vegetables of
the group farm had great effect. This group
aimed at self-sufficiency. Then we became
tough because of the great power from nature.
Or, is there another reason? As the proverb
says; children become strong after measles
- group of DNA viruses. My little sons caught
measles and got perfect immunity without
vaccine. For children, it may be one of great
steps forward in their life cycle.
I will write here what I get from my own
experience and some borrowed knowledge of
books and people. |
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| No medicine efficacious for viruses |
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Dr. Makoto Yamada, a doctor of Hachiohji
Chuoh Shinryojo, said, "There is no
medicine for viruses. People cure by their
own healing power. You must know it by experiences
that you have cured without medicine."
Dr. Yamada said, too, "Although a child
has a high fever of 40°C, he can pull
through for three days. If a child has red
face, it is a simple cold. If a child is
pale, hurry to take him to the hospital.
Because, it suggests a serious disease such
as pneumonia."
So, how many days and nights I did endure
watching a child's red face panting with
a high fever, keeping eyes on a thermometer,
and believing in child's healing power! Fortunately,
thanks to their naughtiness, they survive
until now. |
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| Antibody |
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Someone said, "There are hundreds of
kinds of viruses of cold and flu. If you
get antibodies to all the kinds, you will
never be infected any more."
The other said, "When you catch cold,
your body mobilizes the entire immune system,
a high fever, white corpuscles, lymphocytes,
and so on. Thanks to cold, other viruses
are wiped out together. So that people who
are often infected with cold will be rarely
suffered from cancer." I was a little
disappointed because I rarely caught cold
in those days.
Each antibody has its own life span in human
body. The antibody against measles has a
long span that the human can keep it all
through the life, if they get it naturally
without medicine nor vaccine. Natural antibody
is very strong.
The antibody against flu which a human gets
naturally has 5 years' span. Besides, influenza
vaccine is not efficacious unless the forecast
just hit the type. It's very difficult to
forecast what type will be prevalent the
next year. On the other hand, natural antibody
is efficacious some against different types.
That convinced me that each of my family
caught flu once in five years. We get strong
antibodies without missing a chance. |
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| Japanese Folk Remedy |
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The most efficacious aliment is vegetable
soup. As you have it in a large bowl at every
meal for a couple of days, you'll forget
about a cold that was going to enter your
body. Stew a lot of vegetables in season.
Season a variety of taste with salt, miso, soy sauce or milk not to be fed up.
My recent popular is an instant negi miso soup. First, you slice a whole stick of
negi (Japanese onion like a spring onion). Put
them, miso and bonito flakes in the bowl. Pour boiled
water. It is easy and you get
warm. |
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Daikon (Japanese radish) juice is efficacious against
a cough. Put in the bottle sliced daikon and honey. Wait for the juice to ooze out.
Give some spoons to children as often as
they want.
Negi eases the respiration. Grill (or use raw)
some piece of negi, wrap them in gauze and hang it under the
throat.
Dokudami is efficacious against asthma. It is familiar
weed grown everywhere in Japan, and is a
crude drug at the same time efficacious against
various symptoms. My grandmother has cured
asthma by dokudami tea. It was efficacious some for my first
son, too. Besides, dokudami is chemical-free completely.
I use Jiryu (dried earthworm) for a high fever and Kuhugedokusan (Chinese herb) for a sore throat and tonsils.
For diarrhea I use umeboshi (sunburnt pickled Japanese apricot, ume), umeshu (ume liquor), natto (fermented soybeans) and lactic acid bacilli.
For people who have enough vitality, it is
the most useful to take a hot bath, to eat
and drink some hot and to go to bed to warm
themselves. You'll sweat and drive viruses
away by a fever.
Clammy sweat contains poisonous substance
of dead viruses. After you have cleaned up
the whole body, you'll be refreshed. |
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| Influenza |
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"Catching COLD" by Pete Davies is very interesting
book. His detailed and intelligible description
enriches your knowledge about the flu viruses.
A lot of scientists make a desperate efforts
to exterminate the fatal viruses.
In 1997 in Hong Kong over one and a half
million chickens were killed. The experts
suspected the animals of acting as hosts
to mutant flu viruses.
Pete Davies also wrote about Spanish Cold;
in 1918 a mutant variety of the flu viruses
killed about forty million people worldwide.
It was tragedy. People died instantly one
after another. Most victims were healthy
young people.
The experts forecast that the flu should
be the most terrifying plague. Airborne disease
is actually unstoppable. It is probably impossible
to shut absolutely the route of infection.
To shut the route is to shut the society.
The flu viruses - group of RNA viruses -
swap genetic materials each other, the same
as the corona viruses of the cold. They can
exchange genetic information also between
human, birds and pigs. There exists a new
strain every moment. The type of flu viruses
changes too quickly to make a vaccine.
After all, I came to the conclusion that
the most reasonable choice is to get the
power of spontaneous cure. Trying every possible
method, I leave fate to heavens as for the
rest. It is my usual policy. There exists
always some survivors against the mortal
disease. |
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| Chronic "catching cold" |
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I know some clients who catch cold repeatedly
as if they are catching cold all through
the year. So was I in my younger days.
Some experts say it is caused by slow virus
infection. The most famous example is the
chicken pox (varicella). After chicken pox
healed up, the surviving viruses settle in
nerve fiber. When physical strength falls,
it causes such as intercostal neuralgia or
trigeminal neuralgia.
There is also an opinion the chronic "catching
cold" is a kind of the chronic fatigue
syndrome.
Anyway, some viruses, which settle somewhere
in the living body, burst out when a host's
condition becomes bad.
Acupuncture and Moxibustion help human to
keep a good condition. |
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| Evil wind makes "catching cold" |
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According to Chinese Medicine, catching "cold"
is named "evil wind". Evil wind
enters the body, and you catch cold. Spanish
expression "resfriado" means "become cold". It's
similar to English. So eastern understanding
of disease is different from the West.
By the way, traditional Chinese Medicine
says, too, that the evil wind enter from
the acupoint, Daitsui (DV 14) on the Meridian Route as overnor Vessel, which exists in the back of neck .
If your neck is stiffed, the cold is easy
to catch you. The treatment for stiff neck is very useful against cold.
Eastern Medicine is clinical medicine which
attaches importance to experience. Though
you cannot understand it well, it helps you
to cure the sickness. |
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| Qi is divided into four categories |
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Organic vegetables make a strong body. Why?
According to Chinese Medicine, Qi is vital
energy which categorized into inborn and
acquired.
Inborn Qi, which is inherited from the parents and
settles in kidney, determines human life
span. Acquired Qi, which is taken by nature, is power to live.
Acquired Qi is categorized into heavenly
and earthly.
Heavenly Qi is taken by respiration. Earthly Qi is taken by eating vegetables that taken
earth energy.
Indeed, I have experienced Organic plants
power. Natural farm has a great power. Birds,
animals, insects, worms, and human, all the
lives live together. To live is to eat lives.
Strong immune system is based on the great
Qi energy.
Theory of Qi energy is old order, but it
is accumulated by enormous experiences over
forty million years. I'm sure you'll be incredibly
energetic by the power of Nature. |
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| Cold enters through the "cold point" |
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I think from my experience that stiff muscles
seem to be comfortable home for viruses because
of stagnant blood.
Stiff muscles are cold. So you will be easy
to catch cold. Calling fresh blood, your
muscles become soft and warm. It's a very
uncomfortable circumstance for viruses.
Anyway, "feeling cold" is a sign.
Some catch cold from the neck, and others
from the head, back, leg or arm. There is
a variety of gates. Each person has his own
gate. If you know your susceptible point,
you can cope immediately. You will be rescued
from being serious. |
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| Phlebotomy from acupoint as a well |
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In case of cold and flu, main troubled Route
is Lung Meridian (LU) belongs to yin. Disease
enters from yang and stays at yin. Cold enters
from Large Intestine Meridian (LI) belongs
to yang. And it stays in LU. Both are a pair.
If you bleed a little blood off from Shoyo (LI1) at the beginning of cold, you may cure
immediately. Shoyo belongs to an acupoint group as a well where
the flow of Qi starts or ends.
Phlebotomy is efficacious greatly in primary
stage of illness. |
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| Various treatments for symptoms of cold |
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Moxibustion can warm partly, besides moxa
smoke make good effect for your respiratory
organs.
As mentioned in previous, cold and flu enter
from Daitsi (DV 14) in the back of neck. To shut the
door against viruses, multi-piling mox or
indirect mox on Daitsui is effective. If you apply golden grains
around Daitsui, the effect continues for some days.
Stick silver grain at Hiyo (BL58) for nasal congestion. For dry cough
use a pair; silver grain at Gekimon (PC4) and golden grain at Tentotsu (CV22), which prompts to excrete sputum.
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| Scenario of battle against cold and flu |
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| Stage 1 Not yet cold |
Feeling cold somewhere, you get warm there
by clothes or scarf.
Vegetable soup is effective
through the stages.
Japanese fork remedy helps you to cure. |
| Stage 2 Primary care |
Feeling somehow out of tune deep in the throat
or nose, you burn moxa
on cold points.
Moxibustion and golden
grains around Daitsui are effective. Phlebotomy from Shoyo has an immediate effect on this stage. |
| Stage 3 Still even |
A chill is a sign of fever. Hypothalamus
starts to rise your temperature
to attack
against viruses.
By a hot bus, hot food
and drinks, beddings
and quilts, warm yourself
inside out. Wear
a dry towel at the back
under shirts to absorb
the sweat.
You get well by discharging
sticky sweat
which contains poisonous
factor of dead viruses,
bacteria, leukocyte and
so on. |
| Stage 4 Battle in the depth |
As the force of viruses increases, your temperature
won't drop. You must have aches and pains
in your head, throat, joints and muscles.
Symptoms become harder and harder.
Now, make up your mind to fight against viruses
with all your power. It's better you lie
thoroughly for some days. Although you cannot
take a rest, you would lie down after the
work. |
| Stage 5 Turning point to win |
Observe yourself carefully, and you can sense
yourself rise from the depth. The moment
is a turning point that your immune system
starts to win against viruses.
Then you will cure rapidly.
Be careful not
to have a relapse because
of the strain until
the poison is driven away
completely.
Finally, you can get antibody against the
viruses. Besides, you have a chance to clean
up the whole body. |
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 To be continued on the next page |
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| Updated: 2011/7/8 |
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