Children with a history of asthma should be protected from house dust as much as possible, specially in the bedroom. It is important to keep the bedroom dust free. More often than not, bedroom is the room with the greatest number of dust mites. The following measures are helpful in minimising the house dust mites. [...]
The organs of generation, or reproduction, are more quickly spoken of as genitalia and in the woman are also called the pelvic organs since except for their outer opening they are contained in the pelvis. This is the capacious hollow in the bones at the bottom of the abdomen. When it is spoken of as [...]
These brain chemicals increase our intake of food: • endorphins, • norepinephrine (noradrenalin), • neuropeptide Y. These decrease our intake of food • cholecystokinin (CCK), • serotonin, • corticotropin releasing factor. So we are back to the idea of balance again. We need to feel hungry to keep us alive and yet we also need [...]
Vitamins and supplements (daily) Multi-vitamin-mineral formula, all natural Kelp – 5 to 10 tablets, or 2 tsp. of granules B6 – up to 100 mg. Brewer’s yeast – 2 to 3 tbsp. B-complex, with B6 and B12, high potency – 136 – Inositol- 500 mg. С – up to 1,000 mg. E -up to 600 [...]
Nutritional deficiencies Among the skin disorders resulting from nutritional deficiencies are keratinization in severe vitamin A deficiency, cheilosis in riboflavin deficiency, and dermatitis in niacin deficiency. Eczema is a frequent disorder in infants. Usually it is a symptom of allergy, but deficiencies of linoleic acid or vitamin B6 also result in eczema. Acne vulgaris This [...]
Speech when taught is voluntarily controlled. The child or a student learning a new language learns to pronounce words and sentences using the lips, tongue, teeth, etc. After a while the whole process becomes automatic. The words are formed in the conscious brain but are executed by the subconscious brain. The movement of the speech [...]
HEADACHES THAT ARE NOT MIGRAINE: ALCOHOL, HOT-DOG AND ICE-CREAM HEADACHES Hot-dog headache Several people complain of headaches after eating cured meats of which hot-dog sausage is a classical example; others include bacon, ham, and salami. The headache comes on within half an hour of eating these foods and the offending substances are nitrites. These are [...]
Case No.l : When Mr. P. Sharma was brought in the dispensary by a friend for treatment of his chronic trouble of cold coryza and headache, we found from his case history that the patient had been treated by many doctors in various systems of medicine. Sometimes he had changed the treatment even when he [...]
This includes keeping to a very strict low blood sugar diet and including vitamin and mineral supplements. Again vitamins C and B3 have been found to be very helpful and doses much larger than for other conditions are used. In addition the simple food supplement L-glutamine, an amino acid, has been found greatly to reduce [...]
Hemispherectomy is an operation to remove one half (or hemisphere) of the brain, either partly or completely. Clearly, this is heroic surgery, and it will only be carried out if the hemisphere is already so badly damaged that the person is intensely disabled by it. Sometimes this kind of extensive damage is caused by an [...]
