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Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Hopeful Dengue Fever Cure and H1N1 Cure

My daughter (3.5 years old) got her fever on 8Feb Monday morning. I tried the usual way to clear her fever, but this time all didn't seems to work. I brought her to a child specialist clinic to check the next day, and the doctor told me she just had throat infection, and I was given cough syrup, antipyretic, and antibiotic.

The medicine didn't work. She still had her fever, and started coughing with phlegm on the 3rd day. She complained her back was itchy, and I saw some rashes there, so I apply some raw Shea Butter on her to stop the itchiness. I suspected Dengue and decided to use the 'Raw Papaya Leaf Juice' method. I got to know this method from my sister whom once got dengue, and was discharge from hospital after drinking it on the 5th day.

I also receive an email about a man who used it to save his son's life:
'..my son was in the critical stage at the ICU.. from a platelet count of 45 after 20 liters of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his platelet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses were surprised. After the second day he was discharged.'

I thought juice from leaf should not be harmful. Therefore, I decided to stop her cough medicine. Gave my kid 1 big chinese-soup-spoon of raw papaya leaf juice. After 10mins, her fever went down from 39 to 36, and keeping a good temperature for 24 hours! I gave her another spoonful on 4th day to maintain the body temperature.

Then 5th day, I thought she was ok. I stopped giving her the juice, and start the antibiotic for her phlegm.. the fever came back within half a day! She seems weak and keep sleeping!! Midnight immediately gave her another spoon of juice again.

CNY eve (6th day), I brought her to the UH pediatric, and doctor decided to do the blood test due to many-days fever. He told us if we suspect Dengue, then we must stop taking any type of antibiotic and go for a check up. No antibiotic intake because Dengue need the body own immune system to fight, and antibiotic just weaken the immune system. And if Dengue and cough/phlegm happens together, treats the Dengue and forget about the other first.

When the result came out, the doctor was surprise her platelet was at 135, but with the WBC (white blood cell) low at 3.5. "Keep giving what you are giving, she should be fine" was what the doctor said. The next day, we just went back for a 2nd check up, my girl is already jumping up and down (and all of us first time celebrate CNY 1st day at UH!).

I continue giving her the raw papaya leaf juice for 7 days without break, and she's fully recovered. Later I spoke to few mothers, and one mother told me she used it for his son (4 years old) when suspected Dengue and later confirmed as H1N1 case, whom fever also controlled by the juice and recovered later.

These were the steps I did:















1. Pluck 2 pieces of raw papaya leaves from papaya tree, clean the leaves.
2. Tear and take the leafy part (throw away the stem).
3. Cut the leafy part into small pieces and pound them.
4. Squeeze the juice into a bowl, filter it to a spoon.
5. You will only get 1 chinese-soup-spoon of juice (roughly 2 tbsp).

Do not boil or cook or rinse the leaves with hot water. What you need is the raw leave juice. It is very bitter, just swallow it and drink some water to rinse your mouth afterwards.

I believe what the papaya leaf does was not just bringing down fever. It should have some other healing properties bringing the platelet up, and also killing the viruses. However, no institution is studying it.

Well.. this is the start of my CNY. I hope what I have learned and used can benefit others. Please pass around this information, I believe it will safe lives.


'Five of you shall chase an hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.' ~ Leviticus 26:8

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Get Rid of Baby Rashes

Many newborn babies and toddlers in this humid country develop rashes on their face, neck, and body; some even had it with fever. I saw babies with rashes crying, and what mothers normally do were to bath the baby or put baby powder all over the baby's body. I heard some kids have the problem of rashes even they are 12 years old.

Every time my 3 kids get fever, itchy, grumpy, crying at night.. I know that is the time the rashes going to develop. Thanks to my grandma 'recipe', my kids never have rashes more than a day.. but most of the time the rashes do not get to develop. The 'recipe' is actually a traditional method to bring down body heat and fever, I will share that method with you here.

Find these 'Garbage-Grass' (as shown in the picture below). They have unique flower like a lamp which fill with seeds. Most of the time you can find them near the drain or at the garden of an empty house.















The grass is used as bath water. (1)Pull out the whole plant with root.. many of them, enough to fill a big pot. (2)Put the grass in a big metal pot, add water to boil it, like the picture below.















(3)Cover the lid of the pot, let it boils for some time. Make sure the water do not spill out the pot. The water will slowly turn to light brown color.

(4)Pour the water to bath tub and add enough cold water to make it warm (slight warmer than the kid's body temperature). Then bath the kid.

(5)Rub the kid's back with plain flour. If the kid is 'heaty', his body hair will 'stand', with the flour stick at the tip of the hair (picture below was my son with the flour during his fever).















(6)Rinse the kid with clean warm water.

(7) Wipe the kid clean, use a shaver to shave away those body hairs that are with flour.

For those mothers whom do not want to shave their kids so much, use a moisture soap to clean away the flour during step 6.

Go away rashes.
Go away fever.
No crying at night.

Better sleep my baby.
Better skin my baby.
Happier baby.


'Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.' ~ Deuteronomy 4:9

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Bacteria and Virus

I know infection cause by bacteria or virus, but what's the difference? Today I got a chance to understand them.. finally :P

Bacteria is a living cell. It reproduces by dividing itself. Most bacteria can grow on non-living surfaces, like coins, hands, tables, dustbin, etc. When a bacteria enters our body, the toxins it produces can damage our cells it has invaded.

Mmm.. Bacteria sound to me like Star War invader.. they come, they destroy. I believe if we take note about personal hygiene, we will cut down the chances of getting bacteria infection.

Virus is not a living organisms. It requires a living host (people, animal, plant) to survive and multiply. When a virus enters our body, it invades our cells and takes over the cell machinery, redirecting the cell to produce the virus. The virus may eventually kill the host cells.

Virus sound to me like Alien.. they come to parasitize at a living thing, mutate the cells, and eventually take over!

By understanding the differences, we will know that certain medications that are effective against bacteria are not effective against virus, and vise-versa.



















'A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?' ~ Proverbs 18:14

Monday, November 10, 2008

Plastic (Resin) Water Bottle

When I look at the water bottle at home, there are Code 1-PET (mineral water bottle) that I throw away after first used, there are Code 5-PP (polypropylene), and Code 7-PC (polycarbonate) that I bought for refill of water. Even my baby's feeding bottle is using Code 7-PC.

Recently after the Melamine issue, I finally decided to search information to find out the safety of using plastic water bottle. Many years ago, I heard that it is not safe to reuse, but how true is it?

After some research, the symbols at the bottom of the plastic bottle (consists of a triangle recycle symbol, a code number inside, and an acronym below the symbol) is to differentiate different type of polymer of the plastic. Manufacturer printed it not for consumers, but for easy sorting for their recycling purposes.

Until today, people disputed for years over the safety of using it:

(1) the chemical concern
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical concern for water bottles, especially those intended for reuse and made of PC (code 7). High temperatures and bleaching (some even said frequent cleaning) are believed to increase leeching of BPA. The health impact for humans is disputed.

(2) the bacteria concern
Users are warned regarding risk of bacteria that may develop in the bottle between uses. It is recommended to clean the interior with warm soapy water and let 100% dry before re-filling.

(3) the environmental concern
Plastics are durable, and they degrade very slowly. In some cases, burning plastic can release toxic fumes. Besides, manufacturing of plastics often creates large quantities of chemical pollutants.

Many health-conscious and environmentalist are going back to glass containers. At the end of the day, final decision is still in my own hands... to use or not to use? to reuse or not to reuse? to throw or not to throw? to clean or not to clean?
























'And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Kepp on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks.' ~ Luke 11:9-10

Friday, October 10, 2008

What is 'Poison Milk' (Melamine)?

Everyone is concern about the poison milk issues, but not many actually know what it is all about. Info below came from forwarded Chinese emails which I translated to English. Hope it can benefit more to understand..

1.毒奶粉到底是什麼?What is in Poison Milk?

就是「三聚氰胺」。這是化工實驗室裡的「三聚氰胺」~
It is Melamine from the chemical industry.



















「三聚氰胺」原本是做什麼用的呢?它是一種工業原料主要是用來製作「美耐皿」碗盤~
What is Melamine originally for? It is one of the industrial ingredients to make plastic plates/bowls..


















還有家裡裝潢一定會用到的「美耐板」~
And the artificial wood we use during renovations..






















大家明白了嗎?「三聚氰胺」是一種工業原料,根本就不能吃!
Is everyone clear now? Melamine is a type of industrial raw material, uneatable at all!


2.為什麼「三聚氰胺」會出現在奶粉裡?
Why Melamine is in the milk powder?

奶粉是由牛奶製成的,牛奶最重要的營養成份就是蛋白質。「三聚氰胺」跟蛋白質一樣含有「氮」~
偷加「三聚氰胺」,製造廠商可以省下牛奶的用量、降低成本。
Milk powder is made by cow's milk, and the most important nutritional ingredient in milk is protein. Melamine and protein both contains nitrogen.
With Melamine, manufacturer can cut down the amount of milk used, plus reduce cost.



















下面都是「三聚氰胺」,是不是跟奶粉很像?它沒有味道,所以不容易發現。
These are all Melamine, aren't they look like milk powder? It doesn't has smell, so is not easily notice.


















3.是怎麼發現的?
Then how people find out?

2007年 美國貓、狗暴斃,在中國製的寵物食品裡發現「三聚氰胺」
In year 2007, cats and dogs in US died, they found Melamine in China made pet's food.
















2008年開始 中國嬰兒腎結石病例異常增多
Beginning of year 2008, too many kidney stone cases found on China babies.
















2008年8月 中國三鹿奶粉被檢驗出「三聚氰胺」
August 2008 Melamine was found in China's milk powder.















2008年9月 紐西蘭總理要求中國政府處理
2008年9月21日 台灣爆發多種食品含有「三聚氰胺」
September 2008 New Zealand president ask China government to look into it.
21 September, 2008 Taiwan discovered Melamine content in many food products.

4.吃/喝了會怎麼樣?
What happen if consume Melamine?

「三聚氰胺」結晶會留在腎裡面,形成結石,堵塞腎小管。結石很痛很痛,結石的人尿不出來,腎臟會水腫。
Melamine will crystallized and stay in the kidney, forming kidney stones, causing blockage. The affected person cannot urinate, feeling very painful. Kidney may become edema.
















雖然結石可以動手術拿掉,卻會對腎臟造成不可恢復的傷害,到最後腎臟失去功能,就必須洗腎,否則很快就會因為尿毒症死亡。洗腎是什麼呢?其實正確來說,應該叫做「洗血」就是把身體全部血液,抽到外面繞一圈,經過機器過濾再送回去。
Although kidney stones can be removed by operation, it weaken the kidney or cause it to loose its function of cleaning toxic. Dialysis is needed. Meaning 'washing blood' by drawing the blood to go through a filter machine then pump it back into the body.




















為什麼嬰兒最嚴重呢?因為腎臟很小,此外,嬰兒只喝奶粉,所以腎壞掉的速度是最快的。
Why babies affected the most? Because their kidney are small, besides, babies purely drink milk, therefore the speed of kidney destruction is the fastest.












中國目前已經有1萬3千個受害的嬰兒住院。
There were already 13,000 babies affected and hospitalised in China.



'The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.' ~ Genesis 4:10-12

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Immune System is the Strongest Defence

Recently an old friend told me about his kid's asthma... been in and out of hospital 5-6 times and occasional wheezy, giving him headache and lost many weekends. This reminded me of my own case almost 20 years ago...

I was not a strong kid when young, I almost visited the clinic every month on flu, cough, fever, etc... which I now understand that was 'not normal' for a healthy kid. My immune system was weak and I never take time to let it be strong and fight, but relied purely on western medicine all the time to get a quick fix.

I became a bronchitic patient in my teen years. The hostel I stayed was having massive construction work, and the dust and cement powders which I unconsciously breath in everyday had caused me one night to woke up in shock of not able to breath! I thought I was going to die because all the phlegm had stuck at the entrance of the lungs and moving in... I stood real straight in order to breath, and fall asleep standing that night at 3am...

The next day, I went to the specialist and got an x-ray full of phlegm plus an injection... the doctor scolded me for not taking care of myself at such a young age... concluded my case as bronchitis. I promised myself that day to take care myself properly. However, with no knowledge on health, those medication did not make me any better, it only help to cover those symptom. Since then, I am careful when around people with cigarette, and refrain from dusty areas, and all cold drinks/food.

Many years later when I got into working life, I managed to cured from it when I took natural organic nutritional supplement consistently and persistently for 10 years. I also distanced myself from coloring, flavouring, preservative... which mainly found in packaging food and fast food. After attended some health seminars and read those health books, I learned a lot about the medical industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the food industry... my thought is: Why fall into the conspiracy of those who use unhealthy things to get rich?

Monday, September 24, 2007

How to Live Healthier and Longer?

Many things people tell me on how to be healthy.
The common ones are:
  • eat less red meat,
  • drink less coffee,
  • eat less eggs,
  • eat less oil,
  • don't drink alcohol,
  • don't smoke...
The specific ones are:
  • eat no salt,
  • eat no sugar,
  • eat no fast food,
  • eat no junk food,
  • eat no MSG...
  • eat only organic food,
  • eat no GMO food,
  • eat no antibiotic food...

All of the above suggestion are great, but the main thing is how to apply it? If I work in the city and do not cook myself, I don't think I can find any food around that can comply to all the above. I believe I would died of starvation or stress!
So my healthy philosophy? If I am not cooking, my eating philosophy is to EAT MORE GOD-CREATED FOOD.
  1. I will choose fresh make noodle soup instead of instant cup noodles.
  2. I will choose fruit juice (without sugar) instead of gassy drinks.
  3. I will choose grapes or watermelon that have seeds instead of the seedless ones.
  4. I will choose food that can get rotten few days later instead of the one that has an expiry date.

However, sometimes it is not what people eat that contaminate their bodies most; it is the words people said that contaminate people's bodies and souls. People who get blamed, criticised, worries a lot... will get sick and die young regardless of how good the food they eat everyday. Make sure you do not get into that; on the other hand, make sure you are not the one saying hurtful things to others.

You are not defiled by what you eat; you are defiled by what you say and do... Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes out of the body. But evil words come from an evil heart and defile the person who says them. ~ Matthew 15:11, 17-18.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Vaccination?

Recently saw my mom-in-law's friend brought a new born granddaughter to visit us. The baby is so cute. The grandma told us that the baby don't have appetite to eat for a week already, she said the baby is happily eating every meals until the day he took that vaccine a week ago...

In my heart I know what's happening to the baby, his body is trying to deal with the toxin. I just prayed that the baby will go through it safely. I feel a bit upset as it reminded me that many parents in this country still do not make an effort to check out what vaccination is all about, what it was made and what it did to the body, especially to a tiny baby whom immune system still not fully develop yet (if taken all, there are total 10-13 needles in the baby's 1st year).

I remember just after my delivery, when I told the nurse I do not want my baby to be vaccine, she didn't understand and cannot accept at all, but I know my rights by law well. Later, I managed to talked to a doctor who just came back from US. She agreed with me that not all vaccine should be taken, and different country actually practise differently on which vaccine to take, certain country do not give vaccine anymore. And some choose to wait til schooling time to take vaccination, where the immune system is fully built.

Parents nowadays are careful of what food to put into their children's mouth, what kind of books their children read, what information the children get from school or the net. My hope is that they also make an effort to check out what is those vaccine that is being injected into their children's body.

Saturday, August 26, 2006

The Breuss Cancer Cure


In year 2000 when hubby and I were in Australia attending a function, sitting not far from us was a 30-something guy from Greece attending the same function with his wife. Later, we found out that he just recovered from last stage of tongue cancer!

Previously his doctor told him the cancer was at last stage and he has no choice except to cut away his tongue to stop it from spreading. However, he wanted to try some other alternative before taking the operation, for the sake of able to communicate with his children (then babies) in future. He know if he go for it, he will not be able to talk anymore.

He manage to find this Breuss Therapy from Germany, where the concept is to fast for 42 days and drink only a specific type of herbal tea. This will starve the cancer cell without using chemo or operation. The therapy is base on a principle that "Human can live with only water, but cancer cells will die without soilid food". The person will need to have a strong will, and follow the procedure tightly.

Well, to cut the story short, he manage to cure completely without cutting away his tongue. I was amazed and very encouraged with his testimony. My friend Lily later has used this therapy on his dad whom has lung cancer, and managed to prolong his life from 3 months to 3 years.

The therapy now is printed into a book called The Breuss Cancer Cure (by Rudolf Breuss) . It is a thin book, but I advice anyone who wanted to do the therapy to read from page to page and follow closely. The English was translated from German.
I read the book, and I believe Mr. Rudolf Breuss was a man blessed with healing ability. He can diagnosed a person disease by looking at the iris. He also advice people to remove all pesticides from the house.. etc.

Well, just want to share this with you all, especially those who need it.
Have hope always, never give up!


'You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.' ~ Psalm 119:114

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Should I Vaccine My Baby?

I believe every parents will reach a point in time where they have to make this choice - whether I should vaccine my babies?

I did my own research focusing sources from medical journal and professional article, instead of the government advertisements/promotion, or normal articles.

You may ask why suddenly I thought of questioning what everyone is doing? May be this was related to the incident below, and what I learned about medicine and drug practices.

A friend in Australia telling me about her auntie who worked 20 years in a hospital at Sydney. She was a nurse that took care of new born babies at night, and also monitor the heart beat of the babies. But she noticed that some babies have irregular heart beat after vaccination, and some of them pass away the next day or few days later. Normally doctor will conclude these cases as SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) and case closed.

This is just an incident happened that trigger my interest to check out vaccination -- The history of vaccination, how it came about. What is in the vaccine, how people creates it. What is the raw material/ingredient of making the vaccine. What is the vaccine trying to do in our body. My decision after my reading, I decided not to vaccine my babies. Not before the immune system fully build.

Legally, we have a choice. It is our rights to make the decision every time. Yes, every time, before they can inject us or our kids. Remember in school? When they want to vaccine the students, they will request the parents to sign the agreement form. Same thing apply to the hospital, just that some hospitals assumed that everyone will accept their offer so they skip that procedure to save time.. which can be sued.

Friends, I urge you, as parents, take time to dig on topic about this yourself. Then with good information on your hand, make an inform decision about it before your baby is born. Remember, anything you (or you let others) put into your child is your responsibility. If the decision made are well equip with knowledge and facts, then have peace with it.


'Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.' ~ John 8:32

Sunday, March 19, 2006

No cow's milk for my baby

I learn more of cow's milk when a friend told me about cows farming there in uk.

The cows are dragging their breasts on the ground because of too much milk (cause by injection that prolong the milking period). Besides, the dragging causes scars on their breasts so some of them get infection. To avoid from getting sick, antibiotics is being injected to them...

Not until I got pregnant, before my 1st baby was born, I started to take this information seriously and went to do some research on cow's formula...

Ok, after checking... the injection to prolong or increase the milk is the thing called BGH - Bovine Growth Hormone. It is a genetically engineered hormone fed to dairy cows to boost milk production. BGH also reduces the cow's life expectancy and increases the risk of disease, contributing to increased use of antibiotics.

If we think in common sense, why God produce cows' milk? and for whom? The milk is for the calf, mainly to build the calf body, so it is strong to stand. The calf will consumes the milk only for a certain period of time. The grown cows don't drink them. So... what makes us human want to drink it and also give it to our babies? What more not only the milk, it includes the BGH and antibiotics...

The first few things come to mind are - Do we need to get calcium from cows' milk? Who telling us this? The advertisement isn't it? The industry advertise so great that, even some doctors believe it without doing their own research. Actually, most green leafy vegetables and beans have a form of calcium that is absorbed better than cow's milk. They also have iron, vitamins, complex carbohydrate, and fiber which are generally lacking in milk. Besides, cow's milk proteins are a common cause of colic.

Anyhow, mother's milk is the best (even the formula tin stated it! No matter how many DHA, etc. they claim to put in). Human milk firstly give human baby the antibodies to complete the immune system, then go on targeting on building the baby's brain (not building the body first). Now I know why breast fed baby always look slim, and cow's formula baby always look huge.

Do you know? 'Human milk is the most nutritional food in the world'. Those mom who are breastfeeding, keep up the good work! It is the best thing you can give to your baby!! For those moms that do not have enough milk, do consider goat's milk (closest to human milk, which has least allergy effect), or soy-based milk.


'Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.' ~ Psalm 86:11


Some reference:

Source: S. Epstein, 'Unlabeled Milk from Cows Treated with Biosynthetic Growth Hormones: A Case of Regulatory Abdication,' International Journal of Health Services 26(1): 173-185, 1996; PR Newswife via NewsEdge Corp., June 21, 1998.
Source: J. Fagan, Genetic Engineering: The Hazards, MIU Press, 1995, p. 113.
Source: E. G. Weinberg and M. Tuchinda, "Allergic Tension-Fatigue Syndrome," Annals of Allergy 31:209-11, 1973.
Source: Benjamin Spock, M.D. and Stephen J. Parker, M.D., Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, Little Brown, 1998.
Source: Marian Burros, 'Cows Milk and Children: A New No-No?,' New York Times, Sept. 30, 1992.