Fedotova N. Y.,
a general practitioner, Simferopol.
People all over
the world are getting more anxious about a steady increase in allergic
diseases. Unfortunately, the conventional medicine considers them an incurable
pathology, i.e. a sick man has to avoid a certain allergen all his life. If he
happens to be in contact with it, he has to take antihistaminic or even
hormone-containing drugs in some chronic cases.
It’s often
impossible to avoid an allergen. A sick person can’t help inhaling pollen of
blossoming trees, bushes and grass that fills the air. If a man is allergic to
pollen, he has to take antiallergic drugs for a long time, during the
blossoming period. People, allergic to house dust, are in contact with it all
the year round, so, they have to take antihistaminic drugs all the time. Various healthful food products often happen
to be allergens. We often hear about an
allergy to honey or strawberries. Those,
who are allergic to these food products,
have no opportunity to get all essential trace elements with honey,
essential vitamins and minerals with fruit. It’s a great pity when children are
devoid of this opportunity, as they need to get all essential elements for
their normal growth and development.
Here’s a question: what are we
supposed to do? To take antiallergic
drugs, that are often harmful, all our lives? People with long-term allergies
become allergic even to antiallergic drugs! In this complicated situation, the
conventional medicine can offer only hormonal medicine that makes all other
drugs ineffective. Besides, hormones
have a number of side effects.
Isn’t there a way out of this sad situation?
In fact, the situation is not hopeless, there still is a way out. This article
deals with alternative opinions of allergic pathology, new approaches to diagnosis and treatment of
allergic diseases, prevention of allergies, ( how to behave not to fall ill
with an allergy(for those who don’t have it) or
how to avoid recurrence of allergies later).
Certainly, if
a person had to take
hormonal drugs, he/she can’t be
cured fully, but
his/her condition can
be greatly improved.
The Definition
of allergy
The term
“allergy” is traditionally used to describe various immune reactions of the
body, induced by its sudden extreme sensitivity to various substances, accompanied
by damage of body tissues, spasms and other symptoms. It’s a mistake of our
immune system; this extreme sensitivity develops on these substances entering
the body repeatedly.
The alternative medicine has a different
definition for “allergy” – it’s elimination of toxins from body tissues (or
rather, from cells) that doesn’t take
place in its usual way, but through
additional excretory canals, i.e. through the skin or the mucous
membranes ( of the eyes, nose,
upper respiratory tracts or bronchi),
induced by an allergen.
Thus, an
allergy indicates that, first, there
are lots of toxins in the body, second, the function of the main organs helping to eliminate and
neutralize toxins (the
intestines, liver, kidneys, sweat glands) is decreased. As a result, wastes are
eliminated through the skin (called a big liver) and/or through the mucous
membranes, most often, through the upper respiratory tracts, bronchi (they
start “working” when the skin can’t eliminate toxins any more). That’s why the
case history of a
man, suffering from allergic rhinitis
or bronchial asthma, reads that
some time ago he had
either nettle-rash or
dermatitis or eczema ( sometimes even
10 years ago). Frequently, a skin
rash accompanies allergic rhinitis or asthma.
So, allergic
manifestations on the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tracts indicate
that the pathologic process is more serious than just skin problems.
Unfortunately,
the illness can be aggravated by hormonal ointments, prescribed to treat various skin manifestations of
unknown etiology. Hormonal ointments block elimination of toxins through the
skin. The body still needs to get rid of them, so it starts eliminating them
through the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tracts or bronchi. Thus,
using hormonal ointments to treat different kinds of skin allergy, or
diathesis, we can provoke bronchial asthma.
Body cleansing
programs can bring on a reverse process.
For instance, when taking a body cleansing program, a man, suffering
from bronchial asthma, can get a skin
rash or an intensive nasal discharge, and there’s no need to worry about that.
It indicates that toxin accumulations are being eliminated, and the disease is
going away.
Toxins
What are toxins
that we are talking about and how do they enter the body?
The first
factor is an adverse effect of the environment.
Radiation. The consequences of Chernobyl accident
are still having an adverse effect on
inhabitants of Ukraine and
countries bordering on it, and this
effect can’t just disappear
as if by magic. Leukemia (oncological disease of the blood), myomas and
mastopathies have become much younger in the last few years. If formerly,
leukemia affected people over 40, at
present, there are many cases of leukemia in people, aged from 20. Myomas and mastopathies are also affecting
younger people. Radiation damages, first of all, the lymphoid tissue (that is
our immunity!), bone marrow and endocrine (hormonal) organs.
Sun tan. Besides radionuclides, resulting from
Chernobyl accident, you can get them when sunbathing during the period of the
maximum solar activity (from 11a.m to 15p.m.).
Radionuclides
appear in the body after X-ray examination and radioisotope investigation. They
also result from electromagnetic field exposure (mobile and radio phones, radio
and TV stations, microwave stoves). All
these factors have an adverse effect on our health. (See the article
“Protection against EMF exposure – “Neitronik”).
Industrial
toxins. Another group of toxins entering
the body from the environment consists of industrial and air emissions, and
exhaust gas emissions. There are also
some positive moments in terms of ecology about many plants not working now.
Still, there are lots of unfavorable factors in our life, such as an increase
in cars on the roads. Together with food
products (Bush’s legs, fruit, vegetables,
etc.), our body gets various
means of chemical protection of
plants (pesticides, herbicides, etc), means for increasing crop capacity
(nitrates, nitrides) in agriculture and productivity in stock-raising.
Everyday
toxins. We are daily in contact with household chemicals (air fresheners,
washing detergents, polishing means, varnishes and paints). Women are in
contact with cosmetics (lipsticks, mascara, powder, cosmetic pencils) and
perfumery (deodorants, perfumes, nail polishes, hair dyes, hair lacquers,
shampoos). All these substances are
highly volatile, they have a high
content of flavors, dyes and other
chemical components which are
often toxic substances
that can enter the body through the respiratory tracts or skin.
Toxins resulting
from bad habits. Another large group consists of toxins that get into the body
due to an unhealthy life-style. Once again, we can’t help mentioning such bad
habits as excessive use of alcohol and smoking which are harmful to health. 10
or more cigarettes a day lead to
irreversible changes in the lungs that decrease the protective
functions of the mucous
membrane of the bronchi (to say
nothing of an adverse effect of
nicotine on the vessels, liver
and other organs).
Food
toxins. The next group of toxins
includes food toxins. Lots of people
don’t even suspect that an unbalanced diet is very dangerous as it leads to
toxin accumulation in the body. As to
alcoholic drinks, we don’t use them daily, but we need to eat every day. Not
without reason, an ancient proverb says, “I am what I eat”.
It’s desirable that we shouldn’t eat much sweet and farinaceous food,
fried and fatty food. Harmful or atherogenic products are saturated animal
fats, such as fat of pigs, butter, home-made sour cream, as well as coconut
oil, as they contribute to formation of cholesterol plaques on the walls of
vessels.
There’s an
opinion that the human body is badly adapted to digest meat, especially such as
pork and mutton. Meat, chicken and fish broth (usually given to sick
people) are still harder to digest. The
same can be said about our favorite dishes, served on celebrations as kholodets
(jellied minced meat) and aspic. Products, formed in the body after eating meat
and meat broth, bring about processes of decay and fermentation in the
intestines, which increases body acidity level. All oxidation-reduction
processes and functions of the cells in a healthy body occur normally in a
slightly alkaline medium with pH=7.2-7.4(it’s the pH of our blood,
intercellular fluid, lymph and saliva).
Acidic medium
contributes to numerous diseases (including allergies) and premature aging.
Alkaline medium in the body can be created due to raw vegetable food, dried
fruits and daily use of “Coral-Mine” water.
Most products, we buy now in supermarkets,
don’t satisfy quality requirements and belong to the group of genetically
modified products (GM-products).
Drug toxins.
They result from drug abuse. In our contemporary life, drug use is becoming
excessive: we have a headache and take analgin, a rise in temperature - again analgin. Having a slight cold, we
start taking antibiotics. Nevertheless, a high temperature indicates that the
body is fighting against an infection and the immune system is in good
condition. If the temperature is lower
than 39.0 degrees and it’s not
accompanied by delirium and convulsions, it’s better not to bring down the temperature but to let the body fight, which
will result in a quicker recovery without possible consequences
and symptomatic relapse.
The magazine “The Natural Pharmacology and
Cosmetology”, # 4, 2004.
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