Date: Thu Apr 15, 1999 12:25 pm

Subject: Concern!!

Good Morning.....

I am somewhat disturbed by a few email I have gotten recently about instant

cures and the use of: quote - natural products!

Our damaged neurological system is EXTREMELY complex and while we all want

relief there are some cautions here. For one thing many of the natural products

and even sugar that are insidious. They dont hit you with a immediate response

but undermine your recovery in a covert subtle.

Alcohol is absolute poison to us because of the neural up-regulation it causes

in damaged GABA receptors.

Homeopathics are not benign. While they claim that they are diluted thousands

of times this is not always the case. Because they believe that you are treated

by the law of similars you are often given toxins to produce the same symptoms

you have. This is unregulated and the private cures offered by many

naturopathic clinics are outright dangerous.

Herb’s are the precursors of may patent medications and can have strong

negative effects...try a cup of Mormon tea and many will wind up in the

ER...have even been deaths reported from cardiac arrest. Ginseng, Gota Kola and

many more that can make a normal person feel energized and do us great harm.

Chinese herbs are especially dangerous. They are infused with chemicals as well

as being extremely powerful. Many have alkaloids related to LSD.

Some vitamins and food supplements are also to be considered with caution. B

vitamins are stimulating to many and should be started at a very low dose. The

amino acids when used alone can be damaging: especially d or dl-phenylalanine

is a precursor to excitatory neurotransmitters...our nervous system needs less

activation, not more.

When you are in pain there is always someone who will sell you their brand of

snake oil and take your money and your trust.

We are on a largely uncharted adventure here. READ-STUDY EVERYTHING. Look at

every side, become a citizen scientist before you take anything into your body.

Dont believe anyone elses antidotal story...this is your body, your well being

and your future!!!!

Finally: In myself and in practice I so often had people come in who had found

the cure...(I have done this also). The next religion, pill, doctor, dancing in

the full moon with eye or newt in each arm pit...it does not matter, they are

feeling better. Usually...usually this is short lived and in a few days or

weeks they are at square one again.

The only thing negative about these false recoveries is that the pursuit

usually takes us away from the real work that needs to be done...I know I don’t

want to do it and would rather find a few miracle cures I could ingest and not

have to really do my own healing!!

So what happened? The most powerful medicine known. HOPE!!!!! Hope releases a

flood of endorphins and natural pain killers. As long as your experimenting

does not harm you and brings a sliver of hope then it is positive. We are

healed by following this path of hope glimpses, they pull us around the next

dark corner until we are free again.

Everyone be careful..be safe Rik