WELCOME to homeopathy, a royal medicine system. Rarely has it been discussed directly in this column as I am encouraged to do today by Nigey Lennon, a professional writer and musician, and Lionell Rolfe, a journalist and authour with lifelong interest in medicine. They are co-authors of HOMEOPATHIC CELL SALT REMEDIES, subtitled HEALING WITH NATURE’S 12 MINERAL compounds. Their book is so simple that it takes away the tedium of navigation through a medical jungle which discourages many lay people like me from studying homeopathy.
Simple as this book is, it is impossible for it to begin the story of the 12 healing cell salts without reference to Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), the German researcher acclaimed as the father of homeopathy. He was disgusted by the practice of "bloodletting" or "bleeding" by doctors of his time which often killed their patients. If you were ill and your doctor thought your blood was poisoned, he made incisions into your body to help you lose some of the bad blood. Of course, given the insanitary conditions of this practice in those days, the patient could get infected and die. That got Dr. Hahnemann thinking and reviewing thousands of plant medicines in use at that time. He came up with the idea that whatever caused a disease in large doses could cure it in much smaller doses as small as one part in a million! Thus was born the idea of "like" curing "like". As an example, snake poison, diluted to say one-millionth of its potency, may cure snake bite poisoning. If you pinch yourself that you’re not going to take that kind of medicine preparatory to a forest tour where you could be bitten by deadly snakes, remember that, as a child, you had vaccination for polio or tuberculosis. It was the weakened poison of these diseases ("likes") which gave you immunity against their deadlier kindred ("likes"). Even the father of modern Western medicine, Hippocrates would say: "Through the like, disease is produced, and through the application of like, it is cured". A Yoruba adage will confirm: Omo ina li a n ran si ina" (it is the child of fire we send after fire).
In 1812, Hahnemann’s thoughts prevailed over the practice of bloodletting when French Emperor Napoleon let him treat 180 typhoid sufferers. At that time, typhoid epidemics were killing French people by the thousands and mainstream medicine was powerless against it. Only one of Dr. Hahnemann’s patients died! In 1832, homeopathy scored another plus over cholera, and America opened its doors to it. By the time Hahnemanne had built up a treasure trove of more than 900 homeopathic remedies. It is this list which, after him, grew to more than 2000 that have now been shrunken to no more than 12 biochemic cell salts by another German, Dr. William Schnessier. A linguist, Dr. Schnessier was influenced by the work of Pathologist Dr. Rudolph Virchow, said to be the father of modern pathology. Dr. Schnessier concluded that disease begins from disturbances at the cellular level. What is described as disease is actually a change of metabolism status within the cell. These changes would occur, no doubt, due to changes in the cell constituents. Discovering these constituents, therefore, was crucial for the understanding of disease and its reversal. Dr. Schnessier burned the cell and discovered, he said, that these constituents are reduceable to no more than 12 biochemical or cell salts. To him, these 12 salts can perform most of the functions within the cell that thousands of the other substances do. It would appear from this submission that those salts, in varying degrees, are present in all bodily materials. Why would Nature then create a large number of stores? I wondered after reading him. Could it be to avoid extinction of some of a small number of cell activators?
The 12 Cell Salts
Calcium Flouride
Lennon and Rolfe say it is "a natural producer of suppleness and elasticity". And it is found on the surface of bones, tooth enamel, and elastic fibres of the body. A chemical union of lime and fluoric acid, it debunks the lie often visited upon lime juice as a sperm thinner and infertility agent for women. People who are losing enamel protection of their teeth need it. So, do arthritic people with abnormal spine curvature, weak gums damaged or inelastic connective tissue in the joints. How about people with varicose veins, rumpled inelastic skin, hemorrhoids and even obesity? They all should profit from calcium fluoride. I take the juice of three limes in 75cl bottle of water in the moving and last thing to bed, sometimes added to oatmeal, in the search for calcium fluoride. After I read this book, I have searched the market for these salts and was compensated by Dr V.C. Vogel’s THE NATURE DOCTOR, which suggests that rye is rich in calcium fluoride. Now, I have added rye powder to my oatmeal breakfast.
Calcium Phosphate:
A potentiator or trigger of all activities in the cell, this is a powerhouse of calcium and phosphorus, a bone hardener which combines well with silica for fractures, osteoporosis, growing up pains of children and reproductive organ disorders, especially in women.Calcium Sulphate
A wound healer good for boils, abscess and acne, it is well known for making hospital casts. It is plentiful in egg shell which may be ground to fine powder and used in these and other conditions it helps. It is a good antacid because it helps the body keep water. Many homeopaths say it protects stomach wall, eyeball, nasal passages, mouth, throat, bladder and the skin, preventing dehydration. As a wound healer, it works synergically with silica.
Ferrum Phosphate
We know shepherd’s purse for stopping, bleeding, especially from women’s problems. But here comes what may be a more powerful agent for this purpose which also aids iron metabolism, helps fever and anaemia. It delivers iron to the cells in such microscopic servings that do not cause constipation or damaging congestion in the liver.
Magnesium Phosphate
Magnesium calms and relaxes nerves; calcium contracts them. Palpitating hearts need magnesium. So do spasmodic uterine fibroids which cause menstruation pain. I suggest massage with magnesium oil to people with muscle and nerve pain. I learned this week of a doctor who was magnesium oil for the massage of the lifeless limbs of stroke patients. Magnesium phosphate acts on the white nerve fibers in contrast to potassium phosphate which acts on the grey ones. People who do a lot of brain work will benefit from magnesium phosphate. I am reminded of my ‘O’ Level school days when students took a product called phospherine while studying for their final exams.
Potassium ChlorideA mucus fighter that would also combat fluid in the ear and ease sore throat, this cell salt is useful for many of the conditions in which potassium sulphate would help.
Potassium Phosphate
This is the tranquiliser or cell salt for nerve problems and held as the most important of the three potassium salts. Potassium partners here with phosphoric acid. And phosphoric acid is part of the "gray matter" of the brain. This makes potassium phosphate good for people who suffer from psychological problems to which belong depression, anxiety and irritatibility. Lennon and Rolfe say "it helps cure headaches and restores healthful sleep patterns" and is often "prescribed for memory loss and dementia associated with the aging process".
Potassium Sulphate
An oxygen carrier, potassium phosphate works well with ferrum phosphate and goes on to help in the building of new cells to replace damaged or dead ones. It is used in asthma therapy and skin problems.
Silica
Known well for healthy skin, nails and hair, silica (dust from worn down rocks), it is suggested also for firming up tissue, cleansing, breaking boils. As the authors add:
"Silica also relieves swelling and heat in joints and has been used successfully to dissolve the urate deposits of arthritis and gout. In cases of asthma, complicated by heavy mucus on the chest, silica can significantly reduce the inflammation and restore normal breathing"
Sodium Chloride
Working with potassium but chiefly resident outside the cells, in spaces between them, sodium chloride helps to regulate water balance in the body by maintaining osmotic pressure of the cell wall. Sodium has been given a bad name for causing hypertension and other degenerative diseases, including cancers, when it overshoots its ratio with potassium in the body. Now it is known that the crisis comes from table salt which has been stripped in the manufacturing process of more than 80 brochemical micro nutrients which help to prevent a sodium carnage. And that’s why sea salt, though lacking in sufficient iodine which can be obtained from kelp or the proprietary product IODORAL, has become a bail-out. Sodium chloride cell salt helps combat headaches, probably because it supports steady blood flow to the brain.
Sodium Phosphate
This is a biological antacid. Present in muscles, nerves and brain cells, help it to decompose lactic acid and metabolise essential fatty acids. With many degenerate diseases now linked to excess acids in the body, what will a biological antacid not attend to?
Sodium Phosphate
Sodium chloride attracts water to the body, but sodium phosphate helps to take away excess water, as in dampness in the lungs which may provoke asthma. This makes it also eliminate toxins as it removes water containing toxins twice its size. It is suggested for diabetes, jaundice babies, and intestinal problems.
Simplified Remedy Guide:
Nigey Lennon and Lionel Rolfe provide a simplified Remedy Guide for many health disorders. These included acne, aging related problems, airsickness, anaemia, appetite loss, asthma, back pain, bed wetting, behaviour related disorders, bladder-related problems, weakened bones, bronchitis, colds, constipation, cough, cramps, depression, diabetes, diarrhea, digestion-related problems, dizziness, ear-related problems, eating disorders, eye related problems, fatigue, split fingernails, gout, gum related problems, headaches, hemorrhoids (piles), hiccups, insomnia, irritability, itching, liver-related problems, memory loss, menstrual flow problems, menopausa-related problems, nervousness, osteoporosis, pain, perspiration-related problems, rheumatism, sore throat, teeth-related problems, vaginal discharge related problems, varicose veins, warts and weight problems, among others.
Courtesy:The Nation
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