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The Plantain - Nature's miracle healer

Jess Smith
offgridquest.com
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 14:36 UTC
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You've stepped on it, ignored it, and tried to eradicate it from your lawn. However, this innocuous little weed is one of the most useful medicines on the planet, just begging to be harvested.

Plantain has often been the go-to remedy for hikers plagued by mosquitos. Because it draws toxins from the body with its astringent nature, plantain may be crushed (or chewed) and placed as a poultice directly over the site of bee stings, bug bites, acne, slivers, glass splinters, or rashes. Bandage the area and allow the plantain to work its magic for 4-12 hours. Plantain may also be used to create a balm for emergency kits, or an infusion used as a skin or general wash. It is also a notable, soothing remedy for hemorrhoids.There are two major types of plantain in BC, Canada: Lance and Broadleaf. Generally, all 200-plus varieties of plantain yield the same results. It grows especially well in poor, rocky soil (such as driveways) and is often seen alongside dandelion. More often than not, you will see plantain growing in gravel pits and construction sites as nature seeks to regenerate the soil. Introduced to North America in the 1600s, it was once called "White Man's Foot" by the Native Americans who witnessed that where the Europeans tread and disrupted the soil, plantain sprung up.
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Impulsivity, agitation and 'depressive mixed states' signal suicide - study

Megan Brooks
Reuters
Thu, 03 Sep 2015 11:35 UTC
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© Marjan Apostolovic via Getty Images
Certain behavior patterns often precede suicide attempts by people with major depression, suggesting signs that doctors can and should watch out for, a large study suggests.

The hallmarks of suicide risk may include risky behavior, agitated behavior, impulsivity and the presence of "depressive mixed states" that include both depression and mania symptoms, the investigators say.

"The results of this study are important because they may guide clinicians (from GPs to specialists) to which symptoms to pay special attention to and to search for in any depressed patient," Dr. Dina Popovic, psychiatrist at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain, told Reuters Health by email.

"Due to the large number of patients in this study, we were able to identify specific symptoms which mostly increase the risk to attempt suicide," said Popovic, who led the study.

Results of the BRIDGE-II-MIX study were released August 30 at the 28th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress in Amsterdam.

The study included 2,811 patients suffering from depression, including 628 with a prior suicide attempt. The researchers tried to find differences in the characteristics and behaviors of those who did and did not attempt suicide.

They found that depressive mixed states, in which a patient is depressed but also has symptoms of excitation or mania, often precede suicide attempts. "In fact, 40 percent of all the depressed patients who attempted suicide had a 'mixed episode' rather than just depression," Popovic said in a conference statement.

Comment: They just described a sizeable number of average Americans. Maybe these people are having a normal reaction to living in a pathocracy masked as a democracy?

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Coffee

Detoxing protocols: Coffee enema

Sarah
The Healthy Home Economist
Wed, 02 Sep 2015 17:40 UTC
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Detoxification is an important tool to maintain health in this age we live in where the entire planet from pole to pole regularly tests for the presence of toxins and pollution.

When it comes to detoxing protocols, none hold a candle to the coffee enema.

So powerful are coffee enemas for rapidly and effectively removing toxins from the body that the most successful alternative cancer therapies in the world rely on them extensively with several per day recommended for extreme cases. This includes protocols offered by the Gerson Institute and holistic oncologist Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez MD (tragically deceased under suspicious circumstances) among others.


Comment: Holistic MD Nick Gonzalez, who died suddenly, said he'd heard big pharma hopes he gets hit by a bus


When a person first contemplates the use of coffee enemas to cleanse body systems from accumulated toxins, a very common question initially comes to mind, "Will a coffee enema help or hurt beneficial gut flora?"

Comment: Additional information about Coffee enemas for detoxification:
Remember the old joke about enemas? "It couldn't hurt!" It's OK, go ahead and laugh, both laughing and enemas are good for your health. Laughing has probably been around longer, but we know that Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine prescribed enemas some 2,600 years ago, as did Patanjali, the first written author on yoga around 200 B.C. Many cultures independently invented it and during the pre-plastic bucket days things such as hollowed out gourds or animal bladders were used. "In fact, there is hardly a region of the world where people did not discover or adapt the enema. It is more ubiquitous than the wheel. Enemas are found in world literature from Aristophanes to Shakespeare, Gulliver Travels to Peyton Place." (Ralph W. Moss, PhD)

There is speculation that the coffee enema, originated during World War I. Morphine supplies were limited and nurses discovered that coffee enemas could be used to dull pain experienced by wounded soldiers. Since that time we have learned that coffee enemas are not only helpful for pain management, but have the additional benefits of helping the liver remove and dump toxins. It is the circulating toxins that cause inflammation and pain by irritating the nervous system.


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The moral hypocrisy of being both pro-life and pro-vaccine

Sayer Ji
Green Med Info
Sat, 05 Sep 2015 14:59 UTC
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Half of the U.S. adult population is simultaneously both against abortion and for a vaccine schedule that uses induced abortion derived fetal cells. How can such an extreme form of moral hypocrisy be maintained by millions without virtually any discussion?

It is extremely cognitively dissonant fact that at least half of Americans polled consider themselves to be against abortion (i.e. "pro-life"), yet the vast majority of Americans support a vaccine schedule that requires the induced abortion of a fetus (and the subsequent harvesting of aborted fetal cells) for the production of vaccines that they have themselves and their children injected with.

Induced abortion derived fetal cells are used in the production of a range of medical products, but primarily biologicals like vaccines. Their use was first innovated by Dr. Leonard Hayflick, in the 1960's, working at the Wistar Institute located in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Hayflick found them an ideal substrate for the growth of viruses to be used in live vaccines. It has been estimated that, "One aborted baby can be the source of a cell strain with a potential yield of about 20 million metric tons of cells, which can be stored frozen for many years."1 Clearly their utility for the mass production of vaccines is one reason why they were chosen despite the moral controversy.

Comment: See also:

Worshiping at the Altar of Pus: How putrid matter is the alpha and omega of vaccination

Pro-Vaxxers are the new pro-lifers: Religious hysteria trumps rational discussion in the vaccine debate

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Life Preserver

Researchers develop treatment method for rare 'stone man' disease


RT
Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:27 UTC
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© Joh-co / Wikipedia The effects of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a disease which causes damaged soft tissue to regrow as bone.
Researchers may have developed the first effective method of treating the so-called 'stone man' disease. It is rare, genetic and turns muscles, tendons and ligaments into bones, thus building a second skeleton.

With the scientific name of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP), the disease is a very rare one, with only one in every two million people suffering from it. The severe and deadly illness turns muscles into bones. It begins in the neck and shoulders and later spreads to the whole body. Patients eventually cannot open their mouths normally, which makes eating and speaking difficult. They also have problems with breathing and become less and less mobile over years.

A team of scientists proceeded from the fact that FOP is caused by a mutation in a gene called ACVR1, which is responsible for bone and muscle development. Their study was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
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Evil Rays

The WHO recognizes the reality of electrohypersensitivity and multiple chemical sensitivities

Catherine J. Frompovich
Activist Post
Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:58 UTC
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The World Health Organization (WHO), on September 4th, 2015, issued a one-page press release, regarding "International Scientific Declaration on Electrohypersensitivity and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity" along with a five-page "Statement of International Scientific Declaration on Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity" that, not only is long overdue, but critically important to untold millions of people around the world who suffer from two new, or modern, diseases caused by products and services created, manufactured and dispensed by mega corporations and industries that disregard the science validating what's known as EMS and MCS.

The Statement was signed by 25 signatories, all prominent international health, medical, research, and political professionals, who encouraged the World Health Organization to recognize electrohypersensitivity (EMS) and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) as real diseases, plus include them in the International Classification of Diseases.

Comment: The effects of EMF are certainly real and well-documented.

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Family

Decrease risk of depression with friendship and good food

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Thu, 03 Sep 2015 23:37 UTC
depression
Previous research shows that having a strong social network of good friends is a significant factor in longevity. If you're socially isolated, you may experience poor health and a shorter lifespan.

Friendships can also be a significant factor in successful recuperation from depression. According to recent research, (1) good mood and a positive outlook can actually spread like a contagion through social groups.

Perhaps more importantly, this study refutes earlier claims that depression is "contagious," finding instead that only positive moods tend to spread among people in close association.

Certainly, being depressed can have a dampening effect on the mood of those around you, but according to the authors, there's little risk of a depressed person actually pulling others into a state of clinical depression.
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Beaker

Interview with Anthony Samsel: Monsanto's hidden trade secrets on Glyphosate

Tony Mitra
Tonu.org
Sat, 06 Jun 2015 00:00 UTC
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Interview screen shot (Tony Mitra)
Dr. Anthony Samsel got hold of the Trade Secret files on Glyphosate from EPA, that had been sealed and protected from public eye for 35 years. He had to sign a legal agreement not to copy or show those documents to anybody, although he is allowed to study the content and talk of his own opinion about them.
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Polio is 'returning' as countries see rare, mutated form of virus resulting from the vaccine

Aaron Dykes
Natural Blaze
Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC
polio vaccine
Yes, the vaccines are causing the problem. The authorities know it. It is admitted. This is not conspiracy theory, but sad fact.

The system is willing to break a few eggs and ruin lives in order to achieve their global vaccination agenda - all while they insist that vaccines are both safe and effective. To say otherwise - even in the face of admitted facts - is pure heresy.

A few years ago, I stumbled upon a big dirty secret that is harming tens of thousands of children. It was being reported overseas, but ignored by the mainstream media.

Doctors in India tracking problems inside the nation's health system found a huge spike in young children who were crippled after receiving the oral polio vaccine.

Comment: Polio has never actually been completely eradicated. Rather, the parameters used to label the disease have been changed numerous times to make it less likely that an outbreak would be declared. However, there have been soaring rates of acute flaccid paralysis, which is clinically identical to polio.

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Shaking the foundation of medical research: Half of failed peer reviewed papers "spun" as success

Joanne Nova
JoanneNova.com
Tue, 01 Sep 2015 03:05 UTC
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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick reports on a new study that he says should "shake the foundations of medical research" but laments that it almost certainly won't.

In the year 2000, the US National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) insisted that all researchers register their "primary aim" and then later their "primary outcome" with clinicaltrials.gov. This one small change in the way medical studies were reported transformed the "success" rates in peer reviewed papers.

Before 2000, fully 57% of studies found the success they said they were testing for, but after that, their success rate fell to to a dismal 8%. When people didn't have to declare what their aim was, they could fish through their results to find some positive, perhaps tangential association, and report that as if they had been investigating that effect all along. The negative results became invisible. If a diet, drug or treatment showed no benefit at all, or turned up bad results, nobody had to know.

The world of peer reviewed climate research: like a universe of dark matter

It's not like climate science suffers from unpublished "negative results" — no, it's more like it's built on them: like all the model runs that ran off the ranch and disappeared, and the hot spot that never went missing, but keeps being "found". The infamous Pause in the Climate barely existed until a forest of explanations for it appeared.

Then there are the strange missing proxies — like the tree rings from the last 30 years. Did no one look, have all the trees gone, or were those awkward results dropped down the memory hole? Or is it because when someone did, the proxy turns out to be useless like the Sheep Mountain hockey-stick tree rings did?
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