Science Minister Greg Clark 'Supports Homeopathy'

(Extraído de huffingtonpost.co.uk)

David Cameron's new minister of state for science has drawn criticism online for his past support of the widely-discredited pseudo science of homeopathy.

Greg Clark MP, whose full title is Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities, was among 206 MPs in 2007 who signed an early-day motion that "welcomes the positive contribution made to the health of the nation by the NHS homeopathic hospitals".

The EDM said that its co-signees:

"believes that complementary medicine has the potential to offer clinically-effective and cost-effective solutions to common health problems faced by NHS patients, including chronic difficult to treat conditions such as musculoskeletal and other chronic pain, eczema, depression, anxiety and insomnia, allergy, chronic fatigue and irritable bowel syndrome; expresses concern that NHS cuts are threatening the future of these hospitals; and calls on the Government actively to support these valuable national assets."

Clark has not made obvious or public endorsements of homeopathy since 2007. But his appointment has drawn criticism online from those who maintain -- along with the overwhelming peer-reviewed consensus -- that homeopathy, or the practice of diluting medicine to the point of absurdity in order to inspire the body to heal itself, has zero grounding in medical science.

Clark replaces David Willetts MP, who has been praised on his departure for a forward-thinking and engaged response to the needs of the science community -- needless to say, an unusual occurrence.

Imran Khan, chief executive of the British Science Association, said: "David Willetts is one of the UK's sharpest and most talented politicians; we've been extraordinarily privileged to have him as the UK's science minister for the past four years.

"We in the science sector like to moan about there not being enough scientists in Parliament, but it was obvious from early on that Willetts - despite not having had much to do with science previously - developed a genuine passion for the subject. You'd be hard-pressed to find many in our sector who have a bad word to say about him."

His view was echoed by John Womersley, head of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), which provides Government funding for "big" science projects in the fields of nuclear and particle physics, space and astronomy.

Professor Womersley said: "David Willetts was seen throughout the science community as an excellent minister - he has been an intelligent advocate for science who really enjoyed his brief, and he worked hard to make the case that science has a strong role to play in our future prosperity and should be adequately supported.

"His commitment to new capital investment has given a major boost to science projects and I very much hope his departure doesn't in any way compromise the Government's commitments in this area."

Potential of the homeopathic remedy, Arnica montana 30c, to reduce DNA damage in Escherichia Coli exposed to ultraviolet irradiation through up-regulation of nucleotide excision repair genes

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Potencial del remedio homeopático, Arnica montana 30c, para reducir el daño del ADN en Escherichia Coli expuesto a los rayos ultravioleta irradiación a través de la regulación de los genes de reparación por escisión de nucleótidos

Papaya leaf juice can help in recovery from dengue fever: Health expert

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The consumption of Carica papaya leaf juice has been shown to induce rapid increase in platelet count in patients with grade one and two dengue fever and the fatal dengue haemorrhagic fever.

PETALING JAYA- Papaya leaf juice has been shown to increase blood platelet count and assist in the recovery of those with lesser complications, health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.

"The damage from dengue infection could be more than a platelet count issue, such as blood plasma leakage or dengue shock syndrome, where dangerously low blood pressure could occur," he said.

In April last year, the Evidence-Based Complementary and Alter­native Medicine Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 61673 published findings showing that the consumption of Carica papaya leaf juice induced rapid increase in platelet count in patients with grade one and two dengue fever and the fatal dengue haemorrhagic fever.

The Institute for Medical Research and the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Klang, carried out a randomised controlled trial on 228 patients in the hospital.

Half were administered with 50gm of fresh Carica papaya juice for three consecutive days and the other half received standard management.

There was a significant increase in platelet count among the patients in the experimental group compared to those in the control group.

Meanwhile, Malaysian Dietician Association president Prof Dr Winnie Chee said staying hydrated was crucial for patients with dengue fever.

"Fluid intake should be at frequent intervals to compensate for the loss from sweat and to permit adequate volume of urine for excreting wastes," she said.

Dr Chee said calorie and protein intake should be increased by as much as 50 per cent of the daily requirement.

"A high calorie diet with frequent feeding should be given as soon as fever is controlled but one should avoid fried and oily foods during fever," she said.

Easily digested protein such as milk, eggs, fish, poultry and legumes was necessary to replenish loss of tissue proteins during fever, she said.

"As soon as the temperature comes down, readily digestible bland food should be given to the patient for better digestion and rapid absorption," she said, adding that iron supplements might be necessary for those recovering from dengue haemorrhagic fever.

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Homeopatía y cáncer: un ínfimo atisbo de esperanza

(Extraído de homeopatia-online.com)

Con homeopatía enfermos de cáncer pueden aumentar la calidad de vida. Esto es la conclusión de un estudio realizado en Suiza y Alemania.

Muchos pacientes con enfermedades cancerígenas optan por acompañar su tratamiento con una terapia de homeopatía clásica.

Hasta ahora hay sólo pocos estudios sistemáticos sobre estos tratamientos.

El Dr. Matthias Rostock y su equipo investigaban los efectos de un tratamiento homeopático complementario a la práctica cotidiana. 

Para ello han llevado a cabo un estudio prospectivo de cohortes, comparativo, no aleatorio.

En el grupo del tratamiento homeopático participaron 259 pacientes de la Clínica Santa Croce, Orselina, Suiza, y del Centro de Homeopatía de la Clínica Oberland de Weilheim (Alemania).

En el grupo del tratamiento convencional participaron 380 pacientes del Departamento de Oncología y Hematología Interdisciplinaria de Friburgo y el Departamento de Oncología y Hematología en Offenburg, ambos en Alemania.

Para la comparación directa se estudiaron adicionalmente pacientes con las mismas identidades tumorales.

La finalidad principal era comprobar el nivel de calidad de vida (FACT-G, FACIT-Sp) después de 3 meses de tratamiento. Los parámetros secundarios han sido los cambios en la calidad de vida después de un año y los cambios en las áreas de la fatiga, la ansiedad y la depresión.

Los pacientes en el grupo del tratamiento con homeopatía eran tendencialmente más joven, más bien trabajando como autónomos y con un nivel de educación más alto. 

Un tercio de los pacientes en ambos grupos fueron mujeres con carcinoma de mama.

En el grupo del tratamiento con homeopatía, los enfermos estaban en relación con el estado de los tumores, más enfermos que en el otro grupo y han recibido o terminado más veces una terapia convencional.

Durante los tres primeros meses se produjo en el grupo de la homeopatía una mejora significativa en la calidad de vida, en el grupo con tratamiento convencional la calidad de vida se mantuvo estable.

Después de un año, la calidad de vida en el grupo del tratamiento siguió creciendo. También en el grupo con tratamiento convencional se podía observar una ligera mejora.

Photons detected by magnetic resonance are efficious in homeopathy

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Un control de calidad de la medición de los niveles de los remedios homeopáticos es posible, ya que Lenger, 1,2,3, detecta fotones con frecuencias en la región MHz en soluciones altamente ...

Photons detected by magnetic resonance are efficious in homeopathy Document Transcript

• Licensee OA Publishing London 2014. Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) Lenger K, Lang G. Photons detected by magnetic resonance are efficious in homeopathy: A critical review. OA Alternative Medicine 2014 Feb 22;2(1):4. Competinginterests:nonedeclared.Conflictofinterests:nonedeclared. Allauthorscontributedtoconceptionanddesign,manuscriptpreparation,readandapprovedthefinalmanuscript. AllauthorsabidebytheAssociationforMedicalEthics(AME)ethicalrulesofdisclosure. Escuela Nacional de Medicina y Homeopatía Rafael Avila ENMH IPN México
• Section: Homeopathy Photons detected by magnetic resonance are efficious in homeopathy: a critical review Lenger K, Lang G Karin Lenger Institute for Scientific Homeopathy dr.karin.lenger@t- online.de Günter Lang Coordinator Subcommittee Research, European Committee for Homeopathy, ECH; guenter.lang@natura- sanat.ch Corresponding author(s) Name Institute Email Karin Lenger Institute for Scientific Homeopathy dr.karin.lenger@t-online.de Abstract Introduction Homeopathy a complementary healing method curing body and mind was founded by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843). Hahnemann produced highly potentized remedies of minerals, plants, venoms, animals and succussed them 10 times after every dilution step. Due to the Avogadro constant, it had been clarified, that there are no molecules in the highly diluted solutions left. Using only some drops, patients had been cured according to Hahnemanns Law of Similars: Similia Similibus curentur; the patient‘s symptoms are similar to contamination symptoms of a distinct substance which is then used in high dilution in order to cure the patient’s symptoms.The actual reason of the patient’s healing could not be found out. Was it because of the patient’s belief or because of an energy? Many trials had been done, although nobody knew the conditions to start an experiment, that was reproducible. After the detection of photons in homeopathic remedies by Lenger a new thinking of homeopathic fundamental laws and research experiments is discussed in this critical review. Finally, a biochemical and biophysical model of homeopathic function is debated. Conclusion The credibility of homeopathy including the production of homeopathic remedies, the reproducibility of provings, clinical trials and research experiments will give homeopathy a chance to obtain a scientific base and appreciation in natural sciences.This is a prosperity for ill people being cured without any side effects and esoteric ideas.
• Introduction Until now, there was no possibility to perform quality controls of homeopathic remedies. For some people it is ridiculous, that succussed dilutions having exceeded Avogadro constant should bring a healing effect in patients or successful clinical trials and research experiments. As long as it isn‘t clarified, what the working-mechanism of homeopathic remedies is, all homeopathic fundamental laws and trials are called in question. A quality control of measuring the levels of homeopathic remedies is possible, since Lenger,1,2,3, detected photons with frequencies in the MHz-region in highly potentized remedies by two different magnetic resonance methods. These results lead to new considerations about the Law of Similars, which can be now expressed quantumphysically as: The frequencies of the remedy-photons must match the frequencies of the patient. The different manufactoring methods of remedies must be investigated, because the question arises: Is an ethanolic distinct remedy comparable with an aqueous remedy of the same potency? A renewed consideration of provings, clinical trials, and biochemical and biophysical experiments has to be done. Finally, a biochemical, biophysical model of homeopathic function is discussed. Discussion Production of homeopathic remedies Dilutions There are different methods of production of homeopathic remedies. Hahnemann‘s presciptions of producing homeopathic remedies from ethanolic extracts (43%-87%, mother tinctures) of e.g. plants, insects, snake venoms to high potencies by dilution and succussion are originally described in the HAB4 . Diluton steps are 1:10, D- potencies, 1:100, C-potencies, 1:50000, LM1, LM2..or Q- potencies. Concentrations are maintained and succussion is done by hand 10 times. This method is called the several glass-vessel method. The one-glass-vessel method is applied to produce Korsakovian-potencies5 altering Hahnemann’s manufactoring of C-potencies. The concentration is not maintained exactly. Only a „drop“ is left in one vessel being refilled with ethanol and succussed. Fincke5 -potencies are stirred continuously alternating with water and ethanol. Another method describes that after the second potentizing steps ethanol is replaced by water. The two demanded last potencies are potentized in ethanol again6 . In some countries homeopathic remedies are produced in water5 . Medicated Saccharose globules4 are produced by pouring the ethanolic potency onto pure saccharose globules. Tablets are manufactured by dilution and trituration a dry substance in saccharose lactis4 Ethanolic and aqueous potencies - nanoparticles
• Ethanolic (43%-87%) mother tinctures contain water soluble and ethanolic soluble substances. It is reported that nanoparticles7,8 exist in highly diluted and succussed homeopathic potencies after the Avogadro number meaning that no molecules do exist in these potencies. The Avogadro number says that 6 x 1023 solved particles exist in 1 Mole/l which can be potentized. Nanoparticles are not solved and cannot be potentized. These nanoparticles accompany the dilutions during the production process randomly. Here are some reasons: 1) The dilutions are not filtered or centrifuged during manufactoring; residual non soluble nanoparticles are in the mother tincture. 2) Nanoparticles can be produced by the succussion steps destroying the protein structures and denaturing proteins. 3) Nanoparticles9,10 are solved by the aqueous or ethanolic homeopathic remedies from the glass or polyethylene vessel. 4) During the manufactoring process a change from ethanol to water will result in the precipitation of the ethanolic soluble substances as nanoparticles. This step might have consequences for the produced remedy: its corresponding symptom picture in the Materia Medica11,12 obtained by provings is not that obtained with ethanolic remedies. Camomile solved in water (e.g.as a tea) and potentized is not the same as the remedy Chamomilla produced in ethanol. It is assumed that their resonance frequencies will differ from each other. Concerning those ethanolic low potencies replaced by water till 2 steps before the desired level again replaced by ethanol result in potentized water: The photons are probably created in low and high potencies by the succussion steps by an energy called Lorenz force.The produced photons magnetically bound to the carrier substances, water, ethanol and saccharose globules have higher affinities to bigger molecules1,2,3 . All photons of ethanolic dilutions had been transferred to saccharose globules3 confirmed by Lenger’s experiments3 . A separation of the photons3 from their carrier substance proved by measuring the potency levels by Lenger’s two methods1,2,3 . A distinct magnetic resonance frequency field separates the photons from their carrier substance2 and the number of photons is characteristic for each potency level1,3 . The stability of remedies increase with increasing molecule size of their carrier3, 13 . Photons The production of photons: E = h ∙ ѵ (Max Planck) from matter substance by succussion is only explainable by Einstein’s equation E = m ∙ c2 , describing that, matter changes into energy, and energy changes into matter, which can be seen as a compressed electromagnetic wave. Both equations can be equalised to the formula: h ∙ ѵ = m ∙ c2 (h= Planck constant, c= light velocity, ѵ = frequency, m= mass, frequency and mass are only variable)
• Two hundred years ago Hahnemann detected the method how to change matter into energy by the production of remedies and vice versa. Healing by taking remedies means, helping the body to create a new healthy matter. Provings Healthy volunteers take a special remedy (e.g.C200) of a substance several times. They report about the proving symptoms of the body and mind11,12 , with opposite symptoms, indicating a stimulation or an inhibition of biochemical pathways, which may be dependend on the different congenital diseases of the volunteers. The used remedies, produced by different methods, containing different nanoparticles causing side effects7,8,9,10 will lead to non comparable results. If the remedies are produced, according to only one method to HAB4 and in glass vessels the proving symptoms then will be comparable with each other. In the provings enzymes are stimulated or inhibited, which shows the poisoning. Homeopaths neglect the toxicology, indicating which biochemical pathways are attackted and laboratory values are assuring that. It would give more credibility to homeopathy, if more laboratory values would be included. Provings with highly potentized remedies mean a poisoning with magnetic frequencies attacking the same biochemical pathways being attacked by the mother substance by this changing the frequencies of body and conciousness. Homeopathic treatment Often psychological problems cause a chronic illness. Only one similar remedy determined according to the Law of Similars is enough for curing all diseases of the body and consciousness. This remained as a „holy law“ for homeopathic doctors. Later on Hahnemann used even 5 remedies for one patient12 . Hahnemann told, that the chronic diseases will increase with time. Hahnemann did not know the biochemical substrates, enzymes and inhibitors of a living organism. He produced homeopathic remedies deriving from natural sources. It is difficult to determine the similar remedies for the patient’s psychological symptoms Today laboratory values and other medical investigations would be helpful, controlling the illness and the healing, also indicating from which disease the patient suffers and which biochemical pathways are pathologic. To find the similar remedies Lenger15 combined the homeopathic laws with biochemical pathways, according to Einstein‘s and Max Planck’s equation, that body and consciousness is only ONE, an electromagnetic wave packet. Therefore it is not necessary to differentiate between a psychological or a symptom of a body. Important is only to find characteristic symptoms of body and/or consciousness. Basing on Schüßler‘ biochemistry and on Harisch’s experiments16,17 Lenger developed a homeopathic biochemical therapy: substrates, inhibitors, enzymes in high potencies cured the pathological pathways of the patients15 and the laboratory
• values became normal. Sequences of biochemical homeopathic remedies in high Korsakovian-potencies of the ill biochemical pathways had to be applied e.g each second day not only one C/D 200 in a month till the lab values became normal. The patients get their illness by going through different states like going down an energetic stair case, each step means a state of an illness and needs one homeopathic remedy for healing. The patient shows the last symptom picture of his chronic disease, mixed with symptoms of the illnesses between. So different remedies are necessary for curing such a patient15 climbing up the staircase to his healthy state using remedies involved in the pathological pathways. The photons of the biochemical substances, which are curing, are the original similar remedies. It is known, that enzymes need a lot of energy to perform the enzymatic reaction. Photons enhance the reaction energy on higher energy levels of the atoms. Förster18 said, that each chemical reaction works on a higher energetic level by uptake of energy by resonance. A living body consists of electromagnetic frequencies, the homeopathic remedies have frequencies in the MHz-region, where cells and enzymes are working19 . Therefore, if the Law of Similars is fullfilled, the homeopathic remedies as photons are working by resonance: there are two possibilities: to delete the ill frequency of the pathway or to enhance its amplitude. This underlines that the same remedy is able to cure an ill stimulation or an ill inhibition of the pathological pathways. Homeopathy is an electromagnetic regulation therapy. Today there are a lot of patients suffering from poisoning symptoms, e.g. caused by medicaments, by electrosmog, psychological symptoms cannot be detected.This is a state similar to a proving. Later on psychological symptoms will develop. The symptoms of the body will be checked and the remedies will be given healing simultaneously the pychological symptoms which had been developed. Chronic diseases Psora, Sycosis and Syphilis (Lues) are the chronic homeopathic inherited diseases. Many homeopaths tried to explain them. Ortega20 and Klein21 gave a more scientific explanation. In former times these 3 diseases were epidemics on earth. Slowly these illnesses had been adapted in the genetic material, according to Darwin: Psora, translated Lepra including tuberculosis caused by Mycobacteria leprae and Mycobacteria tuberculosae, is a part of the gene. People will get diseases similar to Lepra or to Tuberculosis. Sycosis means, that the people will get diseases similar to Gonorrhoeae or to an illness of Chlamydiae. Syphilis caused by Treponema pallidum means, that people will get diseases similar to Syphilis. A biochemical explanation arranges the remedies in the following way: substrates are psoric remedies, inhibitors are sycotic remedies, lethal inhibitors and trace elements are syphilitic remedies. Ortega20 said that each symptom picture of a remedy has symptoms of all 3 chronic diseases dependent on the size of their parts. If the psoric part is very big, then it is a psoric remedy, if the sycotic part is bigger, then it is a sycotic remedy and so on. Lenger developed sequencies of biochemical remedies involved in the pathological
• pathways: Paralyses of nerv synapses need Naja trip. as syphiltic remedy, Atropinum purum as a sycotic remedy and Acetylcholinum as a psoric remedy15 . Research Clinical trials There are a lot of publications describing clinical trials22, 23, 24 . It is not possible to find out, if they are done with ethanolic or aqueous remedies. But it is obvious, that many are not reproducible and not able to prove homeopathy by these trials22,23,24 . Few trials with lab values do exist, the prove is mostly, that one symptom was cured by one remedy which is confirmed subjectively. If there had been a strong update of lab values and other investigations to control the healing, it would be believable and would underline the credibility of homeopathic clinical trials. Biochemical and biophysical trials There are a lot of biochemical, biophysical experiments25, 26, 27 using homeopathic remedies. Here we have the same problem, as mentioned with aqueous or ethanolic remedies. So it is easy to understand that some trials gave good evidence based results and some not. Secondly important Ives et.al.9 used healthy enzymes and aqueous remedies in their homeopathic, biochemical experiments. There are two mistakes. Healthy enzymes have a chance to go into a stimulation or an inhibiton state in a ratio of 50:50 under a homeopathic remedy, a so-called proving had been done creating simultaneously the opposite symptoms. In these experiments is no statistical relevance. The enzymes must either be stimulated or inhibited or being in an ill state, so that the investigated enzyme is forced to react only into one direction, to its healthy state by uptaking the remedies‘photons for obtaining its conformational change of DNA polymerase I by resonance28 . Biophysical investigations of remedies by UV-spectroscopy26 had been done and by Fluorescence emission spectra10 interpreted as spectra of nanoparticles. The photons of remedies can only be proved by magnetic resonance methods e.g. by Tesla-coils2 or by NMR30 . In general the electromagnetic and magnetic fields increase to be important more and more in biological systems31, 32,33, . Living systems emitt different photon-patterns in different states34 hereby underlining that a living organism changes his emitted photon pattern in ill states. Homeopathic remedies with suitable frequencies are able to attenuate them and to create a healthy state again. Biophysical model of homeopathic function A living organism is a compact electromagnetic wave with frequencies in a broad spectrum. In a diseases state its frequency pattern will change developing pathological pathways. Healing occurs by the uptake of the suitable remedies. The
• photons of homeopathic remedies are separated by its magnetic frequency from their carrier substance, water, ethanol, saccharose. The magnetic field with distinct frequencies of the pathological pathway attrack the photons with the same frequency from the carrier substance and act by resonance: either attenuating the ill making frequencies or by stimulation the amplitude. Conclusion It is neccessary to develop Lenger’s methods a) Tesla-coils2 , b)Delayed luminescence measured by a photomultiplier1,3 to perform quality controls of homeopathic remedies procedured by water and ethanol. The manufactoring of homeopathic remedies should be restricted to the only one original method to HAB4 and to the application of only glass vessels to avoid different sorts of nanoparticles to assure the reproducibility of provings, symptom pictures, clinical trials, biochemical and biophysical research. It is demanded that provings and homeopathic treatments of patients are controlled by laboratory values and other medical investigations under consideration of toxicology and biochemistry. References 1. Lenger K, R.P. Bajpai RP, Drexel M. Delayed luminescence of high homeopathic potencies on sugar globuli. Homeopathy 2008; 97(3): 134-140 2. Lenger K. Homeopathic potencies identified by a new magnetic resonance method. Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine 2006; 15(3): 225–243. 3. Lenger K, RP Bajpai, Spielmann M. Identification of unknown homeopathic remedies by delayed luminescence. CBB 2014 March; 68 (2):321-334. DOI: 10.1007/s12013-013-9712-7 4. Homöopathisches Arzneibuch HAB. Stuttgart: Deutscher Apothekerverlag; 2009 5. Gaier H. Potentizing Methods. In Thorsons Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Homeopathy. London: Thorsons Harper Collins Publishers:1991: 432-467 6. http://remedybank, LABOTICS BVBA, Belgium 7. Chikramane PS, Suresh AK, Bellare JR, Kane SG.Extreme homeopathic dilutions retain starting materials: A nanoparticulate perspective. Homeopathy 2010 May; 99:231-242 8. Chikramane PS, Kalita D, Suresh AK, Kane SG, Bellare JR. Why extreme dilutions reach non-zero asymtotes: a nanoparticulate hypothesis based on froth flotation.Langmuir 2012; dx.doi.org/10.1021/Ia303477s I Langmuir XXXX, XXX, XXX- XXX 9. Ives JA, Moffet JR, Arun P, Lam D, Todorov TI, Brothers AB, Anick DJ, Centeno J, Namboodiri MAA, Wayne. BJ. Enzyme stabilization by glass derived silicates in glass-exposed aqueous solutions. Homeopathy 2010; 99:15-24. 10. Bhattacharyya SS, Mandal SK, Biswas R, Paul S, Pathak S, Boujedaini N, Belon P, Khuda-Buksh AR. In Vitro studies demonstrate anticancer activity of an alkaloid of the plant Gelsemium Sempervirens.Soc.Exp Biol Med 2008 August; DOI:10.3181/0805-RM-181:1591-1601 11. Hahnemann S. Hahnemanns Arzneimittellehre, D- 79400 Kandern, Narayana Verlag 2007 12. Vermeulen Frans. Concordant Reference. Complete Classic Materia Medica. Assesse, Belgium, B.Jain Archibel, 2011. 13. De Alvarenga ES, Marques de Oliveira AP, da Silva RTB, Casali VWD. Effect of
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Osteoporosis y leche de vaca

(Extraído de higiasalud.blogspot.com.es)

A veces se consume leche de vaca bajo la creencia que se evita la osteoporosis porque se ingiere calcio. Sin embargo hay mucho que decir. Veamos porque.
El calcio y los huesos
El calcio evita la deformación de los huesos (los endurece) y el colágeno evita su rotura ya que les da flexibilidad. Un adulto necesita por lo general entre 600-800 mg de calcio al día. Y para que el calcio se fije en el hueso hace falta colágeno y vitamina D.
Así que para la osteoporosis es vital fabricar el colágeno, ya que es donde se fijará el fosfato cálcico.

La leche de vaca no evita la osteoporosis
Un estudio de la OMS (2003) “Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases” afirma que en lugares donde hay menor incidencia de fracturas de hueso no se ingiere tanto calcio y lácteos como en lugares donde hay una mayor incidencia de fracturas. En investigaciones como la del proyecto Cornelloxford-China de nutrición, salud y medio ambiente se tomó una muestra de 6.500 habitantes de 65 provincias de la China. Se observó que la leche animal desmineralizaba a los adultos y que las mujeres que no la tomaban y cuya dieta era arroz, vegetales y soja no padecían osteoporosis.  Lo que nos sugiere que la leche de vaca no evita la osteoporosis como podríamos pensar.

La osteoporosis se debe a la pérdida de calcio por:

1- Exceso de proteínas (especialmente animales). 

Según la OMS necesitamos un 12-15% de proteínas diarias del aporte calórico total, éstas tienen que estar repartidas en las comidas del día (no solo en una) porque no se almacenan. Desde el criterio naturista se recomienda que al menos el 70% de éstas proteínas sean de origen vegetal y el 30% animal. Aunque éstas indicaciones pueden variar en función de cada persona, por ejemplo según la edad, el estilo de vida, la salud intestinal y renal y el valor biológico de las proteínas. 

¿Que pasa con las proteínas que no necesitamos?

En el cuerpo no tenemos reservas de proteínas ni reservas de aminoácidos, por eso no hace falta comer muchas proteínas pensando en que se van a almacenar.
Las proteínas solo duran 5 horas en la sangre y las que no se necesitan, el cuerpo -que le encanta reciclar- las usa para obtener energía. Hasta aquí parece muy bonito. Pero de ésta combustión se obtienen amoniaco y aminas que son muy tóxicas para el organismo, puesto que se transforman en urea en el hígado. Un apunte: no hay que confundir la urea con el ácido úrico, que viene de las purinas que se forman a partir de la adenina y la guanina de los ácidos nucleicos del interior de las células, de comer mucha carne, levadura de cerveza o soja. 

Volviendo a la urea, esta se elimina por la orina por los riñones que sufren si esto se repite demasiado. ¿Pero como ha afectado al organismo? 

Sube el grado de acidez y sabemos que las enfermedades viven en medios ácidos mientras que no lo hacen en medios alcalinos. Ante ésta acidosis metabólica (acrecentada si no se comen frutas, verduras) , el cuerpo cede de sus propios minerales (calcio) para bajar el medio ácido a mas alcalino. ¿Adivináis de donde saca éstos minerales? 

Efectivamente, de los huesos.
Hay datos que revelan que el 50 % de las mujeres norteamericanas que padecen osteopenia u osteoporosis puede ser consecuencia de una dieta acida.

Por ello cuando tomamos un exceso de proteínas entre ellas puede ser la leche (que es muy nutritiva en éste sentido)y pobre en frutas y hortalizas, podemos perder calcio. Y esto puede producir osteoporosis, osteopenia o debilidad muscular y envejecimiento prematuro. La acumulación de aminoácidos cuando hay un exceso de proteínas también puede dificultar el paso de nutrientes de la sangre a las células (microangiopatía).
Hay estudios en adultos que sugieren que cuando la ingesta proteica excede los 75 g/d, se produce un balance negativo de calcio, con mayores niveles de negatividad a medida que aumenta la carga proteica.

2- Déficit de magnesio. 

El segundo factor implicado en la osteoporosis es el déficit de magnesio. Sabemos que los abonos para los campos son pobres en magnesio por lo que el terreno va perdiendo éste mineral y no nos llega en los alimentos vegetales que consumimos. Además los fosfatos que ingerimos impiden su absorción. Las necesidades de magnesio varían en función de la persona y del tipo de alimentación que seguimos. Dietas ricas en vitaminas D, en calcio o fósforo necesitan aún más magnesio ya que se dificulta su absorción. En general se calcula que alrededor de un 80% de la población puede tener déficit de magnesio.

Lo encontramos en los huesos (70%), el sistema nervioso, para que las ordenes lleguen a buen puerto, para hacer frente al estrés, sosegarnos y relajarnos. Interviene en el metabolismo de los glúcidos, los lípidos. En la síntesis de proteínas, la secreción de la bilis, en la contracción del miocardio. Ayuda a asimilar y fijar el Calcio y la vitamina C, participa en la formación del colágeno. Una fuente buena es el cacao puro, luego la soja, frutos secos, algas, avena, maíz.

Cuando falta se nota inquietud, ansiedad. Hipertensión arterial, taquicardia, hiperactividad, insomnio. Contracturas , sobrecargas y tensiones musculares, calambres, hormigueos, espasmos en el esófago, intestinos o estomago, hipo, falta de peristaltismo intestinal, cansancio por la mañana. 

3-Sedentarismo.

El tercer factor que predispone a la osteoporosis es el sedentarismo. Los huesos necesitan ejercitarse para no perder calcio y debilitarse. Un apunte: el calcio evita la deformación de los huesos y el colágeno es el que da flexibilidad al hueso y evita su rotura y también se necesita. Todo lo que el cuerpo ve que no necesita ni se ejercita fabrica lo justo, incluso cede y destina sus recursos a otras funciones. Simplemente con caminar un rato o  hacer actividades en las cuales el esqueleto tiene que aguantar su propio peso ya lo hacemos trabajar(la natación por ejemplo no estaría recomendada).

Desde un punto de vista naturista la leche de vaca aunque sea a un alimento muy nutritivo y proteico no se considera terapéutico ya que se relaciona con la grasa saturada, intolerancias a la caseína (que es su proteína) y a la lactosa (su azúcar) causando problemas digestivos, anemia ferropénica, alergias, inflamaciones y otras patologías. Por ello, debemos distinguir el Valor nutricional de un alimento y el Valor terapéutico.

http://www.scielo.org.ve/pdf/avn/v22n2/art07.pdf

Los psicofármacos de la homeopatía: antidepresivos homeopáticos

(Extraído de terapiasnaturales123.blogspot.com.es)

En la homeopatía hay muchos principios activos antidepresivos. Sin embargo deben encajar exactamente con las causas de la depresión en cada caso específico.

Las depresiones leves se puede intentar tratar con estos medicamentos homeopáticos. Pero las molestias graves tienen que ser tratadas por un médico especialista porque puede que exista el riesgo de pensamiento suicida, síntoma de la depresión.

Este artículo es parte de la serie Los psicofármacos de la homeopatía.

Acidum phosphoricum (ácido fosfórico)

Se usa para tratar depresiones crónicas en combinación con agotamiento o miedo a un futuro incierto. Progresivamente, el enfermo se vuelve indiferente a lo que le rodea e inepto para el trabajo intelectual, conserva la fuerza muscular.

Aurum metallicum

Arum metallicum es conocido como el principal remedio para la depresión, la depresión maníaca, pensamientos suicidas en combinación con trastornos cardiovasculares. Aurum metallicum puede tener síndromes depresivos reaccionales y accesos hipomaníacos que alternan con fases de depresión invernal.

Las manifestaciones depresivas de la tercera edad, habitualmente se tratan con Aurum metallicum cuando son evidentes o están enmascaradas tras una fachada de optimismo, actividad y jovialidad. Se acompañan de relentización psíquica e intelectual y por la esclerosis vascular.

Cactus

Sirve como remedio contra la depresión durante la perimenopausia, sobre todo si la paciente sufre trastornos menstruales combinado con palpitaciones y ansiedad.

Cimicifuga

Tratamiento contra la depresión postparto, especialmente después de un parto complicado. A veces es útil para ayudar contra la depresión durante la menopausia, si la paciente tiene el afán de moverse mucho, tiene tendencia a la locuacidad combinado con ansiedad o irritabilidad.

Hyoscyamus

Se usa si la depresión está asociada a una angustia profunda con inquietud, desconfianza a todo y de todos, desesperación y alucinaciones.

Ignatia amara

Este remedio homeopático se utiliza para tratar una depresión neurótica asociada a lloriqueos y lamentaciones permanente, con nerviosismo y ansiedad extrema causada por la pérdida de un ser querido.

Ignatia sufre síndromes depresivos reaccionales como consecuencia de schocks afectivos y de penas. Hay que pensar en prescribir Ignatia cuando hay miedo, no se soportan las contrariedades, en las vejaciones y cóleras reprimidas, en el dolor que provoca un accidente y/o  la muerte de un ser querido, decepciones amorosas y en el miedo por anticipación.

Lilium tigrinum

Es un remedio eficaz contra la depresión reaccional y trastornos del comportamiento, principalmente en la fase de la perimenopausia, en mujeres que tienen dismenorrea característica. La depresión está combinada con irritabilidad, nerviosismo y problemas de corazón. Lilium tigrinum se queja  sobre todo de palpitaciones y dolores cardíacos puramente funcionales.

Lycopodium

Remedio contra depresiones en personas que se caracterizaran habitualmente por la racionalidad y que en situaciones normales tienen un estricto control de sus sentimientos y que además, tienen la tendencia a la soledad y temen al futuro. Las depresiones reaccionales de Lycopodium a veces se acompañan de somatización. Las tendencias depresivas son consecuencia del estrés.

Natrum chloratum

Medicamento homeopático para el tratamiento de depresiones asociadas con ansiedad, irritabilidad, presión arterial baja y una tendencia al estreñimiento. Estas personas tienen un deseo notable de sal y de comidas saladas y una sensación de debilidad por la mañana sobre las 11 horas.

Nux vomica

Tratamiento para personas con depresiones asociadas con temor profundo y gran irritabilidad, cólera, agresividad, conductas adictivas. A menudo, para individuos con una pasión por la perfección. Nux vómica puede tener una depresión reaccional por sobrecarga y preocupaciones profesionales, con un desagrado por el trabajo e insomnio. A veces, incluso puede aparecer un impulso suicida a pesar del temor a la muerte.

Pulsatilla

Puede curar depresiones relacionadas con una sensibilidad profunda y con tendencia a lloriquear. A menudo en combinación con una  menstruación irregular. Lo sufren especialmente chicas jóvenes en la pubertad.

Sepia officinalis

Remedio homeopático capaz de curar estados depresivos por reacción a situaciones ansiógenas o secundarias a un post- parto, caracterizadas por introversión, indiferencia afectiva aparente a su entorno, nerviosismo e irritabilidad. También puede servir si existe un rechazo al niño. Principalmente se produce después de un parto difícil.