Archive for the ‘herbs’ Category
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Guests to be Interviewed by Dr Carl O Helvie on the Holistic Health Show on Saturday include Dr. Andrew Fleschner (top left), Dr Andrew Block (top right), Mr Daniel Chapman (lower left), and Mr Tamer Elsafy (lower right).
Dr. Andrew Kirschner is the physician many top athletes and performers turn to for relief from pain. Dr. Kirschner, a board certified physician and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, has created a unique combination of his own Osteopathic techniques and other carefully selected modailities which he has named OSTeO. These techniques with the accompanying psychological strategies can often help to decrease pain and restore peak function where more conventional approaches have failed. Atheletes and the physically challenged, adolescents and the elderly have all benefitted from his unique approach to back & neck pain.
Dr. Kirschner graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1995. He completed an internship and residency in family medicine and osteopathic manual medicine at Suburban General Hospital in 1998, and became board certified in family medicine and osteopathic manual medicine that same year. He has been in private practice in Bala Cynwyd, PA since 1999, and has worked as a peak performance consultant in Miami since 2000.
Dr. Kirschner founded Back Together in 2001 to be a resource for individuals and couples looking for information about back pain, as well as conservative solutions to back pain. His well received book Back Together- Hands-on Healing for Couples was released in 2006 has helped thousands of couples find relief. His follow up video program Back Together- Simple & Effective Solutions for Back Pain was released this year. The Back Together blog, BackWords is one of very few resources on the internet offering direct responses to viewer questions both in video and text form.
If you or someone you know is suffering from back pain, you owe it to yourself to visit his websites.
For more information about Dr. Kirschner and Back Together please:
-Visit his website: www.backtogether.org
-Subscribe to his blog: wwww.thebacktogetherblog.com
-Become a fan of Back Together on Facebook to receive the Back Together Back Pain Tip of the Day.
-View Back Together video updates on his youtube channel, backtogethertv.
-Receive tips by following his Twitter feed, BackTips
Dr Andrew Block received his PhD in Applied Experimental Psychology and completed his clinical internship at Dartmouth College in 1980. He is currently on the staff of the Texas Back Institute and has served as
Director of the Well Being Group in Plano, Texas; Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Texas in Dallas; and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.
He has multiple national and international presentations on spine and spine surgery concerns. He has also contributed chapters to many of the major books on spine surgery, chronic pain and other back problems. He has also authored or co-authored 5 books and the most recent is The Psychology of Spine Surgery published by the American Psychological Association in 2003. More information is available at: http://www.texasback.com
Mr Daniel Chapman is Founder and CEO of Redd Remedies with origins dating back to 1961 when his family opened their first Sunrise Health Food store in Roseland, Illinois. Redd Remedies has evolved as a leading natural health supplement provider and an advocate for a holistic approach to wellness. Today they have six retail outlets and a nationwide distribution. Redd Remedies is a sponsor of the nonprofit American Botanical Council and is distributed to independent health food stores nationwide. More information is available at www.reddremedies.com
Mr Tamer Elsafy is President and CEO of Flexcin International. In 1997 he began marketing and manufacturing all natural vitamins and dietary supplements. Over the next two years his business grew rapidly but he was not fufilled. Seeing his grandmother suffer from severe pain he became passionate about helping her and others. In 1999, under the guidance of doctors and nutritionists he developed an all natural formula to relieve symptoms associated with joint pain and arthritis that incorporated CM8 discovered by Harry Diehl. His grandmother was helped by the product that has since helped thousands of people all over the world become pain-free. More information is available at: http://www.flexicon.com
Mr Elsafy’ product is for arthritis which will complete the series on arthritis. I will add that I have no connection with either of these companies or products to be presented by Mr Chapman or Mr Elsafy and found them through contact with publicists. I received samples and passed them on to friends suffering from arthritis or back pain and received positive reports back. I offer these interviews to sufferers because of my interest in natural products and supplements instead of harsh chemicals in the treatment for pain.
Posted in arthritis, back and neck pain, herbs, natural products | 1 Comment »
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Dr Jacob Teitelbaum (left) and Dr David Russell were interviewed by Dr Carl O. Helvie on the Holistic Health Show last night. Dr Teitelbaum, a Board Certified Internist and Medical Director of a National Chain of Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers (www.fibroandfatigue.com)suffered from and overcome these diseases. He is senior author of landmark studies in these areas and author of the best seller From Fatigue to Fantasy and also author of additional books mentioned earlier on this website. More information is available on www.Vitality101.com
My second guest, Dr Davids Russell, holds a doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and is competing another Doctorate of Divinity and is the Founder and Director of the non-profit organization Caritas Traditionalis whose goal is to create a self-sustainable medical presence in economically depressed communities. He has studied classical medicine around the world including Europe, Nepal and the Middle East. More information can be found on an earlier blog here.
Their interviews follow. I hope they are informative for you.
Tags: acupuncture, antiinflammatory, arthritis, ayurveda, black pepper, cherry, chinese medicine, chondroitin, classical medicine, curcumin, detoxing, Dr Carl O Helvie, Dr David Russell, Dr Jacob Teitelbaum, endpain, energy, exercise, fibromyalgia, fish oil, food additives, ginger, glucosamine, heat, herbs, homeopathic, infection, movement, muscle ache, NAET, natural solutions, naturopathic, nutrition, sauna, Shine protocol, sleep, stretching, sugar elimination, toxins, willow bark
Posted in Podcast, Vitamin and Minerals, arthritis, complementary, exercise, herbs, homeopathic, naturopathic medicine, nutrition, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
After 7 months of scientific and clinical studies the President of Bejing’s Chaoyang Hospital in Bejing during the last week announced a new herbal remedy called “Jin Hua Qing Gen Fang” as effective in treating A/H1N1 flu. He said it shortens the length of time patients have a fever and improves their respiratory system with no noted harmful side effects to patients. It was developed by a team of over 120 medical specialists at a cost of about 1.47 million U.S. dollars and was used in both scientific and clinical studies. Studies included experiments on more that 4,000 mice and clinical studies on 410 patients with A/H1N1 flu. It was picked from more than 100 classic anti-flu prescriptions based upon Chinese herbal medicine.
It is about 1/4th the cost of Tamiflu the current treatment of choice that was recommended by the World Health Organization. The goal is to make this available to all as an alternative to current drugs.
Tags: A/H1N1 flu, Jin Hua Qing Gen Fang, new herbal remedy, research, Tamiflu
Posted in Uncategorized, drugs, herbs, research | 2 Comments »
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Interviews by Dr Carl O. Helvie with Dr Ellen Kamhi and Cindy Holt on the Holistic Health Show yesterday on BBS Radio (www.bbsradio.com) follow.
Dr Kamhi, (above left) an expert in and author on arthritis is known as the “Natural Nurse”. She is very active professionally and her biography was published in a previous blog. She talks about causes of arthritis including stress, the natural ways to deal with arthritis including maintaining an alkaline body, the advantages of natural treatments over chemicals, and other aspects of arthritis.
Cindy Holt is a registered nurse, and massage therapist, and has completed the course work for a doctorate in naturopathic medicine. She has arthritis of the spine that she controls primarily with natural methods. She will talk about the symptoms she has, how she deals with them, and how she uses this knowledge with others to help them with their pain. Cindy’s biography was published on this blog earlier.
*Sorry for today’s delayed posting but the noreaster over the past few days put everything behind schedule.
Tags: arthritis, body alkalinity, Cindy Holt, Dr Carl O Helvie, Dr Ellen Kamhi, natural treatments, stress
Posted in Podcast, arthritis, body alkalinity, body-mind-spirit, herbs, rheumatoid arthritis, stress | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 16th, 2009
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on August 18, 2009 reported that a Chinese herb known as thunder god improved symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis better than a prescribed medication. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health, The University of Texas in Dallas and 9 rheumatology clinics around the USA randomly assigned 121 patients with six or more painful and swollen joints to either take 60 mgm of thunder god vine root extract three times a day for 6 months or 1 gram of sulfasalazine (Azulfidine) two times a day for 6 months. All study subjects were allowed to take prednisone and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’s).
A standardized measure of joint involvement was assessed on each subject.
Side effects were experienced in both groups with stomach complaints and digestive symptoms being the most common ones reported. Almost half of all participants dropped out of the study before the end but more dropped out of the sulfasalazine group than the thunder god vine group.
Of the 62 patients who completed the study 65% saw improvement in joint pain, joint functioning, and inflammation in the thunder god group compared to 36% in the sulfasalazine group.
Although thunder god has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years it is known to have a wide range of side effects ranging from diarrhea, upset stomach, and skin rashes and men may experience infertility and women may stop having menstrual periods while on it.
There is ongoing debate about the value of using this herb until more is known about it’s efficacy, side effects and interactions with other medications and herbs.
Tags: herb, research, rheumatoid arthritis, sulfasalazine, thunder god
Posted in herbs, rheumatoid arthritis | 3 Comments »
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
My first guest last night on the Holistic Health Show hosted by Dr Carl O Helvie was Dr Nathan Wei, CEO of the Arthritis and Osteoporesis Center of Maryland who has helped more than 7,000 patients with arthritis. He is author of more than 60 peer-reviewed literatures, 500 published articles, has produced 12 videotaped presentations, presented over 120 lectures worldwide, and taught advanced courses in rheumatology. More information is available on an earlier blog or at: www.aocm.org
My second guest, Kelly Rouba, is an author, writer, emergency management professional, and spokesperson for the Arthritis National Research Foundation who was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at age 2. More information is available on an earlier blog here or at: www.eadassociates.com
My last guest was Kirsten Mahoney who is a certified Life Balance Coach and founder of Insight Out Life Coaching who has arthritis and talks about her treatment. More information is available on an earlier blog or at: www.insightoutlifecoaching.com
This interview follows. You can also listen to it on itunes, podcast alley, or podcast pickle.
Tags: acupuncture, anti inflamatory medications, chiropractor, Dr Carl O Helvie, Dr Nathan Wei, herbs, Kelly Rouba, Kirsten Mahoney, life style modification, massage, music therapy, natural supplements, occupational therapy juvenile arthritis, osteoarthritis, physical therapy, rheumatoid arthritis, stem cell, Yoga
Posted in Podcast, alternative health, arthritis, exercise, herbs, meditation, nutrition, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatology, stress | 1 Comment »
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Dr Geronimo Rubio, Medical Director of the Rubio Cancer Center in La Mesa, Mexico will be interviewed on the Holistic Health Show on Saturday, September 26 at 10 p.m. EST on Station 3 of the BBS Radio Show (www.bbsradio.com)
Dr Rubio received his M.D. training at the University of Autonomous de Baja, California Medical School in Mexico. During his studies at the University, he did research in the Departments of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Parasitology and discovered that flowers brought into the hospital rooms were infecting patients with bacteria strains of Pseudomonad Aure Ginosa.
He later carried out research in the fields of virus and fungal infections of the lungs and diarrhea complications of the Ensenada Indian Tribe.
For the past 25 years Dr Rubio has researched and developed a process of RNA transference in lymphocytes, polypeptide formula for cancer cells and developed the formula for the blocking factors in tumor cells. He is presently the Medical Director of the Rubio Cancer Center where his special Immune Vaccines are combined with Rife Technology and Herbal Medicine.
More information may be obtained at www.rubiocancercenter.com and you can email him at rubiomd@rubiocancercenter.com or call him at 866-519-9960.
Tags: Dr Carl O Helvie, Dr Geronimo Rubio, Immune Vaccines, Rife Technology, RNA transference
Posted in cancer, herbs | No Comments »
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
On Saturday, Dr Carl O Helvie interviewed Dr Francisco Contreras and Dr Arlene Donar on the Holistic Health Show on BBS Radio.
Dr Contreras, M.D. is Director, President and Chairman of the Oasis of Hope and oversees cancer treatment for 400 patients annually. Since the hospital opened over 100,000 patients have been treated. He discusses the holistic complementary treatments offered and the demonstrated higher success rates in his hospital over those experienced in other hospitals. He is the author of 12 books and a free copy of his latest is available by going to his website. More information is available at: www.oasisofhope.com
Dr Arlene Donar is a Naturopathic Physician practicing on 5th Avenue in New York City. Her interesting background was highlighted earlier on this site and can be reviewed at: www.drdonar.com Dr Donar discusses herbs and supplements that can be used to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation, and also to prevent and increase the probability of recovery from cancer.
The interview with these interesting physicians is posted below. I hope you will enjoy it.
Tags: affirmations, Avemar, Cognative Restructuring, curcumin, detoxing, Dr Arlene Donar, Dr Carl O Helvie, Dr Francisco Contreras, glutamine powder, green tea, herbs, Integrative Regulative Therapy, laetrile, meditation, melatonin, milk thistle, music, nutrition, Olga Worrell, omega 3 oils, pomogranate, positive attitude, prayer, pumplin seeds, visualization, whey protein extract
Posted in Podcast, alternative health, body-mind-spirit, cancer, complementary, herbs, integrative medicine, lung cancer, spiritual aspects, supplements | No Comments »
Friday, August 7th, 2009
The Hoxsey treatment for cancer has been around since 1924 when Harry Hoxsey opened his first clinic. He used his herbal tonic successfully with many patients. Ingredients of the original tonic included potassium iodine, licorice, red clover, burdock root, stillingia root, berberis root, poke root, cascara sagrada, prickley ash bark, and buckthorne bark. Some who currently use this tonic have made minor changes in the herbs but it is still effective. These are some of the same herbs recommended by Edgar Cayce in his readings for cancer patients and also used in their cancer syrup Trifolium manufactured by the Parke-Davis Company. Many reports claim a success rate of 80 to 95% without reoccurance when this treatment is used as a first defense before surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.
The Hoxsey therapy was the first widely used alternative non-toxic cancer treatment in the United States. It was used by thousands of patients in clinics throughout the United States and at one time around 1953 there were about 12,000 patients at the main clinic in Dallas, Texas that was the largest private cancer center in the world.
Hoxsey was challenged continually by the medical world and government but at one point a team of medical doctors review his client outcomes and treatments and concluded that he was “successfully treating pathologically proven cases of cancer, both internal and external without the use of surgery, radium or x-rays. Accepting the standard yardstick of cases that have remained symptom-free in excess of five to six years after treatment, established by medical authorities, we have seen sufficient cases to warrent such a conclusion. Some of those presented before us have been free of symptoms for as long as twenty-four years, and the physical evidence indicates that they are all enjoying exceptional health at this time. We as a Committee, feel the Hoxsey treatment is superior to such conventional methods of treatment as x-ray, radium and surgery. ……”
Although Hoxsey was exonerated by the courts he continued to be harrassed and eventually moved his clinic to Mexico. Even his nurse, Mildred Nelson, joined him to prove him a hoax but when he successfully treated her mother she became an ardent follower and thus, continued his work in Mexico when he died. It is an interesting story that the reader might enjoy locating and reading.
The herbs in the Hoxsey treatment serve as blood purifiers or cleansers, cleansing the organs and reactivating the immune system. They also reduce the blood supply to the tumor reducing tumor growth and also change the body fluids to an alkaline state that further inhibits tumor growth. All efforts are toward bring the body back to a precancerous state. In general the goal of treatment is to rebuild deficiencies and inhibit or eliminate cancer cells using supplements; cleansing the organs of toxins with the blood purifiers; returning the body to a healthy alkaline state with diet and herbs, and counseling on the removal of environmental factor such as stress and toxins that are conducive to cancer.
Tags: alkaline body, blood cleansers, burdock, Dr Carl O Helvie, Edgar Cayce, Harry Hoxsey, Herbal Treatment, immune system, licorice, red clover, Trifolium
Posted in cancer, herbs | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 24th, 2009
One of the guests, Mrs Linda Wilson, interviewed by Dr Carl O Helvie on the Holistic Health Show used the herbal tea Essiac, and Ave successfully in her recovery from kidney cancer.
Essiac Tea has been used since the early 1900’s. In 1922, Rene Caisse was told by one of her clients about her breast cancer recovery using what was later named essiac tea (caisse spelled backwards). It had been given to her by an Ojibwa Indian Medicine man 30 years earlier and was made from 4 herbs -sheep sorrel, burdock root, slippery elm bark, and turkey rhubarb root. When her aunt developed stomach cancer that had metastasized and her doctors gave up on her, Rene collected and brewed the herbal preparation and her aunt lived another 21 years. She continued using the preparation with her cancer clients and eventually started her own cancer clinic under the supervision of physicians who supported her work. She treated thousands of patients who traditional medicine had given up on and turned away.
Because most of her patients came as a last resort and were in advanced stages of cancer the treatment was not successful with everyone. For some it controlled the cancer, for others it mainly alleviated the pain. However, thousands of clients reported complete cures. In 1937 the Royal Canadian commission of Canada held hearings and concluded that Essiac was a cure for cancer.
Ava (in the U.S.A.) or Avemar (outside the U.S.A.) is also an older cancer treatment developed by a scientist in Hungary who was awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize in Medicine for describing the essential role of vitamin C in the life sustaining processes of cellular metabolism. This work has continued by scientists in Hungary who have refined an all natural produce by fermenting wheat germ with baker’s yeast. It is available as a once a day. pleasant tasting instant drink and is being studied and recommended by doctors around the world. Its advertised uses include: enhanced immune functioning, stimulating natural killer cells, increased energy, restore appetite, and replenish nutrients. It is advertised as useful for: colds and flu, cancer, malnutrition, eating disorders, and anemia.
Tags: alternative treatment, Ave, Avemar, Dr Carl O Helvie, essiac tea, Linda Wilson, Rene Caisse
Posted in cancer, herbs | No Comments »
