I'm Agatha
Thrash, a staff physician
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at Uchee Pines
Institute in Seale, Alabama
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We have a medical
missionary training school
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and we train our students to
help people learn how to take
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better care of
their own health...
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And to take more responsibility
for their own health.
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We're going to be talking
about some of these things
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...how you can take more
responsibility for your own
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health and for the
minor afflictions that plague
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mankind in the
next half an hour.
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We hope you will join us.
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Welcome to "Help
Yourself to Health"
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with Dr. Agatha Thrash
of Uchee Pines Institute.
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And now, here's
your host, Dr. Thrash.
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A very common problem that
we see is nausea and vomiting.
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This may be more in the young
than it is in older people.
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Somehow babies and children
seem to be troubled with
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nausea and
vomiting more than adults...
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And frequently, the
mother calls and says,
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"My child has vomited X
number of times and I can't
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get the child to stop,
and she has no appetite.
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She doesn't want to
sleep and I can't comfort
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her in any
way... What can I do?"
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Well there are a
number of things...
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and probably the very
first thing that you should try
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with a case of nausea and
vomiting in a child is charcoal.
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Mix up some
charcoal in some water.
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Mix it up fairly thick but
still make it a water so that
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it can be
sipped through a straw.
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And then offer it to the child
and hope that the child will
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get enough in the stomach
so that it makes the stomach
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less irritable and
the nausea to be less.
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Now another thing that
you can do is carob paste.
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Sometimes a child
will not accept charcoal.
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If this is the case,
then you can try carob...
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because carob has a
large amount of pectin in it
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and a variety of other
sedative substances in it
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that make it so that it's quite
ideal for helping babies with
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nausea and vomiting.
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Furthermore, they're
likely to accept it because
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it has a slight sweet
flavor and doesn't feel
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too bad in the mouth...
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And so a child will often
accept it unless the nausea is
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really quite severe.
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And I have asked my
granddaughter, Melissa,
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if she will mix up some
charcoal powder for us...
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and I will tell you
just exactly how it's done.
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The first thing that
you do is to put some
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carob powder in
a glass, or a cup
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and you can put a fair amount,
maybe a tablespoonful or more.
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And then, put a little
water in it and stir it around.
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Now you will find that
carob goes into solution a lot
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easier than charcoal does.
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But the paste that you
develop with the stirring,
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is sometimes very thick
and sometimes quite thin,
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and either way, it
works quite nicely.
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Now, it looks as if Melissa's
paste is going to be a little
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on the thin side... That's fine.
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Just let them sip it.
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If it's a paste that's thick,
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then you let them nibble it.
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How's it looking, Melissa?
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Um, well it looks sort of
like... Yes, I think that this
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could be sipped...
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Just take a little bit
from the spoon... like this
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and just give this to the
child just a tiny, little bit...
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It doesn't have to be a large
quantity, just a tiny little bit
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And almost immediately,
the child will have a settling
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of the stomach.
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This settling of the stomach
is usually sufficient so that
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they're willing to
take a little more.
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Then the charcoal
may come after that.
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If they have refused it before,
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then the charcoal
may come after that.
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Now I often have this kind
of situation with nausea and
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vomiting that mothers
take care of and that is...
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They give the charcoal
and it is vomited again.
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Then they don't
think to give it anymore.
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They say, "Well, I
gave it to my child...
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the child vomited it back"
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Of course, that means
that they don't accept it.
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But the important thing
for you to remember in any case
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of nausea and vomiting...
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whether it be your own, or
whether it be someone else...
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that is just after the vomiting,
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there may be a refractory
period in which there is no
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nausea, and during that time,
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you can more readily
accept a large amount of either
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carob or of the charcoal,
and that can be most helpful.
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Of course, a cool compress to
the stomach can also be helpful.
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Sometimes some aroma therapy
can be good like mint or pine
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or vanilla... or some
other nice aroma in the air
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can sometimes be helpful.
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On the other hand,
sometimes ANY aroma of ANY kind
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especially food cooking,
the odors from the kitchen
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may just be particularly
obnoxious to the individual
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with nausea and vomiting.
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So you have to always watch and
see just what is the situation
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with the patient and
cooperate as well as you can
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with the patient.
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Okay, this is one way
that a person can take
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some responsibility
for their own health.
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And now Don Miller, who is
one of my cohorts at Uchee Pines
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will tell you about another
way you can take responsibility
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for your health... Don Miller
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Okay... one way to take
responsibility for your health
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is recognize what out
there is going to hurt you.
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Now I'm going to talk
about something that has never
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in my life bothered me before,
and it hasn't to this day,
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but it might!
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This particular thing I'm
going to talk about sometimes
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changes in a person.
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A person may be
immune for a long, long time
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and all of a sudden
one day, showing off...
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saying, "Look, I can
do this with no problem"
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And now they have the problem.
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I'm talking about the
situation that some people have
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TERRIBLY in the
summertime and that's called
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poison ivy.
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I am immune to poison ivy.
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I can say... Let
me put it this way...
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Up until today, I have
been immune to poison ivy.
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But the thing
about poison ivy...
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It can change
from person to person,
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it can change from time to time.
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And so I've sort
of learned in my years
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...let's don't
tempt fate out here.
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Let's learn to
recognize what it looks like.
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Now before this
program began, I went outside
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looking for some poison ivy.
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I wanted to come in and
show you some poison ivy
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and hold it and squeeze the
leaves and all these things...
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but I didn't want to end
up itching in front of you
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and I couldn't
find any anyway...
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Out here at 3ABN,
they just don't have
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poison ivy, and
that's pretty nice.
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But basically, most of
you, if you get poison ivy,
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you know what it looks like,
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and if you DON'T
know what it looks like,
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and you are allergic to it,
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your best remedy is to
learn how to identify it,
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and then how to avoid it.
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Basically, it's 3 leaves,
one on the end of the stem
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and then 2 across from
each other, a little bit down
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on the stem...
it's basically 3 leaves
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that tells you
this is poison ivy.
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In the fall, it might
have some berries on it.
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Be very careful
of your poison ivy.
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And, it's
basically spread by an oil.
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It's a resin. It's a volatile
oil and called "urushiol"
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And, if it comes in
contact either directly or even
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indirectly with your
skin, and you are sensitive,
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you WILL get poison ivy.
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Now how can you get poison
ivy if you don't touch it.
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Well, it can
come in on your pet.
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If your pet has been
out there rolling, walking
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through it, and
you pet the animal,
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you're going to get poison
ivy if that animal has come
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in contact with the poison ivy.
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It can get on someone's clothing
and as you are getting ready
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to do the laundry,
mothers, or fathers...
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whoever does the laundry.
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If you touch the clothing,
you can get the poison ivy.
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It may be on some tools.
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Even droplets of poison
ivy, or this volatile oil,
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this resin... can be
in smoke from a fire.
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I know people who
have gotten poison ivy
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from poison ivy being
burned a few yards away
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because they
walked through the smoke,
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and somehow these droplets
have been carried on the smoke
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because they've been
heated up, carried through,
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and the person
gets the poison ivy.
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And so, my recommendation
is... avoid it by learning
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how to identify it.
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And if you DO
get into poison ivy,
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if you DO get exposed to it,
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and you know
you've been exposed...
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IMMEDIATELY wash yourself.
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If you've been out
there in the woods working,
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and you don't know
whether you have it or not,
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and you are allergic,
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it's good always... to
wash yourself very well anyway.
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Wash good with soap and
water, rinse extremely well.
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Now God is very
good to His children...
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and when somehow in however
poison ivy came about being...
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He's also placed IN NATURE,
the remedy for the poison ivy
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right out there.
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Many times, around poison ivy,
you'll find Virginia creeper,
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or Jewelweed growing and
the sap from those things
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rubbed on the skin will
help denature, or take away
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these volatile oils and
these resins and keep you from
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getting the poison ivy.
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So, first avoid it.
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2... if you have come in contact
or think you've come in contact
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with it, wash well.
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And, for people like
me who've never had it,
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don't' tempt fate.
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I used to.. for people... they'd
say, "Oh, I've got poison ivy "
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I'd go out there and I'd
pull it with my bare hands
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and I'd rub it in my hands...
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You know... just sort of showing
off and I'd throw it away.
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Never bothered me.
Never has to this day.
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But one of these days...
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because I'm getting older,
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immune system gets
a little bit weaker,
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I might have a response.
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And I have seen
people with poison ivy so bad
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they couldn't sleep and
they were just in misery.
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I want to avoid that
type of misery, Dr. Thrash,
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so I want to avoid poison ivy.
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Yes, you're very wise
and what you have said is
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certainly very good.
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Now if you should get poison ivy
and it is an allergic reaction
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so that you have it all over,
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you may want to take some
of the anti-inflammatory herbs
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And there are a number of these
and I have written a number down
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Some of these are very familiar
and some of them you may not
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know as being anti-inflammatory.
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Of course everyone knows that
flaxseed is anti-inflammatory.
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And flaxseed oil... it's 1 to 2
tablespoons of the flaxseed oil
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once or twice a day as the
severity of the case may dictate
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The anti-inflammatory
quality of flax oil may make the
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swelling less and the person
may be able to see out of their
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swollen eyes, or breathe
out of their swollen nose,
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or write with their swollen
fingers... just by taking the
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flaxseed oil.
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Then another anti-inflammatory
is hawthorn berry.
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Hawthorn berry has a
number of good properties
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and almost everybody thinks
of the heart when they think
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of hawthorn berry.
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But it also has an excellent
anti-inflammatory quality.
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Boswellia is another of
those anti-inflammatory agents
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and you'll want
to use that also.
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Turmeric... just the common
turmeric that we use in the
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kitchen, also has a very
good anti-inflammatory agency.
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Ginger and rosemary
and oregano... these common
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kitchen herbs also have a
good anti-inflammatory factor
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and these should be
used in cases of when one
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gets the poison ivy.
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Now another thing that
you can use for poison ivy is
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very thin slices...
extremely thin slices of onion.
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You can even use that membrane
that's between the layers
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of an onion and just put that
membrane of put the very thin
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slice of onion right on
the place where you have the
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poison ivy and that
can be very helpful too.
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Plain vinegar can give you
a little anesthetic agency...
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so can a baking soda paste.
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So make up a little baking soda
paste and put that on the place
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where you have the poison ivy...
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and that will give you a
little anesthetic quality
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And that, of course,
makes you FEEL better.
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But the thing that I think
I have found to be the most
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helpful in poison ivy itching
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is a hot bath or a hot
treatment of some kind.
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If you have the
poison ivy on an extremity...
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if you hold that
extremity in a hot shower,
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while it burns very
severely while you're holding it
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in even just a
moderately warm shower,
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and when you turn it on to
hot, it burns even more severely
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But, once you stop after
about 3 minutes of holding your
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part in the hot
water, after that...
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then you will have a good
bit of relief of the itching
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for a number of hours.
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Sometimes it may even be 8
or 10 hours that you can have
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relief from itching.
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Now an interesting thing,
if you begin to scratch it,
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then right away, it
begins to itch some more.
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One of the reasons for that
is that... by the scratching
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process, you squeeze some
histamine into the tissues.
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Histamine is normally held
inside the cells and in little
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capsules and by scratching,
you can rupture those little
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capsules and the
histamine is released,
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and that causes a near
pain and itching and pain...
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are carried on the
same nerve pathways,
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so you perceive it not
as pain but as itching...
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and that can be
extremely intense.
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So these are a few remedies.
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There are hundreds of
other remedies for poison ivy
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and you can find those if
you go searching for them.
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And now, Don Miller
has something else for us.
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Okay... One of the most
distressing things we can
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come up against is some
type of a bronchial problem...
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whether it's asthma or
bronchitis, whatever else...
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And it's good in these
situations to be able to breathe
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something medicated...
something good for us...
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and something simple!
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And a number of years
ago, I was in Austria,
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and I got really sick.
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And I was so sick, I was told
to go to my room and go to bed
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...which you have to do with me
because I'm one of these types
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no matter how sick I
am, I'll try to keep going.
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I remember the last day,
before they told me to do this,
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I had to stop every once in
a while and sit down and rest
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and I don't DO this.
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I don't get that sick
but I got extremely sick.
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And every evening, the director
of the school where I was
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teaching, would come into my
room and he'd open up the door,
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he'd take one look
at me and he'd say...
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"Oh my," and I thought,
Oh, I must look like I'm DYING!
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Now, a good remedy is...
if you are treating somebody
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NEVER do that to them!
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Because it really put my
spirits down to have him look at
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me one time and look
away and say, "Oh my. "
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You need to
encourage your patient.
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But, bless his heart, he
did a lot of good things for me.
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One day, he
brought me a present.
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And the present was... this
little apparatus right here.
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Very, very nice... I have
not seen one in America yet.
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He got this for me
probably over in Germany.
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But it's a very nice apparatus.
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Basically what it
is, is a little bowl...
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And what I would do is,
I'd put hot water in there.
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I'd have a little pot going...
a little poly pot type thing.
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boil water, pour the boiling
water into this little thing.
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Then I'd pour some type of an
essence... usually eucalyptus.
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And I'd put a few drops of
the eucalyptus oil into this
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steaming little cup of
water and then I would put
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this part back
on, lock it down...
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and place it over my nose...
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and breathe these fumes.
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It was SO nice for
my mucous membranes,
00:16:53.03\00:16:57.03
for my bronchial
tree, for my lungs!
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I felt great!
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We're told that there is
healing in the eucalyptus.
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There is also healing in
the balsam and in the pine.
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And so by
breathing these things...
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because I was getting dry,
and when you're getting sick
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you've got to really
increase your water intake.
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As a matter of fact,
I once heard it said,
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that if you're sick, you should
have to go to the bathroom
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every hour.
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That means you are
really hydrating yourself.
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When you're
sick, drink the water.
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But hydrating and
helping the bronchial tree
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because I had... it
sounded like and we sort of
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diagnosed it as pertussis.
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I had whooping cough
and as a matter of fact,
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I hurt for months
afterward and my voice did not
00:17:33.97\00:17:36.32
completely recover...
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Really, it hasn't completely
recovered now and this
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was about 3 years ago.
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So, we need to
take care of ourselves.
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And so this is very nice.
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There's another way that we
can put some nice essences...
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some nice healing properties
into our lungs and again...
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I didn't find this in America.
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And I can't tell which
is upside-down or backwards
00:17:57.34\00:17:59.71
but I bought this thing
when I was in Ukraine recently.
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Very nice little apparatus...
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and what you do with
this... it has 2 parts to it
00:18:05.82\00:18:09.66
It has this thing that
looks sort of like a pipe.
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And then it has another piece
that has a little "Y" on it
00:18:14.61\00:18:18.61
with 2 little bulbs
and a little rubber sleeve
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and you put this rubber
sleeve over the long part
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of the first part...
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And what you do is,
you fill it with water
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up to just starting
into this bulb here.
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Then you drop
some essence in here.
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And then you would
place this thing in your nose
00:18:35.98\00:18:38.76
and breathe.
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What would happen there,
you wouldn't suck the water up
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because of all
these little side streets
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...it would go up so far
but you would be basically
00:18:46.64\00:18:49.45
bringing into your nostrils,
into your sinuses passages
00:18:49.48\00:18:53.16
...into your bronchial tree
00:18:53.19\00:18:55.08
moistened and treated air.
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...which is exactly what
you need in these situations.
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So I find something as
simple as this to be...
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to me is a must-have
piece of equipment in my
00:19:06.35\00:19:10.33
armamentarium against diseases.
00:19:10.37\00:19:12.07
So I carry this with me and if I
get sick, I've got a few bottles
00:19:12.11\00:19:15.22
of essences,
especially eucalyptus...
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and I will breathe
this in, and it gives me
00:19:17.53\00:19:20.85
unbelievable relief
in my sinus passages and
00:19:20.88\00:19:24.62
in my bronchial
tree, Dr. Thrash.
00:19:24.65\00:19:26.84
It's an amazing device
and I think in other countries
00:19:26.87\00:19:30.23
where they take more
responsibility for their own
00:19:30.26\00:19:32.37
health, they have a lot of
little devices of this nature
00:19:32.40\00:19:35.46
which makes it more
easy for you to take
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responsibility
for your own health.
00:19:38.41\00:19:40.08
A lot of people have
allergies these days and
00:19:40.12\00:19:43.47
more people
getting them all the time.
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I think that's because we're
exposed to so many chemicals
00:19:45.18\00:19:49.14
in our environment.
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Airborne allergens
are very important for us.
00:19:51.04\00:19:55.49
And those who have airborne
allergens who respond to those,
00:19:55.53\00:20:01.07
they need to understand how to
reduce these in their own home.
00:20:01.10\00:20:06.61
And I have a graphic to
show you that I think might
00:20:06.68\00:20:09.84
be helpful to you...
00:20:09.88\00:20:10.86
One that shows you the
kind of program that you can
00:20:10.89\00:20:14.78
have in your own home.
00:20:14.82\00:20:15.96
A graphic that tells a schedule
00:20:16.00\00:20:20.00
and also gives you a
list of things that you
00:20:20.41\00:20:23.63
should have and should not have.
00:20:23.66\00:20:25.08
The first thing is... No
houseplants or knickknacks.
00:20:25.12\00:20:28.04
These gather dust and
they also give off dust
00:20:28.05\00:20:32.05
and they give off some
out gassing of various kinds
00:20:32.32\00:20:36.00
House plants
cannot be kept dust-free.
00:20:36.03\00:20:39.43
And also, they
cannot be prevented from
00:20:39.46\00:20:42.35
doing some out gassing.
00:20:42.36\00:20:43.77
And people can be
VERY allergic to these...
00:20:43.78\00:20:47.18
...so they should
be avoided in the home.
00:20:47.21\00:20:49.55
Of course, there should
be no pets inside the home.
00:20:49.58\00:20:52.93
That's for any person who
has any kind of allergy...
00:20:52.94\00:20:56.14
especially a home
that has children in it,
00:20:56.17\00:20:59.21
should not have pets.
00:20:59.24\00:21:00.81
Those children in the
home, where there are pets,
00:21:00.84\00:21:03.50
are many times more
likely to get allergies and
00:21:03.53\00:21:07.50
serious forms of asthma,
than are children who live
00:21:07.71\00:21:11.52
in homes where
there are no pets.
00:21:11.55\00:21:13.68
The dander that comes off from
their hair, from their skin,
00:21:13.71\00:21:17.68
from their saliva and
where they lick themselves,
00:21:17.86\00:21:21.12
and lick the
child or lick the owner,
00:21:21.15\00:21:25.04
all of these have
allergenic substances in them
00:21:25.07\00:21:29.04
to which the
allergic person can react.
00:21:29.16\00:21:31.71
Then, of course, air-condition
the home throughout...
00:21:31.74\00:21:35.71
if you are allergic to
pollens and other known
00:21:36.11\00:21:40.11
allergenic
substances from the outside.
00:21:40.12\00:21:42.67
And you should have, if
you do not want or cannot have
00:21:42.70\00:21:46.67
an air-conditioner, you should
at least have an air filter,
00:21:46.77\00:21:50.70
and bring through the
air filter all the air that
00:21:50.73\00:21:54.33
comes into your home.
00:21:54.37\00:21:55.45
In this way, you can filter
out most of the allergenic
00:21:55.48\00:21:59.14
substances that
could come into your home,
00:21:59.17\00:22:02.28
and get into your
nose through this filter.
00:22:02.31\00:22:05.35
Then, another thing is
to keep the windows closed.
00:22:05.38\00:22:08.45
Now it goes against the grain
a little bit for me to tell you
00:22:08.48\00:22:11.47
to keep the windows closed...
00:22:11.50\00:22:12.84
But even though I tell you that,
00:22:12.87\00:22:14.49
I also must tell you
that you STILL need fresh air.
00:22:14.50\00:22:17.52
And so, close your
windows so that the airborne
00:22:17.55\00:22:21.52
allergenic substances
will not come in, but then
00:22:22.02\00:22:26.02
make certain that you do
have plenty of air circulating
00:22:26.78\00:22:30.78
in every room of the house,
00:22:31.67\00:22:33.36
even though it may have to
come through an air filter.
00:22:33.39\00:22:36.23
Now, you will also find
that you need a schedule for
00:22:36.26\00:22:40.23
doing certain
cleaning tasks in your home.
00:22:41.34\00:22:44.56
First thing is to learn that
you must vacuum your entire home
00:22:44.59\00:22:48.56
once or twice a week,
depending on how dusty
00:22:49.11\00:22:52.65
your home is likely to be
and that will be determined by
00:22:52.68\00:22:55.93
the area where you live,
and how much humidity you have
00:22:55.96\00:22:59.74
and how much dust is in the air.
00:22:59.77\00:23:01.48
And also, the kind of structure
or structural materials
00:23:01.51\00:23:05.48
that your house is made from...
00:23:05.71\00:23:07.21
All these things will
determine how many times a week
00:23:07.22\00:23:10.05
you need to vacuum...
whether once or twice,
00:23:10.08\00:23:12.59
but by all means, once a week
the entire house needs to be
00:23:12.62\00:23:16.59
vacuumed and all
surfaces need to be dusted.
00:23:16.71\00:23:20.71
And you should have some
very good equipment that will
00:23:21.26\00:23:23.82
help you to be able to
reach out of the way places
00:23:23.83\00:23:26.99
like the tops of
picture frames, mirrors and
00:23:27.02\00:23:30.99
things of this nature, so that
you can keep the house dust free
00:23:31.02\00:23:34.73
Then the next thing
is the laundry schedule.
00:23:34.76\00:23:37.45
Sheets and pillowcases
should be laundered weekly
00:23:37.48\00:23:40.72
and all bedding
should be laundered monthly.
00:23:40.75\00:23:43.59
Curtains need to be
laundered quarterly...
00:23:43.62\00:23:46.87
and some people
find that it's better
00:23:46.90\00:23:49.43
if they not
have curtains at all.
00:23:49.47\00:23:50.99
But rather if they have
just blinds on their windows
00:23:51.02\00:23:55.02
that they can dust
once or twice a week and
00:23:55.92\00:23:59.54
keep the dust down in that way.
00:23:59.57\00:24:02.10
Now recognizing whether
your allergies are airborne,
00:24:02.13\00:24:06.10
or whether they are
food-induced can be somewhat
00:24:06.70\00:24:10.21
of a challenge...
00:24:10.24\00:24:11.40
And that is simply done by the
elimination and challenged diet
00:24:11.43\00:24:15.40
which means that you eliminate
a certain group of foods
00:24:15.75\00:24:18.96
recognized as being
likely to cause an allergy
00:24:18.99\00:24:22.96
and then, if
your symptoms go away,
00:24:23.39\00:24:25.59
you can say... "Well, whatever
it is that's causing my allergy,
00:24:25.60\00:24:29.07
it's in that group of foods. "
00:24:29.10\00:24:30.88
Then, when you
symptoms are clear,
00:24:30.91\00:24:33.48
start adding the
foods back one at a time
00:24:33.51\00:24:36.38
every 5 to 7 days...
00:24:36.41\00:24:38.46
Then when your symptom returns,
00:24:38.49\00:24:40.93
you know that that last
food that you introduced
00:24:40.96\00:24:44.40
back into your diet... that
food is likely to be one that's
00:24:44.43\00:24:48.30
causing you to have a problem.
00:24:48.33\00:24:50.02
Now, so far as airborne
allergenic substances are
00:24:50.05\00:24:53.48
concerned, these the same.
00:24:53.51\00:24:56.19
If you know that when certain
weeds, or flowers or trees
00:24:56.22\00:25:01.54
bloom outside, that's the
time you get your allergies,
00:25:02.08\00:25:05.62
then you can feel that that's
the thing that's causing you
00:25:05.65\00:25:09.62
to have the allergy, and
then you can try to avoid
00:25:09.74\00:25:13.74
that thing as much as possible.
00:25:13.85\00:25:15.40
Allergies are very
common and very widespread in
00:25:15.43\00:25:19.40
our population today.
00:25:20.37\00:25:21.71
And now, Don
Miller... another remedy for us?
00:25:21.74\00:25:24.74
Well, I want to sort of
expand a little bit about this
00:25:24.77\00:25:28.11
keeping the house
clean type of a thing.
00:25:28.14\00:25:30.32
Because there is one
part of our house most people
00:25:30.35\00:25:34.07
NEVER clean...
They do nothing about.
00:25:34.10\00:25:36.96
Now we are human beings...
00:25:36.99\00:25:39.23
and that means the way we
cool our bodies is we sweat.
00:25:39.27\00:25:42.74
We're ALWAYS sweating.
00:25:42.78\00:25:43.84
We may not see the sweat
because that's how we cool...
00:25:43.87\00:25:46.43
Moisture comes to the
surface, it's evaporated...
00:25:46.46\00:25:50.10
This is a process that brings
down the temperature of the skin
00:25:50.13\00:25:53.45
which keeps us cool.
00:25:53.48\00:25:54.79
So at nighttime, we go
down in those nice, clean sheets
00:25:54.82\00:25:58.62
and we get a good night's rest
00:25:58.65\00:26:00.29
and we sweat all night
and where does the sweat go?
00:26:00.32\00:26:03.18
Much of it goes
right into the mattress.
00:26:03.21\00:26:06.07
And unless we've got a mattress
cover on... which few people do,
00:26:06.10\00:26:09.14
it's IN the mattress...
day after day, week after week,
00:26:09.17\00:26:13.14
month after month and
some people... year after year.
00:26:13.25\00:26:16.85
You're laying on a sea of
your sweat from years past.
00:26:16.88\00:26:20.85
And whereas it may not feel
wet, and it probably is not...
00:26:21.37\00:26:24.97
that constant moisture is
going to allow things to grow...
00:26:25.00\00:26:28.51
...some mildews, some
molds, some things in there...
00:26:28.54\00:26:31.64
that you do not want, and so
here's what I recommend you do.
00:26:31.67\00:26:33.51
A couple of times, 2
or 3 or 4 times a year,
00:26:34.20\00:26:38.14
take your mattress for a walk.
00:26:38.17\00:26:40.27
Get it carried out of
your house, carry it outside
00:26:40.30\00:26:42.83
and let it lay in the sunshine
which is going to deep clean it
00:26:42.86\00:26:46.83
It's going to deep dry it.
00:26:47.68\00:26:49.08
And you're going to
find, you're going to get some
00:26:49.11\00:26:51.16
better sleep from
that very thing alone.
00:26:51.17\00:26:53.39
And you'll rarely,
rarely see people doing this
00:26:53.42\00:26:56.08
but I recommend you
take your mattress for a walk
00:26:56.11\00:26:58.48
this next sunny day...
00:26:58.51\00:27:00.61
Low humidity is the best...
don't let it get rained on.
00:27:00.64\00:27:03.40
Let it get cleaned
up... deep, deep inside
00:27:03.43\00:27:06.16
And, Dr. Thrash, I
think that's one of the things
00:27:06.19\00:27:08.54
that's causing a lot
of allergies out there.
00:27:08.57\00:27:10.28
Yes, and I'm glad you brought
that up because I failed to
00:27:10.31\00:27:12.94
mention the fact that a
mattress cover should be used
00:27:12.97\00:27:16.33
for every person
who has known allergies
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And, if you will use a mattress
cover, then that will help you
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to make a good laundry schedule
for the mattress cover as well.
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And about once every 3 months,
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the mattress cover should
be taken off and it should be
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laundered nicely...
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And you should be free from
that source of having a problem.
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Now you might say, why
is it that we were made
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so that we develop allergies?
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Actually, it is a protective
mechanism and we need to
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thank our Heavenly Father
that we have this protection.
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