If you were to stand by
in most doctors offices today
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and listen to the presenting
complaint of the patient
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you would find
that in many instances,
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maybe the majority of
times, the patient would say
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I have an allergy doctor,
is there something you can do
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for me.
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Well there are some
things that can be done
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for people with allergies,
and we would like to talk
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about some of these
issues in this program,
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so we hope you will
be with us during it.
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Welcome to Help Yourself to
Health with Dr. Agatha Thrash,
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of Uchee Pines Institute,
and now here is your host,
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Dr. Thrash.
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A host of disorders are
associated with a sensitivity
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or an allergy.
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There are a number of these
that if you will pay very close
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attention to some
very common things,
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very simple things, you
will find that your ability
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to live successfully
in life with good health
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and being happy,
will be very much better
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than if you didn't know
these very simple things.
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Such as
overweight, being a sensitivity
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or allergic reaction.
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Not everybody is
agreeing with that statement but
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there are enough people I
think, who have proven that
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one of the reasons
why they are overweight is
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because they are
addicted to a food.
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Now an addiction to a
food almost always means that
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the person has a
sensitivity to that food.
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Let us say that a
person just loves sweets,
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they are so into sweets
that they would rather die
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than not have their
sweet things for their meals.
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You take the sweet things
away, say for three months
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and they never even
think of them again,
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unless they see them.
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When they see them,
then they remember ah!
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I used to be addicted to that,
and they want to have it again.
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Just like with drug addiction,
which is also to some degree
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a sensitivity a
capturing of the immune system
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so that the immune
system becomes unable to resist
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or to tell the mind
that it should resist
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that particular drug.
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So if you know
someone who is overweight,
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or you yourself
struggle with a weight problem
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try eliminating some
of those favorite foods
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that you have, that
food that you think,
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I just couldn't live
happily without this food.
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Eliminate that and see if
that simple thing does not
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make it so you can
live happily in life.
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Don't forget that
there are so many foods
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that you will not go
hungry and you will not come to
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not enjoy your food.
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If you lived in one country
as compared to living in another
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you would find that
often you would love the foods
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served in that country.
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If you moved to another country
you adopt their lifestyle,
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their diet, you will
find that you love the food
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served in that
country, maybe after a little
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adjustment period.
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So give yourself the opportunity
to get rid of those foods
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to which you are sensitive
or to which you are allergic
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and see if that doesn't
help you with your weight.
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Now I have Dr. Don
Miller with me today,
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and he is going to
talk about a very prominent
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fortunately not highly
common disease called Asthma.
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Dr. Miller tell us about asthma.
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Well it may not be
highly common, but it's becoming
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more common in the last
decade, and it's gone up by
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one third, it's a major
problem for people who have it
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and it's becoming a
major problem in really
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developed countries.
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It is not so much of
a problem in countries
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that are not developed,
because there are certain things
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about asthma that are
going to be, causing asthma
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in lifestyle.
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Now there are
two types of asthma,
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we'll start with intrinsic,
and there's extrinsic.
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The extrinsic is basically
from an outside source,
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it could be from a pollutant
of some sort, from pollen,
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from animal dander,
from the food that you eat.
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Then there's intrinsic
asthma which could be caused by
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emotional upset,
infection, exercise, cold breeze
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in the face,
various things can cause it,
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but basically has nothing
to do with an allergic reaction
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to something else.
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But we're going to see
that both of them basically have
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the same reaction on the body.
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It's going to cause a
swelling of the bronchial tree,
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basically a muscle
tightening of the little bronchi
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through which the air travels,
plus the mucous becomes thicker
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in there, and the person
has a hard time exhaling.
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They can inhale pretty
well ok, but it's exhaling
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where they get their problem.
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There are a few things we can
do for a person who has asthma,
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and one is we need to
lower what we call the
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allergy threshold, because
80% of the people are extrinsic
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asthmatics.
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It basically means that
something from the outside,
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they are allergic
to something out there,
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so what we want to do
is lower that threshold.
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We have various thresholds
that we go through in life.
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We have a thing called the
pain threshold, some people
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just looking at something
painful makes them hurt.
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I remember when I was a child,
when the doctors used to make
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home calls, and I would
be sick and he would come in,
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and always, it seemed like
his favorite thing was to open
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up that big black bag and
pull out that big long needle.
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As soon as I saw the needle
I hurt, I mean I started crying
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because I knew it was
going to hurt me, and so that is
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a threshold, some
people's threshold is very high,
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and they can take a lot.
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Same thing with allergies,
there are some people who,
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it's a blessing from God,
that their immune system is
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so strong, their bodies
are so strong that they aren't
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allergic to very many things.
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I have always fallen in
that class, now as you get older
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you start to loose
some of this immunity.
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This takes
something like poison ivy,
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I've never been allergic
to that stuff, and foods,
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I don't know of
anything that I am allergic to.
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So we need to lower though
if we are allergic to things,
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allergic threshold, if
you are allergic to dust, and
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to animal dander, and to
cockroaches, the little dander
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that they live along, that's
one of the big causes that
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as a matter of fact they find
that many children growing up
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in areas where there's
lots of cockroaches have Asthma
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and they are tracing it to
all those little black things
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you see in your closets.
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That can be a very prolific
cause of the asthma in children.
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So we lower that
threshold as much as possible.
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There are a few
other things we can do:
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One is we need to
stay well hydrated.
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Mucous is in our lungs
on purpose, it covers the
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little cilia and basically
we breathe something in
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that got past the hairs in
our nose and all the protections
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and it gets down in to our
lungs, it sticks to this mucous
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and the cilia is always
sweeping it up and we end up
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either expectorating
it, spitting it out,
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or we swallow
these different things.
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But it can become very,
very thick, and we need to drink
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plenty of water to keep
it from getting so thick.
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Another thing that we
can do if a person has asthma
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is teach them how to
play a wind instrument.
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Blowing causes some back
pressure and it causes the
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bronchial tree to sort
of expand a little bit,
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and so somebody who is
learning to play the trumpet
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or the tuba, or
some type of instrument,
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get them a set of bagpipes,
that will really open it up,
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it will open up
that bronchial tree.
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Let's say somebody's getting
ready to have an asthma attack
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put their lips to their
hand, and have a very small hole
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in your fist and blow
very hard, that gives some
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back pressure and can
expand it, or have them
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blow up a balloon,
or blow through a straw.
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A person who has
asthma needs to learn how to
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breathe deeply, and
should practice drawing air
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through the nose, and
blowing it out through
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pursed lips, and see how
long they can blow it out
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and they need to make
sure that they are completely
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exhaling all the
air they have in there.
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This is going to give you
some good lung health anyway.
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It will help to keep
those muscles that surround
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the bronchi strong and supple
and keep them expanding out.
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There's other things we can
do, garlic is probably bar-none
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the best herb that you
can take for an asthma person
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and especially an asthma attack.
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So when going into an asthma
attack, have somebody make them
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a cup of garlic tea.
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Just take some hot water, chop
up a couple of garlic in there,
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put in the water stir it
up, and have them drink it.
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Now often, and that's all
you have is water and garlic
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often that will cause the
gag response and sometimes
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to the point of throwing up.
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Now if you have ever
regurgitated, ever thrown up
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you know what happens
when you do, once it's all out
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you are going to find
that you have a runny nose,
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and watery eyes.
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This is a reaction
the body goes through,
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which is a perfect reaction
for somebody who is having
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an asthma attack.
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Throwing up loosens up
the secretions of the lungs
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and of the body, and allows
things to flow more freely.
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The nice thing about garlic,
and you'll find this out just
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take a piece of garlic,
and when after you've eaten it,
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when do you first know,
or somebody else first know
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that you've eaten it, it's
expressed through the mouth.
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So as you take the garlic,
it expresses itself through
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the lungs which is
what you are smelling
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when a person breathes out
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and so it's very
good for the lungs.
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Another very good herb
is mullein, M-U-L-L-E-I-N.
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The person should be drinking
Mullein tea if they are having
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an asthma attack, another
thing and excellent treatment
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for someone having an asthma
attack, we give you two simple
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treatments: 1. You apply
hot to the back of the neck,
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and hot to the
chest, at the same time,
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but the very best one, and
I heard a doctor talking about
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this one time, and
her son was an asthmatic,
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and he was having a severe
asthma attack, to the point
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she could no longer pick up
lung sounds in his breathing,
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he was getting
some air in there,
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but he was in serious condition.
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She laid him down on the
bed with his head hanging over,
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put a basin on the floor under
his head, and the got a gallon
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of cold water, held it
about two feet above his head,
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and slowly poured it so
it hit the nape of his neck,
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because his head was
hanging down, it ran over
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the back of the head,
down over the forehead,
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and into the basin on the floor.
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Pouring it slowly so it took
between sixty and ninety seconds
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for this water to be completely
poured out of this gallon jug,
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and it reversed
the asthmatic attack.
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So simple things that you can do
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if you are
having an asthma attack.
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It is a serious problem,
some people even die of an
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asthma attack, and so know
what to do, get the garlic out,
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do the cold water,
do the fomentations,
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open up that bronchial
tree, blow in your hand,
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and send a prayer upstairs,
and Dr. Thrash I've seen
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this happen, and I've
seen it work for people.
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Yes, we're very confident
that these things can help.
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One of the things that
has increased the death rate
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from asthma, the standard
people feel that the main thing
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has been the increase in
the great variety of drugs
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used for asthma.
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Not necessarily that
asthma is getting so much worse,
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intrinsically, but it's
being treated in ways that
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put such a stress on the
body that, that can be the thing
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that increases the death rate.
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There are ways that you can
test yourself for allergies,
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one of the best ways is
elimination and challenge diet.
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There is another one
called the pulse test,
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I don't know if it works
or not, it seems to work but,
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it may not work for you.
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Here is the way that it's
done, you will see immediately
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why it's not so popular.
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A person sits for ten
minutes and is at rest before
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they begin their "meal,"
and the meal is going to be
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of just one item, so
after the ten minutes are up,
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then with a stop watch
preferably, but if not,
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for one full minute using
a watch with a second hand,
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test what the pulse
rate is and write it down.
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Then the single food is
eaten, the whole meal is made
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of that single
food, nothing else.
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Then at fifteen minutes after
beginning eating that food,
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take the pulse again,
using preferably a stop watch,
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then at thirty
minutes, then at sixty minutes.
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Then the person's pulse
rates, all three of these,
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are checked to see if there is
an elevation in the pulse rate.
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If there is an elevation
of more than ten points,
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then that food is one that
probably is causing you to have
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an allergy to it.
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Now there are so many
things that can interfere,
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if you get excited during
the meal, if somebody comes
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to visit during the
meal, if you have to get up and
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get something for
someone else during the meal,
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then that's going to make
you so that you're not in the
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resting state.
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Most people will not be
very happy to learn that they
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can only have one food
at a meal, and if they check
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themselves in this way, they
only want to do one of these
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per week, well that stretches
it out quite a long time.
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The elimination and challenge
diet is the one that I use
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almost all of the time,
and it's very simple to use,
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maybe not any more
acceptable to the patient.
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Well I guess it is a
good bit more acceptable
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than the pulse test,
eating only a single food.
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But what happens is that a
list of foods that are known
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to be allergenic types of foods.
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They of course
begin with dairy products,
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since that's the food
that causes more allergies
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and disabilities, than
any other food that we eat.
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It causes 60% of
them, hands down.
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Then the second one is coffee,
tea, colas, and chocolate.
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Then the third is
citrus foods and juices,
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and so forth, you can get a
list of them from any allergist
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who is practicing today, or
you can get one from a library
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or from the internet.
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You can also get it from
our web site, which you can
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obtain by simply
logging on to 3abn. org and then
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you find Uchee Pines and
click on that ucheepines. org
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and we will be happy
to provide that for you.
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Then once the symptoms of
the allergy have gone away
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then the person starts
adding back a food, one every
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five to seven days, until
you run across a food that makes
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your symptoms come back.
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Once the symptom comes
back, then you start making
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a list and wait until
the symptom..., you eliminate
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whatever food it
was that caused it,
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then wait until your
symptoms have gone, add another
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food back, and you keep
on doing this until you have
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discovered all those foods that
cause you to have a problem.
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We find this to be the
most reliable and essentially
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the most simple way of
finding those foods to which
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one is allergic.
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Now always somebody asks
well I want to find those foods
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that I'm allergic to, that
I can take a shot, so that I
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won't have it any more.
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If you know a shot like that,
that's good, but most people
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are not able to
find such a shot.
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Avoidance is still the
very most important remedy
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for allergies, so until
you know some better method
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then the safest..., we
don't know about the safety
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of these shots, the
safest method, and also that one
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that is most likely to bring
you success is the elimination
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and challenge diet.
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Now Dr. Miller is going to talk
about the subject of hay fever
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which is another very
common cause of allergies.
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It is a common
cause of allergies,
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I would say at the onset,
it's not so much to do with hay,
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and it's not so
much to do with fever.
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It can have to do with hay,
because hay produces pollen,
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produces dust, but fever is
not usually one of the symptoms.
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You've got a reddening of
the eyes, you've got running
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of the nose, you've
got itching and scratching,
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and sneezing and dripping,
and it's just not a very good
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experience, and
some people really suffer
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with this particular problem,
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it's really an
allergic rhinitis,
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it's something happening in the
nose, and it's normally caused
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by pollens or molds
that are in the air.
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I've know people who
have walked into basements
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that were completely
moldy and gotten an attack
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just from taking one
breath in the basement,
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we got to be
careful where we're at.
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It's often
seasonal, and what seasons?
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It's usually going to be
in the spring and in the fall
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when the pollens are
most likely to be in the air.
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Living down in
Alabama where we are,
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in the spring time,
our cars will be yellow
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puddles will be yellow
with the pollen coming from the
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pine trees, and people who
are allergic to that particular
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pollen, have a miserable
time for that two or three week
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period of time,
and then it's gone.
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Now the person seems to
have this problem all the time
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then it could be another
cause, it could be related to
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some food that they are eating,
it could be related to something
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that they have in their home,
like an animal, or other things
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like this.
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So what they need to do
is to try to fare it out,
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if you have hay
fever, what we call hay fever
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all the time, find out what
it is, it could be the feathers
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in your pillow, it could
be the dust on your floor,
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find out what these
things are and eliminate them.
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I've already talked
about the allergy threshold,
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find out what yours is.
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Now the thing about the allergy
threshold, is our immune systems
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are able to endure so much,
and the stronger we make our
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immune system, the
less we're going to have the
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allergic reactions to
foods and other things
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in our environment, because
you are not going to be able
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to avoid dust, you are not
going to be able to avoid pollen
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unless you live in a bubble,
and I don't recommend that
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as a good place to live.
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You are out in the world,
learn how to get your body well,
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but there are some
simple things that you can do
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for this thing.
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Now ragweed is 75%
responsible for hay fevers,
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so during ragweed season
maybe it is best to try to stay
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upwind of the ragweed, although
it's going to be all over
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the place, in many
places that you are.
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Emotions can also precipitate
a hay fever reaction,
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and so try to keep
your emotions under control.
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You know we worry about
things and we fret about things,
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and we get angry about
things, we need to learn
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to just sit there and just
rest in the Lord, and say Lord,
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I can't handle this problem
it's much to big with me,
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He says come unto me, all
ye that labored and heavy laden
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and I will give you rest
from your worries, your cares,
00:20:16.94\00:20:19.13
your troubles, your angers,
He says I will take all of these
00:20:19.16\00:20:21.72
on Myself, you just take my
yoke, and I think these are good
00:20:21.75\00:20:24.88
suggestions that you can do.
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You need to be on a
good diet, and that's without
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saying if you are
on a good healthy diet,
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we strengthen our immune
system, we strengthen our bodies
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to be able to ward off
some of these viscous attacks
00:20:35.06\00:20:39.53
by our environments today.
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Grape seed extract, a
very good remedy that you take
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it's a thing that you can
buy in a health food store
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it has a lot of bioflavonoids
and anti-allergenic properties
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in there, and what they do
is strengthen the cell walls
00:20:55.00\00:20:59.32
of your basophiles and
your mast cells, now these
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are the ones when they
burst open, they release
00:21:02.34\00:21:04.64
allergic chemicals.
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If we could strengthen those
cells, we won't have so much
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of an allergic
reaction, so grape seed extract
00:21:09.22\00:21:11.61
is very, very good, for
someone who has these problems
00:21:11.64\00:21:14.47
and I recommend that if
you are getting ready to suffer
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with it, or are suffering
with it, give it a try,
00:21:16.52\00:21:19.07
it can't hurt to try it.
00:21:19.10\00:21:20.29
Garlic, extremely
good for congestion,
00:21:20.32\00:21:23.97
you can take garlic tea, you
can just chop it up and eat it,
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however you want to take it,
00:21:27.33\00:21:28.32
it will help with
allergic reactions.
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Drink plenty of water,
get plenty of exercise,
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and if you are having a
particularly bad attack,
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try a hot foot bath,
putting your feet in hot water
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will sit there
by just derivation,
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draw blood down from
the upper part of the body,
00:21:41.87\00:21:45.91
relieving congestion in
the face and your nose area
00:21:45.94\00:21:49.38
and in the chest, and you
can find some good results
00:21:49.41\00:21:52.30
just from something as
simple as a hot foot bath.
00:21:52.33\00:21:55.24
I like God's simple
remedies Dr. Thrash.
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Yes, there not only
simple, but there inexpensive.
00:21:57.26\00:21:59.84
One of the problems that we
associate with an allergy is
00:21:59.87\00:22:03.02
that of Eczema
00:22:03.05\00:22:04.02
It often comes on the
hands so that the entire hand,
00:22:04.03\00:22:07.32
the back of the hand
and the front of the hand,
00:22:07.35\00:22:09.36
or the palm of the
hand, may be involved in it
00:22:09.39\00:22:13.07
and it starts out with
tiny little cracks in the skin,
00:22:13.10\00:22:17.00
that follow the skin
lines as well on the palm,
00:22:17.03\00:22:22.09
as on the backside, and
these little cracks can be
00:22:22.12\00:22:25.81
widened by
scratching, and they are itchy.
00:22:25.84\00:22:28.20
So the person scratches,
that widens the little cracks,
00:22:28.23\00:22:32.42
and then you get a red
rash too, and the little cracks
00:22:32.45\00:22:36.66
may actually become
oblivious to the little cracks
00:22:36.69\00:22:42.13
because they have
been buried in the rash
00:22:42.16\00:22:46.81
that comes following it.
00:22:46.85\00:22:48.26
So you don't really
realize that what you have done
00:22:48.30\00:22:50.90
has caused the rash.
00:22:50.93\00:22:52.86
So here is what you must
do, if the Eczema on the hands
00:22:52.89\00:22:58.10
is caused by something
you are contacting every day
00:22:58.13\00:23:03.25
such as dish water, or cleaning
agents, or just water with
00:23:03.28\00:23:09.18
the things with the purifying
agents in it that come from
00:23:09.21\00:23:13.43
the municipal water
supply where you get your water.
00:23:13.46\00:23:16.50
These things can cause
an Eczema in some people,
00:23:16.53\00:23:19.89
so if they keep the
hands covered with Vaseline
00:23:19.92\00:23:24.49
that will help to a large
degree to get rid of the Eczema.
00:23:24.52\00:23:30.21
This is one of the treatments
of choice when you have
00:23:30.24\00:23:33.56
the Eczema with these...,
sometimes they will weep
00:23:33.59\00:23:36.58
in these little cracks,
so take a lump of Vaseline,
00:23:36.62\00:23:41.30
just about the
size of a large bean,
00:23:41.33\00:23:44.51
put that in the hand,
and then wet the hand with
00:23:44.54\00:23:48.26
a little water, and
then rub it around like that,
00:23:48.29\00:23:51.46
and it takes a good bit
of effort to do that, because
00:23:51.49\00:23:54.14
friction develops,
once you try to emulsify
00:23:54.17\00:23:57.83
with the water, and
so your hands don't slide
00:23:57.86\00:24:03.24
as nicely as they
do with a hand lotion.
00:24:03.27\00:24:06.08
Once you have made an emulsion,
which will look sort of milky
00:24:06.11\00:24:09.82
on the hands, then you
smooth that over the hands
00:24:09.85\00:24:14.14
in the direction
of the skin lines,
00:24:14.17\00:24:16.61
not against the skin
lines, which would open up these
00:24:16.64\00:24:20.45
little cracks again,
so you need to be careful
00:24:20.48\00:24:23.18
about that point.
00:24:23.21\00:24:24.53
Then there are some
things that you can take
00:24:24.56\00:24:27.86
in the way of supplements,
Bee Pollen is one of those,
00:24:27.89\00:24:31.21
Ashwagandha is one of
the things that you can take
00:24:31.24\00:24:34.75
that can be very helpful,
Quercitin which is common
00:24:34.78\00:24:38.62
in onions, very good
constituent in onions
00:24:38.65\00:24:41.67
that can also be very helpful.
00:24:41.70\00:24:44.14
Of course Stinging Nettle,
one of the herbs we always use
00:24:44.17\00:24:50.08
for any kind of
allergy, for hay fever,
00:24:50.11\00:24:52.80
for any allergy, for an
addiction, such as an addiction
00:24:52.83\00:24:58.90
to foods or whatever.
00:24:58.93\00:25:00.39
We always use Stinging Nettle,
that's probably when you hear
00:25:00.42\00:25:05.88
allergy, immediately you
should think Stinging Nettle.
00:25:05.91\00:25:09.14
Then Cat's Claw and coleus,
a number of herbs that can be
00:25:09.17\00:25:13.85
used for Eczema.
00:25:13.88\00:25:16.52
Painful menstruation is thought
to be due to a food sensitivity
00:25:16.55\00:25:23.26
so you should give it a
try, and see if you find that,
00:25:23.29\00:25:27.20
that is a factor in that
person's painful menstruation.
00:25:27.23\00:25:33.39
Dr. Miller do you have any other
thing you would like to share
00:25:33.42\00:25:37.48
on the whole topic of allergies?
00:25:37.51\00:25:39.50
Well, we were talking about
thing that I really have never
00:25:39.53\00:25:41.74
had problem with, one
of which is poison ivy,
00:25:41.77\00:25:44.51
poison oak, or poison
sumac, I'm not allergic
00:25:44.54\00:25:47.66
to these things, so if
you have it, call me over
00:25:47.69\00:25:49.95
I'll pull it off the trees,
I'll pull it out of your gardens
00:25:49.98\00:25:52.45
because it just doesn't
affect me, but for some people
00:25:52.48\00:25:54.85
like my mother, if she is
down wind from where they,
00:25:54.88\00:25:57.90
are burning it,
she'll get poison ivy.
00:25:57.93\00:26:00.03
It's got this volatile
oil that gets on to the skin,
00:26:00.06\00:26:04.04
and it can cause an
extreme allergic reaction
00:26:04.07\00:26:07.11
to a human body.
00:26:07.14\00:26:08.26
Animals don't get it,
but this is another problem
00:26:08.29\00:26:11.50
your dog or your cat is out
there playing, and it comes home
00:26:11.53\00:26:14.39
and you pet the dog or
cat, the oil is on the dog or
00:26:14.42\00:26:17.35
the cat skin, you get it on
your skin, and now you have it,
00:26:17.38\00:26:20.99
that's a major problem.
00:26:21.02\00:26:22.17
Now for everything noxious
out there, I believe that
00:26:22.20\00:26:25.01
God has a solution, right
in the area, if you find where
00:26:25.04\00:26:29.13
poison ivy is growing and
you know that you have come in
00:26:29.16\00:26:31.59
contact with it, there
is usually in the area some
00:26:31.62\00:26:34.36
Jewel Weed or some Virginia
Creeper, you just take this,
00:26:34.39\00:26:38.64
and take some of the
leaves and crush them
00:26:38.67\00:26:40.14
up in your hands, and
rub some of the moisture from
00:26:40.17\00:26:43.98
these leaves over the area
where you have come in contact.
00:26:44.01\00:26:47.38
Now you want to if you have
been in contact with poison ivy
00:26:47.41\00:26:50.49
and you are allergic to
it, wash yourself right away.
00:26:50.52\00:26:53.90
You can use some basically
yellow detergent is very good,
00:26:53.93\00:26:58.40
some good detergent and you
flush your skin, wash it well
00:26:58.43\00:27:02.58
flush it well, it
is very nice for that.
00:27:02.61\00:27:05.25
Sometimes we get the itching,
you don't want to scratch it,
00:27:05.28\00:27:08.35
you can use oatmeal
baths, put oatmeal in a sock
00:27:08.38\00:27:11.53
and put it in water and
sort of dab that on there.
00:27:11.56\00:27:13.40
Saline on cloths wrapped
around there is very good,
00:27:13.43\00:27:16.90
Aloe Vera is
astringent that is very good,
00:27:16.93\00:27:19.56
you can make some
golden seal paste is very good.
00:27:19.59\00:27:22.30
A few simple things you
can do, but I guess the best
00:27:22.33\00:27:25.37
thing you do Dr.
Thrash is don't get it,
00:27:25.40\00:27:27.76
and if you have it near
your home, get rid of it
00:27:27.79\00:27:29.46
and you won't have the problem.
00:27:29.49\00:27:30.83
Avoidance is again one of
the best ways to deal with
00:27:30.86\00:27:35.40
an allergy, another thing is
to make certain that your home
00:27:35.43\00:27:40.34
is free from all of these
kinds of allergenic substances
00:27:40.37\00:27:44.61
as well as you can make it.
00:27:44.64\00:27:46.37
Our divine designer has
also designed nature so that
00:27:46.40\00:27:51.67
it can be our helpers in these
things, and I hope you will
00:27:51.70\00:27:54.79
learn to love our Heavenly
Father more because of the
00:27:54.82\00:27:57.87
study on allergies.
00:27:57.90\00:27:59.34