Participants: Agatha Thrash (Host), Don Miller, Rhonda Clark
Series Code: HYTH
Program Code: HYTH000243
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00:01 Hello! World over I suppose other countries know more
00:05 in the way of home remedies than we do in this country 00:09 but as I have traveled around the world I have learned many 00:14 home remedies. 00:15 We will be talking about some of these home remedies in 00:17 our program today, and so we hope you will join us. 00:40 Welcome to Help Yourself To Health 00:42 with Dr. Agatha Thrash of Uchee Pines Institute 00:46 and now here is your host Dr. Thrash. 00:52 Everywhere I go I ask people for various remedies for 00:56 diseases, and often somebody tells me a remedy that 01:00 I've never heard of before, and so some of these remedies 01:04 I'm going to talking with you about today and my assistants 01:08 will help me to present other remedies some of which 01:12 I have heard of and some of which I have not. 01:14 So today I have some things that most everybody has heard of 01:20 and knows all about and one is something that you should 01:24 have somewhere about your equipment. 01:28 If you do much in the way of hiking in mountainous areas 01:32 this is a splint for a leg and so you may want to have 01:36 that in your equipment. 01:38 Now if you have someone in your home who becomes an invalid 01:42 then you may want a device such as this is, this little 01:46 device can help you if you are in bed for a long time, 01:52 you simply extend the end of it as you can see here 01:55 and then you can pick up a lot of things it has a good bit of 01:58 force as you can see it's putting a good bit of pressure 02:01 on my finger. 02:02 So you can pick up things and draw those thing back to you 02:06 so that when you are lying in bed you don't have to call 02:09 somebody every time you want something. 02:11 I don't think it would pick up a glass with water in it but 02:15 it will pick up a lot of things and that can help you a lot. 02:19 I have found that something called White Oak Bark 02:24 can be most helpful for people who have a problem with a lot of 02:31 tonsillitis and pharyngitis, and laryngitis, to make the tissues 02:41 less swollen and to make it so they can talk better so 02:44 White Oak Bark, very good for that. 02:48 And then Red Clover is also good, many companies produce 02:55 this, but the Red Clover is very good for women who have 02:59 menopausal symptoms, it's good for people who have 03:04 menstrual upsets, like prolonged menstrual bleeding, 03:08 it's also very good for painful menstruation, and I like that 03:12 very much. 03:13 Then I have here a substance called Nutribiotic and 03:19 Nutribiotic is a very thick liquid and you can see here 03:24 that it is quite a thick liquid, it is made from grapefruit seed 03:31 and about eight drops of this in a quart of water will 03:36 give you a very bitter water but it's quite good for a cold 03:42 or a sore throat and if you are in a position where you 03:45 really don't want to come down, you really don't have time 03:48 to indulge yourself with a few days in bed nursing 03:53 such an affliction, then you may want to get something 03:57 of that nature. 03:58 Here is Chaparral another good anti-viral material 04:04 and I like this very much, I think that the anti-viral 04:08 properties of it have been under valued and can be 04:13 very helpful to people, it's an herb that grows out west 04:17 and you can get it in tincture or you can make a tea from it, 04:22 it has also been used in anti- cancer substance. 04:27 I have in my home kit something like this, it's an otoscope 04:35 and an ophthalmoscope and you are very familiar with those 04:39 you will not need an ophthalmoscope for sure, 04:41 but you might need an otoscope especially if you have elderly 04:45 people or children in your home, to look in the ear 04:49 to see if the ear drum or the ear canal may have something 04:53 in it or might be inflamed, and in old people to see if 04:57 they have an ear canal filled with wax. 04:59 So the wax that an old person has can be very deafening 05:06 for them so that they can get so that they cannot hear 05:09 anything. 05:10 I like these under patient bed pads, they are very good for 05:14 a wide variety of things, and one thing that I use it for 05:17 is to make a charcoal compress. 05:19 If I need to make a charcoal compress to go over the entire 05:23 back as for a person who has a kidney failure, 05:28 then I'll make the charcoal substance and I'll open it up 05:34 and you'll see this little filmy part here that the chucks has 05:41 and you'll just open it up, and then you can put the charcoal 05:45 powder on the part that has the cotton on it, and then put 05:52 the filmy part back down and the charcoal is all in here, 05:58 you can put that on the back of a person who has kidney 06:03 failure and the next morning when you take this material off 06:09 you will find that it smells like urine, and indeed the 06:15 charcoal will adsorb into itself the toxins that the person 06:22 who has the kidney failure will be giving off, 06:26 so chucks are very good to have on hand as well. 06:29 Now I have a back brace that can be used when a person 06:36 does not have a back ache, or it can be used after the person 06:39 already has a back ache and I have asked Arianna Hartsfield 06:43 if she will come with me and help me to show you this 06:48 very nice little device. 06:51 Arianna is one of our students in our elementary school 06:55 and she will help me with this, so it is simply used in this way 07:01 it is placed on the person's mid back so that it rests 07:07 a little bit above and a little bit below, and then it simply 07:13 goes around the person, it fits on like that and fits 07:18 together with the Velcro, then they wear it all day 07:22 when they're doing their work and it can be most helpful 07:27 for them, it makes it so that when they bend, they bend 07:30 in a very helpful way. 07:33 Now Arianna if you will just stay here with me I've asked 07:38 Miss Rhonda Clark if she would tell us something about 07:43 how to handle pigmented scars and other problems that can be 07:49 very threatening to the cosmetic health of a person. 07:56 What can you tell us about scars? 07:58 - When someone has a fresh wound or a fresh incision, 08:01 once the sutures have been removed and the wound is sealed 08:05 you should begin regularly massaging that area using some 08:08 type of a lubricant on the skin, you could use something 08:11 as simple for example as olive oil. 08:13 Olive oil is a wonderful lubricant and you might if you 08:16 wish even add a few drops of Aloe Vera gel to that to add 08:21 a nice healing component to the olive oil, something just to 08:25 smooth and lubricate the skin on that area, that will help 08:30 prevent a scar from really building up heavily help 08:34 prevents as much of the keloid type tissue from developing 08:37 and it's important that the person should avoid the sunlight 08:40 with the fresh scar since that can be a contributing factor 08:43 to the darkening of scars. 08:45 - I have found that for people who tend to develop keloids 08:49 that if they take a very simple diet, low in fats, low in sugar, 08:55 low in heavy proteins, a totally plant based diet for about 09:01 two or three months after heavy injuries of some kind, 09:07 serious injuries that one could expect would result in keloid 09:11 formation which is the humped up scar that can be so disabling 09:16 and unsightly that that can be of help too, but I'm glad 09:20 to learn about this other for a keloid. 09:23 - Yes! If a scar is heavily pigmented and it's a fresh scar, 09:26 a new scar, one of the things that is recommended is 09:29 something called Rose Hip Oil, it's high in retinoids and you 09:33 may think of Retinol or Retin A some medications that are used 09:37 in acne. 09:40 It can have the process of lightening that scar and helping 09:44 it to continue it's final healing stages without 09:48 darkening, if you have a scar that is pigmented and it's 09:51 one that you have had for awhile there are some things 09:53 that you can try, they are not always effective but they are 09:56 certainly worth giving a try. 09:57 One that I have brought to demonstrate on Miss Hartsfield 10:00 is a simple slice of cucumber, I have just placed it here 10:05 in a little aluminum foil, but a slice of cucumber has quite 10:09 a moistness to it, and it is this cucumber juice that is 10:13 the lightening agent in dark scars. 10:17 On Arianna's hand here she a very small but slightly 10:22 pigmented scar and the cucumber juice can be very easily 10:26 applied, just a thin application is all that is 10:28 needed, it's just rubbed lightly over the area and this 10:32 would be left on overnight and then just simply rinsed away. 10:35 You can see here on the side of her hand she has another one, 10:38 this is good for people who have acne scars that have been 10:42 pigmented, or any type of scar that has a heavier 10:45 pigmentation to it. - So it just dries and she 10:48 wears it over night? - Yes! 10:49 - And then the next day she could apply more if she wished. 10:52 - Yes! And it's surprising how much juice is in even a 10:55 thin slice of cucumber, one or two slices should be all 10:58 that is needed even to use on the entire face if their acne 11:01 is gone. - Does it depigment normal skin? 11:04 - It shouldn't, it should really focus on the scar area. 11:09 Some others that we know of are lemon juice and lime juice 11:13 those both have a bleaching property and that can be used in 11:17 conjunction with the cucumber juice, you can even blend 11:20 a little cucumber and lime together in a blender soak 11:23 cotton balls in that and then use those cotton balls to apply 11:27 to a larger area that has darkly pigmented skin. 11:29 So those are a few tips for treating scars. 11:33 - Thank you so much! - You are very welcome! 11:35 - I appreciate very much showing us this. 11:37 Thank you Arianna! - And I had brought something 11:40 else to talk about today, which is another thing that I 11:43 just happen to cross. 11:44 One of my responsibilities in my work at Uchee Pines is to 11:48 council people who call on the telephone with medical questions 11:50 and we recently had a call asking about natural treatments 11:54 for glaucoma. 11:55 I had not researched this in the past and found a few things 11:58 that I thought were interesting that may be of interest to you. 12:01 For glaucoma it's of course important to avoid anything that 12:05 increases the pressure inside the eye, this is what eventually 12:08 damages the sight, and so things to avoid include caffeine, 12:13 tobacco smoke, and even if you don't smoke, if you were 12:18 around second hand smoke very much at all, this can contribute 12:21 to an increased intraocular pressure, so avoid even 12:24 second hand smoke. 12:26 Exercise is very beneficial, in fact one study said 12:29 that walking 40 minutes four times a week had an entire group 12:34 of people with glaucoma come completely off of their 12:37 medications, their prescription eye drops, so I thought that was 12:40 rather interesting. 12:41 - We know that some of the same things that treat glaucoma 12:44 which is increased pressure in the eye will also treat 12:48 high blood pressure and walking is a very treatment for 12:52 high blood pressure. - High blood pressure indeed! 12:54 - Some other things that were helpful were to avoid any kind 12:57 of an allergen, if you are allergic to pet dander, molds, 13:01 pollens, any of those things, limit them in your environment 13:04 as much as possible, avoid activities that are straining 13:07 or that are heads down, so no hand stands or head stands 13:12 for you, and when you protect your eyes with sun glasses it's 13:16 important to get a level that is appropriate. 13:19 On the sunglasses it should say they block up to 400NM of the 13:27 UV rays, that's the appropriate prescription of sunglasses 13:30 to have to protect your eyes in the event of glaucoma. 13:33 Controlling hypertension, blood sugar are very important 13:37 and increasing the intake of vegetables and fruits that are 13:41 high in vitamin C, vitamin A, and also the whole grains 13:45 which have some of the trace minerals of zinc, chromium, 13:48 these things are all beneficial for someone with glaucoma. 13:51 - Very good! These are lifestyle changes that are within the 13:54 reach of everyone. - Yes! 13:56 - Thank you so much! - You are welcome! 13:57 I am glad to be here to share. 13:58 - Now notice that lifestyle changes are within the reach 14:03 of everyone, simple things like a cucumber, and walking, 14:09 and a change in diet. 14:11 Now I have asked Dr. Donald Miller to tell us a little bit 14:16 about the prostate. 14:17 Welcome to the program Dr. Miller! 14:19 - Thank you! - I see that you have a device 14:21 here that you will tell us about concerning the prostate. 14:24 - Yes! Well let's talk about the prostate as an organ first 14:27 and we are going to show you the prostate on a screen 14:30 and talk to you about how it operates and things that 14:33 keep it from operating properly. 14:35 They say that almost everybody over the age of 80, 14:38 every man of course over the age of 80 will have prostate 14:42 problems but I don't think this is something that has to happen 14:46 it's our lifestyle that is our main thing. 14:48 You can see on the screen the large blue bulb on the top 14:52 is the bladder, it goes down it passes though the middle 14:56 of the prostate, the prostate is about the size of a walnut 14:59 and this urethra goes right down the middle of it 15:03 and if anything happens to the prostate, in a swelling action. 15:06 Of course anything that's got a lumen it's got a hole 15:09 in the middle will swell out and it will swell in, 15:12 this is the proper way that it is supposed to look 15:15 and it's just supposed to be that nice prostate there, 15:18 the urine passes through this in and out of the body. 15:22 Then next slide is going to tell you some of the problems 15:26 that we can have, and some of these things as that prostate 15:29 gets in a problem, it starts to grow a little bit large, 15:32 you are going to have some resistance in that urethra 15:35 you are going to squeeze down on that urethra and you are 15:39 going to have decreased force in the stream of urine. 15:41 Now these things can be basically diagnostic if you find 15:46 that man I try to go to the bathroom and I don't get much 15:50 out and sometimes I got this great desire but it's 15:54 intermittent, sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't, 15:57 and like there is something wrong inside. 16:00 The next slide is going to tell us a little bit more about these 16:02 problems and one you've got this: 16:08 basically the bladder is sort of squeezed to get the urine out 16:14 but if it's not working properly you got this frequency, 16:17 that means that you got to go to the bathroom quite often 16:20 because you've got this urgency which is the next thing there, 16:23 I've got to go, I've got to go, and then you've got this 16:25 nocturia which means that at night time you've got to get up 16:28 frequently, trouble is you get up and you go because it's still 16:32 frequent and you've got this urgency but you don't have 16:35 much coming out, you are not storing much, 16:39 so these are some problems with the prostate. 16:43 - Yes, and I can see that it's the growth of the prostate 16:46 that squeezes on the urethra, then the bladder overgrows 16:50 that detrusor muscle over grows and that makes it so that the 16:54 bladder can't hold quite as much as it did and the bladder 16:57 becomes more sensitive. 16:59 - It's a vicious cycle! - It is a vicious cycle. 17:01 - Now when we talk about prostate problems I first have 17:04 to point out that there are certain lifestyle factors 17:06 that's going to lead to the problem, rather than talking 17:09 about lots of remedies, to remedy the problem once we 17:13 have it, let's talk about just a few very minor things... 17:17 A few things that I can mention to you: 17:19 1. Those who eat a lot of lycopene, red fruits and 17:22 vegetables, 10 servings a week will reduce you likely hood of 17:27 prostate cancer by 45%. - Wow! That's significant. 17:30 - That is very significant. - Makes me like tomatoes and 17:33 watermelon even more. 17:34 - And the neat thing... You know people go on to these 17:36 all raw diet type of things, the thing about the tomato 17:40 is cooked is even more effective. 17:42 - I heard that, that it concentrates the lycopene, 17:46 and it does not destroy it nor damage it in any way. 17:49 - The last thing I was thinking about was phytochemicals, 17:51 they are not damaged by heat, God has made just what we need 17:55 to take care of ourselves and so ten servings 17:58 of red vegetables and fruits a week is not a real hardship 18:03 case, how about strawberries and the watermelon in the 18:06 summer time. 18:07 - I could go for that diet very easily. 18:08 - I like that diet very much too. 18:09 Another thing that promotes the prostate cancer, 18:14 those who frequently drink dairy milk over those who 18:18 infrequently drink dairy milk have a 50% greater risk 18:21 of prostate cancer. 18:23 So those who have been telling you drink your milk every day, 18:26 that's not the very best thing for your prostate, 18:29 and if you are a man, or even for a woman, 18:31 because it's leading to all kinds of problems with women, 18:33 with breast cancer, and osteoporosis. 18:36 - You mean milk might cause osteoporosis? 18:39 - Absolutely it does! - Yes, apparently every country 18:42 of the world where there is a high milk intake there's a 18:44 big incidence of osteoporosis in women, so it's apparently 18:49 part of the problem and not part of the solution. 18:50 - Absolutely! Another thing that is rather interesting if your 18:54 resting pulse rate is over 80 you have a greater risk 18:58 of prostate cancer, and so what does that mean? 19:01 You are not getting enough exercise, and exercise in itself 19:05 is protective and it's curative. 19:08 - Yes it strengthens the muscles of the pelvis for a man 19:13 and that massages the prostate and makes it more healthy. 19:18 - Messages the prostate, which is one of the things that we 19:20 can do perhaps sometimes to help the prostate once you've 19:24 already developed a problem, it's sort of a 19:25 digital massaging. 19:27 But there are other things that we can do, we recommend 19:29 sometimes, hot sits baths, now this is not just for 19:33 prostate cancer or an enlarged prostate, it's good also for 19:39 hemorrhoids or fissures, and that's just sitting in a bucket 19:44 of hot water, very soothing and very healing. 19:47 But there is a little device that came out a few years ago 19:50 basically for hemorrhoids and anal fissures which we've also 19:54 have heard it is good to be used for prostate cancer 19:58 and it's this little device that's called a thermotherapy 20:03 device, and what it does is that it's got a little wand 20:08 if I can call it a wand, a magic wand, that inserts 20:12 into the anus, into the rectum and when it's in there you 20:18 turn on the temperature dial, it goes between about 37- 45° 20:22 we usually start it about 38- 39°, and for about 20:27 20- 30 minutes twice a day. 20:30 The way we do this is we take the wand, it comes with these 20:35 special little cots that you slip over the end of the wand 20:39 and then you can lubricate it with some KY type jelly, 20:43 probably even Vaseline would work, you lubricate this, 20:46 get in a comfortable position, and insert this into the rectum 20:50 and just leave it sit there. 20:51 It's got a place where it won't go any further than this 20:54 it's going to get up against that anal sphincter an hold it 20:56 in place and turn it on, this gives you some good localized 21:00 heat, - Sounds very helpful! 21:02 - Well you are not sitting in this big tub of water, 21:04 it's much more convenient I'm sure and it gives you local heat 21:08 and basically this is just about far enough to be affecting 21:12 the prostate, because when you do a digital examination 21:15 you can examine it well with the pad of your index finger. 21:19 So this is going to be right in that area, to give you some 21:22 localized heat which is going to do a few things, 21:24 it's going to bring more white blood cells to the area, 21:27 which is very healative to the body, it's also going to cause.. 21:32 The heat itself can kill cancer cells and so it's something 21:37 that is worth a try. 21:38 If I were having prostate problems, and I don't anticipate 21:41 this because I have tried religiously for the last 21:45 20 years to live a lifestyle that will keep me healthy. 21:47 - I know that you get plenty of exercise. 21:49 - Plenty of exercise! - And your diet is not high in 21:53 fat nor high in sugar, nor full of animal products. 21:57 - I have not knowingly put an animal product into my body 22:03 for over 20 years. 22:04 - That's good! That should be very protective. 22:08 - For being around 60 years of age I think I am doing alright, 22:11 so these things are very nice. 22:13 Another thing for the hemorrhoids which is a 22:15 real problem, you can take things like... 22:18 I'll just use this as an example of a rubber glove, 22:20 you take a rubber glove and you fill the fingers 22:23 with water or Aloe Vera gel and put them 22:27 in the freezer and freeze them and then when you are having 22:30 a problem, slip the little ice finger out, whether it's water 22:35 or Aloe Vera gel, insert this into the rectum and hold it 22:38 there, very soothing for... - Hemorrhoids, and proctitis, 22:44 or inflammation of the area. - Right! 22:47 So simple things that it doesn't require a lot of something like 22:53 a TUR or trans urethral resection, 22:55 I would rather go for... 22:56 - Try to avoid those if possible. 22:58 - I've seen a few men who have had a TUR which basically means 23:01 reaming out that prostate to allow the urine to flow through 23:06 a little bit easier, and they walk really dainty for 23:09 quite awhile. 23:10 - Of course I'm sure that for the man who has obstruction 23:13 he is very happy that that is available. 23:15 - It's not only happy but it is a vital thing. 23:17 - Hopefully our instruction to the man can help them to avoid 23:22 that problem. 23:24 - Exercise, diet, so vitally important to a man. 23:28 - And proper weight, well that's the number five thing 23:31 eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds, 23:34 avoid meat, milk, eggs, cheese, and overweight, 23:37 so that's it five and five. 23:38 - Five and five! - You've got your choice men! 23:40 - Yes! Very good! Thank you so much Dr. Miller 23:43 I appreciate that. - Yes! 23:44 - Now again we see very simple things, Aloe Vera being very 23:50 helpful, and heat being very helpful, and the life style 23:54 of course, and we want to emphasize that. 23:56 Now I've asked Cal Thrash to join me to tell a few things 24:02 about some additional matters that we can do, some things 24:06 that we can do for sore throat and infections and also 24:14 some things about the blood pressure, 24:15 Cal welcome to the program. - Thank you! 24:18 - Now you have I see here there is garlic on your table 24:23 so what are you going to tell us about garlic? 24:25 - Well garlic is a useful remedy for various things, 24:28 I use it mainly just to help with getting over colds 24:33 and that type of thing, but it's extremely good for reducing 24:37 the blood sugar, blood cholesterol and also it's good 24:42 to reduce hypertension, in fact it's good for thinning 24:46 the blood it's so good that the people who take Coumadin 24:50 and those types of Warfarin drugs have been warned, 24:53 don't take garlic along with it, because if you do 24:57 you will thin your blood to much, so this is one thing 25:00 that we can recommend to people as being something that's a 25:02 good blood thinner if you don't have to be on a 25:05 prescription. - Yes! 25:06 Well I see you have an aged garlic compound there also. 25:10 - That's correct, this of course is Kyolic but there are many 25:14 brands, basically it is a deodorized garlic 25:19 type of product. 25:21 - So people who have to meet the public might be able to 25:23 so with less offense if they take this. 25:27 - Yes! In fact I take it every day, I don't think you can 25:29 smell it on my breath now. - No, you can't smell it on you 25:31 but they tell me that when I take any kind of garlic compound 25:35 people can smell it on me, I think there are some people 25:38 who don't metabolize garlic as well as others and can be 25:43 smelled on the breath, so you have to know who you are 25:47 and know what to do about garlic. 25:50 - Some of the other things that garlic is good for is to... 25:54 actually it will kill intestinal parasites under some conditions 25:59 and you have to take quite a bit of it for that but it's 26:03 certainly a pleasant way if you like the taste of garlic 26:07 you can just use it on your food and also take some 26:10 additionally as well. 26:11 - And people who have intestinal worms may be very happy to 26:16 take all they can get. 26:17 - That's correct! 26:18 - Well thank you very much for telling us about these things 26:21 I'm charmed with this little rendition about garlic 26:26 I love to talk about garlic, I don't think there is anything 26:30 that we have in the kitchen having more good medicinal 26:36 value than garlic, and in addition to that, garlic can be 26:40 nicely used as a flavoring for food and many people 26:45 prefer to use garlic, if they had only one flavoring for food 26:50 they would probably select garlic, I am one of those 26:53 I really, appreciate garlic. 26:55 Now as you can see from our discussion of simple things 27:00 you can take such a simple affliction as a wound or a scar 27:07 on the hand and you have something that you can do 27:11 for that, some things that may be curative or at least can be 27:16 helpful, and even if they do no good at all, 27:19 they have not done any harm and they have cost very little. 27:23 All the way from a simple remedy like that to a much more 27:28 complex remedy like the device that Dr. Don Miller showed us, 27:33 with the administration of heat through a wand into the rectum. 27:38 So I advise that you become as familiar as you can 27:41 with a variety of home remedies so that you can be the physician 27:46 for your own family, and as you apply these remedies 27:51 to your family, thank our Heavenly Father 27:53 for His divine grace. |
Revised 2014-12-17