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I have read your postings on my Wellness Program - thank you for your comments. The Program works, but nothing should be left out. I saw for example the discussion about beetroots. Most people are anemic but have normal iron levels. Benzene destroys bone marrow. Bone marrow produces blood cells, red and white. Unhealthy bone marrow - unhealthy blood cells. Any health protocol should include beetroots as they heal the bone marrow. Last year I was diagnosed with lung cancer - the blood literally pouring out of my mouth - 6 weeks later it was gone, using our own cancer program based on the lemon mix with a few tweeks here and there and a mind change. I had nearly given up on life because of the frustration of not being able to do what we had been doing when we still were able to fund ourselves.

Even AIDS dementia can be reversed if you realize it is candida on the brain or a lack of vitamin B3 - either one - so you hit them both.

I will keep in touch and anybody wanting more info can go to my blog or contact me. Kind regards to everybody

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There are many astringent herbs that help stop diarrhea. Astringents contain tannins that tighten and contract human tissue. The result is fluid retention that can quickly halt diarrhea and reduce any bleeding. Agrimony, bayberry, comfrey, yellowroot, peppermint, slippery elm, white oak, white willow, black walnut, green tea, red raspberry leaf, and mullein are all astringent and excellent for treating diarrhea, dysentery, and even cholera. Cinnamon and dried berries (blackberry, blueberry, and strawberry) are also astringent and can help. A good tea recipe is one teaspoon of powered cinnamon to one cup of boiling water. Steep ten minutes before drinking.

The key when treating diarrhea, dysentery, and cholera is to drink plenty of uncontaminated water, to avoid consuming any additional harmful microorganisms, to avoid sugar and fruit juices that feed parasites, to reduce absorption of toxins into the body, to transport toxins out of the body, and finally to heal the bowels with mucilaginous herbs.

Mucilaginous herbs soothe and heal damaged parts of the digestive tract. They also carry toxins out of the body without feeding harmful bacteria. Mucilaginous herbs include psyllium, slippery elm, and marshmallow. They should be consumed with large amounts of water. Okra pods, also considered a mucilaginous herb, should be thoroughly cooked and chewed well when treating diarrhea.

A recipe for slippery elm balls calls for a dough to be made of slippery elm powder and a little honey. Roll into bite sized pieces and dust with more slippery elm powder. Store in a tightly closed container in the refrigerator and eat often as a snack.

Read more http://everygreenherb.com/diarrhea.html

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Herbal Remedies for Diarrhea Treatment

There are several natural herbs and herbal remedies which can be used to treat diarrhea. The herbs that are most effective usually contain one or more of three natural ingredients which are also found in most over the counter remedies.

1. Tannins are responsible for the astringent or bitter taste of many herbs. Astringents reduce intestinal inflammation. They bind with the protein layer of inflamed mucus membranes and thicken them. This slows the absorption of toxic materials and also slows the production of secretions.
2. Pectin is the primary active ingredient in the popular over the counter anti diarrhetic Kaopectate. Pectin is a soluble fiber that adds bulk to the stool and soothes intestinal distress.
3. Mucilage also soothes intestinal distress and adds bulk to the stool by absorbing water and swelling.

Natural Herbs for Diarrhea

Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus)

Because of the astragalus anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties it is considered a good natural remedy for diarrhea. It contains polysaccharides which provide support for the immune system and stimulate the activity of phagocytes (white blood cells). It also raises the level of natural antibodies found in the blood stream.

Goldenseal (Hydrasis Canadensis)

Goldenseal has an intestinal antibiotic action and helps to reduce adhesive E.coli while it stimulates the immune system. One of the active ingredients in goldenseal is berberine. Berberine has been proven to increase the activity of macrophages which digest bacteria and viruses.

Barberry (Berberis Vulgaris)

Barberry also contains berberine, which has anti protozoic properties. Protozoic diseases which cause diarrhea include giardia, dysentery, candida and cholera vibrio. Both berberine and palmatine are active ingredients in barberry and have anti bacterial properties. Another component of barberry is berbamine. Berberine and berbamine are alkaloids and strong antibacterials which are believed to increase the production of white blood cells and platelets.

Echinacea (Echinacea angustifolia)

Echinacea is well-known as an immune stimulant. It’s active ingredients are polysaccharides and alkamides, which stimulate the body’s immune responses. It also contains polyaceytlenes which have anti fungal, anti bacterial and anti viral properties. Echinacea appears to interfere with the activity of the enzyme hyalurnidase. This enzyme breaks down the connective tissue and allows bacteria and other microbes to travel throughout the body.

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua)

Carob is very rich in tannins, which are astringent substances found in many plants, that have a binding effect on the mucous membranes of the intestinal tract. This makes its effectiveness high in adults with diarrhea, but even more so when used for children and infants experiencing diarrhea. The primary chemical constituents are largely sugars and tannins found in the carob pods. When these pods are eaten the gum like stability acts as a thickening agent to aid the body in retaining water and fastening together watery stools.

Psyllium (Plantago ovata)

Psyllium is used as an herbal remedy for diarrhea and relieving constipation due to its high mucilage and fiber content. The husks of the seeds swell by absorbing water, thus adding bulk to stool.

Read more http://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/diarrhea-natural-herbs.html

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The use of ginger as an herbal supplement must be avoided by all individuals who have a very low blood platelet count. This is because very high doses of ginger may interfere with the blood clotting mechanism and lead to other problems.
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Usual dosage

Ginger, 200 mg every four hours as needed.
Goldenseal, 125 mg goldenseal extract every four hours as needed. People with high blood pressure or pregnant women can not take goldenseal.
Peppermint oil, One enteric-coated capsule thrice daily.

Read more http://www.herbs2000.com/disorders/nausea_vomiting.htm

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Home Remedies Nausea Vomiting

Home Remedies nausea vomiting #1:
NAUSEA TEA #1
1 teaspoon grated ginger root 1 teaApoon yerba mama root
1 teaspoon peppermint leaves
2 cups boiling water
Combine the above herbs in a nonmetallic container and cover with the boiling water; steep for 3o minutes; cool and strain. Take as needed, a tablespoon at a time up to two cups a day.

Home Remedies nausea vomiting #2:NAUSEA TEA #2
1 teaspoon catnip leaves
1 teaspoon chamomile flowers cup boiling water
Combine the above ingredients in a nonmetallic container and cover with the boiling water; steep for zo to 3o minutes; cool and strain. Take as needed.

http://www.homemademedicine.com/home-remedies-nausea-vomiting.html

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excerpt from The Miracle of Garlic & Vinegar pg 23:

What's more, garlic actually dissolves life-threatening blood clots. Dr. Martyn Bailey of Georgetown University in Washington D.C., has produced laboratory evidence that a chemical in garlic called adenosine blocks the production of a blood compound named fibronolytic, which makes blood sticky and causes clotting.

To put it another way, this means that garlic thins the blood. And adenosine isn't the only weapon in garlic's arsenal, says chemistry professor Dr. Eric Block of the Albany Medical College. By teaming adenosine with a chemical Dr. Block discovered called ajoene (which is what you'd call a medical marvel, because it also has antibiotic properties and promotes wound healing), garlic can give untimely blood clots a knock out punch.

Block says quite bluntly that "as an antithrombotic agent (clot buster), ajoene is at least as potent as aspirin." And aspirin has been recognized as one of the most effective anti-coagulants, or blood thinners, going. Blocks animal experiments show that a single dose of ajoene will shut down platelet aggregation (unwanted clotting) by 100 percent and keep it that way for 24 hours.

All of these researchers stress firmly that garlic has absolutely no side effects of any kind. The only risk you can possibly run as a consumer of garlic is that of offending your friends. And kyolic can eliminate that hazard if it concerns you.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the healing powers of garlic.

excerpted from Miracle of Garlic Vinegar: Flush Out Fat & Cholesterol

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Lancet. 1983 Nov 5;2(8358):1055-8.
Haematological and biochemical monitoring of Ebola infection in rhesus monkeys: implications for patient management.
Fisher-Hoch SP, Platt GS, Lloyd G, Simpson DI, Neild GH, Barrett AJ.

Abstract
Patients with severe viral infections such as Lassa or Ebola may be denied adequate laboratory investigations because of justifiable fears among laboratory staff. This study in monkeys was designed to provide comprehensive haematological and biochemical monitoring in a contained environment during all stages of Ebola infection. Marked neutrophilia, depletion of lymphocytes, and early failure of platelet aggregation preceded a consumption coagulopathy with a microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and failure of prostacyclin production by vascular endothelium. Liver dysfunction was moderate but in conjunction with the dehydration and hypoalbuminaemia could be expected to precipitate renal failure and shock. It seems reasonable to anticipate successful patient support with a patient management isolator and treatment with platelet transfusions, fresh frozen plasma, and possibly prostacyclin when haemostasis is defective during this otherwise self-limiting illness.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6138602

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J Infect Dis. 1985 Nov;152(5):887-94.
Pathophysiology of shock and hemorrhage in a fulminating viral infection (Ebola).
Fisher-Hoch SP, Platt GS, Neild GH, Southee T, Baskerville A, Raymond RT, Lloyd G, Simpson DI.

Abstract
Eleven rhesus monkeys were monitored intensively during experimental infection with Ebola virus. Prominent neutrophilia with left shift and lymphopenia were the earliest abnormalities and were statistically significant by day 4 (P less than .02 and P less than .01, respectively). By day 4 falls in platelet counts were not statistically significant, whereas in vitro platelet aggregation was markedly depressed, progressing rapidly to complete failure by the time of maximum illness. Intraplatelet protein studies suggested this event was the result of in vivo activation and degranulation. Coagulation cascade defects were mainly in the intrinsic system and were surprisingly mild, with no evidence of selective consumption or production deficit of factor VII or VIII. When the possibility of indirectly mediated damage to endothelium possibly by a nonspecific immune response was examined, weight loss was less severe in drug-treated monkeys, and all had detectable plasma prostacyclin metabolites, but there was no improvement in survival.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4045253

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Bioterrorism & Biodefense

[size0]The Role of Platelets in Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Dermot Cox, Maria S Salvato and Juan Carlos Zapata

Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, USA

Abstract
Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Filoviridae and Flaviviridae are all RNA viruses that can induce a coagulopathy in infected patients. While there is a paucity of information on the cause of this coagulopathy, these viruses all produce a severe thrombocytopenia. Here, we review the literature on viral hemorrhagic fever and discuss the role played by platelets in the coagulopathy. We also discuss the possibility of using anti-platelet agents to moderate the coagulopathy, a strategy that might have a role to play in treating patients infected by these viruses.

Keywords: Platelets; Arenaviridae; Bunyaviridae; Filoviridae; Flaviviridae; Dengue; Viral hemorrhagic fever; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Anti-platelet agents; Biodefence

Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses
Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are a group of illnesses that are characterized by a loss of homeostasis leading to increased bleeding and shock. VHFs are caused by enveloped RNA viruses from four different families Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Filoviridae, and Flaviviridae [1]. The bleeding signs of VHF are more frequently associated with Marburg and Ebola (Filoviruses), Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (Bunyavirus), and South American hemorrhagic fever (Arenaviruses), but less frequently associated with Dengue and Yellow Fever (Flaviviruses), Rift Valley Fever (Bunyavirus) or Lassa fever (Arenavirus) [2]. A common characteristic of all hemorrhagic fever viruses is that they infect vascular endothelial cells and diminish platelet numbers or function. However, these viruses differ greatly in their replication strategies, extent of cytopathic effects, and extent of immunopathology [3]. Here, we review information on the effects of VHF on platelet functions, with emphasis on dengue hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis.

Biothreat of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF)
VHFs have a number of properties that make them potential bioweapons, whereas the arenaviruses and filoviruses are aerosolizable; such high doses are needed for infection that they are unlikely to be transmitted that way. Outbreaks of VHF generally center on bleeding patients, as a source of nosocomial infection for health care personnel. Also, the effects of VHF can be sufficiently dramatic to instill terror in a civilian population. Even if many of these diseases can be medically managed, this often requires treatment in ICU units. Thus, even if only a small number of patients develop the disease, as a result of an attack the image of infected patients bleeding from several orifices, the risk of spread of infection from blood and the pressure placed on ICU resources would all serve to terrorize a civilian population.

One of the biggest problems in dealing with a VHF outbreak due to a bioterrorist attack is the ability to identify the causative agent. Outbreaks occurring in their endemic regions are easier to identify than those occurring in new regions. Thus, a patient presenting with hemorrhagic fever in Malaysia is most likely to have dengue fever, while in Eastern Europe, it would be CCHF. Doctors are aware of these endemic diseases and look out for them in patients. If there were an imported case or a covert release of a VHF agent in a US city, it would take doctors a long time to appreciate that the patients had VHF, as they would not have any of the typical risk factors. Furthermore, it would be very difficult to identify the causative agent, as most VHFs have similar
presentations. Even if there were anti-viral agents available, they would be unlikely to be effective against all agents, as the viruses are from different families. However, a common factor with all of these viruses is their ability to evade the innate immune system and compromise platelet function. Thus, platelets are a potential drug target in the treatment of VHFs. Therefore, the study of the role of platelets in the VHF pathogenesis may lead to the identification of new drug targets that will not only inhibit viral replication, but will also improve the antiviral immune response, preventing the onset of the hemorrhagic disease. While targeting the platelet may not inhibit viral replication, it may provide time for the immune system to clear the virus, and thereby, preventing the onset of hemorrhagic fever.

http://epubs.rcsi.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1068&context=mctart

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Homeopathy is a theory of alternative medicine which tries to treat illnesses with infinitesimal doses of the drugs that cause the same symptom as the illness. Homeopathy is based on the ideas of Samuel Hahnemann, a 19th century physician who observed that some contemporary medicines evoked symptoms similar to those of the illnesses for which they were prescribed.

Homeopathy is popular in Europe and has been used by the British Royal Family.

Critics claim there is no clear evidence to support the efficacy of homeopathic remedies.[1] They further argue that the reported effects are equivalent to placebo.[2] A group of studies examined by the National Center for Biotechnology Information and U.S. National Library of Medicine found that homeopathic treatments had weak evidence of efficacy and that they were likely a result of the placebo effect. [3]

Critics say that homeopathic beliefs have no standard theory; practitioners vary widely in their prescriptions.

http://www.conservapedia.com/Homeopathy

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Another potential natural remedy for Ebola is allicin from fresh-crushed garlic. Allicin has been demonstrated to inhibit the growth of all tested fungi, bacteria and viruses. [Current Opinion Biotechnology April 2012] Allicin is effective against viruses even when used at 1/800,000 dilution. [Chinese Journal of Experimental & Clinical Virology Sept 1997] Only allicin effectively kills off viruses. [Planta Medica Oct 1992] (Note: many commercial garlic products errantly indicate they provide allicin. Only an alkalinized garlic capsule that counters stomach acid degradation of the enzyme (alliinase) that produces allicin has been proven to produce allicin in a human study [Garlinex.com]) Though fresh-crushed garlic may be the most practical and economical option for central Africans.

http://knowledgeofhealth.com/is-modern-medicine-hastening-death-of-central-africans-stricken-with-ebola-virus/

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Beliefs

1. Can mix of ginger, honey, garlic, onion and vinegar cure Ebola?

No, it is not true. There is no cure for Ebola Virus Disease. You must go to the nearest health facility for proper management/treatment if you or someone suspect yourself to have Ebola infection.

http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200525509.shtml

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Reporting

1. Can I call a hotline to report suspicious cases?

Yes, call toll free 117 to report any suspicious case and to get more information on Ebola Virus Disease. You should also report any suspicious cases to the nearest health facility as soon as possible.



2. How effective is the surveillance system in Sierra Leone?

The surveillance system in Sierra Leone is very effective and is able to detect and pick any viral fever occurring anywhere in the country promptly. The country also has capacity to test for Ebola virus at Kenema Lassa Fever Laboratory within 2 hours of receipt of samples.

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In his book, he also recounts how he was left dumbfounded by former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who blamed the Aids crisis on Western pharmaceutical companies poisoning Africans. Mr Mbeki was persuaded by his health minister that Aids could be cured with garlic, beetroot and lemon juice.

EBOLA:- There have been about 1,850 cases of the Ebola virus since it was discovered in 1976- More than 1,200 people have died from the Ebola virus- Ebola symptoms include a sudden fever, muscle pain, headache and a sore throat. This is often followed by vomiting, diarrhoea and internal and external bleeding- The Ebola virus is transmitted by direct contact with blood and body fluids of an infected person- It is often passed during burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased- Earlier this month, Canadian scientists said they had successfully cured monkeys infected with the Ebola virus through a cocktail of drugs. Trials on humans will begin before the end of 2014 Sources: World Health Organization, UNAIDS

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Ebola is spread directly, human-to-human, by secretions such as saliva and sweat, but also by blood and feces. It can be spread directly by a break in the skin or mucous membranes or indirectly after touching your nose, mouth or eyes after having contact with the virus. It is not transmitted by coughing or sneezing (droplet spread), as would be the case for someone with influenza or measles.

Ebola virus, a member of the family of filoviruses, is one of the most deadly viruses known to man, owing to its ability to constantly undergo changes or mutations in its viral proteins. Symptoms begin suddenly–often with an intense headache and fatigue, sore throat and chills–followed by vomiting, and diarrhea with onset of a hemorrhagic rash in the upper roof of the mouth and the skin that appears to be blister-like. The virus attacks the immune system, releasing inflammatory mediators, which lead to collapse of the coagulation pathway, ending in massive external and internal bleeding.