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(NaturalNews) Depression and anxiety remain two of the most pervasive mental health issues in American culture today. We currently have more medications than we’ve ever had to treat these conditions along with more natural, gentler alternatives like 5-HTP, St. John’s Wort, and others. Yet it seems both depression and anxiety have ballooned over the past several decades for reasons that can only be speculated upon.
5-HTP is a natural alternative to anti-anxiety medications. It can also be useful in the treatment of mild to moderate depression. It is a popular alternative to medications due to the limited side effects and fairly easy tolerance most people demonstrate with this compound.
5-HTP is short for its longer name: 5-Hydroxytryptophan. It is a natural compound that is produced by your body which acts as a precursor to the important “happiness” neurotransmitter called serotonin and the “sleep” hormone melatonin.Serotonin is of vital importance to your sense of well being. A shortage of this neurotransmitter has been detected in those with excessive amounts of anxiety, depression symptoms, and even eating disorders such as bulimia.
It is thought that 5-HTP acts similarly to SSRI drugs or selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, but without some of the harsh side effects. Taking a natural supplement such as 5-HTP also does not typically result in the withdrawal symptoms many antidepressants have upon weaning off of or quitting them.
Patients cannot simply stop most antidepressant medications “cold turkey.” This is why many view antidepressants as a lifetime or long term commitment. Stopping many antidepressants suddenly and without any tapering off can experience devastating symptoms.
Patients may experience panic episodes or a severe recurrence of their depression after stopping these medications. 5-HTP is a more subtle, indirect and gentle therapy for increasing your levels of serotonin, therefore it should not have the extreme withdrawal symptoms. That being said it is always wise to also taper off natural therapies where possible to reduce any potential symptoms or sensitivities.
5-HTP has been studied for its potentially therapeutic effects for insomnia, depression, migraines, and even fibromyalgia, which is a condition marked by chronic pain and lethargy. All studies confirmed that taking varying dosages of this supplement improved all of these conditions in most patients.The study that looked at 5-HTP as a potential antidepressant alternative found that the supplement worked better than a placebo on patients with depressive symptoms. However, several other clinical studies which showed 5-HTP worked as well as various antidepressants over time were dismissed because they didn’t meet certain “quality standards.”
Side effects reported in some that take 5-HTP include nausea, diarrhea, and dizzy spells although these are not the norm. Due to its relaxing effect on the nervous system it also may make some people a little sleepy. Not everyone will experience this particular side effect. It just depends on your chemistry and personal tolerance levels.Additionally, 5-HTP may have interactions with some medications. If you are taking any other medications or herbal supplements, be sure to look them up or consult with a professional if you suspect a potential for interaction.
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(NaturalNews) Incidence of Alzheimer’s disease cases continue to explode at an unprecedented rate as processed food diets, overweight and obesity become the norm for middle and senior aged adults in the US and most western societies. By the year 2050, it’s projected that 13.2 million adults will suffer from this degenerative disease that ranks as the sixth leading cause of death, with many suffering early signs of the condition at earlier ages. Any natural compound that can be shown to prevent or even treat Alzheimer’s disease would be a potent therapeutic tool.
Researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center’s Memory Disorders Program have embarked on a mission to demonstrate that resveratrol can affect memory deterioration and daily functioning in people with mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Resveratrol is a natural compound found in red grapes, red grape juice, red wine, chocolate, tomatoes and peanuts. In prior studies, the polyphenol has been shown to help prevent diabetes, act as a natural cancer fighter, ward off cardiovascular disease, and prevent memory loss.
As the risk of many chronic conditions increase with aging, resveratrol exhibits unique characteristics as it has been shown to impede telomere shortening and extend natural cell life and activity. Resveratrol has also been shown to improve glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity, two mechanisms known to speed the aging process.Researchers will examine the direct impact of pure resveratrol supplementation on neural aging and amyloid protein clearance. Recent research has suggested that Alzheimer’s disease may result from insulin resistance specifically in the brain, and as resveratrol is known to cross the blood-brain barrier, the compound may prevent faulty insulin signaling that promotes the degenerative condition.
This is the largest and most extensive study of its kind developed to validate the brain health benefits of resveratrol. Researchers will recruit participants from 26 U.S. academic institutions that are affiliated with the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study around the country. This study is unique because it is designed to demonstrate the impact of a natural compound and not a patentable pharmaceutical drug.
Resveratrol is supplied in small amounts from dietary sources including red grapes, red wine, chocolate and tomatoes. Nutrition experts recommend supplementing with a pure extract (20 to 500 mg per day) for optimal protection against Alzheimer’s disease and a myriad of chronic conditions.
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(NaturalNews) After the scandal of Thalidomide, it was said that important lessons were learned, and that it should never happen again. Now it comes to light that another set of drugs are causing birth defects, and have been since the seventies.
Thalidomide was a “calming” drug used in the fifties to treat morning sickness, and led to birth deformities such as shortened or missing limbs, impaired hearing and eyesight, and internal injuries. This resulted in claims which cost millions of dollars to the pharmaceutical companies. The World Health Organization (WHO) banned Thalidomide, the ban lasting from 1962 to 1985 when it was approved for use again, this time in third world countries for the treatment of leprosy, and more recently AIDS and cancer.
The drugs now causing birth defects are anti epilepsy drugs, with the ingredient sodium valproate. The defects are varied but include spina bifida, cleft palate, and neuro-developmental disorders. The drugs including Epilim, used since 1978, and associated with Fetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome (FACS), and birth defects for almost as long as it has been available. The characteristic facial features are a thin upper lip, small crowded teeth and wide nasal bridge. Whilst the effect of sodium valproate is not the dramatic loss of limbs, as is the case with Thalidomide, the effects are life limiting and debilitating.
Epilim accounts for 80 percent of the reported cases of FACS in the UK and has affected 20,000 births – ten times the number of Thalidomide affected births. Dr Turnpenny, clinical geneticist at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital said, “Epilim may affect about 560 babies every year. About ten percent of fetuses exposed to sodium valproate will have a major congenital malformation such as cleft palate. Twelve percent are likely to develop a neuro-developmental disorder.” Consultant neurologist at BMI, The London Independent Hospital, Suzanne O’Sullivan said, “These days we avoid putting women of childbearing age on it (Epilim) as a first choice drug. Not all doctors are aware of the risk. There are other drugs that are safe to use during pregnancy.”
A major convulsive seizure during pregnancy can cause injury to the mother and baby, and even lead to miscarriage. Some patients do need anti-convulsants, without which the chances of a successful full term pregnancy would be greatly reduced. However, the selection of a drug with such a high rate of debilitating effects is both dangerous and illogical when there are alternatives. Epilim may be the standard treatment by some doctors, simply because they are not aware of the alternatives, or because it is less expensive. It should also be considered as to how severe the patients epilepsy is before prescribing these drugs.Ultimately it is the responsibility of the person taking drugs prescribed by a doctor, to do extensive research as to what they are putting into their body. If there is a possibility that a natural, holistic approach can be taken, then that should be the first choice. Thalidomide should never have been taken for morning sickness, as there are so many natural cures. However, in the case of moderate to severe epilepsy, drugs can be the only option, so it is important to be completely informed on all the effects of the drugs being taken. By being aware of the complete picture of what these drugs do, it is possible to ask for different treatments from a well informed standpoint.
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(NaturalNews) Given the controversy over the legitimacy of the Diagnostics and Statistics Manual (DSM) used for psychiatric diagnosis, I thought I’d clear things up by submitting the following revisions. These carefully considered and researched new labels should do the trick, as they are intended to make the DSM more balanced by offering the patient an opportunity to diagnose the doctor.
If you are a doctor and are offended by these proposed DSM additions, then they certainly apply to you. If you are a patient or concerned citizen and are ready to bust one of these onto an unsuspecting doc, you can follow it with the remedy at the end of this article. Here are my six proposed additions to the DSM (others are being researched).
CRD: Compassion repression disorder
Symptoms: When the doc is in the presence of human suffering, he pretends nothing is happening. He could be watching a chess match for all we know. When a patient reaches emotional extremes (as in extraordinarily depressed) he realizes it is time to initiate electro-convulsive therapy and send electric shocks through her brain, possibly wiping out much of her memory. The doc is fine with this and proceeds to go out for a sandwich.
GNTFY: Got no time for you syndrome
Symptoms: Due to concerns about making his yacht payment and country club dues, the doc obsessively packs in 4-5 patients every hour. When you ask a question that takes more than 7.5 seconds to answer, the doc quickly regurgitates several medical terms, hands you a brochure and dashes for the door.
PCSD: Pervasive communication skills disorder
Symptoms: When the doc holds sensitive information and needs to break the news to the patient, he hits the patient over the head with it in the most dismissive way possible. If the patient has cancer, for example, the doctor might say, “You have cancer. We can’t operate. You are going to die. The exit is to your left just down the hall.”
In less severe cases, such as delivering inconclusive test results (most likely from inadequate testing methods or not knowing what to look for) to a patient who had hopes of finding the cause of a symptom, the doctor takes a more compassionate route, such as, “The results are negative. I guess it really is all in your head.”
IAGS: I am God syndrome (also known as “power trip simplex”)
Symptoms: The doc behaves as if he were all-powerful and all-knowing. When confronted with the truth that he is just guessing most of the time and that there are a variety of effective, alternative ways to heal from mental and emotional issues, he recoils in righteous indignation.
CPWD: Compulsive prescription writing disorder
Symptoms: Due to repressed feelings of inadequacy and improper toilet training methods used by his parents, the poor doctor compensates by compulsively reaching for the prescription pad every time he hears a symptom. He can’t tolerate messes and when patients lives are a bit messy, he has to clean it up as quickly as possible.
BPDD: Big pharma dependency disorder
Symptoms: The doc displays little or no ability to actually help people and has no interest human nature anyway, so he is 100% (one HUNDRED percent) dependent upon the pharmaceutical industry to tell him what to do with his patients. Aside from studying which medication matches which symptoms (as can be discerned in 12 minutes or less) the doctor has no other skills. Poor communication skills. No compassion. Little interest in the emotional causes of problems. No taste for nutrition therapy. Nothing!
There really isn’t much there, folks. This guy is a pill-pusher and that’s about it! I guess we should show some compassion of our own. After all, once the doc gets a little taste of how easy and lucrative it is to prescribe a pill, he gets sucked right in. Before you know it, he is hooked on the easy money.
He doesn’t have a medical practice that seeks to solve deep problems at the heart of the human condition. He isn’t connecting with people in their suffering and helping them work out their emotional problems. He is no teacher or mentor. He is a pill pusher caught up in the drug cartel’s deadly game.
Worst of all, now it is too late. You see, he’s got overhead. Bills! Actually helping people takes time he no longer has. You have to get to know people. You need to contemplate their circumstance in life. You can’t do it in 15 minutes. You can see one patient per hour at most. There goes that $600,000 annual income. You’d have to cut back to a mere $150,000 annually, or something close to it. So, yeah, it’s tough for these guys.
The remedy to all of the above. A sincere plea to the doctor: Please, please stop. We need good doctors. You have so much opportunity to assist people who put their trust in you. Slow down. Learn to really help people who are suffering with emotional problems. Learn to work with other practitioners of all kinds. The work is rewarding, unlike the pill factory you currently operate. Please consider this request to make a real difference.
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(NaturalNews) If you think eating and drinking foods that contain high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) every now and again will not do you that much harm, think again. A new study out of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has found that consuming HFCS can actually destroy memory, slow mental function, and ultimately deteriorate brain performance.
For their study, a team of researchers first trained a group of rats to navigate a complicated maze for five days, and then divided this group into two smaller groups. Both groups were then fed a solution containing HFCS as their drinking water for two weeks, while only one group was given flaxseed oil, which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a specific type of omega-3 fatty acid, as part of a supplement regimen.
At the end of this six-week period, both groups of rats were put back in the maze to see how they performed at navigating it. Upon observation and analysis, the UCLA team discovered that the group fed only the HFCS solution had reduced synaptic activity in the brain, which resulted in rats having trouble figuring out the maze. The brain cells of these HFCS-affected rats literally could not signal properly, which illustrates a clear link between consumption of this highly-processed sugar and brain damage.
“Their brain cells had trouble signaling each other, disrupting the rats’ ability to think clearly and recall the route they’d learned six weeks earlier,” said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about the rats that consumed just the HFCS solution. “Our study shows that a high-fructose diet harms the brain as well as the body. This is something new.”
Beyond just brain damage, the team also found that, without supplemental DHA and omega-3s, HFCS consumption leads to insulin resistance because of the particular way fructose appears to disrupt neuronal function and the brain’s absorption of insulin. This discovery confirms that HFCS, even more-so than glucose and other forms of processed sugar, is definitively and uniquely linked to causing diabetes, despite claims by the Corn Refiners Industry (CRI) to the contrary.
“Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think,” added Gomez-Pinilla, confirming what we have been saying here at NaturalNews for a long time. “Eating a high-fructose diet over the long term alters your brain’s ability to learn and remember information. But adding omega-3 fatty acids to your meals can help minimize the damage.”
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(NaturalNews) The biggest threat to America today is not terrorists or global warming, but the mass genocide of Americans who die every year at the hands of the corrupt U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a recent report, investigative reporter Jon Rappoport uncovers the dirty truth that FDA-approved drugs kill at least 100,000 people every single year — the FDA actually lists this figure on its own website — and the agency is doing absolutely nothing about this disastrous trend.
On a webpage entitled Why Learn about Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR)?, the FDA admits that 100,000 people die every single year as a result of taking FDA-approved pharmaceutical drugs. Citing figures from three different published studies, the figures also reveal that two million people a year suffer from serious ADRs, which include things like stroke, heart attack, and permanent neurological damage.
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Since these figures come from studies dating back to at least 1998, it is clear that the FDA is fully aware of the extensive harm being caused by supposedly “safe” drugs. And since it has done nothing to address the problem, the agency is complicit in willfully harming and murdering tens of millions of Americans throughout just the past several decades, which makes it one of the most murderous government regimes in history.
Based on the figures presented by the FDA, at least 30 million people have suffered serious injury or death as a result of taking FDA-approved drugs just since 1998 when the first cited study was published. If you go back several more decades, it is clear that potentially hundreds of millions of people have been directly harmed by the FDA’s “negligent homicide.”
“It is time for these murderous government crimes to end,” writes Rappoport in his report. “It is time for all responsible parties to be brought to justice, to real justice. It is time for the public to realize that 100,000 people dying every year in the U.S., because they take medical drugs, is the equivalent of 33 airliner crashes into the Twin Towers, every year, year after year.”
Since the FDA is the official gatekeeper of pharmaceutical drugs, it is directly responsible for the harm they cause. And yet agency officials have never, in any meaningful way, been held responsible for their crimes against humanity. And the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), as Rappoport points out, has failed to step in and pursue those responsible for peddling poison as medicine.If al-Qaeda operatives were caught dispensing toxic chemicals disguised as medicine to innocent civilians, they would be sent off to Guantanamo Bay without trial, and locked away indefinitely. But when the FDA does the very same thing on a much more massive scale, nobody bats an eye. And yet the number of people that the FDA has killed with its drugs is far more than the number killed during 9/11 or the Oklahoma City bombing.
The organized crime ring that is the federal government today is the real terrorist threat that we all face on a daily basis. And until the American people collectively wake up to this reality, we will continue to watch our friends, our families, and our children, which are the casualties of this ongoing terrorist attack, lay waste at the hands of Big Pharma and the FDA.
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(NaturalNews) Traditional healers often use ginger to treat ailments ranging from nausea to arthritis pain. Recent studies highlight another use for ginger, the amelioration of the impact of parabens, a chemical widely used in the food and beverage industry and as a preservative in personal care products, drugs, and cosmetics. Parabens have been in the news recently thanks to studies which show the vast majority of Americans show signs of exposure. If ginger does indeed reduce parabens’ impact that gives it increased importance as a significant natural health therapy.
Parabens role as a pseudo or xenoestrogen means they may be implicated in a number of health conditions such as the early onset of puberty and hormonally related illnesses such as breast and colon cancer. Parabens have also been linked to oxidative degradation of fats and reduced levels of anti-oxidants in the livers of mice.How common are parabens? In a 2010 study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, scientists evaluated over 2,500 urine samples from Americans over the age of six and found exposure to methyl parabens in over 99% of the sample and to propyl parabens in over 92%.
Of special interest is their evaluation of the sample by age and sex which found adolescent and adult females had significantly higher concentration of methyl and propyl parabens than did any males. The authors attribute this to the fact that women and girls use many more personal care products than do males at any age.
These results also suggests the importance of considering the cumulative impact of parabens. Manufacturers may be correct in claiming that the amount in any one product does not pose a health risk, however since most women use multiple products, their cumulative impact can be significant.
Studies of biopsy tissue from women with breast cancer have found measurable levels of parabens which are associated with the growth of cancer cells in test tubes. An article published in January of 2012 in the Journal of Applied Toxicology measured parabens found in breast tissue from 40 women who had undergone a mastectomy. Measurements were taken at four locations across the breast. One or more parabens were found in 99% of the samples and five different parabens were found in 60% of the samples.The study results also showed that the highest concentrations of parabens were found in the underarm area and entered the body through the skin.
In a 2009 animal study reported in the journal Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica-Drug Research, scientists in India orally administered parabens to mice. The result was increased oxidative degradation of fats and decreased levels of anti-oxidants in the livers of of the treated mice compared to the controls. Another group was given both parabens and ginger. In this group there was a significant decrease in paraben induced liver damage along with an increase in anti-oxidant levels. The scientists concluded that ginger can significantly reduce paraben induced liver damage.
In a 2006 study in the same journal human red blood cells were treated with parabens in a test tube. The result was a significant increase in the rate of hemolysis, or breakdown of the cells. When ginger was introduced to the samples along with parabens the result was a significant decrease in the rate of breakdown.
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(NaturalNews) What is a superfood? While there is no specific definition for the term, a superfood is generally recognized by a few characteristics: high nutritional density and low calories, high fiber, high in omega-3 fatty acids, lots of antioxidant activity, and rich with phytochemicals that have the potential to prevent or even reverse disease.
You could say that the hallmark of a superfood would be getting more nutrition without synthetic supplements while eating less. Eating less is healthy for most of us because there’s less of a digestive/elimination burden on our bodies from eating more than we need.
Adding nutrients the body needs but that diminish as we grow older is an immune system bonus. Be aware that it takes some time, weeks or more, for you to realize results from daily consumption of the following superfoods.
Chorella: This single celled, water-grown, chlorophyll-loaded algae is highly regarded by many. It boosts the immune system and helps detoxify. Taking chlorella and cilantro combined offers one of the best heavy metal chelating foods ever, especially useful for eliminating mercury.It’s most economical as a powder, but that form is not so tasty. You’ll have to add to lemon/lime water and gulp or mix with juices and smoothies. But it’s also available as tablets. Chlorella has strong cancer resisting capabilities also. Find out more here (http://www.naturalnews.com/026147_chlorella_cancer_body.html).
Spirulina: This powder tastes worse than chlorella. It’s difficult for many to consume even with tasty liquids, but it’s available in tablets too. Some prefer the spirulina flakes that are easy to add onto foods, if you don’t mind the taste.
Like chlorella, it is simple microscope algae from ancient times loaded with phytonutrients. In addition to being an immune booster, it can assist with curbing an overactive immune system, which is often responsible for autoimmune diseases. Here are more details (http://www.naturalnews.com/025703_spirulina_diet_studies.html).
You’ll be able to order either of these through the Natural News store (http://store.naturalnews.com/index.php?main_page=indexcPath=100151).
Aloe vera: The juice of this plant is commercially prepared for you to drink in small quantities as a health tonic. Avoid flavored or sweetened juices. Organic and not adulterated through processing is vital for optimum results.
It can be taken straight or with a fresh juice or water. Many AIDS and cancer patients cured themselves with higher than normal daily dosing of Aloe Vera. Read more about Aloe Vera’s curative capabilities here (http://www.naturalnews.com/034738_aloe_vera_cancer_AIDS.html).
Barley grass: Barley grass is sold as a powder or liquid. Dr. Lorraine Day used it as part of her regimen for healing her cancer, and she promotes it constantly. Here’s more (http://www.naturalnews.com/025185.html).
Pure powdered whey: This type of whey should be from grass fed cows that haven’t been injected with antibiotics or hormones, and processed into powder with pharmaceutical grade purity. Don’t bother with the often-flavored stuff sold as a protein for building muscle mass.
Pure powdered whey added to smoothies or mixed into soft foods will help your body create abundant glutathione, the master anti-oxidant that creates and regenerates antioxidants.
The digestive tract will not allow straight glutathione to come through. So a precursor or precursors are needed to allow you liver to generate them. Pure unadulterated powdered whey is the top glutathione precursor. Glutathione heals and detoxes the liver while building overall massive immunity (http://www.naturalnews.com/027114_glutathione_antioxidant_GSH.html).
Mike Adams has an excellent content-packed free ebook on Chlorella/Spirulina (http://www.truthpublishing.com/chlorellaspirulina_p/pdf-cat21249.htm).
Here’s the Health Ranger’s free pdf report on Aloe vera (http://www.naturalnews.com/SpecialReports/AloeVeraMiracle.pdf.).
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(NaturalNews) In a rare display of constitutional patriotism by a government authority, an Obama-appointed federal judge has put an indefinite block on the egregious National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). According to Bloomberg, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest of Manhattan, N.Y., ruled in favor of plaintiffs who earlier had sued the Obama administration over the bill’s unconstitutional arrest and detainment provisions, which provide no protection for American citizens.
The loosely-worded Section 1021 of the bill cunningly grants the president unrestrained authority to use military force in detaining practically anyone for any suspected “terrorist-related” activity, without warrant and without a trial (http://www.naturalnews.com). This section, which was the primary focus of the lawsuit, admittedly provides no protection for American citizens, and is patently unconstitutional no matter how you look at it.
“The statute at issue places the public at undue risk of having their speech chilled for the purported protection from al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and ‘associated forces’ — i.e., ‘foreign terrorist organizations,” said Forrest in her opinion. “The vagueness of Section 1021 does not allow the average citizen, or even the government itself, to understand with the type of definiteness to which our citizens are entitled, or what conduct comes within its scope.”
Unless the U.S. Congress amends the bill to protect Americans against having their constitutional rights abolished in the name of national security, NDAA will remain blocked, at least formally. However, NDAA is really just an extension of the horrific USA Patriot Act, which was the Bush administration’s precursor to NDAA that was passed immediately after the 9/11 terrorist attacks (http://www.scn.org/ccapa/pa-vs-const.html).
Speaking on the details of how the case has proceeded thus far, Judge Forrest explained that Obama attorneys made absolutely no attempt to defend the administration against the allegations. They also made no attempt to claim that the ambiguous provisions were intended only for foreign suspects, which in and of itself points to sinister intentions with the bill.“The government was given a number of opportunities at the hearing and in its briefs to state unambiguously that the type of expressive and associational activities engaged in by plaintiffs — or others — are not within Section 1021,” said Judge Forrest. “It did not. This court therefore must credit the chilling impact on First Amendment rights as reasonable — and real.”
Efforts to amend NDAA to specifically protect American citizens on U.S. soil from illegal arrest and detainment, however, have been met with resistance by “neoconservatives” such as Charles “Cully” Stimson, a former Bush administration official who is now Chief of Staff and Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. He and others claim that amending NDAA will somehow encourage more terrorists to come to the U.S. (http://dailycaller.com).
These wildly absurd claims, however, were enough to convince the traitorous House of Representatives to recently vote down an amendment authored by Reps. Justin Amash (R-Mi.) and Adam Smith (D-Wa.) that would have prohibited the detainment, capture, or arrest of any person in the U.S under NDAA. According to The Daily Caller, the House rejected this amendment in an overwhelming vote of 238 to 182.
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(NaturalNews) As summer approaches, most people spend more time outdoors; and with that comes the chance of developing a poison ivy allergy. Oils from these devilish weeds are highly noxious, causing a long list of poison ivy allergy symptoms. Contact with a poison ivy plant can produce a red, swollen rash, blisters, pain, and unbearable itching. In addition there may be intense burning, inflammation, and fever. For those unlucky enough to have a poison ivy rash in their eyes, mouths or on their genitals, the torment can be nearly intolerable.
Fortunately, nature has not only cursed us with these weeds, but also provided a list of home remedies for allergic reactions to poison ivy, oak, and sumac.
Rhus Toxicodendron: Rhus tox is made from poison ivy and one of the best remedies not only for treating the rash but for prophylactic use in its prevention. The person needing Rhus tox will have a poison ivy allergy with a rash that itches intensely, and is made better with hot applications such as a hot compress or bath. The person may be extremely restless and have accompanying joint or muscle pain. Speak to a homeopath about taking Rhus tox in low doses throughout the season to prevent a poison ivy outbreak.Anacardium orientale: The rash has fluid-filled blisters that itch intensely, but hot applications make the itching worse.
Apis: Helpful for a poison ivy allergy that appears as large, blotchy hives. They may be bright pink, swollen, sting, and burn. Discomfort is alleviated by cold applications.
Belladona: This remedy is often helpful when the rash appears suddenly, is bright red and very hot, and accompanied by a fever.
Kali Sulphuricm: The poison ivy rash will be yellow and pus-filled with terrible itching and a tendency to become infected.
Sulfur: Poison ivy allergy is worse during bathing or when first getting into a warm bed. It’s often a dry rash with crusts. The itching is unbearable and the person will scratch until the skin bleeds.
Graphites: Similar to sulfur, this poison ivy rash also crusts over; but oozes a sticky, golden fluid. Itching is worse at night and in a warm bed.
Urtica Urens: The rash is blotchy, stings and burns intensely. Cold applications make the symptoms worse as does scratching. Poison ivy allergy is often accompanied by rheumatism and joint pain.
Croton Tiglium: Skin feels tight, itching and scratching is painful. Much oozing from blisters that form especially on the face and genitals.
Baking soda: An excellent home remedy to relieve itching from poison ivy allergy. Add 1/2 cup to a bath or make a paste with water or apple cider vinegar and apply to the rash.Oatmeal: Apply a paste of cooked oatmeal to the rash to help draw the toxins and relieve the itching.
Himalayan crystal salt: A paste of salt and water will help draw toxins and fluids from the poison ivy rash, drying the skin and soothing the itching. Soak in a warm salt bath.
Goldenseal: Mix a paste of goldenseal powder and water or apple cider vinegar and apply to the rash to protect against infections. Works well for poison oak and sumac as well.
Pascalite clay: A form of bentonite clay, Pascalite pulls toxins and fluids from the rash, drying and relieving itching. Apply a paste made with water and cover with plastic wrap to keep it moist.
Aloe vera gel: Use aloe vera gel from the inner flesh of the leaves topically to relieve pain and itching.
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