(vaccines & what is disease) Seeking An Alternative by Ian Sinclair

[Sheri Nakken]

Excellent - Followers of Natural Health or Natural Hygiene also prefer not
to use homeopathy. I also see homeopathy as a non toxic
assistance program.
Sheri

"Now the World Health Organisation acknowledges that malnourishment,
polluted water supplies, poor sanitation, and poverty and despair, causes
the deaths of tens of thousands of children each year in Third World
countries from measles, whooping cough, tetanus, tuberculosis and many
other infectious diseases. Significantly, these deaths occur despite
widespread vaccination coverage in these countries. "
Seeking An Alternative - Part 1
As parents become aware of the dangers and inefficacy of childhood
vaccines, they will, for obvious reasons, seek an alternative approach to
safeguard their children's health.
Many parents choose a practice known as "Homeopathic Prophylaxis" sometimes
referred to as homeopathic vaccination. Other parents employ vitamin and
mineral supplements in the belief that they will strengthen their child's
immune system, while others prefer their children to contract the childhood
infections in the belief that it will give them natural life-long immunity.
There are many parents who are just plain uncertain or confused as to what
alternatives to embrace and therefore live in a constant state of fear and
anxiety over their children's health.
So how do those parents, who reject vaccination yet remain uncertain of the
alternatives, choose an approach that gives them the confidence and
certainty of safeguarding their children's health?
In my opinion, such parents must do two things;
Firstly, they must gain a clear understanding of the root causes of
childhood infection. This will not only reveal to them the reasons why
vaccines are ineffective, but more importantly, it will reveal to them the
true means of disease prevention.
Secondly, they must gain a clear understanding of what childhood infection
is. This will enable parents to overcome their fears of childhood infection
and offer them an insight into a method of treatment that not only allows
their children to recover from childhood infections quickly and without
complications or suffering, but ensures that their children will be in
better health afterwards.
The Root Causes of Childhood Infection
Common sense tells us that the prevention of childhood infections is only
possible by removing it's root causes. Now the World Health Organisation
acknowledges that malnourishment, polluted water supplies, poor sanitation,
and poverty and despair, causes the deaths of tens of thousands of children
each year in Third World countries from measles, whooping cough, tetanus,
tuberculosis and many other infectious diseases. Significantly, these
deaths occur despite widespread vaccination coverage in these countries.
The reasons why vaccination fails to prevent these tens of thousands of
deaths should be obvious to any logical thinker. Vaccines do nothing to
correct the nutritional status of a malnourished child. Vaccines do nothing
to purify a child's body that has been poisoned from drinking polluted and
contaminated water. Vaccines do nothing to raise the vitality of a child
whose vitality has been depleted through poverty and despair. Vaccines do
nothing to remove the root causes of childhood infection and other
infectious diseases and it is for this reason that vaccines have failed to
prevent the tens of thousands of deaths in Third World countries.
In the developed countries like USA, Australia, England etc, deaths from
childhood infections are quite rare, however, there are still thousands of
cases of measles, whooping cough, chicken pox etc reported annually.
Although the root causes of childhood infections in these countries are
less obvious, they are, I believe, most often related to faulty diet,
overfeeding, and chemical and toxic pollutants. Once again, herein lies the
reasons why vaccines provide no protection against these childhood
infections. Vaccines do nothing to correct the nutritional imbalances
caused by faulty diet. Vaccines do nothing to unclog the digestive and
intestinal tracts of overfed children. And vaccines do nothing to detoxify
a child's body which is encumbered with chemical and toxic wastes. Vaccines
do nothing to remove these root causes of childhood infection and this is
evidenced by the fact that in the US, England, Australia etc, up to 90% of
reported cases of measles, whooping cough and other so-called vaccine
preventable diseases occur in fully vaccinated children.
Now at this point of time, some readers may be wondering where "germs'' fit
in to all of this. After all, aren't outbreaks of infectious disease caused
by the spreading of germs from person to person? Isn't measles caused by
the measles germ? Isn't chicken pox caused by the chicken pox germ? Isn't
whooping cough caused by the whooping cough germ? Aren't childhood
infections caused by all the different germs out there?
I do not deny the existence of germs within the body nor do I deny that
they can be passed from person to person. However, I do not accept the
medical belief that they represent the root cause of childhood infection or
any of the other infectious diseases including AIDS. So that you may
understand my reasons for rejecting the germ theory of disease, it will be
necessary for me to take you inside the body and explain to you one of the
most important metabolic functions in human physiology - the process of
elimination.
The Process of Elimination
Elimination is the process whereby metabolic wastes, toxic chemicals and
foreign substances are eliminated from the body via the normal channels of
elimination, mainly the kidneys, lungs and bowel. The important thing to
realise, is that the efficiency of this process, like all other metabolic
processes, is primarily dependent upon the health and vitality of the body.
Anything that weakens or compromises health, eg malnourishment, faulty
diet, impure water, overwork, fatigue, stress, etc will impair elimination
which results in a build up of internal waste matter, a condition commonly
referred to as Toxemia. In the world of Natural Health, it is believed that
many diseases including the childhood infections and other infectious
diseases are a direct result of this condition.
Toxemia can also develop if the amount of chemicals and foreign matter that
enters the body exceeds the body's normal eliminative capacity. For
example, lets say a child's body can eliminate around 100 units of toxic
waste a day. If the amount of toxic waste produced in that child is around
120 units a day, then this means there will be 20 units of toxic waste that
the child's body has been unable to remove. If this continues day after
day, then over a period of time, the result will be an accumulation of
toxic waste within the child's body leading to this condition known as
Toxemia.
This may come as a shock to some parents, but I don't believe there would
be a child out there, who, raised under the conventional lifestyle, would
be free of this condition. Poor parental health, drugs and vaccines,
impoverished breastmilk, fluoridated water, overfeeding, chemicals in the
diet, pesticides, negative emotional states, etc etc all contribute to the
development of Toxemia in children. Little wonder that sickness in today's
generation of children is so endemic.
By understanding the toxemia theory, one is in a perfect position to
clearly understand where "germs" (bacteria and viruses) fit in to all of
this. Bacteria are micro-organisms known as saprophytes whose biological
role is to breakdown organic waste matter into simple molecules which can
then be transformed back into living substances. The role of bacteria in
the body is not to attack cells or tissues but to breakdown organic waste
matter for disposal and recycling. As for viruses, Natural Health regards
them as merely products of cellular decay which play no part in disease
causation. It's worth noting that Louis Pasteur, the scientist credited
with the germ theory of disease, ultimately admitted that it was not the
seed (germ) but the soil (toxemia) which was the determining factor in
disease. Rene Dubois, the most renowned microbiologist of the 20th century
wrote "Viruses and bacteria are not the sole cause of infectious disease,
there is something else." What is this something else? Toxemia.
So what it all comes down to is this. If a child develops measles, chicken
pox, whooping cough or any of the other childhhod infections, it is not
because of germs, it is because of the toxic conditions in the child's
body. Whenever some type of infectious disease is diagnosed in a child or
adult, regardless of what name is given to it, regardless of whether it is
viral or bacterial, the underlying cause is always toxemia. This explains
why vaccines fail to prevent disease for they do nothing to remove the
toxic conditions of the body out of which the various bacterial and viral
diseases arise.
I wrote in Part 1 that in order for parents to choose an alternative
approach that gives them the confidence and certainty of safeguarding their
children's health, they would need to gain a clear understanding of the
root causes of childhood infection and what childhood infection is. By
understanding the Toxemia theory, not only do parents gain a clear
understanding of the root causes of childhood infection and the means by
which it can be prevented, but they are in a position to clearly understand
what childhood infection is.
What Childhood Infection Is
Let's go back to the example of a child whose body is capable of
eliminating 100 units of toxic waste a day. If that child's body produces
120 units of toxic waste a day (as a result of the conventional diet,
fluoridated water, chemical pollutants, vaccines etc), then this means that
there will be 20 units of toxic waste that the child's body has been unable
to eliminate. If this continues day after day then obviously, over a period
of time, there will be a gradual build up of toxic waste within that
child's body creating the condition known as toxemia.
This condition is very harmful, for toxic waste is poisonous, and if left
unchecked, then it's retention within the body will ultimately lead to
cellular damage and destruction, or in other words, serious disease
including cancer. Fortunately, there are safety mechanisms within our bodys
that are switched on whenever our toxicity levels rise above the normal
level. These safety mechanisms are designed to reduce excess toxicity.
In infants and children, the most common safety mechanism that the body
employs to reduce excess toxicity is fever. Fever is not a mistake, it is
not something evil, it is not the body trying to fight off germs. Fever is
an emergency reaction by the body which is designed to speed up the process
of elimination. This dramatically reduces toxicity levels thereby
restoring the health of the child. This safety mechanism, like all other
safety mechanisms that the body employs, is governed and controlled by the
innate intelligence of the body, and this intelligence knows exactly when
to turn the fever on, and exactly when to turn the fever off.
Whenever fever is present, the body will activate a number of other safety
mechanisms which are designed to facilitate and assist in the reduction of
toxicity. During fever, the body will neither need or want any food and
therefore it will shut down the digestive system resulting in a loss of
appetite. If, during fever, any food is present within the digestive tract,
then the body will eject it either through vomiting or diarrhea. During
fever, the body directs all its energy towards this process of elimination,
so the general energy level of the body will be greatly reduced resulting
in tiredness, lethargy and fatigue.
During or after the cessation of the fever, there may be localised areas of
inflammation which is another safety mechanism the body employs in order to
reduce toxicity and promote healing and repair. There may be swollen glands
whereby the swelling increases the glands capacity to filter toxic waste
from the bloodstream. In many cases the body will eliminate toxic waste
through the skin which will manifest as skin eruptions, blisters, red spots
or rashes. Throughout this entire process the central nervous system will
be on full alert and therefore extremely sensitive to the level of toxic
waste in the circulation, and its subsequent elimination from the body.
This can result in headaches, aches and pains, nausea and general discomfort.
Now if it hasn't yet twigged, then what I'm about to tell you is probably
the most crucial point of this whole article. Whenever a child develops
measles, chicken pox, whooping cough, mumps, rubella or any other so called
childhood infection, the child will experience the exact same symptoms that
I have underlined above. So what all this means is that measles, chicken
pox, whooping cough, mumps, rubella or any of the other so called childhood
infections, are not infections caused by germs, but are in reality, safety
mechanisms which are designed to reduce inner toxicity to a safe level.
Whether you wish to refer to them as childhood infections, safety
mechanisms, crises of elimination, acute illnesses, cleansing processes,
healing crises or whatever - measles, chicken pox, rubella, whooping cough,
mumps etc all arise from the same underlying cause - toxemia, and all of
them serve the exact same purpose - the elimination of toxic waste from the
body.
By clearly understanding what childhood infection is, parents are in a
postion to understand a method of treatment that not only allows their
children to recover from childhood infections quickly and without
complications or suffering, but a method that ensures their children will
be in better health afterwards.

Method of Treatment
If childhood infections are indeed the body's way of reducing inner
toxicity, then it stands to reason that the method of treatment employed
should do nothing to suppress or interfere with this process, and
everything to assist and support it. In the world of Natural Health,
whenever a child develops measles, chicken pox, whooping cough or any other
childhood infection, the most common method of treatment is as follows;
The sick child is immediately put to bed in a well ventilated room. If
weather permits the child is often placed outdoors in a shaded area where
it has maximum exposure to fresh air. If the weather is cold the child is
rugged up to preserve warmth. During the fever no food whatsoever is given
to the child, not even fruit juice. Pure water is made available to the
child should thirst be experienced. Two or three times a day, the child is
sponged down with luke warm water to ensure cleanliness. No effort is made
to suppress the fever.
The duration of the fever will in most cases last anywhere between 24 to 72
hours and throughout this period noise is kept to a minimum so that the
child's rest and sleep remain undisturbed. Once the fever subsides and the
child's desire for food returns, fresh fruit or fruit juices are given for
the first one or two days then slowly other wholesome foods are
reintroduced. If any skin rashes or eruptions appear, short periods of
sunbathing to the child's naked body are applied. No oinments or creams are
used. Some parents also resort to a technique known as hydrotherapy which
utilises bathing, hot and cold compresses, and plain water enemas. The
bathing and compresses serve to relieve discomfort, promote circulation,
induce calm and sleep, whilst the enemas help clear congestion in the lower
bowel, a causative factor in many childhood fevers.
This method of treatment, as taught by Natural Health, does nothing to
suppress and everything to assist this inner cleansing process. Children
treated in this manner not only recover quickly and without complications
or long term suffering, they are in fact in better health afterwards
because their body?s have been cleansed of the accumulated toxic wastes. It
is not uncommon for these children to experience growth spurts or
noticeable improvements in their physical, intellectual or creative
abilities following these acute cleansing episodes. This occurs because
their bodies, no longer burdened by toxic and chemical poisons, can operate
at a much higher vitality level.
For those parents who are considering adopting this approach in treating
childhood infection, it is my opinion that they should first thoroughly
acquaint themselves with Natural Health or Natural Hygiene philosophy. This
will give them the knowledge and the confidence they need to become totally
self-reliant in the treatment of childhood infection and other acute
childhood illnesses. It is also wise for parents to seek out those health
practitioners who support this philosophy so if at any time uncertainty
arises they can find professional guidance.
I will not say that it has never happened, but in the many years that I
have studied and researched this philosophy, I have never come across a
case of a child, who, diagnosed with a common childhood infection and
treated in accordance with Natural Health principles, has suffered any
complications or died. It is my firm belief that in the industrialised
countries like USA, Australia, England, etc, if a child develops measles,
whooping cough, chicken pox or any of the other childhood infections and
subsequently goes through any long term suffering, or experiences any
complications, or dies, then the causes can be directly attributed to wrong
treatment which in most cases includes suppressive drug therapy. It is to
this that we will turn our attention to in Part 6......

Wrong Treatment and Its Consequences
(Note: In this section I am referring to treatment of childhood infections
in the industrialised countries. In third world countries, the high rate of
morbidity and mortality from childhood infections is due entirely to
malnourishment, starvation, polluted water, poor sanitation and the absence
of holistic health care facilities.)
In the world of Natural Health, complications from childhood infections are
virtually unheard of, yet, in the world of Orthodox Medicine, complications
are numerous and well documented. They include encephalitis, otitis media,
pneumonia, bronchitis, reye's syndrome, myocarditis, arthritis,
convulsions, mental retardation, apnea, brain damage, cerebral haemorrhage,
pulmonary edema, paralysis, urinary tract infections and high blood
pressure. The question is - WHY?
Let me repeat my earlier statement where I said "If childhood infections
are indeed the body's way of reducing inner toxicity, then it stands to
reason that the method of treatment employed should do nothing to suppress
or interfere with this process, and everything to assist and support it."
In the world of orthodox medicine, the method of treatment includes many
measures that do nothing to assist and support, and everything to suppress
and interfere with this process.
What must be kept foremost in mind is that the common symptoms of the
childhood infections ie fever, vomiting, diarrhea, bacterial action,
swollen glands, skin eruptions, inflammatory reactions, etc, are all
curative in nature, their purpose being to reduce the inner toxicity of the
body. As you would be aware, the medical approach towards disease,
including the childhood infections, is to use drugs which are specifically
aimed at suppressing the symptoms. So drugs are given to reduce the fever,
drugs are given to reduce the inflammation, drugs (antibiotics) are given
to kill beneficial bacteria, drugs/creams are given to suppress the skin
eruptions. On top of all this the sick child continues to be fed when it
neither wants nor needs food, and the drinking water offered will in most
cases be fluoridated chlorinated tap water. If hospitalised, the child
will be treated in air-conditioned wards without access to fresh air. This
whole approach in the medical treatment of childhood infections can be
likened to firing at your own soldiers whilst they are battling the enemy.
The consequences of this type of suppressive treatment will be obvious to
any logical thinker. The child's body will be forced to retain the toxic
poisons that it is attempting to eliminate, and to add insult to injury,
the child's body will be further poisoned by the drugs that are being
administered. How a child subsequently reacts to this treatment will vary
from child to child. For many a child, the symptoms will subside and the
child will appear to recover, yet within the child's body, lies this
residue of uneliminated toxic waste and drug poisons. This may result in
another crisis of elimination (childhood infection) several weeks or months
later, or it may manifest as a less acute crisis of elimination such as
eczema or asthma. Or the child's body may be forced to redeposit this waste
matter into less vital areas of the body, thus laying the foundations for
chronic disease in later life.
For other children, their bodies will continue the struggle to reduce
toxicity, despite the imposition of suppressive drugs. However, instead of
this cleansing process taking only a few days, it may actually take a few
weeks and involve a great deal of distress and suffering on the part of the
child (not to mention the parents). When you hear of these children who are
hospitalised with whooping cough for example, and spend up to three months
in hospital fighting for their lives, what you should realise, if you don't
already, is that their hospitalisation and subsequent struggle to survive,
are a direct result of suppressive drugs, incorrect feeding, fluoridated
chlorinated water and lack of fresh air! Not to mention the negative impact
that separation of a child from its parents has on its emotional and
spiritual wellbeing.
Tragically, there will be a minority of children, who, for reasons of
increased susceptibility or inherited weaknesses, will experience the type
of complications listed above, and in rare cases, succumb to their
condition. If you happen to know of any child, who, having been diagnosed
with one of the common childhood infections, subsequently experienced any
degree of suffering, or complications, or died, then just find out how the
child was treated. I believe that in every case you will find a history of
wrong treatment and suppressive drug therapy.
To be continued in Part 7 .......
Ian Sinclair
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