I agree mostly, but also one must remove the offending element, (maintaining
cause) or else, no amount of Homeopathic remediation will do anything. So,
in the case of fluoridated water, the clients have to stop drinking tap
water or get a good water distiller or an RO system. Activism, of course,
but that is a political, ideological activity, which is a personal choice.
And it will not alleviate the suffering of the individual clients coming to
us for help...
Also, knowledge of clinical nutrition, I think, is most important for
Homeopaths. So many practitioners I know tend to insist, almost with a
religious fervor that Homeopathic remedies will do everything. That is not
the case and Hahnemann never said that. A nutritional deficiency has to be
corrected and it can be corrected only with good knowledge.
For example, for the case we are discussing: it is true that Fluoride is an
iodine antagonist. But did you know that Selenium and Zinc are antagonists
to Fluoride? Here is a simple small study that proved it for mainstream:
http://tinyurl.com/34bga
1: Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2000 Jul;29(4):216-7. Related Articles, Links
[Effects of selenium and zinc on the DNA damage caused by fluoride in
pallium neural cells of rats]
[Article in Chinese]
Chen J, Chen X, Yang K.
Department of Environmental Health, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan
430030, China.
To investigate the effects of fluoride on DNA damage as well as the
effects of selenium and zinc against fluoride respectively or jointly in
pallium neural cells of rats, single cell gel electrophoresis was used to
detect the DNA damage of neural cells prepared in vitro. The results showed
that the degree of DNA damage in the fluoride group and the selenium group
were significantly greater than that in control group (P < 0.01). The damage
in the fluoride group was even more serious. The damage in the fluoride +
selenium group and fluoride + zinc group was slighter than that in the
fluoride group but with no significant difference. The extent of DNA damage
in the fluoride + selenium + zinc group was significantly slighter than that
in the fluoride group(P < 0.05). It suggested that fluoride and selenium
could induce DNA damage in pallium neural cells of rats respectively.
Moreover, the joint antagonistic effect of selenium and zinc against
fluoride was more obvious.
PMID: 12520922 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
And here is another one, even more important, on the interaction between
Flouride and Selenium
http://www.fluoride-journal.com/02-35-3/353-168.pdf
More importantly, Selenium is crucial in the metabolism, much more so than
thought before. In addition to iodine, selenium is a critical mineral for
maintaining proper function of the thyroid gland. In order for the thyroid
to produce the most active form of its hormone (a version of thyroid hormone
that is called T3), selenium is not only essential, but also helps regulate
the amount of hormone that is produced.
Here is an article that anyone even slightly concerned with Thyroid
function, hypothyroidism and metabolic disease should read:
http://www.greenwillowtree.com/tides/Pa ... odine.html
Dietary deficiency is the most common cause of selenium deficiency. Because
plant content of selenium is so heavily dependent on the selenium content of
the soil, researchers have been able to identify different areas of the
world where selenium deficiency is particularly common.
For example, several areas of Africa, Russia, New Zealand, and China have
been identified as high-risk selenium deficiency areas. In the United
States, parts of the Pacific Northwest, parts of the Great Lakes region
moving eastward toward the New England states, and parts of the Atlantic
Coast have also been identified as selenium-deficient regions. Living in
these regions and eating foods grown within them could contribute to risk of
selenium deficiency. However, I have not seen many studies connecting
Thyroid problems with these areas of the world, but I am ready to bet that
there is a connection!
Homeopathically, the remedy Selenium has a vast MM and should be studied to
see how the potentized element could work. I have not found a proving of
Selenium Fluoride (or hexafluoride) or any of the combinations. It would be
interesting though to prove some of these elements and see if they would
help in Goiter and thyroid malfunction.
Sara
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