HUMAN DISEASES REDEFINED

85. Ringworm

Since the constant presence of moisture at the skin surface is one of the causative factors for the formation of ringworm, a cure of hyperhidrosis (profuse sweat) should also help in overcoming this problem to some extent.

However, some additional measures, involving a change in the pattern of bathing, will be required for a complete eradication of this disease.

When we bathe , we scrub the skin, with or without the use of soap. A thin layer of cells from the outer surface of the skin gets removed due to this action. If we pour more water over the body, this ‘organic dirt’ would get washed out. If this happens, no one would develop any ringworm.

But some people, after scrubbing the skin, do not properly wash off the dirt, thus leaving the organic dirt to stay here and there on the skin itself.

The dirt of this kind being an organic matter, forms a good source of food for microbes, some fungus in this case.

When the person sweats, it moistens the organic dirt, making it receptive to the air-borne fungal spores. The latter germinate there, ‘eating up’ the dirt, and spreading to form a colony of what we call ‘ringworm’.

The prevention method requires (a) cleansing well the dirt and soap from the body while taking a shower, and (b) the avoidance of over-scrubbing the skin.

If these two are taken care of on a daily basis, the ringworm will disappear in due course on its own.

Any extra ointment may not be necessary for a cure of the problem. However, if the patch happens to be a large one, then, one can rub over the patch some gingerly oil, once or twice daily for two or three weeks, until it disappears for good.

The gingerly oil, on its own, similar to any other essential oil, is a good germicide, and does not create any side-effects.

See Sweaty Armpit, Hyperhidrosis, and Psoriasis.

HUMAN DISEASES REDEFINED: Pubic Discharges / White Discharge

84. Pubic Discharges / White Discharge
( ©: 21.8.2010: Dr.V.M.Palaniappan, Ph.D.)

All under-urinating women would have this disease called leucorrhoea. However, some women suffering from erratic / delayed menses too tend to have some white discharges.

Under-urination allows excessive calcium accumulation within the body. It is this calcium that gets excreted in the form of white discharge. Therefore, in liberal-urinating females, the white discharge problem may not exist at all, except perhaps for a few days prior to the onset of monthly menses.

All those who habitually under-urinate, owing to this kind of calcium accumulation, would certainly become obese.

So, all obese women, without exception, will have abundant vaginal white discharges.
Such discharges, when invaded by bacteria, start emitting a kind of nasty and unbearable foul odour.

All those who consume plenty of water (i.e.,>2L daily) and urinate liberally (8-10 times) will have only acid-natured, rancid-smelling watery discharges. They would continue to remain thin.

The cure for this problem has two aspects: (1) every woman should drink adequate quantity of water, and urinate nearly all of it through some 8–10 urinations., and (2) they should avoid calcium-enriched foods, dairy products, wheat items including all bakery snacks and chocolates, and eat more of acid foods, fruits and drinks. This will quickly correct the problem.

If rapid recovery is preferred, one should drink distilled or rain water for a month or so, until the problem is corrected.

If a person is to drink 2L of water, only one litre should be distilled water, and the rest should be normal purified water. This precaution is to prevent rheumatic problems, gout, etc., as well as to prevent severe depletion of the required mineral nutrients from the body.

See Obesity, Menses, Wax, Plaque on Tongue, Hyper-calcaemia, Calf Hardness, Breast Lumps, Body Weight.

HUMAN DISEASES REDEFINED: PSORIASIS/ ECZEMA / SKIN DISEASE

83. Psoriasis/ Eczema / Skin Disease

(©: 19.8.2010: Dr.V.M.Palaniappan, Ph.D.)

All those people who suffer from chronic constipation for prolonged periods appear to be getting these skin diseases.

All those who accumulate abundant calcium in their body seem to be constipating.
All those who sweat profusely seem to be accumulating calcium in over-abundance.
Generally, curing psoriasis and eczema seems to be a difficult task. I have experienced some amount of success in curing these skin diseases essentially by correcting their chronic constipation.

In other words, almost all patients suffering from any of the skin diseases tend to have chronic constipation. So, a strict diet control preventing the consumption of chronic constipation-enhancing food items such as, cakes, chocolates, all forms of nuts (especially groundnuts), peanut butter, papaya fruit, etc. becomes a necessity for such a cure.

Another important cause for this kind of skin diseases appear to be related to the intake of poisons from detergents, pesticides, etc.

I have recorded the occurrence of psoriasis in a few people who had consumed too much of Sesbania leaves (called ‘Agathi Keerai’ in Tamil), which is often sold in the market. In indigenous medicine, this is considered good for the elimination of intestinal worms, and people are expected to eat it only once in a month.

See Parkinson’s Disease, Epilepsy, Constipation, Flatulence, Allergy, and Black Tongue.

HUMAN DISEASES REDEFINED

82. Prostate Enlargement / Cancer

I have observed a significant number of Chinese men in Malaysia getting prostate enlargement and cancer.

This appears to be due to their habit of taking soups twice daily. These soups are made of green leafy vegetables that are very rich in calcium oxalate crystals.
Prostate enlargement of this kind can happen to any man if he is going to consume calcium-enriched foods, fruits and drinks.

Swallowing calcium tablets along with vitamin-D, with the assumption of strengthening the bones, can create stones in prostate gland rather than building the bones.

Those cooking green leafy vegetables should add some garlic in it. The acid in garlic removes the calcium oxalate crystals from the leaves. Decanting the water content from the cooked leafy vegetables would help in the prevention of prostate enlargement/stones.

This method would remove a little of the water-soluble nutrients. The main purpose of eating green leafy vegetables is to obtain the iron content in them, and this will not get lost in the process just described.

See Hypercalcaemia, Obesity, Body Weight, Breast Lumps, Tumour, Calf Hardness, Eye Bag, and Facial Bulge.
______________________________________________________
1. A few years back, I went to India looking for an opportunity to set up a college for the teaching of Ecological Healing System.

During my stay there, I could not get clean water for cooking and drinking. At times, even the mineral water purchased in bottles were deceptive. Once in a moving express train, some unscrupulous guys in official uniforms sold me (and several others) ‘branded’ mineral water bottles, refilled with dirty water. I had diarrhoea after drinking it. A few days later, newspapers reported that several passengers, who suffered similar diarrhoea, had complained to the authorities, and that the culprits were arrested. This has been happening every now and then.

Not wanting to depend upon such dubious mineral water all the time, I did some renovation in the house I had been staying so that I could collect the rain water in a huge under-ground tank. When in need, this water gets pumped up to another tank kept on the top open terrace of the house. This would then flow through a water purifier kept in the kitchen.

The rain water collected this way had a pH of about 6.2. It was almost identical to distilled water, and was devoid of the minerals that are normally found in any pond water.

We have been using it for all cooking and drinking purposes. Even our coffee and other beverages were made using this water.

Over a period of eight months, in spite of eating abundant vegetables and fruits, both my wife and I suffered significant weight loss.

From being 138 pounds - a weight I have been maintaining for more than 30 years, I became 130 pounds. My wife too had lost identical weight.

I traced that this loss was due to consuming the rain water that was acidic. On the one hand, it did not contribute any mineral nutrients to our body. On the other, it leached out most of the nutrients our body had gathered from the vegetable and fruits we ate.

Since this gradual weight loss was very alarming, I decided to enrich it with a small quantity of calcium. So, from then on, I started dissolving a little of burnt lime, otherwise called quicklime or calcium hydroxide (chunnambu / kapur) that is used for chewing betel leaves, in all the water we used. In Tamil Nadu, this lime can be easily purchased from shops at any location.

After about four months, urine excretion became a very painful job. Upon this, wanting to get it properly diagnosed, I went to consult an Urologist. After a few tests that included urine culture and ultrasound, the doctor told me that my prostate had become enlarged.

I then realised the big mistake I had been making for the past four months. The calcium I had been dissolving in the water had accumulated in the prostate. The next step, had I continued, could have been the development of prostate cancer.

From then on, I stopped the calcium enrichment practise, and went back to using the acid rain water. In addition to that, I developed a new kind of body massage for pubic area, besides making some drastic changes in my eating habit.

With all those, voiding urine became easier in about three weeks. However, it took another year to dissolve away the calcium deposits in the cells of the soft tissue that made up the prostate. I am now devoid of any prostate problem.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HUMAN DISEASES REDEFINED

81. Pre-menstrual Tension

Skeletal-looking, very thin women, eating little food that is not enough to supply the required energy for their day-to-day activities, are the ones who get the pre-menstrual tension and pain. This is otherwise called PMT.

Those who eat well normally do not get the pre-menstrual tension and pain. None of the obese women get any PMT.

Women suffering from this problem, even if they have been having it since the time of maturity, can easily over-come this problem.

All it requires is to make sure that the sufferer has enough energy for her normal work as well as to meet the extra demand that is required during the time of menses.

As an immediate help, a sufferer has to take glucose drink (2 heaped teaspoons, equivalent to 10 grams of glucose, in 250 ml of water) with food, three times a day for two days before the expected date of menses, and continue likewise for the next two days after the start of the menses.

Since the glucose would supply the woman the extra energy, she would not suffer any PMT (or pain) at all.

The woman should not depend upon this easy method for overcoming PMT all the time. Instead, she must start eating more energy-giving food on a regular basis.
Rice, potato, and several such carbohydrates would make good diet for her.

The pain-killer drugs may not be needed any more.

see Menses Problems, Calf Pain, Leg Pain, Duodenal Ulcer, Laziness, and Migraine.

HUMAN DISEASES REDEFINED: Pregnancy Diabetes (Gestational Diabetes)

80. Pregnancy Diabetes (Gestational Diabetes or GDM)
( © 3.8.2010: Dr.V.M.Palaniappan, Ph.D.)

Until now no one seems to know the true cause for the development of any of the many diabetes problems. I have established the exact causes (Palaniappan, 1998, 2001)..
Chronic constipation (i.e., defecating small quantities of slimy stools, several times daily) appears to be the one-third cause for diabetes.

A pregnant woman, to avoid the uneasiness of having a bloated stomach, and for want of proper appetite, tends not to eat enough food, in terms of quantity. This gives rise to chronic constipation.

Again, a pregnant woman tends to prefer sour tasting foods, fruits and drinks rather than sweets and carbohydrates. This acidity too promotes chronic constipation.

The second one-third reason is linked with under-urination (2-3 times daily). If a person does not urinate adequately (8–10 times), to throw away the useless excesses, especially the calcium, then, the person tends to develop diabetes mellitus type-2.

A pregnant woman avoids adequate water consumption, because of the following two reasons:

(1) it will urge her to visit the toilet too often, and that can be nuisance, and

(2) water intake would exert some extra pressure over her already ‘filled’, expanded and heavy-weight abdomen. Therefore, she gradually reduces the water consumption quantity. Naturally, adequate urine will not form, leading to under-urination.

The third reason responsible for the remaining 33% appears to be related to the avoidance of carbohydrate and sugar consumptions. When a woman consumes carbohydrates and sugars, she needs insulin for their digestion. Therefore her body secretes the same.

If a woman refrains from taking carbohydrates and sugars, then, there does not exist a need for the secretion of insulin. Therefore, the brain withdraws such a secretion, and this paves a way for the occurrence of type-2 diabetes mellitus.

Further, as said earlier, her swollen and tensed abdomen would discourage her from consuming big bulks. In other words, she would consume relatively less carbohydrates, thus forcing the brain to reduce proportionately the quantity of insulin production.

All the above three factors give a pregnant woman what we call Pregnancy Diabetes or GDM.
Anyway, this kind of diabetes is no different from the regular type-2 diabetes. However, there is one major difference between these two.

In the case of a pregnant woman, if her pre-pregnancy habit was to take more water and urinate liberally, then, she would return to her original habits after the delivery of her baby.
That is, she would start drinking adequate quantity of water (2L), urinate liberally (8 times/day), eat more of carbohydrate and sugary foods, and would not suffer from chronic constipation.

All these would, without any medical care, put her back on the normal tract, and she would be totally healthy again. However, all the above rectifications may not happen if the woman happens to be of Type-IV Obesity, for the following reasons:

Obese women normally do not drink adequate quantity of water. Even if they drank, they would certainly under-urinate. They prefer to eat meat items rather than carbohydrates and sugars. Besides these, they often take foods made of refined wheat flour, dairy and bakery products. Such food types tend to give them chronic constipation. I have clinically recorded that practically all obese people, with very few exceptions, tend to have chronic constipation.

The irony is that they not only never realise they have this chronic constipation, but will also insist that their toilet habit is in an excellent state. The so-called Pregnancy Diabetes would occur mostly in the medium-built women. The big-sized obese tend to have the type-2 diabetes mellitus permanently.

Only the thin and skeletal-looking women may escape the occurrence of pregnancy or other forms of diabetes. This is so because of their liberal urination and related healthy habits described above.

See Diabetes Mellitus, Types I & II, and D. Insipidus.