Guest guest Posted July 25, 2001 Report Share Posted July 25, 2001 I had never thought of it from that perspective, but I just finished an Ayurvedic book called Prakriti, and the last chapter or so was on the benefits of many metals to the body, and they have ancient and highly sophisticated methods of preparing metals including mercury which is highly valued, as is gold. They are called Bhasmas. Being an ancient and 'natural' healing art, I found this fascinating. The metals are purified, then mixed into herbal pastes and incinerated for long periods, over and over- can be 5, 7 or 11 firings, but 100 or 1000 times incinerated metals are highly valued, and obviously the ancient rishis had the years to do this. Most of the metals apart from gold and silver become oxides or sulphides, which eliminates their reactivity. Gold is unreactive anyway, and gold and silver are reduced to colloidal size particles. The fineness of the particles increases with age and 100 year old Bhasmas are highly valued. A tiny amount is taken, and care must be taken not to overdose. There are diamond bhasmas, mica, mercury, gold, silver, and many minerals. ' There is no disease which mercury cannot cure if it is properly prepared and used, say the texts, and if it is improperly prepared or misused there is no disease it cannot cause'. Quote from Prakriti- the author is obviously quoting from elsewhere. Its interesting that you brought the subject up Ian, I hadnt considered it, but I tend to have a trust in practices that have been handed down for thousands of years- they have stood the test of time, like herbs. The Ayurvedists used herbs, lifestyle, diet- and minerals and metals properly prepared, in a way we may never have the patience to prepare them. Maybe we can learn something from it- at least to keep an open mind. As for homeopathy, perhaps you are wary from the many years western doctors in the past used mercury - with amazing suppression of symptoms- but the side effects were terrible. But perhaps these were just too gross, and there is ancient knowledge out there which may point to mercury being viable, prepared in a specific way. In which case, perhaps homeopathic mercury may be ok. I mean, herbs are natural, but they can make you sick too. Anything can be a poison, so perhaps mercury, arsenic etc are not only poisons, but possiblities of healing. my 2 cents love Peela > Boy you touched a sore point with me on this one. > This has always been one of my major disagreements > with Homeopathy = the use of Mercury, Arsenic, etc > (regardless of the smallness of dosage) to effect a > cure. > It just never seemed right to me to use poisons to > achieve a permanent healing and I always ask the > question, " Are we looking only at symptom relief > with this kind of handling? " . I know there is some > workability to Homeopathic technology and that some > swear by homeopathic results (like handles like > etc.) but somehow when this technology decides to > embrase poisons, I draw the line and become > sceptical. Besides, I've always found an herbal > approach to work wonders and is more natural IMOHO. > Who else has a thought on this? > I'd be interested in any other opinions on it. > Love, > Doc > > Ian " Doc " Shillington N.D. > 505-772-5889 > Dr.IanShillington > - > bigbird3969 > herbal remedies > Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:13 AM > Re:[herbal remedies] ear infection-urgent > > > In homeopathy, Mercurius sounds indicated; > especially if irritated by both heat and cold, and > bothers you more at night. Also the book > Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 3rd edition > (PP 340-1) could give you some good ideas (if you > can get your hands on a copy)! > > In Health, > Steve > > *** > [This message has been truncated.] > ===== May the long time sun shine upon you, all love suround you, and the pure light within you guide your way on. Traditional Blessing Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Messenger http://phonecard./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2001 Report Share Posted July 25, 2001 I have to say, I have heard a lot of contradictory and what I initially though of as misguided things from homeopathic practitioners (such as " herbs never have any side effects. HAH! They are powerful medicines and should be respected - they have documented dangers as well as benefits) but this is the first thing that has actively scared me. Mercury was used as a cure all right up there with leaches and bleeding the patient. It is extremely dangerous. It does NOT form oxides with anything and interferes with transmission of nerve impulses once inside your body. It evaporates quickly into the air, it can get into your body through the skin, lungs, or stomach. It CANNOT be processed out by the liver or kidneys, so it just sits there in your body - small doses may have no harmful effects, but small doses over time are disasterous. Do please THINK about what youa re putting in your body. A lot of health promoting substances were used by our ancestors right along with a lot of harmful superstitions. Just because someone 100+ years ago said something worked miracles does not make that true. I supposed we're now to go back to bleeding patiets as well, and avoiding baths for fear of water? > Most of the metals apart from gold and silver become > oxides or sulphides, which eliminates their > reactivity. Gold is unreactive anyway, and gold and > silver are reduced to colloidal size particles. The > fineness of the particles increases with age and 100 > year old Bhasmas are highly valued. A tiny amount is > taken, and care must be taken not to overdose. There > are diamond bhasmas, mica, mercury, gold, silver, and > many minerals. > ' There is no disease which mercury cannot cure if it > is properly prepared and used, say the texts, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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