baby with siezures, cream tx

[Guest guest]

Kim,

 

would you share about this case, the baby who is being fed all that

cream for siezures? Perhaps there is more professional advice with

this problem for this family.

 

Ysha

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Ysha for the nudge.

 

Perhaps there is more professional advice for this

case mentioned below.

 

I have been seeing a 21 month old who is extremely

developmentally delayed. She mostly moves like a 1-2

month old. Her body is very stiff. Even her teeth

are delayed in their growth.

 

As one month old she was diagnosed as having 300

seizures a day. A doctor from one of the big east

coast hospitals recommended a ketosis diet for her,

which primarily consists of cream. This diet

immediately stopped the seizures, but at this point

the family suspects it is also slowing down her

development and creating such lethargy that she has

little energy or interest in learning how to move.

 

Even though she has now been seizure free for over a

year on this diet, I find that as soon as she begins

to rest and fall asleep her body jerks in seizure-like

movements.

 

Again, her diet is primarily cream. She receives it

through a feeding tube in her stomach and is

supplemented with small amounts of chicken and more

cream fed to her orally.

 

My observation is she is almost always hungry. She

also has a rash or some sort of irritation on her skin

over her liver. I sense the diet is highly toxic for

her. And I can see that the vata calming affect of

the cream could explain the cessation of seizure

activity.

 

Ysha commented when we spoke by phone that her diet

would weaken agni. She suggested the possibility of

adding agni enhancing spices like ginger, clove and

pepper with a little, but not too much, cardamon. She

said the cardamon appeals to babies, but warned to go

easy with it. She also encouraged going slowly.

 

The parents are so cautious because they do not want

seizures to return that they do not want me using any

remedies, such as essential oils or flower essences on

the child. Also, they have not been open to altering

her diet, again out of fear of reactivating seizures.

Ysha suggested that perhaps I wear the essential oils,

such as thieves when I am with her, so that she

benefits indirectly.

 

I saw another child years ago with similar seizure

activity and the same diet was used. The baby I am

currently treating will be weaned from this diet soon

and may be put on a strict Atkins diet instead. (For

those of you who do not know, Atkins is a diet high in

protein, low in carbohydrates and also encourages

heavy cream consumption.)

 

The cause of the seizures is unknown. There is a

suspected metabolic disorder.

 

I see the family lovingly gives her a huge amount of

attention and affection, so that she is constantly

being moved and played with. I personally spend lots

of time holding her like a very young baby offering

lots of love and affection. Recently her eye contact

is beginning to improve.

 

Any insights or comments are most welcome. The family

may or may not be open, but anything offered could

help me as a therapist the family trusts.

 

Thank you again, Ysha for encouraging this posting.

Please add to it if I omitted any point you remember

that may be of interest to the group.

 

Sincerely,

 

Kim Luchau

Infant Craniosacral Therapist

Kaua'i, Hawaii

phone: 808.822.4644

 

--- Ysha Oakes <AyurDoulas wrote:

 

> Kim,

>

> would you share about this case, the baby who is

> being fed all that

> cream for siezures? Perhaps there is more

> professional advice with

> this problem for this family.

>

> Ysha

>

>

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Kim, I think you'll be giving more than taking. Ysha, what a great

idea. --Patti

 

Patti Garland

Ayurvedic Chef

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http://www.BlissKitchen.com

(760) 238-6451

 

 

 

 

On Apr 27, 2008, at 12:12 AM, kim luchau wrote:

 

Ysha suggested that perhaps I wear the essential oils,

such as thieves when I am with her, so that she

benefits indirectly.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim -

 

Probably everyone reading is feeling nauseaus at what this little one

is going through. So interesting that there is no real nutritional

followup on what makes short term some ayurvedic sense, recognizing

they don't have ayurvedic diognistics to look at the whole picture of

course. The oleation part of the cream makes a lot of sense for

nervous system disorders - oiliness enhances connectivity and fluidity

and reverses dryiness and gaps. The butterfat type builds certain

hormonal and cell wall integrity which many on low fat or low

cholesterol rich fat intake have shown problems with. The sattwa of

the cream (if organic) and naturally sweet taste reduces both vata and

pitta, and on short term ie when digested properly builds ojas. All

these h tings make sense without knowing the medical science behind

the siezures.

 

>She mostly moves like a 1-2 month old. Her body is very stiff. Even

her teeth are delayed in their growth.

 

Cream increases kapha/earth and water element. It is cold in nature

even if they are smart enough to serve it warm (breast milk is always

served warm), it's heavy to digest. Low in protein, poor food

combining with the chicken...ugh. A child of 21 months needs like an

adult, all 6 tastes, even if the balance is different for growth.

Without bitter, astringent, sour, salty and pungent tastes, Baby's B

and C vitamins, minerals, digestive fires/enzyme processses on many

levels including appetite, colon function, all tissue formation,

ability to self cleanse and repair, in general the AHHH! for life has

to be suffering!

 

I can't help wondering how often this baby has been on antibiotics for

the heavy ama that must manifest somewhere in her system (like stiff

joints and muscles), even if a pitta constitution. Is she prone to

congestion?

 

> Perhaps there is more professional advice for this case mentioned below.

 

Yes please! I'm just thinking out loud with the tools I have to

attempt to understand.

 

> As one month old she was diagnosed as having 300 seizures a day.

 

It would be very interesting to do a history on the mother's

postpartum situation and chemical history, and family's nutritional

background. I'm always interested when people want to call something

genetic (here they say they just don't know, but suspect) The

suspected metabolic disorder actually sounds right, if they understood

metabolism...but there is much I don't know about this kind of problem.

 

> the family suspects it is also slowing down her

> development and creating such lethargy that she has

> little energy or interest in learning how to move.

 

Strange it is only suspect. Lethargy like this sounds like severe

kapha imbalance.

 

> Even though she has now been seizure free for over a

> year on this diet, I find that as soon as she begins

> to rest and fall asleep her body jerks in seizure-like

> movements.

 

Who knows what subtle body things may also be involved, and what

purpose she brought in to bring loving attention of her parents.

 

If she were my granddaughter I'd be making a linctus (lickable herbal

paste) mixed with raw honey as carrier/delivery agent and support to

burn the ama/accumulations. Herbs like chitrak (bland tasting with

special potency to ignite agni/digestive strength), pippali (another

agni special herb, liver and respiratory specific also), a little

vacha/calamus (nervous system clearing), cinnamon (circulation), bala

(giving help with nervous system disorders), probably ashwaghanda,

some liver herb not sure which probably turmeric 3X a day, small

amount all come to mind, not sure if this is correct. Also a mild

curry type and roasted garlic seasoned vegetable and mung based soup

with sesame oil (unless someone recs ghee I'd back off butterfat a

while after such excess) as part of the nutrition.

 

I don't know which foods are especially nervous system rejuvenative

per ayurveda outside the generalities of vata pacification and ojas

building, but that would be part of my research. Also, some rather

larger doses of Biotin (brand specificity is important here), and the

Flora brand St. Johns wort oil sun infused in olive oil 1000 hours

both have very special affinity for nervous system healing according

to many years clinical practice reports Dr. David Vermeullen, medical

intuitive.

 

> My observation is she is almost always hungry.

 

confirming ama coating/inhibiting absorption of what she is given, and

incomplete nutrition as well

 

> also has a rash or some sort of irritation on her skin

> over her liver. I sense the diet is highly toxic for her.

 

Liver overloads with too much fat and not support to digest it,

becoming toxic. but perhaps there are pitta toxins that have been

passed through for this baby and also attempting their way out? Rash

is pitta sign. Too much fats can aggravate pitta...normally fats help

neutralize and escort out pitta. so interesting.

 

> adding agni enhancing spices like ginger, clove and

> pepper with a little, but not too much, cardamon. She

> said the cardamon appeals to babies, but warned to go

> easy with it. She also encouraged going slowly.

 

This because the parents are so cautious to keep the cream, not

wanting to make " medicinal " changes w/o doc's advice...thinking maybe

they would be willing to try small amounts of supportive spices and

work up to more

 

> Ysha suggested that perhaps I wear the essential oils,

> such as thieves when I am with her, so that she benefits indirectly.

 

Be a walking diffuser! The Thieves blend (clove, cinnamon, rosemary,

lemon, eucalyptus radiata) I've used with several babies, toddlers and

adults on the tummy for quick turnaround of problems from

overfeeding/nursing too often, indigestion, low appetite, phlegm and

complications as a result around short sleep poor eating habits.

Those oils certainly are agni supportive spices and give needed warmth

in that direction. Helped very nicely reset the rhythms, for those

moms who got the message enough to follow through with their homework.

 

Many eoils will offer profound rapid increase in prana, immune support

, even brain function benefits. I'm uploading a very interesting

document on effects of specific eoils on cleaning receptor sites,

cleaning up miswritten DNA, and resetting the code correctly compiled

by Dr. David Stewart, PHD. I would be using that Brain Power blend,

much cheaper than buying all those individual oils and even that

little bottle goes such a long way, whether you are being the living

diffuser, or can put those gentle oils on the brain stem and over neck

arteries, to get the effects into the brain. But this baby needs much

more than brain support, of course.

 

> lots of love and affection. Recently her eye contact is beginning

to improve.

 

The power of love to increase AHHHH for life...it is so great

>

> Any insights or comments are most welcome. The family

> may or may not be open, but anything offered could

> help me as a therapist the family trusts.

 

It is a learning experience for us all - thank you for sharing

Ysha