Guest guest Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Dear Marilette, I have a patient to see later this week that has been diagnosed with Achalasia which gives her great difficulty swallowing food. While I have not interviewed her in detail yet, I believe she also has digestion issues affecting her small and large intestine. I know she is also under some personal stress relating to her family in particular her father - whom she is very close to. I am hoping you could recommend an appropriate treatment program. With love & light! Steve Hulcombe ==================================================== Dear Steve, Namaste. Thank you for your email. Medical Background: Achalasia is an uncommon disorder of the smooth muscle of the esophagus, the muscular tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach. Normally, coordinated contractions of this smooth muscle, known as peristaltic waves, move food through the esophagus. Between the esophagus and stomach is a special muscle called the esophageal sphincter. This muscle surrounds the esophagus to keep it closed and prevent food and acid from splashing back up into the esophagus from the stomach. When you swallow, this sphincter relaxes and opens to allow food to pass into the stomach. At the same time, nerves coordinate the contractions of the esophagus so that food is moved when the sphincter opens. In achalasia, the nerve cells in the lower two-thirds of the esophagus and the sphincter are abnormal. This causes uncoordinated or weak peristaltic waves and causes the sphincter to remain closed, making it difficult for food to pass from the esophagus into the stomach. Sir Thomas Willis first described achalasia in 1672. In 1881, von Mikulicz described the disease as a cardiospasm to indicate that the symptoms were due to a functional problem rather than a mechanical one. In 1929, Hurt and Rake realized that the disease was caused by a failure of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) to relax. They coined the term achalasia, meaning failure to relax. Pathophysiology: LES pressure and relaxation are regulated by excitatory (eg, acetylcholine, substance P) and inhibitory (eg, nitric oxide, vasoactive intestinal peptide) neurotransmitters. Persons with achalasia lack nonadrenergic, noncholinergic, inhibitory ganglion cells, causing an imbalance in excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission. The result is a hypertensive nonrelaxed esophageal sphincter The cause of achalasia is unknown. Studies show that the nerves that control the muscle contractions of the esophagus have deteriorated. Why this happens is unclear. There have been theories that a viral infection leads to nerve damage, but these theories have not been proven. Another possibility is that the body's immune system attacks and destroys the nerves. Other conditions besides achalasia can cause the esophagus to function improperly, including diffuse esophageal spasm, polymyositis or dermatomyositis, hypothyroidism and scleroderma esophagus. Most people with achalasia develop symptoms between the ages of 25 and 60, but the condition can occur in children. It does not run in families. The symptoms come on gradually and may take years to progress. Symptoms can include: -Difficulty swallowing solid food (swallowing liquids is not affected in the early stages) -Regurgitation or vomiting of undigested food -Chest pain, discomfort or fullness under the breastbone, especially after meals -Coughing, especially at night or when lying down -Difficulty swallowing solids and liquids (late in the illness) -Weight loss (late in the illness) Sources - Harvard School of Medicine, Dr. Marco Patti, M.D., University of California at San Francisco Pranic Healing: 1. Invoke and scan before, during and after treatment. 2. Play the Mditation on Twin Hearts CD. Instruct the patient to follow the guided Meditation during the treatment. 3. Generla sweeping twice. 4. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back solar plexus chakra. Energize the solar plexus with LWB, LWG then with more of ordinary LWV. For experienced advanced Pranic Healers, apply localized thorough sweeping on the front and back solar plexus chakra and th eliver alternately with LWG and LWO. Energize the solar plexus chakra with LWB, LWG the LWO. 5. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back heart chakra. Energize through the back heart with LWG then with more of ordinary LWV 6. Localized thorough sweeping on the forehead, ajna, crown chakra and jaw minior chakras alternately with LWG and ordinary LWV. Energize them with LWG then with more of ordinary LWV. 7. Localized thorough sweeping on the throat chakra, secondary throat chakra, the entire length of the esophagus and the back of the neck alternately with LWG and oridnary LWV. Energize with LWB. Wait for a few seconds. Then, energize with LWG, ordinary LWV then gold. Rescan. If the throat and secondary throat chakras are overactivated, inhibit them with LB. 8. Localized thorough sweeping on the basic chakra alternately with LWG and LWO. Energize with LWR. 9. Localized thorough sweeping on the navel and the lower abdominal area. Energize the navel chakra with W. 10. Stabilize and release projected pranic energy. 11. Repeat treatment 3 times per week. 12. Teach the patient how to do proper pranic breathing 6-3-6-3. Pranic breathing may be practiced for 12 cycles per session, several sessions per day, everyday especially when experiencing stress. Regular practice of pranic breathing will facilitate relaxation and increase the energy level thereby facilitate healing. 13. Regular practice of the Meditation on Twin Hearts. This healing meditation will further raise the practitioner's energy level and facilitate proper assimilation of healing energy. 14. Regular physical exercises. Love, Marilette 1. Pranic Healing is not intended to replace orthodox medicine, but rather to complement it. If symptoms persist or the ailment is severe, please consult immediately a medical doctor and a Certified Pranic Healer. 2. Pranic Healers who are are not medical doctors should not prescribe nor interfere with prescribed medications and/or medical treatments. ~ Master Choa Kok Sui Miracles do not happen in contradiction to nature, but only to that which is known to us in nature. ~ St. Augustine Reference material for Pranic Healing protocols are the following books written by Master Choa Kok Sui: Science and Art of Modern Pranic Healing, Advanced Pranic Healing, Pranic Psychotherapy, Pranic Crystal Healing. 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