erie ?s, schizophrenia, & vit. D

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Dear Victoria Dragon & All,

 

This is not TCM either... but I thought that I would add this tidbit

of information to this message.

 

This a.m., I happened to read an article titled " Revealed: the pill

that prevents cancer " in The Independent Online Edition in Science &

Technology concerning new discoveries about Vitamin D. I won't post

the whole article only a small section about schizophrenia:

 

" Schizophrenia

The chance of developing schizophrenia could be linked to how sunny

it was in the months before birth. A lack of sunlight can lead to

vitamin D deficiency, which scientists believe could alter the

growth of a child's brain in the womb. "

 

I am not certain if this tidbit relates to TCM. It is just a small

pass-along for anyone that may be interested...

 

Respectfully, Danamarie

 

 

>

> This is not TCM, but several years ago there was some promising

> research into the use of dialysis for treating some (not all)

cases of

> schizophrenia. The screens had a different size mesh than those

used

> in kidney dialysis. I forget if they were finer or coarser.

>

> Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical industry heavily funds the

American

> Pyschiatric Association, and research into dialysis, nutrition,

and

> other treatments for schizophrenia were abandoned or all but

abandoned

> in favor of drugs.

>

> By the way, some cases of schizophrenia have a factor of an error

in

> copper metabolism, and these schizophrenics suffer from too much

> copper. In many " primitive " societies, the first thing the healers

do

> when someone starts to display signs of what is called

schizophrenia

> in the West is to take away all copper jewelry and tools from the

> person.

>