Pam Montgomery
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 We begin building our relationship with a plant by engaging all of our senses, starting with observation.
OBSERVATION
When we choose a plant to work with, an attraction wells up inside?to the color of the flower, the way in which it grows, the feeling in our heart when we look at it, or something that pulls us toward this plant. We approach it with an attitude of respect, give thanks for the opportunity to meet with this plant and affirm that it is our clear intention to begin a courtship that could develop into receiving the healing gifts from the plant. |
Dr. Arthur Janov
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 By contrast, we believe that through careful observation we can discover the laws of nature and apply them to humans; after all, they derive from humans. Biologic truths are of the essence.
In Primal Therapy, we make every attempt to meld our observations and our own research and current neurobiologic research. We do this by not having too many preconceived ideas about the patient, and maintaining an empirical attitude. We do not treat each symptom as an isolated entity to be eradicated. Rather, we know that there is an ensemble of symptoms tied together by something that links them. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 Use your power of observation as a way to practice portion control.
The portion control basics look like this. Try to really visualize these to get going on your practice with portions through observation:
A tennis ball for the premium foods in Category 1, except for walnuts. A deck of cards for protein for the protein foods in Category 2. A tennis ball for the plentiful foods in Category 3.
Learn these two simple visual cues and that's really all you need to know. And if you really use them, they will help keep you on track for the rest of your life! |
Bottom Line Health
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| During the observation year, the proportion of episode-free days was 87% for the former treatment group and 86% for the placebo group.
The most significant side effect from the long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids was an apparently slower growth rate—the placebo group was 1.1 centimeter (cm) taller than the treatment group. However, during the observation year that difference began to even out and was only 0.7 cm at the end of the study.
"This high-risk group did respond nicely to inhaled [corticosteroids while they were on them. |
| The observation that a high percentage of women who were salt-resistant before the removal of ovaries became salt-sensitive suggests that salt sensitivity may be partially responsible for the increase in the progression of hypertension after menopause," says Ana Paula Dantas, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and hypertension and the Center for the Study of Sex Differences in Health, Aging and Disease at Georgetown University.
"This study raises some important questions —should postmenopausal women be more concerned about dietary salt intake than men? |
Pam Montgomery
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| Continuing with your observation, you now want to employ the Doctrine of Signatures. This theory originated with Jakob Bohme, who had a mystical vision that God had put a sign on all things so that we could understand their meanings. In the seventeenth century, Paracelsus continued this line of thinking by asserting that plants had a likeness to a particular body part, organ, or aspect of the body, and this is where the plant would have an effect. Nicholas Culpeper later added astrology to the doctrine so that certain planets governed plants, thus asserting celestial influence on the body. |
| Color is an important area of observation; it is often what we first notice and many times is what attracts us to a particular plant. Color is a foundational aspect of our experience of life as we are constantly surrounded by, and clothed in, affected color. Color is visible light that falls within a narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from red to violet, with red having the longest wavelength and least frequency and violet having the shortest wavelength and greatest frequency. Each color has a particular quality to it that is determined by its frequency. |
| Is this because people's immune systems, in general, need more support now?
An observation that may need to take place over a period of time is that of a plant's growth cycle: annual, biennial, or perennial. An annual plant goes through its entire cycle within one year; the cycle is complete with the formation of seed after which the plant dies back. Annual plants usually produce an abundance of seeds because this is how they reproduce. You may find the plant in the same location the following year only because it dropped its seed and began a new cycle of growth. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Red Queen's observation to Alice in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass that "it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place." Go ahead and trot that tidbit out at the Thanksgiving dinner table when conversation turns to Aunt Fran's chronic bladder infections. |
| Biologically speaking, we've changed very little in the hundred thousand
Figure 91 Queen's Orders Humans cannot adapt faster than bacterial invaders— if s almost as if we're rmmq in place, biologists call this the Red Queen Principle, based on the Red Queen's observation to Alice about how much effort ft takes to run, only to stay in the same place. years since modern humans emerged on the African savanna. That's a long time, but not so much in evolutionary terms—it's equivalent to only three thousand generations, which isn't enough time for many serious adjustments. |
Marshall Editions
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 Your doctor may perform tests, or may diagnose from observation and history, to determine the cause. Sometimes a skin scraping is taken for diagnosis and occasionally a culture is sent. For common, mild folliculitis a topical antibiotic ointment, such as mupirocin, is used. Benzoyl peroxide may also be helpful.
Oral antibiotics: For moderate to severe folliculitis, an oral antibiotic, usually cephalexin (Keflex®), or, if the folliculitis has been caught from a hot tub, ciprofloxin, is used as well as a topical antibiotic. |
| Herbal treatment should be carried out under the supervision and observation of a medical doctor, and is best combined with acupuncture. Stronger herbal decoctions than those described below can be prescribed by an experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctor.
Herbs:
• Yin Chen tea: Yin Chen Hao (artemisia shoots and leaves) and capillaries have proven to be effective herbs for treating jaundice. Since the plant tastes bitter, you can take it with Jin Qian Cao (lysimachia), which has a sweeter taste. To make a tea put 5-6 g of each (one day's dose) in 2-4 cups of boiled water. |
Marion Nestle
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 The quality of scientific research depends not only on the question under investigation (some research questions are more interesting and important than others) and the care ("rigor") with which studies are conducted, but also on the ability of the studies to eliminate ("control for") all possible causes of the observation other than the one being tested. Scientific methods also extend beyond observations to suggest probable causes, to exclude irrelevant causes ("confounding variables"), and to estimate the probability that a particular cause is the true reason for the observation of interest. |
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| The study further confirms our observation of increased cardiovascular mortality during the winter months," Kloner adds. "Still, we are left with an unexplained higher mortality rate during the month of December."
WHAT PATIENTS CAN DO
Kloner agrees that there is a need for more research into the mechanism of higher cardiac mortality in December. However, "until we have definitive answers, there are some common-sense approaches" physicians and patients can take, he says.
"Physicians can remind their patients not to delay seeking medical attention if they develop symptoms. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| A classical scientist begins an investigation based on an initial observation. He forms a hypothesis and sets out, via experimentation, to either prove or disprove his theory.
Today's "new" scientist is given an answer by the pharmaceutical company, and arranges experimentation in such a manner as to answer the question in the most favorable manner. Exceptions to the results are considered irrelevant. The exceptions can be ignored, manipulated to conform to experimental criteria, or dropped from the trial-base altogether for a multitude of reasons. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE APPROACH
Small fibroids that cause few symptoms require no treatment, only observation of growth, which can be done with annual pelvic exams. If the patient notices new symptoms, or the physician thinks there is a change in the fibroid, ultrasound can follow and assess the location and size of fibroids. Because there is some concern about estrogen's role in promoting the growth of fibroids, use of oral contraceptives in premenopausal women and hormone therapy in postmenopausal women should be prescribed with care, close follow-up, and the lowest doses possible. |
| Fibroids are generally not urgent or life threatening, so there is room for experimentation and observation to determine the best course of treatment.
Sample Treatment Plan for Uterine Fibroids
Diet
• Eat a high-fiber, low-fat diet.
• Eat a diet high in whole grains (brown rice, oats, buckwheat, millet, rye, whole wheat).
• Eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables.
• Eat a diet high in flaxseed, particularly ground flaxseed.
• Eat a diet high in legumes, especially soy products, 1 serving per day.
• Avoid saturated fats, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, and junk foods. |
| Clinical observation has taught me that all natural therapies work besr in the context of a healthy lifestyle. Improving one's diet may help in small ways, to decrease heavy bleeding or the pain and discomfort caused by the fibroids. Besides these potential benefits, dietary improvements will improve your general well-being.
Also, women with uterine fibroids may be at higher risk for endometrial cancer due to the higher estrogen levels. A diet high in saturated fats is associated with higher blood levels of estrogen, potentially exacerbating the problem. |
| I have not used natural progesterone alone as a treatment for endometriosis, but it has been my observation that progesrerone is an important part of a comprehensive treatment plan.
Natural progesterone creams can be applied in various regimens. For some women I recommend lA teaspoon two times a day for three weeks on and the week of menses off, or apply twice daily from day 15 of the cycle to day 26. Other women just need to use it the week before their menses is due. Still other cases require higher doses of natural oral micronized progesterone in a cyclic dosing pattern. |
Melody Petersen
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 This same observation about America's big pharmaceutical companies was made at a symposium at the University of Michigan in 2002. In the keynote address, Dr. Erling Refsum, an analyst at Nomura International, a securities firm, said the large drug companies had become little more than cash-flow machines for investors.
"The large pharma companies—they're financial-engineering vehicles," Dr. Refsum said. "They are not science-research operations. Financial-engineering is all about making your EPS and your shareholders happy. It's not about finding drugs. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| Some practitioners recommend observation alone through the acute viral phase of cervical infection in low-risk patients. We have seen this work at least as often as not. Many doctors give patients the option, considering their lifestyle, other risk factors, prior history, and immune system status.
Most everyone in the conventional medical community agrees on how to manage moderate and severe dysplasia: remove it. There is some ongoing controversy about the treatment of mild dysplasia. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 Despite this observation, milk has been used successfully in the treatment of malnourished children in areas of the world where lactose maldigestion is common. In Ethiopia, for example, 100 school children, aged 6-10 years, were fed 250 ml of milk per day for a period of 4 weeks [125]. Although the children initially experienced some degree of gastrointestinal symptoms, the symptoms rapidly abated and returned to pretrial levels within 4 weeks. Similar results were observed with school children in India [123]. |
| Conventional Methodology and Its Limitations
Our present knowledge of intestinal microflora is largely based on classical approaches of cultivation, direct microscopic observation, and biochemical analysis [64]. Results obtained using these conventional methodologies have improved our understanding of the intestinal microflora. However, many intestinal bacteria are difficult to culture because the media may not be specific (i.e., causing overestimation) or may be too selective (i.e., resulting in underestimation or absence of growth) for culturing the particular bacteria of interest [65]. |
| Unlike breast-fed infants, the colonic fermentation capacity of formula-fed infants does not vary significantly through weaning stages [27]. This observation suggests that the colonic microflora of formula-fed infants matures faster than that of breast-fed infants and does not experience major shifts in composition [26-28].
C. Factors Influencing Bacterial Colonization and Succession
In phase I of colonization, environmental factors introduce bacteria to the infant GI tract. |
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| However, during the observation year that difference began to even out and was only 0.7 cm at the end of the study.
"This high-risk group did respond nicely to inhaled [corticosteroids while they were on them. But starting them early didn't prevent anything," says study author Dr. Theresa Guil-bert, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Arizona Respiratory Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCES
One possible reason the Guilbert study found symptom relief while the Bisgaard study didn't is the difference in the study populations, according to Dr. |
Ron Garner
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 Another observation made by Mr. and Mrs. Excelex was that biophotons composed of several levels of hexagonal structures have a brighter radiating light (energy field) surrounding them than a single-hexagon level biophoton. This brighter light is a clear indication of higher energy within the water, which explains why Mr. and Mrs. Excelex's plants that were fed structured water grew so well compared to others given different water. |
Mike Adams
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 Apple cider vinegar (take a tablespoon with your meal)
High Blood Pressure/ Hypertension
High blood pressure is not a disease—it is an observation. Saying that high blood pressure is a disease is sort of like saying a car with squeaking brakes has squeaky brakes disease. It's just an observation.
Why is blood pressure higher than it should be? Because your body is experiencing certain undesirable metabolic effects that have been caused by your diet, your lack of nutrition, your lack of exercise, and your lack of hydration, that ultimately lead to a higher observable blood pressure. |
David Steinman
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 Around that time her uncle made an observation. He said there were no birds. It was so weird. And from 1999 through 2001 they did not have any birds.
After that, the UFW came and they had a really big meeting, and they organized the town and a single newspaper came out; there was a lot of press and a lot of angry, angry people. The fire department was there. Agricultural Commissioner Kraft was there. "How are you going to pay for your hospital bills?" the agricultural commissioner said. "Well everybody gets money hungry, you know," he said, putting them down for talking about legal action. |
Shannon Brownlee
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 This observation has many implications, probably none of them more unsettling than in the area of end-of-life care. When you ask Americans what kind of death they want, a vast majority say they would like to be at home, surrounded by loved ones. The last place they want to be is in an ICU, hooked up to machines, with tubes coming out of every orifice. But the ICU is precisely where huge numbers of frail, elderly, dying patients wind up—depending upon where they happen to live. |
| Debra Roter, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Judith Hall, a social psychologist at Northeastern University, have analyzed thousands of hours of videotape and direct observation of physicians and patients to define the qualities that all good diagnosticians possess. Doctors have to like their patients in order to treat them well, or at the very least be able to empathize with them. Patients are often filled with anxiety and fear, or they may feel embarrassed about their illness or symptoms. |
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