Last year Pat emailed me asking for help – she and her husband Dan wanted to get back on track with their health:
Dan is taking too many prescriptions! He would like to get off as many as possible. A Marine, he ran 18 marathons and climbed 20 something 14'ers over his lifetime, plus Mt. Kilimanjaro. Up until last October, he was walking 3-4 miles per day until he tore his meniscus. He had a knee replacement 4 months ago and is disappointed that he is not doing better, although he has done all the PT. He has arthritis and stenosis of his lower spine.
I just reversed osteoporosis to osteopenia, and would like to keep it that way, or continue reversing! I am also trying to lose weight.
--- Pat Ross
WBV: I recommended the Ultimate Vibe vibration machine for both Dan and Pat, along with a coaching & counseling package with me to address their issues. Since Dan had only recently had his knee replacement surgery, he would need to start slowly with the vibration using the low power setting on the Ultimate Vibe machine. That setting is so extremely gentle that the vibration would stay in his feet. Six months after his joint replacement surgery, he would be able to use the stronger setting.
For Pat, the high setting on Ultimate Vibe machine would be the best place for her to start. The stronger vibration of the high setting is needed to send the vibration throughout her whole body, which she needs to send the bone building signal to all the bones in her body. Click here for more on how WBV can help improve bone density.
Nutrition: Dan and Pat were well aware of how important nutrition is - so they were both already eating a healthy, anti-inflammation Mediterranean diet. Pat was also already taking several nutritional supplements to make sure she was getting all the nutrients she needed for bone building, so we moved on to the next critical element of a complete health program - energy medicine.
Homeopathy – a powerful form of Energy Medicine:
When choosing a remedy, your mental state is even more important than the physical symptoms, though these too are important. There are often many possible remedies for a particular physical symptom, but if the remedy does not also fit the mental state, it will not work. Click here for more info about how homeopathy works.
Dan
Counseling Session 1: Talking with Dan during his first counseling session, I find that he is a highly accomplished, intelligent, and strong individual with many years of managing and organizing a lot of projects and people. On the physical level, he has been dealing with a chronic infection in his airway that has resulted in a wet phlegmy cough for the last six months, as well as dealing with the knee replacement surgery and rehab that followed.
Critical issues, such as breathing, need to be dealt with before quality-of-life issues, so I told Dan that we would have to focus on his infection first. The doctor had put Dan on antibiotics and said that he would need to stay on these antibiotics for life. But despite the antibiotics and several other drugs, Dan was still coughing and hacking up a lot of phlegm.
For Dan’s first homeopathic remedy, I recommend Kali Bichromium. On the mental level, Kali Bichrom is for a “loyal, moral, proper” person, who focuses on details and follows rules carefully. On the physical level, airway infections with thick phlegm are highly characteristic of Kali Bichrom.
Within a week, for the first time in many months, Dan stopped coughing entirely.
Note: Homeopathic remedies come in different potencies. If you want to try a homeopathic remedy on your own, without the help of an experienced professional homeopath, please only try a low potency remedy (30C or lower). This potency is also often an effective as well as safe potency to start with when the physical symptoms are acute.
Counseling Session 2: About one month later Dan has developed a new symptom (burping and heartburn) and is also complaining that a longstanding symptom of itchy skin is driving him nuts despite the drug he is on that is supposed to control itchiness. I was not surprised that this happened.
Negative energy accumulates in layers, like the layers of an onion. The correct homeopathic remedy can release the energy layer that is at the surface, resulting in relief from the physical and mental symptoms, but then the next layer of negative energy will begin to rise to the surface. This process commonly takes about 3-4 weeks, at which point the person will begin to experience the symptoms related to that new energy disturbance. This 3-4 week time frame is why I usually need to talk with people about once a month for counseling sessions.
Overall though, Dan seems better. His energy is better - he has lately been walking two miles a day even in the heat of summer in Texas. Suspecting that Dan might now be in the Apis energy I ask Dan about bug bites.
Apis is bumble bee venom (Apis is Latin for “bee”) and highly associated with burning, stinging pains, and itchiness and swelling. Homeopathy is all about resonating energy waves (meaning the same energy wavelength), so people in this energy will characteristically have some of the same mental and physical traits associated with bees. Generally they are active, vital, and busy people and somewhat irritable, like bees 😉. And on the physical level they will often have symptoms related to the reactions that bee venom induces, such as getting large very itchy and red welts from bug bites, along with itchiness in general. It turnes out that this type of bug bite reaction is indeed the case for Dan. Apis energy people also have stinging, burning pains and swelling in the airway or throat, such as the burning sensation in your esophagus that heartburn brings, or that might result from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. I recommend Apis 30C for Dan as his second remedy.
Counseling Session 3: Dan is now off of his heartburn and itchiness meds, and experiencing less itchiness and heartburn. His cough is still also much better, though he is still coughing up some mucus in the morning, but now the mucus is an odd greyish color which it has never been before.
Immediately, I am thinking of a remedy called Argentum (Latin for silver). Silver metal is a light grey color, and this very unusual and rather odd symptom of grey mucus – as if infused with silver metal, is a distinctive keynote symptom of this energy state. Dan’s mental state is also in line with the Argentum energy state, with the typical extroversion, cheerfulness, highly emotional, and quick to forgive after anger. Dan is also afraid of heights, I realize, as I hear a story about an unpleasant, never to be forgotten, bridge event. These two fears in particular (bridges and heights) are characteristic of Argentum energy. I recommend Argentum Nitricum 30C – the most commonly used version of Argentum.
It turns out that Dan is also very concerend about money, something that having grown up in a family with a lot of financial stress, has always been a big issue for him. Another remedy, Arsenicum is a classic remedy for anxiety about money and one’s physical security in the world, including the health and security of your loved ones, who provide emotional security. On the physical level, Arsenicum is also associated with burning pains and itchiness, so I feel that this remedy will also likely continue the healing process for Dan’s heartburn and itchiness. However, because Dan has experienced deep and profound losses in his life, I recommend a version of Arsencium that is also for buried grief – Natrum Arsenicum.
In the end, I recommend two remedies for Dan this month: Argentum Nitricum 30C, and Natrum Arsenicum 30C. Within a few days Dan’s itchiness, heartburn, and mucus production are all improving!
Pat
Counseling Session 1: Pat’s biggest concern is osteoporosis. She would also like to lose a bit more weight, is occasionally irritable and sometimes deals with mood issues. Overall, Pat feels she has had a mostly good and healthy life.
One of the biggest homeopathic remedies associated with osteoporosis is Calcarea Phosphoricum (calcium phosphorus). Calcium of course is a critical element in bone building, and researchers believe that phosphorus reduces the amount of calcium that the body can absorb, making this combination very relevant to bone loss.
Interestingly, phosphorus is also associated with bubbles, such as the bubbles in a carbonated soda drink containing phosphorus - and osteoporotic bone has holes, like bubbles.
On the mental level, Calcarea Phosphoricum is a combination of Calcarea Carbonica, a homeopathic remedy that is derived from the shells of either mussels or oysters, organisms that bind to rocks in the ocean and never move again. Not surprisingly, people in Calcarea energy are homebodies who have a strong focus on home and family, tend to battle inertia and the weight gain associated with inactivity and an enjoyment of food.
But Phosphorus is a bubbly, outgoing or person who sparkles with enthusiasm and intelligence, as if glowing with phosphorescence. In a CalcPhos person, both of these energies may be present and will tend to moderate each other resulting in active and energetic person who is quite bubbly and outgoing, but who is likely to develop bone issues and may battle weight gain. I recommend Calc Phos 30C for Pat for her first remedy.
As bone density changes very slowly, we will have to wait at least six months to see if the WBV and homeopathic remedies can help reverse Pat’s bone loss. She should also continue with her program of homeopathy as one remedy will not be enough to completely reverse this energy situation. But if we see a change in other symptoms, that will be an excellent sign that the remedy is working and will also be helping her bones. Because if homeopathic remedy is not correct - i.e. if the energy wave of a remedy does not resonate with the person - then nothing at all will happen.
Counseling Session 2: Pat is “feeling really good!” She has now lost a total of 14 lbs over the past few months, while working out and using the vibration machine to keep her muscle tone. She is eating well, her ankle swelling is down, her mood has been better, and she’s not been as irritable this last month.
But her skin has gotten more itchy lately. Her allergies to pollen and molds have also gotten worse and her eyes are itchy and watering, she’s sneezing a lot, is congested, and has a sore throat. She’s been using Zrytex (an allergy medication) every night and a nasal spray for respiratory allergies.
I recommend Allium 30C for her allergy symptoms. Allium is Latin for onions, and anybody who has ever chopped onions knows that onions will cause Pat’s sort of symptoms with a vengeance! As “like cures like” in homeopathy, Allium is often just the right homeopathic remedy for this type of eye and nose allergy symptoms.
The other remedy I recommend for Pat is Sepia 30C. Sepia is for an extremely independent woman, which describes Pat well, and on the physical level, female-organ complaints are common in this energy, which has been an issue for Pat at times. Sepia is also likely to have itchy skin issues.
A few months later, Pat sent me the following glowing message:
We are thrilled with our results. With whole body vibration, eating healthier, and a few homeopathic remedies, I AM LOSING WEIGHT, something I have been trying to accomplish for 20 years!
My husband is now off his blood pressure meds, his six month long persistent cough has finally gone away, and his knee has improved after knee replacement surgery.
His energy level and general sense of wellbeing has improved too since starting his regimen of vibration on the Ultimate Vibe and taking your suggested homeopathic remedies. He is now up to walking four miles a day, at the age of 85, in the summer heat of Texas! We both have greatly improved health, our main goal.
---Pat and Dan Ross, ages 75 & 85, respectively
