Wine: A large quantity has an appetizing effect; a small quantity sustains.[Berachot 35b]

A few FASCINATING medical-pesach issuses.
טובא גריר, פורתא סעיד-ברכות לה ,תעמוד ב
A large quantity has an appetizing effect; a small quantity sustains.[Berachot 35b]
It seems strange but a large quantity of wine will stimulate one's appetite, whereas a small quantity will
satisfy and keeps hunger away.
Therefore if one drinks wine one on erev Pesach he should drink a larger [not to small] amount] so that he will not suppress his appetite for the seder.
In the journal Science [1982] it was published that an rapid infusion of glucose in the duodenum very much increased the appetite of rabbits and a slow infusion decreased the appetite.
This is may explain the statement of the Talmud.
[Source; insights, a Talmudic treasury by rabbi Saul Weiss]
So for over-eaters: it is clear what to do.
Drink a very little bit of wine before the meal [one or two teaspoons]

[Rambam mishne tora [ chapter 5,halacha 2 ]:
[translation by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim publ.corp]
"With regards to these five species of grain: if [flour from these species] is kneaded with fruit juice alone without any water, it will never become leavened.
Even if [flour] is placed in [these] juices the entire day until the dough rises, it is permitted to be eaten [on Pesach], for fruit juice does not cause [dough] to become leavened.
It merely causes [the flour] to decay.
The following are [included in the category] of fruit juice: wine ,milk, honey, olive oil, apple juice, pomegranate juice and all other similar wines ,oils, and beverages.
This applies so long as no water whatsoever is mixed with them.
If any water is mixed with them, they cause [the flour] to become leavened."

Simply, the smallest amount of added water will cause the mentioned grains to become leavened[to become chametz]
It is fascinating to be able to remark here the halacha brought by the Rambam and to relate this to the fact that in traditional medicine [as well in homeopathy] all water is not just water.
Water in fruits is considered to be totally different
from just plain water [ both of them are H2O in chemistry]
In homeopathy water that is shaken very vigorously has found to be different [from the water before it has been shaken] when examined with atom spectrography.
It is as if water has a "memory" [like footprints in the snow, which show-like a memory- that somebody passed there some while ago]

On seder Pesach all of us will remember the leaning on the left side.
[Kitzur shulchan aruch [chapter 71,halacha 5 ]

"It is beneficial to begin one's sleep while lying on the left side, and afterwards to change to the right side.

This is beneficial to one's health, since the liver is on one's right side, and the stomach on one's left. When one leans to the left, the liver will lie on the stomach and warm it with its heat. This will hasten the digestion of the food. After the food is digested, it is preferable to lean to the right, thus allowing the stomach to rest and the wastes to descend. One should not turn frequently from side to side"

Remarkable that I found in only one medical textbook form 1959 [and in no other book] that the temperature in the liver veins is above 41 degrees!!

Then it becomes understandable that lying on the left side "cooks" the food in the stomach [see above] which means that the speed of digestion is increased significantly!!

Do you know that recently it has been found that people who sleep only one on side have more tendency for kidney stones?

Pesach sameach we-kasher.

Gold, silver, copper [ nechoshet ]: some Tora thoughts and some medical and homeopathic issues .

Gold, silver, copper [ nechoshet ]: some Tora thoughts and some medical and homeopathic issues .

Copper , together with silver and gold are repeatedly mentioned in the parshiot va-yakhel-pekudei [starting at shemot 35:1]

"Take from among you a donation for G-d, let
every generous person bring it, a donation for G-d,
consisting of gold, silver, and copper"; Vayakhel: Shemot/Exodus, Chapter 35 Verse 5

" And to devise [plans] with ingenuity, to execute [those plans] in gold, in silver and in copper." Vayakhel: Shemot/Exodus, Chapter 35 Verse 32:

He made the Basin [ Kior ] out of copper and its base out of copper, from the mirrors of the women who had gathered at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting Vayakhel: Shemot/Exodus, Chapter 38 Verse 8:

The Kior was the basin in which the Kohanim washed their hands and feet every day at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

And today I will discuss some "medical issues" in connection with copper
Copper is -as everybody know- an excellent conductor [the second best after silver] and therefore used in electricity wires.
What may be less known is that copper does not sustain any bacteria growth on its surface and there fore it would be ideal to use this metal for door knobs especially in hospitals.
Is it not remarkable that the "Healer of all flesh" commanded that the Kior in the mishkan [Tabernacle] had to be made of copper?
The kohanim had to do the ritual washing form the copper basin!
[yes , I do realize that the Tora is not a medical hand book]

In the human body copper -even if it is present only in small amounts-has a vital function.
Copper and zinc are very dependent on each other.
Too much copper and low levels of zinc can lead to serious psychiatry problems and even possibly to certain forms of schizophrenia .
Fortunately, zinc food sources also provide copper.

Especially rich in copper are nuts (brazil nuts,cashews,peanuts, pecans), seeds (especially poppy and sunflower), chickpeas, liver and [oysters].
potatoes, legumes (beans and peas), grains (wheat and rye), fruits (peach and raisin), and even chocolate!
A shortage on the other hand can lead in the long run to serous blood vessel problems and even to a widening and weakening of the aorta which may rupture and cause a potential fatal bleeding.
Copper has many more important tasks.

It helps in the production of hemoglobin and some anemias may never get better without the addition of extra copper, again a not very well known fact.
For a proper thyroid function proper amounts of zinc , copper as well as selenium and other minerals/vitamins are required.
Women seem to need more copper then men for their hormonal balance, where as men need more zinc.
Is it again not striking that the mirrors of the women were made of copper?
[I am not relating to the midrash in the pure spiritual sense ,but I am wondering -and again only the Creator may know-if the women needed the little bit of extra copper which they possibly could have absorbed from these mirrors [micro-homeopathic amounts?] , to gives a more "materialistic-physiological" explanation of the midrash concerning the function of the mirrors...........??
I will now discuss the use of copper in homeopathy and just mention the most striking characteristics of this metal and this will give an idea when copper in homeopathic form may be indicated as a remedy.
The main essence [characteristic] of copper [cuprum metallicum] in homeopathy is:
CRAMPS, all kind of cramps ,calve cramps, spasms,twitching and even convulsions [epilepsy],crampy cough [whooping cough!],severe,violent asthma often relieved by vomiting and this in itself may be a sign that the patient needs copper.
Language is fascinating and to compare the root letters of cramps and cuprum with each others does give one an chizuk [strong argument] that what happened at Babel was very real!!
C...R...M...P= C... u.. P...R..M
nachash..........nechoshet .........cramping -----cuprum: wind like a snake french : se torder , serpenter = to wringle serpent = snake

german:sich schlängeln ........ schlange =snake

To show you that nachash and nechoshet [the wringeling of the snake ,the crampy movements are all found back in other languages and that cuprum [nechoshet] has as main characteristic: CRAMPS
A very special indication for cuprum is the so called "breath-holding spells''.

Small children who -after a crying spell- suddenly stop breathing and turn blue for a short while and then come back to "life". The condition is innocent except that it can cause the parents the fright of their life!
One dose of cuprum [potency 200] may clear up all future attacks!

Also mentally "cramped"[introvert],suppressed feelings,duty bound,keeps all the rules and regulations and can't stand when other don't do the same; fanatic,will not give up
Wants to be independent ,will not ask for help.
Dictatorial, they like to keep the same pattern,the same rules,no changes,please!
Policemen!! I understood that in the States police men are called in “slang”:copper
All cramps of the copper patient have a violent character [violent diarrhoea,violent vomiting,hysterical cramps,violent asthma]

Wants to be in control of everything.
Never able to relax, hard workers,ambitious very disciplined ,never gives up,hard for himself and others.
Cuprum children can behave violent [kicking,biting,spitting]
They are very serious in class and are afraid to get a rebuke or to be criticized and will do everything to please the teacher.[according to the rules]
School teachers should know this and they should not ask to much from children with a "copper picture",because these children will do everything to keep up with the demands and may then get sick if they can't perform as asked from them.

Copper children often don't like to be touched or to be approached.
Babies with colics may react very well on cuprum especially when there is a clear gurgling sound when they drink/nurse.

And to end with a simple advise: in ayurvedic medicine children with severe asthma are often given to drink some water that has been left [overnight] in a copper vessel.

May we celebrate the coming Purim with -if necessary – taking beforehand some copper water to loosen up! Purim sameach.

Little philosophy,some practical tips this month.

Little philosophy,some practical tips this month.

Today I will write about daily practical tips for treatment of various disorders.
The subjects will be short and I will write just one or two tips about each subject .
When I write about diabetes for example, then it is clear that whole books are written about this subject but when I write about cinnamon then this is just a single tip it is good to know about.
Other tips are proven homeopathic remedies ,some of which I have used frequently and wrote them down because I have found them useful indeed.
The best is to print out what you need and show this to the homeopathic pharmacy.
Some of the disorders are of more serious nature and the tips are just to help you supporting treatment already prescribed by your doctor.
Let's start with Hypertension: just two tips:

1] increase drastically your potassium intake by eating plenty vegetables and fruits [one or two potatoes per day can add a lot of potassium

2 ] learning some simple breathing exercises can work miracles [contact my talmidot to teach you this][or for nutritional advise in general]
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Diabetes: use cinnamon: put 1/4 or 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a paper coffee filter and pour a cup of hot water over it and drink the strained liquid.
you may use up to 2 teaspoons of cinnamon a day and prepare all at once and divide over the day.
Vomiting: except from adding ORS [see one of the former leaflets] give some tea of cloves to drink.[some 4 cloves on a glass of water]
If you or your child are extremely weak from loss of fluid [being it after gastroenteritis, heavy menstrual bleeding or whatever kind of fluid loss and then -after correcting fluid and mineral loss- you feel you are still not getting better quick enough, then go and buy:
helonias /china D6 aa [=equal parts] ad 30cc [all in one bottle] and take for one or more days 4 times a day some 5 drops on or under the tongue [not at the same time with food in the mouth] and the weakness may disappear within hours!
If you have a baby/young child who is often sick [bronchitis etc] and is sweating heavily especially in the neck area and possibly also has a "large head"[compared to other children] and is fond of eggs [don't give children below the age of 9 months eggs to eat] or in case the baby is only breast-feeding and the mother is "crazy" [teshuka] about eggs then you may consider giving the child just a few globules of calcium carbonicun 200 [ask for one "manna"] to suck and in the shortest time the child may be healthy.
The heavy sweating may sometimes the only indicated symptom to decide about this remedy.
Children who have been treated endless with antibiotics may in this case get better with just one dose of calcium carbonicum.
This is one of the proven miracles of homeopathy.
At the same vein: If a child is "crazy "about olives then there is a fair chance that the homeopathic remedy lycopodium will heal heal from whatever he has,
[may sound strange but I have seen this often enough]
By lycopodium D30 globuli and give just one time a 3 globules to suck.
For children with fluid "behind the eardrums" who are suggested to have ear tubes [kaftorim] it may be far better to give them kal. mur. D6 for a few weeks to suck, twice a day a 3 is enough.
The same remedy may be helpful for people with get easily ear pain when they have to travel] by air or from Jerusalem to the dead sea etc [height differences]
Carsick? try ginger before traveling of buy homeopathy:
cocculus/tabacum/petroleum D 6 aa ad 30cc and take a few times a day some 5 drops on or under the tongue.
Mothers who are exhausted from "night-watching"[breast feeding] or families who have to take care of sick family and get to little sleep should first of all of course try to get extra sleep but a dose of cocculus 200 [ask a again for one "manna"] can help quite a bit to get their strength back.[just take half of the small tube with little globules in it, under the tongue and suck them]
To help fractures heal more quickly:
calc phosph / symphytum D 6 aa ad 50cc twice a day some 5 drops on or under the tongue for a few weeks.
Acupuncture can be most important also especially for the proper healing of wrist or ankle fractures!
Varicose veins: easiest and cheapest treatment: 2 to 3 cups of rosemary tea a day [may also help your memory.........!!]
Acute asthma [as an emergency ,but consult also your doctor]: arsenicum/ natrium sulph /asa foetida D30 aa ad 50 cc, every hour or so a 5drops on or under the tongue and reduce to twice a day while getting better.
Migraine: take often ginger tea and also eat the ginger at the bottom of the cup.
Try also, if the ginger is not enough, the following homeopathic mixture [in case you can't consult an homeopathic practitioner]:
glonoinum d12, belladonna D6,,gelsemium D6,,nux vomica D6 , iris vers. D6,,sanguinaria D6,,nat. mur.D12 all in one bottle aa ad 50cc ,
take every 2 hours some 5 drops
And to stay a bit connected with parsha miketz:[this shabbath of chanuka]
If you never remember a dream [pharao did,but this was dictated from above] then you may be lacking vitamin B6. [and at the same time this lack may cause tingling fingers and swollen hands especially in the morning][so called carpal tunnel syndrome]
you may take a capsule of 100 mg vitamin B6 every day and consult your doctor.[no operation!!]
For cts [carpal tunnel syndrome][pressure on one of the hand nerves] acupuncture is very effective [just 2 needles]
In the future time some more tips b"h.
A Chanuka sameach and in case you eat to many fatty sufganiot [ of course they should be prepared with extra virgin olive oil] then there is still a "rescue"[hatzala] for this :
take: nux vomica/carbo veg.D30 a few globules every few hours or just chew on some anise seeds [half a teaspoon and swallow them afterwards.

"stridor" :ONE OF THE EMERGENCIES IN CHILDREN חרום נשמתי אצל ילדים

pseudo-croup = "stridor"

today i would like to give you-as parents- a very usefull tip for children with stridor.

most stridors are more scaring [mafchid] then really dangerous.

there are however situations in which a stridor can become a real emergency.

it is hard to describe you in all details what a stridor [pseudo-croup] is,but for practical reasons one can describe this as a situation whereby a young child wakes up [mostly in the middle of the night] with shortness of breath and one hears a heavy wheeze[tsiftsuf] while the child is inhaling[noshem=machnis awir],together with a hoarse [tsarud],barking cough.

often the child improves when he is brought to the window/balcony/in fresh air.

a good thing to have at home ,if a child suffers now and then from stridor ,is the following homeopathic mixture:

hepar sulph / aconit / spongia ,all of them D30 ,together in a bottle [30 cc is enough]

give frequently,during an attack,even every 5 to 10 minutes a few drops on the tongue.

often after a few doses the attack abates[mafsik]

for certainity one can give then, a few days before sleep , a few drops.

these can be repeated as often as necessary in case of further attacks.

in fact i have seen [heard from parents]that this combination worked virtually always.

highly recommended that emergency rooms would adopt this practise as well.

in any yeshuv/kibbutz/community: keep a bottle with these drops at hand.

this homeopathic combination is not my own finding,one will find it in most homepathic books.

i just have quite a bit of experience with it.

do realize that a stridor may be a symptom of various conditions/diseases.

[ achild may have swalloed a foreign object [guf zar] ]etc

if one is in doubt take the child to a doctor without waiting.

any case of cyanosis [kichalon],

drooling[harbe rok me-ha-pe],

extreme restlesness,

[extreme ]drowsiness

should be a sign to have the child be examined straight away.

in any case however -if one has these drops available- give frequently a few drops [2drops are enough]even if the child is in the hospital.

"stridor" :ONE OF THE EMERGENCIES IN CHILDREN חרום נשמתי אצל ילדים

pseudo-croup = "stridor"



today i would like to give you-as parents- a very usefull tip for children with stridor.

most stridors are more scaring [mafchid] then really dangerous.

there are however situations in which a stridor can become a real emergency.



it is hard to describe you in all details what a stridor [pseudo-croup] is,but for practical reasons one can describe this as a situation whereby a young child wakes up [mostly in the middle of the night] with shortness of breath and one hears a heavy wheeze[tsiftsuf] while the child is inhaling[noshem=machnis awir],together with a hoarse [tsarud],barking cough.



often the child improves when he is brought to the window/balcony/in fresh air.



a good thing to have at home ,if a child suffers now and then from stridor ,is the following homeopathic mixture:



hepar sulph / aconit / spongia ,all of them D30 ,together in a bottle [30 cc is enough]



give frequently,during an attack,even every 5 to 10 minutes a few drops on the tongue.

often after a few doses the attack abates[mafsik]

for certainity one can give then, a few days before sleep , a few drops.

these can be repeated as often as necessary in case of further attacks.

in fact i have seen [heard from parents]that this combination worked virtually always.



highly recommended that emergency rooms would adopt this practise as well.



in any yeshuv/kibbutz/community: keep a bottle with these drops at hand.



this homeopathic combination is not my own finding,one will find it in most homepathic books.

i just have quite a bit of experience with it.



do realize that a stridor may be a symptom of various conditions/diseases.

[ achild may have swalloed a foreign object [guf zar] ]etc

if one is in doubt take the child to a doctor without waiting.

any case of cyanosis [kichalon],

drooling[harbe rok me-ha-pe],

extreme restlesness,

[extreme ]drowsiness

should be a sign to have the child be examined straight away.



in any case however -if one has these drops available- give frequently a few drops [2drops are enough]even if the child is in the hospital.

WINTER DROPS [FLU DROPS]...........................MELTING SNOW טיפות לחורף

By now most of you will know that colds and flu are going around.

This year the symptoms seem to be more protracted ["memushag"] then in other years.

I wrote you in the past already about tea's for fever/flu, and recently also about a cough formula [primula] and a few days ago about osciloccocinum as prevention.

Today I would like to write you about a formula I am using already many years to strengthen the immune system [if you want to call it this way].

There is all kind of variations possible but for the sake of clarity I will write one formula that virtually everybody can use.

If you are treated with very exceptional drugs like coumadine or with a lot of other drugs then first discuss the use of this herbal formula with a doctor who deals with herbs.

The formula can be bought in homeopathic pharmacies, I advise to buy them in the pharmacies I am working with, because they keep the various compounds in stock [French pharmacy in Gilo or Oplatka on rehov jafo 110].

You may print the following out and show it to them, if you wish to buy the drops:

Astragalus 20cc / Echinacea 30cc / Tropaeolum majus 30cc / Cetraria isl. 10cc / Myrrha 5cc / Usnea 15cc, all of these compounds as a mother tincture [T.M] and all together in one glass bottle [not plastic!!].

Ask the pharmacy to give only the tinctures made by ketzar כצר ,as these are of a good quality.

How much to give?

I will give you some rough estimation;

6 months to one year: 5 to 8 drops

1-3 year: 8 to10drops

3-7 years: 10 to 15 drops

7-12 years: 15-20 drops

12-18 years: 20-30 drops

Older: 30-40 drops

This is a rough estimation; giving some more is not dangerous.

It may be good to start with half of the amount prescribed for one or two days and if tolerated well to give then the amounts as prescribed above.

When and how often to give?

To any child or adult who is often sick [presuming that he get good, nutritious food: how often should we repeat this!!?] one can give these drops for a 2 weeks in a row and then interrupt for 4 days or so and then start again and repeat this cycle.

The drops may be given 3 times a day [or in acute diseases even up to 5 times] and after