Homeopathic Treatment for
Gulf War Syndrome and Illnesses
by Erika North Price, DIHom, DHM
Homeopathic Remedies for GWS: |
Excerpted and edited down from the book Desperate
Remedies, the Classical Homeopathic Treatment of Intractable Disorders: Herpes Virus *
Gulf War Syndrome * Chronic Fatigue Disorders * Anxiety by Erika North Price. This
book is nearing completion but I have not yet sought a publisher. I feel, however, that
sharing the specific information on Gulf War Syndrome is of immediate importance. You can
also find this and other information on my web site.
GWS causes many illnesses which are real and terrifying. It can be both lethal and moderately contagious. It can be communicable through casual and intimate contact of bodily fluids from sexual exchange and by airborne contact by coughing and perspiration, making for secondary infectees. GWS is not imagined as the U.S. Dept of Defense has alleged for the past 5 years while refusing proper medical care and benefits to the vets and their families. To date GWS affects well over 160,000 of the Gulf War veterans. This ever-growing statistic does not include the secondary infectees: the wives, children, other family members, friends or associates who are sick, disabled, dying or dead. Whole families are now ill. Their babies are being born with severe congenital defects and deformities, including being born with one or more missing limbs, missing an eye or ear or organs, and blood disorders. Sixty seven percent of babies born to Gulf War vets are affected, and over half of all babies born in Iraq since the war are affected. Even their pets are coming down with the GWS illnesses and dying. Iraq is also reporting alarmingly high increases in rare and unknown diseases, primarily in their children. Kuwait is also affected, as are the British veterans of the Gulf War. At the end of the Gulf War, in March of 1991, the Pentagon hailed the war as a virtually bloodless victory-- for the U.S. But it may take decades and generations before the true casualty count is known. Symptoms began immediately in some cases, but mostly they have appeared six months to six years after the time of exposure. They can get progressively worse until the victim is partially or completely disabled. Causes, as known thus far, include:
DU was used in warfare for the first time in operation Desert Storm. It was the Pentagon's first live field test of armor-piercing bullets, tank shells, and tank armor made of this deadly radioactive nuclear waste. Because of DU's ability to penetrate steel, it has become a popular weapon with the brass. When fired, a DU shell combusts on impact, and as much as 70% of the material is released and turns into an aerosol of radioactive uranium particles. It becomes an irradiating powder in the air. It travels in the wind or becomes mixed with dust and dirt. It can be inhaled and ingested and it can be trapped in the lungs or kidneys. 'Depleted' Uranium is a cleverly deceptive term for the radioactive by-product of the uranium enrichment process. 'Depleted' does not mean non-radioactive. Depleted uranium is radioactive, with a half life of 4.4 billion years. It now contaminates battlefields, military bases, proving grounds, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who handled it, and the innocent victims of war. DU remains imbedded in soil, water, and bodily fluids long after its use, where millions can come into contact with it. When these highly toxic uranium particles enter the body, they become lodged in major organs or bones, affecting the bone marrow and producing DNA damage. The causes of GWS, when they are viewed objectively instead of through the haze of diversion and misinformation that are served up by the government and the corporate media, prove that the Pentagon's brass knowingly used their own soldiers as disposable guinea pigs and cannon fodder, and they should be liable for such behavior. How the combination of these toxic and radioactive materials affect the immune system is not yet known, but the symptoms tell a lot. The many illnesses, symptoms and disorders of GWS Illnesses, symptoms and disorders of GWS include: many auto-immune symptoms and disorders; severe and chronic fatigue; chronic vomiting and diarrhea and other gastrointestinal illnesses; chronic fevers; skin sores and rashes including ones that look like giant ringworm; muscle and joint pain; severe weight loss (a wasting away); immuno-suppressant disorders similar to AIDS; heart problems, irregular heart beat; shortness of breath; headaches; bleeding and hemorrhaging; nasal congestion; twitching; oral ulcerations, blisters on the lips; swollen lymph nodes; multiple chemical sensitivities; severe muscle and joint pain and aches; chronic and severe headaches; hemorrhaging from any orifice; urinary tract infections, urinary urgency, incontinence, and other urinary and bladder and kidney disorders; nerve damage; numbness and tingling; partial paralysis; swollen lymph nodes; drooling; excessive sweating; cramping; diverticulitis; convulsions, loss of consciousness and coma; bizarre tumors and often brain stem tumors, and various radiation-caused cancers; lymphomas; leukemia; cervical cancer; severe sleep disorders, including insomnia for days at a time, night sweats; respiratory infections; an inability to function physically and mentally; neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms; Hodgkin's Disease; lymphomas; leukemia; tumors and various radiation caused cancers; Graves' Disease of the thyroid; microorganism infections; strange sensations that a body part is missing or as splashed with hot water or in ice; Multiple Sclerosis; Lou Gehrig's Disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and Guillain-Barr Syndrome-like symptoms. The female partners of affected G.I.'s and female G.I.'s are also developing ovarian cysts and tumors, cervical cancer, herpes, chlamydia; and a great number of other symptoms. Anxiety or nervousness are common, as are severe depression, deep sadness, memory loss, confusion, difficult concentration, personality changes, mood swings, irritability, violent angry rages, the need to calm down by self medicating with alcohol or drugs; and many are suicidal. Homeopathic Remedies for GWS (The symbol ">" means "better from"; the symbol "<" denotes "worse from".) Anthracinum Illnesses from Anthrax Toxoid Vaccine and septic and malignant inflammations of connective or cellular tissue, mucous membranes, glands and skin, with sepsis, abscess, enormous swellings, burning and intolerable pain. Weakness and exhaustion of extremities. Extreme collapse with difficulty swallowing and breathing, asphyxia, loss of consciousness, and death in bleeding cases. Organs are enlarged, swollen or engorged. Severe pains in limbs and joints. Eruptions and abscesses are black or dark-red and are very painful. Enormous swelling of inflamed parts. Intolerable burning pains. Restless and unrefreshing sleep or comatose sleep.
Modalities: < Eggs; before menses; sex; opening mouth. Disposition: An emotional wound that is deeply concealed in unrealized silent grief. They are emotionally dead with deep retention and restriction of their feelings. Their depression is expressed more as a physical debility with chill and pain in limbs. They accept their suffering state as a natural way of life, and never talk about their trauma of the past, nor do they seem to even recognize it. There is confusion and lack of awareness. Sex is a dead issue for them and there may be aversion to sex. Anxiety is felt particularly in the chest area overlying the heart. They think they feel death approaching. There is dullness as if from narcotics. In extremes they may howl like an animal, and run about biting. Thirsty. No appetite. Desires sweets and chocolate. Aversion to eggs. |
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The many illnesses,
symptoms and disorders of GWS
s a
classical homeopath, I cannot consult about the homeopathic remedies for Gulf War
Illnesses without discussing the true causes and symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome (GWS).
Homeopathic prescribing is most dependent on the individual symptoms of each sufferer, and
so it is a most viable method of treatment for the very diverse symptoms of GWS, but
finding the causes of GWS is important for prescribing too.