Measles!

I posted this blog in 2013, after the story broke of a church congregation in Texas that had a high concentration of measles among its unvaccinated members. I have never seen a follow-up. Has anyone?

“A measles outbreak in Ohio has reached 68 cases, giving the state the dubious distinction of having the most cases reported in any state since 1996, health officials say.” USAToday.com, May 13, 2014.

Stories of outbreaks and epidemics always strike fear in the public, and that is when the walls begin to rise between the vaccinated and unvaccinated camps.

Little boy with measles

Yes, there are rare situations in which children die from complications from diseases such as measles, and of course, no one wants to see their children suffer with illness.

But isn’t it possible that we have traded what was once a normal childhood disease for chronic conditions that, until this vaccinated generation, were never seen in children?

You know … illnesses such as cancer, autism, Asperger’s and such.

I had measles. So did all my friends and relatives. We survived. And so did our mothers.

They weren’t scared out of their wits by those who declared it a dangerous disease. Everyone just simply got it and got over it.

Indeed, it seems that measles became a wicked disease once the vaccine became available.

In his book How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor, Dr. Robert Mendelsohn says, “Doctors maintain that the inoculation is necessary to prevent measles encephalitis, which they say occurs about once in 1,000 cases. After decades of experience with measles, I question this statistic and so do many other pediatricians. The incidence of 1/1000 may be accurate for children who live in conditions of poverty and malnutrition, but in middle and upper-middle-income brackets, if one excludes simple sleepiness from the measles itself, the incidence of true encephalitis is probably more like 1/10,000 or 1/100,000.

After frightening you with the unlikely possibility of measles encephalitis, your doctor can rarely be counted on to tell you of the dangers associated with the vaccine he uses to prevent it. The measles vaccine is associated with encephalopathy and with a series of other complications such as SSPE, which causes hardening of the brain and is invariably fatal.”

So, does this mean that we just let our child get measles? 

Since conventional medicine has no way of treating the illness, then I guess the choice is to either get the vaccine or just let our kids get sick.

But wait! We have the Banerjis in Calcutta who see more than 1000 cases per day, each doctor personally seeing 100 each day, five days per week. Having observed the Banerjis in their world-famous homeopathy clinic shoulder to shoulder for close to six weeks, I am humbled.

After decades of my own study and experience, I bow to this species of clinical experience.

I have 26 years of education and experience in homeopathy; I possess a large library of materia medicas and repertories.

And with all of this information at my disposal, I keep the Banerjis’ book, The Banerji Protocols, on my desk and refer to it daily. I also have copious notes taken during my time studying with them. I will share with you what they have shared with me.

 The Banerji Protocol for Measles

“Measles and rubella are viral infections and have their own course. Suppressive medicines should not at all [my emphasis] be given, as they cause many complications. The protocols given below are completely safe and reliable.”

First Line of Medicines:

• Bryonia alba 30C pellets, two doses daily
• Belladonna 3C in liquid for high temperature, one dose every 30 minutes until the temperature is stable
• Ipecac 30C, one dose every hour if necessary for accompanying colds and coughs

 Second Line of Medicines:

• Bryonia alba 30C and Antimonium crudum 6C, one dose every hour alternately.

Isn’t it lovely to learn that for every argument presented by one court, there is a corresponding solution ready in another? Ferreting out the answers is what smart mothering is all about!

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