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Naturopathic Medicine
& Intravenous Therapies
by Dr. Raj Rakhra
Health or disease often comes down to individual
responsibility. The first step to achieve and maintain health
is to become responsible for your own health. This means choosing
a healthy alternative over a less healthy one. If you want to
feel better and sustain good health, simply make healthy choices.
The second step is taking appropriate action to accomplish the
results you desire by following the basic principals of health.
Positive mental attitude is the most important factor to maintain
or attain good health. What we think, feel and internally represent
has a tremendous effect on the way our physiology or body functions.
Our mind is so powerful, yet we only utilize a fraction of its
capabilities. Abraham Maslow, the founding father of psychology,
discovered that healthy individuals are motivated towards self-
actualization, a process of potentials, capacities, and talents,
as fulfillment of a mission. He developed five steps of human
needs in which the personality develops from one step to the next.
The need for the lower levels must be satisfied before the next
level can be achieved. When the needs are met, the individual
moves towards well being. (1) Physiological needs, (2) Safety,
(3) Love, (4) Esteem, (5) Self Actualization. Self actualized
people perceive reality more effectively, as they have an acceptance
of self, others and nature. They have a mission or purpose in
life and are enthusiastic to fulfill their mission.
Diet -
A diet that provides the optimum level of all known nutrients
is very important. Poor and low levels of food components that
are not healthy; such as refined sugar, saturated fats, cholesterol
producing foods, salt and additives are frequently used in our
commercial society and are creating all kinds of degenerative
and chronic disorders. Dietary intake and energy utilization must
be adjusted to maintain an appropriate weight. A healthy diet
is rich in whole, natural and unprocessed foods. It is especially
high in plant foods. A healthy diet must contain adequate but
not excessive quantities of protein.
Exercise -
Exercise is beneficial to the entire body as it improves cardiovascular
and respiratory function. It enhances the transportation of oxygen
and nutrients into the cells. At the same time, it increases the
transportation of carbon dioxide and waste products from the tissues
of the body to the bloodstream and to the organs that can remove
the waste from the body. Regular exercise reduces the risk of
coronary artery diseases by lowering the bad cholesterol, and
improving blood and oxygen supply to the heart, thus improving
functional capacity of the heart, reducing blood pressure, obesity
and diabetes. As a result, stress and depression is reduced, eventually,
improving overall well being.
Many supportive measures could also
be used like the ones we employ in our clinic, such as Herbs,
Vitamins, Homeopathic remedies, Ayurvedic Medicines and Natural
supplements including
Complementary Intravenous therapies
Vitamins and Minerals
Nutritional supplements can provide valuable nutrition which may
be lacking in our processed diets. People with digestive system
disorders may eat well but they may not assimilate the required
nutrients. So a good quality multivitamin and mineral supplement
is strongly recommended. Some people with chronic fatigue, cancer,
depression and many other diseases are helped by intravenous or
intramuscular use of vitamins and minerals. Vitamin C and a combination
of other vitamins and minerals are effectively used for various
chronic disorders. They are absorbed directly into the blood,
bypassing the digestive organs and raising the concentration to
a therapeutic level.
Chelation Therapy
- It has been used safely on millions of patients throughout the
U.S. General information and the safety protocol for the infusion
of EDTA, a chelator, is set by the American College of Advancement
in Medicine (ACAM), Association of Medical Doctors.
Chelation Treatment is important
in three medical areas:
1-Circulatory disorders such as arteriosclerosis or hardening
of the arteries. 2-Abnormal calcium deposits, found in arthritis,
osteoarthritis. bursitis, tendonitis. 3-Toxicity due to such things
as heavy metals, post chemotherapy, drug addiction, alcoholism.
Besides EDTA, there are other products that are being used as
chelators, such as DMPS, DMSA, Alpha Lipoic acid (ALA.), depending
on what toxic metals are involved. Other chelating agents have
been discovered. They all have the properties to bind with metal
ions, so that the ion is held by several chemical bonds and thus
render it much less chemically reactive and water soluble. This
allows the ions to enter the bloodstream and be excreted safely
by the body.
Oxygen therapies -
Dr. Otto Warburg M.D. observed that cancer cells have a lower
respiration rate than normal healthy cells. The cancer cells therefore
grow better in a low-oxygen environment and by introducing a higher
oxygen level, it could retard their growth or kill them.
Hydrogen peroxide
is infused quite effectively for the treatment of respiratory
and other viral infections.
Ozone is used through various routes
It is absorbed through vaginal insufflation, for
candida, viral infections, and other
pelvic inflammatory and chronic disorders. Rectal insufflation
is used for irritable bowel, colitis and many other chronic problems.
Intravenous Infusions autohemo therapy means to draw the blood
in a vacuum bottle and saturate it with ozone and infuse it back
into the body. Other common methods are to saturate saline or
dextrose fluids with ozone and infuse it. The mixture of oxygen
and ozone is slowly injected into the vein. All of these methods
work very well. Ozone is also injected into various soft tissue
injuries effectively. Ozone inactivates viruses, bacterias, yeast
(Candida), and fungus, supports the immune system and helps to
clean arteries and veins, improving circulation, reducing inflammation,
pain and prevents stroke damage. It also oxidizes toxins, allows
the toxins to be excreted and chelates heavy metals. It works
very well along with EDTA.
Vitamin Therapy -
Other intravenous nutrient therapies include Myers Cocktail,
a combination of specific vitamins and minerals, that are filled
in a syringe, diluted and injected into a vein. This procedure
is also called a bolus. It is a quick and convenient treatment
used for a variety of disorders.
High Dose Vitamin C
is infused for various chronic conditions such as allergies. Cancer
patients are infused with a high dose of vitamin C to strengthen
the body. During times of stress, depression and many other chronic
conditions, vitamin C can help alleviate symptoms. It also acts
as a weak chelator and is a part of EDTA chelation. All these
complementary therapies are compatible with most other treatments
and will provide the stepping stones to a more fulfilled life,
health, wellness and are closer to your true nature.
Dr. Rakhra is a doctor of Ayurvedic
Medicine as well as a Naturopathic Physician, serving Calgary
and Southern Alberta for the last eighteen years. He runs a family
practice that deals with acute and chronic disorders. He is a
Member of Alberta Association of Naturopathic Doctors. Dr. Rakhra's clinic is located at 121
- 14 Street North West in Calgary, Alberta. You
can reach his office at 403-270-7033. Visit his webiste at: www.aynh.com
A Magazine of People and Possibilities
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