Cold and hidden pathogens

Removing Latent
Injuries
(Cold is not our friend)
Heather Bruce WFAS 2014 Hidden Pathogen - Cold
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‘In the old days . . . ‘
 All knew to conserve and respect life
 People knew what to do, or could find someone who did.
Embedded cultural knowledge.
 Plants and local ingredients were employed to assist
healing.
 There was always a myth/religious thread explaining how &
why we were here. Life centred around keeping this faith
going (spiritual nature of traditional societies interwoven with
daily life)
 All were understood & did not need spelling out

Integrating old & new . .
(What is ‘medicine’?)
Now we may need to play grand mother/father, as the basics are not there for us to work
with:
1. Role of nutrients,
2. sleep,
3. rest,
4. exercise
5. clean water,
6. Respecting life cycles & nature’s fury/benevolence
New graduates have been lead into EBM and RCT and are also missing that the new
‘normal’ is not what life, or our medicine is rooted in.

Matriarchs – ‘old wives’
All knew to live by
the ways of Nature,
and most directly
grew their own food,
hence knew how to
tend and nurture

Suggested beginnings
 Whatever your great grandparents would tell you
 ‘Nourishing Traditions’ – the work of Weston Price through
Sally Fallon’s eyes
 ‘The Nourishing Traditions of Baby and Child Care’ – Sally
Fallon Morell & Thomas S. Cowan
 All the work of Dr Pottenger and the book ‘Pottenger’s
Prophecy’ – to see just what we have done to the world and
our global health through moving away from real food and
real farming.
 A good beginning – www.simple-natural-solutions.com

Definition of health
 Ability of the body to adapt to change
 (On all levels to respond to change, and to keep itself
within homeostasis)
Start at the beginning
 Yang Qi – digestion, circulation
 Support Three Heaters
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Fundamental
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Healing – requires change
 Body can heal itself –
 if whatever is blocking this is removed
Many levels
 As a practitioner – we could start with the level of home
remedies – as would be in all cultures – if they had
retained their wisdoms through their elders and
respecting their traditions.
 Whatever used to work – still will
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Regardless of named
‘disease’ . .
Person is unwell/imbalanced and has sought help.
 Thus we know something is troubling their system.
We could – reactively treat what they say wrong
 OR – observe why the body has not gotten into healing it
itself. Moving blockages to healing . .
Where to start?
 Yang Qi – needs to transform and transport – and maintain
homeostasis.
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Functions of Yang Qi
 Digestive fire (TH) – supports life (IBS)
 Circulation of all resources (peripheral neuropathy)
 Thyroid (BBT) and other metabolic issues
 All aspects of Spleen Qi holding (prolapses/variscosities))
 Immune/Lung Qi strength (Lyme’s etc)
 Reproductive & sexual ‘oomph’ (most infertility/(esp
sperm defects) gyne/’high risk’ pregnancies esp
placental issues and FGR)
 Fluid transformation (weight/lymph/fat/Sp/Lu/iodine)
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What wastes Yang?
Yang is taken out of normal circulation by Latent cold
Yang Qi is then needed to inactivate the cold and keep it from further
damaging the organism
 We can see it – maybe tongue/blanching/Raynard’s)
 We can feel it – use hands
 We can ask about it – will tell us if we ask the right questions
We can always assume it is there, and watch all changes (give the
patient a mirror to observe their tongue changes) when the Yang Qi
is relieved.
Regardless of what the person is distressed about
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Cold
Stays in the body until it is released
 (May not be removed regardless of moxa use)
 Is stored in the uterus, stomach and intestines (Dr John Shen)
There it quietly wastes Yang - PLUS
 Cold causes contraction – it congests the Qi, and Blood and
circulation
 Cold causes hardness in this contraction
 Yang Qi is then compromised as it has to continually battle
an inner threat at the expense of normal body function
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COLD -
Causes contraction
Hardness –
circulation slows right
down – becoming
solid – think cysts
/fibroids/pain relieved
by heat
Consumes yang
Can Qi & Blood Flow?

Some possible vectors
 Early lives – inconsiderate birthing exposures.
 Loss of umbilical blood, vastly reducing the volume, breathing capacity and warmth
 Shen travels through the blood – shock issues?
 Baby circulation is immature & there is a huge peripheral area that loses heat quickly (Little
body mass)
 Early lack of appropriate clothing: parents are warm enough (e.g. All babies in strollers
without booties/hats to keep warmth IN)
Life consumes Yang Qi
Choice of ingestibles (poss. already internal heat there & self medicating)
Cold/cool foods, ice creams/fruit juices/etc especially on an empty stomach
Occupational, Hobbies (fishing in NZ is standing in freezing water)
Sleeping – one partner sleeps ‘hotter’ than the other cops continual minute cold increments
Clothing – fashion statements

Digestive Yang
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How cold can come in ‘therapeutically’
 1 – Ice physically placed on everything acute.
 2 – Cold blood replacement/nasal gastric feeding
 3 – Vibrational effects of medications - insulting
body with cold = eg antibiotics . . .
 4 – Air conditioning far too cold for the weakened,
vulnerable, ill and wounded who there for
apparent healing and comfort.
 5 – Actual cold connection – in lying on metal, and
having metal inside open wounds
 6 – Fed and watered with chilled products . . . et al

COLD – How to get rid of
AREAS TO LOOK
Upper back
Belly/all body
Hands & feet/
bum at night/
general chilliness
REMOVAL METHOD
Gua Sha & cupping
Cup navel /then moxa on
ginger/salt
General navel cupping with
possible back work next

After 30+ years
 Dr John Shen told us about this in Sydney.
I took it back to clinic and initially used with ‘cold’ gyne patients – with
obvious cold bellies, and heat relieving conditions.
 Eventually – Is my signature and do it on all with anything and often –
if cool to touch – we start there.
 (Can’t get the Qi to move if Yang is held over to keep the latent cold
in check. Similarly the Blood can’t flow well.
 ?How do I know? Results – watch the tongue, facial colours,
previously sore points, areas, pulses and S&S all disappear in front of
you - only do the cup and only as directed.
 Followed by moxa on ginger in salt in navel as directed.
 Profound changes and prior to any ‘diagnosis’ or needling.
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Eventually
 I worked back to BBT (for all)
 Then role of thyroid
 Adrenal exhaustion,
 Role of nutrients (Vit D needed for absorption of all fat
soluble vitamins and ALL minerals)
 Iodine and the blocking of this through modern halogen
exposure
 Sleep – and nowhere near enough of it.
How is the Yin supposed to be regenerated?
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Though working with a
community
 Nutritional deficiencies, no sun exposure, overworked,
exhausted, not eating one day in 7, no contraception, early
marriage.
 (Magnesium and) Iodine remarkably deficient
 Started on forearm, and gradually plastered it all over the
belly/breasts of everyone – esp all pregnant women –I can’t
find anyone (symptomatically at least) with a normal BBT
(37.2/3C)
 Once their often 35.9 – 36.2C is raised – by addition of Vit
D, Iodine, Selenium and other trace minerals, a lot more fat,
and protein and no grains, cereals, their ‘high risk’
pregnancy issues - esp lifetime of pregnancy losses –
abated.
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6 ½ months pregnant
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Less than a minute later
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Maximum 3 minutes
altogether
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Cases
 1 - Krohn’s - all life
 2 - Lyme’s /Barmah forest
 3 – Peripheral Neuropathy
 4 – Prostate swelling
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Peripheral neuropathy
 Male, 62 years old
 Broken back – L3 3 years ago
 (Feet numbness since then)
 Chronic gout – knees scraped and replaced 4 months
ago – failure – can’t run/in pain all the time
 Can’t feel from knees down – and tingling/numbness
where he can
 He left with a lot more feeling further down his legs.
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Pre
session

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After cupping and moxa –
before needles.
Note the Blood deficient
crack, and the change from
the purple body initially.
Often the different layers are
within a few minutes

Start to finish
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He had not
eaten and was
hungry – so to
allow him to get
to his lunch date,
and not fade out
whilst driving –
he had some
nuts – hence the
coating – but the
tongue body is
very different.

Lyme disease ++
 Male, 33 years old.
Lifetime of marijuana abuse.
 Eventually contacted Ross River Fever and Barhman Forest, and then Lyme’s
disease.
 Been to all naturopaths etc. Can’t work, function, lies about all day
 On a swag of tablets.
Not much better.
 Starts day with a litre of cold milk and then 6 pieces of fruit from fridge. .
 Had a freezing cold to touch belly, so started there and first session – ‘just’
cupped the cold out of his belly, used moxa on ginger on salt in his navel.
 Felt feeling more like himself than in years.
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But .. . .
 Habits are hard to break
 He would rather swallow tablets than make the changes needed to help himself.
 Many $1,000’s later (seemingly addicted to the idea that health would come from a
bottle) – he got the message, adjusted what he was fueling himself with – esp eating as
‘hypoglycemic’ patients were instructed to decades ago – a little, often - fat, protein,
veggies, no grains, cereal, fruit, sugars – and was almost back to normal.
 B12 injections (years of antibiotic use – whole litany of illnesses sparked by lack of self
care and a tooth abscess – then diminished immunity and all else followed). A few
months of 2 weekly, with a sympathetic doctor who was being guided by me
 His depression, numb extremities and lack of life all receded – as long as he stayed
away from what upset his Three Heater – and we kept him from the cold invasion.
 He still needs to work further on the sugar and marijuana addiction
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Fundamental
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Ulcerative Colitis/Chrone’s
 Male, 37 years old
 All his life – horrendous gut/also many structural accidents, causing chronic
neck/shoulder/back pain
 On multiple drugs and still ulcerative colitis, with +20 diarrhorea daily. Rectal
prolapsed from the inflammation and tissue distress from all the evacuations.
 Passing out from exhaustion and pain, can’t work, can’t eat, about to be a new
dad, and may drop newborn, as he often just fades away
 Taking no care of what is being eaten – mostly gluten/dairy/fruit as always has
– as though it is irrelevant to his health.
 ‘Managed’ by medical drug cocktails that are insufficient, rationed and never
‘fix’ his life
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 Cupped cold out, use ginger moxa on salt in navel
 Daily sessions till strong enough
 Mayan massage techniques - back and belly
 Massive improvement – after the anal steaming . .
 (Looked at least 20 years younger – 2nd time with his dad in the room also having a
session – could not believe the difference in his son)
 Take home message – support Yang Qi!
 (Anal steaming also happened as part of the Arvigo/Mayan massage session I did once
his cold/scars/general health could support this)
 Rebuild Yang . . The can make the yin and blood . .(also remarkable long crack in his
tongue, and major psychological issues (B12 needed – not found a doctor yet to assist).
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Homework
 To always eat a little something every three hours – always warm,
savoury or salty/not sweet.
 Avoid all cold exposure
 Use moxa on sacrum daily if possible
 Take B12 tablets with a B complex, 6 daily
 Magnesium oil on skin 10 x daily
 Vit D – 50,000 iu daily till feeling a lot better then 50,000 iu weekly
(to assist absorb minerals) May need to start with 50,000 iyu daily
for a few weeks – then can absorb the minerals esp magnesium
needed.
 Gut bacteria – for gut dysbiosis – to repair gut
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Sacral moxa directions

Moxa use for homework
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Mother roasting/
vaginal/anal steaming
 Does a faster and more total job.
 From training as an Arvigo/Mayan massage therapist, I have been
steaming men and women – vastly easier than moxa on ginger salt
on navel . .
 Part of most Asian cultures, (Old ways).
 Post natal mother care (past on through generations/assumed cultural
knowledge – not written and not men’s ways – or ‘medicine’)
 – Vietnamese - 3 days daily, for three months - then suppose d to
keep up with daily – herbs and steaming for all that ails women. Also
wearing a girdle/belly binding/wrap/(faja) in Spanish)
 I have added it into men’s care – with amazing results ..
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Prostatic hyperplasia
 Male, 71
 Had a catheter for the past year as prostate is too large for removal, and for urination to
happen normally.
 Past life of being super nice, whilst internalising Liver Qi constrained – resulted in not
PCOS or cancer – but extreme swelling (to quench the fire) and inner rage.
 Cupped navel.
 The frigid feeling belly gradually over a few weeks became normal temperature.
 Moxa as usual – punk on ginger (no aconite) on salt in navel
 then Li 2/5 /14 sedated . .and various Shen calming.
 Ongoing – once cold expelled (and external house painter all his life)
 We worked on a rebuild – including Mayan abdominal massage and anal steaming with
herbs to calm and as anti inflammatory
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 Calm the Shen
 Retrieve the Yang, including increasing Yang directly with
moxa (on ginger on salt in navel)
 Undo all scars (esp the Mirror X )
 Assist normal to assert itself.
 Calm the Shen, nourish Blood
 Enhance the TH function
 Increase nutrients and remove that which does not serve
wellness.
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What else?
 Belly massage – great before sleeping
 All cultures had some form of touch therapies as what else
would a mum do?
 All cultures had women’s mysteries, as they had to look after
the baby making equipment – all seems lost – but not so ..
Vassalli in Fiji, Durkann in Sudan, mother roasting in various
Asian countries – we just need to go asking respectfully.
 Mayan vaginal/anal steaming (men)
 (Could also use the Korean style infra red spa treatments
now popular – look up ‘V Steams’ . .
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Treatment strategies
 Get rid of what is clogging up the system, to allow
nature to reassert itself.
 Look to life – vets and farmers
 Patience and self discovery grows the inner person
 Respect for life and life cycles

Tribal wisdoms

FIND OUT MORE
 www.sharpen-up-your-results.com - recent conference
presentations and loads on cupping navel esp in pregnancy
 New Pregnancy App – HeatherSays
 Navigation guide through all my research findings – available to all
Use Heather’s decades of hands on healing experience – [patients
ad practitioners alike).
 Click to articles/selection of patient’s eBooks to explain more via
www.HeatherSays.com
For those who want to know how to help themselves www.simple-
natural-solutions.com

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