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We are adapted to survive mild exposures to radiation. After all, the sun is a kind of controlled nuclear bomb and it releases a lot of radiation. Of course, this radiation, and man-made radiation, may likewise cause cancer and a host of short- and long-term health problems.
Whether you are worried when it comes to the radiation from dental x-rays, a mammogram, or fallout, here are a lot of Wise Woman Ways to aid you stay healthy. (If you are using radioactive therapies in your cancer treatment, there is a chapter full of data specifically for you in Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way.)
- Japanese researchers found that diets high in carotenes significantly scaled down DNA harm in humans exposed to radiation. Supplements of beta-carotene (or of vitamins C or E) did not show this effect. Eating lots of orange and dark green foods (sweet potatoes, winter squash, beets, carrots, kale, collards, chard, and spinach, for example) may protect you from radiation-induced cancers.
- Envision yourself and all your cells protected from damage. (One woman wrapped herself in psychic lead.)
- Guinea pigs bombarded with radiation lived a lot longer if they ate broccoli or cabbage. All cabbage family plants – including arugula, turnips, radishes, cauliflower, mustard greens, bok choy, Brussels sprouts, broccoli d’rappe, kale, collards, and of course broccoli – protect your cells from the damaging effects of radiation.
- Choose an image, an icon, something significant to you, as a focusing agent. Put your affirmations, blessings, prayers, visualizations, and healing love into it, for easy access when you need help.
- Miso broth is the classic feed for preventative action of radiation damage. There’s twice the shelter if a quarter-ounce/5 grams of dried kelp seaweed is added to the soup. In scientific studies, seaweed was competent to neutralize radioactive isotopes in the humane body. Researchers at McGill University say radioactive strontium binds to the algin in brown seaweeds to create sodium alginate, a compound effortlessly and harmlessly excreted. Common black tea exhibited the same anti-radiation effects in assorted Japanese studies.
- In Fighting Radiation and Chemical Pollutants with Foods, Herbs, and Vitamins (Vitality, 1991), Steven Schecter tells us that both black and green tea showed “radioprotective effects” whether taken before or after exposure to radiation. Among other modes of operation, tea catechins absorb radioactive isotopes and remove them from the body before they do damage. The action is similar he says, to that of sodium alginate (the “active ingredient” in kelp seaweed).
- Eating any amount of reishii (a mushroom) reduces harm from radiation.
- St. Joan’s/John’s wort oil protects my skin from radiation damage. I use it as my only sunscreen (and I am outside a lot) and find it not only without delay effective in preventing and treating sunburn, but even more protective with continuing use over years.
- Burdock root (Arctium lappa) removes radioactive isotopes from the body. A dose is 1-4 ounces/300-120 grams of cooked fresh root, up to a pint of infusion daily, or various big spoonfuls of vinegar (but only if made with fresh roots).
- Dried beans, specially lentils may reverse DNA harm done by radiation. So may red clover (Trifolium pretense) and astragalus (Astragalus membranaceous) – two powerful members of the legume (bean) family.
- Homeopathic remedies may be taken before and after exposure to radiation: Plumbum (lead) is said to support those who feel overwhelmed and in need of protection. Belladonna is employed to prevent and relieve radiation burns and pains – even long after the prompt exposure.
- Recipe for “Anti-Radiation Easy Meal” is on page 308 in Breast Cancer? Breast Health! the Wise Woman Way.
- Selenium protects DNA from radiation harm and helps prevent harm to the skin surface, too. Get a great deal of selenium by eating a every day dose of 2 cups/500 ml of nettle infusion, one-half ounce/15 g kelp, 2 ounces/60g cooked burdock root, or 1 cup/250 ml organic yogurt daily. Shellfish, green and black teas, and garlic integrate significant amounts of selenium, as do numerous mushrooms. The best roots nonetheless are nettles (2200 mcg per 100 grams), kelp (1700 mcg/100 g), burdock (1400 mcg/100 g), catnip (Nepeta cataria), ginseng, Siberian ginseng, and astragalus.
- In clinical trial with humans, those who took ginseng extract (Panax quinquefolium) for thirty days following exposure to radiation showed hastened recovery from injuries to their bone marrow, organs, skin, and blood cells according to Paul Bergner in The Healing Power of Ginseng, The Enlightened Person’s Guide, Prima, 1996. He quotes Japanese researcher Dr M. Yonezawa as saying that “ginseng appears to be the most utile agent available for shelter versus radiation damage.”
- It’s crucial to keep yourself well nourished if you are exposed to radiation. Make it a habit to drink at least two huge cups of nourishing herbal infusion daily. Nettles, red clover, and violet leaves supply generous amounts of the nutrients you need most: protein and minerals, especially potassium and zinc.
For best results, do not use capsules of the herbs brought up in this article. Instead, cook with them (kelp, astragalus, Siberian ginseng, ginseng, reishii, and burdock), brew nourishing herbal infusions with them (nettles, red clover, astragalus, burdock, catnip, and ginseng), make mineral-rich vinegars with them (nettles, burdock, catnip, ginseng, and astragalus), or take a high-quality non-standardized tincture of them (burdock, ginseng, Siberian ginseng, astragalus).
To make a nourishing herbal infusion:
- Put one ounce of dried herb into a quart jar; fill jar to the top with boiling water and cap tightly.
- Strain after 4-8 hours and drink hot or cold.
- Refrigerate what you don’t drink right away; drink that within a day.
To make a vinegar:
- Fill any size jar with fresh herb (best!!) or one quarter full of dried herb (not almost so good).
- Pour room temperature apple cider vinegar over the herb, filling jar to the top.
- Cover with plastic wrap or a cork.
- Label with date and name of plant.
- Let sit for six weeks.
- Decant into a pretty bottle and use to season soups, beans, and salads.
This is the Wise Woman Way the world ’round. Take good care of yourselves. Green blessings to all.
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