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Surviving Radiation: The Wise Woman Way
© 2002, Susun S Weed
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,
can also cause cancer and a host of short- and long-term health problems.
Whether you are worried about the radiation from dental
x-rays, a mammogram, or fallout, here are some Wise Woman Ways to
help you stay healthy. (If you are using radioactive therapies in
your cancer treatment, there is a chapter full of information specifically
for you in Breast Cancer?
Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way.)
- Japanese researchers found that diets high in carotenes
significantly reduced DNA damage 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) can 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 meaningful 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 food for prevention
of radiation damage. There’s twice the protection if a quarter-ounce/5
grams of dried kelp seaweed is added to the soup. In scientific
studies, seaweed was able to neutralize radioactive
isotopes in the human body. Researchers at McGill University say
radioactive strontium binds to the algin in brown seaweeds to create
sodium alginate, a compound easily and harmlessly excreted. Common
black tea exhibited the same anti-radiation effects in
several 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
damage 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 immediately 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 several large spoonfuls
of vinegar (but only if made with fresh roots).
- Dried beans, especially lentils can reverse
DNA damage done by radiation. So can red clover
(Trifolium pratense) and astragalus (Astragalus
membranaceous) - two powerful members of the legume (bean) family.
- Homeopathic remedies can be taken before and after exposure to
radiation: Plumbum (lead) is said to help those
who feel overwhelmed and in need of protection. Belladonna
is used to prevent and relieve radiation burns and pains - even
long after the immediate 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 damage and
helps prevent damage to the skin surface, too. Get plenty of selenium
by eating a daily dose of 2 cups/500 ml of nettle infusion, one-half
ounce/15 g kelp, 2 ounces/60 g cooked burdock root, or 1 cup/250
ml organic yogurt daily. Shellfish, green and black
teas, and garlic contain significant
amounts of selenium, as do many mushrooms. The best sources however
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 useful agent
available for protection against radiation damage."
- It’s important to keep yourself well nourished if you are
exposed to radiation. Make it a habit to drink at least two big
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 mentioned 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 nearly 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.
Susun Weed
PO Box 64
Woodstock, NY 12498
Fax: 1-845-246-8081
Visit Susun Weed at: www.susunweed.com
and www.ash-tree-publishing.com
For permission to reprint this article, contact us at: susunweed@hvc.rr.com
Vibrant, passionate, and involved, Susun Weed has
garnered an international reputation for her groundbreaking lectures,
teachings, and writings on health and nutrition. She challenges conventional
medical approaches with humor, insight, and her vast encyclopedic
knowledge of herbal medicine. Unabashedly pro-woman, her animated
and enthusiastic lectures are engaging and often profoundly provocative.
Susun is one of America's best-known authorities
on herbal medicine and natural approaches to women's health. Her four
best-selling books are recommended by expert herbalists and well-known
physicians and are used and cherished by millions of women around
the world. Learn more at www.susunweed.com
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