Treatment Info - Epilepsy

However, if a seizure lasts more than 5 minutes or one seizure follows another without the person regaining consciousness, call an ambulance immediately.
Remember protect the person from injury, ensure they are breathing, help make breathing easier and stay with the person until the seizure is over.

There are many different types of seizures.

Seizures may appear as any of the following:

·1	confusion and disorientation

·2	unusual, sudden body movements such as stiffening and jerking

·3	a convulsion with total loss of consciousness

·4	temporarily altered behavior

·5	staring and blinking

·6	a frightened look or lack of response

·7	a strange feeling or unusual taste

·8	lip smacking and chewing

·9	walking around without any purpose

·10	fiddling with clothes/objects nearby

·11	speaking in an unintelligible way

Seizures can also be different for each person.

Common seizure triggers include:

·1	forgetting or failing to take prescribed medication;

·2	illness with a high temperature;

·3	diarrhea and vomiting (which is known to prevent the absorption of any medication);

·4

fatigue;

·5	over-excitement;

·6

hysteria;

·7

stress;

·8

fear;

·9	Loud noises and bright lights.

·10	General anesthetics can also bring on a seizure for some people.

Most epileptic fits can be controlled with medication but these are not without their side effects, some of which can be quite severe. Some of the known side effects of certain drugs include fatigue, dizziness, irritability, double vision, nausea, rashes, tremors and gum swelling.

Alternative Treatment

Edgar cayce gave over 250 readings for epilepsy and associated disorders. In Reba Ann karps book a study was made of about 84 readings for 37 people with an age range of 20 months to 62 yrs old.

There are quite a few files at the A.R.E. which members can research further and anyone contemplating treatment would well advised to consult with them.

Causes

1.Most frequently mentioned was glandular imbalances, which implied adhesions and lesions in the lacteal area of the intestines.

2. Other glands were mentioned particularly the pineal.

3. In 16 cases spinal sublaxations and lesions were found to be a direct cause with mention of other vertebrae out of alignment in any part of the spine. These misalignments would interfere with the proper supply of nutrients and or nerve impulses which were needed in other parts of the body the lack of which would result in seizures.

4. Injuries which were mentioned in 16 cases whether the injuries were caused at birth or later in life these were again interfering with the proper flow of nutrients and or nerve pathways.

5.Poor eliminations which tended to increase the severity of the disorder in 11 cases.A sluggish excretory system would lead to a build up of toxins which were very injurous to the nerves and glands.

6. Karma, the meeting of selves actions whether done in this life or the past ones.

7. Prenatal factors was also mentioned in 8 cases, a mothers poor diet

Treatment

1.Dietary changes were outlined in 25 cases with the emphasis placed on light alkaline reacting foods, which were high in minerals and would be easily assimilated.See general health &cayce philosophy. Fried foods and heavy meats were to be avoided.

2.Spinal manipulation in the form of osteopathic adjustments, frequent areas for consideration were the 123 cervical vertebrae which directly control impulses to the brain.Cayce saw that these adjustments would eventually break up the lesions and restore proper alignment, a lengthy series was often prescribed.

3.To help break up the lesions in the lacteal are castor oil packs were generally recommended, which were made up from flannel soaked in warm castor oil which were applied daily over the abdomen for 1 hr and were kept warm with an electric heating pad. Internal doses of olive oil often went with the packs. After the packs had been on for an hour a rinse with bicarb of soda in water followed.

4.Electrotherapy treatments were suggested in 14 cases. most frequently the wet cell and the impedance device and occasionally the violet ray and the ultraviolet light. These were to help restore coordination in the nervous system and to improve circulation.

5.Internal doses of a tonic or tea made from the passionflower herb sometimes called maypops, may blossom. This was used to strengthen the nerve and restore nervous coordination and also act as a sedative. To make this tea add one gallon of the dried passion flower herb, include blossom and fruit, to two gallons of distilled water, this was to simmer in a glass container until reduced to
until their was two quarts of the liquid left when strained .To this liquid add one pint of 90 grain alcohol was to be added .The dosage recommended was to be three tablespoons daily taken at meal times.
6.Massages were recommended to 15 people over the spine and other areas to relax the body and help remove the lesions, peanut oil and olive oil and or cocoa butter was to be used with the massage.
7.To cleanse the system and reduce pressures on the spine, enemas and colonics or mild laxatives such as castoria and olive oil.
8 Two unusual treatments which were used with considerable success involved salt and ice. The first was to place a pinch of salt on the persons tongue to relax the body and to help prevent the occurrence of seizures .The ice was to applied at the base of the brain to reduce the severity of the seizures. Apply a small piece of ice rubbed along the base of the brain, at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cervical, this will cause an IMMEDIATE reaction; which will stop the attacks

9.	Of course spiritual healing as ever can be of considerable benefit in all types of maladies.I would encourage everyone to add this to their healing protocol.

Of note abdominal adhesions in most cases of epilepsy are in the lacteal ducts. These are part of the lymphatic system. Their purpose is to absorb nutrients from the small intestine as digested food passes through the intestine. Any obstructions or Adhesions in the lacteal ducts can interfere with absorption of nutrients (particularly fats and proteins). Also, adhesions can interfere with the circulation of blood and lymph and cause the nervous system and organs to be thrown out of balance or "coordination." Nervous system incoordination was a primary factor cited in the Cayce readings on epilepsy.

Cayce said most cases of epilepsy were caused by adhesions in the lacteal ducts of the abdomen. Treatment is directed at breaking up adhesions in the lacteal duct area, which is located along the right side of the abdomen.

One therapy recommended by Cayce for breaking up these adhesions was castor oil packs. When a piece of flannel cloth is saturated with hot castor oil and placed on the abdomen, the combination of the heat and oil will break up the adhesions associated with epilepsy.
The hot castor oil pack is placed over the right side of the abdomen in the area of the lacteal ducts for about an hour. Three sessions per week were typically recommended. Each session followed by an abdominal massage, which assists in breaking up adhesions.

In 34 cases of epilepsy so studied and abstracted in which there were 17 cases of each sex represented, with an age range from five years to sixty-four years, four were of petite mal, two of each sex, one was petite mal resulting from a brain scar and 29 cases were grand mal or Jacksonian epilepsy. Edgar Cayce found involvement in the lacteals in all the cases except where a brain scar or tumor was the etiological factor. He found lesions in the cervical or neck segments in all these cases, and in the coccyx, adjacent to the chorda-equinus (the great sympathetic nerve plexus at the tip of the tailbone). Then he found lesions in the dorsal (thoracic) segments and lumbars next in frequency, while involvement of the caecum, pineal glands; ovaries and gall bladder were infrequent.

Specific measures were repeated again and again. Manipulation and mobilization to free up lesions in the cervical and coccygeal areas were given. The use of the infusions of passion flower were given in approximately fifty per cent of the cases, while castor oil packs over the lacteals was almost a hundred per cent routine, while the use of Insulin shock, brain surgery, hysterectomies, the use of bromides and luminal or dilantin were most infrequently indicated.

A few case studies follows, taken from the work of Edgar cayce

251-1 M CHILD

Cayce found an injury to the spine, affecting centers that operate by stimulating the activity of the eliminations from the system, these were especially related to the caecum and to the colon area.
This combined with a birth problem produced a strangulation in the area - from pressure produced in the LUMBAR area there made an adhesion in the area; so that when there is a filling up or a dilation in the caecum and ascending colon - there is a COLDNESS from circulation, this interferes with the coordination between the sympathetic and cerebro-spinal nerve reactions in the lower portion of the cerebrospinal system. This brings on the epileptic conditions.

The pressure is in the 8th and 9th dorsal area, and acts upon the draining or relieving of the pressure in the lower portion of jejunum and in the first portion or caecum area of the colon. You can see this by holding your hand over the caecum area, and feel the difference in the temperature of that particular area from the lack of circulation.

The problem in the dorsal area may be found by FINDING the alignment in the cerebro-spinal area, the effects can be seen in the nervous system of the body. Firstly allow the body to recuperate from the present attack and then increase the eliminations to rid the system of the poisons from the sedatives that act by reducing the flow of secretions from the organs of the system (when these are near normal activity), then RELIEVE those pressures in the Cerebro-spinal system; the dorsal and the lumbar area COORDINATING these with the cervical which affect the activities to the brain forces.
Small doses of Bismuth, or Milk of Bismuth, should be given to cleanse the system and STIMULATE the activities of the nerve forces from the dorsal area

Some, attacks could come, unless the body is keeps really good eliminations through the alimentary canal; but these will be less severe - and in six to ten weeks the body should be rid entirely of that which causes or produces the disturbances.

(Q) What doses of Bismuth should be given, or Milk of Bismuth? Cayce replied give this after recuperating from the PRESENT condition; - the dosage would be a teaspoonful three times each day. If necessary, use enemas to relieve the pressure in the colon.

An EASILY assimilated diet was recommended - but it must be well balanced that the strength, vitality should be built.
(Q) Please outline a diet, as it should be.
Cayce replied give strained oatmeal with beef tea or juice, dry milk, and that which will act with the kidneys in THEIR proper eliminations - use the JUICES of vegetables rather than too much of the BULK, at first.

(Q) How can he be relieved at the present?
Cayce replied He's OK at the minute. When the CONGESTIONS come back, - which will be in the next twelve to twenty-four hours, then begin with the REMOVING of the pressure in the sacrum, in the dorsal, and ESPECIALLY in the lumbar area.

(Q)	How long should these treatments be given, and how often?

Cayce replied what has been said and observe how EASILY the adjustments are made - and as to how well the system cleanses itself from those STRAINS it HAS undergone, and that it must for a time still undergo until those strangulation’s are removed - that are produced by the congestion in those centers, of pulling up on the sides, see? For they are as strangulations.

Number of treatments, depends upon how readily the body responds. If necessary, treatments should be given EVERY day - until the body is relieved - which would require a lesser period then they may be made farther and farther apart - which would cover a period of some thirty to sixty days.

No further readings were found for this person

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BACKGROUND
Epilepsy apparent for 9 yrs and for which she had been treated medically.
In coordination and suppression were found by cayce. Treatment consisted of reliving those pressures, which were producing disorders all over the body. There are centers that are UNDER
distress from these repressions. The glands that supply to the brain forces also had problems from the activity through the sympathetic system. Hence incoordination results.

Osteopathic adjustments were to be given of the cerebrospinal system, and ESPECIALLY as they relate to the functioning of the organs in pelvis, in digestive system, and as a COORDINATION through the hypogastric and pneumogastric as they cross in the system. For the problems with the brain STIMULATIVE and correct with the cerebrospinal centers.

Also used were the vibrations from the iodine in the wet battery. Applied to the umbilicus and to the 2nd dorsal. Be sure the attachment is made to the 2nd dorsal first, then to the umbilicus center - to the RIGHT and ABOVE the center itself. These should be given not more than thirty minutes each day, PREFERABLY as the body rests.

Gradually diminish the sedatives as the stimuli are given to the system. Keep the system cleansed, through the alimentary canal, and use the Ambrosia weed. This will reduce the sugars in the system, and give the plain Ambrosia weed tea, a teaspoonful about once each week.

Diet- beware of sweets or of nuts, and of those of TUBEROUS nature in the vegetables. The others may be taken, but DO NOT OVEREAT at ANY time. Plenty of outdoor exercise, in the open.

5562-2 F 12
Cayce found better conditions but advised change to the vibratory forces being given and desensitizing of some of the nerves' reaction. Use Mayblossom Bitters. STRAINED once, Dose Of mornings, five to six drops in a little water. Near the eleventh hour, give ten to twelve drops. Near three o'clock, give three to five drops. Evenings, about the SAME quantity.

Diet no overloading at any time. More exercise outside.
(Q) Is the Ketogenic diet as given, proper? (A) Very good, more exercise is needed to take in more air. It takes a great deal of oxygen for this to operate, or to become ASSIMILATIVE in the system.

(Q) How much iodine should be used in the battery? (A) TWELVE OUNCES should be used, in a sixteen ounce container, Then charged, either with the direct electricity for such a discharge, or thirty minutes with the alternating current.

(Q) Is alternating current all right to use by applying hot wire to the positive and the negative wire to the negative?(A) All right.

8. (Q) Can a resistance be used in the circuit to keep battery from over heating by taking heat up in the resistance wire? (A) Provided the resistance is kept nominal and not allowed to take ALL the resistance out.

9. (Q) About what should the resistance be? (A) About twenty-four centimeters.

9.	(Q) Should battery time be increased? (A) Made properly, not necessary to be increased. Cayce mentions that the applications had not been made properly. But given properly it will produce the reactions throughout the centers from the solar plexus to that at the base of brain.

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Cayce found some changes for the better While some conditions acting as retractions cause disturbance and anxiety, he cautioned if you would follow what has been given you will improve.

Eliminations were to be kept up even overdone of system from the genitive system, from the alimentary canal, kidneys, liver, lungs and