I have been a professional homoeopath for nearly 20 years and in nearly all my cases of IBS there is a strong link with the symptoms and those of mercury poisoning (from fillings in teeth). Diet and stress may be trigger factors but in my opinion the root cause of IBS is mercury. There is no IBS in the third world and diet and stress there is ten times worse than that in the West.
See a professional homoeopath and you will receive treatment at root cause level.

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Petehealy- I am very interested in your comments regarding merc & IBS. Do you find this to be true of IBD as well? Also - must the fillings be removed in order to cure?

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Hello petehealey!

I used to know a peter healey - same age as yourself- who used to work for Proctor and Gamble (large drug company). You aren't him are you ??

Can I just add to this discussion-
I ws told for years that I had IBS and I don't have a single filling.

Homeopathy got rid of my symptoms but about 5 years later I was dignosed as having diverticular disease after colonoscopy.

First of all I did'nt say ALL my cases of IBS were symptom-similar to mercury poisoning but according to my last case audit 12 months ago, approximately 80% of them were; which means that 20% of them were not. Many of the others were down to genetic factors together with various and individual trigger factors.
This audit brought home to me some disturbing characterisitics which has completely transformed my practice.
I was trained in the best Kentian tradition and my mission in practice was to help as many individuals as possible leave this mortal coil miasmatically lighter than they were when then joined it.
Now I will be suprised if we can possibly achieve being toxically lighter, never mind touching the miasmatic stuff.
Several sources of toxicity came to light. They were: mercury, synthetic hormones, antibiotics, vaccinations and air pollution.
Food for thought/comment/discussion? and I welcome any comments, critical or otherwise.

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Anna,
Nice to meet you all be it over the net and thankyou for your comments.
You are quite right; almalgum fillings were not around in Hahnemann's time but mercury treatment for syphilis was and it was used qite extensively for lots of syphilis-related illnesses. I think it may have compounded the syphilitic miasm and rendered it so stubborn to shift.
I now feel waffle coming on so I'll shut up for now.

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Thanks for your replies!

Simone I appreciate your encouragement... Everyone seems to be of the opinion that IBS is very treatable homeopathically.

I am interested in the mercury/amalgam theory. As a matter of fact I have MAJOR problems with my teeth. I have been having fillings from the age of 4 years!!

Only recently I changed to an amalgam free dentist. He is great and very patient.

My last dentist refused to treat me any more with white fillings he said that with my teeth being so weak and poor the only fillings that would hold were mercury amalgum.

He also said that I had to start using flouride toothpaste as well.

I know that these weak and crumbly teeth are an expression of a miasm (not sure which right now).

I have been told to take Calc. flour tissue salts now and again to help with the crumbling enamel.

By the way the new dentist tells me that sometimes the amalgum fillings can set of a chemical reaction in the mouth that causes more decay.

One more thing, when I ahd a cold recently I took merc. for a while. Of course, being me, I read up about it! John Wallace recommended it for IBS.

Thanks
Deb

[ 16 February 2002, 20:02: Message edited by: debdell ]

nice to have someone with 20 years' experience on the bb...whatever the past misdemeanours!
Hoppitt, perhaps you had a reaction to mercury in a vaccine? Though of course thimerosal-preserved vaccines are extensively used in the the developing world, so then the demographic argument would break down. Lucky you with the sparkling teeth.
I don't think amalgam fillings can account for all cases of inflammatory bowel disease, because these symptoms were brought out (with different characteristics) in many provings by Hahnemann and his contemporaries for remedies other than mercury. This was before the time of amalgam I think - I don't know for sure but I think Hahnemann would have said something about amalgam if it had been around in his day.

Petehealey please tell me if you are THE peter healey I mentioned before?????

Dear Pete,
Sorry for misreading your original post - I note that you said most not all cases of IBS.

How do you define those amongst your cases of IBS that were symptom-similar to mercury poisoning? Do you mean they were so similar that 80% responded curatively to potentised Mercury? [I appreciate that there are many remedies for the cure of mercury poisoning - what I am getting at is - What is your defintion of those that show mercury as a causation.]

Hahenmann stated that Syphilis is much easier to treat than Psora - I think psora is the big enemy, even if compounded by syphlitic influence.

In your experience is it possible to improve the long-term health of people significantly if they have a mouthful of mercury? On the one hand, one might theorise that by treating the psora one can reduce susceptibility to Mercury. On the other hand one could theorise that it is healthy to have a reaction to amalgam fillings, and not a sign of psora, and the mercury is a maintaining cause.
This cannot be known without a great deal of experience, so I thought you would be the person to ask.

Anna,
Thanks for your comments and yes, I do agree that psora is more difficult to shift then syphilis. I have found that in my experience the two miasms bounce off each other and both are difficult to shift. Perhaps this is because of the mercury.
The most frequently used anti mercury remedy in my practice is hepar sulph. It seems to come up regularly and helps move things on. There are others of course as there are many remedies to combat mercury.
I think it is possible to effects cures where mercury is constantly poisoning the system as it does from teeth. Some people are more mercury sensitive than others but it is possible for the body to deal with it by using an indicated anti mercurial remedy when progress is halted for no other reasons. Also to start a course of treatrment, I almost routinely give Psorinum on day one followd by Hepar Sulph (for example) on day two to remove to psoric and mercurial blocks to the indicated remedy.

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