I have recently found out that Scotland has the highest incidence of Multiple Scerosis in the whole world. Does anyone know why that could be? I'm thinking climate, diet, geography but I'd like some opinions.

Hi Christina,

The appearance and strength of a disease in a geographic area is an interesting thing to consider homeopathically. Carolyn Myss is a medical intuitive who has talked extensively about pandemic occurences. Because she "sees" disease in a person and can recognize the emotional/energetic source of the disease she relates that in a pandemic situation as something that affects a large part of the population on an energetic level and then produces disease. An example she once gave was in Israel after a lengthy and bloody period when their leader called for a cease fire. I can't remember the exact year of this, but the interesting thing that she brought up was that it was a VERY unpopular decision with the people, especially men, of Israel and within a short period of time they had something like a 70% increase in prostate cancer.

If there is not an environmental factor that is so severe that even industry can't deny it then it is easy to see the cause and remove it. But homeopathically we look at the susceptibility being from a deeper level, and in an area that has people who have lived together under similar influences over generations it becomes quite fascinating. For instance, the high percentage of Nat Murs in the U.K., where mothers bind their babies in a blanket and set them into the carriage or crib as opposed to a culture who slings the baby over their back and carry them about everywhere they go. The likelihood of finding a Nat Mur in that culture is much lower.

Here is one that I've been looking for clues about for several weeks: Why is there a resurgence of TB and why does it thrive in native cultures who have a tribal tradition?

As for MS in particular, I recall that in the US there was and maybe still is, a focus on the cause being viral and an area between Idaho and Wyoming being more likely to produce MS in people who lived there as young children. In the end it is susceptibility and treating all of one's symptoms without suppression (including knocking fever down with aspirin, etc., stopping diarrhea artificially, drying up mucous membrane with antihistimine....) is the way to maintain and restore health.

Well, I didn't mean to ramble on so, but this is a topic that can go on and on and in many directions!
Take care, Kathy

That was really interesting Kathy,
Thank you very much!
Warm regards,
doctorleela

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That was interesting, thanks for the info!

I have also heard another theory and noticed some things in practice regarding MS. The theory is that MS is more prevalant in more northern areas(which if you look at the epidemiology, it is remarkably true- canada, scotland and scandanavia all have very high incidences). The connection that some have noted is that the lack of sunlight has some type of correspondence to the incidence of MS. The theory is that the lack of vitamin D somehow contributes to the disease or infers some susceptibility to developing it. I have heard of several patients using vitamin D supplementation successfully, most of them noticing less exacerbation and decreased intensity of exacerbation periods.

In my practice, I have also noticed that several patients developed Ms within a year of moving to our cold climate(long darker winters) from a sunny tropical climate. Equatorial regions have a very low incidence of MS. Although MS can have exacerbations in the summer, I have seen that it seems to be a bit worse in the winter months in Canada. I am not sure how valid this theory is, but I definitely have noticed some correlation and I think it may be worth considering further!
Take care everyone
Fiona

quote:
"An example she once gave was in Israel after a lengthy and bloody period when their leader called for a cease fire. I can't remember the exact year of this, but the interesting thing that she brought up was that it was a VERY unpopular decision with the people, especially men, of Israel and within a short period of time they had something like a 70% increase in prostate cancer."

please, let's not hand the israeli government yet another excuse for quenching their bloodlust against the palestinian people.
long live the spirit of rabin!

Since I live with someone with MS I'd like to bring up the issue of personality.

Louise Hay, in her little book "Heal Your Body" connects MS with: Mental hardness, hard-heartedness, iron will, inflexibility and fear. With the possible exception of hard-heartedness, which I would replace with anger, this describes my husband perfectly. He has a tremendous need to control his environment.

I know this is only a sample of one but most of the others I know with this disease can be described in this way. Though admittedly, my husband is the most extreme. The reason I'm thinking about personality is that with my husband's cognitive problems becoming more clear it is beginning to seem that the MS is merely an exaggeration of who he always was, pre-MS and from what I hear, even as a child.

Just some thoughts,
Contenta

Anna, I certainly don't intend to suggest (nor was Carolyn Myss, I'm sure) that killing would cure their prostates. I'm shuddering a bit here. But homeopathy also recognizes the energy of disease as it resonates at the energetic level in the organism. Not to go any further than to respect that and to see it from different vantage points..... Why do people suffer their pandemic diseases regionally, culturally, and yet individually? We can observe and apply the laws of homeopathy to understand and ultimately do some good.

As to the MS and northern regions, I am sitting here watching the snow fall and feeling like I could lanquish into a paralysis myself.... Where the heck are the daffodils?
Kathy

P.S. Myss is fascinating. I have loaned the tapes to a friend where she spoke of this particular incident, but there was a great deal more to it and I'm sorry that I can't fill out the story a bit more...

hello kathy, the way it came across to me was that the suppression of generalized male bloodlust led to cancer - ie it related to the unpopluar ceasefire which suppressed the testosterone-fired aggression.

*perhaps it was the shock to the system of being stirred up with hatred by war and then being prevented from acting it out ie. the ultimate cause was war not cessation of war.
or more prosaically - *perhaps the men were exposed to heavy metals or were sexually repressed during the long time they spent fighting and only had time to get diagnosed when peace was declared.

who knows? speculation about epidemiology is not apolitical, as this example shows. i prefer my suggestions because i believe "blessed are the peacemakers" but that doesn't mean i'm right.
homoeopathy is successful when we cut out speculation.

ref MS, there seem to be two types - sensory and motor, individual patients being affected more in one area than another.

Hi,

The willingness to look at disease pathways from different vantage points is epidemiology. Hahnemann was an epidemiologist and Chronic Diseases is his homoeopathic miasmatic record of the pathway of diseases.
He published this material in the 1st and 2nd editions of Chronic Diseases and was apparantly still reviewing some of this earlier work up until near the end of his life. This work was continued by later homoeopaths and is being carried on by serious homoeopaths today.
Some find this tantamount to sacrilege, others are excited and enthusiastic.
Hahnemann was a constant experimenter, open minded, listened to his students, encouraged them in some areas of their experimentation, gave his counsel, rebuked those who ignored his commands, snubbed or fought with those who disagreed with him.
For me, the success of homoeopathy lies in being willing to take Hahnemannian principles and apply them faithfully in our modern settings.
There is a difference between being open to new vantages and being so anal retentive that one can only see things in a limited context.
Being extreme at either end of the spectrum is rigid, skewed and counterproductive.
Those in our world who believe death is the ONLY solution for all problems are under the influence of the syphilitic miasm predominantly. The syphilitic miasm does not have any one country's national emblem stamped on it.
For me, the success of homoeopathy, like anything in life, lies in the middle path.

Well, the different vantage points comment was meant more like this: The laws of homeopathy can be seen in other bodies of knowledge and understanding because it is so correct and true. Take disease, for instance. The symptoms are only a manifestation of a disorder. Every allopathic practitioner can agree with this. What the disorder is caused by is the first fork in the road. But allopathy creates chaos, and many who have learned this course of treatment can see this and they may begin to look deeper for better answers. Well and good. Homeopathic principles have been there since before Hahnemann and he happened to be the right man at the right time to pull the pieces together and develop it. Many people do not know about homeopathy and most that know of it don't have even a fundamental grasp of what it really is. But still the laws and principles are there and are understood, just not in the totality. I hope this makes sense.... I have a terrible tendency to use too many words to make a simple point.

In all of these posts, though, the question of susceptibility in pandemics hasn't been discussed enough. What creates the susceptibility? What KINDS of influences? Why DO populations of people fall prey to something like T.B. when the only difference in their way of life is the presence of new people with different motives, morals, and, of course, microbes. If the entire population of the northern hemisphere were supplemented with vitamin D would they still succumb to MS? Yes, of course.

As Vithoulkas says, there are not instruments known to man that can measure what we know to be true through practice and observation. Our knowledge has to remain rooted in the principles and we must keep observing. Speculation is a good thing as long as it doesn't move away from this. It is not quite the right word because it implies that we are making guesses, but I can't come up with a better one at the moment. I'd love to hear thoughts more directly about susceptibility. Also, an expansion on the physical and emotional seats of MS in individuals..... anyone have a thought on the miasmatic influence. Would they be the same?

warm regards to all,
Kathy