Strengthening to Prevent Infection from the West Nile Virus

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1 Released: August 2002 Updated: August 2012 HEALTH WATCH 2 Strengthening to Prevent Infection from the West Nile Virus by Machaelle Wright Perelandra, Center for Nature Research As you have probably seen in the news, the CDC has reported an outbreak of West Nile virus in the U.S. The majority of cases are in these five states: Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Dakota and Oklahoma. Machaelle's Health Watch instructions below still apply. From the CDC (2012 West Nile virus update, as of August 21): Thus far in 2012, 47 states have reported West Nile virus infections in people, birds or mosquitoes. A total of 1118 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 41 deaths, have been reported to CDC. Of these, 629 (56%) were classified as neuroinvasive disease (such as meningitis or encephalitis) and 489 (44%) were classified as non-neuroinvasive disease. The 1118 cases reported thus far in 2012 is the highest number of West Nile virus disease cases reported to CDC through the third week in August since West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in Approximately 75 percent of the cases have been reported from 5 states (Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Dakota, and Oklahoma) and almost half of all cases have been reported from Texas. The West Nile virus is now moving very quickly through the United States and has spread to 31 states in just three years. This week, a serious outbreak has been reported in three southern states: Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The Louisiana governor has declared a state of emergency. As of 8/7, over 90 people in these three states alone have been confirmed to have the disease caused by the virus and five people have died. According to the CDC, the virus is not a health problem for most of us should it come in contact with us. A strong body can keep the virus in check and we experience no symptoms. However, occasionally a person will become infected and will develop fever, headaches, rashes, body aches and swollen lymph nodes. In fewer than 1 percent of those infected, the virus causes an inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), producing confusion and sometimes coma and death. So far, most deaths have occurred among the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. At the present time, there is no medicine to treat the West Nile virus. The chances that we in the United States will not come into contact with the West Nile virus either in the environment around us or within our body is slim. This virus isn t going to go away.

2 The key to the prevention of infection is to maintain a strong immune system. This especially includes maintaining a strong im-mune system if you should live or work in an area that has been or is scheduled to be sprayed for mosquitoes. No matter what the officials say, exposure to these sprays is not healthy for any life human, animal or beneficial insect. If you spend a lot of time outdoors, live in areas with a lot of mosquitoes and have concerns about the West Nile virus and the spraying, here are the Perelandra products and processes to help you navigate these problems. NOTE: The regimens listed below should be followed throughout the entire mosquito season in your area. Plan to resume the regimens once next year s mosquito season begins. GREEN LEVEL (The following are the Perelandra tools with no learning curve required. You may start using these immediately.) MBP Balancing Solutions Eat Right 4 Your Type by Peter D Adamo ETS Plus MBP Balancing Solutions Frequency: Twice daily A.M. & P.M. Setup: No testing or setup required MBP Balancing Solutions needed: Immune System Balancing Solution Lymphatic System Balancing Solution Endocrine System Balancing Solution: Although the endocrine system is not a part of the immune system, I am including the MBP Endocrine System Balancing Solution for exposure to the West Nile virus on the advice of nature. Respiratory System Balancing Solution: Add this MBP Solution to the above 3 solutions if your area has been or is scheduled to be sprayed. Three years ago, when the West Nile virus first hit the U.S., New York City was sprayed with an insecticide in an attempt to reduce the number of mosquitoes. Up to a year later, many people in the city were still suffering from respiratory problems caused by the spraying. Eat Right 4 Your Type (D Adamo) Frequency: Daily For general body strengthening. The diet eliminates the foods that we should avoid according to our blood type if we wish to maintain the strength needed to prevent West Nile virus infections. ETS Plus (Emergency Trauma Solution Plus) Take 2 doses of ETS Plus within the first 20 minutes after hearing or reading bad news about the spread of the virus in your area and/or when you hear or read that someone in your area has been infected or has died. If your children overhear you discussing the West Nile virus problem, be sure 2

3 you give them a dose of ETS Plus right away even if they appear calm about what they ve overheard. The ETS Plus stabilizes the electric system from the weakening effects of shock/trauma brought on when hearing distressing news. This strengthening will better enable you and your family to maintain the balance needed for prevention of infection when you are in the midst of an epidemic. Remember to take ETS Plus when dealing with the stresses brought on by any spraying programs in your area, both scheduling stresses (dealing with impending doom and the actual spraying). Green Level Suggestions from the Louisiana Public Information Campaign Make your house bug proof by repairing screens and patching holes. Get rid of water in cans and other breeding sites near you. Cover up when going outside. For Your Companion Animals To maintain a strong, healthy, well-functioning immune system with animals, just give them a dose of the following MBP Solutions each day as outlined in the MBP Solution brochures: Immune Lymphatic Endocrine Respiratory: Include this Solution if your animals are exposed to spraying. MAROON LEVEL (Tools with a gentle beginner s learning curve.) Green Level Tools MBP Balancing Solutions: Important to include these. (see Green Level listing) Eat Right 4 Your Type by Peter D Adamo (see Green Level listing) ETS Plus (see Green Level listing) MBP Solutions for Companion Animals (see Green Level listing) Maroon Level Tools (add to the Green Level Tools) Essences Basic Testing Microbial Balancing Program Phase 1 testing Environment: Perelandra Garden Workbook processes and Microbial Balancing Essences Basic Testing Frequency: Daily/Weekly Setup: No special focus needed You will not need to make a solution since the testing is daily. However, if this is more than you can handle, do a basic test once a week and make a solution that can be taken daily for the next week. You ll need to make a new solution each week and test for how many times daily you are to take it. Once a new test with a new solution has been done, you do not need to continue taking the solution from the test that was done the previous week. 3

4 Microbial Balancing Program Phase 1 Frequency: Weekly Setup: MBP Phase 1 West Nile virus prevention When setting up to do the simple Phase 1 Testing in the MBP, you can assign a specific focus that will fine-tune Phase 1 results as they apply to that focus. This Phase 1 focus is West Nile virus prevention. Environment For home/apartment plus all land that you own Perelandra Garden Workbook Processes Energy Cleansing Process: Frequency: 1x weekly. Focus: General cleansing and balancing. Balancing/Stabilizing Process: Frequency: 1x every 3-4 weeks. Focus: for incorporating and maintaining the West Nile virus in your environment in balance. NOTE: We include the virus because it is inevitable that the virus will become a part of your environment, if it hasn t already. The virus can t and won t be excluded. So the focus is to set up your environment with nature so that it enfolds the virus in balance. Often, this will include a natural check-and-balance system that will make it impossible for the virus to get out of control or overrun your environment. Microbial Balancing Program for environmental balancing Frequency: 1x every 3-4 weeks. Focus: General microbial balance Again, the focus of this work is on balance balancing your environment s microbial population so that the West Nile virus can move in and through without gaining a foothold and taking over. BLUE LEVEL (Refinement learning curve for veterans of the Perelandra programs and products.) Green Level Tools MBP Balancing Solutions: Important to include these. (see Green Level listing) Eat Right 4 Your Type by Peter D Adamo (see Green Level listing) ETS Plus (see Green Level listing) MBP Solutions for Companion Animals (see Green Level listing) Maroon Level Tools Essences Basic Testing (see Maroon-level listing) Microbial Balancing Program Phase 1 testing (see Maroon-level listing) Environment: Perelandra Garden Workbook processes and Microbial Balancing (see Maroon-level listing) 4

5 Blue Level Tools (add to the Green and Maroon Level Tools) MAP Essences Regular Telegraph Testing Essences Checklist Telegraph Testing Microbial Balancing Program Telegraph Testing Essences Regular Telegraph Testing ETS (Emergency Trauma Solution) Environment: Troubleshooting Process MAP Frequency: Every two weeks Setup: This is a West Nile Virus prevention session Have a West Nile virus prevention session every two weeks. Announce to your team that this is a West Nile virus prevention session. They will work exclusively on any needed adjustments in this area of your health. At the same time, you will talk to them about any mosquito bites you have that are unusual looking or feeling. If you have been outdoors and have a bunch of new mosquito bites as a result, talk about this with your team as well. Also let them know any news about West Nile virus developments in your area, including news of infections, outbreaks and scheduled spraying. Be sure to talk about any fears or stresses you might have around this issue for yourself and your family. Essences Regular Telegraph Testing Frequency: Every 3 Weeks Setup: West Nile virus prevention. For a regular telegraph test, focus the test on West Nile virus prevention. Plan to do this testing every three weeks. Be sure to make a solution, should you need any of the essences more than one time. Once you do the next telegraph test in three weeks, you will no longer need to take the previous solution. Any solutions you get with the new test will take the place of the old solutions. Essences Checklist Telegraph Testing Frequency: Every 3 Weeks Setup: West Nile virus prevention. Using the Essences Telegraph Test Checklist, set up for testing the following focus: West Nile virus prevention. Then follow the Essences Telegraph Test Checklist Process for each area that tests positive. You may do this Checklist in lieu of regular telegraph testing. Microbial Balancing Program Telegraph Testing Frequency: Every 3 Weeks Setup: West Nile virus prevention. 5

6 Do this process using the MBP Telegraph Testing Checklist and setting up the focus as follows: West Nile virus prevention. Follow the MBP Telegraph Testing Process as described in the Perelandra Paper: Perelandra Microbial Balancing Program Telegraph Testing. Plan to do this testing once every three weeks. NOTE: If you prefer, you may do the MBP Phase 1 test as it is set up for the Maroon Level in place of the MBP Telegraph Testing Process. It is important to include one of these MBP testing processes when dealing with the West Nile virus. Environment For home/apartment plus all land that you own Perelandra Garden Workbook Processes Troubleshooting process: Frequency: 1x monthly. Focus: The inclusion of the West Nile virus into your environment in balance. By including the Troubleshooting Process (see Perelandra Garden Workbook II) on the Blue Level, you will be refining your environmental work. The Troubleshooting Process includes the Energy Cleansing Process and the Balancing/Stabilizing Process along with several other important environmental process. You will be setting up the Troubleshooting Process with the following focus: Inclusion of the West Nile virus into your environment in balance. Then do just the processes that test positive. NOTE: We include the virus because it is inevitable that the virus will become a part of your environment, if it hasn t already. The virus can t and won t be excluded. So the focus is to set up your environment with nature so that it enfolds the virus in balance. Often, this will include a natural check-and-balance system that will make it impossible for the virus to get out of control or overrun your environment. Note from Machaelle Wright: In the future, we will send another Health Watch that will address how to set up the Perelandra processes if you should become infected by the West Nile virus. I wanted to get this Strengthening for Prevention Health Watch out right away so that you can begin building your body s defenses against this virus. Machaelle Small Wright. All Rights Reserved. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this paper is complete and accurate. However, neither the publisher nor the author are engaged in rendering professional advice or services to the individual reader. The ideas, procedures and suggestions contained in this paper are not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician. All matters regarding your health require medical attention. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss, injury or damage allegedly arising from any information or suggestion in this paper. The opinions expressed in this paper represent the personal views of the author. Perelandra, Ltd. PO Box 3603, Warrenton, VA US & Canada Overseas and Mexico @perelandra-ltd.com 6

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