It all makes sense now, after years of wondering why my
child found nuts too rich to eat, why eggs and garlic made her nauseous, why she
started to develop fine acne, why she always complained of fatigue. She had
Liver Fluke.
Liver Fluke is a highly underestimated Parasite which lives
in the bile ducts of the liver and the gall bladder, slowly blocking them up
and causing all sorts of problems from tummy ache to Liver cancer. Long
standing infections can also result in fatigue, abdominal discomfort, anorexia,
weight loss, diarrhoea, and jaundice, as they feed off blood. They live for
20-30 years and can lay 2000-4000 eggs a day!
Approximately 35 million people are infected with liver
fluke throughout the world, 85% of which live in China. Because of its mostly asymptomatic
nature, Liver fluke can go undiagnosed for years, slowly debilitating the liver’s
functions.
The only way to get Liver Fluke is to ingest the eggs via eating:
-raw fish
-watercress and any water plants grown in contaminated water
-contaminated water (elementary really!)
-vegetables irrigated with contaminated water
If any livestock have access to the water you use to
irrigate your vegetables, you should have them tested for Liver fluke.
How did we find out? My child broke out in hives, an allergic
reaction, first to over-ripe banana, then apples, then chick peas, aubergine,
anything really! Every day there was one more thing she couldn’t eat. I took
her to a Doctor who said, Oh allergies, gave her an antihistamine jab,
prescribed a bunch of antihistamines and gave us a natural one to take too. We
dealt with it for a week, her reactions getting worse every day.
Then I met a
friend at a Saturday Market who introduced me to Hanna Grotepass,
(hgrotepass@mweb.co.za) a homeopath from Knysna who said, so calmly, Oh that
sounds like Liver. When she said it, it felt like the right fit.
As per her recommendations, we treated it with a Rife Machine. Now I refer to myself
often as a gullible skeptic, having good faith in everything until proven otherwise and I've always been skeptical about this little contraption!
A Rife machine directs electrical impulses through the body and can be set to the
exact frequency of the parasite or other ailment you are suffering from. You
can understand why I was uncertain! But when the skin allergies vanished and
her face started to clear up, I was so relieved. The other symptoms will clear
up with time as her body deals with the aftermath and now we start with ways to support the liver without too much emphasis
on detox and other extreme cleanses for the time being. We are dealing with this gently.
P.O.A. (Plan of Action)
Diet full of high-sulfur foods and also raw fruit and vegetables,
as much organic as possible:
Avocados, olive oil, walnuts, garlic, lemon, leafy greens,
beetroot, green tea, apples, grapefruit, turmeric, Brussels sprouts, broccoli,
kale, cabbage, cauliflower
Supplements and herbal helpers:
-Milk thistle
-Grape seed extract
-Chicory
-Dandelion
-Peppermint
As the Liver is the
fastest recovering organ in the body, we are optimistic, but she’s probably had it for at least 2 years so we hope that supporting her Liver with diet,
supplements and lots of water will do the trick sooner rather than later. The Symptoms are so subtle and can be over looked but when clumped together they can show Liver Fluke clearly.
