THE NATION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011
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NATURAL HEALTH
Bell: Herbal medicines to watch in 2012 (5) B
ELL Prostate Ezee Flow Tea was my introduction to this stable of about 80 proprietary products from Canada. Mr Dotun Akintoye, the Bestman of my wedding 29 years ago, is ever so generous to let me know he’s made a new find. He popped a packet of this tea in my hand, asking: “Have you seen this?”. I hadn’t. As the story went, one of our acquaintances who’d had prostate enlargement problems for years got well on this tea. Another who had problems for similar challenge learned that the first was up on his feet. He asked him for the tea, took it and, again, it worked. Mr Akintoye and I often enjoyed a lager or two together, and I always warned him beer was a possible cause of prostatitis or Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BFH). He, too, took the tea and said it worked for him, reducing the nightly visits to the bathroom. From then on, the story began to spread until Mr Akorah got involved and echoed the story. This tea, along with a few others, began to trickle in afterwards until Dr Theo Anucha, BPharm, Ph.D., who had worked in Canada with Bell Lifestyle products accepted a long-standing invitation from Nick Jerk, president of the company, to officially market all the products in Nigeria under licence. And, now, Bell products are here in full force. Ezee flow tea Twelve herbs are assembled here. They are Chamoonile, Cinnamon; Cranberry, Damiana, Willow Flower, Ginseng, Lavender Flower, Lemon, Red peony, Saw Palmetto, Stinging Nettle and Water plantain. They all support prostate health in one way or the other. Saw Palmetto, in particular, was the beautiful bride of the 1980s. Many studies suggest it is more effective in the long run than Proscar, the pharmaceutical remedy for improving urine flow and curbing urine retention when the prostate enlarges. Its rich stock of zinc and essential fatty acids are thought to be its secrets. Nettle is mentioned regularly, too, and eulogised for freeing urine flow, an achievement most probably due to its silica content. Thus column suggests always that essential fatty acids, that is the Omega oils, and zinc in particular be included in the nature of the prostate gland. Omega 3 is anti-inflammatory. About 80 per cent in a man’s body is reported to be in the prostate gland. The prostate makes secretions which help form viable semen. Frequent ejaculations by women-liking men deplete the prostate’s reservoir of zinc. When zinc is scarce in the prostate, an enzyme in the gland named 5-Alpha Reductase, stimulates the prostate to enlarge. It would appear that zinc reduces the stimulation. Thus, to have no problem with one’s prostate gland in this respect, it is either that the sexual appetite would have to be curbed or the diet would be supplemented with zinc on a daily.
Joint Relief This product is an offshoot of the studies of Dr William Lane, which culminated in two controversial books, Sharks Don’t Get Cancer and Sharks Still Doesn’t Get Cancer. The latter is Dr Lane’s reply to citation of his first book. Sharks get cancer, he acknowledges in the second book, but only at so insignificant rates in comparison with occurrence in other animal species, and thus warrant the book’s title. For his sometimes malevolent critics, the baby is better thrown out with the bath water. But for Dr Lane, no. He went on to prove that Shark’s cartilage is anti-angiogenetic. Angiogenesis is the process by which cancer cells steal nutrients from healthy cells, polluting and inducting them to also become cancerous. By inhibiting this process, Shark’s cartilage is described as an anti-cancer agent. American doctors, researchers and media branded Dr Lane a quack. So, he had to go to Cuba, where he obtained the consent of Fidel Castro to try out his Shark cartilage in terminally ill cancer patients. The experiment, followed by American television, perhaps with a view to nailing Dr Lane, produced starting results which shot up demand for shark’s cartilage worldwide. Shark cartilage is an alkaline-forming substance and, therefore, counteracts acidosis, which is the foundation of many conditions of disease. In the Bell stable, shark cartilage is a star product. But how is this brand superior to other brands and to even Glucosamine and Chondroitin, which, traditionally, are prescribed for arthritis and other joint ailments. The Bell group provides an answer to this question in the product literature.
Bell Pepper Cream This is taking us back to cayenne, the tropical African pepper, which has been found to heal ulcers, promote blood circulation and sleep, than the blood, help the heart and block pain transmission in the nerves apart from stopping bleeding. The Bell group has formulated cayenne cream into a roll-on product, which can be applied on painful arthritic sites. It brings short-term pain relief and should be applied lightly. The first time I tried it on my knee front, a pain I was developing there disappeared within 10 minutes and I was able to bang joint again as if nothing had happened. But I made the mistake of massaging the cream deep in with my hand. For many days, my eyes felt peppery any time I ran the hand over them. My uncle, who is 97, declined to use it because his nurse overapplied the cream. In hospital, he was critically ill with pains all over. I gently massaged a film of the cream into the painful areas of the body. He felt so much better he could sit up by himself afterwards. But, at home, it was as if he was on fire for many days, and asked that the cream be taken away.
and blockage of circulation leading to elevated blood pressure, strokes, heart disease and heart attack (3) uterine fibroids and other gynaecological problems and (4) keloids.
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Bell Bladder-Control
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NE of the major complaints of women these days is “toilet disease”. Their panties are regularly soiled. Many of them never get a second date if they wet the bed linen during sex. Some have lived with this problem for years. In some cases, the problem has progressed to urinary frequency and urinary incontinence. In urinary frequency, they feel the urge to urinate very often as on a cool day when perspiration is little or as if they are diabetic. Their body is about 70 per cent water, and they need to maintain this level by drinking between eight and 10 glasses of water (not beverages) every day. But they are afraid to lest they be embarrassed while shopping, at meetings or while travelling. And this worsens their situation, because germs in the bladder are most likely behind the problem and must be flushed out regularly in the urine to prevent proliferation.The worse concern is urinary incontinence in which the muscle at the neck of the bladder, like a stopper, becomes too weak to keep urine in the bladder. Thus, urine leaks into the brief and literally runs like a tap before it can be naturally discharged in a toilet. The next time you smell urine and a woman is standing by, she may have been hit by the problem. The Bell bladder control tea for women is made from eight medicinal plants, some of them used for cleaning up the urinary system. They are Cranbery, Golden Rod, MarshMallow Root, Nestle, Parsley, Rosehips, Uva Ursi, Willow herb and natural citrus flavour. For more effect, some women take the tea along with the capsules of another product, BLADDER & YEAST INFECTION, which men can also take. This other product combines D-Mannose, Pumpkin seed, Urva Ursi, Buchu leaf, Hydrangea and Gilden seal. One lesson people who suffer from yeast infections learn is that the trouble is fed and aggravated by sugar consumption. They need to avoid table sugar, sugar in soft drinks, milk (lactose), bread etc. Adults cannot effectively digest lactose, milk sugar, which then becomes food not only for candida and other fungi, but for all microorganisms in the bowels, blood and cells.
Nattokinese This product is in the news. On November 17, this column featured NEPRINOL, a systemic enzyme complex made of Nattokinese, Serrapeptase, Bromelain and Pappain, among other enzymes. It became popular after it eliminated pain and cleared vision in some guinea pig experiments. Bell markets Nattokinese for the prevention of strokes and heart attack. Nattokinese is a blood thinner and dissolves excess fibrin which, in the absence of plasmin, its natural liqudator, cause many disturbances in the body. Some of these are (1) collapse of the collagen matrix of the eyes’ drainage, leading to glaucoma (2) thickening the blood
‘One lesson people who suffer from yeast infections learn is that the troubles is fed and aggravated by sugar consumption. They need to avoid table sugar, sugar in soft drinks, milk (lactose), bread etc. Adults cannot effectively digest lactose, milk sugar, which then becomes food not only for candida and other fungi, but for all microorganisms in the bowels, blood and cells’
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HEN some men ask their women for sex, the woman not given to so much of thus carnal in dulgence retort: Is it food? Yet there are women from whom their men flee. But for how long can a man abandon his own bed? His woman may even blame him afterwards for unpalatable consequences of his being a cold fish while she is a flaming Juliet. Whether we like it or not, the urge for sex is a natural instrnct, which like food, air, rest and exercise, the body requires to be healthy. One qualification for it which I find to be high guidance in these matters is that it should happen between only a man and woman who have spiritual congruence or correspondence and are, in this regard, driving towards the spending of their earth life together. In this case, sex between them becomes the physical crown of an inward process driving towards maternal expression. Once this foundation is set, a man must play his role and a woman, hers. But sometimes, hormonal imbalances block our responses, make us frigid or sexually weaker or dead. Bell made Erosil for men and Erosgn for women, with a view to helping them make up sexually. Erozil has been renamed LIBIGEN in Nigeria because some other product had been named Eroxil before its arrival from Canada. Libigen and Erosgn for women are not instant crackers which keep the man up on his feet for hours, and the woman restless. They built up the sexual apparati gradually. Each comes with 30 tablets, taken one a day, of an ingredient mix of Amines, Spermine and Spermidine (both found in radishes, cucumbers, oats and human cells). Amines and tissue growth and regeneration.
Intestinal cleansing & weight control
When my niece, Mrs Folake Ogunje told me she wanted to get rid of her abdominal bulge, this was the remedy I suggested. Today, I call her “sweet 17.” The bulge is gone. The only side effect is that she is embarrassed when people think she is a young girl and ask what happened?” as if she been ill. This product is made from pancreatic enzymes (which promote digestion with the intestines), Bromelan, Okra, Turkish Rhubarb, Coleus Forskolii, Prickly Cactus, Java tea, Marshmallow root and Rosemary. This formular may be complemented with constipation relief tea and Colon cleansing tea.
Sleep &Relax Tea I experimented with this tea when my favourite weapon against insomnia, valerian root and Blue Vervain disappeared from the market sort of sleep and relax tea comes with valerian root in the company of some well-known sleep inducers and enhancers. In the package are Chamomile flowers, Spearmint leaves, Citronella herb, Passion flower herb, Orange Flowers, Lenden Flowers and Valenan Root. Two other supplements, Stop Snoring Spray and Snoring and Sleep Apnea, Eze go well with Sleep & Relax Tea. I have no experience with the Snoring Spray. The Sleep Apnea tea is worth trying by people who seem to want to choke and die in their sleep. In this environment where anything which happens to anyone is ascribed to the enemy’s handiwork, Sleep Apnea is not accepted as caused by an infection in the air passage, which causes awful inflammation. During sleep, the air passage in the throat tends to close up, the body lies heavy like a log of metal, and the victim, observing death sensations, is woken only by strong personal will, the movement of a limb, noise or some other helpful factor. I do not remember how I was able to overcome this experience. There are many testimonials in the product leaflet which endorse the product. There are more plant medicines from Bell Lifestyle Products Inc. that I would like to mention, but space would not permit. Visible in the market now are Blood sugar Imbalance ( for diabetes) Migraid (migraine), HDL Cholesterol Management, Echinacea Immune Support, Allergy Relief, Heart Support (Garlic Combo, Acid Reflux and indigestion tea (for heartburn, bekching, pain etc) HRT Menopause Gombo (for Menopausal women), Nursing Mother’s Tea (to improve milk production and enrich it), Super IQ Brain Function, Bone Density Recovery (for Osteoporosis, Osteopenia, broken bones, spondylosis etc), Excessively Acidic stomach and Alkaline Balance, Stress Release, Decongestant Tea (for anus, chest and lung congestion), Virux viral infections (for colds and other viral infections), Bronchitis Tea, Supreme Immune Booster (especially useful in Cancer therapy, in particular during Chemotherapy) Bell Co-Q10, 20-20 Vision Day and Night, Help for Skin Disorders (Acne, Eczema, Psoriasis) and stem cell activator, among others. Stem cell activator is helpful at all times. Stem cells are produced in the bone marrow. From these, they migrate to any part of the body, through blood circulation, where cells are sick, damaged or dead and need replacement. Stem cells offer themselves in this regard. Next year promises to be an interesting one for the plant medicine market in Nigeria, with the increasing presence of foreign propnetary products stimulating the emergence of Nigeria’s own plant medicines package to international standards, as we shall soon see.
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