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I am Sara Chana Silverstein, IBCLC, RH (AHG). I am a Master Herbalist and Classically Trained Homeopath.

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I also guest lecture at medical schools and am a keynote speaker at medical conferences, I am a book author and do segments for news shows across the US. I have had a pediatric and women’s clinic in Brooklyn for the past 30 years. I am also a proud mom of 7 children.

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I am a kinesiologist and EFT practitioner. I have over 15 years of experience in working with people with many different modalities. I have expanded my horizons in working with my clients to help heal them on a deeper emotional level. I find the emotion trapped at the root of the problem and clear it through a myriad of modalities such as EFT (tapping), EMDR, affirmations, magnet, Bach flower remedies and guided imagery. I have B”H had an amazing success rate in helping people out of their pain body and expand in their abundance.

My name is Yides Weinstock. My first and foremost credential is that I’m a Yiddishe Mamme. I happen to have a master’s degree in education and behavior. I’m also an LBA-BCBA (Licensed Behavior Analyst-Board Certified Behavior Analyst). I employ a mixture of all sorts of alternative techniques in the field of health. I started out with a bachelor’s degree in nutrition science, gathered lots of experience in the nutritional field and learned a great deal about diet and supplements. In addition, I do Craniosacral Therapy, Lymphatic Drainage, and Reflex Integration, and took many courses regarding the brain and the central nervous system and studied them in depth.

I also realized that there was not much knowledge and understanding of how to treat auditory and visual processing problems in the heimishe community. I started researching how the body utilizes frequencies, and how the eyes need to function to build and maintain fluency in all areas. I gained lots of experience in these fields and am currently certified to help my clients with many therapeutic listening programs. I also studied the topic of infertility and am a certified Mercier Therapy Practitioner which has a wonderful success rate when it comes to treating infertility.

The world of Alternative Medicine is a colorful one, where all sorts of modalities, each one more mysterious and fascinating than the one before, coexist like colors in the rainbow. Learning about a unique healing method is like plucking one color and exploring its distinctive propertiesonly to realize that there is yet another method, and another and another, all approaching healing from a different angle.

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How did you end up in this field of medicine/ healing?

I became an international boardcertified lactation consultant and have helped over 45,000 Jewish mothers nurse their babies. When I was doing my medical training, I knew that there were other ways to treat mothers and babies. So, I once again went back to school and did a 5-year classical homeopathic program and then did a 3-year herbal medicine program. I am not against conventional medicine. It certainly has its place in healing, but what I learned is that when I teach women about botanical medicine, they become empowered and can help keep themselves, their children, and their community healthy and emotionally strong.

I always loved the medical field, but my busy life did not allow me much time to study it professionally. By the time life allowed me to more time to pursue my interests, it didn't make sense for me to start learning for several years to earn my degree in the various medical fields available.

So, I ended up practicing Compression Therapy. Why Compression Therapy? I have family in Europe, and they were exalting this process, talking about it until they convinced me to try it.

My parents owned the most glamorous jewelry store in Tel Aviv. For decades the shop was a tourist attraction and I was literally born and bred between the jewels, imbibing my father's fascination of gems.

For years I have been giving courses and teaching my students how to heal others using Hashem's bestowed earthen medicines - and I find it rewarding to watch them open their own clinics and go forth to help people with this method.

To the best of my knowledge, I am the first scholar to build a language bridge between the healing knowledge in the Jewish scriptures and old teachings about the healing powers of the avnei hachoshen and the modern language of crystal healing and gemological scientific parlance.

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My aunt, Gelly Asovski, is a popular child and family therapist in Monsey for over 20 yrs. she heard about how the SuperPatches and researched how these natural, FDA Registered patches could help a variety of mental health challenges. During Covid, she was seriously affected over and over again in many different ways, including losing her ability to walk for 3 months. When Covid attacked her legs again, she decided to try the patches and as they say, the rest is history!! Her walking went back to normal and her long covid symptoms improved with each passing month! Gone was the brain fog, the exhaustion and the constant illness… Everyone wanted to know what happened that she’s suddenly attending simchas and events after 21/2 years of being sick and unable to join family simchos. Of course, she let everyone know how Hashem had sent a shaliach for a big refuah with the patches. People started trying them out too and got EXCITED!

I started my holistic journey when, over 16 years ago, a close relative of mine was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy. When the neurologist prescribed her with a six-month cortisone regimen and had a bleak prognosis about the future, I decided to pursue alternative methods. I networked and B”H found an EFT practitioner who started working on her. In less than two weeks she was totally healed. That was when I made my decision to pursue this line, to be able to help people from a deeper emotional level.

Well, how I ended up in this field is its own story. I will need to write a book to explain how I got here.

In short, I took an autistic child into my home, and while trying to help him develop his full potential, I left no stone unturned. Baruch Hashem, he progressed into a mature, independent individual.

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You may have heard about neurofeedback which is a form of biofeedback that trains the brain by measuring waves and providing feedback signals to the person. These patches are stickers with different ‘codes’ embossed on their underside- the side that attaches itself to the body. Once you stick on the patch, your skin’s network of touch receptors and nerve endings will pick up on the specific pattern of the patches just like your skin picks up on pain, heat, cold, etc. Your brain receives the information within 7 to 15 seconds and will then start working with the ‘codes’ to lay down new neural pathways that bring your brain and body into homeostasis.

What part of your work are you passionate about?

Analyzing ailments and indispositions through the lens of the gemstone- minded healer is a fascinating undertaking which is rewarding every time. People are viscerally drawn to those gems that radiate the frequencies that they are deficient in, and it is fascinating to see this at work time and time again.

It gives me great satisfaction and brings out feelings of gratitude to Hashem that I was the right shaliach every time a client sees positive results and resumes living life "normally” again. This is what keeps my passion alive for this line of work.

I always had an interest in health and alternative healing. When I saw how my aunt regained her ability to walk due to her using the Super Patches, I jumped right in and started selling them.

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I am passionate about educating and guiding Jewish women on how to safely use herbs and homeopathy with themselves, their children and their families.

I love helping people become ‘unstuck’ in whatever area they feel blocked. May I be a gite shaliach from Hashem to help people succeed easily and effectively.

I feel the most gratification when a tongue-tied baby starts sucking even before the cranial work is done. Or when a baby’s/child’s reflexes integrate right away. Or when a child/baby starts crawling, walking, talking, eating, grasping on the spot. I also feel good when with Hashem’s help, I can prevent my clients from undergoing surgery.

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How is your line of work unique to the healing process?

The uniqueness of the work that I do is since I studied so many fields of therapy and alternative healing. I am able utilize this very wide body of knowledge to analyze and target the root of the problem presenting in my client, down to its cellular level. Furthermore, when working with autistic children or children with developmental delays, I don’t define them by their struggles. I see the child as a healthy child with weaknesses in certain areas.

Just as some people have a talent to draw and sing, and some don’t, I see the autistic or struggling child as undeveloped in the area where he/her is weak and that we just need to help him/her develop his/ her ‘talents’. When a child feels that I perceive him/ her as a regular child and not as a ‘problem’ he/ she will open up faster and will be more willing to cooperate.

I dig deeper. I try to figure out which emotion is causing the symptom. By utilizing muscle testing, I get to the underlying cause. In my experience, although my client’s symptoms will manifest physically many times, the causes can be spiritual, emotional or psychological in origin. I then treat them bisyatte dishmaye with amazing results.

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My job is to take a complete medical history of the person which takes over an hour. I analyze the genetic predisposition of the client, understand the medications they may be taking, and then suggest plant-based medicine to help their bodies heal and thrive.

Five years ago, a lady came into my clinic with her three- year- old toddler in her arms. The toddler immediately reached down and picked up a rhodochrosite stone. I asked the lady if the child has breathing problems such as asthma and she said, “Yes! That is the reason I have come here!”

Part of the uniqueness of gemology is how it allows practitioners to identify the patient’s issues on the spot.

Many methods of healing treat the symptoms and not the root cause. Some modalities take outside forces and introduce them to the body hoping that the body will respond kindly and incorporate them into the healing process.

Compression therapy/ lymphatic massage works from within. It naturally removes all toxins that are root causes for illness and feeds the body with healing properties that are created by the body itself in response to the compression/ massage.

Hashem created the body to work in a perfect, optimal way. Our lifestyles in this generation torpedo the natural way we were meant to live.

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If you visit my website, you will see the variety of gem kits that we sell and the issues we treat with this amazing method. The issues listed on my website include physical issues, mental issues and the combination and complications between the two. For example: there are kits that prevent and ease digestive difficulties such as heartburn, kits that get rid of hemorrhoids, or a very important kit that regulates cholesterol levels. Amongst others, we sell gem kits for safeguarding pregnancy and gem kits titled "natural antibiotics" which fortify the immune system and give extra support for vaccinations.

For purely emotional situations we sell gem kits that help relieve stress and induce calm, kits which help prevent depression, emotional tension and anxiety and kits for overcoming trauma and bad memories.

I tend to help clients struggling with anxiety, OCD, shalom bayis problems…

While I have Baruch Hashem been able to help many people troubled physically, I tend to work with people’s emotional issues.

The most popular condition I treat is weight loss. Weight loss isn't important just for " looks". Being overweight brings with it a host of other ailments.

I also have, B"H, successfully treated Lyme disease, torn meniscus, edema, post (long) Covid symptoms, post op complications, restless leg syndrome, venous insufficiency, "down" moods and more, to name some.

My specialty is pediatrics and women's health. I help children with chronic ear infections, strep infections, ADHD, digestive issues, and emotional challenges.

For women, my specialty is fertility, lactation, and emotional struggles like anxiety, stress, and depression.

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We do not treat acute conditions. Those suffering from acute conditions such as broken bones, gunshot injury and other severe conditions should go to the hospital emergency room. For those requiring surgical or technical equipment that are out of our scope of healing, we humbly refer you to doctors and other emergency medicine practitioners.

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I don’t treat anything. My perspective is, and I see this clearly, all the time, that if Hashem wants someone to be healed, He will help me heal him/her.

I don’t heal, Hashem does.

If I am not successful with a client, that too is from Hashem. I may/ may not have been the bashert shaliach for that person’s healing.

But I assume that this is not the answer you are looking for. To answer your question, let me tell you that I don’t treat but rather stimulate the body to heal on its own. I also cannot rebuild new body parts.

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I had a woman who had struggled with depression for years. She had been taking an antidepressant for years which never seemed to get her out of her rut. She took a dose of a remedy and within the next 3 weeks she ended up quitting her job which she hated and found a new one. She also put money down on a new apartment because her home was way too small for her growing family and took two of her kids out of the Yeshiva they were in, where they were not thriving and desperately needed a change.

She returned to the office and said to me, “Wow, how did I have the strength to make these changes? I have felt stuck for years!”

I smiled and said, “The homeopathic remedy shifted you and if you hated your job, felt uncomfortable in your home, and felt your kids needed a new school- you would never have been able to get out of your depression!”

The homeopathic remedy opened up a blocked channel, so that she clearly saw what she needed to change in her life.

I can Baruch Hashem write a book about all sorts of stories where I was zoche to be Hashem’s shliach and facilitate healing in many areas. I have had many stories where doctors gave up and told parents that would never have any (more) children. Baruch Hashem they now have beautiful families.

Hashem once helped me work successfully with a child who suffered from Optic Nerve Hypoplasia- a condition where the nerves to the optic nerves are but a quarter of the amount necessary to have normal vision. The doctor who examined the child stated, “As a doctor I am used to miracles, but this is more than a miracle”. He wanted to know what it was that we did to help the child’s vision improve from a vision of 180/20, (which is defined as legally blind), to a vision of 40/20, where eyeglasses were not needed anymore.

Another amazing story: A child had an infection in the brain which caused the child to seem to become autistic afterward. With a few cranio-sacral sessions Hashem helped her regain most of her regular brain functions.

There are many stories, Baruch Hashem. Many unhappy marriages have had a major turnaround, many shidduchim have taken place, an aguna was helped in no time and more.

Our clinic specializes in treating complex issues. I will give you two examples that represent many cases that have ended successfully with cheers and happiness all around.

One example is about the patient who came in to get rid of his chronic ulcers. The analysis showed that the ulcers were created due to ongoing anxiety and lack of inner peace. We gave the patient an essence (essences are the distilled and concentrated wavelength of the gemstones used to treat certain conditions) that induces inner peace and another one that helps avoid negative thinking and promotes positive thoughts. Another example: A boy came in for ADHD but the analysis showed that the ADHD was spawned of insecurities, fears and fraternal competition and jealousy (which are all different forms of insecurity).

The boy was treated for the underlying conditions and the need for ADHD treatment suddenly disappeared!

Complex health concerns aren't a quick fix if the benefits are to be felt long term. I haven't been in business long enough to have solved complex health concerns. I do have confidence, though, that should such an issue come before me (like PCOS), b'ezras Hashem compression therapy/ lymphatic massage would be extremely beneficial.

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Herbs and homeopathy remedies can help shift most conditions so that the body can begin to heal itself.

I help clients with physical symptoms by healing the underlying emotions.

We clear the emotional layer and thereby target and heal the physical issues. I have worked with hundreds of different issues that have come up, such as bedwetting, eczema, behavioral issues, panic attacks, depression, stuttering… The list goes on and on. In holistic healing we do not treat the symptom, we treat the cause. This is why my working with kinesiology takes the client onto a whole new plane in life.

Lymphatic massage restores the body's ability to get rid of all unwanted, harmful substances in the body, such as toxins, pathogens, extra fat, and extra water. It also supplies the body with infection- fighting cells and antibodies.

Compression therapy greatly improves circulation and supplies the blood with fresh oxygen and nutrients to enable the body to repair itself.

For eczema and other ailments of the skin we carry a very effective oil called DERMAFIX that contains minerals from gems and heals the skin. Our oil labeled "NO-MORE-PAIN" eliminates pain and inflammation. A unique mixture of pure olive oil infused with pure and concentrated gemstone minerals creates a pain- relieving remedy like no other and obliterates chronic pain. It wipes out joint, muscular, back, knee and bone pain. It also provides support during and after birth.

All the other issues you mentioned - and many moreare solved with the support of our gem kits and essences that continue to prove to be very effective.

I get lots of feedback about the freedom patch’s ability to relieve pain when painkillers just don’t do the job. People have been using it successfully for back pain, labor and post birth, post op and heel spurs too, and for tooth and ear pain (the most popular!).

I would group the ailments listed into two categories: High-blood-pressure, diabetes and cholesterol go into one category and are usually diet and stress related.

Allergies, Eczema, Pandas, Recurring Strep, and Lyme disease go into the other category. Most of the time, they can just be detoxed from the body through cranio-sacral treatments, in addition to necessary measurements such as diet, supplements, immune boosters and probiotics.

We try to figure out what the root of the problem is and tailor-make a healing treatment protocol for everyone. Recurring strep, for example, is usually a build-up of yeast in the intestines, which I would treat by going off sugar and taking probiotics to prevent the strep from coming back.

In general, when a child has a virus or an infection, this is the protocol I use: Defend &Resist, Nutriferon and Omega 3 from the Shaklee company. The doses depend on the child’s age. This formula has cured almost anything with Hashems helpfrom Pneumonia, strep, covid, MRSA, UTIs, flu, ear infection, cellulitis, and illness/infection that is usually healed by antibiotics.

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What do you wish people would know about your line of work?

My line of work is about helping people with the issues they present. When they present with delays, I do an extensive evaluation to see where the issue originates and will treat them accordingly. If they have undeveloped reflexes, I will do reflex integration and cranial work. If they have behavioral issues, I will probably add in a brain reorganization program, which entails FOSA (fuel, oxygen, stimulation and acceptance)the missing components of the brain. If the child has auditory and visual memory issues, I will include a music program. If the client presents with routine health issues, infertility, or with social- emotional issues I would treat him/her accordingly, usually by employing cranio-sacral treatment, lymphatic drainage, nutritional supplements and dietary guidance. I sometimes use the Plasma & Rife machine in combination with all of the abovementioned treatment protocols.

I wish people would notice how they block themselves from being healed. You’d be surprised by how many of us hold onto our issues because it becomes familiar to us- sort of like living in our comfort zone. Living pain- free can feel scary to many people. We also hold onto our issues because of the various ways that they seem to ‘benefit’ us by causing us to either feel significant, gain people’s attention or pity, or as an escape from deeper problems which we don’t want to face and tackle.

I wish mothers and women in general would make themselves and their health a priority. I wish they would LISTEN!!!!! to their bodies. If something hurts, doesn't work right or doesn't feel right, know that your body is SCREAMING, "take care of me!".

It’s important to understand that every single person’s neurology is completely different and that everyone’s experience will be specific to how their brain seeks to create homeostasis and balance for their brain and body. I’ve noticed that a small percentage of people, usually those in acute situations, see relief almost instantly. Most people will see some beginning shifts in their health and wellness within several weeks. For some, it will take longer to see a change. Remember, this is not a pill. The signals travel to the brain which will then choose the pattern of healing. I know that we live in an instant generation, but this is not magic! Patience is required!

What dreams do you have for the future?

That all Jewish people will have the knowledge of the herbal healing that Hashem has given to us.

I dream that in this world of "skinny shots" where women prick themselves to lose weight and subject themselves to all sorts of unpleasant sideeffects, that women become comfortable with who they are as a person even if they are not a size 2. I very much want women to understand that their main priority is health. It is possible to be healthy and look good even if you are a size 10 (adjust the number for age, height & genetics).

My dream is to open a clinic and to have many practitioners help people by following what I do.

That Hashem said that He put the refuah in the world before the illness and that he created plants and trees before man.

That is why I know that we can heal ourselves with the assistance of plants.

Part of my dreams have come true. I have seen my students open their own clinics, helping and curing many people with the system I taught themanalyzing and curing others with gemstones. And to further fulfill my dreams, I wish to widen this knowledge and let it spread far and wide.

I want them to know that they can come to a clinic where we have had lots of experience with amazing results, and that they can trust to be cured in a natural, professional way.

The gemstones are not only beautiful and colorful from the outside, but they are also the real medication of Hashem.

I have no dreams. I just like to step up and fill in voids. When I saw that there were no schools for autistic children, I opened one. When there were no heimish BCBA’s, I stepped up to the plate and worked to receive my certification. I saw that people needed guidance about health and agreed to give health lectures on the Akeres Habayis Hotline.

When I saw that there was a need for a female EMT, I earned my license as an EMT. I have no dreams; I let Hashem guide me.

There are many stories, Baruch Hashem. Many unhappy marriages have had a major turnaround, many shidduchim have taken place, an aguna was helped in no time and more.

My dream is that every person struggling- especially those with neurological struggles- should know about this seemingly simple yet powerful form of healing.

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Do you have a message you’d like to leave us with?

Herbalists are not healers; Hashem is the healer. What herbalists do is find plant-based medicines that fit the clients' challenges so that the body can find the strength to heal itself and find balance.

You can reach me at: Email- Moodtopiabook@gmail.com Phone number- 917-587-0262 Website- sarachana.com Book- MOODTOPIA-Tame your moods, de-stress, and find balance using herbal remedies, aromatherapy, and more.

Every day I’m amazed again by the ‫ נפלאות הבורה‬of the human body and its ability to heal itself. The more I learn, the more I realize that I know nothing.

One thing I feel the need to warn people about, is that children under six years of age and mothers in different situations should not do any detox programs. It’s very harmful to children and babies.

Another topic I want to bring awareness to is to tell parents of struggling children, not to let their child’s challenges define them! While helping a struggling child overcome his/her challenges, be careful that the child’s selfesteem is not hindered in the process.

I recently heard a 103-year-old doctor speak. She said that she struggled with dyslexia as a child. She also said that she once sat in a meeting with 10 different doctors, and 6 of them were dyslexic as children and struggled in school! She said that she had suffered the repercussions of her childhood dyslexia until she was 93 years old, and she still does not know when she learned how to read!

Parents put in so much effort to help their children struggling with various issues such as dyslexia only to unwittingly damage their children in the process. There was a serial story running in one of the magazines about a mother’s efforts to help her dyslexic child. I don’t know if the story is true, but I felt like taking a microphone and screaming out loud, PARENTS, LEAVE YOUR CHILD ALONE. By the time he/she is an adult if his/her self-esteem was not damaged all along, he/she will know how to read.

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We live in a world that doesn't require movement. We wash laundry by pushing a button, we get water by turning on the faucet, we cook and bake by turning a dial and pushing a button, we get transported from point A to point B, mostly on wheels. And it's not even necessary for us to slam the car door shut, these days! Most jobs today require sitting at a computer all day. The lymphatic system is activated to work by movement. In the olden days we moved from sunrise to sunset. In today's day and age that just doesn't happen anymore. So yes, that hour of exercise that you manage to squeeze in is helpful, but it doesn't really cut it. Once the lymphatic system goes to sleep, many ailments crop up. At Compression Therapy by Lieber we wake up your lymphatic system to restore your body to the way Hashem intended it to work.

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Know that there is help out there for you. Even if you’ve tried everything in the traditional model of healing, know that there is deeper healing available.

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I have put Vitamin E on canker sores with great success. I open an oil capsule and put it on during the day and before bedtime, then again the next day. It heals fast.

My daughter had molluscum on her knee that was not budging. I used Forever Aloe Vera Gelly and after just two weeks they went through tremendous change and after around 2 months it was completely gone!!!!

M.R.E. My son was about 10 months old and was learning to pull himself to a standing position. One morning, as I was getting the kids ready for school, I heard terrible screaming coming from the bedroom. I rushed to see what was going on and found my baby standing and holding onto the steam pipe. His hands suffered second degree burns. I was in touch with a heimishe lady in Boro Park who helps people with burns using MR products. She was a shaliach from Hashem, guiding and helping me through the process. Baruch Hashem after a few weeks, my baby’s burns healed beautifully.

I want to make people aware of how important it is to cover the steam pipe. The lumberyard sells a foam cover that slides onto the pole and protects little (and big) hands from getting burned.

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My 2-year old son grabbed boiling noodle soup off the counter and got badly burnt on his face, neck, chest, and hands. An expert recommended that I smear a thick layer of regular honey (the one I had in my pantry) all over his burns and wrapped it with saran wrap.

He explained to me that honey has been found to soothe and heal burns and I should leave it on for approx 6-12 hours. After washing off the honey, he was miraculously clear!! Chasdei Hashem.

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When my youngest child was born, the doctor mentioned that my baby was tongue-tied. At six weeks of age my child underwent a frenotomy, where the lingual frenulum, or the underside of the tongue that connects to the bottom of the mouth, was snipped. It was a simple procedure with minimal bleeding and all was fine for the meantime.

As she began speaking, we noticed that she had a cute lisp, and it was difficult for her to articulate a “ch” sound.

We took her to Dr. Rickert, an ENT, who recommended speech therapy. My daughter was a great student and practiced her enunciation. With it all, her lisp persisted.

Before she entered first grade, we had her speech reassessed. This time we went to Dr. Goldstein, also an ENT. He told us that although everyone’s tongue is connected to the bottom of our mouths, by my daughter her lingual frenulum was abnormally thicker and therefore it was difficult for the tongue to move freely.

He recommended that I take my daughter to an oral surgeon who would perform a frenectomy using laser.

The connective tissue would not need to be cut, rather it

I had excellent experience with Zahlers vitamin inflamex or Boswella curcumin Ginger from nutri supreme. I had great experience on both for severe lower back pain, pinched nerve and sciatic pain. I took Motrin for the first 2 days of the occurrence and then continued with either vitamin for at least 2 weeks and in more severe cases I took the vitamins for a longer time until it disappeared completely. Please note that when taking these two vitamins which are antiinflammatory you cannot take Motrin. Ask the health food store how you could go about with both.

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would slowly and precisely be separated, without needing sutures or extensive healing. We did some research and Dr. Shalom Mintz was highly recommended. Most of his patients were newborns, but yes, he did perform this procedure on older patients as well.

One fine summer day we had the laser procedure done. No needles or stitches were necessary, just some painkillers and yummy ices were recommended.

The advantages of laser are many. Less local anesthesia is needed, it is a quicker process, there are fewer complications, and most importantly it is more uniform and precise than other surgical techniques. The healing is faster and simpler, also a great benefit.

After the laser frenectomy, my daughter continued to practice the “ch” and “sh” sounds with her speech therapist. What years of speech therapy could not accomplish; laser technology made happen instantaneously. Nowadays my daughter’s speech is b’chasdei HaShem articulate and clear.

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I work as a camp nurse and want to stress the importance of disclosing medical conditions.

We had a child who suddenly suffered a seizure. We did not have any details on file of him having any such condition. When hatzalah stabilized him, the child confirmed that he is taking medication for epilepsy and was told by his parents not to tell anyone, and today he forgot to take it.

This is an extremely irresponsible situation that puts the child, the parents and the camp at risk.

Don't hide your child’s medical needs from a camp nurse, they are BY LAW not allowed to disclose this to anyone, so don’t worry about shidduchim and don’t harm your child!

WARTS: the most stubborn, annoying and pesty thing. After trying everything to get rid of 4 stubborn, big warts, I was offered to try the propolis creme from the Forever Living company.

The warts disappeared within a few days.

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I would like to raise awareness about something very minor but could potentially save lives. My 5 and 7-year-old boys come home on different bus routes. One afternoon, due to a family wedding, my 7-year-old came home earlier, on the bus route my 5-year-old was on. However, the bus driver was not made aware of this change and after dropping off 1 boy he promptly closed the door which unknown to him closed on my 2nd son’s briefcase as he was getting off the bus, and he was left hanging by the door... Miraculously people around saw and banged on the bus signaling him to stop. My message to all mothers is: if you have another child getting off the bus that is not regularly on this route, please make sure the driver is aware. Hashem should watch over us all!

I heard of this tea recipe from Harav Mutzapi.

Ground a tsp each of the following: Cinnamon, Cardamom - get on Amazon, Cloves only half a tsp-very strong, Ginger.

Put into a cup and a half of water.

Boil for 10 minutes.

Let cool refrigerate. Put in fridge Use an ounce of this plus a cup boiling water. Drink tea daily or whenever exposed to many people.

All four spices are antiviral and it's amazing for other issues. Kol tuv.

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My baby was born very small and had a hard time sucking. With H' help she learned to suck and gain weight nicely. Rivka Schwartz: 718-851-9729, a lactation consultant and Elizabeth Poole: 917-754-9646, a cranial massage therapist were the right shluchim to help my baby. I also took Maxi Green Concentrate and Maxi ITC, almonds and dried dates daily.

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I was walking home from the doctor with my 3 little kids. I allowed my oldest son who was 4 at the time, to ride home on his bike. He rode ahead of me and on the corner of 17th Ave he could not stop the bike and it flew straight into the street!

Thankfully there were no cars at the moment zooming down the avenue at high speed. But I definitely learnt my lesson! If a young kid is riding a bike, always have him ride next to you!

My oldest daughter had feeding issues and had a hard time learning how to chew food.

I took her to the GI and we did testing to rule out medical conditions and everything came back fine. When my second child had feeding issues and was very resistant to food, I thought it was a different version of feeding issues that must be running in my family. We only found out when she was 6 years old that she has a medical condition called Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) which is a condition caused by allergens that trigger inflammation in the esophagus making it difficult to swallow.

EoE is different than regular allergies because the effects aren't on the outside.

Untreated EoE can lead to choking episodes if the esophagus gets too narrow for swallowing.

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My baby was playing with a slightly ajar closet door adjacent to the room that I was in which had the door closed. I wanted to get out but by then the closet door was fully swung open locking me in, (the closet door opens towards the other door). My baby was at an age that he didn’t understand when mommy said to close the closet door so I could open the other. Luckily I had a window in the room facing a neighbor’s window so I was able to call to her to come in and let me out. The 5 minutes that I was stuck were extremely anxious ones since I didn't know what was lying around which can be a choking hazard for such a little kid.

If you do have such closets that open toward another door either, make sure they are fully closed at all times or place a hinge stopper, not to allow the door to open fully.

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A HEALTHY SENSE OF REALITY BY: CHAYA BLUSTEIN

Healthy food is the first step towards improved health.

However, when you look at food labels in the store, you might not be able to tell which foods are truly healthy for you. Here, Mr. Pal of Meant to Be Foods shares his journey to understanding what healthy food is.

USDA is very strict that there shouldn’t be any chemicals at all in food that’s labeled organic.

Mr. Pal, can you tell us what made you get into the field of healthy eating?

For example, take eggs. The chickens that lay the eggs can’t be exposed to any chemicals, and the fields where the chickens eat grass have to be chemical-free.

There can’t be any chemical pesticides. If a farmer used chemical pesticides on a field, he has to wait three years before using that field to grow grass for chickens that lay organic eggs. That’s how long it takes for the field to be considered chemical-free.

I’m the type of person who likes to do things right, and I like things to be as real as possible. So I also wanted my food to be as natural and real as possible. I heard about what goes into producing our food products, and I said, “I need natural, real food.”

I heard about a farm in Pennsylvania, where cows were on pasture all the time, and ate only grass. I went to visit, and I saw, “Wow, this is real food! What a difference!” It was amazing to see that this could actually be, that cows could live just on grass.

I wanted to find out if the organic milk sold in the store is the same as this milk from the cows on pasture. I went to visit organic farms, but I discovered that organic doesn’t mean natural and healthy as I thought.

Meant to Be is USDA-certified organic, and you can’t imagine how on top of it we need to be to make sure that there are no chemicals in our food. It’s extremely tough.

The supplemented feed for the chickens also has to be certified organic for our organic eggs.

In order to keep our organic certification, it’s a constant job. The USDA demands tons of paperwork to prove that we’re chemical-free, and it costs thousands of dollars besides.

So when you see the USDA-certified organic label, what it means is that the food is completely chemical free.

What does organic mean?

Wouldn’t that make the food natural and healthy?

Organic means that the food is chemical-free. And the

No, it just means that the food isn’t toxic or bad for you.

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It’s a “sur mera,” moving away from things that can be harmful and bad.

What I wanted to see on the organic farms was that they were following nature. That means that the cows and chickens should eat grass, and not manmade food. And that the cows and chickens should be out on the fields all the time, because that’s the way nature was meant to be.

If you get milk from a cow that’s eating only grass in the fields, that milk can be called natural.

And when food comes from real nature, that’s when it can be healthy. What does healthy mean? Healthy means that it has all the nutrition you need to keep your body in good shape.

So when I went to visit the organic farms, this is what I wanted to see. Instead, I didn’t see any chickens or cows. I only saw big buildings where the chickens were stuffed in and forced to lay eggs as much as possible. They were feeding the chickens soy and corn feed, which makes for a lot of bad hormones and the Omega-6 fats. The feed was chemical-free, but it definitely wasn’t natural.

I wanted to see chickens and cows that were out in the sunshine, eating grass, and getting fresh air. Instead, I saw animals that weren’t allowed outside.

I wanted not only the “sur mera.” I also wanted the “aseh tov.”

Why did you want to get vitamins from food, instead of taking vitamin supplements?

It’s much, much, better for your body to get your vitamins from food instead of taking a supplement.

Today, people take vitamin supplements every day, all different types of vitamins. Everyone’s deficient in something. It’s because the food they’re eating is not natural and healthy, and it doesn’t have the vitamins and nutrients that they need. When food is natural, it can give you almost everything you need, in a much better and healthier way.

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When you drink a cup of natural milk, that whole family of vitamins is there in the milk together with the calcium, and the calcium can get absorbed right away.

Taking too many vitamin supplements can cause serious problems with the liver. In contrast, you don’t have to worry about drinking too much milk.

Could you eat fruits and vegetables to get the same vitamins?

A lot of people think that the healthiest food for them is fruits and vegetables.

People eat tons of fruits and vegetables, and they feel that they’re getting the most nutritious food possible.

Let’s say they’re even eating organic fruits and vegetables. So the food is chemical-free. Could be it has some of the vitamins you need.

But it’s still not the healthiest food you can get. When you eat vegetables, you get the vitamins in their raw form. Take vitamin K, for example. You can get vitamin K from vegetables, but it will be vitamin K1. What our bodies need is vitamin K2. So now your body needs to work hard to turn K1 into K2 so that you can use the vitamin.

That’s not nature. I wanted natural food for my family, food that was produced according to nature. Because I knew that if it would be really natural, then it would have all the vitamins and nutrients and be good for you. Not just that it wouldn’t be bad for you.

There’s

supplements and eating foods that naturally have those vitamins. If you take, let’s say, calcium, all on its own, it’s very hard for the body to absorb it into the bones.

Calcium needs to come together with a whole family of vitamins and minerals for it to get absorbed properly.

Otherwise, it can chas v’shalom stay in the blood, which is a serious problem.

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When a cow eats grass, the grass also has K1. But the cow takes the K1 and turns it into K2. You can now get K2 from the cow’s milk when you drink it, and it’s ready for your body to use without the whole process of changing it from K1 to K2.

It’s not a new idea that eating animal food products can make you healthy. We all know that chicken soup is called Jewish penicillin. It’s literally like medicine, and it makes your bones strong.

That kind of strength is not what you get when you eat vegetables.

People I know who eat a lot of vegetables sometimes have rotten teeth, because the vegetables didn’t give them what they needed to keep their teeth and bones strong.

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Recently, research was done by tracking the blood test results of women who ate different kinds of diets. The ones with the best levels of vitamins in their blood were the ones who ate the healthy animal food products.

So If someone eats healthy animal food products, they can stop supplementing with vitamins?

Yes, sure, of course they’ll be able to stop.

People who take a blood test every six months usually see that when they eat healthy eggs or milk, they’re not deficient anymore. They don’t need to take vitamin supplements every day to give their body the basics of what it needs.

For example, if you ate 2-3 Meant to Be eggs, you wouldn’t need an Omega-3 supplement or an iron supplement.

The exception is vitamin D3, because the only way to get enough vitamin D3 is through getting sunshine. While animal food products can help the vitamin D3 be absorbed and raise your levels that way, it’s not a full source of vitamin D3.

Also, there are of course always things going around, especially for kids, and that’s not something you can prevent. If someone gets sick, then they’ll probably need to take some vitamin supplements to help them get over it, but they wouldn’t need to take vitamins every day.

If someone can’t for any reason eat the right kind of healthy animal products, then of course they should still take vitamin supplements, but it’s something to be careful with.

You need to really know what you’re doing so that it doesn’t cause problems instead of helping you.

Which vitamins are people most deficient in which they can get from healthy animal food products?

A big one is the B family of vitamins, which is referred to as the energy vitamin. Often, when people find that they’re always feeling weak, it’s because they’re missing the B vitamins. Taking a multivitamin doesn’t always help them because it’s too strong and hard to digest.

The best place to get B vitamins by eating natural and healthy chicken and meat.

People who get broken bones very easily are often deficient in vitamins K2 and D3, which you can get from Meant to Be milk and butter. Eating healthy, grass-fed beef bones in a broth that cooked for 24 hours (especially if you add apple cider vinegar) makes the calcium comes straight out of the bones and that helps for strong bones as well.

In general, you can rely on natural and healthy animal food products to get the most easily absorbed vitamins. It’s truly healthy and not just chemical-free.

This was a fascinating peek into what healthy food can do.

Thank you!

Mr. Pal can be reached at 845 535 1354 for any questions regarding Meant to Be products.

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Meckel's diverticulum is a small outpouching extending from the wall of the intestine and located in the lower portion of the small intestine. The pouch is a remnant of tissue from the embryonic development of the digestive system.

Despite the availability of modern imaging techniques, making the diagnosis is challenging.

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In all ages, intestinal obstruction is manifested by cramping abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Acute Meckel diverticulitis is characterized by abdominal pain and tenderness typically localized below or adjacent to the umbilicus; it is often accompanied by vomiting and is similar to that of appendicitis.

Procedure. Once a Meckel diverticulum has been diagnosed, laparotomy or laparoscopy can be used for resection. The goal is to resect the Meckel diverticulum, all ectopic gastric mucosa, and any ulcerated intestine to prevent recurrent bleeding.

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As a busy mother of a large and lively brood (READ: mostly boys), medical situations don’t faze me. I’ve dealt with a fair share of stitches, flu, pneumonia, poison ivy and broken bones. Calm and unflappable by nature, I don’t faint by the sight of blood or even from a phone call from a panicky school secretary. But the tale of Toby’s “stomach ache” fell into a completely different league.

Cherubic, wide-eyed Toby was all of 9 months old when I first noticed the symptoms. After recovering from a two-week long virus, she actually didn’t recover. What I mean is that although she stopped showing signs of fever and apathy and began to keep food down, her pudge cheeks didn’t regain their rosy hue. She was pale and weak, and overly kvetchy, yet there were no clear symptoms pointing to a real health issue. And then I saw red. It wasn’t the first time I’d noted the red spots in her diaper; the first time had been on Sukkos, when she was in the throes of her virus. But now, a few weeks later?

What could it mean? There was no way the grape juice from all those seudos was still in her system.

Blood? I shuddered at the thought. Responsible mother that I am, I called my loyal pediatrician.

“Come over to the clinic, with the worrisome pamper in hand,” Dr. Appel ordered.

Doctor says, I do. With fear crawling into every fiber of my being, I headed over to the doctor’s office. He examined the specimen carefully.

“I’m not sure it’s blood,” was his assessment, but he sent it in for testing just to make sure. “Mrs. Rosen, I don’t think there’s a major problem here, but if you do see more of this red stuff, please come back.”

Somewhat relieved, somewhat befuddled, I headed home. When I focused on my daughter’s symptoms, I noted that on top of her overall moodiness, Toby would often show signs of acute abdominal pain. In an attempt to relieve herself of these excruciating bouts of who-knows-what, she would roll on the floor in agony, screaming, “Ow, ow.”

There was clearly a missing piece, and a big one at that, that eluded us. I wished we could figure out what was wrong…and how we could fix it - fast.

A few days later, I found myself at Dr. Appel’s office with a different child. Figuring it would be wise to capitalize on this opportunity, I asked him if I could discuss Toby’s issues once again. Kindly, he agreed to give me some time, after he would see his regular patients.

Bless him. I wrote it here but it ought to be written hundreds of times over in Toby’s tale. Dr. Appel proved to be the warm, wise and wonderful shaliach of the Great Healer for our child. He took a real interest in our case and made himself available at the oddest hours to oversee Toby’s treatment and intercede on our behalf.

Back to the clinic. When I mentioned Toby’s pallor, Dr. Appel suggested we take a hemoglobin test.

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Maybe it was simply a case of low iron levels?

The prick was done and the results came in.

Furrowing his dark eyebrows, Dr. Appel stared at the results, concern written all over his face.

“Hmmm… Let’s redo the test,” he requested and taking in gulps of air, I held Toby’s hand tight as the nurse pricked her finger. My innocent Toby was a dream patient, calmly cooperating as the nurse put drops of blood into the test tube.

My imagination ran wild. Was this the start of a terrifying roller coaster ride into…. Would I have to farm out all my other children, some of whom were reading books and playing with the toys in the waiting room in blessed innocence?

“Mrs. Rosen,” Dr. Appel stated unequivocally, “Toby’s hemoglobin levels are extremely low. The good news is that she isn’t acutely ill; but still, you must be seen in a hospital to assess and treat her.”

Short-term treatment for her 6.4 hemoglobin level (healthy levels ranging from 11 -15) would be a blood transfusion. That didn’t faze me. Fear of the underlying diagnosis plunged me into a state of full-fledged hysteria. Gitty, relax. Put one foot in front of the other. The kids are depending on you.

It didn’t feel like Sunday anymore. All I wanted to do was rewind and crawl into bed for a nice long Shabbos nap, while erasing this nightmare from my life. But reality forced me to march forward with feigned strength.

“Avrumy, Shimmy, Dina, come outside. The car is waiting.” Dropping their toys, they grabbed their jackets and raced out the door. I almost forgot who had been sick that day.

••• Lab visits and waits, cancellations and postponements; I won’t bother you with the nitty-gritty details of all my hospital waiting room experiences. Those of you who’ve been there and done that are all-too familiar with the sticky bureaucratic tape that lines the walls and rooms of the best of hospitals. The sheer torture of waiting around in an airless and cheerless waiting room, compounded by the edginess of an overtired infant and her exhausted mother is hard to describe. But like the sweet-smelling spices that surrounded Yosef on his exile to Mitzrayim, Dr. Rosen’s constant involvement and Toby’s superbaby behavior made the ordeal easier to bear.

After an eight-hour wait, our daughter was declared too young to have her blood drawn. Horrified by the thought of having endured this wait for no reason, I spoke up. And then Toby fell asleep.

Dr. Appel pulled some strings. It was his intervention (thanks to the frequent communication from his private cell phone to mine) that got things moving.

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Thomas, a top pediatric gastroenterologist, came in to see us and declared that Toby needed a blood transfusion.

It was time to settle down for another wait. I was hot and hungry, yet held back from eating because how could I, in front of Toby, who was not allowed to ingest any solids prior to the upcoming transfusion? I tried shaking her to sleep.

From decision to delivery took an achingly long while, partially thanks to the skeleton staff on that national holiday. Stepping up to the plate, Mr. Weiss, the hospital’s Jewish liaison, was the one who got the ball rolling. Finally, at midnight, the blood transfusion began.

“If you need anything, call me. Seriously, at any hour of the night,” Mr. Weiss reassured me, “I’m up anyway since I have a chasunah tonight.” A baal chessed par excellence, I realized that right away. Only later did I hear about his psychological savviness; he would give this wedding-related excuse to all patients in need of help, just to assuage their conscience in case of an emergency midnight call. And call him I did. He was instrumental in hurrying the discharge process so we made it home in time for Shabbos.

All other tests and blood work came out perfect.

I was glad to have put this horrible hospital stay behind me, and relieved to have those scary conditions eliminated from the list of possible diagnoses. Yet, the question still nagged incessantly, What was Toby’s problem?

••• Over the next few months, Toby’s pain seemed to have disappeared. Still, her hemoglobin levels did not return to normal levels.

The hypotheses were many.

Teething? Neh - she was number eight and never did I, or anyone else for that matter, see such low iron and stomach pain associated with the typical teething pain.

Milk allergy? Could be. Toby drank lots of milk bottles. Maybe this was just a case of lactose intolerance?

Bye-bye, went the milk. We replaced milk with juice for one month and then another. After periodically testing her hemoglobin levels, which had gone up to normal after her blood transfusion, but went down to 9 and stayed there, it was time to reassess. When this dairy allergy was ruled out, Toby celebrated Shavuos with cheesecake and yogurt… but no definitive diagnosis or solution in sight.

At some point, someone suggested gastroesophageal reflux, aka colic, as the reason for her abdominal pain and irritability.

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Purim, Toby once again had an incident of paininduced floor-rolling. There was no way we could leave things as they were; it was time to see a doctor again.

What you’re reading as a few short sentences entailed a lot more for me and my family. Onehour trips to a specialist. A possible diagnosis of Meckel’s diverticulum. Suggestion of surgery. Panic.

Reversal of diagnosis, Watch-and-wait approach.

Quieting of symptoms. Then, another doctor’s visit after recurrence of symptoms. A second opinion.

And finally, the ultimate decision: Reversal of this congenital condition via surgery.

Oh, and how can we leave out the tears? The tears of tefilah, laced with worry and later of gratitude, for what the disease was not. The joy at reaching the diagnosis of a treatable condition that would have no effect on her in the future. The phone calls to the famed Refuah Helpline who offered their unparalleled expertise and on-target referrals to top-of-the-line specialists.

One health expert whom I personally consulted declared, in a booming voice that echoes in my ears until today. After I gave him the rundown on Toby’s health situation, he proclaimed, “Never, never, never do surgery without a second opinion.

You can do a root canal or stitches without seeing a second opinion. But surgery? Always ask for a second opinion.”

Of course, we heeded his advice and we hope to never, ever need to apply this warning again.

The bottom line was that Toby had a rather rare condition called Meckel’s diverticulitis. This means that she had been born with an extra muscle attached to her small intestine. This muscle released acid, which perforated her intestine, causing internal bleeding. In short, our baby had suffered an ulcer. Fortunately, this ulcer had healed but in the process, some scar tissue connected with her intestine causing additional pain. Surgery would repair this issue permanently and would leave no side effects.

So, January 17 found us at the Zeidy doctor, as I fondly referred to the white-haired, gentle pediatric surgeon, for what would hopefully be the key to Toby’s healing. Chasdei Hashem, the procedure went by more smoothly than expected and other than a few stitches, Toby’s recovery has been uneventful.

If it ain’t broke, they say, don’t fix it. Just be grateful that it’s whole, I add.

And if it broke, appreciate the intricacies of its many working parts.

How much more so, if it’s fixable.

Thank you Hashem, for creating each and every one of us with a miraculous digestive system. Thank you Hashem for being the All-Powerful Healer and Creator of wonders.

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