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Dear All,

My very allergic and asthmatic boy had an hour with Karl last week-end. Despite or perhaps more precisely because of the clacking and snapping and bending and manipulating of his small body, he laughed and laughed and laughed. No treatment can be bad that starts from such a good and happy place.

This week he has sneezed and wheezed a little less and walked a little straighter. He also seems to be sleeping more soundly too. All positive steps along his journey to complete recovery.

Next appointment this Saturday; will keep you posted.

Good health.

C

Hello C

This is wonderful!! This is a great example of one attribute of the Gesret method – that it is not painful. It’s important, especially with children, that the treatment does not cause pain, as the child’s willingness goes a long way towards a successful experience.
Thanks for sharing this experience. We look forward to hearing more.

Regards,

Karl-Frédéric RICHARD

Hello All,

We visited Karl in London yesterday for Felix's second session and here is an update.

Today it has been an absolutely English day; the rain has lashed, the wind has howled and the sky has been a frowning, sullen grey. Perfect then for watching the Kop Hill Race where very old vintage cars and motorbikes attempt to race up a steep and winding country lane. As we watched we found ourselves marching across muddy fields, clambering up and down viewing platforms and through it all I carried my very soggy handbag with my son's inhaler because he usually becomes wheezy. HE DIDN'T NEED IT ONCE!!! He has had one little puff before bed and that was all.

So the sun was shining for me today and there is a rainbow in my heart because my son is getting better. Thank you Karl!

Good health.
C

Hello,

What a beautiful story that illustrates the benefits of the therapy! Thank you for sharing. I'm very pleased that you and your son were able to enjoy what sounds like an interesting Race -- despite the British weather.

Regards,

Karl-Frédéric RICHARD

Hello everyone,

My son had another session with Karl last Saturday.

It was another hour of giggling and guffawing and to even better effect. Felix has had a few days of improving health and today he has not used his puffer at all - he has not needed it once. He has walked, he has laughed, he has done all the things that usually lead him to wheeze and yet he has not wheezed once. Also, I was able to give him some homemade pizza (OK - homemade flatbread with baked goats cheese but near enough and novel enough) and he tolerated it very well and again no wheezing.

He starts school next Monday and I am much more optmistic about his health than I have been in many years. The Gesret Method is amazing as is Karl. A very big thank you.

Good health and good night.

Hello,

I am so happy to again here about your son's continued success with the Gesret method. I'm pleased that it has given you some peace of mind in terms of his health.

Thank you for continuing to share your story.

Regards,

Karl-Frédéric RICHARD

Hey Karl,

Hope all good with you. Just picked Felix up from school and he was fine until he got into the car. Something has got up his nose and it won't stop running and his eyes won't stop watering. Is there anything I can do to help him?

With an asthma attack you can use nose/under arm points. Is there any such equivalent for an allergic reaction affecting the nose?

Best.
C

Hi C

Unfortunately for the moment there is no specific point to manipulate that will stop an allergy. But we continue to explore this :)
The best way to stop an allergy -- for the moment -- is to come see a practitioner and continue sessions.

Regards,

Karl-Frédéric RICHARD

Hello All,

Autumn had on her best dresses as we drove to London yesterday; golden brown leaves dancing in the breeze under a sky of endless blue.

A few days ago Felix came home with a very runny nose and runny eyes and I thought he was having an allergic response hence my "emergency stop" post. It was rather more prosaic than that; he simply had a cold. It has been sitting on his chest and the mucous has been getting very tough and rather stuck so after yesterday's visit with Karl Felix began to cough. At first I was rather disappointed - is the magic wearing off? But no, the visit started the process of relieving the congestion and moving the mucous around and off his chest. Gesret is helping his body deal with a cough a lot effectively and is thereby speeding up his recovery time. Today he is already much better and definitely on the mend so again a big thank you to Karl.

Wishing you good health and happiness,
C

Hi C

A very runny nose and runny eyes are often a simple infection, and can be confused with allergy. Sometimes a simple bronchial obstruction that causes poor breath can also be mistaken for asthma. Thus, too many children are misdiagnosed with asthma.

If your son gasps, coughs, whistles and looks prety congested, but has no crisis with hyper tense shoulder, slow and forced breathing with pinched lips, and breathing looking only abdominal , then it is probably not asthma. Any child who got the flu that causes bronchitis, will breathe with the same difficulties and noise.

Instead of using a bronchodilator, it would be useful to clear mucus from his lungs

- Ipecac in 4 ch is an antispasmodic and mucous thinner
- Antimonum tartaricum is a mucolytic agent that breaks the sticky structure of the mucus.

In these cases of brochitis, you can also make turnip syrup, a very effective expectorant; the recipe is on the forum in the "grandmother's recipes." Also, bronchitis can be managed well without an arsenal of corticosteroids and bronchodilators. And to make syrup with the juice of a turnip, there is no need to go through a doctor or pharmacy, just a grocer.

Asthma, on the other hand, is caused by the body falsely identifying the presence of a foreign body in the bronchi. This information is caused by subluxated ribs and the reaction will come from the bronchus which issued the message. However, during treatment, or just after, whether there is a foreign body, that would be bacteria causing an infection, the response will be the same : an asthma attack. So you have to wait until the mucus is discharged, and then you will see the change.

In short: if the bronchi are being assaulted by an infection following a treatment with the Gesret method, you must wait until it has passed to determine whether the asthma has disappeared or not. If the child has no infection, no episode of flu, no fungi or mycoplasmas in the lungs, healing is very fast.

Regards,

Karl-Frédéric RICHARD

Hello "C"

Each time you want to post a new message, do so in your list and do not open a new one, please.
This obliges me to gather all the lists in a single.

Thank you very much

Jacques

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Gotcha "Jacques" and sorry for my mistake in posting information incorrectly. I Will continue my boy's story on the same list as requested. From hereonin "la premiere arme de la resistance" will be clear, linear and chronological.

Good health and good evening,
C

Hello All,

My son recovered quickly from his recent virus and unlike previous episodes he was not troubled with a lingering catarrh and cough. His breathing is definitely improving, yesterday he only needed his puffer once and today his chest has not been tight at all despite much laughing and walking and talking. His allergic rhinitis has also improved but not yet to the same degree as his breathing. Patience I think.

In the meantime I was wondering if some kind soul could help me with a fitness program for a rather unfit boy with a rather large waistline. My son's current regime consists of walking and he needs to do a great deal more. We are starting at zero and I would like to know what would be a reasonable amount to expect him to do on a daily basis and how to build this up to improve his cardio vascular strength. So if anyone has any advice or can send me some useful links, I should be infinitely obliged. Many thanks.

Good health and good evening,
C

Hello,
the best way to ameliorate your performance is to alternate between the normal step / quick step.

A small blocknote with a pencil, a chronometer, walking shoes, a trail in the forest if possible.

You begin by walking normal to warm up during some minutes, start the chronometer while adopting a very quick step. When you begin to feel a shortness of breath, note the time and reduce to a normal step rhytm. As soon as your breathing and heart frequence get back to normal, note the time you needed to arrive there.
Start again for two other times by noting everything.

Then, you are going to draw graphs to compare the time needed to become breathless and the time you needed to come back to normal breathing, this for every cycle.

With this exercize you are going to realize that you need more and more time to become breathless and less and less time to get back to normal breathing.

It is a very good way which I often recommend to recover asthmatic patients :o)

Best regards,
Jacques

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Recherche fondamentale sur les pathologies du système immunitaire
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Bonjour Jacques,

Merci bien pour l'information.

C

Bojour,
j'espère que vous avez réussi à comprendre mon mauvais anglais ;o)

Amitiés
Jacques

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Recherche fondamentale sur les pathologies du système immunitaire
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Votre mauvais anglais c'est meilleur que mon mauvais Francais!

Oui j'ai comprenais presque tous. (But I am quite sure my grammar is awful so please excuse me.)

I would like to say that what you have done is truly amazing; in the face of loss and pain you triumphed with a new way of understanding asthma and allergy. You have found a way to help so many. Fantastic.

I will try the exercise you recommend above and keep you informed. At the moment my son's stomach is still trying to recover from the steroids he was given during his recent virus. He seems totally intolerant to the very small amount of butter and cheese I give him. (I know dairy creates a lot of mucous but it also has a lot of calcium.)

Best wishes,
C

Hello,

Yesterday night we watched a fire work display in the dark and chill; Felix swooshed his light sabre around to ward of inter-galatic assasins and despite his very energetic assaults and the smoke and the cold his breathing was great. So thank you.

However, and for me this is a very big however his allergic rhinitis shows absolutely now signs of improving or changing and this is for us difficult as the asthma once was.

So what is the link between allergic rhinitis and asthma?
Why is the one improving and the other not?

I am having a lot of trouble understanding the pathology of my sons disorders- I have always understood the problem to lie in my sons weakened digestive system (as a result of vaccine damage) he has had yeast overgrowth, proliferation of pathogenic bacteria, leaky gut and sure as eggs is eggs the only means at my disposal of improving/alleviating his rhinitis is to restrict his already very restricted diet.

Have we reached as much improvement as we are likely to reach? Is there anything more I should or could be doing to help my son?

As ever, thank you for your kindness and care.

C

Hello,

Tell us a bit more about Felix: is he sleeping in a correct position ? how is his sitting position ? leg length difference ?
There is apossibility that still a severe upper cervical block remains persistent and that he needs a few more corrections.
Let this check out by Karl asap.

Beste regards

Erwin

Hello Erwin,

Many thanks for your response. Felix sleeps on his side, propped up on pillows, in an upright position. When he had the vaccine (at 3 months of age) he developed severe colic and was continuously throwing his arms over his head and arching his back. At this point he also started vomiting and refluxing (which he still does today but to a lesser degree).

Best,
Catusha

Hey Erwin,

One further thought....and another reason for propping Felix up at night is mucous. My son seems to produce a great deal of it and has difficulty swallowing it all down when asleep. I often sleep on the floor in his room to prevent him from lying flat on his back and choking. The mucous also seems to annoy his nose which he often rubs when trying to swallow. Not surprisingly he does not always sleep so well.

Lastly, secondary causation; even at a sub-conscious level, could this be a factor in what goes on with my son? His health issues control the whole dynamic of our family. Everything we do or don't do it governed by this problem. So is this having an impact on what is going on?

As ever, many grateful thanks.
Catusha

Dear Catusha,

hmmmm talking about this sleeping position: any possibility to get a picture in this position since I have the idea it is nog a good one. BUT: when you say he has mucous: is it ever examined ? a healthy lung isn't suppose to produce a lot of mucus and certainly not with combined infections.

Can you inform us a bit more ,

Best regards

Erwin

Dear Erwin,

Re Felix's sleeping position, if you sit upright in a chair then tilt yourself out to the side you more of less have it - i will take a picture this evening and send it to you tomorrow. Sometimes he is higher of lower but nearly always on his side as he sometimes chokes when lying flat and on his back.

His mucous has not been examined before. The GP does not offer this service and I do not know a specialist to whom I should take it. What should I be looking for? A lung specialist and what sort of tests should I ask them to carry out? He is particularly bad at the moment as previously mentioned he has recently had a viral infection which landed him in hospital for the night. They gave him a course of steroids (3 days in total) to bring down the inflammation in his chest. Since then his mucuous and his allergic rhinitis have both become more problematic. I have a sense of his system being more sensitive by this medicine and it is still trying to calm down.

Thanks and best,
Catusha

Hello Erwin,

What more information can I help you with? Diet, Environment, symptoms?

Best,
Catusha

Thanks Catusha for your information. So far I have enough with that.
Here in Belgium, in case of persistent mucous, we send our patients to a GP to ask to do a test in a clinical lab for bacteries, esp. staphylococcus aureus, and Candida Albicans.
It is important to know that the inner side of the lungs have to be sterile, allways, if not the lungs don't stop making mucous to get rid of these "animals"
(assuming that the rib cage is 100% free)

regards

erwin

Fair enough. I will find a specialist (unless you can recommend one) who will carry out these tests.

What do they usually involve - taking a sample of mucous saliva and sending this off for analysis?

Best,
Catusha

I don't know how the procedure in your country has to be followed, but normally a GP must be able to send the sputum (not the saliva) to the lab. There they do the breeding and after max 24hrs you must have a result concerning the bacteries. For the candida it will take longer.
So be sure that only the lung mucous is tested and not the saliva.

hope this helps

best

erwin

Hey Erwin,

Again - bless you and thank you for your patience and help.

Please excuse my ignorance but what is the difference between sputum and saliva and how do they collect the sputum? Do they need to take a sample of fluid from the lungs???

I will ask my GP but sincerely doubt the procedure will be carried out on the NHS. I will have it done privately. In the meantime, should we continue with sessions or leave until after we have the results?

Best.
Catusha

Dear Catusha,

no thanks, it is our job to help everyone on the forum, however it's not allways that easy while working :o)

Sputum is the mucous inside the lungs, saliva is what's in your mouth, so two complete different things.
It doesn't mean, when you have a bacterial infection in your lungs for example, that you will allso have one in your mouth or vice versa.
So what our concerns are is: is the lung infected yes or no, therefore we need a test of the fluids inside the lungs = sputum.
Normally it can be taken by spitting it out and cathing it in a small pot, ready to send it to the lab.
Only if little children are not able to spit it out or when they swallow this immediately, than we have a problem. This can be solved by doing a bronchoscopy but that's for the lung specialist.

Great and many thanks. I will get cracking and get appropriate tests done by most suitable means.

Also, should I carry on with treatments or wait til results are completed?

"Thanks" is automatic; it is from the heart and the way in which I was brought up. If I can repay you in any way, my English is very good and if you need any articles translated etc let me know and I will be happy to help.

Best,
Catusha