JANUARY 10-12, 2020 CHINESE HERBAL SECRETS

Detoxification is a word that is used often in Chinese Herbal Medicine. These detoxification programs are for healthy people with a robust digestion who want to rid their body of accumulated toxins. There is a lot written about how to detoxify. I feel detoxification programs are better suited for spring and summer rather than fall or winter.

Elimination of foods is the first step to detoxify

Do not think there are no foods left for you to eat when you start eliminating. You are eliminating a lot of foods: all foods with yeast ( which is practically everything ) You eliminate dairy, wheat, all sugars, all fruit especially dried fruits, all alcohol, foods with preservatives, pickles, vinegar products and much more. So what can you eat…

You can whole grains that are gluten free as brown rice, buckwheat, amaranth and quinoa. You can eats beans , seeds and nuts ( no peanuts)

You can eat olives, flaxseed, and hempseeds You can eat vegetables any type and as much as you want but remember this —no more than half should be raw

There are some eating habits to know

1. Eat slowly, and chew

2. do not eat while upset

3. do not drink any cold fluids

4. always eats a good breakfast, lunch and dinner

5. do not eat any chilled foods

6. eat until you are two thirds full

   Until tomorrow…

JANUARY 9, 2020 HOUSE CALLS: MY OWN PODCAST

It is in my blood to be on the radio. For my years with the late Robert Atkins , we did a daily radio show at 12 noon on WOR from his 2nd floor office. That was 22 years ago. We talked about a multitude of problems, answered questions and had guests. Dr Atkins introduced me to field of Integrative Medicine ( then referred to as Complimentary Medicine ) I am very grateful for the time we spent together.

After he died , I continued to do my own radio show on WOR and even wrote my first book “ You’re on the Air with Dr Fratellone . “ I started my own practice. Many of the patients of the Atkins Center followed me . I progressed to Internet Radio and more recently Pod Casts

Recently I started my own Pod Cast show with the support of Botanical Bounty. I love to educate and I love to speak about disease. I speak about the conventional aspect of medicine as well as the other disciplines of medicine for which I am trained as Homeopathy and Botanical Medicine.

House Calls provides to Podcasts per month to you for a membership of $7.99 month. Previous podcasts have been on Heavy Metal Intoxication, Borreliosis, and Food Allergies. Last week I recorded three podcasts discussing Integrative Cardiology. The topics are Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia and Palpitations .

Here is the link to join

www.Housecallswithdrfratellone.podbean.com

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JANUARY 8, 2020 TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION

The key to radical treatment in ADDICTION is knowing the patterns of neurochemical imbalance in the brain that cause craving and addiction

There are many non pharmaceutical treatments available to treat addictions. Some of these involve herbal or botanical herbs, some involve supplements or nutraceuticals and others involve meditation, acupuncture

I have used all of the above. One area that can be used is the use of essential oils. There are many uses for essential oils. Some can be applied, some can be aromotized and some can be ingested.

The six basic patterns of neurochemical imbalance are template patterns of spirit (Shen) imbalance as well; they encompass mental, mood and emotional states and create typical Qi, Blood and fluids pathology. All these patterns (acute, chronic and their variations) can be treated effectively with the right neuroactive essential oils – including on acupoints.

JANUARY 7, 2020 HYPOTHYROID

Hypothyroidism is more than common today than in the past There are two reasons for this. For one , more patients are asking their health care providers to test for antibodies as TPO. The second reason is that most individuals are iodine deficient, thus causing hypothyroidism.

Hypothyroidism is significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality, but not cardiovascular mortality, among the elderly, according to a review published online Dec. 12 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Based on 27 cohort studies (total 1,114,638 participants), the researchers found that patients with hypothyroidism experienced a higher risk for all-cause mortality than those with euthyroidism (pooled relative risk [RR], 1.26; 95 percent confidence interval [CI], 1.15 to 1.37).

There are many patients hwo have symptomns of an undersactive thyroid. The phsyician doesn’t agree as their TSH ( thyroid stimuaklting hormone) level is not greater than 4. Despite what the TSH is, thge doctor needs to test free t3 free T4 reverse T3 and thyroid antibodies. There are many patinets who exhibit symptoms with normal TSH, but have a low free t3 or low free t4

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JANUARY 6, 2020 VITAMIN D

Vitamin D has been touted as the vitamin of the last decade. There are many studies showing that lower levels Vitamin D can be associated with cardiovascular disease, autoimmune diseases and even cancer Vitamin D and calcium supplements are recommended for preventing fractures, but studies have reported conflicting results on the effectiveness of vitamin D with or without calcium for reducing fracture risk.

While observational studies have shown that higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) blood concentrations are associated with lower risk for any fracture and hip fracture specifically, randomized controlled trials demonstrate no fracture risk reduction with vitamin D supplements alone, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA

These studies are important. I do feel have did initially over prescribe doses of vitamin D, but there was NO harm. No patient exhibited vitamin D toxicity and none had increased liver enzyme function.

all randomized controlled trials of vitamin D alone or calcium plus vitamin D were published before January 1, 2019, and included ≥500 participants and ≥10 incident fractures.

There are many supplements to be taken to reduce fracture risk.

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JANUARY 4-6, 2020 BEESWAX

if YOU ASKED ME fifteen years ago would I be so involved with honeybees and apitherapy I would have said “ No” I am a beekeeper I have extracted honey for myself. I process my own wax from my hives. If I need more I obtain raw beeswax filtered and non filtered from other beekeepers

I have learned about wax through other beekeepers. There are four kinds of wax - candle wax, white wax, brood wax and beekeepers wax. I have never used white wax. I have used the other three to make candles, balms, salves and this year for 2020 I will make under arm deodorant.

I have made all different types of beeswax candles from molds to votives and pillars. My candle making is a hobby for me in the last 3 years. I decided to give all the guests at my daughter’s wedding a candle and a small jar of raw honey from my hives. It was a rewarding experience as people opened their wedding parting gift

Since the wedding I have made over a hundred different candle molds. I give them as gifs. I also sell them in an appropriately named Etsy store, HoneybeeMD by Patrick and at Botanical Bounty in NYC at 115 East 57th Street 646 723 1823. I auction many of them at the annual Charles Mraz Apitherapy conference sponsored by the American Apitherapy Society for which I am Vice President. Support Apitherapy www.apitherapy.org

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JANUARY 3, 2020 PSYCHEDIC MEDICINE

the word hallucinogenic creates a taboo. These drugs should not be discussed as LSD, MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine and much more. Today more than ever these hallucinogenic herbs are being studied for depression in main stream medicine.

This is not new. In 1855 Ernest Freiherr von Bib ra published a german paper discussing seventeen psychoactive plants. He urged other chemists to begin studying these plants. A British mycologist , Mordecai Cooke published papers on fungi. In 1860 he published a publication entitled, “ The Seven Sisters of Sleep,’ an interdisciplinary study of psychoactive plants. So the quest began

It wasn’t until some 60 years later in 1924 that Louis Lewin published another book on psychoactive plants , Phantastica. Although there have been many advances in pharmaceutical, ethnobotanical and phytochermical, we still have much to learn about many of these plants.,

Perhaps Michael Pollan latest 2018 book,’ How to Change Your Mind What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence’ has made an impact and started the ball to once again roll. As a sober individual in a 12 step program I find this topic to most revealing of the human mind. The second book which I am reading is called “ Magic Medicine” Modern Day Use of Psychedic Plants and Substances.” by Cody Johnson This is a must read to get introduced into the world of psychoactive plants.

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JANUARY 2, 2020 HORSE CHESTNUT

Horse chestnut , also known as Aresculus hippocastanum is basically used in botanical medicine to treat venous disorders. I have used the herb and homeopathic preparations for hemorrhoids ( which are dilated veins) in many patients. In Europe it has bene used for venous condition as thrombophlebitis, varicose veins and even edema.

There is an active ingredient in Horse chestnut. It is a saponin called escin. There are other active components in Horse chestnut as flavinoid and esculin.

I would not consider Horse chestnut as an anti cancer herb. There was one in vitro study that found that horse chestnut saponins are cytotoxic to cancer cells., It can protect the vasculature and the surrounding edema.

This is yet another example of a herb beneficial effect in cancer therapy. It should be added to the armentarium of natural compounds.

Until tomorrow…