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Therapeutic Actions of Herbs-Anthelmintics

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Anthelmintic Herbs

These types of herbs destroy parasitic worms or in other words Helminths. 

Before I can tell you what Anthelmintic herbs are available, we need to learn just what helminths are and what they can do.

There are several types of Helminths.

Cestodes or tapeworms:  Intestinal infection occurs when the larvae is eaten live in raw or undercooked meat.  They attach to the intestinal tract by a sucker or sucking groove on the head.  They do not enter host tissues like the other groups of helminths do.  Because of this factor, tapeworm infections are easier to treat, although the adult worm is capable of living for many years and may become so long in length as to disturb gastrointestinal motility and secretions and cause abdominal pains and nausea.   Anthelmintic herbs for tapeworms are safer to use because they are confined to the intestine.  Other types of parasites are Thread or seat worms, and they live in the lower part of intestinal tract. Infections occur thru feet or drinking water.

Nematodes or roundworms:  Infection occurs thru the soil or contaminated raw or undercooked food.  Blood and tissue-dwelling nematodes come from insect bites and ingestion of eggs.  They are more likely to be found in the intestinal tract clinging to the intestinal wall often causing harm, especially in children. They also live in the blood, lymphatics and other tissues so they are harder to treat because the herbs have to be absorbed in the intestinal tract then into the tissues. If roundworms are not checked, they may increase to the point that they enter the stomach, and even travel up to the pharynx. You can see roundworms in the stools.  Other worms in this category are pinworms, hookworms, trichostongolosis and whipworms.

Trematodes or flukes:   Infection from flukes can come thru drinking infected water, swallowing infected water while swimming, transmission from wet hands to mouth or nose, etc., eating infected aquatic vegetation or eating infected raw meat or raw intermediate host (snail, shellfish, crustacieans, fish).  Flukes released from eggs excreted by infected individuals penetrate into the first intermediate host, a freshwater snail, where they develop in a matter of weeks into free-swimming parasites that penetrate fish or crustaceans or attach to water plants. The cycle is completed when the cysts are ingested by humans and other hosts. The type of infection depends upon the pattern of migration and distribution of the mature worms.

There are several types of flukes:  intestinal, liver and lung are the most common.  The Intestinal flukes start in the duodenum, attach themselves to the mucosa and mature into adult worms over a period of 3 months. They rarely cause symptoms other than diarrhea and abdominal discomfort. 

The liver fluke also starts in the duodenum, but then they ascend into the biliary tree to reach the hepatic ducts where they mature into adult worms over a period of 2 months. Eggs produced by female worms are returned to the duodenum in the bile. Symptoms are rare, but should be investigated if heavy infections should rise to enlarged liver, jaundice and in some cases cancer in the bile ducts.

The lung fluke starts in the ileum and penetrate the intestinal wall to reach the peritoneal cavity and then migrate to the lungs by crossing the diaphragm and the pleural space. Within the lung parenchyma each induces an intense but localized necrotic inflammatory reaction which ultimately gives rise to a cyst or abscess cavity. The capsule surrounding the parasite swells as the fluke matures, and after some 6-9 weeks the parasites start producing eggs that are liberated into the bronchioles and ascend the airways to reach the gastrointestinal tract. They can create up to 20 cysts, each harboring one or two worms. These usually live for 6-7 years but some have been known to survive for up to 20 years!  Light infections are not going to cause serious problems, but if large numbers of flukes remain untreated they can cause chronic bronchitis and other problems. They can also cause epilepsy, pulmonary symptoms similar to or even associated with active tuberculosis.

Somatids

Somatids are extremely small organisms that live in the blood.  They regulate all basic biological functions, such as cellular division and repair, two fundamental mechanisms of preserving and maintaining life itself.  There is a definite growth pleomorphic (form-changing) cycle as they progress in the 16 cycles of life.  The first 3 are required in all healthy bodies.  When they start morphing into the other cycles they present disease.  They are not parasites themselves, but demonstrate the presence of parasites when in the advanced stages.  Somatids were discovered by a French-Canadian scientist, Gaston Naessens.  

Protocols and what herbs are used

The difference of the action of the worm medicine depends on the dosage given and how soon after it is given the bowels move. IF it remains in the intestine, then it destroys; if moves quickly then usually it expels.   Almost all anthelmintics are strong and must be used with respect and wisdom.

They are categorized in to 4 types:

Vermifuge:  cause the expulsion of worms from the body.

Vermicides:  destroy worms in the body.

Taeniafuges:  cause the expulsion of tapeworms from the body.

Taeniacides:  Kills tapeworms in the body.

Protocols:

 

Thread or seat worms:   an enema is sufficient.

Roundworms:  Go on a 3-day cleanse/fast drinking only one type of juice and distilled water and take the anthelmintic morning and night, preferably with wormwood.  On the morning of the 4^th day, drink 6-8 ounces of senna tea alone to cleanse and purge the bowel of the parasites.

Tapeworm:   A little more stubborn so fasting is not always going to work.  Dr. Shook gave the following remedy:

For 1-2 days eat foods the tapeworm dislikes, such as onions, garlic, pickles and salted fish.  This weakens the worm and tends to loosen its grip, so that when the herbs are taken, the tapeworm can be expelled more easily.  Then for 7-10 days take either Male Fern or Pomegranate.  Also use Lobelia and Senna to help bowels to expel them more easily.

Most potent Anthelmintics are:

Wormwood: Next to Rue, is one of the most bitter herb known- is a vermifuge –roundworms

Male Fern: taenifuge, vermifuge- tapeworms, roundworms, pinworms

Pomegranate: taenifuge, vermifuge-tapeworms, roundworms, pinworms

Tansy: vermifuge(seed) worms

Pumpkin Seeds- worms-tapeworm, roundworms

Hyssop-vermifuge, worms

References:

http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/es/d/Jh2922e/3.8.html

The School of Natural Healing, Dr. John R. Christopher, pp 116-141

Somatid cycle on  youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg2wnO2qhLA

Grand Medicine Courses, Dr Leonard Mehlmauer