THE FIRST ORGANIC PRINCIPLE IS LIFE ITSELF

Originally from: Farmtalking
                        
Alistair McConnachie examines an organisation which put mistaken dogma before life itself, during last year's Foot and Mouth crisis. http://www.sovereignty.org.uk/features/footnmouth/sopa.html

I used to practise as a Natural Health therapist. One thing we stress to our patients is that Natural Health is complementary to conventional medicine. It's not an alternative. It's not one thing or the other.

For example, here's a question: If you had a dying child who was not responding to natural treatment, yet you knew that conventional medicine would save your child, then what would you do?

Obviously, you would take the conventional medicine. Only a mad zealot would allow the child to die.

Similarly in farming: Organic medical treatments are complementary, not alternative. Sometimes an animal has to be treated with a combination.

Incredibly, during the Foot and Mouth crisis of last year, the Scottish Organic Producers Association actually supported the Foot and Mouth cull on the astonishing basis that it opposed vaccination! It even went so far as to sign a letter to the Prime Minister warning him against introducing a vaccination policy to try to control FMD. Alec Telfer the chairman of SOPA said, "Vaccination goes against our organic principles and the consequences of it for organic and conventional livestock producers would be devastating." (The Scotsman, 19 April 2001, p. 1. Also see p. 4 of business section)

"Organic principles", indeed! Mr Telfer should understand that the first "organic principle" is LIFE itself!

SOPA's attitude truly is like allowing your child to die because you disapprove of modern medicine.

Last year, the animals were being killed by the State. There were only two ways out, vaccination and/or letting the disease run its course.

SOPA refused to vaccinate on the ignorant and mistaken grounds that it "goes against organic principles". Moreover, they failed even to advocate that the disease should be left to run its course, and that farmers should be allowed to treat their animals appropriately with natural medicine or conventional medicine, or a bit of both.

Instead they enthusiastically supported the barbaric cull, even going so far as to write a letter to the PM urging him to continue.

They completely missed the boat, and they should not be allowed to forget it. They could learn from the organic farm manager of Oaklands Park who told Sovereignty "the aim is to keep it in the life sphere." The aim is to keep the animals alive. See http://www.sovereignty.org.uk/features/footnmouth/oaklands/oaklands.html

Sure, try to fight disease organically and holistically and bio-dynamically and naturally and any other way you can, but when it comes to the crunch, and you're unable to keep the organism alive, then vaccinate, or treat with conventional medicine, if that will save it.

Remember the aim is to keep it alive. If you can succeed with "organic" treatments, then well and good.

If you can't, then vaccinate, or use some kind of conventional medicine.

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Originally from: Bill
                        
Borax (sodium borate) added to drinking water is said to prevent Foot-and Mouth disease (it probably reduces severity and thereby prevents visible symptoms).

There can be little doubt about the effectiveness of borax as within days of this information being published MAFF issued a notice warning of dire consequences to anyone caught using it.
                        

Originally from: Joyce
                        
Hi Bill,
I believe it was homeopathic borax.
I also read that citricidal [grapefruit seed extract] works too.
And I wouldn't be surprised if the Israelis use sambucol [European black elderberry, Sambucus nigra]...they have done plenty of research on that as an anti-viral agent. We wouldn't be 'allowed' to know would we?
Joyce
                        

Originally from: Bill
                        
Very interesting, never heard of that one Joyce but I was thinking tonight about how borax might work and came to the conclusion it probably forms boric acid and turns the blood slightly acidic from slightly alkaline. Citric acid would of course do the same thing.

On the subject of homeopathy boron supplementation is an effective alternative to HRT, it is essential to hormone production. Boron supplementation in males revitalises the nether regions (so I am told!!!)
                        

Originally from: Joyce
                        
The risk then is of calcium being leached from the bones to buffer the acidity, but that wouldn't occur with a homeopathic preparation. Citricidal and Sambucol are wonderful for self medication too...sambucol will knock a cold out or flu down better than the wonder drug relenza and cheaper too! Joyce

Originally from: Bill
                        
No danger to bones as pH of blood is tightly regulated and would quickly return to 7.4. The bicarbonate (sodiumbicarbonate)buffer system is the most important extracellular buffer.

The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, used to work out pH of blood, is unfortunately beyond the outer limits of my mathematical skills. Today I will be using skills more within my ability, cutting back the ivy on the front of the house!! Yes I'm afraid its Shirley 1 Sparrows 0.