MRSA: Healing Scents and Common Sense ©
Grace Filby 10.1.05
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An article addressed to the Secretary of State for Health:
I've said before that I will leave no stone unturned in the battle against the superbug." John Reid, Health Secretary 15.12.04
The best thing to do with an everyday virus or bacterium
is to open all the windows and let it blow away –
not to trap it, but to be rid of it. With some fresh
air we can all be fortified and have the chance to breathe
a sigh of relief. We can look up to the sunshine or
the stars and count our blessings that we are still
alive. There are others who are worse off and cannot
even get to the door to look where they are.
It is with the sunshine that everything falls into place.
There is a lower incidence of MRSA in places where there
is more daylight and fresh air.
MRSA is geographically distributed and could be predicted
statistically according to hours of daylight/time of
year. The pineal gland is the controller of the body
clock through circadian rhythms and as we understand
the interplay of endocrine glands, it is evident that
they are master controllers of our immune systems. Without
a regular trigger and time-clock, the system is unstable
and un-regimented so that bugs can take hold, and there
are no strong lines of defence or even spiritual hope
of defeating infection.
The research evidence can be tackled piece by piece,
but it is not one person’s responsibility; there
is enough to do, and it is for others to take up the
challenge if they feel any element of doubt about this
suggestion.
The remedy is not even expensive – it is simply
common sense and it would be quite foolhardy to ignore
it when lives could be saved, almost overnight. There
are light-boxes that can be wheeled in during the darker
months. There is no harm in shifting the budgets slightly
to have clean windows, and certainly no expense in looking
with a critical eye at each hospital room to see whether
the furniture could be rearranged. When beds and armchairs
are facing the windows and possibly offering a chance
to glimpse a pleasant view, the day becomes more uplifting
and there is a constant pattern of clouds to observe
across the sky.
The outlook in hospitals has been so gloomy. There have
been no pictures. Plants have been withering in their
pots for months. The joy has been extracted from life,
whereas a little bit of fresh air and sunshine can blow
away the cobwebs and demonstrate that times can change.
The biochemistry is almost irrelevant – it could
be justified scientifically of course, but there is
no need for chemical intervention or expensive prescription.
If the idea actually sits comfortably in everybody’s
soul, there is almost no need to provide medical proof.
The facts speak for themselves: when we are out and
about, living our lives, we do not get MRSA. The bug
exists everywhere, but would never take a hold if patients
were allowed more fresh air and a greener environment.
The sheer scale of many modern hospitals – with
no access to parkland or even green grass, has placed
a stranglehold on the NHS and there has been no reminder
about the quality of human life.
However, in combination with natural healing scents
and oils, there can be a great uplifting and regeneration,
so there is a simple answer and real hope for the future.
"Her suggestions have been passed on to officials within the Department." Lord Warner, Health Minister, February 2005
© Grace Filby 2005 All rights reserved.
"Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants."
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1913
"The best
disinfectant of all is sunlight. It destroys by its very brightness all sorts of germs and at same time helps the growth of plants and animal life."
R.V. Pierce MD
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English Or, Medicine Simplified
(Washington Post 4, 05.26.1903)
"The physician to the Emperor of Russia found upon examination that patients confined in well lighted wards, were four times as liable to recover as were those in poorly lighted rooms."
R.V. Pierce MD
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English Or, Medicine Simplified p.379
1895, 54th Ed.
"Second only to fresh air, however, I should be inclined to rank
light in importance for the sick. Direct sunlight, not only daylight, is necessary for speedy recovery."
Florence Nightingale
Notes on Nursing, 1860
"As a child, I was given weekly doses of UV (got me out of school!) to help with my bronchitis/asthma."
Michael Jozefiak 2006
RSA: methicillin/meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aure
