Andres Moritz
Presentation + Questions & Answers
For CFS-FMS-Holistic Discussion Group
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To: cfs-fms@holisticmed.com
From: mgold@tiac.net
Subject: Visiting Expert Introduction
Hi!
I would like to introduce our next Visiting Expert, Andreas Moritz, a
respected Ayurvedic Medicine practitioner from Germany. I have read
one of his books, "It's Time to Wake Up" and while I don't agree with
every point in the book, I consider it one of a handful of books that
are a *must read* for anyone serious about learning or teaching
Holistic Medicine.
Andreas Moritz is a health consultant and practitioner of Ayurvedic
Medicine. Born in Southwest Germany in 1954, Andreas had to deal with
several severe illnesses from an early age, which compelled him to
study diet, nutrition, and various methods of natural healing while
still a child.
By the age of 20 he had completed his training in iridology -- the
diagnostic science of eye interpretation -- and dietetics. A year later
he qualified as a teacher of meditation. In 1981 he began studying
Ayurvedic Medicine in India and completed his training as a qualified
practitioner of Ayurveda in New Zealand in 1991. Andreas has had
particular success with treating cases of terminal disease where
conventional methods of healing were futile. Since 1988, he has been
practising the Japanese healing art of Shiatsu, which has given him
profound insights into the energy system of the body. In addition, he
devoted eight years of active research into consciousness and its
important role in the field of mind/body medicine.
Andreas Moritz isthe author of "The Key to Health and Rejuvenation,"
"It's Time to Wake Up," and "The Amazing Liver Cleanse." During his
extensive travels throughout the world he has consulted with heads of
state and members of governments in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and has
lectured widely on the subject of health and mind/body medicine.
Please join me in welcoming Andreas Moritz to the group! [Clap, clap,
clap, clap!!!]
Best Wishes,
- Mark
mgold@tiac.net
CFS/FMS Holistic Resource Center & Mailing List
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To: cfs-fms@holisticmed.com
From: Alcyone7@aol.com
Subject: CFS/FMS: Visiting Expert Presentation
ROOT CAUSES OF FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME (FMS),
AND CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (CFS)
By Andreas Moritz
Although it may be of considerable interest to a physician to study the
various symptoms that each of the above disorders accompany, knowledge of
these symptoms is quite irrelevant when it comes to determining and
treating the respective root causes. The patients are labeled according to
disease categories of which the real causes remain a mystery. In fact, it
doesn't help the patient at all to know that he/she has FMS or CFS, it may
even cause hopelessness and resignation, which are major setbacks to
recovery and healing.
Studying the symptoms of these so-called illnesses can never reveal why
the body develops them in the first place. Correcting the basic imbalances
that exist in the afflicted person's body, mind, and lifestyle, and seeing
the symptoms disappear in the same way as they emerged, is a much more
realistic and benign approach to understanding the principles of
disease-manifestation and its reversal than to look at each symptom
separately and try to suppress or relief it through whatever means. It is
of no real benefit to take symptoms away without removing the original
cause(s). On the contrary, such an approach robs the body of its ability
to fight its own problems and may lead to permanent health damage and
dependency on drugs and treatments that often have devastating
side-effects.
The following discussion of the above disorders offers a different
platform of understanding that may shed some light on why people develop
these "diseases," which when analyzed properly, turn out to be no diseases
at all but appropriate, natural responses by the body to protect itself
against the conscious or unconscious abuse of its resources by its owner.
Depending on constitutional status, dietary habits, lifestyle, ability to
deal with stressful situations, environmental factors, and existing
predisposed weaknesses in the body, the symptoms may vary from case to
case, but the mechanisms of disease-manifestation are pretty much the
same. One person develops CFS, another FMS, a third, ADD, yet they are all
suffering from severe intestinal trouble and resulting lymphatic
congestion as well as undernourishment of cells. Wherever the blockage
occurs, symptoms show up. And wherever the blockage is removed, the
symptoms disappear. It is up to each person suffering from any of these
health problems to help himself/herself, since these conditions are
chronic in nature, that is, they are constantly re-created by the
afflicted person making the same mistakes over and over again; and
effective orthodox treatments for these conditions are unavailable.
1. FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME (FMS)
FMS is a painful condition that affects the connective tissue responsible
for holding muscular cells in place and feeding them with nutrients. The
symptoms may vary from case to case. In some patients the pain is felt all
over the body. In others, it appears in localized areas, for example in
the shoulder (frozen shoulder), the elbows (tennis elbow) or hands
(karpaltunnel syndrome). FMS is considered to be a form of rheumatism with
the difference that it affects the softer tissues of the muscles rather
than the harder tissues of the joints.
Although there may be a number of causes involved, all of them lead to one
common underlying factor -- acidification of the body's connective
tissues. Many patients are told that excessive, regular, and one-sided use
of muscle groups causes the death of muscle cells because the increased
oxygen requirement cannot be met. This then results in the accumulation of
dead muscle cells, leading to a thickening and hardening of the connective
tissue. Tendons may become inflamed and painful. This explanation doesn't
reveal, however, why only a fraction of the people who are involved in
exactly the same strenuous activities develop FMS and the majority remain
free of pain.
It is much more likely that the respiratory functions are already impaired
through congestion and insufficient drainage of lymph/waste from the lung
and bronchial areas. The oxygen demands of the body cannot be met,
particularly in those parts of the body where waste removal through the
lymphatic ducts is obstructed. Most respiratory weakness is due to lack of
regular exercise, not enough fresh air, air-conditioning, acid-forming
foods such as milk and dairy products, meat, sugar, cakes, candy,
chocolate, pastries, soft drinks, coffee, cigarettes, irregular lifestyle,
and sleeping while the sun is up. Suppressing emotional issues is another
major contributing factor to respiratory difficulties; this also
translates into constant muscular tension.
For muscle cells to die and remain trapped in the connective tissue it
takes much more than just repeated strenuous physical movements. Thickened
and acidified connective tissue does not permit sufficient amounts of
oxygen and nutrients to make their way through to the cells. Among the
above reasons responsible for causing poor respiration, diet and digestion
assert the greatest influence. Regular consumption of animal proteins,
dairy food, refined and hardened oils and fats, as well as most processed
foods are notorious for causing such acidity-related problems as FMS. Most
factory-made food products are deprived of all living substance, and are
considered "non-physiological", that is disease-generating.
No longer being in their natural form these "foods" not only rob the body
of vital nutrients but also damage the probiotic flora of essential
bacteria located on our skin and mucous lining along the intestinal and
respiratory tracts. These highly useful bacteria are our first line of
defense against any harmful substances and adverse invading organisms.
Once the flora has been damaged, these acidic food compounds (and perhaps
harmful microbes) find entry into the connective tissues creating havoc
there. Consequently, just to neutralize these substances, the muscle,
bone, and organ tissues must give up some of their own oxygen, minerals,
vitamins, trace elements, etc. Once this second line of defense is
exhausted, too, the connective tissue becomes increasingly filled and
saturated with cellular debris, metabolic waste, and toxic compounds and
it thickens to a gel-like consistancy. Microbes start coming on the scene,
attacking the accumulated waste matter, which may lead to inflammatory
processes and pain.
Since all of this hampers proper lymph drainage, that is, the clearing of
all naturally occurring metabolic waste products, the resulting stagnation
causes especially overused and tense muscle groups in the body to
malfunction and cry for urgent attention (e.g. pain signal). Most of the
people who are affected in this way have no idea, however, that the
regular intake of sugar, chocolate, stimulants such as coffee, tea, and
cigarettes, cokes, alcohol, ice creams and other dairy products, ham,
sausage, fast foods and junk foods, etc., may have something to do with
their "muscular rheumatism". They may also not realize that the pain
syndrome in their body indicates the presence of a deeper metabolic
imbalance that affects the entire organism.
The organs of elimination and detoxification become heavily overtaxed,
which forces the body to dump the waste matter elsewhere, such as in the
connective tissue of muscles. Also energy levels drop, and emotional
well-being is disturbed. All this can cause multiple symptoms, including
headaches, constant tiredness, reduced ability to concentrate or memorize
information, dizziness, numbness and tingling sensations, fluid retention,
abdominal pain and diarrhea. Symptoms can vary from case to case,
depending on the severity of the congestion occurred.
The most thorough and fundamental treatment program for these and many
other health problems consists of cleansing the major organs and systems
of elimination and detoxification, including the liver, kidneys, large
intestine, small intestine, lymphatic system, lungs and skin. Unless they
are cleared of any obstructions such as gallstones in the gallbladder and
bile ducts of the liver, stones or grease in the kidneys, hardened
deposits of undigested foods in the intestinal tract, layers of
accumulated protein in the walls of blood vessels, etc., the body will
continue to absorb toxic wastes in the connective tissues. Once the
absorption capacity is exceeded, the waste spills over into the body's
orifices, e.g., eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin pores, causing major
congestion there and impairing sensory functions.
Whenever these organs and systems are cleansed and begin to function more
efficiently again, the body systematically retrieves and neutralizes the
deposits of toxic wastes in the connective tissues. As a result, the
symptoms of pain begin to disappear. This is easy to understand since pain
arises only when ducts, pathways, vessels, etc. become obstructed.
Fibromyalgia cannot be considered to be a disease, it is but a signal the
body generates in order to warn its owner of the imminent danger and to
deal with the existing toxicity crisis in the best possible way. A body
that is cleansed and free of congestion has no need to generate pain
signals of any kind; instead it is a constant source of happiness,
freedom, and rejuvenation.
2. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
As the very expression "chronic fatigue" suggests, those suffering from
this condition, are always tired. In extreme cases, a person may be unable
even to get out of bed or move an arm or a leg. There is no availability
of either physical energy in the form of ATP molecules, or vital energy in
the form of Chi. All basic bodily functions that require much energy such
as digestion, metabolism, and removal of waste, are subdued due to lack of
energy. The brain and nervous system, too, suffer from energy deficiency
and so are unable to keep up their workload. This affects not only memory
and concentration but also vital processes in the rest of the body. Since
waste elimination is suppressed, there may be multiple symptoms of
congestion, swellings, headaches, pain in joints and muscles, enlarged
lymph nodes, etc. Since exercise may take away the last bit of energy
reserves, the condition usually worsens thereafter. Sleep has no
rejuvenating effects either.
Chronic fatigue is a sign of major imbalance on all levels of living,
physiological, psychological, and sociological. Its main cause, however,
is overuse of the body's energy resources. Many professional athletes, for
example, suffer from this condition later in life, especially when drugs
were used to increase performance. There is a certain amount of
life-energy available that is supposed to last for the entire natural
lifespan. If used up within a few years, there is not much left for the
later years.
But not only athletes tend to abuse their energy systems. Many people
over-stimulate their body unnecessarily, just to derive sensory pleasure.
Excessive sexual activities can lead to the same depletion of energy that
athletes can suffer. But even the overuse of the sense of sight, by
watching too much TV for example, can cause major energy depletion. The
nervous system must use vast amounts of energy, vitamins, and water in
order to keep up with the incredibly fast change of picture frames. If
this over-stimulation, prompting a constant release of the stress hormone
adrenalin, becomes too strenuous for the body, it goes into exhaustion and
may fall asleep -- a common experience especially among the elderly.
Regular exposure to low frequency electromagnetic fields, radiating from
TV sets, computers, car engines, and household appliances, are another
major source of energy depletion.
Perhaps the most important cause of CFS is many years of over-stimulation
through food and beverages. Foods that are non-physiological, that have no
real value for the body, rob the body of its energy reserves. They all
need to be processed, detoxified, if that is at all possible, and be
eliminated. But since they don't provide energy to the body, the body is
forced to give up its own resources to deal with them. Typical foods and
drinks that have such an effect on the body are isolated sugar, cakes,
candy, pastries, all stimulants such as caffeine in coffee, tea,
chocolate, cokes, and most other soft drinks, preservatives, coloring
agents, emulsifiers and other chemical food additives, pesticides,
hormones, and antibiotics contained in meat, milk, and other foods, meat,
and basically all factory-produced foods.
Many modern foods and drinks literally trigger a fight-or-flight response
in the body -- a system of survival that is only to be used in emergency
situations, such as facing an immediate danger from an approaching car.
All stimulants trigger this survival response. Medical drugs are among
the most powerful stress-hormone triggers. Constant stress, and irregular
sleeping habits, of course, do the same. A typical adrenalin release uses
up a vast amount of energy in the body. Chronic fatigue results when a
number of these factors, combined with a longstanding weakness of the
digestive functions, lead to the exhaustion of almost all energy reserves
in the body. Since digestion is impaired there is not much energy left to
fill up the complex sugar reserves. The life force chi is depleted, too.
CFS always goes hand in hand with severe congestion occurring in many
parts of the body. This applies particularly to the lymphatic system,
where thickened lymph fluid filled with metabolic waste products, cellular
debris, and toxins from foods and environment block the small and large
lymph ducts and cause lymph node swelling or lymph edemas. Once lymph flow
is continuously inhibited the surrounding tissue turns into a pool of
toxins, which in turn can have a detrimental effect on nutrient and energy
supply to the cells, organs and systems in the body.
The body, being a composite of ducts, channels, vessels, biochemical and
electrical pathways, can only be energetically self-sufficient, when it is
free of any abnormal obstructions. The various symptoms of disease simply
reflect the location and degree of congestion and toxicity. In the case of
chronic fatigue, the degree of congestion in these ducts and vessels is
very high. Water, oxygen, glucose, and other essential substances are
increasingly hindered from entering the cells. Consequently, cellular
energy production (ATP molecules) remains too low to meet the body's high
demands for energy.
As in the case of FMS patients, CFS patients, too, suffer from an almost
total obstruction of the liver bile ducts through hardened bile clots or
gallstones. Since the liver serves as the main energy distribution center
in the body, a series of liver cleanses usually alleviates the situation
greatly and in fact often fully restores normal energy levels. [See the
book "The Amazing Liver Cleanse" by the author]. The most important organs
regulating balanced chi-flow in the body are the kidneys. Any holdup there
in the form of kidney stones or grease, for example, can lower energy
considerably. The kidneys can be cleansed through a combination of
specific herbs that are able to dissolve all harmful sediments that may
have accumulated there over the course of many years. [See the book "The
Key to Health and Rejuvenation" by the author].
Summary: To restore normal energy levels, remove pain and other symptoms
of disease it is necessary to open all congested areas in the body through
simple cleansing procedures with the emphasis being on the liver, kidneys,
and colon, and lymphatic system. Diet and lifestyle must be adjusted to
support the body in restoring its complex energy reserves and to bring
nourishment to all organs and systems. Any karmic residues and other
causes than physical ones can be transmuted by using such methods as
"Ener-Chi Art" and "Ionized Stones" [see author's website:
www.ener-chi.com].
I have been fortunate enough to formulate a system of health and healing
that makes it easy for any person to improve his/her health without having
to deal with the symptoms of disease. My work is based on the premise that
problems cannot be resolved by attending to the problems. This is
confirmed by the fact that for 85-90% of all illnesses, mostly of chronic
nature, there is no effective treatment available, at least not in the
area of conventional medicine. Yet, by attending to the root problems,
which basically are our own making, we can regain health and vitality
without having to treat, alleviate, or suppress the complex appearances of
symptoms of disease. My three books and the Ener-chi Art, which instantly
restores Chi-flow through the all organs and systems in the body, can
serve as a health-generating system for anyone who is no longer satisfied
with partial success in the pursuit of health and healing.
Books by Andreas Moritz, available from
www.1stbooks.com or
www.amazon.com
1. The Amazing Liver Cleanse
2. It's Time to Wake Up
3. The Key to Health and Rejuvenation (this book has been only available
through the publisher "1stBooks" in electronic form so far, but from June
25 it will be available also in paperback. Check with listings at
www.1stbooks.com .
For further information contact Andreas Moritz at:
Alcyone7@aol.com.
To: cfs-fms@holisticmed.com
From: Vilik Rapheles
Subject: Re: CFS/FMS: Visiting Expert Presentation
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 21:47:40 -0700
Dear Andreas,
I found your presentation made a great deal of sense. Thank you!
A couple of questions:
1. Have you used SAMe for cleansing the liver, and if so, what do
you think?
2. Please say more about sleeping when the sun is up, and why that
is negative for the body.
Looking forward to hearing more from you.
Regards,
~^^V^^~
To: cfs-fms@holisticmed.com
From: Alcyone7@aol.com
Subject: Re: CFS/FMS: Visiting Expert Presentation
Dear Vilik,
With reference to your first question below I am not aware of this
substance. Most people in the industrialized world have on average between
1,000 - 2,000 gallstones in the liver, those suffering an illness up to
20,000! This has prompted me to focus on removing these stones before
doing any other form of cleansing that involves the liver or gallbladder.
Incidentally, I have had hundreds of patients whose gallbladder had been
removed surgically but had painlessly and easily passed thousands of
gallstones, some as large as 1 inch in diameter, through the liver
cleanse. After analyzing the stones I discovered that they harbored dead
parasites, tons of bacteria, residues of chemicals, drugs, and other
obnoxious substances. This confirms that the liver tries to rid itself of
toxins via the bile ducts, at least to keep the liver cells as save as
possible. Those who have cleansed their liver through a series of
cleanses, as described in my book "The Amazing Liver Cleanse," have no
more signs of toxins or abnormal bacteria in the liver, even if the
condition involved what is commonly called a fatty liver, hepatitis or
other ailments.
Judging from my experience with thousands of patients from all over world
who have gone through this simple procedure, there is almost no
degenerative illness, including heart disease arthritis, and cancer, that
isn't directly linked with gallstones in the liver. I also speak of my own
case, of having suffered over 40 excruciating gallstone attacks and many
other complaints, which all disappeared after having passed over 3,500
stones. All this was just as surprising to me because from the medical
knowledge I had, gallstones occur only in gallbladder, and the gallbladder
is certainly too small to accommodate that many stones. To answer your
first question, whatever other means to cleanse the liver is used, it
should include removal of the gallstones. There is not much use if liver
tissues are cleansed when the toxins that are being released get stuck in
the bile ducts, and turn into more stones.
Regarding your second question, our body goes through hormonal cycles that
that coincide with the larger circadian rhythms of nature and when we are
not synchronizing with them, the body can no longer sustain normal
functions, which generates toxins. For example, melatonin, one of the
brain's master hormones controlling much of the body's activities, is
secreted in response to darkness, that is, while we sleep. Its cycle
begins usually at around 9:30 PM and peaks between 1-2am and then levels
of before sunrise. Once the sun rises another powerful brain hormone gets
secreted, in response to sunlight. This hormone is called serotonin, also
often referred to as our pleasure drug or natural antidepressant. If these
two hormones cannot be secreted on time, either because we consistently go
to bed late or wake up late, all digestive, metabolic and eliminative
functions are thrown of balance. Since the body is primarily engaged in
removing waste materials in the early morning hours from 2-6am, and then
ready to release the waste through the bowels, bladder, skin, and lungs,
remaining in bed for another 2-3 hours or so will force the waste to
remain in the body far too long. It will partially be reabsorbed and even
enter the blood; the lymphatic ducts become congested, and mucus gets
generated in the respiratory and intestinal tract in order to remove some
of these toxins. This reduces respiration and oxygen supply to the cells.
You will notice when you do this that you feel groggy, more tired than
normal, and more congested in the upper respiratory tract. The bowel
movement is delayed, and the kidneys, having reabsorbed some of the urine
that had gone into the bladder, have trouble regulating the body's water
balance, which may eventually lead to water retention and weight gain. The
head doesn't feel clear either. Many people use stimulants, like tea or
coffee, to "wake up."
If you want to know more about our biological clock and how eating,
sleeping, etc., at certain times can greatly improve our health, I suggest
to read my book "The Key to health and Rejuvenation" either in electronic
form or when it is out in book form 2 weeks from now, at
www.1stbooks.com.
I hope this was of help to you
With best wishes on your journey of discovery
Andreas
To: cfs-fms@holisticmed.com
From: FMCFSGWSG@aol.com
Subject: Re: CFS/FMS: Visiting Expert Presentation
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:49:50 EDT
Andreas, This presentation on FM/CFIDS really makes sense. Can you
tell us a little more about yourself, your training, etc.?
Yvonne Keeny
Founder & Executive Director
Getting Well Support Groups
For people with FM/CFIDS
To: cfs-fms@holisticmed.com
From: Alcyone7@aol.com
Subject: Re: CFS/FMS: Visiting Expert Presentation
Dear Yvonne,
Thank you for your comment and question. I appreciate your interest in my
work/training etc. My work actually started when I was a child (am 46
now), when I developed severe gastrointestinal problems with frequent
fainting spells, arthritis, arrhythmia, scoliosis of the spine, liver
problems (my mother had 3 cases of hepatitis before I was born), gallstone
colics, chronic headaches, and nightmares ever night. I was on laxatives
for 10 years. Conventional treatments were fruitless and diagnosis
inconclusive. When I was 12 years old I started to study the digestive
system and old natural therapies, testing them out one by one on myself.
Within 14 years of trial and error I was able to live a fairly normal
life. When I was 16 my uncle, who was one of the leading iridologists and
naturopaths in Germany trained me in the science eye-diagnosis, now
recognized in Germany. As I experimented with many healing modalities on
my own body and then applying them to others I began to understand the
mechanisms of disease development, different from what is considered
mainstream medicine. In the early eighties I then came across the ancient
system of Ayurveda which made more sense to me than anything I had known
until then. I decided to study it in depth and took enrolled in formal
training courses at different locations, including 1 year in India, 2
years in Holland, 11 year in Switzerland, and 4 months final training in
New Zealand. Ayurveda is something you cannot just study like a book, it
needs to grow on you and involves skills that go beyond the normal left
brain capabilities. I applied my knowledge and skills in many countries
around the world, but mostly in Cyprus, an island country near Israel,
where I lived for 15 years before coming to the States 1 1/2 years ago. I
also had taught meditation for over 20 years, and practiced Shiatsu, a
Japanese system of Chi-balancing. During the past 18 months I have
developed a completely new approach to healing, never tried on Earth
before, called Ener-Chi Art. You can look it up at my website
www.ener-chi.com.
So this is basically my story. Today I am as healthy as it can be, thanks
to all the hardship I had to endure in the early parts of my life. I don't
really think that training is what is important, experience is. The best
training may be useless if it doesn't stimulate one's own inner sense of
intuition and search for the deeper laws of nature that are involved in
the processes of life, living, and dying. Objective knowledge has is
limits and rarely offers the corrects answers. Quantum physics has already
come to that conclusion, I hope medicine will do the same, soon.
I wish you well, and thank you again for your interest.
With kind regards
Andreas