RADIATION AND THE

RADIATIO}I MIASMOr: *Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friendr'Reconsidered

Cases and Discussion

Linda Showler, ilD

Qhis article also appeared in thePatients. November I 998.)

Townsend Letter for Doctors and

"It is essential that holistic health practitioners understand the profoundimpact miasns have on chronic diseases . . - llhat ustmlly happens todayis that the client is treated with natural remedies, yet the underlyingmiasmatic problems are not considered or even qamined. The overtsymptons are treated, but the underlying cause is not confronted . . .

Efectively treating the miasms is essential if the holistic health movementis n reach i*full potential ofrestoring people to health in mind, body, andspirit . . . There are now three nay inherited miasms: the radiation,petrochemical (I) and the heauy metal miasm." (2)

Case One:Audrey called me in mid-March,1997, out of desperation. She

is 82 years old and ovdr the phone she sounds vital and bright despite herserious health problems. "For six months now my legs have been swollenso bad I have to use shoes two sizes larger than normal," she says. "Andthey've had these sores all over them since 1995 that won't heal. Thedoctors don't know what's wrong with me. They gave me stnong dises ofdiuretics, and that worked great for a little while, but now nothing iswoddng." A dermatologist told her the lesions are disseminated superfi-cial actinic porokeratosis. This refers to a rare inherited disease that occursin old age, mostly in women, on sun-exposed areas of the body. He toldher there is no cure: the lesions can be frozen ofi, and cortisone ointrrentcan be used to reduce the inflammation.

Shortlyafterthisphone call Audrcycame in forherfirstvisit. Sherelated hermedical historyand qmptoms with excellent recall and goodhumor. She looks healthy and strong, and has bright, clear eyes. She

r€pofts that she was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1993, and has ascites.Her liverenzymes are always elevated (AST, forexample, ranges from 98-130 U/L). She also has peripheral neuropathy in her fea, and ataxia. I can

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see that her abdomen is indeed quite distended. Her lower legs aremoderately edematous, and the lesions are not a pretty sight. There aredozens of scaftered circular ulcerations ofvarying sizes, from one to threecm. in diameter. They are pink-red to red-brown in color. There are alsofairly large areas ofpink-red skin that have an unhealthy spongy look. Inshort, her legs are a terrible mess.

I ask about stressors. Her son, Kurt, was diagnosed with lym-phoma in I 988 and died at age 43 in I 992. This was devastating to Audrey,and she feels she still hasnlt fully recovered from that prolonged shess.

Then her husband fell ilI, and she nursed him for several years before hisdeath in 1996.

Past medical problems include a tonsillectomy at 28 years old forrepeated pharyngitis. She also had a mastectomy for breast cancer in I 954,andreceivedradiation therapy and abloodnansfusion atthattime. In 1979she had the fint signs of lymphedema in the arm where lynph nodes hadbeen removed at the time ofthe mastectomy. This has been a problem onand offsince then. As we get ready to go into the exam room, Audreyremarks, 'You know, that radiation therapy made me sick as a dog. Theyreally blasted me. I was still in my thirties, with three young children. Thedoctors wanted me to live."

We're in the exam room now and I'm using AK (appliedkinesiology) to investigate Audrey's symptoms. ts the primary cause ofthe lesions on her legs physical (3), emotional or miasmatic (4), I ask. Itis miasmatic. Applying a screening procedure I developed using AI! Idetermined that the specific miasm causing these lesions is a radiationlayer (5), and that this is the first layer to treat. I made the assumption thatthis miasm was caused by the intensive radiation therapy Audrey hadreceived 43 yeani ago, and proceeded to explore radiation-relate,{rubrics.

There is a rubric in Robin Muriaticumphy's Homeopathic Medi-cal Repertory in the toxicity section that I chose to review. "Radiation,bums from: Calc-f,, Cadm-s, Fl-ac, Rad-br, Sol, X-Ray. " Fluoric acid wasindicated (using AK) as the correct remedy to clearthis radiation layer forAudrey, in a 200C potency. I felt a little nervous giving Audrey a dose ofFluoric acid 200C. She is a very vital woman, but she also has somesignificant problems on the physical level, and she's 82 years old. I put mynerves aside, and she took the remedy on the evening ofApril 4. On April7 when I anived home late in the evening, Audrey had left a message onmy answering machine. "I'm so sorry to bother you but I thought youshould know that I've had a fever and chills since this evening, and my leftleg is very red and sore, and it lools infected. I don't feel very well."

I got back in the car, and drove to her home, worried about

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septicemia. She was in bed, and looked quite alert and well. She had afever of 99.2. As I talked to her and examined her legs, she began to shakewith the chills. The lesions on her right leg were drying up. Some hadformed scabs, and there was quite a bit ofdesquamation occurring all overthe leg, just like a sunburn peeling. Her left leg had turned a duskier redand felt hot. There was no sign of septicemia. A small drainage site hadopened up a few inches above the lateral malleolus, and a yellowish serousfluid dripped from it continuously. She reported that this had begun onApril 5, and she had used dozens of washcloths already to absorb theabundant drainage. Even as I watched, fluid welled up and flowed nonstopdown her leg. Some of the lesions on the left leg were also beginning toheal, and there were areas of desquamation here and there. The edemalooked about the same. I was impressed with the rapidity of her responseto the remedy.

I visited Audrey several times overthe following five days. Thefever and chills abated after two days, and an annoying headache lastedthree days. By April l0 she began to feel better, and her right leg wasalmost normal in size. "I can bend my knee again!" she demonstrated,sticking her leg out ofthe bedclothes. All the lesions on this leg were dry,and many of the scabs had fallen off. The leg was covered with peelingskin. The left leg continued its constant drainage, and was still a dusky red.Most ofthe lesions had begun healing, and the leg was no longer hot to thetouch. On April 12 her left leg was a lighter shade of red and continueddraining. She was feeling quite good, her appetite had increased, and she'dbeen up visiting relatives all afternoon. Overthe next week or so her legscontinued to heal, and as of this writing, in July I 998, Audrey,s legs remainfree ofthese lesions, and free ofthe unhealthy areas ofred, spongy tissue.

Case Two:I think Audrey acquired a radiation miasm over 40 year ago as a

result of her treatment for cancer. This layer was held in her body as apotential for physical illness for decades, and only began to manifestsymptoms after her body was worn down by several major emotionaltraumas.

The following case is that ofa simple "rash," illustrating anotherway a radiation layer can be acquired.

Tina, 15 years old, is in excellent health. She came to the officein early April 1997, complaining of a pruritic rash of a week's duration. Itwas not getting better as the days went on. I noticed in her chart that she,dcome in for a rash some years earlier, in August, that I hadn't been able toget a handle on. It had abated slowly on its own. This recent rash was mild,

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pink-red, diffirse, and maculopapular. It covered her face, upper chest,

neck and arms. I asked the routine questions about possible food reactions,

soaps, lotions, environmental exposures, medications' etc. We got no-

where with this. So I did my AK screening process' and a miasm was

pinpointed-the radiation miasm. I also ascertained that this miasm was

acquired, not inherited. When I questioned Tina about this, she recalled

that her mother had said Tina had been sunburned very badly several times

as a young child. Tina needed So/ 200C which, to my delight and

amusement, had just arrived via UPS two hours before her office call. In

my recent work with clients, I had realized that I would probably eventu-

ally need all the radiation remedies, and one week earlier had ordered the

more "exotic" ones I didn't have in stock. This order had includedX-Ray

and So/ (potentized sunlight). I had tried to understand why Tina's

eruption had erupted at this time, and realized that the sun had finally made

its spring debut in our neck of the woods about two weeks earlier. Tina's

rash occurred on the sun-exposed areas of her body. Within several days

oftaking her remedy, Tina's rash disappeared and has not returned.

Health Effects:Many people are now suffering from radiation and petrochemical

miasms. The pollution of our planet Earth is the main cause of these

miasms. In a paper published this spring (6) I wrote at length about the

DDT miasm (a petrochemical miasm). As an introduction to a discussion

ofthe radiation miasm and its effects on health, I would like to quote fromFlower Essences and Vibrational Healing:

"The radiation miasm is associated with the massive increase in

background radiation, especially since World War II. It contributes to

premature aging, slower cell division, deterioration of the en$ocrine

system, weakening of bone tissues, anemia, arthritis, hair loss, allergies,

bacterial inflammations especially in the brain, deterioration of the mus-

cular system, and cancer, especially leukemia and skin cancer. Skin

disorders such as lupus, rashes, and loss of skin elasticity occur. Individu-als are furthermore subject to hardening of the arteries and the fullspectrum of heart diseases. Females are prone to miscarriage and exces-

sive menstrual bleeding, while men experience sterility or a drop in the

sperm count."To begin to understand how the radiation miasm might manifest

on the physical level as illness, it is worthwhile to review the symptoms

that can occur from ionizing radiation sickness. The radiation miasm, as

with any miasm, will exhibit symptoms of the "real" illness, in attenuated

form. It is especially important to consider the presence of a radiation

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miasm in patients with leukemia and other blood disorders referable to thebme marrow, such as idiopathic thrombocytopenia. Obviously, a thera-peutic drug miasm (such as methotrexate) could also cause or contributeto these serious illnesses. Such an illness in a young child can result, atlcast in part, from drug, chemical or radiation miasms that are inherited.

A glance at the Merck Manual section on radiation reactions andinjuries gives the practitioner a basic grasp of where this miasm mightmanifest on the physical level. "Tissues vary in response to immediateradiation injury, in descending order of sensitivity: ( I ) lymphoid cells, (2)gonads, (3) proliferating bone marrow cells, (4) bowel epithelial cells, (5)epidermis, (6) hepatic cells, (7) epithelium of lung alveoli and biliarypassages, (8) kidney epithelial cells, (9) endothelial cells (pleura andperitoneum), (10) nerve cells, (ll) bone cells, and (12) muscle andconnective tissue. Generally, the more rapid the turnover of the cell, thegreater the radiation sensitivity." Until recently, it had been thought thattbe endocrine glands are fairly radioresistant. Mounting evidence, how-wer, indicates that even small doses of radiation can sometimes lead tolasting impairment of glandular function. The pancreas, parathyroid,thyroid, adrenal, pituitary and pineal glands have endocrine functions, aswell as the gonads.

How might this list translate into commonly-seen conditions ina family practice? In my own practice, one of the most frequent manifes-tations ofthe radiation miasm is hypochlorhydria. The patient complainsof chronic indigestion, and improves with hydrochloric acid supplemen-tation. It is my assumption that the parietal cells of the stomach are quiteradiation-sensitive. Another cornmon condition associated with thismiasm is acne rosacea, which is often ameliorated by hydrochloric acidsupplementation. Many other "odd" skin conditions can be succegsfullyheated with the appropriate radiation remedy. These include granulomaannulare (see Sharon's case below) and actinic keratosis. Whenever apatient reports that their rash is exacerbated by exposure to the sun, I beginto suspect the radiation miasm as a potential contributor to the condition.Lupus, of course, is well-known for its photosensitivity. Hypoglycemiaand hyperglycemia (diabetes) are also often radiation-related, as arehypothyroidism and hyperparathyroidism. These endocrine disordersin most patients are usually caused by several miasms, and therefore oneremedy alone doesn't often provide complete relief. A simple example ishypothyroidism in a patient with a DDT and a radiation miasm. The serumTSH will not begin to normalize until both layers are cleared.

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Case Three:Here is a simple case of poor blood sugar regulation. Delia is a healthy 49-

year-old woman, andworks as abank teller. "I'm hypoglycemic," she tells

me. Her problems began at least four years ago: "I have to eat right before

bed, or f wake up in the middle of the night with the shakes' my skin

crawling, and feeling weird all over. If I eat in the middle of the night, Ifeel a lol better. But if I sleep through this, I'll wake up in the morning

feeling sick all over, shaky and very scatter-brained. It will take me most

of the morning, after eating, to begin to feel even close to normal again' I

also have this unreal craving for sweets I've never had before - I'vejustgot to have sugar." She also mentioned that both she and her hairdresser

have noticed that she's been losing more hair than usual over the past six

months. Her first treatment addressed the presence of a radiation miasm,

and she took a dose of Plumbum lM on September 12, 1997'

One month later, during her follow-up appoinfinent, Delia re-

ported that .'Around October I st, I stopped taking extra chromium because

i stopped needing to eat before going to bed or during the night. In the

morning I feel a lot better; even my energy is much better in the morning.

Right now I wouldn't even be able to say I have a blood sugar problem -I,m at least 80o/o better. Even my handwriting is smoother in general!" Atthe time of this writing in July 1998, Delia remains about 80% improved

in terms ofher previous hypoglycemic symptoms. She finds that she still

doesn't feel quite as well if she eats an evening meal without a significant

portion of a high-protein food. Why isn't she 100% improved? I would

guess that this is because she probably needs treatment at some time in the

futr.n" for another miasm that is affecting her body's ability to regulate

blood sugar levels.Another fairly cornmon condition related to the radiation miasm

is, predictably, alopecia areata and alopecia totalis. And lastly, for the

cornmon conditions, is low back pain. It is not yet clear to me why this

miasm so often is the culprit in cases of chronic low back pain, but I have

seen it often enough to understand there is frequently a connection

between the two. Successful treatment of the radiation miasm can result

in relief from chronic back pain in those cases where years of high-quality

chiropractic care, physical therapy and nutritional therapy (read: physical

level treatment) have not cured. Possibly this is related to the sensitivity

of muscle and connective tissue to radiation'

Interms ofmore serious conditions, cancersand blood dyscrasias

could almost certainly require treatment of a radiation layer in some

' patients, and they almost certainly will require treatrnent for other layers

as well. Disorders ofthe immune system might also require treatrnent for

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fu radiation miasm, as might the symptom of poor wd h.t-Another point of interest here is the fact that *the radiation goAucoe tyfssion products appears to act synergistically with other environmental

TFnts known to be carcinogenic, such as ordinary air pollutants, diesel

frmes, dust, asbestos, cigarette smoke, pesticides, herbicides and exog-

cnous hormones. This has been demonstrated in numerous laboratory

sndies and for individuals exposed occupationally." Extrapolating fromrtis evidence, we can consider the possibility that the combination of arediation miasrn, plus one or more petrochemical (l) layers in an indi-viriral would significantly increase that person's risk of developing

crrcer. This line ofreasoning would also go a long way in explaining whyertain cancers "run" in some families. Since miasms can be inherited, thisnight be at least one piece ofthe "genetic" pvzzle ofinherited cancers.

Rcmedies:Which homeopathic remedies can treat radiation miasms? In my

ownexperience, the remedy mostcommonly needed isR adium bromatum,

fullowed closelyby Uranium nitricum. Other remedies often called for are

Graphites and Plumbum metallicum. Less often needed arc X-Ray, Sol,

htsticam, Plutonium and Diamond. Of interest here is the fact that afterit goes through its long process ofradioactive decay, Uranium finallytransforms into the inactive element -

qllp1's your guess? - lead(Plunbum). Uranium-238 has a halflife of 4.5 billion years and under-goes more than a dozen changes before becoming a stable form of lead. Ibave used F/aoric scid three times now to treat the radiation miasm, and

cach ofthese patients had a history ofhaving had intensive radiationterapy for cancer. The Plutonium I've used only one time, and this was

fora woman who worked at the Hanford nuclearreactor site for threeyearswhile plutonium was being manufactured. I have wondered if manypeoplewho livednearthis site inthe 1940's and 1950's will needa specificremedy for exposure to radioactive iodine- l3 I , by far the most commonpollutant released by those reactors. Cadmium sulph and Cadmium

nuriaticum I've used only several times, and always to treat cancer

miasms that are apparently linked to radiation in some kind of causallTrenner.

Iliemonds and the Radiation MiasmCase Four:

Now, via a case example, I would like to say a few words about

diamonds and their interesting relationship with the radiation miasm.

Sharon is an elementary school teacher in her mid40's who came in for

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a first office call in May 1997. She complained of I ) chronic low back pain,

2) a chronic rash diagnosed granuloma annulare, and 3) chronic fatigue.

Her back problems had begun in her early teens, but were quite manage-

ableuntil about fouryears ago, during atime ofprolonged stress onthejob'

"I was in such pain," she related, "and my muscles got totally rigid." Aftertwo epidural steroid treatments in November of 1996 that provided no

relief, she had surgery in October ofthat year for "a bulging disc." The

surgery wentwell, buttwomonths laterherback "went outagain" and she

had a second surgery. Since then her back is better, "although I still have

back pain that comes and goes."

Her main complaint today, however, is fatigue. "For over three

months now, since the surgeries, I'm so tired I can barely drive myself

home from work at the end of the day, and this isn't normal for me." Her

energy level is half of what it usually is. The rash began about four years

ago as a small ring under her right arm near the axilla. This has grown

bigger slowly over the years, and is now approximately four by ten cm.

Similar lesions have appeared over the years in addition to the axillarylesion: on her left elbow, her hands, ankles, and thigh. The dermatologist

told her it was granuloma annulare, and that there is no cure for it. Sharon

reported that he said the cause for this condition is unknown. Granuloma

annulare can look very much like ringworm, but culture after culture was

negative for fungus. Sharon's rash appeared as large and small irregular

lesions with serpiginous, raised borders, varying in color from dull purple-

red to brown. It was quite an odd-looking rash - certainly not belonging

to eruptions of the garden-variety sort.

Using AK, I determined that Sharon first needed treatment for a

radiation miasm, using IJranium nitricum 200C. She receivedthis on June

2, 1997. On her follow-up appointrnent July 28, 1997, she reportqd that

"My back is doing really well, much betterthan when I first saw you. Andmy energy is at least 75% better- it's not all the way there yet, but it's so

much better!" She said the skin lesions first flared up brighter red and more

raised, but now the borders are barely raised. None ofthe lesions are

purple-red now; they' ve all faded to a light brown. And three of the lesions

have disappeared altogether. She also spontaneously reports that her sugar

cravings are markedly decreased, a symptom she hadn't reported during

herprevious office visit. As of this writing in July 1998, Sharon's energy

is normal, her back continues to do well, and faint discolorations of the skin

are all that are left of the granuloma annulare.

When I treat patients, I always use AK to determine whether

anything they are exposed to (diet, medications, etc.) will have an antidot-

ing effect on their remedy. In Sharon's case, I kept getting that, yes,

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mething would antidote the (Jranium nitricum, but after ten minutes ofrying to pinpoint the potential offender, I'd gotten nowhere and was quite

nustratea. I certainly couldn't give the remedy knowing it would probably

be nullified. So we continued to wrack our brains, and I continued my

muscle-testing, using Sharon's arms. And as we bumbled along fruitlessly

I found my attention being drawn to the diamond ring Sharon was wearing

m one hand. In a peevish mood at that point, I decided rather flippantly

o ask if the ring was the problem, and finally I received an unexpected

Jes." Well, that certainly threw me! Disbelieving, I double-checked, and

triple-checked. Then, reluctantly, I told Sharon that it looked like her nice

ring might be the problem. She stared at her hand, and then said to me,

'You know, this was my grandmother's ring. I never wore any diamonds

until I turned 40, and then I began to wear her ring. It was within a year

after I began to wear this that my severe back problems began. And my

skin started to flare up about that same time, too."To make a long story short, I've heard versions ofthis same story

numerous times, from different clients-always women. I have learned

that diamonds will often strongly aggravate a radiation miasm, and that

diamonds will antidote radiation remedies (and coffee won't). It is

important to counsel clients to swear off diamonds temporarily, and to

store their diamonds away from their beds and work areas while they are

being treated for a radiation miasm. women (and their husbands) will be

more compliant with thisunorthodox prescription when they are reassured

that it's only temporary, and that they can resume wearing their wedding

ring after the radiation miasm is cleared (this usually takes no more than

six weeks). Men being treated for this miasm need to ask their partners not

to wear diamonds in their company until the layer is successfully cleared.

Even a small diamond in a watch can have an antidoting effect. It isinteresting that some people ne ed Graphites to clear the radiation miasm.

Diamonds are the *high" form of graphite. As noted above, homeopathic

Diamond will also clear this miasm when indicated. Since graphite and

diamond are both essentially just carbon, it makes sense to consider that

the other carbon remedies in our materia medica might also have the power

to treat radiation miasms, particularly Cc rbo veg and Carboneun. These,

and other remedies such as Calcarea carb and Baryta carb, are the more

adulterated forms ofcarbon, and therefore may lack the p ower of Graphites

and Diamond to fieat this miasm effectively.

Summary:In closing, I'd like to state the obvious: this is preliminary and

sketchy research at this point. I have been quite pleased with my results

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thus far in treating clients for chemical, drug and radiation miasms. It ismy hope that the provings, and the clinical observations and results ofmany homeopaths will eventually provide the kind ofdetailed informationwe need in order to practice with a high degree of effectiveness whentreating these common miasms and their profound effects on health.

Footnotes

l. "Petrochemical," in my experience, includes all the pesticide andherbicide miasms, plastics miasms, and all the other petrochemical prod-ucts people have been exposed to in the past century.

2. Flower Essences and Vibrational Healing. Gurudas. Casandra Press,1983. Pages 38-43.

3. "Physical level" causes include diet, vitamin/mineral deficiencies,vertebraVjoint subluxations, lack of sleep, etc. It is obviously enormouslyhelpful-and downright essential in terms of acfsnl "ss1's"-to be ableto ascertain whether a problem is stemming from the physical level, themiasmatic (vibrational) level, orthe emotional level. In otherwords, iftheroot of a problem is miasmatic, then supplements, fasting, colonics,prescription drugs, surgery and other physical level treatments will neveractually cure the condition. The problem may well be ameliorated or evendisappear for a time, but will always be held in the body as a potential fordisease, and as a potential to be passed on to one's children, becausevibrational level problems cannot be cured with physical level medi-cine. In my own practice, I find that the physical level is rarely the cquseof any given chronic problem. In a population base of poverty-strickenpatients, however, it goes without saying that the physical level ofcausation would assume far greater importance.

4. To avoid confusion, I'd like to make it clear that when I use AK withclients, I ask questions about their health silently

- in other words, I

"think" the questions. I began doing this about a year ago, when patientafter patient wanted to know if I could ask the questions about their healthso they couldn't hear them. They were all concerned that their reactionsto the questions might influence the muscle-testing. As it appears to makeno difference whether I ask aloud or not, I now routinely question silently,

'pausing now and then in order to fill the patient in on the information I'mreceiving. It is not within the scope of this paper to elaborate on, or to

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&fend the use of AK in homeopathic practice. I can only say that it works

consistently and fabulously well for me, despite the fact that I don't

cntirely unde rstand how it works. I C/ Dr. Showler's letter in Simillimum,

Fall 1998, page 91. - ed.l

5. "Layer" in this paper is synonymous with "miasm" and with "vibra-

donal layer."

6. "DDT: A 20th Century Miasm." Linda Showler, ND. Simillimum,

Spring 1998, and the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, April

1998.

Linda showler, ND is a Bastyr University graduate who practices in Port

Towns end, I(as hington.

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