Down-Syndrome

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Down-Syndrome:

Down-Syndrome is an inherited autosomal condition characterized by an extra chromosome 21. It is also known as "Trisomy 21", "Trisomy G" and "Mongolism". Those with this extra DNA antenna seem especially tuned in to Divine Love. I believe they act as vessels and conduits of Grace, helping to bring the Divine closer to us here as they attune more than we can to Heaven.

Etiology:

The extra chromosome is present in 95% of the children affected. The typical occurrence is a baby born to an older mother, although random trisomic mongolism also occurs in infants of young mothers. Relatively common, the incidence is 1:700 live births: the ratio is adjusted for the mother's age at birth. In early childbirth years, the incidence is 1:2000; for mothers over 40, the ratio changes to around 1:22. The average age of mother bearing a child with Down's Syndrome is 37. The condition accounts for 1% of mental retardation (slowness). What they lack in mental acuity in connecting with the outer world of space/time, they seem to more than make up in the inner world of the heart.

Signs and symptoms:

• Infants: usually calm, cry minimally, and have muscular hypotonicity.
• Both physical and mental developments are slowed: the mean IQ is approximately 50. IQ is merely a predictor of performance in an academic environment.

Physical appearance:

• Head: Small and round, sloping forehead.
• Nose: Bridge is poorly developed or absent.
• Ears: Hung low and are round; small pinna.
• Eyes: Appear to slant upward and outward due to medial epicanthic folds; Brushfield's spots: whitish gray spots around the iris.
• Mouth: Hangs open with a large, fissured, protruding tongue.
• Hands: Exhibit one palmar crease ("simian crease"); are small and broad; fingers curve inward from hypoplastic or absent middle phalanges (clinodactyly); and have typical dermatoglyphics.
• Feet: Large space between 1st and 2nd toes, with typical dermatoglyphics.
• Brain: Subnormal weight; simple convolutional folds.

Lab findings:

• X-rays: Show decreased acetabular and iliac angles.
• (+) Chromosomal analysis: Available from amniocentesis aspiration or buccal scrapings.

Prognosis:

The child born with Trisomy 21 has a decreased life span. They start life closer to Heaven. The death rate is especially high in the first years of the child's life, from heart disease, respiratory infections, and acute leukemia. Although today, even severe cardiac birth defects may be corrected early in the child's life, death still usually occurs in the 4th or 5th decade because of an accelerated rate of aging and/or the development of a premature form of Alzheimer's cerebral degeneration.
However, most people with Down-Syndrome are happy, able to work in protected environments, and delight in simple pleasures which most people take for granted.

Differential Diagnosis:

• Cretinism (hypothyroidism of childhood)
• Other gene variants: translocations and mosaics.

Remedies:

Nutritionals:

• multivitamin-mineral (Harrel; Austin) (note: Dr. Swartwout recommends “Kids Start” chewable or ChildLife Multi liquid because they are very comprehensive and easy to take as a children's multivitamin-mineral)
• thyroid (thyroid glandulars and homeopathics are available and it is best to test for the optimum format with the Biofield Analysis program)
• Selenium 200-400 mcg q.d.
  (organically bound form L-selenomethionine preferrable to mineral selenite; various forms can be tested on Biofield Analysis; products available from Remission Foundation)
• L-Carnosine helps prevent and reverse the Alzheimer-like deposits and degeneration in the central nervous system.

Chinese herbal formulas:

• Rehmannia Six F. (Liu Wei Di Huang Wan) (available as patent): For the "Five Delays" in development (Hsu, 1980, p. 245; Yeung, p. 152; Bensky and Barolet, p. 263; patent: Zhu, p. 288)
• Jia Wei Liu Wei Di Huang Wan: slow mental development, fatigue, lethargy, pale tongue, lusterless complexion (Bensky and Barolet, p. 265)

Acupuncture:

After assessing the person and palpating, consider these patterns:

• Kidney Jing Xu (Essence Deficiency);
• Heart Misted by Cold Phlegm;
• Dampness

Palpate and consider during pregnancy:

• Kd-9 (d. Δ): dissolves Phlegm; regulates Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel); strengthens Yuan (Original) Qi; warms Kidney; tonifies Kidney Qi and Kidney Yin; strengthens the fetus and eliminates hereditary dysfunction; Entry point and Xi Cleft Accumulation point of Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel)

• GV-20 (+): awakens the Brain, Mind and senses; promotes mental clarity; pacifies the Shen and stabilizes the Will; warms the Yang and causes Yang to ascend (Δ); regulates and tonifies the Qi (Δ); adjusts Qi of the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); elevates the Clear Qi; spreads Liver Qi; stimulates the pineal; Sea of Marrow point
• GV-15 (+): clears the Shen and consciousness; strengthens the Mind; benefits and clears the Brain; Sea of Marrow point
• GV-14 (+): clears and awakens the Brain and Mind; opens and restores the Yang by spreading Yang Qi through the Du Mai (Governing Vessel) and whole body; pacifies the Shen; regulates and stimulates the flow of Qi; strengthens brain and spinal cord
• GV-13 (+): readjusts Qi in the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); harmonizes Yin and Yang; spreads Yang Qi through the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); purifies Yang of the whole body; stimulates the pituitary and adrenals
• GB-20 (-): dispels Dampness; awakens the Shen and clears the Brain; opens the Orifices; harmonizes Qi and Xue (Blood)
• Bl-15 (+): calms the Heart and the Shen; quiets the Mind and the Soul; strengthens and clears the Brain; tonifies the Heart to house the Shen, hence tonifies the Brain (Maciocia, p. 257); regulates the tongue and speech; strengthens Heart Qi and nourishes Heart Xue (Blood); Heart Shu Associated point
• Bl-39 (+): pacifies the Shen; clears the Brain; regulates the Heart Qi; Heart psychospiritual associated point
• Bl-20 (+): regulates Spleen Qi; tonifies the Spleen and Stomach; enhances Spleen Yang to mobilize Stagnant Qi; nourishes and tonifies the Xue (Blood); warms the Middle Warmer (Δ); raises Middle Qi; resolves Dampness and Phlegm; Spleen Shu Associated point
• Bl-23 (+): tonifies and adjusts the Kidney; nourishes Yin, Xue (Blood) and Kidney Jing (Essence); strengthens the Brain and Marrow; benefits the ears and brightens the eyes; strengthens the Heart (Ross, 1985, p. 130); strengthens Yang and Qi Hai; influences adrenals; resolves Dampness; Kidney Shu Associated point
• an mian (+): pacifies the Shen; clears the Brain
• yin tang (+): pacifies the Shen; clears the Mind; stimulates pituitary and pineal; promotes relaxation
• LI-4 (+): regulates Qi and Xue (Blood); tonifies Lung Qi; frees the channels; Large Intestine Yuan Source point
• Ht-3 (+): pacifies the Shen and Soul; clears Heat; regulates the Heart Qi; removes Obstructions from the channels; relaxes the sinews and muscles; invigorates the collateral vessels; Heart He Sea Uniting and Water point; "Joy of Life" point (Finkelstein, p. 32)
• Ht-7 (+): pacifies the Shen and calms the Heart; regulates and tonifies the Heart, esp. Heart Qi; tonifies and nourishes Heart Yin and Xue (Blood); frees the channels; treats mental retardation in children (Maciocia, p. 402); Heart Yuan Source, Earth and Dispersion point
• PC-6 (+): awakens the Brain by improving intracranial circulation; regulates Heart Qi and Xue (Blood); Pericardium Luo Connecting point; Master point of the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel)
• Sp-9 (-): regulates and tonifies the Spleen (especially Yang); warms and moves the Middle Warmer; transforms Damp Stagnation, esp. through promotion of diuresis; Spleen He Sea Uniting and Water point
• St-36 (+): tonifies digestion and Qi, particularly strengthens Spleen Qi and Yuan (Original) Qi (Scott, p. 138); builds Xue (Blood); dispels and eliminates Dampness; nourishes Kidney, Liver and Spleen; Stomach He Sea Lower Uniting and Earth point; Sea of Nourishment point
• St-40 (-): clears the Shen; strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Stomach, and opens up the Middle Warmer; circulates Qi of the Stomach and Spleen; transforms and eliminates Phlegm and Dampness; descends the Turbid; strengthens Kidney Yin and drains Liver Yang; invigorates the channels; Stomach Luo Connecting point
• nao qing: "brain's clearing"; clears the Brain; refreshes mental clarity; enhances memory
• Kd-7 (+): clears Heat and nourishes Yin; strengthens the Spleen and transforms Dampness; tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; strengthens and enriches the Kidney; tonifies the Liver via the mother/child relationship; stimulates the adrenals, thyroid and testes; disperses Stagnation; Kidney Metal and Tonification point
• Kd-4 (=): nourishes the Shen and Yin; regulates the Kidney; reinforces the Liver and Kidney, the latter through longitudinal Luo vessels; facilitates the flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); harmonizes the Xue (Blood); supplements the Jing (Essence); Kidney Luo Connecting point
• Ear: heart, kidney, spleen, brain stem, lower skin (treat every other day)
  (Scott, p. 138)

• GV-20, GV-13, GV-14, GV-15, yin tang and an mian (+): strengthen brain and spinal cord in treatment of mental retardation (Scott, p. 138)
• PC-6 and LI-4 (+): invigorate circulation of Qi and Xue (Blood) in treatment of mental retardation (Scott, p. 138)

Homeopathy: (available in a variety of potencies: it is best to evaluate for both the remedy and the potency using the Biofield Analysis consultation process)

• Baryta carbonica: intellectual backwardness with large abdomen and swollen tonsils; afraid of strangers
• Baptisia: aversion to mental exertion; falls asleep in midst of answer; stupor; feels he is more than one person
• Carcinosin: mental inertia; apathetic; doesn't reply to questions; fundamental fear; anticipation; attention to details; strong sense of rhythm (love of dancing); sensitive to music
• Mercurius solubilis: aversion to everyone including close family members; presentiment of death; always discontented with everything; disobedient; hurried and hasty speech; restless

Sound/Music Therapy:

mental/emotional:

• rhythmic folk songs
• County Derry
• songs of Steven Foster
• Spanish tangos
• Brahms' Hungarian dances
• Sousa's marches
• Strauss' waltzes
• Gilbert and Sullivan
• Indian Love Call
• My Wild Irish Rose
• Wishing
• Estrellita (Heline, p.18)

Flower Essences:

• aloe vera
• blackberry
• dill (Gurudas, pp. 210, 212)

Color Therapy:

• red (acts on the sensory nervous system which governs the senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell) on face and in eyes; strobe at 15 Hz with Lumatron
• lemon (helps to dissolve blood clots; acts as a chronic alterative) on whole body
  (Dinshah, 1985, p. 48)

Other relationships:

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 245 neurological and 194 psychiatric patients were tested for viral antibodies and interferon. Complement-dependent neutralizing antibodies to herpes (HSV1) were found in the CSF of patients with senile dementia (52%), encephalitis (51%), alcoholism (44%), lesions of peripheral nerves (37%), multiple sclerosis (42%), meningitis (35%), schizophrenia (32%), mental retardation (11%). CSF interferon was found in psychiatric patients with an equal or even higher incidence (34-52%) than in the neurological patients (30-39%). The evaluation of the ratio of serum and CSF titers of viral antibodies and interferon showed local synthesis of both in the CNS. In neurological patients, CSF antibodies to 2 or 3 viruses simultaneously were observed in 16-41%, whereas only 0-5% in psychiatric patients. (Locke, 1983, p. 172)

Chinese psychophysiology:

• Kidney Δ Shen stores Jing (Essence) and governs birth, growth, reproduction, development, and aging; houses the Zhi (Will); expresses ambition and focus; produces the Marrow which generates the spinal cord and "fills up" the brain; nourishes the brain to sustain concentration, clear thinking, and memory; provides the "Fire of Life" through its Yang functions; relates particularly to congenital conditions because it carries the constitutional endowment from the parents; and displays the stresses of aging and chronic degenerative processes.
• Healthy expressions are gentleness, groundedness, and endurance.
• Kidney Xu (Deficiency) signs include indecisiveness; confused speech; dreams of trees submerged under water; cold feet and legs; abundant sweating (Seem, p. 28); hearing loss; fearfulness; apathy; chronic fatigue; discouragement; scatteredness; lack of will; negativity; impatience; difficult inhalation; low sex drive; lumbago; sciatica; and musculoskeletal irritation and inflammation, especially when worse from touch.
• Intense or prolonged fear depletes the Kidney. Often chronic anxiety may induce Xu (Deficiency) and then Fire within the Kidney. (Maciocia, p. 250) Overwork, parenting, simple aging, and a sedentary or excessively indulgent lifestyle all contribute significantly to Kidney Xu (Deficiency). The state of health of the parents' Kidneys, particularly deficiency, establishes the parameters of their child's health through the energetic transmission of the Jing.