Last Updated on 24th June 2023 by Caroline Haye
Or else they imitate nature
I am a big believer in the healing power of nature. I think that the best vitiligo therapies are natural… Or else they imitate nature. And will return to that subject in a moment. But first, I want to begin, in apparently contradictory fashion, by praising modern technology.
If you are a regular visitor to my blog or maybe a regular email correspondent, thank you for your company. I am grateful for the technology that enables us to communicate like this. For decades I lived alone with my vitiligo, so it means a lot. I was blessed with a loving family as a child. And I have a wonderful and devoted husband who has always loved and supported me throughout our 30+ years together. Yet, no matter how kind and caring our nearest and dearest are, only others who have vitiligo themselves are really in a position to understand totally what it is like.
Bless the internet!
The internet arrived just a little too late for me to benefit first hand from the amazing sense of community that now exists among sufferers around the vitiligo world. (That is, while I still had widespread vitiligo myself.) But it came along at just the right time for me to share my own recovery with others… And hopefully help to ensure others don’t feel as isolated by the condition as I did for so many years. It also allowed me to embark on an fascinating and empowering journey of discovery, research and mutual support.
Being able to talk to others who understand what you are going through is possibly the best therapy of all… And one of the most natural in the world. But it is only possible to do this as freely as we now do thanks to technology.
Nature knows best
I was thinking about this fact on my daily walk today. I was wandering past some flies feeding on the over-ripe blackberries in the hedgerows . And it struck me how the very best technologies always mimic nature and how this just reinforces the truth that nature really does know best. Examples of this are all around us. If that were not the case why is it that helicopters look so much like giant flies? Or submarines like whales or sharks?
Similarly, I believe that the best therapies for improving human health are based on nature. So I hope that when a truly effective, definitive cure is eventually developed for vitiligo, it will be one that works with nature. One that addresses the root causes of the problem and allows the body to heal itself. This, in my opinion will be infinitely better than a drug that merely masks the end symptom and causes all sort of side effects in the process. In other words, a cure that eradicates the causes of de-pigmentation, not just the symptom.
A holistic approach
I am thankful every day that I was fortunate enough to find a natural treatment for vitiligo that has worked so well for me. The nutritional supplements I used helped restore almost all of my lost pigment (and hang on to it ever since). And they are still the only kind of therapy that ever helped. It is no exaggeration t o say they completely changed my life for the better by helping me to feel like me again.
However, I know that my protocol is not a miracle cure. It has been a very effective way of reversing my vitiligo and keeping it 98% at bay. But I still have to be careful about avoiding anything that could aggravate my skin. And I know that it has not altered my predisposition to de-pigmentation, which is almost certainly a genetic one.
The big, universal, game-changing, once-and-for-all cure for vitiligo has not yet been invented. So, in the meantime, I shall continue to use the nutritional protocol that has given me my life back. And I shall continue to scour the internet for more clinical, anecdotal, therapeutic and research information. I shall also continue to try and test all the safe and credible remedies I can find and share the information on this blog site and at VitiligoStore.com.
Anyway, back to the topic of nature and how good technologies mimic nature… If you saw my previous post you will know that I recently began wearing therapeutic jewellery. I based this on the holistic idea that anything that improves over-all health and well-being stands a good chance of helping the body to heal itself of all disease. After all, this is, I believe, how the supplements work too. They don’t magically rid the skin of white patches. They just strengthen the body’s own natural ability to achieve a healthy balance and function.
Mimicking The earth’s healing energies
At the time of writing this, it has been about 3 weeks since I started wearing the therapeutic bracelet every day and most nights too. (Plus the matching necklace on occasions.) It’s hard to quantify these things but I feel my energy and concentration have improved. I also notice a decrease in the chronic joint pain that I usually experience because of arthritis. And the sinus symptoms I usually experience due to a mould allergy have lessened. Again, I find it interesting that the technologies used in these products all imitate nature… Magnets mimic the earth’s natural magnetic field. Far infrared mimics the healing warmth of the sun. And negative ions create the same quality of fresh and invigorating air that you find in the mountains, at the seaside or near waterfalls.
I know this all sounds a bit far-fetched. So, to be sure that these technologies have some proper science to back them up, I did quite a bit of reading up on them. And, in doing so, I stumbled on a couple of other potentially interesting products that also utilise the same technologies. I have not added the other products to Vitiligo Store (only the jewellery) but I am trying them myself to see how effective they are.
One is an indoor ioniser, which you simply place in any room that might need an improvement in air quality. It then produces negative ions, just like in the jewellery does. But it can treat an entire room, effectively removing allergens and pollutants from the air. I have been using it in the bedroom (which can get musty and even mildewy at times) and the difference has been quite dramatic. Based on results so far, I would definitely recommend one of these devices… Especially if you have pets in your home.
Muddling through
The other, very simple, product I am trying is a “magnetic muddler”. This is a metal drink stirrer with a magnet at its tip which magnetises water and other liquids. You can also find magnetising mats that do the same when you place a cup or jug of liquid on top. Apparently, these have been commonplace for ages in both Russia and Japan, where doctors routinely prescribe magnetic therapy for a wide variety of chronic complaints. (Particularly digestive ones.) This interested me because I believe a key trigger for my vitiligo to be poor digestive function.
One of the effects of magnetising drinks is to make them “wetter” by breaking down the surface tension. And this, apparently, improves nutritional absorption. Again, it seems to be an example of technology imitating nature. The idea is to restore the water you drink to the same quality of so-called “living water”. In other words, the quality that our ancestors would have drunk instead of our modern chemically treated water supplies. I can’t really say yet whether or not magnetising my drinks is helping my health but it certainly isn’t harming it. And for what I paid on ebay for this, it seems worth a try.
So, on that note, I will end this post by wishing you nature’s healing power… And reminding you that your skin, indeed your whole body, is designed to function well and will find a way to do just that, given half a chance and a helping hand from Mother Nature 🙂
