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The Jasmin will bloom again
Posted on: March 31, 2014
Let the Jasmines Bloom Again
Hajer Tlijani posted:
Why do some people in my country Tunisia think that hope is lost and that we should surrender to an unknown dark fate?
Why is the dream seen as illegitimate in a country that lived and experienced a spectacular peaceful revolution, only three years ago?
Are we already tired after we have proved to all that dreams are our natural right and duty?
Shouldn’t we now, more than ever, complete the journey armed with hope?
I am a Tunisian woman and I will tell you why I still have hope.
I am an integral part of the nation which marked its history and present, and will mark its future.
I am Queen Dido , I am Aziza Othmana², I am Bchira Ben Mrad³, I am your mother, sister, daughter, friend,… I am the Tunisian woman, in whom hope never dies.
Long time ago, when my country had been under the French occupation, I joined the strikes. My participation was through the work of partisan struggle and during the protests where I was subjected to harassment and arrests.
I had a big role in transferring arms and information to the resistance fighters, and providing food and clothes for them, disguised as itinerant trader.
What was my only weapon at that time? Hope.
Tunisian women during the protests of April 1938
Many years later, when the breeze of the Jasmine Revolution had blown on my country at the end of the year 2010, I was not only present alongside my compatriots, but I also led the protests, bore pressures, inhaled tear gas and raised the slogans of freedom, justice and democracy.
What encouraged me at that time? Hope.
Tunisian woman during the protests of January 14th, 2011
It is during these three post-revolution years that I noticed a wave of hopelessness spreading among my friends and acquaintances.
Sometimes, when I try to convince them that we should not lose hope and that we are able to build a better future, they confront me with a kind of derision and even affirm that they regret the departure of the ousted president.
How sad and confused I feel when I encounter a young person giving up easily instead of standing up for the sake of his country!
A few other friends, however, are persuaded that, as long as we are alive, dictatorship will never come back on our land. They believe in a flourishing future, citing verses of our national anthem which became the slogan of our revolution: “If the people wanted life, Destiny must bow down”- Abu Alkassem Alchabbi³.
The change should stem from us. It is true that Tunisia is nowadays facing some political and economic issues, but it is with hope that we will be able to solve them and move on in building our country’s future.
So get up, my compatriot, and listen to me: let’s join our hands to carry on what we started 3 years ago, let’s learn from our history not to give up.
Let’s believe in ourselves and in each other and unite for the next generation’s life.
Listen to a Tunisian woman voice, a woman in whom hope never dies: Let it be! Let the Jasmines bloom again.
Hajer Tlijani is a regional intern at the World Youth Alliance Middle East.
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1 Aziza Othmana is a Tunisian princess. She is most famous for her charities. She freed all her slaves and took them with her to Hajj. She founded and helped to fund a hospital in Tunis in the 17th century (which still has her name).
² Bchira Ben Mrad is a Tunisian feminist. She founded and chairs the Muslim Union of Tunisian Women (Tunisia’s first women’s organization) from 1936 to 1956.
3 Abu Alkassem Alchabbi is a Tunisian poet, best known for writing the final two verses of the current National Anthem of Tunisia.
Note: Compared to other current revolutions in the “Arab World”, the political reforms in Tunisia have been a success stories. As long as democracy is heading in the right direction, Tunisia stability, security and development will out-pace the non-oil producing countries in the “Arab” world.
Women’s rights are saved, pending the frequent demands of women to preserve and keep their hard won battles.
Gerson Therapy? Natural treatment for degenerative diseases and cancer…
Without the body ability to heal and regenerate, all the drugs won’t do.
The body’s own immune system can heal most kinds of diseases.
Throughout our lives our bodies are being filled with a variety of carcinogens and toxic pollutants.
These toxins reach us through the air we breathe, the food we eat, the medicines we take and the water we drink.
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The Gerson Therapy is a natural treatment that activates the body’s extraordinary ability to heal itself through an organic, vegetarian diet, raw juices, coffee enemas and natural supplements.
Dr. Max Gerson developed the Gerson Therapy in the 1930s, initially as a treatment for his own debilitating migraines, and eventually as a treatment for degenerative diseases such as skin tuberculosis, diabetes and, most famously, cancer.
Possibly, the original source of the text of the article is (http://gerson.org/gerpress/the-gerson-therapy).
With its whole-body approach to healing, the Gerson Therapy naturally reactivates your body’s magnificent ability to heal itself – with no damaging side effects.
This a powerful, natural treatment boosts the body’s own immune system to heal cancer, arthritis, heart disease, allergies, and many other degenerative diseases.
The Gerson Therapy effectively treats a wide range of different ailments because it restores the body’s incredible ability to heal itself.
Rather than treating only the symptoms of a particular disease, the Gerson Therapy treats the causes of most degenerative diseases: toxicity and nutritional deficiency.
An abundance of nutrients from copious amounts of fresh, organic juices are consumed every day, providing your body with a super-dose of enzymes, minerals and nutrients.
These substances then break down diseased tissue in the body, while coffee enemas aid in eliminating toxins from the liver.
The Gerson Therapy’s intensive detoxification regimen eliminates these toxins from the body, so that true healing can begin.
How the Gerson Therapy Works
The Gerson Therapy regenerates the body to health, supporting each important metabolic requirement by flooding the body with nutrients from about 15- 20 pounds of organically grown fruits and vegetables daily.
Most is used to make fresh raw juice, up to one glass every hour, up to 13 times per day. Raw and cooked solid foods are generously consumed.
Oxygenation is usually more than doubled, as oxygen deficiency in the blood contributes to many degenerative diseases.
The metabolism is also stimulated through the addition of thyroid, potassium and other supplements, and by avoiding heavy animal fats, excess protein, sodium and other toxins.
Degenerative diseases render the body increasingly unable to excrete waste materials adequately, commonly resulting in liver and kidney failure.
The Gerson Therapy uses intensive detoxification to eliminate wastes, regenerate the liver, reactivate the immune system and restore the body’s essential defenses – enzyme, mineral and hormone systems.
With generous, high-quality nutrition, increased oxygen availability, detoxification, and improved metabolism, the cells – and the body – can regenerate, become healthy and prevent future illness.
Juicing
Fresh pressed juice from raw foods provides the easiest and most effective way of providing high quality nutrition.
By juicing, patients can take in the nutrients and enzymes from nearly 15 pounds of produce every day, in a manner that is easy to digest and absorb.
Every day, a typical patient on the Gerson Therapy for cancer consumes up to 13 glasses of fresh, raw carrot/apple and green-leaf juices.
These juices are prepared hourly from fresh, raw, organic fruits and vegetables, using a two-step juicer or a masticating juicer used with a separate hydraulic press.
The Gerson Diet
The Gerson diet is entirely organic and vegetarian.
The diet is naturally high in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, micro-nutrients, and extremely low in sodium, fats, and proteins.
The following is a typical daily diet for a Gerson patient on the full therapy regimen:
- Thirteen glasses of fresh, raw carrot/apple and green-leaf juices prepared hourly from fresh, organic fruits and vegetables.
- Three full vegetarian meals, freshly prepared from organically grown fruits, vegetables and whole grains. A typical meal will include salad, cooked vegetables, baked potatoes, Hippocrates soup and juice.
- Fresh fruit and fresh fruit available at all hours for snacking, in addition to the regular diet.
To learn more about the Gerson diet, follow the link below to read about which foods are permitted and prohibited on the Gerson Therapy:
Supplements
All medications used in connection with the Gerson Therapy are classed as biologicals, materials of organic origin that are supplied in therapeutic amounts.
- Potassium compound
- Lugol’s solution
- Vitamin B-12
- Thyroid hormone
- Pancreatic Enzymes
Detoxification
Coffee enemas are the primary method of detoxification of the tissues and blood on the Gerson Therapy. Cancer patients on the Gerson Therapy may take up to 5 coffee enemas per day. Charlotte Gerson explains the necessity of coffee enemas in Healing the Gerson Way:
“The moment a patient is put on the full therapy, the combined effect of the food, the juices and the medication causes the immune system to attack and kill tumor tissue, besides working to flush out accumulated toxins from the body tissues. This great clearing-out procedure carries the risk of overburdening and poisoning the liver—the all-important organ of detoxification, which, in a cancer patient, is bound to be already damaged and debilitated.”
Coffee enemas accomplish this essential task, assisting the liver in eliminating toxic residues from the body for good. The Gerson Therapy also utilizes castor oil to stimulate bile flow and enhance the liver’s ability to filter blood.
Is the Gerson Therapy Right For You?
No treatment works for everyone, every time. Anyone who tells you otherwise is not giving you the facts.
We know that when you have been diagnosed with a life-threatening ailment, choosing the best strategy for fighting your illness can be a bewildering task.
Everyone claims to have either “the best treatment”, “the fastest cure”, or “the only therapy that works.” In most cases your trusted family physician only has knowledge of conventional treatments, and is either unaware of, or even hostile toward alternative options.
No matter how many opinions you receive on how to treat your disease, you are going to make the final decision on what to do, and you must be comfortable with your decision. Choose a treatment that makes the most sense to you.
Most therapies–conventional or alternative–treat only the individual symptoms while ignoring what is ultimately causing the disease.
The reason the Gerson Therapy is effective with so many different ailments is because it restores the body’s incredible ability to heal itself. Rather than treating only the symptoms of a particular disease, the Gerson Therapy treats the cause of the disease itself.
Although we feel the Gerson Therapy is the most comprehensive treatment for disease, we don’t claim it will cure everything or everyone.
Caution: Do not start the Gerson Therapy if any of the following conditions apply without referring to Charlotte Gerson’s book, Healing the Gerson Way, or without the supervision of a Gerson doctor:
- Chemotherapy
- Diabetes
- Brain metastases
- Severe kidney damage and/or if the patient has ever been on dialysis
- Foreign bodies such as pacemakers, breast implants, steel plates or screws.
Patients must be able to eat, drink and eliminate normally.
The Gerson Therapy cannot be administered to organ transplant recipients. See our FAQs to learn more about which conditions are contraindicated for the Gerson Therapy, and which conditions respond well to the Therapy.
- FAQs: Juicing & Juicers
- Foods for the Gerson Diet (PDF)
Dr. Mark Sircus, Ac., OMD, DM (P)
Director International Medical Veritas Association
Doctor of Oriental and Pastoral Medicine
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