Sericum coconum = Silk/= Seide

Outer Protection and Inner Strength on Your Journey of Life

Vergleich: Siehe: Bombyx chryossorhea + Fasergruppe + Parasitengruppe + Schmetterlinge + Teuergruppe

[Katrin Rabe]

Argiope bruennichi = Seidenbandspinne/= Tigerspinne/= Wespenspinne Quelle: remedia.at

DD.: In my test so far I have discovered similarities between Ser-coc and the following remedies:

Tela aranea: Dry, itching skin (itching + a feeling of a spider’s web spreading from the pubes, there was also a rash like nettle rash to be seen. In the case of silk cocoon,

the rash is less apparent)

Anac.: Indecisiveness, difficulties making decisions, injury of tendons (Achilles tendon)

Sil.: Good follow-up for silk, inner strength, skin

Petr.: Tab., Cocc-i.: Nausea when travelling by car

Sulph.: Skin itching, < wool

Calc-p.: The longing to travel, and if doing so, a desire to get home

Quelle: Enzian Apotheke

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Das homöopathische Mittel Sericum coconum hat in in den resonanten Verreibungen und den ersten Anwendungen am Patienten gezeigt, dass es in einigen schwierigen Lebenssituationen neue Kraft geben und dem Patienten helfen kann, Entscheidungen zu treffen und diese auch in die Tat umzusetzen.

Oftmals zeigt sich der bestehende innere Konflikt durch eine äußere Verletzung oder Entzündung, vor allem der Bänder und Sehnen. (z.B. Umknicken des Fußgelenkes mit einer Bänderzerrung, Sehnenscheidenentzündung, Tennisellenbogen).

Aber auch Ängste vor dem Reisen und Fliegen gehören zu den Indikationen die schon mit positiven Ergebnissen mit Seide in homöopathischer Aufbereitung behandelt wurden.

In Zusammenarbeit mit Laien und homöopathisch arbeitenden Heilpraktikern ist eine erste kleine Materia Medica entstanden, mit deren Hilfe das Heilmittel Sericum coconum (Seide) erfolgreich in der Praxis angewendet werden kann. Wenn Sie Interesse daran haben, können Sie hier das Dokument „Seide -äußerer Schutz und innere Stärke auf ihrer Lebensreise“ herunterladen, mit den ersten Erfahrungen, Auszügen aus den Verreibungsprotokollen sowie dem ersten Ansatz der Materia Medica von Sericum coconum.

[Vollrath et al, 2001:541-548]

Silk is mainly composed of a protein very similar to that of insects. Initially it is liquid, and hardens not by exposure to air but as a result of being drawn out. This process changes the internal structure of the protein, which is similar in tensile strength to nylon and biological materials such as chitin, collagen and cellulose, but much more elastic

[Katrin Rabe]

Actions are easier if they come from inside.

Why silk, exactly?

My dream of China

Already as a child I felt a great urge to travel to China. I didn’t know why, but I dreamt strange things about a life in China. These dreams were very vivid and surprising.

It couldn’t have been films on TV, since we didn’t own one at that time.

At the age of ten I started to actively seek contact with Chinese art. I went to every exhibition that had something at all to do with this theme. I bought books in the antiquary with pictures of Chinese paintings, in which I would immerse myself for hours at a time. I tried to replicate the Chinese painting style by copying the pictures on my own.

At about 14 I got a silk blanket for a present. I didn’t exactly like the colour, but it just felt awesome. No itching and scratching on the skin, simply soft and warm.

With that, my passion for China had become more concrete – it was silk. Painting on silk first became my hobby and later, for some years, my job. But even this was not enough to stop my longing for China.

Small accidents in life often have great consequences.

My homeopathic contact to silk began after a small accident in which I twisted my right ankle and almost tore the tendons. Acute treatment on site was with Arnica 10M, which lowered pain levels to an almost acceptable level. Further homeopathic treatment followed with Bell-p and Ruta in different potencies, which in similar cases had

always led to an improvement quite quickly. But this time the pain, the swelling and the elevated movement of the ankle persisted and after two weeks I still couldn’t walk normally, which totally contradicted my previous experiences with homeopathic treatment.

Move on and keep the goal in sight

For this reason I started looking for a better remedy. My thoughts went toward silk quickly, because it has attributes (see below “attributes”) that have much in common with our own tissues such as skin, tendons and ligaments. Since I like experimenting and using a radionic instrument, I created the homeopathic remedy silk in the potency 10M

and took it.

The positive results of this self-experiment

The effect of this treatment was surprisingly fast and powerful. In one day, all the pain and swelling were gone. After a week I had already regained the full stability and movement of the ankle. This accident was five years ago and I haven’t had another similar accident since, although this was common practice for me some 2 – 3x per year, though not as drastic as that time.

In addition to the convincing effect of this remedy in acute treatment, I have noticed many other positive effects of the remedy on psychic and physical health that I will discuss below. They acted as the basis for my further work with this remedy and therefore also are the basis for the homeopathic remedy image, which is in the making right now.

My personal encounter with silk

After this positive experience, my curiosity for this remedy was really sparked, especially because silk wasn’t available as a real homeopathic remedy at that time.

Upon a suggestion from alternative practitioner, who along with Frans Vermeulen, furthered my homeopathic development, I conducted a trituration of an untreated silk cocoon with amateurs and interested homeopaths. This very personal encounter with silk gave me much valuable information that is very important for the further development of the remedy silk cocoon and its use in homeopathic praxis. See “summary of the trituration protocols”)

History

There are many different legends about the discovery of silk. One of the best known is probably this one: At about 2640 BC Si-Ling, the wife of Chinese emperor Huang-Ti went on a walk in the imperial gardens and a silk cocoon fell in her tea cup. When she took it out again, she didn’t have a cocoon in her hand anymore, but shiny threads.

The young empress was so excited by this that she collected 1000 cocoons and wove a cloak for her emperor out of them. To her honour, the thread was called si, from

which most modern names derive (Eng: silk, Ger: Seide, Swe: silke, Jap: seri, Lat: sericum)

The production of silk is a very complicated process and therefore this valuable material was only available to the emperors and their wives. Only in the year 1200 BC, was

this privilege expanded to nobles and rich merchants. Around 300 BC the Japanese were granted the knowledge of silk production. Later on, silk found its way to the royal houses of Europe. But because of the long and dangerous journey on the Silk Road, silk was extremely rare and expensive and so means for production in Europe were sought.

The production of silk was one of the best-kept secrets in the world. Because of the death penalty, it took about 2500 years until the secret of silk-making became known outside the borders of China. The first step was teaching the nobles of the Japanese imperial court. In Europe, the secret was divulged several centuries later. Two Nestorian monks, sent by emperor Justinian of Rome, supposedly succeeded in smuggling seeds of the Mulberry tree and Bombyx eggs concealed in their walking sticks around 555 AD. This could be one of the first cases of industrial espionage and was the beginning of the expansion of silk production in the rest of Asia, to Europe and finally to America.

The silkworm moth most used for silk production is the Mulberry moth Bombyx mori. This moth was cultivated for thousands of years and is now no longer able to live in freedom. Other moths produce silk too, but not in the same quality and quantity as Bombyx mori.

The cultivation of silkworms is very delicate. Exact climatic circumstances, precise feeding and good hygiene are of the essence, since these circumstances determine the quality of the resulting silk and the silkworms are very prone to bacterial infections. The female moth lays about 500 eggs and dies after that. The eggs are oval, flat and measure between 1 and 1.5 mm in length. The fertilized eggs endure the winter and the worms hatch the next spring. In modern silk production, several methods are used

to procure more than one harvest per year.

After hatching, every silkworm eats about 25 grams of mulberry leaves in its growth span of about 30 days and exhibits an increase in weight by 8000x. At that point they cease to grow and start to construct their cocoon. In the process, every single silkworm produces one thread of about 400 to 900 meters which equals 1-2 grams of raw silk. After finishing the cocoon, the worm becomes a pupa and stays in this stadium for about 8-12 days, effectively protected from outer influences by the silk cocoon.

After this time, the metamorphosis to moth is complete. The moth then utters a secretion that dissolves the cocoon at one place so that it can hatch. This destroys the

long silk thread and the short pieces left from this kind of cocoon can only be used to fabricate lesser silk.

For this reason, the pupa are killed by means of heating or cooking, to keep them from hatching and thereby destroying the silk thread. By cooking, the silk glue is also dissolved, so that the thread can be unraveled and sent to the next stages of production, like spinning and weaving. For spinning, several threads with the extraordinary

length of several hundred meters (cotton only 15-56 millimeters) are put together according to the desired thickness.

Silk is the secretion from the silk worm’s salivary gland, out of which it makes its cocoon. It is liquid during secretion and hardens upon contact with air.

One single silk thread is made up of the surrounding Sericin and the inside consists of two strings of Fibroin, also called silk filament. The silk filament Fibroin makes up

about 70-80 % of the silk fiber. Fibroin is a sulfur-free, high-polymeric protein, so in effect; it’s a natural polyamide fiber. The repeat patterns of amino acids give silk glow, softness and elasticity.

Sericin makes up the remaining 20 - 30% of the fiber. Sericin, also called silk glue, keeps the cocoon together, meaning that it glues the threads to each other and thereby renders the cocoon stable and durable.

Other components of silk are carbohydrates with about 1.2 - 1.6%, 0.7% of organic ingredients and 0.2% natural colours.

Attributes

The real mission of the silk thread is to guard growth. To be able to fulfill this mission, silk is equipped with important and unique attributes. It is soft, protects from too

much heat and too much cold, it takes up humidity and then releases it again, it’s very tear-proof and can be damaged by very few substances, which makes it extremely durable. With these and other special qualities, silk is the foremost of natural fibers.

Some facts and figures:

Silk is one of the lightest natural fibers with a density of 1,25g/cm^3. To get 1 kg of raw silk, 5-10 kg of cocoons are used, depending on the intended quality amounting

to about 2000-6000 cocoons. The weight unit for silk is 1 Momme = 1 Pongé = 4.306g/m^2. Despite its low fiber thickness of just about 12-25µm, it has a greater ripping length (the length at which a material rips by force of its own weight) than steel. Its tensile strength is 350MPa, which means that a silk thread with a thickness of 1cm can be strained with 3.6 tons of weight without ripping. The only natural fiber with a higher tensile strength is spider’s web with 25 tons.

Other important qualities of silk, which make it especially valuable for textile industries are its high elasticity (a silk thread with a length of 1 m can be stretched more than

15 cm without ripping), a high absorption of humidity (up to 30% of its own weight without feeling wet), the great skin-friendliness (because of its organic build it allows the skin to breathe and stimulates it), its isolation capacity (against heat, cold and electricity), an ability to take up colours and its bad flammability (burning point at 171° C, suffocating flames with carbon that accumulates on its surface when burnt). All in all, silk is a very durable and stable material that only rots/ degenerates with great difficulty.

Silk is a very durable and carefree fabric, if you heed some important advice. Most important is the use of enzyme free washing agents. As silk is made up of natural protein structures it would be gradually dissolved by normal detergents. Silk should also be protected from strong sunlight, since it will otherwise bleach and become yellowish.

Also it mustn’t be tumble-dried, because that would make it shrink drastically. After washing, don’t squeeze it, and iron it when it’s still wet.

Use of silk

Silk has conquered many areas of use thanks to its many and unique qualities. The biggest area is the textile industry. Attributes like gleam, soft fall, lightness of the weave,

the absorption of colour, skin-friendliness and elasticity are important for the use of silk for luxurious clothing such as underwear, party clothing, socks and also bedclothes

and others.

The extraordinary strength of the silk weave that comes from the long fibers has caused its use in military applications. Even the Mongols are supposed to have earned a part

of their warring successes via a combination of silk, leather and light iron parts. This protective clothing was good protection against arrows. Even today’s military and also high performance sports use silk (especially in underwear) because of its ability to insulate.

In Germany, silk production was started to manufacture parachute silk for the military. It was also used to transport secret messages and maps. The messages were written on silk sheets because they are able to be folded very small and therefore easier to smuggle.

Another area of use of silk is in medicine. Since silk doesn’t degenerate in the body, silk threads were used to stitch inner and outer wounds. In surgery, silk hoses were used to replace broken veins. This application has been mostly replaced with synthetic materials.

Also in the arts, silk has its steady place. As silk paintings or in fine silk embroideries, it charms the viewer with its potent, clear colours. As strings on traditional Asian instruments, it gives them their typical sound.

In more recent times silk has conquered the cosmetics industry with a form of silk protein used in creams, shampoos and powder. The qualities that are sought after here are the absorption of humidity, the skin-friendliness and the famous silky shine.

Silk in everyday language

The German word “halbseiden” (meaning half silken) is used for persons that seem to be suspicious or questionable in one context or another. At the time this expression originated few people could afford the luxury of silk clothing. This adjective can therefore be used on people (women especially) that were in contact with these upper classes without really belonging to them.

“Silky soft, silk matte, and silken shine” are adjectives that refer to certain qualities of silk and are transferred to other materials (fabric, colours, hair, skin,…) to point out their specialty. Sometimes these words are used (advertisements of the textile industry), to make something seem more valuable than it really is.

“To hang on a silk thread” denotes an unstable, uncertain situation that can end badly. This may alludes to the seemingly very thin and frail silk thread. Another explanation could be the reference to the goddesses of fate that span the thread of fate, or to the sword of Damocles in Greek mythology that hung over Damocles on a silk thread to remind him of the evanescence of all being.

The C4-trituration of threads of an untreated silk cocoon

On 26 April 2008 six people (five women, one man) triturated silk in Vallentuna, Sweden. The outer threads of two untreated silk cocoons of Bombyx mori were used for this. They originate in China and were sponsored by the “Plauener Spinnhütte”.

The people involved were aware of the material being triturated, since this seminar was first and foremost created to give the participants an insight into C4-trituration, because it is a very efficient way to come into contact with the nature of the homeopathic remedy and get to know its therapeutic possibilities. Since a C4-trituration is a very personal process, the trituration protocols won’t be described in their entirety, but only certain passages that the participants have declared okay.

Two of the participants didn’t make insightful protocols, so their experiences named in the following evaluation are only mentioned as support for the messages the others received in the process.

GDV- bio-energy-field measurements for the documentation of energetic processes

The influence of the energetic process of silk trituration on the participants was documented by use of GDV-bio- energy field measuring. This technology makes it possible

to register changes in our status in the energetic parts of our being before these changes utter themselves through the appearance or disappearance of outer symptoms.

Since this trituration was the first event that utilised this means of documentation, only assumptions can yet be made in this publication about what the results of the measurements mean. The measurement took place for every participant right before and directly after the trituration. Measuring and evaluation was conducted by a person

who didn’t take part in the seminar and had no knowledge of the participants’ health level.

Some text passages from the trituration protocols

I want to begin with some texts from the level C4. In this step, the very essence of silk seems to walk up to us and speak directly to us. Surprising for all participants that first experienced C4-trituration in this event was the character and clearness of the messages. The messages were so to speak given to us in poetic form.

The message of silk, as stated by person 1:

silky soft

soft and tender

gentle and sensitive

my heart is compassionate

I protect the tender

I protect the growing

warmth floods through my body

I warm

I give my love to you

I give my strength and protection to you

I don’t want to know them

your doubts, for

you don’t need them

do the next step

life is full of lightness

home,

you build your home

luck,

you have all you need

believe in your power

you will reach your goal

decide,

be precise and clear

all feels easy

action is lightness,

If it comes from the inside

The message of silk, as stated by person 2:

I am the spirit of silk.

Invisible, almost,

and without outer appearances.

I know no violence,

give the weak support

bind the forces in one.

I give you power and inner peace

the tranquility of modesty

and the quiet glow

of inner strength.

So we go together

with the caravan to the east

To where the light appears

on the horizon

and every day is new

in its own beauty

See, my glow is appreciated,

my magnificence,

my gleam.

Don’t let yourself be blinded.

You have discovered me deeper.

Take my hand,

I am with you

The message of silk, as stated by person 3:

Be clean and gentle with yourself

Lightness Happiness Infinity

Eternal Quiet Rest

Young Soft Sleep

I awaken creativity.

I awaken patience.

I can help women get pregnant.

Children get security through me

“In peace and harmony” or “creative making” – the two ways of using silk

The impressions of silk as recalled by person 4:

All is well now,

can start anew without breaking

can start anew and take that which means much to me

Calmness arises.

Want to take everything more as it comes,

not always change and improve.

What is, is good.

Trust in me

Someone is above me, guarding and protecting me.

Someone is holding their hand over me.

Pure silk cleans life

Summary of the trituration themes

In the following the main themes of silk, that uttered themselves in the trituration, are summarised.

Some of these themes have already been proven correct through successful use of the remedy.

Threads and strings

The feeling of a string being pulled out of the forehead (P1)

hanging on strings and freeing self of strings (P1)

Endless thread, spinning, weaving (P2)

Seeing a blue thread in the lactose (P5)

Freedom, life and theatre

Life is like a theatre, Pinoccio, hanging on strings and freeing self from them, freedom to live your life (P1)

I show the way to freedom, parents protect and show the way to life (P1)

Here I am and I feel free (P2)

Life is like endless art and you’re your own artist, create your own life (P3)

Child wish, Pregnancy

Heat like from a baby (P1)

I can help women get pregnant (P3)

Travel, exertion on journey, not giving up

It’s a long way (p1)

Caravan, the silk balls travel behind each other like camels (p1)

China, travel to China (p1)

Eyes falling shut, tired from the long journey (p1)

I want to stop, don’t stop, go on, further, further,…(p1)

Mustn’t close eyes, or I’ll fall asleep , must keep goal in sight(p1)

Be patient, not give up, not show signs of weakness, find a shelter on the journey (p2)

The caravan goes on to the unknown, peregrination (P2)

A long way to teach self to see, to shape, to know oneself (P3)

A long journey, together (P3)

No one can stop me, I’ll get to the goal slowly, slow as a snail, a strong snail, totally dependable (P4)

An interruption destroyed the rhythm, will I find the way back? (P4)

Wanderings through wilderness to the great sea (P4)

Beauty

In the end there is beauty no one dares disturb (P2)

A seductive, beautiful woman (P3)

Silk is the essence of beauty, it dresses the gods (Aphrodite, Hercules) (P3)

Like a flower, blue and beautiful (P4)

Thinking about beautiful places, nature, fields and meadows (P4)

Protection- unprotected, tender, vulnerable

Nothing can hurt me (P1)

Protection, I protect the butterfly (P1)

I am safe in my cocoon out of pure light, silk envelopes me (P1)

Being cared for, and guarded like treasure (P1)

silky smooth, soft and tender, gentle and passionate, my heart is compassionate, I protect the tender, I protect the growing (P1)

I will protect the unprotected (P2)

Children get protection from this remedy (P3)

Not wanting to hurt, soft as silk, vulnerable and tender (P4)

someone is above me, guards and protects me (P4)

Thinking of my son, he is so vulnerable (P5)

Longing, sadness

Strong longing, tears are coming, sadness (P1)

Waving goodbye, grieving, I miss her consoling voice (P4)

Power – Gentleness

soft and gentle, tender (P1)

strong together (P1)

I have nothing but my strength, that withstands every ripping attempt (P2)

We aren’t in a hurry, we heed our strength, together we are strong (P2)

Winning through silent strength (P2)

Self secure, strong integrity, the might in oneself (P3)

Being different is strong too (P4)

A strong snail, totally dependable, carrying others far (P4)

Silence, quiet inner voice

I hear nothing around me (P1)

It needs to be quiet, the silence should overpower the sounds from the outside, listen to the inner voice (P1)

Silence is around me, and loneliness (P2)

The silent glow of inner strength (P2)

All noises disturb me, susceptible to noise, I feel the scratching in my teeth (P3)

Sensitivity to sound (P4)

Everlasting, Infinity

Dreaming, Infinity, jump into the depths like in the movie “Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger” (P1)

I rub endlessly, I want to rub in the form of infinity (P1)

The thread, endless (P2)

In the end there is beauty no one dares disturb (P2)

The well of youth is in silk and in us, it just needs to be awakened (P3)

I feel young and old at the same time (P4)

Transformation, Development, Metamorphosis

Transformation, the butterfly arises (P1)

Development to happiness (P1)

Draw new power for the new departure, being there, being strong, being ready (P2)

Accept death as a means of transformation to a new state of being (P2)

In silk are hidden all the colours of the rainbow and you can free them (P3)

I want happiness, just jumping into it and swimming, five days, then everything will be better,

Detachment from this old life? No, separation from me, from my dark side, always slowing me down (P4)

Heat

It’s getting warm, I’m getting hot (P1)

I feel heat (P1)

The heat is becoming a problem, heat is a theme of silk (P1)

Warmth floods my entire body, I warm (P1)

Heat like from a baby (P1)

I’m hot, a cool silk blouse would be nice now (P3)

It’s getting hotter (P4)

Knowledge, secret

I know too much, the knowledge is weighing me down (P1)

I feel light, without thinking, without knowing (P2)

Act in concealment (P2)

To dive into the depth of oneself to find answers (P3)

Future, confidence, lightness

Left, rub easily with the left, with the left = with ease (P1)

Thoughts about the future, the heart is filled with confidence (P1)

Your doubts, you need them not (P1)

Believe in your power, you will reach your goal (P1)

Everything feels light (P1)

Actions are lightness, if they come from the inside (P1)

Wherever we go, we will arrive (P2)

I feel at ease, without thinking, without knowledge (P2)

I have confidence and happiness, I know the way, I walk along (P2)

I feel as light as a thread of silk (P3)

Everything is good so, I am good this way, finally I’m doing something for me, a good feeling (P4)

Coherence, struggle, resistance

It’s unbelievable how tight these threads are together (P1)

Strain to rip the knot apart (P1)

Resistance, I feel the silk resisting, despite the trituration (P1)

the silk resists, the threads help each other, stick together (P1)

It sticks together, they find each other, the resistance of the weak (P2)

We stick together, we come together (P2)

We are all bound together with a single string, light and strong (P3)

Lump of silk, too big (P4)

Strain, thumb hurts (P4)

Hard to spread the silk, what a tenacious material (P5)

Feeling of harmony and of belonging together, companionship (P5)

(P1)-(P5) stand for the participants of the event. The numbers were shown to show up the similarity of the experiences

Summary of the results of the GDV-bio-energy field measurement

All participants, except for person 4 reacted on the trituration with a balancing and improvement of their emotional-energetic reaction potential. The positive effect of the combination of trituration and the energetic force of silk was visible especially in the areas of the liver, the kidneys and the right heart region. According to individual inclination, additional effects in breathing organs, mammary glands, the gallbladder, the spleen, pituitary gland and the thyroid were seen.

Participant P4 had a significantly worse energy level directly after the seminar, which means that the participant was measured again the following day. The measurement results now pointed out a strong improvement and a stabilisation even above the level of the first measurement. This shows that the trituration of silk cocoon had a healing effect on the participant.

The immediately showing energetic decline corresponds to the first reaction upon the intake of a homeopathic remedy, the rise of the emotional-energetic state is the first step on the way to healing, which in part can be seen from the quotes from Person 4.

First approaches on a remedy image of sericum coconi bombyx mori (ser-coc)

Sign

Untreated silk cocoon of the silk moth Bombyx Mori, originating from China

Affinities

Tendons, ligaments, skin, hair, women, disposition

Modalities

<: after bathing/sunlight/sun heat/before and during a journey/change in life. Better: bathing/shade/putting on lotion/after finishing travel/fresh air;

Main symptoms

M Difficulties to make decisions regarding own development

-I simply can’t decide which path of work I should take. Should I stay employee or should I dare take the step to work on my own as an alternative practitioner in my own praxis. These and similar thoughts cross my head often, also in conjunction to the accident where I twisted my ankle. About a month after taking the remedy it’s clear to me,

I resign and open my own praxis (1)

M Outer gentleness paired with inner strength, perseverance

-I feel very strong on the inside, I can persevere well without a quarrel and without raising my voice or the likes. I get compliments thanks to that: “I have never met someone that prevails so gently and still so forcefully.” (1)

M Confident, content with own looks

-Since the remedy I simply feel more beautiful and more attractive. The eyes shine, the hair does too. I like looking into the mirror again. Before I felt like I was too fat, not beautiful at all and not sexually attractive. This feeling, to feel good in my body, I love it. (3)

M Assurance and happiness

-I haven’t felt this good and confident for a long time. I am happy, almost exuberant and simply enjoy life. I laugh more often. (1)

M Anxiety before travel, tension from anticipation

-Very anxious before every journey, preparations are made early, everything is exactly organised, especially if the journey is a bit further away or to foreign countries.

Hard to go to sleep on the night before travelling, awaken much, awake early on day of travel. Have much more serenity after intake of silk. (1)

-Fear that something could happen. Can’t relax on car drive. Can’t sleep although I know I can trust the driver. Since the remedy I’m able to sleep in the car (1)

-Client, very anxious, bad sleep because of coming journey to India. With the remedy the anxiety goes away, the whole journey becomes very harmonic despite several unforeseen and unusual situations. (2)

-Shortly after triturating silk and fabricating a C30 myself, I went on a flight. Normally, I’m very nervous prior to flight and uptight during flight. With silk C30 3x 5 globuli the day before and on the day of travel, I could relish the flight; it was awesome to be in the air and watch the world from above (4)

M A want to travel – to be at home

- I want to travel, without the family, a longing for journeys to far away countries (China). Travelling seems to be a way of escaping everyday routine. When I’ve been away,

I want to return home again. Since taking the remedy, this longing for journey has decreased drastically. Also, I don’t want to go to China so badly anymore, although I still haven’t been there (1)

M Longing to wear silk clothes

- I like to wear a silk scarf or shirt now. I feel protected by it (3)

-I have always enjoyed wearing silk clothes but I believe I like it even more now. If I could afford it, I’d probably only wear silk clothes. I just feel well in them (1)

G Sleep, restful

- Since I started taking silk before going to bed at night, I sleep the whole night through and I’m even well rested in the mornings” The client took the remedy mostly because of her inner unrest because of doubts about her personal and working developments, in conjunction with tiredness because of her bad sleep (3)

G Dreams of journeys

- Travelling by train to China; wandering through China alone, in another time, want to travel to China, but miss the train or am not able to buy a ticket. These dreams have

not reoccurred since the intake of silk (1)

- Dreaming of a journey by train I want to make, but I miss the train. I’m not sad about it however, and go home (3)

G Sunlight, sun heat

- My susceptibility to sunlight has been reduced greatly. I can now relish the sunlight in my face. Before I always tried to keep at least my face shaded. Even the eyes are less sensitive, I can even partially walk in the sun without having to squint (1)

- I can take the heat of the sun much better now (1)

P Skin, Dryness and itching

- the skin, especially on legs, hands and in the face is unbearably dry. After every contact with water, particularly soap water when showering or chlorinated water in the public pool, it needs to be treated with lotion a lot, since the skin starts too itch very strongly. Sand, dust and wool worsen the itching too and contribute to the dryness.

After the intake of silk the skin gets a more healthy look. The regulation of skin humidity stabilises itself one month after the intake of silk. Since then it has only been necessary to put on lotion after contact with chlorinated water, showering and bathing no longer produce itching. (1)

P Hair, dry, brittle, tips breaking off

-The hair is very dry, lackluster, unsightly. They quickly accumulate static electricity, i.e when combing, which changed during one month since the treatment with silk.

The hair grows without breaking off, they shine and become more curly, which corresponds to the state of my hair in my childhood. (1)

P Very fine, elastic hair

- The single hairs are very thin and have the interesting feature that they are very stretchy without ripping (1)

P Extremities, sprained and ripped ligaments, ankle

- Right foot, on the outside, by slipping on stairs, strong pain, strong swelling and over - mobility of the ankle, the afflictions are lifted almost suddenly. During 12 hours,

the pain that had previously been treated with Arnica, Ruta and Bell-p to little avail, disappeared almost completely.

In one week the ankle has regained its natural mobility. Although this kind of accident had occurred several times in the past, this has not been the case since the treatment with silk (5 years). (1)

- by twisting ankle walking on rough ground (woman, 68 years), according to treating doctor the ailments healed very quickly for a woman this age. After about four weeks the client was able to walk without supports. Pain and swelling had already disappeared after 2 weeks. (2)

- by twisting ankle jumping in physical education (girl, 11 years), very quick healing in 2 weeks (2)

P Indisposition and nausea perhaps until vomiting with feeling of heat on whole body

- When driving in car, bus or on ship, better: in fresh air, by concentrated watching the way, worse: through gas-, diesel smell, curvy tracks, waves

Since treatment with silk these ailments have disappeared almost completely. The tendency to nausea only appears in extreme conditions, such as going by bus on very curvy roads, with diesel smell at the same time. Vomiting hasn’t reoccurred since. (1)

P Extremities, tendons, inflammation

Tendon sheath inflammation in left wrist

Mrs. B is Physiotherapist and overworked. Since a few weeks back she has a tendon sheath inflammation in the left wrist, the usual remedies do not work. Silk C30 3x daily for 10 days brought complete healing (4)

-Inflammation of the Achilles tendon

Mr. A works physically intense. He has an inclination to Achilles tendon inflammations. When he was treated with silk C30 3 times daily in 2009, he had no more inflictions after 4 days.

A repeat case in 2010 healed in 3 days (4)

Possibly the following remedies should be taken into account because of the similarities in their making:

Tela aranea,

Clam’s wool of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis

Bombyx mori because of the familiarity

Follows well upon: Arn. Bel-p.

Complementary to: Symph. Arn. Ruta

Repertorium:

Mind: Disposition – longing for travel

Thoughts about future

Fear - of travel/flying on a plane/before the beginning of journey/of the future

Dreams: travel – by train/to China

Eye: photophobia – < through sunlight

Stomach: nausea – on a plane/y in a car/< in a bus

Glieder: Sprains, distortions – ankle (r./recurring)

Distortions – ankle/light

Injured tendons

inflammations – tendons/shank, Achilles tendon

Head: hair – dryness/elastic/brittle, breaking

Skin: dry

Itching (< wool/by dryness/> rubbing/without rashes/after bathing)

Generals: Injury of tendons (ruptures, ripping)

Weakness in heat of sun heat

Travel – afflictions by

Airsickness

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Seide - ein Geschenk der Natur für unsere Gesundheit

Letztendlich sind es ja meist die sogenannten Zufälle, die uns gänzlich unerwartete, völlig neue Erfahrungen ermöglichen. „Zufall“ im Sinne von „es fällt uns etwas zu“.

So bin ich bis heute ungemein dankbar für den „Zufall“, dass ich auf einer Messe in Salzburg die studierte Raumgestalterin und Inhaberin des Unternehmens „RaumKultur.eu“, Ursula Daffner, kennenlernte, weil das völlig unerwartete Erfahrungen für mich provozierte.

Das kleine Unternehmen trägt den programmatischen Untertitel „Seide in Hülle & Füllung“. Im Sinne der für meine journalistischen Übungen unverzichtbaren Selbsterfahrung stellte mir Frau Daffner für die folgende Nacht eine Seidendecke zur Verfügung. Dieser „Zufall“ hat meinen Schlaf (als oft genug unterschätzten, aber so wichtigen Teil der Lebensqualität überhaupt) bis heute grundlegend verändert.

Es war auf Anhieb ein völlig neues Schlafgefühl. Das Erleben einer neuen Leichtigkeit. Aber auch ein neuer taktiler Genuss.

Seide fühlt sich bekanntlich ohnehin besonders angenehm an. Aber von einer Seidendecke, die sich anschmiegt wie eine zweite Haut, umhüllt zu werden, das ist Wohlbefinden pur. Im Laufe der Zeit habe ich dann erfahren, wie optimal dieses Leichtgewicht dennoch einen idealen Wärmeausgleich liefert. Bei Kälte und bei Hitze. Und bei Feuchtigkeit. Ich komme darauf zurück.

Natürlich wäre das alles noch kein Grund, diese Erfahrungen im Paracelsus-Magazin zu veröffentlichen, wenn mich diese glückbringenden Erlebnisse nicht in berufsbezogener Obliegenheit hätten neugierig werden lassen auf alles, was mit Seide in Verbindung zu bringen ist. Und gerade unter dem Aspekt Seide und Gesundheit tat sich ein ganz neues Seiden-Universum für mich auf.

Doch der Reihe nach. Natürlich würde es sich jetzt für einen Fachartikel gehören, dass ich Sie zunächst ganz grundsätzlich in die Welt der Seide einführe. Es würde sich sehr lohnen, glauben Sie mir. Aber leider auch den Raum dieses Artikels bei Weitem sprengen. So bleibt mir stellvertretend nur der Verweis auf schon Vorhandenes. Wenn Sie sich z.B. bei „Galileo“ einmal das 16-minütige Video zum Thema Seide anschauen, dann können Sie sich auch ohne meine diesbezügliche Hinführung locker als Fachmann/Fachfrau auf diesem Gebiet fühlen.

Wenigstens sollen Sie aber auch jetzt schon erfahren, warum dieser Artikel ausschließlich von der Maulbeerseide handelt. Der Baumeister der Seide ist nämlich der domestizierte Seidenspinner Bombyx mori. Da dieser sich nur von den Blättern des Maulbeerbaums ernährt, wird von Maulbeerseide gesprochen, der hochwertigsten der vielen Seidensorten, die sich auf dem Markt tummeln.

Gerade dieser Seidenfaden zeichnet sich neben seinem charakteristischen Glanz und seinem absolut gleichmäßigen Faden durch eine hohe Festigkeit aus, wirkt isolierend gegen Kälte im Winter und kühlend im Sommer und kann bis zu einem Drittel seines Gewichts an Wasser einlagern. Eine Eigenschaft, die ihn ebenfalls ganz besonders für

den Einsatz als Bettwäsche prädestiniert.

Wenden wir uns jetzt dem eigentlichen Thema dieses Artikels zu:

Seide und Gesundheit

Natürlich beginnt auch diese Betrachtungsweise mit der zentralen Figur all dessen, was mit dem Thema Seide zu tun hat, der Seidenraupe. Seide besteht aus dem Eiweiß Fibrin. Symbiotische Bakterien, die in der Darmwand der Seidenraupe leben, bilden ein starkes proteolytisches Enzym namens Serrapeptidase oder Serrapeptase. Proteolytische Enzyme spalten Eiweiße in Aminosäuren auf und sind u.a. wichtig für die Wundheilung. Weitere Einsatzgebiete sind rheumatische Erkrankungen, Entzündungen, Allergien, Thrombosen, Infektionen etc. Ganz nebenbei bemerkt, spielt die Seidenraupe selbst in der TCM nach wie vor eine wichtige Rolle und ist der Lieferant einiger Stoffe, die in den chinesischen Apotheken bis heute verarbeitet werden.

Aufgrund der erwähnten, der Haut ähnlichen Zusammensetzung der Eiweißstoffe der Seide selbst bietet sich Seidenwäsche insbesondere bei neurodermitisgereizter Haut und Entzündungen, Erythemen und Akne an (British Journal of Dermatology, 2004). Frau Daffner berichtete mir von vielen von Neurodermitis und Bronchitis geplagten Kindern, die mit den Seidendecken eine völlig neue Lebensqualität bekommen hätten. Aber auch bei besonders trockener Haut, Ekzemen und Pilzinfektionen sowie bei übermäßiger Schweißproduktion soll Seide indiziert sein.

„Textilien aus hochwertiger Naturseide haben wegen ihrer außergewöhnlich langen Faserlänge kaum herausstehende Faserenden, welche die Haut reizen könnten“, interpretiert Professor Dirk Höfer vom Internationalen Textilforschungszentrum Hohenstein in Bönnigheim, Baden-Württemberg, das spezifische Seidengefühl. Mit der Schlafkomfortnote 1.0 (sehr gut) bei warmem Klima und 1.0 bei kaltem Klima haben die renommierten Hohenstein-Institute, die die Bett- und Schlafkultur in Deutschland nach sehr strengen Maßstäben bewerten und eher sehr zurückhaltende Wertungsnoten abgeben, das objektiviert, was mein oben genannter subjektiver Test spontan ähnlich herausragend beurteilt hatte. Und geben als Resümee eine „sehr gute Schlafempfehlung für Allergiker bzw. unter Hauterkrankungen leidende Menschen“. (Prüfnummer HL 10.4.6613)

Die „Apotheken-Umschau“ berichtete in ihrer Februar-Ausgabe, dass Wissenschaftler der Universität Bayreuth derzeit untersuchen, wie biotechnisch bearbeitete Seidenpartikel für den Transport medizinischer Wirkstoffe in den Organismus genutzt werden könnten. Darüber hinaus bestehe das Ziel, mit Seidenproteinen künstliches Zellgewebe herzustellen. Und zusammen mit der Universität Würzburg testete das Team um Professor Thomas Scheibel Seidenfilmbeschichtungen für Brustimplantate aus Silikon. Diese sollen eine Barriere zwischen dem Silikon und dem umliegenden Gewebe bilden und durch die seidentypischen Oberflächeneigenschaften die Implantate für die Patientinnen erträglicher machen.

„Seide tut der Haut gut“, betont Prof. Dr. med. Pen Yu Ho Fang vom Institute of Medicine Human Research in Guilin in „Papers of RIMHE“, der darauf verweist, dass in einer umfassenden Feldstudie in China diese Erkenntnisse der Erfahrungsheilkunde wissenschaftlich bestätigt werden konnten. Und Dr. Jürg Reinhardt richtet in seinem Buch „Sanfte Heilpraxis mit selbstgemachten Medikamenten“ (Hallwag-Verlag) den Fokus der Seide auf das Licht. Weil die Raupe das Licht der Sonne in sich aufsauge und zum Seidenfaden wandele. So ist das entsprechende Kapitel überschrieben: „Die Seide, das Gewand aus Licht bei Depressionen.“ Er rekapituliert: „Was ist ein Seidenfaden? Ein Sonnenstrahl.“

Seide und Hausstaubmilben

Deren wissenschaftlicher Name Dermatophagoides verrät ihre besondere Passion: „Hautfresser“. Hausstaubmilben ernähren sich nämlich von unseren abgefallenen Hautschuppen, von denen wir bis zu 1,5 g pro Tag verlieren. Diese Schuppen müssen aber erst von Schimmelpilzen der Gattung Aspergillus verdaut werden, bevor sie für die Milben nutzbar sind. Da die Milben diesen Pilz auch auf ihrem Körper tragen, wird er bei ihren Bewegungen ständig verteilt. Ihr Kot enthält allergieauslösende Bestandteile, die sich als feiner Staub mit einer Partikelgröße von etwa 35 μm verteilen, eingeatmet werden und Allergien wie z.B. die besonders naheliegende Hausstauballergie hervorrufen können.

Da die Hausstaubmilben ihre idealen Lebensbedingungen bei Temperaturen um die 25° C und einer relativen Luftfeuchte von 70% haben, bieten wir ihnen mit unseren Daunenbetten ein ideales Zuhause an. Die höchste Konzentration befindet sich im Kopfkissen, weil dort reichlich Hautschüppchen als Futter sowie viel Wärme und Feuchtigkeit vom Kopf des Schlafenden anfallen.

Allein durch das Atmen scheidet der Mensch pro Nacht 250 bis 400 ml Wasser aus. Ein milbenfreies Daunen-Kopfkissen gibt es daher nicht. Es kann leicht bis zu 400 000 Milben enthalten.

Eine einzige Hausstaubmilbe produziert ca. 20 Kotkügelchen am Tag. Ein Teelöffel voll Schlafzimmerstaub enthält deshalb im Schnitt fast 1 000 Milben und 250 000 winzigste Kotkügelchen.

Warum ich diese unappetitliche Geschichte so ausgebreitet habe? Ganz einfach:

Weil Seidenbettdecken und Seidenkissen Haustaubmilben und anderen allergieauslösenden Stoffen überhaupt keine Chance lassen. Auch Motten und Pilzen nicht.

Seide und Klimatisierung

Sie wissen es bereits, dass Maulbeerseide eine herausragende Wärme- und Kälteisolation bietet. Aufgrund der chemischen und mikrofaserartigen Struktur kann sie darüber hinaus Temperaturen aufnehmen, speichern und regulieren. So wird die Körpertemperatur sehr schnell aufgebaut und gespeichert. Überschüssige Wärme gibt Seide im langfädigen Seidenvlies ab. So gibt es weder Kältezonen noch Hitzestau in Verbindung mit der dann unabweislich folgenden Verdunstungskälte am Körper. Oft genug Ausgangspunkt von Erkältungen und vieler anderer Krankheiten, u.a. des Bewegungsapparates.

Seide und Feuchtigkeitsmanagement

Seide hat eine Feuchtigkeitsaufnahme von 30%. Der von Daunen liegt z.B. bei 8,5%, bei Mikrofasern bei 2,5%. Seide ist deshalb besonders gut in der Lage, Feuchtigkeit aufzunehmen und – was natürlich noch viel wichtiger ist: durchzulassen. Im Nachtschlaf verliert der Körper bis zu einem halben Liter Flüssigkeit. Mit der Maulbeerseidendecke wird diese Feuchtigkeit höchst effizient abtransportiert und belastet nicht als Wasserdampf bzw. direkte Feuchtigkeit. Wir alle wissen, dass wir ansonsten dazu neigen, die Decke zur Seite zu werfen oder die Beine aufzustellen, sodass mit der zu starken Abkühlung der Haut durch Zugluft natürlich in der Folge oft ganz erhebliche Probleme mit unserem gesamten Bewegungsapparat prädestiniert sind. Ursula Daffner ergänzt, dass gerade bei Menschen mit Schweißproblemen am Kopf ein Seidenkissen mit einer 100%igen Maulbeerseidenfüllung sofort seine positive Wirkung auf den klimatischen Ausgleich zeige.

Quasi als Zusammenfassung der Themen Klimatisierung und Feuchtigkeitsmanagement weiß Ursula Daffner zu berichten, dass sich beide Eigenschaften besonders positiv bei den klimakterischen Beschwerden während der Wechseljahre auszeichnen. Die kurzen, aber häufigen Hitzewallungen ziehen im Anschluss meist ein Frösteln nach sich, was den erholsamen Schlaf ständig unterbricht und sich wiederum auf die Stimmungslage und erhöhte Reizbarkeit am Tag als Teufelskreis auswirke. Da die Maulbeerseidendecke das Wärmeklima und die Körperfeuchtigkeit effizient reguliere, würde es auch während des Klimakteriums -so die Erfahrungen von Ursula Daffner- viel eher zu einem erholsamen und durchgängigen Schlaf kommen. Dies bestätigt auch die Umweltmedizinerin

Prof. Dr. Ingrid Gerhard, die im „Netzwerk Frauengesundheit“ unter dem Titel „Gesunder Schlaf in Seide – ein Geschenk der Natur“ über ihre eigenen Erfahrungen mit diesem ganz besonderen Stoff berichtet.

Neue biochemische Forschungen belegen, dass die in der Maulbeerseide vorhandenen Aminosäuren beruhigende Auswirkungen auf das zentrale Nervensystem haben. Diese als „Sleep-Faktor“ bekannte Tatsache wirke beruhigend auf das zentrale Nervensystem, vertiefe den Schlaf und verbessere somit die Lebensenergie.

Die sich höchst engagiert für die Themen Raum- und Schlafkultur einsetzende Inhaberin des Unternehmens „RaumKultur.eu“ ergänzt, dass aufgrund der antibakteriellen Wirkung der Seide ein Vollseidenkopfkissen auch bei Migräne, Stirnhöhlen- und Zahnschmerzen schon so manche schlaflose Nacht erspart habe.

Seide und Baubiologie

Um die der Seide nachgesagte abschirmende Wirkung gegen geopathische und Elektrosmog-Strahlung operationalisieren zu können, hat Ursula Daffner eine darauf spezialisierte Firma für Messtechnik beauftragt, die Bettdecken, Bettauflagen und Kopfkissen aus Maulbeerseide auszumessen. Die entsprechenden Messdaten, die gern angefordert werden können, ergeben z.B., dass

die angebotene Abschirmdecke Hartmannkreuzungen von der vorher vorhandenen Intensität 3 (stark) auf die Intensität 6-7 (unbedenklich) reduziere. Die prinzipiell gleichen Ergebnisse mit ähnlichen Messwerten ergaben sich bei Currykreuzungen und Wasseradern. Dagegen stiegen die die feinstoffliche Energie messenden Boviseinheiten allein durch die Verwendung der Bettauflage von 6 700 auf 7 500. Mit der H3-Antenne gemutet, ergebe sich der Wert: „Guter Schlaf und Lebenskraft“.

Eine (messtechnische) Erfahrung, die Günter Engelhardt vom „Forschungskreis für Geobiologie Dr. Hartmann e. V.“ in Gänze bestätigt. Die Messungen an der Seiden-Abschirmdecke ergaben nach seinen Angaben im Georhythmogramm eine deutliche Beruhigung der Widerstandswerte der Haut bezüglich Erdstrahlen und Verwerfungen. Geringere Widerstandswerte lassen auf einen ungestörten bzw. entstörten Platz schließen. Günter Engelhardt will nunmehr die Langzeitwirkung dieses zunächst gemessenen Kurzzeiteffekts überprüfen.

Zum Thema Baubiologie ist nachzutragen, dass Seide nicht brennbar ist. Diese natürlich auch zuhause äußerst beruhigende Eigenschaft ist für Hotels und Pflegeeinrichtungen ein nicht hoch genug einzuschätzender Vorteil. Daneben ist sie auch sehr hygienisch. Natürlich sind diese und alle anderen bereits vorgetragenen Besonderheiten der Maulbeerseide auch und gerade für Kliniken und Hotels mit besonders hohem Anspruch prädestiniert. So hat z.B. die auf Krebsleiden spezialisierte Privatklinik Marinus am Stein in Brannenburg am Inn eine diesbezügliche Vorreiterrolle übernommen und Klinikbetten mit Maulbeerseide ausgestattet. Die betroffenen Patienten berichten über „einen erholsamen Schlaf als eine Quelle der Gesundheit“.

Ebenfalls nicht hoch genug einzuschätzen ist ein weiteres wichtiges Merkmal der Maulbeerseide, dass nämlich diese Seidendecken naturbelassen und vollständig frei von Chemie hergestellt werden. So verwundert nach dem hier Gesagten nicht mehr, dass die renommierte Krankenkasse Barmenia ihren Mitgliedern die besonders wohltuenden und sich positiv auf einen guten Schlaf auswirkenden leichten und luftigen Decken aus Seide ans Herz legt.

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