Radiation sickness occurs after radioactive contamination. Radioactive contamination (radio-emit rays; activus-action) is the chaotic transformation in the nuclei of elements with unstable atomic nuclei, accompanied by nuclear radiation. Today, science knows of four types of radioactivity: proton radioactivity, spontaneous fission of atomic nuclei, alpha decay, and beta decay.
● Radioactivity was first discovered in 1896 by A. Becquerel. However, the most detailed information about radiation sickness was provided by French scientists Pierre Curie and Marie Skłodowska-Curie. They discovered the radioactivity of thorium and identified radioactive elements—radium and polonium. The scientific achievements of the Curie couple were recognized with Nobel Prizes: in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911.
● Marie Skłodowska-Curie died of radiation sickness in her prime. Her work diary is kept in a museum under special protective glass because the Geiger counter, which detects nuclear radiation levels, still measures lethal radiation particles that have thoroughly impregnated the pages of her records.
Radiation Sickness – Mechanism of Development and Historical Background
● Radiation sickness develops from exposure to ionizing radiation at doses exceeding the permissible limits. Depending on the dose received, three forms of radiation sickness are distinguished: acute, subacute, and chronic radiation sickness.
● Radiation sickness primarily affects the blood-forming organs, gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, skin, and others. Mass examinations of patients with radiation sickness were first conducted by Americans in 1945 after the nuclear bombings in the cities of Japan—Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
● All research was immediately classified, but it became known that humanity had acquired a terrible weapon of mass destruction unprecedented in world history. Years passed, nuclear euphoria subsided, and all states focused on creating a new energy sector, the so-called “peaceful atom.” This direction in energy promised great benefits: with relatively low costs, the efficiency of nuclear fuel is very high.
● Everyone remembers the tragedy at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986. Many years have passed since then, but the consequences of the nuclear catastrophe have left a mark to this day. Many liquidators of the disaster’s aftermath have died, and those who survived suffer from the effects of radiation.
● Blood is the first to respond to radiation. To understand how this happens, let’s recall what blood consists of. In one cubic millimeter of blood, there are 3.9 to 5 million red blood cells (erythrocytes), 4 to 9 thousand white blood cells (leukocytes), 180 to 320 thousand platelets (colorless blood cells); in 100 ml of blood, there is 12 to 16 g of hemoglobin, with a color index of 0.9-1.0.
● In radiation sickness, the number of erythrocytes sharply decreases, the number of white blood cells increases, the level of hemoglobin drops, and the color index changes significantly. Currently, a large number of people living in Russia and the CIS countries are at “risk” for blood diseases, bronchial asthma, oncological diseases, and other severe illnesses associated with increased radioactive activity. Invisible radioactive death continues to ruthlessly affect the population of all countries and continents. How can we stop the scale of radiation sickness damage?
Radiation Sickness Treatment with Folk Remedies
● Below are recipes for herbal collections developed by a group of Ukrainian medical scientists (G.A. Gomenyuk, B.M. Guryanov, V.S. Danilenko, I.S. Chekman). The proposed collections help to mitigate the consequences of radiation exposure on the human body, as well as other adverse environmental factors.
- Recipe 1:
- 10 g of centaury herb
- 15 g of blackberry leaves
- 15 g of raspberry roots
- Grind and mix. Brew and infuse 1 tablespoon of the mixture in a glass of boiling water for 2 hours. Take half a glass 3-4 times a day.
- Recipe 2:
- 10 g of raspberry leaves
- 5 g of nettle flowers
- 10 g of blackberry herb
- 5 g of young birch branches
- Preparation and application of the infusion are the same as in the previous recipe.
- Recipe 3:
- 5 g of string herb
- 10 g of couch grass rhizomes
- 5 g of common wormwood roots
- 10 g of burdock roots
- Preparation and application of the infusion are the same as above.
- Recipe 4:
- 10 g of dog rose root
- 15 g of raspberry leaves
- 15 g of burdock root
- 5 g of Chinese tea bush leaves
- Preparation and application of the infusion are the same as above.
- Recipe 5:
- 5 g of knotweed herb
- 5 g of dog rose root
- 10 g of centaury herb
- 15 g of common wormwood roots
- Preparation and application of the infusion are the same as above.
- Recipe 6:
- 10 g of coltsfoot herb
- 10 g of common fennel fruits
- 10 g of string herb
- 10 g of cinnamon rose hips
- 10 g of field horsetail herb
- 10 g of common yarrow herb
- 10 g of Iceland moss
- 10 g of corn silk
- 10 g of black elderberry flowers
- Brew one tablespoon of the collection in half a liter of boiling water and infuse for two hours. Take warm, 50-100 ml once a day for six weeks with two-week breaks between treatment courses.
- Recipe 7:
- 4 parts of potentilla root, upright cinquefoil root, cinnamon rose hips, marshmallow root, sand sainfoin root and above-ground parts, buckwheat flowers
- 3 parts of yarrow herb and flowers
- 2 parts of oak bark or its galls, common mountain ash fruits, common cumin inflorescences, common Dubrovnik herb, common heather above-ground parts, common St. John’s wort herb and flowers, stinging nettle leaves, and smoke tree leaves
- Grind and mix all the ingredients until homogeneous. Boil 2 tablespoons of the mixture in a glass of water for 10 minutes on low heat. Remove from heat and leave for 4 hours. Use half a glass of decoction 3 times a day, half an hour before meals for 2-3 months with 5-7 day breaks every month.
- Recipe 8:
- 4 parts of cinnamon rose hips, field pennycress herb, sand sainfoin root and above-ground parts
- 3 parts of common heather above-ground parts, wild chicory roots
- 2 parts of smoke tree leaves, common wood sorrel stems, medicinal lungwort above-ground parts, buckwheat flowers, couch grass rhizomes, blue cyanus rhizomes, corn silk, oak galls, leuzea rhizomes with roots
- Boil one tablespoon of the mixed and ground mixture for 10 minutes in 200 ml of water. Let it sit for eight hours in a dark place and take half a glass 3 times a day before meals for six consecutive months (with a five-day break after each month).
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