[QUESTION]  11/03/2009: Joe from Wpb, Fl writes: "Ted I switched to the use fluoride free water and toothpaste recently. How long do we need to take the borax mix 1/4 tsp in 1 ltr water, 5 days on / 2 days off, to rid body of fluoride exposure? How often do we use for prevention ? How well Does Borax help with systemic fungal issues? Does it chelate other metals or toxins?"

[YEA]  09/15/2006: Brandi from McCormick, SC writes: "I just wanted to say that I found this web-site today and thought I would try the ACV to lose weight and feel better. I am 75lbs now and will update later. I was wanting to let people know that you can mix it in with Sunny D and it's actually good! I gag on things very easy so I thought I would not be able to drink this stuff but I had some sunny d. and thought I would try it in it and it was very good. I won't have a problem drinking this at all!"

07/16/2008: Abby from Chicago, IL writes: "Bandi. You are only 75lbs now, and are trying to lose weight with ACV? That must be a typo?"

01/26/2009: Rachel from Kalispell, MT writes: "Just keep in mind that of everything that you could mix ACV with, Sunny D is probably one of the worst. Is there even any real juice in that stuff? It's primarily sugar and artificial flavors which could be contributing to your weight problem. I'd go for 100% organic juice if I were you."

[QUESTION]  11/03/2009: Joe from Wpb, Fl writes: "Ted I switched to the use fluoride free water and toothpaste recently. How long do we need to take the borax mix 1/4 tsp in 1 ltr water, 5 days on / 2 days off, to rid body of fluoride exposure? How often do we use for prevention ? How well Does Borax help with systemic fungal issues? Does it chelate other metals or toxins?"

[QUESTION]  11/03/2009: Chaste from Miami, Fl writes: "I was wondering if CoQ10 supplements can be taken with H2O2 therapy with out hindering the benefits of either. If so, can you please provide a recommended dosage?"

11/03/2009: Chantelle from Mancelona, Mi, USA writes: "Hiv is not the cause of AIDS but an inflammatory pathogen called mycoplasma incognitus when it begins to spread."

[WARNING!]  09/17/2009: Chantelle from Mancelona, Mi, USA writes: "I am dying from AIDS. I was healthy with it since 1993. Then 4 months ago I began to drink lemon juice. This activated the virus mycoplasma and my skin began to turn purple. You can live with hiv for a long time if you stay away from citric acid, this is how it grows.

All these cures are toxic and useless.

Eat chicken soup and stay away from citrus and sugar fruit and you will be healthy. But it is the lemon juice that caused my body to break down. I would stay away from Vitamin C also, acidifies the body, no matter what they say. I am living proof."

09/17/2009: Kathy from Dubois, Pa writes: "I am sorry that you are in such bad shape, and I am not trying to argue with you, but how long have you been off the lemon juice (citric acid) and Vitamin C, because skin turning purple is symptomatic of scurvy. Viruses are notorious for depleting the body of Vitamin C at an astoundingly rapid rate, and when people get ebola virus, for instance, what they really die of is hemmorage brought on by rapid Vitamin C depletion, also known as fulminating scurvy.

p.s. Vitamin C should always be taken in a buffered form (sodium ascorbate, calcium ascorbate, etc.)

I also have a question for you: can you tell us just what it is about citric acid that causes the problem, and why did you start using large amounts of lemon juice?

p.p.s. Large amounts of Vitamin C, taken without also increasing the amounts of bioflavanoids in your diet, can cause problems because of bioflavanoid depletion."

09/18/2009: Chantelle from Mi, Mi writes: "No other animals eat lemons. Lemon juice kills plants, frogs, and bugs.

They say avoid citrus for herpes and mumps. The Eskimo Diet no one got scurvy, you can get vitamin c through vegetables. They tell Africans with hiv to eat lemons and they are dying.

All the drug addicts used lemon to shoot their heroin and died of fungal infections.

Fungus loves lemon and the citrus peels.

I drank 4 glasses of lemon water for 2 weeks. I lost my saliva and my glands swelled, my skin looks diseased.

The only way I get saliva is sea salt water. Vinegar will also destroy your body or fermentation. Baking Soda or Borax is poison, too caustic.

In chinese medicine citrus is considered too yin, causing spleen deficiency.

There is no cure for AIDS just don't eat citric acid and you won't need to worry. I remember having cat scratch fever as a child, I drank orange juice and it developed into a tumor. Growing up in Florida, everyone had skin cancer from two things, citrus and sun. Citrus demineralizes and destroys. You don't need to believe me, but I know."

09/18/2009: Kathy from Dubois, Pa writes: "Its not a matter of believing or not believing you...nor do I have AIDS...I was just wondering about what the science would be. Italians eat alot of citrus peels, and they have one of the lowest rates of skin cancer in the world, even though they live in a very sunny climate. But unless its organic, citrus fruits have high levels of pesticides, which bind to the oils in the citrus peels, which in turn are incorporated into your cellular membranes. In particular, non-organic citrus peel can contain high levels of pesticides that act as cholerestinase inhibitors. I can see how THAT would cause cancer, but not how citrus peels per sey are carcinogenic. I am very sorry that you are in such poor health, and so unhappy, though. Please do accept my sympathy for your plight."

09/18/2009: Chantelle from Mancelona, Mi, usa writes: "Lemon brings toxins out in the organs and skin. With hiv and mycoplasma you are unable to rid your body of these toxins causing acidemia and a viral attack on the organs. It is better to keep the hiv mycoplasma calm."

09/18/2009: Kathy from Dubois, Pa writes: "p.s. When the Inuit lived mainly by hunting, they got their Vitamin C by eating the adrenal glands of the animals they killed...adrenal glands are very high in Vitamin C."

11/03/2009: Chantelle from Mancelona, Mi, USA writes: "Hiv is not the cause of AIDS but an inflammatory pathogen called mycoplasma incognitus when it begins to spread."

11/03/2009: Clint from Wauconda, Il writes: "I have to disagree with the advice to take any vitamin C when taking MMS as it counters the effects of the MMS according to Jim Humble. As far as l-lysine is concerned ,it doesn't kill viruses but thwarts their proliferation which keeps the counts down and makes it easier for the body to erradicate. (for the person with aids) Best wishes"

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  04/27/2009: Male_46_HIV from New York, NY writes: "Hello. I took MMS for some weeks, stopped and am at it again for about 6 weeks. I worked my way up to 15 drops, with 5 times that much citric acid as activator, 3 times a day. If I could afford IV ozone, I'd be taking that instead, because I think that will beat HIV for me. (Had it over twenty years. Finally, something I'm slow to get that I don't need to feel bad about hahahaha! I took the drugs for a year but stopped. I don't trust them and I think other approaches have been overlooked.)

Jim Humble and others have pointed out that if you take MMS, you need to replace electrolytes and a be concerned about a few other things I am not qualified to tell you about. Caveat emptor. I will stop taking it after a certain amount of time, as I do not think taking this amount indefinitely is good.

I don't know if it's doing anything against HIV for me. My symptoms are swollen adenoid and parotid cysts on both sides of my head. I do not think MMS affected these either way.

However, when I first took a larger dose, after working up to it, I got a huge energy boost and my breathing improved. (I still smoke.) I have gotten used to the MMS and now that I think of it, I have gotten used to those two improvements as well. I used to be in a hideous mental fog, which MMS got rid of, and which I no longer have. It gave me diarrhea at first but that went away. I seldom get the nausea but it was hard to get down at first. So it has done about what I read it would do, and I like it.

Jim Humble is Da Man! I suggest you watch some of his videos and see what a nice way he has about him. He learned Reikki, about which I know nothing, but he seems to help the little boy he treats on his video. See how he talks? Humble has it upstairs for that healing talk, the doctors don't always learn that in the home, or in the community, where Humble probably did. As for his lack of medical or scientific training (I think he said he had a chemistry degree or at least credits) I note he is careful in all his approaches. He experimented carefully, and note he starts on himself. If the rest of the scientific and medical community would please pull their heads out of that dark place, maybe I would not be turning to the Internet and generally ignoring them, unless I need a wound stitched. (The local hospital did save my life, when I foolishly let myself dehydrate after food poisoning. My kidneys had quit working. The stuff they do right, they really do right.)

I will be looking to see if the adenoid and parotid cysts clear, as HIV is presumably what has caused them to enlarge. Humble has suggested a time at least twice as long as I have been taking it this time around. I will be pleasantly surprised if the virus clears. I don't monitor my bloodwork so have no stats for you.

Good luck to you all!"

04/27/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn writes: "Hello male_46: Have you tried L-lysine & Vitamin C on your HIV+? It is a virus, and l-lysine hits a lot of viruses. I used to work with a fellow who had AIDS, and saw him frequently having the doctor look at his throat. Waiting to catch him without an audience, I asked him if he ever thought about using L-lysine which killed off a lot of viruses to combat the AIDS, and told him that was what I would be trying first if I had the problem. He then asked me what it was and where he could get it and how much to take. After answering his questions: it's an amino acid, get it lots of places like health food places, walmart's, walgreens,etc, and to take 2 grams 4 times a day. I never talked with him about it afterwards, but he started looking healthier and happier and a few months later I heard that he had turned in his resignation and was entering Art School, so he most likely found it helped.

If you can get your hands on a copy of "Your Own Perfect Medicine", you might want to read on urine therapy for AIDS. It has been awhile, but I do recall at least one male who said that is what he has been doing for several years and the picture they showed of him certainly didn't look like an AIDS patient. I think I would try the L-lysine and Vitamin C to boost the immune system first because I would find it a little hard to get past drinking my urine, even though I know that it has been used to save lives when blood plasma wasn't available. Somehow IV urine therapy sounds more appealing to me than oral urine therapy. A patient told me that this idea originated from the Bible wherein it mentions "drinking from your own fountain"."

11/03/2009: Clint from Wauconda, Il writes: "I have to disagree with the advice to take any vitamin C when taking MMS as it counters the effects of the MMS according to Jim Humble. As far as l-lysine is concerned ,it doesn't kill viruses but thwarts their proliferation which keeps the counts down and makes it easier for the body to erradicate. (for the person with aids) Best wishes"

As a last comment on this important letter I am sending to you. I am telling you that GARLIC CAN AND WILL STOP THE THREAT IMEDIATELY, even before the vacine arrives and is available Garlic can help You and will save you!

From Your concerned friend and fellow American.
Barry W, Bittinger Sr"

EC: You can find Barry's 04/11/2007 post on the cancer page here: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/cancer3.html#GARLIC

11/03/2009: Reikigirl from Millstone Twp., Nj writes: "Mini Beet Protocol: Read about the MBP some time ago, just bought a juicer, had all the ingredients so I gave it a try today. Mixed 1 tsp. cinnamon in 2 tbsp. warm water and drank...it tasted fine...followed that with a cup of water...juiced 1/4 cup asparagus, 1/4 cup beets, mixed together and drank... tasted like beet juice, really no asparagus taste to it...then ate a large apple followed by 10 baby carrots...no nausea...I feel just fine...will continue to follow this increasing amount of juice each week as directed. I am 51 and hoping to see an improvement in wrinkles and cellulite. I am 7 lbs. away from my goal weight and need to firm up my body. Will report back each week."

Sorry everyone, if you can't find a post, please ask us where we posted it. It can be a little confusing since Ted is suddenly answering a slew of questions!"

I have a few cases who actually benefited from aspirin 500 mg, dissolved in a cup of water (taken only when there IS a problem) and iodine (lugol's supplement) taken at 2-4 drops plus 1000 mg of vitamin C taken at the same time, preferably in the form of sodium ascorbate. It tends to be warming the heart area when an iodine is taken, assuming that there is subclinical iodine deficienc of course. The iodine of 2-4 drops is taken in the form of lugols's solution, in a cup of warm water, along with the vitamin C. Whether a vitamin C 1000 mg or 500 mg, depend on individual needs, for me iodine seems to work better if 1000 mg of vitamin Ci is taken so that possible side effect of a mild headache does not occur, whenever an iodine is taken. However, if iodine lugol's solution is mixed in one liter of water, the problem of mild headaches doesn't occur as it is diluted one liter, and taken over the course of a day. Still the vitamin C 1000 is needed, but individual preference may prefer 500 or 1000 depending on the size and weight of the individual."

[YEA]  11/23/2007: June from Ks, Ks writes: "I have read in several different places Ted's recommendations for taking potassium citrate and magnesium citrate for a variety of problems. The latest was a cure/prevention for heart palpitations. I've suffered from heart palpitations (HP) for 10 years. The severity of the palpitations has varied over the years but lately, for some reason, they had become extremely troublesome.

This problem runs on my mother's side of the family and I know my mother and her sister's solution has been to take prescription drugs, regardless of their serious side effects. The Rx approach has never worked for me so I am always looking for alternative remedies. I had used hawthorn to treat my heart issue and avoiding sugar and alcohol are also important. But lately nothing was working. I have taken CoQ10 in the past, but it is very expensive and difficult to take continuously because of the price.

Finally, I came back to earthclinic to do some further research and read where Ted said he had treated a woman with HP using potassium and magnesium citrates to replace electrolytes. I had already searched for these products from my supplement companies I use and could not find them and was wondering how to replace my electrolytes without drinking the sugary sports drinks that claim to replace electrolytes. I found the solution at a local pharmacy this week where I had gone to purchase iodine (another home remedy suggested here). I happened upon a $4 bottle of generic brand pediatric electrolyte solution used for preventing dehydration. The ingredients include: water, dextrose, citric acid, potassium citrate, sodium chloride, sodium citrate and benzoic acid. It's the closest product I could find to Ted's recipe. I figured I would give it a shot.

The result has been very positive. My HP almost immediately ceased upon taking the first dose. I've only had a few mild palpitations since I began taking the product 3 days ago. Even though I had several (mildly sweet) desserts during the Thanksgiving holiday (and two beers) I did not have the normal reaction of terrible HP that I could have previously expected before taking the electrolyte solution.

I know the best remedy is to avoid sugar and alcohol all together. And while I closely monitor my intake of those items it's not realistic for me to give them up completely. I will always want to enjoy a dessert on occasion and a beer once in a while.

I do hope the electrolyte solution continues to work for me. The taste is not unpleasant and is of citrus. It seems like there is only enough dextrose to make it palatable. There were two bottles to choose from, one was clear and the other was colored orange and contained acesulfame potassium, an artificial sweetener I try to avoid. I chose the clear product.

I hope this information helps someone else. And thanks to Ted for the suggestion on an electrolyte cure for HP!"

11/24/2007: Joyce from Joelton, Tn writes: "To June from Ks (ll/23/07) google MSG, aspartame-read unwanted side effects of both- make a list of names they hide them under & then go to your kitchen and look for them in the ingredients in the foods you are eating. Trying to get rid of them isn;t easy. My niece says it takes her 4 hours longer to grocery shop now that she is looking for them in the ingredients before she buys foods containing them."

11/28/2007: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Thanks for the feedback!

I know the best remedy is to avoid sugar and alcohol all together.

Yes, in case the sugar is unavoidable, take plenty of water, such as one full glass. For example if one glass of solution contains 10% sugar, taken an extra glass of water would reduce the sugar concentration by 5%. A sugar level of 2% is generally benign and 5% is tolerable over the short run, but not recommended which is about the same as the concentration of urine sugar in a healthy individual.

Most problems of the heart is the electrolyte imbalance. In one instance when nothing can be found, a simple sea salt, 1/4 teaspoon is helpful too. Sometimes I found a heart palpitation is initiated by a long term low grade fever from cavities in the teeth of all places. In case of a low grade fever and a low level septicemia, frequently an aspirin 250 mg dissolve in 1/2 glass of water, will digest the low grade fever once the aspirin dissolved in water reaches the blood stream.

As a footnote, a famous comedian, Paul Lynde, who was a regular at Hollywood Squares and Bewitched died of a heart attack in 1982. His heart looked like an 80 year old man even though he died at the age of 56. The reason was the alcohol he drinks excessively. Alcohol tends to destroy the liver function and the nutrients in the liver could not supply food for the heart to beat, and this destroys the heart.

To further support heart function, 1 tablespoon of granulated lecithin will help and some weekly dose of vitamin B50 complex and vitamin C sodium ascorbate. It SHOULD BE noted that the most frequent deficiency I seen is the electrolyte, vitamin B50 and vitamin C, all these are water soluble and all these are related to heart problems. It is no wonder why people have heart attack, water soluble nutrients get depleted fairly quickly and we get deficient just as fast.

Drinking alcohol may also increase the free radical iron, and a green tea with no sugar and no milk will bind most of the free metal iron that tends to accumulate in the heart.

Still, electrolyte solution is still the best for most heart palpitation problems. The major electrolytes that is important is sea salt, magnesium, and potassium. The use of citrate is important to alkalize the body and permit healing."

[WORKED TEMPORARILY]  11/01/2009: Will Jones from Batam, Indonesia writes: "After getting horibly short of breath and sometimes even distressed after a sudden bout of heavy exersise (e.g. climbing a few flights of stairs), an ECG reported that I have AF (Atrial Fillibration). I am a 59 year old male who eats of high plant low meat diet but drinks too much coffee and beer.

The local Indonesian doctor who found the AF issue, suggested a typical Big Pharma regimen of nasty drugs. I recalled a friend who said he had dealt with bad heart palpitations using Mg (Magnesium) plus other minerals and vitamin supplements.

Before coming here to EC, I researched the topic and found that in emergency rooms, Mg is often introduced intraveneously to control bad cases of AF.

While visiting Australia last week, I bought some large bottles of Mg Ca K supplements and made up mixture of Epsom Salts (Magnesium Suphate) and water in a nasal spray bottle, which I spray into my lungs.

All this has helped. but it seems that if I let the amount of daily supplemented Mg drop too much, I too easily go into AF after heavy exercise. In other words, I have yet to find the right daily dose."

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Generally speaking Calcium is antagonistic to magnesium. So taking a supplements of calcium is generally counter productive. The other problem is there is a supplement that sells magnesium, but the ingredients are useless, which consists of magnesium oxide, magnesium carbonate and magnesium stearate. Firstly magnesium oxide is poorly soluble in water, magnesium is weakly soluble, while magnesium stearate is more like a wax which prevents the tablets from being easily dissolved. I would also not use calcium since it encourages blood clots in presence of high magnesium and worsens the heart as it is, besides calcium being antagonistic to magnesium. I therefore would likely use two forms of magnesium, magnesium chloride, or magnesium citrate. Some other marketing companies sells magnesium aspartate. That's counterproductive as it is an excitotoxins. When taking the supplements, it's also taken along with magnesium citrate (500 mg), may also include CoQ10, iodine, potassium citrate, and sodium bicarbonate. Electrolyte imbalance has to consider not just magnesium, but potassium and sodium bicarbonate. That being, vitamin B50, is important and it's effect is noticeably improved, at least in one case who was about to go into a heat attack, stopped within 15-20 minutes after taking the vitamin B complex, in form of B50, which are mostly 50 mg of each of the B vitamin, with exception of folic, B12, and biotin, which are often in microgram doses. I believe two most important onces for this condition is the magnesium and the vitamin B complex. A third runner up is the CoQ10, and followed by a natural Vitamin E 200 i.u.

I have a few cases who actually benefited from aspirin 500 mg, dissolved in a cup of water (taken only when there IS a problem) and iodine (lugol's supplement) taken at 2-4 drops plus 1000 mg of vitamin C taken at the same time, preferably in the form of sodium ascorbate. It tends to be warming the heart area when an iodine is taken, assuming that there is subclinical iodine deficienc of course. The iodine of 2-4 drops is taken in the form of lugols's solution, in a cup of warm water, along with the vitamin C. Whether a vitamin C 1000 mg or 500 mg, depend on individual needs, for me iodine seems to work better if 1000 mg of vitamin Ci is taken so that possible side effect of a mild headache does not occur, whenever an iodine is taken. However, if iodine lugol's solution is mixed in one liter of water, the problem of mild headaches doesn't occur as it is diluted one liter, and taken over the course of a day. Still the vitamin C 1000 is needed, but individual preference may prefer 500 or 1000 depending on the size and weight of the individual."

As we know some people just don't gain weight as easily as others. You did all the right things by consulting a doctor. I am thinking puberty may change all of that, but in the mean time try multi vitamins."

11/02/2009: XH from JC, Ga, US writes: "Dear Ted, my son just turned 11 years old today but he has a bone age of 7 and body mass index of 12.5, about 1 percentile on the growth chart. The complete blood panel and comprehensive metabolic pannel all came back normal. He eats a balanced diet and is otherwise healthy and does well in school. But I am still extremely worried about his physical state. Should I? What can I do to help him? Thank you so much!"

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Increasing an underweight child is rather straightforward. A vitamin B complex, in the form of B50 would increase his weight, until it's discontinued, once the weight is about to reach normal weight. The second thing to build muscle mass and bone issue is the vitamin D2 or D3, the dose that's required, based on my estimates are usually between 10,000 i.u. to 15,000 i.u. of vitamin D taken for only one to two months, and is taken only 5 days out of a week. Magnesium gluconate, magnesium citrate is taken at 250 mg a day for 5 days out of the week also for at least two months period. Muscle mass should noticeably increase within about a month, and the bone mass also. Most tests of metabolic doesn't measure growth it just measures your energy level, so I guess a proper measurement maybe vitamin D levels, growth hormone and bone mass density. A metabolic rate is more ideally suited with people with low energy levels, diabetes, obesity and hypothyroidism. Vitamin C maybe needed by the child so that the collagen supplements can formed, some dipotassium phoshpate 250 mg, taken for a week or two should help building of the bones, as this is converted into Calcium phosphate, which makes up roughly 70-80 of the bone structure. What holds together the bone structure is a collagen matrix, so it helps if daily amino acid supplements are taken, usually liquid form or softgel form. The remedy requires about 2 months, but a vitamin B complex may needed to be taken for only the first two weeks, and that's only 5 days out of a week. I am assuming of course that the child's iodine level are normal, but this is unrealistic, as roughly (can't be exact) 96% of the U.S. population has subclinical iodine level. Hence, 1 drop of lugols solution is taken only once a week, also for about two months period, and it's dissolved in a half glass of water."

11/03/2009: Jamie from Lake Worth, Fl writes: "XH, I had the same problem with a child. by the way, who is now a strapping 18 year old young man. I found daily multi vitamins really stimulated his appetite. Noticed a huge difference when he took them and when he didn't. Although you did indicate his diet was healthy, maybe eating more would help him to plump up some.

As we know some people just don't gain weight as easily as others. You did all the right things by consulting a doctor. I am thinking puberty may change all of that, but in the mean time try multi vitamins."

I hope this answers some of your questions about acid reflux."

[QUESTION]  11/01/2009: Fajar from Beppu, Oita, japan writes: "Dear Mr. Ted,

i am now trying the ACV for my acid reflux. 1 tblspoon 8oz water, 3 times a day. Already been on it for 3 days now. doesn't seem to give me much difference.

However, I am really intrigued with the ted's apple cider and baking soda recipe, and as far as my logic goes, i feel that it makes sense. however, i read from some other websites, that the prolong used of baking soda will kill good bacteria in your digestive tract, in addition, i quote this from another website

"if you take too much baking soda, or any antacid medication, then the stomach acid itself can be neutralized. The result is that the stomach cells produces more acid to compensate. You then end up taking more baking soda or antacid to neutralize the excess acid. Eventually you can exhaust the stomach cells and the level of stomach acid can decline. Great for your heartburn perhaps, but not so good for your digestion. The level of stomach acid can fall so much that it impairs digestion and food cannot be broken down properly. The result of this can be allergies and inflammation in other areas of the body.

Is this side effect true? Will there be any significant difference if I use the baking soda recipe? because the apple cider vinegar only does not seem to give me much relief, at least yet.

also, i'm south east asian (from indonesia), if that is of importance.

please reply mr.Ted, i am really desperate. if i healed, i'll donate for sure.

thank you.

fajar perdana."

11/02/2009: Fajar from Beppu, Oita, Japan writes: "Dear Mr. Ted,

this is my 6th day trying the ACV for my acid reflux (without the baking soda). 1 tblspoon 8oz water, 3 times a day. still not much difference.

I don't get heartburn when I drink it, so my problem probably is not more acid, but less acid.

My acid reflux problem is not as severe as some other people here, however they seem to be cured rather instantly, while my problem (which is only moderate) hasn't been cured (yet).

My question is,
1) for my not severe/moderate GERD, generally how long should I take your baking soda apple cider vinegar remedy before i am expected to see any change in curing my acid reflux? Will taking it with baking soda differ with taking ACV alone?

2) I am intrigued by your post that said "bug". what "bug" is it and how long should I take the humic acid before I am expected to see any change in curing my acid reflux? there is this brand with 166 mg calcium and 500 mg humic acid tablet. will that work or should I find the liquid humic acid?

Thank you for your first reply,

please reply again, Mr. Ted, I am desperate since I havent see any result from the ACV alone."

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Dear Fajar:

As to your question of how long it takes for the acid reflux if you take apple cider vinegar and baking soda. It takes for most people 2-3 weeks. Baking soda maybe added more instead of 1/4 can be added to 1/2 teaspoon. This allows the intestines to get more alkaline, so that it can neutralize the acidity from the stomach. It's a general remedy. But in field work, I got all kinds of causes for acid reflux and hence many remedies. However, this is the simplest.

As to your second question, certain virus that causes acid reflux, I don't use any particular brand, however I do use a powdered source. The ones I got are either from China or Australia, where it's extracted into a humate material. I used the humic acid as a test for presence of virus. In other words if the condition is relieved by this, then it's a positive test for a virus.

As to the questions that I think you should be asking is likely to be what other remedies for acid reflux. These are the ones I found to have cured and has done very well also. Namely digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid supplements (betaine) magnesium chloride, and royal jelly (fresh frozen royal jelly). People tend to do the kitchen sink approach, this is not a good way to find which ones work since, I just used one of them at a time and see which ones work the best. In general, I found taking magnesium chloride drops immediately after eating or during eating helps reduce the condition. A digestive enzyme will work better if a person doesn't have a magnesium deficiency. In another case of toxicity and stomach damage from an unknown poisoning, that initiated an acid reflux, I have found royal jelly to help. It was a one time dose of 1 teaspoon and cured the week long acid reflux problems.

It's likely therefore that in an acid reflux, it could have many possible causes, the most common is metabolic acidosis, from eating hard to digest food, namely well done steaks and other meat products. In some other cases the stomach just ferment, because it can't digest the food, in which case digestive enzyme, magnesium chloride, vitamin B50, and betaine seems to help if it's taken along with meal. I prefer the digestive enzyme. But in another case still, if a person has a vitamin B deficiency a similar acid reflux occur. Hence there are many kinds of acid reflux, one of which baking soda and apple cider vinegar is the simplest of all cure, although it takes between 1-2 weeks to obtain result. One other case of acid reflux occurs because of metabolic acidosis caused by an iodine deficiency, in which case taking 1-2 drops of lugols plus 1000 mg of sodium ascorbate for about a week also did the trick also.

Calcium is not a likely product I used to cure acid reflux, it seems to worsen the condition. Sea salt perhaps 1/8 teaspoon in a cup of water, might further, help although the results may work if only a person have hypochlorydia, which is a deficiency of chlorides, that results in deficiency of hydrochloric acid. To increase the chlorides, is just to take between 1/8 to 1/4 of sea salt once every morning in a cup of water. This problem is getting more because people are now avoiding all salt products, hence, I then used sea salt as a replacement supplement instead of the use of tje acid forming common table salt that is the problem.

I hope this answers some of your questions about acid reflux."

I hope this answers some of your questions and I am certain I didn't address all of your questions. You just have to understand that websites, doctors, and lawyer have something in common with musical artists. You can have a bad music artist or you have a good music artist. Their abilities from one person to the next are not the same. If they were, Britney Spears or Elvis Presley could never become that popular. LOL."

[QUESTION]  11/03/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hello Ted. It is great to see you back and posting here on EC!

I didn't know if I should e-mail you directly, since I had read on here that you were recieving alot of spam and was not opening some of your mail. ( So correct me if I am wrong and I will send to you.)

I do alot of reading about natural cures and alternative medicines, on alot of different websites...I did your borax 1/4 teaspoon in liter of water 5 days on 2 days off for six weeks for a terrible rash I had on my arms and it did seem to work very well for a while, but the rash does still occasionally flare up. When I drank the borax I noticed no bad side effects that some people report... The only thing that I noticed was a darker color stools ( Bowel Movement ) and NOT hard, but dryer and very dark. And it starts after the first day of drinking the borax water, a few days off stool goes back to normal medium brown color.

So my first question is why the dark stools?

Also viewing serveral other websites, such as Naturalnews.com,( Who for the the most part agrees and reports almost everthing that you report )

They have a VERY DIFFERENT view on BORAX and SOY. Both of which they say are POISIONS and NOT to put in or on your body... I am not very good with computers and do not know how to post the source here, but if you visit thier website Naturalnews.com and in their search box, type in borax, these articles will come up that really condemn the use of borax, even calling it a poison in the HPV vaccine and soy they say is a poison also.

So my second question why do they disagree with you on these issues, when they agree with you on so many other things???

Also, they promote BORON as being great...So can we use BORON suppliments and get the same results as we do with Borax? ( as in anti fungal and nano- bacteria )

And my last question. I would ask you a million if I could! LOL! But I know you are a very busy man. I find it very fasinating, how much knowledge you have on all subjects and I do know you have a chemistry background...

What would be the best approach for me to become a healer using alternative medicines? Is there certain studies I should take or certain schools you would recommend? I mainly want to heal myself, but I do know, I would probably need a licsense if I where to ever open a practice or store.

I know that there are tons of natural healers out there and alot of them do totally opposites of what others do. Is one method better than the other and if so what is the very best one?

Sincerly I THANK YOU, for all that you do!

Phil"

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Dear Phil:

Get any multiple vitamin and mineral supplements that have boron. The ingredients will likely be borax, but they will use chemical names, which is still the same thing. Sodium tetraborate, and other synonyms.

I used to moonlight as an industrial chemist and we used borax as the main ingredients for the boron supplements that you take in your mineral and vitamin supplements. A borax is a boron.

As to the schools, I don't subscribe to any schools as my training were a knowledge I gained from observations and studies in anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, chemistry and microbiology. I am what you call as conventional as you can get and it's application directly applies from these hard sciences. These other healing practices, that conflicts with me is most likely didn't know that borax and boron are actually the same thing. It's an essential mineral.

As to your questions of dark stool, the borax flushes out dead blood cells and other toxic substances, such as fluoride. Hence the black dark color is gone the next day. It also gets rid of excessive calcium out of the tissue, giving more muscular mobility, hence the dryness of the stool. Since I prescribe to none of the school the one theory I have is based on basics in biology, which is a concern about the body achieving balance, or homeostasis (in biology), equilibrium (in nature), symbiosis (in life), conservation (in nature), the middle path (in Buddhist philosophy), the balance between Yin and Yang(Chinese philosophy and Tibetan medicine), optimization (in economics and production and operations management) are some of the examples when we used differences in our language schema of things, but the general philosophy is one and the same, to achieve balance.

My approach is basically simple, that you can follow, which is basically common sense, insight, observation and principles that people can go prove to themselves. In healing arts the one thing that can never lie to you is your body. regardless of what every one says. I did conduct seminar years ago as part of college event where we can talk on any topics, which basically discusses my approach toward the healing arts. However, people were more interested in perfumery, stock markets, or subprime mortgage, or laser surgery hence the course was discontinued, from lack of students. I can't blame them, these students are healthy, so the interests in healing arts are not popular here.

As a side note, my formula which uses of 30% salicylic acid in a lotion, with 1% aloe vera oil works many times better than laser surgery on scar tissue. But customers by nature are more interested in technology rather than efficacy. It seems that marketing has overshadow the issue of health.

I hope this answers some of your questions and I am certain I didn't address all of your questions. You just have to understand that websites, doctors, and lawyer have something in common with musical artists. You can have a bad music artist or you have a good music artist. Their abilities from one person to the next are not the same. If they were, Britney Spears or Elvis Presley could never become that popular. LOL."

Borax is always powder and has many names, the ones with a hydrate name dissolves better in water."

10/27/2009: T.leela from New York, New York writes: "HELP!! I am a 27yr old female suffering from HAIRLOSS. I have seen countless doctors and none of them give me hope. My family all has thick hair including my 65yr old parents. I have been to every specialist and they all give me minoxidil and spironolactone, however neither has helped the regrowth. Below is my most recent biopsy which was VERY painful and my doctors response was "ready for a hair transplant!" Again I am 27 and female and I am desperately seeking help. I am unable to interpret the below and was hoping someone could help. I would give anything to have my hair back to the way it was 5 yrs ago. Thoughts? Advice? Help?!?

____________________
Clinical information
1. 2mm punch. Mid inf. Scalp frontal submitted for DIF, B. 4mm punch mid frontal superior scalp: A, B:/Female pattern hair loss, autoimmune hairloss. 704.00. IDX mc

Diagnoses:
A. skin, mid inferior scalp frontal, submitted for5 DIF:Ã¥
- Positive lupus band test of IgM isotype

Comment (specimen a):
There is a fairly striking deposition of IgM along the dermal-epidermal junction and as well there is staining within the epithelium for IgA, IgM and IgG essentially defining a very immunoreactant profile. This profile is not dissimilar to other cases of androgenetic alopecia

2. Skin, mid frontal superior scalp:
- Non-scarring alopecia consistent with androgenetic alopecia

Comment (specimen b):
The findings are those of a fairly advances state of non-scarring alopecia. I would tend to favor a diagnosis of androgenetic alopecia. There is one terminal hair unit however that suggests the possibility of alopecia areata although I do not see frank lymphocyctic bulbitis. I am curious to know if in fact this patent has and clinical features of alopecia areata. If indeed the clinical presentation is more in keeping with common baldness I would interpret the process as an inflammatory immunogenic variant of androgenetic alopecia, especially given the very impressive immunoflurescent profile. We will destain slide B1 (D4-6) to see if we can actually identify any lymphocytes permeating the bulbar epithelium

Microscopic description
Direct immunofluorescent studies have been performed on specimen A, the results of which are as follows:

IgG: There is 1-2/3 fine granular staining of epidermal keratinocytes within the epidermis and hair follicle
IgA: There is a fairly intense granular staining in the sebocytes and other root sheath of a hair follicle as well as 1-2/3 fine granular staining of epidermal keratinocytes
IgM: There is a continuous band of 3/3 granular staining along the dermal-epidermal junction as well as 3/3 granular staining within the basement membrane zone of the hair follicle
C3: significant immunoreactivity is not identified
C3d: there is an interrupted band of 1-2/3 fine granular staining along the dermal-epidermal junction and within the follicular basement membrane zone
C4d: negative


There is an average normal number of anagen hair follicles however they appear shorter and thinner. There is a superficial and mild perivascular and slightly perifolliclar infiltrate predominantly of lymphocytes. PAS stain fails to reveal fungal hyphae or a thickened basement membrane. There are yeasts of Pityrosporum on the epidermal surface"

11/01/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "I have a woman with a severe hair loss. The remedy really stopped it, was the manganese sulfate. The dose was about 200 mg taken twice a day for about 5 days. The hair loss stopped within 2 days and completely on the fourth or fifth day. Manganese sulfate, I have to buy from a chemical suppliers because the tablet form sold in health food store contain additives, which block their absorption. The manganese will not work if a person suffers from depression and weakness, which is also a sign of tin deficiency. However, this doesn't happen often but does occur if the manganese supplements don't work. Sometimes hair mineral analysis may give clues. In case a person suffers constipation or bowel movement less than 2 times a day, then digestive enzymes are low and autotoxicity is the issue. In which case I will likely to take the digestive enzyme before meals, and during meals, which may total about 6 capsules. Once the excess protein is digested with digestive enzyme, the body's hormones do not get blocked by fats where lipase breaks it down so that hormones naturally produced, will also stop the hair loss.

The autoimmunity I am using as my protocol I currently using humic acid, iodine and turmeric with good successes. Therefore, if hair loss is due to autoimmunity, then humic acid powder 1/8 teaspoon twice a day, plus, 2 drops of lugols and 2 drops of SSKI once a day, and one tablespoon of turmeric three times a day. That's my basic autoimmunity remedy. The other one I sometimes use is the borax remedy, which is 1/8 teaspoon of borax in one liter of drinking water to be drank throughout the day. The borax increases the body's natural hormones, such that some told me it has some viagra effects, for both men and women."

11/02/2009: T.Leela from New York, USA writes: "Ted. I am located in NYC and am having a horrible time finding any of the suggestions you mentioned. I dont see any of these for human consumption. (manganese sulfate, digestive enzymes, humic acid, iodine, turmeric, lugols, SSKI and borax) Can you point me in the right direction on where to find these? Thank you"

11/02/2009: T.Leela from New York, New York, USA writes: "Any additional info would be helpful since I cannot find the list you supplied:

> manganese sulfate (GLC 2000 Capsules (Human Use Only) - 240/bottle?)

> digestive enzymes (pills?)

> humic acid (Avirol? cannot find for human consumption))

> iodine (liquid?)

> turmeric (extract? powder? spice?)

> lugols (liquid iodine? solution?)

> SSKI (potassium iodide? liquid?)

> borax (baking soda? cannot find borax except bleach? cannot find for human consmption)

Are these powders? liquids? etc.
Thank you!"

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Leela:

> manganese sulfate (GLC 2000 Capsules (Human Use Only) - 240/bottle?)

Must be grounded to a powder, but maybe minimally useful. I prefer a pure form, since they sometimes add those calcium phosphate and stearates to prevent their absorption.

> digestive enzymes (pills?)

Capsules.

> humic acid (Avirol? cannot find for human consumption))

I used the powdered ones, with good certificate of analysis, regardless if it's human or livestocks, or nursery shops. It seems to work better for some reason or another in nursery shops. I always make physical examination and analysis papers. It's more safer that way at least for me.

> iodine (liquid?)

Lugol's solution has both iodine and potassium iodide all in one bottle.

> turmeric (extract? powder? spice?)

Curcumin works the best, the next best is extract or powder. If I can't get those, then spice. In any event, most are ok.

> lugols (liquid iodine? solution?)

solution.

> SSKI (potassium iodide? liquid?)

potassium iodide is better on account I can mixed it with the lugol's solution (10% potassium iodide), but liquid is also acceptable.

> borax (baking soda? cannot find borax except bleach? cannot find for human consmption)

Borax is usually available in U.S. as 10 mule team is the ones most used. In thailand i buy from a drug store, pharma grade.

Are these powders? liquids? etc.

Borax is always powder and has many names, the ones with a hydrate name dissolves better in water."

11/03/2009: Trust from Tripoli, Libya writes: "Thanks - that's really useful information.

I've got endometriosis which has blocked both my tubes.

I've been trying bee pollen, royal jelly, and bee propolis. I mixed these with honey and take one tablespoon first thing in the morning and one before going to bed. I also drink water with lemon and ginger. My past two periods have been almost pain free and my spotting has significantly decreased. I've been trying castor oil as well. Will keep you updated with what happens"

[YEA]  06/28/2007: Josey from East Troy, WI writes: "I found the information provided in "Endometriosis Cures" went pretty much right along with what I have researched myself, and with what my naturopath has recommended to me for the management of my endometriosis.

First off, I was diagnosed with stage 4 endo via laparoscopy in March of 2007. I am in my early 30s. Currently I am using a B vitamin supplement twice daily (NutriCalm by Nature's Sunshine), magnesium (250mg) twice daily, Red Clover blended tincture three times daily and T.-W tincture (dulse, bladderwrack, wild lettuce & irish moss) three times daily, evening primrose oil (1300mg once or twice daily), digestive enzymes (OmegaZyme by Garden of Life), and Carlson's Cod Liver oil once or twice daily. In addition, I use a low-dose progesterone cream twice daily (Phyto Prolief.I may switch; I prefer not to use products containing parabens. Any suggestions or opinions on progesterone cream?).

I am not clinically hypothyroid, but am on the low end and it runs in the women on my mother's side (my great grandmother even died of goiter). My naturopath said I exhibited many symptoms of a declining thyroid and I felt the same, which is why I am on the T.-W.

The Red Clover Blended and primrose oil have estrogenic properties; however research shows when ingested, the body uses it to balance out estrogen levels as I am estrogen dominant (one of many indicators I have-I started my period at age 10!). Also, the Red Clover Blended will help "clean up" the areas where endo was/is, which is a result of balancing the estrogens.

The B vits, magnesium and cod liver oil (I love omega 3s!!) have drastically balanced my mood and reduced my anxiety/panic attacks. I still have my days, but it is much much better than it was just a few months ago.

The enzymes I have actually used for a few years now, before I even knew I had endo. Now I realize how much they benefit me in helping my body digest and utilize all the foods I eat, especially proteins (and especially cooked meats, which have no enzymes at all).

In regards to food, I have done hours and hours of reading and research on my own. By far, the best book I have read is Endometriosis: A Key to Healing Through Nutrition by Dian Shepperson Mills & Michael Vernon. Some of it is a tough read, but I soaked it up, wanting to know so badly now my body works and what I can do to help it heal. I think one can make nutrition very complicated, but from all the information I have gathered, it is very simple, basic nutrition to me! Eat lots of organic (when you can) vegetables, fruits (avoid moldy fruits like cantelope), lean meats and eggs (absolutely no antibiotics or hormones and pasture-raised when possible), nuts (organic is really important here), wild caught small fish, and no-gluten or low-gluten organic grains. Healthy oils are super important-of course the fish oil, but on salads using olive oil is great and in addition I occasionally use coconut oil in other dishes (smoothies, etc.). Avoiding most dairy is a good idea, I believe, as it has helped lower my inflammation levels (an easy sign-less phlegm in the mornings!). I still have raw milk organic cheese, organic kefir or yogurt a few times a week, and soon we will have access to raw milk to drink (cow share program), which I will have once in a while, but not daily like I used to.

I believe if you follow a healthy diet as I mentioned above, in addition to drinking water or green tea with lemon every day, your body's pH will naturally become less acidic and more alkaline. I have pH strips that I use every few months and so far it has gone up almost .5 (I'm at about 6.45 using saliva.). I don't see a need to use baking soda or vinegar (unless the vinegar is part of homemade salad dressing) to up the pH unless you like that sort of thing. It may, however, speed up the process. I have also always been a "no salt" kinda girl, but recently I started using a good quality mineral salt on my foods (just a dash here and there-and not on canned/high sodium foods, but raw or gently cooked foods). It really helps with flavor and is decently good for you.

As far as the nanoinsects and fungus, I am a firm believer in garlic, onions, ginger and turmeric! I eat one or more of them almost every single day in some form (garlic and onions raw, ginger crystallized and turmeric powdered). If you are getting those and plenty of fiber from fruits and veggies, I believe this is a great cleanse for your intestines and also for your whole body in general. I have not had a cold or flu for over 2 years! This is something we should do our whole lives, as those foods are so beneficial, in so many ways.

In addition, other important foods I consume several times a week are flax seeds (fresh ground from whole as needed in a cheap coffee grinder), organic raspberry leaf tea, dried fruits such as figs and currants (great with nuts!), organic local broccoli (The perfect vegetable! However, it is a goitrogen which may hamper thyroid function, so I don't go overboard). And of course, lots and lots of fresh, filtered water.

I feel so very fortunate to live in a small eco-minded community, as we have many local farms growing organic produce and pasture-raised livestock. This gives me the opportunity to support my community, eat seasonally (which I have been trying to do-I love it!), in addition to having organic, freshly harvested produce and clean, nutritious meats! And even for those who are not that lucky, if you look around, there are great little shops with food sections and even some of the bigger chains are carrying lines of organics (which usually is better than conventional at least). With all these options, there's no reason to resort to trans-fatty fast foods or pre-packaged, preservative-laden convenience foods!

One other important thing I have changed in my life is what goes ON my body. It's taken me a few years (as I had interest in this, yet again, before endo), but I have drastically reduced what I use in the shower and for toiletries. I try to get products with no parabens, lauryl/laureth sulfates, phthalates, or any other weird stuff that I don't know what it is. Just don't be fooled by stuff that says "all natural" until you read the ingredients list. Burt's Bees is a pretty good brand that is more affordable than some. And most recently, I got an inexpensive shower filter (less than $100) that removes chlorine and VOCs which may be directly related to endo, and a host of other problems/diseases. For lotion, I use the same organic virgin coconut oil that we eat!! I really feel these small changes have drastically reduced the toxic load on my body, and I hope within the next year or two it really shows. One crazy thing I have noticed-my sweat only stinks when I eat junk! (I don't wear deodorant anymore! Will sometimes spray lavender hydrosol under my arms.) To me, that says a lot!

The last, but not least, of the changes I have made is movement. I have been pretty sporadically active in the last decade, and need to lose weight-about 60 more pounds (Excess body fat = excess estrogen! Not to mention contributing to many other problems!). My naturopath suggested yoga for me for activity but even more importantly, reducing stress and anxiety. I have fallen in love with it. I recommend it especially to women who don't like strenuous exercise or just need to slow down (which is all of us, right?? (: ). You would be shocked at what you can do in yoga class-and will love how it helps you focus mentally AND reshapes your body. I am slowly working in more aerobic activity (biking, walking, etc.).it gets easier as I become more fit and more self-confident.

As for my own rate of healing, I feel I have really taken control of a few areas of my health-less stress and more activity. The food changes have come slowly and not always consistent, but I am still trying and know that a year from now I will be a different woman!! I never had debilitating pain, but my pain is much much less now, and only seems to flare up when I am eating non-nutritious foods for more than a day or two (aka fast foods or junk food!). The more I read and hear about other women and how they are changing and bettering their health, and the more knowledge I have on endometriosis and also how our amazing bodies have the capacity to heal themselves, the more motivated I become!!

So, after this novel of information (it's so easy to go on and on.there's so much to learn!), the main ways I believe to support your body and "heal" endometriosis include: balancing body pH, supporting thyroid function, boosting immunity through correct nutrient intake (including temporary supplements if necessary), detoxing often (but gently through daily diet and drink and no crazy fasts or diets!), and moving more. Those are the main things, and there's so many little things that help you support them. One other suggestion-even if you have already seen many doctors, I think seeing a naturopath or kinesiologist is so important, so you can find out what you specifically are deficient in nutrient-wise. Although there seems to be emerging constants for us with endo, everyone is still different. I am finding my naturopath a continual and necessary resource for my endo.

So, that's my story. I hope this has been a source of good information for anyone wanting more on how we rise above endometriosis and receive good health in return. I would love to hear from anyone regarding your experiences!!"

11/03/2009: Trust from Tripoli, Libya writes: "Thanks - that's really useful information.

I've got endometriosis which has blocked both my tubes.

I've been trying bee pollen, royal jelly, and bee propolis. I mixed these with honey and take one tablespoon first thing in the morning and one before going to bed. I also drink water with lemon and ginger. My past two periods have been almost pain free and my spotting has significantly decreased. I've been trying castor oil as well. Will keep you updated with what happens"

11/03/2009: Brainna from Dublin, Ireland writes: "hi earth clinic can you send this email to jack for me please hello jack iv been reading your feed back about your formula and it sounds fantastic i have severe c o p d/emphysema and complications i had a right sided heart attack and muscle wasting im not a big person im only 4foot 10inches in height and 28kilos in weaght so as you can see i really need to do something about this and fast iv tryed homeopathy and chinese herbal medicine dident feel any better i was a heavy smoker for over 40 years but i quit 9 months ago jack you probably think im grabbing at straws and your probably right im just hoping and praying that you will help me it was saint anthony that brought me to this site and iv tryed some of the remadys they dident work for me just maybe saint anthony ment for me to find you i cant make the formula my self because i dont have a pot big enough and i would have to leave the house to get one and i cant leave the house because i cant breathe and cant walk more than a few steps my house is my prison and i need to get out of it so please jack can you help me i will understand if you cant i know you are a busy man i will offer up my prayers for your good intensions god bless"

EC: Brianna, Jack's email address is blacjac687@hotmail.com

[YEA]  05/15/2006: Jack from Toledo, OH writes: "HERE'S THE FORMULA I USED FOR CURING A BAD CASE OF EMPHYSEMA FOR "WILLARD BOOTH" OF MARION ARK 12 YRS AGO. INTO A GALLON POT, PUT THE SEED PODS (TOPS) OF 6 "GREAT MULLEIN" PLANT, BRING TO A BOIL, ADD 3 TBLS OF POWERED "LOBELIA", AND ALSO "HYSSOP" 1 OZ OF WHITE APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, 2 TBLS OF POWDERED CAYENNE RED PEPPER. KEEP BOILING UNTIL ABOUT A PINT OF WATER HAS BOILED OFF, (IT WILL TURN DARK OR REDDISH LIKE COFFEE). LET COOL UNTIL YOU CAN STRAIN (I USED A NYLON STOCKING). SWEETEN WITH SUGAR OR HONEY TO TASTE THIS WILL KEEP IN FRIG FOR A WEEK OR MORE ( look up "great mullein" and you'll be surprised at what all it can do!). Hyssop and lobelia are great expectorants!! I had Willard take 3 pop bottle caps a day but you can take more it won' t hurt you, you can also use a heating pad on chest and do a number of "VIGOROUS EXHALES" FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKING .... GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS..."

02/27/2009: Jim from Show Low, AZ. writes: "jack hope this finds you ok , first let me say this is the greatest site thanks e.c. , for all you do , jack i been a long haul driver for about 22 yrs so i know what it takes to be on the road, but here is why i am sending this i live in az where the plant grows wild in fact my wife and i went for a walk this afternoon and picked some of the plant you are talking about, GREAT MULLEN, so i have 2 ? ? , one does it make a difference what time of year the plant is at its best, they are still standing but they are dry, my wife has emphysema, MY SECOND ?

HOW MUCH hyssop and lobelia do you put in the the with great mullein. so thanks for the formula posting on ec. GOD BLESS BE SAFE AND KEEP THE RUBBER SID DOWN JIM"

02/28/2009: Jack from Toledo, OH writes: "DEAR JIM; I APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS SPECIALLY AS A DRIVER

MAKE SURE SHE NO LONGER SMOKES OR ITS ALL IN VAIN....

JUST AS THE MENU SAYS JIM 3 TBLS OF LOBELIA AND 3 OF HYSSOP MY FRIEND GOD BLESS AND ITS GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU,

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET THE ADDRESS OF MY SUPPLYER FOR HYSSOP AND LOBELIA HERE'S "JOE BASSETT'S" HEALTH FOOD NUMBER "HE HAS IT ALL IN "POWDERED FORM" 419-531-0334

PLS LET ME KNOW HOW IT TURNS OUT OR POST A REPLY ON EARTHCLINIC"

11/03/2009: Brainna from Dublin, Ireland writes: "hi earth clinic can you send this email to jack for me please hello jack iv been reading your feed back about your formula and it sounds fantastic i have severe c o p d/emphysema and complications i had a right sided heart attack and muscle wasting im not a big person im only 4foot 10inches in height and 28kilos in weaght so as you can see i really need to do something about this and fast iv tryed homeopathy and chinese herbal medicine dident feel any better i was a heavy smoker for over 40 years but i quit 9 months ago jack you probably think im grabbing at straws and your probably right im just hoping and praying that you will help me it was saint anthony that brought me to this site and iv tryed some of the remadys they dident work for me just maybe saint anthony ment for me to find you i cant make the formula my self because i dont have a pot big enough and i would have to leave the house to get one and i cant leave the house because i cant breathe and cant walk more than a few steps my house is my prison and i need to get out of it so please jack can you help me i will understand if you cant i know you are a busy man i will offer up my prayers for your good intensions god bless"

EC: Brianna, Jack's email address is blacjac687@hotmail.com

11/02/2009: Carol from Weston, Fl writes: "Hi all. I have a large uterine fibroid, for which the longest diameter is 9.4cm--in other words the size of a large grapefruit. They symptoms are awful--periods lasting 15 days a month and terrible cramping and blood clotting. I thought surgery was the only answer, because of the size, but did some research, including your site, and decided on the following protocol instead. I will have the fibroid re-measured in 3 months and hopefully it will have shrunk. Here is the protocol I have just started, which I will do daily:

1) Blackstrap Molasses 3TBS per day and ACV 2tsp per day to relieve symptoms and hopefully shrink fibroids. UNSULPHURED BSM!!!!

2) Indole-3-Carbinol to remove excess estrogen

3) Nattokinase to help break down fibrin and break down blood clots

4) Maca--helps to rebalance hormones, generally in favor of progesterone

5) Serrepaptase and digestive enzymes to break down fibroid

6) May add progesterone cream, but have been using the cream for 3 years and it is obviously not working, so not sure if will use that as my progesterone has nor increased on it. Have an oral progesterone (Prometrium) not sure if will take or not. Is supposed to be for people who can't absorb the cream. However, some believe that if fibroid is bigger than a grapefruit, it may not be a good idea to take progesterone, as the fibroid may convert that to estrogen--so again, not sure if will be taking progesterone or not.

7) Diet--Mostly raw, no meat, no dairy, no wheat

8) Exercise--hard to do cause of fatigue but will try

9) Avoidance of xenoestrogens (parabens, plastics, etc)

10) Avoidance of things such as caffeine, MSG, aspartame,etc.

11) Milk thistle to help liver

12) Would like to do some liver flushes but body doesn't seem to handle it well, so not sure.

Well anyway, I just started this protocol. My period is due in about a week so it will be interesting to see at that point if my menstrual symptoms are any better. I will re-update at that time."

[WORKED TEMPORARILY]  11/02/2009: Shelly from Lake Charles, La writes: "I have took 1600 milligrams a day folic acid. 200 milligrams of garlic a day. 2 billion a day of probiotic and ate yogurt. Done the hydrogen perioxide douche straight. I didnt add water. Did that for 5 days and 2 days later it was back. My question is how long should i continue? I started again and tired of taking the prescription that makes me feel horrible. Another question would b, if it stays is it hurting my body and should i continue to get a prescription cause it is an infection?"

They have a VERY DIFFERENT view on BORAX and SOY. Both of which they say are POISIONS and NOT to put in or on your body... I am not very good with computers and do not know how to post the source here, but if you visit thier website Naturalnews.com and in their search box, type in borax, these articles will come up that really condemn the use of borax, even calling it a poison in the HPV vaccine and soy they say is a poison also.

So my second question why do they disagree with you on these issues, when they agree with you on so many other things???

Also, they promote BORON as being great...So can we use BORON suppliments and get the same results as we do with Borax? ( as in anti fungal and nano- bacteria )

And my last question. I would ask you a million if I could! LOL! But I know you are a very busy man. I find it very fasinating, how much knowledge you have on all subjects and I do know you have a chemistry background...

What would be the best approach for me to become a healer using alternative medicines? Is there certain studies I should take or certain schools you would recommend? I mainly want to heal myself, but I do know, I would probably need a licsense if I where to ever open a practice or store.

I know that there are tons of natural healers out there and alot of them do totally opposites of what others do. Is one method better than the other and if so what is the very best one?

Sincerly I THANK YOU, for all that you do!

Phil"

EC: Phil, I am Skyping Ted with the questions. Best way to get a response for now!

Deirdre

Hi there, I run a natural medicine practice in SA, I've been using DMSO for various ailments on my patients for about 2 years now. The latest case was of a elderly african man who suffered from a progressive stroke, he only reached my practice 2 days later, I quickly gave him 1 teaspoon of DMSO in water every 3 hours, the next day he was still lame on the left side and seemed to get worse, also he had incredible pain over the right lung area (pulmonary embolism?) nevertheless I carried on giving him the DMSO every three hours orally. The following day he was well enough to walk on the beach!

Ive also injected DMSO into knee joints for local pain, I myself am curently drinking DMSO in fruit juice twice daily (1 teaspoon) my energy levels have gone up and my skin is glowing. ( i also take MSM and VIT C daily to counteract the DMSO from turning into MSM in the body)

I also mix B12 and DMSO in a dropper bottle and apply 2 drops on my wrist when I need a boost.

Another good idea is to put 2 B5 tabs into a 15 litre dropper bottle and top it up with DMSO the tablets dissolve after an hour or so, this can be applied to the wrists as well to boost the adrenals for extra energy."

[YEA]  11/03/2009: Valerie from Germantown, Md writes: "I had my metal fillings removed and IMMEDIATELY I was able to breathe through my nose better. It was so much so that it burned a little at first like when you get way too much oxygen (ever use one of those nose strips?) My dentist said that I must be highly allergic to mercury. I did not expect this to happen. Do not ever let anyone say that metal filling are not dangerous."

11/03/2009: Carol from Lake City, Florida writes: "I was reading the info on HP but noticed it jumped from 2007 then to 2009 then 2008. Is there anyway to get the dates in order? I thought the article was new but apparently it is old on Bill Munro."

EC: Hi Carol,

Per our readers' requests, feedback on the H202 inhalation page is now posted by ailment. Bill's instructions are in the introduction section above the reader feedback. Each page on Earth Clinic has an introduction, then the reader feedback below.

If you want to see posts ordered by date, please subscribe to the RSS Feed on this page: http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/hydrogen_peroxide_inhalation.rss (works best on Internet Explorer).

11/03/2009: Andrey from Moscow, Russia writes: "I'm suffering from UC for a 5 consequtive years with few short remissions due to hydro-cortison and salofalc therapy. However, it does not help for last year or so. I've read your notice about L-Glutamine. I checked over internet and has found lots of it, in pills, powder and something else. But it all refers to some fitness and bodybuilders's sites. Is it the same remedy that you meant? If yes, what type is better - pills, powder or any? Please advise."

[YEA]  02/09/2009: Carol from Toronto, ON writes: "L-Glutamine (high dose): Upon the suggestion of a nutritionist I went to see, she claimed she didn't have a single ulcerative colitis patient that didn't respond to a supplement called "___" by ____. It has a high dose of L-Glutamine along with other herbs like Slippery Elm and Marshmallow Root and not much else (sorry I don't have a bottle here). It's a powder you mix with water every morning 1/2 hour before you eat anything and you need to do this for 3-5 weeks before you see results. And let me tell you I was shocked in 3w when it finally went away after over a year of daily attacks.

The premise of how it works is that when you have impaired digestion, your body doesn't break down proteins efficiently causing you to become deficient in amino acids. L-Glutamine is the amino acid necessary for rebuilding you intestinal wall which sheds itself every 5 days or so? and without that amino acid becomes damaged. By giving yourself pure form, in liquid (requiring no digestion of pills etc) you give your intestines what it needs to make a healthy lining. It was really mad at the time that something so simple recommended by a nutritionist of all people cured my colitis when I had spent huge $$$ seeing naturopathic Dr's, chinese herbalists and acupuncturists, some of which helped temporarily but the L-glutamine was the magic ticket for me.

It took a lot longer for my digestion to return to normal but the L-glutamine totally took care of my diarrhea, spasms and bleeding in 3w of faithfully drinking it every morning.

I just wanted to mention to be wary of psyllium fiber. The first ND I tried gave me a supplement so close to the one that worked but it made me worse and I know now that I can't take psyllium fiber AT ALL, but I can handle the flax fiber in this drink. And I also discovered that multi-vitamins cause me to bleed. I can only take whole food vitamins. Two things you might want to watch out for."

05/15/2009: Michael from LA, CA writes: "You mentioned that is took a lot longer to get your digestion back on track, what was your key to success with that??

Thank you thank you,
Michael"

09/29/2009: Mike from Na, Na writes: "Since we are not allowed to post product names, I was wondering if you could please e-mail mewhat you took. I'm really interested in trying it in addition to intermittent fasting with which I am really enjoying. Also I was wondering if it is still working for you and if you've had any side effects. Thanks! -mike"

11/03/2009: Andrey from Moscow, Russia writes: "I'm suffering from UC for a 5 consequtive years with few short remissions due to hydro-cortison and salofalc therapy. However, it does not help for last year or so. I've read your notice about L-Glutamine. I checked over internet and has found lots of it, in pills, powder and something else. But it all refers to some fitness and bodybuilders's sites. Is it the same remedy that you meant? If yes, what type is better - pills, powder or any? Please advise."

11/03/2009: Airwreck from Austin, Texas writes: "please, does anyone know where to get mms in boston? thanks"

EC: MMS is typically sold online, not in health food stores.

03/02/2008: Thamas from East coast australia, nsw writes: "Has anyone tried mms for dogs? If so how much did they give and what were the results?"

03/13/2008: Raffie from Boston, MA, USA writes: "For answering Thamas, Australia ... I saw the MMS support site in Curezone that some people also gave MMS drops to their pets and said pets love it, drink more water. One the MMS broshure it states 3 drops per 25-lb as standard."

04/18/2008: Thamas from East Coast, Australia writes: "To Raffie from Boston, MA, USA Thankyou for that info on MMS for Pets I will try it."

11/03/2009: Airwreck from Austin, Texas writes: "please, does anyone know where to get mms in boston? thanks"

EC: MMS is typically sold online, not in health food stores.

11/03/2009: Francois from East London, South Africa writes: "Google "clean & green", they are in NZ, but im sure they can assist you."

10/20/2009: Jennifer from Sydney, Australia writes: "Hi. Can someone please tell me where I can get some DMSO ? i live in sydney, Australia. thankyou. Jennifer"

11/03/2009: Francois from East London, South Africa writes: "Google "clean & green", they are in NZ, but im sure they can assist you."

11/03/2009: Miraclemant from Bluefield, Wv writes: "Just found this website, and am thrilled!!

I was diagnosed with type II diabetes 10 years ago, and for the most part have been able to keep it under controll most of the time.

But this year my A1C spiked to 13.4, and my daily blood sugar readings are around 230's NOT GOOD!!
Now my A1C is about 8, still NOT GOOD!!

My doc wants to put me on insulin, and frankly 10 years ago I was in a coma for 3 months, lost 2/3rd of my lung function, and was clinically dead for 30 minutes.

so..... after finding this site, I definately will buy the ACV tomorrow, and start it right away. I will report back weekly on my progress, and keep praying that this is the answer I need.....

Thank you to all that have posted here, your posting have been a great BIG help.. THANK YOU!!!!"

08/08/2009: Neecy 58 from Lincolnton, Nc, Usa writes: "ACV has really done wonders in stabilizing my blood sugars. Prior to using the information I found on this site about ACV my fasting blood sugar were running about 250 to 290 even though I didn't eat anything after 8 pm. I don't drink sodas, no white flour, use stevia, eat lots of veggies, chicken and fish. I started off with 2 TSP. ACV in vegetable juice before I went to bed and noticed an immediate drop the next morning. I am also on metformin 1000 AM and PM and actos 45 in AM. I've increased my ACV to 2 TBS twice a day in vegetable juice as my morning drink and evening "cocktail" and 2 TBS added to a liter of water which I drink at work. I've been trying to reduce my prescription med but it seems my numbers increase slightly when I do that so I'll just leave well enough alone right now. This morning my FBS was 114. Also, before this I also suffered from hypglecemic seizures. I'd be feeling alright, start to feel a little off kilter and then wake up on the floor or in the ER. Fortunately this never happened while I was driving but I gave up riding my motorcycle this year because I was so afraid I'd have an episode while on my bike. Since I've started taking the ACV I've been able to feel the physical effects of my blood sugar dropping and take steps to bring it back up. I've also notice a slight improvement in my eyesight. This website has literally saved my life. Thank you so much"

10/14/2009: Arturo from San Jose, Ca writes: ""Chinese herbs show promise for diabetes prevention"

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE59D31Y20091014

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A number of traditional Chinese herbs may help control blood sugar levels in people at high risk of diabetes, a new research review suggests.

The review, which examined 16 clinical trials of 15 different herbal formulations, found that the herbs generally helped lower blood sugar levels in people with "pre-diabetes" -- those with impaired blood-sugar control that can progress to full-blown type 2 diabetes.

When the researchers pooled data from eight of the studies, they found that adding an herbal remedy to lifestyle changes doubled the likelihood of participants' blood sugar levels returning to normal.

What's more, people using the remedies were two-thirds less likely to progress to diabetes during the studies, which ran for an average of nine months.

The findings appear in the Cochrane Library, which is published by the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research.

The results, say the researchers, are "quite promising." However, they also stress that the studies had shortcomings in their methods that make it hard to draw firm conclusions.

"There are a lot of herbal medicine products on the shelves, but few have been subjected to a rigorous trial," lead researcher Suzanne J. Grant, of the Center for Complementary Medicine Research at the University of Western Sydney, in Australia, told Reuters Health in an email.

Many of the trials her team examined, she explained, had a "high risk of bias" that can overestimate the effects of the treatments.

The gold standard for proving a treatment's efficacy is a clinical trial where participants are randomly assigned to receive either the real treatment or a placebo, with both the researchers and participants unaware of who is taking the real drug.

Grant's team found that those processes were often absent or not clearly detailed in the trials they reviewed.
So, she said, there is still a need for more rigorous trials before any herbal product can be recommended for diabetes prevention.

The studies included a total of 1,391 men and women with either impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose -- problems in blood-sugar control that lead to sugar levels that are elevated, but not high enough to diagnose diabetes.

The studies tested various Chinese herbal mixes traditionally used for blood-sugar control -- products like Jiangtang Bushen, Xiaoke huaya and Tang Kang yin.

In most trials, the products were added to lifestyle changes and tested against the effects of lifestyle changes alone -- though the specific changes were not detailed in most reports.

Grant suggested that if people with pre-diabetes do want to try an herbal product, they first consult their doctor and, ideally, take any herbs under a guidance of a health provider qualified in herbal medicine.

She pointed out that in traditional Chinese medicine, herbs are recommended based on individuals' unique situations, and not as a one-size-fits-all prescription.

As far as safety, the review found no serious side effects attributed to the herbal products. However, Grant noted, like all medicines, herbs have the potential for unexpected side effects or interactions with other drugs.

SOURCE: Cochrane Library, online October 7, 2009."

11/03/2009: Miraclemant from Bluefield, Wv writes: "Just found this website, and am thrilled!!

I was diagnosed with type II diabetes 10 years ago, and for the most part have been able to keep it under controll most of the time.

But this year my A1C spiked to 13.4, and my daily blood sugar readings are around 230's NOT GOOD!!
Now my A1C is about 8, still NOT GOOD!!

My doc wants to put me on insulin, and frankly 10 years ago I was in a coma for 3 months, lost 2/3rd of my lung function, and was clinically dead for 30 minutes.

so..... after finding this site, I definately will buy the ACV tomorrow, and start it right away. I will report back weekly on my progress, and keep praying that this is the answer I need.....

Thank you to all that have posted here, your posting have been a great BIG help.. THANK YOU!!!!"

Long story short, the cayenne worked okay, but the wound, which was quite deep, took a couple weeks to heal. I was then left with a nasty scar and lingering pain for months. My lesson, get deep cuts stitched up ASAP! We have an ER only 1 minute from our house, so it was pretty idiotic that I didn't go. The wound would have healed far more quickly with stitches and left a much smaller scar."

[YEA]  11/03/2009: Amydearmas from Las Vegas, Nv writes: "Update: My finger stopped bleeding about 10 minutes after the cayenne. The wound sort of "seared" shut. I kept it clean, changed my bandages daily and I actually healed in a week. My finger nail has not returned yet, but the healing was really amazing! The finger healed to normal! I also applied ozonated olive oil. I highly recommend the cayenne- but be prepared for the burning if it's a bad cut."

[YEA]  Jane from Poulsbo writes: "Applying powdered cayenne to a wound stops the bleeding within minutes! I've read that you can also take it to treat internal bleeding. I think the recipe is 1/4 teaspoon in a glass of tomato juice."

10/12/2009: Amydearmas from Las Vegas, Nv writes: "I cut off part of my finger chopping green onions. I put on organic cayenne powder. The cayenne BURNED LIKE I WAS ON FIRE. HOLY COW! It is still bleeding. I put on a feminine mini pad and I'm pressing. Hope this works!!"

EC: Chopped off part of your finger? Sometimes stitches are a better idea than cayenne!!

[YEA]  11/03/2009: Amydearmas from Las Vegas, Nv writes: "Update: My finger stopped bleeding about 10 minutes after the cayenne. The wound sort of "seared" shut. I kept it clean, changed my bandages daily and I actually healed in a week. My finger nail has not returned yet, but the healing was really amazing! The finger healed to normal! I also applied ozonated olive oil. I highly recommend the cayenne- but be prepared for the burning if it's a bad cut."

[YEA]  11/03/2009: Anita from St. Petersburg , Florida, Usa writes: "My brother and son came up with a similar recipe, 2 teaspoons each of apple cider vinegar and pure honey in glass of cold water, and found that a dash of Lemon extract added made it taste just like lemonade! You don't taste the vinegar or honey, just the lemon flavor. Further, in hot weather, put the glass in the freezer for a few minutes and it becomes like a 'slushy'! I have used the honey & cider vinegar since 2003 and found it knocks a sore throat or cold right out."

11/03/2009: Boomer from Edmonton, Ab writes: "Make sure if you rub your stomache that you do it in a clockwise motion. Rubbing counter clockwise can result in increased constipation and can cause problems with your intestines."

[YEA]  Donna from Aspen, CO writes: "Every morning, before you get out of bed -- rub your tummy with your fist, not too hard, gently, but make an impression, only for about 10 seconds. It may take two mornings of rubbing, but you'll never be constipated again."

11/03/2009: Boomer from Edmonton, Ab writes: "Make sure if you rub your stomache that you do it in a clockwise motion. Rubbing counter clockwise can result in increased constipation and can cause problems with your intestines."

11/03/2009: Vanessa from Binghamton, New York writes: "Don't use the magnesium, it doesn't seem to be working well. I've been less focused, which may be a coincidence but that surely means it isn't helping the situation. Also it leads to a lot of gas and time on the toilet. Not worth it..."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  10/29/2009: Vanessa from Binghamton, New York writes: "Hello all,
I am a nineteen year old who was diagnosed with a mild case of aspergers syndrome at a young age. As of now, I am trying to figure out ways to cure it, particuarly the associated ADHD and OCD symptoms. The inability to sustain attention and fidgitiness are the main aspects that I feel throw off my life. I take the following supplements, some for aspergers other for physical appearance:

-Cinnamon
-Fish Oil
-Apple Cider Vinegar
-Hair, skin, and nails formula
-I just started Magnesium Zinc

After reading all of these articles, i'm thinking about throwing more in, maybe Vitamin C and/or flaxseed oil? But I don't want to be takingso many supplements at once as to throw my body off. Any recommendations as to what would be ideal for me?

Oh, and to help out anyone else in my situation, ACV and Fish oil really help. Magnesium seems to as well but I can't guarantee anything since I just started taking it. ^_^"

11/03/2009: Vanessa from Binghamton, New York writes: "Don't use the magnesium, it doesn't seem to be working well. I've been less focused, which may be a coincidence but that surely means it isn't helping the situation. Also it leads to a lot of gas and time on the toilet. Not worth it..."

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Increasing an underweight child is rather straightforward. A vitamin B complex, in the form of B50 would increase his weight, until it's discontinued, once the weight is about to reach normal weight. The second thing to build muscle mass and bone issue is the vitamin D2 or D3, the dose that's required, based on my estimates are usually between 10,000 i.u. to 15,000 i.u. of vitamin D taken for only one to two months, and is taken only 5 days out of a week. Magnesium gluconate, magnesium citrate is taken at 250 mg a day for 5 days out of the week also for at least two months period. Muscle mass should noticeably increase within about a month, and the bone mass also. Most tests of metabolic doesn't measure growth it just measures your energy level, so I guess a proper measurement maybe vitamin D levels, growth hormone and bone mass density. A metabolic rate is more ideally suited with people with low energy levels, diabetes, obesity and hypothyroidism. Vitamin C maybe needed by the child so that the collagen supplements can formed, some dipotassium phoshpate 250 mg, taken for a week or two should help building of the bones, as this is converted into Calcium phosphate, which makes up roughly 70-80 of the bone structure. What holds together the bone structure is a collagen matrix, so it helps if daily amino acid supplements are taken, usually liquid form or softgel form. The remedy requires about 2 months, but a vitamin B complex may needed to be taken for only the first two weeks, and that's only 5 days out of a week. I am assuming of course that the child's iodine level are normal, but this is unrealistic, as roughly (can't be exact) 96% of the U.S. population has subclinical iodine level. Hence, 1 drop of lugols solution is taken only once a week, also for about two months period, and it's dissolved in a half glass of water."

11/02/2009: XH from JC, Ga, US writes: "Dear Ted, my son just turned 11 years old today but he has a bone age of 7 and body mass index of 12.5, about 1 percentile on the growth chart. The complete blood panel and comprehensive metabolic pannel all came back normal. He eats a balanced diet and is otherwise healthy and does well in school. But I am still extremely worried about his physical state. Should I? What can I do to help him? Thank you so much!"

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Increasing an underweight child is rather straightforward. A vitamin B complex, in the form of B50 would increase his weight, until it's discontinued, once the weight is about to reach normal weight. The second thing to build muscle mass and bone issue is the vitamin D2 or D3, the dose that's required, based on my estimates are usually between 10,000 i.u. to 15,000 i.u. of vitamin D taken for only one to two months, and is taken only 5 days out of a week. Magnesium gluconate, magnesium citrate is taken at 250 mg a day for 5 days out of the week also for at least two months period. Muscle mass should noticeably increase within about a month, and the bone mass also. Most tests of metabolic doesn't measure growth it just measures your energy level, so I guess a proper measurement maybe vitamin D levels, growth hormone and bone mass density. A metabolic rate is more ideally suited with people with low energy levels, diabetes, obesity and hypothyroidism. Vitamin C maybe needed by the child so that the collagen supplements can formed, some dipotassium phoshpate 250 mg, taken for a week or two should help building of the bones, as this is converted into Calcium phosphate, which makes up roughly 70-80 of the bone structure. What holds together the bone structure is a collagen matrix, so it helps if daily amino acid supplements are taken, usually liquid form or softgel form. The remedy requires about 2 months, but a vitamin B complex may needed to be taken for only the first two weeks, and that's only 5 days out of a week. I am assuming of course that the child's iodine level are normal, but this is unrealistic, as roughly (can't be exact) 96% of the U.S. population has subclinical iodine level. Hence, 1 drop of lugols solution is taken only once a week, also for about two months period, and it's dissolved in a half glass of water."

11/03/2009: Jamie from Lake Worth, Fl writes: "XH, I had the same problem with a child. by the way, who is now a strapping 18 year old young man. I found daily multi vitamins really stimulated his appetite. Noticed a huge difference when he took them and when he didn't. Although you did indicate his diet was healthy, maybe eating more would help him to plump up some.

As we know some people just don't gain weight as easily as others. You did all the right things by consulting a doctor. I am thinking puberty may change all of that, but in the mean time try multi vitamins."

11/02/2009: Vinnie from Ft Lauderdale, Fl writes: "This is for Maureen from PA, my mom is at the advanced stage of PF, can you tell how much you used of the apple cider vinegar, aloe vera oil and any additional natural herbs and how often? Thanks"

Anonymous writes: "I am writing concerning my dad. He has been diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. He is not to the stage of oxygen as yet. There are trial drugs that could help him but the drug companies won't release them. I believe that people such as you can help. However, I would like your opinion of that as well. My dad is an unselfish person and has functioned as father and advisor to more than just his own children he has always acted in the best interest of others and never on behalf of himself. Can you assist please."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "I remember when I was a very young child walking in the hospital one day visiting my mom and remembered a person being treated successfully for pulmonary fibrosis. (Yes a cure!) However, as medical systems are mainly monopolistic (technically an oligopoly) concerned, this information is kept secret. So I guess I have to reinvent the wheel since, I had no idea of the treatment. What I DO KNOW is that the tiny capillaries of the lungs got collapsed and apparently this herbal medicine increased the REBUILDING capillary formation.

It is very likely that the method of treatment involves finding a herbal medicine which causes rebuilding and PREVENTS COLLAPSING OF CAPILLARIES. Since your father is in the early stage, the likely herbal medicine appears to be of Centella Asiatica (a common Indian Pennyworth). There is plenty here in Thailand, fresh and green. It can be taken in an extracted powdered form or taken taken as a juice. It is a popular drink in Thailand called "Bua Bok". Believe it or not I once sold this Thai herbal medicine, but stopped selling them since it is so common, we can buy from the supermarket here in Thailand. Centella Asiatica is a well known herbs which increase rebuilding of capillaries.

The second herbal medicine that is very likely to help is aloe vera oil and aloe vera juice. It helps rebuild dying tissues very quickly. Taken internally. Best option is to get Aloe vera oil, which is easily found and D-Mannose which can be purchased over the internet.

The third alternative medicine that will help which will stop almost instantly any autoimmune system disorder is very likely to be sodium perborate. I have successfully conducted tests on my pet dog which is proven to be useful against autoimmune disorders. Magnesium Chloride are taken along.

Finally, top of that take D-Mannose. This will help remove whatever bacteria or viral debris in the lungs. D-Mannose will dislodge if the causes if of bacterial origin.

As a safety precaution my guess is for you to take at least 800 mg of N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) this is a natural medicine found in the body and quite safe. It will clear the lungs of any mucus (bacteria and virus along with it) and will likely improve within DAYS!

Of course there are other methods such as gingko biloba which will improve any microcirculation needed to prevent such collapsing of the capillary actions.

I personally suspect that Vitamin B3 ONLY in the form of Nicotinic Acid will increase WITHIN 30 -45 MINUTES any tiny capillary actions (due to the flushing effect) and will improve circulation ANDREPAIRS. Take it every other day perhaps 100-200 mg. However 30 minutes before taking vitamin B3 (ONLY NICOTINIC ACID!) TAKE aspirin to eliminate the flushing effect or irritation. In my case it cause mild itching for 10 minutes after taking vitamin B3. Capillaries to be clear, taking about 0.4% of hydrogen peroxide food grade along with B3 will help. If you want to go low tech, just get Apple cider vinegar, however the amount is about 30-60 cc of apple cider to be taken every day. The malic acid and acetic acid will soften the lung tissues. Perhaps you can put vinegar aerosol and breathe it. The vinegar upon reaching the lungs will amost certainly remove the calcification and hardening of lung lining within days allowing such recovery. You might consider using Methyl Sulfonyl Methane and maybe synergistic with the vinegar.

Of course there are other methods of treating, which time does not permit me to go any further."

[YEA]  09/21/2009: Maureen from Philadelphia, Pa writes: "Ted:

I have to thank you so much for sharing your story. My Father is in end stage IPF. He has been on Hospice since March. He could barely walk. A month ago I started him on your treatment plan of Aloe Vera, Apple Cidar Vinegar and he had already been on the acetolcysteine (not sure spelling). Much to the Hospice Nurses surprise his oxygen levels are improving and his lungs are clear. The one nurse told me only two weeks ago his lungs sounds like a washing machine. Today they are clear. It is truly amazing to see the significant improvement in him. A month ago he could really just sit in a chair. This past week all in one day he went out to lunch and dinner. And the next two nights he went out to dinner. One outing three months ago would have wiped him out for two days. He's actually able to live again, all thanks to you. I can't wait to see how he is in another month! You are incredible. Thank you so much for sharing your story!!!"

11/02/2009: Vinnie from Ft Lauderdale, Fl writes: "This is for Maureen from PA, my mom is at the advanced stage of PF, can you tell how much you used of the apple cider vinegar, aloe vera oil and any additional natural herbs and how often? Thanks"

11/02/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Prosperity, I never have tried to live above my means, even before this country was in trouble like it is now. As far as money goes we save change and that is how we came up with 10,000 to pay down on our first home. Prospering for me and what brings more happiness then money is helping others, the homeless, animals, and prospering the way my soul prospers always remembering that for me anyway my needs are supplied by the Lord and to pray and always know that even when it gets real hard and you seem like you can not make it one more day He gives you the strength to carry on. I know Michigan has been hit hard, my cousin lives 50 miles from Detroit and he said you know what makes me happy, is having you as my cousin, and although my life took a real down turn when my husband died, my sister died 5 months after, she was like my baby, she was 10 years younger then me, I felt that the things that mean most in life are the things you can not replace, family, friends, helping people you do not know. That means more to me then money and it seems that the more I give of myself someone somewhere blesses me with something, even if it is a smile, more then all the money in the world. There may come a time when few will have money, I do not know when that will be but in the good ole days when moms cooked for the kids and families gathered and dads played ball with the kids, people sat around the table and ate together, prayed together, life was simple then and that did not cost anything. I know basic needs need to be met but getting back to the simplier ways of life when people cared about each other, that makes me prosper in my heart, more then diamonds, more then a million dollar home, more then 4 cars in the driveway and worrying how to keep up with the Jonses. That has been a hinderance, peoples physical and mental health seem not to be as good anymore. There is nothing wrong with trying to move up in the world as long as we still keep the most important things in life first, the rest is like icing on the cake.You need the cake first as a foundation and the simple things in life are free, and can bring much more joy and happiness then anything money can buy. So my prospering and happiness is love God yourself and your neighbor, help any way you can.1 more thing, I came from a town where when someone was sick everyone was there to lend a hand, in good times, in bad times, and I wish one day I can see those days again. That is what makes my soul prosper, looking for a day when people get back to the basics in life, reading a good book, bring back quilting, maybe I can learn that. When I say I love you all I mean that, love is worth all the money in the world. Again, save change, you will be surprised how much you can save. smilessssssssss!!!!! money does not necessarily mean prosperity.When a hards days work is done and family sits with family and parents share with the children good morals and values and love and you tuck them in at night and your so tired a good nights sleep comes, have we lost those days of prospering and handing down those to the next generation. love to all God Bless You All, Deanna "

11/02/2009: Hariom from Sampla, Haryana writes: "Marigold flower is useful for women with heavy bleeding in menopause stage or due to tumour in ovary. Take flower and grind it and mix with misary [sugar] and cold milk. take it two three times till you get relief."

[YEA]  11/02/2009: Janie D from Mattoon, Illinois writes: "After reading about "whitening teeth with the H/P", I decided to try it. I have been rinsing with it now for about four months (started doing it religiously - two to three times a day - 1 Tablespoon of H/P swishing and rolling it around in my mouth, leaving it in for up to ten-fifteen minutes before spitting it out, (after I brushed my teeth), and the results: my teeth are now absolutely... WHITE! I get a lot of compliments about how nice they look and I did it without getting them professionally whitened. Although they are not the chalky white, they are pretty close to it! I did not see results right away, however. It took probably a week or two before I started seeing some really significant improvement. I went to the dentist a while back and they wanted to know what I was using that got my teeth so white. I told them about the H/P. I asked my dentist if it was harmful to continue rinsing with it also. My dentist said my gums and mouth looked very healthy and she didn't see any reason to discontinue. She also commented that I had hardly any plaque build-up (I am guilty of flossing every day!), and that my gums and teeth looked very, very healthy! H/P works. Give it at least a couple weeks to see some results."

My mom has PF and was diagnosed since 2005,she is on continous oxygen and the dr says she is in the advance stage. Can you tell how much of H202 you used and did you increase the amount of a period of time and how frequently.I would appreciate any help

Thanks
Vinnie"

[YEA]  03/05/2008: Jimmy Vou from DALLAS, Texas writes: "Pulmonary Fibrosis. For the past 11 days I have been taken 35% up to 75 drops daily. My lungs are in the process of being cured. my ears are begining to open once again. My chest is beginning to feel almost in order once again. Amen! I have additional energy, breathing is coming back in short spans, yet it is coming back... The Doctors reports as of 2 weeks back is Cancer in the Lung... Yet, I mentioned the product to him, and he made another apointment for the 31st of this month. I will let you know."

09/14/2009: Jimmy from Dallas, Tx 75243 writes: "My name is Jimmy Vou... I've had Pulmonary Fibrosis since 2005... A little over five (5) years.. February 2008 I can to the point that my chest started to cave in... You could hear my breathing down the street... I thought I was in the pathway of Going Home to meet my Jesus... Amen...! But something told me to start searching the Net for some type of solution that could either help "me" or just say goodbye...

It was about 3 days after I started taking Hydrogen Peroxide 35% Food Grade... that my lungs started to become normal once again... My breathing was starting to open up once again... My throat and face started to feel much better... About 4 months later I stopped, and I believe approximately 30 days later the latter was returning... so I immediately started taking Hydrogen Peroxide 35% Food Grade...

Since then, I have been wonderment to many people including my Doctors... They at first told me to stop taking H.P. 35% Food Grade, that it wasn't any good for me. I asked them if they had the same disease as mine would you at least try something that might help... Each one at different time shut-up... Now they are asking me how I feel. I tell them all... I'm still here doing all I can to strengthen my ability to stay in the condition until I get better then I am today... The last doctor I talked with, he told me that I had about another 3 to 4 years left... I just turned 70. And I feel good... Amen!

If there is any information that could be helpful, please don't hesitate to contact me...

Jimmy"

11/02/2009: Vinnie from Ft Lauderdale, Fl writes: "Hi Jimmy,

My mom has PF and was diagnosed since 2005,she is on continous oxygen and the dr says she is in the advance stage. Can you tell how much of H202 you used and did you increase the amount of a period of time and how frequently.I would appreciate any help

Thanks
Vinnie"

11/02/2009: T.Leela from New York, New York, USA writes: "Any additional info would be helpful since I cannot find the list you supplied:

> manganese sulfate (GLC 2000 Capsules (Human Use Only) - 240/bottle?)

> digestive enzymes (pills?)

> humic acid (Avirol? cannot find for human consumption))

> iodine (liquid?)

> turmeric (extract? powder? spice?)

> lugols (liquid iodine? solution?)

> SSKI (potassium iodide? liquid?)

> borax (baking soda? cannot find borax except bleach? cannot find for human consmption)

Are these powders? liquids? etc.
Thank you!"

10/27/2009: T.leela from New York, New York writes: "HELP!! I am a 27yr old female suffering from HAIRLOSS. I have seen countless doctors and none of them give me hope. My family all has thick hair including my 65yr old parents. I have been to every specialist and they all give me minoxidil and spironolactone, however neither has helped the regrowth. Below is my most recent biopsy which was VERY painful and my doctors response was "ready for a hair transplant!" Again I am 27 and female and I am desperately seeking help. I am unable to interpret the below and was hoping someone could help. I would give anything to have my hair back to the way it was 5 yrs ago. Thoughts? Advice? Help?!?

____________________
Clinical information
1. 2mm punch. Mid inf. Scalp frontal submitted for DIF, B. 4mm punch mid frontal superior scalp: A, B:/Female pattern hair loss, autoimmune hairloss. 704.00. IDX mc

Diagnoses:
A. skin, mid inferior scalp frontal, submitted for5 DIF:Ã¥
- Positive lupus band test of IgM isotype

Comment (specimen a):
There is a fairly striking deposition of IgM along the dermal-epidermal junction and as well there is staining within the epithelium for IgA, IgM and IgG essentially defining a very immunoreactant profile. This profile is not dissimilar to other cases of androgenetic alopecia

2. Skin, mid frontal superior scalp:
- Non-scarring alopecia consistent with androgenetic alopecia

Comment (specimen b):
The findings are those of a fairly advances state of non-scarring alopecia. I would tend to favor a diagnosis of androgenetic alopecia. There is one terminal hair unit however that suggests the possibility of alopecia areata although I do not see frank lymphocyctic bulbitis. I am curious to know if in fact this patent has and clinical features of alopecia areata. If indeed the clinical presentation is more in keeping with common baldness I would interpret the process as an inflammatory immunogenic variant of androgenetic alopecia, especially given the very impressive immunoflurescent profile. We will destain slide B1 (D4-6) to see if we can actually identify any lymphocytes permeating the bulbar epithelium

Microscopic description
Direct immunofluorescent studies have been performed on specimen A, the results of which are as follows:

IgG: There is 1-2/3 fine granular staining of epidermal keratinocytes within the epidermis and hair follicle
IgA: There is a fairly intense granular staining in the sebocytes and other root sheath of a hair follicle as well as 1-2/3 fine granular staining of epidermal keratinocytes
IgM: There is a continuous band of 3/3 granular staining along the dermal-epidermal junction as well as 3/3 granular staining within the basement membrane zone of the hair follicle
C3: significant immunoreactivity is not identified
C3d: there is an interrupted band of 1-2/3 fine granular staining along the dermal-epidermal junction and within the follicular basement membrane zone
C4d: negative


There is an average normal number of anagen hair follicles however they appear shorter and thinner. There is a superficial and mild perivascular and slightly perifolliclar infiltrate predominantly of lymphocytes. PAS stain fails to reveal fungal hyphae or a thickened basement membrane. There are yeasts of Pityrosporum on the epidermal surface"

11/01/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "I have a woman with a severe hair loss. The remedy really stopped it, was the manganese sulfate. The dose was about 200 mg taken twice a day for about 5 days. The hair loss stopped within 2 days and completely on the fourth or fifth day. Manganese sulfate, I have to buy from a chemical suppliers because the tablet form sold in health food store contain additives, which block their absorption. The manganese will not work if a person suffers from depression and weakness, which is also a sign of tin deficiency. However, this doesn't happen often but does occur if the manganese supplements don't work. Sometimes hair mineral analysis may give clues. In case a person suffers constipation or bowel movement less than 2 times a day, then digestive enzymes are low and autotoxicity is the issue. In which case I will likely to take the digestive enzyme before meals, and during meals, which may total about 6 capsules. Once the excess protein is digested with digestive enzyme, the body's hormones do not get blocked by fats where lipase breaks it down so that hormones naturally produced, will also stop the hair loss.

The autoimmunity I am using as my protocol I currently using humic acid, iodine and turmeric with good successes. Therefore, if hair loss is due to autoimmunity, then humic acid powder 1/8 teaspoon twice a day, plus, 2 drops of lugols and 2 drops of SSKI once a day, and one tablespoon of turmeric three times a day. That's my basic autoimmunity remedy. The other one I sometimes use is the borax remedy, which is 1/8 teaspoon of borax in one liter of drinking water to be drank throughout the day. The borax increases the body's natural hormones, such that some told me it has some viagra effects, for both men and women."

11/02/2009: T.Leela from New York, USA writes: "Ted. I am located in NYC and am having a horrible time finding any of the suggestions you mentioned. I dont see any of these for human consumption. (manganese sulfate, digestive enzymes, humic acid, iodine, turmeric, lugols, SSKI and borax) Can you point me in the right direction on where to find these? Thank you"

11/02/2009: T.Leela from New York, New York, USA writes: "Any additional info would be helpful since I cannot find the list you supplied:

> manganese sulfate (GLC 2000 Capsules (Human Use Only) - 240/bottle?)

> digestive enzymes (pills?)

> humic acid (Avirol? cannot find for human consumption))

> iodine (liquid?)

> turmeric (extract? powder? spice?)

> lugols (liquid iodine? solution?)

> SSKI (potassium iodide? liquid?)

> borax (baking soda? cannot find borax except bleach? cannot find for human consmption)

Are these powders? liquids? etc.
Thank you!"

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Leela:

> manganese sulfate (GLC 2000 Capsules (Human Use Only) - 240/bottle?)

Must be grounded to a powder, but maybe minimally useful. I prefer a pure form, since they sometimes add those calcium phosphate and stearates to prevent their absorption.

> digestive enzymes (pills?)

Capsules.

> humic acid (Avirol? cannot find for human consumption))

I used the powdered ones, with good certificate of analysis, regardless if it's human or livestocks, or nursery shops. It seems to work better for some reason or another in nursery shops. I always make physical examination and analysis papers. It's more safer that way at least for me.

> iodine (liquid?)

Lugol's solution has both iodine and potassium iodide all in one bottle.

> turmeric (extract? powder? spice?)

Curcumin works the best, the next best is extract or powder. If I can't get those, then spice. In any event, most are ok.

> lugols (liquid iodine? solution?)

solution.

> SSKI (potassium iodide? liquid?)

potassium iodide is better on account I can mixed it with the lugol's solution (10% potassium iodide), but liquid is also acceptable.

> borax (baking soda? cannot find borax except bleach? cannot find for human consmption)

Borax is usually available in U.S. as 10 mule team is the ones most used. In thailand i buy from a drug store, pharma grade.

Are these powders? liquids? etc.

Borax is always powder and has many names, the ones with a hydrate name dissolves better in water."

11/02/2009: Tee from Chicago, Il writes: "I take cold showers everday but I noticed that I dont get the same feeling like I use to. Its almost winter here so the water is definitely cold. I don't get the warm tingly feeling anymore. Am I doing something wrong?"

11/02/2009: T.Leela from New York, USA writes: "Ted. I am located in NYC and am having a horrible time finding any of the suggestions you mentioned. I dont see any of these for human consumption. (manganese sulfate, digestive enzymes, humic acid, iodine, turmeric, lugols, SSKI and borax) Can you point me in the right direction on where to find these? Thank you"

10/27/2009: T.leela from New York, New York writes: "HELP!! I am a 27yr old female suffering from HAIRLOSS. I have seen countless doctors and none of them give me hope. My family all has thick hair including my 65yr old parents. I have been to every specialist and they all give me minoxidil and spironolactone, however neither has helped the regrowth. Below is my most recent biopsy which was VERY painful and my doctors response was "ready for a hair transplant!" Again I am 27 and female and I am desperately seeking help. I am unable to interpret the below and was hoping someone could help. I would give anything to have my hair back to the way it was 5 yrs ago. Thoughts? Advice? Help?!?

____________________
Clinical information
1. 2mm punch. Mid inf. Scalp frontal submitted for DIF, B. 4mm punch mid frontal superior scalp: A, B:/Female pattern hair loss, autoimmune hairloss. 704.00. IDX mc

Diagnoses:
A. skin, mid inferior scalp frontal, submitted for5 DIF:Ã¥
- Positive lupus band test of IgM isotype

Comment (specimen a):
There is a fairly striking deposition of IgM along the dermal-epidermal junction and as well there is staining within the epithelium for IgA, IgM and IgG essentially defining a very immunoreactant profile. This profile is not dissimilar to other cases of androgenetic alopecia

2. Skin, mid frontal superior scalp:
- Non-scarring alopecia consistent with androgenetic alopecia

Comment (specimen b):
The findings are those of a fairly advances state of non-scarring alopecia. I would tend to favor a diagnosis of androgenetic alopecia. There is one terminal hair unit however that suggests the possibility of alopecia areata although I do not see frank lymphocyctic bulbitis. I am curious to know if in fact this patent has and clinical features of alopecia areata. If indeed the clinical presentation is more in keeping with common baldness I would interpret the process as an inflammatory immunogenic variant of androgenetic alopecia, especially given the very impressive immunoflurescent profile. We will destain slide B1 (D4-6) to see if we can actually identify any lymphocytes permeating the bulbar epithelium

Microscopic description
Direct immunofluorescent studies have been performed on specimen A, the results of which are as follows:

IgG: There is 1-2/3 fine granular staining of epidermal keratinocytes within the epidermis and hair follicle
IgA: There is a fairly intense granular staining in the sebocytes and other root sheath of a hair follicle as well as 1-2/3 fine granular staining of epidermal keratinocytes
IgM: There is a continuous band of 3/3 granular staining along the dermal-epidermal junction as well as 3/3 granular staining within the basement membrane zone of the hair follicle
C3: significant immunoreactivity is not identified
C3d: there is an interrupted band of 1-2/3 fine granular staining along the dermal-epidermal junction and within the follicular basement membrane zone
C4d: negative


There is an average normal number of anagen hair follicles however they appear shorter and thinner. There is a superficial and mild perivascular and slightly perifolliclar infiltrate predominantly of lymphocytes. PAS stain fails to reveal fungal hyphae or a thickened basement membrane. There are yeasts of Pityrosporum on the epidermal surface"

11/01/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "I have a woman with a severe hair loss. The remedy really stopped it, was the manganese sulfate. The dose was about 200 mg taken twice a day for about 5 days. The hair loss stopped within 2 days and completely on the fourth or fifth day. Manganese sulfate, I have to buy from a chemical suppliers because the tablet form sold in health food store contain additives, which block their absorption. The manganese will not work if a person suffers from depression and weakness, which is also a sign of tin deficiency. However, this doesn't happen often but does occur if the manganese supplements don't work. Sometimes hair mineral analysis may give clues. In case a person suffers constipation or bowel movement less than 2 times a day, then digestive enzymes are low and autotoxicity is the issue. In which case I will likely to take the digestive enzyme before meals, and during meals, which may total about 6 capsules. Once the excess protein is digested with digestive enzyme, the body's hormones do not get blocked by fats where lipase breaks it down so that hormones naturally produced, will also stop the hair loss.

The autoimmunity I am using as my protocol I currently using humic acid, iodine and turmeric with good successes. Therefore, if hair loss is due to autoimmunity, then humic acid powder 1/8 teaspoon twice a day, plus, 2 drops of lugols and 2 drops of SSKI once a day, and one tablespoon of turmeric three times a day. That's my basic autoimmunity remedy. The other one I sometimes use is the borax remedy, which is 1/8 teaspoon of borax in one liter of drinking water to be drank throughout the day. The borax increases the body's natural hormones, such that some told me it has some viagra effects, for both men and women."

11/02/2009: T.Leela from New York, USA writes: "Ted. I am located in NYC and am having a horrible time finding any of the suggestions you mentioned. I dont see any of these for human consumption. (manganese sulfate, digestive enzymes, humic acid, iodine, turmeric, lugols, SSKI and borax) Can you point me in the right direction on where to find these? Thank you"

11/02/2009: T.Leela from New York, New York, USA writes: "Any additional info would be helpful since I cannot find the list you supplied:

> manganese sulfate (GLC 2000 Capsules (Human Use Only) - 240/bottle?)

> digestive enzymes (pills?)

> humic acid (Avirol? cannot find for human consumption))

> iodine (liquid?)

> turmeric (extract? powder? spice?)

> lugols (liquid iodine? solution?)

> SSKI (potassium iodide? liquid?)

> borax (baking soda? cannot find borax except bleach? cannot find for human consmption)

Are these powders? liquids? etc.
Thank you!"

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Leela:

> manganese sulfate (GLC 2000 Capsules (Human Use Only) - 240/bottle?)

Must be grounded to a powder, but maybe minimally useful. I prefer a pure form, since they sometimes add those calcium phosphate and stearates to prevent their absorption.

> digestive enzymes (pills?)

Capsules.

> humic acid (Avirol? cannot find for human consumption))

I used the powdered ones, with good certificate of analysis, regardless if it's human or livestocks, or nursery shops. It seems to work better for some reason or another in nursery shops. I always make physical examination and analysis papers. It's more safer that way at least for me.

> iodine (liquid?)

Lugol's solution has both iodine and potassium iodide all in one bottle.

> turmeric (extract? powder? spice?)

Curcumin works the best, the next best is extract or powder. If I can't get those, then spice. In any event, most are ok.

> lugols (liquid iodine? solution?)

solution.

> SSKI (potassium iodide? liquid?)

potassium iodide is better on account I can mixed it with the lugol's solution (10% potassium iodide), but liquid is also acceptable.

> borax (baking soda? cannot find borax except bleach? cannot find for human consmption)

Borax is usually available in U.S. as 10 mule team is the ones most used. In thailand i buy from a drug store, pharma grade.

Are these powders? liquids? etc.

Borax is always powder and has many names, the ones with a hydrate name dissolves better in water."

11/02/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Red dots you are referring can be a number of conditions, such as petechiae (blood seeping and low platelets), lupus (skin rash autoimmunity), telangiectasia, cherry haemangiomas, rocky mountain fever (unlikely), lyme disease (tests are not so good for this one), for example. Finding the names for these may also not have a name, but if observations are made as how the red dots occurs, helps narrow down the cause. Assuming it's a broken blood vessels, something is eating up the vessels (viral, bacteria) and caused a bursting. Keloids are one, but on a much larger scale and a few tried going to a tanning booth to reduce that. For the bleeding under the skin a quick remedy is vitamin K, which stops the bleeding. It's usually taken at 1 a day for two or three days. Should the cause be known, and assume it is a virus, then a humic acid pastes is applied to that area since this is a broad spectrum antiviral, although humic acid does has it's problem, in that it's poorly absorbed through the skin. Vitamin C, and hourly lysine may also help if the cause is of coure viral, and maybe taken at the usual hourly doses, for four dose, as just a test to see if the problem is an immune system issue, and it's viral in nature are some of the things. Vitamin C helps the body repair the broken blood vessels and the dose is usually 1000 mg a day, sodium ascorbate. A bacteria maybe reduced in number with an epsom salt bath and magnesium supplements. A fungus if that's the one, although maybe not, there's always the borax. Most hemorrhagic type of red dots do not generally respond to hydrogen peroxide, but the do respond to antiviral, such as taking some humic acid internally with distilled water of course, 1/8 teaspoon and applying the paste is one test to see if it's a virus, by doing this test. But a quick and dirty remedy is likely to be vitamin K and vitamin C as one stops the bleeding, and the other helps in the repair, and in the meantime, finding whether it's virus, fungus or bacteria through a simple, but crude tests outlined here. Lysine hourly dose for a total of four dose is but one factor to raise the immune system, and a general increase in immune system with lugol's solution 2 drops per day in a cup of water either once or twice a day. Too much causes headaches, but may usually be reduced significantly with either one or both taking 2000 mg to 4000 of taurine and/or potassium citrate (or potassium bicarbonate) at 1/4 teaspoon, assuming that your sodium levels are normal of couse when you take the potassium. If not just take 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt in a cup of water. Wait about an hour then take the potassium bicarbonate or potassium citrate."

10/28/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Dear Ted, I sit here in total defeat as to some unknown sores,I tested negative on a culture with blood on the culture and it came back negative for MRSA. 6 hospitals and 2 internist visits later and no one knows. I called environmental health, I have since turned my landlord into the county code enforcement and the sewer is closed I am looking for a new place to live, I was exposed to everything open sewer water brings, which I have never been exposed to, such as mice, 1 warf rat, tons of german roaches which I have been throwing everything away pesticides did not help because of all the water which is gone now. They were sited for many reasons and I still have these sores. I had another rash of pin point dots, the last time they went back under the skin, all that I have dried up, I did it with hydrogen peroxide topically, so can we call this an unknown skin disorder, it looks like red sores that open and scab and leave scars and some ulcerations on my skin,They are on my back both sides of my rib cage and stomache and 1 buttocks,I have 2 that are what I call renegade 2 on 1 buttocks. My hair and eyes at times itch but I will not touch it. I did have 1 I cleard right away that was fungal and after almost 3 months a red dot is in the middle of it sso I am putting an anti-fungaal back on it to see what happens. If anyone out there has ever had anything like this will someone please help me and what will cover, viral,bacterial,fungal, I have tried everything even got manuka honey. also if this may be a clue, I wake up with what looks like scrathces lines of red dots that look like a scratch but no scratches just red dots in a line .My daughter typed this for me so no caps. If doctors do not know then what do I do????? Die ????

Will someone please help my mom thanks,

Shannon

p.s. some have a teency bit of clear fluid some have none they just open and mom peroxides them til they get small and finally close up and they have a scar. 1 more thing our dog who is 14 was fine til exposed to the backyard then he got red sores and started loosing his hair mom has done everything to get him well ,she said maybe he has to go to sleep but going to vet to get his skin tested and let our vet decide ty again Shannon

Please help us we know this is not medical advice but can you still try to help us since the doctors do not know or tell us you can not help so we will know."

10/29/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hi Deanna. What I would suggest that you do, is to take pictures of your sores and e-mail them directly to TED with a list of your symptoms! Ted, is the one here who seems to have the most knowledge about illnesses.
I have read on the net, that MORGELLONS has been connected to nano-tech in waste water. Do you have any fibers or black specks coming from these sores? Do they itch or sting as if something is under your skin?

Go right here on earth clinic under AILMENTS and check out the pages on MORGELLONS, NANO-BACTERIA, MYCO-PLASMA, CANDIDA, PARASITES, SKIN INFECTIONS and any other pages here that might deal with skin issues. I have been reading Earth Clinic DAILY for years now and have barely scratched the surface. HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER to read these pages to you and try to narrow done what you think you might have.

But most IMPORTANT, Take those pictures and e-mail them to TED, along with a list of your symptoms and how and when they started. If it is parasites,there are alot of herbs and stuff you can try and you may even want to look at Ted's uses for BORAX ( THIS IS 20 MULE TEAM in the laundry section of the grocery store) Wormwood, Black Wal-nut, NEEM and CLOVE oil might also help.

YOU and your daughter will have to do the reading and research here though as to how to use these things. You may also want to make use of GOOGLE on these subjects I have mentioned. I love Earth Clinic, but there are other websites also and we can never get to much information. Information is education as to how to heal your body. Curezone.com may give you some information also. E-mail TED your pictures and symptoms, because he is the expert! The rest of use are learning just like you.

P.S. Also let Ted know, what you have already been tested for and the results. Tell him everyting. Sit down and write it out on paper and be sure you've left no stone unturned! Then send him that e-mail.

Hope this helps you."

10/29/2009: John Doe from Berryville, Arkansas, Ozarks writes: "Hi....for topical remedies, try using plantain. It is very powerful. Crush up and use as a poultice. A friend used it to counter a recluse spider bite which is very poisonous.

Good luck."

10/29/2009: Gean from Salina, Kansas writes: "If this was me, I would try MMS (sodium chlorite). Order on internet. Follow directions to activate. They say to start low, 1-2 drops in 1/4 teas. lemon juice, wait 3 min., add 1/2 c. water, drink. Increase by one drop every time, take twice a day. Myself, since I am impatient and want results fast, I would take 6 drops with 1/2 teas. lemon juice, then an hour later take another 6 drops. In Africa and South America they give 15 drops and follow with another 15 drops an hour later, and it cures like 100% of malaria. If those 15 drops times two doesn't kill anyone, I figure the 6 drops times two won't either. You might get sick to your stomach and throw up, but so what. That will pass. Of course, this is what I would do myself. Everyone should research and pray about their situation. I wish you the best."

10/29/2009: Lauren from Queens, Ny writes: "Hi Deanna: As I was reading yr posts today, I was thinking that this could be septicemia. I remember I had read a while back that this illness is caused by bacteria invading the body through the mouth and one of the symptom is a clutter of tiny blood spots like pin pricks on the skin. If I am not mistaken, you had mentioned on one of yr posts that yr skin have these spotson them. Maybe you can have yr daughter google it and see if this is what you might have. I hope this helps. I'll keep you in my Prayers.

God bless,
Lauren"

10/29/2009: Merryanne from Orange City, Florida, USA writes: "Hello Deanna and Shannon,,I will give you some suggestions, go to the grocery store and in the laundry powder area get a box of Borax powder, use this to put on your head, face and body,,you can put a cup full in some bath water and bath with it,,you can make a paste and put it in your hair, rub it on your body or do both, also 1/4 teaspoon in a cup of warm water and drink it, at least twice a day,,Now go and buy a bottle of MSM 1000mg, Vitmin C 1000mg, take it 3 times a day, get a tub of antbiotic ointment called Neosporn and put it on you skin after your bath, this has sulfer in it, all of this you can get at your local all purpose wally store,,this will take several weeks, but should be better in a couple of days. If you have some boils that are really swollen up, use cut raw garlic to rub on the skin. Merryanne"

10/30/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "Okay Deanna, This might just be your answer. If it is, removal of the problem is going to be tough. It sounds like you may have fibreglass insulation in your attic. I don't know a lot about it except that the people installing it here in Ireland have to wear protective gear head to toe. I knew two people who worked in a factory manufacturing the stuff in the U.K. so this is how I first heard about the dangers. It is an irritant to the skin, lungs, eyes and mucous membranes. I just did a quick google and looked at the following 2 websites. You will probably want to look further or maybe another poster may know more. Best wishes....

1. www.mbm.net.au/uss/fibreglass_not_good.html

2. www.howstuffworks.com

I don't know how to do that thing where you can click on a post an get straight through to the webpage so if I've got the addresses wrong let me know and I look 'em up again"

10/30/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "Deanna, I forgot to say that this fibreglass actually consists of tiny glass particles, some of which can be quite large and this may have been your original "bite"."

10/30/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "Asbestos - that's the other one I was trying to think of. This is another dangerous insulation that would be worth your while googling. Look up the skin rashes associated with these two materials to see is it any help to you."

10/30/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Than you so much Merryanne, I have borax here and vitamin c, I will have to get the msm, I can drink the borax too? I also have neosporin .I want to send my love and thank you so very much for responding and caring about me ((((( Merryanne))))))- I will sure try it, and see if it helps. everything you do and the time you take to help me is so much appreciated and may God bless you for your sweet caring heart. People who care about others have the best hearts just like Deirdre,Ted, and all family here on EC, God bless you, Deanna"

10/30/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Thank you Lauren and may God Bless your sweet heart, I did look it up and I have just the red dots but no other symptoms of it. You bring tears to my eyes as so many here too who are really tryin to help me with this, I do believe it is in my blood and comes out to form the sores. I can see the dots under the skin.Then they push through my skin . I know we will figure it out here on EC because of you along with others who have a blessed heart to do this. I want to say you have really touched my heart with the love and concern you have for me as well as all EC family. I really treasure this and your prayers,

God Bless you,
Deanna"

[WARNING!]  10/30/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hi Deanna. I would go to the REMEDIES page here and look at the BORAX section as far as internal dosage goes. Ted actually recommends 1/8 teaspoon dissolved in a liter of water to be drank throughout the day for WOMEN!!! And for men it is 1/4 teaspoon in liter of water drank throughout the day.

I am not sure why Merryanne suggested the 1/4 in a cup twice a day... Maybe she knows more about it than me, but TED says 1/8 in liter of water throughout the day for women!

I would go to the remedies page and click on BORAX and read ALL that TED recommends.

I myself have drank the Borax 1/4 teaspoon in liter of water throughout the day for a six week period without any bad side effects. The way I done this was 5 days straight of Borax and and 2 days off...I think TED recommends 4 days on 3 days off.

I just would not want to get any bad side effects from using the BORAX ( I would be sure it is the 20 mule team in the laundary section and NOT boric acid )20 mule team ONLY! As far as bathing I can actually wash all of MY body and hair with borax. It's something like this 1/2 Tablespoon in liter of warm water 30 minutes before I bath and I do not have to rinse off. Borax is a fungus fighter and has saved the forrest of invading fungus. Read all about it on here!
I usally wash,then rinse, then pour the borax water over my head and body and let it air dry,( I do not use a towel to dry. )"

EC: Re: Borax, Merryanne wrote ..."1/4 teaspoon in a cup of warm water and drink it, at least twice a day"

Still -- far too much borax and not enough water.

10/30/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Thank you and God Bless you, I will get all these things together and try one at a time and even if I did throw up it is much better then this. I really wish I find out what it is so we can post it here in case someone else ever has this ,I would never want anyone to get this EVER !!! Again I thank you so much for caring about me and everyone who has responded I am grateful from the bottom of my heart,with all my heart. I would love to set up something to keep all disease away, I was always told as others have heard an ounce of prevention is worth more then a pound of cure. I have been crushing garlic cloves and taking tumeric and pro biotics and hydrogen peroxide on the sores, not a fast process but it is closing the wounds but then more come so I need to find out what this is. Is there any possibility a small amount of venom from a spider could have done this or given me parasites the lines that look like scratches under the skin have me stumped.

God Bless you, Deanna"

10/31/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hi Deanna. I been playing around on google and searching for red streaking on skin. And I have come up with BARTONELLA which seems to be related to LYMES DISEASE. I do know, that alot of people have reported believing that MORGELLONS and LYMES to be similar in some ways....

So was there any TICKS on you after working in your yard...Some ticks are very TINY and can be hard to discover and you have told us that you have poor eyesight. (Is it possible that maybe you got into some ticks ) Or it might even be possible that some unknown insect, parasite or mites are transmitting Lymes or Morgellons to people who are working outside in the soil and bushes/vines...

Sorry, I am not the best in the world with computers and I DO NOT know how to post these sources.

But if you will google BARTONELLA and LYMES DISEASE, also cat scratch fever came up when I searched for red streaking on one's skin. You can read up on this.

This also brings me to suggest to you to read on here about the MINI BEET PROTOCOL...Robert says it will cure LYMES and all kinds of NANO AND MYCO BACTERIA. I have considered doing this protocol myself, but I do not have a juicer and worry about the possibilty of getting gall and kidney stones. I just simply have not researched it enough to get comfortable with it yet. I would love to give it a try someday.

Check it out and see if this Bartonella is a possible cause of your condition."

11/01/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "I forgot to mention,that I did read something about BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER bites sometimes give thier victims red streaking. You had ask could it been from a spider bite. I guess maybe so, ticks are from the spider family and if ticks can transmit lymes, I would guess it would be possiable that a spider could transfer a disease.

I would want to caution you on the uses of BORAX, both internally and externally. Alot of people warn of the dangers of borax as being toxic. And I DO NOT recommend for anyone to try borax internally or externally, I only report what I have done with my own body and what I have read on here that TED suggest for the uses of borax.

I have read on other websites that even in very small amounts BORAX can cause serious health problems...I actual read on naturalnews.com that the HPV vaccine for boys and girls was causing serious health problems because of the Borax in the shot...So EDUCATE yourself before making any decision on what you might put in your body or on your body."

11/01/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Deanna: If you have a mystery diagnosis, with a probable virus, a humic acid paste solution applied, and dried, and rinse may clear up the viral issue. As to chemical toxins a wet bentonite clay solution applied and dried every five minutes should rid of chemical cause. If it's morgellon's, whose source is commonly from a sewer, then perhaps a mixture of colloidal copper and colloidal silver applied topically and taken internally. Another one is to take a bath in hydrogen peroxide in borax remedy. That means, the borax with a hydrogen peroxide concentration of only 0.5% applied ot the skin. This can be used on the dog too, as well as humans. To prepare a one liter solution, I would add 1/3 of 3% H2O2, plus 2/3 of pure water, plus 2 level tablespoons of borax, and stir vigorously. This is applied to the skin, unrinsed. Usually helps."

11/01/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Dear Ted, I want to say you are the most intelligent, and amazing person I have ever known, far more intelligent the any doctor I know, I do not know if I could trust them with my pets. My daughters were busy this weekend but we took pictures of me, If you see an email from lil Lori comcast. net I think there may be an o in it not sure of that email, she has a few but will send from there, if not I will tell you where she sent them from. I have not felt real well and been taking ACV, my head feels like there is a little pressure there. I was thinking, I have severe back trauma and take pain meds they thought I had a broken back but have herniated discs and ruptured siaticas so I plain forgot to mention that because I think it may take surgery to fix, not sure I also have degenerative disc disease as well as my 28 year old and 22 year old.I am trying to say something here so let me get it out : ) I had 2 ladies in their 80's who have not seen my rash but asked if I had shingles, I said I do not know, I looked at images but I can not tell, last night I did not take any medicine for my back and all of a sudden I felt like I was stabbed in my stomache and rear and thigh and low and behold there were 3 red dots that appeared and hurt like crazy. They had no fluid I could see they just erupted through the skin they also were a bit raised like a mosquito bit me. I am so sick of being sick and not being able to be around my 2 little grandbabies. I did go to the section on shingles and applied ACV to my skin a few times before I went to bed and it did pull the red out, I just do not or did not have large groups of blisters like the pictures showed except in the beginning I had what I thought were hives that itched like crazy but since I can not turn my neck around to look all I can see is when my dauhters take pics of it for me.I know this it is internal and erupting into red sores that scab, they are all different in size. You beat the heck out of the medical field and give it to us from your heart and for that you will be grately blessed. Deirdre too will be blessed greatly. I have to look and make sure I replied to everyone, I do not want anyone to think I do not appreciate what they are posting to me, as I am so grateful to everyone. You are way beyond genius, truely amazing. I can take aspirin well. I have been on it since 84. I really ask God to bless you in the most marvelous way He can. With deep gratitude for all you do I thank you very much Deirdre too.

Sincerely, Deanna"

EC: Hi Deanna,

I will pass along your message to Ted, but please email the photos to me (deirdre@earthclinic.com) and I will send to Ted. Ted has been having a lot of problems with his email yahoo account (thousands of spam emails, many of which contain computer viruses) and not responding to many people because of the issues. I did get him to answer a bunch of questions this morning on Skype (instant messenger) and will continue to contact him that way.

Thanks for your kind words and blessings.. Much appreciated.

Deirdre

11/01/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Thank you Phil for letting me know that, I also pray before I put anything in my body and if I get an uneasy feeling then I do not do it. I read a lot even with my eyes like they are, the computer makes it better for me to read, instead of the small print in a book.

I have been thinking of the hydrogen peroxide also oil pulling, but until I find out exactly what I have I did not want to pull poisions from my body that may hurt my heart if it is from a bite, so it is going to be better for me when I find out what this is. Thank you again and may God Bless you !!! Deanna"

11/02/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Red dots you are referring can be a number of conditions, such as petechiae (blood seeping and low platelets), lupus (skin rash autoimmunity), telangiectasia, cherry haemangiomas, rocky mountain fever (unlikely), lyme disease (tests are not so good for this one), for example. Finding the names for these may also not have a name, but if observations are made as how the red dots occurs, helps narrow down the cause. Assuming it's a broken blood vessels, something is eating up the vessels (viral, bacteria) and caused a bursting. Keloids are one, but on a much larger scale and a few tried going to a tanning booth to reduce that. For the bleeding under the skin a quick remedy is vitamin K, which stops the bleeding. It's usually taken at 1 a day for two or three days. Should the cause be known, and assume it is a virus, then a humic acid pastes is applied to that area since this is a broad spectrum antiviral, although humic acid does has it's problem, in that it's poorly absorbed through the skin. Vitamin C, and hourly lysine may also help if the cause is of coure viral, and maybe taken at the usual hourly doses, for four dose, as just a test to see if the problem is an immune system issue, and it's viral in nature are some of the things. Vitamin C helps the body repair the broken blood vessels and the dose is usually 1000 mg a day, sodium ascorbate. A bacteria maybe reduced in number with an epsom salt bath and magnesium supplements. A fungus if that's the one, although maybe not, there's always the borax. Most hemorrhagic type of red dots do not generally respond to hydrogen peroxide, but the do respond to antiviral, such as taking some humic acid internally with distilled water of course, 1/8 teaspoon and applying the paste is one test to see if it's a virus, by doing this test. But a quick and dirty remedy is likely to be vitamin K and vitamin C as one stops the bleeding, and the other helps in the repair, and in the meantime, finding whether it's virus, fungus or bacteria through a simple, but crude tests outlined here. Lysine hourly dose for a total of four dose is but one factor to raise the immune system, and a general increase in immune system with lugol's solution 2 drops per day in a cup of water either once or twice a day. Too much causes headaches, but may usually be reduced significantly with either one or both taking 2000 mg to 4000 of taurine and/or potassium citrate (or potassium bicarbonate) at 1/4 teaspoon, assuming that your sodium levels are normal of couse when you take the potassium. If not just take 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt in a cup of water. Wait about an hour then take the potassium bicarbonate or potassium citrate."

11/02/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn writes: "I typed in "any pathogenic infection that can cause a greenish tinge to the skin" web search. The 1st reference was on vet. medicine but was unable to pull anything up on it - just a book ID. Went down & found one on psuedomonas & pulled it up. the site is http://sci.rutgers/edu/forum/archive//index.php/t-3372html

Very interesting. Pseudomonas UTI apparently also has a green tinged exudate, and has an odor like wet hay (they don't recommend you deliberately smell it unless you want some of the same pseudomonas infection you're smelling.

Now what I learned is something that EC'ers should know. It seems that dear old pseudomonas (let's shorten this to pseudo) developed resistance to lots of things, including antibiotics, and apparently to the vinegar, since the person answering the questions from spinal cord injury people, said they actually loved vinegar. They also stated that one strain of pseudomonas actually survived in jet fuel. I think that somewhere in the past I mentioned in EC that when I went to work at a new hospital (l960's). We were told by the fellow working in respiratory care that they had discovered that they were spreading the newest scourge in the hospitals in the oxygen equipment (remember old psuedo likes it moist or wet) and the way that they stopped it was by soaking the equipment in 1 part vinegar to 7 parts water solution. You might want to post this link in EC for as an alert. However, it is still doubtful that ingesting the vinegar/water would
cause a pseudo UTI because the hydrochloric acid in the stomach should have killed off the pseudo before it got to the kidneys."

[QUESTION]  11/02/2009: Annie from Old Hickory, Tennessee, USA writes: "Please help, I have been faithfully giving my family organic ACV for about a year now. So far, it as help my family but I am stumped at something. MY six year old daughter came down with a high fever for a week, no other symptoms other than high fever and lethargy. She also has a greenish tone to her skin. Took her to doctors and she tested negative for H1N1 and Strep. She did not have any pain when urinating or anything but took a urine test and found tons of puss in urine and a bit of blood. We put her on antibiotics and fever went down and she is feeling much better. O.K. the weird thing is that I have also come down with a bladder infection and am antibiotics. I have religiously taken Organic ACV and I also thought bacterial infections like bladder infectious are not contagious. I am confused and I am wondering if that is all it is, a bladder infection. If so, how can we get that when we our all taking shots of ACV with water morning and night. Should I be worried something else is going on?

I love Earth Clinic and try to follow the remedies but it is disappointing to be taken ACV for over a year now and come down with a bacterial bladder infection, it kinda took the air out of my sails. My children hate the taste of ACV and I tell them how good it is for them and then when they get sick and nothing helps but antibiotics I can't help but start to question what I m doing. So many people out there want to tell you that your kids need vaccines and drugs and etc... and I don't want to do use them but it is hard. Any suggestions out there?

Peace~
Annie form Tennessee"

11/02/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn writes: "Hello Annie from Tennessee,

Sorry you and your daughter are sick and glad to hear that she is much better. You didn't say whether there are any males in your household and whether they also came down with UTI's about the same time as you and your daughter. There are some bacterial infections you can catch (bladder infections in particular can start from below) and travel up the short urethra on the female, but usually not with the male, which is why your doctor is more concerned with the male's UTI than the females (also they are less likely to get an infection from faulty wiping than females).

The first thing I would suspect in UTI's in multiple family members is something in the water or other drinks consumed. but this should hit both sexes, if there are males in your household. So my first question is did your water supply look peculiar, smell peculiar, or taste peculiar in the week or two before these problems started.

Hopefully your doctor did a urine culture and sensitivity on both you and your daughter. Be sure and ask him/her (the receptionist should be able to handle that) for a copy of both the C&S results. Believe me, it is simpler to mail a copy than it is to try to write down some of these crazy sounding infections while someone else is spelling them over the phone.

Off hand I can not recall any infection that might give one's skin a greenish tone, (have seen a greenish discharge from external otitis (pseuodmonas which is often called swimmer's ear) and I seriously doubt that ACV could color the skin any color but the color of ACV. However I have been told that taking a lot of colloidal silver will turn your skin blue. My son said he saw a man on TV (just now asked him what shade of blue he was and he said "he looked like a smurf, dark blue") that was attributed to his taking colloidal regularly for a long time. Apparently the only problem he had from it was the color of his skin, but apparently no one had been able to come up with any way to return his skin to normal color.

I do have two suggesions for both you and your daughter. If you are using bubble bath, STOP! It has been known to cause bladder infections, and anything that infects the bladder can possibly travel up the ureters to the kidneys. Fortunately, the blaldder infections let us know that we have them in a hurry, but kidney infections can sneak up on you and just about kill you before you know you have them.

The other suggestion is for both of you also. Stop drinking carbonated beverages of any kind because they can cause swelling in the kidneys that lets them spill protein in the urine (which is not normal for them to do).

Finally, I have a request. Be sure to have your daughter checked again when those antibiotics are finished to make sure the urine is clear. The recheck may not be necessary if you had a culture and sensitivity report that states the pathogen was sensitive to the antibiotic.

If the skin doesn't return to normal when the infection is gone, some doctor is going to have a time trying to determine the cause, and trying to find a way to return her skin tone to normal. Please keep us informed and I personally would love to know whether both of you had the same pathogen. Deirdre can give you my e-mail address if you'd like.

I just had another thought. Is this your daughter's first UTI or has she had several. I happened to think about a co-worker in the past who was telling me about her 5 year old granddaughter and her having one UTI after another since she was about age 2. Her doctor was stumped as to what was causing it. After discussing the carbonated beverages/bubble bath connections and finding both were negative in her case, I suggested that it probably had an allergic connection and the infection would follow something causing swelling and congestion in the UT and that the best way to find it was for the parents and caretakers to keep a record of everything that the child ate or drank, or even chewin gum, because it was going to be something that the child ate or drank very often triggering the UTI's. Approximately 1-2 months later, my co-worker elatedly said "We found it, we found it". I had forgotten the conversation and replied "I didn't know it was lost. What did you find?" She then floored me when she told me what our family detectives had found triggered the child's UTI's. It was Flintstone vitamins (those cute little dinosaur shaped vitamins that had blue, red, green etc. colored ones in the same bottle). She hadn't had another UTI since they stopped them. Then she said they were very concerned because they felt she needed some vitamins, but how could they find some that wouldn't cause a problem with the kidneys. I told her that I knew you could find adult vitamins that were uncolored and unflavored, but she would probably have to go a health food place to ask if they carried uncolored and unflavored vitamins for children. I was as surprised as they were at the cause - vitamins are supposed to make you healthy, not sick. Happily, she later reported that they did find an unflavored, uncolored vitamin that the child would take and they created no problems."

11/02/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn writes: "I typed in "any pathogenic infection that can cause a greenish tinge to the skin" web search. The 1st reference was on vet. medicine but was unable to pull anything up on it - just a book ID. Went down & found one on psuedomonas & pulled it up. the site is http://sci.rutgers/edu/forum/archive//index.php/t-3372html

Very interesting. Pseudomonas UTI apparently also has a green tinged exudate, and has an odor like wet hay (they don't recommend you deliberately smell it unless you want some of the same pseudomonas infection you're smelling.

Now what I learned is something that EC'ers should know. It seems that dear old pseudomonas (let's shorten this to pseudo) developed resistance to lots of things, including antibiotics, and apparently to the vinegar, since the person answering the questions from spinal cord injury people, said they actually loved vinegar. They also stated that one strain of pseudomonas actually survived in jet fuel. I think that somewhere in the past I mentioned in EC that when I went to work at a new hospital (l960's). We were told by the fellow working in respiratory care that they had discovered that they were spreading the newest scourge in the hospitals in the oxygen equipment (remember old psuedo likes it moist or wet) and the way that they stopped it was by soaking the equipment in 1 part vinegar to 7 parts water solution. You might want to post this link in EC for as an alert. However, it is still doubtful that ingesting the vinegar/water would
cause a pseudo UTI because the hydrochloric acid in the stomach should have killed off the pseudo before it got to the kidneys."

The first thing I would suspect in UTI's in multiple family members is something in the water or other drinks consumed. but this should hit both sexes, if there are males in your household. So my first question is did your water supply look peculiar, smell peculiar, or taste peculiar in the week or two before these problems started.

Hopefully your doctor did a urine culture and sensitivity on both you and your daughter. Be sure and ask him/her (the receptionist should be able to handle that) for a copy of both the C&S results. Believe me, it is simpler to mail a copy than it is to try to write down some of these crazy sounding infections while someone else is spelling them over the phone.

Off hand I can not recall any infection that might give one's skin a greenish tone, (have seen a greenish discharge from external otitis (pseuodmonas which is often called swimmer's ear) and I seriously doubt that ACV could color the skin any color but the color of ACV. However I have been told that taking a lot of colloidal silver will turn your skin blue. My son said he saw a man on TV (just now asked him what shade of blue he was and he said "he looked like a smurf, dark blue") that was attributed to his taking colloidal regularly for a long time. Apparently the only problem he had from it was the color of his skin, but apparently no one had been able to come up with any way to return his skin to normal color.

I do have two suggesions for both you and your daughter. If you are using bubble bath, STOP! It has been known to cause bladder infections, and anything that infects the bladder can possibly travel up the ureters to the kidneys. Fortunately, the blaldder infections let us know that we have them in a hurry, but kidney infections can sneak up on you and just about kill you before you know you have them.

The other suggestion is for both of you also. Stop drinking carbonated beverages of any kind because they can cause swelling in the kidneys that lets them spill protein in the urine (which is not normal for them to do).

Finally, I have a request. Be sure to have your daughter checked again when those antibiotics are finished to make sure the urine is clear. The recheck may not be necessary if you had a culture and sensitivity report that states the pathogen was sensitive to the antibiotic.

If the skin doesn't return to normal when the infection is gone, some doctor is going to have a time trying to determine the cause, and trying to find a way to return her skin tone to normal. Please keep us informed and I personally would love to know whether both of you had the same pathogen. Deirdre can give you my e-mail address if you'd like.

I just had another thought. Is this your daughter's first UTI or has she had several. I happened to think about a co-worker in the past who was telling me about her 5 year old granddaughter and her having one UTI after another since she was about age 2. Her doctor was stumped as to what was causing it. After discussing the carbonated beverages/bubble bath connections and finding both were negative in her case, I suggested that it probably had an allergic connection and the infection would follow something causing swelling and congestion in the UT and that the best way to find it was for the parents and caretakers to keep a record of everything that the child ate or drank, or even chewin gum, because it was going to be something that the child ate or drank very often triggering the UTI's. Approximately 1-2 months later, my co-worker elatedly said "We found it, we found it". I had forgotten the conversation and replied "I didn't know it was lost. What did you find?" She then floored me when she told me what our family detectives had found triggered the child's UTI's. It was Flintstone vitamins (those cute little dinosaur shaped vitamins that had blue, red, green etc. colored ones in the same bottle). She hadn't had another UTI since they stopped them. Then she said they were very concerned because they felt she needed some vitamins, but how could they find some that wouldn't cause a problem with the kidneys. I told her that I knew you could find adult vitamins that were uncolored and unflavored, but she would probably have to go a health food place to ask if they carried uncolored and unflavored vitamins for children. I was as surprised as they were at the cause - vitamins are supposed to make you healthy, not sick. Happily, she later reported that they did find an unflavored, uncolored vitamin that the child would take and they created no problems."

[QUESTION]  11/02/2009: Annie from Old Hickory, Tennessee, USA writes: "Please help, I have been faithfully giving my family organic ACV for about a year now. So far, it as help my family but I am stumped at something. MY six year old daughter came down with a high fever for a week, no other symptoms other than high fever and lethargy. She also has a greenish tone to her skin. Took her to doctors and she tested negative for H1N1 and Strep. She did not have any pain when urinating or anything but took a urine test and found tons of puss in urine and a bit of blood. We put her on antibiotics and fever went down and she is feeling much better. O.K. the weird thing is that I have also come down with a bladder infection and am antibiotics. I have religiously taken Organic ACV and I also thought bacterial infections like bladder infectious are not contagious. I am confused and I am wondering if that is all it is, a bladder infection. If so, how can we get that when we our all taking shots of ACV with water morning and night. Should I be worried something else is going on?

I love Earth Clinic and try to follow the remedies but it is disappointing to be taken ACV for over a year now and come down with a bacterial bladder infection, it kinda took the air out of my sails. My children hate the taste of ACV and I tell them how good it is for them and then when they get sick and nothing helps but antibiotics I can't help but start to question what I m doing. So many people out there want to tell you that your kids need vaccines and drugs and etc... and I don't want to do use them but it is hard. Any suggestions out there?

Peace~
Annie form Tennessee"

11/02/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn writes: "Hello Annie from Tennessee,

Sorry you and your daughter are sick and glad to hear that she is much better. You didn't say whether there are any males in your household and whether they also came down with UTI's about the same time as you and your daughter. There are some bacterial infections you can catch (bladder infections in particular can start from below) and travel up the short urethra on the female, but usually not with the male, which is why your doctor is more concerned with the male's UTI than the females (also they are less likely to get an infection from faulty wiping than females).

The first thing I would suspect in UTI's in multiple family members is something in the water or other drinks consumed. but this should hit both sexes, if there are males in your household. So my first question is did your water supply look peculiar, smell peculiar, or taste peculiar in the week or two before these problems started.

Hopefully your doctor did a urine culture and sensitivity on both you and your daughter. Be sure and ask him/her (the receptionist should be able to handle that) for a copy of both the C&S results. Believe me, it is simpler to mail a copy than it is to try to write down some of these crazy sounding infections while someone else is spelling them over the phone.

Off hand I can not recall any infection that might give one's skin a greenish tone, (have seen a greenish discharge from external otitis (pseuodmonas which is often called swimmer's ear) and I seriously doubt that ACV could color the skin any color but the color of ACV. However I have been told that taking a lot of colloidal silver will turn your skin blue. My son said he saw a man on TV (just now asked him what shade of blue he was and he said "he looked like a smurf, dark blue") that was attributed to his taking colloidal regularly for a long time. Apparently the only problem he had from it was the color of his skin, but apparently no one had been able to come up with any way to return his skin to normal color.

I do have two suggesions for both you and your daughter. If you are using bubble bath, STOP! It has been known to cause bladder infections, and anything that infects the bladder can possibly travel up the ureters to the kidneys. Fortunately, the blaldder infections let us know that we have them in a hurry, but kidney infections can sneak up on you and just about kill you before you know you have them.

The other suggestion is for both of you also. Stop drinking carbonated beverages of any kind because they can cause swelling in the kidneys that lets them spill protein in the urine (which is not normal for them to do).

Finally, I have a request. Be sure to have your daughter checked again when those antibiotics are finished to make sure the urine is clear. The recheck may not be necessary if you had a culture and sensitivity report that states the pathogen was sensitive to the antibiotic.

If the skin doesn't return to normal when the infection is gone, some doctor is going to have a time trying to determine the cause, and trying to find a way to return her skin tone to normal. Please keep us informed and I personally would love to know whether both of you had the same pathogen. Deirdre can give you my e-mail address if you'd like.

I just had another thought. Is this your daughter's first UTI or has she had several. I happened to think about a co-worker in the past who was telling me about her 5 year old granddaughter and her having one UTI after another since she was about age 2. Her doctor was stumped as to what was causing it. After discussing the carbonated beverages/bubble bath connections and finding both were negative in her case, I suggested that it probably had an allergic connection and the infection would follow something causing swelling and congestion in the UT and that the best way to find it was for the parents and caretakers to keep a record of everything that the child ate or drank, or even chewin gum, because it was going to be something that the child ate or drank very often triggering the UTI's. Approximately 1-2 months later, my co-worker elatedly said "We found it, we found it". I had forgotten the conversation and replied "I didn't know it was lost. What did you find?" She then floored me when she told me what our family detectives had found triggered the child's UTI's. It was Flintstone vitamins (those cute little dinosaur shaped vitamins that had blue, red, green etc. colored ones in the same bottle). She hadn't had another UTI since they stopped them. Then she said they were very concerned because they felt she needed some vitamins, but how could they find some that wouldn't cause a problem with the kidneys. I told her that I knew you could find adult vitamins that were uncolored and unflavored, but she would probably have to go a health food place to ask if they carried uncolored and unflavored vitamins for children. I was as surprised as they were at the cause - vitamins are supposed to make you healthy, not sick. Happily, she later reported that they did find an unflavored, uncolored vitamin that the child would take and they created no problems."

11/02/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn writes: "I typed in "any pathogenic infection that can cause a greenish tinge to the skin" web search. The 1st reference was on vet. medicine but was unable to pull anything up on it - just a book ID. Went down & found one on psuedomonas & pulled it up. the site is http://sci.rutgers/edu/forum/archive//index.php/t-3372html

Very interesting. Pseudomonas UTI apparently also has a green tinged exudate, and has an odor like wet hay (they don't recommend you deliberately smell it unless you want some of the same pseudomonas infection you're smelling.

Now what I learned is something that EC'ers should know. It seems that dear old pseudomonas (let's shorten this to pseudo) developed resistance to lots of things, including antibiotics, and apparently to the vinegar, since the person answering the questions from spinal cord injury people, said they actually loved vinegar. They also stated that one strain of pseudomonas actually survived in jet fuel. I think that somewhere in the past I mentioned in EC that when I went to work at a new hospital (l960's). We were told by the fellow working in respiratory care that they had discovered that they were spreading the newest scourge in the hospitals in the oxygen equipment (remember old psuedo likes it moist or wet) and the way that they stopped it was by soaking the equipment in 1 part vinegar to 7 parts water solution. You might want to post this link in EC for as an alert. However, it is still doubtful that ingesting the vinegar/water would
cause a pseudo UTI because the hydrochloric acid in the stomach should have killed off the pseudo before it got to the kidneys."

11/02/2009: Carolyn from Hobbs, Nm, Usa writes: "Response to Bee from usa. Bee, kefir will make your stomach worse. I know. I tried it for months and continually got worse. I would suggest you stay off everything for a few days and then try the ACV again with honey. It has worked miracles for me. It wasn't easy taking it at first but I stayed with it. Now I am so much better. I've been on it 3 months now. It is the only thing that has ever helped me. I used to take Prevacid and Nexium and now I am down to 1 small Zantac a day. Good luck. Carolyn"

[SIDE EFFECTS]  11/02/2009: Bee from Usa, Usa writes: "ACV/Baking Soda Side Effects

I have had trouble with stomach problems for years now- heartburn/acid-reflux- burps where the acid comes all the way back up my throat (yuck!) and stomach pain, etc. I decided to try the ACV and baking soda- used the dosages Ted recommends- just took it once in the evening. I had stopped drinking coffee too (I know that doesn't help)- yet I was having bad stomach pain and really bad nausea- to the point I had to lay my head down bc I thought I was going to vomit. I stopped and it's okay now- about like it was before- not perfect. Could I have an ulcer? I feel like my stomach can't tolerate this remedy. I was taking kefir to help- I think I will go back to that."

11/02/2009: Carolyn from Hobbs, Nm, Usa writes: "Response to Bee from usa. Bee, kefir will make your stomach worse. I know. I tried it for months and continually got worse. I would suggest you stay off everything for a few days and then try the ACV again with honey. It has worked miracles for me. It wasn't easy taking it at first but I stayed with it. Now I am so much better. I've been on it 3 months now. It is the only thing that has ever helped me. I used to take Prevacid and Nexium and now I am down to 1 small Zantac a day. Good luck. Carolyn"

[QUESTION]  11/02/2009: Mike from Okeene, Ok writes: "Could increase in taking prostate supplements, ex: saw palmetto, hawthorne berry, zinc, licopene: cause increase in PSA? Gave blood and had PSA done, came back at 7.03 the last one I had was 20 months ago at 3.04. I have in the last 4 months increased by consumption of supplements, ACV, EVCO.etc, since finding out about earth clinic. Any suggestions?"

11/02/2009: Megan from Warner Robins, Ga writes: "In response to Grace from Vancouver. On a routine basis you would use 2 teaspoons full up to 3 times a day. The 2 tablespoons would come in say if you were sick with the flu or trying to fight off something. As with any detox start out with low amounts and work up from there. Some people report taking it before a meal to aid in digestion/weight loss. I have read many times it is recommended in a 8oz glass of water that you sip through a straw throughout the day. I usually take 2 teaspoons in water and the last few days have started adding BSM in warm water with ACV once in the morning. Three weeks and I am starting to feel like a new woman! I have also had success with regular store brand ACV. Hope this helps."

[YEA]  10/22/2009: Ned from Atlanta, Ga writes: "I read your comments this morning and decided to try ACV out. I have had HBP since my mid teens. Been on medications for 15 years now. My last medication wasn't working. I have been averaging 155/108. I took ACV today all three times and checked it this evening, 120/82. I am amazed! Talk about impressive results! Thank you all for your helpful posts!"

10/24/2009: Grace from Vancouver, Canada writes: "Seeing so many positive response for ACV dealing with high blood pressure, I am telling my husband that he should really give it a try. We do have a question regarding when to take the 2T of ACV, 3x/day, is it before or after meal? Or does it matters at all? Can anyone doing the ACV kindly reply. Thanks!"

11/02/2009: Megan from Warner Robins, Ga writes: "In response to Grace from Vancouver. On a routine basis you would use 2 teaspoons full up to 3 times a day. The 2 tablespoons would come in say if you were sick with the flu or trying to fight off something. As with any detox start out with low amounts and work up from there. Some people report taking it before a meal to aid in digestion/weight loss. I have read many times it is recommended in a 8oz glass of water that you sip through a straw throughout the day. I usually take 2 teaspoons in water and the last few days have started adding BSM in warm water with ACV once in the morning. Three weeks and I am starting to feel like a new woman! I have also had success with regular store brand ACV. Hope this helps."

11/02/2009: Sanddollar from Billings, Mt writes: "I am going to try this and let you know how it goes. I have been reading lots about the amazing benefits of epsom salts that have been discovered lately (they help absorption/regulate insulin, prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies if given to mothers before labor, help severe asthma attacks in the emergency room (given via IV and by nebulizer). It also can help prevent premature births by discouraging uterine contractions - so it makes sense to me that it could help with the pain and cramping associated with menstruation. I have already been using the blackstrap molasses (one TBSP daily) with great results, but cramps are not completely gone."

[YEA]  03/20/2007: Denise from Georgetown, Guyana writes: "My remedy for keeping crippling cramps and bloating at bay during my period is a very simple one that only requires ONE DOSE per month. I simply take 1/2 teaspoon of epsom salts in 1 glass of water on the 2nd or the 3rd day BEFORE my period begins and I have very little pain sometimes but NONE AT ALL most months. A dear friend of my mother's told me about this a few months ago and I've used it religiously since. I've even told my friends about it and I find that I don't experience any bloating either. I am sure this will work for you. Usually I mix the salts with a senna leaf solution but this isn't necessary. I would drink at least 3 glasses of plain water during the days before (this makes your flow heavy on the first 2 days but it gets lighter after that).The dose of Epsom salts is too small to hurt your tummy or give you more than one extra trip to the bathroom but it is enough to effectively clean your intestines."

11/02/2009: Sanddollar from Billings, Mt writes: "I am going to try this and let you know how it goes. I have been reading lots about the amazing benefits of epsom salts that have been discovered lately (they help absorption/regulate insulin, prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies if given to mothers before labor, help severe asthma attacks in the emergency room (given via IV and by nebulizer). It also can help prevent premature births by discouraging uterine contractions - so it makes sense to me that it could help with the pain and cramping associated with menstruation. I have already been using the blackstrap molasses (one TBSP daily) with great results, but cramps are not completely gone."

I have had trouble with stomach problems for years now- heartburn/acid-reflux- burps where the acid comes all the way back up my throat (yuck!) and stomach pain, etc. I decided to try the ACV and baking soda- used the dosages Ted recommends- just took it once in the evening. I had stopped drinking coffee too (I know that doesn't help)- yet I was having bad stomach pain and really bad nausea- to the point I had to lay my head down bc I thought I was going to vomit. I stopped and it's okay now- about like it was before- not perfect. Could I have an ulcer? I feel like my stomach can't tolerate this remedy. I was taking kefir to help- I think I will go back to that."

[NAY]  11/02/2009: Moises from New York, Ny writes: "I have taken cold showers daily for a number of years. I heartily recommend them. I find that my skin is better and my resistance to colds and flu is much stronger. But, unfortunately, it had no effect on my IBS. My IBS is the same whether I take my showers cold or hot."

[YEA]  05/14/2008: Zvonko Spasic from Belgrade, Serbia writes: "Cold showers helped me to become stronger. When I was little, stomack problems often troubled me. Diarea, for example. Whenewer it was cold you could se me running home or to the nearest bathroom. Sometimes I would not eat anything for houres, so I would not have the need to go. Also, I had a few embarassing moments because of my problem, but nothing to seiouse. Then, one day I came across the idea of a cold shower, because I saw the Russians runing in to the frozen lake after being in a sauna for 15 minutes, as a tradition. There were children, little boys and girls among them. I remember thinking:"Those must be some strong people.". Then it also came to me that we, in Serbia, have a simillar tradition, but without the sauna and as a part of oure religiouse heredity. Those are definitly strong people, because most of them are members of serbians ellite police force. That made me step up. I wanted to become stronger... And i did. I have been taking relatively cold showers for a year and a half now. I have stomack problems very rarrely now and they are more under my controle. I rarely get a cold now, although i hade a few ones only because I took a cold shower and went in to a, not so warm, room. So be carefull. Don't make the same mistake. That would be stupid,as was I. Also, my whole body functions much smoother... I can't explane it, but it feels good. Then I made another step. I joined the Serbian tradition and jumped in to the lake in the middle of winter, alongside the members of the police force and some more people like me. It was freezing. Despite the air themperature, wich was 12 degreas (Celsius), the water was 3-4 degreas (Celsius, don't know how much is that in Farenheits). It felt like my mind separated it self from my body and alowed it to run on authomatic for a few seconds. When I came out off the wather I expected to get a flew or something, but I was just fine, and had a simbolic lunch with the other guys who jumped. Anyway, cold showers helped me plenty. With my body and mentally. The coldnes takes youre thoughts from the things that are on youre mind and leave you in a peacefull state. Try it... If you like it, continue, and begin with babysteps. Sorry for the gramar mistakes and for writing this much. Greatings..."

[NAY]  11/02/2009: Moises from New York, Ny writes: "I have taken cold showers daily for a number of years. I heartily recommend them. I find that my skin is better and my resistance to colds and flu is much stronger. But, unfortunately, it had no effect on my IBS. My IBS is the same whether I take my showers cold or hot."

[NAY]  11/02/2009: Moises from New York, Ny writes: "I have tried enteric-coated peppermint oil capsules numerous times and they had no effect on my IBS."

03/31/2009: Rich from Boca Raton, Fl writes: "Peppermint Oil can cure IBS in many people. It also kills candida.

http://www.webmd.com/ibs/news/20081113/peppermint-oil-fiber-can-treat-ibs

"Based on the combined data, the researchers estimated that one in 2.5 patients would get significant relief of symptoms if treated with peppermint oil, compared to one in five patients taking antispasmodics and one in 11 patients taking fiber. Peppermint oil is sold in capsules, and the study participants took about 200 milligrams two or three times a day."

[NAY]  06/21/2009: Rich from Boca Raton, Fl writes: "I had no success with the Peppermint Oil. Although I've tried Caprylic Acid, and alot of it, that had no effect either.

I have some kind of fungal infection, probably candida, could be a different fungus though. I've had success with two things so far:
1. Mega-Garlic (to the point that you smell offensive).
2. Coconut Oil (2 TBSP, morning and evening)(this is a bunch of calories, though). I'm sold on the coconut oil

I suspect mega-iodine (see Sporotrichosis for doseage) may help, but I can't confirm yet. Iodine is twice as strong of an antibiotic as Chlorine, less toxic, disolves starches(and yeast), and heavy metals. I've seen some success in the mouth with iodine, where success has been dificult to come by."

[NAY]  11/02/2009: Moises from New York, Ny writes: "I have tried enteric-coated peppermint oil capsules numerous times and they had no effect on my IBS."

[YEA]  11/02/2009: Moises from New York, Ny Usa writes: "Athlete's Foot: I mixed one part tea tree oil with 4 parts olive oil. Twice daily I washed me feet with soap and water. Then I dried them. Then I used an eyedropper to apply the tea tree oil dilution between the toes.

My athlete's foot cleared up in less than a week. This was after using Lamisil ointment for more than 3 weeks.

The first time I used Lamisil (terbinafine hydrochloride 1%), years ago, it also worked in a few days. Each successive time, it required more days to eliminate the athlete's foot. I have only tried tea tree oil one time. So, I do not know yet if its effectiveness diminishes with repeated use, the way Lamisil does."

11/02/2009: Margaret from Albany, Ny writes: "I am so excited to read about this treatment because I have been suffering with several fibromas on each foot. I am actually currently using ACV to spot-treat plantar warts on my feet. The ACV is causing the hardened skin around the wart, and the wart, to peel away, a very good thing. But I'm nervous about now applying ACV to the entire foot, including non-hardened skin... did you experience burning or extensive peeling at all? I was surprised that you said it felt good. Thanks for posting!"

[YEA]  10/09/2009: Tassia from Berkeley, Ca, Us writes: "I got this thing called a Plantar Fibroma on the sole of my foot, suddenly, about 7 weeks ago. After I got the diagnosis a couple of weeks ago, I was trying out some ACV on my skin and it occurred to me that it would feel good on my feet -- and it did, it felt REALLY soothing and cooling, which seemed very good. By the next morning, the fibroma was almost gone. Here is what I did: I put a folded paper towel in a plastic bag (like a produce bag) and poured some ACV (that expensive, organic brand) onto that, then put my foot on the paper towel and tied the plastic bag onto my foot (I actually did both feet because it felt so good) and left them like that overnight. I kept doing this for about a week, and there is no sign now of a fibroma. Kind of amazing, as people have surgeries for this -- and then the fibromas come back anyway. I wonder if this would also help plantar fasciitis, as it seemed to soften and relax the entire fascia."

11/02/2009: Margaret from Albany, Ny writes: "I am so excited to read about this treatment because I have been suffering with several fibromas on each foot. I am actually currently using ACV to spot-treat plantar warts on my feet. The ACV is causing the hardened skin around the wart, and the wart, to peel away, a very good thing. But I'm nervous about now applying ACV to the entire foot, including non-hardened skin... did you experience burning or extensive peeling at all? I was surprised that you said it felt good. Thanks for posting!"

11/02/2009: K from Sacramento, Ca writes: "I had a bad case of mites this summer. I used neem oil - three or four large dropperfuls in about a cup of olive oil, added some oil of orange. Put all over head, face, ears, neck down to shoulders.

Then soak in a tub of water - add hydrogen peroxide, one large bottle, about 1/2 cup borax and a cup or so of salt, oil up down to the water level. Soak for an hour if you can.

Then wash your hair with Dawn dish soap.

This causes a rush to your eyes as they try to get away, but using drops and resting in a dark room will get you thru it.

Do it once a week until they are gone.

I saw an article that recommended using lysol, the kind you dilute. Pour it on your scalp, ears, etc and let it dry. Leaving it on do it again and let dry. Leave on for all day or night if you can before you wash it out. Have not tried it as mine are gone or reduced so as not to be bothersome.

Good luck."

10/11/2009: Izzy from Vero Beach, Florida U.s.a writes: "Maybe a flea ?

I have discovered after a year of battleing these invisible biting creatures, that there also is a flea called the Sticktight Flea, which is just as small as the bird-rat mites, and it loves humans, likes to live in crotch area, scalp, face and ears, and i do mean it lives in the ears, and burrows into the flesh there, when you use remedies in your ears it goes under the flesh, very hard to kill, I got suspicious when I saw one I got from between my cats toes, and they cause dogs- cats to do the head shaking also, I have been pulling stuff off my body for a year now, and they have been things that are the same as all 3 stages of this creature, they come off wildlife, including wild birds !! I am going to start battleing with products for fleas and see what happens, along with my zapper which helps."

11/01/2009: Izzy from Vero Beach, Florida writes: "Invisible biting mites?

I have posted here before,but just want to add a couple tips to help in this ongoing battle against these Mites? Using sprinkled talc with Menthol in it on your sheets keeps them off you so you can sleep,not allowed to say the name of product but it's in a green shaker bottle with holes in the cap, has Zinc Oxide and Menthol as ingredients,also get Pets on a topical, that covers mites & fleas, this stopped the misery my pets were going through.Dealing with the ones in my ears is a different story though, have thrown everything safe at them but can't kill them there, keep using borax in wash ,and I add 1 teaspoon of Euclyptus Oil to each load, if you have pets it's a good idea to wash the oil out of the clothes after soaking them in the borax & Euc. Be careful with essential oils of any kind around pets, I research any new remedies I try first due to my pets. An Immune booster supplement is a must ! And if your a long time remedy user it's a real good idea to buy a Liver Detoxifier from your health food store, trust me you will feel a lot better once your liver starts to rejuvinate itself.If you want to make your blood more Alkaline you can buy PH drops to make it more alkaline than acidic, this helps in the battle also, I am a senior citizen and am in pretty good shape due to following my tips, however until the CDC stops dragging their feet we'll never get to the bottom of this, my bugs are able to burrow under the flesh, hence I can't kill them in my ears but any feedback will be appreciated!"

11/02/2009: K from Sacramento, Ca writes: "I had a bad case of mites this summer. I used neem oil - three or four large dropperfuls in about a cup of olive oil, added some oil of orange. Put all over head, face, ears, neck down to shoulders.

Then soak in a tub of water - add hydrogen peroxide, one large bottle, about 1/2 cup borax and a cup or so of salt, oil up down to the water level. Soak for an hour if you can.

Then wash your hair with Dawn dish soap.

This causes a rush to your eyes as they try to get away, but using drops and resting in a dark room will get you thru it.

Do it once a week until they are gone.

I saw an article that recommended using lysol, the kind you dilute. Pour it on your scalp, ears, etc and let it dry. Leaving it on do it again and let dry. Leave on for all day or night if you can before you wash it out. Have not tried it as mine are gone or reduced so as not to be bothersome.

Good luck."

I was just reading about Apple Cider Vinegar with water as a daily tonic. I have an infection now and gulped the 2Tbs ACV with 8 oz water and am sipping on a 16 oz with ACV but in your suggestion of using it as a daily tonic you don't give a formula. Can you help?

Thanks,
Sandy"

[YEA]  11/02/2009: Heather from Colorado Springs, Co writes: "Inhaling H202 cured my kids coughs.

My family got the swine flu at the end of August. For 6 weeks we passed that thing around each of us getting it more than once. One son had it for 3 days each week for 4 weeks and one ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. We all got over the fever fine, but 4 were left with nasty coughs that just wouldn't quit. I tried AVC, but my kids hated it so much that they wouldn't drink it consistently, so I bought a nebulizer online and used half drugstore H202 (1-2 ml) and half water (1-2 ml) in the medicine cup. I had them each inhale for about 10 minutes 2 times per day.

Within 2 days they were 90% better, and the ones who still had a little cough were better in 3. And that was after coughing for 4-5 weeks. I think the little viruses were hiding in the lungs and then reappearing when they got their numbers back up. After I started the H202, no one had a reoccurence of the flu."

[BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS]  11/02/2009: Nelda from Deltona, Fl writes: "I used acv on the side of my face near my left eye using acv for about 5 days with a small piece of cotton saturated with acv and covered with a bandaid. The mole turn black and scab I could feel the acv burning. The mole fell off and left a red mark and scar. I put lavender oil on during the day and Ted's remedy of honey and nutmeg at night on the scar. It's been almost 2 months. The red is gone and the scar is starting to go away...I don't think the scar will go away completely, but a little powder does cover it up. I'm really happy with the results.

ATT: To let everyone know this was my fault for not protecting my face with VASELINE around the mole. I have another mole on my face and I will use VASELINE :>) this time. Good Luck to everyone!"

[QUESTION]  11/02/2009: Annie from Old Hickory, Tennessee, USA writes: "Please help, I have been faithfully giving my family organic ACV for about a year now. So far, it as help my family but I am stumped at something. MY six year old daughter came down with a high fever for a week, no other symptoms other than high fever and lethargy. She also has a greenish tone to her skin. Took her to doctors and she tested negative for H1N1 and Strep. She did not have any pain when urinating or anything but took a urine test and found tons of puss in urine and a bit of blood. We put her on antibiotics and fever went down and she is feeling much better. O.K. the weird thing is that I have also come down with a bladder infection and am antibiotics. I have religiously taken Organic ACV and I also thought bacterial infections like bladder infectious are not contagious. I am confused and I am wondering if that is all it is, a bladder infection. If so, how can we get that when we our all taking shots of ACV with water morning and night. Should I be worried something else is going on?

I love Earth Clinic and try to follow the remedies but it is disappointing to be taken ACV for over a year now and come down with a bacterial bladder infection, it kinda took the air out of my sails. My children hate the taste of ACV and I tell them how good it is for them and then when they get sick and nothing helps but antibiotics I can't help but start to question what I m doing. So many people out there want to tell you that your kids need vaccines and drugs and etc... and I don't want to do use them but it is hard. Any suggestions out there?

Peace~
Annie form Tennessee"

11/02/2009: Angie from Jersey City, Nj, USA writes: "One potential problem that might arise with adding a "forum" feature is that members might bypass adding their feedback to the earthclinic website, and just communicate with each other privately, which would start to dilute the quality of earthclinic website."

EC: Thanks so much Angie, agreed! We're leaning towards NAY on the forum idea at the moment.

Deirdre

10/20/2009: Deirdre from Earth Clinic writes: "To prevent future spamming and to protect the privacy of our readers, email addresses are no longer visible on the website unless they have been included in the text comments section (i.e., after the name and city, state). You will no longer see a Yes/No option to display your email address on the registration form or on the Give Feedback/Contact Us form of EC.

NEW FORUM...

Several contributors have been asking for a forum lately (thanks T and Carolyn!) so they can more easily communicate with the EC community while keeping email addresses private. We are now researching forum software and also how a forum would integrate into the existing setup of Earth Clinic. We definitely don't want to lose the YEA/NAY ratings sytem which has made this site so unique, so the forum will be an additional element.

If you have any ideas or visions about adding a forum to EC, please let us know! Or if you have a forum that you absolutely love and would us to check out for ideas, please send the url along.

Your comments and feedback are always greatly appreciated."

10/20/2009: Carolyn H from Hobbs, Nm Usa writes: "Yeah!! I love the idea of being able to communicate directly with members of this site. Then we can learn where they get their products, etc. It will be great. The following site has a great forum:

http://www.northwestsourdough.com/"

EC: Thanks, Carolyn!

10/20/2009: Kin from Auckland, New Zealand writes: "I don't think a Forum is a good idea for Earth Clinic. The Yes/Nay system is not only unique but we can always be sure that the postings are filtered by EC and we don't have to go through a whole lots of non productive chatting (or junks) to get to bottom of the issue. Maybe EC can have a "Private Message" function, registered members can send private messages to each other they can then exchange their email addresses through that."

10/21/2009: Sharik from Arcata, California, Usa writes: "I agree with Kin from Auckland, New Zealand: I have left many a site because the forums were just too much to get through, and I really like and need this site. However, the private message function rather defeats the purpose of the site as others do not get the benefit of the things learned by individuals searching for cures (or, at least, relief). Has anyone had a bad experience from putting their email addresses on this site?

Peace, Sharik"

EC: Yes! Last month a spammer rounded up all the visible email addresses on Earth Clinic and started sending out daily messages to members that they had seen their "profile" on Earth Clinic and wanted to get to know them. A bunch of people then asked to have their email addresses removed from the site when they started to receive spam emails, which wasn't an issue. Getting Google to remove email addresses from its search results quickly has been an issue!

10/22/2009: Carolyn from Hobbs, Nm, Usa writes: "On the Northwest Sourdough site you have the choice of whether or not to post your email address. There has never been a problem with that site and we email each other all the time. Never a problem.

Thanks,
Carolyn"

10/22/2009: Dianna from Citrus Heights, Ca writes: "I would like to request that there be a section where you list dosage recommendations for the many cures you list, how to take it, possible side effects and contraindications in certain groups of folks, as well as where you might find the products you recommend...all of this separate from the feedback responses. I see many folks write in with different ways and dosages of taking apple cider vinegar and/or hydrogen peroxide, for instance, which is confusing to someone like myself who wants to try some of these cures. Ted recommends taking baking soda with the cider vinegar to alkalize the body but many people use ACV without the baking soda. Wouldn't taking it without the baking soda adversely affect someone like myself who has Crohn's disease, GERD and diverticulosis? Wouldn't taking the ACV without baking soda mean that you are not alkalizing the body?

There are also many, many questions being asked but rarely answered. Will those be answered in time by Ted or EC? I'm very interested in some of these questions as they are often questions I would like to ask but I don't want to be repetitive if they are asked and awaiting an answer.

I absolutely love your site and have been recommending it to everyone (and I mean EVERYONE!) I talk to. I've bought many of the products recommended but am reluctant to start using some of them until I have better clarification of the how to's and what not to do. Thanks for the opportunity to suggest recommendations!"

EC: Hi Dianna. Thank you so much for your feedback. Yes, a few people have asked us for such a thing over the years! We will add it to our "need to do" list, along with some instructional videos.

10/23/2009: Sharik from Arcata, California writes: "To EC re: the forum question: Ah ha! Well, in that case, go for it. I can see that would be a perfect pain (and probably was and is) and I take back what I wrote! I'm new at the computer (next time I get a Mac!) so I haven't yet learned all the ins and outs of the www. Thanks again for a great site. Peace, Sharik"

EC: Thanks Sharik.

Truth be told, I like the way the site is currently set up and am not yet completely sold on adding a forum! Call me old-fashioned, behind the times, etc. Okay!

Deirdre

11/02/2009: Angie from Jersey City, Nj, USA writes: "One potential problem that might arise with adding a "forum" feature is that members might bypass adding their feedback to the earthclinic website, and just communicate with each other privately, which would start to dilute the quality of earthclinic website."

EC: Thanks so much Angie, agreed! We're leaning towards NAY on the forum idea at the moment.

Deirdre

11/02/2009: Nita from Somerset, Ky writes: "My daughter also has this condition and her doctor said it is tinea versicolor-a skin fungus. If the hair growing in the white patches still has color then the pigment isn't gone. We rub virgin coconut oil on the white patches and are now seeing normal skin color returning! Hope this helps."

[QUESTION]  07/22/2009: Karen from NY, New York writes: "Hello Ted and Earth Clinic,

My son was also diagnose with this condition and the doctor said it was caused by fungus. My son was prescribed Miconazolnitraat which I am hesitant to use as he is 4 years old and the condition is on his face.

So far the cures that I have tried on EC have helped my family. However I have a question. Janet from NJ asked for a natural cure for her 10 year old daughter. You mentioned borax, H202 and baking soda. I have also noticed that baking soda is used with ACV and lemon juice. Why are these chemically made items considered and used in natural cures? I do not have specific doubts but just curious as i would not initially associate any of these item with a natural cure.

Your response will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Karen"

09/02/2009: Veronica from New York, Usa writes: "I have a question for karen regarding her son's vitiligo diagnosis of being a fungus. can you please tell me how the doctor came about with this diagnosis and if he did any type of blood test? I have a 10 yr old daughter and her doctor has not done anything but keep on prescribing meds that have not worked and has not said anything about possible fungus. Your feedback is greatly appreciate it. I will only try on her natural remedies as i dont want to keep on putting creams on. anyone please let me know"

11/02/2009: Nita from Somerset, Ky writes: "My daughter also has this condition and her doctor said it is tinea versicolor-a skin fungus. If the hair growing in the white patches still has color then the pigment isn't gone. We rub virgin coconut oil on the white patches and are now seeing normal skin color returning! Hope this helps."

11/02/2009: Javier from Lebanon, Pa writes: "How much of each stuff do you mix? Thank you"

[YEA]  10/31/2009: Alex from Hawthorne, California writes: "This is how i cured my sinus illness. I read it in a comment from Mexico city. Boil water add salt, not the fine salt, but the grain one add some amount of hydrogen peroxide. drain your noses with a pump you get in the stores called sinus rinse. I suffered from sinus for 5 years. and to the point that i lost the sense of smell.

the next day i woke up spilling blood and mucus from my front forehead literally felt it where it was coming from. after three days of blowing my nose with ugly looking mucus, staring feeling the smell of chicken on a BBQ grill. I almost cried because i could feel the sense of smell.BELIEVE ME IT WORKS!!!!! Any questions email @ alejandrotg@hotmail.com"

11/02/2009: Javier from Lebanon, Pa writes: "How much of each stuff do you mix? Thank you"

11/02/2009: Fajar from Beppu, Oita, Japan writes: "Dear Mr. Ted,

this is my 6th day trying the ACV for my acid reflux (without the baking soda). 1 tblspoon 8oz water, 3 times a day. still not much difference.

I don't get heartburn when I drink it, so my problem probably is not more acid, but less acid.

My acid reflux problem is not as severe as some other people here, however they seem to be cured rather instantly, while my problem (which is only moderate) hasn't been cured (yet).

My question is,
1) for my not severe/moderate GERD, generally how long should I take your baking soda apple cider vinegar remedy before i am expected to see any change in curing my acid reflux? Will taking it with baking soda differ with taking ACV alone?

2) I am intrigued by your post that said "bug". what "bug" is it and how long should I take the humic acid before I am expected to see any change in curing my acid reflux? there is this brand with 166 mg calcium and 500 mg humic acid tablet. will that work or should I find the liquid humic acid?

Thank you for your first reply,

please reply again, Mr. Ted, I am desperate since I havent see any result from the ACV alone."

[QUESTION]  11/01/2009: Fajar from Beppu, Oita, japan writes: "Dear Mr. Ted,

i am now trying the ACV for my acid reflux. 1 tblspoon 8oz water, 3 times a day. Already been on it for 3 days now. doesn't seem to give me much difference.

However, I am really intrigued with the ted's apple cider and baking soda recipe, and as far as my logic goes, i feel that it makes sense. however, i read from some other websites, that the prolong used of baking soda will kill good bacteria in your digestive tract, in addition, i quote this from another website

"if you take too much baking soda, or any antacid medication, then the stomach acid itself can be neutralized. The result is that the stomach cells produces more acid to compensate. You then end up taking more baking soda or antacid to neutralize the excess acid. Eventually you can exhaust the stomach cells and the level of stomach acid can decline. Great for your heartburn perhaps, but not so good for your digestion. The level of stomach acid can fall so much that it impairs digestion and food cannot be broken down properly. The result of this can be allergies and inflammation in other areas of the body.

Is this side effect true? Will there be any significant difference if I use the baking soda recipe? because the apple cider vinegar only does not seem to give me much relief, at least yet.

also, i'm south east asian (from indonesia), if that is of importance.

please reply mr.Ted, i am really desperate. if i healed, i'll donate for sure.

thank you.

fajar perdana."

11/02/2009: Fajar from Beppu, Oita, Japan writes: "Dear Mr. Ted,

this is my 6th day trying the ACV for my acid reflux (without the baking soda). 1 tblspoon 8oz water, 3 times a day. still not much difference.

I don't get heartburn when I drink it, so my problem probably is not more acid, but less acid.

My acid reflux problem is not as severe as some other people here, however they seem to be cured rather instantly, while my problem (which is only moderate) hasn't been cured (yet).

My question is,
1) for my not severe/moderate GERD, generally how long should I take your baking soda apple cider vinegar remedy before i am expected to see any change in curing my acid reflux? Will taking it with baking soda differ with taking ACV alone?

2) I am intrigued by your post that said "bug". what "bug" is it and how long should I take the humic acid before I am expected to see any change in curing my acid reflux? there is this brand with 166 mg calcium and 500 mg humic acid tablet. will that work or should I find the liquid humic acid?

Thank you for your first reply,

please reply again, Mr. Ted, I am desperate since I havent see any result from the ACV alone."

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Dear Fajar:

As to your question of how long it takes for the acid reflux if you take apple cider vinegar and baking soda. It takes for most people 2-3 weeks. Baking soda maybe added more instead of 1/4 can be added to 1/2 teaspoon. This allows the intestines to get more alkaline, so that it can neutralize the acidity from the stomach. It's a general remedy. But in field work, I got all kinds of causes for acid reflux and hence many remedies. However, this is the simplest.

As to your second question, certain virus that causes acid reflux, I don't use any particular brand, however I do use a powdered source. The ones I got are either from China or Australia, where it's extracted into a humate material. I used the humic acid as a test for presence of virus. In other words if the condition is relieved by this, then it's a positive test for a virus.

As to the questions that I think you should be asking is likely to be what other remedies for acid reflux. These are the ones I found to have cured and has done very well also. Namely digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid supplements (betaine) magnesium chloride, and royal jelly (fresh frozen royal jelly). People tend to do the kitchen sink approach, this is not a good way to find which ones work since, I just used one of them at a time and see which ones work the best. In general, I found taking magnesium chloride drops immediately after eating or during eating helps reduce the condition. A digestive enzyme will work better if a person doesn't have a magnesium deficiency. In another case of toxicity and stomach damage from an unknown poisoning, that initiated an acid reflux, I have found royal jelly to help. It was a one time dose of 1 teaspoon and cured the week long acid reflux problems.

It's likely therefore that in an acid reflux, it could have many possible causes, the most common is metabolic acidosis, from eating hard to digest food, namely well done steaks and other meat products. In some other cases the stomach just ferment, because it can't digest the food, in which case digestive enzyme, magnesium chloride, vitamin B50, and betaine seems to help if it's taken along with meal. I prefer the digestive enzyme. But in another case still, if a person has a vitamin B deficiency a similar acid reflux occur. Hence there are many kinds of acid reflux, one of which baking soda and apple cider vinegar is the simplest of all cure, although it takes between 1-2 weeks to obtain result. One other case of acid reflux occurs because of metabolic acidosis caused by an iodine deficiency, in which case taking 1-2 drops of lugols plus 1000 mg of sodium ascorbate for about a week also did the trick also.

Calcium is not a likely product I used to cure acid reflux, it seems to worsen the condition. Sea salt perhaps 1/8 teaspoon in a cup of water, might further, help although the results may work if only a person have hypochlorydia, which is a deficiency of chlorides, that results in deficiency of hydrochloric acid. To increase the chlorides, is just to take between 1/8 to 1/4 of sea salt once every morning in a cup of water. This problem is getting more because people are now avoiding all salt products, hence, I then used sea salt as a replacement supplement instead of the use of tje acid forming common table salt that is the problem.

I hope this answers some of your questions about acid reflux."

[YEA]  11/02/2009: Fallenangel from Hallstead, Pa, United States writes: "After reading this site and all the suggestions from other women, I tried the 1/2 peroxide/1/2 water douche, 10mg acidophilus pills, and also added 400mg folic acid tablets to my daily vitamins. No kidding, within 1 day all symptoms were gone! I have struggled with this problem off and on since I had a hysteroctomy 8 years ago. After moving in with my boyfriend in July, it had become unbearable to me, the odor was horrifying, I didn't want any intimacy because of it. I tried so many "remedies" but nothing seemed to work very well or for more than a day or two. I read the feedback from other women on here 7 weeks ago and ran to the drugstore immediately. After douching with the peroxide/water mix, taking the acidophilus pill and folic acid, it was too good to be true! the first week I used the douche solution 3x to be on the safe side and took the vitamins everyday. I now take 1 acidophilus pill and a folic acid tablet daily, and have had no reaccurance at all. For less than $20 I was able to buy everything I needed and be free of this horrible problem. Much cheaper than my doctor visit co-pay, and much cheaper than the meds the doctor prescribed that only took away the severity of the symptoms. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the women who were willing to talk about this embarrassing subject on here!"

11/02/2009: Kim from Petaling Jaya, Selangor Malaysia writes: "Hi Shereen I am also looking for food grade hydrogen peroxide 35%. My email address is pjaya@pc.jaring.my. Many Thanks"

02/05/2008: Tony from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia writes: "Hi everyone. I have been reading the site with great interest. Can anyone here help me fine food grade H2O2 in KL Malaysia? Please email me the information if you have it. Thanks Tony"

11/14/2008: OTHMAN from SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA writes: "PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I COULD PURCHASE the 35%food grade H2O2 in my locallity"

05/18/2009: Shereen from Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia writes: "Hi, I am looking for places where I can buy Hydrogen Peroxide 35% food grade quality in KL, Malaysia?. Can anyone tell me where to buy it? Thanks, Shereen"

05/22/2009: Shereen from Kuala Lumpur, Selangor/Malaysia writes: "If anyone wants to buy 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide please email me. I have sources and will give more details about it.

Thanks,
Shereen"

05/25/2009: Dr Graham from Petaling Jaya, Selangor Malaysia writes: "Looking for 35% Food-Grade Hydrogen Peroxide. Needed for Parkinson patient and for general health. Would appreciate info on Malaysian or Singapore source."

07/03/2009: Kim from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia writes: "Got source for 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide for bulk order of 30kg. Approx. RM12/kg. Looking for people living around Klang Valley to share with me."

10/28/2009: Imi from P.j, Selangor, Malaysia writes: "Hello Shereen.. This is my email. imran_b@live.com

I am looking for Food grade hydrogen peroxide. Im from P.j. Please contact me"

11/02/2009: Kim from Petaling Jaya, Selangor Malaysia writes: "Hi Shereen I am also looking for food grade hydrogen peroxide 35%. My email address is pjaya@pc.jaring.my. Many Thanks"

[YEA]  11/02/2009: Fav from Lagos, Nigeria writes: "HI, i've read so much about acv on yoursite that i just went out to buy one, however the shop i went to only had one brand (acv is hard to come by in nigeria) and its called dolly's famous foods their acv is called natural apple vinegar.
i hope i bought the good one. also can you tell me were i can get bragg acv in Lagos Nigeria? cheers"

EC: Send the company (http://www.bragg.com/) an email and see if they have distributors in Nigeria!

Some sites include:
http://www.fulvic.org/
http://www.vitalearth.net/
http://herbnhenna.com/Shilajit-Anti-Aging-Fulvic-Acid-by-Baithyanath-P215005.aspx
http://www.supremefulvic.com/
http://www.fulvarex.com/
http://www.omicaplus.com/
http://www.healthylivingintl.com/minerals/index.htm

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  11/02/2009: Danielle from Stockton, Ca Usa writes: "oh my goodness.i just literally used the green tea method on myself about 15 mins ago. i have to say right away green tea was dripped in my eye it felt 5 times better. so far i havent seen any improvement on the swelling but the redness is etter too (still slightly red). but better than it was before. i think im going to do it again in another few hours and see if there is anymore imporvements. i will update as it happens.

what i used was the organic green tea. i just waited tell the tea cooled a little then dripped the green tea into my eye then closed my eye and rested the warm tea bag on my eyes. i let it sit for 15 mins.thats about how long it took for the bag to turn cold. thank you guys so much for such a helpful tip."

[YEA]  08/06/2007: kimberly from Pembroke pines, Florida writes: "Thanks for this website, When I woke up on August 3 I had the pink eye. I tried that day treating it with saline solution but it continued to ache and the eye was red. However, I checked this site and found a remedy. That evening, I made green tea and applied the bag to my eye and allowed some to drop in my eye. Instantly the pain and redness was gone. When I woke the next morning the pink eye was completely gone. Thank you, this is awesome. Now I have a natural cure for the rest of my family."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  11/02/2009: Danielle from Stockton, Ca Usa writes: "oh my goodness.i just literally used the green tea method on myself about 15 mins ago. i have to say right away green tea was dripped in my eye it felt 5 times better. so far i havent seen any improvement on the swelling but the redness is etter too (still slightly red). but better than it was before. i think im going to do it again in another few hours and see if there is anymore imporvements. i will update as it happens.

what i used was the organic green tea. i just waited tell the tea cooled a little then dripped the green tea into my eye then closed my eye and rested the warm tea bag on my eyes. i let it sit for 15 mins.thats about how long it took for the bag to turn cold. thank you guys so much for such a helpful tip."

[YEA]  11/01/2009: Benito from Rome, Ny writes: "Lye soap works on shingles I had them at 22 yrs old very painful I lathered lye soap on them and let it sit for agood 20 minutes and they dried up the next day."

I have been thinking of the hydrogen peroxide also oil pulling, but until I find out exactly what I have I did not want to pull poisions from my body that may hurt my heart if it is from a bite, so it is going to be better for me when I find out what this is. Thank you again and may God Bless you !!! Deanna"

10/28/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Dear Ted, I sit here in total defeat as to some unknown sores,I tested negative on a culture with blood on the culture and it came back negative for MRSA. 6 hospitals and 2 internist visits later and no one knows. I called environmental health, I have since turned my landlord into the county code enforcement and the sewer is closed I am looking for a new place to live, I was exposed to everything open sewer water brings, which I have never been exposed to, such as mice, 1 warf rat, tons of german roaches which I have been throwing everything away pesticides did not help because of all the water which is gone now. They were sited for many reasons and I still have these sores. I had another rash of pin point dots, the last time they went back under the skin, all that I have dried up, I did it with hydrogen peroxide topically, so can we call this an unknown skin disorder, it looks like red sores that open and scab and leave scars and some ulcerations on my skin,They are on my back both sides of my rib cage and stomache and 1 buttocks,I have 2 that are what I call renegade 2 on 1 buttocks. My hair and eyes at times itch but I will not touch it. I did have 1 I cleard right away that was fungal and after almost 3 months a red dot is in the middle of it sso I am putting an anti-fungaal back on it to see what happens. If anyone out there has ever had anything like this will someone please help me and what will cover, viral,bacterial,fungal, I have tried everything even got manuka honey. also if this may be a clue, I wake up with what looks like scrathces lines of red dots that look like a scratch but no scratches just red dots in a line .My daughter typed this for me so no caps. If doctors do not know then what do I do????? Die ????

Will someone please help my mom thanks,

Shannon

p.s. some have a teency bit of clear fluid some have none they just open and mom peroxides them til they get small and finally close up and they have a scar. 1 more thing our dog who is 14 was fine til exposed to the backyard then he got red sores and started loosing his hair mom has done everything to get him well ,she said maybe he has to go to sleep but going to vet to get his skin tested and let our vet decide ty again Shannon

Please help us we know this is not medical advice but can you still try to help us since the doctors do not know or tell us you can not help so we will know."

10/29/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hi Deanna. What I would suggest that you do, is to take pictures of your sores and e-mail them directly to TED with a list of your symptoms! Ted, is the one here who seems to have the most knowledge about illnesses.
I have read on the net, that MORGELLONS has been connected to nano-tech in waste water. Do you have any fibers or black specks coming from these sores? Do they itch or sting as if something is under your skin?

Go right here on earth clinic under AILMENTS and check out the pages on MORGELLONS, NANO-BACTERIA, MYCO-PLASMA, CANDIDA, PARASITES, SKIN INFECTIONS and any other pages here that might deal with skin issues. I have been reading Earth Clinic DAILY for years now and have barely scratched the surface. HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER to read these pages to you and try to narrow done what you think you might have.

But most IMPORTANT, Take those pictures and e-mail them to TED, along with a list of your symptoms and how and when they started. If it is parasites,there are alot of herbs and stuff you can try and you may even want to look at Ted's uses for BORAX ( THIS IS 20 MULE TEAM in the laundry section of the grocery store) Wormwood, Black Wal-nut, NEEM and CLOVE oil might also help.

YOU and your daughter will have to do the reading and research here though as to how to use these things. You may also want to make use of GOOGLE on these subjects I have mentioned. I love Earth Clinic, but there are other websites also and we can never get to much information. Information is education as to how to heal your body. Curezone.com may give you some information also. E-mail TED your pictures and symptoms, because he is the expert! The rest of use are learning just like you.

P.S. Also let Ted know, what you have already been tested for and the results. Tell him everyting. Sit down and write it out on paper and be sure you've left no stone unturned! Then send him that e-mail.

Hope this helps you."

10/29/2009: John Doe from Berryville, Arkansas, Ozarks writes: "Hi....for topical remedies, try using plantain. It is very powerful. Crush up and use as a poultice. A friend used it to counter a recluse spider bite which is very poisonous.

Good luck."

10/29/2009: Gean from Salina, Kansas writes: "If this was me, I would try MMS (sodium chlorite). Order on internet. Follow directions to activate. They say to start low, 1-2 drops in 1/4 teas. lemon juice, wait 3 min., add 1/2 c. water, drink. Increase by one drop every time, take twice a day. Myself, since I am impatient and want results fast, I would take 6 drops with 1/2 teas. lemon juice, then an hour later take another 6 drops. In Africa and South America they give 15 drops and follow with another 15 drops an hour later, and it cures like 100% of malaria. If those 15 drops times two doesn't kill anyone, I figure the 6 drops times two won't either. You might get sick to your stomach and throw up, but so what. That will pass. Of course, this is what I would do myself. Everyone should research and pray about their situation. I wish you the best."

10/29/2009: Lauren from Queens, Ny writes: "Hi Deanna: As I was reading yr posts today, I was thinking that this could be septicemia. I remember I had read a while back that this illness is caused by bacteria invading the body through the mouth and one of the symptom is a clutter of tiny blood spots like pin pricks on the skin. If I am not mistaken, you had mentioned on one of yr posts that yr skin have these spotson them. Maybe you can have yr daughter google it and see if this is what you might have. I hope this helps. I'll keep you in my Prayers.

God bless,
Lauren"

10/29/2009: Merryanne from Orange City, Florida, USA writes: "Hello Deanna and Shannon,,I will give you some suggestions, go to the grocery store and in the laundry powder area get a box of Borax powder, use this to put on your head, face and body,,you can put a cup full in some bath water and bath with it,,you can make a paste and put it in your hair, rub it on your body or do both, also 1/4 teaspoon in a cup of warm water and drink it, at least twice a day,,Now go and buy a bottle of MSM 1000mg, Vitmin C 1000mg, take it 3 times a day, get a tub of antbiotic ointment called Neosporn and put it on you skin after your bath, this has sulfer in it, all of this you can get at your local all purpose wally store,,this will take several weeks, but should be better in a couple of days. If you have some boils that are really swollen up, use cut raw garlic to rub on the skin. Merryanne"

10/30/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "Okay Deanna, This might just be your answer. If it is, removal of the problem is going to be tough. It sounds like you may have fibreglass insulation in your attic. I don't know a lot about it except that the people installing it here in Ireland have to wear protective gear head to toe. I knew two people who worked in a factory manufacturing the stuff in the U.K. so this is how I first heard about the dangers. It is an irritant to the skin, lungs, eyes and mucous membranes. I just did a quick google and looked at the following 2 websites. You will probably want to look further or maybe another poster may know more. Best wishes....

1. www.mbm.net.au/uss/fibreglass_not_good.html

2. www.howstuffworks.com

I don't know how to do that thing where you can click on a post an get straight through to the webpage so if I've got the addresses wrong let me know and I look 'em up again"

10/30/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "Deanna, I forgot to say that this fibreglass actually consists of tiny glass particles, some of which can be quite large and this may have been your original "bite"."

10/30/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "Asbestos - that's the other one I was trying to think of. This is another dangerous insulation that would be worth your while googling. Look up the skin rashes associated with these two materials to see is it any help to you."

10/30/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Than you so much Merryanne, I have borax here and vitamin c, I will have to get the msm, I can drink the borax too? I also have neosporin .I want to send my love and thank you so very much for responding and caring about me ((((( Merryanne))))))- I will sure try it, and see if it helps. everything you do and the time you take to help me is so much appreciated and may God bless you for your sweet caring heart. People who care about others have the best hearts just like Deirdre,Ted, and all family here on EC, God bless you, Deanna"

10/30/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Thank you Lauren and may God Bless your sweet heart, I did look it up and I have just the red dots but no other symptoms of it. You bring tears to my eyes as so many here too who are really tryin to help me with this, I do believe it is in my blood and comes out to form the sores. I can see the dots under the skin.Then they push through my skin . I know we will figure it out here on EC because of you along with others who have a blessed heart to do this. I want to say you have really touched my heart with the love and concern you have for me as well as all EC family. I really treasure this and your prayers,

God Bless you,
Deanna"

[WARNING!]  10/30/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hi Deanna. I would go to the REMEDIES page here and look at the BORAX section as far as internal dosage goes. Ted actually recommends 1/8 teaspoon dissolved in a liter of water to be drank throughout the day for WOMEN!!! And for men it is 1/4 teaspoon in liter of water drank throughout the day.

I am not sure why Merryanne suggested the 1/4 in a cup twice a day... Maybe she knows more about it than me, but TED says 1/8 in liter of water throughout the day for women!

I would go to the remedies page and click on BORAX and read ALL that TED recommends.

I myself have drank the Borax 1/4 teaspoon in liter of water throughout the day for a six week period without any bad side effects. The way I done this was 5 days straight of Borax and and 2 days off...I think TED recommends 4 days on 3 days off.

I just would not want to get any bad side effects from using the BORAX ( I would be sure it is the 20 mule team in the laundary section and NOT boric acid )20 mule team ONLY! As far as bathing I can actually wash all of MY body and hair with borax. It's something like this 1/2 Tablespoon in liter of warm water 30 minutes before I bath and I do not have to rinse off. Borax is a fungus fighter and has saved the forrest of invading fungus. Read all about it on here!
I usally wash,then rinse, then pour the borax water over my head and body and let it air dry,( I do not use a towel to dry. )"

EC: Re: Borax, Merryanne wrote ..."1/4 teaspoon in a cup of warm water and drink it, at least twice a day"

Still -- far too much borax and not enough water.

10/30/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Thank you and God Bless you, I will get all these things together and try one at a time and even if I did throw up it is much better then this. I really wish I find out what it is so we can post it here in case someone else ever has this ,I would never want anyone to get this EVER !!! Again I thank you so much for caring about me and everyone who has responded I am grateful from the bottom of my heart,with all my heart. I would love to set up something to keep all disease away, I was always told as others have heard an ounce of prevention is worth more then a pound of cure. I have been crushing garlic cloves and taking tumeric and pro biotics and hydrogen peroxide on the sores, not a fast process but it is closing the wounds but then more come so I need to find out what this is. Is there any possibility a small amount of venom from a spider could have done this or given me parasites the lines that look like scratches under the skin have me stumped.

God Bless you, Deanna"

10/31/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hi Deanna. I been playing around on google and searching for red streaking on skin. And I have come up with BARTONELLA which seems to be related to LYMES DISEASE. I do know, that alot of people have reported believing that MORGELLONS and LYMES to be similar in some ways....

So was there any TICKS on you after working in your yard...Some ticks are very TINY and can be hard to discover and you have told us that you have poor eyesight. (Is it possible that maybe you got into some ticks ) Or it might even be possible that some unknown insect, parasite or mites are transmitting Lymes or Morgellons to people who are working outside in the soil and bushes/vines...

Sorry, I am not the best in the world with computers and I DO NOT know how to post these sources.

But if you will google BARTONELLA and LYMES DISEASE, also cat scratch fever came up when I searched for red streaking on one's skin. You can read up on this.

This also brings me to suggest to you to read on here about the MINI BEET PROTOCOL...Robert says it will cure LYMES and all kinds of NANO AND MYCO BACTERIA. I have considered doing this protocol myself, but I do not have a juicer and worry about the possibilty of getting gall and kidney stones. I just simply have not researched it enough to get comfortable with it yet. I would love to give it a try someday.

Check it out and see if this Bartonella is a possible cause of your condition."

11/01/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "I forgot to mention,that I did read something about BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER bites sometimes give thier victims red streaking. You had ask could it been from a spider bite. I guess maybe so, ticks are from the spider family and if ticks can transmit lymes, I would guess it would be possiable that a spider could transfer a disease.

I would want to caution you on the uses of BORAX, both internally and externally. Alot of people warn of the dangers of borax as being toxic. And I DO NOT recommend for anyone to try borax internally or externally, I only report what I have done with my own body and what I have read on here that TED suggest for the uses of borax.

I have read on other websites that even in very small amounts BORAX can cause serious health problems...I actual read on naturalnews.com that the HPV vaccine for boys and girls was causing serious health problems because of the Borax in the shot...So EDUCATE yourself before making any decision on what you might put in your body or on your body."

11/01/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Deanna: If you have a mystery diagnosis, with a probable virus, a humic acid paste solution applied, and dried, and rinse may clear up the viral issue. As to chemical toxins a wet bentonite clay solution applied and dried every five minutes should rid of chemical cause. If it's morgellon's, whose source is commonly from a sewer, then perhaps a mixture of colloidal copper and colloidal silver applied topically and taken internally. Another one is to take a bath in hydrogen peroxide in borax remedy. That means, the borax with a hydrogen peroxide concentration of only 0.5% applied ot the skin. This can be used on the dog too, as well as humans. To prepare a one liter solution, I would add 1/3 of 3% H2O2, plus 2/3 of pure water, plus 2 level tablespoons of borax, and stir vigorously. This is applied to the skin, unrinsed. Usually helps."

11/01/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Dear Ted, I want to say you are the most intelligent, and amazing person I have ever known, far more intelligent the any doctor I know, I do not know if I could trust them with my pets. My daughters were busy this weekend but we took pictures of me, If you see an email from lil Lori comcast. net I think there may be an o in it not sure of that email, she has a few but will send from there, if not I will tell you where she sent them from. I have not felt real well and been taking ACV, my head feels like there is a little pressure there. I was thinking, I have severe back trauma and take pain meds they thought I had a broken back but have herniated discs and ruptured siaticas so I plain forgot to mention that because I think it may take surgery to fix, not sure I also have degenerative disc disease as well as my 28 year old and 22 year old.I am trying to say something here so let me get it out : ) I had 2 ladies in their 80's who have not seen my rash but asked if I had shingles, I said I do not know, I looked at images but I can not tell, last night I did not take any medicine for my back and all of a sudden I felt like I was stabbed in my stomache and rear and thigh and low and behold there were 3 red dots that appeared and hurt like crazy. They had no fluid I could see they just erupted through the skin they also were a bit raised like a mosquito bit me. I am so sick of being sick and not being able to be around my 2 little grandbabies. I did go to the section on shingles and applied ACV to my skin a few times before I went to bed and it did pull the red out, I just do not or did not have large groups of blisters like the pictures showed except in the beginning I had what I thought were hives that itched like crazy but since I can not turn my neck around to look all I can see is when my dauhters take pics of it for me.I know this it is internal and erupting into red sores that scab, they are all different in size. You beat the heck out of the medical field and give it to us from your heart and for that you will be grately blessed. Deirdre too will be blessed greatly. I have to look and make sure I replied to everyone, I do not want anyone to think I do not appreciate what they are posting to me, as I am so grateful to everyone. You are way beyond genius, truely amazing. I can take aspirin well. I have been on it since 84. I really ask God to bless you in the most marvelous way He can. With deep gratitude for all you do I thank you very much Deirdre too.

Sincerely, Deanna"

EC: Hi Deanna,

I will pass along your message to Ted, but please email the photos to me (deirdre@earthclinic.com) and I will send to Ted. Ted has been having a lot of problems with his email yahoo account (thousands of spam emails, many of which contain computer viruses) and not responding to many people because of the issues. I did get him to answer a bunch of questions this morning on Skype (instant messenger) and will continue to contact him that way.

Thanks for your kind words and blessings.. Much appreciated.

Deirdre

11/01/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Thank you Phil for letting me know that, I also pray before I put anything in my body and if I get an uneasy feeling then I do not do it. I read a lot even with my eyes like they are, the computer makes it better for me to read, instead of the small print in a book.

I have been thinking of the hydrogen peroxide also oil pulling, but until I find out exactly what I have I did not want to pull poisions from my body that may hurt my heart if it is from a bite, so it is going to be better for me when I find out what this is. Thank you again and may God Bless you !!! Deanna"

11/02/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Red dots you are referring can be a number of conditions, such as petechiae (blood seeping and low platelets), lupus (skin rash autoimmunity), telangiectasia, cherry haemangiomas, rocky mountain fever (unlikely), lyme disease (tests are not so good for this one), for example. Finding the names for these may also not have a name, but if observations are made as how the red dots occurs, helps narrow down the cause. Assuming it's a broken blood vessels, something is eating up the vessels (viral, bacteria) and caused a bursting. Keloids are one, but on a much larger scale and a few tried going to a tanning booth to reduce that. For the bleeding under the skin a quick remedy is vitamin K, which stops the bleeding. It's usually taken at 1 a day for two or three days. Should the cause be known, and assume it is a virus, then a humic acid pastes is applied to that area since this is a broad spectrum antiviral, although humic acid does has it's problem, in that it's poorly absorbed through the skin. Vitamin C, and hourly lysine may also help if the cause is of coure viral, and maybe taken at the usual hourly doses, for four dose, as just a test to see if the problem is an immune system issue, and it's viral in nature are some of the things. Vitamin C helps the body repair the broken blood vessels and the dose is usually 1000 mg a day, sodium ascorbate. A bacteria maybe reduced in number with an epsom salt bath and magnesium supplements. A fungus if that's the one, although maybe not, there's always the borax. Most hemorrhagic type of red dots do not generally respond to hydrogen peroxide, but the do respond to antiviral, such as taking some humic acid internally with distilled water of course, 1/8 teaspoon and applying the paste is one test to see if it's a virus, by doing this test. But a quick and dirty remedy is likely to be vitamin K and vitamin C as one stops the bleeding, and the other helps in the repair, and in the meantime, finding whether it's virus, fungus or bacteria through a simple, but crude tests outlined here. Lysine hourly dose for a total of four dose is but one factor to raise the immune system, and a general increase in immune system with lugol's solution 2 drops per day in a cup of water either once or twice a day. Too much causes headaches, but may usually be reduced significantly with either one or both taking 2000 mg to 4000 of taurine and/or potassium citrate (or potassium bicarbonate) at 1/4 teaspoon, assuming that your sodium levels are normal of couse when you take the potassium. If not just take 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt in a cup of water. Wait about an hour then take the potassium bicarbonate or potassium citrate."

[YEA]  11/01/2009: Cw949 from Minot, Nd, USA writes: "I can't believe it but it's true.

I had the flu and a cold followed.

I read about the (2) teaspoons of Apple Cider Vinegar and 8oz water mixture and decided to follow it to clear up my sinus infection and stuffy nose.

I drank four doses in a 12 hour period and felt the relieving effects shortly after the first dose.

At the end of the day, my sinuses dried up, I was breathing better, my cough lessened and I could taste.

I'm now going to take one dose at the beginning of each day for healthy maintenance."

[YEA]  11/01/2009: Kiwi6262 from Cullman, Al writes: "My 5 year old had such a bad sore throat that he was nearly in tears for several hours, so I was desperate. After reading the suggestions and things that have worked for other people, I decided to try out the apple cider vinegar, honey, lemon in warm water. Only problem was, I only had artificial lemon juice, white vinegar, and yellow syrup, but like I said, I was desperate! So! I warmed some water, put in a TBS of artificial lemon juice, a TBS of white vinegar, and 2 TBS of yellow syrup and tasted it to make sure it wasn't horrible (my son is 5 after all, and reasoning with him to drink something awful just because it will make him feel better isn't really an option!) and it tasted fine. I gave it to him and before he had half the cup drank he gave it back to me and said "Good job Mommy! It worked! I'm all better now!" I'd say that's the best testamonial you could get!"

[WORKED TEMPORARILY]  11/01/2009: Will Jones from Batam, Indonesia writes: "After getting horibly short of breath and sometimes even distressed after a sudden bout of heavy exersise (e.g. climbing a few flights of stairs), an ECG reported that I have AF (Atrial Fillibration). I am a 59 year old male who eats of high plant low meat diet but drinks too much coffee and beer.

The local Indonesian doctor who found the AF issue, suggested a typical Big Pharma regimen of nasty drugs. I recalled a friend who said he had dealt with bad heart palpitations using Mg (Magnesium) plus other minerals and vitamin supplements.

Before coming here to EC, I researched the topic and found that in emergency rooms, Mg is often introduced intraveneously to control bad cases of AF.

While visiting Australia last week, I bought some large bottles of Mg Ca K supplements and made up mixture of Epsom Salts (Magnesium Suphate) and water in a nasal spray bottle, which I spray into my lungs.

All this has helped. but it seems that if I let the amount of daily supplemented Mg drop too much, I too easily go into AF after heavy exercise. In other words, I have yet to find the right daily dose."

[YEA]  11/23/2007: June from Ks, Ks writes: "I have read in several different places Ted's recommendations for taking potassium citrate and magnesium citrate for a variety of problems. The latest was a cure/prevention for heart palpitations. I've suffered from heart palpitations (HP) for 10 years. The severity of the palpitations has varied over the years but lately, for some reason, they had become extremely troublesome.

This problem runs on my mother's side of the family and I know my mother and her sister's solution has been to take prescription drugs, regardless of their serious side effects. The Rx approach has never worked for me so I am always looking for alternative remedies. I had used hawthorn to treat my heart issue and avoiding sugar and alcohol are also important. But lately nothing was working. I have taken CoQ10 in the past, but it is very expensive and difficult to take continuously because of the price.

Finally, I came back to earthclinic to do some further research and read where Ted said he had treated a woman with HP using potassium and magnesium citrates to replace electrolytes. I had already searched for these products from my supplement companies I use and could not find them and was wondering how to replace my electrolytes without drinking the sugary sports drinks that claim to replace electrolytes. I found the solution at a local pharmacy this week where I had gone to purchase iodine (another home remedy suggested here). I happened upon a $4 bottle of generic brand pediatric electrolyte solution used for preventing dehydration. The ingredients include: water, dextrose, citric acid, potassium citrate, sodium chloride, sodium citrate and benzoic acid. It's the closest product I could find to Ted's recipe. I figured I would give it a shot.

The result has been very positive. My HP almost immediately ceased upon taking the first dose. I've only had a few mild palpitations since I began taking the product 3 days ago. Even though I had several (mildly sweet) desserts during the Thanksgiving holiday (and two beers) I did not have the normal reaction of terrible HP that I could have previously expected before taking the electrolyte solution.

I know the best remedy is to avoid sugar and alcohol all together. And while I closely monitor my intake of those items it's not realistic for me to give them up completely. I will always want to enjoy a dessert on occasion and a beer once in a while.

I do hope the electrolyte solution continues to work for me. The taste is not unpleasant and is of citrus. It seems like there is only enough dextrose to make it palatable. There were two bottles to choose from, one was clear and the other was colored orange and contained acesulfame potassium, an artificial sweetener I try to avoid. I chose the clear product.

I hope this information helps someone else. And thanks to Ted for the suggestion on an electrolyte cure for HP!"

11/24/2007: Joyce from Joelton, Tn writes: "To June from Ks (ll/23/07) google MSG, aspartame-read unwanted side effects of both- make a list of names they hide them under & then go to your kitchen and look for them in the ingredients in the foods you are eating. Trying to get rid of them isn;t easy. My niece says it takes her 4 hours longer to grocery shop now that she is looking for them in the ingredients before she buys foods containing them."

11/28/2007: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Thanks for the feedback!

I know the best remedy is to avoid sugar and alcohol all together.

Yes, in case the sugar is unavoidable, take plenty of water, such as one full glass. For example if one glass of solution contains 10% sugar, taken an extra glass of water would reduce the sugar concentration by 5%. A sugar level of 2% is generally benign and 5% is tolerable over the short run, but not recommended which is about the same as the concentration of urine sugar in a healthy individual.

Most problems of the heart is the electrolyte imbalance. In one instance when nothing can be found, a simple sea salt, 1/4 teaspoon is helpful too. Sometimes I found a heart palpitation is initiated by a long term low grade fever from cavities in the teeth of all places. In case of a low grade fever and a low level septicemia, frequently an aspirin 250 mg dissolve in 1/2 glass of water, will digest the low grade fever once the aspirin dissolved in water reaches the blood stream.

As a footnote, a famous comedian, Paul Lynde, who was a regular at Hollywood Squares and Bewitched died of a heart attack in 1982. His heart looked like an 80 year old man even though he died at the age of 56. The reason was the alcohol he drinks excessively. Alcohol tends to destroy the liver function and the nutrients in the liver could not supply food for the heart to beat, and this destroys the heart.

To further support heart function, 1 tablespoon of granulated lecithin will help and some weekly dose of vitamin B50 complex and vitamin C sodium ascorbate. It SHOULD BE noted that the most frequent deficiency I seen is the electrolyte, vitamin B50 and vitamin C, all these are water soluble and all these are related to heart problems. It is no wonder why people have heart attack, water soluble nutrients get depleted fairly quickly and we get deficient just as fast.

Drinking alcohol may also increase the free radical iron, and a green tea with no sugar and no milk will bind most of the free metal iron that tends to accumulate in the heart.

Still, electrolyte solution is still the best for most heart palpitation problems. The major electrolytes that is important is sea salt, magnesium, and potassium. The use of citrate is important to alkalize the body and permit healing."

[WORKED TEMPORARILY]  11/01/2009: Will Jones from Batam, Indonesia writes: "After getting horibly short of breath and sometimes even distressed after a sudden bout of heavy exersise (e.g. climbing a few flights of stairs), an ECG reported that I have AF (Atrial Fillibration). I am a 59 year old male who eats of high plant low meat diet but drinks too much coffee and beer.

The local Indonesian doctor who found the AF issue, suggested a typical Big Pharma regimen of nasty drugs. I recalled a friend who said he had dealt with bad heart palpitations using Mg (Magnesium) plus other minerals and vitamin supplements.

Before coming here to EC, I researched the topic and found that in emergency rooms, Mg is often introduced intraveneously to control bad cases of AF.

While visiting Australia last week, I bought some large bottles of Mg Ca K supplements and made up mixture of Epsom Salts (Magnesium Suphate) and water in a nasal spray bottle, which I spray into my lungs.

All this has helped. but it seems that if I let the amount of daily supplemented Mg drop too much, I too easily go into AF after heavy exercise. In other words, I have yet to find the right daily dose."

11/03/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Generally speaking Calcium is antagonistic to magnesium. So taking a supplements of calcium is generally counter productive. The other problem is there is a supplement that sells magnesium, but the ingredients are useless, which consists of magnesium oxide, magnesium carbonate and magnesium stearate. Firstly magnesium oxide is poorly soluble in water, magnesium is weakly soluble, while magnesium stearate is more like a wax which prevents the tablets from being easily dissolved. I would also not use calcium since it encourages blood clots in presence of high magnesium and worsens the heart as it is, besides calcium being antagonistic to magnesium. I therefore would likely use two forms of magnesium, magnesium chloride, or magnesium citrate. Some other marketing companies sells magnesium aspartate. That's counterproductive as it is an excitotoxins. When taking the supplements, it's also taken along with magnesium citrate (500 mg), may also include CoQ10, iodine, potassium citrate, and sodium bicarbonate. Electrolyte imbalance has to consider not just magnesium, but potassium and sodium bicarbonate. That being, vitamin B50, is important and it's effect is noticeably improved, at least in one case who was about to go into a heat attack, stopped within 15-20 minutes after taking the vitamin B complex, in form of B50, which are mostly 50 mg of each of the B vitamin, with exception of folic, B12, and biotin, which are often in microgram doses. I believe two most important onces for this condition is the magnesium and the vitamin B complex. A third runner up is the CoQ10, and followed by a natural Vitamin E 200 i.u.

I have a few cases who actually benefited from aspirin 500 mg, dissolved in a cup of water (taken only when there IS a problem) and iodine (lugol's supplement) taken at 2-4 drops plus 1000 mg of vitamin C taken at the same time, preferably in the form of sodium ascorbate. It tends to be warming the heart area when an iodine is taken, assuming that there is subclinical iodine deficienc of course. The iodine of 2-4 drops is taken in the form of lugols's solution, in a cup of warm water, along with the vitamin C. Whether a vitamin C 1000 mg or 500 mg, depend on individual needs, for me iodine seems to work better if 1000 mg of vitamin Ci is taken so that possible side effect of a mild headache does not occur, whenever an iodine is taken. However, if iodine lugol's solution is mixed in one liter of water, the problem of mild headaches doesn't occur as it is diluted one liter, and taken over the course of a day. Still the vitamin C 1000 is needed, but individual preference may prefer 500 or 1000 depending on the size and weight of the individual."

11/01/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Copper colloids and silver colloids are produced in the same way. If it's a shingles, the remedy is usually simply the use of lavender oil applied to the area of the skin to kill it. Some zinc supplements for a week usually or sometimes two weeks, usually 25 mg helps. I am currently investigating possible use of shingles using humic acid, seems to do the job also, as it is antiviral in nature."

11/01/2009: Debbie from Bonita Springs, Fl writes: "I had an abcessed tooth about a month ago and had no antibiotics for it. It was on a weekend so I couldn't go to the doctor. I have some organic apple cider vinegar so I thought, what the heck? Rubbed some on the infected area a few times and it went away. You'll want to rinse your mouth with water afterwards because of the acid in the vinegar. And yeah, the straight vinegar was nasty tasting but it sure helped with my pain."

10/31/2009: Kaamila from Browns Mills, Nj writes: "i am using the poultice you have on your post to get rid of the abscess in the tooth, my face is also swollen
and there is a constant throbbing in my ear on the side of the abcess. is there anything else i can do for this condition. and can i make this poultice in a bulk and use it when ever i need it? thank you

kaamila"

11/01/2009: Debbie from Bonita Springs, Fl writes: "I had an abcessed tooth about a month ago and had no antibiotics for it. It was on a weekend so I couldn't go to the doctor. I have some organic apple cider vinegar so I thought, what the heck? Rubbed some on the infected area a few times and it went away. You'll want to rinse your mouth with water afterwards because of the acid in the vinegar. And yeah, the straight vinegar was nasty tasting but it sure helped with my pain."

[YEA]  11/01/2009: Bonnie from Fort Lauderdale, Fl writes: "I found that I cured my constipation by eliminating dairy. I have been constipated since I was a baby. I eliminated dairy to consider it a possibility for fibroids but to my surprise I was cured of constipated. I have never been without constipation for 21 days without any aids."

[YEA]  11/01/2009: Moi from V Ville, Ca writes: "Tom, have to disagree with your warning. Not long ago I spilled boiling/scalding water on my fingers. Really sore. Ran cold water over them for a minute or so while I tried to think/remember what to do. Pain was awful and I could see the fingers beginning to swell. I remembered the egg white solution. My fingers felt like they were being bitten by about 50 piranhas at this point. I separated the yoke from the white of one egg and put the white into a bowl and put my fingers into the cold -eggs were in 'fridge- egg white. Instant relief, and within minutes my fingers were getting their normal color back and the swelling went way down. I then soaked up the egg whites in a paper towel and wrapped that around my fingers and left that on for a few hours more. By evening there was no pain, no swelling everything was perfect. I know I would have had a very different outcome if I had not used the white of the egg.

Peace"

[YEA]  10/15/2009: Claire from Tampa, Fl writes: "I must post a resounding YEAH for this cure. I burned myself badly on my iron, and only days later read about the egg white cure. I wish I had know about it then. I just put aloe on the burn and still have a scar. I have burned myself (minor) on a hot oven and hot pan handle since then and have put egg whites on the burn each time, and each time within 30 minutes, the burn disappeared."

[WARNING!]  11/01/2009: Tom from Fitchburg, Mass writes: "Placing egg whites on a burn is dangerous. Cold water will cool a burn quick. Egg whites will hold the heat in and continue the burning. It can also cause an infection if the skin is broken. Run the burn under cold water and seek medical attention."

[YEA]  11/01/2009: Moi from V Ville, Ca writes: "Tom, have to disagree with your warning. Not long ago I spilled boiling/scalding water on my fingers. Really sore. Ran cold water over them for a minute or so while I tried to think/remember what to do. Pain was awful and I could see the fingers beginning to swell. I remembered the egg white solution. My fingers felt like they were being bitten by about 50 piranhas at this point. I separated the yoke from the white of one egg and put the white into a bowl and put my fingers into the cold -eggs were in 'fridge- egg white. Instant relief, and within minutes my fingers were getting their normal color back and the swelling went way down. I then soaked up the egg whites in a paper towel and wrapped that around my fingers and left that on for a few hours more. By evening there was no pain, no swelling everything was perfect. I know I would have had a very different outcome if I had not used the white of the egg.

Peace"

[SIDE EFFECTS]  11/01/2009: Jimmy from Ft Lauderdale, Fl writes: "I tried the garlic and cayenne today and was only able to tolerate two sips and i was about to vomit. I don't see how some one can digest such a bad tasting drinks. Is it o.k to mix the cayenne with juice and omit the garlic as it is intolerable."

[YEA]  02/11/2008: Stephen from Wichita, Kansas writes: "Garlic is and has been a miracle cure for a entire host of ailments. Candida, which causes a condition known as candida albacons is caused by the continued use of underarm deoderants, toothpaste, mouth washes, many prescription medications and the list goes on. There are enzymes in the body and its blood supply and organs. The use of the above mentioned products kills the enzyme that would otherwise be present to devour yeast in the body. When this happens, the yeast will over produce and is linked to over 98% of all known cancers (Meaning 100% of all known naturally occurring cancers). The enzymes found in raw garlic replaces the body's naturally occurring enzymes and takes on the role of instantly killing the yeast. When this happens, the bloat in your body will then shrink, you will breath much better, your kidneys will love you for garlic consumption. Your liver gets along with garlic very well as does the heart.

Mixing cayenne pepper with the consumption of raw garlic helps to dialate blood vessels all throughout your body. This combination is extremely effective for impotence. I have learned this information from trial and error and have it down now as a proven fact. ENJOY GODS gift of Garlic."

[YEA]  03/22/2009: EMANUEL from ROSEVILLE, MICHIGAN writes: "IM CURED OF IMPOTENCE AFTER 20 YEARS!!

I started smoking at a early age but quit when i was 19 after smoking for 8 years. I quit but had no idea that i would be suffering from occasional impotence that started in my 20s increased in my thirties & horribly in my forties. I never was a fan of hot or spicy seasoning. But after i read about garlic curing impotence i was willing to give it a shot. But i also combined it with cayenne powder, i took almost a teaspoon of each at about 6pm knowing that i would be making love with wife about 9 pm. Folks i was totally shocked, i havent performed like that since i was 2O & THAT WAS JUST THE FIRST DAY.

The secound day i wanted to try it with two other herbs so i took-2 hawthorne berries capsules- 2 grapeseed seed extract capsules- teaspoon of cayenne pepper & garlic powder (this also i found can be substituted with cayenne capsules & galic capsules from any health store & take 2 of each with the other 2 herbs with juice or water 3 hours before sexual activity! My erections & recovery after orgasms at age 47 great Thank god i suffer no more! ALL 4 HERBS TOGETHER WILL MASTER & DEFEAT ANY TYPE OF ERECTIONAL PROBLEM YOU HAVE WITHOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS YOU GET FROM ED MEDICATION. THANKS FOR STARTING THIS WEBSITE...."

08/11/2009: Craig from Petersburg, Michigan, Usa writes: "How do you use this garlic & cayenne pepper? Do you mix it with something?"

[YEA]  09/08/2009: G-unit from Amsterdam, Holland writes: "I can confirm this recipe gives good wood. What i do is one normal cup of hot water, add 1 teaspoon of regular cayenne powder from the store (not so hot for me as i eat lot of spice) and 1 teaspoon of garlic powder.

Then i add in 5-6 large slices of ginger and steep.

The cayenne and garlic sucks to drink but i like ginger fresh, so that gives it a somewhat pleasant taste.

It really turns up the erection power, but also lasting time!

I found out ginger in it's raw form is a real mucus destroyer. I have been a long time hay fever guy with mucus every day after smoking for 6 years. I take only ginger tea without anything else and man my mucus is cleared up.

I am currently researching into cloves and nutmeg. These both are said to help in premature ejaculation. I don't know if adding in cloves in tea will be beneficial, or if i need a powdered form? Nutmeg is also used in Ayurveda to treat premature ejaculation, but have to watch dosage as it can be a hallucinogen at one tablespoon. I am thinking 1/4 teaspoon, what do you guys think?

Can we experiment?

I am also in the process of trying turmeric/curcumin, the store powder. As it turns out this is real good for the liver, but is also a great natural anti histamine.

I want to try a higher heat unit cayenne pepper like 200.000 heat units, you guys tried this?

Maybe a super cocktail:

1 teaspoon extra hot cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 5-6 large slices of ginger, 2-3 cloves, 2-3 cardamon, 1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

steep in one cup of hot water

perhaps this is the cure all for impotence and premature ejaculation, i know a part of it works for me, please help me test drive so we can share results!"

10/04/2009: Joe from New York, New York writes: "will garlic and cayenne pepper work everytime?"

[SIDE EFFECTS]  11/01/2009: Jimmy from Ft Lauderdale, Fl writes: "I tried the garlic and cayenne today and was only able to tolerate two sips and i was about to vomit. I don't see how some one can digest such a bad tasting drinks. Is it o.k to mix the cayenne with juice and omit the garlic as it is intolerable."

11/01/2009: Dawnna from Naperville, Il writes: "Your website is a wonderful treasure!! I don't have to dig to find what I'm looking for; The site is nicely organized & easy to navigate - I appreciate that so much!

Some of the things I've tried:
Making an Aspirin Face Mask
Using Castor Oil mixed with Coconut oil to clean pores "because it takes oil to dissolve and dislodge oil".

THANK YOU!
Dawnna"

EC: Thanks for your kind words of support. Glad you find the site helpful!

Sincerely, Deanna"

EC: Hi Deanna,

I will pass along your message to Ted, but please email the photos to me (deirdre@earthclinic.com) and I will send to Ted. Ted has been having a lot of problems with his email yahoo account (thousands of spam emails, many of which contain computer viruses) and not responding to many people because of the issues. I did get him to answer a bunch of questions this morning on Skype (instant messenger) and will continue to contact him that way.

Thanks for your kind words and blessings.. Much appreciated.

Deirdre

10/28/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Dear Ted, I sit here in total defeat as to some unknown sores,I tested negative on a culture with blood on the culture and it came back negative for MRSA. 6 hospitals and 2 internist visits later and no one knows. I called environmental health, I have since turned my landlord into the county code enforcement and the sewer is closed I am looking for a new place to live, I was exposed to everything open sewer water brings, which I have never been exposed to, such as mice, 1 warf rat, tons of german roaches which I have been throwing everything away pesticides did not help because of all the water which is gone now. They were sited for many reasons and I still have these sores. I had another rash of pin point dots, the last time they went back under the skin, all that I have dried up, I did it with hydrogen peroxide topically, so can we call this an unknown skin disorder, it looks like red sores that open and scab and leave scars and some ulcerations on my skin,They are on my back both sides of my rib cage and stomache and 1 buttocks,I have 2 that are what I call renegade 2 on 1 buttocks. My hair and eyes at times itch but I will not touch it. I did have 1 I cleard right away that was fungal and after almost 3 months a red dot is in the middle of it sso I am putting an anti-fungaal back on it to see what happens. If anyone out there has ever had anything like this will someone please help me and what will cover, viral,bacterial,fungal, I have tried everything even got manuka honey. also if this may be a clue, I wake up with what looks like scrathces lines of red dots that look like a scratch but no scratches just red dots in a line .My daughter typed this for me so no caps. If doctors do not know then what do I do????? Die ????

Will someone please help my mom thanks,

Shannon

p.s. some have a teency bit of clear fluid some have none they just open and mom peroxides them til they get small and finally close up and they have a scar. 1 more thing our dog who is 14 was fine til exposed to the backyard then he got red sores and started loosing his hair mom has done everything to get him well ,she said maybe he has to go to sleep but going to vet to get his skin tested and let our vet decide ty again Shannon

Please help us we know this is not medical advice but can you still try to help us since the doctors do not know or tell us you can not help so we will know."

10/29/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hi Deanna. What I would suggest that you do, is to take pictures of your sores and e-mail them directly to TED with a list of your symptoms! Ted, is the one here who seems to have the most knowledge about illnesses.
I have read on the net, that MORGELLONS has been connected to nano-tech in waste water. Do you have any fibers or black specks coming from these sores? Do they itch or sting as if something is under your skin?

Go right here on earth clinic under AILMENTS and check out the pages on MORGELLONS, NANO-BACTERIA, MYCO-PLASMA, CANDIDA, PARASITES, SKIN INFECTIONS and any other pages here that might deal with skin issues. I have been reading Earth Clinic DAILY for years now and have barely scratched the surface. HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER to read these pages to you and try to narrow done what you think you might have.

But most IMPORTANT, Take those pictures and e-mail them to TED, along with a list of your symptoms and how and when they started. If it is parasites,there are alot of herbs and stuff you can try and you may even want to look at Ted's uses for BORAX ( THIS IS 20 MULE TEAM in the laundry section of the grocery store) Wormwood, Black Wal-nut, NEEM and CLOVE oil might also help.

YOU and your daughter will have to do the reading and research here though as to how to use these things. You may also want to make use of GOOGLE on these subjects I have mentioned. I love Earth Clinic, but there are other websites also and we can never get to much information. Information is education as to how to heal your body. Curezone.com may give you some information also. E-mail TED your pictures and symptoms, because he is the expert! The rest of use are learning just like you.

P.S. Also let Ted know, what you have already been tested for and the results. Tell him everyting. Sit down and write it out on paper and be sure you've left no stone unturned! Then send him that e-mail.

Hope this helps you."

10/29/2009: John Doe from Berryville, Arkansas, Ozarks writes: "Hi....for topical remedies, try using plantain. It is very powerful. Crush up and use as a poultice. A friend used it to counter a recluse spider bite which is very poisonous.

Good luck."

10/29/2009: Gean from Salina, Kansas writes: "If this was me, I would try MMS (sodium chlorite). Order on internet. Follow directions to activate. They say to start low, 1-2 drops in 1/4 teas. lemon juice, wait 3 min., add 1/2 c. water, drink. Increase by one drop every time, take twice a day. Myself, since I am impatient and want results fast, I would take 6 drops with 1/2 teas. lemon juice, then an hour later take another 6 drops. In Africa and South America they give 15 drops and follow with another 15 drops an hour later, and it cures like 100% of malaria. If those 15 drops times two doesn't kill anyone, I figure the 6 drops times two won't either. You might get sick to your stomach and throw up, but so what. That will pass. Of course, this is what I would do myself. Everyone should research and pray about their situation. I wish you the best."

10/29/2009: Lauren from Queens, Ny writes: "Hi Deanna: As I was reading yr posts today, I was thinking that this could be septicemia. I remember I had read a while back that this illness is caused by bacteria invading the body through the mouth and one of the symptom is a clutter of tiny blood spots like pin pricks on the skin. If I am not mistaken, you had mentioned on one of yr posts that yr skin have these spotson them. Maybe you can have yr daughter google it and see if this is what you might have. I hope this helps. I'll keep you in my Prayers.

God bless,
Lauren"

10/29/2009: Merryanne from Orange City, Florida, USA writes: "Hello Deanna and Shannon,,I will give you some suggestions, go to the grocery store and in the laundry powder area get a box of Borax powder, use this to put on your head, face and body,,you can put a cup full in some bath water and bath with it,,you can make a paste and put it in your hair, rub it on your body or do both, also 1/4 teaspoon in a cup of warm water and drink it, at least twice a day,,Now go and buy a bottle of MSM 1000mg, Vitmin C 1000mg, take it 3 times a day, get a tub of antbiotic ointment called Neosporn and put it on you skin after your bath, this has sulfer in it, all of this you can get at your local all purpose wally store,,this will take several weeks, but should be better in a couple of days. If you have some boils that are really swollen up, use cut raw garlic to rub on the skin. Merryanne"

10/30/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "Okay Deanna, This might just be your answer. If it is, removal of the problem is going to be tough. It sounds like you may have fibreglass insulation in your attic. I don't know a lot about it except that the people installing it here in Ireland have to wear protective gear head to toe. I knew two people who worked in a factory manufacturing the stuff in the U.K. so this is how I first heard about the dangers. It is an irritant to the skin, lungs, eyes and mucous membranes. I just did a quick google and looked at the following 2 websites. You will probably want to look further or maybe another poster may know more. Best wishes....

1. www.mbm.net.au/uss/fibreglass_not_good.html

2. www.howstuffworks.com

I don't know how to do that thing where you can click on a post an get straight through to the webpage so if I've got the addresses wrong let me know and I look 'em up again"

10/30/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "Deanna, I forgot to say that this fibreglass actually consists of tiny glass particles, some of which can be quite large and this may have been your original "bite"."

10/30/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "Asbestos - that's the other one I was trying to think of. This is another dangerous insulation that would be worth your while googling. Look up the skin rashes associated with these two materials to see is it any help to you."

10/30/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Than you so much Merryanne, I have borax here and vitamin c, I will have to get the msm, I can drink the borax too? I also have neosporin .I want to send my love and thank you so very much for responding and caring about me ((((( Merryanne))))))- I will sure try it, and see if it helps. everything you do and the time you take to help me is so much appreciated and may God bless you for your sweet caring heart. People who care about others have the best hearts just like Deirdre,Ted, and all family here on EC, God bless you, Deanna"

10/30/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Thank you Lauren and may God Bless your sweet heart, I did look it up and I have just the red dots but no other symptoms of it. You bring tears to my eyes as so many here too who are really tryin to help me with this, I do believe it is in my blood and comes out to form the sores. I can see the dots under the skin.Then they push through my skin . I know we will figure it out here on EC because of you along with others who have a blessed heart to do this. I want to say you have really touched my heart with the love and concern you have for me as well as all EC family. I really treasure this and your prayers,

God Bless you,
Deanna"

[WARNING!]  10/30/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hi Deanna. I would go to the REMEDIES page here and look at the BORAX section as far as internal dosage goes. Ted actually recommends 1/8 teaspoon dissolved in a liter of water to be drank throughout the day for WOMEN!!! And for men it is 1/4 teaspoon in liter of water drank throughout the day.

I am not sure why Merryanne suggested the 1/4 in a cup twice a day... Maybe she knows more about it than me, but TED says 1/8 in liter of water throughout the day for women!

I would go to the remedies page and click on BORAX and read ALL that TED recommends.

I myself have drank the Borax 1/4 teaspoon in liter of water throughout the day for a six week period without any bad side effects. The way I done this was 5 days straight of Borax and and 2 days off...I think TED recommends 4 days on 3 days off.

I just would not want to get any bad side effects from using the BORAX ( I would be sure it is the 20 mule team in the laundary section and NOT boric acid )20 mule team ONLY! As far as bathing I can actually wash all of MY body and hair with borax. It's something like this 1/2 Tablespoon in liter of warm water 30 minutes before I bath and I do not have to rinse off. Borax is a fungus fighter and has saved the forrest of invading fungus. Read all about it on here!
I usally wash,then rinse, then pour the borax water over my head and body and let it air dry,( I do not use a towel to dry. )"

EC: Re: Borax, Merryanne wrote ..."1/4 teaspoon in a cup of warm water and drink it, at least twice a day"

Still -- far too much borax and not enough water.

10/30/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Thank you and God Bless you, I will get all these things together and try one at a time and even if I did throw up it is much better then this. I really wish I find out what it is so we can post it here in case someone else ever has this ,I would never want anyone to get this EVER !!! Again I thank you so much for caring about me and everyone who has responded I am grateful from the bottom of my heart,with all my heart. I would love to set up something to keep all disease away, I was always told as others have heard an ounce of prevention is worth more then a pound of cure. I have been crushing garlic cloves and taking tumeric and pro biotics and hydrogen peroxide on the sores, not a fast process but it is closing the wounds but then more come so I need to find out what this is. Is there any possibility a small amount of venom from a spider could have done this or given me parasites the lines that look like scratches under the skin have me stumped.

God Bless you, Deanna"

10/31/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hi Deanna. I been playing around on google and searching for red streaking on skin. And I have come up with BARTONELLA which seems to be related to LYMES DISEASE. I do know, that alot of people have reported believing that MORGELLONS and LYMES to be similar in some ways....

So was there any TICKS on you after working in your yard...Some ticks are very TINY and can be hard to discover and you have told us that you have poor eyesight. (Is it possible that maybe you got into some ticks ) Or it might even be possible that some unknown insect, parasite or mites are transmitting Lymes or Morgellons to people who are working outside in the soil and bushes/vines...

Sorry, I am not the best in the world with computers and I DO NOT know how to post these sources.

But if you will google BARTONELLA and LYMES DISEASE, also cat scratch fever came up when I searched for red streaking on one's skin. You can read up on this.

This also brings me to suggest to you to read on here about the MINI BEET PROTOCOL...Robert says it will cure LYMES and all kinds of NANO AND MYCO BACTERIA. I have considered doing this protocol myself, but I do not have a juicer and worry about the possibilty of getting gall and kidney stones. I just simply have not researched it enough to get comfortable with it yet. I would love to give it a try someday.

Check it out and see if this Bartonella is a possible cause of your condition."

11/01/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "I forgot to mention,that I did read something about BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER bites sometimes give thier victims red streaking. You had ask could it been from a spider bite. I guess maybe so, ticks are from the spider family and if ticks can transmit lymes, I would guess it would be possiable that a spider could transfer a disease.

I would want to caution you on the uses of BORAX, both internally and externally. Alot of people warn of the dangers of borax as being toxic. And I DO NOT recommend for anyone to try borax internally or externally, I only report what I have done with my own body and what I have read on here that TED suggest for the uses of borax.

I have read on other websites that even in very small amounts BORAX can cause serious health problems...I actual read on naturalnews.com that the HPV vaccine for boys and girls was causing serious health problems because of the Borax in the shot...So EDUCATE yourself before making any decision on what you might put in your body or on your body."

11/01/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Deanna: If you have a mystery diagnosis, with a probable virus, a humic acid paste solution applied, and dried, and rinse may clear up the viral issue. As to chemical toxins a wet bentonite clay solution applied and dried every five minutes should rid of chemical cause. If it's morgellon's, whose source is commonly from a sewer, then perhaps a mixture of colloidal copper and colloidal silver applied topically and taken internally. Another one is to take a bath in hydrogen peroxide in borax remedy. That means, the borax with a hydrogen peroxide concentration of only 0.5% applied ot the skin. This can be used on the dog too, as well as humans. To prepare a one liter solution, I would add 1/3 of 3% H2O2, plus 2/3 of pure water, plus 2 level tablespoons of borax, and stir vigorously. This is applied to the skin, unrinsed. Usually helps."

11/01/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Dear Ted, I want to say you are the most intelligent, and amazing person I have ever known, far more intelligent the any doctor I know, I do not know if I could trust them with my pets. My daughters were busy this weekend but we took pictures of me, If you see an email from lil Lori comcast. net I think there may be an o in it not sure of that email, she has a few but will send from there, if not I will tell you where she sent them from. I have not felt real well and been taking ACV, my head feels like there is a little pressure there. I was thinking, I have severe back trauma and take pain meds they thought I had a broken back but have herniated discs and ruptured siaticas so I plain forgot to mention that because I think it may take surgery to fix, not sure I also have degenerative disc disease as well as my 28 year old and 22 year old.I am trying to say something here so let me get it out : ) I had 2 ladies in their 80's who have not seen my rash but asked if I had shingles, I said I do not know, I looked at images but I can not tell, last night I did not take any medicine for my back and all of a sudden I felt like I was stabbed in my stomache and rear and thigh and low and behold there were 3 red dots that appeared and hurt like crazy. They had no fluid I could see they just erupted through the skin they also were a bit raised like a mosquito bit me. I am so sick of being sick and not being able to be around my 2 little grandbabies. I did go to the section on shingles and applied ACV to my skin a few times before I went to bed and it did pull the red out, I just do not or did not have large groups of blisters like the pictures showed except in the beginning I had what I thought were hives that itched like crazy but since I can not turn my neck around to look all I can see is when my dauhters take pics of it for me.I know this it is internal and erupting into red sores that scab, they are all different in size. You beat the heck out of the medical field and give it to us from your heart and for that you will be grately blessed. Deirdre too will be blessed greatly. I have to look and make sure I replied to everyone, I do not want anyone to think I do not appreciate what they are posting to me, as I am so grateful to everyone. You are way beyond genius, truely amazing. I can take aspirin well. I have been on it since 84. I really ask God to bless you in the most marvelous way He can. With deep gratitude for all you do I thank you very much Deirdre too.

Sincerely, Deanna"

EC: Hi Deanna,

I will pass along your message to Ted, but please email the photos to me (deirdre@earthclinic.com) and I will send to Ted. Ted has been having a lot of problems with his email yahoo account (thousands of spam emails, many of which contain computer viruses) and not responding to many people because of the issues. I did get him to answer a bunch of questions this morning on Skype (instant messenger) and will continue to contact him that way.

Thanks for your kind words and blessings.. Much appreciated.

Deirdre

11/01/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga writes: "Thank you Phil for letting me know that, I also pray before I put anything in my body and if I get an uneasy feeling then I do not do it. I read a lot even with my eyes like they are, the computer makes it better for me to read, instead of the small print in a book.

I have been thinking of the hydrogen peroxide also oil pulling, but until I find out exactly what I have I did not want to pull poisions from my body that may hurt my heart if it is from a bite, so it is going to be better for me when I find out what this is. Thank you again and may God Bless you !!! Deanna"

11/02/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Red dots you are referring can be a number of conditions, such as petechiae (blood seeping and low platelets), lupus (skin rash autoimmunity), telangiectasia, cherry haemangiomas, rocky mountain fever (unlikely), lyme disease (tests are not so good for this one), for example. Finding the names for these may also not have a name, but if observations are made as how the red dots occurs, helps narrow down the cause. Assuming it's a broken blood vessels, something is eating up the vessels (viral, bacteria) and caused a bursting. Keloids are one, but on a much larger scale and a few tried going to a tanning booth to reduce that. For the bleeding under the skin a quick remedy is vitamin K, which stops the bleeding. It's usually taken at 1 a day for two or three days. Should the cause be known, and assume it is a virus, then a humic acid pastes is applied to that area since this is a broad spectrum antiviral, although humic acid does has it's problem, in that it's poorly absorbed through the skin. Vitamin C, and hourly lysine may also help if the cause is of coure viral, and maybe taken at the usual hourly doses, for four dose, as just a test to see if the problem is an immune system issue, and it's viral in nature are some of the things. Vitamin C helps the body repair the broken blood vessels and the dose is usually 1000 mg a day, sodium ascorbate. A bacteria maybe reduced in number with an epsom salt bath and magnesium supplements. A fungus if that's the one, although maybe not, there's always the borax. Most hemorrhagic type of red dots do not generally respond to hydrogen peroxide, but the do respond to antiviral, such as taking some humic acid internally with distilled water of course, 1/8 teaspoon and applying the paste is one test to see if it's a virus, by doing this test. But a quick and dirty remedy is likely to be vitamin K and vitamin C as one stops the bleeding, and the other helps in the repair, and in the meantime, finding whether it's virus, fungus or bacteria through a simple, but crude tests outlined here. Lysine hourly dose for a total of four dose is but one factor to raise the immune system, and a general increase in immune system with lugol's solution 2 drops per day in a cup of water either once or twice a day. Too much causes headaches, but may usually be reduced significantly with either one or both taking 2000 mg to 4000 of taurine and/or potassium citrate (or potassium bicarbonate) at 1/4 teaspoon, assuming that your sodium levels are normal of couse when you take the potassium. If not just take 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt in a cup of water. Wait about an hour then take the potassium bicarbonate or potassium citrate."

[WARNING!]  11/01/2009: Joshua from Aiken, South Carolina writes: "wet socks helped when i sprained my ankle to numb the pain but for bad circulation and diabetic neuropathy, it is the worst thing you can do. cold feet lessen circulation and worsen numbness and cause much pain when getting out of bed.

i personally found wrapping my feet with a heated blanket, food with garlic and onion and brewers yeast full of chomium picolinate made and incredible relief. do put the setting on the electric blanket at its lowest and sitting on the side of the bed running while sitting helps circulation and feeling to return."

[YEA]  01/19/2007: Susan from St Petersburg, FL writes: "I have found a very simple solution to temporary relief of stinging, tingling, irritating numbness to my feet due to nerve damage from Diabetes II. I simply put on wet ankle socks when going to bed! I don't know why or how, but as long as the socks are wet, I sleep like a baby; the tingling and the irritation in my feet literally almost stops immediately. Yes, once the socks dry out, they need to be re-wet but this beats having to buy expensive medicine. I hope this helps somebody else!"

[WARNING!]  11/01/2009: Joshua from Aiken, South Carolina writes: "wet socks helped when i sprained my ankle to numb the pain but for bad circulation and diabetic neuropathy, it is the worst thing you can do. cold feet lessen circulation and worsen numbness and cause much pain when getting out of bed.

i personally found wrapping my feet with a heated blanket, food with garlic and onion and brewers yeast full of chomium picolinate made and incredible relief. do put the setting on the electric blanket at its lowest and sitting on the side of the bed running while sitting helps circulation and feeling to return."

11/01/2009: Ann from San Francisco, Ca, Usa writes: "Thanks for the quick response. I also believe that mercury toxicity contributes to many diseases. I am very slightly hypothyroid and I am trying to figure out what is going on before the doc tells me that I have to take T3. Hands and feet are always cold. What I believe - after seeing so clearly that the Grover's was directly related to mercury - is that disease is the result of some imbalance, and I would rather figure out the imbalance than take the prescription pill.

I sauna a lot and thought that maybe I lose iodine when I sweat, so I have been taking some kelp supplements and will retest thyroid in a few months. What I don't know is how much iodine to take. I know the RDA, which I believe is a minimum, but I don't know how much is safe. In other words, I'm sure that there is a maximum, and I don't know what that number is. There is so much info on the web, and much of it is conflicting.

My Grover's is clear enough, and has been for a long time, so the residual rarely flares enough to bother me. Let's say I'm 95% clear. I haven't seen a change in my skin since I started taking the kelp, but then, I'm only taking 2 - 3 times the RDA. What's interesting to me is the potential connection between iodine, thyroid, and Grover's....do you have an idea of the reason that the iodine might have had an impact on your skin?

I also think that I will be detoxing in some form or another for life. I took the Chemet initially because I wanted to use the strongest medicine to get the mercury out as efficiently as possible. Now I take chlorella, eat cilantro, and sauna regularly."

[YEA]  11/30/2007: Jordan from Lansing, MI writes: "Hi I have a question. For about 3 years now I have experienced itchy bumps that look similar to acne but are not, on my chest before my menstrual cycle. I had dealt with it and just decided it would be yet another thing to deal with during PMS. But now I am having the same problem all the time and it is on my back now as well. They are incredibly itchy and swell when touched and show up only on my chest and back. HELP!"

12/01/2007: Jake from Chicago, Il writes: "For Jordan from Lansing: Your description sounds like it could be Grover's disease - something I have been fighting several years. I did a biopsy a long time ago and it came back -Grover's, and the doctor said it was just something that comes and goes, but that nothing could be done about it. In other words they don't have a clue as to what it is. The last couple of years of my searching, I discovered that some enterprising doctor in N.Y linked it to Mercury and has had some success chelating with Chemet. I have found other ways to deal with it, but first you need to see if it makes sense that that is what you have. Do you have amalgam fillings. If so that's a good clue. Or have you have a lot of injections or innoculations or do you eat a lot of fish. Those are generally the three sources in decending order of mercury toxicity - amalgam generally being the major problem. Mine was related to cracked mercury fillings and I had the last of them out with a carefully identified holistic dentist. Now I'm finding ways to detoxify from 50 years of amalgam in my mouth and my system. The removal along with the pulling of my root canal and the decay sitting beneath each silver (amalgam) filling and in the root canal - which is unavoidable in any root canal as I understand, has made a huge difference in my health over the last 11 months. I had 4 major symptoms that have mostly resolved.

Also were you for any reason suddenly inactive whereas before you regularly exercised? This would be another clue. Mine first showed up after a 10 day hospital stay."

07/20/2009: Jake from Chicago, IL writes: "Iodine for Grover's Disease

I believe I have cured my Grover's Disease with iodine, mostly iodoral which is the pill equivalent of Ludol's iodine - generally 2 to 3 pills providing 25 to 37.5 mgs., but with some kelp too that contains a lot of iodine, as well. It took 2 to 3 weeks but then I realized the red pimples were not coming back. It is now 3 months and there are no signs of the red bumps that covered my back and both sides of my chest for several months - or on my chest less profuse with them than the other areas mentioned, as well."

10/30/2009: Ann from San Francisco, Ca, Usa writes: "Jake, I am curious. Why do you think that the iodine cured your disease? Were you experimenting to cure the Grover's, or were you addressing a different health issue?

I had Grover's forever and had success with Chemet. I am curious about your experience."

10/31/2009: Jake from Chicago, Il writes: "Ann,

I was experimenting with a lot of stuff. The red pimples would not go away. This was my longest bout with Grover's which had come and gone - mostly gone for most of the 18 plus years since it showed up after my cancer operation in 1991. Presumably it now related to my latest bout with mercury from a filling that broke down and was removed by a dentist who was not willing to accept mercury's toxicity (at least to some of us.) My current thinking is that the 1991 cancer and many of my health issues over the years all related to the many amalgams in my mouth as well as two root canals, one of which was removed after it failed.

At any rate, I found some success. The red pimples receded. But then they came back, a couple of times I think. The problem was I experimented with so many things that it was hard to pin down what was producing the results. I surmised wrongly - and it was frustrating. Each time I thought I had it isolated as to the supplement finally giving me relief, I did not in fact have it. I realized eventually however that when I started taking Iodoral - that in fact was the factor. Cold hands and feet and other hypothyroid symptoms had improved, and perhaps that is why I didn't make the immediate connection to the Grover's, as the hypothyroid issue had been my focus. Now I see both issues were probably connected. The thyroid issue too I see related to the mercury toxicity.

The Grover's has still not returned now even though I have at times gone stretches without the Iodoral. I have used other iodine supplements like kelp, and that may be part of the reason. But also, I believe I've continued to detox mercury over these latest months, and that's probably part of it too. I for instance can take cilantro now without the headaches I got before. I believe a lot of mercury is now out of my system - although I also believe I'll probably be detoxing the rest of my life."

11/01/2009: Ann from San Francisco, Ca, Usa writes: "Thanks for the quick response. I also believe that mercury toxicity contributes to many diseases. I am very slightly hypothyroid and I am trying to figure out what is going on before the doc tells me that I have to take T3. Hands and feet are always cold. What I believe - after seeing so clearly that the Grover's was directly related to mercury - is that disease is the result of some imbalance, and I would rather figure out the imbalance than take the prescription pill.

I sauna a lot and thought that maybe I lose iodine when I sweat, so I have been taking some kelp supplements and will retest thyroid in a few months. What I don't know is how much iodine to take. I know the RDA, which I believe is a minimum, but I don't know how much is safe. In other words, I'm sure that there is a maximum, and I don't know what that number is. There is so much info on the web, and much of it is conflicting.

My Grover's is clear enough, and has been for a long time, so the residual rarely flares enough to bother me. Let's say I'm 95% clear. I haven't seen a change in my skin since I started taking the kelp, but then, I'm only taking 2 - 3 times the RDA. What's interesting to me is the potential connection between iodine, thyroid, and Grover's....do you have an idea of the reason that the iodine might have had an impact on your skin?

I also think that I will be detoxing in some form or another for life. I took the Chemet initially because I wanted to use the strongest medicine to get the mercury out as efficiently as possible. Now I take chlorella, eat cilantro, and sauna regularly."

11/01/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hello Hoax.Your high blood pressure could be related to build up of plaque in your arteries and not due to kidney toxicity... If this is the case you may want to check into ORAL CHELATION. This might clear your arteries and may result in lowering your blood pressure."

[NAY]  11/01/2009: Hoax from Guerneville, Ca, USA writes: "Driving a big rig around the country, my BP has to be 140/90,or they pull my license. I've taken it all:garlic, ACV, cayenne, bicarb, salt free diet, HBP pills, potassium, colloidal silver, magnesium, bananas and colloidal minerals. I'm sicker from your cures than HBP. I'm still running 200/100. The medicine has unwanted side effects,but overdosing for the test,I get it down without a doctor's or homeopath's approval and feel great the rest of the year."

11/01/2009: Phil from Dearing, Ga writes: "Hello Hoax.Your high blood pressure could be related to build up of plaque in your arteries and not due to kidney toxicity... If this is the case you may want to check into ORAL CHELATION. This might clear your arteries and may result in lowering your blood pressure."

I don't think my diet is poor but I did injure my spine and I am under a lot of stress recently so it could trigger my shingles. I have not tried Edgar's treatment yet.

Thank you for sharing your tips and experiences."

[YEA]  08/14/2009: Kelbie from Ripon, Ca writes: "Thanks for the information on your site. I had shingles for 4 days before I found your site. I had been to the doctor who gave be antibiotics but the pain was not going away. I was not able to sleep one night from the pain so I searched for remedies. I tried the ACV. I put on the ACV with a cotton ball directly on the blisters. Couldn't believe that once I put it on my blisters, within 5 minutes, the pain had subsided. I also drank the vinegar mixed with apple juice (1 tblsp to 4 oz of juice). I had a lot of redness on my skin with the blisters. The redness was gone within a few hours of applying the ACV. Thanks so much for the help!"

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  10/28/2009: H from Bixby, Oklahoma writes: "Developed my first case of the shingles after minor surgery! Ouch! They're worse than surgery! And itchy!!! After going several days just using the Famciclovir the dr gave me and calamine lotion on the rash (about 3-4 nickel-quarter size 'bumps' which never formed blisters)... I remembered Earth Clinic. The info provided here helped me with other conditions too!

Last night, this morning and this evening I drank 1 Tblspoon ACV in water with honey (heated up).. not exactly tasty, but I'll do what it takes. I also rubbed cotton balls soaked in ACV on the bumps several times. I'm still getting the shooting "pains" apparently associated with these shingles, but the bumps have already started to fade. It's already doing better than rubbing calamine 3-5 times a day! I also purchased L-Lysine which I've taken 2 tablets, B-12, one tablet, and I'm taking 4-6 tablets of Vitamin C. So far the ACV is helping with the rash. Time will tell! Thanks Earth Clinic."

11/01/2009: Barbara from Rsm, Ca writes: "Hi all Shingles People! My shingles started a week ago but I realized what it was only 2 days ago. I was suspecting poison oak. I have never had that before in my life. I also have never had poison oak burn either so it was hard for me to diagnose it.

I got my health insurance 2.5 weeks ago so I don't think I can go to see a doctor now because I'm pretty sure insurance will call it preexisting condition. My symptoms are not that bad and I am so lucky it's not on my face next to the eye. Ouch. I have a small rush on my back and another one above my heap.

I started ACV treatment yesterday ( drunk ACV with water and washed rush with ACV with cotoon ball). I also take multivitamin, vitamin B and tons of vitamin C. Aloe Vera bring some relief too.

Last night I woke up for the first time with pain and had to take a pain killer. I am not sure if ACV helps or not. It's too early to say. But my cold like symptoms are gone and skin seams less sensitive too today.

Did you know that Edgar Cayce had a solution for shingles too? Check this out :

http://www.edgarcayce.org/health/database/chdata/data/prhz3.html

I don't think my diet is poor but I did injure my spine and I am under a lot of stress recently so it could trigger my shingles. I have not tried Edgar's treatment yet.

Thank you for sharing your tips and experiences."

11/01/2009: Roslyn from Queens, N.Y. writes: "Hi Linda from Melbourne Australia. I take omega everyday and also suffer with acne. You use the flaxseed oil as a moisturizer do you put it on day and night? If you apply during the day do you also use SPF sunblock as well? You said it helped with your acne - did you break out before it got better? Also what is vco? I have cut sugar, diary and deep fried foods out of my diet which helps alot. Thanks. I will appreciate any advice that you have."

EC: VCO is an acronym for Virgin Coconut Oil.

[YEA]  11/11/2007: Linda from Melbourne, Australia writes: "Hi all, I have been taking flaxseed oil for about 3mths 4 tablespoons a day so i decided to use it as a mosturiser on my face, i do suffer from acne as well im 40 and never looked my age after about a week i noticed a difference in my skin and it started to clear up my acne its been 4 weeks now and i am so happy my skin glows and looks so healthy, people have started to comment how good my skin looks, as well as the flaxseed oil i use vco with it, it helps me maybe it could help others, you can find it in a fridge in health food shops cost $11 and last for couple months. Hope others find it good as well. cheers Linda"

11/01/2009: Roslyn from Queens, N.Y. writes: "Hi Linda from Melbourne Australia. I take omega everyday and also suffer with acne. You use the flaxseed oil as a moisturizer do you put it on day and night? If you apply during the day do you also use SPF sunblock as well? You said it helped with your acne - did you break out before it got better? Also what is vco? I have cut sugar, diary and deep fried foods out of my diet which helps alot. Thanks. I will appreciate any advice that you have."

EC: VCO is an acronym for Virgin Coconut Oil.

11/01/2009: Barbara from Abu Dhabi, Uae writes: "Did anyone knows where to buy find grade hydrogen peroxide in UAE? Barb"

09/11/2009: Daniel from Abu Dhabi, UAE writes: "I am looking for avilability of food grade 35% hydrgen peroxide in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Regards,
Daniel"

11/01/2009: Barbara from Abu Dhabi, Uae writes: "Did anyone knows where to buy find grade hydrogen peroxide in UAE? Barb"