Re: Osage Orange for Cancer
9 days agoRe: Blue Blocker Glasses
9 days agoYou CAN tan through clothes. Hold the fabric up to the light, if you can see light through it you may tan while wearing it. I used to wear black cotton Ts and scrub pants and lay in the sun. I tanned even through the black fabric. Probably thinner, light colored fabric would work best.
Upper Abdomen Pain After Couple of Hours of Eating
10 days agoUpper abdomen pain after couple of hours of eating
For the past month, I am having stomach issues after eating. If not everyday, once in two days. I am also passing gas sometimes. Stomach pain stops if I take peppermint tea, chamomile tea, fennel tea etc. But I want a remedy to stop this pain. Because everyday while eating my mind is thinking, 'will this food create stomach pain and bloating?'
Re: Probiotic Strains for Constipation
10 days agoUTI- Home Treatment and Cure
10 days agoI had a stubborn UTI that wasn't remedied by a week of antibiotics- Nitrofurantoin in my case. I'm 60 and this is the fourth UTI I've ever had; antibiotics had been an effective cure in the past. My next prescription was for Ciprofloxacin, but in reading the side effects was not something I wanted to toy with (tendon inflammation or rupture-- I have some arthritis and am prone to this already; it's debilitating and can be permanent). So I embarked on an alternative path. It took three weeks of bearing down on the bladder infection with my basket of goodies to finally kick the UTI. I started with the first couple of items, then added other things seeing a stronger attack was needed. I also started with 2x/ day moving up to 5x/ day which seemed to finally go from holding the infection at bay to overcoming the infection. I am 115 lbs. This is the medley that was my cure:
Oregano Oil-- 7500 mg softgel (1), grapefruit seed extract--500mg capsule (1), Goldenseal--400mg capsule (1), D-Mannose--1000mg capsule (1), serrapeptase 40,000 spu capsule (1- 3x/day), garlic-- 500mg softgel (1/day).
I did this morning, noon, evening, night, and middle of night, usually with milk to get the pills down, and with or without food.
My medley info was gathered from my mother and from this website. In reading deep into these posts at week three I learned about baking soda and vinegar. So each morning I drank about 20 oz of water with 1-2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar and about 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. It really helped clear things out fast and also creating an anti-bacterial alkaline environment in the bladder-- I think it would be excellent to do this at the first sign of infection. I suspect that if I had done this with my antibiotic it would have beat the infection. I didn't give up coffee or normal meals as some wrote about. This probably would have helped me beat the infection more quickly, but I wasn't ready to resort to that stage yet.
I will bet that 10 days to two weeks of this concentrated effort would take care of a UTI. By the end of the third week I reduced the pill medley to 4x/day, no tingle, then 3x/day... so I stopped. No more infection! I am writing this review a month later, and still no infection. :) Best to you!!
Re: Canned Pumpkin for Hairballs
10 days agoRe: Osage Orange for Cancer
10 days agoGreat story Rick. Thanks for sharing. We live in Southwest Michigan, and we pick them up along the roadside in the Fall and put them in the garage to keep mice out. Next Fall I'll have to get some and follow your directions for taking it myself. God supplies all of our needs!
Re: Health Starting To Deteriorate - Researching Remedies
10 days agoColloidal silver, Dosage for 1-2 pound puppies
10 days agoDear Juli,
You really can't overdose with colloidal silver and dogs in my experience. For a 1 - 2 pound puppy I would try the 1/2 dropperful twice a day. It can be mixed with food if that is easier. Depending on what you are treating you may want to do this for 10 days.
~Mama to Many~
Remedies to Remove Inflammation From Body?
10 days agoHi Emma,
Applying melatonin lotion and mag oil simultaneously twice a day will help protect the cartilage and regenerate it while both offering some pain relief.
Here is a link to a typical magnesium lotion product :
Here is a link that describes how to make melatonin lotion :
https://www.earthclinic.com/supplements/melatonin-lotion.html
It is worth noting that melatonin has more proven science for protection and repair of cartilage, but both are useful for this purpose as discussed in the following study :
Here is a relevant quote from the link :
' Osteoarthritis (OA), characterized by cartilage erosion, synovium inflammation, and subchondral bone remodeling, is a common joint degenerative disease worldwide. OA pathogenesis is regulated by multiple predisposing factors, including imbalanced matrix metabolism, aberrant inflammatory response, and excessive oxidative stress. Moreover, melatonin has been implicated in development of several degenerative disorders owing to its potent biological functions. With regards to OA, melatonin reportedly promotes synthesis of cartilage matrix, inhibition of chondrocyte apoptosis, attenuation of inflammatory response, and suppression of matrix degradation by regulating the TGF-β, MAPK, or NF-κB signaling pathways. Notably, melatonin has been associated with amelioration of oxidative damage by restoring the OA-impaired intracellular antioxidant defense system in articular cartilage. '
Art
Remedies to Remove Inflammation From Body?
10 days agoProbiotic Strains for Constipation
10 days agoAbout a month ago I switched to a new probiotic brand...I never had any issues with the old one but I came across this product that had 20 strains of bacteria instead of the 5 strains of the brand I was taking for the same price, so I thought ohhhh let's do an upgrade...well what I got was the worst constipation of my life. I never had any constipation issues before. After two weeks of taking it I was HORRIBLY plugged up. Just pure misery. I suspected the probiotics since nothing else had really changed in my diet and stopped them...it took a while after resuming to my old brand of probiotics but now, two more weeks later it seems my digestion is coming back to where it used to be. Just effortless daily bowel movements. So thankful! What also seemed to help me during the worst times was coffee with some baking soda in it and spoonful of olive oil beforehand...apple cider vinegar, sauerkraut and kombucha (be super careful with your teeth though...they can mess up your enamel for good...I am speaking from experience...), plenty of fiber - in terms of veggies, okra seemed to be a very good choice.
Also in terms of the probiotics, I just wanted to add that I did a bit of research and it seems my old brand specifically had strains that are actually known to help with constipation...so if you suffer from this condition, don't just take any brand, do you research and find a brand that has lots of the types of bacteria that are known to be particularly good for constipation.
I hope this helps someone out there, I now know how truly miserable it can be to be constipated!
Re: Osage Orange for Cancer
10 days agoEver think of selling it yourself? I know I would be a buyer. I live in NoCen IL and this weekend we're getting the mother of all blizzards so no Osage orange here. You could have yourself one excellent side hustle...just saying.
Re: Health Starting To Deteriorate - Researching Remedies
10 days agoTry the 5 ingred heart tonic on this website. It's so full of "goodies" for the human body it's almost miraculous. As far as the slipped disc, an inversion table is excellent for that. The best way to use an inversion table is several times a day vs all at once. First time about 10-15 seconds, then repeat about every hour until you feel better. I usually use mine everyday, in the am and pm.
Re: Pau D'Arco (Inner Bark) for Leukemia
10 days agoYou can buy the inner bark on Amazon, I have in my kitchen.
Re: Seb Derm on Scalp - Update
10 days agoafter checking my notes I realized that
i actually did try Biotin 4 years ago (costco B complex?)
but it wasnt effective so I gave up on it.
Maybe the costco B complex isnt good? Maybe it was too low a dose?
Maybe I didnt take it long enough period? I was still drinking alcohol which can cause the deficiency so that didnt help.
ALSO I was low on stomach acid,
and you need stomach acid to absorb Biotin. Given my fructose / glucose intolerance issues (which Biotin can also help fix) I am again trying a high dose Biotin regimen along with Betaine HCL for sebborheic dermatitis.
but I read it can take 2-3 months to correct a deficiency. Hoping it also fixes my chronic constipation / digestion issues in the process.
will update in a month or two.
Pau D'Arco (Inner Bark) for Leukemia
11 days agoRe: Antibiotics for Strep Throat
11 days agoRe: Melatonin Questions for Art
11 days agoHi Alan,
Melatonin has mainly been shown to offer benefit for the digestive issue of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as discussed in the following study that utilized sublingual melatonin (SL Melatonin) at low dose :
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12285675/
Here is a relevant quote from the study :
' To the best of our knowledge, this is the first clinical trial to directly evaluate the efficacy and safety of SL melatonin in ameliorating symptoms of IBS, enhancing QoL, and affecting sleep patterns. The findings of the current study indicate that SL melatonin is significantly associated with improvements in the severity of IBS symptoms as measured by the IBS-SSS (P = 0.032) and overall QoL (P = 0.045). However, no significant improvement was observed in sleep quality (P = 0.293). Our findings are consistent with those of Chen et al. (5), who reported that the administration of oral melatonin tablets is associated with improvements in the severity of IBS and QoL. Although some studies have reported improvements in sleep quality and quantity with melatonin (16), Chen et al. did not observe any significant effects on sleep in IBS patients in their meta-analysis (5). Similarly, our study found no significant differences between SL melatonin and placebo after an 8-week period. Given that this trial represents the initial investigation of SL melatonin in patients with IBS and considering the superior oral absorption of this dosage form compared to conventional melatonin tablets, we opted to utilize 3 mg of SL melatonin in the current study. Administering a higher dose of melatonin might have also resulted in observable improvements in the sleep patterns of the participants. '
Imo, the combined use of SL melatonin in combination with abdominal application of melatonin lotion may offer slightly more benefit than SL melatonin alone.
Melatonin has multiple positive health effects on the gut microbiome which could reasonably explain the potential mechanisms by which melatonin helps calm certain gut/intestinal issues.
Art
