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  Re: Baking Soda and Maple Syrup for Breast Cancer

14 days ago
Posted by Bailey (Boulder, Co) on 03/21/2025

What else did you do besides the baking soda/maple syrup for the cancer? Thank you

  Re: Fenugreek for High Cholesterol

14 days ago
Posted by Sandy (Il) on 03/21/2025

How do you take fenugreek. Please explain

  Re: Probiotics for Tonsil Stones

14 days ago
Posted by Pam (Ohio) on 03/21/2025

Hi Amy...with this method did your tonsil stones completely go away? And, do you have the dilution ratio for the grapeseed oil? My son suffers from these and he is so self conscious of them...I'm hoping to help him get rid of them for good! Thanks!

  Re: Earth Clinic Site Update

14 days ago
Posted by Earth Clinic on 03/21/2025

Thank you, Wendy! Our programmer is working on the issue. We've been having DDOS issues all week, causing pages to load very slowly or not at all.

Earth Clinic Site Update

14 days ago
Posted by Wendy (Dublin, OH) on 03/21/2025

Good morning, EC! As of 7:30 AM e.s.t., clicking on any "Recent Posts" link displays a blank page after the spinning circle stops spinning. This happens on my MS Surface laptop. Clicking the same link on an iPhone 13 does display the list of recent posts, but it takes maybe 45-60 seconds to display which is longer than usual. Maybe an update is in process? Thanks!

  Coconut Oil for Ringworm

15 days ago
Posted by David (British Columbia) on 03/20/2025
★★★★★

I found this to work very well, although I used regular, fractionated oil - the liquid part of the oil only, and it was refined and cheap. Fungus hates coconut oil!

 MCAS: Sensitive to Many Supplements

15 days ago
Posted by N (Tokyo) on 03/20/2025

Thank you for proving more details. What you are experiencing at night looks like a sympathetic nervous system activation (SNSA). I have all of the disturbing symptoms that you have at night plus more. So I understand exactly what you are going through. My HR could go from normal to 163 in less than 10 seconds, and before that I was peacefully sleeping, excruciating nausea, like kill me now, or choking on saliva, shaking, trembling, sensation of imminent death, vertigo…SO I DO KNOW.

I was diagnosed with Dysautonomia and everything that happens to me during daytime and nighttime is related to dysfunction of Autonomic Nervous System. To simplify it my autopilot is malfunctioning.
Now let's talk about timing of your SNSA and alleged connection to “everything that you ingest”.

I my case nighttime SNSA is not “fixed” in time, yet it mostly happens around or after 3am, however it could be right after I fall asleep or anytime, and is not limited to just one episode.
I work with a homeopath, via zoom and have homeopathic remedies specifically for these kind of medical emergencies, and they are medical emergencies regardless of what others including doctors believe. Those remedies do work, but should be only taken during extreme manifestation of symptoms. One can't buy them anywhere but only from a homeopathic pharmacy by a prescription ( they mail it to your home). These remedies do help when I am having an episode, yet the episodes itself still have no rhyme or reason, sometime every night, few times during a night, other time once a week or less. I continue regular (vs. emergency) homeopathic treatments hoping that my physical and mental state would improve at least 50% so I regain some functionality. What I mean by mental- when one doesn't sleep 7-8 hours for a long time uninterrupted his mind suffers.

Back to your assumption that you react to everything that you ingest. Could it be that what you ingest is not related to your SNSA? SNSA usually happen regardless of what you eat or drink and on the nights you don't have the episodes your autonomic system is simply not acting up. Remember, ANS when it malfunctions doesn't really need a trigger, it has mind of its own, so to speak.
Can you start a diary where you write down everything you ingest and the reaction that follows (or not follows). You need to see if alchohol or chocolate for example always trigger your night time SNSA.
What confusing me is the fact that you always get SNSA at night between 11pm and 1 am. It might as well not be Dysautonomia, for you are fine during a day, but some other things happening in your body during that time, unrelated to what you ingest. Acupuncturists and homeopaths know exactly what happens or should be happening in your body during nighttime hours.

Do you spend time under sunlight? Early am and an hour before sunset are the best hours . No sunglasses and least clothing.

Do you have Wi-Fi and wireless devices in your bedroom? Remove them all.

Is your headboard against a wall with lots wires in it? If a kitchen is on the other side of your bedroom, lots of high voltage wires are in the wall and could be literally inches from your head.

Where is a distribution box? Smart meters?

Do you live in 10 miles radius from an airport, weather radars or a newschanel headquarters? They do have powerful radars these days.

How far you are from cell towers, antennas, including local 5G?

As you can see the triggers could be environmental One's body could be effectively mitigating many health hazards until all energy is exhausted it it starts breaking down.

And of course past COVID infection be a reason for your symptoms.

So I'd recommend you start a diary, track your symptoms for 1-3 months to see if they are indeed triggered by what you ingest. Find a reputable homeopath, I'd recommend Larry Malerba in the US, I have one located in the UK. The UK practitioner offers memberships and it is much cheaper than individual consultations.

Stop taking all supplements, and I mean ALL OF THEM. Your homeopathic practitioner would prescribe remedies for health emergencies as well as addressing the underlying cause of your problems.

You need to work with someone who understands what you are going through and based on my experience you need help

Famous Homeopathy Quotes
“There have been two great revelations in my life. The first was bebop, the second was homeopathy.”
–Dizzy Gillespie

“Homeopathy cures a larger percentage of cases than any other method of treatment and is beyond doubt safer and more economical and (the) most complete medical science.”
–Mahatma Gandhi

“I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.”
–Sir Paul McCartney

  Re: Ringworm Update

15 days ago
Posted by David Turner (Canada) on 03/20/2025

Well, these two posts above are me, and I got lazy and distracted, so I stopped using all these things. I found that liquid (called fractionated) works really well as it is so antifungal. It's cheaper too.

 MCAS: Sensitive to Many Supplements

15 days ago
Posted by Michelle (Cleveland, OH) on 03/20/2025

NT: My reactions to supplements or other triggers are as follows:

It doesn't matter what time during the day I ingest something, the time that react is always fairly consistent between 11:00pm and 1:00 am.

I am woken up by elevated and irregular HR (can be up to 150 bpm), anxiety (feeling like I'm going to die), sweaty hands, and loud ringing in my ears. If the reaction is bad enough I will start to shake uncontrollably, and if really bad...my BP spikes (150/90 has been the highest).

These reactions started within 4 months after I contracted COVID in Dec. 2021. My first severe reaction was to alcohol. Then I noticed that chocolate was doing something similar.

I saw a functional medicine doctor and he put me on a liver protocol. After several days of being on Amino DTX and LV-GB by Designs for Health, I had one of the worse reactions I've had. It was after those supplements that I became severely sensitive to many other things. Prior to the detox protocol, I had no trouble taking supplements or herbs.

  Re: Brown Sugar Scrub, Egg White Facial Lift for Skin

15 days ago
Posted by TessaBC (Okanagan) on 03/20/2025

Hi AnnaM -

I believe the original recipe is as follows:

Brown Sugar Scrub

Posted by Anelisa (Mesa, AZ) on 11/21/2005

Brown Sugar face and body scrub:a brown sugar face scrub gives me a wonderful glow and everything you need to make it is in your kitchen. this first recipe is for the face scrub. one fourth of a cup of brown sugar, one tablespoon of honey, and a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar mix well apply it to the face and gently scrub in circular motions, my friends say "it's like micro dermabrasion for no cost".

https://www.earthclinic.com/beauty/brown-sugar-for-beautiful-skin.htm

  Supplements for Eye Floaters

15 days ago
Posted by Expat (Asia) on 03/20/2025

Could you just tell us your fave? Don't want to guess the wrong one.

 MCAS: Sensitive to Many Supplements

15 days ago
Posted by N (Japan) on 03/20/2025

MCAS is not an allergy.

Nettle leaf tea can help in case of acute allergic reactions that manifest as skin rashes.

When my child was not responding to doctor's prescribed remedies on the advice of her grandma we collected fresh nettle leaves and made a tea, used it in a bath, the rash was gone. Today it is practically impossible to find not contaminated with environmental pollutants nettle and other herbs. Heavy metals in medicinal herb is a huge problem.

So the large bags of dry nettle from Amazon is not a good idea, for nobody can certify its purity. I personally don't and won't buy any herbs, oils, tinctures etc on Amazon or Even supplements - I always contact the manufacturer to verify they are indeed selling their product on Amazon.
Keep also in mind Nettle contains iron many people should not be supplementing with.
There is more. Dry and fresh nettle leaves are chemically not the same. Fresh nettle promotes production of blood clotting factor - prothrombin, dried nettle slows down the blood clotting process.

Contraindications to the use of nettle
· the first trimester of pregnancy;
· treatment with antidepressants and insomnia drugs (the plant enhances their effect);
· thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, increased blood clotting and atherosclerosis (when using the plant, blood thickening occurs, which is dangerous for these pathologies);
· hypertension (nettle tones the vessels, so the pressure may increase);
· in case of bleeding;
· severe kidney diseases.

Therefore Large quantities of any herbs even in the form of teas should not be consumed.

Lastly, more information is needed from this person to have an idea how exactly her reactions manifest.
Having said that, a week of drinking wildcrafted nettle leaf tea should be safe, but again who can certify that it is indeed wildcrafted and properly dried (processed) herb.

  • From scientific research ( Google translated)
  • According to studies conducted on rats, the anti-inflammatory effect of dioecious nettle extract in the model of Alzheimer's disease has been confirmed. In the study, Golam Hossein Riazi (the laboratory of neuroorganic chemistry of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the University of Tehran in Iran) confirmed the antiproliferative effect in small cell lung cancer, characterized by high mortality.
  • Wafa Siuda (Faculty of Biological Sciences of the University of Baji Mokhtar-Annab) wondered "why is nettles useful?" And conducted a study on the topic "Can the addition of dicoecious nettle weaken mercury intoxication in rats?". The results of his work clearly demonstrated the antitoxic effect.
  • In 2013, V. Hadjashemi and Vahid Klushani wrote an article in a medical journal about the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of dioecious nettle leaf extract when exposed to animals. Thanks to their work, it began to be used more often as a traditional remedy for musculoskeletal pain and rheumatism.
  • In 2016, Rahila Kayyum (Faculty of Pharmacy, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) conducted a study on the mechanisms underlying the antihypertensive properties of dicoecious nettle.
  • The extract is effective as an antioxidant in the adjuvant therapy of type II diabetes and minimizes the risk of cardiovascular diseases and other complications in patients with diabetes. This was published by the work of Alidad Amiri Behzadi from the club of young researchers and elite of the Islamic University of Iran Azad "The effect of dicoecious nettle supplements on blood lipids, liver enzymes and nitric oxide levels in patients with type II diabetes: a double randomized clinical trial".
  • In 2017, Karama Zuari Bouasida wrote an article on the topic "Study of the hemostatic and wound healing potential of the leaves of the dioecious nettle".
  • The antibacterial activity of dioecious nettle was studied in 2014 by Professor of the Faculty of Biology Hossein Motamedi from Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.
  • Traditionally used to treat cardiovascular diseases, especially hypertension. As a result of animal studies, the antihypertensive effect was confirmed, explained by the blockade of calcium channels and NO-mediated vasorelaxation. Rohit Bisht from the Department of Pharmacology of the ISF College of Pharmacy in Punjab, India, published a study on this topic.

P. S. I study, as a hobby, medicinal herbs since I was 12.

 MCAS: Sensitive to Many Supplements

15 days ago
Posted by Michelle (Cleveland, OH) on 03/20/2025

Mama to Many, thank you so much for your response. I appreciate your time.

My understanding is that I do not have Alpha Gal syndrome - I believe that was one of the many things I was tested for.

I do have some food sensitivities: anything fermented, alcohol, aged cheese, chocolate, dandelion root...

I do have 4 small amalgams and have been told that I have candida - although the tests have not been consistent and I don't have any symptoms of candida. My only other big red flag is that I had a root canal that went bad; and I developed severe peridontal disease. I also get canker sores frequently - especially with flares.

As mentioned in my first post, I am extremely acidic (both saliva and urine). This seems to be an indication that something is "lurking" around; my diet is very clean and I eat very little sugar and this does nothing to affect my pH.

Do you think I need to get the fillings removed?

  Re: Carbs

15 days ago
Posted by Carol (Winchester ) on 03/20/2025

What happened when you stopped carbs? I don't eat carbs except on occasion. I don't eat much food at all. So far I feel great but I was wondering about what you said. Don't stop carbs

  Re: Brown Sugar Scrub, Egg White Facial Lift for Skin

15 days ago
Posted by Mama to Many (TN) on 03/20/2025

My guess is 1/4 cup. When I make sugar scrub it is predominantly sugar.
~Mama to Many~

 Arthritic Hands - Question for Art

16 days ago
Posted by Art (California) on 03/20/2025

Hi Pam,

Since you are already taking borax orally, I would consider the melatonin lotion first and it is easy to make. One problem I found with the borax lotion was that it sometimes came out gritty for some people if they didn't mix it well enough.

Art

  Essiac tea - Tiredness in Dog

16 days ago
Posted by Mama to Many (TN) on 03/19/2025

Dear Melissa,

If the Essay is detoxing and/or killing parasites, it would seem quite likely to cause tiredness in your dog. You could try giving activated charcoal to your dog. It is easy to mix in food.

You will find dosing information on this page of Earth Clinic.

~Mama to Many~

  Re: Rosemary Leaf for Stroke Recovery

16 days ago
Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 03/19/2025

@ HE

There are many ways to consume Rosemary. There are capsules, tinctures, etc... BUT, when I spoke with my Arabic friend (Henie from Egypt), he says make into biscuits and double the amount of Rosemary herb for which ever recipe you choose calls for.

  Re: Lugol's Iodine for Ear Infection

16 days ago
Posted by Bejuslov (Austin, TX ) on 03/19/2025

May I suggest increasing the number of drops to 3* like Jacqueline. One drop of 2% is not strong enough. There are numerous papers outlining the benefits of iodine on ear (hearing loss, infections, etc.)

Arthritic Hands - Question for Art

16 days ago
Posted by Pam (OH) on 03/19/2025

Another question for you, Art! I was considering the melatonin lotion your friends made to use on my hands, but I just saw your borax lotion formula that you made for your brother-in-law and found it intriguing as well. My hands aren't as bad as your BIL as in I do not have joint dislocation but I do have issues bending fingers, making a fist and reduced grip strength. I also have some calcium deposit nodules (I think that's what they are called) on several of my joints. Which lotion do you think I would benefit from the most? Would using both be too much? I am on the Walter Last borax protocol.

I'm so sorry to continue to ask you questions. I am so excited to have found this site and the hope it gives me for the future is exponential!