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Pregnancy
Posted by Anette (Plainfield, IL) on 07/30/2009
Can someone who is pregnant take 35% H2O2?
Ear and Sinus Issues
Posted by Tystone48 (Cowan, Tennessee) on 07/31/2021
I did the same mistake. I had infected an ear and poured a cap full to boil out my ear...well it swelled up and trapped some on the inner ear...very very painful had to get a wick put in my ear..which was no fun either.
My doc said a small amount on Qtip would have been better. But I put nothing but my elbow in my ear...lol.
Gingivitis
Posted by Holly (Los Angeles, Usa) on 08/02/2010
WARNING!!! I'm sure this works great, but you MUST dilute the HP before you put it in your mouth. Stupid here read this post and decided to take a swig of 3% HP. It felt like my teeth were cracking apart and being pulled out. Excruciating. Told myself I was an idiot, tried it again (after rinsing mouth with water and checking that my teeth were still in place) with a capful in 8oz. That was fine.
Heart Issues
Posted by Robert (Cincinnati, Ohio) on 06/24/2009
Question: I have four stints in my heart. How would hydrogen peroxide therapy effect me and should I do it?
Heart Issues
Posted by Mmsg (Somewhere, Europe) on 06/03/2013
Jo, have you read up on Cayenne for the heart?
Ear and Sinus Issues
Posted by April (Jupiter, Fl) on 08/31/2009
You may have allergic fungal sinusitis, which would explain why the antibiotics are ineffective.
Ear and Sinus Issues
Posted by Derek (Mill Creek, Washington) on 09/16/2011
My friend john had a massive ear wax build up problem fall of 2009. He was applying 3% peroxide for sometimes hours a day and the problem stabilized for awhile. However, now, he frequently gets a feeling that his head is boiling. When he stays in the shower for more than a minitue or two, he gets very dizzy and almost acts drunk. He has consulted a few doctors for a remedy and has had no luck. I'm afraid he might get in a car accident or worse if this continues and am asking anybody who can help to contact me at derekrfay(at)yahoo.com. Thank you!
Ear and Sinus Issues
Posted by Lily (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) on 09/16/2011
Hello Derek, are you sure your friend doesn't have a middle ear infection?
Ear and Sinus Issues
Posted by Elena (Apex, Nc) on 03/06/2012
I realize this is an old post but did your friend ever figure out what was going on with him because the same is happening to me now.
Ear and Sinus Issues
Posted by Angela (Charlotte, Nc) on 11/06/2015
I'm having a terrible time with sinus and ears. Do you really use 12 drops in each ear, 3x a day, just checking
General Feedback
Posted by Jerry (Mt Dora, Fl) on 06/04/2009
Article from:
http://www.physorg.com/news163253821.html
Hydrogen peroxide marshals immune system (w/Video)
June 3rd, 2009
When you were a kid your mom poured it on your scraped finger to stave off infection. When you got older you might have even used it to bleach your hair. Now there's another possible function for this over-the-counter colorless liquid: your body might be using hydrogen peroxide as an envoy that marshals troops of healing cells to wounded tissue.
In the zebrafish tail fin imaged here, a small wound is inflicted at the tip of the fin. Red represents high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, and blue represents low concentrations. The chemical burst far exceeds the single cell diameter and reaches well into the surrounding tissue. Credit: Philipp Niethammer
Using the zebrafish as an animal model, researchers in the lab of Harvard Medical School professor of systems biology Timothy Mitchison and Dana Farber Cancer Institute professor Thomas Look (http://www.dana-farber.org/) have discovered that when the tail fins of these creatures are injured, a burst of hydrogen peroxide is released from the wound and into the surrounding tissue. Teams of rescue-working white blood cells respond to this chemical herald, crawl to the site of damage, and get to work.
"We've known for quite some time that when the body is wounded, white blood cells show up, and it's really a spectacular piece of biology because these cells detect the wound at some distance," says Mitchison. "But we haven't known what they're responding to. We do know something about what summons white blood cells to areas that are chronically inflamed, but in the case of an isolated physical wound, we haven't really known what the signal is."
These findings are reported in the June 4 issue of the journal Nature.
Philipp Niethammer, a postdoc in Mitchison's lab, and Clemmens Grabber, a postdoc in Look's lab, initiated this research project with no interest in wound healing. Rather, they were studying a groups of molecules called reactive oxygen species, or ROS. These small oxygen-derived molecules, of which hydrogen peroxide is one, have the potential to be both helpful and hurtful. Niethammer and Grabber were simply curious to find ways to detect ROS molecules in an organism.
To do this, they took a gene engineered to change color in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and inserted it into zebrafish embryos. Once the embryos entered the larvae stage after a few days, this synthetic gene spread throughout the entire body, essentially "wiring" the fish so that any discreet location in which hydrogen peroxide appears would glow.
But how do you coax the fish to produce a reactive chemical like hydrogen peroxide in the first place?
Since white blood cells have long been known to produce hydrogen peroxide, one obvious way to initiate chemical production would be to inflict a small wound onto the fish, and then, using microscopy, observe patterns of this chemical as white blood cells gathered around the wound. But much to the researchers surprise, they found that hydrogen peroxide immediately appeared at the wound site, prior to the arrival of any white blood cell, and quickly disseminated into neighboring tissue.
They repeated the experiment, this time in zebrafish where they'd disabled a protein that was previously discovered to produce hydrogen peroxide in the human thyroid gland. Not only did hydrogen peroxide not appear at the wound site, but white blood cells failed to respond to the injury.
"This was our real eureka! moment," says Niethammer. "We weren't too surprised that we could block hydrogen peroxide production through this technique, but what we didn't expect at all was that white blood cells wouldn't respond. This proved that the white blood cells needed hydrogen peroxide to sense the wound, and move towards it."
Of course, zebrafish are not people, and while our genomes share many similarities with these tiny fish, it isn't yet clear that natural selection has conserved this process throughout the evolutionary family tree. Still, these findings offer something of a conceptual shift in how to view human conditions where hydrogen peroxide plays a role.
"When we look at how hydrogen peroxide works in people, this really starts getting intriguing," says Mitchison.
In the human body, hydrogen peroxide is produced primarily in three places: lung, gut, and thyroid gland. Because hydrogen peroxide, and the proteins responsible for producing other ROS molecules, are especially present in lung and gut, the researchers hypothesize that human diseases relevant to these findings would include any in the lung and gut that involve disproportionate levels of white blood cells, like asthma, chronic pulmonary obstruction, and some inflammatory gut diseases.
"Our lungs are supposed to be sterile; our guts are anything but," says Mitchison. "It's very logical that both those tissues produce hydrogen peroxide all the time. Perhaps in conditions like asthma, the lung epithelia is producing too much hydrogen peroxide because it's chronically irritated, which, if our findings translate to humans, would explain inappropriate levels of white blood cells. This is certainly a question worth pursuing."
Mitchison is currently laying the groundwork for investigating this hypothesis.
More information: Nature, June 3, 2009; 459 (7247) "A tissue-scale gradient of hydrogen peroxide mediates rapid wound detection in zebrafish"; Philipp Niethammer, Clemens Grabher, A. Thomas Look, Timothy J. Mitchison
Source: Harvard Medical School (news : web)
General Feedback
Posted by Linda (Clinton, Iowa ) on 05/26/2009
I think I might have candida.I was considering just using the 3% hydrogen peroxide from my medicine cabinet until I did a little research.I have smoked for years so I know my body could use some extra oxygen.I wanted to know is their any foods, supplements, techniques or anything else I can do to produce hydrogen peroxide NATURALLY in my body? I read that it is in rain water and breast milk. I just dont want to dilute the 35% GRADE SO i WAS WONDERING CAN i GET IT ELSE WHERE?
General Feedback
Posted by Tigerlily (Seaside Town, MA) on 05/31/2009
If you search the web for products that increase the level of oxygen in your blood, that might be a good way. For example, there's one I know of that has fulvic acid with a good number of trace minerals. Just a few drops of this starts the "healing crisis" - I feel a boost of energy and get a sense that my body is detoxing. Recommended doses are up to 21 drops per day, but I usually start with three a day for a few days, then increase to 5, then to 7, etc.... I find that I don't need the full 21 to get the benefits.
Good luck.
General Feedback
Posted by Don (San Antonio, Texas) on 07/17/2009
Sounds like a great product, what is the name of it? I'm using 35% Food Grade right now, but is this fulvic acid thing better?
General Feedback
Posted by Earth Clinic (USA) on 05/21/2009
We received an email this morning and apparently this website was mentioned on the radio show "Coast to Coast" last night about a hydrogen peroxide treatment. Did anyone hear it? If so, can you tell us what it was about? Thanks!
General Feedback
Posted by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand) on 05/22/2009
Interesting that hydrogen peroxide were mentioned on Coast to Coast. I didn't listen myself, but will give some stories relating to this.
The hydrogen peroxide, case after case I see cancer disappearing. It's a long story, but I will be brief. I had once case of a person with cancer on his jaws throughout most of his life, plus cancer around in his forehead area. Ever since childhood, this man, a European had abnormal nail growth full of irregular ridges which he thought is due to his genes. Upon taking the hydrogen peroxide, one capfuls per one liter of water for three weeks, the cancer on his jaws completely disappeared, the skin cancer of his forehead fell off.
In another case a woman of cancer tumor of the breast, which is about 3 inches in diameter, rather small, but upon drinking the hydrogen peroxide in water for about two months and the tumor shrink. It was also interesting that acne, and muddy skin completely disappeared, and the effects of younger looking face set in by about one year. So a 33 year old woman for example began to look like 23 years old. Apparently the hydrogen peroxide cleared up the toxins, and the cells regenerated.
In yet another case, a person had a thick large cancer on his legs. and used a full 35% concentration and claimed it didn't hurt if it was applied on the tumor. In any case the cancer burned off, but with a scar. I don't use 35% and tend to use a much lower concentration. A 3% would be the highest I would do and it still stings. I usually not try to exceed 1.5% concentration.
If there is any other application, I had a 10 year acne on my jaws a long time ago. It disappeared and the skin cleared up by adding one cap 3% H2O2 per liter of water. It's also used for some people who don't like the MMS taste.
Ted
General Feedback
Posted by T (Maryland, USA ) on 05/22/2009
This is the show archive link for "Coast to Coast" - you can click any show title and there will be streams you can listen to, or you can download the shows as MP3's. I'll give a listen a little later to see if I catch that Earth Clinic mention :)
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows"
05/22/2009: T from Maryland, USA writes: "(Awww, crumbs...the show archive is for paid subscribers :(
General Feedback
Posted by Geneva (Atlanta, GA) on 05/22/2009
Hello All, I am so interested in this remedy. Do you know if it works for Fibroid tumors? Can anyone tell me what is the different between Fibroids tumors and cysts? Thanks for the info
General Feedback
Posted by Lori (Tampa, Florida) on 05/23/2009
I heard the Coast to Coast show where Earth Clinic.com was mentioned. It began with a discussion about the boy with cancer in Minnesota, the parents want to treat him naturally but the state is taking them to court to force chemothrapy. A women called in and mentioned the H202 threapy for cancer and mentioned this website. Which is how i found it. Have only known about it for a couple days, and love it. Thanks.
EC: Thank you so much for letting us know - much appreciated. Welcome!
Stomach Ailments
Posted by Jo (Burbank, CA) on 05/20/2009
I just recently started taking 35% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide internally and I'm up to 6 drops a day in distilled water. So far I haven't noticed anything except feeling a little nauseous right after drinking it. I have read some things about it being corrosive and was wondering what that does to the stomach. I have stomach issues all the time. I was once told by a doctor that I had an ulcer (although he never really determined this for sure, it was more like a guess after I told him of my symptoms) I'm not convinced that's in fact what my issue is. I was hoping the HP would help my stomach problems as well as my suspected candida overgrowth. However, now I'm worried that the HP might exacerbate my stomach and digestive problems. Does anyone have any more info regarding this? Thanks in advance.
Stomach Ailments
Posted by Kimboquinn (Grand Terrac, Ca) on 06/29/2009
The article I read said to take 3 to 4 lecithin capsules with h202 or 35% hydrogen peroxide-food grade only and should be duluted with distilled water only! I do have a question for you though. Do you have recipe for the treatment you are doing? I will say I am not a doctor but, I have a strong belief that this will work. I read about this in the 1970's.
good luck!
Stomach Ailments
Posted by Harry H. (New Hartford, Ct Usa) on 09/12/2009
Let me tell you of my experience using 35% food grade H2O2 based on the book The One-Minute Cure. This book is basically a copy from the book Hydrogen Peroxide: Medical Miracle Paperback by William Campbell Douglass. I started the treatment & worked up to 23 drops in 6-8 oz of water but started to have stomach pains which has been diagnosed as a peptic ulcer. I have discontinued the treatment because the pain is too great. I can't prove or disprove H2O2 is the cause but I don't think its pure coincidence. I believe the use of H2O2 is the cause of my peptic ulcer. I would caution folks about using this treatment.
Stomach Ailments
Posted by Anne (Leicestershire) on 09/22/2016
Regarding the 35% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide. I have read that it's more for cleaning commercial counters. I definitely would never use it internally.
What you need to buy is Hydrogen Peroxide 3% which is readily available in the US.
Here in the UK I found a 6% product so I simply use half the recommended number of drops. Add them to a glass of spring water or mineral water and drink. You need a medicine dropper to accurately measure the amount you're taking.
General Feedback
Posted by Ang (Calgary, Alberta) on 05/19/2009
H202 and travel
Hi, I have just started on the H202 drops in distilled water. It's been one week and I am flying within Canada this weekend and wondering if anybody can tell me if I should take it with me or just stop for the weekend. I have lowered my dose in case I have to stop for the weekend but I really don't want to. Any help would be appreciated!
General Feedback
Posted by Ang (Calgary, Alberta) on 05/20/2009
I should clarify that it's 35% food grade and I'm concerned about the dangers of taking it with me. Opinions???? Thanks!
General Feedback
Posted by Rena (Mineral Bluff, Georgia) on 05/20/2009
Hi Ang, when I went to Europe, I had to buy H2O2 in France due to a tooth ache and I did not have a problem bringing it back in my check in luggage. I would never attempt to put it in my carry on luggage though. Granted it was not food grade H2O2, but perhaps you can transfer it in a small container and put it in check in luggage. The worst thing to happen is they take it away, and you will still have the majority safely at home. Peace, Rena.
General Feedback
Posted by T (Maryland, USA) on 05/20/2009
35% appears to be quite volatile, and besides that I would bet that it is not allowed to be taken on a plane in the first place. Don't do it.
General Feedback
Posted by CailinDeas (San Francisco, VA) on 07/14/2009
Although the original posting was from May 09 I just want to say that it is NEVER a good idea to take any corrosive materials on a flight, especially as checked luggage. Remember that the cabins are pressurized and luggage is piled on top of one another and there are electrical wires and sometimes even animals in the cargo hold. Check with your airline carrier but chances are a small amount (an ounce?) could be taken in your carry-on where if it ruptures you will know and can clean it up. There are strict regulations in place for everyone's protection, so if in doubt leave it out. :-)
General Feedback
Posted by Slimmy (Oregon, US) on 07/18/2014
When I travel with only carry-on, I simply use an old 2oz. Stevia dropper with the label still on. Fill about half way with 35% h202, then seal in a small zip lock bag. Breeze through TSA and European baggage check every time...
General Feedback
Posted by Kelly (Reading, Oh) on 05/18/2009
I have a question. I have read alot about H202 therapy and I understand dilution ratio's, but I just read in one of the articles that store bought distilled water isn't pure enough it has to be double distilled? Can boiling tap water for X amount of time make it pure enough? the article wasn't clear on this. I just bought 12% food grade H202 from a local health food store and want to get started asap. Someone please shed some light on the water quality to be used and if boiling water is safe. Many Thanks.
General Feedback
Posted by Stan (Perth, Western Australia) on 06/09/2009
You also can use Spring water
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Posted by Brian (New Haven, CT) on 07/18/2009
Kelly from Reading, Oh
Boiling water is not adequate. Personally I use a countertop distiller at home (from a wise company). The only problem I can think of with the store bought distilled water is the cheap thin plastic bottles which release chemicals very readily (PETE 1 - I use Pete 7 gallon jugs like the gib poland spring bottles are made of - some models use glass containers).
Hope this helps.
General Feedback
Posted by Ben (Cape Town, RSA) on 05/18/2009
This might be a rethorical question- tell me does taking antioxidants makes the consumption of H2O2 USELESS? and does a high level of oxygen in your blood (a result of H2O2 consumption) negatively affects the T Cells as was indicated by one of the EC readers?
General Feedback
Posted by Dan (Chicago, Illinois) on 05/21/2009
★★★★★
To Ben from Cape Town; Regarding T-Cell counts. I have just started experimenting with 35% orally. I am starting and stopping as I am having some stomach upset. I did four days of the drops as indicated (then stopped) and coincidentally had some lab work done at the same time. I had a 20% to 25% increase in my T-Cell count to my highest ever number (742) I have been following these numbers for 12 years. Obviously this is purely anecdotal and not scientific but it is inspiring me to find an answer to the upset stomach problem.
General Feedback
Posted by Rafael (Panama City, Florida) on 07/16/2009
My question may appear to be stupid but, I would like to know what "T cell" is.
I have been following the protocol and am now up to 16 drops of 35% Food Grade 3 times a day. I have not noticed anything other than some boil-like eruptions are starting to show up on different parts of my body.
What can I do to prevent me from throwing up after taking H2O2?
General Feedback
Posted by Mathew (Norfolk, VA) on 07/17/2009
the best thing you could do is make sure you take it at least 3 hours after you eat. It always makes me queezy even when i think about taking it. Mind over matter. it works. i havent thrown up before but have felt like it many times. remember if you do throw it up then you have to take it again.
i also got boils. but they went away and havent come back in years now.
keep it up.
General Feedback
Posted by Rafael (Panama City, Florida) on 07/17/2009
This is to thank EC for answering my question on T cells and to thank Matthew for his advice. "Mind over matter" really works.
General Feedback
Posted by Luis (Cali, Colombia) on 05/17/2009
Hydrogen Peroxide and DMSO
In the book "DMSO: Nature's Healer by Dr. Morton Walker (who acknowledges Dr.William C.Douglass, H202 advocator, in page vii), I read the following:
"If superoxide anions are present in quantity as a result of ecological alteration such as radiation toxicity, water pollution, chemotherapy, or other stressors, the body's ability to detoxify is affected. Instead, superoxide, and superoxide dismutase form hydrogen peroxide. Lipid peroxidation takes place. More hydroxyl radicals develop and bring on cellular damage with degenerative disease. DMSO offsets these effects and brings the body back to a more normal state."
"Free radical pathology is an intrincate part of virtually every metabolic dysfuction you can think of. To illustrate, cancer manufactures prodigious quantities of hydrogen peroxide, which then generate the hydroxyl radical. This is probably part of the reason why DMSO has proved to be valuable in the treatment of cancer."
*Bolds are mine.
I am very concerned because H202 is supposed to cure cancer. I don't understand. Does cancer manufactures its own hydrogen peroxide? Is hydrogen peroxide a danger in our blood and cells? It is nonsense.
I am taking hydrogen peroxide by inhalation right now. I have been following the advices of many physicians who advocate this molecule, including Dr.Williams.
Could you please give me an explanation? Am I misunderstanding something?
Thank you so much in advance for your help.
Best regards,
Luis
General Feedback
Posted by Vinnie (Livonia, USA) on 05/15/2009
ACV and 35% H2O2: Can you take them both during the same time period?
General Feedback
Posted by Bob (Memphis, TN) on 05/17/2009
I am currently taking both ACV and 35% food grade h202 and have had no problems. The only problem is if you do one right after the other you might feel a little bloated.
To update those interested in the h202 therapy: I am on day 32 and up to 21 drops 3x daily. I couldn't even tell I was taking it until I got to about 12 drops 3x a day. At around 20 drops it starts tasting really metallic and is easier to get down if you hold your nose and just gulp it. It is one of those tastes kind of like medicine that really makes you shiver when you take it. It even makes you shiver when you "think" about taking it. Anyway, the side effects for me are really just I am sweating a lot, especially when I go workout at the gym. I am also much hotter than I normally am. I'm not a heavy person and usually the late 70's and early 80's in temperature feel good to me and I don't turn on the a/c until it gets in somewhere in the mid 80's. Those are the only things I have experienced.
Good luck!
Enemas
Posted by Allison (Houston, Texas) on 05/12/2009
★☆☆☆☆WARNING!
When I came upon your section of hydrogen peroxide, I find the information very interesting and plan on trying out the oral and nasal inhaling method of HP. But Please caution your readers on the possible danger of using hydrogen peroxide in ENEMAS as suggested by someone on the section of different uses of hydrogen peroxide. Our colons are full of different kinds of bacterias. Wouldn't the oxygenating or bubbling effect be SO TREMENDOUS once the enema is administered that one could get an exploding intestine from the amount of gases created upon contact of HP with all the bacterias?
Energizer
Posted by Jordan (Sacramento, CA) on 05/04/2009
★★★☆☆BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
Hey everyone, I tried to use 3% food grade h2o2 for a mouthwash 2 times a day and on the second day my mouth became really dry and I got a canker sore under my tongue, but I felt really energetic. I was wondering if I should dilute it more or maybe Just try the drops instead because that's much less potent, but I'm also afraid to take it internally. Do any of you have a suggestion. I would much appriciate your feedback. I suffer from candida and would really like to put an end to it. Thanks!
Energizer
Posted by Alain (Ottawa, Canada) on 05/08/2009
You can dilute it to 1.5% solution for mouthwash (preferably with distilled water) and you could also add to it some baking soda. Search EC. There is so many ways to use h2o2 for health. You can put some h2o2 in your bath. Search web for h2o2+bath ... You will also find many articles about h2o2 there http://educate-yourself.org/hp/index.shtml
Good Luck
Energizer
Posted by Linda (Canterbury, Kent/United Kingdom) on 05/11/2009
Hi, we had the same issue with our hot tub - not wanting to use Bromine. We now use a product call "Clear choice" (for the past two years) which comes from the US, and uses bioremediation. It is very effective, very economical, not harmful and a lot cheaper than all the other chemicals.
Hot Tubs
Posted by Deborah (Edmonton, Canada) on 05/03/2009
Hi, This information may be on your site somewhere but I haven't accessed it yet. I was wondering if you could tell me of a chemical free solution to keeping a hot tub. The therapeutic value of hydrotheray is nullified by the chlorine/bromide we have to use. I do have an ultraviolet light. Do you recommend food grade hydrogen peroxide?
Thank you
Hot Tubs
Posted by Ron S (Lloydminster, Alberta) on 03/15/2010
★★★★★
I have used food grade h202 in my hot tube for many years. It works well.
Hot Tubs
Posted by Audra (Oregon) on 09/28/2020
Thanks for the info. We are new to having a hot tub and searching for the healthiest way too! Can you update us on what the 3rd thing was and which was best. How much H202 did you use and how often?
Thanks so much!
Audra
Hot Tubs
Posted by Audra (Or) on 09/28/2020
Hi Ron,
How do you determine the amount. How often do you add and do you use anything else?
We just bought a house with one, but have no experience and would prefer to keep it healthy without chlorine and chemicals if possible. Thanks for any advice!
Audra
General Feedback
Posted by Dominic (Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada) on 04/29/2009
Some people are referring to H2O2 simply as water. This is wrong!! H2O is water(2 molecules of Hydrogen and 1 molecule of Oxygen). H2O2 is Hydrogen Peroxide (2 molecules of each).
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Posted by Cpfpub (Toronto, On) on 05/23/2009
I would like to add that I do experience some itching on my arms after applying the diluted H2O2 spray on my arms. I wash my arms with soap and water prior to using the spray. The itching lasts about 1/2 hour and began after about 2 weeks of use. Could this be a reaction to the detox effects of the H2O2. I'm using this treatment because I have RA. Any comments?
