Cure a Bladder Infection with Natural Remedies Questions

Updated: 07/06/2008

REMEDIES NEEDED FOR FREQUENT URINATION

BLADDER INFECTION HELP NEEDED PARAPLEGIC WITH FOLEY CATHETER

ABDOMINAL SURGERY, OVARY REMOVED, NOW CHRONIC BLADDER INFECTIONS

PRESSURE AND PAIN

URETHRAL SYNDROME

FREQUENT URINATION AFTER HYSTERECTOMY

HYSTERECTOMY CAUSED URINATION FREQUENCY

ACV CAUSED BLEEDING CYCTITIS

KIDNEY INFECTION

UNEXPLAINABLY PERSISTENT INFECTION?

INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS REMEDIES?

COCONUT OIL A CURE?

HIGH ACIDITY CAUSING UTI?

ACV CAUSING BLADDER INFECTION?

LIVER AND KIDNEY CONGESTION

REMEDIES NEEDED FOR FREQUENT URINATION
07/06/2008: Andrew Gabriel writes: "i would like to know if there is any remedy or cure for over active bladder ,every time i drink acup of water or juice ,i go to bathroom 20 times, i cant sleep at night ,every hour i go to bathroom .it is making me crazy ..please help ..thank you."

07/07/2008: Sharon from Boston, MA replies: "Here's some information you may find useful about interstitial cystitis:
http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/ISCHerbs.txt"

BLADDER INFECTION HELP NEEDED PARAPLEGIC WITH FOLEY CATHETER
05/17/2008: K. writes: "Hi Ted! I have read your info on acv and sea salt and I am going to definitely try it!! I do have a guestion---I am a paraplegic and have a foley catheter. I was wondering if you have any advice for me ? I had uti and bladder infec. before my accident, because I do NOT drink enough water--never have and still do not! Thanks for any information and God Bless!"

05/18/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Yes. The common source of infection in a urinary tract infection comes from the use of foley catheter. Therefore the best remedies is just to add some sea salt in most drinking water, except when there is a urinary tract infection that I am forced to take more sea salt but at only one dose. Such as one teaspoon per glass of water. Other supplements such as mannose (found in cranberry juice) are often synergistic with the remedy. Xylitol is a possible substitute.

For a paraplegic it is very important for me at least NOT to take any foods that damages the brain with aspartame or monosodium glutamate. The MSG food industries are smart enough to hide it under various names as hydrolyzed protein, yeast extract, potassium glutamate, and other names. Aspartic acid should be minmized and are hidden in supplements.

It's usually ideally best to avoid processed food altogether if possible. The excitotoxins that I found most dangerous for me that lead to deafness and macular degeneration with me in the past aspartame and are hidden in many children's multivitamins (one that came to mind was Flintstone's vitamins), and many pharmaaceuticals where they are often added in many "effervescent tablets"

To help some recovery, I think baking soda 1/2 teaspoon in 1/2 glass of water taken either twice or two times a day and some improvement should be noted on the third or fourth week in terms of neurological problems. Basically spinal cords are much slower to heal than it is the brain, from accident of course.

I have recently had a friend, a Ph.D. scholar who got some robbers stole her purse while riding on a bike at Hyderabad India, and in the process of pushing her down, her head landed on concrete. While most MRI scans don't detect tissue changes, the metabolic conditions of the brain does changed through a SPECT scan. The recover was quick when there's an accident usually from vitamin E (to prevent blood clots which is often clots the brain) and the most important ones that helps paraplegic condition, as well as brain fog is vitamin C sodium ascorbate, hydergine and piracetam (the 800 mg kind). The hydergine and piracetam is often taken once every two days, but during accident it is taken for 4 days straight, before there's a gradual decrease in improvement. If this is continued on the 7th day, then there is a negative improvement. Hence, the hydergine and piracetam is not taken beyond 4 day rule. But on maintenance dose it's taken about once every two days. This should help
 the most.

Granulated lecithin 2 tablespoon a day, usually before meals will help the brain produced myelin, but it should be noted that aspartame (sweet n' low) and hidden in processed food will damage them leading to worsening of conditions, such as found in Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi, but also many diet products, even in yogurt. Tomatoes has methanol attached to the pectin, although much less toxic than diet products, I would avoid also from possible neural problems.

While the baking soda is not a perfect formula for alkalizing the brain, it does the job in the long run, but a more immediate effect in alkalizing the brain and this can be noticed the change (cooling down of the brain - as noticed by our feelings for thought processes) is the use of what scientist called the "carbicarb" formula which is nothing more than sodium carbonate 50%(washing soda) plus 50% baking soda. My remedy uses 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carboante, in 1/2 glass of water taken usually twice a day.

A drinking water should regularly add sea salt at least 1/4 teaspoon per liter of drinking water so that the salinity of the bladder will increase. The PROBLEM about drinking just PLAIN water is that it lacks salinity and when salinity is down, the bladder gets infected much easier, such as Urinary Tract Infection. Many people don't know and thought drinking more water is healthy. Yes it is, at least it solves dehydration, but it creates another problem on a large scale popularity: the unexplained urinary tract infection. It took me more than two years to figure out until one day I had them myself and tried the "usual" conventional medicine and other things which obviously didn't work at all and decided to try my old idea of sea salt that was up in my shelves of things I like to do, if I am sick, which was sea salt remedy. It worked within minutes the pain stopped and only one single dose was sufficient. Refusing to believe it I tested on my sister, than another British
 gentleman, and a couple of more Australians which turns out to work quite consistently well, with exception of one tough case that required cranberry juice and sea salt.

Therefore as a prevention, a seal salt should be usually added and if the water is TOO SALTY, regardless of how less sea salt was added, it indicates there is EXCESS heavy metals in the drinking water. Excess heavy metals is not helpful as it prevent brain cells from healing and if that happens, I will drinking Reverse Osmosis water with ADDED sea salt (any brands is fine with me, Celtic, Dead Sea, Himalayan). I just used a local Thai sea salt was fine with me. Also if long term drinking, of water I find later that it is heavy metals, then it is best that I take chelation, using chlorella/ spirulina once every two days, or cilantro once every two or three days, of a modest amount. A cilantro, such as a teaspoon of it eaten fresh and directly is preferable.

The other that is important is the omega 3, which in United States have a 20 to 1 ratio on omega 6 to omega 3, but ideally it should be 2: 1 or 1:1. Its the Japanese (with longest lifespan) who has omega 3 close to the optimum, but also Magnesium supplements is also needed, to help with muscle pain and muscle tightness which often accompanies accident victims, which sometimes causes poor posture. Actually it was the result of the accident trauma, that causes muscles to be stiff that lead to poor posture after the accident. So Magnesium gluconate 250- 500 mg a day should within a month helped along with baking soda to the condition of less muscle pain and bad nightmares which often occurs in some people. It takes about a month of magnesium to notice improvements in muscle pain and posture.

Therefore omega 3 or fish oil, (new bottles, never near expiry date!), is taken at least once a day is what I would do to normalize the Omega 6 and Omega 3 to a more reasonable ratio.

In some conditions of accident (assuming there was a brain trauma), then astenia might result from such a condition. Astenia, I have managed to cure just taking baking soda, but also reducing the amount of fruits intake. At the time one person had astenia was simply taking too much fruits. Fruits are o.k and healthy but fruit juices and taking too frequently is not because of the fructose which tends to glycate the proteins and also leads to insulin insensitivity. Manufacturers make it worse by adding "corn syrup" "fructose", "maltodextrin" and its not helpful. Neither is hotdogs and bologna, which contains peroxynitrate which kills off the brain cells and slow down the recovery, and they are found in large amounts from smoked products, cured meats, and dried meats. Fish and chicken, especially fish along with some complex carbohydrate (brown rice), but never wheat, can be eaten, since wheat seems to cause precipitous rise in blood pressure and cranial blood pressure
 especially which aggravates the condition. Wheat are acid forming food, so rice are often used as substitute for grain products. As to some amino acid supplements to speed up healing, there are two that I think is most helpful for accident victims:

Amino acid supplements.
Whey protein (2- 4 tablespoon) only in the morning.

Those help with general healing, and deep massage and other physical therapies also help, but only in areas where there is muscle tightening. The use of cat's purr sound are quite useful too in general healing especially from bones and muscle problems. I played it and it helped stopped my long term neck pain and other things when supplements aren't working."

ABDOMINAL SURGERY, OVARY REMOVED, NOW CHRONIC BLADDER INFECTIONS
05/09/2008: Anonymous writes: "Ted...you helped me so much with recuperating from my hysterectomy surgery over a year ago! Thank you. I underwent more abdominal surgery in March and had my right ovary removed due to a fast growing cyst which was causing a lot of pain. My doctor also told me that she had found a few adhesions, I suppose from my previous surgery, which she cleaned up.

My question...I feel terrible still!! Dr. said she is not surprised by this at all...it has only been two months. I am having pain in my right side radiating to my back flank area. Constipation, and serious pressure on the bladder. Over the past year I have had over 8 urinary tract infections, and have had two since my surgery in March! I am not sleeping well, and just muddle through my day so I can get home to rest. I have made an observation...when I eat red meat I feel really really bad....I can feel the pressure in my intestine as it works its way through, and have a lot of lower back pain until I can relieve it with a bm. I have started the ACV twice a day, taking a stool softener daily, and also taking Vitalzyme, which is supposed to dissolve scar tissue. I am taking fifteen a day. Any advice you could give me would be so much appreciated!!! I do have an appointment to see a urologist in a couple weeks for the bladder infection problems I am having. I look forward to hearing from you!"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Happy to hear about your recuperating surgery. And sorry about late response!

The adhesions at least in my own observations comes when the body tries to prevent an infection from spreading by building up "adhesions" due to lack of sanitary practices in some surgical rooms.

Therefore there are three major supplements that can lower some of these problematic adhesions form forming more, especially magnesium gluconate, that is required in much larger amounts, such as 500 mg of mganesium gluconate taken 3 or 4 times a day. Zinc gluconate 50 mg, usually taken once a day, and only 5 days out of a week, but should generally not be taken beyond a two month periods, as it may cause lost of appetite and drier skin.

Baking soda is the preferred remedy to discourage pathogen from spreading and reduced adhesions, usually the dose is 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/8 teaspoon of potassium bicarbonate in 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day. The excess buildup on adhesion is the excessive buildup in pathogens and biofilms that the body creates fibrous material to prevent such a spread. Magnesium and alkalization is the basic, but zinc is needed still. Further growth may be prevented with chromium picolinate as it lowers blood sugar to normal levels starving the bacteria of the needed sugar."

PRESSURE AND PAIN
02/22/2008: Jola writes: "Hi Again Group! Pubic THANX to Ted for responding with some different remidies for me to try with my bladder/UTI/Urethritis issues. Currently, I do feel that I am improving with the help of Ted and EC! Seems that bladder is feeling more like when this very first started over a year ago. Right now, I feel that my bladder is "heavy" or "stretched" almost like I have a "heavy ball in my lowest abdomen. Is there any remedy for this type of "pain/pressure" feeling? I feel that the remedies that Ted told me to try are starting to help since this is feeling like it is "going into reverse" but, I need something for just this pain/pressure feeling while the natural cures are trying to heal me on the inside.
"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Jola: A stretched bladder is due to muscle problems that is fatigued and needing some recovery. Some vitamin E, vitamin C sodium ascorbate and magnesium citrate or magnesium gluconate 250-500 mg per day may help this muscle problems related to the bladder issue. Some aloe vera juice may also help some regeneration and reduce the stretched feelings. A sea salt, d mannose, and other supplements for urinary problem takes a while for a recovery and the pains will reduce bit by bit because of long term bladder issue is what also slows down recovery somewhat although improvement can be seen still."

URETHRAL SYNDROME
02/17/2008: Jola writes: "Hi Again Group! Public THANX to Ted for responding with some different remedies for me to try with my bladder/UTI/Urethritis issues. Current, I do feel that I am improving with the help of Ted and EC! Seems that bladder is feeling more like when this very first started over a year ago. Right now, I feel that my bladder is "heavy" or "stretched" almost like I have a "heavy ball in my lowest abdomen. Is there any remedy for this type of "pain/pressure" feeling? I feel that the remedies that Ted told me to try are starting to help since this is feeling like it is "going into reverse" but, I need something for just this pain/pressure feeling while the natural cures are trying to heal me on the inside. Thanx! Jola"

URETHRAL SYNDROME
02/12/2008: Jola writes: "Hi Again Group! Just to update everyone with my message about Urethral Syndrome, just TODAY, the lastest diagonosis is actually Urethritis, which would mean inflammation of the urethra. OK, they decided to keep trying the Doxycycline this I am currently on for this. I literally have 2 medicine cabinets FULL of prescription antibotics and NONE of them have worked, so after about 5 days, the doc would change to ANOTHER antibodic. The pain of this is killing me! It feels like the worst bladder infection on the planet and my lower back aches like a kidney infection, but, the only infection they are finding right now is some sort of "bacterial infection in my blood." Although, the only symptoms are this terrible bladder pain and lower back ache. This was so bad for me that 2 weeks ago I told them if they did not fix me, I was going to kill myself! I can not image having to live the rest of my life with this terrible pain in my bladder! That is when they prescibed the doxycycline and 2 different vaginal cremes!!! I think all of these awful antibodics and cremes are taking a tole on me! I cant even hardly get up in the mornings and feel terrible for hours!!! I dread going to bed, because I know when I wake up, I will go through this ALL OVER! I dread waking up feeling like that! I just started yesterday on Ted's recipe with the ACV,honey, and soda 3 times a day. Tonight, I also sit in a tub with ACV and salt, as well as a cool shower. Im trying to get used to the COLD shower. Also started inhaling HP. Also, I am ordering some d-mannose.
Is there anyone out there on the forum that can help me? Is there anything else I can do? I even wear a TENS unit to try and deal with this. God Bless, Jola"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Jola: A couple of remedies can be applied topically instead of the usual cream. There are two formulas, that I might try depending on whether the bacteria is best suppressed by alkalization or by acidification. It is a topical solution and frequency of application is important. However, a reaction or improvement should be noticed within the first application to find what which is best for the condition:

Three possible formulas to try, since I don't know the bacteria/virus/fungus causing the problem:

acid antiseptic:

1. WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR in 1.5% hydrogen peroxide. The white distilled vinegar is added 50% to the 1.5% concentration hydrogen peroxide. So the resultant mix we should end up is only 0.75% H2O2. This is a peracetic acid, which kills many thousands of bacteria and viruses. It is applied topically, if too strong, dilute with more water and rinse it if pain is felt, within a minute after application.

alkaline antiseptic

2. Washing Soda (Sodium carbonate) 10% in 1% hydrogen peroxide solution, well mixed, is applied to the area to test if this well help reduce externally some pain. If this happens, than I will take the Carbicarb remedy, which is 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate plus 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water taken twice or three times a day. Assuming of course that the urine pH is acid, which usually is if I take antibiotics.

Fungus antiseptic:

3. Borax 5% in 1% hydrogen peroxide solution, well mixed is applied to the area. If this is responsive to fungus, than this should work the best. If borax works, I will take the borax remedy mentioned later here.

A wild card remedy:

4. Milk of magnesia is used as a topical solution. If this responds well, than it's a staph bacteria problem and I would probably take a lot more magnesium supplements.

There is a chance one or two remedies mentioned works, it will also indicate what remedies need to be taken internally.

Assuming I found which ones results in improving the pain, I will often try 1 teaspoon of sea salt in 1/2 glass of water well mixed, In some cases raising the salinity of the urine kills the bacteria that is causing the pain.

Before anything else, it is wise, to measure the pH of the urine and salinity of urine. Although no such equipment for home use is possible for the latter, still I have found that most of the bladder/kidney problems is due to drinking too much water WITHOUT taking any sea salts. Whenever the urine is low in natural salts, and antibiotics causes the urine to be acidic, it causes the bladder/kidney to be a dangerous environment for toxic bacterial growth. Natural salt is a natural antibiotic. And hence the mentioned 1 teaspoon of sea salt. However, it really helps if D-mannose was also taken, but xylitol I have found to be quite useful too. So I might take 1 teaspoon of D-Mannose and/or 1 teaspoon of xylitol in one cup of water along with the 1 teaspoon of sea salt. It should be noted that I may not take more than three times of sea salt. Usually the effect of remedy is seen only in the first dose as to the improvement. I rarely take the sea salt more than three times and usually take it only for one day and quite possibly will take it again within a couple of days later, or a week later.

Assuming I am responsive to a borax remedy, than I will drink 1/4 teaspoon of borax in one liter drinking water with 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt on a regular basis. As well as perhaps, later, will try to alkalize the urine pH, assuming my urine pH is below 6.5.

A "bacterial infection" in the blood is best remedied with 1/2 tablespoons of 3% H2O2 food grade in 1/2 glass of water taken for every two hours. However taking more than 4 or 5 doses or more may result in a headache. The cure for a headache caused by excess use of hydrogen peroxide food grade is vitamin C, sodium ascorbate. Colloidal silver is also well known against septcemia, which addresses directly the bacteria in blood, and 2 tablespoons can be added, although I will add a couple of drops of H2O2 to the colloidal silver to neutralize the free Silver ions. A silver oxide or some oxygen actually works better than a pure silver one.

I hope the above information helps, but for me it has always been the sea salt (plenty), D-mannose, xylitol to reduce the pain, but alkalization to reduce the kidney problems and some vitamin D2. For blood poisoning or bacteria in the blood, it has always been adding hydogen peroxide 1/2 tablespoon in 1/2 glass of water taken every two hours, but not over do it as it causes headache since bacteria in a blood is a serious one. D Mannose may also help the bacteria in the blood by preventing attachment.

If the condition were ever to improve, chlorella/spirulina and regular 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt in 1 liter of drinking water should always be added.

The addition of zinc gluconate 50 mg, once or twice a day taken for 5 days out of a week may be necessary to suppress the bacteria growth also.

Finally, heavy metals from antibiotics used, required in the distant future, chlorella/spirulina, as excess heavy metals suppresses the immune system and there is a chance of a reinfection. Other things include oatmeal and horsetail to increase bacterial resistance from silicon in these foods.

I hope this information helps, as there is little info from urethritis from doctor's diagnosis as to what those bacteria/fungus are."

URETHRAL SYNDROME
02/09/2008: Jola writes: "Hi Group! I dont have a remedy yet. I have done searches on this particular ailment, Urethral Syndrome, and I am only coming back with UTI info and I dont know if this would help me.PLEASE, I am looking for members that may have the condition that I have and know what remedy will relieve it. Doctors say I have a bacteria in my urethra, but after 1 1/2 years I still have this and they have tried everything they have to offer for it with no relief in sight. Please, if you have this condition, tell me what to take or do. Sincerely, Jola"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Jola:

Years ago, I have found an easy way to cause urinary tract infection, kidney disease, and urethritis just by following some of the worse advice from doctors, which was to drink plenty of water. I never in my entire life have had urinary tract infection, but a doctor told me that I should drink plenty of water as a preventive! That started me on a long course of some of the worse urinary pain in my life and it took me over a month to find what was causing the problem. (How stupid of me!)

It was NOT drinking plenty of water that causes this sickness, it was that whenever I drink a lot of water, the body loses valuable salts that is necessary to KILL the bacteria. The single most important antibiotics along the urinary tract has got to be the sea salt. Drinking plenty of water (which reduces valuable salts) was also an easy way to get HAYFEVER, sneezing, stuffy and runny noses, too. Which is another bad advice I follow from doctors, which was to drink plenty of fluids whenever one has a cold and that prevented me from answering emails for the past couple of days. Again, I took the sea salt and it went away in minutes.

Therefore, to reduce the pain and discourage the bacteria growth, I would leave out, initially of ACV and honey. The honey, if it is diluted promotes bacteria growth and ACV in some cases of people, not all, causes urinary pH to be acidic.

The sea salt remedy for urinary infection where the pain is a problem the best dose I can find and this is a rather low dose is 1 teaspoon of sea salt in 1/2 glass of water. Stir until ALL the sea salt is dissolved, and drink them entirely. The pain at least for me and a lot of people I tried here should be reduced within one single dose and the pain should be reduced within an hour. A second dose may be tried perhaps a couple of days later, but I believe the salts that is needed should be sufficiently to carry through its job for the next couple of days.

The second remedy, I might try, later in the day, perhaps 6 hours later is to help the kidney problem, which is a newer alkalizing remedy such as 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate (found in Arm & Hammer's Washin Soda), whereupon I might take twice or three times a day, depending on the condition. But a simple remedy is used here because, CO2 pressure in the kidneys is relatively high and baking soda is relatively ineffective as a reaction with baking soda and acidic urine will result in trace CO2 gases which will have tiny pockets of acid, hence if I used a Sodium carbonate, in presence of acid, and CO2, the sodium carbonate reacts with the body's CO2 to form sodium bicarbonate, which is baking soda. A baking soda will further neutralize the carbonic acid to form HCO, then H2CO before becoming H2O and CO2 in the urine. The sodium carbonate therefore makes better buffer, so I would a least try the sodium carbonate to alkalize my urine and kidneys, before I try the sodium carbonate/baking soda mix, or just baking soda in milder conditions. A sodium carbonate/baking soda mix is commonly called in research circle as Carbicarb, to use in resuscitation and CPR work although I found this valuable to removing foamy urine and acidosis which causes kidney problem.

A couple of things that seem to cause kidney problems which is excess acidity, lack of electrolytes (salt) or an imbalance of electrolytes (too much chlorides, fluorides, sulfites, which leads to higher blood pressure).

As to the use of urethra pain for external application and drinks to further kill what the doctors suspect to be a chlamydia, based on the antibiotics given. A d-mannose and xylitol taken, such as 1/2 teaspoon of d- mannose and/or 1/2 teaspoon of xylitol with 1/9 teaspoon of sea salt in 1/2 glass of water taken twice or three times a day might help. Both the xylitol and the d-mannose will prevent attachment of bacteria to the cell lining.

As to the blood infection, I worry a lot about this septicemia, although the 1 teaspoon of sea salt in 1/2 glass of water is helpful for kidney and bladder problems, sometimes the 1 teaspoon of sea salt may not be enought for bacteria in the blood. Hence, if there is still bacteria in the blood as evidenced by low blood pressure and low grade fever, then 1/2 teaspoon of 3% H2O2 food grade in 1/2 glass of water will help further, plus if possible the addition of 1 tablespoon of colloidal silver.

As to external application as a substitute for vaginal cream, the usually in the long run, at least in nature, a valuable antiseptic (such as the ocean's water) is simply salinity and alkalization. This is why the ocean's water are so sterile, salinity is high and its pH is between 7.5-9, with averages 8. To make a stronger solution, 1 glass of water, I add 2 tablespoon of sea salt, and 1 tablespoon of washing soda, and 1 tablespoon of 3% H2O2 (optional), and apply this frequently in intervals of every 15-30 minutes, externally for example.

Finally a zinc gluconate 50 mg, taken once a day for 4 or 5 days should raise the zinc levels to kill some bacterial infections in the bloood.

Assuming some relief on the second week or the third week, then the usual remedies applied, such as 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda taken twice a day. But drinking water, such as adding 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt in one liter of drinking water should be a good prevention from urinary tract problems.

This is just the basic remedy, at least to reduce most of the pain that has been successful with me so many times. While not complete, admittedly, I will still need further question from you, concerning other problems once it is applied, to find out other clues."

FREQUENT URINATION AFTER HYSTERECTOMY
11/28/2007: Michele writes: "I am a thirty year old female who has had a complete hysterectomy. Ever since, I have had to urinate very frequently. I get up several times a night and it is becoming a nuisance to say the very least. When the urge strikes I have to go immediately. I've never wet myself or anything like that. I just want to know how to keep from feeling like I always have to go to the restroom and getting up several times a night without going on a prescription medicine."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "

Dear Michele: One simple remedy to reduce frequent urination, is I mixed in 1/4 teaspoon of humic acid in a drinking water. The humic acid can be sterilized by adding 3 drops of 3% H2O2 in 1/2 glass of water plus that 1/4 teaspoon of humic acid. It seems to reduce the frequent urination. I may be from the high level of hormonal imbalance and free radicals in which humic aicd is efficient in normalizing something, at least in digestion and nutrient absorption.

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In other cases a sign of higher than average sugar in the urine may result in this condition. And hence fried food, steak and other heavy meals should be avoided during dinner hours.

 

One other remedy that may help is the muscles of bladder is not working properly in which vitamin E 400 i.u. may also help."

HYSTERECTOMY CAUSED URINATION FREQUENCY
11/19/2007: Michele writes: "I am a thirty year old female who has had a complete hysterectomy. Ever since, I have had to urinate very frequently. I get up several times a night and it is becoming a nuisance to say the very least. When the urge strikes I have to go immediately. I've never wet myself or anything like that. I just want to know how to keep from feeling like I always have to go to the restroom and getting up several times a night without going on a prescription medicine."

ACV CAUSED BLEEDING CYCTITIS
11/02/2007: Melly Banagale writes: "I am acidic. I took 2 TBSPS organic apple cider vinegar with the mother in it in a gallon of water. I did this for several days. I caused me to have a bleeding cystitis and had to take antibiotics. I did this to alkalize my body. Now i will try the baking and water only. Will let you know if i still develop bleeding cystitis. Melly"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Melly:

Taking pure apple cider vinegar would usually cause the urinary pH to be more acid, and this is hardly conducive to a cystitis. Even if I were to take apple cider vinegar, I would much prefer the 2 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda as being a more neutral solution. Still this is hardly a remedy for cystitis.

Obviously taking only ACV makes it acid still and most bacteria tend to reside whenever the body is acid. The best way to deal with cystitis in my opinion is a cranberry and sea salt remedy. This means taking some cranberry with only one single dose a week, of about 1-3 teaspoon of sea salt in one glass of water. A

sea salt is both alkalizing and yet the salt also kills it. Baking soda might help, although my experience has always been the sea salt, baking soda generally don't work, nor does the apple cider vinegar. If anything further can kill the bacteria, is to take some zinc acetate and magnesium citrate supplments, where zinc acetate might be 50 mg every two days and magnesium citrate 250 mg every day. Xylitol may sometimes help, but those are more confined in killing some harmful intestinal bacteria reducing some bacteria load so that the body can heal itself in other areas, such as the bladder.

In case you are wondering why the sea salt, zinc and magnesium. These are natural antibiotics using essential minerals as a way of killing the bacteria that causes cystitis. A baking soda is only supportive or synergistic if only the sea salt, zinc and magnesium were taken FIRST."

KIDNEY INFECTION
09/29/2007: T writes: "Hi TedThanks for your response.....since sending my original email several days ago, my kidney infection is almost gone. I bought some apple-cranberry juice a couple of days ago, as well as, have been drinking a lot of water. I also bought some ACV because I keep seeing it mentioned so much have taken 2 tablespoons per day for the last 3 days. It could be my imagination, but I feel better all the way around since doing so. I take it that ACV is good for just about everything. I welcome any thoughts or ideas you might have.Thanks again"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Tom:My relative's kidney infection was stopped in a matterof 3 days (the doctor actually wanted to remove it)after suffering for almost a year and it stopped bytaking about 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glassof water twice a day.

The kidney infection occurs when the urine pH is acid,causing the kidney to digest itself much like stomachacid digesting food. And when the kidney tissues aredamage from acidic medium, the bacteria overtakes thekidney. Hence, alkaline baking soda reduces serumcalcium and bacteria needs a lot of calcium to grow. Asimple apple cider vinegar could help too but over theshort run, it will cause the body to become alkaline when it reacts with the body's available bicarbonate.A longer term solution of baking soda works better inthe long run. Bacteria usually don't grow in analkaline medium. The cranberry and sea salt has morepowerful antibiotics potential, but I believe raisingthe alkalinity first then kill it is a better waytowards kidney recovery, again, that's from my ownexperience."

UNEXPLAINABLY PERSISTENT INFECTION?
09/03/2007: Anonymous writes: "I am in a monogamous, long-term relationship that has led to sexual activity in the last couple of months. Probably due to the fact that I have hardly been with anyone in the past, the new and frequent experience contributed to a UTI. I went to the doctor and was put on Trimethoprim for it. I thought that this killed the infection, because I felt well, and so I went on with life. A month later, I had another UTI (maybe the same one?) and was put on Cephalexin. Again, this seemed to kick the infection, but the doctor thankfully had me come in a week after I was through with the antibiotics to do another lab test. The results found that I still have "Escherichia coli" and "Enterococcus faecalis" in my system, and I will be getting some other prescription for that today. (Probably Trimethoprim and Nitrofurantoin, since I cannot take some of the penicillin-related drugs that would help against the E faecalis.) I am really sick of this. I am an extraordinarily healthy person, and so is my boyfriend. I am clean, wipe front to back, urinate after intercourse, drink water, take vitamin C, and, in the last two months, have taken 5000mg supplements of cranberry a day. None of it seems to be working, though. I am under the impression that, more or less, I have just never actually kicked the initial infection, though it has FELT like I have, off and on. I am looking for any information that might be helpful in regard to killing off this infection and preventing future ones. I am only 20. I don't want to do this for the rest of my life!"

"EC: Ami from CA has responded to your question. Please see the D-Mannose section for her comments."

INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS REMEDIES?
07/16/2007: Cindy writes: "My friend has interstitial cystitis and has had it for years and the doctors can't seem to help her get rid of it. So I'm asking if anyone has had it and gotten rid of it by natural methods. Is it because her system is too acidic? Any help would be much appreciated. I just love this site and read some of it every day = addicted to Earth Clinic!!!! Best wishes to all Cindy"

COCONUT OIL A CURE?
04/16/2007: Caroline writes: "Hi. I'd be really interested in knowing more from the lady who took VCO [Virgin Coconut Oil] for bladder problems. I've had such problems for a year and am under a urologist. I started using VCO today and but would like to know how much the other lady took, what brand it was, and if its still working for her. Im happy for you to give her my email address if she wants to contact me direct. If you have heard from others who this has worked for I would also be interested to know. Thanks so much Caroline"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The best remedy for UTI that I tested was sea salt 1 teaspoon in 1 full glass of water taken just only once. This is also taken throughout the day with cranberry juice.

As to the coconut oil in general (they don't have to be virgin coconut oil) the lauric acid is often taken at 1 teaspoon 2 times a day or possibly 3 times a day. However, they are generally more helpful in reducing the bacterial buildup than UTI in general. The reason being that coconut oil is an oil, and it does not get easily passed to the kidneys, but they are more likely rid of through the intestines. Salt and cranberry on the other hand goes directly to the bladder and kill them. If you remember salted fish don't spoil, the actions of sea salt kill the organisms by hyper osmolarity."

HIGH ACIDITY CAUSING UTI?
11/04/2006: Cindy writes: "I've been taking cranberry pills for a year for UTIs (urinary tract infections), with great success. Since I've been using ACV and cranberry pills I've gotten an infection. Are both making my urinary tract too acidy? Should I discontinue cranberry pills?"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Cindy: Cranberries contain sugar and sometimes they too cause urinary tract infection. Take two heaping teaspoonful of sea salt to one glass of water. One dose only. Your urinarry tract infection should go away within a week, but pain would noticeably reduced in matter of minutes and will continue to do so over the next couple of days.Within one week it should be gone. Apparently you were also consuming less salt and more sugar, which is what may be causing this problem."

ACV CAUSING BLADDER INFECTION?
09/07/2006: Louisa writes: "I am drinking 2 T apple cider vinegar with 8 oz warm water and 1 T honey as I'm trying to lose some weight. I have drank apple cider vinagar before (for a few days) and I never had a bladder infection. I started taking it again and I got a bladder infection in the afternoon of that same day. I just want to know if it's caused by taking apple cider vinegar."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Louisa: Apple cider vinegar do not have the bacteria to go all the way to your urinary bladder. If it were, you should get stomach upsets, or intestinal cramps.

One way to get urinary tract infection is that you have not taken enough salts in your diet, such as sea salt, which can cause urinary tract infection whenever you drink too much water.

When drinking too much water, the amount of salts is reduced and the bacteria can invade the urinary bladder. Bacteria can't grow well in a salty environment, such as salted fish. Also newer bacteria on urinary bladder to date, I have found are now mure resistant to acid, such as strep bacteria.

So what the apple cider vinegar is doing is creating a favorable environment for acid loving bacteria. This does not happen often, but you can reverse the problem by adding heaping 1 teaspoon of sea salt to one half glass of water. The pain should reduce within 30 minutes if the treatment works. You need not wait weeks or days to know."

LIVER AND KIDNEY CONGESTION
A writes: "I very much want to try mixing with baking soda but was told that baking soda kills your friendly bacteria - is this true and if so do you suggest supplementing with friendly bacteria while you are taking baking soda frequently."

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