05/14/2013: Joy from Battleground, Wash: "We MOVED and that was stressful and joyous but dehydrating as we worked hard. We got into our new house and my arms and legs were falling alseep with tingling. My brain was foggy and forgetful. I started getting more indigestion and bloating. I thought it might only last a short time so I spread baking soda around and lit some candles, unscented ones. I put a cotton lightweight covering over my head while I slept at night. Days went by as our new home was gassing out from carpets-paint-texture-caulk-plastics-cabinet stains-rubber pad-you name it.

A month later, my tingling was slowing down but my stress was still up depleting my hydration system. My digestion was getting worse and found I had less tolerance to my regular food. Little did I know but it took a tole on my immune system, as sickness in a family can, or even planning a detailed vacation. Nurture yourself, eat right, learn about your body. Water can save you a lot of grief, allergies, sinus pain, body pain, simple truths to be your best everyday and gain some ground on your health.

Love, Joy"

09/17/2012: Robyn from Melbourne, Australia: "Im now on the street with nowhere for food or shower. It is being painted. I don't see too many posts on this site of others with sensitivities so bad they cant go near people, inside buildings because they're so toxic. No detoxing has made a difference. No remedy has. Supplementing my cortisol because my adrenals don't work hasnt made a difference. Severe physical pain is one thing, the extreme loneliness and boredom is another, but being bashed with toxins all day long is just too much. If I havent been able to fix it by now I don't think I have any chance. I still dont know what Im treating. Thank you for the support I have had here because you dont get it anywhere else."

09/17/2012: Lisa from Thousand Oaks, Ca, Usa replies: "Hi Robyn, Did you ever get yourself on the stem cell therapy list? I know you sounded disheartened that you would be the first one being treated for this issue. And you felt a bit like it was experimental. On a certain level it is but they are being used successfully for so many issues. Ask if they are using your own mesenchymal stem cells and can they take them from your blood rather than your fat. In speaking with others who have also gone for stem cell therapy, we felt a lot of trepidation because there isn't a lot of information regarding it. Honestly, I was nervous but took the plunge because my hips were unbearably painful. I don't regret it one bit! I am almost completely back to normal. Carolyn's friend also was successful in his treatment and he was very scared about it and almost cancelled the whole thing. He did it anyway since the doctors said there was no hope for him. It sounds like you are pretty down. And feel rather hopeless. Why not try it. You just might see a turn around. Blessings on you, Lisa"

09/18/2012: Robyn from Melbourne, Australia replies: "Lisa, I am on the list. Here in Oz they can only take it from the fat which they take from your belly. I dont know with Addisons that I can do a surgery?? but its awhile away and Im on the street now."

09/28/2012: Lila from Calgary, Alberta, Canada replies: "Fresh air and pure organic baking soda absolutely turns my severe itching, head-pain, dizziness and lethargy, etc. (from chemicals)... Off! I absolutely believe that God provides everyone with simple, simple, inexpensive methods to handle anything. This certainly has been true for me. 1)Metaphors in all health issues and 2)I show my appreciation for the gift of Life and freedom and prosperity and every detail in my life by simple, humble, quiet obedience and Gratitude (shown best by being extavagantly generous to the Least of our Brothers 'n Sisters on earth) and 3)ACV & soda & simple diet of mostly raw/mostly vegetables works wonders 4) Learn to control your thoughts & feelings. 5)Patience with the LORD's timing in all things.

I listen for inspiration particular to my situation. The LORD surely takes care of me!

These have worked wonderfully in my life ...

Just some ideas that might ring true for you."

03/06/2013: Rachel from Stanwood, Wa USA replies: "I don't have it as bad as you, but I have a really bad breathing problem from chemical sensitivities and sulfur sensitivities and everyone stinks and I can't go anywhere there are people or in stores either. I have horrible life threatening "asthma attacks" diagnosed as "severe persistent asthma" constantly, like clockwork all day, all night, every few hours. People smell so bad I can't go near them. I don't know how they can stand themselves. What the poor animals must think of stinky humans with their good noses!

What I have learned is that to help the adrenal glands and cortisol levels get better and to counteract really bad inflammation--bee venom. There is an Australian bee venom honey. You could look up "bee venom honey" and probably find it pretty easy. I use a local bee venom honey from Oregon, USA for my lung inflammation, but over the past month and a half I have been using live honeybees because they are more potent and I can't eat that much honey! It is called bee venom therapy or bee sting therapy. It doesn't hurt as bad as the inflammation all the time! It only stings for a minute, and then the pain feels better. Ice before the sting helps. Bee venom is used in MS and Arthritis as well. It promotes the production of cortisol in the body and apparently heals adrenalin glands. I don't think it will help all your problems, as you have a very serious case of chemical sensitivities, but if you have inflammation, it will help lots (unless of course, you are allergic to bees--don't eat the venom honey if that is the case).

I also recommend a very powerful chemical absorbing air cleaner. There are chemicals being sprayed in your country as well as mine called stratospheric aerosol geoengineering chemicals and they are so bad they are making those of us with chemical sensitivities and asthma suffer far worse than we would without them. The problem is everywhere (I believe there was a protest in Australia against the chemical spray recently) and that is why a powerful air cleaner is so important. Since you are not able to go indoors, it would be a good idea to get a gas mask. I wear one to the grocery store, or anywhere else I go, though I rarely leave home anymore, and am lucky to have a home with good air filtration. You may be able to tolerate a home if you use good air filtration in it. A gas mask will help to filter your air atleast some of the time. You'll get funny looks, but who cares what those stinky people think? Get a good gas mask, not a chinsy little thing.

I think detox is the only rout out of this chemical sensitivity horror, and alkalizing your body with very pure alkaline food and filtered water is very important. Lemons in your water may help, if you can get good organic lemons. There is no other way I am aware of, as food is difficult to tolerate, I know. I'm sorry you are suffering so much. This careless human-poisoned world has really destroyed many of our lives."

02/16/2012: Francisca from Zug, Switzerland: "Maybe some of you are interested in this article.... this has been known for a while but only the risk of cancer, not diabetes and obesity!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2102003/Chemical-used-plastics-food-containers-linked-obesity-diabetes.html

But the bottom line is: the risks are everywhere! We can try to minimize them but it is almost impossible! Maybe you would be interested in reading a book I am reading at the moment: The Great Food Gamble by John Humphrys. The author is British so the book is more about the British reality but in the end the British reality is nowadays, in the globalized world, the reality of many other countries! The book is very well written and will give you a fright, trust me..... Worth reading if you care about the food you eat! Many times I had tears in my eyes! Read and weep....."

01/15/2013: Sally from Newhall, California: "I am looking for any info re: chemical sensitivities. I want to clean out the chemicals. Thanks."

06/07/2011: Pat from Bloomingdale, Il replies: "Ignatia amara is a homeopathic remedy that you can take for your problem. It should be taken for 10 days in decreasing amts."

09/14/2011: Beth from Philadelphia, Pa replies: "Leisa, so sorry. I have the same.

Pat: What dose do you recommend of Ignatia Amara?"

12/04/2011: Janine from Green Bay, Wi, Usa replies: "Plz, do not use that stuff. The only true remedy to MCS, in my own personal experience, is fresh air. And the cost is usually lower than living in a city.

Leisa,

I went from growing up in a suburb of 15,000 people to living in NYC. I worked in the photo industry in the 1980's. 1990's, those chemicals ruined my life plans.

I now live in the northern woods of Wisconsin, (USA), just to have fresh air to breathe....yet, I knew once I made this move I could not go back. Lived here now for 6 years and now anywhere near perfume, hair spray, soap, deoderant, laundry detergent, gas, and many others it is a one off stop. My face goes pure red, it burns, dizzy, cannot breathe well, headache, bodyache... just feels like I am goona collapse.

I go for 3 - 4 hours shopping for the toiletries, essentials for the month and that is it. People think that I am rude, standoffish, even "weird". I never was and am not. Yet thank GOD they made smoking illegal in public places. That was a HUGE help for me.

Then they added ethanol to gas. Total headaches with it. It even varies from stations.

HOWEVER, keep your chin up, feel free to write me or whatever may help you, good luck! ...

janine tomus44(AT)gmail.com"

04/27/2010: Debra from Bribane, Australia replies: "fibromyalgia, chemical sensitivity

Ted, All your treatments seem to be around becoming less acidic. SEVERE PAIN but my hair analysis shows my tissue to be too alkaline. My stomach is too alkaline. Taking bicarb, lemon juice etc would be a disastor. My arteries seem to be clogged with ca but Im only young. Did I say the pain is extreme. And have become SO ALLERGIC. Seem to be copper poisoned too, adrenals have failed. Im doing your borax treatment but what else can I do?"

04/29/2010: Faithinhealing from Forest Park, Ohio replies: "Hi Debra, I had a hair analysis done too which showed high levels of alkaline minerals. However, there was also high levels of metal, etc., and my liver is sluggish. So if your liver is sluggish then those minerals will build up in your body and metals, I think, because the liver can't get rid of them and other toxins.

I also found out that I have gallstones which means my liver isn't working properly. I use the alkaline methods just fine, including lemon, I would recommend you follow what Ted says because he's right.

I would also suggest that you start doing enemas to detoxify your liver, coffee enemas, and eating kefir to add good bacteria to your body to help rebuild your immune system!

I also have chemical sensitivity and chronic fatigue and a host of other problems, but after four months of cleansing my liver, things are better, although the chemical sensitivity remains but I think after a year things will be better...especially once I get rid of the gallstones and candida that are blocking the liver.

I can tell you of a cleanse that I have been using successfully, liver/gallbladder cleanse. Two egg yolks (lecithin) at room temperature, three limes softened and juice squeezed into the egg mixture, and 1 T. of olive oil, stir and drink. This will help to cleanse your liver, do it on a day you can stay near the toilet. Then one hour after the drink do an enema, preferably a coffee enema. I add probiotics to my coffee enema which are calming, I also add plant aloe sometimes. This cleanse will help you to get rid of ALL KINDS of bacteria that may be congesting your liver or gallbladder, trust me I've seen some awful stuff come out! Right now I'm doing this once a week and it's the best cleanse that I've done!!! I also drink acv in lots of water..32 ounces, 3 T., the day before doing this cleanse because it softens up the gallstones!"

04/30/2010: Catherine from Wellington, New Zealand replies: "Reply to Debbie, You are certainly suffering badly. For my own pain levels which had become chronic I finally discovered the blood type diet..believe me it really works. By sticking religiously to the "medicine" foods the improvement in pain began for me within 48hrs. Transgressions can lead to the pain coming back ( again with a 48hr lead time) but as long as you stick with it the pain stays away and lots of other ailments disappear as well. I'm sure it will help you.

Other remedies to try are borax and sodium thiosulfate for heavy metal detox. I must add one more and that is "the water cure". I have had some amazing results using this therapy also. Kind regards."

05/07/2010: Bill from San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines replies: "Hi Debra...Your issues with high magnesium and high calcium might indicate very low potassium levels or very poor mineral regulation by the kidneys. Also your ADHD in the past could indicate low iodine levels and you may have heavy metal as well as fluorine issues.

Here is what Ted says about adrenal fatigue:

"Adrenal fatigue: There are a couple of supplements that help adrenal fatigue, and calcium is not one of them. They seem to worsen the condition and promote blood clotting, but also restricts blood flow from that also. The other supplements besides vitamin C, magnesium, is the vitamin E, chromium 1000 mcg, and DHEA. Tin deficiency tends to occur with adrenal, but the dose is very low, usually 2 mg-5 mg of Tin chloride. I doubt they sell that, but it seems to help depression that goes with it. The iodine supplement is taken along with the vitamin C 500-1000 mg, 1-2 drops for lugol's solution. During the afternoon, a quick pickup, might be taking some betaine HCl, which adds energy to the body if taken during that time. If there's still problem I have other remedies up my sleeves also. It's important to eat lighter meals during lunch and drink plenty of water during that time, so that the energy of digestion is not depleted from lack of water. It requires the body less energy if water is drank during the lunch hour plus lighter meals. Water acts as a catalyst and allow the food to be better digested."

Judging from your history of ADHD, allergies and excessive calcium in the brain all these would indicate excess fluorine(as calcium fluoride). There are many ways to get rid of fluorine besides borax.

* Methylene Blue(MB) has been mentioned by Ted as a good agent to get rid of calcium from the brain, also helping greatly with Altzheimer's. It is also a super mitochondrial anti-oxidant at the cell level so will give you much more energy as well. It is also an effective anti-fungal that has been used for over 100 years as an anti-malarial. You must also take Vitamin C when using MB -- otherwise it turns the whites of your eyes blue and your urine green. You can buy MB at any aquatic store. Just dilute it down to 0.1% and use 2-3 drops a day in a glass of water.

* I think you need to supplement iodine also. This will leech out and remove fluorine, bromine and chlorine as well as lead and mercury from your body. Iodine is also a mainstay support for your immune system. You can take iodine as kelp tablets, lugol's solution, Iodoral tablets or simply paint the soles of your feet with tincture of iodine(I do this) twice a week. If you start sweating more and your nose runs constantly, then cut back on the foot-painting to only once a week.You should also take Vitamin C with iodine, this tends to activate the iodine and make it more useful to the body.

* Supplement once a week with with 6-10 drops of Sodium Thiosulphate(ST) in a glass of water once a day. ST has been used for years by the medical profession to remove heavy metals and chlorine safely from the body after cancer chemotherapy. You can also buy a plain 10% solution of ST from any aquatics shop.

* Drinking Green Tea 3 times a day and eating Cilantro or Coreander leaf 3 times a week in a salad would also be very effective at removing heavy metals from the body.

I'm over sixty and I still use every one of these remedies and can vouch for all of them. They have helped me alot. I also still take Ted's lime/lemon plus baking soda remedy regularly. I had candida and Lord knows what else wrong with me and got rid of it all, and now no more aches and pains, no more low energy, and I'm healthy again. You have plenty of effective options here. I would also recommend borax as a good idea, I also use this regularly to both remove fluorine and as a very effective fungal killer and general hormone balancer."

05/25/2010: Bill from San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines replies: "Hi Debra...Best to buy the Sodium Thiosulhate from an aquatics shop, this chemical will have to be pure from this source -- otherwise it would kill the fish.

You don't have to use Sodium Thiosulhate if you don't want to. You could also use Green Tea or Cilantro, as suggested above. Chlorella will also remove heavy metals from your body and do the job well."

06/27/2011: Debra from Brisbane, Australia replies: "I have used all of them, supplemented the potassium, iodine, sodium thiosulphate, green tea, cilantro, coffee enemas, acv, vco, charcoal, antioxidants, everything except the methylene blue - not so easy to get, vitamin C, mg, vitamin E, chromium 1000 mcg, and DHEA as you suggested. borax, h202, staying away from flouride, liver flushes make me too sick but take milk thistle. Dont eat fats. Not sure if I should be having some flaxseed oil since Im in so much pain. Could we be looking at the wrong thing? What about intracellular bacteria? Im in severe pain. trying to dampen down phase 1 liver with real grapefruit juice, sulfur pathway is way open (maybe because I was drinking a little dmso as a trial) but other phase 2 are low. I take glycine, glutathione - even though I know it doesnt absorb well.

I was a positive person but this is 18 yrs, the pain is too much for me, I may have been permanently damaged, such long exposures to things I couldnt tolerate - especially food. I cant bear listening to anymore new age people - choose fun or choose morphine."

EC: Ted does discuss remedies for chemical sensitivity in his post: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/chemical_sensitivity.html#TED

10/01/2009: Harmonious1 from Alamogordo, New Mexico replies: "Thanks for putting up my comment, but now I am more confused. The chemical sensitivity I am talking about is also known as "MCS" Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, or "EI" Environmental Illness.

There are not usually any skin problems. Brain fog, confusion, disorientation (getting lost on the way home) fatigue, depression, lethargy, headache, joint pain, emotional upset, hysteria, sight problems, digestive upset, bloating, swelling, dizzyness, hair falling out, itchy eyes, sinus pain, and more. You just want to lie down wherever you happen to be, even on the floor, curl up into a fetal position and die. Your life becomes very isolated and lonely.

But I have never talked to anyone with MCS who has skin problems from chemical exposure. Maybe that is an oversight on my part, but I don't think so. I think Ted is talking about a different problem here, and maybe that is what it is called in Thailand.

Anybody else out there experiencing chemical sensitivities like I detailed?

Ted, could you comment?"

01/10/2010: Nearing from Abq, Nm, Usa replies: "I agree with Harmonious1 from Alamogordo. Photosensitivity may be one symptoms of a chemical sensitivity but MCS is usually a more all-encompassing disorder with all of the symptoms he/she described after inhaling perfume or diesel exhaust or cleaning with bleach, etc.

So, are there any natural remedies for MCS and/or for man-made chemical detoxification?"

08/22/2010: Emerald from Dorset, U.k. replies: "Hello to the person with chemical sensitivities, I also suffer from these chronically, paint, perfumes, cleaning products etc. If I inhale these (they seem to replace oxygen via my lungs) I go extrememly weak and my legs are like lead. I can do nothing, sometimes I fall into a deep sleep and can do nothing for a few hours. I have never found the cause, nor how to treat it. I have tried every rememdy known. To no avail. But No-one seems to realise how ill this makes us. Usually others don't see it, or only for a few mins. I don't go out much as everyone is wearing deadly chemicals on their bodies!!! I could go out but may be taken ill, or my heart will start racing. I am also allergic to any grains, which makes life difficult. Just a message to the person who wanted to know if there was anyone else like them. Yes, me. Good luck."

08/24/2010: Tom from Regina, Sk replies: "Emerald:

Some good work has been done by several USA MDs who deal with other chemical systemic poisons such as the neurotoxins released by moulds and dinoflagellates, and industrial chemicals for example. They use a prescription product called cholestyramine in some cases to bind and pull out these circulating toxins in the gut when they are dumped in with the bile during digestion. But the MCS person must be removed from further exposure to the offending chemicals, of which there are tens of thousands! Also, I recall him saying likely in one of his books that many times after a long exposure to noxious chemicals, the cholestyramine might still be pulling out the toxins but the patient does not get better. The pioneer in this field is Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker, who has several websites. I don't see 'MCS' specifically in the sidebar, but I know he treats it:

http://www.chronicneurotoxins.com/index.cfm

There is a 'Email us' link at the bottom left. The idea is to get his protocol and wave it under your doctor's nose in the hope he/she will go with it!

Dr. Titelbaum site:
http://www.ei-resource.org/illness-information/environmental-illnesses/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-(mcs)/

Biomarkers (blood numbers, etc. ) for MCS:
http://www.mcsrr.org/resources/biomarkers.html"

02/05/2011: Amazinggrace from Yucca Valley, Ca replies: "Ted did cover a similar problem that didn't involve the skin at this link:

www.earthclinic.com/CURES/chemical_sensitivity_questions.html"

03/28/2011: Debra from Brisbane , Australia replies: "For mcs - Dear Ted, bar the methylene blue I have tried all these remedies for a year with very little improvement. I dont go into a painful coma under a gum tree anymore, just a headache but still the coma situation exists with all chemicals, fragrances, carpets, wall paints etc. I can read some peoples frustrations here with people not understanding. Meeting more and more people becoming like this. My phase 1 is too high, phase 2 is too low except for the sulphur (been drinking the dmso - is probably why). Many of our lives consist of curled up in the fetal position screaming in pain."

05/18/2011: Faithinhealing from Forest Park, Ohio replies: "LIVER FLUSHING... The problem is a bad liver and kidneys. Do liver and kidney cleansing, starting with the kidney cleanse, and the liver cleanse, and do these once a month. However, when you do them you want to drink FRESH DARK GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLE JUICE BEFORE AND AFTER. You also want to supplement more minerals like calcium, and magnesium. Calcium and magnesium will help with alkalinity and will help increase the minerals in the body. Kelp and unsulphured blackstrap molasses also help to increase minerals in the body.

The liver and kidneys are not detoxifying well, that is the reason for the MCS. Whey isolate protein powder helps to increase glutathione levels, and we have to increase our glutathione levels in order to help the liver and kidneys detoxify themselves.

Doing these flushes and supplementing minerals and using the protein powders to help with increasing minerals, as well as glutathione levels has greatly helped with MCS.

I also eat a more alkaline diet, higher in vegetables and fruits, and organic proteins.

Another thing that has helped is sinus cleaning, via a Neti Pot and a solution of 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt, and 1 teaspoon of epson salts, and 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide, 3%, in about 2 cups of warm water. I irrigate my sinuses not regularly, but I had to do it twice a day for a while because NOTHING was flowing out but mucous... I also rinse my mouth out afterwards, making sure that I hold my head down on the floor so the peroxide can get up in the roof of my mouse and back of my throat, I then hold my head the opposite way over the bed, this makes sure the peroxide gets in there and kills the bacteria. Initially, this was very strong but I kept at it, nothing would come out of the other nostril, now it flows out. My sinuses are much better, and MCS, improved even more.

Cleaning up the air in your home is also very important, get a ozone air purifier and filter the air well. You make take more than once unit, I purchased mine on ebay, not affiliated, but I have three now, one in the basement, and one on the 1st floor, and one on the second floor.

Other things that help purify the air are oil nebulizer/diffusers... I use thieves oil, peppermint, and eucalphytus in my diffusers in each room, as well as other scents. But those three will help purify the air and get rid of mold and viruses and other bacteria...

You also need to check for mold and get rid of the damp areas and the mold. Mold can be cleaned up with hydrogen peroxide, thieves oil, and grapefruit seed oil...

It's a process, but in a year I have seen great improvement, and better improvement after flushing my sinuses and filtering the air...

Faith"

10/14/2012: Lou from Tyler, Tx replies: "People using neti pots and Ayr saline bottles need to boil the water and let it cool down a bit. The reason is the brain eating amoeba that is getting into the water supply (moreso in the south, although someone in Minnesota recently got it from a pool). I think it's called Naegleria fowleri, or some such name."

06/07/2008: Ted from Bangkok: "The present medical practices of classification of a condition is faulty and are often by named appearances and symptoms when the cause is unknown or presumably unknown.

The problem is the cause is known and they continue to name these condition again based on appearances. However, my own classification system in naming the disease is based on triggering factors, then how that triggering factors causes this, and what is present when it does happen. It sounds like a mouthful, but I simply called it photosensitivity induced by chemicals or chemical photosensitivity. Another type is induced by fungus leading to photosensitivity from the mycotoxins present in our food supply from peanuts, potatoes, wheat products, moldy bread, moldy houses, vegetarian foods, etc.

Whichever the cause, mycotoxins induces an immune suppression, which triggers autoimmunity, again a misnomer to keep us off the track in finding proper remedies! Autoimmunity is often the result of fungus (such as the U.S. military patent mycoplasma now found in vaccines) attached to cells causing white blood cells to attack our own cells.

The chemical induced photosensitivity triggers two major events, one is to cause liver autotoxification or simply liver congestion, and lowered immunity of the body in general, where localized photosensitivity takes hold in area in which the oinment was applied. Eventually it may spread if the condition was ignored in some cases. So the opportunistic infections occurs causing skin rashes in that area, where a fungus takes hold of that area to form colonies.

I have seen this quite often in localized photosensitivity in lupus people and the remedy was treatment of liver and reduction of fungus by borax remedy and alkalization using either baking soda or carbicarb remedy.

I always suspected that based on skin condition of photosensitivity is often fungus opportunistic infection where deficiencies and toxicity were usually from vaccination, dietary, that triggers immune suppression.

As a case study humans are not unique in photosensitivity, but our present medical system of overspecialization prevents us from knowing that veterinary medicine always knew the cause of photosensitivity based on their autopsy studies in animals.

Therefore in real life case example, this also happens in kangaroos raised domestically and were dying from an unknown source. The diagnosis was photosensitivity, never mind about fancy names such as Poikiloderma of Civatte! lol. Therefore the kangaroos had to avoid the sun, but other symptoms were apparent, just like humans, lost of fur (sounds like alopecia), opalisation of the eyes (sounds like cataracts in humans), ear problem (ringing of the ears?), skin rashes, dry flaky skin begin to fall off, oozing pus (also found in lupus of humans), for example.

The Kangaroos had to be put to sleep and an autopsy were performed and revealed liver damage. The cause came from the use of ORBENIN ointment (found to cause liver damage in human studies), hence the triggering factors inducing photosensitivity.

They cured one kangaroos with vitamin B injections but other Kangaroos eventually died and vitamin B complex were not helped because there were other triggering factors, which were again traced to fungus found in Signal grasses.

The problem is that domestically raise animals don't survive well because they were given limited choice of the food for them to graze (and to think we eat domestically raised animals!), apparently Signal grasses contain high amounts of fungus, which contains mycotoxins. In my opinion both chemical oinments enters transdermally and damages the liver which causes the body to be photosensitive. Once the immune system is lowered because of low immunity, especially localized skin area, fungus opportunistic infection sets in in areas where fungus love - the areas where you get most of the moisture for them to grow - the neck and chest area, for example. People might wonder how photosensitivity occurs if the liver is damaged. The reason is really simple: the liver is the organ to detoxify, and if there is damage, the liver cannot detoxify to toxins accumulate and the body can no longer absorb the toxins and leave the toxins where the source was applied causing that skin area to be toxic leading to chemical photosensitivity. Obviously a skin preparation to detoxify these are possible with a 1% hydrogen peroxide solution mixed with a saturated amount of borax to that skin area. This is neutralization of chemical toxicity in the skin area by oxidation.

The remedy therefore appears obvious. I would detoxify the liver, kill off the localized fungus, and reduced the inflammation of the skin, and avoid mycotoxins and fungus from food and environment.The only thing this remedy won't help is discoloration of the skin from chemical toxins in which conventional therapies would do fine.

To reduce the chemical photosensitivity or fungus photosensitivity I would probably take 1 tablespoon of granulated lecithin before meals three times a day, take some 10 drops of 3% H2O2 food grade in a glass of water, mixed with 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda twice or three times a day. Skin problems in reduction of inflammation is helped mostly with omega 3 fish oil, not cod liver oil, usually once a day. There's a difference. Some evening primrose oil 1000 mg. taken three or four times a week. Vitamin B complex will also help restore some liver function such as B50 or B100 once every other day. Other supplements include milk thistle, for example.

However most of my the problems appear to helped is the carbicarb remedy, which is 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate and 1/4 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate in 1 glass of water (if some people have problems of too much water, then 1/2 glass at least). It is taken twice a day, if possible and can also be taken at home early and late evening if it is inconvenient, and also promotes sleep as it has an alkalizing effect on the brain and skin areas. Increase alkalization will reduce both skin inflammations and fungus opportunistic infection that occurs often are localized.

Taking a bath with borax or the use of borax remedy also has antifungal properties and are often synergistic with the alkalizing remedy, where the borax I used can be 1/8 teaspoon dissolved in one liter of drinking water taken 4 days out of a week.

Skin condition will lessen at least from my experience of some sodium ascorbate vitamin C, 200 i.u. of vitamin E, 25,000 i.u.Vitamin A, and fish oil having omega 3 (DHA and EPA) were most helpful.

It takes about 2-3 weeks for rashes to notice some reduction. However if the skin is always moist or that the body is generally is moist often supports opportunistic fungus and some zinc gluconate 50 mg, twice a week can reduce some excessive oils and reduce moisture from the skin, but also I have found 1000 mcg of chromium polynicontinate to be helpful too, at least the reduction in blood sugar to more normal levels from chromium were helpful.

To round off everything a once a week or twice a week mulitvitamins and minerals I think is more than sufficient then taking everyday. I prefer liquid vitamins and softgel capsules because liquid version were more bioavailable than the tablet version because they sometimes cannot be dissolved in the stomach and sometimes the tricalcium phosphate and waxy magensium stearate prevent their absorption.

Certain foods, especially needs to be avoided that are high in mycotoxins and are very acid foming, in particular is wheat products, dairy products, and high mycotoxin foods, which are peanuts, potatoes, all sweet products, vegetable oils used in cooking and high temperatures, common table salt, mushrooms, all yeast products, peppermint oil found in toothpaste. The other thing I found in UK to cause some liver damage is the fluoride and chlorine found in the drinking water. Therefore reverse osmosis water with added 1/4 teaspoon sea salt plus 1/4 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate in one liter of drinking water were most helpful, especially if kept overnight (it's the ORMUS effect, or superconductivity of monoatomic elements that is why it was kept overnight) which helps strenghten the immune systems.

Again it is quite difficult to cover every aspect of photosensitivity, but it is often induced by chemical and fungus, and hence detoxification of chemicals by hydrogen peroxide, lecithin, and sea salt for example is possible, and the fungus photosensitivity can be reduced with antifungal remedies such as borax, hydrogen peroxide, fungus products (yeast, mushrooms, peanuts), avoiding sweet foods and sour foods, as well as chromium to reduce blood sugar are some possibilities. Obviously the major organs we need to protect is the liver where both mycotoxins from fungus and chemicals is what damages the liver.

Ted

P.S. As a footnote, some people are taking diuretics which causes depletion of potassium as a result the sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate isn't going to work unless 1/8 or 1/16 teaspoon of potassium citrate or potassium bicarbonate was added everytime the remedy is used. I suspect magnesium may be low too whenever electrolytes are imbalanced and some magnesium citrate supplements such as 250 mg on a weekly basis."

01/29/2011: Cyro from New York, NY replies: "Just curious, regarding Ted's cure for photosensitivity, why no cod liver oil?? thank you"

07/27/2012: Denise from Bothell, Wa replies: "I enjoied very much what you wrote. I'm suffering from chemical allergies and I'll try to do what you wrote. Thank you so much for taking the chance in helping us. Have a nice day."

07/27/2012: Denise from Bothell, Wa replies: "Dear Ted, I have an untreated streptococcus problem. It happened in March, when I had a very bad sore throat but was afraid going to the doctor. Now I'm having very bad allergies and cannot even dye my hair anymore. Please, I need your advice. Thank you so much!!!"

[WARNING!]  03/24/2012: Sharon from Salt Lake City, Ut: "At 50, I've been very lucky to not be afflicted with any allergies but very recently I've started one!!!! I'm allergic to regular laundry detergent which I understand now is common BUT I've also gained another intolerance which seems less common. After using a Cottonelle toilet wipe when visiting a friends house.... I quickly (same day) broke out in a itchy rash. I know it was the wipe because the rash traces where I applied it. At night it's worse of course. As well, any hint of regular detergent (not perfume/dye free) in my underwear or jeans will also cause this itchy rash.

In short, the chemicals in most everyday cleaning products, detergents, toilet wipes are making me crazy not to mention unhealthy. I have since figured out to ACV, epsom salt in a bath to relieve the itch... It really doesn't matter the dosage... Just pour some into your shallow bath water. But more importantly, we all need to rebel/write these product makers and insist they stop putting unneccesary dyes/perfumes/chemicals in our everyday products. I now stick to clear/free EVERYTHING!"

06/13/2011: Maria from Gippsland, Australia replies: "Debbie I looked for a chemical free mattress and bought a wool mattress. It was great for a while but it ended up with large dents. Probably because it did not get turned over enough, not only suffering from MCS but CFS thus just changing the sheets was an effort. In looking for another chemical free mattress I came across (on the internet) a guy who makes them himself. He is at Buffalo, Vic. We have not got one yet but hope to buy one next year. Apparently he suffers from MCS and moved to the country and now makes chemical free mattresses. I also bought wool pillows and we have found them fine. Thanks for the link."

06/13/2011: Pat from Bloomingdale, Il replies: "Ik*a has chemical free cotton mattresses."

10/08/2011: Green from Milvich, Tx replies: "I've suffered from extreme sensitivities most of my life. Bright sunlight, off-gassing, carpeting, drywall, old mattresses, mold, and more mold, fumes, soaps, especially grass, and more things would make me ill or give a reaction.

I've run from lease to lease, because most apartments and affordable homes had a roof-leak at one poitn, covered up, releasing mold, which slowly poisons and is intolerable for people like us.

Here are the remedys I have found that work for me:

1 I use only Dr. Bronner's soap for both my body and hair. It makes the best shampoo! The dandruff is very well controlled. If my hair starts itching from oil-buildup, or detox, this soap fixes it right away and does not cause dandruff. It relieves it. I highly recommend this soap as shampoo! I use the tea-tree oil Dr. Bronner's soap because it seems stronger than the other types.

2 I've lived in 4 places that were mold-free and my body felt good in. The first was living in a tent in the woods. The 2nd was in a used camper that had no carpeting or drywall. The 3rd was in a 3-year old house without carpetting, with plenty of crawl-space and air flowing under the house, and no roof-leaks ever. Last, the final solution for my allergy to mold is to live in an 18-wheeler sleeper. This solves the problem of dealing with mold in the work-place too. My job is driving a clean 18-wheeler truck, and I sleep in it too. The problem of exhaust is avoidable. I park upwind of other trucks and try to park far away from the truckstops, where no one else wants to park due to the long walk. I don't idle at night. I clean my truck thoroughly and don't store chemicals, oil... In my truck. If it needs oil I'll buy some and throw the rest away. I use thick rubber gloves to fuel with, but I don't need it. Diesel fuel is relatively not that toxic, although the fumes can give me an awful headache, I am in a situation where I must breath them and cannot avoid it. If a truck nearby has bad-smelling exhaust, I'll either slow way down or speed up to stay clear of it. Plus, if it's really bad, a mold-grade 3M gas-mask will filter out anything, even mold.

So, that's my solution and it has worked well for me. I would not recommend anyone with MCS haul reefer. I hate parking next to trucks with tripacks, but if they pull up beside me at night, usually, all I have to do is pull forward 6 feet and I'm fine.

The air ionizers like the xj2000, are great if you have to live with wall-2-wall carpeting. They help to neutralize the toxicity of carpet fumes. Also, if you have carpeting, you MUST vacuum them often. Start vacuuming every square inch of carpetting, including under the bed, many times a day until the carpetting does not cause an allergic reaction. Then you can back off to once a week, but vacuuming is a must for MCS sufferers. I would usually breath through a sock or something while vacuuming, cause a constant stream of snot will flow, to catch the particles raised up by the vacuum cleaner & carpet, but that small moment of suffering will pay off greatly.

The ONLY solution to a moldy house is to get the hell out fast. Forget the lease. Go.

NAET can help.

Superfoods like spirulina, chlorella, ALA and fulvic minerals are all great for building up the immune-system, and enabling the body to detox that crap that causes the MCS, but the main thing is to first get to a non-toxic environment. I've had to sleep on the patio before, as far away from the grass & soil as possible, outside under the stars, with mosquitos biting & all. I'd rather do that than sleep in a moldy house. The only problem is the chemtrails and lets face it, all of us with MCS know that those chemtrails are toxic. It's conspiracy fact for us. The 3M mold-grade gas-mask works great, but it's tough to sleep with. I don't know what to do about chemtrails, but there are devices that get rid of them, but building them can have it's own problems.

Sweating and saunas are great for detoxing also. I've had great success with a fulvic-mineral solution product quickly eliminating mold-based headaches. It's called Trucker's Choice Turbo Charge, but taking too much, just like taking a lot of ALA, and other super-foods will build up the immune-system so much that it sends the body into detox mode, and too much detox can feel like having the flu. And a warning regarding ALA, read up on the Andy Cutler protocal. You don't want to take that stuff without knowing what you're doing. Now Lysine supplementation will knock out any bleeding-gums, cold-sores, sore-throat, voice-loss... Mouth-related detox reactions one may get from the body trying to detox the oral tissues, or detox through the oral-detox pathways. I've had to take 15 grams of Lysine in one day (spread out throughout the day of course) recently to get my lips to heal up.

Detoxing is great, but the main thing with MCS is get the hell away from the toxins. Read up on Hulda Clark's books on hygiene and how to clean up your home. Get rid of all things with a fragrance. My only fragrance I wear is rose-water. I eat it & wear it. It heals emotions. Best of luck to all! Feel free to update me on how these things help you as you put them into practice. I know they worked for me."

10/08/2011: Green from Ft. Birch, Tx replies: "About buying a matress, forget about mattresses, couches, and anything with cushions or pillows, since they cannot be washed.

Hulda Clark mentions this in her cleaning protocol. If you cannot wash it in hot-water, trash it.

I bought a flat wooden board, one used for flooring, aired it out in the sun outside, put some sheets and blankets over it and slept on it. It worked great once it was off-gassed. Elevating it from the floor with cinder-blocks is a good idea too, but keep the board flat. My chiropractor told me, and it's true, that sleeping on a flat board is the best thing for your back. You won't need a chiropractor if you do this. A wadded up blanket makes a fine pillow too. The things MCS people use need to be washable in the hottest water, with a little bleach, and completely dryable, and mattresses do not do this. I've also slept on a concrete porch in a fenced-in back-yard. To hell with snakes & roaches. I did have ants bother me one night, though, and plenty of mosquitos. Flat surfaces work great. MCS sufferers have to eliminate toxins, especially where they sleep. The body goes in to deep deep detox mode during sleep and the environment must be very clean, or we will suffer extra during the day. If only there were a gas-mask with a big enough carbon-filter, so we could sleep in perfectly pristine air. It would be so helpful for us, but until then, avoid matresses until you can build up the immune system to a point where it can eliminate the toxins that cause the MCS, and withstand sleeping on matresses."

11/05/2011: Marie from Houston, Texas, Usa replies: "Hello, I know the subject was chemical sensitivity which I used to have big time as a result of breast implants but about 10 years ago I started to develop photosensitivity and it controls my whole life. I cannot work on a computer without turning it down to almost pitch dark, I can't stay out in the sun unless it's a short length of time or under any type of light, used to be just florescent now it's any light. Suncreen helps but only for so long. I don't so much get the bad rashes but my skin gets prickly and inflamed, like swollen, and hurts really bad, and I get really tired, I'm in pain until I remove myself from the light source for about a half hour (not feasible to do at work). I have UV filters on everything! I avoid light now like the plague.

My problem is I am trying to go back to grad school and I need a cure for this illness or there is no way I can do it. The only other thing I can think of as possible causes is an infection I got in my eye 10 years ago. I also had a falling accident and I might have gotten some kind of infection from the cut. Didn't go to a doctor. I've been tested for lupus but it came back negative. This is a mystery illness, nothing I have done so far has been able to solve. Other things to note: I am anemic don't know if that's a factor. I've been to several derms and docs. I will say that at times it's better - I can even turn my monitor screen to a brighter light. Right now it's as bad as it gets though. I was eating really bad the last few months. I've since tried to eat better again but to no avail. I did try the baking soda thing as well - didn't really help. Has anyone else suffered from this???"

11/07/2011: Timh from Louisville, Usa replies: "Marie, here is a list of stuff for eye health: l-taurine, vit-A, zinc, lutein, zeoxanthin, astazanthin, NAC (or any glutathione boosters), bilberry, eyebright, grape seed. There are many nutrition formulas that contain most of the above ingredience, then u can obtain everthing in 1 cap, but there's the list for comparrison.

Magnet therapy can drive out any possible radiation in head/brain, as well as reduce inflamation and promote healing.

If your anemic and have photosensitivity, include cooked chicken or calf liver in your diet at least once weekly. Liver is loaded with nutrition, esp vit-A. Also eat organic eggs as they too are loaded with good protein and vit-A. Be carefull to not overdose the vit-A.

Do some immune support and also topical for eye infection. Colloidal Silver is good for both the forementioned. Be careful if purchasing the protein or gelatin based C. S. As it can grow germs after expiration date. Oops, now the labels are manufacture date. Nothing past 1yr imho.

Good luck and update your cond./ prog."

02/11/2012: Jane from Brisbabe, Qld, Aust replies: "Chemical Sensitivities: Hi everyone:) I have had Chemical Sensitivities for roughly 10 yrs now (hubbie even makes our soap/face cream, I clean with vinegar and only edible "all natural" stuff used in house & on our farm etc) I am writing because I also suffer from Electromagnetic Radiation sensitivities (from Wi-Fi, mobile phones / towers, cordless home phones etc) -This really limits where I can go and I can't get too close to people (everyone seems to own a mobile phone) I developed EMR "1st" after 2 large mobile towers were built a couple of blocks from a past owned suburb home - the chemical sensitivities followed soon after. Towards the end of living in this house I was also developing electrical sensitivities - I couldn't even switch lights on /off without pain (very strong pins and needles) in not only in the finger which switched it off, but hand and arm that would last for hours after.

Since moving home my electricity sensitivity has improved to almost 'normal' (with the exclusion of very high fields (eg no hair drier, held power tools etc) I believe I am not quite as chemically sensitive also but my EMR sensitivity has not improved.

I'm posting this because I wanted to share that I believe EMR caused my body to 'break down' and not be able to tolerate anything. It may be worth a try to stay (as long as possible 1- 2 mths?) somewhere with 'low mobile reception' and turn off the cordless home and mobile phone and Wi-Fi and see if this helps at all???? Best wishes and hopes to you all"

02/11/2012: Steve from Las Vegas, NV replies: "Take a look at earthing mats, sheets, shoes, and also connecting with bare earth as much as possible. It should help relieve some of the EMF stress and help your body heal as well."

02/12/2012: Lisa from Thousand Oaks, Ca, Usa replies: "Hi Jane, I just thought I'd write to say I do all of the aforementioned except make the orgone. I started wearing a q link about 11 years ago for emf protection. I also have an emf protection pad on my bed that has far infrared heat if I want it too. I use an earthing mat that I have under my feet when I'm at the computer as well.

When I attended a Longevity Now conference that is held here in California, all the doctors on the panel, when asked what have they seen really change over the last 8 years, answered, the rise in maladies due to all the electromagnetic fields we are being exposed to.

So, it's very real! And I do what I can to protect myself. I would google the various words, earthing, barefoot technology, q-link, etc and educate yourself on what you can do. There's also a book that I know can be found on Amazon called, "Earthing" which I've read and heard one of the doctors who helped w/ that book speak on. He suggested just simply lying on the grass, walking barefoot or strolling on the beach to clear your body. I hope this helps."

EC: Check out all the contributions about earthing on our Barefoot Remedy page!

02/12/2012: Debbie from Melbourne, Australia replies: "The best shoes to wear are leather soled shoes as they will help "earth" you. On Earthclinic you can also check under remedies "barefoot"."

02/12/2012: Zorro from West Allis, Wisconsin replies: "Hello, Please google orgone it helps with this, you can make your own or buy it. ou put it around your house and by phones. tv's, computers anything eletrical.

Here are some sites that can explian orgone. You can also wear this around your neck.

the woman warriors.net

educate your self.org

Zorro"

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