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Updated: 11/17/2009

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DISCLAIMER
Our readers offer information and opinions on Earth Clinic, not as a substitute for professional medical prevention, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult with your physician, pharmacist, or health care provider before taking any home remedies or supplements or following any treatment suggested by anyone on this site. Only your health care provider, personal physician, or pharmacist can provide you with advice on what is safe and effective for your unique needs or diagnose your particular medical history.

ABBREVIATIONS

06/04/2009: Glo from Los Angeles, Ca writes: "what is otc? thanks"

EC: OTC = Over the Counter Drug

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-counter_drug

CHARACTER TEST

10/16/2009: T from Atl, GA writes: "££££££££££££££££££££££"

CRITIQUE

02/22/2009: Cindy from Charlotte, NC writes: "A friend has raved over your web site, but I find it very questionable. For example, I run a search on an ailment and find 10 different cures for the same thing! It appears that you post any person's random comment without any validation or follow through. How can I know which is truly most effective? Others say they are going to have levels tested with bloodwork but fail to report the factual results, making their self-diagnosis appear unfounded. DO YOU HAVE ANY CRITERIA OR INSIGHT OVER WHAT INDIVIDUALS POST?"

EC: We offer general, educational information on Earth Clinic as a forum, not as a substitute for professional medical prevention, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult with your physician or pharmacist before taking any home remedies or supplements or following any treatment suggested by anyone on this site. Only your personal physician or pharmacist can provide you with advice on what is safe and effective for your unique needs or diagnose your particular medical history.

02/22/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "Hello Cindy from Charlotte, N.C.,

I have been reading EC for a few years now and am still enjoying it. As a few other readers said, it is a rarity these days. It is a forum of people helping other people and not trying to sell them their ideas or charge them for sharing information on what they found to be helpful, or if you prefer a $10 word, efficacious.

I have personally tried several things I read in EC and found they are as harmless as I thought they would be and pleasantly surprised to find they really did something helpful, like the forum said it would.

I, like you, are a doubting Thomas but I learned a long time ago to listen to my patients and I have learned quite a bit from them over the years. The first patient I learned something from did not use deoderant, that was why I couldn't find it while getting set up to do her a.m. care. When I asked her how it was she didn't stink because most people I knew who didn't use deoderant, you could smell a block away when they lifted their arms. She then told me that "My daddy was a chemist and he always told us that if you don't use soap you won't stink, so I have never used soap". It was 6 or 7 years later that I lived close enough to the clinic to run home and bathe real fast like and use deoderant if I started stinking, so I dared to try it out. Guess what, I have never used soap in bathing since that day, because she was right. Of course I continued to use soap in washing my hands when working. You can also believe that I was continually raising my arms and smelling both armpits for the first few days of giving up soap.

I have also learned a lot from friends and relatives. A big kerion was healed by the green hull of a black walnut. This was after using OTC ointment that should have killed a ringworm myself to find it just kept getting worse, so my young son and I visited our family GP, who prescribed other ointments I hadn't tried, but after a couple of weeks & several different ointments, it was developing into a kerion. He referred us onto a couple of well known dermatologists, who plucked a hair from the kerion, looked at it under the microscope and declared: "Cat ringworm or I'll take down my shingle" and then prescribed another different ointment from that used by myself or the GP. A couple of weeks later I received a postcard in the mail from the Tennessee Health Department stating: "No pathogenic fungi present". Thanks to a neighbor who I considered my second mother, with wisdom far beyond her formal education, said "Why don't you rub it with a green walnut, that's all the old folks used to do for ringworms". After making sure she meant the green walnut hull covering the black walnuts, we managed to find 4 walnuts (fall of the year) that still had green hulls on them. I sliced a little bit off one of them and rubbed it on his kerion a couple of times before putting him to bed that night. I have been singing black walnut hull praises ever since because it was already showing signs of drying up the next morning and was totally healed in 2 or 3 more days of the green walnut hull. I know that black walnuts grow there also but I don't know how much you know about them. The green walnut hulls exude a liquid that stains brown and smells akin to iodine, and looks a lot like betadine which is used to disinfect throughout the medical field.

This same neighbor told me to take poke berries for total all over joint pain, even my ribs hurt with movement when I breathed. This started while I was recovering from pylonephritis (not self diagnosed) so I self diagnosed it as a gouty arthritis. Since I had always been told they were poison, I asked her if she was trying to kill me. Her reply was that they never hurt Aunt Nemmy. After I inquired who this was taking them and she had explained that it was her aunt (then past her mid 80's) and had been taking them for years, I threatened her with having to raise my 4 children if they killed me, I started taking them as soon as they turned purple that fall. I have now been taking them 30+ years with no unwanted side effects. Yes, I am talking about the berries from the older poke sallet plant which I am sure you will find growing there in Charlotte. One of the best arthritis medicines I have ever seen. Not only worked well for me but for several other people I got started on them. The worst part of them (for me) is the taste. After popping the first one in my mouth, I learned to put the berries in my mouth and wash them down with water. I have shared her wisdom with many others who are still taking them without adverse effects. Another thing I learned from the mother of l0 a year old girl who brought her to our clinic for twisting her ankle the night before. After thoroughly examining the child's ankle and foot, and finding no swelling, bruising and no wincing with pain no matter which way I moved her foot, I asked her if she was sure she injured her ankle the night before. When she assured me she was, I then asked her what she had done for it (by this time I had learned how to learn by inquiring and listening to the answer instead of trying to dazzle them with my brilliance). Her reply was "I took a piece of brown poke, scruffed it between my hands to get the stiff out. Soaked it in vinegar and then wropped it around it (this was in the East Tn. mountains and I am spelling her reply phonetically as best I can) and left it on until this morning. East Tennessee language varies a little from what I was used to in middle Tennessee, so I asked her what was this brown poke she put on it, thinking maybe she was talking about dehydrated poke sallet leaves. She then explained that it was a brown poke like you bring your groceries home in. Aha, brown poke = brown paper grocery sack. Well I didn't have long to wait to try this one out. When I got home from the clinic that night I found my 14 year old daughter sitting on the couch with her foot on a pillow in a chair in front of her. Looking at the situation I asked her what she did to her foot. Her reply was that she had twisted her ankle at school that day. Smiling because I wasn't going to have to make an emergency room trip to Knoxville that evening, I said "Ok, I'll tell you what we can do about it" and in reply to her "What", I added "Well, we take a piece of brown poke, scruff it between our hands,(while making the motions) soak it in vinegar and wrop it around you ankle". After giving me her most incredulous look, she asked "Woman, are you losing your rabbit-...ed mind? After I stopped laughing I told her about the patient and that was what the mother said she did for it and that it must be pretty effective because I could find nothing wrong with the child's ankle or foot. After she gave her vebal consent for this unorthodox treatment, I scissored my brown poke into about 3" strip, rolled it up and put it down in a empty pickle jar with vinegar to cover, let it soak until thoroughly soaked with vinegar. I then wrapped from the arch of her foot to above her ankle with vinegar-dripping brown poke as if it was an elastic Ace bandage, covered this with clear plastic Saran wrap to keep her bed from getting wet with vinegar, and loosely wrapped an Ace bandage over it to keep it in place. She was amazed that she could walk on it without pain the next morning, since she was used to it being painful for a few weeks after twisting her ankle. One of my co-workers came to me one night and said she had injured her foot (slid on steps) about 4 months or so ago and it was still painful to bear weight on it despite several visits to an orthopod and long term taking NSAIDS prescribed by him. She said she was ready to try my poke and vinegar and asked me to explain exactly what she was to do. She worked evenings and I worked nights. She said she would get some vinegar the next day and do it. When I pointed out that she probably passed a quick stop or two on the way home and could probably get a quart of apple cider vinegar on the way home and put it on her foot before going to sleep. The next night she was waiting for me when I came in and said "Come here, I still ain't believing this, but look here" and started gingerly stomping her foot on the floor. She admitted to still having very slight pain but greatly reduced from what she had been enduring since the injury. I suggested that she continue it for a few more nights and see if it would get rid of the slight pain she had left. She did and it did!

I have learned to appreciate wisdom, no matter from whence it comes. There is a lot of difference between "Street Smarts" and "Book Smarts" but the really smart people learn to value and appreciate both kinds of smarts (in Appalachia I called it country, woods or mountain smarts).

One of the book smarts that I recommend to others came from a book written by a country doctor (Dr. Jarvis) practicing in Maine who realized that if he was smart he was going to have to learn which of their home remedies he could value and respect or else pack up and leave the area. He said after learning that they used apple cider vinegar for their sore throats, he tested it out and found that it cured strep throat before he could get the throat culture report back. Of course that was written long before the 30 minute strep test came along and you had to wait 48 hours before reading the culture results. He also said it worked well for arthritis pain. I picked up the information that it would kill pseudomonas A. on a new employee tour and listening to the gentlemen hosting our tour as he explained that after learning how pseudomonas A. was spread through the oxygen equipment from patient to patient, they had pretty much wiped it out by soaking the equipment in l part vinegar to 7 parts water solution to kill the pathogenic organism before using it on the next patient. Now on this self diagnosis part, I have talked with some patients who misdiagnosed their condition, i.e. the young may who informed me his gallbladder was stopped up and I inquired what symptoms he was having that made him so sure his gallbladder was stopped up. His reply was I can't pass my water. I managed to keep a straight face as I explained that his problem was with his urinary bladder, not his gallbladder. A coworker told me about a patient telling her he had a tombstone removed from his left kidney.

I also remember many misdiagnoses by doctors. One personal one was when I went to employee health where I was attending nursing school and after explaining I was there because of a problem that started with a scratchy throat, now felt like a cockle burr stuck in the left side of my throat and accompanied by a cough and wanted to be sure I didn't have strep because I was working with patients. After looking at my throat, feeling my gland, stated that he didn't think it was strep but he would do a culture. About that time I got another spasm of my nasty coughing, whereupon he remarked "That's a pretty mean cough" to which I replied, "Yeah, that is why I came". Twentyfour hours later they called me to come pick up some penicillin because the strep test was positive. One of my relatives had an ectopic pregnancy (conception begins in tube and ruptures) which she carried to near full term before Ceserean delivery. The little girl only lived 45 minutes. The OB/GYN doctor had diagnosed her as having a growth that was growing faster than the baby. The truth of the matter was it was the baby developing extrauterine. I also know of at least one doctor who misdiagnosed several pregnancies as tumors and referred them to surgeons for removal. One of these women I personally talked to said she was about 7 months at the time of the misdiagnosis. On the other side of it, I remember the young girl from east Tennessee whose mother brought her to Nashville where I took care of her. By this time it had already been diagnosed as a tumor and they were doing studies in preparation for surgery. While caring for this child, I asked the mother if she didn't notice that her daughter's abdomen was getting bigger. By the time she got to Nashville she looked like she was l0 months pregnant. The mother told me that she had noticed it and had taken her daughter to the doctor. After examining her, he told her that there was nothing wrong except that she was 4 to 5 months pregnant and he wouldn't touch her with a l0 foot pole, and since she thought he knew what he was talking about she didn't realize he was wrong until after she should have had the baby and carried her to different doctor who referred her to Nashville. They removed a l5 pound tumor, but at least the child survived the ordeal.

I have enjoyed reading a lot about chemicals in our plants (many of which we call weeds) and what actions those chemicals have in the last l0 or l5 years. It is fascinating reading and since a lot of it is contained in the scientific data base on plants, I trust it to be mostly true. A lot of it is in herbalist literature or naturopathic literature. If you want to find out whether what I am going to tell you next is true or not have fun on line checking a few of them out. Most of the expensive medicines marketed by the pharmaceutical companies in the last 20 to 40 years came about by scientific study of plants used in home remedies. Since you can't patent the plant and make a few billion bucks off them, the pharmaceutical companies isolated the chemical with with the action they wanted, made a synthetic version of it so they could patent and monopolize it. I suspect Vioxx was the chemical found in pokeweed to fight arthritis. Look what drastic side effects Vioxx had while fighting arthritis. I believe my decision to stick with God's poke berries and its failsafes that protects me from unwanted side effects is still the wisest route.

Now if you care to have fun and learn some "scientific smarts" google "research studies on pokeweed" or castor oil plant, or just about any fruit or vegetable you want to check on personally. Among other things you will learn is that those eating 4 stems (or whatever you are used to calling those things you pull off the celery stalks one by one) a day to lower their blood pressure can find some scientific knowledge to back up its use, whether they are aware of it, even if they learned it by reading Earth Clinic.

I think you will also learn that if we were "nutrition smart" enough to eat nutritiously, instead of gorging on processed junk food, we would need very little medicines because we would keep our immune systems in tip-top shape.

In the final analysis, Cindy, we each have to look for the answers, evaluate the information we find, no matter whether we find it in medical school, a doctor's office, or on earthclinic.com and make our own decisions as to what we can believe. If you want to learn what some doctors think of the slash, burn and poison orthodox method of treating cancer, to Dr. Lorraine Day's site where she will tell you about her own battle with breast cancer and how she refused to go the orthodox treatment and won her battle with cancer. You might even want to order her video on "Diseases Don't Just Happen". You will find that she did a lot of research on fresh air, pure water, and nutrition and is sharing her information. Yes, she does charge for her videos, but the ones I have seen are cheap compared to what you can learn from them.

The biggest risk you will run from all this on-line searching is developing corns or maybe pressure sores on your buttocks from sitting so long. Enjoy! "

02/23/2009: Antares from Tamuning, GU replies: "Cindy, That is the beauty of Earth Clinic. I hope one day you'll understand why."

02/23/2009: Gigi from Palm Coast, Florida USA replies: "Joyce - Thanks for all the info. If you don't use soap, what do you use?"

02/23/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "Water and a terry wash cloth - that is all that is needed. Not only do you not stink, your sweat doesn't either. I told a doctor about this one night and replied, "You aren't the only one who ever told me that". When I asked him who else told him, the told me about his jogging partner, who told him this while they were jogging. He said he questioned it and his jogging partner pulled his headband off and pitched it to him and said smell this, and proceeded to tell him that he had been wearing the same headband (which was now soaking wet with sweat from this jogging jaunt) for one week without washing it between jogs. I asked did he smell any sweat and his reply was no, even though it was soppy with sweat. When I tried to figure out why soap would make you stink, the only thing I could come up with was that our skin is supposed to have a slightly acid mantle for protection from bacteria. All soap (even though some advertise pH balanced) that I have used is alkaline, so I guess it destroys that slightly acid mantle and lets stinky organisms take over. Does anyone have any different ideas? I'd like to hear them."

02/25/2009: Gigi from Palm Coast, Florida replies: "Hi Joyce Thanks for your reply. I intend to try it. Do you use only water and cloth for, ahem, your bottom area also? Gigi"

02/25/2009: Joe from Cleveland, OH replies: "To Cindy from Charlotte: You say that you find this website objectionable and want more oversight. This is user feedback and freedom of speech. Of course there are lots of remedies for ailments. You need to be able to sort the different options. Please go to the AMA's website for traditional medicine with lots of oversight."

02/26/2009: ROBERT HENRY from TEN MILE, TN replies: "Many years ago Sports Illustrated had a long scientific article on sweat. According to their study, you have two types of sweat. One is to cool you when you get hot. The other type is from glands located only under your arms, the bottom of your feet and trhe palm of your hands. This sweat is due to emotion and stinks to high heaven regardless. All animals have these glands which give them their distinct odor. If you are afraid of dogs, they detect this odor of fright and some will bite you because this upsets them. All have been in heated corporate meeting which some come out dripping wet under their arms. The room was cool. That is emotional sweat. Everyone has known people whose feet stink no matter how many times they bath. I was on a flight once where a fellow consantly had to wipe is wet hands. He was terrified, but his business required him to fly. You could see the sweat oozing from his hands. Joyce maybe right on normal sweat, but not emotional sweat."

02/27/2009: AC from West Midlands, England replies: "Dear Cindy:

If you have health problem, such as acid reflux and go to the doctor, the doctor can prescribe any number of medications for you: proton inhibitors, blockers, antacids, gaviscon, sulfates, etc. Most problems can be treated with a variety of western medications which some people find to work and others don't and simply return back to the doctor.

This is the same with earth clinic. Problems such as fungus can be treated with any number of anti-fungals externally: oil of oregano, rubbing alcohol/surgical sprits, coconut oil or internally: manuka honey, probiotics, and caprylic acid capsules. This is the same with EC. We sometimes find things that don't work and things that do work. EC isn't biased and will post the YAYs as well as the NAYs.

The key is finding the balance between things and what works best for you! Many of the tried and tested things have lots of yays (Apple Cider Vinegar, Coconut Oil, Manuka honey) so these are the things that people have the best results with. Likewise, if you are taking a prescription medication it would be wise to read what people have said about that medication and the side effects.

As to whether people post results or not, some people do after a few days or a few weeks (this very often happens with the Bacterial V threads) -- others simply forget about it.

Blessings and best of luck to whatever you have decided. "

02/27/2009: Karen from New York, New York replies: "Hi Cindy,

Earth Clinic's (EC) response is what you requested and received but since this a forum for all users to share - I will add my opinion. Your critique of the site is exactly why I think this site is great. EC is a place where readers post remedies that they have used which works for them. If EC were to edit post or have conditions regarding what works or not - then they would be taking on a lot of responsibility. Additionally, it would annoy users if what appears on the site is not what they posted or if it did not appear at all because EC thought the remedy could not possibly be plausible. Then the authenticity of the site would be the question.

As anyone can post a remedy, it is the user's responsibility and judgement regarding what they want to try and what works for them. Although it would be helpful, I think it's great that no-one is obliged to return to give factual results. The postings were shared voluntarily and users should feel free to return or not.

Since visiting this site, I have had the good fortune to find remedies that worked for me and when I feel inclined - I have shared my results. I am sure this means of sharing and obtaining information does not work for everyone - but it is great that it works for some.

Karen"

02/28/2009: Joyce from Joelton, TN replies: "To Gigi: Definitely, yes! Total Body. However I haven't stopped using shampoo weekly on my hair. I do use 50/50 ACV/warm water rinse to cut the shampoo from my head and scalp (which probably brings the comments about how clean & shiny my hair is).

Before you inquire what I use instead, let me tell you about my conversation with a psychiatrist a few years ago. His face was all scaly with eczema the first night I met him and I remarked, "That looks itchy, is it?" To which he replied, "Yes, I have eczema".

My reply was "Have you ever tried omitting soap to see if it would get better?" His answer was that he had and it had gotten better at first and then got worse. This answer almost threw me off track, until I inquired, "What did you use instead of soap?" His answer was he didn't remember the name of it but it was some sort of medicated cream. AHA! Next response from me: "Try leaving off soap and using nothing but plain water and a wash cloth in place of it this time." I was off the next night he was called in about a week later, but a coworker, when asked how his face looked told me: "Smooth as a baby's bottom without a diaper rash"! That is the way it looked every time I saw him after that. He was one happy camper.

To Robert Henry: You can prove this sweat theory to yourself by trying it. The little lady who taught me this was definitely under stress in the hospital but she didn't have stress underarm odor. Don't knock anything until you have proved it wrong, when it is so simple and harmless to try."

FAKE POSTS

06/18/2009: Earth Clinic writes: "You may have noticed - things are slowing down on the Latest Posts page of Earth Clinic! Wondering why? Well, we were receiving up to 20 fake posts a day from companies trying to promote their products with various key word placement and have been deleting such posts (old and new) from the site. They have finally caught wind of the fact that their posts aren't going through and many have stopped submitting them.

Just to give you a few examples without mentioning product names:

* A brand that sell turmeric capsules at a big box store was sending in bogus feedback (since last summer) at least once a week for boils and MRSA.
* Various brands of probiotics to treat bacterial vaginosis...
* A certain brand of hormones for women... written with different sets of key words, but all of which will bring you to the same product if you were to google them.
* A false NAY for inversion board therapy so they could promote a certain product for the back...

And many, many more...

We are making our way through the site, page by page, and removing older feedback that is questionable. If you happen to see any posts that strike you as bogus, please let us know. Thanks so much!"

06/20/2009: Rena from Mineral Bluff, Georgia replies: "Dear Earth Clinic, I am glad you are doing this, we don't need fake anything when people are trying to seek natural methods to help their health. Peace Rena."

EC: Thank you for your support, Rena!

06/20/2009: Rawan from Abu Dhabi, UAE replies: "This is a great thing from you EC staff!!! people are seeking help and desprate to get it from trustful site like EC! Thank you EC staff for caring!"

EC: Thanks for the kind words, Rawan!

06/20/2009: Chakrika from LA, CA, USA replies: "A friend of mine, a television writer, was once hired to write false submissions on blogs and websites promoting a certain line of supplements. It is not an uncommon practice in any sector. According to my friend, these writers are very talented and take their time setting up personas meant to elicit trust. It would be wise for everyone reading this vast ocean of information on the net to keep a sceptical mind."

05/09/2009: Dee from London, England writes: "Hi everyone. i have never writen on sites like this before but i felt like i should because i have just tried something new for bv which has actually WORKED!!!!!! :) i have had bv since i was 19 and i'm 29 now, it has been a horrible, long and embarrasing 10 years! mine has been constant as i left it for 2 years before i even went to the doctors, then no treatment seemed to work for longer than one day. it has TOTALLY affected my life and relationships and my confidence. i have done so many things to stop people finding out about it,i even have to change my underwear at least 4 times a day. i used panty liners for 9 years everyday but i got so sick of it that now i just carry extra underwear everywhere i go!

When i found this site, i thought i had found a miricle cure and was so excited! i tried EVERYTHING people suggested but it didn't really seem to work and then a few days later it seemed to get even worse!the smell seemed so much stronger!anyway, i was really down thinking that was my last chance to be normal again......when i saw something called Balance Activ advertised. It said it took away abnormal vaginal smell and discharge and could help with bv! anyway, i got it last week and you insert some gel every night for a week and it clears it up. i was so worried that it wouldn't work but last night was my last night........................AND IT HAS TOTALLY WORKED!!!! i just can't believe it!!! i know i have to wait to see if or when it comes back but this is the FIRST time i have noticed no smell at all or any horrible discharge!! my stomache is aching with anticipation to see if it works long term, but it feels totally different this time! no antibiotics, no douching with weird things, no trying EVERYTHING possible you have read on the internet!

I know this site didn't want any product names on it but people who are so desperate to get rid of bv will be so grateful of this product that i hope this message gets printed! It's called Balance Activ, you can find info on the internet and you can also buy it now in larger Boots stores in England!!

I have had this for 10 years and have kept it a secret from everyone. it even feels weird writing this all down because i have never told anyone apart from all the doctors i have been to to try and get rid of this! my life seems so much brighter now, i can't believe that something has actually worked. i recommend everyone with bv to try it because it had changed my life( i feel like i can have a life now!!)

I hope this works for everyone. Dee x"

EC: Funny and most obviously a fake!

HOW TO POST ON EARTH CLINIC

10/11/2009: October from Chicago, Il, USA writes: "Hi: Can you tell me how to post an entry to an Aliment without having to comment on someone else's post? Thank you!"

EC: Hi October,

Just add the ailment in the subject line of your feedback http://www.earthclinic.com/contactus.html and we will post it on the applicable page!

MISC

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[YEA]  07/24/2009: Miranda Spencer from Philadelphia, PA writes: "I am assisting a well-published author in researching a new book on the secrets of people who never get sick. By "never" we mean gets a cold every couple years, but that's pretty much it. The person should also believe there is a specific lifestyle habit that accounts for his or her good health.

I recently discovered this website and am impressed at all the folk remedies that seem to help people. We're particularly interested in the remedies of Cold Showers or Baths, Macrobiotic Diets, and believe it or not, Having an Active Sex Life. But I'd be happy to present others to the author.

If you are such a person, or know someone like this, please email me here or off list at mirandasp@comcast.net.

We're also looking for famous historical figures who never got sick, and their secrets.

By the way, you or the person in question must be willing to be interviewed by the author in the near future. Interviews could be as little as half an hour to as long as you/he/she feels like sharing. You will have an opportunity to verify anything quoted and to use a pseudonym if you're not comfortable using your real name.

Also, we are seeking subjects from all over the world, not just the USA.

The author is Gene Stone (he's Google-able) and the book's publisher is Workman.

By the way, I want to assure you I'm not selling anything and am merely a research assistant to a book author. Thanks.

Miranda Spencer
Freelance Writer & Editorial Consultant
267-258-3328
http://green-gazette.blogspot.com/"

EC: You might want to request a free copy of the book in return for your time!

QUESTIONS FOR TED

06/28/2009: Earth Clinic writes: "Questions for Ted:

Due to increased traffic on the site and time constraints, we are no longer going to forward readers' questions to Ted. Kindly email Ted (parhat@yahoo.com) directly with any questions you may have as he rarely visits Earth Clinic. Ted answers a handful of EC reader questions 1-2x a month.

We will always post your questions on the site for other contributors to answer if you send them through out contact us page. Just know that if they are addressed to Ted, he might not see them!

Thank you!"

TED'S REMEDY UPDATES

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[YEA]  07/23/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Asthenia, ADHD and ADD Remedy Update:

I had to report the asthenia remedy, which is actually a combination of chronic fatigue syndrome with a major sleeping problem. I actually had two remedies, then it was reduced to one remedy. The first remedy I tried is

1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate plus 1/4 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate in a glass of water taken twice day.

This one worked, but one case of a professor in Romania who had this condition did report dramatic improvement for a couple of weeks then it stopped working sometimes, so I changed it to this remedy, as he seem to need certain monoatomic elements found in a sea salt, therefore this was used instead:

1/8 teaspoon of sodium carbonate plus 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/8 sea salt in a glass of water taken 3 or 4 times a day, especially before sleep. They may taken to 1/4 of each, but I always believe in erring on the side of lower dose first, followed by a higher dose if there's no problems in such use. While this is NOT a perfect remedy and 1/8 teaspoon of potassium citrate or potassium bicarbonate can be added, the single biggest problem I encountered is getting even just sodium carbonate and once condition improves, then potassium can be added once a source can be found. The effect of the sea salt added is that there is trace monoatomic element which seems to have consistency in the overall asthenia, in at least this case, lead to a complete cure.

Certain other supplements may be needed such as hydergine and piracetam taken together, but those aren't taken everyday, such as taken only 3-4 days a week and if condition improves to a certain extent, they can be discontinued.

The entire remedy is actually based on the simple theory in that an acid brain, leads to inability to sleep. The effect of alkalinity can only work with just the sodium carbonate, even a small amount such as just 1/8 teaspoon in a glass of water is what causes the alkalizing effect, but the actual use and studies were based on the baking soda and sodium carbonate, often called the carb-bicarb remedy that they found the alkalizing effects of the brain is noted. This has an effect of quieting of the brain and improved concentration and can be used in other conditions such as ADD and ADHD in adults, and quite possibly in children.

The reason why I needed to update this information is that only a couple of months ago that the Romanian professor contacted me, he was already suffering from Chronic Fatigue plus astenia. This means he can barely sleep 1-2 hours a day for a several years, so the case was not easy. Initially he used just baking soda because he cannot find sodium carbonate (washing soda) and that didn't work as well and the record of using the baking soda alone was spotty. For example in one week, he may have some improved sleeping issues in only 2 days or 3 days out of a week. I knew that problem already so it took almost a month for him to get the sodium carbonate somehow. Within the first day of acquiring that, along with baking soda added, the improvement were so dramatic, his wife was surprised. As if the incident was a fluke, it continued to work for a couple of weeks continuously, until he reported some other problems, which was corrected with my newer ORMUS recipes where sea salt was added as mentioned previously. Monoatomic elements is found in most sea salt along with the added sodium carbonate and baking soda seemed to do the trick. One month has passed by and he was quiet. Then just today, July 21, 2008, he told me he recently completed twice 100 kilometer bicycle trip, which completely surprised me, not by his energy levels, but the other things he report, such as writing may scientific papers a month, which the energy levels and mental facilities is near youthful levels, that I didn't think was possible, since he is in his early 60s. Therefore this is just to post some improvements that relates to astenia and the newer use of remedy."

[YEA]  07/23/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "PULMONARY HYPERTENSION:

You are right. Actually the remedy for pulmonary hypertension may be quite easy. Instead of explaining this condition in complicated terms, I will try to do the opposite to explain it in a very easy approach to the entire condition. The cause is fat clogging up the veins, arteries, heart from plaque buildup, calcification and reduced elasticity of the blood vessels leading to pulmonary hypertension.

The diet here somewhat radical, but it is simply to avoid fats from either vegetable oils or animal foods. Animal foods has an amazingly high fats and cholesterol whether they come from beef, white meat chickens, ducks, or even seafood.

To make the remedy work fast and keep it as simple as possible, initially, a 100% vegetarian diet with little sugar, without flour and without vegetable oils is used. This is the simplest approach I can make it and some improvement will be noticed by the second week and clear improvement within three months.

To clearly explain how a fat can clog the blood vessels is quite easy. If I draw a blood and separate the fat from the rest of the blood after eating any food, I will always see fat on the top of the test tubes. These eventually clogs up the veins and arteries.

If those intake are reduced, from oily things such as ice cream, chocolate, corn oil, beef fat, french fries, oysters, potato chips, chicken, fish, etc. then the fat that I draw from the blood will no longer be there if those were avoided completely.

To make sure it works, flour, carbohydrates, sugar sometimes are converted to fat and therefore these are avoided generally speaking. If some were taken, then they should be burned after eating with at least a 1 hour exercise after eating, which should be more than enough to burn most of the sugar from the intake.

The dietary food that needs to be concentrated are the greens vegetables, beans, nuts, and some fruits, but no flour or wheat products. One thing that I think should be avoided in a plant based diet is the potatoes, which causes hypoglycemia, and has mycotoxins. Obviously under this plant based diet there is no cheese, lard, butter of any kind. Obviously fast food, smoking, dairy product, and alcohol are avoided. Once on the plant based diet, some multiple vitamins and minerals are taken, maybe two or three times a week.

It should be noted that vegetable oils, in particular the polyunsaturated fatty acids are responsible for 75% of the plaque in the heart. The other 25% is the saturated fat. Obviously both fats are avoided.

High fat diets will lead to more clogging of the arteries or veins, leading to pulmonary hypertensions. However at the same time reduce blood circulation also leads to angina, tiredness, breathing problems at the same time, which is characteristic of pulmonary hypertension. The narrower the arteries or veins in which the blood can flow, the higher the blood pressure.

It should take about 6 months for the blood vessels to improved noticeably with reduced pulmonary hypertension by just switching to a plant based diet, but avoiding white flour, excessive sweets, and cooking oils, whether they be from animal, fish or vegetable sources. Certain dietary fats may be needed so that the essential fatty acids is not lacking however, such as once or twice a week, omega 3 fish oil at the very least, in the initial phases.

Certain mineral supplements are helpful that will protect against lipid peroxidation, which means fats becomes oxidizes and hardens such as selenium yeast supplements, usually 200 mcg a day, certain supplements added such as granulated lecithin 1 tablespoon a day to 3 tablespoons a day. The fat emulsifiers such as lecithin will further help dissolve the fat increasing circulation, but at the same time lecithin will help normalize the cellular makeup of the veins to become more elastic also.

Another remedy that help is to remove heavy metals, which is responsible for lipid peroxidation of the fats, leading to plaques, clogged veins, arteries, and capillaries. Therefore cilantro, or chlorella, may be helpful, but it's usually taken once every two days, so that the body would not be overloaded with heavy metals and allow the gatekeeper, the kidneys to slowly remove out of the system, as the metal chelators line up to get out from the system via the kidney or sometimes the intestines. To further increase circulation certain herbs such as gingko and asia pennyworth is taken. These help rebuild the cappilaries and damaged systems. For the body to regenerate itself some aloe vera juice is occasionally taken, such as twice or three times a week.

The vegetables I prefer are primarily raw vegetables, either in the form of salads, soups, but vegetables should not be overcooked to preserve the enzymes and vitamins. In this instances some fruits, followed by a mild exercise to burn off the sugar is possible, but I think 30 minutes is the bare minimum after meals, but ideally 1 hour. A slow walk or other mild form of exercise can be done also. I believe some vitamin C is important in protecting pulmonary problems too but I prefer sodium ascorbate 1000 mg, usually once every other day day should be a reasonable dose.

The cirrhosis of liver that is one of the effects of pulmonary hypertension will also be reduced with the granulated lecithin, as well as the selenium which prevents further lipid peroxidation too. Magnesium supplements (without the calcium) such as magnesium glycinate, should tip over the excessive calcium found in the tissue.

Furthermore, the use of 2 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar with 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1 glass of water, or a stronger alkalizing baking soda of 1/2 teaspoon twice a day will also help remove some excessive fats, as vinegar has a component which dissolves the fat, but the baking soda, because of its alkalinity, acts as a very weak soap also to remove the excessive fat buildup which may lead to pulmonary hypertension just the same.

Magnesium is also needed, and is a common deficiency will offset the excessive calcium deposits which might cause either arterial or venous inflexibility due to calcium deposits, leading to hypertension also. If calcium buildup did cause this kind of hypertension, then adding disodium EDTA for example, instead of calcium EDTA, of 1/8 teaspoon in one liter of drinking water should also remove excessive calcium buildup this way. This might be taken once every two days, for example. Magnesium will lead to reduce muscle pain as it relaxes both the muscles, but also the arterial blood flows. If these are more relaxed, then pulmonary hypertension are reduced.

However, in my opinion disodium EDTA is a bit too acid for it to work effectively so I might add 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda also, plus 1/8 teaspoon of potassium bicarbonate to the solution. Potassium is often low in a pulmonary hypertension so the ratio of sodium : potassium is just 1: 1, with baking soda at 1/8 teaspoon and potassium bicarbonate at 1/8 teaspoon also. It should be noted that free metal iron accumulates in the heart which may lead to heart disease, and it is some small amount of EDTA which will reduce this iron buildup protecting the heart against free radicals of free metal iron too.

It should be noted that whenever a vegetarian diets is used, that common table salt be avoided and replaced with sea salt instead, and some sea salt 1/4 teaspoon is added in one liter of drinking water, as vegetarian diets are generally potassium rich anyway and many people I have found may not adapt very well to high potassium diets and hence some sea salt is added just enough that the body doesn't end up with the lack of sodium, which can lead to another problem altogether, such as weaknesses.

Hopefully this remedy is simple enough, but it requires a major lifestyle changes.

Ted"

07/20/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Cancer Update:

For the past couple of weeks I have been busy fighting cancer (not on me) and finding what works the best. While there are many remedies out there the one I am writing here is the one that gives the fastest result there is. What is known is many remedies including baking soda, apricot pits (B17), and others that I have tested and testing many more.

As it turns out is one my oldest remedy there is, which is clove oil 1- 5 drops dissolved in a glass of water given a couple of times a day can result in improvement within matter of an hour or so. The cancer I am dealing with is a a very virulent form of cancer, which is a metastasis and agressive, and is all over the place. Alkalization remedy is used along with it too, and is 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate, and 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt, in a glass of water taken twice a day. It should be noted that the most virulent form of cancer is the cancer that has been removed years ago, and those after removal about 5 or more years resulted in metastasis. But this is not the only cause, smoking, water pollution, herbicide and insecticide use were taken a major toll. It should be noted that clove oil is the single most powerful antioxidants I know of, on basis of ORAC scale, at 10,000,000 units, which the next highest isn't even in the 1,000,000 units. It's a scale tha absorbs free oxygen radicals. I suspect that certain free metals may be worse than oxygen, such as free iron, mercury, lead, cadmium, copper, and arsenic where common source is in the tap water from defective water filter, metal pipes fitting and water faucet that one of the most common contaminat I have found causing a lot of sickness.

Eating meats during a cancer isn't going to help. It lowers the body's enzyme system (especially trypsin and chymotrypsin from the pancreas) instead of the body's enzyme being dedicated to using digesting cancer, it goes to digesting meats. It is the first line of cancer defense system in dissolving the protein layers that protect cancer cells by dissolving this protection, allowing the white blood cells to eat cancer cells once the protective layer are removed.

Also the lack of omega 3 isn't going to help and is related to the immune system and with a 20:1 ratio omega 6 to omega 3, instead of an ideal 1:1 or 1:2 ratio, the body is seriously deficient in essential fatty acids. Interestingly, in a more agressive form of cancer if found blood thickness is higher, which forms varicose veins and I found some small amount of EDTA (only 50-100 mg taken every other day, reduces the amount of heavy metals at the same time that seems to cause immune supression, resulting in a more agressive cancer. Therefore excessive protein diets isn't helpful as it thickens the blood causing less mobility of blood and it is why fish oil and vitamin E are helpful too. It has an effect of blood thinner and it is why people who eat more vegetables (90% of all food at least) would have a better chance to fight off the cancer.

As to why B17 such as eating 3-5 apricot pits a day is anti cancer that is not described that much (B15 pangamic acid is found in apricot pits too), is that the differences between cancer cells and healthy cells is that the healthy cells has rhodanase while cancer cells has beta-glucosidase. The rhodanase converts the B17 (or amydalin, or nitrilosides) into a food, while the cancer cells convert the beta-glucosidase into hydrogen cyanide and benzaldehyde. Therefore, it causes cancer cells to commit suicide as it is cell specific and isn't killing healthy cells, but only cancer cells. The most toxic substance to cancer cells isn't hydrogen cyanide either, it is actually benzaldehyde, which is found in bitter almonds and is a flavoring sometimes used in many foods and natural products, such as apricot pits. My experience have also witnessed the eugenol (found in clove oil) and also benzaldehyde (bitter almond oils) added in drops can also further help in killing cells. These are flavoring compound that I found helpful.

Ted"

07/20/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Skin Tag Update:

In a couple of cases, I have found skin tags and colon polyps were connected to heavy metals found in anti perspirant product which is aluminum compound that seems to initiate skin tag. The use of this can result in even more excessive sweat as the body tries to get rid of heavy metals. But also, if certain person takes excessive levels of potassium and lack of sodium, excessive perspire can also happen, but not as often as the body trying to rid of toxins. Skin tags disappears when heavy metals are removed from the body (not all cases) - I have as yet to prove whether it happens in a majority of cases. What I do know is aluminum is for one causing skin tags, and copper is another one, however, it i cannot exclude other metals to initiate skin tags. Therefore, metal chelators, and avoiding contaminats may help, so not just polyps but also skin tags. A heavy metal source, as I found (such as polyps) can originate from smoking cigarettes too, not just tap water. Common metal chelators I used is EDTA, cilantro, and chlorella. My favorite seems to be EDTA, but the dose I used is a lot smaller, and is dissolved in greater dilution in a liter of water, such as 100 mg per liter of drinking water, with some baking soda added too. Basically it is done mostly to remove free heavy metals I have found in my drinking water source and does remove some heavy metals from both the drinking water and what is found inside the body.

One theory as to why heavy metals causes skin tags or colon polyps is free heavy metals are free radicals and this reduces the body's immune system. Interestingly aluminum does this on two fronts, and causes blood cells to precipitate from a colloidal solution in the body too. But metals in general, once immune system is reduced, the skin tags and colon polyps are formed. Therefore, one of the possibilities is these are either fungal form or viral form, which is thought to be HSV type of virus. Interestingly HSV has a couple of major weakness, a weak potassium permanganate solution (1:10000 dilution) is one, but also, povidone iodine solution (applied 5-6 times a day), and perhaps a 20% solution of zinc acetate topical solution is one other possibilities. This is why some people report skin tag improvements with application of iodine, either lugol's solution or the povidone iodine. One of the best antiviral HSV is the iodine, but also other possibilities exist for zinc and potassium permanganate.

Ted"

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[YEA]  07/28/2008: Monica A. from Texas writes: "Just wanted to see if you all wanted to continue praying to stop the violence and the shooting and killings? There are so much violence not only in other countries but here as well. The killings are everywhere and I believe we need to pray for all of these to stop no matter what the motive behind them is. I used to live in the Texas-Mexico border city of El Paso, now there are daily shootings between drug cartels and cops in the Mexican city of Juarez, and advise people living in El Paso to be careful because the shootings will be crossing over the border. That hit me right at home, literally, all of my family is there. About two weeks ago there were 12 people dead, including children, in one day! But we really don't hear this on the news. I heard because I watch Mexican News. So it's not only other countries, it's everywhere and it is a very serious problem, I don't want my kids to grow up in such an unhealthy world, where all the news is bad news.

Please let's all come together and pray for peace and a non-violent agreement to live and let live.

Thank you for your consideration,

Monica"

WEBSITE COMMENTS

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11/17/2009: Joseph from Lake Worth, Fl writes: "Is it best to contact ted email directly or go thru EC site for Health Questions for him. I sent emails to his parhat email address but I'm not sure if he received it ?"

EC: Hi Joseph,

Ted probably received your email, but doesn't have time to respond to many questions, unfortunately. Also, he won't answer a question if he's covered the topic in previous answers.

Either emailing Ted or submitting a question to the site is about the same.

11/15/2009: Thracia from Decatur, Il writes: "Hi, I have written twice now about the same questions and have not seen either post. Am I doing something wrong or looking in the wrong place? I wait 24 hours and go to latest post. Thanks, Thracia"

EC: Hi Thracia, since your post was addressed to Ted, you can find it on Ted's Latest Q&A page. The icon for this page is the big ? at the top of the latest posts page, next to the Paw icon. http://www.earthclinic.com/latest_questions.html

The other page where your question has been posted is the Q&A section of Fibromyalgia Remedies here: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/fibromyalgia_remedies_questions.html#Question_2788

11/14/2009: Rose from Hyderabad, India writes: "Just wanted to know why Acupressure is not included in the Remedies section?"

EC: Hi Rose.

Thanks for the suggestion - an acupressure page is long overdue! A new Remedies page for ACUPRESSURE has just been created and all applicable posts copied to the new page.

11/08/2009: Ahj from San Diego, Ca writes: "Acronyms and Abbreviations

I would like to suggest that you take the time to spell out your three letter abbreviations and acronyms (such ACV for apple cider vinegar, for example). To read a post that uses these if one does not already know what they are is irritating and completely defeats the purpose of communicating.

Alternatively you could make links out of all these abbreviations to a nomenclature page which gave the meanings. This would make your whole site more effective and reduce the bewildering array of undefined terms."

EC: Hi Ahj,

We already have a page for Acronyms and Abbreviations - it just must not be clearly visible. We link to it on the remedy and ailments index pages: http://www.earthclinic.com/guides.html.

We'll start spelling out more acronyms in the new, incoming posts. Thanks for bringing this up.

11/07/2009: Mary Anne from Virginia Beach, Va writes: "What has happened to Ted? I value his input, knowledge and compentence. I have not seen any post from him lately. I trust his answers. How can we e-mail him? PLEASE respond. I know many of the readers are asking the same question."

EC: Ted is very much around as of last week and has been answering quite a few questions. Please check Ted's Latest Q&A page for his responses to questions. You can also email him: parhat@yahoo.com. Just remember that he gets dozens of questions emailed to him each day (on top of the ones that we instant message to him) and only has time to respond to a few.

11/04/2009: Merryanne from Orange City, Florida, USA writes: "Hi, Deirdre

I am trying to print from Ted' Q&A,,I want print, It goes to sore throat...what is wrong with the print command??
Merryanne"

EC: Hi Merryanne.

Thanks for mentioning the problem. Will have the programmer fix the issue asap. In the meantime, you might want to copy and paste the Q&A onto a Word document and print it that way. I will post again when he's fixed it.

11/12/2009: Deirdre from Earth Clinic replies: "Hi Merryanne,

Thank you so much for bringing the printing of posts issue to our attention. All printing issues (which were numerous) have been fixed!

Deirdre"

10/20/2009: Anonymous from Malibu, California, USA writes: "I clicked on to "my account" and "feedback", yet I cannot find my feedback anywhere on your website.

Where can I find it? I would like to add a "P.S." to the allergies post. THANK YOU!"

EC: Hi Anonymous. Do you see any links in "My Feedback" after you log in? If so, clicking on them should direct you to your posts. If not, hmmmm... we've run a few tests just now and can see the links just fine.

In the meantime, you can find your recent posts on the Latest Pets Posts section here: http://www.earthclinic.com/latest_petposts.html. You will find the icon (a paw) to the Latest Pets page at the top of our Latest Posts page. Clicking on the link at the top of your feedback will take you directly to the inside page where your feedback has been posted. Hope this makes sense!

P.S. If anyone else cannot see links to their posts in the "My Feedback" section after logging in, please let us know.

10/19/2009: Pam from Sioux Falls, Sd writes: "Is this site on StumbleUpon? IDK how to list you but somebody should! Thanks again."

EC: Not sure if it is, but thanks for mentioning it!

10/15/2009: Tricia from Ireland writes: "The follwing lines are still showing up in place of some older posts :-

Warning: Missing argument 5 for showPostLinks(), called in /var/www/vhosts/earthclinic.com/httpdocs/CURES/questions.php on line 187 and defined in /var/www/vhosts/earthclinic.com/httpdocs/functions.php on line 454"

EC: Thank you so much, Tricia. I thought this had been fixed a couple of weeks ago. It appears on all of the Q&A pages!

Deirdre

10/08/2009: Susie from Sedona, Az writes: "Or is this how people post -- on this "feedback" thing? I didn't find it on the Home page -- I only found it on the Earth prayer page. Can it be made more clear? or am I just missing it somehow? I've referred your site to many, many people over the years. Now I want to post some things. Thanks! GREAT site! "

EC: Hi Susie,

There is a link at the very top right corner of every page called "Give Feedback". Do you not see it?

Home Give Feedback Donate Register

10/07/2009: Alain from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada writes: "Hi

When I use Firefox the look of the "latest post" page is fine. When I use the version of IExplorer I have i.e. version 6, the threads look less nice. Basically, the part of the thread that is hidden, i.e. the part between the topmost post and the explode/implode icon is shown has sometimes a huge white block. It is hard to explain.

I just wanted to make you aware of this.

Thanks

Alain"

EC: Thanks, Alain! We will look into it and try to correct the problem. The site definitely looks best on the most recent version of Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox!

10/05/2009: Lita209 from Sanford, Fl, USA writes: "I don't know how I got there but I found a page where gives you information about all your contributors like Ted, Joyce, etc. I am trying to get there today and I cannot find it. Can you tell under what I should look? Thanks!"

EC: Yes, you can find the bios to two independent contributors, Joyce and Ted, on the "About Us" page. http://www.earthclinic.com/support.html. The link to this page is located the set of links at the bottom of every page, (along with our terms of service, copyright, contact us, and search links).

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