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Updated: 03/18/2010

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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.

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2 QUESTIONS

01/28/2010: Cindy from Ch, Wi writes: "ads: is this something new or something i just haven't noticed before-the ads for prescriptions and walgreens on your site?"

EC: Hi Cindy,

Any company in the world can create a google ad, which then gets triggered on a multitude of websites by certain key words. There are many, many different ads cycling through EC each day, too many to monitor. Also, ads vary by location. We've banned a number of offensive and creepy ads that have shown up on the site but frankly don't have the time/staff/energy to see what's cycling through every five minutes!

01/29/2010: The_phoenix from Townsville, Australia replies: "Hi All,

Really the ads are not a problem. I seldom notice them. It is very expensive to run a site like this, especially as it becomes more and more successful and can't be managed by one person. Not to mention upgrades to keep up with new technology. If the ads help EC pay for the technicians to make this an even better site well that is great.

Also, I am all for 'my own' running New Age projects, rather than driving trucks for a living. Better for them, better for us and better for the World that their talents aren't wasted on the Old World Order (OWO).

Anyway, I kinda like the idea that Google is sponsoring grass roots health activism. I think the joke is on them, don't you?"

EC: Thank you!

01/29/2010: Cindy from Ch, Wi replies: "sorry if i implied any disrespect to anyone that was not my intent, i am grateful for earth clinic!"

EC: No worries, we appreciate all your feedback, Cindy!

01/27/2010: Bev from Long Beach, Ca writes: "New Topic - Home and Garden

Is anyone interested in having a new topic for natural uses in the home and controlling pests in the garden?"

EC: We have those sections on our environmentalist sister site, Earth Clinic Planet.

01/29/2010: Bev from Long Beach, Ca replies: "Thank you. I had no idea that site existed."

EC: Good to know, thanks!

01/30/2010: Rkymtsprt from Missoula, Montana replies: "Whoopie...yahoooo...wheeee.....I'm like a kid with a new toy!!!! A sister-site? This is too good to be true, I will be devouring all the info all day today. How great is this, thank you to all!"

EC: Is everyone missing the big "Switch To" Planet logo at the top of every page? Must be! ECP (Earth Clinic Planet) has been up for months now!

Daniel is running things over there, so please send him any feedback/comments/ideas. There's a new design on the way for our little sister.

01/31/2010: Rkymtsprt from Missoula, Montana replies: "Hi EC. Most likely not "everyone" is missing out the new sister-site, for myself, I use a bookmark for the Latest Posts only, quickly scroll to those of relevance for me, and consequently had not yet been aware of the Earth Clinic Planet Logo (hence my joyous reply to y'all yesterday). I felt a tad chastised by the tone of your note under my post! Had I known, I would certainly have directed my giddiness to Daniel."

EC: Oops, sorry, didn't mean to make you feel chastised whatsoever! We love giddiness!

01/25/2010: Dexterforme from Pikeville, Tn writes: "re: Joyce from Joelton, TN

I have been lurking at this site for two years or more. I look for cures for all my friends, and constantly recommend this site to all. I would like to talk with Joyce via email to discuss the merits of going into one of the many natural healing areas. Thanks for a wonderful site!!!"

01/19/2010: Francisca from Michelbach-le-bas, France writes: "I am new to this site and therefore have a couple of questions. It seems to me that members who ask questions never manage to reach the person in question because there is no possibility to keep following a thread we are interested to. Am I right? I have reacted to a few postings and posted some questions but as I am not notified when someone adds something useful I will never know.

Another question, a lot of people talk about Blackstrap Molassos but even my husband who is British has never heard of it. Is any type of Molassos we buy in the shops the same thing or is thing something American? In the UK there is Treacle available in any supermarket but also Molassos available in the health shops but I have never seen Blackstrap Molassos. I would like to try it but as I live in France the costs to have it send in case one buys online are horrendous. Online one does find blackstrap Molassos in the UK.

I find your site very interesting but I really think that it would be even more interesting if people can get real answers to their questions without having to look through the whole site on a regular basis.

Best regards,

Francisca"

EC: Hi Francisca, thank you for your feedback. Adding a "notify me" and "add to favorites" icon is on out "to do" list for the programmers (an outside company). In the meantime, however, if you are a registered user, you can simply look up your posts in the "My Feedback" section in your account and follow the link to find your post quickly.

We'll let someone from your area of the world answer the question about blackstrap molasses!

01/19/2010: Phil from Belfast, Uk replies: "Reference Blackstrap Molasses in the UK - I reside in Ireland and can purchase it online at a very reasonable cost including P&P

There are a lost of sellers who will send it free of charge if you search the Internet

I hope this will help"

01/19/2010: Laurie from Belleville, Ontario, Canada replies: "Hi Francisca I think I found the answer to your question.
You see, as I recall growing up "treacle" was the brand name for blackstrap molasses; at least here in Canada.

I found 3 websites which explain it well (the last one I think may be best)
I really hope these will be of some help to you and your husband.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/387922/molasses

Just under the word ARTICLE you will see this
" agricultural product
also called Treacle, "


Also check out the WEBSTER Dictionary version (note: entry # 2 -a )

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treacle
Main Entry: : trea·cle
Pronunciation: %u02C8tr%u0113-k%u0259l
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English triacle, from Anglo-French, from Latin theriaca, from Greek th%u0113riak%u0113 antidote against a poisonous bite, from feminine of th%u0113riakos of a wild animal, from th%u0113rion wild animal, diminutive of th%u0113r wild animal — more at fierce
Date: 14th century
1 : a medicinal compound formerly in wide use as a remedy against poison
2 chiefly British a : molasses b : a blend of molasses, invert sugar, and corn syrup used as syrup -- called also golden syrup
3 : something (as a tone of voice) heavily sweet and cloying

And this one provides a simpler version:
http://www.ochef.com/316.htm

Laurie"

EC: I was brought up on Golden Syrup (my mother is British) and it definitely isn't blackstrap molasses, so be careful not to buy that!

Deirdre

01/16/2010: Linda from York County, Maine writes: "Latest Posts page

....it seems that the next button isn't working...would it be not working just for me? I remained on page one; tried it twice and thought you would like to know."

EC: Thanks, Linda. You're right, the Next--> link it isn't working on any of the 5 Latest Posts pages! We'll have the programmer fix the it asap.

01/14/2010: Phoenix75 from Carmel, Ca, U.s.a. writes: "Hi,

Per your instructions on this website I sent a rather detailed email to Ted's email address, but I have not heard back from him...I am wondering if he is too swamped, or if I should actually post the questions in my email to the website instead?"

EC: Unfortunately Ted only answers a handful of questions now and again. Best if you post your question on the Latest Posts page of the site for our frequent readers.

01/01/2010: Mjnancy from Grayslake, Il, United States writes: "I have a question I want to post. Where and how do I do that? Thank you."

EC: Hi Mjnancy - just use the general feedback form on the site. Once reviewed, your question will either appear http://www.earthclinic.com/latest_questions.html (for Ted to answer) or on the Latest Posts page (for our readers to answer).

12/26/2009: Earth Clinic writes: "Hello everyone,

It seems to be somewhat cylical, but every so often it seems we get submissions on the site that are weird and/or mean-spirited. And every day we get a good number of posts that are clever attempts to promote products, herbs or supplements. This is just a reminder to our registered users to please flag any posts that make you uncomfortable, that you feel are inappropriate, or that strike your intuition as "not quite right". Registered users will see a red flag icon at the bottom of every post when they are logged into their accounts that they can click on. If you are not a registered user, you can simply reply to any post with the word FLAGGED and we will review the post you have flagged.

Thanks so much!"

12/27/2009: Earth Clinic replies: "Thank you so much, guys! Multiple users have flagged a post as inappropriate on our Latest Posts page, so it has been removed (as well as the posts from the angry responders, sorry about that)."

12/23/2009: Mary from Mukilteo, Wa writes: "Now that I have my printer fixed I cannot find the formula for a remedy that you apply to the bottom of your feet which contains clove bud oil, jojoba, lavendar and I believe eucalyptus. I have searched on my own and can't find it.
Any suggestions?

Thanks"

EC: Sorry, we moved the Thieves Oil thread to the essential oils remedy section...

http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/essential-oils.html#TO_36357

12/17/2009: Beverley from London, United Kingdom writes: "In the first instance - thank you so much for this wonderful site. I have been a regular visitor for many years now and both I and my family & friends have benefitted enormously from the information here.

Turning to my website comment...For over a month now I have noticed very large gaps between individual posts. This means I often have to scroll down quite far before the next post comes into view. It never used to appear like this and I wonder if this is a glitch in the formatting/programming?

Many thanks,

Beverley "

EC: Hi Beverley,

Thank you so much for the feedback. Would you be kind enough to send me the url to a page where you see this issue? Would be greatly appreciated. Also, can you tell me what browser you are viewing the website on? My programmer makes changes to the site quite often, but no one has reported this issue before, nor can I find large gaps on any pages). Sometimes deleting your browser history and cache and then restarting your browser corrects page errors or refreshes the template with the most recent programming changes.

Deirdre

appreciated!

12/18/2009: Alain from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada replies: "Answer about big gaps in posts (latest posts)

If you check one of my earlier post I mentioned this as well. For me it occurs when I use IExplorer 6.

My conclusion is the big gaps are the spaces occupied by the rest of the thread which appear shrinked with some browser but they are like opened with no text shown when IExplorer 6 is used.

Alain"

EC: Okay, thanks Alain. I will get the programmer to fix it asap. Appreciated!

Deirdre

12/20/2009: Maureen from Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada replies: "Hi Deirdre,

I had the exact same problem when the up/down arrow buttons were first introduced. On my P.C. which had Internet Explorer 7 at the time things worked fine. On my husbands laptop which had Internet Explorer 6 at the time, it showed the large gaps between posts that had previous posts attached. The gap size depended on the size of the previous posts. When Internet Explorer was updated to 7 (now 8). The problem went away.

Maureen"

EC: Thanks so much Maureen, very helpful!

Deirdre

12/22/2009: Beverley from London, United Kingdom replies: "Thank you very much for your feedback Alain and Maureen. I am indeed using Internet Explorer 6, so this may well be the problem. I will try Deirdre's suggestion first to delete my browser history and cache, then restarting the browser to see if this makes any difference. If that does not work I will look into updating Internet Explorer (surely long overdue anyway!).

Kind regards,

Beverley"

EC: Hi Beverley,

Sorry, it looks like deleting your history and cache won't help. My programmers just told me that the gap issue is due to users viewing the Latest Posts page on an older browser. The Latest Posts page is best experienced with IE7 (and up) and Firefox 2 (and up). I need to put a note on the Latest Posts page about this so that others can update their browsers too if they are experiencing the same gap issues. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

12/13/2009: Baldev from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India writes: "Migraines

How do we find Ted's recomendations on perticular ailment ? What we see is individual experiences and suggestions and some times the answer of Ted to some question. Thanks"

EC: Hi Baldev,

If Ted has made a recommendation, it will either be at the top of the table of contents menu called "Ted's Remedies" or it will be in the section called "Questions & Answers", also at the top of the toc menu on each page.

Unfortunately, the migraine page does not have anything listed from Ted in either section. However Ted has answered a couple of questions on the headache remedy Q&A page: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/headache_questions.html

12/02/2009: Madan Iyengar from Karnataka, Republic Of India writes: "ted ... you are doind a wonderful job by posting your views, observations and uses keep it up... looking forward to more of it"

12/01/2009: Celteyes from Pearland, Texas writes: "I don't know how to look up testimonials from other people. I've searched the site but don't know how to find specific people and their posts. Would someone please direct me?

I love this site! So thankful for everyone."

EC: Hi Celteyes. If you can't find someone's post but know his/her name, send it to us and we'll help you search for it. The more information you can remember, the better.

Google search (at the top of each page on our site) is supposed to have every post indexed, but some posts do slip through the cracks.

12/01/2009: Lg from Vancouver, Washington writes: "I was trying to acquire some information about the H. Pylori, and as I was reading there are a lot of abbreviations that I have no idea what they stand for. ACV PUD There were others, but I can't remember what they were. Some were linked to remedies that I would like to try, but I have no idea what goes in them. Is there a list of abbreviations somewhere, or some way to find out what they stand for?"

EC: Hi LG,

Here are is a short list of abbreviations on our site: http://www.earthclinic.com/guides.html

ACV is the acronym for Apple Cider Vinegar
PUD is the acronym for Peptic Ulcer Disease

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!

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