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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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09/23/2009: Kerry from Portland, Or writes: "Thanks Earth Clinic! You're awesome. You've helped me get rid of Bacterial Vaginosis and recurring UTIs. Now I'm onto toenail fungus. Just one more ailment and hopefully I won't need you anymore! (don't take offense).
Love ya-
Kerry"
EC: Thanks for the support. Good luck with the nail fungus! Let us know how it goes -- it's one tricky bugger of an ailment!
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09/22/2009: Bibi from Los Angeles, California writes: "I am enjoying your website and learning much, thank you! Question; someone mentioned they used ACV for some cures I need. If you could please explain what it means.
thank you,
bibi"
EC: Hi Bibi,
ACV stands for Apple Cider Vinegar!
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09/16/2009: Ereg from Miami, Fl writes: "I am thankul for this website. I am thankful that there are websites created for womanly issues. I did not have a car, but I was dying to try ACV. I got a ride to my local store. Right now, in this very moment, I am feeling much better than I felt in days. I dont know how many thanks I can give: but just as a start, thanks a million!"
EC: Thanks for the support! Please send us your feedback (if you like) as we have no idea what ailment you are using ACV for!
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09/08/2009: Baldev from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India writes: "Where can one see all the posts so far sent by Ted, on different subjects?"
EC: Click on the ? icon (next to the paw icon) at the top of the Latest Posts page and it will take you to 100 of Ted's Latest Q&A.
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08/10/2009: Connie from Manitowoc, Wisconsin writes: "It would be really nice to have the option of clicking a check-box that allows a participants name/city/state/country to be remembered so we don't have to reenter the info every time we respond. Might that be a possibility?
I absolutely love this site. You all are doing a fantastic job and such a huge service to the people who come here, and to those they tell about these remedies. Thank you so much for all your efforts :)
May God bless you and yours."
RepliesEC: Thanks for the suggestion and for all of your feedback posts! 2 weekends ago we launched the registered user section, which eliminates the need to enter your name, city and state for all posts. Once registered, you just need to log in.
Here's the registration page: http://www.earthclinic.com/register.php
08/11/2009: Tricia from Ireland replies: "hi to all. I registered and was told there would be an confirmation e-mail sent before full registration would take place. I didn't receive this and so assumed I had done something wrong. When I tried to re-register I'm told my e-mail is already in use. EC, maybe you can guide me in the right direction, thanks."
EC: Hi Tricia, sorry you didn't receive the email with the authorization passcode. Occasionally it ends up in Junk mail and occasionally the server attached to your email account will reject it as spam and you will never see it. Please email deirdre@earthclinic.com with the screen name you used when you registered and we will send you the authorization code. Thank you!
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07/26/2009: JB from Montreal, QC, Canada writes: "I'm a resident of Canada for many years (perfectly trilingual, English/French/Spanish), and I keep communication with many relatives and friends around the globe. Specifically, I would like to know if you ever think that your wonderful web page will become bilingual English/Spanish or some articles in Spanish or if you know or own a web page like this one that can be accessible to Spanish speaking people that do not speak English.
I will appreciate your help, there many people no-English speaking looking for articles like the ones published here.
Regards,
JB"
EC: Thank you for your feedback. We did start this endeavor Summer, 2008 (see the acv in spanish page), but it turned out to be far too costly for a website like ours and stopped short!
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05/29/2009: PR from Houston, Texas writes: "EC: I know a lot of people have been helped by this site and Ted's postings and would like to show appreciation by sharing a donation or love offering. I have talked with some folks you stated they didn't know there was a link where you could donate. My suggestion is to change the color of the link and use a bigger font so it will standout. Thanks again for this site!!! "
EC: Thank you for the suggestion, PR, much appreciated!
Deirdre
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05/20/2009: Alain from Ottawa, Canada writes: "Hi EC A little suggestion about your pH balance links.
The pH Balance link appears in the [Ailments] page. Yet the Second line in the
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/pH.html page is "Best Home Remedies to Balance pH Levels!".
It has always been a source of confusion for me to find the reference to the pH balance page.
I would like to suggest
1) to add the "pH Balance" and "pH balance - Q&A" links as well to the [Remedies] page.
2) to add a link in the "Alkalizing Formulas" page to the "pH Balance page" and vice versa.
Thanks for your great site.
Alain"
EC: Thank you for the great suggestion, Alain. Yes, those 2 pages were confusing. Made some title name changes, added the links. Hopefully this is better!
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05/19/2009: Paul from Hudson, FL writes: "I really don't understand the exhuberance that borders on cult for ACV. I have looked at the site and ACV apparently cures every illness known to man and it is the most favored remedy for everything. That, on it's face, is a bit much and makes me tend to not take the remedies too seriously.
Especially when there is a lot of information on the health benefits of getting your diet more alkaline. All those foods we think of as 'bad foods', are mostly acid -- all the meats and sweets, etc. And all the foods we think of as 'good' are alkaline -- like the veggies and legumes and nuts and seeds, etc.
And yet, the A1, top ranked remedy for most of the things I looked at was to add the acidic Vinegar to the diet. I actually think it has caused me some trouble. When I take it I start to get wheezy. And it's bad for your teeth.
So, to me, there appears to be a need to be a bit more objective about this so we can get to some real, working remedies and ease away from what appear to be placebo remedies."
RepliesEC: Thousands of posts about the effectiveness of apple cider vinegar and you're calling it a placebo remedy? Funny!!
Had you done a little more research on the subject on this site, you would find that apple cider vinegar creates an alkaline pH.
05/20/2009: Rob from Manhattan, New York replies: "yes, the placebo effect cannot be ruled out....but with so many reporting positive responses, when does that in itself become "Science."
The gold standard of science being the double blind placebo is great but can be flawed as well....
Even for one person who says something has worked for him when for so many it hasn't is valid. Perhaps that one person took it along with something else that enabled it to work beyond the placebo effect.
As we are learning there are so many X-factors in the equation that Science isn't necessarily "science".. Meaning that there are infinite variables that lie outside the double blind studies....Thus I find these posts fascinating...all little pieces of the puzzle, some science, some intuition..some crazy, but all human."
05/21/2009: Tim from Princeton, NJ replies: "ACV creates an alkaline PH in your body the same way the real Lemon juice does. I detox my body by fasting, once in a month, using real lemon juice with distilled water. ACV, Lemon and Lime juices are acidic in nature but creates an alkaline pH in your body."
05/21/2009: Anonymous from Brazil replies: "Paul, let's play devils advocate for a bit:
Assuming AVC (or any other remedie on this site) offers nothing but placebo effect: wouldn't placebo be better than taking possibly toxic medication which costs MONEY and TIME, through the use of an expensive "DOCTOR"? What do you have to lose? Are you saying that a couple of tablespoons of vinegar a day is more toxic than, say, antibiotics or cortizone? Does it cost more? Are there more side effects to vinegar consumption than taking western medicine?
Sorry bud, but there will never be the proven "real remedy" you talk about, simply because no one is interested in spending millions(ssssss) in FDA trials to prove that something like vinegar, which can't be patented, is more effective than whatever it is that the healthcare industry is trying o push on us in a given day, with the help of our government(s), under the disguise of a World Health Organization (ie: US pharma industry puppet).
It looks like you came into this site with your mind made up about a lot of things. And that's fine. You make your choices, you live with them. A lot of people here are making other choices, and are happy with it! They don't need any convincing from people like you."
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05/17/2009: Earth Clinic writes: "One of our readers recently requested a new page devoted to sexual abuse and has submitted feedback on the subject. This is an immensely uncomfortable subject, but we'd be interested in hearing your views on the subject. If you wish to remain anonymous, please enter "Anon" on the first name, city and state fields of the Contact Us form.
To keep the page from sinking into a dark abyss, ideally we'd like to receive feedback from people who have healed themselves from the trauma of sexual abuse.
Here's the new page: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/sexual-abuse.html"
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05/13/2009: Deirdre from Earth Clinic writes: "Just wanted to let you all know that Joyce is back home and recovering in leaps and bounds! She is back on the computer and emailing up a storm (hoorah!), so I expect that we will see some posts from her shortly...
Thank you for all your warm wishes and healing energy for Joyce. What a wonderful community we have here."
Replies05/14/2009: T from Maryland, USA replies: "Wonderful news! Welcome home, Joyce :)"
05/15/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "Hello to all my EC family,Happy to announce that thanks to a lot of prayers, wonderful medical care, I am off my DND (Danged near Dead) perch and happily back at home with my family and feeling very loved by all.
Let me get on my soapbox for a few minutes and tell you all when you are sick and know it, get yourself to the doctor. If you don't feel like sitting up, call an ambulance and if you are afraid of embarrassing yourself and medical staff, I can assure you it won't be the first time a nurse or doctor got pooped or peed on. I am not quite up to par yet but getting there by leaps and bounds. I am sitting here now thinking that I can plant my 8 tomato plants tomorrow if I can catch a time when Danny isn't looking. I'll leave my blueberry bushes for him to plant because they require a larger hole.
Thanks to all of you for your prayers and concerns and may God continue blessing us all. Hoping to catch up on 3 weeks of e mail and then getting back to learning and sharing on EC.
Love you all."
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05/01/2009: Linda from York County, Maine writes: "Hello Earth Clinic! I'm curious about how responses are posted...each response is posted as a separate entry along with the original comment; I wonder if you think it would make sense to have all responses appear continuously and subsequently with the original comment? You're probably way ahead of me and have asked your programmer about this already. I apologize if this is repeats of a question already asked and hope what I've said makes sense to you all! I absolutely don't skip more than one day logging on to earthclinic.com!"
RepliesEC: Thanks so much for the feedback. Are you referring to posts that appear on the Latest Posts page? If so, we have tried posting everything that falls underneath an original post, but it turned the Latest Posts page into a total mess with far too many posts. I realize this is an issue and will have the programmer work on it some more!
Deirdre
05/02/2009: S. from Nicosia, Cyprus replies: "Hi Earth Clinic - totally agree with Linda's politely and sensitively worded 'website comment' where Linda says ''I wonder if you think it would make sense to have all responses appear continuously and subsequently with the original comment?'' I have myself have asked Earth Clinic this and as I am so happy to have found this brilliant Earth Clinic site, please anyone let me know if our approach is not so logical or possible after all :-) ."
EC: If someone can find us a good example of this kind of layout on another website with a "Latest Posts" section, we will see if the programmer can do it.
Thanks!
05/02/2009: T from Maryland, USA replies: "Well, this is the Latest Posts page, so that's what we get here :) I think it's fine as it is. Posting the entire thread on this page every time a post gets a response will take up a LOT of space, and I personally don't want to wade through the same posts over and over again to try to find the newest ones. What I believe you're looking for already exists here, just a click away - if you're wanting to see earlier responses/all responses to a particular post, all you have to do is click the post title (click the Acai berry scam title lower down on this page for an example)."
EC: Thanks, T! This is exactly what our programmer has told us when we've brought up the issue before!
05/03/2009: Linda from York County, Maine replies: "Thanks for your point of view, T, makes perfect sense!"
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04/28/2009: Imran from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan writes: "I like to request all the members and visitors who post remedies at this website or any other such website. Please do mention the dose you have used of that remedy. and if possible please also post the image of that remedy/herb, so that the other could easily recognize and understand the remedy/herb.
Thanks
Imran Shaikh"
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04/21/2009: Gene DePoris from Sarasota, FL USA writes: "I have shingles and I entered a response, having taken Apple Cider & Vinegar. I would like to update my response but frankly don't remember my password. Be that as it may, here are 3 quick suggestions:
1.The responses for Apple Cider Vinegar are not sequential by date. You have, for example, a 2007 than 2006 than later. It makes the site seem far less used and posted on than it actually is.If I saw something saying 2006 as entree #2, I'd go looking for a newer site.
2. My entry was in great depth. However, if someone looked up just Apple Cider Vinegar, it would not show up on their search. Even though many under the 'ACV' catagory deal with ACV plus other ingredients, mine is in 'ACV+Cayenne'. If someone doesn't put that in, they won't see it.
3. Last suggestion: Why not allow searches by either/both ingredient & disease. Not MIX of ingredients. If I want to learn about ACV, let me know all the other things people are tinkering with along with ACV?
Best,
Gene"
EC: Gene, thank you for your feedback. Your original feedback was posted to the Shingles page, not to the Apple Cider Vinegar page.
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/shingles.html#ACVC
You do not need a password to update your post, simply click the icon below it and enter your text (plus spam code).
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04/21/2009: Theo from Ottawa, ON writes: "Hi Deidre,
Would it be possible to add anchor links for each posting? For example, a lot of times I would like to save the link to a particular posting on my computer. I know if I go into the HTML I can get the anchor id for a particular article. For example:
http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/raw_food.html#CABBAGE_14062
But I could like to just click on the YEA or perhaps have another icon beside the mail icon which is the link to the posting. That way I could easily copy and paste it.
thanks,
-theo "
EC: Thanks for the idea. I will send you feedback to our programmer and see what he thinks!
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04/18/2009: Rena from UK writes: "Hi, I've been looking in your website where can I post a question and couldn't find it. How people posts them???? If it exist this option where can I find it?? it should be more clear for your readers.
regards"
EC: Thanks for the feedback. We have made changes to the top of the contact us page to indicate that you can use this page for questions as well. For more information, please read the instructions here.
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04/10/2009: Tee from Chicago, Il writes: "I love the site but I have a suggestion. I dont know if it's possible but I think the lastest post should just run continously.Sometimes I run across a really interesting post but when it's moved sometimes I dont know exactly where to look for it."
EC: Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, the Latest Posts page would take forever to load if we increased the # of posts on this page (especially for those on dial-up), so we have it set to 100 parent posts maximum before they drop off the page. If you ever can't find a post, just email us and we'll find it for you! New posts take a few days to register on Google's search results.
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03/30/2009: Shel from Eugene, OR writes: "I have gone through the website and made notes on all the "conditions" that apply to me. What I'm wondering, now, is how to know which remedies can be taken simultaneously or even combined. I've had this problem before when trying to deal with more than one issue at the same time. Perhaps an interaction database for all the recommended remedies could be compiled? A lot of work, I suppose, but I have long wished that such a thing existed or maybe it does and someone can put me on to it. Thanks"
RepliesEC: Thanks for your great comments, Shel. My initial thought is that it would be unwise for us to recommend combination of any remedies because of potential side effects and the fact that each person has different issues, pH levels, sensitivities, etc. Too many varying factors involved. That said, there are quite a good number of posts where readers have combined remedies, like apple cider vinegar with blackstrap molasses or turmeric.
Anyone else have comments about this?
Deirdre
03/31/2009: PR from Houston, TX replies: "Since providing information on what items could be combine would be difficult, could making a list of items of that should never be combined together be done?"
EC: Great idea, thanks. Will ask Ted about it...
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03/19/2009: Nancy from Simpsonville, SC, United States writes: "So glad that I came across your website!!!Have been battling with a sore tooth and I am looking forward to using some of the methods I found.Wish I would have found this alot sooner!!SO happy for this info and your concern to share this with others.Sincerley, Nancy"
EC: Thanks, Nancy. Welcome!
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03/16/2009: Glider from Los Angeles, CA writes: "Ted,
LOVE THIS SITE!
PROBLEM: Several people inquired as to the amount or dosage of boron/borax and you or anyone has NOT responded.
Ted, why publish anecdotal info unless we can duplicate it at home? This is really frustrating! Still love your site. :)
Glider"
EC: Glider, Ted is an independent contributor, not the owner of the site. Please let us know what ailment(s) you are interested in using boron/borax for. Ted gives exact borax dosages on many pages...
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03/12/2009: Suzi from Missoula, MT writes: "Hello again Earth Clinic
Wow, you actually took my suggestion for separating the "latest posts" into Pets and People!!! I feel so special that little old me made a difference...thank you for your time and attention, I love the cute graphic too. I think this a positive change for most of the users of this site, your programmers deserve KUDOS!!
EC is an integral part of my life and I've turned many friends, family and even some strangers on to it.
Suzi"
EC: Thank you for your support, Suzi. I do try to make requested changes as much as possible, especially when I know they will improve navigation on the site!
After spending a few hours putting them together, I proudly sent EC's web designer Robert the new little icons on the Latest Posts, Latest Pets and Latest Questions pages to see what he thought. He responded that they were "okay" but "very mysterious!!" I wrote back that while he might find them mysterious, they would make perfect sense to EC's regulars! I hope so...
Deirdre
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03/04/2009: Howard from Sydney, Australia writes: "I wrote to Ted last year re the correct dosage and use of SodiumPerborate but fear that my message may have ended up in the bin with the unwanted.What is the best way to contact him? Also, on those pages that are dedicated to queries for Ted, how come only some of those questions get a reply or is he sending a reply to them directly..
You guys put a lady from Texas in touch with me and it turned out to be helpful outcome.S o I`m hoping you can help me make this connection to
Best regards
Howard Thompson"
EC: Hi, Howard.
The best way to reach Ted is to email him. If he doesn't respond, you can also send us your question and ask that we forward it to Ted for response.
The unanswered questions on Latest Q&A are awaiting Ted's responses.. unfortunately he only has time as of late to answer a handful of them. We'll forward him your message.
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02/28/2009: Jamie from Central Coast, CA writes: "Hi,
It would be great if you had a presence on facebook. I just found you tonight and want to tell the world!! I oil pulled for the first time tonight. I've learned a ton about ACV and H2O2. All great stuff. I would love to show you off to my friends!
Thank you in advance!"
EC: Thank you for the request! Since you were the 3rd request for a Facebook presence, we went ahead and created a (very simple) page today: Here it is if you'd like to become a fan!
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02/18/2009: Sonsa from Phoenix, Arizona writes: "This site is full of valuable information! Thank you so much, everyone, for sharing!"
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02/16/2009: Andrea from Ontario, Canada writes: "Earth Clinic Setup: Please do not change into a forum! I love how you have this site set up. I tell everyone how easy it is to just be able to go to the "Latest Posts" page and browse through for new info each day. You have everything in Alphabetical Order for selecting specific areas of interest on the Ailments page and I love that too! Your site is simple, bright, and easy on the eyes, no fluff and no threads to navigate through to find something.
I have seen many forums turn into arguments and nastiness and what I love about your site is that it just is, what it is, information. It's easy to navigate and so nice to see just emails being posted daily! There are times I may have had a question about something, and when the time is right, the answer just appears on your site or I research it on the internet.
I love this site because it is soooo unique and such a quiet pleasurable place to come each day. Kind people have also responded on here to questions as well. It's a peaceful place to be which I look forward to coming to each day!
Thank you for this, for being different, for helping so many and to all the wonderful people who post."
EC: Thank you for your support, Andrea! No worries, we plan to keep EC the way it is. For the most part we screen out the nasty emails -- luckily they are few and far between.
The only change you will see on the site in the next week or so is the medical disclaimer that's currently at the bottom of each page must, at the advice of our lawyer, be moved to the top of each page!
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