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04/06/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello "Pain in Feet"

Re ... throbbing feet issue...

I realize you say everything was checked but the problem sounds like Sickle Cell; at least might be related. Different degrees and different times of onset. Distorted red blood cells are more likely to get "stuck" so one help might be Vitamin E which has been reputed to "slick down the platelets" as well doing the same in veins and arteries.

There are other symptoms you might be experiencing that could confirm SCD. Headaches, chest pains, jaundice and cold hands and feet.

Even if the problem is not red cell related; the problem might be helped by Vitamin E as it will help oxygenate extremities and clean out plaque.

Next, it NEVER hurts to add some magnesium to the system. I'd take Epsom Salts baths; even foot baths would be good.

On the E...use ONLY natural (d- alpha and NOT dl, which is synthetic). Start with 200 iu and work up to 800 IUs over three months.

Also "ginger" foot baths can help with circulation. Cut small sections of real ginger and heat in pot on stove. Pour into foot bath and add warm water. Let soak for 30 minutes. Repeat nightly for two weeks. If improved, repeat three or four times weekly. You would have just demonstrated that there is a circulation problem that must be worked on."

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, I left a couple things off my post. Can I retrieve it and make corrections? Thank you."

EC: Hi, just send another post with the extra info.

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thank you for the suggestions. I will check it out. I don't have any symptoms of SCD, but as you say it could be related. Oops I just realized I spelled podiatrist wrong in my first post! I forgot to mention I had a nerve conduction study and went to a few chiropractors too!"

04/08/2014: Happy from Up The Creek In Wv, Usa: "Chronically swollen feet are a symptom of mercury poisoning. I know you said someone checked your blood for mercury, but perhaps they missed it.

The proper way to check for mercury is with a DMPSA [chelater] challenge test. They have you drink some of this, then test your urine for the level of mercury in it, as chelated by the DMPSA chemical."

04/09/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, my physician/insurance wouldn't do the chelation, before and after urine test, so then I had a blood test to check metal levels. A nurse here at work has an affiliation with a lab so I paid for it out-of-pocket. The chemical levels turned out normal. But, I started taking DMSA for 3 months any way to see if it made any difference but my feet kept throbbing so I stopped taking it. It's weird, my feet throb all day/night, but they only swell if it's real hot outside."

04/10/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "I have had this problem for many yrs, except the pain part is not-so-bad as I have significant nerve damage in both feet as well, resulting in predominate numbness.

Mineral, especially Epsom Salt foot baths I take daily.

For heavy metal detox you can take Ted's recommended amounts of Sodium Thiosulfate without the prescription or supervision of a dr.

Detox Foot Pads and Ionic Foot Spa will remove toxins from the soles of feet. I use both these daily/nightly."

04/10/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thanks Timh. I will give these things a try!

I forgot to mention I already tried the Ionic foot bath and it didn't help my throbbing feet. But at least I've got the impurities out of my system due to a series of Ionic foot baths."

04/11/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Pain: If you don't experience any relief from these current recommendations, the single "most likely" causative problem (which I have long suspected) is "Leakey Gut Syndrome". With damage to the gut, undigested large food particles enter the bloodstream and the feet are the most blood circulated body part, hence the pain."

04/16/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky, Usa, I will definitely check out your leaky gut syndrome theory! Thank you for your time!"

04/17/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do update us on your results.

For healing of the intestines, first be sure to treat any infection or possibly parasitism as this damages the lining.

Second, Zinc & Vit-A are very important defense nutrients. As for actually stimulated epithelial lining regrowth, I have found a combination of DGL & Allantoin the best remedy.

From my personal history, the pain in feet began as I was stricken w/ aplastic anemia; within a few days the pain became very bad-to-intolerable. Pain meds didn't help much as I my gut was so damaged that absorption was very poor and I also had severe Candida. As a last resort to relieve the pain, I began using cold water foot baths then soon needed to add ice. My feet were burning w/ pain as the ice water quickly turned to hot water. This situation continued in severity until I needed F.B. 24/7. The 30 min trip to hospital without ice water was such severe pain as I screamed all the way. A Morphine I.V. beat the pain but I had large holes blown thru the my feet as well as damage to the bottoms or soles. Dr's said foot problem was frostbite, but from visual comparison to photos of Frostbite, well, no comparison. I somehow survived the ordeal and learned how to walk again (with help from walker or cane) about one yr later. Looking back, the only logical explanation was confirmed by heavy metal manganese poisoning. I also have immune dysfunction that may exacerbate the situation.

Hope my story helps to solve your riddle."

04/17/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello again Pain In Feet from Cal.

I responded to your first post with my suggestions and after reading Timh's suggestions, re read your post and follow ups. Know what? I think it would help if you gave us some more symptoms. There must be some more issues or symptoms to help you narrow the scope. We're sort of "shootin in the dark." And you've had LOTS of suggestions. Could you please list OTHER issues ... maybe or maybe not related. LIKE; meds you're taking; tingling in hands; throbbing in legs; vision problems; cold hands and cold feet (not just throbbing) etc. Anything to narrow the possibilities. Throbbing legs/feet could be onset MS. I've found over the years use of AEP (DR. Adkins go to for MS) is the charm for helping that. (Just PART of the MS protocol.) But we have no reason to suspect MS unless your symptoms pointed us that direction. Please...fill in the blanks."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. The only medication I take is birth control which I've been on for many years (longer than the feet throbbing pain). I stopped taking it for a few months to see if it made any difference. No changes. I have a rapid heart rate in the high 90's up to 102 beats per minute, but when I go easy on the salt for a couple of weeks, it goes back to normal, low 80's. I get checked every year, no high cholesterol, no high blood pressure & no diabetes.

I have a slight swelling on the left calf and a slight egg-size swelling above my left ankle. Most wouldn't notice it. I can't ride a bike or recumbent bike at the gym because the next day my feet hurt worse. Xrays from chiropractors show slight fusing on 1 disc but nothing to cause any problems especially since I don't have back or leg pain. I thought the source of the problem might be in my lower back or pelvic area for 2 reasons, one when I get on the floor and door stomach exercies/crunches, my feet hurt worse the next day and also

I use a kegel exerciser you squeeze between your thighs, not for the intended reason, but because it tightens the stomach, buttocks and saddle bag thighs. Doing that exercise makes my feet hurt worse the next day, but I do it periodically because it makes my thighs smaller! My hair has been thinning for about 25 years. Blood tests show my thyroid and endocrine system a little off but nothing drastic. I've been taking natural supplements for hair loss through a holistic healer which has helped. I have allergies all year - flower pollen & mold. That's about all the symptoms I have. I'm pretty healthy. I get a cold about once a year."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I asked my pcp if I could be tested for leaky gut syndrome and she said no because I would have acites, bloating and problems of leakage in my abdomen. Oh well, I will keep trying various suggestions to get to the bottom of the problem of my throbbing feet. I refuse to give up!"

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. 3 to 4 years ago I did have to go to a gastroenterologist for breath odor. It turns out I had a high bacterial content in my stomach. He had me take a natural supplement to bring back to appropriate bacteria levels. So that problem has been solved and didn't affect my throbbing feet in any way."

04/20/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do consider some cleanses and detoxification methods. Here are some links: http://earthclinic.com/CURES/parasites.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/gallstones.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/colon-cleansing.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/detoxification.html. Open a notepad and copy & paste the best info for your cleansing.

To stimulate the body's natural detox you need to boost Glutathione by supplementing NAC, and Melatonin (before retiring). Milk Thistle herb will strengthen the liver. Brocolli Sprout Extract or I3C will boost detox also. Any antioxidant supplements will help. Almost forgot, do also consider alkalizing remedies. "

04/20/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain In Feet from California:

Given the symptoms you posted to me;

Magnesium deficiency and circulation problem. If me, I'd get on 500 mg of magnesium (any kind) and Vitamin E (natural E; d alpha tocopherol). Start with 200 iu daily and increase to 400 in four weeks; then add to 400 another 200 four weeks later.

Mag and E compliment each other. I'd get up to 1, 000 IUs daily of E. Also I'd get on arginine. (Why? You referenced heart issues and salt matters. You can consume salt if you get Mag.) The fact that you lighten up on salt and the heart is improved is conclusive (in my book) you have a mag deficiency. Other things you mentioned suggest lack of circulation is the main problem; so again I'd get on E. E will definitely help with circulation. And adding Vitamin B3, niacin would not hurt. 250 mg; will cause a slight flush; read about it on the internet."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. I was wondering if I had a circulation problem too. I sent away a hair analysis last year and it tested a bunch of metals. The printout reads that my magnesium is too high. Is there a way I can improve my circulation without taking magnesium? Also I was getting the detox Ionic Foot baths last year so I think I o.k. as far as pulling out toxins."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I did the Ionic detox foot baths last year so I'm probably o.k. as for as detoxing. That's interesting about the parasites. I'm wondering since the throbbing in my feet has gone on for so many years, if I had parasites would the problem have magnified to other areas by now? What are your thoughts?"

04/21/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Many Naturalpathic Dr's recommend annual paracleanse regardless of symptoms, particularly if one is a pet owner.

This feet pain problem is something to do w/ toxic blood, from my perspective. My feet are very much a reflection of my liver health. This is why I recommended gallbladder cleanse and NAC/Melatonin, and Milk Thistle. I occasionally use a strong magnet therapy over my liver and afterwards my step is lighter, and my blood pressure lowers. Kidney cleanses are also recommended for blood purification.

Increase your nutrition status as well as antioxidant status thru supplementation. Dave's recommends are well advised and worthy of your efforts.

You must do some cleanses. Some methods are very taxing but some are not. Suck 3 menthol cough drops back-to-back daily for 1 wk to melt cholesterol stones (of which almost everyone, to some degree has). Take one spoon of Milled Flax Seed daily to cleanse the colon (of which almost everyone has a dirty one to some degree, especially if you are over mid-life). Garlic is a very good antiparaside and blood purifier. Cilantro/Coriander herb chelates heavy metals from the body. ACV is good for many conditions and helps almost everyone who uses it daily."

04/21/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Do you remember what the natural supplement was that successfully balanced the bacteria in your stomach? Thank you."

04/21/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain/ Feet,

RE increase circulation.

You ask is there a way to increase circulation in feet...yes...see my last post to you....It is using the Natural Vit E., a wonder for increased circulation. Try it (as I outlined) for six weeks and see if it helps. I bet it will. All I can say is the use of E is just what I'd do in your situation."

04/21/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you, I will try the Vit E as you described to see if there is an improvement with my circulation.

Dear Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: Regarding regulating stomach bacteria, I remember taking a probiotic but can't remember the name. Sorry about that. You can find a holistic practitioner that can recommend one or you can get one at the drugstore, but it won't be all natural.

Dear Timh from KY: Thank you. I haven't heard of toxic blood. I'll start working on the cleanses."

04/19/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Loraine,

Here is my 2 cents on progesterone cream. I have used it with great results on and off over the last 10-12 years or so. (Mostly off. I have just used it as needed here and there.) I have not noticed any long term side effects. (Nor short term, for that matter.) It has helped with what I needed it for. (Regulating cycles when they were "off.") At the same time, I have read that "natural" progesterone is not really that natural. I know a naturopath who says she wouldn't touch it with rubber gloves. Rachel Weaver, an herbalist whom I have learned much from, recommends it when all else has failed. She considers it to be a "big gun" and not to be used carelessly. Personally, I am comfortable using it when my other options are not working.

Have you tried Evening Primrose Oil or any of the herbs that are commonly recommended during menopause? (i.e. Black Cohosh, Vitex, Damiana, etc?) I know there are some herbal formulas out there for this season of life. However, I am just starting to learn about it myself (I am 47.) so I don't have any hard and fast recommendations. Plus, it seems that everyone is different so there is not likely a one size fits all solution.

Hope I haven't muddied the waters worse than they were....as I said, it is just my 2 cents. Do let us know what you try and what helps!

~Mama to Many~"

04/20/2014: Loraine from Orlando, FL: "Thank you so much "Mama to many" for all your wonderful tips on progesterone use. I really do appreciate you taking the time to give me such a detailed explanation/suggestions. Thank you again and God Bless......"

[YEA]  04/20/2014: Donna from Houston, Texas: "Peanut butter worked like a charm for my guy just now. He has had hiccups off and on for a few days now and was miserable. Yay for peanut butter!"

04/06/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello "Pain in Feet"

Re ... throbbing feet issue...

I realize you say everything was checked but the problem sounds like Sickle Cell; at least might be related. Different degrees and different times of onset. Distorted red blood cells are more likely to get "stuck" so one help might be Vitamin E which has been reputed to "slick down the platelets" as well doing the same in veins and arteries.

There are other symptoms you might be experiencing that could confirm SCD. Headaches, chest pains, jaundice and cold hands and feet.

Even if the problem is not red cell related; the problem might be helped by Vitamin E as it will help oxygenate extremities and clean out plaque.

Next, it NEVER hurts to add some magnesium to the system. I'd take Epsom Salts baths; even foot baths would be good.

On the E...use ONLY natural (d- alpha and NOT dl, which is synthetic). Start with 200 iu and work up to 800 IUs over three months.

Also "ginger" foot baths can help with circulation. Cut small sections of real ginger and heat in pot on stove. Pour into foot bath and add warm water. Let soak for 30 minutes. Repeat nightly for two weeks. If improved, repeat three or four times weekly. You would have just demonstrated that there is a circulation problem that must be worked on."

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, I left a couple things off my post. Can I retrieve it and make corrections? Thank you."

EC: Hi, just send another post with the extra info.

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thank you for the suggestions. I will check it out. I don't have any symptoms of SCD, but as you say it could be related. Oops I just realized I spelled podiatrist wrong in my first post! I forgot to mention I had a nerve conduction study and went to a few chiropractors too!"

04/08/2014: Happy from Up The Creek In Wv, Usa: "Chronically swollen feet are a symptom of mercury poisoning. I know you said someone checked your blood for mercury, but perhaps they missed it.

The proper way to check for mercury is with a DMPSA [chelater] challenge test. They have you drink some of this, then test your urine for the level of mercury in it, as chelated by the DMPSA chemical."

04/09/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, my physician/insurance wouldn't do the chelation, before and after urine test, so then I had a blood test to check metal levels. A nurse here at work has an affiliation with a lab so I paid for it out-of-pocket. The chemical levels turned out normal. But, I started taking DMSA for 3 months any way to see if it made any difference but my feet kept throbbing so I stopped taking it. It's weird, my feet throb all day/night, but they only swell if it's real hot outside."

04/10/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "I have had this problem for many yrs, except the pain part is not-so-bad as I have significant nerve damage in both feet as well, resulting in predominate numbness.

Mineral, especially Epsom Salt foot baths I take daily.

For heavy metal detox you can take Ted's recommended amounts of Sodium Thiosulfate without the prescription or supervision of a dr.

Detox Foot Pads and Ionic Foot Spa will remove toxins from the soles of feet. I use both these daily/nightly."

04/10/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thanks Timh. I will give these things a try!

I forgot to mention I already tried the Ionic foot bath and it didn't help my throbbing feet. But at least I've got the impurities out of my system due to a series of Ionic foot baths."

04/11/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Pain: If you don't experience any relief from these current recommendations, the single "most likely" causative problem (which I have long suspected) is "Leakey Gut Syndrome". With damage to the gut, undigested large food particles enter the bloodstream and the feet are the most blood circulated body part, hence the pain."

04/16/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky, Usa, I will definitely check out your leaky gut syndrome theory! Thank you for your time!"

04/17/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do update us on your results.

For healing of the intestines, first be sure to treat any infection or possibly parasitism as this damages the lining.

Second, Zinc & Vit-A are very important defense nutrients. As for actually stimulated epithelial lining regrowth, I have found a combination of DGL & Allantoin the best remedy.

From my personal history, the pain in feet began as I was stricken w/ aplastic anemia; within a few days the pain became very bad-to-intolerable. Pain meds didn't help much as I my gut was so damaged that absorption was very poor and I also had severe Candida. As a last resort to relieve the pain, I began using cold water foot baths then soon needed to add ice. My feet were burning w/ pain as the ice water quickly turned to hot water. This situation continued in severity until I needed F.B. 24/7. The 30 min trip to hospital without ice water was such severe pain as I screamed all the way. A Morphine I.V. beat the pain but I had large holes blown thru the my feet as well as damage to the bottoms or soles. Dr's said foot problem was frostbite, but from visual comparison to photos of Frostbite, well, no comparison. I somehow survived the ordeal and learned how to walk again (with help from walker or cane) about one yr later. Looking back, the only logical explanation was confirmed by heavy metal manganese poisoning. I also have immune dysfunction that may exacerbate the situation.

Hope my story helps to solve your riddle."

04/17/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello again Pain In Feet from Cal.

I responded to your first post with my suggestions and after reading Timh's suggestions, re read your post and follow ups. Know what? I think it would help if you gave us some more symptoms. There must be some more issues or symptoms to help you narrow the scope. We're sort of "shootin in the dark." And you've had LOTS of suggestions. Could you please list OTHER issues ... maybe or maybe not related. LIKE; meds you're taking; tingling in hands; throbbing in legs; vision problems; cold hands and cold feet (not just throbbing) etc. Anything to narrow the possibilities. Throbbing legs/feet could be onset MS. I've found over the years use of AEP (DR. Adkins go to for MS) is the charm for helping that. (Just PART of the MS protocol.) But we have no reason to suspect MS unless your symptoms pointed us that direction. Please...fill in the blanks."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. The only medication I take is birth control which I've been on for many years (longer than the feet throbbing pain). I stopped taking it for a few months to see if it made any difference. No changes. I have a rapid heart rate in the high 90's up to 102 beats per minute, but when I go easy on the salt for a couple of weeks, it goes back to normal, low 80's. I get checked every year, no high cholesterol, no high blood pressure & no diabetes.

I have a slight swelling on the left calf and a slight egg-size swelling above my left ankle. Most wouldn't notice it. I can't ride a bike or recumbent bike at the gym because the next day my feet hurt worse. Xrays from chiropractors show slight fusing on 1 disc but nothing to cause any problems especially since I don't have back or leg pain. I thought the source of the problem might be in my lower back or pelvic area for 2 reasons, one when I get on the floor and door stomach exercies/crunches, my feet hurt worse the next day and also

I use a kegel exerciser you squeeze between your thighs, not for the intended reason, but because it tightens the stomach, buttocks and saddle bag thighs. Doing that exercise makes my feet hurt worse the next day, but I do it periodically because it makes my thighs smaller! My hair has been thinning for about 25 years. Blood tests show my thyroid and endocrine system a little off but nothing drastic. I've been taking natural supplements for hair loss through a holistic healer which has helped. I have allergies all year - flower pollen & mold. That's about all the symptoms I have. I'm pretty healthy. I get a cold about once a year."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I asked my pcp if I could be tested for leaky gut syndrome and she said no because I would have acites, bloating and problems of leakage in my abdomen. Oh well, I will keep trying various suggestions to get to the bottom of the problem of my throbbing feet. I refuse to give up!"

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. 3 to 4 years ago I did have to go to a gastroenterologist for breath odor. It turns out I had a high bacterial content in my stomach. He had me take a natural supplement to bring back to appropriate bacteria levels. So that problem has been solved and didn't affect my throbbing feet in any way."

04/20/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do consider some cleanses and detoxification methods. Here are some links: http://earthclinic.com/CURES/parasites.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/gallstones.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/colon-cleansing.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/detoxification.html. Open a notepad and copy & paste the best info for your cleansing.

To stimulate the body's natural detox you need to boost Glutathione by supplementing NAC, and Melatonin (before retiring). Milk Thistle herb will strengthen the liver. Brocolli Sprout Extract or I3C will boost detox also. Any antioxidant supplements will help. Almost forgot, do also consider alkalizing remedies. "

04/20/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain In Feet from California:

Given the symptoms you posted to me;

Magnesium deficiency and circulation problem. If me, I'd get on 500 mg of magnesium (any kind) and Vitamin E (natural E; d alpha tocopherol). Start with 200 iu daily and increase to 400 in four weeks; then add to 400 another 200 four weeks later.

Mag and E compliment each other. I'd get up to 1, 000 IUs daily of E. Also I'd get on arginine. (Why? You referenced heart issues and salt matters. You can consume salt if you get Mag.) The fact that you lighten up on salt and the heart is improved is conclusive (in my book) you have a mag deficiency. Other things you mentioned suggest lack of circulation is the main problem; so again I'd get on E. E will definitely help with circulation. And adding Vitamin B3, niacin would not hurt. 250 mg; will cause a slight flush; read about it on the internet."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. I was wondering if I had a circulation problem too. I sent away a hair analysis last year and it tested a bunch of metals. The printout reads that my magnesium is too high. Is there a way I can improve my circulation without taking magnesium? Also I was getting the detox Ionic Foot baths last year so I think I o.k. as far as pulling out toxins."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I did the Ionic detox foot baths last year so I'm probably o.k. as for as detoxing. That's interesting about the parasites. I'm wondering since the throbbing in my feet has gone on for so many years, if I had parasites would the problem have magnified to other areas by now? What are your thoughts?"

04/21/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Many Naturalpathic Dr's recommend annual paracleanse regardless of symptoms, particularly if one is a pet owner.

This feet pain problem is something to do w/ toxic blood, from my perspective. My feet are very much a reflection of my liver health. This is why I recommended gallbladder cleanse and NAC/Melatonin, and Milk Thistle. I occasionally use a strong magnet therapy over my liver and afterwards my step is lighter, and my blood pressure lowers. Kidney cleanses are also recommended for blood purification.

Increase your nutrition status as well as antioxidant status thru supplementation. Dave's recommends are well advised and worthy of your efforts.

You must do some cleanses. Some methods are very taxing but some are not. Suck 3 menthol cough drops back-to-back daily for 1 wk to melt cholesterol stones (of which almost everyone, to some degree has). Take one spoon of Milled Flax Seed daily to cleanse the colon (of which almost everyone has a dirty one to some degree, especially if you are over mid-life). Garlic is a very good antiparaside and blood purifier. Cilantro/Coriander herb chelates heavy metals from the body. ACV is good for many conditions and helps almost everyone who uses it daily."

04/21/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Do you remember what the natural supplement was that successfully balanced the bacteria in your stomach? Thank you."

04/21/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain/ Feet,

RE increase circulation.

You ask is there a way to increase circulation in feet...yes...see my last post to you....It is using the Natural Vit E., a wonder for increased circulation. Try it (as I outlined) for six weeks and see if it helps. I bet it will. All I can say is the use of E is just what I'd do in your situation."

04/21/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you, I will try the Vit E as you described to see if there is an improvement with my circulation.

Dear Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: Regarding regulating stomach bacteria, I remember taking a probiotic but can't remember the name. Sorry about that. You can find a holistic practitioner that can recommend one or you can get one at the drugstore, but it won't be all natural.

Dear Timh from KY: Thank you. I haven't heard of toxic blood. I'll start working on the cleanses."

EC: Hi Anne,

Yes we are getting a few complaints that people are being blocked from accessing Earth Clinic. Can you please try clearing your history/cache and trying again? Hopefully this will work.

If anyone else is having this issue, please let us know what browser you are using (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc). This might help us pinpoint what's causing the problem. Thank you so much!

04/20/2014: Tom In Va from Gloucester, Va: "Hello,

I have had trigger finger in my right hand for a few weeks now. Not my thumb, but the index, middle and ring fingers. The index and middle finger have it really bad. It's worse in the morning when I wake up. I've read the natural remedies and decided to take the aloe vera supplement and see how that works.

My decision was the aloe vera supplement provides more minerals than just the bromelain. I should receive my aloe in the next couple of days and will take it for a month. I will post my results at that time. If there is no difference in my trigger finger, then I will try the bromelain.

I feel that I should also report that I am no longer drinking soda as I have been focusing on eating healthier (no more fast food) and am drinking more water. I am trying to drink half my weight in ounces - I weigh 260 so I am trying to drink 130 ounces of water. If I get close I am happy, but I suspect as summer rolls in then it should not be a problem.

Tom"

04/20/2014: Jacek from Poland: "Hi, you should definately try ozone therapy, Ted recommended it on many occasions, as well as using rife machines, both are extremely effective against all kinds of cancer.

Here is more on ozone from James Sloane, he has been working in this field for more than 20 years and is extremely knowledgeable guy in general:

http://medcapsules.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5453"

04/21/2014: Timh from Ky: "Also, as for oxygen therapy, I would recommend DMSO topically directly over affected area, and MSM orally to boost detox and oxygenation of cells. Topical Cod Live Oil rotated w/ Vit-E oil will help. A strong magnet applied directly will reduce inflammation and acidosis (cancer thrives in acidic environment) and promote healing. Epsom Salts warm, wet, cloth applied topically will help."

04/20/2014: Carly from Pnw, Usa: "Hi, Please check out www.drday.com

best wishes."

04/21/2014: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Aphrodite...I would start to supplement higher dose lugol's iodine or Iodoral(50 mgs per day) for your breast tumour problem as advised here:

The Iodine Protocol with Companion Nutrients

Guidelines for Supplementing Lugol's Iodine

Some evidence for Iodine's action against breast cancer and other cancers is shown here:

Iodine Treats Breast Cancer, Overwhelming Evidence

Since your cyst is so close to the skin surface you could perhaps also use lugol's iodine and DMSO(Dimethylsulfoxide) in combination as a topical remedy as well. DMSO transdermally transports the iodine into the breast in larger amounts where it will act more directly on the cancer tumor itself to eliminate it. Use one teaspoon of lugol's iodine and mix together with one teaspoon of 99% DMSO. Then apply this solution to the breast above the area of the cyst(avoiding the nipple). After this application has dried and been absorbed, gently apply aloe vera oil over the area to avoid any itchiness or soreness arising on the skin. Apply this DMSO/lugol's iodine mixture topically every day.

You can also find and order both lugol's iodine and 99% DMSO easily online from ebay.com and from other UK websites like bobbyshealthyshop.co.uk. You might also be able to find them at a pet shop or at a vet since both DMSO and Lugol's Iodine are widely used for medical problems in animals in UK and Scotland.

You should also eat a low fat diet and avoid all dairy products. Excess calcium and fat in the diet tends to inhibit iodine absorption and also tends to encourage cyst formation in the body.

I would also advise that you should alkalize your body everyday using the alkalizing formulas from Ted from Bangkok that are all shown here on EC. The Bicarbonate + water(once a day in the evening) and either the lime/lemon + water + bicarb(twice a day) or the ACV + water + bicarb(twice a day) are good ones to use. These alkalizing remedies create a bad environment for cancer and should also help you in this respect.

"

07/03/2010: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand: "Dear Myra:

This is a frequently happens in many tourist (mostly Caucasian) coming to Thailand when they take medications or go to swimming in dirty waters and then ended up having a toxic skin condition where it rapidly spreads and is unresponsive to standard antibiotic treatment and the usual cortisone medication. Such toxic skin has a lot to do with magnesium depletion. Magnesium deficiency is the cause where people get very toxic to a long list of medication, some of which includes medications that activate the SJS condition. These are the more well known ones:

Advil, Children's Advil, Children's Motrin, Children's Tylenol, Daypro, Diclofenac, Diflucan, Dilantin, Dolobid, Feldene, Ketek, Lamictal, Mobic, Motrin, Naprosyn, Neurontin, Relafen, Tegretol, Zithromax

My approach is to use between a 30 to 70% solution of magnesium chloride, preferably 50% to 60% solution and apply it to the skin. Should they do not work well enough, that means some sores remaining, a DMSO can be added, such as 5% to 10% DMSO to the magnesium to go deeper transdermally. The redness and sore skin should reduce quickly, but most of the pain and irritation should be reduced quickly in a matter of minutes while the redness of the skin will take a bit more time to reduced. In a few cases of SJS, I have seen conjunctivitis, which apparently do not respond to standard treatment, but responds very well to the magnesium chloride, should an eye conjunctivitis is apparent in SJS. For example a magnesium chloride eye drop solution is prepared at 5-10% concentration, may have some slight stinging, but may be neutralized somewhat by a small addition of baking soda 1% to the eye dropper solution, to prevent possible blindness due to conjunctivitis when this condition spread. The magnesium is anti inflammatory in nature and works well, where standard cortisone and antibiotics don't work, but it also sometimes work better when the standard treatment does work. Therefore, I have decided to use this remedy for most skin conditions where there is a large reactions that occur in the skin as the primary care. If magnesium doesn't work, I may be forced to use tannic acid solution such as 5% to apply to the skin to quickly stop the inflammation, often due to reactive proteins or endotoxins, and tannic acid basically denatures them. Another one I may resort to is to prepare a clay solution using the bentonite clays should the magnesium and tannic doesn't work. The reason is that there is a toxic chemical by products from taking certain conventional medicines and the skin reddens and begin peeling. I had that problem before with my friend and had to resort to taking internally 20 drops of magnesium chloride (50-60%), plus multiple baths of bentonite clay. The procedure is as follows:

Prepare a solution of bentonite clay such as 1-2 teaspoon per 250 cc water and slowly dissolve them. When there is a clay solution, be sure it is thick enough to apply to the skin where it leaves clay solution stuck to the skin. If not enough, then add more if necessary. The solution should be a liquid clays solution similar to that of hand lotion. It is then applied to the inflammed skin and then is dried using a fan or a hair blower set on cold, to blow dry them. Should weather be too cold, the hair blower may be set on warm is more then sufficient. Once bentonite clay is dried to grayish color, you proceed to wash it off. This is repeated at least 3-4 times and the skin inflammation is sucked off by the bentonite and the skin condition should improve, with possible dryness due to the clay. It is then moisturized thereafter, if necessary. Common medications makes the body produce a toxic chemical through the liver's own toxicity, causing an auto toxicity. To prevent this auto toxicity, the best supplement I can imagine is the magnesium. Should magnesium don't work, then taking small amount of bentonite may help, but for me very little help, but did stop the intestinal and stomach bleeding internally (besides the skin!). The one last supplement to remove them appears to be the royal jelly. The ones I used is a fresh royal jelly, one teaspoon, one dose usually does it. The problem about royal jelly is I have to keep them in the refrigerator and haven't had a chance to test whether the capsule form works better or not, because the amount of the royal jelly in capsules is a lot less, rendering them in effective, hence my use of fresh royal jelly taken at one teaspoon. Most who did do this approach were happy and relieved of the condition, but in a few cases did not stopped it completely, but there were significant reduction in the condition that they become manageable, while most were reportedly cured of it.

Much of our deficiency in magnesium makes our body toxic and causes the body to eject them through the skin, after being processed by the liver to produce a very toxic chemical after the liver has metabolized them and is rid of them mostly through the skin. This is how SJS generally works. Therefore the magnesium simply reverses these toxicity and normalizes liver from producing them at the same time, thus stopping the SJS. In conditions where this has NOT work, in curing completely the problem, it is very much due to LONG TERM SJS, where opportunistic infection is being introduced, whereby I have to look more at antiviral remedies or anti fungal remedies, rather then antibiotics.

I am sure this SJS can be very varied depending on which type of medication or exposure by environmental forces, but magnesium is the general remedy in such treatment and is quite good in most of this problems, both taken internally and applied topically.

Ted"

09/15/2011: R from Los Angeles, Ca: "Hi Ted,

The mag chloride/ dmso solution seems to reduce the burning sensation. Also took magnesium internally through various sources. It is just a slight constant burn now, but requires frequent reapplication. But it didn't make the redness go down much except on arms.

The rash appeared all at once on my full upper body, 3 days after stopping the fansidar medication which is the root cause, and has spread to the whole body the next day.

I was worried to death yesterday that my skin would die off, and still am because on the one hand I barely feel any pain, but my continued symptoms don't match your treatment picture. Would there be significant pain if my skin necrotized/burned? I was planning to sit through it until this sulfa drug leaves my body (it has a half life of about 5 days)."

04/20/2014: Nexus from Eastern Nc: "Would Olive leaf Extract be recommended for treating SJS? I just heard about this a few minutes ago, and I was wondering if Olive leaf extract would have a positive effect on this ailment?

http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-olive-leaf.html"

04/06/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello "Pain in Feet"

Re ... throbbing feet issue...

I realize you say everything was checked but the problem sounds like Sickle Cell; at least might be related. Different degrees and different times of onset. Distorted red blood cells are more likely to get "stuck" so one help might be Vitamin E which has been reputed to "slick down the platelets" as well doing the same in veins and arteries.

There are other symptoms you might be experiencing that could confirm SCD. Headaches, chest pains, jaundice and cold hands and feet.

Even if the problem is not red cell related; the problem might be helped by Vitamin E as it will help oxygenate extremities and clean out plaque.

Next, it NEVER hurts to add some magnesium to the system. I'd take Epsom Salts baths; even foot baths would be good.

On the E...use ONLY natural (d- alpha and NOT dl, which is synthetic). Start with 200 iu and work up to 800 IUs over three months.

Also "ginger" foot baths can help with circulation. Cut small sections of real ginger and heat in pot on stove. Pour into foot bath and add warm water. Let soak for 30 minutes. Repeat nightly for two weeks. If improved, repeat three or four times weekly. You would have just demonstrated that there is a circulation problem that must be worked on."

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, I left a couple things off my post. Can I retrieve it and make corrections? Thank you."

EC: Hi, just send another post with the extra info.

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thank you for the suggestions. I will check it out. I don't have any symptoms of SCD, but as you say it could be related. Oops I just realized I spelled podiatrist wrong in my first post! I forgot to mention I had a nerve conduction study and went to a few chiropractors too!"

04/08/2014: Happy from Up The Creek In Wv, Usa: "Chronically swollen feet are a symptom of mercury poisoning. I know you said someone checked your blood for mercury, but perhaps they missed it.

The proper way to check for mercury is with a DMPSA [chelater] challenge test. They have you drink some of this, then test your urine for the level of mercury in it, as chelated by the DMPSA chemical."

04/09/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, my physician/insurance wouldn't do the chelation, before and after urine test, so then I had a blood test to check metal levels. A nurse here at work has an affiliation with a lab so I paid for it out-of-pocket. The chemical levels turned out normal. But, I started taking DMSA for 3 months any way to see if it made any difference but my feet kept throbbing so I stopped taking it. It's weird, my feet throb all day/night, but they only swell if it's real hot outside."

04/10/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "I have had this problem for many yrs, except the pain part is not-so-bad as I have significant nerve damage in both feet as well, resulting in predominate numbness.

Mineral, especially Epsom Salt foot baths I take daily.

For heavy metal detox you can take Ted's recommended amounts of Sodium Thiosulfate without the prescription or supervision of a dr.

Detox Foot Pads and Ionic Foot Spa will remove toxins from the soles of feet. I use both these daily/nightly."

04/10/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thanks Timh. I will give these things a try!

I forgot to mention I already tried the Ionic foot bath and it didn't help my throbbing feet. But at least I've got the impurities out of my system due to a series of Ionic foot baths."

04/11/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Pain: If you don't experience any relief from these current recommendations, the single "most likely" causative problem (which I have long suspected) is "Leakey Gut Syndrome". With damage to the gut, undigested large food particles enter the bloodstream and the feet are the most blood circulated body part, hence the pain."

04/16/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky, Usa, I will definitely check out your leaky gut syndrome theory! Thank you for your time!"

04/17/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do update us on your results.

For healing of the intestines, first be sure to treat any infection or possibly parasitism as this damages the lining.

Second, Zinc & Vit-A are very important defense nutrients. As for actually stimulated epithelial lining regrowth, I have found a combination of DGL & Allantoin the best remedy.

From my personal history, the pain in feet began as I was stricken w/ aplastic anemia; within a few days the pain became very bad-to-intolerable. Pain meds didn't help much as I my gut was so damaged that absorption was very poor and I also had severe Candida. As a last resort to relieve the pain, I began using cold water foot baths then soon needed to add ice. My feet were burning w/ pain as the ice water quickly turned to hot water. This situation continued in severity until I needed F.B. 24/7. The 30 min trip to hospital without ice water was such severe pain as I screamed all the way. A Morphine I.V. beat the pain but I had large holes blown thru the my feet as well as damage to the bottoms or soles. Dr's said foot problem was frostbite, but from visual comparison to photos of Frostbite, well, no comparison. I somehow survived the ordeal and learned how to walk again (with help from walker or cane) about one yr later. Looking back, the only logical explanation was confirmed by heavy metal manganese poisoning. I also have immune dysfunction that may exacerbate the situation.

Hope my story helps to solve your riddle."

04/17/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello again Pain In Feet from Cal.

I responded to your first post with my suggestions and after reading Timh's suggestions, re read your post and follow ups. Know what? I think it would help if you gave us some more symptoms. There must be some more issues or symptoms to help you narrow the scope. We're sort of "shootin in the dark." And you've had LOTS of suggestions. Could you please list OTHER issues ... maybe or maybe not related. LIKE; meds you're taking; tingling in hands; throbbing in legs; vision problems; cold hands and cold feet (not just throbbing) etc. Anything to narrow the possibilities. Throbbing legs/feet could be onset MS. I've found over the years use of AEP (DR. Adkins go to for MS) is the charm for helping that. (Just PART of the MS protocol.) But we have no reason to suspect MS unless your symptoms pointed us that direction. Please...fill in the blanks."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. The only medication I take is birth control which I've been on for many years (longer than the feet throbbing pain). I stopped taking it for a few months to see if it made any difference. No changes. I have a rapid heart rate in the high 90's up to 102 beats per minute, but when I go easy on the salt for a couple of weeks, it goes back to normal, low 80's. I get checked every year, no high cholesterol, no high blood pressure & no diabetes.

I have a slight swelling on the left calf and a slight egg-size swelling above my left ankle. Most wouldn't notice it. I can't ride a bike or recumbent bike at the gym because the next day my feet hurt worse. Xrays from chiropractors show slight fusing on 1 disc but nothing to cause any problems especially since I don't have back or leg pain. I thought the source of the problem might be in my lower back or pelvic area for 2 reasons, one when I get on the floor and door stomach exercies/crunches, my feet hurt worse the next day and also

I use a kegel exerciser you squeeze between your thighs, not for the intended reason, but because it tightens the stomach, buttocks and saddle bag thighs. Doing that exercise makes my feet hurt worse the next day, but I do it periodically because it makes my thighs smaller! My hair has been thinning for about 25 years. Blood tests show my thyroid and endocrine system a little off but nothing drastic. I've been taking natural supplements for hair loss through a holistic healer which has helped. I have allergies all year - flower pollen & mold. That's about all the symptoms I have. I'm pretty healthy. I get a cold about once a year."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I asked my pcp if I could be tested for leaky gut syndrome and she said no because I would have acites, bloating and problems of leakage in my abdomen. Oh well, I will keep trying various suggestions to get to the bottom of the problem of my throbbing feet. I refuse to give up!"

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. 3 to 4 years ago I did have to go to a gastroenterologist for breath odor. It turns out I had a high bacterial content in my stomach. He had me take a natural supplement to bring back to appropriate bacteria levels. So that problem has been solved and didn't affect my throbbing feet in any way."

04/20/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do consider some cleanses and detoxification methods. Here are some links: http://earthclinic.com/CURES/parasites.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/gallstones.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/colon-cleansing.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/detoxification.html. Open a notepad and copy & paste the best info for your cleansing.

To stimulate the body's natural detox you need to boost Glutathione by supplementing NAC, and Melatonin (before retiring). Milk Thistle herb will strengthen the liver. Brocolli Sprout Extract or I3C will boost detox also. Any antioxidant supplements will help. Almost forgot, do also consider alkalizing remedies. "

04/20/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain In Feet from California:

Given the symptoms you posted to me;

Magnesium deficiency and circulation problem. If me, I'd get on 500 mg of magnesium (any kind) and Vitamin E (natural E; d alpha tocopherol). Start with 200 iu daily and increase to 400 in four weeks; then add to 400 another 200 four weeks later.

Mag and E compliment each other. I'd get up to 1, 000 IUs daily of E. Also I'd get on arginine. (Why? You referenced heart issues and salt matters. You can consume salt if you get Mag.) The fact that you lighten up on salt and the heart is improved is conclusive (in my book) you have a mag deficiency. Other things you mentioned suggest lack of circulation is the main problem; so again I'd get on E. E will definitely help with circulation. And adding Vitamin B3, niacin would not hurt. 250 mg; will cause a slight flush; read about it on the internet."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. I was wondering if I had a circulation problem too. I sent away a hair analysis last year and it tested a bunch of metals. The printout reads that my magnesium is too high. Is there a way I can improve my circulation without taking magnesium? Also I was getting the detox Ionic Foot baths last year so I think I o.k. as far as pulling out toxins."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I did the Ionic detox foot baths last year so I'm probably o.k. as for as detoxing. That's interesting about the parasites. I'm wondering since the throbbing in my feet has gone on for so many years, if I had parasites would the problem have magnified to other areas by now? What are your thoughts?"

04/21/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Many Naturalpathic Dr's recommend annual paracleanse regardless of symptoms, particularly if one is a pet owner.

This feet pain problem is something to do w/ toxic blood, from my perspective. My feet are very much a reflection of my liver health. This is why I recommended gallbladder cleanse and NAC/Melatonin, and Milk Thistle. I occasionally use a strong magnet therapy over my liver and afterwards my step is lighter, and my blood pressure lowers. Kidney cleanses are also recommended for blood purification.

Increase your nutrition status as well as antioxidant status thru supplementation. Dave's recommends are well advised and worthy of your efforts.

You must do some cleanses. Some methods are very taxing but some are not. Suck 3 menthol cough drops back-to-back daily for 1 wk to melt cholesterol stones (of which almost everyone, to some degree has). Take one spoon of Milled Flax Seed daily to cleanse the colon (of which almost everyone has a dirty one to some degree, especially if you are over mid-life). Garlic is a very good antiparaside and blood purifier. Cilantro/Coriander herb chelates heavy metals from the body. ACV is good for many conditions and helps almost everyone who uses it daily."

04/21/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Do you remember what the natural supplement was that successfully balanced the bacteria in your stomach? Thank you."

04/21/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain/ Feet,

RE increase circulation.

You ask is there a way to increase circulation in feet...yes...see my last post to you....It is using the Natural Vit E., a wonder for increased circulation. Try it (as I outlined) for six weeks and see if it helps. I bet it will. All I can say is the use of E is just what I'd do in your situation."

04/21/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you, I will try the Vit E as you described to see if there is an improvement with my circulation.

Dear Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: Regarding regulating stomach bacteria, I remember taking a probiotic but can't remember the name. Sorry about that. You can find a holistic practitioner that can recommend one or you can get one at the drugstore, but it won't be all natural.

Dear Timh from KY: Thank you. I haven't heard of toxic blood. I'll start working on the cleanses."

04/06/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello "Pain in Feet"

Re ... throbbing feet issue...

I realize you say everything was checked but the problem sounds like Sickle Cell; at least might be related. Different degrees and different times of onset. Distorted red blood cells are more likely to get "stuck" so one help might be Vitamin E which has been reputed to "slick down the platelets" as well doing the same in veins and arteries.

There are other symptoms you might be experiencing that could confirm SCD. Headaches, chest pains, jaundice and cold hands and feet.

Even if the problem is not red cell related; the problem might be helped by Vitamin E as it will help oxygenate extremities and clean out plaque.

Next, it NEVER hurts to add some magnesium to the system. I'd take Epsom Salts baths; even foot baths would be good.

On the E...use ONLY natural (d- alpha and NOT dl, which is synthetic). Start with 200 iu and work up to 800 IUs over three months.

Also "ginger" foot baths can help with circulation. Cut small sections of real ginger and heat in pot on stove. Pour into foot bath and add warm water. Let soak for 30 minutes. Repeat nightly for two weeks. If improved, repeat three or four times weekly. You would have just demonstrated that there is a circulation problem that must be worked on."

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, I left a couple things off my post. Can I retrieve it and make corrections? Thank you."

EC: Hi, just send another post with the extra info.

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thank you for the suggestions. I will check it out. I don't have any symptoms of SCD, but as you say it could be related. Oops I just realized I spelled podiatrist wrong in my first post! I forgot to mention I had a nerve conduction study and went to a few chiropractors too!"

04/08/2014: Happy from Up The Creek In Wv, Usa: "Chronically swollen feet are a symptom of mercury poisoning. I know you said someone checked your blood for mercury, but perhaps they missed it.

The proper way to check for mercury is with a DMPSA [chelater] challenge test. They have you drink some of this, then test your urine for the level of mercury in it, as chelated by the DMPSA chemical."

04/09/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, my physician/insurance wouldn't do the chelation, before and after urine test, so then I had a blood test to check metal levels. A nurse here at work has an affiliation with a lab so I paid for it out-of-pocket. The chemical levels turned out normal. But, I started taking DMSA for 3 months any way to see if it made any difference but my feet kept throbbing so I stopped taking it. It's weird, my feet throb all day/night, but they only swell if it's real hot outside."

04/10/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "I have had this problem for many yrs, except the pain part is not-so-bad as I have significant nerve damage in both feet as well, resulting in predominate numbness.

Mineral, especially Epsom Salt foot baths I take daily.

For heavy metal detox you can take Ted's recommended amounts of Sodium Thiosulfate without the prescription or supervision of a dr.

Detox Foot Pads and Ionic Foot Spa will remove toxins from the soles of feet. I use both these daily/nightly."

04/10/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thanks Timh. I will give these things a try!

I forgot to mention I already tried the Ionic foot bath and it didn't help my throbbing feet. But at least I've got the impurities out of my system due to a series of Ionic foot baths."

04/11/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Pain: If you don't experience any relief from these current recommendations, the single "most likely" causative problem (which I have long suspected) is "Leakey Gut Syndrome". With damage to the gut, undigested large food particles enter the bloodstream and the feet are the most blood circulated body part, hence the pain."

04/16/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky, Usa, I will definitely check out your leaky gut syndrome theory! Thank you for your time!"

04/17/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do update us on your results.

For healing of the intestines, first be sure to treat any infection or possibly parasitism as this damages the lining.

Second, Zinc & Vit-A are very important defense nutrients. As for actually stimulated epithelial lining regrowth, I have found a combination of DGL & Allantoin the best remedy.

From my personal history, the pain in feet began as I was stricken w/ aplastic anemia; within a few days the pain became very bad-to-intolerable. Pain meds didn't help much as I my gut was so damaged that absorption was very poor and I also had severe Candida. As a last resort to relieve the pain, I began using cold water foot baths then soon needed to add ice. My feet were burning w/ pain as the ice water quickly turned to hot water. This situation continued in severity until I needed F.B. 24/7. The 30 min trip to hospital without ice water was such severe pain as I screamed all the way. A Morphine I.V. beat the pain but I had large holes blown thru the my feet as well as damage to the bottoms or soles. Dr's said foot problem was frostbite, but from visual comparison to photos of Frostbite, well, no comparison. I somehow survived the ordeal and learned how to walk again (with help from walker or cane) about one yr later. Looking back, the only logical explanation was confirmed by heavy metal manganese poisoning. I also have immune dysfunction that may exacerbate the situation.

Hope my story helps to solve your riddle."

04/17/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello again Pain In Feet from Cal.

I responded to your first post with my suggestions and after reading Timh's suggestions, re read your post and follow ups. Know what? I think it would help if you gave us some more symptoms. There must be some more issues or symptoms to help you narrow the scope. We're sort of "shootin in the dark." And you've had LOTS of suggestions. Could you please list OTHER issues ... maybe or maybe not related. LIKE; meds you're taking; tingling in hands; throbbing in legs; vision problems; cold hands and cold feet (not just throbbing) etc. Anything to narrow the possibilities. Throbbing legs/feet could be onset MS. I've found over the years use of AEP (DR. Adkins go to for MS) is the charm for helping that. (Just PART of the MS protocol.) But we have no reason to suspect MS unless your symptoms pointed us that direction. Please...fill in the blanks."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. The only medication I take is birth control which I've been on for many years (longer than the feet throbbing pain). I stopped taking it for a few months to see if it made any difference. No changes. I have a rapid heart rate in the high 90's up to 102 beats per minute, but when I go easy on the salt for a couple of weeks, it goes back to normal, low 80's. I get checked every year, no high cholesterol, no high blood pressure & no diabetes.

I have a slight swelling on the left calf and a slight egg-size swelling above my left ankle. Most wouldn't notice it. I can't ride a bike or recumbent bike at the gym because the next day my feet hurt worse. Xrays from chiropractors show slight fusing on 1 disc but nothing to cause any problems especially since I don't have back or leg pain. I thought the source of the problem might be in my lower back or pelvic area for 2 reasons, one when I get on the floor and door stomach exercies/crunches, my feet hurt worse the next day and also

I use a kegel exerciser you squeeze between your thighs, not for the intended reason, but because it tightens the stomach, buttocks and saddle bag thighs. Doing that exercise makes my feet hurt worse the next day, but I do it periodically because it makes my thighs smaller! My hair has been thinning for about 25 years. Blood tests show my thyroid and endocrine system a little off but nothing drastic. I've been taking natural supplements for hair loss through a holistic healer which has helped. I have allergies all year - flower pollen & mold. That's about all the symptoms I have. I'm pretty healthy. I get a cold about once a year."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I asked my pcp if I could be tested for leaky gut syndrome and she said no because I would have acites, bloating and problems of leakage in my abdomen. Oh well, I will keep trying various suggestions to get to the bottom of the problem of my throbbing feet. I refuse to give up!"

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. 3 to 4 years ago I did have to go to a gastroenterologist for breath odor. It turns out I had a high bacterial content in my stomach. He had me take a natural supplement to bring back to appropriate bacteria levels. So that problem has been solved and didn't affect my throbbing feet in any way."

04/20/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do consider some cleanses and detoxification methods. Here are some links: http://earthclinic.com/CURES/parasites.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/gallstones.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/colon-cleansing.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/detoxification.html. Open a notepad and copy & paste the best info for your cleansing.

To stimulate the body's natural detox you need to boost Glutathione by supplementing NAC, and Melatonin (before retiring). Milk Thistle herb will strengthen the liver. Brocolli Sprout Extract or I3C will boost detox also. Any antioxidant supplements will help. Almost forgot, do also consider alkalizing remedies. "

04/20/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain In Feet from California:

Given the symptoms you posted to me;

Magnesium deficiency and circulation problem. If me, I'd get on 500 mg of magnesium (any kind) and Vitamin E (natural E; d alpha tocopherol). Start with 200 iu daily and increase to 400 in four weeks; then add to 400 another 200 four weeks later.

Mag and E compliment each other. I'd get up to 1, 000 IUs daily of E. Also I'd get on arginine. (Why? You referenced heart issues and salt matters. You can consume salt if you get Mag.) The fact that you lighten up on salt and the heart is improved is conclusive (in my book) you have a mag deficiency. Other things you mentioned suggest lack of circulation is the main problem; so again I'd get on E. E will definitely help with circulation. And adding Vitamin B3, niacin would not hurt. 250 mg; will cause a slight flush; read about it on the internet."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. I was wondering if I had a circulation problem too. I sent away a hair analysis last year and it tested a bunch of metals. The printout reads that my magnesium is too high. Is there a way I can improve my circulation without taking magnesium? Also I was getting the detox Ionic Foot baths last year so I think I o.k. as far as pulling out toxins."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I did the Ionic detox foot baths last year so I'm probably o.k. as for as detoxing. That's interesting about the parasites. I'm wondering since the throbbing in my feet has gone on for so many years, if I had parasites would the problem have magnified to other areas by now? What are your thoughts?"

04/21/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Many Naturalpathic Dr's recommend annual paracleanse regardless of symptoms, particularly if one is a pet owner.

This feet pain problem is something to do w/ toxic blood, from my perspective. My feet are very much a reflection of my liver health. This is why I recommended gallbladder cleanse and NAC/Melatonin, and Milk Thistle. I occasionally use a strong magnet therapy over my liver and afterwards my step is lighter, and my blood pressure lowers. Kidney cleanses are also recommended for blood purification.

Increase your nutrition status as well as antioxidant status thru supplementation. Dave's recommends are well advised and worthy of your efforts.

You must do some cleanses. Some methods are very taxing but some are not. Suck 3 menthol cough drops back-to-back daily for 1 wk to melt cholesterol stones (of which almost everyone, to some degree has). Take one spoon of Milled Flax Seed daily to cleanse the colon (of which almost everyone has a dirty one to some degree, especially if you are over mid-life). Garlic is a very good antiparaside and blood purifier. Cilantro/Coriander herb chelates heavy metals from the body. ACV is good for many conditions and helps almost everyone who uses it daily."

04/21/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Do you remember what the natural supplement was that successfully balanced the bacteria in your stomach? Thank you."

04/21/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain/ Feet,

RE increase circulation.

You ask is there a way to increase circulation in feet...yes...see my last post to you....It is using the Natural Vit E., a wonder for increased circulation. Try it (as I outlined) for six weeks and see if it helps. I bet it will. All I can say is the use of E is just what I'd do in your situation."

04/21/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you, I will try the Vit E as you described to see if there is an improvement with my circulation.

Dear Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: Regarding regulating stomach bacteria, I remember taking a probiotic but can't remember the name. Sorry about that. You can find a holistic practitioner that can recommend one or you can get one at the drugstore, but it won't be all natural.

Dear Timh from KY: Thank you. I haven't heard of toxic blood. I'll start working on the cleanses."

04/06/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello "Pain in Feet"

Re ... throbbing feet issue...

I realize you say everything was checked but the problem sounds like Sickle Cell; at least might be related. Different degrees and different times of onset. Distorted red blood cells are more likely to get "stuck" so one help might be Vitamin E which has been reputed to "slick down the platelets" as well doing the same in veins and arteries.

There are other symptoms you might be experiencing that could confirm SCD. Headaches, chest pains, jaundice and cold hands and feet.

Even if the problem is not red cell related; the problem might be helped by Vitamin E as it will help oxygenate extremities and clean out plaque.

Next, it NEVER hurts to add some magnesium to the system. I'd take Epsom Salts baths; even foot baths would be good.

On the E...use ONLY natural (d- alpha and NOT dl, which is synthetic). Start with 200 iu and work up to 800 IUs over three months.

Also "ginger" foot baths can help with circulation. Cut small sections of real ginger and heat in pot on stove. Pour into foot bath and add warm water. Let soak for 30 minutes. Repeat nightly for two weeks. If improved, repeat three or four times weekly. You would have just demonstrated that there is a circulation problem that must be worked on."

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, I left a couple things off my post. Can I retrieve it and make corrections? Thank you."

EC: Hi, just send another post with the extra info.

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thank you for the suggestions. I will check it out. I don't have any symptoms of SCD, but as you say it could be related. Oops I just realized I spelled podiatrist wrong in my first post! I forgot to mention I had a nerve conduction study and went to a few chiropractors too!"

04/08/2014: Happy from Up The Creek In Wv, Usa: "Chronically swollen feet are a symptom of mercury poisoning. I know you said someone checked your blood for mercury, but perhaps they missed it.

The proper way to check for mercury is with a DMPSA [chelater] challenge test. They have you drink some of this, then test your urine for the level of mercury in it, as chelated by the DMPSA chemical."

04/09/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, my physician/insurance wouldn't do the chelation, before and after urine test, so then I had a blood test to check metal levels. A nurse here at work has an affiliation with a lab so I paid for it out-of-pocket. The chemical levels turned out normal. But, I started taking DMSA for 3 months any way to see if it made any difference but my feet kept throbbing so I stopped taking it. It's weird, my feet throb all day/night, but they only swell if it's real hot outside."

04/10/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "I have had this problem for many yrs, except the pain part is not-so-bad as I have significant nerve damage in both feet as well, resulting in predominate numbness.

Mineral, especially Epsom Salt foot baths I take daily.

For heavy metal detox you can take Ted's recommended amounts of Sodium Thiosulfate without the prescription or supervision of a dr.

Detox Foot Pads and Ionic Foot Spa will remove toxins from the soles of feet. I use both these daily/nightly."

04/10/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thanks Timh. I will give these things a try!

I forgot to mention I already tried the Ionic foot bath and it didn't help my throbbing feet. But at least I've got the impurities out of my system due to a series of Ionic foot baths."

04/11/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Pain: If you don't experience any relief from these current recommendations, the single "most likely" causative problem (which I have long suspected) is "Leakey Gut Syndrome". With damage to the gut, undigested large food particles enter the bloodstream and the feet are the most blood circulated body part, hence the pain."

04/16/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky, Usa, I will definitely check out your leaky gut syndrome theory! Thank you for your time!"

04/17/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do update us on your results.

For healing of the intestines, first be sure to treat any infection or possibly parasitism as this damages the lining.

Second, Zinc & Vit-A are very important defense nutrients. As for actually stimulated epithelial lining regrowth, I have found a combination of DGL & Allantoin the best remedy.

From my personal history, the pain in feet began as I was stricken w/ aplastic anemia; within a few days the pain became very bad-to-intolerable. Pain meds didn't help much as I my gut was so damaged that absorption was very poor and I also had severe Candida. As a last resort to relieve the pain, I began using cold water foot baths then soon needed to add ice. My feet were burning w/ pain as the ice water quickly turned to hot water. This situation continued in severity until I needed F.B. 24/7. The 30 min trip to hospital without ice water was such severe pain as I screamed all the way. A Morphine I.V. beat the pain but I had large holes blown thru the my feet as well as damage to the bottoms or soles. Dr's said foot problem was frostbite, but from visual comparison to photos of Frostbite, well, no comparison. I somehow survived the ordeal and learned how to walk again (with help from walker or cane) about one yr later. Looking back, the only logical explanation was confirmed by heavy metal manganese poisoning. I also have immune dysfunction that may exacerbate the situation.

Hope my story helps to solve your riddle."

04/17/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello again Pain In Feet from Cal.

I responded to your first post with my suggestions and after reading Timh's suggestions, re read your post and follow ups. Know what? I think it would help if you gave us some more symptoms. There must be some more issues or symptoms to help you narrow the scope. We're sort of "shootin in the dark." And you've had LOTS of suggestions. Could you please list OTHER issues ... maybe or maybe not related. LIKE; meds you're taking; tingling in hands; throbbing in legs; vision problems; cold hands and cold feet (not just throbbing) etc. Anything to narrow the possibilities. Throbbing legs/feet could be onset MS. I've found over the years use of AEP (DR. Adkins go to for MS) is the charm for helping that. (Just PART of the MS protocol.) But we have no reason to suspect MS unless your symptoms pointed us that direction. Please...fill in the blanks."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. The only medication I take is birth control which I've been on for many years (longer than the feet throbbing pain). I stopped taking it for a few months to see if it made any difference. No changes. I have a rapid heart rate in the high 90's up to 102 beats per minute, but when I go easy on the salt for a couple of weeks, it goes back to normal, low 80's. I get checked every year, no high cholesterol, no high blood pressure & no diabetes.

I have a slight swelling on the left calf and a slight egg-size swelling above my left ankle. Most wouldn't notice it. I can't ride a bike or recumbent bike at the gym because the next day my feet hurt worse. Xrays from chiropractors show slight fusing on 1 disc but nothing to cause any problems especially since I don't have back or leg pain. I thought the source of the problem might be in my lower back or pelvic area for 2 reasons, one when I get on the floor and door stomach exercies/crunches, my feet hurt worse the next day and also

I use a kegel exerciser you squeeze between your thighs, not for the intended reason, but because it tightens the stomach, buttocks and saddle bag thighs. Doing that exercise makes my feet hurt worse the next day, but I do it periodically because it makes my thighs smaller! My hair has been thinning for about 25 years. Blood tests show my thyroid and endocrine system a little off but nothing drastic. I've been taking natural supplements for hair loss through a holistic healer which has helped. I have allergies all year - flower pollen & mold. That's about all the symptoms I have. I'm pretty healthy. I get a cold about once a year."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I asked my pcp if I could be tested for leaky gut syndrome and she said no because I would have acites, bloating and problems of leakage in my abdomen. Oh well, I will keep trying various suggestions to get to the bottom of the problem of my throbbing feet. I refuse to give up!"

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. 3 to 4 years ago I did have to go to a gastroenterologist for breath odor. It turns out I had a high bacterial content in my stomach. He had me take a natural supplement to bring back to appropriate bacteria levels. So that problem has been solved and didn't affect my throbbing feet in any way."

04/20/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do consider some cleanses and detoxification methods. Here are some links: http://earthclinic.com/CURES/parasites.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/gallstones.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/colon-cleansing.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/detoxification.html. Open a notepad and copy & paste the best info for your cleansing.

To stimulate the body's natural detox you need to boost Glutathione by supplementing NAC, and Melatonin (before retiring). Milk Thistle herb will strengthen the liver. Brocolli Sprout Extract or I3C will boost detox also. Any antioxidant supplements will help. Almost forgot, do also consider alkalizing remedies. "

04/20/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain In Feet from California:

Given the symptoms you posted to me;

Magnesium deficiency and circulation problem. If me, I'd get on 500 mg of magnesium (any kind) and Vitamin E (natural E; d alpha tocopherol). Start with 200 iu daily and increase to 400 in four weeks; then add to 400 another 200 four weeks later.

Mag and E compliment each other. I'd get up to 1, 000 IUs daily of E. Also I'd get on arginine. (Why? You referenced heart issues and salt matters. You can consume salt if you get Mag.) The fact that you lighten up on salt and the heart is improved is conclusive (in my book) you have a mag deficiency. Other things you mentioned suggest lack of circulation is the main problem; so again I'd get on E. E will definitely help with circulation. And adding Vitamin B3, niacin would not hurt. 250 mg; will cause a slight flush; read about it on the internet."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. I was wondering if I had a circulation problem too. I sent away a hair analysis last year and it tested a bunch of metals. The printout reads that my magnesium is too high. Is there a way I can improve my circulation without taking magnesium? Also I was getting the detox Ionic Foot baths last year so I think I o.k. as far as pulling out toxins."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I did the Ionic detox foot baths last year so I'm probably o.k. as for as detoxing. That's interesting about the parasites. I'm wondering since the throbbing in my feet has gone on for so many years, if I had parasites would the problem have magnified to other areas by now? What are your thoughts?"

04/21/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Many Naturalpathic Dr's recommend annual paracleanse regardless of symptoms, particularly if one is a pet owner.

This feet pain problem is something to do w/ toxic blood, from my perspective. My feet are very much a reflection of my liver health. This is why I recommended gallbladder cleanse and NAC/Melatonin, and Milk Thistle. I occasionally use a strong magnet therapy over my liver and afterwards my step is lighter, and my blood pressure lowers. Kidney cleanses are also recommended for blood purification.

Increase your nutrition status as well as antioxidant status thru supplementation. Dave's recommends are well advised and worthy of your efforts.

You must do some cleanses. Some methods are very taxing but some are not. Suck 3 menthol cough drops back-to-back daily for 1 wk to melt cholesterol stones (of which almost everyone, to some degree has). Take one spoon of Milled Flax Seed daily to cleanse the colon (of which almost everyone has a dirty one to some degree, especially if you are over mid-life). Garlic is a very good antiparaside and blood purifier. Cilantro/Coriander herb chelates heavy metals from the body. ACV is good for many conditions and helps almost everyone who uses it daily."

04/21/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Do you remember what the natural supplement was that successfully balanced the bacteria in your stomach? Thank you."

04/21/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain/ Feet,

RE increase circulation.

You ask is there a way to increase circulation in feet...yes...see my last post to you....It is using the Natural Vit E., a wonder for increased circulation. Try it (as I outlined) for six weeks and see if it helps. I bet it will. All I can say is the use of E is just what I'd do in your situation."

04/21/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you, I will try the Vit E as you described to see if there is an improvement with my circulation.

Dear Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: Regarding regulating stomach bacteria, I remember taking a probiotic but can't remember the name. Sorry about that. You can find a holistic practitioner that can recommend one or you can get one at the drugstore, but it won't be all natural.

Dear Timh from KY: Thank you. I haven't heard of toxic blood. I'll start working on the cleanses."

04/06/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello "Pain in Feet"

Re ... throbbing feet issue...

I realize you say everything was checked but the problem sounds like Sickle Cell; at least might be related. Different degrees and different times of onset. Distorted red blood cells are more likely to get "stuck" so one help might be Vitamin E which has been reputed to "slick down the platelets" as well doing the same in veins and arteries.

There are other symptoms you might be experiencing that could confirm SCD. Headaches, chest pains, jaundice and cold hands and feet.

Even if the problem is not red cell related; the problem might be helped by Vitamin E as it will help oxygenate extremities and clean out plaque.

Next, it NEVER hurts to add some magnesium to the system. I'd take Epsom Salts baths; even foot baths would be good.

On the E...use ONLY natural (d- alpha and NOT dl, which is synthetic). Start with 200 iu and work up to 800 IUs over three months.

Also "ginger" foot baths can help with circulation. Cut small sections of real ginger and heat in pot on stove. Pour into foot bath and add warm water. Let soak for 30 minutes. Repeat nightly for two weeks. If improved, repeat three or four times weekly. You would have just demonstrated that there is a circulation problem that must be worked on."

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, I left a couple things off my post. Can I retrieve it and make corrections? Thank you."

EC: Hi, just send another post with the extra info.

04/07/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thank you for the suggestions. I will check it out. I don't have any symptoms of SCD, but as you say it could be related. Oops I just realized I spelled podiatrist wrong in my first post! I forgot to mention I had a nerve conduction study and went to a few chiropractors too!"

04/08/2014: Happy from Up The Creek In Wv, Usa: "Chronically swollen feet are a symptom of mercury poisoning. I know you said someone checked your blood for mercury, but perhaps they missed it.

The proper way to check for mercury is with a DMPSA [chelater] challenge test. They have you drink some of this, then test your urine for the level of mercury in it, as chelated by the DMPSA chemical."

04/09/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Hi, my physician/insurance wouldn't do the chelation, before and after urine test, so then I had a blood test to check metal levels. A nurse here at work has an affiliation with a lab so I paid for it out-of-pocket. The chemical levels turned out normal. But, I started taking DMSA for 3 months any way to see if it made any difference but my feet kept throbbing so I stopped taking it. It's weird, my feet throb all day/night, but they only swell if it's real hot outside."

04/10/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "I have had this problem for many yrs, except the pain part is not-so-bad as I have significant nerve damage in both feet as well, resulting in predominate numbness.

Mineral, especially Epsom Salt foot baths I take daily.

For heavy metal detox you can take Ted's recommended amounts of Sodium Thiosulfate without the prescription or supervision of a dr.

Detox Foot Pads and Ionic Foot Spa will remove toxins from the soles of feet. I use both these daily/nightly."

04/10/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Thanks Timh. I will give these things a try!

I forgot to mention I already tried the Ionic foot bath and it didn't help my throbbing feet. But at least I've got the impurities out of my system due to a series of Ionic foot baths."

04/11/2014: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Pain: If you don't experience any relief from these current recommendations, the single "most likely" causative problem (which I have long suspected) is "Leakey Gut Syndrome". With damage to the gut, undigested large food particles enter the bloodstream and the feet are the most blood circulated body part, hence the pain."

04/16/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky, Usa, I will definitely check out your leaky gut syndrome theory! Thank you for your time!"

04/17/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do update us on your results.

For healing of the intestines, first be sure to treat any infection or possibly parasitism as this damages the lining.

Second, Zinc & Vit-A are very important defense nutrients. As for actually stimulated epithelial lining regrowth, I have found a combination of DGL & Allantoin the best remedy.

From my personal history, the pain in feet began as I was stricken w/ aplastic anemia; within a few days the pain became very bad-to-intolerable. Pain meds didn't help much as I my gut was so damaged that absorption was very poor and I also had severe Candida. As a last resort to relieve the pain, I began using cold water foot baths then soon needed to add ice. My feet were burning w/ pain as the ice water quickly turned to hot water. This situation continued in severity until I needed F.B. 24/7. The 30 min trip to hospital without ice water was such severe pain as I screamed all the way. A Morphine I.V. beat the pain but I had large holes blown thru the my feet as well as damage to the bottoms or soles. Dr's said foot problem was frostbite, but from visual comparison to photos of Frostbite, well, no comparison. I somehow survived the ordeal and learned how to walk again (with help from walker or cane) about one yr later. Looking back, the only logical explanation was confirmed by heavy metal manganese poisoning. I also have immune dysfunction that may exacerbate the situation.

Hope my story helps to solve your riddle."

04/17/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello again Pain In Feet from Cal.

I responded to your first post with my suggestions and after reading Timh's suggestions, re read your post and follow ups. Know what? I think it would help if you gave us some more symptoms. There must be some more issues or symptoms to help you narrow the scope. We're sort of "shootin in the dark." And you've had LOTS of suggestions. Could you please list OTHER issues ... maybe or maybe not related. LIKE; meds you're taking; tingling in hands; throbbing in legs; vision problems; cold hands and cold feet (not just throbbing) etc. Anything to narrow the possibilities. Throbbing legs/feet could be onset MS. I've found over the years use of AEP (DR. Adkins go to for MS) is the charm for helping that. (Just PART of the MS protocol.) But we have no reason to suspect MS unless your symptoms pointed us that direction. Please...fill in the blanks."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. The only medication I take is birth control which I've been on for many years (longer than the feet throbbing pain). I stopped taking it for a few months to see if it made any difference. No changes. I have a rapid heart rate in the high 90's up to 102 beats per minute, but when I go easy on the salt for a couple of weeks, it goes back to normal, low 80's. I get checked every year, no high cholesterol, no high blood pressure & no diabetes.

I have a slight swelling on the left calf and a slight egg-size swelling above my left ankle. Most wouldn't notice it. I can't ride a bike or recumbent bike at the gym because the next day my feet hurt worse. Xrays from chiropractors show slight fusing on 1 disc but nothing to cause any problems especially since I don't have back or leg pain. I thought the source of the problem might be in my lower back or pelvic area for 2 reasons, one when I get on the floor and door stomach exercies/crunches, my feet hurt worse the next day and also

I use a kegel exerciser you squeeze between your thighs, not for the intended reason, but because it tightens the stomach, buttocks and saddle bag thighs. Doing that exercise makes my feet hurt worse the next day, but I do it periodically because it makes my thighs smaller! My hair has been thinning for about 25 years. Blood tests show my thyroid and endocrine system a little off but nothing drastic. I've been taking natural supplements for hair loss through a holistic healer which has helped. I have allergies all year - flower pollen & mold. That's about all the symptoms I have. I'm pretty healthy. I get a cold about once a year."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I asked my pcp if I could be tested for leaky gut syndrome and she said no because I would have acites, bloating and problems of leakage in my abdomen. Oh well, I will keep trying various suggestions to get to the bottom of the problem of my throbbing feet. I refuse to give up!"

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. 3 to 4 years ago I did have to go to a gastroenterologist for breath odor. It turns out I had a high bacterial content in my stomach. He had me take a natural supplement to bring back to appropriate bacteria levels. So that problem has been solved and didn't affect my throbbing feet in any way."

04/20/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Do consider some cleanses and detoxification methods. Here are some links: http://earthclinic.com/CURES/parasites.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/gallstones.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/colon-cleansing.html. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/detoxification.html. Open a notepad and copy & paste the best info for your cleansing.

To stimulate the body's natural detox you need to boost Glutathione by supplementing NAC, and Melatonin (before retiring). Milk Thistle herb will strengthen the liver. Brocolli Sprout Extract or I3C will boost detox also. Any antioxidant supplements will help. Almost forgot, do also consider alkalizing remedies. "

04/20/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain In Feet from California:

Given the symptoms you posted to me;

Magnesium deficiency and circulation problem. If me, I'd get on 500 mg of magnesium (any kind) and Vitamin E (natural E; d alpha tocopherol). Start with 200 iu daily and increase to 400 in four weeks; then add to 400 another 200 four weeks later.

Mag and E compliment each other. I'd get up to 1, 000 IUs daily of E. Also I'd get on arginine. (Why? You referenced heart issues and salt matters. You can consume salt if you get Mag.) The fact that you lighten up on salt and the heart is improved is conclusive (in my book) you have a mag deficiency. Other things you mentioned suggest lack of circulation is the main problem; so again I'd get on E. E will definitely help with circulation. And adding Vitamin B3, niacin would not hurt. 250 mg; will cause a slight flush; read about it on the internet."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you. I was wondering if I had a circulation problem too. I sent away a hair analysis last year and it tested a bunch of metals. The printout reads that my magnesium is too high. Is there a way I can improve my circulation without taking magnesium? Also I was getting the detox Ionic Foot baths last year so I think I o.k. as far as pulling out toxins."

04/20/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Timh from Ky: Thank you. I did the Ionic detox foot baths last year so I'm probably o.k. as for as detoxing. That's interesting about the parasites. I'm wondering since the throbbing in my feet has gone on for so many years, if I had parasites would the problem have magnified to other areas by now? What are your thoughts?"

04/21/2014: Timh from Ky: "Pain: Many Naturalpathic Dr's recommend annual paracleanse regardless of symptoms, particularly if one is a pet owner.

This feet pain problem is something to do w/ toxic blood, from my perspective. My feet are very much a reflection of my liver health. This is why I recommended gallbladder cleanse and NAC/Melatonin, and Milk Thistle. I occasionally use a strong magnet therapy over my liver and afterwards my step is lighter, and my blood pressure lowers. Kidney cleanses are also recommended for blood purification.

Increase your nutrition status as well as antioxidant status thru supplementation. Dave's recommends are well advised and worthy of your efforts.

You must do some cleanses. Some methods are very taxing but some are not. Suck 3 menthol cough drops back-to-back daily for 1 wk to melt cholesterol stones (of which almost everyone, to some degree has). Take one spoon of Milled Flax Seed daily to cleanse the colon (of which almost everyone has a dirty one to some degree, especially if you are over mid-life). Garlic is a very good antiparaside and blood purifier. Cilantro/Coriander herb chelates heavy metals from the body. ACV is good for many conditions and helps almost everyone who uses it daily."

04/21/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Do you remember what the natural supplement was that successfully balanced the bacteria in your stomach? Thank you."

04/21/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Pain/ Feet,

RE increase circulation.

You ask is there a way to increase circulation in feet...yes...see my last post to you....It is using the Natural Vit E., a wonder for increased circulation. Try it (as I outlined) for six weeks and see if it helps. I bet it will. All I can say is the use of E is just what I'd do in your situation."

04/21/2014: Pain In Feet from Sacramento, Ca: "Dear Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: Thank you, I will try the Vit E as you described to see if there is an improvement with my circulation.

Dear Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: Regarding regulating stomach bacteria, I remember taking a probiotic but can't remember the name. Sorry about that. You can find a holistic practitioner that can recommend one or you can get one at the drugstore, but it won't be all natural.

Dear Timh from KY: Thank you. I haven't heard of toxic blood. I'll start working on the cleanses."

04/20/2014: Laura from Houston, Tx: "I know you posted this a couple years ago, but was wondering how you are doing now? Your story sounds EXACTLY like mine, but I was eventually diagnosed, by a vulvovaginal specialist in Houston, with Cytolytic Vaginosis. Cyclical yeast-like symptoms (itching, burning, discharge) with the absence of positive results for yeast are hallmarks of this imbalance (which is basically an overgrowth of lactobacilli, which can be brought on by repeated use of antifungals). I also read the V Book, and this book claims that Cytolytic Vaginosis has been debunked. I can assure you that this is not true. A specialist here in Houston informed me that it is a real clinical entity that responds to appropriate treatment. if you're still having symptoms, especially with the use of Rephresh Pro-B, please look into Cytolytic Vaginosis!"

04/20/2014: Kissyc. from Florida, US: "I have also had success with #12; I use NuAge #12 (also sold as Hylands) for tissue repair. In addition, during a MRSA outbreak, I make a mixture using Moringa, Tea Tree, and Oregano oils mixed with Coconut oil as a base. (All available at health food store, call around and make sure they have #12, not everyone carries it) Make sure and take a good vitamin supplement as well, including high doses of Vitamin C, Folic Acid, B vitamins, and Magnesium. I try to avoid the pharmaceuticals, I have taken three types before, and can cause internal damage to your organs. I have an outbreak in my nose right now, and already better in one day using the above remedy. (Use the oil on a Q-tip to apply, and also using a triple antibiotic salve three times a day). This is my second time using this method, cleared up an outbreak on my leg this way in the past."

04/20/2014: Hilda from Nc, US: "I was researching manganese since it is a pigment used in purple tattoo ink. My skin will not take purple, it appears to be absorbed. That seemed to explain it, since your body will grab what it needs. I am just unsure of doseage. I am a nurse so , I know the risk of over supplementing. Glad I found your site."

EC: Hi Andrea, a new page has been created for you. Thank you for the suggestion!

04/17/2014: Andrea C from Wales: "I am detoxing off opiates at this time and it's hell!! Its as bad as the opiate induced hyperalgesia its self. I have done so much research on this and this as agonising as it is is the only way. And it takes quite a bit of time. I wiil post more info when I can as it's too painful to type.

I use this video to get sleep after having problems from the pain from opiate induced hyperalgesia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfah8znxe8:

Deep Shamanic, Tibetan Meditation Music with 4.5Hz Theta Binaural Brainwaves

and also put a hot water bottle in my bed before I get in and keep it in there, it helps. Love Andrea c xxxx"

04/17/2014: Andrea C from Wales: "If you are or ever have been on Opiate painkillers and have Chronic pain, Fibro, CFS, etc., read up on opiate induced hyperalgesia you may find your answer to many painful syndromes once you know what this is. I been given so many misdiagnoses even MS, ME and other's as well as the above and worse. I did research and saw everything happening to me as being opiate induced hyperalgesia. I am angry, this has been known about in the Medical fraternity for over 100 years? ONE OPIATE is all it takes to trigger it off, not just long term uses. Andrea C xxx"

04/17/2014: Bee from New York: "Hi Andrea C..

I am new to binaural beats but so far I have listening to a few..question is how long does it take before someone sees results.. I did listen to one for pain and It helped...but I am still new to it all. Sorry you are experiencing your situation.. Thanks"

04/20/2014: Andrea C from Wales: "Hi, if you've found one you find helpful you need to stick with it for a bit, as it's to-do with different brain waves being affected by signals to the brain which is how the body and mind operate. Different brain waves will do different things, Some will liven you up, or relax you.

Others will ease or completely take the pain away. I tried different ones at a time, to see what I felt at ease with. Some within a minute I stopped and other's I found useful. And it's best if you have headphones to listen through them. And some got lovely videos with them so I put it on wide screen by using the icon bottom right of the video and to go back to normal screen just click the same one.

What one will find works in a good way for them may not do anything for anyone else.I tried one that someone else raved about and it gave me a bloody headache and ringing in my ear's after 2 mins :-D Something else I find helpful is guided meditation as well, you can listen to them anytime of day. Some prefer the AM others PM. But I just use it no matter what the time is.

Love Andrea C xxxxxx"

12/09/2010: Brooke from Montgomery, Tx, Usa: "I would try Castor oil packs and high enemas. My boyfriend might have what you have. Do the Castor oil packs for 4 days on and 3 days off and have enemas often. Also see a Chiropractor and get adjusted! I have always told my boyfriend that I think he might have a problem with his lymph, and the Castor oil packs really help with lymph. However, he is a man and he won't do the Castor oil packs, so I will never know for sure if it would help him! Let me know if you decide to try this - I would be interested in your results!"

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  12/29/2010: Dekay from Chicago, Il: "Where is the best to apply the Castor Oil Pack? I only did one before and placed it over the liver and abdomen. Thanks. I want to add... I have Dercum's Disease. They are on my arms, under arms, and thighs, back and butt, as well as my stomach. They range from different sizes & shapes. Very painful when pressed. My arms feels like riblets(rows)of small pea size tumors. My thighs have masses and lge. Lumps of lipomas. My right thigh is larger than my left. I feel them all throughout my stomach and butt they are size of marbles. What have I learned so far... Still researching. Hypoxia on a cellular level is the root cause. Karen Herbst on Youtube... Look up Dercums... Breathing I & II. I will try to provide links to help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKNLz-9Q9rU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O_clbMYgWs

Hypoxia...explained Part 1, 2, 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DsOaMEICgg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZtW6I3SvA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss40DgCPamw&feature=related

Use of a trampoline 5-10 minutes a day

I've tried many things. However I want to try.... MMS and an oxygen concentrator prescribe by my doctor. Along with applying the restrictive breathing technique 3 times a day that Dr. Herbst recommends. I have been diagnosed with Dercum's, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Hashimoto, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Vasculitis and Crohns. I have lost over 60 lbs with 15 more to go. Still weighloss does not stop the lumps or the pain. Actually it made the lumps more prominent. The truth is the lipomas were probably there all along, hiding under all the fat. I went from 230 to 165 (meat, vegetables, fruit, waters and teas-stevia only sweetner) Removed processed foods. Oh I read somewhere persons developed Lipomas drinking high Protein shakes, The year before I did do a diet where I did drink protein shakes for about a month.... Numerous times throughout the day.... Could have some truth to it. So one might want to stay clear of those. Hope this helps someone. I will post back on the regimen above in a month. Right now I am using Beta Glucans... To help my immune system. Any questions feel free to email me. Good health to you."

12/29/2010: Brooke from Montgomery, Tx, Usa: "I would start the Castor Oil packs on your abdomen, over your liver area for the first two weeks. Put them on for 5 days and take a break for 2 days an hour to an hour and a half at a time. After that you could take some eliminants to help you with moving your bowels - such as Castoria (Fletchers)or any other good bowel mover, that has Senna in it. Use your intuition on the dosage. I take a whole bottle some days! Only a 1/4 tsp at a time, every 30 minutes. And other times, I only take 1 tsp - 1 Tbs in the whole day. I have been trying to get my boyfriend to do this for years and he shy's away from it. He is is no pain - I am not even sure if it is Dercum's - but I will keep on trying with him!"

04/20/2014: Don from Melbourne, AU: "According to Andreas Moritz a series of liver flushes might work. The theory is that the liver is blocked up and cannot filter blood sufficiently, and so the body stores the waste material in lipomas . Once the liver starts cleaning blood properly the lipomas reduce over time. I would use a topical methods and do the liver flush to attack it on two fronts. Some castor pack and apple cider type methods. Andreas has testimonials of liver flushes doing exactly this . check this hypothesis out, it doesnt cost anything to try, but is a bit of an effort. Most people wont try it because of the amount of effort required, but If u are really annoyed you will probably try everything that looks plausible."

09/19/2010: Juanita from Lake Villa, Il: "Hi Ted, I read your suggestions for Heel Spurs. I've had one for over 2 years now with no relief in sight. Your suggestions mentions MSM, can you tell me what that is? My thirteen year old son is now complaining of pain on his left heel and I would love to be able to find a solution for both of us. I would appreciate any info you can provide. Thank you."

EC: More about MSM here: http://earthclinic.com/Supplements/MSM.html

11/16/2010: Liz from San Francisco, Ca: "Regarding taking MSM 2000mg every hour for six hours - so take 12,000mg a day? Can someone take too much? After doing this for two weeks, then begin the other supplements you mention or take them while taking the MSM?
Thanks, Liz"

11/17/2010: Francisca from Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France: "Liz, I am reading a book on MSM at the moment. Funny enough they only talk about MSM as if there is only one strength. I was hoping it would help me with my awful allergies as nothing else does but I have read the side effects people here had and also my husband who is a chemist says I should never take it as it is an oxidant. I don't know.... As far as the information in the book it seems to be great for quite a few ailments...... But I have to confess that I am afraid to try!"

11/17/2010: Lee from New York, Usa: "Hi Ladies, I love this website and have integrated many ideas into my health routine over the past 2 years. I'm also not particularly brave about trying things (I have yet to use the food grade h202, although I'd like to). But I have been using MSM for the past 3 months. Mine is 2.6 g. Per 1/2 teaspoon. I make a drink out of 1/2 teaspoon MSM, juice of 1/4 lemon, 1/2 teaspoon turmeric, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, mixed into 8 oz organic veggie juice. I swallow the rest of my vitamins with this drink (which include HA) and I have not had any negative side effects. I do a tremendous amount of walking and would like to be able to continue to do so in my old age. I was beginning to have some aches in my feet and knees, and it seems as though this mixture, plus the HA have cured me. I also have springtime alergies, and am hopeful that the MSM might help with them. I'll keep you posted, but for me, MSM is a winner. Best of luck. Lee"

11/17/2010: Martibee from Milwaukee, Wi., U S A: "Msm doesn't necessarily do anything for allergies, but local bee pollen works very well. Try it. You need to start with one teaspoon a day and gradually increase amount till you reach the level that works for you. I used it about 10 years ago when I lived in an area of U.S. Where there was a high mold count and heavy air polution. I had to take 4 Tablespoons Bee Pollen daily and I didn't need any medications. But you do need to work up to the level you need, gradually. MSM is a biological form of sulphur. Every body needs sulphur. It's vital for our bodies."

11/18/2010: Francisca from Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France: "Well, as far as I know there aren't any local pollens here being sold in the shops. I have seen pollens and even taken them but they are surely not from here. Another problem is that so far my allergies were never connected to one season or to pollens. I know that our bodies contain sulfur but they contain MSG as well and still this is not something we should be taking. I am finishing reading my book on MSM, I have to say that it sounds good. The book is written by two doctors with a lot of experience of treating patients with MSM for many years still, my husband, a chemist says I shouldn't take it as it is an oxidant and could cause cancer, I have read the side effect of members of this site..... I don't know what to do. At the moment my allergies are bad and nothing I do seems to change that. They say that it really helps against allergies."

11/18/2010: Bess from Calgary, Alberta, Canada: "Hi Francisca - For allergies, I take about 1,000 mg quercetin (plus bromelain - an enzyme, which seems to help quercetin do its job). I also take 1,000 mg of MSM (powdered form) and mix it with about 3 ounces of water, then add 500 mg of Vitamin C (powdered form). Hope this works for you! Cheers, Bess"

[YEA]  12/19/2010: Coregon from Medford, Or: "Regarding MSM and allergies, I have faithfully taken this one supplement daily without fail for over 20 years. I used to have pollen allergies so bad that I would stay inside and look out the window on beautiful days in the summer. If I went outside for any amount of time my eyes would swell and itch and my lungs would immediately congest. As a desperate last resort I'd get steroid injections monthly for allergies (was I crazy??)

I live in an area where pollen counts are very high and many allergy sufferers around me, but I haven't had a single allergy episode since about a month after I started MSM supplements. I take 3,000 mg a day, sometimes more. It also helps my joints, my hair, my nails, my skin (am told I look years younger than my age). MSM is what normally comes down in rainwater.. That is the rain water that we USED to have before acid rain. It used to be in our our fruits and vegetables naturally when rain was healthy. I would think it would almost be impossible to overdose on this natural healthy supplement. It also helps you absorb the rest of your vitamins and neutralizes a lot of the bad effects of any medications you are on. Great stuff!

Oh one other thing, all my life I have been severely allergic to cats. I have no problem with cats at all now with MSM supplements! I can hold them and pet them, no reaction. When I first started MSM, I spoke personally to Rich (of Rich's MSM.. Now sold under another name). Very knowledgeable and kind man who was severely burned in an accident.. MSM changed his life by healing old burn scars (used in lotion). Would be well worth getting a book on MSM, the benefits are too great to list here. Although I started using Rich's MSM, I now use whatever brand is on sale, they all seem to work great."

12/19/2010: Francisca from Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France: "Dear Coregon, nice to hear your testimony about how MSM helped your allergies. After reading a book on MSM I am thinking of buying it when I go to Britain to spend Christmas (we live next to Switzerland but there they are not allowed to sell it and here in France it is very expensive). When the book section is ready I will post my review on that book and I have just ordered a new one so I will post both reviews soon."

06/25/2012: Amenpi from Austin, Texas: "Just like to reiterate, every body is different but in my case MSM (1 tsp. ) with Vit C (1/2 tsp. ) with a little water taken 2-3 times a day cured my allergies. I even stopped taking it for a year and when I started to feel my allergies acting up I started up again and they didn't come back. I love this stuff, it is cheaper and more portable than Bee Pollen which has to be refrigerated. I get it at the feed store which is twice the amount for half the price of what they sell at the health food stores."

07/31/2012: Cindy from Ensenada, Baja California: "I have been following these recommendations for Plantar Faciitis for months now. I even do EFT, which is the only thing that will "kind of" help me. I have had this condition since January 2012. I have tried the soaks, the wraps, the MSM the vitamins, Calcium, oils massaged into the heel, the excercises, hot/cold, etc. Etc. I have gotten no relief. I have kidney problems so I cannot take anti-inflamatory drugs or pain med or Cortizone shots. Anything else anyone can think of that I can try? I have now hurt my wrist catching myself from falling one day when I was standing up at a theatre and my left foot had fallen asleep and I didn't realize how much so when I stood, or tried to stand, my body sort of just fell over since my "good" foot didn't work. I caught myself from falling and now my wrist is swollen and painful for the last 6 weeks. That wont heal either. So I am looking at some sort of underlying inflammation that I should address instead of the actual spots??"

07/31/2012: J from Nh: "Roll your arch on a tennis ball."

07/31/2012: Suzzanne from Ravena, Ny: "I had such a bad case of this and tried many many things including the 300 dollar orthodics which in my case were useless. The only thing that worked for me was serious stretching. I stretched every muscle every day from my thigh right down to my toes. I am pain free and still do the stretches because I NEVER want it back again. It was so painful."

07/31/2012: Cindy from Ensenada, Baja California: "Yes, I have also done the tennis ball rolling, the frozen water bottle rolling and a tennis ball size round (really nice) rock that I can heat or make cold, I put drops of different oils on top to roll and massage that into the arch of my foot."

07/31/2012: Plumhappy from Eugene, Oregon: "Cindy, is it possible you have other issues you are not aware of such as with your stomach? Some people who are gluten intolerant don't have symptoms (gluten intolerance and celiac are not the same but can have the same symptoms when present. Check out celiac. Com) Those of us who are gluten intolerant or celiac have trouble with using supplements because of the damage done to our insides. When we are off of gluten and give ourselves time to heal, supplements work better. Also, try suppliments that are not in pill or capsule form."

09/02/2012: Marcia from Washington, DC: "MSM for Heel Spur Pain: I started taking 2000 mg of MSM every hour for 6 hours on Tues. Aug. 28. Today is day 6 and my heel pain is significantly reduced - down to about 30% from 100% pain since April of this year. I am also soaking in borax and water, but I am using warm/hot water, not cold. I will try cold water next. I also do the stretching exercises twice a day. Thanks for this tip because nothing else was working. My podiatrist would not give me a cortisone shot for fear of side effects, such as diabetes, because of the dosage he normally gives. I was told to lose weight, which I know I need to do, but I am not convinced that this is the reason for my heel spur entirely as he suggested."

04/20/2014: Jennifer from Vegas, NV: "Was just skimming the interwebs and had to comment though I hadn't intended to that your doctor sounds like an a-hole. Go to another one. My mother was an overweight waitress into her 60s who carried 50-lb trays all day and her doc didn't hesitate to give her shots. She probably would have collapsed otherwise. Sometimes treatments carry risks but he'd rather let you suffer with the gem of wisdom to lose weight - as if this is an ideal solution for damage already done.

Anyone required to stand for several hours on a regular basis is subjecting their body to stress it wasn't designed for, as was my case. I couldn't afford orthotics right away and the spur developed within a couple short months of a rough job. My feet are flat with overpronation also. I started with epsom salt baths. Btw warm-not hot water is needed for absorption. Then Morton epsom salt lotion. I had awesome relief for a while with both of those. Another oil you can use is eucalypus, directly or in the bath. I just happened to have some lying around that I bought with an indoor fountain. Right now I have a Salonpas patch on and it's working great. Cheap for a 40 pack. The delivery system is supposed to last for hours but I can't vouch for that..yet."

05/03/2011: Robyn from Melbourne, Australia: "Hello, thanks - I have had b12 injections for quite some time. Because of Ted's posts about Bs especially for fms I got a good quality B supplement. No change. Had doc test my levels and they are 10 x what they should be. Because of the absolute fatigue I thought they might help me along a bit but I guess I overdid it. No help with not being able to sit up for more than an hr a day and none for the pain. I try everything on here but I havent nailed the real problem/s. You helped me a bit with the addisons which I havent nailed yet either. Obviously, the fatigue and pain is HUGELY disabling. I lie around like a vegetable. I can barely see the point of it. Thanks to you I do realise the pain can increase when I change the sodium/potassium ratio."

05/03/2011: Michelle from Cambridge, Cambs / Uk: "Dear Robyn, I read your letter with a little alarm, as you were describing my symptoms and mental state 2 years ago! I finally got diagnosed with a pituitary tumour. And lo and behold I kept reading and saw your diagnosis of a pit tumour. May I suggest most if not all of your terrible and debilitating symptoms are caused by this tumour, as were mine. You really need to get this origin of your problems dealt with. Have you had all the relevant endocrine tests done ? And the Dexa test ? My tumour has been operated on, and I am taking Growth Hormone every day, which has improved my mental outlook no end, even if I am still struggling physically, I am better equipped to deal with it. So my advice to you is to get the proper treatment for pituitary disease, as it all stems from there. Good luck. Michelle"

05/03/2011: Robyn from Melbourne, Australia: "thank you for your interest. All doctors had refused to treat me as I have addisons also and become so allergic I would pass out in their waiting rooms. I pressed that dr for a brain scan because all my hormones were nil which found the tumor when they werent looking for one. The doc decided to do nothing about it nor the very advanced calcified arteries. I went to another doc who looked confused but no one wants to treat me. Im in the bad fms, cfs, mcs label and hence a lost cause. I tell them I get terrible migraines along with the bizarre symptoms but ?? When I went to a neurologist yrs ago she spent 5 mins testing my reflexes and that was it."

05/03/2011: Robyn from Melbourne, Australia: "Michelle, do you know the cause of your tumor? Does it have anything to do with the accumulation of calcium? and Ted mentions the bacteria that can hide in ca. And the flouride. Im trying to control this addisons and copper toxicity at the same time. thanks for your post."

05/03/2011: Spiritmom from Fayetteville, Ar Usa : "have you done any research on chelation theapy? what I've read in several books is this needs to be done in the vein not just with food."

05/04/2011: Gavin from Manganui, Northland, New Zealand: "Get some Ginger root from the vegie shop.. Cut about a square centimeter off it and cut it up very finely and swallow.. Do this three times a day and keep it up by about the third day you will start to experience relief from your pain. You can fry it a bit in the wok with some olive oil but use a bit more. The only thing to watch out for is if your pregnant smaller doses are recomended. Otherwise take as much as you can practically stand. In long usage it acts like cortico steroids but without the side effects. You can add Tumeric and Cayenne as they compliment it. But Ginger is the main ingredient. Failing that buy some capsules but the raw root is cheapest."

05/04/2011: Merryanne from Orange City, Florida, Usa: "It could be yeast, possible candida. I sugest taking MSM, and a few weeks of nothing sweet while you take the MSM, and 2L of water each day. Merryanne in Central FL"

05/04/2011: Michelle from Cambridge, Cambs / Uk: "Hi Robyn. They really don't know what causes pituitary tumours to grow. Mine is a non functioning pit tumour, and there are 4 main different types. I know how dreadful you feel, mentally and physically, and the pain you are in, and the exhaustion caused by some of your endocrine systems running on nil, whilst your Cortisol levels are probably soaring, making you stiff and leaching the calcium out of your bones! Ted has helped me beyond calculation, but I had to get properly diagnosed first, because so much goes wrong with this disease.

I will try to post the advice Ted gave me, after I check with him, when he is better.

I'm appalled you are not being properly treated for this. Go to a site called Mary o/ cushings, and join all the hundreds of people sharing their symptoms and treatments, and how to get treated to start with! So many doctors cannot understand this illness, and you can find sympathetic and knowledgable doctors who treat it, through this site. Your muscles are wasting away, this is just one of the horrible effects of a NFT, (non functioning tumour ), you will be feeling depressed, and isolated. All side effects as well. I know it is difficult to motivate a body so achingly weak, but you have to stop the disease before it gets any worse and things become harder to do.

You have to get correctly diagnosed by a sympathetic doctor, as the different tumours require different treatments. Then Teds protocols will keep the interloper at bay. Please e-mail directly if you want, and I will talk to you about my ongoing treatment. Michelle"

05/04/2011: Michelle from Cambridgec, Cambs / Uk: "Robyn I have just reread your post, and it seems if you have addisons that you don't have enough cortisol ? Is this what your tests showed ?

I have to have blood tests every few months now, and I have to inject myself daily with growth hormone, because due to the tumour, I lost my muscle mass. It is now beginning to come back, but it takes a long time. I still can't walk very far, but I feel so much better in myself, and can take some interest in things again. Each of us who has an endo system failure, manifests many different symptoms, all unpleasant. We deal with each one as they come up, which is why you need to get the correct help as soon as possible, and with Ted's help, get on the road to recovery, from this life threatening disease. God bless, Michelle."

05/05/2011: Bill from San Fernando, San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Robyn... Michelle is right. The primary cause of all your symptoms and other problems is a hormonal pituitary problem. The pituitary gland is THE Master Gland in the body. It controls and regulates growth, the adrenals, the thyroid and indirectly controls bone growth. There is no one herb or group of herbs that can substitute for these complex pituitary secretions and functions. So if the pituitary is insufficient, then it logically follows that the adrenals, thyroid etc will also be insufficient because they will be unregulated and uncontrolled by the pituitary gland.

If the pituitary gland is insufficient, then it will have widespread effects. You lack energy because you are probably hypothyroid as well as hypo-adrenal(Addison's Disease). Your thyroid controls your metabolic rate as well as bone formation by releasing calconin and the parathyroid hormone dissolves bone calcium into the blood. This should be in balance. With loss of pituitary function, and consequent depression of the thyroid, excess bone or calcium is being removed and released into the blood. This is what is causing your calcium build up and artery problems.

Bone formation is promoted by calconin from the thyroid -- which also promotes release of osteocalcin hormone from the bone. From recent research it has been found that osteocalcin also promotes the secretion of insulin from the pancreas as well as reducing insulin receptor resistance in the body. So if the pituitary is insufficient, then the thyroid will be insufficient, so bone building is not promoted together with insufficient osteocalcin and insulin -- which can lead to diabetes as well as osteoporosis.

The reason I'm describing these effects is to show how complex this pituitary hormonal problem is and to show some of the effects and relationships arising from just a depressed or insufficient pituitary gland.

The reason for the cyst on your pituitary gland is very likely because of excess fluoride and an excess build-up of calcium over the years. The best way to get rid of calcium from your body is to use a clacium chelating agents like EDTA or MSM or DMSO or Vitamin C(high dose) with magnesium. This will help to reduce the pain in the tissues, reduce the brain calcification in dementia, improve the fibro and address all the other excess calcium issues in the blood. Ted's alkalizing remedies will also help here.

Secondly, fluoride can be removed using borax(see the borax cures section on EC) or high dose lugol's iodine(2 - 4 drops/day of 5% lugols). Really, the only thing you can do is to try and resolve and reduce the root cause of the cyst problem by removing the excess calcium and the fluoride from your body and particularly from your brain.

Your cyst/tumor is probably growing on the anterior(front) part of the pituitary because this region governs the thyroid, adrenals etc. But there is another danger here -- because if your cyst/tumor is also growing underneath the pituitary, then this can result in pressure on the optic nerve from the cyst as it grows. If you also have blurred or double vision, than this is confirmation of this problem which can normally corrected by an operation.

Therefore, above all, you must have a proper diagnosis from your doctor. Don't just ask for a specialist diagnosis -- INSIST ON IT. And don't take no for an answer. Find a proper endocrinologist who knows his business. Ordinary GP's wont have a clue about such a complex pituitary problem."

05/06/2011: Robyn from Melbourne, Australia: "Hi Bill, thank you. Hair analysis says adrenals, thyroid, liver, pancreas, metabolism all struggling. Toxicities - lab even rang me to tell me worst copper they'd ever seen. My spine was calcified. Ca in tissues etc. The brain scan shows the ca in the arteries. I was worried about the pituatory because I have no hormones. I am menopausal but most menopausal women I know have some hormones. Mine are almost nil. However, when we altered the cortisol replacement the acth did go up so the pituatory is still doing something. The brain report apart from very advanced calcified arteries for my age and dementia on left frontal lobe (which I disagree with - I can remember too much) says basilar artery is quite dilated and there is an aneurysm at the tip. But its only small.

Ive been doing the borax and everything on here except the alkalisation - makes me severely ill & increases pain to unbearable levels. Because the aneurysm is so small I got myself a liver profile - doesnt look good, says stage 1 is ramped up way too high, stage 2 is too low and too slow. I guess that is why I am so allergic I cant go into a building. When I google my liver profile it says stage 1 makes minorly toxic material into very toxic even carconigenic and then stage 2 not working to carry it out of my body. So that gives some explanation as to why I pass out if I come into contact with another human being that has deodorant on or washed their hair in shampoo. Still, I have to get all this ca out of my arteries. Does excess ca lying in your tissues cause severe pain?"

05/07/2011: Bill from San Fernando, San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Robyn... The most problematic factor that you have -- the one causing the most problems -- is the excess calcium. Here is a post I wrote a while ago which illustrates the importance of magnesium in calcium regulation in the body tissues:

http://www.earthclinic.com/Supplements/calcium.html#CSE

And the reason you are unable to take alkalizing is perhaps because of all the calcium in your blood anyway. I would suggest that you start taking 500 mgs magnesium citrate or magnesium gluconate twice day. Take this for a week then, if you start getting loose stools, cut back to 250mgs magnesium twice a day. This should greatly improve your calcium balance as well as reduce the tissue pain. By regulating and promoting the bone enzyme, osteocalcin, this will also have positive effects on your pancreas(as I described in my last post to you).

Since you have a problem with your liver and kidneys, I would also advise that you take some sort of protein enzyme to help clear the trash from your blood. Enzymes formulations such as those containing pancreatin, bromelain, papain, serrapeptase and nattokinase will help you tremendously here. This will help clear blockages in arteries and veins, are anti-inflammatory, help reduce pain, help to fight pathogens and should also help to reduce and clear your aneurysim problem. Take these enzymes outside mealtimes -- you want them absorbed and working in your blood and not used for food digestion.

The other fairly critical problem you have is you liver and kidneys -- which are insufficient in doing their job of clearing the trash from your blood. There are several options here. First and perhaps easiest is to just take 1000 mgs of Chanca Piedra three times a day at mealtimes. CP is a diuretic that will gently help to clear your blood of trash safely. CP is also highly protective for the liver, intestines and kidneys and will also help to lower blood pressure and blood sugar levels. Containdications for CP are that you must be careful or at least consult your doctor if you are already taking heart meds, blood pressure meds or diuretics now.

The reason you have so many allergies is because your liver cannot deal with the allergens and toxins in the blood properly. My extended explanation, which will help you understand the problem better, is here:

http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/allergies6.html#LIVER

The above link provides a more complete therapy for your liver. If you do this therapy, ensure that you drink plenty of water as well as take mineral supplements as well -- due to its diuretic effect.

Taking two tablespoons of Virgin Coconut Oil per day will also give you extra energy and help protect the liver as well as help to fight viruses such as Epstein Barr -- which relates to your Fibromyalgia problems. See this link:

http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/coconut_oil.html#ABAF

But don't forget to take the various calcium removing protocols I suggested in my last post. I would also detox heavy metals from your body -- another main caue of Fibro and glandular problems. This can be easily done by eating cilantro three times a week in salads or taking sodium thiosulfate drops everyday or simply supplementing with spirulina/chlorella everyday. This will all help to remove many of the causatve factors for your hypo-pituitary condition.

Lastly, your excessive copper problem can be helped by taking zinc acetate or zinc glutanate supplement. Zinc competes directly with copper in the absrbtion pathways in your body. The resultant outcome of excess copper intake is a sluggish thyroid, reduced body metabolism, with a consequent significant reduction in body energy. Taking 10 mgs zinc per day (or 25mgs every two days) should more than help to reduce your copper load, improve thyroid performance as well as act to considerably spruce up your immune system as well."

05/09/2011: Robyn from Melbourne, Australia: "Bill, thank you. You are so kind. I had studied all your posts and have been taking mg, enzymes, cilantro, spirulina, chlorella, zinc for a yr. Ive been oil pulling but because hair analysis suggested no oils as my liver is so bad I havent been taking any vco. And when I eat anything with any fat I am seriously ill. I guess its a good oil so I could try. We are backward here and chanca piedra not so easy to get. But I will. Ive been doing lugols and potassium - we have trouble getting that too. Also edta, Apple Cider Vinegar and lots of antioxidants. thanks again. In 27 yrs I havent been able to get a doctor interested. Just been left to scream in pain and live on morphine."

05/09/2011: Robyn from Melbourne, Australia: "Bill, just the high doses of mg Im worried about. The hair analysis says high metal in tissues except mercury but especially toxic ca, mg, copper. Blood mg is normal. So I was worried about taking any more mg. I opted for K2 for helping to get the ca out of my tissues and hopefully arteries and back into my bones. Yes I do have osteoperosis."

04/19/2014: Julie from Spencerville, Md: "Hi, just wondering...i was reading today that at least 1/2 the people that have CFS also have parasites, have u been checked? If so, all you'll need is a zapper, an electronic device that stimulates the killer cells back from atrophy to kill the parasites that are stealing all the nutrients from your food before they can get into the small intestine thereby starving you and your immune system. 8 out of 10 people have parasites and don't know it. Hope u are blessed by this info, take care"

04/02/2014: Ed2010 from Canada: "The enzyme of papaya is papain not pepsin. Papain is a protein digesting enzyme. And papaya incerases digestion by stimulating the pancreas, Rich in Vitamin A. Dry papaya chunks are used as meat tenderizer by chefs.

Papaya is a Heat Producing fruit. Traditional varieties are more sweet than the hybrid varieties. Hybrids and GMO's have changed the medicinal properties of many foods.

Good Health"

04/03/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: Thanks for the excellent explanation that encouraged me to try the remedy. I feel better. All us ordinary folk here in Rocky Mountain High think you are an enlightened knowledgeable wise man."

04/03/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Mike, my friend;

Re Papaya....

Tonight I ate a "hot" soup prepared by my Indian friend from Malaysia for my wife and me. "Hot" as in spicy. Normally, that kind of hot would cause some skin irritation, but having little will power in culinary matters, I consumed a big bowl anyway. And to counter the inevitable irritation, a few minutes later, I ate three or four bites of Papaya, cool and soothing. Now, 40 minutes later, I feel no irritation at all and by now I certainly would have. So....another Papaya story.

And thank you for the compliment about my standing among the "illuminati" at "Rocky Mountain High"!!!!

YOUR student,

dave"

04/04/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Ed from Canada;

Re Papaya enzyme...

Thank you so much for the correction; "Papain" is the dominate enzyme.

Another experiment with Papaya:

Tonight I used some chopped up Papaya in a mix of ice cream (butter pecan) and Greek yogurt...then refroze. Turned out to be a nice "ad lib" concoction. Creamier than normal ice cream and the Papaya didn't overpower the taste of either the yogurt or the ice cream. And the real purpose of the Papaya was to make the rich creamy desert digestible...so I am not "hit" with an attack of reflux. We'll see. If I had not put Papaya with such a cream/milk based mix...unless I downed a lot of ACV before bed...reflux would be likely.

So I continue to test the limits of Papaya in digestive matters. I didn't eat the black seeds tonight so I am wondering whether that will influence the "test." I intentionally won't take ACV this evening just to push the "digestive" envelope.

Now some "critic" may suggest that I'm doing this "ice cream test" as a ploy, a mere excuse to eat ice cream.

How could such a hypothetical critic, such as my wife, think such a thing.

I am wanting to see the digestive limits of Papaya. And that is all.

However, I may have to test the Papaya digestive limits with various ice cream flavors...chocolate (with Papaya), strawberry (with Papaya) etc.

Just as a test, mind you.

For purely scientific purposes.

Yes, I am willing to sacrifice myself in such a "test"... for all to know the benefits. Will report back the results six pounds from now...ah....six days from now.

Big Dave from Fountain Inn"

04/04/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Dave,

Wow, your sacrifice for the sake of science and humanity will be remembered and appreciated by many!

Let me know if you find that Papaya makes chocolate chip mint ice cream more digestible.

Thanks!

~Mama to Many~"

04/05/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Mama to Many;

Re Papaya and Ice Cream...

I'd forgotten about Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream!!! That most certainly will be added to the list. So far, with the CCMIC, I've got seven to test.

Wow. This is hard work."

04/11/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mama to Many and anyone interested in the Papaya experiments;

Update; I continue to attempt dietary suicide by consuming ALLLL the foods that I KNOW will kill me.

Well, perhaps this is hyperbolae. "Exaggeration for the sake of effect"...otherwise known as a "lie" is OK if it has literary value. So says some philosopher of ethics I read one time. Can't recall who. But some philosopher must have said it at some point in time because philosophers say most everything.

Back to the point: Certain foods will cause me terrific problems; too much creamy stuff, too much coffee and red meat and for SURE; Reflux. I mean for sure.

ANY salsa and for sure, skin irritation is immediate; especially back of scalp...and burning eyes.

That scalp condition has been a reaction since I was a child and the reflux developed ten years ago.

Well, I have indulged; And my wife, intrigued at my new attempt at such an "adventurous" life style, her elbow on kitchen counter, head in palm of her hand just gazing at me as I stuff chip after chip laden with hot salsa into my burning mouth.

"What?" I ask as bits of salsa fall over my reddened lip.

"Just watching. And waiting. I have the phone ready to call 911."

"Very funny." I gulp down the twentieth chip. I choke a bit but recover.

"Push that bowl of Papaya and Mango over here. You're not getting the insurance money that easily, love. Watch this."

And with that, I down eight soothing...cooling spoonfuls of the blend of one Papaya and three much smaller Mangos, blended and then strained to make a thick, beautiful orange/yellow "soup." I do not dilute; just using a spoon I consume letting the mild, mellow liquid soak into my mouth before swallowing.

"There. Saved."

"We'll see." And she continued to stare at me.

I neither died NOR broke out in the slightest rash.

And as a further "update" I tried to induce Reflux by downing a huge container of Coffee ice cream. ALL for the sake of science; followed by Papaya again. (Mama to Many...you alone seem to understand the sacrifice involved ... bless you.)

No Reflux. Yet.

There has to be some point of excess that the Papaya can't overcome and I am determined, for the sake of science, to find THAT POINT.

AND; I have ONLY gained two pounds in this .... this experiment... thus far.

I am only doing this for you...dear EC readers. Testing the limits..." boldly going where no man has gone before..." Some philosopher said that too. Plato I do believe. Maybe Wittgenstein. The Later Wittgenstein.

And if that point...which I spoke of is reached...over some bowl of forbidden flavors, don't be surprised if my wife, newly attired in the finest of apparel, holds a series of "appreciation" events at a few selected sites...

And don't feel sorry for her. She'll be traveling around the globe for a while; overcoming her grief and looking for new "remedies" out of love and respect for her deceased husband; who died while looking for solutions to ailments...only trying to help those hurting."

04/11/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: Papaya make my desiccated liver taste better."

04/11/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mike 62;

Re Desiccated Liver plus Papaya...

Mike...you just a star!

Wow...who would have thunk...Desiccated Liver- and Papaya making it taste better!

The only way to improve even that would be to make it into an ice cream.

We'd call it....

"Mike 62 Desiccated Liver Papaya Ice Cream Explosion"...

But hold on...before I rev up on the marketing campaign...you operate off very strict dietary rules if I recall. Does ice cream fit within those bounds? Maybe we use Almond Milk."

04/11/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: I am not a perfectionist. I don't eat perfectly all the time. You could try Mike's mountain mush. Three of the ingredients are dairy. Mix papaya, non denatured whey, colostrum, and sour cream together. This would taste like yogurt because of the sour cream."

04/11/2014: Bee from New York, US: "Mike from Denver

What is dessicated Liver? I don't eat red meat .. don't like the taste of it.

So you eat 80 percent raw ... I try that but its pretty challenging but do the best I can..what do you eat cooked?"

04/11/2014: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...My congratulations to you on your experiment with papaya. A brave man indeed!!

However, I've got to say that I think that papaya had very little to do with your ability to eat those bad foods without problems. I'll try and explain why.

First, have a look at this link which is something I've quickly written that helps to explain how stomach acid and duodenal digestion or Main Stage Digestion are so crucially linked:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L6bKkuZlS7-Q_-bTJk1sU_cvNRSQr8_WM91FJ7jIvR4/edit?usp=sharing

What saved your bacon was probably the lime juice in the salsa -- which raised your low stomach acid and triggered all your proper enzymes in the duodenum for main stage digestion -- such amylase, lipase, lactase, tripsin etc.

My reasons for believing this are as follows:

* Papaya contains papain -- which can only digest proteins.

* So how was your digestive system or papaya able to successfully digest corn chips(a carbohydrate) without problems ?

* How could your papaya digest coffee ice cream without problems(contains mainly lactose, fats and sugars -- not protein).

The only explanation must be that the acidic lime juice in the salsa was perhaps what raised your stomach acid levels to proper strength again which, via a hormone, then successfully triggered the secretion of all the proper duodenal enzymes and digestion without problems.

You could perhaps achieve exactly the same result by just taking two tablespoons of vinegar or ACV with meals-- which would also raise your pH stomach acidity to proper levels again -- thus successfully triggering secretion of your alkaline pancreatic juices and enzymes thus enabling proper digestion. But lime juice, ACV and vinegar are not the cure -- it only treats the symptoms.

To restore your stomach acid(HCl) to normal, you will have to supplement sources of chlorides to restore your gastric HCL. That's why taking Betaine HCl, Magnesium Chloride(Mag Oil), Sea Salt, Iodine, pancreatin, B complex etc helps to restore stomach HCl and digestion to normal.

The other reason for acid intestines can also be because of lack of bicarbs in the body and in the pancreatic juices. In such cases where the bicarbs from the pancreatic juices are insufficient and cannot neutralize stomach chyme, it may also advisable to perhaps supplement baking soda and water about an hour after meals(when the stomach has finished working) to ensure that proper alkaline to neutral digestion in the duodenum is also achieved for proper digestion to occur."

04/11/2014: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...Just to also make clear that I am all for nutrients like papaya and dessicated liver. I've been taking them both for years. I usually take the papaya every morning in a smoothie mixed with other fruits like graviola(paw-paw), mangoes, oranges, grapes -- any fruit that's in season. This provides alot of the vitamins and fibre I need because I don't usually eat enough vegetables in my diet. Papaya clears out all the organic protein debris in the blood and seems to also help regulate my bowel movements every day.

The dessicated liver is also a godsend -- best multivit around -- it contains all the same vits and minerals as spirulina but is in a much more bio-available and cheaper form. Easily bought at any health or muscle shop."

04/12/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Bill from the Philippines;

Re; Your theory as to Papaya enzymes

Greetings:

Your theory that the citric acid in the Salsa which helped with digestion and not the Papain in the Papaya was a good one. But I just checked the label on the Salsa and there is no citric acid in it (extra lemon juice). There could be natural citric acid in the Tomato but it is the Tomato/Chili that I am VERY allergic to. And so any "citric acid" contained in them has never helped before.

You rightly ask and rightly question; How is it that the Papain (which digests protein) can help with Corn and ice cream digestion?

And THAT is just what has intrigued me. Obviously more is going on than protein digestion provided by the Papaya. Are other enzymes at work? Is the Papain relieving the enzyme production in my own body so that OTHER enzymes are more easily produced that are doing a better job digesting?

And, I think the alkalizing effect could be extraordinarily strong. So the acid in the Salsa/tomato products/ chili etc. is greatly minimized by the Papaya. THAT may not be an enzyme issue.

Now, back to protein; A cup of milk has 8 grams of protein. Ditto on ice cream. And the sugar seems to make my Reflux worse. But if I eat a red meat meal at night and eat ice cream too, then by 3 am, I'm awake with a "grinding" in my stomach OR...WORSE...reflux.

This is why I'm my own guinea pig. And I have asked if anyone else has results from Papaya consumption that could lend some insight to this discussion.

Thank you Bill for weighing in.

You and Ted are just the best.

Your student,

dave"

04/12/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: A handful of Indians were starving during a cold winter while being chased by the cavalry. Eventually they shot an elk. The first thing they did was eat the liver raw. Rats fed raw liver swam eight times longer because of special enzymes. Eskimos eat liver and blubber rare. Vitamin A is in the liver and Vitamin D is in the blubber. They knew to eat them in the proper ratio before scientific investigation. I eat Dave's Denver Delight. Tomato paste and, because of you, papaya are added to improve flavor."

04/12/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Dave,

Your detailed observations are fascinating and informative. I am looking forward to risking some ice cream soon, when I can get a papaya in hand, that is. Thank you for your continued work for science and humanity! Your sacrifice will benefit many!

~Mama to Many~

P.S. My husband confirms that it is Star Trek that coined (or perhaps popularized?) the phrase, "to go boldly where no man has gone before." :)"

04/19/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Update on Papaya Experiment;

The Digestive Power of Papaya..

Bronchial "tickling" gone...

I've fought a lactose intolerance condition for over 30 years. If I eat/drink milk products I begin feeling a tickling sensation in my upper lungs area and what follows would be spasmodic coughing. If I eat too much red meat...the same response. It would seem then I developed a lactase (enzyme) insufficiency and a pepsin (enzyme) deficiency.

So I've been experimenting with the fruit Papaya and discovered that somehow if I consume Papaya I have no tickling in the bronchial when I eat the "forbidden" foods. (I'm OK if I eat/drink a "lactose" free milk or ice cream product OR if I take lactase digestive enzymes.

But I've reported to the EC community that I've conducted my own experiments....with me as the Guinea Pig. I have really PUSHED to see how far this phenomenon would work.

As one of EC's guru's...Bill from the Philippines... suggested; something else must be going on because the Papain enzyme in Papaya should only help with Protein metabolism. I agreed and so am amazed at the experiment's results.

This morning, for instance, I took half a Papaya and mixed with two small mangos. Added yogurt AND whole milk cream (whipping cream) and blended. I drank two cups of that marvelous ... lush...delicious concoction (not too sugary) but definitely real trouble for me because of all the "milk" elements.

Waited for the inevitable coughing. Waited for the inevitable tickling deep in upper lungs (bronchial I suppose). NOTHING.

So...I took the remainder of the blend and added MORE cream and made...ice cream. An hour later ... gobbled that up. Still no tickling in lungs.

Now I may have tainted the experiment by adding Mango. But doubt it.

Just a good news update. More later."

04/19/2014: Juliana from Canada: "I've read that papaya is genetically modified and every GM or genetically engineered (GE) food is changing our DNA. Here is the article on papaya entering from Hawaii to Canada

www.uoguelph.ca/foodsafetynetwork/genetically-engineered-papaya

www.infowars.com/gmo-papayas-papaw-approved-in-us-and-canada-but-not-europe/"

04/20/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Juliana,

Re GE Papaya

I understand that the Papaya coming out of Hawaii are largely GE changed ... not just by a better resistant strain to the Virus, but an actual addition to the DNA.

I also read that the large Papayas from South America are not so GE changed.

I use the large ones but can't confirm for sure if they are the SA variety or not.

Whether the GE issue makes a difference in the digestive qualities of the Papaya would be my issue as what I've seen so far in using the Papaya daily for a few months now has done nothing but improve my digestion in ways I'd have never guessed.

The problem of GE foods is pervasive. Monsanto has tried to take over the world's food production. And our own US House of Representatives constantly protects the GE industry by protecting the GE industry from potential lawsuits and just this past year the House snuck a provision into the Farm Bill that stopped the States from passing legislation (local to the state) that would require LABELING of GE foods.

The frightening thing is that the Monsanto take over with its GE change in seeds, has given "Round-Up Ready" usage to much of our food supply already. Probably all of our corn and the theory is that the change in the corn DNA can (especially the young) impact DNA in the human.

I have a radio talk show that comes on every Saturday on legal issues...94.5 in Greenville South Carolina and a year ago I spent THREE of my shows blasting Monsanto and the whole GE field for NOT adequately testing GE foods for their effects on humans. One study in particular came out of Australia that showed the carry over effect on humans. As I recall the thrust of these articles that I had access to were warning about the lack of studies on how the GE food would impact humans. The show comes on at 9 AM (EST). I might just bring up the GE issue again this upcoming Saturday. You've got me thinking about it again. (You can get it over computer: Google 94.5 Greenville and you'll just click "Listen now" and in a minute you'll pick up the broadcast ... an hour... mainly of legal info ("Legal Talk- Legal Traps").

Thanks for bring up the issue of potential harm ... harm in any GE changed food.

And by GE... I don't mean "strain" mixing to get the better variety...I mean what most folks think when they hear GE changed food...some scientist altering the DNA of the food to subtract or add some variant not found in the varieties of the food itself."

04/20/2014: Bill from San Fernando Philippines: "Monsanto has always maintained, through their own carefully steered research, that Round Up Ready GMO seeds are harmless and that they benefit the world.

In September 2012, research by Gilles-Eric Seralini and his research group in France released their results on the first ever major independent animal study on the health effects of Monsanto's GMO corn + weedkiller in their Round Up range. See here.

in the study, rats were fed Round Up GMO corn throughout their lifespans and it was found that 50% of all male rats and 70% of female rats died prematurely. The rats fed on the GMO diet also suffered high rates of mammary tumours and high rates of severe liver and kidney disease.

Seralini's research was deliberately completed in secrecy in order to reduce the expected interference and flak from Monsanto. He was right to do this.

Since releasing the results of this important independent research, Monsanto has mainly concentrated on trashing Seralini's research and his character by any means possible. His research has also been retracted and pulled from all major research/medical journals at the insistence of Monsanto.

Monsanto's vast Roundup Ready GMO range of products includes corn, canola, wheat, soyabean, beet, cotton, alfalfa, rice and many vegetables. See this link. Therefore you should really assume that virtually all processed food produced in America today, which contain grains or vegetable oils, are now GMO. You should also include other dangerous and similar GMO products produced by the likes of Syngenta, Dupont etc.

If you think organic grains and vegetables are safe then think again. The USDA definition of organic on food labels in America allows for 5% of anything as an additive -- including agri-poisons and GMO. This makes complete sense because most grain/vegetable crops, organic or otherwise, are now being discreetly cross-pollinated with non-organic GMO plants growing in their regions now.

Gilles-Eric Seralini is certainly a brave man. His research career is now likely at an end because of his independent GMO research results -- such is the God-like power and influence of Monsanto throughout the world.

Some research by Seralini on PubMed:

Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize(Retracted)

Answers to critics: Why there is a long term toxicity due to a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize and to a Roundup herbicide

A glyphosate-based herbicide induces necrosis and apoptosis in mature rat testicular cells, and testosterone decrease at lower levels"

04/02/2014: Ed2010 from Canada: "The enzyme of papaya is papain not pepsin. Papain is a protein digesting enzyme. And papaya incerases digestion by stimulating the pancreas, Rich in Vitamin A. Dry papaya chunks are used as meat tenderizer by chefs.

Papaya is a Heat Producing fruit. Traditional varieties are more sweet than the hybrid varieties. Hybrids and GMO's have changed the medicinal properties of many foods.

Good Health"

04/03/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: Thanks for the excellent explanation that encouraged me to try the remedy. I feel better. All us ordinary folk here in Rocky Mountain High think you are an enlightened knowledgeable wise man."

04/03/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Mike, my friend;

Re Papaya....

Tonight I ate a "hot" soup prepared by my Indian friend from Malaysia for my wife and me. "Hot" as in spicy. Normally, that kind of hot would cause some skin irritation, but having little will power in culinary matters, I consumed a big bowl anyway. And to counter the inevitable irritation, a few minutes later, I ate three or four bites of Papaya, cool and soothing. Now, 40 minutes later, I feel no irritation at all and by now I certainly would have. So....another Papaya story.

And thank you for the compliment about my standing among the "illuminati" at "Rocky Mountain High"!!!!

YOUR student,

dave"

04/04/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Ed from Canada;

Re Papaya enzyme...

Thank you so much for the correction; "Papain" is the dominate enzyme.

Another experiment with Papaya:

Tonight I used some chopped up Papaya in a mix of ice cream (butter pecan) and Greek yogurt...then refroze. Turned out to be a nice "ad lib" concoction. Creamier than normal ice cream and the Papaya didn't overpower the taste of either the yogurt or the ice cream. And the real purpose of the Papaya was to make the rich creamy desert digestible...so I am not "hit" with an attack of reflux. We'll see. If I had not put Papaya with such a cream/milk based mix...unless I downed a lot of ACV before bed...reflux would be likely.

So I continue to test the limits of Papaya in digestive matters. I didn't eat the black seeds tonight so I am wondering whether that will influence the "test." I intentionally won't take ACV this evening just to push the "digestive" envelope.

Now some "critic" may suggest that I'm doing this "ice cream test" as a ploy, a mere excuse to eat ice cream.

How could such a hypothetical critic, such as my wife, think such a thing.

I am wanting to see the digestive limits of Papaya. And that is all.

However, I may have to test the Papaya digestive limits with various ice cream flavors...chocolate (with Papaya), strawberry (with Papaya) etc.

Just as a test, mind you.

For purely scientific purposes.

Yes, I am willing to sacrifice myself in such a "test"... for all to know the benefits. Will report back the results six pounds from now...ah....six days from now.

Big Dave from Fountain Inn"

04/04/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Dave,

Wow, your sacrifice for the sake of science and humanity will be remembered and appreciated by many!

Let me know if you find that Papaya makes chocolate chip mint ice cream more digestible.

Thanks!

~Mama to Many~"

04/05/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Mama to Many;

Re Papaya and Ice Cream...

I'd forgotten about Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream!!! That most certainly will be added to the list. So far, with the CCMIC, I've got seven to test.

Wow. This is hard work."

04/11/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mama to Many and anyone interested in the Papaya experiments;

Update; I continue to attempt dietary suicide by consuming ALLLL the foods that I KNOW will kill me.

Well, perhaps this is hyperbolae. "Exaggeration for the sake of effect"...otherwise known as a "lie" is OK if it has literary value. So says some philosopher of ethics I read one time. Can't recall who. But some philosopher must have said it at some point in time because philosophers say most everything.

Back to the point: Certain foods will cause me terrific problems; too much creamy stuff, too much coffee and red meat and for SURE; Reflux. I mean for sure.

ANY salsa and for sure, skin irritation is immediate; especially back of scalp...and burning eyes.

That scalp condition has been a reaction since I was a child and the reflux developed ten years ago.

Well, I have indulged; And my wife, intrigued at my new attempt at such an "adventurous" life style, her elbow on kitchen counter, head in palm of her hand just gazing at me as I stuff chip after chip laden with hot salsa into my burning mouth.

"What?" I ask as bits of salsa fall over my reddened lip.

"Just watching. And waiting. I have the phone ready to call 911."

"Very funny." I gulp down the twentieth chip. I choke a bit but recover.

"Push that bowl of Papaya and Mango over here. You're not getting the insurance money that easily, love. Watch this."

And with that, I down eight soothing...cooling spoonfuls of the blend of one Papaya and three much smaller Mangos, blended and then strained to make a thick, beautiful orange/yellow "soup." I do not dilute; just using a spoon I consume letting the mild, mellow liquid soak into my mouth before swallowing.

"There. Saved."

"We'll see." And she continued to stare at me.

I neither died NOR broke out in the slightest rash.

And as a further "update" I tried to induce Reflux by downing a huge container of Coffee ice cream. ALL for the sake of science; followed by Papaya again. (Mama to Many...you alone seem to understand the sacrifice involved ... bless you.)

No Reflux. Yet.

There has to be some point of excess that the Papaya can't overcome and I am determined, for the sake of science, to find THAT POINT.

AND; I have ONLY gained two pounds in this .... this experiment... thus far.

I am only doing this for you...dear EC readers. Testing the limits..." boldly going where no man has gone before..." Some philosopher said that too. Plato I do believe. Maybe Wittgenstein. The Later Wittgenstein.

And if that point...which I spoke of is reached...over some bowl of forbidden flavors, don't be surprised if my wife, newly attired in the finest of apparel, holds a series of "appreciation" events at a few selected sites...

And don't feel sorry for her. She'll be traveling around the globe for a while; overcoming her grief and looking for new "remedies" out of love and respect for her deceased husband; who died while looking for solutions to ailments...only trying to help those hurting."

04/11/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: Papaya make my desiccated liver taste better."

04/11/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mike 62;

Re Desiccated Liver plus Papaya...

Mike...you just a star!

Wow...who would have thunk...Desiccated Liver- and Papaya making it taste better!

The only way to improve even that would be to make it into an ice cream.

We'd call it....

"Mike 62 Desiccated Liver Papaya Ice Cream Explosion"...

But hold on...before I rev up on the marketing campaign...you operate off very strict dietary rules if I recall. Does ice cream fit within those bounds? Maybe we use Almond Milk."

04/11/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: I am not a perfectionist. I don't eat perfectly all the time. You could try Mike's mountain mush. Three of the ingredients are dairy. Mix papaya, non denatured whey, colostrum, and sour cream together. This would taste like yogurt because of the sour cream."

04/11/2014: Bee from New York, US: "Mike from Denver

What is dessicated Liver? I don't eat red meat .. don't like the taste of it.

So you eat 80 percent raw ... I try that but its pretty challenging but do the best I can..what do you eat cooked?"

04/11/2014: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...My congratulations to you on your experiment with papaya. A brave man indeed!!

However, I've got to say that I think that papaya had very little to do with your ability to eat those bad foods without problems. I'll try and explain why.

First, have a look at this link which is something I've quickly written that helps to explain how stomach acid and duodenal digestion or Main Stage Digestion are so crucially linked:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L6bKkuZlS7-Q_-bTJk1sU_cvNRSQr8_WM91FJ7jIvR4/edit?usp=sharing

What saved your bacon was probably the lime juice in the salsa -- which raised your low stomach acid and triggered all your proper enzymes in the duodenum for main stage digestion -- such amylase, lipase, lactase, tripsin etc.

My reasons for believing this are as follows:

* Papaya contains papain -- which can only digest proteins.

* So how was your digestive system or papaya able to successfully digest corn chips(a carbohydrate) without problems ?

* How could your papaya digest coffee ice cream without problems(contains mainly lactose, fats and sugars -- not protein).

The only explanation must be that the acidic lime juice in the salsa was perhaps what raised your stomach acid levels to proper strength again which, via a hormone, then successfully triggered the secretion of all the proper duodenal enzymes and digestion without problems.

You could perhaps achieve exactly the same result by just taking two tablespoons of vinegar or ACV with meals-- which would also raise your pH stomach acidity to proper levels again -- thus successfully triggering secretion of your alkaline pancreatic juices and enzymes thus enabling proper digestion. But lime juice, ACV and vinegar are not the cure -- it only treats the symptoms.

To restore your stomach acid(HCl) to normal, you will have to supplement sources of chlorides to restore your gastric HCL. That's why taking Betaine HCl, Magnesium Chloride(Mag Oil), Sea Salt, Iodine, pancreatin, B complex etc helps to restore stomach HCl and digestion to normal.

The other reason for acid intestines can also be because of lack of bicarbs in the body and in the pancreatic juices. In such cases where the bicarbs from the pancreatic juices are insufficient and cannot neutralize stomach chyme, it may also advisable to perhaps supplement baking soda and water about an hour after meals(when the stomach has finished working) to ensure that proper alkaline to neutral digestion in the duodenum is also achieved for proper digestion to occur."

04/11/2014: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...Just to also make clear that I am all for nutrients like papaya and dessicated liver. I've been taking them both for years. I usually take the papaya every morning in a smoothie mixed with other fruits like graviola(paw-paw), mangoes, oranges, grapes -- any fruit that's in season. This provides alot of the vitamins and fibre I need because I don't usually eat enough vegetables in my diet. Papaya clears out all the organic protein debris in the blood and seems to also help regulate my bowel movements every day.

The dessicated liver is also a godsend -- best multivit around -- it contains all the same vits and minerals as spirulina but is in a much more bio-available and cheaper form. Easily bought at any health or muscle shop."

04/12/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Bill from the Philippines;

Re; Your theory as to Papaya enzymes

Greetings:

Your theory that the citric acid in the Salsa which helped with digestion and not the Papain in the Papaya was a good one. But I just checked the label on the Salsa and there is no citric acid in it (extra lemon juice). There could be natural citric acid in the Tomato but it is the Tomato/Chili that I am VERY allergic to. And so any "citric acid" contained in them has never helped before.

You rightly ask and rightly question; How is it that the Papain (which digests protein) can help with Corn and ice cream digestion?

And THAT is just what has intrigued me. Obviously more is going on than protein digestion provided by the Papaya. Are other enzymes at work? Is the Papain relieving the enzyme production in my own body so that OTHER enzymes are more easily produced that are doing a better job digesting?

And, I think the alkalizing effect could be extraordinarily strong. So the acid in the Salsa/tomato products/ chili etc. is greatly minimized by the Papaya. THAT may not be an enzyme issue.

Now, back to protein; A cup of milk has 8 grams of protein. Ditto on ice cream. And the sugar seems to make my Reflux worse. But if I eat a red meat meal at night and eat ice cream too, then by 3 am, I'm awake with a "grinding" in my stomach OR...WORSE...reflux.

This is why I'm my own guinea pig. And I have asked if anyone else has results from Papaya consumption that could lend some insight to this discussion.

Thank you Bill for weighing in.

You and Ted are just the best.

Your student,

dave"

04/12/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: A handful of Indians were starving during a cold winter while being chased by the cavalry. Eventually they shot an elk. The first thing they did was eat the liver raw. Rats fed raw liver swam eight times longer because of special enzymes. Eskimos eat liver and blubber rare. Vitamin A is in the liver and Vitamin D is in the blubber. They knew to eat them in the proper ratio before scientific investigation. I eat Dave's Denver Delight. Tomato paste and, because of you, papaya are added to improve flavor."

04/12/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Dave,

Your detailed observations are fascinating and informative. I am looking forward to risking some ice cream soon, when I can get a papaya in hand, that is. Thank you for your continued work for science and humanity! Your sacrifice will benefit many!

~Mama to Many~

P.S. My husband confirms that it is Star Trek that coined (or perhaps popularized?) the phrase, "to go boldly where no man has gone before." :)"

04/19/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Update on Papaya Experiment;

The Digestive Power of Papaya..

Bronchial "tickling" gone...

I've fought a lactose intolerance condition for over 30 years. If I eat/drink milk products I begin feeling a tickling sensation in my upper lungs area and what follows would be spasmodic coughing. If I eat too much red meat...the same response. It would seem then I developed a lactase (enzyme) insufficiency and a pepsin (enzyme) deficiency.

So I've been experimenting with the fruit Papaya and discovered that somehow if I consume Papaya I have no tickling in the bronchial when I eat the "forbidden" foods. (I'm OK if I eat/drink a "lactose" free milk or ice cream product OR if I take lactase digestive enzymes.

But I've reported to the EC community that I've conducted my own experiments....with me as the Guinea Pig. I have really PUSHED to see how far this phenomenon would work.

As one of EC's guru's...Bill from the Philippines... suggested; something else must be going on because the Papain enzyme in Papaya should only help with Protein metabolism. I agreed and so am amazed at the experiment's results.

This morning, for instance, I took half a Papaya and mixed with two small mangos. Added yogurt AND whole milk cream (whipping cream) and blended. I drank two cups of that marvelous ... lush...delicious concoction (not too sugary) but definitely real trouble for me because of all the "milk" elements.

Waited for the inevitable coughing. Waited for the inevitable tickling deep in upper lungs (bronchial I suppose). NOTHING.

So...I took the remainder of the blend and added MORE cream and made...ice cream. An hour later ... gobbled that up. Still no tickling in lungs.

Now I may have tainted the experiment by adding Mango. But doubt it.

Just a good news update. More later."

04/19/2014: Juliana from Canada: "I've read that papaya is genetically modified and every GM or genetically engineered (GE) food is changing our DNA. Here is the article on papaya entering from Hawaii to Canada

www.uoguelph.ca/foodsafetynetwork/genetically-engineered-papaya

www.infowars.com/gmo-papayas-papaw-approved-in-us-and-canada-but-not-europe/"

04/20/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Juliana,

Re GE Papaya

I understand that the Papaya coming out of Hawaii are largely GE changed ... not just by a better resistant strain to the Virus, but an actual addition to the DNA.

I also read that the large Papayas from South America are not so GE changed.

I use the large ones but can't confirm for sure if they are the SA variety or not.

Whether the GE issue makes a difference in the digestive qualities of the Papaya would be my issue as what I've seen so far in using the Papaya daily for a few months now has done nothing but improve my digestion in ways I'd have never guessed.

The problem of GE foods is pervasive. Monsanto has tried to take over the world's food production. And our own US House of Representatives constantly protects the GE industry by protecting the GE industry from potential lawsuits and just this past year the House snuck a provision into the Farm Bill that stopped the States from passing legislation (local to the state) that would require LABELING of GE foods.

The frightening thing is that the Monsanto take over with its GE change in seeds, has given "Round-Up Ready" usage to much of our food supply already. Probably all of our corn and the theory is that the change in the corn DNA can (especially the young) impact DNA in the human.

I have a radio talk show that comes on every Saturday on legal issues...94.5 in Greenville South Carolina and a year ago I spent THREE of my shows blasting Monsanto and the whole GE field for NOT adequately testing GE foods for their effects on humans. One study in particular came out of Australia that showed the carry over effect on humans. As I recall the thrust of these articles that I had access to were warning about the lack of studies on how the GE food would impact humans. The show comes on at 9 AM (EST). I might just bring up the GE issue again this upcoming Saturday. You've got me thinking about it again. (You can get it over computer: Google 94.5 Greenville and you'll just click "Listen now" and in a minute you'll pick up the broadcast ... an hour... mainly of legal info ("Legal Talk- Legal Traps").

Thanks for bring up the issue of potential harm ... harm in any GE changed food.

And by GE... I don't mean "strain" mixing to get the better variety...I mean what most folks think when they hear GE changed food...some scientist altering the DNA of the food to subtract or add some variant not found in the varieties of the food itself."

04/20/2014: Bill from San Fernando Philippines: "Monsanto has always maintained, through their own carefully steered research, that Round Up Ready GMO seeds are harmless and that they benefit the world.

In September 2012, research by Gilles-Eric Seralini and his research group in France released their results on the first ever major independent animal study on the health effects of Monsanto's GMO corn + weedkiller in their Round Up range. See here.

in the study, rats were fed Round Up GMO corn throughout their lifespans and it was found that 50% of all male rats and 70% of female rats died prematurely. The rats fed on the GMO diet also suffered high rates of mammary tumours and high rates of severe liver and kidney disease.

Seralini's research was deliberately completed in secrecy in order to reduce the expected interference and flak from Monsanto. He was right to do this.

Since releasing the results of this important independent research, Monsanto has mainly concentrated on trashing Seralini's research and his character by any means possible. His research has also been retracted and pulled from all major research/medical journals at the insistence of Monsanto.

Monsanto's vast Roundup Ready GMO range of products includes corn, canola, wheat, soyabean, beet, cotton, alfalfa, rice and many vegetables. See this link. Therefore you should really assume that virtually all processed food produced in America today, which contain grains or vegetable oils, are now GMO. You should also include other dangerous and similar GMO products produced by the likes of Syngenta, Dupont etc.

If you think organic grains and vegetables are safe then think again. The USDA definition of organic on food labels in America allows for 5% of anything as an additive -- including agri-poisons and GMO. This makes complete sense because most grain/vegetable crops, organic or otherwise, are now being discreetly cross-pollinated with non-organic GMO plants growing in their regions now.

Gilles-Eric Seralini is certainly a brave man. His research career is now likely at an end because of his independent GMO research results -- such is the God-like power and influence of Monsanto throughout the world.

Some research by Seralini on PubMed:

Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize(Retracted)

Answers to critics: Why there is a long term toxicity due to a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize and to a Roundup herbicide

A glyphosate-based herbicide induces necrosis and apoptosis in mature rat testicular cells, and testosterone decrease at lower levels"

06/11/2013: Ty from Riverside, California: "So was the keloid fairly new? Did you try it right away or no? Also, how big was the keloid?"

06/16/2013: Paula from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: "My daughter's keloid was probably 6 months or older. Her room mate, as I have stated, was very prone to getting keloids quite frequently. It was her doctor who recommended the Tylenol. It was approx. The size of a dime. She would make a paste of tylenol with a few drops of water and leave it on for a short period of about five minutes. It would start to feel like it was burning but started to immediately feel it changing. The colour went from dark to red to lighter as it started to respond to the Tylenol. On about the third application it broke open and oozed a pus like substance and than scabbed over and shrunk about 2/3s."

06/29/2013: Ren from Vancouver, British Columbia: "Can you tell me what king of Tylenol did your daughter use since there are too many kinds sold in the store."

11/20/2013: Keloid Scarred from Vermont: "If some puss came out and it scabbed over and healed, it was not a keloid scar. Keloids are fibrous scars, not infections. I've had keloids for 50 years and the only thing I have found that fixes them is eating soy products, like soy veggie patties over several years.

Doctors have tried a number of things to deal with them, like cutting one off, which only resulted in an infection and a worse keloid when that healed. I also endured 300 injections of cortisone into the scars themselves when I was young, in college. You can imagine how painful that was, with no results.

Vitamin E is the only thing that makes a difference at all. I imagine that the soy patties have a lot of Vitamin E, and who knows what else. But it makes the scars go flat, and has even reduced the discoloration to the point where many of them have become invisible."

04/19/2014: Ben from Uk: "From my understanding, a keloid scar can form over a site of infection such as a boil on the chest. Could this not be what happened here?"

04/17/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Hi Mama,

I am very sorry to hear of your Mother's passing. She sounds like a wonderful woman, and we all know she raised a very loving, giving, gracious and thoughtful daughter. If you are a reflection of her, then we are all grateful to be able to benefit from the open mindedness we see shining through in you."

04/18/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mama to Many;

Re Mother and her remedies.

Well, if she was anything like you she must have been a TIGER.

You have been such an inspiration to so many and your remedies are articulate and (I think) inspired. I know you read a lot and so you are able to extrapolate the very thing to help in particular situations.

It's wonderful to have a web site like this one: Earth Clinic where someone of your background and knowledge base can inform and help people from around the world. And you so obviously CARE about the person writing.

Our founder is also an inspiration and HER mother is fantastic (and Beautiful). Lucky me...I've personally gotten to meet them and YOU. Am even more of a fan of yours now. (Star struck...did you notice?) I'd love to take a COURSE on herbals from you one day. Or read a "Mama to YOU... BOOK of REMEDIES" in conjunction with EC. (Hey ... I like that title! .)

And don't get me started on MY mom...wow do I ever miss HER. Talk about a Tiger. (That's the side I get the Cherokee from. Must be the reason I'm so "into" this EC world! )

I know what you did to contribute during your mom's decline. You are... The GOOD Daughter. And that fits under the Commandment...to Honor our parents. The first with a promise; may it be so to you...A LONG AND HAPPY AND BOUNTIFUL life.

Your student (and friend),

d"

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Rsw and Dave,

Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. I was blessed with a great mother and continue to have the blessings of God, family, and friends, including those here at EC. Truly, "my cup runneth over."

Have a great day!

~Mama to Many~"

04/18/2014: Bess from Calgary, Alberta, Canada: "Dear Mama to Many - I am so sorry to hear of your Mom's passing. I agree with what the others have said so eloquently - you truly are a blessing to all of us. You have so much kindness, common sense and wisdom and you present it in such a way that everyone can understand and benefit. You must have been a great comfort to your Mom. And, now, we are fortunate to have you in the Earth Clinic family. "Tears heal, memories comfort and love lives on forever." Take care, Bess"

04/19/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Bess and Lauren,

Thank you for your expressions of sympathy. The kindness of friends I have never met is dear to me. I am truly blessed, even in difficult times.

~Mama to Many~"

04/19/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Loraine,

Here is my 2 cents on progesterone cream. I have used it with great results on and off over the last 10-12 years or so. (Mostly off. I have just used it as needed here and there.) I have not noticed any long term side effects. (Nor short term, for that matter.) It has helped with what I needed it for. (Regulating cycles when they were "off.") At the same time, I have read that "natural" progesterone is not really that natural. I know a naturopath who says she wouldn't touch it with rubber gloves. Rachel Weaver, an herbalist whom I have learned much from, recommends it when all else has failed. She considers it to be a "big gun" and not to be used carelessly. Personally, I am comfortable using it when my other options are not working.

Have you tried Evening Primrose Oil or any of the herbs that are commonly recommended during menopause? (i.e. Black Cohosh, Vitex, Damiana, etc?) I know there are some herbal formulas out there for this season of life. However, I am just starting to learn about it myself (I am 47.) so I don't have any hard and fast recommendations. Plus, it seems that everyone is different so there is not likely a one size fits all solution.

Hope I haven't muddied the waters worse than they were....as I said, it is just my 2 cents. Do let us know what you try and what helps!

~Mama to Many~"

04/20/2014: Loraine from Orlando, FL: "Thank you so much "Mama to many" for all your wonderful tips on progesterone use. I really do appreciate you taking the time to give me such a detailed explanation/suggestions. Thank you again and God Bless......"

04/02/2014: Ed2010 from Canada: "The enzyme of papaya is papain not pepsin. Papain is a protein digesting enzyme. And papaya incerases digestion by stimulating the pancreas, Rich in Vitamin A. Dry papaya chunks are used as meat tenderizer by chefs.

Papaya is a Heat Producing fruit. Traditional varieties are more sweet than the hybrid varieties. Hybrids and GMO's have changed the medicinal properties of many foods.

Good Health"

04/03/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: Thanks for the excellent explanation that encouraged me to try the remedy. I feel better. All us ordinary folk here in Rocky Mountain High think you are an enlightened knowledgeable wise man."

04/03/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Mike, my friend;

Re Papaya....

Tonight I ate a "hot" soup prepared by my Indian friend from Malaysia for my wife and me. "Hot" as in spicy. Normally, that kind of hot would cause some skin irritation, but having little will power in culinary matters, I consumed a big bowl anyway. And to counter the inevitable irritation, a few minutes later, I ate three or four bites of Papaya, cool and soothing. Now, 40 minutes later, I feel no irritation at all and by now I certainly would have. So....another Papaya story.

And thank you for the compliment about my standing among the "illuminati" at "Rocky Mountain High"!!!!

YOUR student,

dave"

04/04/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Ed from Canada;

Re Papaya enzyme...

Thank you so much for the correction; "Papain" is the dominate enzyme.

Another experiment with Papaya:

Tonight I used some chopped up Papaya in a mix of ice cream (butter pecan) and Greek yogurt...then refroze. Turned out to be a nice "ad lib" concoction. Creamier than normal ice cream and the Papaya didn't overpower the taste of either the yogurt or the ice cream. And the real purpose of the Papaya was to make the rich creamy desert digestible...so I am not "hit" with an attack of reflux. We'll see. If I had not put Papaya with such a cream/milk based mix...unless I downed a lot of ACV before bed...reflux would be likely.

So I continue to test the limits of Papaya in digestive matters. I didn't eat the black seeds tonight so I am wondering whether that will influence the "test." I intentionally won't take ACV this evening just to push the "digestive" envelope.

Now some "critic" may suggest that I'm doing this "ice cream test" as a ploy, a mere excuse to eat ice cream.

How could such a hypothetical critic, such as my wife, think such a thing.

I am wanting to see the digestive limits of Papaya. And that is all.

However, I may have to test the Papaya digestive limits with various ice cream flavors...chocolate (with Papaya), strawberry (with Papaya) etc.

Just as a test, mind you.

For purely scientific purposes.

Yes, I am willing to sacrifice myself in such a "test"... for all to know the benefits. Will report back the results six pounds from now...ah....six days from now.

Big Dave from Fountain Inn"

04/04/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Dave,

Wow, your sacrifice for the sake of science and humanity will be remembered and appreciated by many!

Let me know if you find that Papaya makes chocolate chip mint ice cream more digestible.

Thanks!

~Mama to Many~"

04/05/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Mama to Many;

Re Papaya and Ice Cream...

I'd forgotten about Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream!!! That most certainly will be added to the list. So far, with the CCMIC, I've got seven to test.

Wow. This is hard work."

04/11/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mama to Many and anyone interested in the Papaya experiments;

Update; I continue to attempt dietary suicide by consuming ALLLL the foods that I KNOW will kill me.

Well, perhaps this is hyperbolae. "Exaggeration for the sake of effect"...otherwise known as a "lie" is OK if it has literary value. So says some philosopher of ethics I read one time. Can't recall who. But some philosopher must have said it at some point in time because philosophers say most everything.

Back to the point: Certain foods will cause me terrific problems; too much creamy stuff, too much coffee and red meat and for SURE; Reflux. I mean for sure.

ANY salsa and for sure, skin irritation is immediate; especially back of scalp...and burning eyes.

That scalp condition has been a reaction since I was a child and the reflux developed ten years ago.

Well, I have indulged; And my wife, intrigued at my new attempt at such an "adventurous" life style, her elbow on kitchen counter, head in palm of her hand just gazing at me as I stuff chip after chip laden with hot salsa into my burning mouth.

"What?" I ask as bits of salsa fall over my reddened lip.

"Just watching. And waiting. I have the phone ready to call 911."

"Very funny." I gulp down the twentieth chip. I choke a bit but recover.

"Push that bowl of Papaya and Mango over here. You're not getting the insurance money that easily, love. Watch this."

And with that, I down eight soothing...cooling spoonfuls of the blend of one Papaya and three much smaller Mangos, blended and then strained to make a thick, beautiful orange/yellow "soup." I do not dilute; just using a spoon I consume letting the mild, mellow liquid soak into my mouth before swallowing.

"There. Saved."

"We'll see." And she continued to stare at me.

I neither died NOR broke out in the slightest rash.

And as a further "update" I tried to induce Reflux by downing a huge container of Coffee ice cream. ALL for the sake of science; followed by Papaya again. (Mama to Many...you alone seem to understand the sacrifice involved ... bless you.)

No Reflux. Yet.

There has to be some point of excess that the Papaya can't overcome and I am determined, for the sake of science, to find THAT POINT.

AND; I have ONLY gained two pounds in this .... this experiment... thus far.

I am only doing this for you...dear EC readers. Testing the limits..." boldly going where no man has gone before..." Some philosopher said that too. Plato I do believe. Maybe Wittgenstein. The Later Wittgenstein.

And if that point...which I spoke of is reached...over some bowl of forbidden flavors, don't be surprised if my wife, newly attired in the finest of apparel, holds a series of "appreciation" events at a few selected sites...

And don't feel sorry for her. She'll be traveling around the globe for a while; overcoming her grief and looking for new "remedies" out of love and respect for her deceased husband; who died while looking for solutions to ailments...only trying to help those hurting."

04/11/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: Papaya make my desiccated liver taste better."

04/11/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mike 62;

Re Desiccated Liver plus Papaya...

Mike...you just a star!

Wow...who would have thunk...Desiccated Liver- and Papaya making it taste better!

The only way to improve even that would be to make it into an ice cream.

We'd call it....

"Mike 62 Desiccated Liver Papaya Ice Cream Explosion"...

But hold on...before I rev up on the marketing campaign...you operate off very strict dietary rules if I recall. Does ice cream fit within those bounds? Maybe we use Almond Milk."

04/11/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: I am not a perfectionist. I don't eat perfectly all the time. You could try Mike's mountain mush. Three of the ingredients are dairy. Mix papaya, non denatured whey, colostrum, and sour cream together. This would taste like yogurt because of the sour cream."

04/11/2014: Bee from New York, US: "Mike from Denver

What is dessicated Liver? I don't eat red meat .. don't like the taste of it.

So you eat 80 percent raw ... I try that but its pretty challenging but do the best I can..what do you eat cooked?"

04/11/2014: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...My congratulations to you on your experiment with papaya. A brave man indeed!!

However, I've got to say that I think that papaya had very little to do with your ability to eat those bad foods without problems. I'll try and explain why.

First, have a look at this link which is something I've quickly written that helps to explain how stomach acid and duodenal digestion or Main Stage Digestion are so crucially linked:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L6bKkuZlS7-Q_-bTJk1sU_cvNRSQr8_WM91FJ7jIvR4/edit?usp=sharing

What saved your bacon was probably the lime juice in the salsa -- which raised your low stomach acid and triggered all your proper enzymes in the duodenum for main stage digestion -- such amylase, lipase, lactase, tripsin etc.

My reasons for believing this are as follows:

* Papaya contains papain -- which can only digest proteins.

* So how was your digestive system or papaya able to successfully digest corn chips(a carbohydrate) without problems ?

* How could your papaya digest coffee ice cream without problems(contains mainly lactose, fats and sugars -- not protein).

The only explanation must be that the acidic lime juice in the salsa was perhaps what raised your stomach acid levels to proper strength again which, via a hormone, then successfully triggered the secretion of all the proper duodenal enzymes and digestion without problems.

You could perhaps achieve exactly the same result by just taking two tablespoons of vinegar or ACV with meals-- which would also raise your pH stomach acidity to proper levels again -- thus successfully triggering secretion of your alkaline pancreatic juices and enzymes thus enabling proper digestion. But lime juice, ACV and vinegar are not the cure -- it only treats the symptoms.

To restore your stomach acid(HCl) to normal, you will have to supplement sources of chlorides to restore your gastric HCL. That's why taking Betaine HCl, Magnesium Chloride(Mag Oil), Sea Salt, Iodine, pancreatin, B complex etc helps to restore stomach HCl and digestion to normal.

The other reason for acid intestines can also be because of lack of bicarbs in the body and in the pancreatic juices. In such cases where the bicarbs from the pancreatic juices are insufficient and cannot neutralize stomach chyme, it may also advisable to perhaps supplement baking soda and water about an hour after meals(when the stomach has finished working) to ensure that proper alkaline to neutral digestion in the duodenum is also achieved for proper digestion to occur."

04/11/2014: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...Just to also make clear that I am all for nutrients like papaya and dessicated liver. I've been taking them both for years. I usually take the papaya every morning in a smoothie mixed with other fruits like graviola(paw-paw), mangoes, oranges, grapes -- any fruit that's in season. This provides alot of the vitamins and fibre I need because I don't usually eat enough vegetables in my diet. Papaya clears out all the organic protein debris in the blood and seems to also help regulate my bowel movements every day.

The dessicated liver is also a godsend -- best multivit around -- it contains all the same vits and minerals as spirulina but is in a much more bio-available and cheaper form. Easily bought at any health or muscle shop."

04/12/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Bill from the Philippines;

Re; Your theory as to Papaya enzymes

Greetings:

Your theory that the citric acid in the Salsa which helped with digestion and not the Papain in the Papaya was a good one. But I just checked the label on the Salsa and there is no citric acid in it (extra lemon juice). There could be natural citric acid in the Tomato but it is the Tomato/Chili that I am VERY allergic to. And so any "citric acid" contained in them has never helped before.

You rightly ask and rightly question; How is it that the Papain (which digests protein) can help with Corn and ice cream digestion?

And THAT is just what has intrigued me. Obviously more is going on than protein digestion provided by the Papaya. Are other enzymes at work? Is the Papain relieving the enzyme production in my own body so that OTHER enzymes are more easily produced that are doing a better job digesting?

And, I think the alkalizing effect could be extraordinarily strong. So the acid in the Salsa/tomato products/ chili etc. is greatly minimized by the Papaya. THAT may not be an enzyme issue.

Now, back to protein; A cup of milk has 8 grams of protein. Ditto on ice cream. And the sugar seems to make my Reflux worse. But if I eat a red meat meal at night and eat ice cream too, then by 3 am, I'm awake with a "grinding" in my stomach OR...WORSE...reflux.

This is why I'm my own guinea pig. And I have asked if anyone else has results from Papaya consumption that could lend some insight to this discussion.

Thank you Bill for weighing in.

You and Ted are just the best.

Your student,

dave"

04/12/2014: Mike62 from Denver, CO: "Dave: A handful of Indians were starving during a cold winter while being chased by the cavalry. Eventually they shot an elk. The first thing they did was eat the liver raw. Rats fed raw liver swam eight times longer because of special enzymes. Eskimos eat liver and blubber rare. Vitamin A is in the liver and Vitamin D is in the blubber. They knew to eat them in the proper ratio before scientific investigation. I eat Dave's Denver Delight. Tomato paste and, because of you, papaya are added to improve flavor."

04/12/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Dave,

Your detailed observations are fascinating and informative. I am looking forward to risking some ice cream soon, when I can get a papaya in hand, that is. Thank you for your continued work for science and humanity! Your sacrifice will benefit many!

~Mama to Many~

P.S. My husband confirms that it is Star Trek that coined (or perhaps popularized?) the phrase, "to go boldly where no man has gone before." :)"

04/19/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Update on Papaya Experiment;

The Digestive Power of Papaya..

Bronchial "tickling" gone...

I've fought a lactose intolerance condition for over 30 years. If I eat/drink milk products I begin feeling a tickling sensation in my upper lungs area and what follows would be spasmodic coughing. If I eat too much red meat...the same response. It would seem then I developed a lactase (enzyme) insufficiency and a pepsin (enzyme) deficiency.

So I've been experimenting with the fruit Papaya and discovered that somehow if I consume Papaya I have no tickling in the bronchial when I eat the "forbidden" foods. (I'm OK if I eat/drink a "lactose" free milk or ice cream product OR if I take lactase digestive enzymes.

But I've reported to the EC community that I've conducted my own experiments....with me as the Guinea Pig. I have really PUSHED to see how far this phenomenon would work.

As one of EC's guru's...Bill from the Philippines... suggested; something else must be going on because the Papain enzyme in Papaya should only help with Protein metabolism. I agreed and so am amazed at the experiment's results.

This morning, for instance, I took half a Papaya and mixed with two small mangos. Added yogurt AND whole milk cream (whipping cream) and blended. I drank two cups of that marvelous ... lush...delicious concoction (not too sugary) but definitely real trouble for me because of all the "milk" elements.

Waited for the inevitable coughing. Waited for the inevitable tickling deep in upper lungs (bronchial I suppose). NOTHING.

So...I took the remainder of the blend and added MORE cream and made...ice cream. An hour later ... gobbled that up. Still no tickling in lungs.

Now I may have tainted the experiment by adding Mango. But doubt it.

Just a good news update. More later."

04/19/2014: Juliana from Canada: "I've read that papaya is genetically modified and every GM or genetically engineered (GE) food is changing our DNA. Here is the article on papaya entering from Hawaii to Canada

www.uoguelph.ca/foodsafetynetwork/genetically-engineered-papaya

www.infowars.com/gmo-papayas-papaw-approved-in-us-and-canada-but-not-europe/"

04/20/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Juliana,

Re GE Papaya

I understand that the Papaya coming out of Hawaii are largely GE changed ... not just by a better resistant strain to the Virus, but an actual addition to the DNA.

I also read that the large Papayas from South America are not so GE changed.

I use the large ones but can't confirm for sure if they are the SA variety or not.

Whether the GE issue makes a difference in the digestive qualities of the Papaya would be my issue as what I've seen so far in using the Papaya daily for a few months now has done nothing but improve my digestion in ways I'd have never guessed.

The problem of GE foods is pervasive. Monsanto has tried to take over the world's food production. And our own US House of Representatives constantly protects the GE industry by protecting the GE industry from potential lawsuits and just this past year the House snuck a provision into the Farm Bill that stopped the States from passing legislation (local to the state) that would require LABELING of GE foods.

The frightening thing is that the Monsanto take over with its GE change in seeds, has given "Round-Up Ready" usage to much of our food supply already. Probably all of our corn and the theory is that the change in the corn DNA can (especially the young) impact DNA in the human.

I have a radio talk show that comes on every Saturday on legal issues...94.5 in Greenville South Carolina and a year ago I spent THREE of my shows blasting Monsanto and the whole GE field for NOT adequately testing GE foods for their effects on humans. One study in particular came out of Australia that showed the carry over effect on humans. As I recall the thrust of these articles that I had access to were warning about the lack of studies on how the GE food would impact humans. The show comes on at 9 AM (EST). I might just bring up the GE issue again this upcoming Saturday. You've got me thinking about it again. (You can get it over computer: Google 94.5 Greenville and you'll just click "Listen now" and in a minute you'll pick up the broadcast ... an hour... mainly of legal info ("Legal Talk- Legal Traps").

Thanks for bring up the issue of potential harm ... harm in any GE changed food.

And by GE... I don't mean "strain" mixing to get the better variety...I mean what most folks think when they hear GE changed food...some scientist altering the DNA of the food to subtract or add some variant not found in the varieties of the food itself."

04/20/2014: Bill from San Fernando Philippines: "Monsanto has always maintained, through their own carefully steered research, that Round Up Ready GMO seeds are harmless and that they benefit the world.

In September 2012, research by Gilles-Eric Seralini and his research group in France released their results on the first ever major independent animal study on the health effects of Monsanto's GMO corn + weedkiller in their Round Up range. See here.

in the study, rats were fed Round Up GMO corn throughout their lifespans and it was found that 50% of all male rats and 70% of female rats died prematurely. The rats fed on the GMO diet also suffered high rates of mammary tumours and high rates of severe liver and kidney disease.

Seralini's research was deliberately completed in secrecy in order to reduce the expected interference and flak from Monsanto. He was right to do this.

Since releasing the results of this important independent research, Monsanto has mainly concentrated on trashing Seralini's research and his character by any means possible. His research has also been retracted and pulled from all major research/medical journals at the insistence of Monsanto.

Monsanto's vast Roundup Ready GMO range of products includes corn, canola, wheat, soyabean, beet, cotton, alfalfa, rice and many vegetables. See this link. Therefore you should really assume that virtually all processed food produced in America today, which contain grains or vegetable oils, are now GMO. You should also include other dangerous and similar GMO products produced by the likes of Syngenta, Dupont etc.

If you think organic grains and vegetables are safe then think again. The USDA definition of organic on food labels in America allows for 5% of anything as an additive -- including agri-poisons and GMO. This makes complete sense because most grain/vegetable crops, organic or otherwise, are now being discreetly cross-pollinated with non-organic GMO plants growing in their regions now.

Gilles-Eric Seralini is certainly a brave man. His research career is now likely at an end because of his independent GMO research results -- such is the God-like power and influence of Monsanto throughout the world.

Some research by Seralini on PubMed:

Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize(Retracted)

Answers to critics: Why there is a long term toxicity due to a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize and to a Roundup herbicide

A glyphosate-based herbicide induces necrosis and apoptosis in mature rat testicular cells, and testosterone decrease at lower levels"

04/09/2014: Candy from Fort Madison, Iowa: "You might benefit greatly by using oil of magnesium. You can rub some on bottom of your feet, or back of legs, and/or get a small dish tub and soak your feet in it with some warm water. Hope this helps."

04/11/2014: Lynn from Madison, Wi: "My husband gets terrible leg aches from varicose legs, he has very bad circulation. He gets a ton of relief from eating bananas everyday. I believe it's the potassium. You say you sweat a lot, you may have a deficiency of potassium. It's easy and cheap, and delicious. I suffer from restless legs and have a terrible time if I drink too much caffeine, alcohol, and I find that medications aggravate it too. Ibuprofen, melatonin, cold meds, all make it worse. I use a homeopathic combination to relieve it when I wake up at night from it. There's also a combination for leg cramps, I don't know if that would help. Good luck!"

04/19/2014: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand: "There is no standard for checking of blood viscosity and blood fats as opposed to cholesterol. But typically the blood sugar always rises up and these fungal and bacteria produces biofilm that are polysaccharides form of biofilm that limits blood circulation and causes a reflex responses caused by infection of myelin sheath. The treatment is not to eat high fat foods such as chocolate, cheese, bacon, ice cream and fried foods. The source of this fungal bacteria comes from small intestines due to eating too fast especially not chewing. Also result the vegetable cannot be digested as mammals lack enzymes to digest them. Anyway fulvic acid and humic acid taken every day for a month should stop some of this kicking. Avoid foods especially fructose and fruits and take light meals or not at all after 6 pm. Since my treatment is very advanced and more difficult to acquire i will stick to simple remedies for now.

May help improve if you take b8 inositol 4000 mg and b6 taken before eating 100 mg. It might also help if you take granulated lecithin one tablespoons a day, vitamin k and vitamin c.

Ted"

10/22/2012: Lester from Tobago: "Hi I have a pterigium in both my eyes for the past 44 years it means from birth and I am anxious to have it removed please advise me on how to apply the castor oil. ASAP my email is symple6(at)yahoo.com"

10/24/2012: Wayseer from Motown, Ca/ Usa: "Hi Lester! Just a thought, but I am eating lots of raw organic honey in the comb -with royal bee jelly- after hearing about a radiologist telling a man with severe corneal problems to, "Just eat as much raw honey with royal bee jelly as you can handle, " and that this very serious eye problem was soon healed completely.

I now have no floaters or fuzziness, and my vision is improving! You just chew the wax awhile, then spit it out, if eaten by the spoonfull. It has good stuff for you, and can be spread on warm toast with wax eaten too. You won't even notice, and it's lovely, really good. --T."

05/15/2013: Sylvia from Rustenburg,northwest Province: "How do I use castor oil? Do I have to drink it or pour it inside my eyes?"

06/19/2013: Eva from Ab Canada: "Do I drink the castor oil or just drop it in my eye?"

09/19/2013: Johjan from United Arab Emirates: "Hello! I have also pterygium in my right eye! May I know what brand of castor oil that you are using and how to used it! Thanks a lot, hope you reply"

04/18/2014: Festus from New Delhi, India: "I have pterygium on both eye, may I know full name of the brand of castor oil that you are using and how to be used . Thanks a lot, hope you reply God bless."

07/11/2013: Carly from Pbs, Usa: "Hi Tameka, I would take one ounce (approx. a shot glass full) of ACV with 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda... When it stops fizzing, add about 12 to 16 ounces of water. I drink this first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, then make another one and sip throughout the day when I am bleeding too heavily. It really, really helps! When a couple of hours goes by without sipping it.... I can tell by how heavy my flow gets. During really bad periods, I also take a glass to bed, and sip it in the night. Use a straw to keep it off your teeth if needed. When I am bleeding that heavy I don't care if I have a straw or not though!

Blackstrap molasses is also very good for this, but does not have as immediate of an effect for me personally. I take a tablespoon of it daily in my coffe. Love the taste.

Good luck to you, I know how miserable it is.... Take care."

07/11/2013: Mama To Many from Middle, Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Tameka, So sorry about this bleeding! I saw Carly gave you some good advice about how to take the Apple Cider Vinegar. Please also take the Blackstrap Molasses- 1 T. morning and evening. Right off the spoon or in a cup of milk. You can take it any time of day also when the bleeding is heavy. It helps me with bleeding. It also will help replenish your blood. You should take at least 1 T. of blackstrap every day indefinitely. It will keep your blood up, nourish you, and may help the fibroids.

Also, to try and check the bleeding, take 1 t. cayenne pepper in an 8 oz. glass of grape juice. (The grape juice is just to help you get it down. You can take it in water. ) Cayenne is amazing for stopping bleeding. Midwives use it to stop hemmorrhage in childbirth.

Charcoal poultices and activated charcoal internally may be of help to you in the long term, if you want to try that. I will link you to a story of someone who used charcoal for her fibroids. The story is under "Charcoal Babies" a little more than 1/2 way down the page.

http://www.charcoalremedies.com/charcoaltimes/0512/uganda_2012

Let us know what helps you!

~Mama to Many~"

07/11/2013: Iowama from Pella, IA: "I also had success fixing excessive monthly bleeding with the vinegar tea remedy and an alkalizing diet. At the same time, the little urine leakage that had crept up when I coughed or laughed went away. It lead me to believe both issues were caused by pressure from fibroids. Anyway, it is one of those nasties that life can throw at women. I learned the cure right here and I'm thankful this forum was available when I suffered through it."

07/11/2013: No More Pain from Houston, Tx: "Hi. I too had non-stop EXCESSIVE bleeding from ovarian cysts for 1.5yrs - I started taking iodine tablets and DIM and then the bleeding stopped 2 months after taking iodine and 3 wks after taking DIM. I have been taking iodine 50mg+ per day for 1 yr and it has helped with my oc. It is important for people with fibroids as well. You should also take selenium 200mg YEAST FREE tablets, NOW Female Balance and continue with acv.

A green diet and apple juice (organic apples juiced fresh at home) is crucial for eliminating fibroids. No dairy, soy, corn, peanuts, meat, eggs, sugar or processed, junk or fried food.

Start DIM asap. This all should help. Good luck!"

07/11/2013: Carly from Pnw, Usa: "I just wanted to chime in on what "no more pain" stated and agree on taking DIM... It helps balance estrogens. I take it daily. I also do iodine painting, and take selenium as well. Good stuff."

10/26/2013: Ofelia from Vacaville, Ca: "Could some one please clarify for me what DIM is; I have also the fibroids in my Uterus and its getting worse to the point that I am so anemic and stop me for be a normal person. I do have issues urinating due to tumors grew too big. Doctor want to remove them along with my tubes but I am against it so I much rather get a natural approach to this issue. Please help! Thanks in advance."

10/27/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Ofelia: A few vegetables have dim. This is harmfull when taken as an isolate. I take 3g/day cold processed maca for dim. The dose for regular maca is 12 g. Fibroids are caused by injury, disease, and estrogen dominance. This is caused by aromatization. This changes good hormones into bad hormones. Hops alcohol extract taken sublingually is the most potent armoatization inhibitor. Take 15g/day raw sweet potato. Chew thoroughly and let dissolve through the gums. This makes progesterone. Capers are highest in quercitin, another aromatization inhibitor. Sweet potatoes make good hormones, aromatization inhibitors prevent them from becoming bad, and maca regulates them. The 3 taken together are a very effective remedy that cures very rapidly. Google raw food videos for nutritional support."

04/18/2014: Laura from Miami, Fl: "I just started using ACV (1 tsp in a glass daily). One week later I added 1tbsp BlackStrap Molasses to the mix. I just now noticed (3 days after adding the BSM) that my stomach looks and feels distended. Has anyone had a similar issue? What did you do?"

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Holisticmom624,

Stephen Harrod Buhner has a book called, 'Healing Lyme Disease coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma." He has a couple of chapters in the book on treating Mycoplasma herbally. He has a list of herbs for the mycoplasma and also some extras for specific target areas (like the urinary system.) Buhner is an expert on Lyme disease and its co-infections. His books are sort of technical but very, very thorough.

I hope his book will be helpful to you. You may be able to get it at the library.

~Mama to Many~"

04/19/2014: Bill from San Fenando, Philippines: "Hi Holisticmom624...There is a remedy on EC that acts against mycoplasma. This is Borax Water as recommended by Ted from Bangkok. This entails adding 1/8 tsp of borax to one liter of water and drinking one liter of this borax water throughout the day. Take this remedy on a five days on and two days off continuous cycle. Borax kills mycoplasma, fungus and also supports bone formation. It balances hormones and also removes fluoride from the body as well as cures arthritis. Using non-scented 20 Mule Team Borax is fine for this remedy. I'm 63 y o and I've been using this borax water remedy regularly for about 8 years and can attest that it is effective.

If the borax remedy doesn't appeal to you, you could perhaps use a special compound herbal mix from raintreeformulas.com called Myco, which has been specifically designed to combat and eradicate all forms of bacteria as well as mycoplasma. This site also has other herbal formulations that target spirochete bacteria(called Spiro) and others that target fungal and viral problems as well. I know and have used this site in the past to get bulk herbs. This site only ever uses organic, sustainable herbs from the Amazon jungle region.

There are also other specific compound herbal mixes that you might also want to investigate. See the Nutramedix, Nutricology and Herb Pharm websites for more natural anti-microbial formulas that might help you. Another one is 1stchineseherbs.com. I don't know these sites so well (they don't ship to the Philippines where I live) but they seem to have have a good range of wildcrafted herbs, extracts etc. for sure.

See Ted from Bangkok's advice for Lupus here on EC.

Just to also finally mention that if you think that you have SLE then have a look at the current research on Dr William Shaw's website. His research has confirmed that problems such as Lupus, as well as many other autoimmune and mental problems, always seem to involve candida, various bacteria and possibly parasites and viruses as well. So don't think that you have just one infection -- mycoplasma -- you should perhaps be thinking multi-pathogen infections because of such a hugely lowered immune system capability. If you think that you have SLE then I would advise that you should perhaps use the following strategy:

* Broad spectrum or suitable individual herbal protocols that will specifically kill a wide range of bacteria, mycoplasma, fungus, viruses, parasites etc.

* Protocols that will remove biofilms. (eg Serrapeptase, Bromelain, Gum Turpentine).

* Alkalizing the body every day. See this link.

* Protocols that detox heavy metals and poisons.(eg Chlorella, Kelp, EDTA)

* Protocols that help build up the immune system.(eg Lugols Iodine)

* Liver/Kidney protection protocols.(eg Alpha Lipoic Acid, Selenium, Milk Thistle)

* Vegetarian Diet.

* Avoid antibiotics like the plague.

I use a strategy similar to the above against candida(also a multi-pathogen disease). See this link for more detailed explanations."

04/19/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Bill,

Re: Mycoplasma

I notice Ted from Bangkok also recommends large dose (5, 000 mg daily?) niacinamide. That post was from 2006 and focused on the calcium oxalate protection that mycoplasma effectuates. Ted's post I referred to is found in the permanent Mycoplasma "Ailments" Section in EC. YOUR post (the one I'm replying to) is eleven posts below his.

My question then is two fold: Do you think niacinamide can play a role in eliminating mycoplasma or does your manifold recommendation cover the bases? And question two; what is the role of calcium oxalate in the tangled problem? Ted focuses on that issue too talking about the use of disodium EDTA to keep oxalic acid from doing this and even talks of bicarbonates from entering the blood stream."

04/19/2014: Bill from San Fenando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...Great questions. Normally when you get oxalate problems these normally occur at the extremities of the body -- hands, feet and head. My major reason for using niacin like this is to ensure that the other nutrients recommended actually successfully reach the extremities via the blood. Niacin changes and thins the blood safely, opens the capillaries for better delivery of these nutrients to these extremities. Niacinamide does not do this because it is further along the cycle for eventual conversion to NADP or energy. In other words niacin is eventually converted to niacinamide in the energy cycle in the following way:

niacin -->.....--> niacinamide--> NADP(Nicotinamide Adenosine Diphosphate)

NADP then becomes part of the electron transport chain that supplies energy(ATP) throughout the cell itself. And that's as far as I'm going to go with it -- I prefer to keep it simple. But if you wish to be further confused -- then have a look at this complex explanation which will be like double Dutch to most people -- See this link.

Apart from the uniqueness of niacin's effect on blood, both niacin and niacinamide appear to have the same multitudinous benefits. It was also recently discovered from research (at the University of Minnesota within the last two years I think) that higher dose niaicinamide increases the strength and performance of the immune system by a factor of 2000. That, in itself, is reason enough to use higher dose niacin or niacinamide. It also cures depression, helps to cure heart disease, helps to cure alcoholics, cures schizophrenia, improves mood and raises energy levels. I've also read where Ted has also written that niacin/niacinamide kills both candida and mycoplasma too. Yet more reasons to use B3 at higher dose to keep yourself healthy. Dr Abram Hoffer took high dose niacin (up to 3 grams a day) for over 50 years and he died at age 93 after a long and productive life. Hoffer always said that supplementing higher dose niacin would extend your life and he's the proof.

So in answer to your questions:

Do you think niacinamide can play a role in eliminating mycoplasma or does your manifold recommendation cover the bases?

Absolutely -- because niacin/niacinamide, when they are taken in larger doses as Ted recommends, can raise up the strength of the immune system by a factor of 2000.

What is the role of calcium oxalate in the tangled problem?

Oxalate is hard to remove. But if you take EDTA then this will remove the heavy metals and excess calcium which helps to get rid of the calcium oxalate itself. Perhaps not the best answer in the world, but its sometimes difficult to follow Ted's thinking. And since Ted has said that niacin will kill mycoplasma -- I would believe him and simply leave it at that. I tried looking for evidence of such cures for mycoplasma several years ago, none to be found or all the important research has been deliberately hidden. Probably because the US Bio-Warfare Department has already had weaponized mycoplasma of its own for many years, so the last thing they really want is a cure for mycoplasma. There is much evidence for this. Lupus, Lyme and Morgellon's Disease always involve mycoplasma. SLE is difficult to diagnose, Lyme is not universally recognized as a disease and neither is Morgellon's recognized as a disease. All these diseases involve mycoplasma.

Out of interest, here's something from Ted (written way back in 2005) on another website talking about the cause of Morgellon's Disease and how it originated....And how he actually cured himself of this disease:

The solution came from secret military research which they have the cure. Apparently the cure is really simple, they used a 2%-3% DMSO mixed with 5% sodium perborate solution. They had to have the solution to protect biochemists like me from the infections.

It worked like magic on me when I got one. They kept it under the wraps because they need the "Morgellons" to spread the mycoplasma. Since you don't believe in conspiracy theory and I don't have a perfect memory, I will not go into details. There was another chemical they also used which I don't recall it now, but I guess it is not that important. However the simple insect not yet "officially" identified as I understand it they were trying to get it patented.

However it is great in carrying pathogens across a wide area of at least several thousand miles using birds as a carrier. This includes the bird flu, mycoplasma, chlamydia, SARS, etc.

Hmmm. The other "missing" ingredient? They MIGHT had an egg chitin dissolving solvent, EDTA and weak acetic acid, but I am not sure. Possibly a hormone disruptant
to cause sterilization that I suggested to my boss (he works for biowarfare research directly), but I don't know if he added my formulas or not. It was Neem oil if you want to know. Remember, the reason why I knew some of the formula was I was suggesting some improvements on those stuff to get rid of the critters faster. Since I got one myself 20+ years ago. It took about 3 days to rid of it and another week to prove that I don't infect my fellow co-workers.

If you know anyone in the military research, I am sure they improved my ancient formulas (which is fragmented) since my boss refused to tell me all the ingredients. We work in compartmentalization. So don't put your hopes up high on it. They might have
"evolved" or made a better breed those little creatures already, I am not sure. In the world of research, 20 year old research is TRULY ancient.

Ted

Source: http://lymebusters.proboards.com/thread/1198

So if your doctors and drugs companies say that SLE, Lyme Disease and Morgellon's Disease do not exist then, by heck, it must be true!! (sic)

Because they are the experts we can trust....Right? (sic)"

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Holisticmom624,

Stephen Harrod Buhner has a book called, 'Healing Lyme Disease coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma." He has a couple of chapters in the book on treating Mycoplasma herbally. He has a list of herbs for the mycoplasma and also some extras for specific target areas (like the urinary system.) Buhner is an expert on Lyme disease and its co-infections. His books are sort of technical but very, very thorough.

I hope his book will be helpful to you. You may be able to get it at the library.

~Mama to Many~"

04/19/2014: Bill from San Fenando, Philippines: "Hi Holisticmom624...There is a remedy on EC that acts against mycoplasma. This is Borax Water as recommended by Ted from Bangkok. This entails adding 1/8 tsp of borax to one liter of water and drinking one liter of this borax water throughout the day. Take this remedy on a five days on and two days off continuous cycle. Borax kills mycoplasma, fungus and also supports bone formation. It balances hormones and also removes fluoride from the body as well as cures arthritis. Using non-scented 20 Mule Team Borax is fine for this remedy. I'm 63 y o and I've been using this borax water remedy regularly for about 8 years and can attest that it is effective.

If the borax remedy doesn't appeal to you, you could perhaps use a special compound herbal mix from raintreeformulas.com called Myco, which has been specifically designed to combat and eradicate all forms of bacteria as well as mycoplasma. This site also has other herbal formulations that target spirochete bacteria(called Spiro) and others that target fungal and viral problems as well. I know and have used this site in the past to get bulk herbs. This site only ever uses organic, sustainable herbs from the Amazon jungle region.

There are also other specific compound herbal mixes that you might also want to investigate. See the Nutramedix, Nutricology and Herb Pharm websites for more natural anti-microbial formulas that might help you. Another one is 1stchineseherbs.com. I don't know these sites so well (they don't ship to the Philippines where I live) but they seem to have have a good range of wildcrafted herbs, extracts etc. for sure.

See Ted from Bangkok's advice for Lupus here on EC.

Just to also finally mention that if you think that you have SLE then have a look at the current research on Dr William Shaw's website. His research has confirmed that problems such as Lupus, as well as many other autoimmune and mental problems, always seem to involve candida, various bacteria and possibly parasites and viruses as well. So don't think that you have just one infection -- mycoplasma -- you should perhaps be thinking multi-pathogen infections because of such a hugely lowered immune system capability. If you think that you have SLE then I would advise that you should perhaps use the following strategy:

* Broad spectrum or suitable individual herbal protocols that will specifically kill a wide range of bacteria, mycoplasma, fungus, viruses, parasites etc.

* Protocols that will remove biofilms. (eg Serrapeptase, Bromelain, Gum Turpentine).

* Alkalizing the body every day. See this link.

* Protocols that detox heavy metals and poisons.(eg Chlorella, Kelp, EDTA)

* Protocols that help build up the immune system.(eg Lugols Iodine)

* Liver/Kidney protection protocols.(eg Alpha Lipoic Acid, Selenium, Milk Thistle)

* Vegetarian Diet.

* Avoid antibiotics like the plague.

I use a strategy similar to the above against candida(also a multi-pathogen disease). See this link for more detailed explanations."

04/19/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Bill,

Re: Mycoplasma

I notice Ted from Bangkok also recommends large dose (5, 000 mg daily?) niacinamide. That post was from 2006 and focused on the calcium oxalate protection that mycoplasma effectuates. Ted's post I referred to is found in the permanent Mycoplasma "Ailments" Section in EC. YOUR post (the one I'm replying to) is eleven posts below his.

My question then is two fold: Do you think niacinamide can play a role in eliminating mycoplasma or does your manifold recommendation cover the bases? And question two; what is the role of calcium oxalate in the tangled problem? Ted focuses on that issue too talking about the use of disodium EDTA to keep oxalic acid from doing this and even talks of bicarbonates from entering the blood stream."

04/19/2014: Bill from San Fenando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...Great questions. Normally when you get oxalate problems these normally occur at the extremities of the body -- hands, feet and head. My major reason for using niacin like this is to ensure that the other nutrients recommended actually successfully reach the extremities via the blood. Niacin changes and thins the blood safely, opens the capillaries for better delivery of these nutrients to these extremities. Niacinamide does not do this because it is further along the cycle for eventual conversion to NADP or energy. In other words niacin is eventually converted to niacinamide in the energy cycle in the following way:

niacin -->.....--> niacinamide--> NADP(Nicotinamide Adenosine Diphosphate)

NADP then becomes part of the electron transport chain that supplies energy(ATP) throughout the cell itself. And that's as far as I'm going to go with it -- I prefer to keep it simple. But if you wish to be further confused -- then have a look at this complex explanation which will be like double Dutch to most people -- See this link.

Apart from the uniqueness of niacin's effect on blood, both niacin and niacinamide appear to have the same multitudinous benefits. It was also recently discovered from research (at the University of Minnesota within the last two years I think) that higher dose niaicinamide increases the strength and performance of the immune system by a factor of 2000. That, in itself, is reason enough to use higher dose niacin or niacinamide. It also cures depression, helps to cure heart disease, helps to cure alcoholics, cures schizophrenia, improves mood and raises energy levels. I've also read where Ted has also written that niacin/niacinamide kills both candida and mycoplasma too. Yet more reasons to use B3 at higher dose to keep yourself healthy. Dr Abram Hoffer took high dose niacin (up to 3 grams a day) for over 50 years and he died at age 93 after a long and productive life. Hoffer always said that supplementing higher dose niacin would extend your life and he's the proof.

So in answer to your questions:

Do you think niacinamide can play a role in eliminating mycoplasma or does your manifold recommendation cover the bases?

Absolutely -- because niacin/niacinamide, when they are taken in larger doses as Ted recommends, can raise up the strength of the immune system by a factor of 2000.

What is the role of calcium oxalate in the tangled problem?

Oxalate is hard to remove. But if you take EDTA then this will remove the heavy metals and excess calcium which helps to get rid of the calcium oxalate itself. Perhaps not the best answer in the world, but its sometimes difficult to follow Ted's thinking. And since Ted has said that niacin will kill mycoplasma -- I would believe him and simply leave it at that. I tried looking for evidence of such cures for mycoplasma several years ago, none to be found or all the important research has been deliberately hidden. Probably because the US Bio-Warfare Department has already had weaponized mycoplasma of its own for many years, so the last thing they really want is a cure for mycoplasma. There is much evidence for this. Lupus, Lyme and Morgellon's Disease always involve mycoplasma. SLE is difficult to diagnose, Lyme is not universally recognized as a disease and neither is Morgellon's recognized as a disease. All these diseases involve mycoplasma.

Out of interest, here's something from Ted (written way back in 2005) on another website talking about the cause of Morgellon's Disease and how it originated....And how he actually cured himself of this disease:

The solution came from secret military research which they have the cure. Apparently the cure is really simple, they used a 2%-3% DMSO mixed with 5% sodium perborate solution. They had to have the solution to protect biochemists like me from the infections.

It worked like magic on me when I got one. They kept it under the wraps because they need the "Morgellons" to spread the mycoplasma. Since you don't believe in conspiracy theory and I don't have a perfect memory, I will not go into details. There was another chemical they also used which I don't recall it now, but I guess it is not that important. However the simple insect not yet "officially" identified as I understand it they were trying to get it patented.

However it is great in carrying pathogens across a wide area of at least several thousand miles using birds as a carrier. This includes the bird flu, mycoplasma, chlamydia, SARS, etc.

Hmmm. The other "missing" ingredient? They MIGHT had an egg chitin dissolving solvent, EDTA and weak acetic acid, but I am not sure. Possibly a hormone disruptant
to cause sterilization that I suggested to my boss (he works for biowarfare research directly), but I don't know if he added my formulas or not. It was Neem oil if you want to know. Remember, the reason why I knew some of the formula was I was suggesting some improvements on those stuff to get rid of the critters faster. Since I got one myself 20+ years ago. It took about 3 days to rid of it and another week to prove that I don't infect my fellow co-workers.

If you know anyone in the military research, I am sure they improved my ancient formulas (which is fragmented) since my boss refused to tell me all the ingredients. We work in compartmentalization. So don't put your hopes up high on it. They might have
"evolved" or made a better breed those little creatures already, I am not sure. In the world of research, 20 year old research is TRULY ancient.

Ted

Source: http://lymebusters.proboards.com/thread/1198

So if your doctors and drugs companies say that SLE, Lyme Disease and Morgellon's Disease do not exist then, by heck, it must be true!! (sic)

Because they are the experts we can trust....Right? (sic)"

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Holisticmom624,

Stephen Harrod Buhner has a book called, 'Healing Lyme Disease coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma." He has a couple of chapters in the book on treating Mycoplasma herbally. He has a list of herbs for the mycoplasma and also some extras for specific target areas (like the urinary system.) Buhner is an expert on Lyme disease and its co-infections. His books are sort of technical but very, very thorough.

I hope his book will be helpful to you. You may be able to get it at the library.

~Mama to Many~"

04/19/2014: Bill from San Fenando, Philippines: "Hi Holisticmom624...There is a remedy on EC that acts against mycoplasma. This is Borax Water as recommended by Ted from Bangkok. This entails adding 1/8 tsp of borax to one liter of water and drinking one liter of this borax water throughout the day. Take this remedy on a five days on and two days off continuous cycle. Borax kills mycoplasma, fungus and also supports bone formation. It balances hormones and also removes fluoride from the body as well as cures arthritis. Using non-scented 20 Mule Team Borax is fine for this remedy. I'm 63 y o and I've been using this borax water remedy regularly for about 8 years and can attest that it is effective.

If the borax remedy doesn't appeal to you, you could perhaps use a special compound herbal mix from raintreeformulas.com called Myco, which has been specifically designed to combat and eradicate all forms of bacteria as well as mycoplasma. This site also has other herbal formulations that target spirochete bacteria(called Spiro) and others that target fungal and viral problems as well. I know and have used this site in the past to get bulk herbs. This site only ever uses organic, sustainable herbs from the Amazon jungle region.

There are also other specific compound herbal mixes that you might also want to investigate. See the Nutramedix, Nutricology and Herb Pharm websites for more natural anti-microbial formulas that might help you. Another one is 1stchineseherbs.com. I don't know these sites so well (they don't ship to the Philippines where I live) but they seem to have have a good range of wildcrafted herbs, extracts etc. for sure.

See Ted from Bangkok's advice for Lupus here on EC.

Just to also finally mention that if you think that you have SLE then have a look at the current research on Dr William Shaw's website. His research has confirmed that problems such as Lupus, as well as many other autoimmune and mental problems, always seem to involve candida, various bacteria and possibly parasites and viruses as well. So don't think that you have just one infection -- mycoplasma -- you should perhaps be thinking multi-pathogen infections because of such a hugely lowered immune system capability. If you think that you have SLE then I would advise that you should perhaps use the following strategy:

* Broad spectrum or suitable individual herbal protocols that will specifically kill a wide range of bacteria, mycoplasma, fungus, viruses, parasites etc.

* Protocols that will remove biofilms. (eg Serrapeptase, Bromelain, Gum Turpentine).

* Alkalizing the body every day. See this link.

* Protocols that detox heavy metals and poisons.(eg Chlorella, Kelp, EDTA)

* Protocols that help build up the immune system.(eg Lugols Iodine)

* Liver/Kidney protection protocols.(eg Alpha Lipoic Acid, Selenium, Milk Thistle)

* Vegetarian Diet.

* Avoid antibiotics like the plague.

I use a strategy similar to the above against candida(also a multi-pathogen disease). See this link for more detailed explanations."

04/19/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Bill,

Re: Mycoplasma

I notice Ted from Bangkok also recommends large dose (5, 000 mg daily?) niacinamide. That post was from 2006 and focused on the calcium oxalate protection that mycoplasma effectuates. Ted's post I referred to is found in the permanent Mycoplasma "Ailments" Section in EC. YOUR post (the one I'm replying to) is eleven posts below his.

My question then is two fold: Do you think niacinamide can play a role in eliminating mycoplasma or does your manifold recommendation cover the bases? And question two; what is the role of calcium oxalate in the tangled problem? Ted focuses on that issue too talking about the use of disodium EDTA to keep oxalic acid from doing this and even talks of bicarbonates from entering the blood stream."

04/19/2014: Bill from San Fenando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...Great questions. Normally when you get oxalate problems these normally occur at the extremities of the body -- hands, feet and head. My major reason for using niacin like this is to ensure that the other nutrients recommended actually successfully reach the extremities via the blood. Niacin changes and thins the blood safely, opens the capillaries for better delivery of these nutrients to these extremities. Niacinamide does not do this because it is further along the cycle for eventual conversion to NADP or energy. In other words niacin is eventually converted to niacinamide in the energy cycle in the following way:

niacin -->.....--> niacinamide--> NADP(Nicotinamide Adenosine Diphosphate)

NADP then becomes part of the electron transport chain that supplies energy(ATP) throughout the cell itself. And that's as far as I'm going to go with it -- I prefer to keep it simple. But if you wish to be further confused -- then have a look at this complex explanation which will be like double Dutch to most people -- See this link.

Apart from the uniqueness of niacin's effect on blood, both niacin and niacinamide appear to have the same multitudinous benefits. It was also recently discovered from research (at the University of Minnesota within the last two years I think) that higher dose niaicinamide increases the strength and performance of the immune system by a factor of 2000. That, in itself, is reason enough to use higher dose niacin or niacinamide. It also cures depression, helps to cure heart disease, helps to cure alcoholics, cures schizophrenia, improves mood and raises energy levels. I've also read where Ted has also written that niacin/niacinamide kills both candida and mycoplasma too. Yet more reasons to use B3 at higher dose to keep yourself healthy. Dr Abram Hoffer took high dose niacin (up to 3 grams a day) for over 50 years and he died at age 93 after a long and productive life. Hoffer always said that supplementing higher dose niacin would extend your life and he's the proof.

So in answer to your questions:

Do you think niacinamide can play a role in eliminating mycoplasma or does your manifold recommendation cover the bases?

Absolutely -- because niacin/niacinamide, when they are taken in larger doses as Ted recommends, can raise up the strength of the immune system by a factor of 2000.

What is the role of calcium oxalate in the tangled problem?

Oxalate is hard to remove. But if you take EDTA then this will remove the heavy metals and excess calcium which helps to get rid of the calcium oxalate itself. Perhaps not the best answer in the world, but its sometimes difficult to follow Ted's thinking. And since Ted has said that niacin will kill mycoplasma -- I would believe him and simply leave it at that. I tried looking for evidence of such cures for mycoplasma several years ago, none to be found or all the important research has been deliberately hidden. Probably because the US Bio-Warfare Department has already had weaponized mycoplasma of its own for many years, so the last thing they really want is a cure for mycoplasma. There is much evidence for this. Lupus, Lyme and Morgellon's Disease always involve mycoplasma. SLE is difficult to diagnose, Lyme is not universally recognized as a disease and neither is Morgellon's recognized as a disease. All these diseases involve mycoplasma.

Out of interest, here's something from Ted (written way back in 2005) on another website talking about the cause of Morgellon's Disease and how it originated....And how he actually cured himself of this disease:

The solution came from secret military research which they have the cure. Apparently the cure is really simple, they used a 2%-3% DMSO mixed with 5% sodium perborate solution. They had to have the solution to protect biochemists like me from the infections.

It worked like magic on me when I got one. They kept it under the wraps because they need the "Morgellons" to spread the mycoplasma. Since you don't believe in conspiracy theory and I don't have a perfect memory, I will not go into details. There was another chemical they also used which I don't recall it now, but I guess it is not that important. However the simple insect not yet "officially" identified as I understand it they were trying to get it patented.

However it is great in carrying pathogens across a wide area of at least several thousand miles using birds as a carrier. This includes the bird flu, mycoplasma, chlamydia, SARS, etc.

Hmmm. The other "missing" ingredient? They MIGHT had an egg chitin dissolving solvent, EDTA and weak acetic acid, but I am not sure. Possibly a hormone disruptant
to cause sterilization that I suggested to my boss (he works for biowarfare research directly), but I don't know if he added my formulas or not. It was Neem oil if you want to know. Remember, the reason why I knew some of the formula was I was suggesting some improvements on those stuff to get rid of the critters faster. Since I got one myself 20+ years ago. It took about 3 days to rid of it and another week to prove that I don't infect my fellow co-workers.

If you know anyone in the military research, I am sure they improved my ancient formulas (which is fragmented) since my boss refused to tell me all the ingredients. We work in compartmentalization. So don't put your hopes up high on it. They might have
"evolved" or made a better breed those little creatures already, I am not sure. In the world of research, 20 year old research is TRULY ancient.

Ted

Source: http://lymebusters.proboards.com/thread/1198

So if your doctors and drugs companies say that SLE, Lyme Disease and Morgellon's Disease do not exist then, by heck, it must be true!! (sic)

Because they are the experts we can trust....Right? (sic)"

04/17/2014: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "Lana, there are 2 things that may help:

1. Lots of lemon juice.

2. Being in sunlight."

04/17/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Lana;

About the 13 year old with jaundice;

Normally jaundice associated with Liver problems; Google "jaundice causes" and you'll see a number of liver associated issues. But for a 13 year old, one of the viruses that cause Hepatitis (A, B, C and D).

Earth Clinic has a lot on Hep. "Oscar" writes about the benefits of BHT and much is on the "Ailments" section under Hepatitis or the Remedies section under BHT.

I'm big on Colloidal Silver and if this were me, if I had jaundice, I'd immediately take a quarter glass of CS three times daily to kill the virus....assuming it is a virus."

04/17/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "When I had severe Hep A, I was offered Tylenol at the ER, and then many times by nurses after hospitalization. Fortunately, I had heard Dr. Rosenberg tell how Tylenol, which was advised to be given to children with fevers instead of aspirin in the 80's, was causing liver failure. My own pediatric doctors told me the link between Reyes Syndrome and aspirin was not proven, so I infrequently gave my children baby aspirin on the rare occasions when it seemed needed. I believe refusing to take any Tylenol in the hospital may be one of the reasons I survived."

04/18/2014: Timh from Ky: "Rsw: Prior to receiving 2 units of blood transfusion, the nurse recommended Tylenol (to help prevent reaction) but I had read of toxicity issues so I mentioned the likely possibility of sickened liver and ask for half a tab. Some time ago I tried Ibuprofen but it caused venous stress so I dropped it. For inflammation I currently take Celadrin and Flax Oil."

04/18/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Thanks, Timh,

This is the first time I have heard about Celadrin, but I looked it up and it looks good! Do you take the capsules or the topical cream? I have Flax Oil and I take curcumin that has enhanced absorption, although I don't notice much difference with it. Supposedly a good brand but doesn't seem to work for me.

Hope you are doing well. Your recent posts seem to be indicating some improvement. Yeah! Thanks so much for the pointing out the Celadrin. I will put it on my list!"

04/19/2014: Timh from Ky: "Rsw: Your concern is very much appreciated and of course makes me hope all is good w/ you. I caught myself being overoptimistic in one of my recent post as my improvements seem to always get overshadowed by the progressive nature of my illness as I know that death is near... until Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc (shoutout "thanks a million Dave") posted info about Calcium 2 AEP (of which I somehow have never heard of) so I started 4 caps daily on Monday w/ immediate and cumulative results as of today. The benefits info has proved 100% correct in my toxic condition. So my hope for sufficient recovery is gaining.

I take 1 350mg Celadrin softgel daily w/ noticeable results. I also take Turmeric when I have it in stock. Eating Pineapple is also good anti-inflammatory."

04/18/2014: Lauren from Queens, NY: "Hi Mama to many......Just came on EC only to see the sad news of your Mom's passing. Please accept my deepest sympathy. I know exactly how you must have felt since I too lost my Mom a few years ago and still fight the sadness to this day. Take care of yourself and I will keep you in my prayers. God bless you for all your wonderful insights. You really light up Earth Clinic....I am sure others would agree with me on this. Have a blessed day....."

04/19/2014: Timh from Ky: "Lauren: Not to come off as antagonistic, but after having a few yrs experience, and reading 100's of Near Death reports (called NDE's but are actually beyond death experiences) then that sorrowful mentality gets a turnaround. Many of those NDE'rs report feeling absolutely no remorse while remotely viewing there damaged or sick body below. Many beg the sprits to not make them "go back down there". I lost my mom to cancer in 2009 but the suffering and passing was not so bad. Once, while mother was up in a wheelchair w/ family, I had a brief minds-eye realization (while looking at mom) that she was better off than us. Mother was an extremely giving & caring person and had no fear of dying, so her composure helped elicit my vision. Also, some of her last spoken words were "It's beautiful" while looking into the heavenly realms.

A good web-site for NDE info is http://iands.org/home.html."

04/19/2014: Timh from Ky: "Tassi: Do note that Zinc & Vit-A (cod liver oil) work together very well. When I was bedridden (with chronic diaheria) for 6mo+ the nurses put all sorts of prescription creams on, but none were near good enough. When I got home and applied some C.L.O., booom! Pain & rash gone. The Vit-E, as you attested, is very good for strengthening the skin or dermal. Note that Vit-E works best in combination w/Selenium, and CoQ10.

If I might add, concerning long-term care, only a few months after I began a brief career in nursing, an old school guy was the director of respiratory dept. at our little hometown hospital, and a good fella. Somehow some enthusiasm was generated to help some of the most severe bed-sore patience; and he began O2 (oxygen) topical administration w/ some improvement but not enough. He soon began applying heat lamp (light) therapy on the sores with much improvement. It may have been the combination of both treatments that resulted in some drastic improvement of people who had been yrs in bed and now getting up in chairs and becoming active; it was something almost miraculous and unfortunately not altogether welcomed by administrators."

04/18/2014: Lauren from Queens, NY: "Hi Mama to many......Just came on EC only to see the sad news of your Mom's passing. Please accept my deepest sympathy. I know exactly how you must have felt since I too lost my Mom a few years ago and still fight the sadness to this day. Take care of yourself and I will keep you in my prayers. God bless you for all your wonderful insights. You really light up Earth Clinic....I am sure others would agree with me on this. Have a blessed day....."

04/19/2014: Timh from Ky: "Lauren: Not to come off as antagonistic, but after having a few yrs experience, and reading 100's of Near Death reports (called NDE's but are actually beyond death experiences) then that sorrowful mentality gets a turnaround. Many of those NDE'rs report feeling absolutely no remorse while remotely viewing there damaged or sick body below. Many beg the sprits to not make them "go back down there". I lost my mom to cancer in 2009 but the suffering and passing was not so bad. Once, while mother was up in a wheelchair w/ family, I had a brief minds-eye realization (while looking at mom) that she was better off than us. Mother was an extremely giving & caring person and had no fear of dying, so her composure helped elicit my vision. Also, some of her last spoken words were "It's beautiful" while looking into the heavenly realms.

A good web-site for NDE info is http://iands.org/home.html."

10/24/2012: Plumhappy from Eugene, Oregon: "Perhaps this will help. I was diognosed with Inersticial Cystitis even though I did not have severe symptoms. Since then, I have found which foods agrivate my bladder (you can go on line and find the foods to avoid, mainly anything acidic and sugar) and for me, also gluten intolerance. I have found that anytime I get into gluten, the symptoms surface. It is amazing how much trouble gluten can cause. Keep in mind that one does not need to have all symptoms of any one health problem to have the problem. Each person is different. If she decides to try getting off of acidic foods and others foods, give it a month or so before adding one at a time back to see which ones are the culprit, if any. It would a a free thing to try and if she gets better without drugs, all the better. I also take MSM because it has rid me of inflamation, which is what IC is, a cronically inflamed bladder. I wish you success."

10/24/2012: Gavin from Manganui, Northland, New Zealand: "It sounds like a weak pelvic floor muscle, usually a vaginal cone inserted is a two week cure. But check with your urinary specialist."

10/24/2012: Lisa from Thousand Oaks, Ca, Usa: "Hi Absa, Well, two things come to mind since the western drs don't seem to find anything out of the ordinary. First, have you ever heard of kegel exercises? They will tell you to do them after you have a baby to tone up the vaginal muscles. The way you do them is to feel as if you have to pee and you squeeze to stop the urine from coming out. You have to do a series of them and continue to build the amount to strengthen the muscles.

The second idea is to get to a Traditional Chinese medicine Dr. because most likely the kidney chi is weak. They can treat her and you would see results for sure! They can use both acupuncture and herbs. Hope this info helps. Lisa"

10/25/2012: Candy from Fort Madison, Ia: "Magnesium oil does wonders for this. I used to have this too, and now I don't even have to wear panti-liners. Just get some good magnesium oil and soak your feet in it for half hour every other day, and you should be much better. hope this helps."

10/25/2012: Ed2010 from Oakville, Canada: "Again, Milk Kefir does excellent job for Urinary and Bowel Incontinence. It is great for Elders who suffer incontinence.

Just drink 1 cup of home made milk kefir a day. It is the serotonin and the probiotics that does the job well. Kefir supports proper passage of signals around the region to contract and expand when required. And the probiotics eliminates any kind of infection.

It should be home made milk kefir, if not other products are ok too. You can see nice improvement in 1 week. thanks"

10/25/2012: Mary from Toronto, Canada: "High level of Calcium in blood causes it, google for more info. All the best!"

10/25/2012: Absa from Salmiya, Hawally, Kuwait: "Thank you... Can you please suggest how I make milk kefir thanks a lot for the reply."

10/25/2012: Absa from Salmiya, Hawally, Kuwait: "thank you... Drinking soda drinks it happens more. I do agree with you but even eliminating them did not cure me."

10/25/2012: Absa from Salmiya, Hawally, Kuwait: "@Mary - according to blood analysis my corrected calcium was 2.1 L (normal range 2.2 L-2.6 L) "

10/25/2012: Absa from Salmiya, Hawally, Kuwait: "Thank you for the reply... I doubt if I can find any chinese dr in my area but I will for sure try kegel exercises. thanks again"

10/25/2012: Ed2010 from Oakville, Canada: "There are plenty of information about making milk kefir in the you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcRaSCYQxKE

I should mention, kefir has very little amount of alcohol. As you are from Kuwait, I thought to mention. But take this as a medicine. You are good. thanks"

01/06/2013: Om from Hope, Bc Canada: "Yes, there is a remedy which costs nothing and works considering though everyone has different needs. It is called hydrotherapy. COLD water in a bucket. Sit in it just to cover private parts for two minutes. Repeat two to three times per day. It has helped me as it seems to tone the urinary tract. It is also good for regular elimination. However I stopped doing it and the problem returned. I think one has to repeat this intermittendly. Warm water is for cleansing, cold water for toning. I hope it is of help. Om"

04/18/2014: Dale from Whiting, New Jersey, Usa: "You can try taking a cup of brown rice with every meal 3 times a day--works for me"

04/02/2011: Wishingyouwell from Gentle Earth, Ks: "I believe cipro contains fluoride."

09/21/2011: Skycandy from Mi, Fl: "I too have been floxed. I will never take any form of the anitbiotics flouroquinillones nor will any member of my family. I took Cipro in January 2011 for an UTI and w/in 3 days my knees felt tight and stiff. By the 5th day my right knee was hurting and swollen and by the 7th day my left knee was the same. A co-worker asked if I was taking an anti-biotic and I told her I was, and she said it could be the cause.

Sure enough, after researching, I found that Cipro can cause tendonitis. On the 8th day I could not even walk and have been struggling to get back to normal ever since. I am not able to run, walk for long periods of time or do any kind of activity. I was completely healthy before taking this medication and now I feel like a handicap person some days. I am only 36 yrs old. Yes it does have flouride in it. It is posion and the FDA knows and still lets this be on the market. Levaquin is the same thing. I have had x-rays, MRI's, you name it, and according to the DR's there is nothing wrong w/me. It is very frustrating and I am hoping to find a cure on this website. Something to flush this poison out of my body. My wrists, hands, fingers, ankles, toes and kness have all been effected by this crap. If anyone has any suggestions, please help!!"

09/21/2011: Rob from Manhattan, Ny: "You may want to experiment with Zeolite.. I have tried both the liquid (Waiora= too expensive) and the powder.. (Zeoforce).... Preferring the powder for price/quality and the fact that it isn't multi-level marketed. I only take it on occasion but do notice it's effects... Seems to settle my system, lift brain fog.. Do some research on it... However, I am still a little cautious with it as I am waiting for more studies to confirm it's effectiveness in eliminating toxins..

Ted, what are your thoughts on Zeolite?"

[NAY]  10/31/2011: Omg from Columbia, Mo: "Cipro should only be used when death is the alternative. a) developed rotator cuff tendonitis while on drug. b) developed proximal hamstring tendinopathy a few months later.

Took drug for 8 days for suspected uti - negative. 62 yo male highly active bicyclist up until recently."

04/18/2014: Michela from Missouri: "Hi. I didn't know if you still had problems with your infection, but I have never seen a bladder/kidney infection or kidney stones resist Dr. Schultz's K-B Formula and K-B Tea. He is in California and runs the American Botanical Pharmacy. If you follow the Cleanse he has (or just do the best you can to follow it) I can just about guarantee happy results. Even used it in the boonies of Bolivia for someone whose kidneys had become completely blocked by stones. Medical intervention saved her, but she was in extreme pain. There were no juicers out there, but after 1 week she had no pain whatsoever."

05/19/2008: Jo Ana Starr from Tucson, AZ: "Sorry about your experience with coconut oil. I have small pores like you and very fair sensitive skin. I use coconut oil daily on my face with no outbreaks. Are you using Extra Virgin Coconut oil ? Coconut oil has anti-bacterial properties among its other beneficial qualities and it's possible that the coconut oil brought bacteria to the surface to allow it to release. I love this stuff and couldn't be without it. I hope your skin situation corrects itself soon !"

05/21/2008: Susan : "Just wanted to add, I also have fair sensitive skin with very small pores (dry skin too) and coconut oil has been wonderful, both internally and externally. When I first started I did get a few breakouts on my face for about a week. I had a funny gut feeling that this was somehow a cleansing reaction, and it after the week it cleared up completely; since then no problems at all. It's been great. Maybe this is what you were experiencing? - or maybe it's just not the right thing for your skin. But anyway it's not because of having small pores..."

[NAY]  05/23/2010: Dart8 from Victoria, Bc, Canada: "While I am a fan of coconut oil generally, it has been a horrible experience for my face and, to a lesser extent, my chest.
Long ago I replaced almost all my cooking oils for coconut oil and am glad I did. I have recently begun taking a spoonful in my coffee every morning and am seeing some energy level increase. I love how it makes the skin on my body feel and it is helping with some cystic skin problems I had. But my face? Nightmare!

When I first applied it I was hoping to eliminate a few dry patches (likely exzema) and aid in my determination to not grow old so gracefully (am 52). Within about 24-36 hours my skin began to itch, redden, bubble and thicken. Everything I read said "stay with it - your skin is just eliminating toxins etc. It will all be better soon". Well I stuck with it for 5 days of extreme discomfort and self-isolation. Today I am throwing in the towel, washing it off and going back to my old routines. I wish I had a more positive report but this has been my experience.

I have been using Extra Virgin Coconut oil and when the redness started I began reducing the amount I used and when that didn't work I put lots on (trying to cover all my bases)... sadly, this just didn't work for me."

04/18/2014: Melissav from Chicago, Il: "It sounds like you had an allergic reaction to the coconut oil on your skin. I have had several contact dermatitis outbreaks on my face (not from coconut oil) and what you described sounds just like what I experience during those outbreaks. It is extremely uncomfortable. Don't worry, though. You can still safely ingest it. A dermatological sensitivity doesn't necessarily equal a systemic allergy. My skin is sensitive to mango, but I can still eat it as long as I don't get much of the juice on my face."

12/19/2010: Possible Candida Suffer from Chicago, Il: "I have a question for Bill. I know you have precisely laid out the remedies for candida but what exactly can I eat??? Currently I am eating everything that is bad for candida it seems like. I need a diet plan to go along with the remedies. I know the basics NO SUGAR but it seems like everything has sugar. I am also considering a 5 day fast."

12/19/2010: Cricket from Spokane, Wa: "Just wanted to say thank you for writing back. I have tried almost every remedy on here for the past seven years, you name it I have tried it , researched, cross referenced , tried again. I have so much knowledge and have studies enough mycology reports to fill many of desks. I dont want this to be my life. Some things work some don't. I guess the most important thing to me in my life is my husband and this stuff has really taken up a lot of the creative space. I am a very strict eater and sometimes its easy and I know what to do but other times I worry because my husband is thin and a candida diet is hard to keep weight on him and carbs help with energy but are not aloud and protein is hard to digest and is acidic. I think clear when I have carbs and I feel stronger when I have protein but I don't very often anymore because of all the different answers. I just started Apple Cider Vinegar and baking soda and I am trying not to get my hopes up. I digress.. I am here to say thank you for your words.... Blessings"

12/20/2010: Bill from San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines: "Hi Possible Candida Suffer from Chicago... When I discovered that I had candida I had just moved to the Philippines, and so my diet changed anyway -- becoming more rice and fruit based. I only ever eat two meals a day, breakfast and diner, and have no problem with this. I eat no desserts and dislike sweet things. I don't eat junk food or drink much soda pop. I don't eat much red meat -- maybe a steak once a month now. My breakfast is large and fresh fruit based and my diner at night is quite small, like a snack really. But this is just me. Any candida sufferer must adopt a diet of their own choice and stick to it. This is a must and is all about breaking the bad dietary habits of a lifetime which has helped to promote and cause the candida in the first place. The best way is to avoid certain foods and products:

1. Absolutely NO SUGAR. No ifs or buts here -- if you really want to get rid of candida -- it starts here, this is a must!!

2. No junk food allowed.

3. No vegetable oil in the diet. Vegetable oil oxidises fairly quickly on the shelf and very rapidly at high heat. Most vegetable oils are also now made from an unnatural chemical process. Better to use virgin coconut oil for cooking -- this is a very stable oil that is very good for you. When I had candida and started taking coconut oil, my bad constipation and bloating issues disappeared in about two weeks. VCO is very healthy for your body and intestines. I only cook with VCO now and VCO has actually helped me to lose weight.

4. No soda pop. Apart from the sugar, soda drinks also contain carbonic and phosophoric acids -- all of which acidifies your body and encourages candida.

5. Eat only white meat like chicken or fish in small amounts and avoid red all meats.

6. No baking products like bread, cakes pastries etc. In the 70s or 80s the FDA, in the wisdom, allowed the use of bromide and bromates in bread-making and baking instead of iodine. Bromine weakens the immune system and also encourages candida growth. Strangely but happily, I recently learnt that bromides and bromates used in baking in the Philipines have always been banned. Well go figure...

7. No canned products in the diet. Bisphenol A -- or BPA -- is contained in all plastic linings of canned products and is very bad for you. Upsets hormone balance and weakens the immune system.

8. No Calcium which means no dairy products -- no milk, cheese, yoghurt etc. Avoid calcium fortified foods. Excess calcium encourages acidity and thereby aids the spread of candida.

9. No Monosodium Glutamate(MSG) allowed. This means that all soy products made from a chemical process -- including soy sauce, tofu etc. Are not allowed. Avoid all products with added MSG. But any soy products made from the natural fermentation process are OK and allowed in small amounts.

10. Avoid distilled water and tap-water. Distilled water is "dead water" -- it completely lacks any important body minerals that natural spring-water contains. Tap-water nowadays -- due to water shortages -- is now re-cycled and chemically processed from sewage(especially in cities), so Lord only knows what evil goodies tap-water contains. Enough said I think. Drink fresh mineral or spring water or create your own mineral water instead.

11. Try and avoid all (chemically) processed food if you can. Try and eat foods that are made from natural processes without excess heating or use of chemicals/pesticides.

12. When you eat food, don't always rush and over-stuff yourself, as this leads to poor, inefficient digestion and acid intestines. There is always a lag from when you feel hungry to when you are satisfied but if you eat too fast, this is not good for you. Eat your food slower and drink plenty of water at mealtimes for proper digestion. The Chinese -- and Okinawans -- normally eat until they feel 70-80% full, then they stop. This is also good simple dietary practice.

All the above precautions are purely to encourage a healthy body and to create an environment that is very bad for candida. Of course this diet must be adopted as well as Ted's anti-candida protocols for complete success to be assured against systemic candida."

12/20/2010: Cindy from Cochrane, Wi: "Bill, can one take betaine hci and the alkalizing remedies together?? thank you"

12/20/2010: Bill from San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines: "Forgot to mention in the foods to avoid -- No Sweeteners allowed -- no aspartame, sucralose, saccharine etc."

12/20/2010: Bill from San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines: "Hi Cindy... No, betaine hydrochloride generates hydrochloric acid which would defeat the whole point of alkalizing if taken at the same time. Take betaine hydrochloride at mealtimes and alkalize outside mealtimes, this is what I do. I always alkalize at least one hour before a meal or two hours after a meal to avoid creating digestion problems.

I've just realized that the above explanation might confuse certain people who are taking baking soda for other reasons than alkalizing. So to clarify -- If you are taking sodium bicarbonate for acid reflux problems then you can use this in two ways. First, you can add a little -- 1/8 to 1/4 tspn baking soda -- to your drinking water at mealtimes to cut down on stomach acidity by reducing excess acidity from food like fruit, coffee etc. Another reason might be to take 1/4 tspn sodium bicarbonate in a half glass of water a half an hour after you have eaten your meal(when the food has all moved into the duodenum), this would help digestion by neutralizing the stomach acid chyme to slightly alkaline for efficient second stage digestion. This would also save the bicarbs in your pancreas which can then be used instead to alkalize the blood

There are many ways to use sodium bicarbonate, and alot of this has to do with timing, which can cause some confusion I think."

02/28/2011: Pam B from Winnipeg, Mb, Canada: "Hi Bill, I've been struggling for 9 months with candida and just found this link today. In the past I had just done the diet and garlic capsule and probiotics. Did you only do the alkalizing concoction, or did you do other things as well like candida diet, garlic, probiotics? Thanks so much for sharing. Pam"

03/01/2011: Bill from San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines: "Hi Pam B... I used combined multi-remedies on a daily basis rather than just one alkalizing remedy to cure my own systemic candida. The remedies I used, which I've since updated, are all given here:

http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/mystery-diagnosis.html

The minimum should be that you must at least take Ted's alkalizing remedies plus all the remedies that directly attack the candida fungus. Also, correct diet is essential and very important. Candida is very robust and it isn't easy to get rid of it. I still take all the remedies given in the link above, though less intensely now, as a preventative."

05/19/2011: Kitty from Austin, Tx: "Hello Ted, This is a long candida question. I have helped many suffering with this over the past fifteen years with different yeast strains, but still myself am afflicted. I have candida Krusi. I will skip the details or my background for reader ease.

I would love Ted to respond to the following when he has a moment and I am open to others imput as well. My intention is to cover all my bases with no misses. Thanks for all that respond

Attitude: Good usually

Current afflictions: Daily yeast infections and thrush effects marriage was told that my husband cant kiss for a year or we will keep up with reoccurance. Is this true? If so I guess this will never heal because we are mad about each other.

Treatment of hydrogen peroxide infusions at a center for 1 hour twice a week for four month's

Result : No changes

All azole meds have been tried for five month's

Result:Resistance even after rotation with Candida diet.

Oil pulling three month's

Result: clears thrush for the day but returns following morning.

Current :cell food :Magnesium citrate, high end probiotic with no fos, 2 tbs lemon juice with 1/4 tsp bs, white meat only once or twice a week(difficult to digest), cooked and raw veggies(limited on dressings as my enamel is almost gone and has extreme pain so no Apple Cider Vinegar on salads or lemon), almond milk rotated with coconut milk (unsweetened), Stopped taking stevia drops to avoid allergy reaction from to much use. Biotin 400, tried every natural antibiotic under the sun herbs ect... All met with resistance, l -glutimine. Also cilantro for metal detox. Anything missing that is inexspensive?

Info I need : My diet is more limited than most in flavor. What I typed is what I eat, seeds, veggies and a little meat. I stopped being able to continue this after four years. I had no energy. And my hair is thin and falls out frequently. Limited funds make me come to you, the think tank.

Things that I need:

1) (looking for a good b complex that is not acid forming if someone had advice for where to find one that does not contain nicinimide as this was advised to be a poor choice. Do I need a b complex still or will one specific b meet my needs.

2) I put cell food into a veggie cap to pass the teeth with no pain and I also do this with gse. My teeth were ruined by cell food held under the tongue and then swallowed followed by immense pain ( I understand that the mouth will show us how healthy we are but this was the outside enamel on healthy teeth effected on contact and has resulted in my not being able to have any avc or lemon unless in baking soda remedy.) My question is once the veggie cap I filled reaches my stomach, because its not diluted in water, will it hurt my mucosal lining ? I dont need more damage.

3) What can I do for minerals besides liver(liver not an option my body ejects it)??

4) Its been said their is conflicting ideas on nutritional yeast , some say it is dead and will not effect yeast while others disagree. I would love to have this option to eat again because I like the taste and it will give me an additional a seasoning option. Any supported evidence would be very helpful as I do not want to go back to nine years ago ??

5)Kumbucha is a no, no for obvious reason but what about cultured coconut water they now sell in the store, and rejuvilac (its base is wheat and this is usually a no go but is the water from it ok?)

6) I would love to add stevia back into my diet would this be ill-advised from your perspective ted?

7) Fat ::: Everyone says not to much coconut oil or oils in gen or fat , but this seems to be the only thing that keeps me from eating carbs. Is the fat intake really preventing my healing ?

8) Ketosis for several years is hard to prevent if you are unable to eat even complex carbs, quinoa ect with out outbreak. What do suggest on a food level to prevent further imbalance???

9) Ted , I have been told that other yeasts are cured and have assisted others on an emotional and informative level and they have gotten cured. Is there still hope for me?

10) My husband eats millet in the mornings because he is thin and cant work an eight hr day with out the carbs , I believe this is still why he has yeast even though he does food combine, is this true and is he giving it to me when we make love even if it is not visible on the outside of his body?

11) can I have eggs , some say egg whites while others claim only yolk should be consumed. No Yolk!

Ted : My gratitude for all you observations and listening is very valuable. Thank you I hold a lot of love in my heart for you although I dont know you. You provide a place for people to share their story's of trial and error. Blessings to you..... I will donate."

05/19/2011: Anonomous from No City, Usa: "would like bill's advice on this as well as I have some of the same questions.thanks"

05/21/2011: Bill from San Fernando, San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Kitty... The main reasons which are hindering your cure for candida et al are because of the poor state of your teeth and gums and poor digestion caused by a weak or insufficient liver which is also causing apparent allergy problems.

The full regimen for the anti-candida protocol -- which is based on Ted from Bangkok's recommendations --is given in this comment stream. Just click on the heading of this comment -- "Need Advice Regarding Candida" -- and you will be taken to a page where you will find my comment with a link to both the full anti-candida protocol as well as the anti-candida diet that you should be following.

To improve your digestion, I would supplement with Betaine Hydrochloride as well as Pancreatin Enzymes -- taken with water before all meals. This will ensure proper digestion of all protein, carbohydrates and fats. Since you have a ketosis problem, you might well have a problem with carbohydrate digestion or this might also be due to a developing diabetes problem which also causes keto-acidosis. You should get this checked out and confirmed by a doctor.

The problem with your teeth has probably been caused by acid mouth due to both the oral candida as well as from acid waste from the plaque bacteria. You can brush your teeth with sodium bicarbonate - Baking Soda -- and sea salt or you can simply use Dr Gerald Judd's recommendation of just brushing your teeth with bar soap. The purpose of these protocols is help reduce the plaque bacteria and the candida biofilm formations in your mouth which tend to protect the candida and plaque bacteria.

Dr Judd, who researched teeth health for 18 years, says that using excess fluoride or eating acid foods are what weakens and destroys teeth -- not the candida or plaque bacteria (which tends to destroy the gums). In order for teeth to re-mineralize properly, you must therefore have alkaline saliva as well as minimal levels of plaque formation(no plaque bacteria). I use ordinary, unscented, no-addtive bar soap to brush my teeth together with an iodine or 3% hydrogen peroxide mouthwash. This has improved my own teeth health no end -- they are much whiter, stronger and better formed and I didn't have to go to he dentist for my yearly plaque scrap and de-gunk this year because plaque formation was minimal. Here is what Dr Gerald Judd, an orthodontist researcher, has to say about keeping teeth healthy:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/451268/Dr-Gerard-F-Judd-Ph-D-s-Good-Teeth-Birth-to-Death-The-Prescription-for-Perfect-Teeth-Originator-of-the-Alcohol-Cure

Also, if you think you are allergic to something like lemon/lime plus BS or Stevia there is an easy test to confirm this. Just put a drop of the solution on your arm and leave it. If it causes redness or itching then you are allergic to that substance. If this does not happen, then you are probably suffering, instead, from a candida die-off or Herx reaction. Just cut back on the dose for a while, then build it back up later.

To improve the state of your liver and help to rid yourself of allergies, I would follow the protocol which I describe at this link here:

http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/allergies6.html#LIVER"

05/22/2011: Missy from Sf, Ca: "Bill, what is the name brand of the bar soap that you use to brush your teeth with? Also, what is the ratio used of iodine and hp (ie drops, cap full, water) for your mouthwash solution? How long have you been doing this? How long did it take for you to notice beneficial results? Thank you."

07/31/2011: Linda from Ogden, Ut, Usa: "I have gone to several doctors (regular and alternative) to get help with overcoming candida. They always give me a list of foods to avoid. On everyone of them, vinegar is listed and yet I see in this thread that many of you have had success killing the candida by taking it internally. My drs. said that it can be diluted and applied topically but never taken internally to rid the candida. I am sooooo confused!!! Can anyone help explain this discrepancy???"

04/18/2014: Florida from Michigan: "U might like to try the GAPS diet. U will be surprised with the results."

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Nomonde,

Your brother is blessed to have you watching out for him. 16 years is a long time to deal with this problem!

There are a number of things he can try, all of them could be done safely together.

Avoid dairy for a time. Dairy is mucous forming. After the issue is resolved, he can try it again and see how he does. I had a son that had a chronic throat clearing problem that was resolved when he gave up dairy. Interestingly, after 6 months or so of no dairy, he was able to have it again with no problem.

Lots of vitamin C. He can take a gram of it a few times a day. If it gives him diarrhea, he can cut back a bit. This would be good for lingering infection and is a natural anti-histamine, if indeed it is caused by allergies.

He should try Apple Cider Vinegar, 1 Tablespoon, in water once or twice a day.

Increasing his water intake may help to thin the mucous. Increasing fruits may also be helpful.

He can put a dropperful of colloidal silver into each nostril and each ear a few times a day to try and kill off any lingering infection.

Turmeric is a natural anti-inflammatory. A teaspoon once or twice a day may also be helpful.

Please let us know how he is doing. If none of this works, there are always more things to try, though I am hopeful that these things may be enough to help.

~Mama to Many~"

04/18/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Nomonde:

I concur with what "Mama to Many" says and re emphasize her suggestion for using Colloidal Silver she mentioned. I'm betting it's a viral infection...chronic. In fact, surprised it hasn't migrated (assuming infection) to other organs because he's had it so long. Long lasting viruses/fungal infections do that. The way you described it...could very well be fungal. Great irritation like he is trying to attack it is how you described it. Very itchy...yes maybe fungal. So also check around his room...is there anything that could be a mold source? But you or the other members of the family aren't similarly infected; which mold would do...so probably not mold. That doesn't mean his infection is not fungal, however.

When I take Colloidal Silver, I sniff vigorously into both nostrils (one at a time! )...and if it's an infection, there will be a sharp "burning"...especially on the more infected side. IF it does burn and then drain after another two or three applications....and then if I am better able to breathe, then I know I'm infected. I know to repeat until the infection is gone. Sometimes, a stubborn infection I'll fight for two months. (MEAN ones.) But I don't give up and it stays localized in the sinus cavity. I also squirt my ear canals with an ear syringe of the CS to kill any of the virus/fungus in the canals or labyrinth...AND both the sinus irrigation and the ear irrigation gets the CS to all of the Eustachian Tubes also. Infections LOVE to hide out in the ETs.

If I determine I have a sinus infection...not merely allergy...I also DRINK the CS for a month to kill it in my system.

I use a high PPM CS...I make my own. (A test: If the CS you have won't knock out a sore throat when I gargle with it... it ain't worth a dime.)

Now last point: Even if he is allergic to some combo of foods, he could still be infected. The allergy would act to close up sinus cavity with inflammation and that lack of good circulation could produce virus/fungus growth.

Last point: When a long lasting infection is treated with CS...it will REALLY sting...all the way to what feels like behind the eye! So I am always prepared for a "hit" if there's an infection in me. Hold on when the CS goes into sinus cavity. But when I re apply...a few minutes later for second round...almost NO stinging. Good quality CS works fast."

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Holisticmom624,

Stephen Harrod Buhner has a book called, 'Healing Lyme Disease coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma." He has a couple of chapters in the book on treating Mycoplasma herbally. He has a list of herbs for the mycoplasma and also some extras for specific target areas (like the urinary system.) Buhner is an expert on Lyme disease and its co-infections. His books are sort of technical but very, very thorough.

I hope his book will be helpful to you. You may be able to get it at the library.

~Mama to Many~"

04/19/2014: Bill from San Fenando, Philippines: "Hi Holisticmom624...There is a remedy on EC that acts against mycoplasma. This is Borax Water as recommended by Ted from Bangkok. This entails adding 1/8 tsp of borax to one liter of water and drinking one liter of this borax water throughout the day. Take this remedy on a five days on and two days off continuous cycle. Borax kills mycoplasma, fungus and also supports bone formation. It balances hormones and also removes fluoride from the body as well as cures arthritis. Using non-scented 20 Mule Team Borax is fine for this remedy. I'm 63 y o and I've been using this borax water remedy regularly for about 8 years and can attest that it is effective.

If the borax remedy doesn't appeal to you, you could perhaps use a special compound herbal mix from raintreeformulas.com called Myco, which has been specifically designed to combat and eradicate all forms of bacteria as well as mycoplasma. This site also has other herbal formulations that target spirochete bacteria(called Spiro) and others that target fungal and viral problems as well. I know and have used this site in the past to get bulk herbs. This site only ever uses organic, sustainable herbs from the Amazon jungle region.

There are also other specific compound herbal mixes that you might also want to investigate. See the Nutramedix, Nutricology and Herb Pharm websites for more natural anti-microbial formulas that might help you. Another one is 1stchineseherbs.com. I don't know these sites so well (they don't ship to the Philippines where I live) but they seem to have have a good range of wildcrafted herbs, extracts etc. for sure.

See Ted from Bangkok's advice for Lupus here on EC.

Just to also finally mention that if you think that you have SLE then have a look at the current research on Dr William Shaw's website. His research has confirmed that problems such as Lupus, as well as many other autoimmune and mental problems, always seem to involve candida, various bacteria and possibly parasites and viruses as well. So don't think that you have just one infection -- mycoplasma -- you should perhaps be thinking multi-pathogen infections because of such a hugely lowered immune system capability. If you think that you have SLE then I would advise that you should perhaps use the following strategy:

* Broad spectrum or suitable individual herbal protocols that will specifically kill a wide range of bacteria, mycoplasma, fungus, viruses, parasites etc.

* Protocols that will remove biofilms. (eg Serrapeptase, Bromelain, Gum Turpentine).

* Alkalizing the body every day. See this link.

* Protocols that detox heavy metals and poisons.(eg Chlorella, Kelp, EDTA)

* Protocols that help build up the immune system.(eg Lugols Iodine)

* Liver/Kidney protection protocols.(eg Alpha Lipoic Acid, Selenium, Milk Thistle)

* Vegetarian Diet.

* Avoid antibiotics like the plague.

I use a strategy similar to the above against candida(also a multi-pathogen disease). See this link for more detailed explanations."

04/19/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Bill,

Re: Mycoplasma

I notice Ted from Bangkok also recommends large dose (5, 000 mg daily?) niacinamide. That post was from 2006 and focused on the calcium oxalate protection that mycoplasma effectuates. Ted's post I referred to is found in the permanent Mycoplasma "Ailments" Section in EC. YOUR post (the one I'm replying to) is eleven posts below his.

My question then is two fold: Do you think niacinamide can play a role in eliminating mycoplasma or does your manifold recommendation cover the bases? And question two; what is the role of calcium oxalate in the tangled problem? Ted focuses on that issue too talking about the use of disodium EDTA to keep oxalic acid from doing this and even talks of bicarbonates from entering the blood stream."

04/19/2014: Bill from San Fenando, Philippines: "Hi Dave...Great questions. Normally when you get oxalate problems these normally occur at the extremities of the body -- hands, feet and head. My major reason for using niacin like this is to ensure that the other nutrients recommended actually successfully reach the extremities via the blood. Niacin changes and thins the blood safely, opens the capillaries for better delivery of these nutrients to these extremities. Niacinamide does not do this because it is further along the cycle for eventual conversion to NADP or energy. In other words niacin is eventually converted to niacinamide in the energy cycle in the following way:

niacin -->.....--> niacinamide--> NADP(Nicotinamide Adenosine Diphosphate)

NADP then becomes part of the electron transport chain that supplies energy(ATP) throughout the cell itself. And that's as far as I'm going to go with it -- I prefer to keep it simple. But if you wish to be further confused -- then have a look at this complex explanation which will be like double Dutch to most people -- See this link.

Apart from the uniqueness of niacin's effect on blood, both niacin and niacinamide appear to have the same multitudinous benefits. It was also recently discovered from research (at the University of Minnesota within the last two years I think) that higher dose niaicinamide increases the strength and performance of the immune system by a factor of 2000. That, in itself, is reason enough to use higher dose niacin or niacinamide. It also cures depression, helps to cure heart disease, helps to cure alcoholics, cures schizophrenia, improves mood and raises energy levels. I've also read where Ted has also written that niacin/niacinamide kills both candida and mycoplasma too. Yet more reasons to use B3 at higher dose to keep yourself healthy. Dr Abram Hoffer took high dose niacin (up to 3 grams a day) for over 50 years and he died at age 93 after a long and productive life. Hoffer always said that supplementing higher dose niacin would extend your life and he's the proof.

So in answer to your questions:

Do you think niacinamide can play a role in eliminating mycoplasma or does your manifold recommendation cover the bases?

Absolutely -- because niacin/niacinamide, when they are taken in larger doses as Ted recommends, can raise up the strength of the immune system by a factor of 2000.

What is the role of calcium oxalate in the tangled problem?

Oxalate is hard to remove. But if you take EDTA then this will remove the heavy metals and excess calcium which helps to get rid of the calcium oxalate itself. Perhaps not the best answer in the world, but its sometimes difficult to follow Ted's thinking. And since Ted has said that niacin will kill mycoplasma -- I would believe him and simply leave it at that. I tried looking for evidence of such cures for mycoplasma several years ago, none to be found or all the important research has been deliberately hidden. Probably because the US Bio-Warfare Department has already had weaponized mycoplasma of its own for many years, so the last thing they really want is a cure for mycoplasma. There is much evidence for this. Lupus, Lyme and Morgellon's Disease always involve mycoplasma. SLE is difficult to diagnose, Lyme is not universally recognized as a disease and neither is Morgellon's recognized as a disease. All these diseases involve mycoplasma.

Out of interest, here's something from Ted (written way back in 2005) on another website talking about the cause of Morgellon's Disease and how it originated....And how he actually cured himself of this disease:

The solution came from secret military research which they have the cure. Apparently the cure is really simple, they used a 2%-3% DMSO mixed with 5% sodium perborate solution. They had to have the solution to protect biochemists like me from the infections.

It worked like magic on me when I got one. They kept it under the wraps because they need the "Morgellons" to spread the mycoplasma. Since you don't believe in conspiracy theory and I don't have a perfect memory, I will not go into details. There was another chemical they also used which I don't recall it now, but I guess it is not that important. However the simple insect not yet "officially" identified as I understand it they were trying to get it patented.

However it is great in carrying pathogens across a wide area of at least several thousand miles using birds as a carrier. This includes the bird flu, mycoplasma, chlamydia, SARS, etc.

Hmmm. The other "missing" ingredient? They MIGHT had an egg chitin dissolving solvent, EDTA and weak acetic acid, but I am not sure. Possibly a hormone disruptant
to cause sterilization that I suggested to my boss (he works for biowarfare research directly), but I don't know if he added my formulas or not. It was Neem oil if you want to know. Remember, the reason why I knew some of the formula was I was suggesting some improvements on those stuff to get rid of the critters faster. Since I got one myself 20+ years ago. It took about 3 days to rid of it and another week to prove that I don't infect my fellow co-workers.

If you know anyone in the military research, I am sure they improved my ancient formulas (which is fragmented) since my boss refused to tell me all the ingredients. We work in compartmentalization. So don't put your hopes up high on it. They might have
"evolved" or made a better breed those little creatures already, I am not sure. In the world of research, 20 year old research is TRULY ancient.

Ted

Source: http://lymebusters.proboards.com/thread/1198

So if your doctors and drugs companies say that SLE, Lyme Disease and Morgellon's Disease do not exist then, by heck, it must be true!! (sic)

Because they are the experts we can trust....Right? (sic)"

04/17/2014: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "Lana, there are 2 things that may help:

1. Lots of lemon juice.

2. Being in sunlight."

04/17/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Lana;

About the 13 year old with jaundice;

Normally jaundice associated with Liver problems; Google "jaundice causes" and you'll see a number of liver associated issues. But for a 13 year old, one of the viruses that cause Hepatitis (A, B, C and D).

Earth Clinic has a lot on Hep. "Oscar" writes about the benefits of BHT and much is on the "Ailments" section under Hepatitis or the Remedies section under BHT.

I'm big on Colloidal Silver and if this were me, if I had jaundice, I'd immediately take a quarter glass of CS three times daily to kill the virus....assuming it is a virus."

04/17/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "When I had severe Hep A, I was offered Tylenol at the ER, and then many times by nurses after hospitalization. Fortunately, I had heard Dr. Rosenberg tell how Tylenol, which was advised to be given to children with fevers instead of aspirin in the 80's, was causing liver failure. My own pediatric doctors told me the link between Reyes Syndrome and aspirin was not proven, so I infrequently gave my children baby aspirin on the rare occasions when it seemed needed. I believe refusing to take any Tylenol in the hospital may be one of the reasons I survived."

04/18/2014: Timh from Ky: "Rsw: Prior to receiving 2 units of blood transfusion, the nurse recommended Tylenol (to help prevent reaction) but I had read of toxicity issues so I mentioned the likely possibility of sickened liver and ask for half a tab. Some time ago I tried Ibuprofen but it caused venous stress so I dropped it. For inflammation I currently take Celadrin and Flax Oil."

04/18/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Thanks, Timh,

This is the first time I have heard about Celadrin, but I looked it up and it looks good! Do you take the capsules or the topical cream? I have Flax Oil and I take curcumin that has enhanced absorption, although I don't notice much difference with it. Supposedly a good brand but doesn't seem to work for me.

Hope you are doing well. Your recent posts seem to be indicating some improvement. Yeah! Thanks so much for the pointing out the Celadrin. I will put it on my list!"

04/19/2014: Timh from Ky: "Rsw: Your concern is very much appreciated and of course makes me hope all is good w/ you. I caught myself being overoptimistic in one of my recent post as my improvements seem to always get overshadowed by the progressive nature of my illness as I know that death is near... until Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc (shoutout "thanks a million Dave") posted info about Calcium 2 AEP (of which I somehow have never heard of) so I started 4 caps daily on Monday w/ immediate and cumulative results as of today. The benefits info has proved 100% correct in my toxic condition. So my hope for sufficient recovery is gaining.

I take 1 350mg Celadrin softgel daily w/ noticeable results. I also take Turmeric when I have it in stock. Eating Pineapple is also good anti-inflammatory."

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Nomonde,

Your brother is blessed to have you watching out for him. 16 years is a long time to deal with this problem!

There are a number of things he can try, all of them could be done safely together.

Avoid dairy for a time. Dairy is mucous forming. After the issue is resolved, he can try it again and see how he does. I had a son that had a chronic throat clearing problem that was resolved when he gave up dairy. Interestingly, after 6 months or so of no dairy, he was able to have it again with no problem.

Lots of vitamin C. He can take a gram of it a few times a day. If it gives him diarrhea, he can cut back a bit. This would be good for lingering infection and is a natural anti-histamine, if indeed it is caused by allergies.

He should try Apple Cider Vinegar, 1 Tablespoon, in water once or twice a day.

Increasing his water intake may help to thin the mucous. Increasing fruits may also be helpful.

He can put a dropperful of colloidal silver into each nostril and each ear a few times a day to try and kill off any lingering infection.

Turmeric is a natural anti-inflammatory. A teaspoon once or twice a day may also be helpful.

Please let us know how he is doing. If none of this works, there are always more things to try, though I am hopeful that these things may be enough to help.

~Mama to Many~"

04/18/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Nomonde:

I concur with what "Mama to Many" says and re emphasize her suggestion for using Colloidal Silver she mentioned. I'm betting it's a viral infection...chronic. In fact, surprised it hasn't migrated (assuming infection) to other organs because he's had it so long. Long lasting viruses/fungal infections do that. The way you described it...could very well be fungal. Great irritation like he is trying to attack it is how you described it. Very itchy...yes maybe fungal. So also check around his room...is there anything that could be a mold source? But you or the other members of the family aren't similarly infected; which mold would do...so probably not mold. That doesn't mean his infection is not fungal, however.

When I take Colloidal Silver, I sniff vigorously into both nostrils (one at a time! )...and if it's an infection, there will be a sharp "burning"...especially on the more infected side. IF it does burn and then drain after another two or three applications....and then if I am better able to breathe, then I know I'm infected. I know to repeat until the infection is gone. Sometimes, a stubborn infection I'll fight for two months. (MEAN ones.) But I don't give up and it stays localized in the sinus cavity. I also squirt my ear canals with an ear syringe of the CS to kill any of the virus/fungus in the canals or labyrinth...AND both the sinus irrigation and the ear irrigation gets the CS to all of the Eustachian Tubes also. Infections LOVE to hide out in the ETs.

If I determine I have a sinus infection...not merely allergy...I also DRINK the CS for a month to kill it in my system.

I use a high PPM CS...I make my own. (A test: If the CS you have won't knock out a sore throat when I gargle with it... it ain't worth a dime.)

Now last point: Even if he is allergic to some combo of foods, he could still be infected. The allergy would act to close up sinus cavity with inflammation and that lack of good circulation could produce virus/fungus growth.

Last point: When a long lasting infection is treated with CS...it will REALLY sting...all the way to what feels like behind the eye! So I am always prepared for a "hit" if there's an infection in me. Hold on when the CS goes into sinus cavity. But when I re apply...a few minutes later for second round...almost NO stinging. Good quality CS works fast."

04/17/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Hi Mama,

I am very sorry to hear of your Mother's passing. She sounds like a wonderful woman, and we all know she raised a very loving, giving, gracious and thoughtful daughter. If you are a reflection of her, then we are all grateful to be able to benefit from the open mindedness we see shining through in you."

04/18/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mama to Many;

Re Mother and her remedies.

Well, if she was anything like you she must have been a TIGER.

You have been such an inspiration to so many and your remedies are articulate and (I think) inspired. I know you read a lot and so you are able to extrapolate the very thing to help in particular situations.

It's wonderful to have a web site like this one: Earth Clinic where someone of your background and knowledge base can inform and help people from around the world. And you so obviously CARE about the person writing.

Our founder is also an inspiration and HER mother is fantastic (and Beautiful). Lucky me...I've personally gotten to meet them and YOU. Am even more of a fan of yours now. (Star struck...did you notice?) I'd love to take a COURSE on herbals from you one day. Or read a "Mama to YOU... BOOK of REMEDIES" in conjunction with EC. (Hey ... I like that title! .)

And don't get me started on MY mom...wow do I ever miss HER. Talk about a Tiger. (That's the side I get the Cherokee from. Must be the reason I'm so "into" this EC world! )

I know what you did to contribute during your mom's decline. You are... The GOOD Daughter. And that fits under the Commandment...to Honor our parents. The first with a promise; may it be so to you...A LONG AND HAPPY AND BOUNTIFUL life.

Your student (and friend),

d"

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Rsw and Dave,

Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. I was blessed with a great mother and continue to have the blessings of God, family, and friends, including those here at EC. Truly, "my cup runneth over."

Have a great day!

~Mama to Many~"

04/18/2014: Bess from Calgary, Alberta, Canada: "Dear Mama to Many - I am so sorry to hear of your Mom's passing. I agree with what the others have said so eloquently - you truly are a blessing to all of us. You have so much kindness, common sense and wisdom and you present it in such a way that everyone can understand and benefit. You must have been a great comfort to your Mom. And, now, we are fortunate to have you in the Earth Clinic family. "Tears heal, memories comfort and love lives on forever." Take care, Bess"

04/19/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Bess and Lauren,

Thank you for your expressions of sympathy. The kindness of friends I have never met is dear to me. I am truly blessed, even in difficult times.

~Mama to Many~"

04/17/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Hi Mama,

I am very sorry to hear of your Mother's passing. She sounds like a wonderful woman, and we all know she raised a very loving, giving, gracious and thoughtful daughter. If you are a reflection of her, then we are all grateful to be able to benefit from the open mindedness we see shining through in you."

04/18/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mama to Many;

Re Mother and her remedies.

Well, if she was anything like you she must have been a TIGER.

You have been such an inspiration to so many and your remedies are articulate and (I think) inspired. I know you read a lot and so you are able to extrapolate the very thing to help in particular situations.

It's wonderful to have a web site like this one: Earth Clinic where someone of your background and knowledge base can inform and help people from around the world. And you so obviously CARE about the person writing.

Our founder is also an inspiration and HER mother is fantastic (and Beautiful). Lucky me...I've personally gotten to meet them and YOU. Am even more of a fan of yours now. (Star struck...did you notice?) I'd love to take a COURSE on herbals from you one day. Or read a "Mama to YOU... BOOK of REMEDIES" in conjunction with EC. (Hey ... I like that title! .)

And don't get me started on MY mom...wow do I ever miss HER. Talk about a Tiger. (That's the side I get the Cherokee from. Must be the reason I'm so "into" this EC world! )

I know what you did to contribute during your mom's decline. You are... The GOOD Daughter. And that fits under the Commandment...to Honor our parents. The first with a promise; may it be so to you...A LONG AND HAPPY AND BOUNTIFUL life.

Your student (and friend),

d"

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Rsw and Dave,

Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. I was blessed with a great mother and continue to have the blessings of God, family, and friends, including those here at EC. Truly, "my cup runneth over."

Have a great day!

~Mama to Many~"

04/18/2014: Bess from Calgary, Alberta, Canada: "Dear Mama to Many - I am so sorry to hear of your Mom's passing. I agree with what the others have said so eloquently - you truly are a blessing to all of us. You have so much kindness, common sense and wisdom and you present it in such a way that everyone can understand and benefit. You must have been a great comfort to your Mom. And, now, we are fortunate to have you in the Earth Clinic family. "Tears heal, memories comfort and love lives on forever." Take care, Bess"

04/19/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Bess and Lauren,

Thank you for your expressions of sympathy. The kindness of friends I have never met is dear to me. I am truly blessed, even in difficult times.

~Mama to Many~"

04/18/2014: Festus from New Delhi India: "I'm living in new delhi india. Pls I need best of it, I'm having pterygium since 15 yrs back with one eye but now I have it in both eyes. I need help pls, I hear of castor oil and coconut oil treatment. Which store can I find this oil? Pls I'm scared. I need help to get rid of pterygium. My email id festus_c121 at ymail dot com. thank you all and God bless."

10/31/2012: Samuel from Vitebsk, Belarus: "I am a medical student, trying my best to come out one day and help people with solutions to diseases, but I have one problem too, I have been infected by folliculitis for the past 6 years on the scalp, mainly at the occipital region; they get inflammated very often, even after bedtime, I often find on my pillow, pinch of blood or pus! This has been very disturbing and discouraging in terms of my career. Indeed I need your help and advices urgently!"

04/18/2014: Shar from London, UK: "I found the cure for folliculitus after years of searching. Mine are completely gone. It's called cupping, it removes all the blood clots in your body which causes infections and pain. They're usually 10-40 pound per session, I had 3 done and they were gone for months. Please try as I had mine for 6 years including during school. Now I can walk without a hat on, without trying to hide. They're all over the world. I promise you, you will never look elsewhere, doctors have no clue"

04/17/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Hi Mama,

I am very sorry to hear of your Mother's passing. She sounds like a wonderful woman, and we all know she raised a very loving, giving, gracious and thoughtful daughter. If you are a reflection of her, then we are all grateful to be able to benefit from the open mindedness we see shining through in you."

04/18/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "To Mama to Many;

Re Mother and her remedies.

Well, if she was anything like you she must have been a TIGER.

You have been such an inspiration to so many and your remedies are articulate and (I think) inspired. I know you read a lot and so you are able to extrapolate the very thing to help in particular situations.

It's wonderful to have a web site like this one: Earth Clinic where someone of your background and knowledge base can inform and help people from around the world. And you so obviously CARE about the person writing.

Our founder is also an inspiration and HER mother is fantastic (and Beautiful). Lucky me...I've personally gotten to meet them and YOU. Am even more of a fan of yours now. (Star struck...did you notice?) I'd love to take a COURSE on herbals from you one day. Or read a "Mama to YOU... BOOK of REMEDIES" in conjunction with EC. (Hey ... I like that title! .)

And don't get me started on MY mom...wow do I ever miss HER. Talk about a Tiger. (That's the side I get the Cherokee from. Must be the reason I'm so "into" this EC world! )

I know what you did to contribute during your mom's decline. You are... The GOOD Daughter. And that fits under the Commandment...to Honor our parents. The first with a promise; may it be so to you...A LONG AND HAPPY AND BOUNTIFUL life.

Your student (and friend),

d"

04/18/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Rsw and Dave,

Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. I was blessed with a great mother and continue to have the blessings of God, family, and friends, including those here at EC. Truly, "my cup runneth over."

Have a great day!

~Mama to Many~"

04/18/2014: Bess from Calgary, Alberta, Canada: "Dear Mama to Many - I am so sorry to hear of your Mom's passing. I agree with what the others have said so eloquently - you truly are a blessing to all of us. You have so much kindness, common sense and wisdom and you present it in such a way that everyone can understand and benefit. You must have been a great comfort to your Mom. And, now, we are fortunate to have you in the Earth Clinic family. "Tears heal, memories comfort and love lives on forever." Take care, Bess"

04/19/2014: Mama To Many from Tennessee: "Dear Bess and Lauren,

Thank you for your expressions of sympathy. The kindness of friends I have never met is dear to me. I am truly blessed, even in difficult times.

~Mama to Many~"

[YEA]  03/06/2014: Marie from North Las Vegas Nv: "Thank you so much for your posting. I made the mixture 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar with 8 oz apple juice. I was on the verge of another ER visit. I drank the cocktail and in about 45 min was able to fall asleep. I actually use the vinegar all the time but it had been so long since I have had a gall bladder attack that I forgot. I like adding it to the apple juice. It made it much more tolerable. Hope your husband feels better too!!"

[YEA]  03/08/2014: Joey from Chicago: "I just read this, I ended up in the hospital Friday night with the most unbearable pain imaginable, it took 3 shots of pain killers to dull the pain. I had and ultrasound and I have gallstones. Still in pain I've been looking up everything possible when I say this. My sister kindly went to the store and picked up ACV and apple juice( they didn't have organic ) I just drank 8 oz of Apple juice with 3 table spoons of ACV and the pain is gone. Thank all of you sooooo much. That did in ten minutes what 3 shots of strong painkillers failed to do"

03/29/2014: Paula from Va: "If the apple juice and vinegar does not work, only sometimes, why is that? Going back to get results in 2 days. The pain across upper back is unbearable."

04/17/2014: Rahoz from Bc: "Paula from Va, the pain shooting towards back is a sign of pancreatic inflammation (pancreatitis) and SHOULD NOT be ignored. Many patients with gallbladder problems can have concomitant chronic pancreatitis."

04/18/2014: Timh from Ky: "My pancreatitis pain is almost always between the shoulder blades. I have used Dr Christopher's P14 herbal formula w/ good or lifesaving results. Buffering salts were also needed as acidosis was severe. Most recently I use a strong magnet over the gall/pancreas area for about 30 min w/ good results. For gallstone prevention I suck menthol cough drops fallowed w/ liquids. Menthol literally melts cholesterol stones."

04/17/2014: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "Lana, there are 2 things that may help:

1. Lots of lemon juice.

2. Being in sunlight."

04/17/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Lana;

About the 13 year old with jaundice;

Normally jaundice associated with Liver problems; Google "jaundice causes" and you'll see a number of liver associated issues. But for a 13 year old, one of the viruses that cause Hepatitis (A, B, C and D).

Earth Clinic has a lot on Hep. "Oscar" writes about the benefits of BHT and much is on the "Ailments" section under Hepatitis or the Remedies section under BHT.

I'm big on Colloidal Silver and if this were me, if I had jaundice, I'd immediately take a quarter glass of CS three times daily to kill the virus....assuming it is a virus."

04/17/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "When I had severe Hep A, I was offered Tylenol at the ER, and then many times by nurses after hospitalization. Fortunately, I had heard Dr. Rosenberg tell how Tylenol, which was advised to be given to children with fevers instead of aspirin in the 80's, was causing liver failure. My own pediatric doctors told me the link between Reyes Syndrome and aspirin was not proven, so I infrequently gave my children baby aspirin on the rare occasions when it seemed needed. I believe refusing to take any Tylenol in the hospital may be one of the reasons I survived."

04/18/2014: Timh from Ky: "Rsw: Prior to receiving 2 units of blood transfusion, the nurse recommended Tylenol (to help prevent reaction) but I had read of toxicity issues so I mentioned the likely possibility of sickened liver and ask for half a tab. Some time ago I tried Ibuprofen but it caused venous stress so I dropped it. For inflammation I currently take Celadrin and Flax Oil."

04/18/2014: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Thanks, Timh,

This is the first time I have heard about Celadrin, but I looked it up and it looks good! Do you take the capsules or the topical cream? I have Flax Oil and I take curcumin that has enhanced absorption, although I don't notice much difference with it. Supposedly a good brand but doesn't seem to work for me.

Hope you are doing well. Your recent posts seem to be indicating some improvement. Yeah! Thanks so much for the pointing out the Celadrin. I will put it on my list!"

04/19/2014: Timh from Ky: "Rsw: Your concern is very much appreciated and of course makes me hope all is good w/ you. I caught myself being overoptimistic in one of my recent post as my improvements seem to always get overshadowed by the progressive nature of my illness as I know that death is near... until Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc (shoutout "thanks a million Dave") posted info about Calcium 2 AEP (of which I somehow have never heard of) so I started 4 caps daily on Monday w/ immediate and cumulative results as of today. The benefits info has proved 100% correct in my toxic condition. So my hope for sufficient recovery is gaining.

I take 1 350mg Celadrin softgel daily w/ noticeable results. I also take Turmeric when I have it in stock. Eating Pineapple is also good anti-inflammatory."

EC: Hi Andrea, a new page has been created for you. Thank you for the suggestion!

04/17/2014: Andrea C from Wales: "I am detoxing off opiates at this time and it's hell!! Its as bad as the opiate induced hyperalgesia its self. I have done so much research on this and this as agonising as it is is the only way. And it takes quite a bit of time. I wiil post more info when I can as it's too painful to type.

I use this video to get sleep after having problems from the pain from opiate induced hyperalgesia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfah8znxe8:

Deep Shamanic, Tibetan Meditation Music with 4.5Hz Theta Binaural Brainwaves

and also put a hot water bottle in my bed before I get in and keep it in there, it helps. Love Andrea c xxxx"

04/17/2014: Andrea C from Wales: "If you are or ever have been on Opiate painkillers and have Chronic pain, Fibro, CFS, etc., read up on opiate induced hyperalgesia you may find your answer to many painful syndromes once you know what this is. I been given so many misdiagnoses even MS, ME and other's as well as the above and worse. I did research and saw everything happening to me as being opiate induced hyperalgesia. I am angry, this has been known about in the Medical fraternity for over 100 years? ONE OPIATE is all it takes to trigger it off, not just long term uses. Andrea C xxx"

04/17/2014: Bee from New York: "Hi Andrea C..

I am new to binaural beats but so far I have listening to a few..question is how long does it take before someone sees results.. I did listen to one for pain and It helped...but I am still new to it all. Sorry you are experiencing your situation.. Thanks"

04/20/2014: Andrea C from Wales: "Hi, if you've found one you find helpful you need to stick with it for a bit, as it's to-do with different brain waves being affected by signals to the brain which is how the body and mind operate. Different brain waves will do different things, Some will liven you up, or relax you.

Others will ease or completely take the pain away. I tried different ones at a time, to see what I felt at ease with. Some within a minute I stopped and other's I found useful. And it's best if you have headphones to listen through them. And some got lovely videos with them so I put it on wide screen by using the icon bottom right of the video and to go back to normal screen just click the same one.

What one will find works in a good way for them may not do anything for anyone else.I tried one that someone else raved about and it gave me a bloody headache and ringing in my ear's after 2 mins :-D Something else I find helpful is guided meditation as well, you can listen to them anytime of day. Some prefer the AM others PM. But I just use it no matter what the time is.

Love Andrea C xxxxxx"

01/08/2014: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Jackson,

I've had success with rashes using enzymes and sometimes herbs such as marshmallow root and papaya leaf. The enzyme best suited for therapeutic use are ones such as amylase, protease, lipase, pectinase, cellulose.

That combination helps with pH levels for me. Often I have acidic body issues and if baking soda in water isn't enough I've found the pH balancing can be done with an enzyme/ herb combo. And it doesn't seem to take much of such a formula. You can find pH enzyme formulas at health food stores. I found supplementing with enzymes helps with my"dry eye" problem but seems to help rashes and itching which is the Grover's itching you are having.

My point is this: On itching issues, could there be a base deficiency of enzymes? Not that this would be the cause in all cases. I doubt if itching caused by "ringworm" could be helped by enzymes. But I've just seen the enzyme connect play out enough so that I'm becoming really intrigued at the interplay of enzyme activity overall to proper body functioning.

Another, for instance; when I take my enzyme pill I notice I have less sinus congestion. Could the chronic congestion be related to a metabolic / digestive problem that enzymes help overcome? I use a pH balance product from Enzymedica but am sure other companies make a "pH balance" formula also."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  02/03/2014: Lisa from Atlanta, Georgia: "I too have been diagnosed with Grover's Disease. The prescription medicines don't do a thing. I have been using Virgin Unrefined Coconut Oil as a moisturizer for about a week. I have also been ingesting about a teaspoon daily along with taking Borage Oil. Although the rash is still there and going strong, the itching is definitely better and my skin is getting softer and softer.

Eating it is not the most pleasant thing, but it does go own quickly. If you want you can freeze small pieces and just take like a pill.

I found another plus to the coconut oil...it increases my energy and somehow acts as a diet aid. I have lost 3 pounds in one week!

Good luck to all! Lisa"

04/17/2014: Key West Lu from Key West: "I have also been diagnosed with Grovers (over 15 years and counting). I am in the middle of a horrendous flare up and have been told to go on drugs that are really scary. This morning I was so inflamed that I got ice packs and put them on the worst areas. OMG! This was awesome. The blisters have almost disappeared and I am no longer itching uncontrollably. And the best part is that other parts of my body where I didn't put the ice packs have calmed down. I am not cured but I am not so out of control that I'm miserable. (I've had several emotional breakdowns this week due to the uncontrollable itching) I have been doing some crazy stuff to try to stay off the drugs. I have bathed using a solution of olive oil and sea salt (stings like crazy), then put on hydrogen peroxide (I was told today that this was bad b/c HP breaks down skin but it seems to be working for me), and then used triamcinolone cream and topped with coconut oil. But the life saving thing was the ice packs on the areas that were so out of control. I live in south Florida so I am also laying out in the sun for 15 minutes on each side every day."

04/17/2014: Kate from Usa: "Oh my I can empathize, I'm 24 now but started getting infected folliculs at 17/18. It's the pits, I'm so glad I decided to look into natural remedies because the gels and crap my doctor keeps giving me are not working. My wonderful boyfriend has been so great about helping me get over the self esteem issues that came with the boils, he even took off work last summer to take me to the ER because one had become super infected and needed to be lanced- so gross, do not recommend. My point is, when you find the right person, they will know that we are all human and illness happens."