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11/29/2013: Fuji from Florida: "I understand there are different types of Strontium. One, legal in the US and one that is not. The one that is not, is often used in Europe for osteoporosis and with good results. I had a fairly good bone density test result (mild osteopenia), but have two breaks in spinal column. I took lots of prednisone in my 20s for Lupus. My rheumie now insists I take me one med with a pretty bad rep. No way! I'm looking for alternatives. HELP! Thank you."

11/29/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Sandeep: Eat organic and grassfed whole foods raw. Cooking denatures enzymes. Conventionally grown foods are low in nutrients and high in pollutants. Eat 80% carbs, 5% fiber, 10% protein, and 5% oils by weight."

11/29/2013: Om from Hope, Bc, Canada: "Well, A BIG thank you for your post. It is just the answer to my research on treating teeth without dentist. I found the link paradise now and it changed things for me in a big way. It has loads of information.

When I visited a dentist this year I had informed myself enough not to fall for fluoride poison and mercury offers. I said thank you and left.

I had no plaque to speak of due to oil pulling for almost two years now. A loose tooth is much firmer now in its socket and a sudden bout of tooth ache was treated with celtic salt, gone in hours. My gums are way better. The homeopathic remedy you mentioned is certainly going to be incorporated in my self treatment. I had a cavity at the gum line on one of my front teeth. After a few months of swishing and using Dr. Bronner's liquid kastile soap to clean my teeth this cavity is disappearing. To begin with I had my doubts but I know one has to give the body the message of Yes, it will work. I am a senior and will not go the usual route and have them all yanked out. Not to speak of the enormous sums to be surrendered.

I find the present system of medicine barbaric including dental procedures. In my opinion it is all based on business without ethics.

Recently three seniors paid me a visit and stood there with big smiles - all dentures were pink and white and identical. I looked in amazement. This is not going to happen to me. So I got to work and it looks good. One thing to take into consideration is the fact that when a tooth is out the facial features will change detrimentally. I do swishing twice daily with sesame oil and one other substance. So my breath is sweet and my mouth looks better. Thank you for the valuable info. Namaste Om"

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile, Tn.: "Try colloidal silver and the game is over. ===RH=="

11/29/2013: Om from Hope, Bc, Canada: "To Robert Henry from Om:

Would you be able to tell me how to make colloidal silver correctly? Do I need to check the ppm with what? I usually heat the dist. water but it still takes a long time before I notice the slight yellow tone appearing. Then, upon storing it takes on a deeper shade to gold.

I think highly of colloidal silver abilities . Will it cure mites in humans and animals? I have had good results with rosacea. I really would value your reply. Namaste, Om"

11/29/2013: Nmx from Iowa: "Vegetarians almost always have a B-12 deficiency... which is very dangerous and brings on neurological disease... so anyone not eating meat/eggs needs to supplement with B-12...(because that's the only way to get B-12) oral spray is best."

[NAY]  03/06/2009: Barry from Jacksonville, Fl: "You will soon be able to recognize the effects because your gums will began to bleed. I once used vinegar in a waterpik and the dentist fortunately caught my mistake before I irreparably damaged my teeth."

[SIDE EFFECTS]  11/28/2013: Zark from Emerald City, The Land Of Oz: "Yep, ACV is harming my teeth :-(

I started using ACV for other health complaints. Worked brilliantly for my prostate issues! Sadly it is certainly bad for my teeth. My teeth become sensitive after using ACV, and I have noticed cavities forming. Be careful!!

I still need the ACV as it is the best remedy for my prostate issues out there. Right now I am using a straw, but that only really saves the front teeth as the wisdom teeth and molars still get attacked by the acidity. I have to do more testing but I don't think the ACV helps my prostate when mixed with Bicarb to reduce acidity (although I found it could act as a laxative, in this case that would be due to osmotic pressure I think)

I'm wondering what else I can do ..
Making ACV gel capsules would be ideal but beyond my capabilities.
Rinse with bicarb before and after?
Take calcium supplements"

11/29/2013: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Zark: You can buy ACV in tablet form at many health food stores. My standard prevention for prostate problems is 50-100mg zinc daily plus 3mg copper for balance. Occasional or during flare-up take a few capsules of Stinging Nettles. Occasional Cranberry or D Mannose kills the bad bacteria in the urinary tract, which if untreated infects & inflames the prostate."

11/29/2013: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Timh

Very good observation on urinary track infection as inflammatory to prostate. In fact, I think often the prostate itself suffers from a low grade infection. One urologist I read about gave his patients a few tablespoons of colloidal silver daily and in a month all 30 had improved conditions (varying problems) from flow to urgency issues. His conclusion was that a low grade infection was at work.

Moral of the story: Never overlook the possibility of infection re medical issues."

11/27/2013: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "Mon99, what I did was take a tiny lick of Celtic Sea Salt (from Geraunde, France) with each glass of water during the day. And I mean just a few grains of salt to a 20cc cup of water."

11/27/2013: Dee from Springfield, Ma: "This reply is to 11/27/13 Mon99 from London: My dear mother suffered for many years with hyponatremia, but hers had to do with brain vessel disease and her neurologist (who was not only knowledgeable but open to alternative treatments) suggested coconut water (we used Zico) and my mom's primary physician also indicated homemade electrolyte drinks. You could do a Google search. Although it helped mom tremendously, she had many other medical problems and recently went home to be with the LORD. I wrote because this might be of help for your mom; if not seeing one you may want to take her to a good neurologist, though there may be well qualified posters here at earth clinic. Be sure not to give your mom too much water; I don't remember why now, but the doctors limited her fluid intake. The electrolytes and soups did bring up her sodium to 134 - 135 which is the low end of normal range; but it was a constant frustrating battle because of the brain vessel disease. I believe as with everything we need a balance in electrolytes especially as we get older, so I now use sea salt in my diet (and the electrolytes) as well as periodically monitor blood pressure readings. Another "Band-Aid" fix from my mom's primary doctor was using the bouillon cubes that are loaded with salt when making soups. I can never repay for all the help I received with my own medical issues from all of the earth clinic posters and I truly hope this helps you. I will be praying for your mom. Dee"

11/29/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Mono99...If we assume that your mother's problem is lack of nutrients through diet then she shoud take:

Sea Salt(NOT refined salt) -- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon with water twice a day outside mealtimes. Peanuts and crisps are not allowed because they contain refined salt. Natural sea salt contains salt as well as 80 trace minerals that will be more beneficial to your mother. Refined salt is more acidic and contains just sodium chloride with other additives from processing like ferrocyanide and aluminium -- not good in the diet.

Magnesium -- As Magnesium chloride or magnesium citrate -- 250 mgs twice a day. Magnesium is easily regulated by the kidneys. This will also help her calcium levels -- because magnesium regulates calcium in the body and the likelihood is that she is deficient in magnesium. Magnesium is a key electrolyte for the body, most people are deficient in magnesium and most people eat far too much dairy foods and foods that are over-fortified with calcium. By reducing dairy foods, you reduce calcium intake.

Kelp -- To raise iodine levels in the body to correct levels. Too much calcium in the blood inhibits iodine uptake by the thyroid gland which causes low thyroid. This results in lowered, inefficient metabolism. These days, virtually everyone is deficient iodine in their diet. Kelp cpntains iodine which will help to bring up your mother's iodine levels to improve thyroid activity. Iodine via kelp also aids digestion.

If the above protocols don't have much effect on re-adjusting her mineral levels then your mother should get a full spectrum check on her Liver, Kidneys and Thyroid from the doctor as her problems might also be caused because of the mis-regulation of minerals in her body involving the liver, kidney and thyroid. If you get the thyroid check then your doctor will recommend the TSH check. However, you should insist on the Free T3 - Free T4 check for her thyroid because this is far more accurate than the TSH check."

11/05/2008: Ross from Kildare, Ireland: "i have floaters and you say that the use of flax seed oil can help .how much per day should i take and can i get it from my local organics shop. please write back"

EC: The Budwig Diet: 3-5 tablespoons of organic flax seed oil thoroughly blended (hand blender works best) with 1 cup of low fat organic cottage cheese. The 1 cup is eaten throughout the day. Flax can be found in the refrigerated section of your local health food store (important). More here: http://www.cancure.org/budwig_diet.htm

04/08/2010: Francisca from Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France: "I don't like cottage cheese. Can I just take it by the spoon? What about doing oil pulling with flaxseed oil? I hadn't seen the answer to a first question I posted on this subject but I will surely look into the mini-beet protocol. I am so fed up of these floaters especially in my right eye which is the one most affected by myopia. I have tried countless natural medication for the liver but nothing ever changed. As someone suggested here that massaging the shoulders seems to help I will roll my shoulders next time I go for a walk in the sunshine as I see them when I am in bright lights."

10/10/2013: Frank from Thunder Bay, On: "Hi Kk. You don't need to bother with the flax seeds. In fact, I don't recommend it on a long term basis. I got diverticulitis after using ground flax seeds every day for several years. They can stick together and become trapped in the diverticulae of your intestines and then become infected. You can see the stickiness very easily. Just wet your finger and put it in the seeds an the seed will stick to your fingers like glued on and or will stick to each other if whetted. If you do use the seeds and grind them, consume them immediately afterward so as not to allow them time to become rancid. Just use the flax seed oil instead but be careful about the flax seed oil you buy. It should be produced in a nitrogen environment as flax seed oil is extremely reactive with oxygen of the air and will become rancid quickly if exposed to unrestricted oxygen in the air for any length of time. It is said to be 30 times as reactive as sunflower oil. Further, it should be sold in a brown glass bottle as it can react just from exposure to light. Also, once bought and opened, it should be closed again right after you take out the oil you want to use, and then put back in the fridge where it's dark and cold immediately in order to keep it fresh and to maintain its health benefits for the body. Also, the oil you buy should not have any preservatives in it or it defeats the health benefit of the flax seed oil you're seeking. You can take flax seed oil alone as an antiviral or anti inflammatory. But, the Budwig protocol for cancer requires low fat cottage cheese or quark combined with flax seed oil in order to act as an oxygen carrier in the body to combat the cancer. In the case of cancer, Budwig warns that taking flax seed oil by itself shouldn't be done at all. Also, I think it is best to prepare your budwig protocol just before use to maintain it in the freshest state. I make Budwig shakes. To do this I put a third of a cup of low fat cottage cheese in a blender and add to that two tablespoons of flaxseed oil. I also usually add half an apple and half an orange but you can add whatever fruit you like. I then add just enough 1% butter fat milk to allow it to blend as low fat is important and pour that mixture when blended into a regular beer glass for dirinking. Budwig also allowed or even suggested the adding of a bit of honey. Perhaps the honey helps pull the respiratory enzyme created by the mixture into the cancer cells. When my son had cancer, the Budwig shake was the only alternate protocol we tried that brought his cancer markers to normal and below. FWIW"

10/11/2013: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "Frank, so putting flax seeds in a smoothie is not a good idea? Is this also true with blended chia seeds and/or sesame seeds?"

10/15/2013: Frank from Thunder Bay, On: "Hi Mmsg, I used to take two tablespoons of flaxseeds ground up with an electric grinder everyday. As best as I can recall I took these in my oat bran cereal for breakfast or my daily Budwig shake. I would have thought that taking them in this way that they would have been sufficiently separated to prevent them sticking together, but I believe they become trapped first in the diverticulae, then stick together, and them become infected.

At any rate after doing this for about two to three years, I got diverticulitis. This causes the diverticulae to become stretched out and deformed. Now I have to have fiber daily such as oat bran or psylium fiber to keep these diverticulae flushed out so that food particles don't become trapped in them.

With regard to chia seeds, I have no direct experience so I can't really comment on them.

With regard to sesame seeds, I have little experience with them but I suspect they are also sticky like flax seeds as I recall eating them in a Chinese restaurant where you wet the chopsticks and dipped them in the seeds to pick them up.

However, I found out the cause of the diverticulitis when I told a friend about it and he responded, "Oh you get that from eating small seeds." FWIW"

10/16/2013: Prioris from Fl: "In response to ..."However, I found out the cause of the diverticulitis when I told a friend about it and he responded, "Oh you get that from eating small seeds." FWIW"...

That is just a myth. Diverticulitis is caused by bacteria. The bacteria can be killed and pockets healed with Aloe Muciliginous Polysaccharide but i'd try the aloe vera juice first.

There are list of foods that are supposedly the culprit but those foods may be only part of a long chain reaction. You need to know what spawned the bacteria.

For instance, if I eat too much sweet things like candy or french toast etc, it spawns the bacteria. I can eat most of those other foods on the list and it won't be a problem. Of course if the bacteria does get spawned, those other foods like seeds may add to it. If the problem does occur again, I can usually douse it out very quickly.

If your pockets healed, the seeds would likely not have been a problem.

You will likely find out very quickly what actually is the root of your causation if it happens again after you cure it."

10/30/2013: Frank from Thunder Bay, On: "It has now been one week. I have put one drop of the Can-C eyedrops in each eye every day and have also taken one 500 mg L-Carnosine capsule each day.

There was no stinging from the Can-C dropst the first couple of times I used them but they now sting a little when I put them in but that is very brief. I checked my eyes by looking at a white piece of paper before making this post and I am unable to detect any decernable difference after one week. I intend to continue using the drops and capsules until they are all gone and will try to remember to give weekly reports or if I notice any significant change."

11/06/2013: Frank from Thunder Bay, On: "It is now two weeks since starting the Can-C eye drop and L-Carnosine capsule regimen for eye floaters. I am currently using two drops of Can-C, one in the morning and one in the evening as well as one 500 mg L-Carnosine capsule per day. There is no discernible improvement in the eye floaters at this time. There is, however, significant improvement in eye comfort. My eyes are feeling normal and not congested or dry as before. I don't think the improvement is due entirely to this regimen as I am also following a dry eye regimen described else where on this page. However, I think this regimen is helping as well. I also have had a chronic lingering low level sinus infection. I have recently used a 5% Boric acid solution nasal spray in the evening before bed for that condition. It is significantly improved after only a few applications. I have only used two or three sprays in each nostril before bed time about three times and my sinuses are feeling quite normal now. I believe this has significantly reduced the infection in and around my eyes and likely has also contributed to the improved comfort of my eyes."

11/13/2013: Frank from Thunder Bay, On: "It is now three weeks since starting using Can-C eye-drops and a 500 mg L-Carnosine capsule per day for my eye-floaters. I am currently using two Can-C drops per day and there is no improvement to report."

11/13/2013: Prioris from Fl: "I'd give the test 4 weeks or just finish bottle. Doesn't seem to be too promising from your reports. I have tried it for 2 weeks with no positive results. I will experiment with it more later. I have had some positive results with taurine but it starts to give me a migraine."

11/20/2013: Frank from Thunder Bay, On: "Hi Prioris. I originally planned to use up all of the Can-C drops and L-carnosine capsules to complete this experiment. It's getting a bit discouraging because I hoped to see some improvement in what I think are blood cells floating around if not the larger floaters But I can't detect any change even there. For now, I still intend to continue with the program. I have two bottles of Can-C drops and I'm still on the first bottle and there were 60 L-Carnosine capsules in the bottle to start with. Like you I got some headaches from the Taurine and stopped taking them when I started with the Can-C and L-Carnosine, so as not to confuse any results I might get. The research I did about Taurine indicated that it is important to retina health and I will likely resume taking those capsules once I finish this regimen."

11/28/2013: Frank from Thunder Bay, On: "It is now five weeks since starting using Can-C eye-drops and a 500 mg L-Carnosine capsule per day for my eye-floaters. I am currently using two Can-C drops per day and there is no improvement to report."

[SIDE EFFECTS]  11/30/2013: F from Thunder Bay, On: "I have now done the Can-C eye-drops and L-Carosine regimen for 37 days, from Oct. 23/13 to Nov. 29/12, and have decided to stop the regimen beginning today Nov. 30/13. The reason I am stopping the regimen is because I believe I am experiencing negative symptoms related to the regimen.

Firstly, over about the past week I have started to notice difficulty reading the credits on the TV screen following a movie or other writing on the TV screen. Admittedly, this may be due to the fact that I have a new prescription for glasses that I haven had filled yet, but I believe this is something different and of a more rapid onset which I suspect is due in part at least to this regimen.

Second, my eyes have become somewhat reddened and slightly inflamed. The redness on a scale of 1 to 10, is about a 4 given that 1 is white and 10 is blood red. On a scale of 1 to 10, the burning is slight and about a 3. The burning is now more or less the continuous norm as opposed to the normal and comfortable feeling about ten days to two weeks into the regimen. I suspect this is due to the eye-drops and their action on the surface of the eye, but this regimen is not getting into the eye and reducing the eye-floaters.

I do not think these new symptoms are do to the return of dry-eye condition mentioned earlier. I am not getting sudden stop of the eye-lid during blinking due to dryness of the eye, neither is there continual greasiness or abundant mucous in the eye. Also, I am not getting the blocked tear-duct that caused a build up of tears that took 10 to 15 finger wipes to drain them away.

Given the above, I think the regimen is now causing negative symptoms without delivering any positive ones. And on account of that have decided to cease the regimen today. I have given thought to perhaps taking a break and then resuming the regimen but given that there is no improvement is symptoms, that is not likely. Should I resume the regimen, I will report back here about that.

I intend to take a Taurine capsule today, and then I'll see whether to take them daily, every second day, or once or twice a week. But, I'll report back on how that goes.

I also intend to start researching eye-floaters again and I will report back If I discover any significant findings.

Good luck to you all with your eye-floaters, And, like Edison said of his Light bulb experiments, he hadn't failed, only discovered another way that didn't work. :)

Frank"

11/30/2013: Wayclear from Motown, Ca: "Hi Frank-- I had some bad eye-floaters at one time, such that I couldn't see all the letters in a sign for instance. I also saw strange colors like an oil slick sometimes. Like it or don't, but what really helped me was putting collodial silver solution in a small, glass spray-mister bottle, and spraying a few squirts in my eye a few times. It was a godsend, and worked almost immediately.

What I do now, for my dry eyes, is put coconut oil on my lids and all over the lashes and everything. It does not bother my vision at all, and seems to be clearing it of dry eye, stringers, parasites, floaters and what-have-you... as another poster has mentioned.

But my big secret is that I follow an East Indian practice of placing urine in my eyes (i.e., M-urine).

Hope it works as well for you as it did for me! I wouldn't do all three at the same time.

--May You See Your WayClear"

11/30/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Frank,

Thanks for taking time to keep us posted. You are right - you haven't failed, only found out something else that didn't work. I appreciate your optimism! I trust that you will keep us posted when you come upon the solution! Thanks again!

~Mama to Many~"

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "MOMMA, at 77, I have learned that if you get Tetnus , you die. That is the only shot I get every 10 years . Your remedy is good, but if your husband still got Tetnus then you would now be a widow. Like you, I avoid Allopathic doctors, but some things they tell you is needed. 35 years ago I went to the U of Alabama Med School for my annual physical and the doctor told me that the best advice he could give me for a long life was to wear a car seat belt and to get a Tetnus shot every 10 years. The first has already paid off. Your husband would do well to follow his second suggestion.

=========RH==============="

11/28/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Mama to Many....I'm sorry to hear about your husband's injury. I hope that he heals swiftly and without problems. Here's some useful research information on the beneficial effects of megadose vitamin c:

"The effect of daily intravenous administration of 1, 000 mg ascorbic acid (AA) in tetanus patients aged 1-30 years was studied. In the age group of 1-12 years, 31 patients were treated with AA as additional to antitetanus serum, sedatives and antibiotics. It was found that none of the patients died who received AA along with the conventional anti-tetanus therapy. On the other hand, 74.2 per cent of the tetanus patients who received the conventional anti-tetanus therapy without AA (control group) were succumbed to the infection. In the other age group of 13-30 years, there were 27 and 38 patients in the treatment and control groups respectively. The mortality in the AA and control groups were 37 percent and 67.8 percent respectively."

The Editor's note from the above research also cites more research about Vitamin C concerning the tetanus virus:

"*Editor’s note: For those who insist on hard-nosed data before admitting the efficacy of injectable vitamin C, this study from Bangladesh should be an eye-opener. In 1937, Claus W. Jungeblut of Columbia University reported that vitamin C could neutralize tetanus toxin in guinea pigs (“Inactivation of Tetanus Toxin by Crystalline Vitamin C (l-Ascorbic Acid). [Journal of Immunology 1937. Vol. 33: 203-214]). By 1954, Dr. Fred Klenner was using injectable vitamin C to treat tetanus in his medical practice (see Klenner’s 1954 article on pp.87-94 of this volume). In effect, Jungeblut’s 1937 results with animals were confirmed by Dr. Klenner in his medical practice. This research from Bangladesh validates Jungblut and Klenner’s finding in a rigorous medical trial using a control group. Perhaps it is worth quoting from Jungeblut’s 1937 report: “It must be concluded that vitamin C, as far as its in vitro action is concerned, cannot be regarded as a specific detoxicant for any given virus or toxin, but rather as a substance which acts indiscriminately against a variety of toxins and viruses” (p. 212). Obviously, the potential cost-benefit ratio of more research into and wider use of injectable vitamin C by mainstream medicine is too great to continue to ignore, especially in a world overflowing with medical need."

Source: Effects of Vitamin C on the Treatment of Tetanus

If you also use vitamin c(as ascorbate) with DMSO transdermally or if you use the liposomal form of vitamin c you will attain the same levels of vitamin c in the blood at a cheaper cost and in a simpler protocol than the the injectable forms(which, by law, always have to be managed by a qualified professional or nurse).

Also, staying with viruses, supplemental therapies against viruses have had very successful results using thymus extract. Here is a remarkable summary of this therapy's effects against a huge variety of viruses:

International and Clinical Studies on Thymus Extract

The above link was borrowed from Lloyd Right's website. He cured his own Hepatitis C by using thymic extracts(natcell therapy) as a major part of his own protocol. There are no side-effects from his Hep C protocol although his protocol is expensive -- but still not as expensive as taking the allopathic route.

You should perhaps regard the thymus gland as the very heart of your immune system that regulates production and signaling of all white blood cells or lymphocytes in your body. Supplementing thymus extracts would therefore seem to be a great way to effectively raise up the capabilities of a struggling immune system against any bacterial or viral disease.

Since I am always looking for a cheaper route to an effective cure, I also see no reason not to make your own fresh thymus extract. Just go to the butcher and ask for whole, raw porcine or bovine thymus(it is a constituent of sweetbread). Then add mineral water and gently pulverize this using a mortar and pestel and filter it. Add a few drops of lugols iodine to this aqueous extract to kill any residual pathogens and then quickly freeze these extracts in individual dosages as ice cubes. These frozen dosages can easily be taken once every two or three days added to real fruit juice and supplemented that way. Some might object and say that these beneficial extracts will be digested and rendered useless. However, this does not seem to explain the obvious beneficial effects of supplementing thymus extract through research. One of the main ways that thymus extract seems to be directly absorbed into the body is by pinocytosis. There are no known side-effects from taking thymus extracts."

11/28/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Bill,

Thanks so much for your concern and for taking the time to share this fascinating information!

While my husband seems to be all healed from his nail wound, I would like to be prepared for the future with this option. I am trying to imagine how I would prepare and apply the Vitamin C and DMSO. When you say the ascorbate form, is that then Sodium Ascorbate, or did you mean the Ascorbic Acid form? How much would I add to DMSO? For a wound would you add it to the area of the wound or somewhere else (or both?) And how often?

Also, do you think that the topical Vitamin C with DMSO could be used for Pertussis (Whooping Cough)? There was an outbreak of that in my community last year so we were researching and trying to be prepared. My children did not get it, so this is not something I have dealt with yet. It seemed that Vitamin C was one the best ways to treat Pertussis. However, it required large amounts, which might be difficult to get into a small child without the option of an IV. Any thoughts on how one would treat Pertussis this way? (How much, how often and where to apply.) This is another disease that I would like to be well prepared to deal with.

Thanks so much!

~Mama to Many"

11/29/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Mama to Many...If it were me, I would not use DMSO on children because for several reasons. Although DMSO can kill bacteria and mycoplasma, there are easier and equivalent ways to deliver high dose vitamin c to children safely. Also DMSO can be irritating to the skin and can cause garlic breath. The skin of a baby or child is far more sensitive than adult skin. So there may be problems.

This is why I would rather use the Liposomal Form of Vitamin C for chidren with pertussis sbecause it is much easier. You can just add it to fruit drinks. I also think that this would be quite adequate to protect against whooping cough.

Linus Pauling discovered from his own research on Vitamin C that only about 15% of any oral dose with water was ever absorbed into the blood. Pauling took huge daily amounts -- 20 grams a day!! So if you calculate how much of this 20 grams of vitamin c actually reached the blood and tissues -- then the calculation is 0.15 x 20 = 3 grams only. Therefore if you take 20 grams of vitamin c by the ordinary oral route then 17 grams ends up being excreted which is extremely wasteful. Moreover, if you take the recommended 75 mgs RDA for vitamin c (for instance via a multivitamin pill) then, with only 15% of this absorbed into the blood, this absorbed vitamin c value actually works out at only 11.25 mgs. Yes I know -- quite laughable isn't it ? I doubt if 11.25 mgs would satisfy the whole body needs of a guinea pig let alone a human.

Taking the Liposomal form of vitamin c is a much more efficient way of delivering large amounts vitamin c safely to the blood, cells and tissues. This method entails a preparation using granulated lecithin and to use the oil therein to encapsulate the vitamin c into micro-fat droplets. When you take the lipo-vitamin c form it is not absorbed into the body via the ascorbic acid pathway but is instead absorbed as fat droplets via the fat pathway which is also much quicker. When this fat droplet makes contact with a cell -- which is made out of the same phospholipids as the lecithin oil -- the fat droplet containing the vitamin c sticks, blends and then opens up -- thus delivering ascorbate directly to the cell.

Another disadvantage of taking ordinary oral vitamin c is that it is removed from the body within 2 hours, no matter what quantity you take. This means that you must take ordinary oral vitamin c in many doses per day to achieve a constant high level in the blood. With the lipo-vitamin c form this is not the case. Think of this form as the the slow release form because the lipo-vitamin c is actually treated as a fat in the blood -- and fats are removed far more slowly. Therefore taking say 3 x 1000mg doses of lipo-vitamin c per day would be enough to attain the same levels in the blood as Linus Pauling did by taking 20 grams of ordinary oral vitamin c with water.

You can also buy lipo-vitamin c easily on the internet or at any health store. You can also make it yourself -- I prefer making the ascorbate form. All you need is a blender, ultrasonic cleaner, ascorbic acid and sodium bicarbonate :

How to Make Liposomal Vitamin C

But we mustn't forget DMSO!! Regarding children, I think DMSO could be most useful to use against serious sprains etc. DMSO should not be used on open wounds. I read a story recounted in Dr Morton Walker's book -- titled DMSO: Nature's Healer -- where he treated a child with a bad ankle sprain which was very swollen and painful. He applied the DMSO topically in the usual manner and he noted that after only one hour the swelling and pain had reduced to a remarkable extent. This is unheard of for a sprain.

Another more serious story that Morton Walker relates was when a doctor friend of his had to treat a person with very serious rheumatoid-osteoarthritis in both of his knees. The old gentlemen came into his office slowly using sticks, he could barely walk with all the pain. The doctor knew of nothing that could really help him so he decided to try the DMSO topically. This was in the early days, when little was known about DMSO's beneficial effects. He applied DMSO topically three times each to both knees. This, of course, is the wrong way of doing it -- because of the possible skin irritations that can arise form using DMSO topically. But nevertheless, within 15 to 20 minutes of DMSO application the old gentlemen felt no pain. A week later, the old gentleman returned to the doctor's surgery(without sticks) to report a slight pain in his left knee. So the doctor simply applied another round of DMSO to his left knee and that doctor never saw the old gentleman again. This illustrates the power of DMSO against inflammation and pain.

For more information on both DMSO and MSM(DMSO's very close cousin), this article is very thorough and discusses all aspects of topical and oral therapy(including cancer) using these substances.

DMSO and MSM Therapy"

11/30/2013: Mr. Ree from Usa: "Liposomic vitamin C is as good as IV'ing it...I have done both...The latter is 10x more expensive...Why waste your money making theses clinic rich with your hard earned money...?"

11/30/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Bill,

Thanks so much for responding. Your detailed post is very helpful. I plan to try and make my own liposomal Vitamin C to be prepared for whatever.

Also I appreciate your wisdom there with DMSO and children.

Thanks again!

~Mama to Many~"

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "MOMMA, at 77, I have learned that if you get Tetnus , you die. That is the only shot I get every 10 years . Your remedy is good, but if your husband still got Tetnus then you would now be a widow. Like you, I avoid Allopathic doctors, but some things they tell you is needed. 35 years ago I went to the U of Alabama Med School for my annual physical and the doctor told me that the best advice he could give me for a long life was to wear a car seat belt and to get a Tetnus shot every 10 years. The first has already paid off. Your husband would do well to follow his second suggestion.

=========RH==============="

11/28/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Mama to Many....I'm sorry to hear about your husband's injury. I hope that he heals swiftly and without problems. Here's some useful research information on the beneficial effects of megadose vitamin c:

"The effect of daily intravenous administration of 1, 000 mg ascorbic acid (AA) in tetanus patients aged 1-30 years was studied. In the age group of 1-12 years, 31 patients were treated with AA as additional to antitetanus serum, sedatives and antibiotics. It was found that none of the patients died who received AA along with the conventional anti-tetanus therapy. On the other hand, 74.2 per cent of the tetanus patients who received the conventional anti-tetanus therapy without AA (control group) were succumbed to the infection. In the other age group of 13-30 years, there were 27 and 38 patients in the treatment and control groups respectively. The mortality in the AA and control groups were 37 percent and 67.8 percent respectively."

The Editor's note from the above research also cites more research about Vitamin C concerning the tetanus virus:

"*Editor’s note: For those who insist on hard-nosed data before admitting the efficacy of injectable vitamin C, this study from Bangladesh should be an eye-opener. In 1937, Claus W. Jungeblut of Columbia University reported that vitamin C could neutralize tetanus toxin in guinea pigs (“Inactivation of Tetanus Toxin by Crystalline Vitamin C (l-Ascorbic Acid). [Journal of Immunology 1937. Vol. 33: 203-214]). By 1954, Dr. Fred Klenner was using injectable vitamin C to treat tetanus in his medical practice (see Klenner’s 1954 article on pp.87-94 of this volume). In effect, Jungeblut’s 1937 results with animals were confirmed by Dr. Klenner in his medical practice. This research from Bangladesh validates Jungblut and Klenner’s finding in a rigorous medical trial using a control group. Perhaps it is worth quoting from Jungeblut’s 1937 report: “It must be concluded that vitamin C, as far as its in vitro action is concerned, cannot be regarded as a specific detoxicant for any given virus or toxin, but rather as a substance which acts indiscriminately against a variety of toxins and viruses” (p. 212). Obviously, the potential cost-benefit ratio of more research into and wider use of injectable vitamin C by mainstream medicine is too great to continue to ignore, especially in a world overflowing with medical need."

Source: Effects of Vitamin C on the Treatment of Tetanus

If you also use vitamin c(as ascorbate) with DMSO transdermally or if you use the liposomal form of vitamin c you will attain the same levels of vitamin c in the blood at a cheaper cost and in a simpler protocol than the the injectable forms(which, by law, always have to be managed by a qualified professional or nurse).

Also, staying with viruses, supplemental therapies against viruses have had very successful results using thymus extract. Here is a remarkable summary of this therapy's effects against a huge variety of viruses:

International and Clinical Studies on Thymus Extract

The above link was borrowed from Lloyd Right's website. He cured his own Hepatitis C by using thymic extracts(natcell therapy) as a major part of his own protocol. There are no side-effects from his Hep C protocol although his protocol is expensive -- but still not as expensive as taking the allopathic route.

You should perhaps regard the thymus gland as the very heart of your immune system that regulates production and signaling of all white blood cells or lymphocytes in your body. Supplementing thymus extracts would therefore seem to be a great way to effectively raise up the capabilities of a struggling immune system against any bacterial or viral disease.

Since I am always looking for a cheaper route to an effective cure, I also see no reason not to make your own fresh thymus extract. Just go to the butcher and ask for whole, raw porcine or bovine thymus(it is a constituent of sweetbread). Then add mineral water and gently pulverize this using a mortar and pestel and filter it. Add a few drops of lugols iodine to this aqueous extract to kill any residual pathogens and then quickly freeze these extracts in individual dosages as ice cubes. These frozen dosages can easily be taken once every two or three days added to real fruit juice and supplemented that way. Some might object and say that these beneficial extracts will be digested and rendered useless. However, this does not seem to explain the obvious beneficial effects of supplementing thymus extract through research. One of the main ways that thymus extract seems to be directly absorbed into the body is by pinocytosis. There are no known side-effects from taking thymus extracts."

11/28/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Bill,

Thanks so much for your concern and for taking the time to share this fascinating information!

While my husband seems to be all healed from his nail wound, I would like to be prepared for the future with this option. I am trying to imagine how I would prepare and apply the Vitamin C and DMSO. When you say the ascorbate form, is that then Sodium Ascorbate, or did you mean the Ascorbic Acid form? How much would I add to DMSO? For a wound would you add it to the area of the wound or somewhere else (or both?) And how often?

Also, do you think that the topical Vitamin C with DMSO could be used for Pertussis (Whooping Cough)? There was an outbreak of that in my community last year so we were researching and trying to be prepared. My children did not get it, so this is not something I have dealt with yet. It seemed that Vitamin C was one the best ways to treat Pertussis. However, it required large amounts, which might be difficult to get into a small child without the option of an IV. Any thoughts on how one would treat Pertussis this way? (How much, how often and where to apply.) This is another disease that I would like to be well prepared to deal with.

Thanks so much!

~Mama to Many"

11/29/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Mama to Many...If it were me, I would not use DMSO on children because for several reasons. Although DMSO can kill bacteria and mycoplasma, there are easier and equivalent ways to deliver high dose vitamin c to children safely. Also DMSO can be irritating to the skin and can cause garlic breath. The skin of a baby or child is far more sensitive than adult skin. So there may be problems.

This is why I would rather use the Liposomal Form of Vitamin C for chidren with pertussis sbecause it is much easier. You can just add it to fruit drinks. I also think that this would be quite adequate to protect against whooping cough.

Linus Pauling discovered from his own research on Vitamin C that only about 15% of any oral dose with water was ever absorbed into the blood. Pauling took huge daily amounts -- 20 grams a day!! So if you calculate how much of this 20 grams of vitamin c actually reached the blood and tissues -- then the calculation is 0.15 x 20 = 3 grams only. Therefore if you take 20 grams of vitamin c by the ordinary oral route then 17 grams ends up being excreted which is extremely wasteful. Moreover, if you take the recommended 75 mgs RDA for vitamin c (for instance via a multivitamin pill) then, with only 15% of this absorbed into the blood, this absorbed vitamin c value actually works out at only 11.25 mgs. Yes I know -- quite laughable isn't it ? I doubt if 11.25 mgs would satisfy the whole body needs of a guinea pig let alone a human.

Taking the Liposomal form of vitamin c is a much more efficient way of delivering large amounts vitamin c safely to the blood, cells and tissues. This method entails a preparation using granulated lecithin and to use the oil therein to encapsulate the vitamin c into micro-fat droplets. When you take the lipo-vitamin c form it is not absorbed into the body via the ascorbic acid pathway but is instead absorbed as fat droplets via the fat pathway which is also much quicker. When this fat droplet makes contact with a cell -- which is made out of the same phospholipids as the lecithin oil -- the fat droplet containing the vitamin c sticks, blends and then opens up -- thus delivering ascorbate directly to the cell.

Another disadvantage of taking ordinary oral vitamin c is that it is removed from the body within 2 hours, no matter what quantity you take. This means that you must take ordinary oral vitamin c in many doses per day to achieve a constant high level in the blood. With the lipo-vitamin c form this is not the case. Think of this form as the the slow release form because the lipo-vitamin c is actually treated as a fat in the blood -- and fats are removed far more slowly. Therefore taking say 3 x 1000mg doses of lipo-vitamin c per day would be enough to attain the same levels in the blood as Linus Pauling did by taking 20 grams of ordinary oral vitamin c with water.

You can also buy lipo-vitamin c easily on the internet or at any health store. You can also make it yourself -- I prefer making the ascorbate form. All you need is a blender, ultrasonic cleaner, ascorbic acid and sodium bicarbonate :

How to Make Liposomal Vitamin C

But we mustn't forget DMSO!! Regarding children, I think DMSO could be most useful to use against serious sprains etc. DMSO should not be used on open wounds. I read a story recounted in Dr Morton Walker's book -- titled DMSO: Nature's Healer -- where he treated a child with a bad ankle sprain which was very swollen and painful. He applied the DMSO topically in the usual manner and he noted that after only one hour the swelling and pain had reduced to a remarkable extent. This is unheard of for a sprain.

Another more serious story that Morton Walker relates was when a doctor friend of his had to treat a person with very serious rheumatoid-osteoarthritis in both of his knees. The old gentlemen came into his office slowly using sticks, he could barely walk with all the pain. The doctor knew of nothing that could really help him so he decided to try the DMSO topically. This was in the early days, when little was known about DMSO's beneficial effects. He applied DMSO topically three times each to both knees. This, of course, is the wrong way of doing it -- because of the possible skin irritations that can arise form using DMSO topically. But nevertheless, within 15 to 20 minutes of DMSO application the old gentlemen felt no pain. A week later, the old gentleman returned to the doctor's surgery(without sticks) to report a slight pain in his left knee. So the doctor simply applied another round of DMSO to his left knee and that doctor never saw the old gentleman again. This illustrates the power of DMSO against inflammation and pain.

For more information on both DMSO and MSM(DMSO's very close cousin), this article is very thorough and discusses all aspects of topical and oral therapy(including cancer) using these substances.

DMSO and MSM Therapy"

11/30/2013: Mr. Ree from Usa: "Liposomic vitamin C is as good as IV'ing it...I have done both...The latter is 10x more expensive...Why waste your money making theses clinic rich with your hard earned money...?"

11/30/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Bill,

Thanks so much for responding. Your detailed post is very helpful. I plan to try and make my own liposomal Vitamin C to be prepared for whatever.

Also I appreciate your wisdom there with DMSO and children.

Thanks again!

~Mama to Many~"

11/28/2013: Little Wing from Boston: "My mother cured her shingles with massive doses of L-Lysine (1500-3000 mg/day), ACV soaks (soak towel, let sit for 10-15 minutes a few times a day) and this phenomenal gunk called WonderSalve from Durham's Bee Farms. Hope this helps you."

11/28/2013: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Grannyguru,

About Shingles;

Here's a salve remedy that has worked amazing well over the years.

Ten caps of cayenne pepper. There are different units of heat, just choose any

Five caps of NATURAL Vitamin E to make sure the cayenne does not burn the skin.

Twenty drops of colloidal silver.

Twenty drops of DMSO to carry the ingredients to the site of the nerve where the virus is raging.

Apply the salve (gooey) to the eruptions. Let dry for two hours. Rinse off and next day you should notice the eruptions have gone from angry red to rust color. Re apply the salve the next day. Let dry for two hours.

Repeat two days later if necessary. I got rid of mine in two applications. If the immune system is impaired then you'll see a longer time for recovery.

Also, drink a tablespoon of the Colloidal Silver daily for a week or so and two caps of cayenne and a 200 iu capsule daily of the natural E (NOT synthetic) daily for two weeks.

The cayenne will cauterize the virus and the CS will also kill it. The DMSO is a carrier/solvent and the E is a healer and will keep skin from being burned by the pepper."

11/28/2013: Little Wing from Boston: "My mother cured her shingles with massive doses of L-Lysine (1500-3000 mg/day), ACV soaks (soak towel, let sit for 10-15 minutes a few times a day) and this phenomenal gunk called WonderSalve from Durham's Bee Farms. Hope this helps you."

11/28/2013: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Grannyguru,

About Shingles;

Here's a salve remedy that has worked amazing well over the years.

Ten caps of cayenne pepper. There are different units of heat, just choose any

Five caps of NATURAL Vitamin E to make sure the cayenne does not burn the skin.

Twenty drops of colloidal silver.

Twenty drops of DMSO to carry the ingredients to the site of the nerve where the virus is raging.

Apply the salve (gooey) to the eruptions. Let dry for two hours. Rinse off and next day you should notice the eruptions have gone from angry red to rust color. Re apply the salve the next day. Let dry for two hours.

Repeat two days later if necessary. I got rid of mine in two applications. If the immune system is impaired then you'll see a longer time for recovery.

Also, drink a tablespoon of the Colloidal Silver daily for a week or so and two caps of cayenne and a 200 iu capsule daily of the natural E (NOT synthetic) daily for two weeks.

The cayenne will cauterize the virus and the CS will also kill it. The DMSO is a carrier/solvent and the E is a healer and will keep skin from being burned by the pepper."

[YEA]  11/27/2013: Stephanie from Los Angeles, Ca: "Distilled water has been very helpful for me. I started using it June 1 2013 see a huge difference in my health, joint pain and well being."

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "STEPHANIE, be careful, because distilled water will remove minerals from your body, especially calcium. You are flirting with osteoporosis."

11/28/2013: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Robert Henry,

I was hoping you would reply to Duke. Glad to hear you are doing well. I noticed your comment that distilled water removes minerals and wondered if RO water does the same thing? Hope not! Thanks and best wishes."

11/30/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "YEP, RO WATER has all the minerals removed just like distilled water does. Our Anti-Aging doctor uses an RO SYSTEM because the Knoxville water has so many man made chemicals in it. She then has to supplement with minerals. We have well water and drink from an Alkaline Ionizer which gives us double the good minerals that is normally in the well water. I'm not that smart, but Google is. ======RH======="

11/28/2013: Ann from Va: "Are you being serious? 3 x's a day for how many days is the question? Interesting, Thanks"

[YEA]  11/28/2013: S from World: "Shortly began with a stye in my eye. I applied Apple Cider Vinegar and c oil with a q tip. It was gone by the end of the day. I also saw infection was coming from my eye. So, I continued with c oil a day or so after. It pulled the infection little by little out of my eye along with parasites. I live in the Pacific and eat plenty of fish. I noticed lots of strings in my l eye 6 months ago and was never able to get them out. This did it. I am continuing to do C oil once or twice a day and I am still cleansing-amazing how it collects far behind the eye and is bringing out large particles of debris. I detox regularly, am fit, eat healthy, and still this stuff was lurking in me. There is not a lot out there on parasites in the eyes, but this finally made a huge difference. No more itchy eyes and the allergies are down. I am also doing vinegar twice daily as I noticed something wasn't right. Going to try the c oil in the mouth -oil pulling as well."

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "MOMMA, at 77, I have learned that if you get Tetnus , you die. That is the only shot I get every 10 years . Your remedy is good, but if your husband still got Tetnus then you would now be a widow. Like you, I avoid Allopathic doctors, but some things they tell you is needed. 35 years ago I went to the U of Alabama Med School for my annual physical and the doctor told me that the best advice he could give me for a long life was to wear a car seat belt and to get a Tetnus shot every 10 years. The first has already paid off. Your husband would do well to follow his second suggestion.

=========RH==============="

11/28/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Mama to Many....I'm sorry to hear about your husband's injury. I hope that he heals swiftly and without problems. Here's some useful research information on the beneficial effects of megadose vitamin c:

"The effect of daily intravenous administration of 1, 000 mg ascorbic acid (AA) in tetanus patients aged 1-30 years was studied. In the age group of 1-12 years, 31 patients were treated with AA as additional to antitetanus serum, sedatives and antibiotics. It was found that none of the patients died who received AA along with the conventional anti-tetanus therapy. On the other hand, 74.2 per cent of the tetanus patients who received the conventional anti-tetanus therapy without AA (control group) were succumbed to the infection. In the other age group of 13-30 years, there were 27 and 38 patients in the treatment and control groups respectively. The mortality in the AA and control groups were 37 percent and 67.8 percent respectively."

The Editor's note from the above research also cites more research about Vitamin C concerning the tetanus virus:

"*Editor’s note: For those who insist on hard-nosed data before admitting the efficacy of injectable vitamin C, this study from Bangladesh should be an eye-opener. In 1937, Claus W. Jungeblut of Columbia University reported that vitamin C could neutralize tetanus toxin in guinea pigs (“Inactivation of Tetanus Toxin by Crystalline Vitamin C (l-Ascorbic Acid). [Journal of Immunology 1937. Vol. 33: 203-214]). By 1954, Dr. Fred Klenner was using injectable vitamin C to treat tetanus in his medical practice (see Klenner’s 1954 article on pp.87-94 of this volume). In effect, Jungeblut’s 1937 results with animals were confirmed by Dr. Klenner in his medical practice. This research from Bangladesh validates Jungblut and Klenner’s finding in a rigorous medical trial using a control group. Perhaps it is worth quoting from Jungeblut’s 1937 report: “It must be concluded that vitamin C, as far as its in vitro action is concerned, cannot be regarded as a specific detoxicant for any given virus or toxin, but rather as a substance which acts indiscriminately against a variety of toxins and viruses” (p. 212). Obviously, the potential cost-benefit ratio of more research into and wider use of injectable vitamin C by mainstream medicine is too great to continue to ignore, especially in a world overflowing with medical need."

Source: Effects of Vitamin C on the Treatment of Tetanus

If you also use vitamin c(as ascorbate) with DMSO transdermally or if you use the liposomal form of vitamin c you will attain the same levels of vitamin c in the blood at a cheaper cost and in a simpler protocol than the the injectable forms(which, by law, always have to be managed by a qualified professional or nurse).

Also, staying with viruses, supplemental therapies against viruses have had very successful results using thymus extract. Here is a remarkable summary of this therapy's effects against a huge variety of viruses:

International and Clinical Studies on Thymus Extract

The above link was borrowed from Lloyd Right's website. He cured his own Hepatitis C by using thymic extracts(natcell therapy) as a major part of his own protocol. There are no side-effects from his Hep C protocol although his protocol is expensive -- but still not as expensive as taking the allopathic route.

You should perhaps regard the thymus gland as the very heart of your immune system that regulates production and signaling of all white blood cells or lymphocytes in your body. Supplementing thymus extracts would therefore seem to be a great way to effectively raise up the capabilities of a struggling immune system against any bacterial or viral disease.

Since I am always looking for a cheaper route to an effective cure, I also see no reason not to make your own fresh thymus extract. Just go to the butcher and ask for whole, raw porcine or bovine thymus(it is a constituent of sweetbread). Then add mineral water and gently pulverize this using a mortar and pestel and filter it. Add a few drops of lugols iodine to this aqueous extract to kill any residual pathogens and then quickly freeze these extracts in individual dosages as ice cubes. These frozen dosages can easily be taken once every two or three days added to real fruit juice and supplemented that way. Some might object and say that these beneficial extracts will be digested and rendered useless. However, this does not seem to explain the obvious beneficial effects of supplementing thymus extract through research. One of the main ways that thymus extract seems to be directly absorbed into the body is by pinocytosis. There are no known side-effects from taking thymus extracts."

11/28/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Bill,

Thanks so much for your concern and for taking the time to share this fascinating information!

While my husband seems to be all healed from his nail wound, I would like to be prepared for the future with this option. I am trying to imagine how I would prepare and apply the Vitamin C and DMSO. When you say the ascorbate form, is that then Sodium Ascorbate, or did you mean the Ascorbic Acid form? How much would I add to DMSO? For a wound would you add it to the area of the wound or somewhere else (or both?) And how often?

Also, do you think that the topical Vitamin C with DMSO could be used for Pertussis (Whooping Cough)? There was an outbreak of that in my community last year so we were researching and trying to be prepared. My children did not get it, so this is not something I have dealt with yet. It seemed that Vitamin C was one the best ways to treat Pertussis. However, it required large amounts, which might be difficult to get into a small child without the option of an IV. Any thoughts on how one would treat Pertussis this way? (How much, how often and where to apply.) This is another disease that I would like to be well prepared to deal with.

Thanks so much!

~Mama to Many"

11/29/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Mama to Many...If it were me, I would not use DMSO on children because for several reasons. Although DMSO can kill bacteria and mycoplasma, there are easier and equivalent ways to deliver high dose vitamin c to children safely. Also DMSO can be irritating to the skin and can cause garlic breath. The skin of a baby or child is far more sensitive than adult skin. So there may be problems.

This is why I would rather use the Liposomal Form of Vitamin C for chidren with pertussis sbecause it is much easier. You can just add it to fruit drinks. I also think that this would be quite adequate to protect against whooping cough.

Linus Pauling discovered from his own research on Vitamin C that only about 15% of any oral dose with water was ever absorbed into the blood. Pauling took huge daily amounts -- 20 grams a day!! So if you calculate how much of this 20 grams of vitamin c actually reached the blood and tissues -- then the calculation is 0.15 x 20 = 3 grams only. Therefore if you take 20 grams of vitamin c by the ordinary oral route then 17 grams ends up being excreted which is extremely wasteful. Moreover, if you take the recommended 75 mgs RDA for vitamin c (for instance via a multivitamin pill) then, with only 15% of this absorbed into the blood, this absorbed vitamin c value actually works out at only 11.25 mgs. Yes I know -- quite laughable isn't it ? I doubt if 11.25 mgs would satisfy the whole body needs of a guinea pig let alone a human.

Taking the Liposomal form of vitamin c is a much more efficient way of delivering large amounts vitamin c safely to the blood, cells and tissues. This method entails a preparation using granulated lecithin and to use the oil therein to encapsulate the vitamin c into micro-fat droplets. When you take the lipo-vitamin c form it is not absorbed into the body via the ascorbic acid pathway but is instead absorbed as fat droplets via the fat pathway which is also much quicker. When this fat droplet makes contact with a cell -- which is made out of the same phospholipids as the lecithin oil -- the fat droplet containing the vitamin c sticks, blends and then opens up -- thus delivering ascorbate directly to the cell.

Another disadvantage of taking ordinary oral vitamin c is that it is removed from the body within 2 hours, no matter what quantity you take. This means that you must take ordinary oral vitamin c in many doses per day to achieve a constant high level in the blood. With the lipo-vitamin c form this is not the case. Think of this form as the the slow release form because the lipo-vitamin c is actually treated as a fat in the blood -- and fats are removed far more slowly. Therefore taking say 3 x 1000mg doses of lipo-vitamin c per day would be enough to attain the same levels in the blood as Linus Pauling did by taking 20 grams of ordinary oral vitamin c with water.

You can also buy lipo-vitamin c easily on the internet or at any health store. You can also make it yourself -- I prefer making the ascorbate form. All you need is a blender, ultrasonic cleaner, ascorbic acid and sodium bicarbonate :

How to Make Liposomal Vitamin C

But we mustn't forget DMSO!! Regarding children, I think DMSO could be most useful to use against serious sprains etc. DMSO should not be used on open wounds. I read a story recounted in Dr Morton Walker's book -- titled DMSO: Nature's Healer -- where he treated a child with a bad ankle sprain which was very swollen and painful. He applied the DMSO topically in the usual manner and he noted that after only one hour the swelling and pain had reduced to a remarkable extent. This is unheard of for a sprain.

Another more serious story that Morton Walker relates was when a doctor friend of his had to treat a person with very serious rheumatoid-osteoarthritis in both of his knees. The old gentlemen came into his office slowly using sticks, he could barely walk with all the pain. The doctor knew of nothing that could really help him so he decided to try the DMSO topically. This was in the early days, when little was known about DMSO's beneficial effects. He applied DMSO topically three times each to both knees. This, of course, is the wrong way of doing it -- because of the possible skin irritations that can arise form using DMSO topically. But nevertheless, within 15 to 20 minutes of DMSO application the old gentlemen felt no pain. A week later, the old gentleman returned to the doctor's surgery(without sticks) to report a slight pain in his left knee. So the doctor simply applied another round of DMSO to his left knee and that doctor never saw the old gentleman again. This illustrates the power of DMSO against inflammation and pain.

For more information on both DMSO and MSM(DMSO's very close cousin), this article is very thorough and discusses all aspects of topical and oral therapy(including cancer) using these substances.

DMSO and MSM Therapy"

11/30/2013: Mr. Ree from Usa: "Liposomic vitamin C is as good as IV'ing it...I have done both...The latter is 10x more expensive...Why waste your money making theses clinic rich with your hard earned money...?"

11/30/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Bill,

Thanks so much for responding. Your detailed post is very helpful. I plan to try and make my own liposomal Vitamin C to be prepared for whatever.

Also I appreciate your wisdom there with DMSO and children.

Thanks again!

~Mama to Many~"

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile, Tn.: "Try colloidal silver and the game is over. ===RH=="

11/29/2013: Om from Hope, Bc, Canada: "To Robert Henry from Om:

Would you be able to tell me how to make colloidal silver correctly? Do I need to check the ppm with what? I usually heat the dist. water but it still takes a long time before I notice the slight yellow tone appearing. Then, upon storing it takes on a deeper shade to gold.

I think highly of colloidal silver abilities . Will it cure mites in humans and animals? I have had good results with rosacea. I really would value your reply. Namaste, Om"

11/26/2013: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "Duke, don't believe the doomsday prognosis. Start reading and trying stuff. Read up on Vitamin C, Cannabis oil, PH diet etc."

11/26/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Duke,

That is certainly a discouraging report. But, I do agree with Mmsg - read and start trying some things. In addition to what Mmsg, recommends, do some searching on carrot juice for cancer. It is very encouraging. Also, Ty Bollinger's book, "Cancer: Step Outside the Box" is an excellent resource and very readable. (My twelve year old read it for fun.)

Please keep us posted on what you try and what helps you!

~Mama to Many~"

11/26/2013: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Duke,

On the Squamous Cell Carcinoma,

The origin is important and based on what you said might be of an origin that can have a viral cause. The Human Papilloma Virus, HPV, is the connection.

Google, Squamous Cell Carcinoma virus, and up will pop the HPV sites. So, let's suppose the cancer has metastasized from the sinus which you said was a possible origin. The upper body, head and shoulders are often subject to HPV virus which in turn can ignite the SCC.

So if this were me, Duke, I'd assume that the HPV might be a continuing instigator accompanying the metastasizing activity of the SCC.

To kill viruses I use a lot of items but by far my favorite is Colloidal Silver. I would be drinking six tablespoons daily...forever. My assumption would be that just perhaps with the death of the HPV, the ability for the SCC to continue to continue could be slowed if not halted.

Next; I'd be on 10, 000 mg of vitamin C (buffered) daily, spread throughout the day. That is a Linus Paling method for dealing with cancer.

Next; I'd really think about going to see Dr. Nick Gonzales in Manhattan...just Google his name and his web site will come up. He'll get you on high does of pancreatin, but the treatment is much broader than that.

By the way, look up "IP6" and see if you don't think you should get on that also.

Duke, I know this is hard. To be told by a professional that you only have a little over a year to live are words we all dread. Many prayers will go up for you. EC is a very compassionate and loving site, a bit like a family.

John 3:16"

11/26/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Duke: Everybody are right, God's Goodies are more potent than the condition. Study AndrewKimblog why cells go bad. He has a graduate degree in cellular biology and gives a technical explanation. Many 80/10/10ers have recovered because raw organic produce contains enzymes, humic acids, xeronines, and sulfur not in regular food. These are also in raw grassfed animal products. A lot of people are going to tell you not to take sugar but sugar is actually a necessary part of the cure. Andrew Kim explains this technically and many 80/10/10ers have recovered while getting sugar from fruit. If I were you what I would do is get the superfood powders, dessicated liver, activated barley, barley grass juice, freeze dried young green coconut water, raw cocoa, absorbable colostrum, and raw whey isolate. Mix them together in one bag. Add a scoop to 12oz. water and drink every hour. Take 5 drops of marine phytoplankton 1oz liquid, get the expensive one, sublingually every hour, 1ml skate liver oil 3x day, raw wildflower honey as needed, 30g black chia seeds, 20g coconut oil, and 17 mushroom extract blend from Washington. You can also make home made water kefir. I take all these products myself. While you are waiting for them to arrive make green smoothies from organic baby leaves and eat organic berries, non gmo red miso, kimchi, and raw grassfed hamburger every hour with 12oz water. If you have access to a Whole Foods drink a lot of Kambucha drinks with the chia seeds in them. This is not a diet. You need to nourish the cells, detox the poisons, and repair the tissues."

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile, Tn.: "DUKE, , , , , , , , , , , , , Just been down this trail with Lymphoma and no way was I going to go the traditional path. Google CAPSOL T and go from there. You cure cancer with your immune system and what the Allopathic method does is to kill your immune system. Get your body pH above 7 with baking soda. Clean up your liver with coffee enema's. Read and learn about every detox program you can. Buy a cheap Ozonator and drink Ozonated water full time. Find a sauna that you can use . It took me 7 months and I was a wore out pecker wood. If you have a tumor then Google Black Salve and Egg Plant Cancer cure. I've done that with success on skin cancers.

Do what your doctor says and also get a program of your own , but don't tell the egotist what you are doing. Get on a totally raw vegetable diet. Drink water until it comes out your ears. Eat no dairy, nor meat until cured. Then go to Ruth Chris' and buy the most expensive prime steak they have. You will have earned it.

Talk often to THE LORD. He's the man in control.===RH==="

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "BUGGED, did everything you suggested to little avail. MD's are useless with these things. Mites die in 120 degree heat. I heated my FIR SAUNA to 160 degrees and was cured in a week. Some folks have used hair dryers."

[YEA]  11/27/2013: Stephanie from Los Angeles, Ca: "Distilled water has been very helpful for me. I started using it June 1 2013 see a huge difference in my health, joint pain and well being."

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "STEPHANIE, be careful, because distilled water will remove minerals from your body, especially calcium. You are flirting with osteoporosis."

11/28/2013: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Robert Henry,

I was hoping you would reply to Duke. Glad to hear you are doing well. I noticed your comment that distilled water removes minerals and wondered if RO water does the same thing? Hope not! Thanks and best wishes."

11/30/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "YEP, RO WATER has all the minerals removed just like distilled water does. Our Anti-Aging doctor uses an RO SYSTEM because the Knoxville water has so many man made chemicals in it. She then has to supplement with minerals. We have well water and drink from an Alkaline Ionizer which gives us double the good minerals that is normally in the well water. I'm not that smart, but Google is. ======RH======="

[YEA]  11/28/2013: Whitney from Ohio: "You are AMAZING!! This really works. I have been in a flare that has been absolutely miserable for two weeks now! This morning I tried making a paste with baby oatmeal bath, left it on for 15 minutes, got a shower, and when I got out I air dried and then used Beeswax with Vitamin E and Peppermint. You're right... It does burn for a little bit, but the relief is unbelievable! This Thanksgiving I am thankful for you, your post and peppermint beeswax lip balm :)"

[SIDE EFFECTS]  11/27/2013: Serene from Singapore: "Hi all, I've been trying this tonic for almost 1 month. but I'm having dark brown discharge for 10 days. I only had normal menstruation for 3 days in between. Is this normal? Should I continue this treatment. Someone please tell me."

11/28/2013: Angi from New York, Ny: "I had Overian cyst last year and I got completely cured. The only thing I was taking Apple Cider Vinegar and Baking Soda first thing in the morning with empty stomach. I was taking 1/4 tea spoon baking soda and one spoon ACV. It took me almost 9months to complete cure of my overian cyst. I am still taking it couple of times a week to prevent my self. I changed my diet and doing excercise. You can also watch video on you tube for cancer cure they use baking soda. ACV and Baking Soda completely wash out your system or any other digestion problem from inside.
Good Luck."

11/30/2013: Serene from Singapore: "Hi Angi, thanks for sharing this remedy. what was your cyst measuring before you started this treatment? were you following any diet or particular food to avoid?"

11/28/2013: Jenny from Chicago: "Baia... I wouldn't inhale a mix of vinegar and peroxide. Together they make a chemical compound called peroxycetic acid. It could damage your lungs!"

[NAY]  03/06/2009: Barry from Jacksonville, Fl: "You will soon be able to recognize the effects because your gums will began to bleed. I once used vinegar in a waterpik and the dentist fortunately caught my mistake before I irreparably damaged my teeth."

[SIDE EFFECTS]  11/28/2013: Zark from Emerald City, The Land Of Oz: "Yep, ACV is harming my teeth :-(

I started using ACV for other health complaints. Worked brilliantly for my prostate issues! Sadly it is certainly bad for my teeth. My teeth become sensitive after using ACV, and I have noticed cavities forming. Be careful!!

I still need the ACV as it is the best remedy for my prostate issues out there. Right now I am using a straw, but that only really saves the front teeth as the wisdom teeth and molars still get attacked by the acidity. I have to do more testing but I don't think the ACV helps my prostate when mixed with Bicarb to reduce acidity (although I found it could act as a laxative, in this case that would be due to osmotic pressure I think)

I'm wondering what else I can do ..
Making ACV gel capsules would be ideal but beyond my capabilities.
Rinse with bicarb before and after?
Take calcium supplements"

11/29/2013: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Zark: You can buy ACV in tablet form at many health food stores. My standard prevention for prostate problems is 50-100mg zinc daily plus 3mg copper for balance. Occasional or during flare-up take a few capsules of Stinging Nettles. Occasional Cranberry or D Mannose kills the bad bacteria in the urinary tract, which if untreated infects & inflames the prostate."

11/29/2013: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Timh

Very good observation on urinary track infection as inflammatory to prostate. In fact, I think often the prostate itself suffers from a low grade infection. One urologist I read about gave his patients a few tablespoons of colloidal silver daily and in a month all 30 had improved conditions (varying problems) from flow to urgency issues. His conclusion was that a low grade infection was at work.

Moral of the story: Never overlook the possibility of infection re medical issues."

11/27/2013: Willy from Los Angeles: "How long did you take BHT before you noticed results? I noticed BHT is in rogaine and most every other hairloss topical and even pills."

EC: Check here: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/mycoplasma_fermentans_questions.html

11/27/2013: Marie from Minneapolis: "I was reading on a fibromyalgia site that hyssop can help with mycoplasma. Also would cilantro and lecithin work to help remove the metals? How much niacin and hydrogen peroxide should someone use a day or dose. and what is edta?"

11/27/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Marie: Some top notch people have a complete program they explain in detail that goes on for 100 days called SITS. The simple solution would be to get 4 sulfur containing proteins. These are easily denatured when cooked or exposed to synthetic everything. The main one is cysteine. The only food high in cysteine is raw whey isolate. Three superfoods that contain the other three proteins are raw cocoa powder, hawaiin spirulina, and dessicated liver. Sulfur turns on many important pathways, both nourishes and detoxes, and assists oxygen in energizing. The 80/10/10ers have a complete raw whole food program that enables the body to function at peak performance. You can watch their videos."

11/30/2013: Marie from Minneapolis: "Could you post a link to both the protocol and the videos. I tried an internet search for SITS, but I'm unsure if I found what you were referring to."

11/30/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Marie: David Wolfe's Super Immune Tonic System."

11/27/2013: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Suzanne: Not sure if Ted can reply right now as he has been punished by his gov.

If I may suggest a possible remedy that you don't seem to have tried. The single function of the gallbladder is to store bile. Bile helps digest fats and acts like a natural laxative. Do you have problems like constipation also?? With no gallbladder it is solely up to your liver to produce bile "on demand"; and in order for your liver to accomplish this you need adequate levels of Glycine & Taurine, Supplementing Glycine & Taurine at 500-1000mg each daily should help correct this problem."

11/27/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Suzanne: The enlightened wise man, Bill, recommends sun dried sea salt and clay, Wyoming is best, and he is right. I am not sure apples, oats, and vegetable stew, provides all the necessary nutrients. Home made water kefir, black chia seeds, colostrum, dessicated liver, marine phytoplankton, 1oz liquid concentrate, coconut oil, and raw wildflower honey may be beneficial."

11/27/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Phlippines: "Hi Suzanne...Your problems appear to be more than just GERD/Reflux because you have had your gallbladder removed. The function of the gall bladder is to store adequate amounts of bile between meals. The bile mixes with the digested food in order to emulsify fats into small droplets for better absorption and it also acts as a sort of soap(when combined with an alkali like sodium bicarbonate) to help the travel of digested food down the intestines by peristalsis. So part of your problem is caused by inconsistent and varying amounts of bile fluid secreted at mealtimes which is caused by your gallbladder removal. To remedy this problem, it may help you to take ox bile tablets at mealtimes.

The fact that you are losing weight also indicates a problem with your nutritional pathway between your intestines and blood. So digestion must be improved.

Perhaps the most poignant reason for your problems is the fact that you took antibiotics for your scleroderma problems. Antibiotics are well known to cause dysbiosis(imbalance of good/bad bacteria in the gut). This factor is what leads to pathogen overrun and problems in the gut such as IBS or Candida. What's more, taking both antibiotics and PPIs like Prilosec for any length of time are notorious for causing both candida and associated bacterial problems in the gut.

Your GERD/Reflux problems can be helped by taking pancreatic enzymes or pancreatin(with added bromelain and papain), betaine HCL at mealtimes and, one hour after meals, by taking 1/4 tspn sodium bicarbonate with water. This regimen is more fully described below.

The pancreatin and betaine HCL should be taken at every meal.

The way to take betaine hydrochloride is to begin by taking 1 capsule fifteen minutes before the meal. Next meal take 2 capsules, 15 minutes before; next meal take 3 capsules as before. Keep doing this until you feel a peppery burning in stomach, esophagus. Then back off one capsule. Doing this will help bring up your stomach acid to its correct strength and it also helps to repair the lack of gastric acid in the stomach by supplying chlorides. This can also be further improved by regularly supplementing magnesium chloride and sea salt as advised on EC. Taking daily dosages of B50 complex and taking kelp will also help digestion.

The way to take the sodium bicarbonate(baking soda) is to add 1/4 tspn baking soda to half a glass of water and take this 1 hour after you have finished your meals. This is taken after acid stomach digestion has finished and when duodenal or main stage digestion(which must be achieved in a slightly alkaline medium) begins. Without an alkaline medium, main stage digestion in the duodenum will not occur and the food just stagnates and rots which acts to further promote un-beneficial intestinal acidity and pathogen dominance in the upper intestines.

If you suspect that you have candida, you can perhaps confirm this more easily and cheaply by simply taking William Crook's online candida questionnaire given at this link:

William Crook's Candida Questionnaire

If you have candida then I would further advise that you should also take the protocol that is advised at this link. This protocol is also geared to eradicating bacterial diseases like IBS, colitis etc which are always so often associated with candida problems."

11/30/2013: Suzanne from Nipomo, Ca: "Hello Bill and everyone else who responded to my post;

I am very grateful for your help. I wanted to add a few things to my post that I failed to mention last time.

Bill, I have tried the HCL and also the ACV with baking soda protocols. ACV tends to give me more of a burning sensation in the stomach and also pain/itching that situates itself between the shoulder blades. I have also tried to take the HCL with the same results. Extreme burning. I believe I have an inflammation in my stomach and maybe even in the intestines because, at times, when the stool moves through my bowels it feels like a rock and my stomach is in such pain when I eat certain things. I do take an enzyme with pancreatin/bromelin/papain through Metagenics. I am also taking a homeopathic remedy that has a little HCL in it but I don't believe it is all that much. I take digestive enzymes and I have added bile salts to my vitamin regimen some time ago. I have just started taking the 1/4 tsp baking soda one hour after meals per your suggestion. We'll see how that goes. I am also changing my diet to be more bland. My fear is more weight loss because I was on a similar diet 9 months ago. The only thing I would like to keep eating is apples because it is one of the only raw foods I can eat and helps ease the stomach pain in the evenings before bedtime. I am a bit leery in taking the iodine or kelp because I overdosed on lugol when I was younger and, as a result, have some nodules on my thyroid gland.

The Drs. have told me I do not have Candida or h pylori. Not sure if that is true or not? I'm thinking about trying the Humic Acid and I actually am taking a B supplement for the liver called Livertone.

With all this I still feel bad after 9 months. Any other thoughts and if I should take specific B's and pancreatin's please let me know.

Thanks a bunch,
Suzanne"

11/30/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Suzanne: There is an easy and affordable way you can get well. You have to give the cells all the nutrients they require to function, detox, and repair the tissues. Make green smoothies from organic baby leaves in a blender. Eat raw honey and yogurt, the plain one with the cream on the top called brown cow. Go online and get raw cocoa powder, black chia seeds, nondenatured whey, dessicated liver, and marine phytoplankton, 1oz liquid, the expensive one. Take small amounts with water every hour. When you wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom take some more. All these products contain humic acids that activate nutrients, xeronines that activate proteins, sulfur, growth factors, steroids, and hormones. They increase the respiratory quotient and improve zeta potential."

11/30/2013: Suzanne from Nipomo, Ca: "Seems that when I take 1/4 baking soda in water 2 times a day I get very bloated? Not sure why..."

11/30/2013: Ed2010 from Canada: "Hello Suzanne,

What all recommended here are the right foods and supplements for your symptoms. Ofcourse, bill is well experienced He can't go wrong. Have patience and don't try everything at once. Looks like you have weak intestines that is because bile is directly released to the small intestine without control, which is the function of gall bladder. If what others recommended did n't work. I will recommend the same thing, but Forget about nutrition for now, Once you start getting the feel better sense you can start nutritious food. What all you need is Carbs from rice, potato and Wheat that is enough. Stop Apple, Oats because weak intestines are easily aggravated by apple and oat fibre or even anyther fiber. Trust me reduce your fiber intake, infact nothing. Fibre from wheat and rice are more than enough. no GMO. Take Ted's Alkalazing formula (which is ACV or Lemon and baking soda combo) 3 times a day. It acts as barrier solution of the intestine to heal itself. To support digestion drink milk kefir, Miso Soup. Probiotics can greatly reduce the symptoms of intestine pain. Kefir and Miso will heal the intestine because of their natural amino acid profile. Let me know after 4 days. Coz I don't want to tell bunch of other supplements to try all at once.

Good Health"

12/01/2013: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Suzanne: Pain between the shoulder blades is a sure sign of pancreas infection. The pancreas lies just beneath the gall, so many cases of gallbladder trouble are also extended to the P. Try to find Dr Christopher's P-14 herbal formula which will greatly help.

Also, the possibility of parasitic infestation seems high in cases like this; so do an herbal para cleanse and this should also help. The Co. Solaray also has a good Pancreas formula which will help.

Lastly, to bring immediate relief, use a strong magnet (a music speaker one will do) directly over the gall area as this will greatly reduce inflammation. The magnet therapy has proved successful for my inflamed pancreas several times."

04/16/2012: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "I've done "eye baths" with watered down bilberry extract with great success."

[YEA]  11/27/2013: Mojo74 from Alberta, Canada: "I have had 2 flare ups with iritis in the last 4 years, the third one came the other day… I searched the internet again… my last flare up was earlier this year, and did NOT want to go through it again as you all know how painful this is. I went and bought Bilberry after reading this recommendation, and I've only been taking it for 1 day, but I have little pain, and no sensitivity to light. In this one day of taking Bilberry I am confident that this will work! Thank you so much, you have saved me from going through the painful episode of iritis! My eye is red and a little sore, but I'm sure that as long as I keep taking this every day that it will keep the iritis away. Thanks again! XXX"

[SIDE EFFECTS]  11/27/2013: Serene from Singapore: "Hi all, I've been trying this tonic for almost 1 month. but I'm having dark brown discharge for 10 days. I only had normal menstruation for 3 days in between. Is this normal? Should I continue this treatment. Someone please tell me."

11/28/2013: Angi from New York, Ny: "I had Overian cyst last year and I got completely cured. The only thing I was taking Apple Cider Vinegar and Baking Soda first thing in the morning with empty stomach. I was taking 1/4 tea spoon baking soda and one spoon ACV. It took me almost 9months to complete cure of my overian cyst. I am still taking it couple of times a week to prevent my self. I changed my diet and doing excercise. You can also watch video on you tube for cancer cure they use baking soda. ACV and Baking Soda completely wash out your system or any other digestion problem from inside.
Good Luck."

11/30/2013: Serene from Singapore: "Hi Angi, thanks for sharing this remedy. what was your cyst measuring before you started this treatment? were you following any diet or particular food to avoid?"

EC: Check here: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/mycoplasma_fermentans_questions.html

11/27/2013: Marie from Minneapolis: "I was reading on a fibromyalgia site that hyssop can help with mycoplasma. Also would cilantro and lecithin work to help remove the metals? How much niacin and hydrogen peroxide should someone use a day or dose. and what is edta?"

11/27/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Marie: Some top notch people have a complete program they explain in detail that goes on for 100 days called SITS. The simple solution would be to get 4 sulfur containing proteins. These are easily denatured when cooked or exposed to synthetic everything. The main one is cysteine. The only food high in cysteine is raw whey isolate. Three superfoods that contain the other three proteins are raw cocoa powder, hawaiin spirulina, and dessicated liver. Sulfur turns on many important pathways, both nourishes and detoxes, and assists oxygen in energizing. The 80/10/10ers have a complete raw whole food program that enables the body to function at peak performance. You can watch their videos."

11/30/2013: Marie from Minneapolis: "Could you post a link to both the protocol and the videos. I tried an internet search for SITS, but I'm unsure if I found what you were referring to."

11/30/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Marie: David Wolfe's Super Immune Tonic System."

[YEA]  11/27/2013: Stephanie from Los Angeles, Ca: "Distilled water has been very helpful for me. I started using it June 1 2013 see a huge difference in my health, joint pain and well being."

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "STEPHANIE, be careful, because distilled water will remove minerals from your body, especially calcium. You are flirting with osteoporosis."

11/28/2013: Rsw from Uniontown, Oh: "Robert Henry,

I was hoping you would reply to Duke. Glad to hear you are doing well. I noticed your comment that distilled water removes minerals and wondered if RO water does the same thing? Hope not! Thanks and best wishes."

11/30/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile Tn.: "YEP, RO WATER has all the minerals removed just like distilled water does. Our Anti-Aging doctor uses an RO SYSTEM because the Knoxville water has so many man made chemicals in it. She then has to supplement with minerals. We have well water and drink from an Alkaline Ionizer which gives us double the good minerals that is normally in the well water. I'm not that smart, but Google is. ======RH======="

11/27/2013: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "Mon99, what I did was take a tiny lick of Celtic Sea Salt (from Geraunde, France) with each glass of water during the day. And I mean just a few grains of salt to a 20cc cup of water."

11/27/2013: Dee from Springfield, Ma: "This reply is to 11/27/13 Mon99 from London: My dear mother suffered for many years with hyponatremia, but hers had to do with brain vessel disease and her neurologist (who was not only knowledgeable but open to alternative treatments) suggested coconut water (we used Zico) and my mom's primary physician also indicated homemade electrolyte drinks. You could do a Google search. Although it helped mom tremendously, she had many other medical problems and recently went home to be with the LORD. I wrote because this might be of help for your mom; if not seeing one you may want to take her to a good neurologist, though there may be well qualified posters here at earth clinic. Be sure not to give your mom too much water; I don't remember why now, but the doctors limited her fluid intake. The electrolytes and soups did bring up her sodium to 134 - 135 which is the low end of normal range; but it was a constant frustrating battle because of the brain vessel disease. I believe as with everything we need a balance in electrolytes especially as we get older, so I now use sea salt in my diet (and the electrolytes) as well as periodically monitor blood pressure readings. Another "Band-Aid" fix from my mom's primary doctor was using the bouillon cubes that are loaded with salt when making soups. I can never repay for all the help I received with my own medical issues from all of the earth clinic posters and I truly hope this helps you. I will be praying for your mom. Dee"

11/29/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Mono99...If we assume that your mother's problem is lack of nutrients through diet then she shoud take:

Sea Salt(NOT refined salt) -- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon with water twice a day outside mealtimes. Peanuts and crisps are not allowed because they contain refined salt. Natural sea salt contains salt as well as 80 trace minerals that will be more beneficial to your mother. Refined salt is more acidic and contains just sodium chloride with other additives from processing like ferrocyanide and aluminium -- not good in the diet.

Magnesium -- As Magnesium chloride or magnesium citrate -- 250 mgs twice a day. Magnesium is easily regulated by the kidneys. This will also help her calcium levels -- because magnesium regulates calcium in the body and the likelihood is that she is deficient in magnesium. Magnesium is a key electrolyte for the body, most people are deficient in magnesium and most people eat far too much dairy foods and foods that are over-fortified with calcium. By reducing dairy foods, you reduce calcium intake.

Kelp -- To raise iodine levels in the body to correct levels. Too much calcium in the blood inhibits iodine uptake by the thyroid gland which causes low thyroid. This results in lowered, inefficient metabolism. These days, virtually everyone is deficient iodine in their diet. Kelp cpntains iodine which will help to bring up your mother's iodine levels to improve thyroid activity. Iodine via kelp also aids digestion.

If the above protocols don't have much effect on re-adjusting her mineral levels then your mother should get a full spectrum check on her Liver, Kidneys and Thyroid from the doctor as her problems might also be caused because of the mis-regulation of minerals in her body involving the liver, kidney and thyroid. If you get the thyroid check then your doctor will recommend the TSH check. However, you should insist on the Free T3 - Free T4 check for her thyroid because this is far more accurate than the TSH check."

11/27/2013: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "Mon99, what I did was take a tiny lick of Celtic Sea Salt (from Geraunde, France) with each glass of water during the day. And I mean just a few grains of salt to a 20cc cup of water."

11/27/2013: Dee from Springfield, Ma: "This reply is to 11/27/13 Mon99 from London: My dear mother suffered for many years with hyponatremia, but hers had to do with brain vessel disease and her neurologist (who was not only knowledgeable but open to alternative treatments) suggested coconut water (we used Zico) and my mom's primary physician also indicated homemade electrolyte drinks. You could do a Google search. Although it helped mom tremendously, she had many other medical problems and recently went home to be with the LORD. I wrote because this might be of help for your mom; if not seeing one you may want to take her to a good neurologist, though there may be well qualified posters here at earth clinic. Be sure not to give your mom too much water; I don't remember why now, but the doctors limited her fluid intake. The electrolytes and soups did bring up her sodium to 134 - 135 which is the low end of normal range; but it was a constant frustrating battle because of the brain vessel disease. I believe as with everything we need a balance in electrolytes especially as we get older, so I now use sea salt in my diet (and the electrolytes) as well as periodically monitor blood pressure readings. Another "Band-Aid" fix from my mom's primary doctor was using the bouillon cubes that are loaded with salt when making soups. I can never repay for all the help I received with my own medical issues from all of the earth clinic posters and I truly hope this helps you. I will be praying for your mom. Dee"

11/29/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Philippines: "Hi Mono99...If we assume that your mother's problem is lack of nutrients through diet then she shoud take:

Sea Salt(NOT refined salt) -- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon with water twice a day outside mealtimes. Peanuts and crisps are not allowed because they contain refined salt. Natural sea salt contains salt as well as 80 trace minerals that will be more beneficial to your mother. Refined salt is more acidic and contains just sodium chloride with other additives from processing like ferrocyanide and aluminium -- not good in the diet.

Magnesium -- As Magnesium chloride or magnesium citrate -- 250 mgs twice a day. Magnesium is easily regulated by the kidneys. This will also help her calcium levels -- because magnesium regulates calcium in the body and the likelihood is that she is deficient in magnesium. Magnesium is a key electrolyte for the body, most people are deficient in magnesium and most people eat far too much dairy foods and foods that are over-fortified with calcium. By reducing dairy foods, you reduce calcium intake.

Kelp -- To raise iodine levels in the body to correct levels. Too much calcium in the blood inhibits iodine uptake by the thyroid gland which causes low thyroid. This results in lowered, inefficient metabolism. These days, virtually everyone is deficient iodine in their diet. Kelp cpntains iodine which will help to bring up your mother's iodine levels to improve thyroid activity. Iodine via kelp also aids digestion.

If the above protocols don't have much effect on re-adjusting her mineral levels then your mother should get a full spectrum check on her Liver, Kidneys and Thyroid from the doctor as her problems might also be caused because of the mis-regulation of minerals in her body involving the liver, kidney and thyroid. If you get the thyroid check then your doctor will recommend the TSH check. However, you should insist on the Free T3 - Free T4 check for her thyroid because this is far more accurate than the TSH check."

11/26/2013: Meeya from Sunnyvale, Ca: "Thanks for sharing Guyb. In wanting to help others, I've found that Demodex mites manifests differently in everyone, and that - most likely - there are many different species. Can you please share what your symptoms / manifestations were before you treated? How did you discover that it was indeed a mite infestation (demodex)? Many Thanks."

11/26/2013: Theresa from Mpls., Mn: "Hey Meeya!

Some info on demodex since you are info gathering!

Demodex mites are species adapted, which means while there are many species of demodex mites, the ones found on dogs only live on dogs and the ones found on cats only live on cats, etc. There are two species found on humans - D. folliculorum and D. brevis. The species is not zoonotic - you can't catch demodex from your dog, however there is one documented instance where a boy and his dog both had the same species of demodex - folliculorum; in that case it appeared the child gave the demodex to his dog.

http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/44/08138196/0813819644-2.pdf"

11/27/2013: Meeya from Sunnyvale. Ca: "Thank you, Theresa! Wondering also how one knows for sure that it's the mites that are causing their symptoms - other than looking under a microscope?

What are the typical symptoms of an infestation? Would love to hear others experiences."

11/27/2013: Theresa from Mpls., Mn: "Hey Meeya!

My experience with demodicosis is with dogs - not people. I have tried unsucessfully to verify the stories I read on the internet where people say they 'caught' demodex from their dogs. There are many stories but only 1 verified incident of a zoonotic transmission, and in that case it would appear the dog caught it from a child. [Note: in the plentiful stories on the internet the cases are not verified, the species not identified, so you cannot say for certain that the species that infected a particular dog infected the person who handled the dog who also broke with demodex.]

The only 'sure fire' way to diagnose demodicosis is by using a microscope - it doesn't need to be super powerful as demodex mites are fairly large. Keep in mind that *most* of the time the demodex mites leave peacefully on their hosts; its when the hosts body is .. out of tune in some way... that the mite populations are permitted to over grow which then trigger symptoms in humans.

The mites are typically active at night; afflicted people report feeling them crawl on their skin [the mites come out of the follicles to mate] - and the by products of the mites - their wastes and when they die their decomposing bodies - appear to be what creates the intense itching some individuals experience.

You can google "demodex in humans" and then select the IMAGES tab to see pix of folks with demodex related rosacea and acne."

11/27/2013: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Suzanne: Not sure if Ted can reply right now as he has been punished by his gov.

If I may suggest a possible remedy that you don't seem to have tried. The single function of the gallbladder is to store bile. Bile helps digest fats and acts like a natural laxative. Do you have problems like constipation also?? With no gallbladder it is solely up to your liver to produce bile "on demand"; and in order for your liver to accomplish this you need adequate levels of Glycine & Taurine, Supplementing Glycine & Taurine at 500-1000mg each daily should help correct this problem."

11/27/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Suzanne: The enlightened wise man, Bill, recommends sun dried sea salt and clay, Wyoming is best, and he is right. I am not sure apples, oats, and vegetable stew, provides all the necessary nutrients. Home made water kefir, black chia seeds, colostrum, dessicated liver, marine phytoplankton, 1oz liquid concentrate, coconut oil, and raw wildflower honey may be beneficial."

11/27/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Phlippines: "Hi Suzanne...Your problems appear to be more than just GERD/Reflux because you have had your gallbladder removed. The function of the gall bladder is to store adequate amounts of bile between meals. The bile mixes with the digested food in order to emulsify fats into small droplets for better absorption and it also acts as a sort of soap(when combined with an alkali like sodium bicarbonate) to help the travel of digested food down the intestines by peristalsis. So part of your problem is caused by inconsistent and varying amounts of bile fluid secreted at mealtimes which is caused by your gallbladder removal. To remedy this problem, it may help you to take ox bile tablets at mealtimes.

The fact that you are losing weight also indicates a problem with your nutritional pathway between your intestines and blood. So digestion must be improved.

Perhaps the most poignant reason for your problems is the fact that you took antibiotics for your scleroderma problems. Antibiotics are well known to cause dysbiosis(imbalance of good/bad bacteria in the gut). This factor is what leads to pathogen overrun and problems in the gut such as IBS or Candida. What's more, taking both antibiotics and PPIs like Prilosec for any length of time are notorious for causing both candida and associated bacterial problems in the gut.

Your GERD/Reflux problems can be helped by taking pancreatic enzymes or pancreatin(with added bromelain and papain), betaine HCL at mealtimes and, one hour after meals, by taking 1/4 tspn sodium bicarbonate with water. This regimen is more fully described below.

The pancreatin and betaine HCL should be taken at every meal.

The way to take betaine hydrochloride is to begin by taking 1 capsule fifteen minutes before the meal. Next meal take 2 capsules, 15 minutes before; next meal take 3 capsules as before. Keep doing this until you feel a peppery burning in stomach, esophagus. Then back off one capsule. Doing this will help bring up your stomach acid to its correct strength and it also helps to repair the lack of gastric acid in the stomach by supplying chlorides. This can also be further improved by regularly supplementing magnesium chloride and sea salt as advised on EC. Taking daily dosages of B50 complex and taking kelp will also help digestion.

The way to take the sodium bicarbonate(baking soda) is to add 1/4 tspn baking soda to half a glass of water and take this 1 hour after you have finished your meals. This is taken after acid stomach digestion has finished and when duodenal or main stage digestion(which must be achieved in a slightly alkaline medium) begins. Without an alkaline medium, main stage digestion in the duodenum will not occur and the food just stagnates and rots which acts to further promote un-beneficial intestinal acidity and pathogen dominance in the upper intestines.

If you suspect that you have candida, you can perhaps confirm this more easily and cheaply by simply taking William Crook's online candida questionnaire given at this link:

William Crook's Candida Questionnaire

If you have candida then I would further advise that you should also take the protocol that is advised at this link. This protocol is also geared to eradicating bacterial diseases like IBS, colitis etc which are always so often associated with candida problems."

11/30/2013: Suzanne from Nipomo, Ca: "Hello Bill and everyone else who responded to my post;

I am very grateful for your help. I wanted to add a few things to my post that I failed to mention last time.

Bill, I have tried the HCL and also the ACV with baking soda protocols. ACV tends to give me more of a burning sensation in the stomach and also pain/itching that situates itself between the shoulder blades. I have also tried to take the HCL with the same results. Extreme burning. I believe I have an inflammation in my stomach and maybe even in the intestines because, at times, when the stool moves through my bowels it feels like a rock and my stomach is in such pain when I eat certain things. I do take an enzyme with pancreatin/bromelin/papain through Metagenics. I am also taking a homeopathic remedy that has a little HCL in it but I don't believe it is all that much. I take digestive enzymes and I have added bile salts to my vitamin regimen some time ago. I have just started taking the 1/4 tsp baking soda one hour after meals per your suggestion. We'll see how that goes. I am also changing my diet to be more bland. My fear is more weight loss because I was on a similar diet 9 months ago. The only thing I would like to keep eating is apples because it is one of the only raw foods I can eat and helps ease the stomach pain in the evenings before bedtime. I am a bit leery in taking the iodine or kelp because I overdosed on lugol when I was younger and, as a result, have some nodules on my thyroid gland.

The Drs. have told me I do not have Candida or h pylori. Not sure if that is true or not? I'm thinking about trying the Humic Acid and I actually am taking a B supplement for the liver called Livertone.

With all this I still feel bad after 9 months. Any other thoughts and if I should take specific B's and pancreatin's please let me know.

Thanks a bunch,
Suzanne"

11/30/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Suzanne: There is an easy and affordable way you can get well. You have to give the cells all the nutrients they require to function, detox, and repair the tissues. Make green smoothies from organic baby leaves in a blender. Eat raw honey and yogurt, the plain one with the cream on the top called brown cow. Go online and get raw cocoa powder, black chia seeds, nondenatured whey, dessicated liver, and marine phytoplankton, 1oz liquid, the expensive one. Take small amounts with water every hour. When you wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom take some more. All these products contain humic acids that activate nutrients, xeronines that activate proteins, sulfur, growth factors, steroids, and hormones. They increase the respiratory quotient and improve zeta potential."

11/30/2013: Suzanne from Nipomo, Ca: "Seems that when I take 1/4 baking soda in water 2 times a day I get very bloated? Not sure why..."

11/30/2013: Ed2010 from Canada: "Hello Suzanne,

What all recommended here are the right foods and supplements for your symptoms. Ofcourse, bill is well experienced He can't go wrong. Have patience and don't try everything at once. Looks like you have weak intestines that is because bile is directly released to the small intestine without control, which is the function of gall bladder. If what others recommended did n't work. I will recommend the same thing, but Forget about nutrition for now, Once you start getting the feel better sense you can start nutritious food. What all you need is Carbs from rice, potato and Wheat that is enough. Stop Apple, Oats because weak intestines are easily aggravated by apple and oat fibre or even anyther fiber. Trust me reduce your fiber intake, infact nothing. Fibre from wheat and rice are more than enough. no GMO. Take Ted's Alkalazing formula (which is ACV or Lemon and baking soda combo) 3 times a day. It acts as barrier solution of the intestine to heal itself. To support digestion drink milk kefir, Miso Soup. Probiotics can greatly reduce the symptoms of intestine pain. Kefir and Miso will heal the intestine because of their natural amino acid profile. Let me know after 4 days. Coz I don't want to tell bunch of other supplements to try all at once.

Good Health"

12/01/2013: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Suzanne: Pain between the shoulder blades is a sure sign of pancreas infection. The pancreas lies just beneath the gall, so many cases of gallbladder trouble are also extended to the P. Try to find Dr Christopher's P-14 herbal formula which will greatly help.

Also, the possibility of parasitic infestation seems high in cases like this; so do an herbal para cleanse and this should also help. The Co. Solaray also has a good Pancreas formula which will help.

Lastly, to bring immediate relief, use a strong magnet (a music speaker one will do) directly over the gall area as this will greatly reduce inflammation. The magnet therapy has proved successful for my inflamed pancreas several times."

11/07/2013: Scmm from San Ramon : "HI I have a question... does ACV diluted to 5% acidity with water work? Can I use it?"

11/08/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Hi Scmm,

Most Apple Cider Vinegar is diluted to 5% acidity when you buy it. Most people that use and dilute it further in water to drink it. (I do have a child that just takes the 5% straight and then drinks water, to get it over with.) I like 1 Tablespoon of vinegar in an 8 oz. glass of water. This works great for me.

~Mama to Many~"

11/09/2013: Scmm from San Ramon, California: "Thank you so much for answering my question. I started using it from yesterday afternoon, Should I drink it till the period stops or should I continue it for few more days after the period is over? Thank you for your reply, Scmm"

11/09/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Scmm,

I would go ahead and take it a few days after you period is over. It is safe to take all month long. Some people take it 5 days on and 2 days off.

Let us know if is solves your problem for you!

~Mama to Many~"

11/27/2013: Barbara77771 from Rhode Island: "I was wondering how long do you need to take the apple cider vinegar if the bleeding stops and also is it something you can take just at the onset of your period or is it something you need to take all month long to get the benefits of shorten less heavy periods? Thank you"

08/28/2013: Happy from Up The Creek In Wv, Usa: "In response to 08/28/2013: Jance from Ontario who writes: "I am a 58 years...." Sounds like you have been poisoned. Now you have to figure out what type of poison it is, and how it ended up in your body... Are you in the midst of a divorce? Good luck."

08/28/2013: Mt from Ottawa, Ontario: "You may have a partial blockage of the small/ large intestine. Also it can be that your stomach/ pancreas/ liver may not work properly.

Less acid in your stomach can lead to malabsorbtion of nutrients -this is the reason for your symptoms. Same can happen if you don't have enough bile or pancreatic enzymes.

Read about Calamus root and also Swedish Bitter.

For the pancreas a juice of papaya and aloe in equal parts will help to reduce inflamation (1/3 cup of each 3 times daily)

For intestinal polyps, Horse tail is a good herb."

08/29/2013: Jessie from Riverdale, Md: "Jance, so sorry to hear about your difficulties! I have been reading the stories on the hydrogen peroxide inhalation page and it make me think of you. You might read some of those pages. Also, if you have mercury fillings or root canals, those things can cause a body to have all sorts of ailments. It might be something to look in to. Hope you find relief soon. Jessie"

09/03/2013: Hotlava from Seattle: "Possibly try bottle dosage of Vitamin A and betaine HCL (stomach digestion aid). Sounds like you have gastroparesis (slowed and delayed stomach emptying), overgrowth of something in your gi tract, and impaired immmunity. could be due to heavy metals in your environment- silver colored mercury filings in your mouth, or living in an old house. But since you mention celiac (auto-immune dz), and receeding gums, I think mercury. So sorry for your troubles! Good luck!"

11/21/2013: Mary from Edmonton: "Frothy sputum can be a sign of heart problems especially with the shortness of breath. Better see a specialist as soon as possible for an accurate diagnosis before you do anything."

11/27/2013: Becky from Columbus, Oh: "Janice, I agree with Mary! ASAP- do not delay - do not continue to treat yourself- esp due to shortness of breath- locate a reputable health practitioner in your area!"

08/29/2013: Dreamer from Earth: "Hey. Why in many places it is said ACV to be bad for kidney disease cause of it's huge amount of potassium and here it is recommended? Kind regards: Dreamer"

11/27/2013: Benkatz from Odessa, Mo: "People with Renal failure need to know that the number one thing they need to do is stop eating their normal diet and sweat. If they eat sugars, gluten-containing foods regularly, excessive protein, etc, the problem will compound. Eat raw fruits or vegetables, drink kombucha or herbal teas. Food-induced acidity and toxin absorbsion through air, mouth or skin is the reason the kidneys are failing (unless dehydration is the culprit, and in that case-real water is needed, not tap or "filtered" water). Don't forget to relieve your kidneys of toxin removal duty a bit by exercising and going to a sauna, or just finding a way to sweat.

Also, if you have mercury amalgams, realize that kidneys are unable to remove the mercury without help (garlic, cilantro, chlorella). Either get the mercury out or pull the tooth, it might put years on one's life. ACV will help eliminate any pathenogenic by-products or bacteria, etc. and the bicarbonate will help restore blood alkalinity and help kidney function. Junk food and beverages are the real problem, so stop ingesting them!

A good idea would be to stop eating, take blackstrap molasses, ACV and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) in 1:30 intervals throughout the day. Your body will tell you which one it needs more of. If you crave it, you probably need it. For more severe cases, continue for 3+ days. Dialysis should be used when one won't give up food, but bicarbonate has been proven in studies to help kidney function, doctors probably don't care. They'd zip you up in a body bag early, literally, read about Roy Benivides, a Medal of Honor winner ( not that war should ever be supported, but it is a great illustration of the apathetical attitude taken on by some physicians).

Sodium bicarbonate does have a laxative effects, but if one's kidneys are failing, you need to be cleaned out anyway. Ph and toxin concentration are most significantly affected by the rotting animal carcasses in the bowels. We were designed to eat fruits, vegetables and herbs, forget all the high-protein hype.

Hot peppers should also help relieve water retention too, in some cases. Chilis, habaneros, cayenne, etc, should help in reducing edema as well as killing off unwanted bacteria that cause kidney infection, but this may only be the underlying problem for a minority of CKD sufferers.

Bottom line- observe your body's reactions and think logically, forget drugs and dialysis, you weren't meant to live like that. Clean out your body or machines are your only hope, because drugs kill after a while. Also, go outside and exercise. Pray to G-d, He may reveal a cure, like He did to Hezekiah."

11/26/2013: Meeya from Sunnyvale, Ca: "Thanks for sharing Guyb. In wanting to help others, I've found that Demodex mites manifests differently in everyone, and that - most likely - there are many different species. Can you please share what your symptoms / manifestations were before you treated? How did you discover that it was indeed a mite infestation (demodex)? Many Thanks."

11/26/2013: Theresa from Mpls., Mn: "Hey Meeya!

Some info on demodex since you are info gathering!

Demodex mites are species adapted, which means while there are many species of demodex mites, the ones found on dogs only live on dogs and the ones found on cats only live on cats, etc. There are two species found on humans - D. folliculorum and D. brevis. The species is not zoonotic - you can't catch demodex from your dog, however there is one documented instance where a boy and his dog both had the same species of demodex - folliculorum; in that case it appeared the child gave the demodex to his dog.

http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/44/08138196/0813819644-2.pdf"

11/27/2013: Meeya from Sunnyvale. Ca: "Thank you, Theresa! Wondering also how one knows for sure that it's the mites that are causing their symptoms - other than looking under a microscope?

What are the typical symptoms of an infestation? Would love to hear others experiences."

11/27/2013: Theresa from Mpls., Mn: "Hey Meeya!

My experience with demodicosis is with dogs - not people. I have tried unsucessfully to verify the stories I read on the internet where people say they 'caught' demodex from their dogs. There are many stories but only 1 verified incident of a zoonotic transmission, and in that case it would appear the dog caught it from a child. [Note: in the plentiful stories on the internet the cases are not verified, the species not identified, so you cannot say for certain that the species that infected a particular dog infected the person who handled the dog who also broke with demodex.]

The only 'sure fire' way to diagnose demodicosis is by using a microscope - it doesn't need to be super powerful as demodex mites are fairly large. Keep in mind that *most* of the time the demodex mites leave peacefully on their hosts; its when the hosts body is .. out of tune in some way... that the mite populations are permitted to over grow which then trigger symptoms in humans.

The mites are typically active at night; afflicted people report feeling them crawl on their skin [the mites come out of the follicles to mate] - and the by products of the mites - their wastes and when they die their decomposing bodies - appear to be what creates the intense itching some individuals experience.

You can google "demodex in humans" and then select the IMAGES tab to see pix of folks with demodex related rosacea and acne."

11/19/2013: Jb from Atlanta, GA: "Ascorbic acid is not Vit C. It is only one constituent of Vit C. Most ascorbic acid should be avoided because of inferior, adulterated composition. Instead, use a whole food form of Vit C from responsible companies. Do not waste your money on drug, grocery, Big Box store synthetic Vit C."

11/27/2013: Chhivhung from Cambodia: "Hi Allison, I would like to ask if now your redness all gone? and no more dilated red blood vessel on face, right? Cause I'm worried too much of my cheek. Both are red while I face sunlight."

04/10/2013: Colleen from Greenwich, Ny, Us: "Are you using whole foods supplements or synthetic? I started the same regime then read about the horrible side effects of ascorbic acid and how synthetic supplements ultimately deplete us of vitamins and minerals. I appreciate your feedback. Colleen"

11/27/2013: Chhivhung from Cambodia: "Hi...Zoe...

I have been searching for the best way to treat my capillaries on my check. I saw your comment which was about taking Vit C and Lysine. I would like to try it since there is a way to treat. I'll try all possible treatment, except Laser. Laser cause my skin to be sensitive and I can't face the direct sunlight now. So terrible. Before my skin was so nice only after I got the laser to treat my acne(mild) so it resulted so bad as today. I was so stupid to believe those people to get my skin treated. The most regret thing in myself. Anyways, I'd like to ask if your capillaries on you face or where? and how long did you take to get the result. So now there is no capillaries even a bit?"

11/27/2013: Timh from Ky, Usa: "To not distinguish chronic or excessive Pot use in youth from occasional or moderate is an error of thinking. Bad premise and procedure always end w/ bad conclusions and results."

11/27/2013: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Suzanne: Not sure if Ted can reply right now as he has been punished by his gov.

If I may suggest a possible remedy that you don't seem to have tried. The single function of the gallbladder is to store bile. Bile helps digest fats and acts like a natural laxative. Do you have problems like constipation also?? With no gallbladder it is solely up to your liver to produce bile "on demand"; and in order for your liver to accomplish this you need adequate levels of Glycine & Taurine, Supplementing Glycine & Taurine at 500-1000mg each daily should help correct this problem."

11/27/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Suzanne: The enlightened wise man, Bill, recommends sun dried sea salt and clay, Wyoming is best, and he is right. I am not sure apples, oats, and vegetable stew, provides all the necessary nutrients. Home made water kefir, black chia seeds, colostrum, dessicated liver, marine phytoplankton, 1oz liquid concentrate, coconut oil, and raw wildflower honey may be beneficial."

11/27/2013: Bill from San Fernando, Phlippines: "Hi Suzanne...Your problems appear to be more than just GERD/Reflux because you have had your gallbladder removed. The function of the gall bladder is to store adequate amounts of bile between meals. The bile mixes with the digested food in order to emulsify fats into small droplets for better absorption and it also acts as a sort of soap(when combined with an alkali like sodium bicarbonate) to help the travel of digested food down the intestines by peristalsis. So part of your problem is caused by inconsistent and varying amounts of bile fluid secreted at mealtimes which is caused by your gallbladder removal. To remedy this problem, it may help you to take ox bile tablets at mealtimes.

The fact that you are losing weight also indicates a problem with your nutritional pathway between your intestines and blood. So digestion must be improved.

Perhaps the most poignant reason for your problems is the fact that you took antibiotics for your scleroderma problems. Antibiotics are well known to cause dysbiosis(imbalance of good/bad bacteria in the gut). This factor is what leads to pathogen overrun and problems in the gut such as IBS or Candida. What's more, taking both antibiotics and PPIs like Prilosec for any length of time are notorious for causing both candida and associated bacterial problems in the gut.

Your GERD/Reflux problems can be helped by taking pancreatic enzymes or pancreatin(with added bromelain and papain), betaine HCL at mealtimes and, one hour after meals, by taking 1/4 tspn sodium bicarbonate with water. This regimen is more fully described below.

The pancreatin and betaine HCL should be taken at every meal.

The way to take betaine hydrochloride is to begin by taking 1 capsule fifteen minutes before the meal. Next meal take 2 capsules, 15 minutes before; next meal take 3 capsules as before. Keep doing this until you feel a peppery burning in stomach, esophagus. Then back off one capsule. Doing this will help bring up your stomach acid to its correct strength and it also helps to repair the lack of gastric acid in the stomach by supplying chlorides. This can also be further improved by regularly supplementing magnesium chloride and sea salt as advised on EC. Taking daily dosages of B50 complex and taking kelp will also help digestion.

The way to take the sodium bicarbonate(baking soda) is to add 1/4 tspn baking soda to half a glass of water and take this 1 hour after you have finished your meals. This is taken after acid stomach digestion has finished and when duodenal or main stage digestion(which must be achieved in a slightly alkaline medium) begins. Without an alkaline medium, main stage digestion in the duodenum will not occur and the food just stagnates and rots which acts to further promote un-beneficial intestinal acidity and pathogen dominance in the upper intestines.

If you suspect that you have candida, you can perhaps confirm this more easily and cheaply by simply taking William Crook's online candida questionnaire given at this link:

William Crook's Candida Questionnaire

If you have candida then I would further advise that you should also take the protocol that is advised at this link. This protocol is also geared to eradicating bacterial diseases like IBS, colitis etc which are always so often associated with candida problems."

11/30/2013: Suzanne from Nipomo, Ca: "Hello Bill and everyone else who responded to my post;

I am very grateful for your help. I wanted to add a few things to my post that I failed to mention last time.

Bill, I have tried the HCL and also the ACV with baking soda protocols. ACV tends to give me more of a burning sensation in the stomach and also pain/itching that situates itself between the shoulder blades. I have also tried to take the HCL with the same results. Extreme burning. I believe I have an inflammation in my stomach and maybe even in the intestines because, at times, when the stool moves through my bowels it feels like a rock and my stomach is in such pain when I eat certain things. I do take an enzyme with pancreatin/bromelin/papain through Metagenics. I am also taking a homeopathic remedy that has a little HCL in it but I don't believe it is all that much. I take digestive enzymes and I have added bile salts to my vitamin regimen some time ago. I have just started taking the 1/4 tsp baking soda one hour after meals per your suggestion. We'll see how that goes. I am also changing my diet to be more bland. My fear is more weight loss because I was on a similar diet 9 months ago. The only thing I would like to keep eating is apples because it is one of the only raw foods I can eat and helps ease the stomach pain in the evenings before bedtime. I am a bit leery in taking the iodine or kelp because I overdosed on lugol when I was younger and, as a result, have some nodules on my thyroid gland.

The Drs. have told me I do not have Candida or h pylori. Not sure if that is true or not? I'm thinking about trying the Humic Acid and I actually am taking a B supplement for the liver called Livertone.

With all this I still feel bad after 9 months. Any other thoughts and if I should take specific B's and pancreatin's please let me know.

Thanks a bunch,
Suzanne"

11/30/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Suzanne: There is an easy and affordable way you can get well. You have to give the cells all the nutrients they require to function, detox, and repair the tissues. Make green smoothies from organic baby leaves in a blender. Eat raw honey and yogurt, the plain one with the cream on the top called brown cow. Go online and get raw cocoa powder, black chia seeds, nondenatured whey, dessicated liver, and marine phytoplankton, 1oz liquid, the expensive one. Take small amounts with water every hour. When you wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom take some more. All these products contain humic acids that activate nutrients, xeronines that activate proteins, sulfur, growth factors, steroids, and hormones. They increase the respiratory quotient and improve zeta potential."

11/30/2013: Suzanne from Nipomo, Ca: "Seems that when I take 1/4 baking soda in water 2 times a day I get very bloated? Not sure why..."

11/30/2013: Ed2010 from Canada: "Hello Suzanne,

What all recommended here are the right foods and supplements for your symptoms. Ofcourse, bill is well experienced He can't go wrong. Have patience and don't try everything at once. Looks like you have weak intestines that is because bile is directly released to the small intestine without control, which is the function of gall bladder. If what others recommended did n't work. I will recommend the same thing, but Forget about nutrition for now, Once you start getting the feel better sense you can start nutritious food. What all you need is Carbs from rice, potato and Wheat that is enough. Stop Apple, Oats because weak intestines are easily aggravated by apple and oat fibre or even anyther fiber. Trust me reduce your fiber intake, infact nothing. Fibre from wheat and rice are more than enough. no GMO. Take Ted's Alkalazing formula (which is ACV or Lemon and baking soda combo) 3 times a day. It acts as barrier solution of the intestine to heal itself. To support digestion drink milk kefir, Miso Soup. Probiotics can greatly reduce the symptoms of intestine pain. Kefir and Miso will heal the intestine because of their natural amino acid profile. Let me know after 4 days. Coz I don't want to tell bunch of other supplements to try all at once.

Good Health"

12/01/2013: Timh from Ky, Usa: "Suzanne: Pain between the shoulder blades is a sure sign of pancreas infection. The pancreas lies just beneath the gall, so many cases of gallbladder trouble are also extended to the P. Try to find Dr Christopher's P-14 herbal formula which will greatly help.

Also, the possibility of parasitic infestation seems high in cases like this; so do an herbal para cleanse and this should also help. The Co. Solaray also has a good Pancreas formula which will help.

Lastly, to bring immediate relief, use a strong magnet (a music speaker one will do) directly over the gall area as this will greatly reduce inflammation. The magnet therapy has proved successful for my inflamed pancreas several times."

11/26/2013: Joy from La: "My doctor gave me therelac, and I bought a probiotic that has was in the freezer section that a grocery store it is a organic raw probiotics powder it has 500 billion CfU with 34 strains it has the USDA approval I swear one day they will have gadzillion cfu's My Chinese medicine doctor suggested slippery elm to calm the stomach and fresh ginger in water, body biotics first I had ever heard of it wnt on Amazon and bought the highly rated Broad Spectrum Probioic Prebiotic Powder He told me that our produce is washed and sterilized so many times before it gets to the plate that it is not allowing the body to build the flora it needs. He told me just eat things right out our garden without washing it and allowing the good flora to build up in the system . The oral surgeon, told me he is telling his grandchildren not to use those antibacterial pumps they have in public place, because it disrupts the bodies ability to build up the natural resistance it needs to protect itself. Something to think about it."

11/26/2013: Sarah from Baltimore: "Can you please be more specific with what boric acid you used from amazon."

11/26/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Gert: Sulfur both detoxes and energizes. The longest lived animal eats 1/4 the food we do. He eats a food that is very high in a gaseous sulfur that pulsates at very high energy levels, marine phytoplankton. Atoms 8 spaces apart on the periodic table have the some chemistry because the electrons in the outer shell are the same. Sulfur is 8 away from oxygen. The first life got sulfur for energy because there wasn't any oxygen. Sulfur is the mother of all minerals. Sulfur activates all the other minerals. Unfortunately, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbacides, meds, irridation, artificial ingredients in processed foods, cooking and freezing denature sulfur. Raw organic and grassfed whole foods contain sulfur. Maca has 4 unique sulfurs that detox and activate the hypothalamus/pituitary axis. Spirulina and raw cocoa are for the front. The only food that detoxes and energizes the back where the emotions are is marine phytoplankton, the 1oz expensive liquid is best."

11/26/2013: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe: "Duke, don't believe the doomsday prognosis. Start reading and trying stuff. Read up on Vitamin C, Cannabis oil, PH diet etc."

11/26/2013: Mama To Many from Tennessee, Usa: "Dear Duke,

That is certainly a discouraging report. But, I do agree with Mmsg - read and start trying some things. In addition to what Mmsg, recommends, do some searching on carrot juice for cancer. It is very encouraging. Also, Ty Bollinger's book, "Cancer: Step Outside the Box" is an excellent resource and very readable. (My twelve year old read it for fun.)

Please keep us posted on what you try and what helps you!

~Mama to Many~"

11/26/2013: Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc: "Hello Duke,

On the Squamous Cell Carcinoma,

The origin is important and based on what you said might be of an origin that can have a viral cause. The Human Papilloma Virus, HPV, is the connection.

Google, Squamous Cell Carcinoma virus, and up will pop the HPV sites. So, let's suppose the cancer has metastasized from the sinus which you said was a possible origin. The upper body, head and shoulders are often subject to HPV virus which in turn can ignite the SCC.

So if this were me, Duke, I'd assume that the HPV might be a continuing instigator accompanying the metastasizing activity of the SCC.

To kill viruses I use a lot of items but by far my favorite is Colloidal Silver. I would be drinking six tablespoons daily...forever. My assumption would be that just perhaps with the death of the HPV, the ability for the SCC to continue to continue could be slowed if not halted.

Next; I'd be on 10, 000 mg of vitamin C (buffered) daily, spread throughout the day. That is a Linus Paling method for dealing with cancer.

Next; I'd really think about going to see Dr. Nick Gonzales in Manhattan...just Google his name and his web site will come up. He'll get you on high does of pancreatin, but the treatment is much broader than that.

By the way, look up "IP6" and see if you don't think you should get on that also.

Duke, I know this is hard. To be told by a professional that you only have a little over a year to live are words we all dread. Many prayers will go up for you. EC is a very compassionate and loving site, a bit like a family.

John 3:16"

11/26/2013: Mike 62 from Denver, Colorado: "Duke: Everybody are right, God's Goodies are more potent than the condition. Study AndrewKimblog why cells go bad. He has a graduate degree in cellular biology and gives a technical explanation. Many 80/10/10ers have recovered because raw organic produce contains enzymes, humic acids, xeronines, and sulfur not in regular food. These are also in raw grassfed animal products. A lot of people are going to tell you not to take sugar but sugar is actually a necessary part of the cure. Andrew Kim explains this technically and many 80/10/10ers have recovered while getting sugar from fruit. If I were you what I would do is get the superfood powders, dessicated liver, activated barley, barley grass juice, freeze dried young green coconut water, raw cocoa, absorbable colostrum, and raw whey isolate. Mix them together in one bag. Add a scoop to 12oz. water and drink every hour. Take 5 drops of marine phytoplankton 1oz liquid, get the expensive one, sublingually every hour, 1ml skate liver oil 3x day, raw wildflower honey as needed, 30g black chia seeds, 20g coconut oil, and 17 mushroom extract blend from Washington. You can also make home made water kefir. I take all these products myself. While you are waiting for them to arrive make green smoothies from organic baby leaves and eat organic berries, non gmo red miso, kimchi, and raw grassfed hamburger every hour with 12oz water. If you have access to a Whole Foods drink a lot of Kambucha drinks with the chia seeds in them. This is not a diet. You need to nourish the cells, detox the poisons, and repair the tissues."

11/28/2013: Robert Henry from Ten Mile, Tn.: "DUKE, , , , , , , , , , , , , Just been down this trail with Lymphoma and no way was I going to go the traditional path. Google CAPSOL T and go from there. You cure cancer with your immune system and what the Allopathic method does is to kill your immune system. Get your body pH above 7 with baking soda. Clean up your liver with coffee enema's. Read and learn about every detox program you can. Buy a cheap Ozonator and drink Ozonated water full time. Find a sauna that you can use . It took me 7 months and I was a wore out pecker wood. If you have a tumor then Google Black Salve and Egg Plant Cancer cure. I've done that with success on skin cancers.

Do what your doctor says and also get a program of your own , but don't tell the egotist what you are doing. Get on a totally raw vegetable diet. Drink water until it comes out your ears. Eat no dairy, nor meat until cured. Then go to Ruth Chris' and buy the most expensive prime steak they have. You will have earned it.

Talk often to THE LORD. He's the man in control.===RH==="

11/26/2013: Bill from San Fernando, The Philippines: "Hi Oliver...If you took turpentine with hydrogen peroxide, then this would not effect the turps much but the hydrogen peroxide itself would become water and oxygen. The reason for this is because the beneficial iso-pinenes within turpentine have anti-oxidant action whereas HP has pro-oxidant action, so they will react. The iso-pinenes will thus be converted to their oxidized forms and the HP is simply converted to water and oxygen. Moreover, the oxidized iso-pinenes are still useful to the body, whereas hydrogen peroxide's ability to chelate metals, kill pathogens etc is entirely lost when it is reduced to water and oxygen. This is why you should never take HP during meals and also why you should never take HP together or at the same time as anti-oxidants. I always take HP on its own on an empty stomach because of the fact that it is so reactive.

Regarding mercury fillings, I only have one mercury filling in my mouth(over 40 years old). But I still use 3% HP both topically(skin, ears, nose) and internally regularly. The way I see it, hydrogen peroxide -- even if it did react with your mercury fillings -- would neutralize mercury's affects in the body because HP safely chelates and removes heavy metals. Furthermore, supplementing other nutrients such as liquid forms of chlorella, sodium thiosulfate and even the cilantro that you eat will also react with mercury in this manner.

It's probably easier to think more simply about your alternatives like this. If you don't take the HP then you will not get the benefits of HP. But if you do take HP, then this will help your body to kill pathogens, remove heavy metals, oxygenate the cells etc.

It would therefore seems to me that the benefits of HP, even if you do have mercury fillings in your mouth, far outweighs the benefits of not taking HP, especially when you consider that we really shouldn't have mercury fillings in our teeth in the first place.

If you are stiil concerned about the effects of HP on mercury fillings, you can avoid the oral and digestive route entirely by simply combining DMSO and HP together in the appropriate amounts and use the transdermal route(through the skin directly into the blood). However, if you are using the oral/digestive route for supplementing HP for a problem in your intestines then the transdermal route, using DMSO, may not be so effective."