Apple Cider Vinegar for Yeast Infection
5 days agoRe: Beneficial Supplements for Osteoporosis and Vitamin C
5 days agoHi Wanda,
I am not familiar with NMSE, so I have no comment on it or information on how to dilute it. I can point you to an article I wrote about several supplements for peripheral neuropathy here :
https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/five-supplements-for-peripheral-neuropathy.html
In the above article I mentioned using Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) for PN, but now I would recommend the R-Alpha Lipoic Acid (R-ALA) form.
Also there have been at least two posts discussing high dose burdock root (BR) for PN on EC, but the dosing is not clear because BR comes in 500 mg capsules and 1000 mg capsules and the doses mentioned for PN were given in capsules, not milligrams, at least in the posts that I saw.
Working on PN can take months and fast relief is more the exception than the rule. So patience is required.
I have had one report that melatonin lotion (ML) helped a person quickly with reported PN and one report saying that it didn't help quickly. I would expect longer term use of ML to be more useful due to the reparative effects of melatonin on nerves as shown in studies. Here is a copy and paste of the reply saying that the writer received rapid relief for PN :
' Posted by Deborah (California, USA) on 01/26/2024
Hello and THANK YOU so much for this wonderful recipe for TML. This is an amazing discovery.
I have stage IV cancer with Lepto Menengeal. It has caused several nerve and muscular issues. A friend and I made this lotion and it is incredible. Long story, short; my feet absolutely do not tingle anymore. I use the TML twice daily. The second time we made it using beef tallow instead of cetaphil. That requires a little different method to mix, but I prefer a creamier thicker lotion. Both require some essential oils to overcome the smell. The cetaphil lotion smells like gin and the tallow one smells like beef and required a bit more lavender. The smell does dissipate once it's applied to the skin.
This stuff is amazing. It works! Thank you so very much! What a God send! '
If you are interested in trying ML, here is a link describing how to make it :
https://www.earthclinic.com/supplements/melatonin-lotion.html
There are quite a few herbal options such as Hesperidin + Diosmin that you can consider as discussed here :
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11509243/
Here is a relevant quote from the full study :
' The results indicate that these compounds, administered either alone or in combination, hold promise for promoting nerve regeneration and enhancing motor function in a rat model of diabetic neuropathy.'
Berberine is also a consideration.
Thank you for your questions and I hope you find my answers useful!
Art
Apple Cider Vinegar for Yeast Infection
6 days ago
Re: Beneficial Supplements for Osteoporosis and Vitamin C
6 days agoWell I certainly appreciate you letting me know that! I am surprised as well! I had no idea at all that men were susceptible to that! Thanks again! Art, since I've got you on the line, I'm looking for the dilution ratio for a foot soak for diabetic neuropathy. I'm starting to use NMSE as well and thought perhaps the 32% food grade soak might help deliver oxygen to my poor feet? I'd appreciate your help tremendously!
thanks again,
Wanda
Mineral Deficiency
6 days agoMINERAL DEFICIENCY IN MAN....
i know my hsband has it-i just hope once it is fixed he will be ok.
when he was working, until 2012 he ate EVERYDAY shrimp/feta/broccoli for lunch. Later he just drank coffee with some biscuit ands his health problems started. Until 2021 he was walking unassisted--next year he had catheter and needed walker. He spent most of 2024 in hospitals and bnow he is bedridden and needs live in care. He saw maNY DOCTORS of coursew but- as it happens too often! -they were clueless WHY. They tested blood which showed a bit-but not much! -low sodium, iron, calcium and magnesium, Also anemia-also not bad-and they said it was caused by low iron and prescribed some pills-he takes them everyday but his anemia is better or worse anyway. THEY ARRE MEANINGLESS IMO so he stopped taking them now. But when he tried BSM from Earth C. or BONE MARROW HIS rbc COUNT WAS BETTER! And then I read that the cause of such anemia could be low copper and in May I ordered HAIR MINERAL ANALYSIS. hE HAS SO MANY DEFFICIENCIES! THEY CONFIRMED BLLOOD TEST RESULTS. Copper was really low, followed by phosphous. Then selenium, vanadium and molybdenium....
Zinc was borderline.... Now he is taking chelated copper, selenium, as he hardly is eating he takes capsules with beef liver, mushrooms, organ meat, cocoa, bone marrow, pumpkin seeds. pink salt capsule only if his blood pressure goes too low So far his blood tests are better--but I do not see him stronger! He is mostly sleeping... I really hope that was the cause of his decline--and I hope it can be fixed--but it is quire disheartening not to see results
Re: Severe Neuropathy
6 days agoWow! That sounds so painful, my heart goes out to you. I personally don't like gabapentin for a drug. I'm not telling you to get off of it, I'm not a doctor.
I'm looking into NMES and doing foot soaks with 32% food grade hydrogen peroxide to try to get oxygen into the feet area. I've not yet found how to dilute for a foot bath. I don't know if it'll work, but I gotta try something. Good luck and prayers to you!
Re: Mama's Herbal Wound Powder for Pet Wounds
6 days agoRe: Mama's Herbal Wound Powder for Pet Wounds
6 days agoRe: Borax for TMJ
6 days agoRe: Castor Oil for Bone Spurs
6 days agoRe: Pokeberries for Arthritis
6 days agoI started taking poke berries about three weeks ago for my spinal stenosis. It has really helped. Better than celebrated which I cannot take anymore. I swallow the berry whole like a pill. Do not chew it. The seeds in the berry has poison that is released if chewed or crushed. Look out for side effects of diarrhea or headache. If you experience that cut back or stop altogether. Do your own research and make your own decision. I'm not a Dr or have any training to give medical advice
Re: Remedies for Epstein Barr
6 days agoRe: Mama's Herbal Wound Powder for Pet Wounds
6 days agoWhat is an Epson salt soak? I have a cat with an open wound abscess that has been draining for weeks. It started as a puncture wound, then abscessed. It's an open, small hole now that I can't get to heal and close. I've tried warm compresses with dried Plantain leaves. I just started using 10ppm colloidal silver, but I'm not sure how often to use it. I'm pretty desperate as the vet bill is adding up, antibiotics are not working and I don't want him to have surgery. Any safe, helpful advice is welcome. Thank you!
Re: Borax and Baking Soda for Hot Flashes and Pain
7 days agoCKD Questions for Art
7 days agoHi Manuel,
Thank you for the kind words of appreciation!
You'll have to give me more information so I can give you a more informed answer.
Are you diabetic?
You don't say how you have responded to the regimen compared to before the regimen? Is there clear benefit or no benefit?
Is there a specific reason your doctor wants you to discontinue bicarbonate of soda if it is not having a negative effect on you or your test results in any way or is it having a negative effect?
The dose of magnesium citrate is inside of the RDA for men(400 ~ 420 mg/day of elemental magnesium), but the blood level appears high, if accurate. Is it negatively impacting your test results or health? If you significantly reduce your dose, will they allow using liquid magnesium chloride (spray) topically in the areas of the kidneys?
My list of supplements relating to CKD is very lengthy and I can offer other suggestions for you to discuss with your doctors if needed, but I would like the above questions answered if possible.
Here are a few for them to consider as replacements :
Blueberry Extract
Stinging Nettle
Silymarin
Art
Bromelain for Trigger Finger
7 days agoRe: Diabetic Wound
7 days agoRe: Pure Gum Turpentine for Lyme Disease
7 days agoInteresting discovery just this past week, regarding turpentine...
Plantain/plantago (the herb, not the banana looking things) contains terpenes! Which could explain some of its more "magical" powers - for anyone hesitant about using turpentine which puts a lot of people off, despite ITS seemingly "magical" powers.
CKD Questions for Art
7 days agoHello Art,
I ran into your post in Earth clinic looking for solutions to my CKD that surprisingly resulted in a Stage 4 condition, plus Anemia. I read the complete post and was surprised by your 5 natural Remedies to manage the condition. I do take them all, as I am a total fan of Natural Remedies since 15 years ago EC cured my gout condition which was so severe I had gout pain every 4 months, and by taking Apple Cider Vinegar with Sodium Bicarbonate I could walk freely again... they may come evry couple of years if so now. Doctors would prescribe pain killers!!
Now I was told to REDUCE my Magnesium Citrate supplementation and ELIMINATE Sodium Bicarbonate because of its Sodium content. I take 2.6 gr of Mg.Citrate for a 400 mg Magnesium daily dose and my blood level is at 2.4 mg/ml..Big Pharma doctors think that what they do not know should not be taken which is not Logical and not Scientific
What would be the Appropriate Dose of Sodium Bicarbonate you would recommend and how to take it? I have been taking 9 mg Melatonin for years now Orally, do you believe thi sis correct?
Thnks Art, and you have my complete admiration for what you do in your posts in Earth Clinic, Manuel
Re: Flowers of Sulfur for Valley Fever
7 days agoI buy it from amazon dot com in small white bottles labeled Flowers of Sulfur and Humco and it it the same yellow sulfur powder my parents gave me a my brother when we were children for what they called “the dog days of summer” when small cuts, etc. would become infected easily. They would give us kids a small amount on the tip of the handle of a teaspoon that probably amounted to less than an eighth of a measuring teaspoon. We took it by mouth being told to not open our mouths until we had gotten the powdered sulfur totally wet so we wouldn't accidentally inhale through our mouth and suck it down into our lungs but just adding it to something else like syrup or honey is fine to make sure it isn't in a powdered form in the spoon. Some people also felt it repelled ticks and mosquitoes once it was “in your system”. I still powder my socks and shoes by putting it into a sock with a knot tied to pat it on with before going out into the field. Beware if you get it on jewelry on your hands it will turn gold black and is extremely hard to correct.
