Methylene Blue
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Methylene Blue: Benefits, Uses, Dosage, Risks & FAQ

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Using Methylene Blue


Posted by Wydo (Ventura, Ca, United States ) on 08/26/2010

Hi Bill, I would like to try Methylene Blue. I trust the Methylene Blue but I am worried about other ingredients in the aquatic products. One of them has Sodium Benzaote and I don't know if this is toxic or not. Other products just don't list ingredients. You also mention vitamin C and I would like to know what kind I could use such as sodium ascorbate. Can you mix the vitamin C in the water with the Methylene Blue? Thank you for you time Bill, in advance.

Replied by Bill
(San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines)
08/28/2010
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Hi Wydo... There are few problems with Methylene Blue(MB) bought from aquatics shops. Fish are very sensitive to chemical toxins, and if the MB purchased at the aquatics shop started killing fish, no one would buy it anymore. Sodium Benzoate, as Ted has mentioned, is a deep acting viral killer and is quite safe to take in small amounts.

I buy Vitamin C as Ascorbic acid powder, which is the purest form. When you buy the Ascorbic Acid tablets, they add adhesive fillers which I don't like, because these fillers inhibit the Ascorbic Acid going into solution thereby inhibiting absorbtion into the body. The ascorbic acid powder is the purest and cheapest form you can buy.

To create Sodium Ascorbate I just add half a teaspoon of Ascorbic Acid to a glass of water and then add Baking Soda(Sodium Bicarbonate) -- Arm & Hammer BS is fine -- to this mix until the fizzing stops. Now you have Sodium Ascorbate in solution -- in its most absorbable form. Then I just add the drops of 0. 1% Methylene Blue(usually 3 to 8 drops depending on your needs) to the Ascorbate or Vit C solution and just drink it down.

Replied by Wydo
(Ventura, Ca, United States)
09/02/2010

Hello again Bill and thank you for your information. I just have one more question. Could you please tell me if you can mix the Methylene Blue with vitamin C powder in the same glass of water?

Replied by Bill
(San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines)
09/03/2010

Hi Wydo... Yes, mix them together. Add the Ascorbic acid to the glass, then add water and mix into solution. Then, if you can, add the Baking Soda, or Sodium Bicarbonate to this solution to make it alkaline(in order to preserve the bicarbonates in your own body). Now, just add the drops of Methylene Blue. This mixture is taken outside mealtimes.

Gina
(Santa Barbara CA)
02/26/2024

Excuse me, I'm curious what does this mixture do for the body? I've never heard of it before.

Bill
(Philippines)
02/26/2024
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Editor's Choice Hi Gina,

Methylene Blue(MB) does alot of beneficial things for the body:

1. In it's pro-oxidant or "blue" form, MB can supply increased oxygen to your cells, thus giving you more energy. Also, supplying oxygen more efficiently to all your cells helps to prevent cancer.

2. MB is an efficient wide-spectrum pathogen killer -- it kills viruses, bacteria and fungi on your body.

3. MB is used in medicine to cure Methemoglobinemia.

4. According to Dr Deepak Golwalkar who is a renowned pulmonary specialist in India -- you can use low dose 0.1% MB to both stop the deadly cytokine storms so heavily involved in COVID-19 to actually help to cure COVID-19 problems.

5. Dr Golwalkar also regularly uses a low oral dose 0.1% Methylene Blue + daily nebulized MB to cure and save his patients with serious pneumonia and tuberculosis infections.

6. MB is used as an antidote to cyanide poisoning.

7. MB has been used for over 100 years -- by the spoonful(i.e. large doses) -- against malaria.

8. MB in it's anti-oxidant form -- which is it's colorless form also known as Leucomethylene Blue -- has many cognitive benefits. There is also much research that shows that regularly supplementing low dose MB improves learning, memory, increases energy, is neuroprotective and protects the brain. This therefore makes MB extremely useful against degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases like Huntington's.

9. It's also worth remembering that Methylene Blue is useful in the body both in it's pro-oxidant or "blue" state as well as in it's colorless or reduced state as LeucoMethylene Blue.

10. Methylene Blue has a half-life in your body of abour 6 hours. So this also means that even a small or low dose of MB -- either in it's pro-oxidant or anti-oxidant form -- will protect your body for an extended and useful amount of time.

11. To be absolutely clear, it does not really matter which form of MB that you take -- the pro-oxidant form or the anti-oxidant form(with added Ascorbic Acid) -- because the MB in your body will undergo many conversions to and from it's pro-oxidant and anti-oxidant forms until it is eventually removed by the liver.

Now here's some simple maths for the sake of MB dosage clarity. I don't like using MB expressed as a % and drops as the dose of MB because it seems to always confuse people. That's why I much prefer expressing the MB dosage in milligrams per drop. See below for a useful reference:

1 drop of 0.1% MB solution contains 0.05 mgs MB powder.

1 drop of 1% MB solution contains 0.5 mgs MB powder.

1 drop of 2% MB solution contains 1 mg MB powder.

From now on, I will express all MB amounts in milligrams and you should now be able to easily work out the exact number of drops you must take -- at whateverv % concentration -- from the above conversions.

Dr Golwalkars Own Daily MB Protocol

In his many articles Dr Golwalkar has said that the only protocol or precaution he took for himself during the COVID-19 pandemic in his hospital was just to follow one MB protocol. He said that he took half a teaspoon of 0.1% MB, which is equivalent to approximately 50 drops of 0.1% MB. So from the above -- that converts to:

50 drops x 0.05 = 2.5mgs MB powder.

Dr Golwalkar would then hold the MB in his mouth for 30 seconds for fast sublingual absorption into his bloodstream and then swallow it with a little extra water. Dr Golwalkar has also said that he has had very few COVID-19 deaths at his hospital despite treating many thousands of people. He has also said that he never used a mask in his hospital when doing the rounds and visiting his patients. And he never succumbed to COVID-19 during the whole period of the pandemic. As a consequence, Dr Golwalkar is regarded as a hero in India for saving so many of his people but he still remains unknown in the West because of the FDA's efficient control over the CDC, the WHO and the ever-obedient Western media.

I currently use Dr Golwalkar's low sublingual MB protocol every day -- which helps to protect me against any COVID-19 infections and, since I'm an old guy, also helps to maintain my cognitive and neurological health as well.

Madelyn
(Idaho)
02/27/2024

Many thanks, Bill, for taking the time to write this up. This is the best explanation I've seen yet on MB. It actually answers many of the questions I had since recently becoming interested in taking it and trying to learn more about it. I'm glad I can take the colorless form so I don't have to worry about stained blue teeth but still get all the benefits. Thanks again for sharing!


Where to Buy


Posted by Psychonurse (South Jordan, Utah) on 03/29/2023

Where can I find the pharmaceutical grade powder? Cheapest I saw online was over $400.00.

Replied by Sam
(Miami)
04/01/2023

Compass labs. $30 or so

Sam
(Miami)
04/01/2023

Buy directly from Compass Laboratories. Never from Amazon.

Francine
(Quebec)
11/22/2024

Pour les gens du Québec, je l'achète à la boutique Vita Cru qualité USP.

For people from Quebec, I buy it at the Vita Cru USP quality store.

Replied by Sfav8r
(ST PETERSBURG)
08/31/2023
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I found it from a lab in Florida, Valborenlabs.com. They offered free shipping and USP grade 8 oz with 2 oz bottle free for $100. Easily the best price I found for pharmacy grade.

Replied by Denise
(Queensbury NY)
11/13/2023

The literature says to take the MB with vitamin C. What form of vitamin C and how much?

Replied by Lora
(Valley Springs AR)
12/18/2023
7 posts
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My alternative doctor (also MD) recommended I start taking MB for Morgellons, Atherosclerosis, and PAD. She orders hers 1% from BioPharm on Amazon And also gelatin capsules to fill with MB. I ordered size 00 gelatin capsules which each hold about 15 drops (7.5 gm). I started at 5 drops and worked up to 15 and take early am and pm. With each dose I also take three (3) or five (5) capsules of 1000 mg of Vitamin C. I also take the soda water twice a day and borax and H2O2 liter water twice a day—8 ozs at a time. I have only been on this protocol with MB for one week and the little Morgies are coming out in great numbers. I am thrilled to be in such pain knowing they are leaving my body at last!!! We are blessed to have received Ted' and Art's protocols.

ANNA
(PHILADELPHIA, PA)
04/29/2024

COULD you buy such capsules already with MB?

All I see is powder or solution and I want my husband to take it w/o staining teeth...

Joy
(Hawaii)
06/10/2024

Any soda water or is there a good brand you'd recommend? Also, how do you make the H2O2 water? I take MB with ascorbic acid dissolved in warm water; then the MB becomes clear : )

Thank you!

Replied by Dale
(Arizona)
05/09/2025

The source that I use is what I believe to be the highest quality and safest. That link is last. Dale
MY SOURCE IS AJ
Ultra Methylene Blue
https://thealexjonesstore.com/products/ultra-methylene-blue


Where to Buy
Posted by Mohamed Sabri (Yemen) on 03/01/2018
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HI

I really need methylene blue since I have a genetic disorder(Methemoglobinemia)

But I cant seem to find a way to purchase it because it is not available to buy in my country.

Is there any way you can help me with that. Thanks

Replied by G Smothers
(Oregon)
04/16/2023

You want USP Pharmaceutical grade, not pet/industrial grade. I get mine from Amazon.


Where to Buy
Posted by Connie (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) on 08/08/2009

Heavy Metal Detox: There is a company that produces Methylene BLUE that also produces a product called Rid Metal for eliminating heavy metals in aquariums. I emailed to ask how toxic (if at all) their products are to people, and asked for ingredient lists. The 4 ounce bottle of Methylene BLUE says it is a 2.303 percent solution, and adds that it is zinc free, but it doesn't say what other chemicals are in it. The bottle cautions that it "is toxic to plants and is harmful to biological filtration, preventing nitrification and resulting in a rapid rise in ammonia and/or nitrite levels.

Replied by Connie
(Manitowoc, Wisconsin)
08/10/2009

The response to the inquiry is (truncated): "For use in aquarium and ornamental pond keeping the K----- products Methylene Blue and Rid-Metals are safe to use by humans who follow the printed instructions in the proper use of these products.

K----- Rid-Metals is a water conditioner that eliminates heavy metals in the water. It does not eliminate heavy metals in the fish. Therefore, as a water conditioner, Rid-Metals is meant as a preventative to eliminate heavy metals before they can become a problem to fish and aquatic invertebrates.


Where to Buy
Posted by Daisy (NY, NY) on 01/15/2009

Where can I purchase methylene blue? Where did you find the information about this? I cannot find a previous post from Ted on this. I did find that you can buy this without a prescription. Thanks.

Replied by Connie
(Manitowoc, Wisconsin)
08/12/2009

The Kordon brand Methylene BLUE concentration from the pet store here is 2.303%. The product's Website says:

"SPECIFICATIONS
Contains zinc free, chloride salt of Methylene Blue. Provided as a 2.303% water solution."

Is this the correct product?

Replied by Donna
(South Carolina)
05/17/2016

I was looking for a very pure MB solution - not one found at at aquatic store - which are supposedly loaded with arsenic and other impurities So I found a supplier today here in the USA and would like to include her email answers on the purity of their product. EC, hope this is OK.

Debbie replied
May 17,10:24pm
Hey,

We always vet products with independent testing. Here's the test result for the current batch of methylene blue: https://www.bluebrainboost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/methylene-blue.pdf

It's over 100% when it's more pure than the reference sample from Sigma Aldrich. The actual purity is probably between 99-100%.

--
Debbie Boykin
[email protected]

Donna C replied
May 17,10:11pm
Thank you, Debbie!

Yes, I do have one more question - can you tell me the percentage of purity of the powder you use to make it?

Donna

Debbie replied
May 17,10:04pm
Hey,

Thanks for reaching out.

Our 10 mg/mL solution is 1% methylene blue.

Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll be happy to assist!

Regards,
Debbie

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Donna C sent a message
May 16,5:08pm

Message Body:
Hi,

I am interested in your meth. blue. Can you tell me what % your solution is....specifically, I am looking for a 1% solution.

Thank you!

Donna

Marcy
(FLORIDA)
06/11/2023

How do I get some of this product? I get it from my homeopathic and wanted to check prices.

ivybridge
(TN)
07/19/2024

Where to Buy: Austria

Posted by George (Vienna) on 05/25/2014

Can anyone recommend any places where I can buy pharmaceutical grade Methylene blue (not for aquariums)? Thx, George

Replied by Dee
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
02/01/2016

In Romania, at any pharmacy!!

Replied by Janet
(Indiana)
02/02/2016

George, in fish aquarium supply stores. Janet


Where to Buy: Canada

Posted by Ab (Castleton, Ontario) on 03/16/2009

Does anyone know of a Canadian source for methylene blue? I've searched aquarium and science supply websites, but can't find anyone willing to ship to Canada.

Also: my husband has used both glutathione (intravenous and also as an inhalant) and low-dose naltrexone (not at the same time) for Parkinson's. Each was very effective for about a year.

Replied by Flora
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
11/28/2012

Script Pharmacy Calgary Alberta and they make it to.01% if you ask.

b a
(calgary)
08/11/2022

i asked at script and they said they don't carry it.

Melinda
(Nevada)
06/15/2023

You probably have your supply source issue resolved by now but I do recall another Canadian unable to purchase there was able to order from the U.K. Try the U.K. Amazon version for names of suppliers and order from them.


Where to Buy: UK


Posted by Sunflowergirl37 (United Kingdom) on 08/02/2016

Hello

I am trying to find a top quality Methylene blue product for my mum. Can anyone recommend one and give some guidelines and maybe other products to take with it etc

Replied by Janet
(In)
08/05/2016
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Methylene blue is from an aquarium supply shop or online. That is how I buy ours.

Ted here on earthclinic says that to balance and treat fish and tanks it must be high quality and effective. I have found this to be true. Janet

Replied by Teri
(Dallas Tx)
09/03/2023

Do NOT use aquarium use methylene blue. This has metals and toxins. It isn't meant for human consumption and can make you sick. Only use pharmaceutical grade methylene blue. And only if it has a lab purity test with it. Find it on Amazon or other online seller.

Replied by Chris
(London)
04/21/2025

“ Only results count “

my friend makes the only frequency charged and treated stuff you can find … proper clean and crazy - the hallmarks of a good Brand haha


Wound Care

Posted by Katzie (Cancun, Mexico) on 12/23/2024

Hello, M2M. I had noted that you were about to try Methylene Blue awhile ago. I now have a dog shelter with just 7 rescues so far, but more will be coming. Would you mind taking the time to tell of any/all experiences with it? Did it sting when applied, at all? I had been contemplating using it on rescue #7, with his deep nasal infection, but maybe I wouldn't have learned of the magnetic pull of Diamotaceous Earth VS Infections (that dog's nose skin peeled back like one of those oyster or anchovy cans of old). I just wanted to know if Methylene Blue would have helped him earlier. I am still kicking myself over this. Anyways, I respect your posts and any/all information would help us.

Replied by Mama to Many
(TN)
12/24/2024

Dear Katzie,

Thank you for the honor of being asked. I wish I had some helpful information.

I tried Methylene Blue for UTI's but didn't stick with it. Ultimately I found colloidal silver worked very well. Perhaps that would be an option? With your rescue work, a colloidal silver generator would be a really great investment. I have used colloidal silver for pets and people. It is so easy to dose pets with. It saved my Great Pyrenees from death by Erlichia infection.

I am still fascinated by MB and am glad to have it in my arsenal. I imagine someday I will get around to making better use of it.

And hats off to you for your rescue work. I always appreciate your posts!

~Mama to Many~



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