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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Alternative Treatment and Prevention

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Posted by Linda P. (EC Facebook) on 02/28/2020
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Sodium ascorbate, zinc, and Lysine taken daily as a preventative. Use Purell after pumping gas, and after leaving any public place. Wash hands often. Manuka honey from NZ is excellent to take daily.


NAC

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Posted by Sanjoo (Ahmedabad) on 11/22/2020 7 posts
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Recently I was reading about role of NAC as a mucolytic agent for cough & cold, and learned that:

  • NAC is also a good antioxidant,
  • that it can prevent cytokine storm & inflammation,
  • additionally, it also can break down the clots or prevent them from forming which is the biggest danger of covid19.
  • NAC replenishes glutathione stores and helps reduce the viral load.
  • high dose IV NAC is also reported to have had good results for seriously ill patients.

so I feel, NAC must be included as standard of care for covid patients along with vit c, d3, zinc & b complex supplements etc.

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Replied by sharon
(Missouri)
11/24/2020

Warning:

Some people are sensitive to NAC, and it will raise the blood pressure in their lungs, make them feel breathless and raise their heart rate. So if you're taking NAC and experience shortness of breath and pounding heartbeat, it's the NAC.

I am very allergic to NAC. I also started taking niacinamide (250mg) and had the same symptoms. After doing some research online, I found that niacinamide is the precursor to NAC. So I stopped taking the niacinamide.

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Replied by Selena
(Ontario)
12/10/2020

How to take NAC ( N Acetyl Cysteine) - with food or away from food?

Thank you!

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Replied by Tessa
(Okanagan)
12/10/2020

Hi Selena -

My bottle of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) states to take it with a meal that contains protein.

The brand is AOR and each capsule is 500 mg. I take one with my evening meal (which always has protein in it). I also take it with Vitamin C (heard that Vitamin C enhances the effect).

I found this article online. I actually didn't know how many benefits there are to taking NAC. I'm using it as part of my Covid-19 arsenal.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nac-benefits#TOC_TITLE_HDR_2

Best wishes.

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Replied by Selena
(Ontario)
12/11/2020

Thank you so much for your prompt response!

All the best!


NAC and Bromelain

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Posted by Chai (LA) on 01/18/2023
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There is a study by some researchers, and they found

Taking NAC (N-acetyl cysteine ) and bromelain MUST be taken together — works together synergistically to dissolve spike protein.


Nebulizing Glutathione

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Posted by ORH (TEN MILE, TN) on 09/22/2021
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HI U OLE PATOOTS, ORH here and got another yarn to spin. As all know folks think a garden is cheap. I am here to tell you that a garden is not cheap. It is healthy, but not cheap. I think I have Glutathione on the cheap. I buy quality Glutathione and mix it with saline solution and inhale via a nebulizer. If you research, you will learn that little goes through the gut route. I am doing it for my brain. Most have noticed that I need help in that area....... right? So here is my suggestion: Buy quality reduced L-Glutathione and add the pill contents into a vial, add the saline solution and inhale via the nebulizer. Anything in the lungs goes into the blood system. While that has not been tested......... it has all the qualifications of the Covid Vac. One and you not good. Two and you got maybe 3 years. The booster and you toast, PDQ. I will take the shot after I have emptied my 7 shot 12 gauge loaded with buck shot. The shock crap will not help you. Looks good, but you will fold when that load hits you.===ORH===


Nebulizing Hydrogen Peroxide and Lugol's

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Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 05/14/2021
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Nebulize Hydrogen Peroxide/Lugols Iodine

Dr. David Brownstein, who has a clinic just outside of Detroit, Michigan, has successfully treated over 200 patients with what has become my favorite intervention for COVID-19 and other upper respiratory infections, namely nebulized hydrogen peroxide.

Note: Colloidal Silver mixed with Grapefruit Seed Extract and Iodine is another recipe.

A peer-reviewed consecutive case series of 107 COVID-19 patients treated with nebulized peroxide and other remedies, including oral vitamins A, C and D, iodine, intravenous hydrogen peroxide and iodine as well as intravenous (IV) vitamin C, along with intramuscular ozone, was published in the July 2020 issue of Science, Public Health Policy, and the Law. All patients survived.

Dr. Brownstein, his claim now that he's up to 220+ patients treated by his protocol without a single death. I mixed the nebulized peroxide with a nebulized iodine in one solution. And that really was a cool addition, for people who were developing lung problems or pneumonia or lung cancer or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), coughing, and they can't breathe and they're wheezing and things like that, adding a nebulized dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide at 0.04% and one drop of 5% Lugol's solution, which supplies 6.25 milligrams of iodine really helped a lot of people out.

Most patients were instructed to nebulize a dilute solution of 0.04% hydrogen peroxide in normal saline. The solution was mixed for the patient in the office. A sterile 250 cc bag of normal saline was injected with 3 cc of 3% food grade hydrogen per- oxide and 1 cc of magnesium sulfate. The patient was instructed to draw off 3 cc of the dilute solution and nebulize it hourly until symptoms improve. Additionally, the patient was instructed to add in one drop of 5% Lugol's solution to the dilute hydrogen peroxide mixture. As the symptoms improved, the frequency of nebulizing could be reduced by the patient. If symptoms worsened or there was a concern that the patient was suffering from a more severe case, the patient was advised to come to the office and receive intravenous injections of Vitamin C and hydrogen peroxide along with intramuscular injections of ozone.

Source: https://stevenyager.org/there-is-still-hope-out-there-how-to-nebulize/

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Replied by Katrina
(Fenton, MI)
06/11/2022

Dr. Brownstein is a genius. 179 patients healed. Only 2 VERY SICK ppl were hospitalized using food-grade Nebulized hydrogen peroxide w/saline and Lugol's as described in prior post. He has many excellent e-books. The state of Michigan shut down his practice & website and threatened to take his license if he didn't quit using an “unproven treatment”.
Sara-COV-Take Fisetin,, is a senolytic antioxidant and polypyphenol found in trees & plants, such as strawberries, apples, & onions. In studies conducted on cells in a laboratory, fisetin inhibits the activity of several pro-inflammatory cytokines.. also take Quercetin, the white bioflavonoid inside grapefruit skins, found in grapefruit peels.(DO NOT TAKE IF PREGNANT OR NURSING! Look up your medications to make sure it won't interact with them). Take NAC and Melatonin at night as well as zinc & Vit. D now to strengthen your immune system. Detox your body of Candida. (Look that up on this site); GET OFF GMO's (filled w/Glyphosate, and STAY AWAY FROM GLYPHOSATE (Round-Up) AT ALL COSTS.

Copy, paste/download these remedies before they are banned. If it's not a pill, shot, vaccine, radiation/chemo or surgery it's NOT AMA (=Big Pharma) approved. These “natural and organic” remedies have been used thousands of years and yet they are “not proven safe?” How much “proof” does one need? Have vaccines “been proven safe?”

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Carol
(Michigan)
07/12/2022

Hi Katrina,

I go to one of the doctors in Brownstein's office and I couldn't agree with you more. He has helped me so much. Anyway, thanks for posting about Brownstein!

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kim
(mi)
09/23/2024

Hi Carol,

Where does he practice now? I wasn't able to find his office location on Google maps.


Niacin

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Posted by Legan (USA) on 05/20/2021
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I have read sufficient evidence that Niacin (with flushing) is a very effective prophylaxis and treatment. I also believe that the flushing effect would help reduce post-vaccination symptoms in addition to a reduction of potential cellular damage caused by the spike proteins. Check out this study....

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=9840410419337203684&btnI=1&hl=en

BTW...I'm currently on flushing NA 1g 2x daily for prophylaxis and have NO intention of injections! The flush will subside within a week or so.


Niacin and Melatonin

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Posted by Tessa (Okanagan) on 09/10/2021
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Here is a link to today's Dr. Mercola article on niacin and melatonin for metabolic health (his articles are deleted after 48 hours). It also addresses how these two supplements can assist with Covid.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/09/10/niacin-and-melatonin-combination-support-metabolic-health.aspx?ui=3a9ff628f95983e729723d5b7b806dd3604e119a4091214f8dfd9a4039348913&sd=20210720&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2HL&cid=20210910_HL2&mid=DM989218&rid=1260643525

You can download it as a PDF to save it before it's gone forever (PDF icon is next to the date at the top of the article). I tried attaching the PDF but it didn't work (operator error, no doubt!).

As well, here is the Web site for Niatonin (niacin and melatonin synergy). It has dosages for preventive, acute or jab-injured and long-haulers.

https://niacincurescovid.com/

Sounds interesting. They recommend powdered supplements and the niacin has to be the flush variety. Perhaps it is another alternative for those who can't get access to Ivermectin.

Best of health to all,

Tessa


Niacinamide

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Posted by Bill (Philippines) on 10/08/2020
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As some might know, I'm over 70 yo and I currently take high dose niacinamide twice a day at 500 mgs directly after meals. Why? Because it's one of my prime preventions/protections against Covid-19.

According to recent research from Arkansas Uni., if you take higher dose niacin or niacinamide every day, this will increase the strength of your immune system defense against all pathogens -- including viruses -- by 1000 times. That means that my own immune system is now at least on a par with any youngsters' immune system now.

I also use a teaspoon of turmeric + pepper + a tablespoon of coconut oil mixed together. I take this once or twice a day dissolved in my coffee and it isn't really any hardship at all. This is all about using a common-sense approach for anti-viral prevention.

I might've mentioned this before but I'm going to tell it again anyway.

3 or 4 months ago and over the mountains from where I live in the Cebu provinces, the prisoners in the Cebu city prisons were dying like flies from Covid-19 -- hundreds of deaths. It was truly awful. Then they started to feed the prisoners virgin coconut oil (kills the virus) with turmeric (stops inflammation, stops cytokine storms etc causing death) several times a day, every day. Because of that protocol the COVID-19 virus was completely suppressed and eliminated fairly quickly and every prisoner got well with a minimum of deaths.

This news was fully tracked and reported in all the local Cebu papers and on local TV. Now tell me -- raise your hands please -- does anyone out there reading this piece really think that we need a double blind placebo trial, which will probably cost upwards and beyond $200 million and take about six months to a year to complete, to actually prove that the turmeric and coconut oil remedy is completely safe, effective and WORKS WELL against Covid-19?

Now let's turn our attention to the drug cartel's greatest wish -- achieving fabulous wealth through WORLDWIDE VACCINE SALES.

Here is an article from the CDC:

https://www.nwpb.org/2020/09/14/a-covid-19-vaccine-may-be-only-50-effective-is-that-good-enough/

In that article, Dr Fauci even admits that the covid-19 vaccine will probably only be 50% effective. What does that mean? It means that for the 18/65 age group, out of 100 people that receive the COVID-19 vaccine, only 50 people will actually achieve immunity. And if you are 65 or over like me then that also means that only about 30% (30 out of 100 older people) will be able achieve immunity when they take the vaccine. Do those vaccine statistics -- from Dr Fauci -- make you or your family feel warm, cosy and well protected against Covid-19? Well does it??

I also did some digging into the ordinary flu vaccine statistics. What I found was that vaccine statistics vary a heck of alot. For instance when I checked the CDC ordinary flu yearly assessments for 2010 I found that the flu vaccine that year had an effective prevention rate of 60% for the 18/65 age group. But when I checked the 2018 CDC flu assessment the prevention rate was only 29% !! I mean, jeez, if they can't even get the common flu vaccine consistently right then what chance is there for ANY covid-19 vaccine succeeding??

And Dr Fauci also mentioned in that article that they would need a prevention rate of at least 75% to get rid of the covid-19 virus completely. That's another lie. The covid-19 vaccine would have to have at least a 98% prevention rate to stand any chance whatsoever of completely eliminating the covid-19 virus, any fool knows that.

And I haven't even mentioned all the dangerous adjuvants or additives that are so commonly used in vaccines these days -- like thimerosal(50% mercury), formaldehyde, aluminum, msg, antibiotics, polysorbate 80, egg protein, rogue nano-pathogens(like Guillain-Barre virus) etc, etc.

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Replied by Art
(California)
10/09/2020
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Hi Bill,

In a sense, the PI seems more progressive in terms of willingness to try natural for Covid-19. In Manila, they are currently testing coconut oil in a Covid-19 trial and they are testing melatonin similarly. In the case of melatonin, they are testing it in 300 Covid-19 patients who also have Covid-19 pneumonia.

Here in the US, there are no such trials for natural substances. There are a couple of trials forming for melatonin, but nothing that I am aware of for coconut oil even though the effects of coconut oil constituents are scientifically well established, but mention of VCO here is almost nil.

Art

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Replied by Bill
(Philippines)
10/09/2020

Hi Art,

Well said, you are right for sure. Yes, they have been carrying out research on melatonin and coconut oil in the Philippines. Some more information for you. You already know that my greatest fear is that the vaccines won't work to stop covid-19. Well, in March this year, there was some research in Iceland. They took swabs from 640 infected people and discovered 140 covid-19 mutations. More recently the WHO did some research where they tested 60,000 infected people and found that 20,000 covid-19 samples were mutations/new strains. More recently in the Philippines, Thai/Filipino researchers have been investigating new covid-19 viral strains and they have found 23 significant new strains or mutations of covid-19 in the Philippines alone.

Now please remember that all the current vaccines being developed -- which were started about 7 months ago -- have been developed using the OLD strain of covid-19. So those vaccines will be ineffective and useless against any significant new mutation of the covid-19 virus.

I've also read that two people in China have been re-infected with covid-19. One of these patients caught covid-19 in March this year and recovered. He then went to Europe and returned to China and when he was tested on his return he was re-infected with a new strain of covid-19.Will that new strain be in the vaccines? Also add to this -- please see my other post -- even Dr Fauci says that the best you can possibly hope for with the covid-19 vaccine is only a 50% protection rate(where only 50 people out of 100 people taking the vaccine actually achieve immunity) and you have a truly hopeless situation where you cannot ever get rid of the virus completely.

My greatest nightmare and worst fear is what will happen if all the covid-19 vaccines fail and the citizens in the US and the West suddenly come to realize that modern medicine's vaccine strategy has completely failed them against the covid-19 virus offering them no further hope of a cure??

And please don't forget that throughout all the 150 years of modern medicine's existence, allopathic medicine has never ever found a successful and consistent therapeutic treatment -- with a 98% cure rate -- for ANY viral disease.

We've already had riots all over the US for this that and the other. So what do you think is going to happen in the West if those vaccines fail and all the citizens suddenly realize that they have no real hope against covid-19?? How will those citizens react? Will they be angry? Who will they blame? And what do you think they will they do?

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Replied by Bill
(Philippines)
10/09/2020

Hi Art,

I forgot to mention that I have also stocked up on melatonin as one of my backups. I will only use the melatonin(and aspirin/BHT) if and when either me or my wife become infected with covid-19.

Another useful treatment for covid-19 is a well known Chinese herbal remedy called Lianhua Qingwen(capsules) which is quite cheap to buy. I can buy it for pennies in the Philippines. This herbal mix is quite a strong remedy used for actually getting rid of fever and killing off the covid-19 virus. It contains strong antipyretics and antivirals such as Isatis root, Ephedra and Liqorice root. There are 13 herbal ingredients in Linhua Qingwen. All the hospitals in China have been successfully using this remedy for just the initial mild stages of the covid-19 infection -- it relieves fever, cough and fatigue. This remedy also seems to greatly accelerate the recovery time.

The Chinese TCM doctors also have several other herbal formulas for different stages or different problems that can arise during covid-19 infection -- one of which is called Huashi Baidu formula which was actually designed by the academic TCM team that originally went to Wuhan to battle covid-19. Believe it or not, I think that this formula is actually based on the 2000-year-old White Tiger remedy which is quite famous in China. This formula is also a strong remedy that can be used for any stage of covid-19 infection.

Just making the point that, right now, China does certainly have sophisticated and successful herbal formulas that can certainly stop/cure the covid-19 virus whereas the US and the West are still fumbling around with their vaccines that, IMHO, are all destined to fail.

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Replied by Art
(California)
10/10/2020
2288 posts

Hi Bill,

Once again you have cut right through the noise and honed in on many of the problems associated with the folly of a vaccine for Covid-19!

I said it before and will say it again, EC has more rational remedies for Covid-19 than all of the scientists have been able to put together! They limit themselves to mainly existing drugs with little if any thought to things like coconut oil or melatonin. Sometimes simple just works! Counting on a vaccine for a coronavirus seems highly unlikely since a vaccine for any coronavirus has never been able to be developed to date and rushing it to market is just begging for problems! How is the impossible suddenly possible? I am not going to be rushing out to try any Covid-19 vaccine myself.

Regarding what will happen if vaccines fail, the smart people will come to EC and find some good remedies while the uninformed will complain and go crazy and do who knows what. Ignoring the chances for vaccine failure or serious side effects seems mighty foolish to me, especially when they are trying to do it in 1/4th the time required for other vaccines.

Art

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Replied by Art
(California)
10/10/2020

Hi Bill,

I just went on Amazon to search for Lianhua Qingwen.

Oddly, they show multiple listings for it, but when I click on any of those listings, the pages the links take me to have nothing like it on the page, very strange. I will have to look elsewhere, possibly on ebay. I am not aware of a TCM practitioner in my area as that might have been an option. Thank you for the new information, Bill!

Art

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Replied by Bill
(Philippines)
10/10/2020

Hi Art,

You're right about searching for Lianhua Qingwen(LQ) capsules on Amazon. I couldn't find it on Amazon. This really doesn't surprise me since Jeff Bezos is known to support all the China-hate going around these days. I guess he thinks that Lianhua Qingwen capsules are a huge security risk for the US. Well go figure...

I've just searched for Lianhua Qingwen capsules on ebay and found it without any problems.

By the way, I forgot to mention that if you do buy Lianhua Qingwen capsules then please make sure it is "YILING" brand(full name of manufacturer: Shijiazhuang Yiling) which is the brand being used for covid-19 patients in all the Chinese hospitals.


Nicotine

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Posted by Cindy (Illinois, Usa) on 09/29/2020 512 posts
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Nicotine is being investigated for the purpose of using it against Covid-19. The reason is because smokers weren't getting it like non-smokers. In fact, they were shown to be 50% less likely to contract it.

The reason, they suspect, is because of nicotine, which is a micronutrient found in many vegetables and for which the body has an entire system for handling and distributing. The *same* pathways viruses use - but can't, if the receptors contain enough nicotine. Hence, I suspect, the smokers who weren't getting it didn't get it from breathing contaminated air. Which is just one way to get it. I suspect those who DID get it got it from food or skin contact or whatever because the receptors in the airways contained the nicotine but the pathways that would be used via ingestion and/or skin contact did not. In other words, smokers are still susceptible, just not via the singular pathway of the respiratory system.

I'd been looking at tobaccum because it was a very useful herb, prior to its demonization. It's primary use was for skin issues, including warts, moles, psoriasis etc.. Basically, anything having to do with the skin. And it was used by "natives" all over the world, for thousands of years.

SOO, anyway, I've been treating plantar warts on the bottom of my feet for several years now, trying various things, letting them come back and trying something different and so on. As a smoker, I make my own cigarettes so I have tobacco plus I switched to "Vaping" for a short period but it just plain did something horrible regarding dehydration. Dried me out something fierce. So I went back to smoking and I've smoked since I was 10 when I just "started smoking like an old man", my mom said, so that's 50 years but, anyway, given the use of tobaccum as an herb and the plantar warts I was growing back on my feet, I decided to try some old vaping "juice" I had leftover from when I was vaping on the warts.

Let me preface this next part by explaining that vape "juice" was initially available in several "strengths" AND kids were trying to use it to commit suicide but would end up just throwing up and being fine 2 hours after so, it's not deadly. Not by any means, as the amounts of nicotine they were ingesting were phenomenal. Could have probably cleared termites out of several houses as they were drinking it by the bottles which, by comparison, when you vape, you might vape the equivalent of a cigarette to the tune of 3 or 4 DROPS of the stuff. Nowhere NEAR the amount kids were drinking in an effort to kill themselves, so...anyway...

I only used it on my foot once, as it was before I'd learned it wasn't deadly after alll and feared poisoning myself. What happened is very interesting. The amount was probably somewhere around only 3 drops, altogether, but it did the exact same thing vaping did. The glycerin dried me PLUM out. Dry mouth, plain old crackly, dry discomfort and the whole bit but it ALSO - and this is the interesting part - it made me turn my nose up at cigarettes. For a couple of hours. Which I was TOTALLY not expecting. 3 drops? On the bottom of one foot? It was insane.

I probably got some on my hands and whatnot but I was shocked when I realized I was rolling a cigarette but had no desire to smoke it. Which had never happened before except when I was vaping.

They're testing nicotine now, for Covid. They're testing nicotine patches, gum, drops and all of the nicotine replacement products used to stop smoking.

I'd always known that the lung damage caused by smoking was smoke damage but I should have realized that the desire to control tobacco must have meant it had some true usefulness that would bite into the profits of some Fortune 500 vampire - and I was right. Just 2 or 3 weeks ago, there was no information whatsoever available on the internet, other than what was available as books scanned for the archive but today, a lot of old information is floating up to the surface where people can get their hands on it and it's definitely worth checking out.

Nicotine is a nutrient. And man has known this, at least, for as long as he's been naming body parts and it would seem that the only ones getting it - yet not enough - are smokers. It's entirely possible that it's not an addiction but merely a craving for a particular nutrient that is missing from the diet. Much like boron. The body simply needs it.

I'm not saying people should smoke as, apparently, it doesn't get distributed very well when inhaled but it could be added to lotion, soaps, used as a tincture or poultice - it's just a nutrient that happens to come in, among many other veggies, tobacco. Something people want and are more willing to pay for than grow for themselves. It's a profit center..and, apparently, everything the common man has been told about it is a lie. Yes it's poisonous - to BUGS - so is orange peel and a dozen or so other items that might be found in just about anybody's kitchen.

It's worth checking out. Even if only as a killer of viruses which are basically insects, as bacteria are basically plants. Many of the foods we eat are useful as insecticides and/or herbicides.

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Replied by Orh
(Ten Mile , Tn)
09/30/2020

CINDY, ORH here, and impressed with this post and your knowledge of the tobacco herb. I still have the the worthless stock, Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, after my ole Wi boss used their Ky tobacco supplement to treat his arthritis. It worked. It was so good that Big Pharma got after them with both feet. That included sending the Gov of Va and his wife to prison. BIG PHARMA makes the Mofia look like SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS. If you research the net, some will say to hold the worthless stock because the product worked. I know you are a knowledgeable person and hope you will keep posting on tobacco. Finally got back to using hemp, thanks to Trump. Maybe we will get back to tobacco. I loved smoking, but over did it, as all usually do. Camels unfiltered was the creme de la creme.

===ORH===

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Replied by Cindy
(Illinois, Usa)
09/29/2020
512 posts

Addendum to my post:

I neglected to add that nicotine in a smoker doesn't appear to travel beyond the upper respiratory system - the airborne virus's entry point. Which would explain why smokers are ONLY 50% less likely to contract Covid-19, which I had, back in July, and had always known I'd ingested as I'd been busy and as "socially distant" as a body can get for almost 3 weeks prior.

I suspect I got it from the lettuce on a sandwich I'd gotten at the "Drive-thru" because I hadn't been to get groceries for almost a month and had finished off the last of the peanut butter the day before - it being the last "food" in the house as I had because I'd been putting off getting groceries because I was busy.

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Replied by Alex
(Thessaloniki - Greece)
10/06/2022
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I was vaping nicotine the time I had my father with covid and still got it. It didn't protect me.

When somebody has covid or the flu, he should avoid taking nicotine at whichever form (vaping, smoking etc) because:

"The study found that vaping with nicotine impairs ciliary beat frequency, dehydrates airway fluid and makes mucus more viscous or sticky. These changes make it more difficult for the bronchi, the main passageways to the lung, to defend themselves from infection and injury"

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=is+nicotine+expectorant?


Nitric Oxide Boosters

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Posted by p. raghavan (virudhunagar, india) on 02/28/2022
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NITRIC OXIDE INHALATION FOR COVID-19.

There is an article from Massachusetts General Hospital titled “Therapeutic nitric oxide from air with an electric spark “. According to this, treatment with inhaled nitric oxide has proven to be life-saving in newborns, children, and adults with several dangerous conditions like pulmonary hypertension. Basically, nitric oxide inhalation dilates blood vessels in the lungs and reduces the blood pressure in the lungs.

There are two articles available on the net :

1) “Glenmark, Canadaian Firm SANOTIZE'S Nitric oxide nasal spray against COVID launched in India “.

2) “COVID-19: Nitric oxide shows as an antiviral treatment”.

This nitric oxide nasal spray is used to treat adult patients at increased risk (to Ventilator). Nasal spray is designed to kill the Covid – 19 virus in the upper respiratory airways. It has proven anti-microbial properties and a direct virucidal effect on SARS-COV-2. When sprayed over nasal mucosa, it acts as a physical and chemical barrier against the virus preventing it from incubating and spreading to the lung.

The recommended dosage of Nitric oxide Nasal spray is two sprays in each nostril, six times a day for 7 days. This nasal spray is not variant-specific of Covid – 19. It will work against the alpha, beta and delta variants of SARS-2-COV-2, besides Rhinovirus and H1NI virus as well. In clinical trials, this nasal spray reduced viral load by around 95 % in the first 24 hours and more than 99 % within 72 hours. This spray is approved for Covid-19 in EU, India, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Bahrain. Nasal spray costs about US $ 15 in India. It appears to be a very promising treatment for Covid-19.

Best wishes.

P. Raghavan.

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Replied by Art
(California)
02/28/2022
2288 posts

p. raghavan,

Thank you very much for this very important information to give Covid-19 and its variants a quick beat down!

Here is a link to the study that confirms what you are describing :

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC8117664/

The one NON nasal spray I found here is $45 + $20 for shipping.

Sadly, the medical establishment here seems intent on pursuing the very expensive prescription drugs rather than the more affordable and more effective supplements and alternatives mentioned regularly on the EC community. Thank you again!

Art


Nitric Oxide Boosters
Posted by Trina Peterson (United States) on 04/21/2020
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I have bought my son VIT C, D and olive leaf extract added nitric oxide boosters, beet root powder and L arginine, the latter only if he became ill. He works at Whole Foods as a grocery clerk. I found this very interesting as they are using Nitric Oxide to treat Covid cases. It blocks replication and it helps with oxygen absorption. A quote from MedPage Today.... "However, perhaps the most convincing role of nitric oxide in this disease is its antiviral properties. SARS-CoV-2 infects cells by attaching to a receptor on the lining of the airways called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). This is the same mechanism by which SAR-1 infects cells. NO specifically alters a surface protein on SARS-1, known as the spike protein, such that it cannot attach to the ACE2 receptor. This results in blocking viral entry into the cell as well as the subsequent replication of the virus. Since SARS-CoV-2 shares the same mechanism of cell entry, we can relatively confidently assume that NO would have a similar effect regarding this novel virus."

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Replied by Rob S.
(U.S.A.)
05/03/2020
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What are and where do you get these Nitric Oxide boosters ?

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Replied by Volker
(Berlin (Germany))
06/26/2020

Regarding Arginine vs. Lysine see these 2 videos the user "Bo K." published on YT claiming how LYSINE helped him.
From what I understand, when you SUFFER FROM COVID-19 SYMPTOMs, you want to consume LYSINE in excess of Arginine. AND NOT DRINK COFFEE, as it prevents nitric oxide from being exhaled, prevents Arginine from normal consumption, both feeding the virus and cytokine storm.

DO'S & DON'TS of a SARS CoV2 survivor part1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfQXYq9kmf4

DO'S AND DON'TS of a symptomatic corona virus survivor, part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyyzokIJ_dI

best regards

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Bo. K
(Dom Rep)
07/14/2020

There is one study I have heard of, stating NO is beneficial. I don't know how they are administering it. Possible that flooding the body with nitric oxide is beneficial.

DO NOT USE ARGININE TO PRODUCE NITRIC OXIDE. ARGININE will invite the virus in.

Other than flooding the body (throwing it out of balance maybe, I don't know for sure), either arginase/arginine conversion to nitric oxide may be the process that makes the cytokines inflammed. I will try to adress it in part 3.

If arginine, nitric oxide is healthy while with covid infection, none of my long haulers would get better when they quit coffee and excercise. While yes both are inflammatory, they both create excess arginine nitric oxide in the system.

FOR THE RECORD..... DON'T DRINK COFFEE OR EXERCISE for at least 3 weeks after returning back to normal with no symptoms or pills. You severely increase your chances of being a long hauler.


Olive Leaf Extract

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Posted by Bill (Philippines) on 03/24/2020
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Here is some more evidence of both efficacy and safety for using olive leaf extract as an all-round antiviral. As the research below shows, olive leaf extract -- oleuropein -- is able to defeat vuruses -- any virus, including COVID-19 -- in 5 different ways. See the research below: " Researchers at the Upjohn pharmaceutical company reported the following antiviral effects (in my simpler words) using a salt made from olive leaf ingredients (Calcium elenolate) in laboratory experiments in live tissue. It had antiviral activity against every virus it was tested on and works as follows: 1. Penetrates into host cells and blocks viral replication. 2. Interferes with the virus' production of the proteins it needs. (Interference with the virus' hijacking of your cell function). 3. Inactivates the viruses, preventing their migration from infected cells and their connection with cell membranes. 4. Stops a retrovirus's production of protease and reverse transcriptase - enzymes a retrovirus such as HIV uses to alter the RNA of a heallthy cell. 5. Stimulates the human immune system response (to destroy them). In short, olive leaf extract ingredients block a virus' life cycle, stop it multiplying then call up immune cells to demolish it. It will likely do this to a greater or lesser degree to any viral infection, and so offers much hope to those who wish to avoid infections or those who need help in combating them." Source: https://www.about-olive-leaf-extract.com/natural-antiviral.html

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Replied by Elizabeth
(MN)
05/26/2022

Bill,

What is the dosage for Olive Leaf, please?


Olive Leaf Extract + Alkalize

Posted by Craig W. (EC Facebook) on 02/28/2020

Olive leaf extract helps the body shed viruses and I drink fresh lemon juice, ACV and fresh ground ginger root in water. 😉🤗


Olive Leaf Extract + Colloidal Silver

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Posted by Maria (A.C.T) on 12/04/2021
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This might be recorded somewhere on Earth Clinic already because I love the site and share as much as possible. I caught a virus on a plane in 2009 and after the worst sickness I've ever experienced, a doctor told me she could see it attached to the roof of my mouth but that there are no medicines for virus. I tried an alternative remedy sent to me soon after and it killed that virus in 24 hours. Afterward, I went back to that doctor and she confirmed it was gone and asked for the remedy in case her family ever caught such a thing.

Here it is:

One teaspoon of Olive Leaf extract, any brand, one teaspoon of Colloidal Silver any brand in a half glass of water. Drink it straight down ugh! ONLY ONE DOSE...no repeats.

Then mix up the same in a full glass of water and gargle and spit that out over 24 hours.

It worked for two other people I've shared this with...one was Swine Flu like mine, the other was a bad reaction to Covid vaccination. These natural remedies are Mother Earth's gifts to us.

All the Best.


Osha Root Tincture

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Posted by Lori (Vancouver ) on 10/08/2021
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Back in 2020, my adult son and I both contracted some kind of virus (we never got tested for COVID19) that affected our lungs. We both felt like an elephant was sitting on our chests - somewhat painful. Also coughing.

Anyway, I pulled my Osha Root tincture out of my cupboard. It cured both of us within 2-3 days. The virus reoccured about six times over the past 18 months. I again dose myself with Osha Root and it goes away. Osha Root is particularly good for the lungs. It has been used for thousands of years by First Nations peoples.

My favourite health food store lady tells me that she has had many post-covid/vaccine injured clients and has had great success with serrapeptase (for clearing clots) and pycnogenol. I have also read that l-lysine is very helpful.

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Replied by Robin
(NM)
10/13/2021

How much Osha did you take daily?


Panacur C

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Posted by ORH (TEN MILE , TN) on 01/26/2022
★★★★★

HI U OLE PATOOTS, ORH here, and just got in a fresh batch of Panacur C. We started this after Joe Tippens wrote about it solving his cancer problem. What Clif High says is that it will also solve your Covid problem. I have no issue with this because we are doing 9000 things to stay alive. Money is worthless, so spend it while you can. We are buying our Ivermectin from India as an EC poster told us to do. How in the heck did we get into this predicament? Got my garden planned and we will share with folks that put in sweat equity. If you don't know what that is, then you probably a one sorry ass person. Better hush, least D flush me again.

====ORH====


Pepcid

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Posted by Caroline (Atlanta ) on 12/29/2021
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Hi, I wanted to mention that Pepcid really helps Covid 19. It helps it go away faster and eases the symptoms. The recommended dosage is 2 a day with the maximum strength Pepcid. All the best!


Potassium

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Posted by Bethany (San Diego, CA) on 03/13/2022
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Please post to both Potassium and COVID recovery pages.

In July 2021 my family and I came down with Covid. My symptoms were severe headache, severe fatigue and entire body severe muscle aches and body aches. None of us lost smell or taste but I also developed a different symptom than what I have read about: I got a disgusting nasty taste in my mouth that no amount of tooth brushing or anything would remove. It made coffee, water and any food taste really gross. As a result I stopped eating much and stopped drinking much, except forcing myself to eat and drink a little bit to stay alive.

My husband and two teenagers all recovered within a few days & our 4 year old never got it, however I continued to be in constant intense pain with muscle & body aches all over. I also had lost my appetite and had (sorry TMI) diarrhea.

After a week and a half I was still in agony & my husband asked why haven't I gotten better? I was wondering the same thing so I looked up online “severe muscle aches and body aches” and out popped Low Potassium & your article explained why eating a banana doesn't afford immediate potassium. I realized that all the diarrhea probably exasperated the issue of low potassium.

So I sent someone to the store as I was no way ready to travel and the potassium couldn't arrive fast enough!

I took a few potassium pills (sorry I don't remember the exact number) and within an hour or so I felt SO much better! I think I took 2-4 potassium pills at 99mg for a few days.

I continued with then potassium supplements until I felt better. Also ate some bananas for good measure as I figured it couldn't hurt.


Potassium
Posted by Bethany (CA) on 10/21/2021
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Potassium for COVID19. I cannot believe NO one has listed Potassium to be helpful for Covid recovery! It IS listed in the Covid overview, but no one listed it as a cure. ALl I know is that is what finally helped me get over Covid!

In July 2021 my family and I contracted Covid while on vacation on a road trip to Colorado. Realized it may be covid after arriving home, and looked on this website, started us on the Melatonin Vit C & Zinc, protocol. Everyone else recovered fast except for me, I had terrible unrelenting painful muscle aches and body aches. After being in continuous agony I finally researched online after a week and up popped up Potassium deficiency! Sent my husband out to purchase it (he was fine by then), and within two hours I was 99% better!

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Replied by Betty
(CA)
10/22/2021
★★★★★

Yes, potassium is important for kidney function with covid. Potassium Citrate ER (rx) is preferred but OTC works also.

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Replied by Joseph A.
(Stockton, Ca)
11/11/2021
73 posts

Why hasn't the dosage been listed? Please post the recipe of potassium used, thank you.

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Cfitz
(Georgia)
12/11/2021

See Dr. Eric Berg's videos. He states we need 4,700 mg per day of potassium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2vPQYP0dpI

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHl5Y7m1xM

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Replied by Roxanne
(Michigan)
11/11/2021

How much melatonin did you all take?


Potato Soup

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Posted by Cindy (Illinois, USA) on 04/05/2020 512 posts
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Another note on the virus' aftermath - namely, the ongoing and unproductive coughing. I did not have the virus go down into my chest but it has been sitting, solid as a rock, in the back of my sinuses just above my throat. Nothing I tried would break it up. Not cayenne, not ACV, not vitamin C, not tea, lemon honey or steam - UNTIL - It occurred to me that the most comforting thing I can remember from when I was sick, as a child, was potato soup. Homemade potato soup. NON-CREAMED potato soup. There were two aspects of the "Irish" potato/onion soup my mom made. First, was the onion. Lost of onion. However much potatoes you used, you used half that amount of onion. Lots of onion. Which is, I suppose, a superfood but that's not the best part. The best part was the black pepper. Lots of salt and black pepper, together with the onion, would break up whatever congestion one had "stuck". I still haven't been out of the house so I have neither potatoes nor onions but I made a cup of sea salt and black pepper tea - NOT TO DRINK but, rather, to inhale. And it worked a treat!!works! The common, lingering cough leftover after a regular cold/flu respiratory virus during "the season" and it's breaking up. Almost instantly. I'm still going to make the soup which is as follows: 1 lb potatoes, chopped for boiling red onion (red for respiratory) - enough to make up half again as much potato Boil the potatoes and 1/4 of the onion in 4 cups of water until completely done and falling apart While the potatoes and onion are cooking, put 3 TBS of butter in a skillet and sautee the remaining onion until it is soft and mashable. Mash and whisk the fully cooked potatoes, onion and the water in which you've cooked them into liquid. Add the sauteed onion and butter to the mix and stir while reheating it all together. Whether you drink it from a mug or eat it with saltines, salt and pepper it to "tasty" before you eat it, mixing well after adding the salt and pepper. You want a spike of black pepper - ground or freshly ground, it doesn't seem to matter - that will make your nose run which is exactly what you want. Once it is breaking up, you can hit it with your vitamin C or whatever you're using to kill the virus because the "armor" of that viral congestion is broken down by the black pepper. You don't have to actually make soup - apparently, you can simply inhale a hheavy black pepper tea - but I can tell you that there is NOTHING more awesome than hot, buttery potato onion soup with lots of salt and pepper when you're sick. NOTHING! And I am SOOOOO glad to have that sinus "brick" broken up and the idea of not having that lingering, annoying/insane-driving, non-productive cough!

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Replied by Margeaux
(Los Angeles, Ca)
04/11/2020
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Cindy, This is what an elderly woman who had pretty much been written off since she'd been hospitalized and given the most dramatic treatments for the virus ate... potato soup! It literally revived her. She's home now recuperating. Well potatoes are vitamin c, the onions have quercetin, &the pepper definitely breaks up the congestion. Happy healing! Margeaux

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Cindy
(Illinois, USA)
04/05/2020
512 posts
★★★★★

One note - keep the soup this simple. It's not "food", in this instance. It's "medicine" so don't even try to "improve" it. If it needs more butter for the onion, increase the butter or add a little olive oil. If it needs a little more water while the potatoes and onion are cooking down, add some - but not too much because that's the "soup" part. DO NOT DRAIN OFF THE WATER - that's your "soup base". Just mix it all together.

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Replied by Miss M
(New York)
06/27/2020

I am glad to hear that someone else had these symptoms. I have had a dry cough at the top of my lungs and throat for four months after Covid!! I just started this drink and it helped reduce cough symptoms 90 per cent!

I cannot do the soup as potatoes are not my friends.

  • ACV two tablespoons
  • Fresh ginger large knob peeled
  • lemon juice two tablespoons
  • cayenne pepper as much as you can muster
  • honey to taste
  • water 16 ounces

Blend and drink multiple times a day.

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Replied by Cindy
(Illinois, Usa)
06/30/2020
512 posts

Ah! Cayenne! Love me some cayenne. It always provides a boost and I've been playing with lower doses. I was using a teaspoon in a shot of water but 1/4 teaspoon seems to have the same effect but without the drama. If it's a remedy for something, I would say thhat 1/4 teaspoon should probably stop the problem from progressing so one could more "gently" resolve the issue as opposed to hitting it on the head with the sledgehammer of a whole teaspoon of 300k heating units, all at once. LOL! That's gotta be a shock to the system. Even if it does turn out to be a "good" shock, I don't think shocking the system is prudent. Unless there's something equally dramatic going on like hemorrhaging or a heart attack.

Of course, sometimes the drama is fun.


Povidone Iodine Nasal Spray

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Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 08/29/2020
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Povidone Iodine Nasal Spray are now being issued to front-line health care workers and hospital patients for covid19 related illness.

Note from Rob: I am writing and presenting this article to Earthclinic in the hope it will help someone or a family member reading your forum with a compromised immune system. Covid19 seems to be hitting them the hardest. It has become “blasphemy” in America to speak publicly about cures for covid19. I am a herbalist and back in early November 2019, people were coming to me with some screwed up symptoms which I called an SSV (some sorta virus?). I did not know what it was, so I was giving them my Cold and Flu Remedy. If they were able to treat their symptoms fast enough within 48 hours, they were over the flu(?) in about 12 hours.

For every 24hrs over the 48hr mark untreated, you can add another 12hrs to recover. Then in late December, rumors started coming out of China about a virus with the same symptoms I was treating. Huh, imagine that… And as of today 8/2020 it's still knocking it out. What I am trying to say is don't believe everything the media and your politicians are telling you. Here are cures out there, their just too cheap, all natural and big pharma can't make a profit on it.

This treatment is not a cure for Covid19. It is meant to reduce the viral load inside the nasal cavities where the covid19 and other micro-organisms collect and become dangerous. Summit Biosciences, Inc. announced this week it had been awarded a contract from a Seattle-based pharmaceutical company, Atossa Therapeutics, Inc., to fast track the development of a nasal spray to be used on patients who've been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus but who “have not yet exhibited symptoms severe enough to require hospitalization, ”according to the press release.

Lexington KY pharmaceutical company developing nasal spray to treat COVID-19 (Press Release) https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article243092566.html

COVID-19 is a viral respiratory disease that often initially settles in the nose — one of the most widely used tests to determine whether a person actively has the new coronavirus is a nasal swab — which is why the company is working to produce a nasal spray. Typically, as the infection becomes more severe, it will move to the lungs, where it can become deadly. The point with this drug is to catch it early enough, before that happens.

In order for the virus' spike proteins to take hold in a person's nasal cavity, certain cells in the mucus must first activate that viral spike protein. This nasal spray would inhibit that activation process, acting as a “barrier inside the nose to prevent virus entry”.

Researchers at the University of Kentucky in three clinical trials to treat symptoms of those who've already tested positive for the virus and help them avoid needing to be hospitalized, and to develop a drug that prevents transmission of the virus. “We are looking for a therapy that prevents people from having to go to the hospital, or if they happen to be in the hospital and are not critically ill, [from] becoming critically ill”.

One of the clinical trials involves testing the efficacy of an iodine nasal spray to protect people who are at especially high risk from contracting the virus, including frontline health care workers.

Summit Bioscience's nasal spray would be targeted toward healthier people who've tested positive but don't have severe symptoms. To be used at home, the nasal spray would work to keep them from developing those symptoms as well as to slow the infection rate, overall, putting their immune system in a better position to fight the virus. The goal is to eventually commercialize therapies for patients “on both ends of the spectrum, ”— those healthier patients well enough to be treated at home, and sicker patients who may require a ventilator.

DIY Povidone-iodine Nasal Spray:

Regularly use 2 – 5 times a daily with a Nasal Spray Irrigator and home-made saline. University of Kentucky Hospital, USA did the study. Study subjects will use betadine saline sinus rinse for period of 7 days.

Povidone iodine is a powerful antiseptic and disinfectant. In contact with skin and mucous membranes povidone iodine works quickly and has a microbicidal effect (causing the death of a broad spectrum of bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoa).

Recipe #1:

Material needed:

*30 ml empty nasal spray bottle

*Distilled water

*Sea salt

*Baking soda

*Povidone-iodine 10%

*Empty clean water bottle

*Peppermint oil (optional)

1. Add 1 teaspoon sea salt and 1 teaspoon baking soda to empty “clean” 17 oz water bottle.

2. Add distilled water to bottle, cap and shake til salt and baking soda have completely dissolved. This is your saline solution.

3. Add 3ml of Povidone-iodine (you want it strong since Povidone Iodine solution 5% has only 0.5% available iodine) to the empty nasal spray bottle. 2 drops peppermint oil (optional but it is a good anti-inflammatory). Top bottle off with your saline solution.

4. Use this spray twice in each nostrile 2-5 times daily for afew weeks to resolve sinus infections, congestion and polyps.

Recipe #2:

Material needed:

*Saline Nasal Squeeze Bottle (New with saline water inside purchase from store)

*Child medicine syringe or similar device that measures in milliters

*Povidone-iodine 10%

1. Remove nasal tip from Saline Nasal Squeeze Bottle.

2. Estimate how much PVP-I to add to nasal bottle based on how much saline is inside. General formula is 1ml PVP-I to every 10ml saline water.

3. Using the child syringe, remove the same amount saline water as you are going to add in.

4. Re-cap nasal cap to bottle. Shake well and spray up each nostile.

The science behind this:

Povidone-iodine (PVP-I) is a broad-spectrum antiseptic with activity against bacteria, fungi, and viruses. It has been previously used in both intranasal preparations against Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) as well as oral preparations in in-vitro studies of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), influenza H1N1, and rotavirus with good efficacy. This study will evaluate the efficacy of PVP-I as prophylaxis in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19)-negative for front-line health care workers and hospital patients.

The highest concentration of viral covid-19 particles resides within the nasopharynx. The virus is thought to spread via respiratory droplets with the potential for transmission via inhalation of droplets, contact to the nose and mouth with infected materials, and airborne transmission. Given that frontline workers are involved in high-risk procedures including intubation, bronchoscopy, proning patients (which can lead to droplet production) and in some cases are reusing PPE, finding ways to reduce viral load or viral exposure are paramount.

In this study, front line healthcare workers will be asked to complete a pre-participation survey and screened for COVID positivity. They will then be given premade PVP-I gargles and nasal sprays, as well as a calendar card to mark compliance. PVP-I nasal spray and gargle (10% diluted 1:30) will be used prior to the start of a shift, during "lunch break", and at the end of shift. First, the nasal spray will be sprayed in the nose (2 sprays each nostril). For adequate coverage, the participant should be able to taste the iodine or see it in the back of the throat. This should be left in place for 30 seconds. Then, the participant will gargle the solution for 30 seconds and not have anything to eat or drink by mouth for 30 minutes. Treatment will continue for 3 weeks, or until the healthcare worker presents with COVID symptoms. Participants will then be tested for COVID positivity and asked to fill out a second questionnaire assessing study tolerability. At completion of the study, they will be asked to turn in their calendar card to assess how many applications they were able to complete.

Given the high rate of asymptomatic carriers, a second arm will also be planned for patients who have a 7+ day hospitalization or who are set to undergo a significant surgical procedure. These patients will be offered participation in the study as well and will be given the same questionnaire and undergo preoperative testing if they consent. For patients in the study group, PVIP gargle and nasal sprays will be applied preoperatively or shortly after admission and enrollment in the study for the non-operative group. The patients will then be retested in 2 weeks or as directed by the presentation of symptoms concerning for infection with SARS-CoV-2.

Due to the known breadth of its antiviral activity and similarities in molecular structure, it can be extrapolated that PVP-I should have robust activity against SARS-CoV-2. Eggers et al found that at a concentration of 1% there was a reduction of viral activity of 99.99% in in-vitro assays. At 2 minutes, a concentration of 0.23% was enough to reduce viral loads appreciably (meaning measurable).

Introduction:

There have been significant concerns noted regarding infection of health care workers and subsequent nosocomial spread within hospitals. Data from the epidemic in Wuhan by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention noted that 63% of infected patients in Wuhan were health care workers.1 A study of hospitalized patients at a tertiary care center in Wuhan noted that 12% of patients and 29% of health care professionals had acquired COVID-19 from nosocomial spread. Particular concern has been expressed regarding the safety of otolaryngologists, patients, and staff during routine and endoscopic examination. Reports have demonstrated high viral loads of SARS-CoV-2 in the nasal cavities, nasopharynx, oral cavities, and oropharynx, with the highest viral loads within the nasopharynx. In vitro studies have demonstrated that the tissue of the nose and mouth have high expression of ACE2, the main receptor of COVID-19. Nasal goblet and ciliated cells had the highest expression of ACE2. Due to high viral load, these areas are sensitive for diagnosis of the virus. The transit of virus via coughing, sneezing, and aerosolizing procedures makes transmission high. Aerosols of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected in the air for up to 3 hours. There are concerns that many otolaryngology procedures generate aerosols, which was proven for intranasal high-speed drilling in a cadaveric study.

Transmission reduction by the minimization of aerosolized virus is of key importance. Given that the nasopharynx and oropharynx are principal reservoirs of active SARS-CoV-2 virus, there has been immense desire for an approach to nasal and oral decontamination in the era of COVID-19. Povidone-iodine (PVP-I) has been suggested as a topical solution. PVP-I works by releasing free iodine, which disrupts microbial metabolic pathways, destabilizes structural components of cell membranes, and leads to irreversible damage to pathogens. It is a potent virucidal via inhibition of N1, N2, and N3 neuraminidase as well as inhibition of hemagglutinin. This inhibition blocks viral attachment to cellular receptors and inhibits viral release and spread from infected cells.

Protocols have been recommended regarding nasal and oral use of PVP-I in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, and there has been much discussion regarding the implementation of these practices. A protocol was developed in the United Kingdom recommending 0.3 mL of 0.5% PVP-I solution via each nostril and 9 mL via the oral cavity in conscious COVID-19 patients and persons under investigation (PUIs) prior to undergoing procedures in and around the mouth, as well as in health care workers performing these procedures. In unconscious patients, they recommended applying 2 mL to the mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity. Use was recommended every 2 to 3 hours in health care workers exposed to these patients up to 4 times per day. Another protocol from Pittsburgh recommended 240 mL of 0.4% PVP-I in the nasal cavity via sinus rinse delivery bottle and 10 mL of 0.5% PVP-I oral wash every 2 to 3 hours up to 4 times per day in patients with COVID-19, PUIs, prior to high-risk procedures, and in COVID-19 hotspots. They recommended this procedure in health care workers prior to and after care of COVID patients, PUIs, high-risk procedures in COVID hotspots, and in the setting of inadequate PPE. Parhar et al concurred with the use of PVP-I based preparations to reduce viral loads of coronavirus as there was demonstrated efficacy. An anesthesia guideline for operative room care in the COVID-19 era recommended 2 doses of nasal PVP-I within 1 hour of incision for all OR cases. The American Dental Association guidelines for minimizing risk of COVID-19 transmission recommended preoperative use of 0.2% PVP-I mouthwash for all procedures.

To minimize toxicity when using PVP-I as a repeated application, most protocols recommend concentrations of PVP-I between 0.2% and 0.5%. Because nasal and oral viral loads are similar in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients3 and can persist in convalescent seroconverted cases, some of these protocols recommend the use of PVP-I in asymptomatic patients. Unaddressed in any report to date is a discussion of the interdependence of PVP-I aqueous concentration, chemical stability, reported toxicity, and known biocidal efficacy.

Most commercial PVP-I preparations suitable for sinonasal or oral application are aqueous concentrations of 10% PVP-I or 5% PVP-I intended for presurgical antisepsis. Although additional scrubs, solutions, swab sticks, and other PVP-I containing products are available in the 5% to 10% range, many contain additional salts, sudsing agents, and cosolvents that should be avoided in the nose and mouth. Most are specifically labeled for external use and carry warnings against exposure to eyes, ears, and mucosal surfaces. The chemical stability of PVP-I in aqueous solutions at room temperature declines with dilution, alkalinization, and contact with common low-density polymer packaging materials.22, 23 Naturally acidic aqueous PVP-I solutions reach a critical stability inflection point at about 0.75%.24 Paradoxically, studies have shown that the antibacterial activity of full-strength 10% PVP-I increases with dilution.25 Between 10% and 1%, there is an exponential increase in efficacy which plateaus between 1.0% and 0.1% before decreasing again from 0.1% to 0.001%.

Our objective is to present established uses of PVP-I in the sinonasal and oral cavities and outline the safety profile through the discussion of clinical and in vitro toxicity. In addition, we aim to discuss PVP-I efficacy against coronaviruses and its potential use specifically against SARS-CoV-2 to inform the otolaryngology community regarding its use.

Results:

Povidone-iodine has been safely administered for up to 5 months in the nasal cavity and 6 months in the oral cavity. Concentrations less than 2.5% in vitro do not reduce ciliary beat frequency or cause pathological changes in ciliated nasal epithelium, upper respiratory, or mucosal cells. Adverse events with oral use have not been reported in conscious adults or children. Allergy and contact sensitivity is rare. Chronic mucosal use up to 5% has not been shown to result in clinical thyroid disease. PVP-I is rapidly virucidal and inactivates Coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

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Replied by Ana
(Canada)
08/30/2020

Is it okay to use Lugol's iodine instead?

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Rob
(Kentucky)
09/01/2020

All 3 clinical studies used Povidone iodine (PVP-I) because it's gentle effect of the mucus membranes. You can try Lugol's but, I think it would burn in your nose "alot". I'm assuming that's why the clinical trails did not chose to use tincture of Iodine for that very reason.

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Ana
(Canada)
09/02/2020

Great info, thank you Rob, very much appreciated.

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Replied by Freda
(Canada)
09/01/2020

Can you recommend a good providine iodine?

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Rob
(Kentucky)
09/01/2020

3 types of Povidone Iodine that I know of:

“Betadine” Povidone-iodine (OK to Use) Found at Walgreens, CVS

“Generic” Povidone-iodine (OK to Use) This is what I use! Can by found at Family Dollar, Dollar General, Wal-mart, Walgreens, CVS

Povidone-iodine is available as a surgical scrub or skin cleanser with a detergent base (Do NOT Use)

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Replied by Bruce
(MO)
05/20/2021

Would this work substituting hydrogen peroxide for the iodine?

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Replied by Rob
(Kentucky)
09/14/2022

I found this News Cast Article from KRCR-TV in Redding, California that validates everything I've been saying…

Povidone Iodine Nasal Spray – Redding doctor says there is an extra layer of protection against COVID-19 available (with video)

Source: https://krcrtv.com/news/local/redding-doctor-says-he-may-have-a-solution-to-prevent-transmission-of-covid-19

Redding, Calif. — Doctor George Domb is an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Redding. He has been practicing for more than 40 years and he says he has a simple way to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Doctor Domb says combining "Povidone Iodine”, brand name betadine, with a saline nasal spray is a powerful way to kill coronavirus. He says when a high proportion of ENT doctors started dying, others started using it to protect themselves.

"Somewhere along the line after I started using it in the nose to prevent myself from getting COVID-19, I started giving it to my patients, the ones in my office, and then a little while ago I started thinking the whole pandemic could be squelched if enough people throughout a community use it, " Dr. Domb explained.

It is all available over the counter at your local pharmacy. Povidone Iodine is a disinfectant, and you want the solution, not the scrub.

Dr. Domb says to mix half a teaspoon of the 10% Povidone Iodine solution with a 44-mL spray bottle of saline nasal spray and shake it up.

He has given it to his family members.

Amanda Domb, Dr. Domb's daughter said, "I use it four times a day, it's super easy to use, it doesn't hurt or anything. You just do it twice in each nostril, sniff a little bit and it's done. It's like really easy to add towards your morning routine and after you spray it in, if you just kind of tilt your head back that helps as well. It's just an easy precaution to take. I also am always wearing my mask, social distancing, but this is just like that extra layer of protection that is helpful."

Dr. Domb says studies can take up to a year. And having three daughters in Los Angeles, a COVID-19 hotspot, pushed him to speak out now.

"I'm saying it kills it 100% in the laboratory, it's 100% safe, and we've used it for years and we know it kills bacteria in the nose. So, to me it was just common sense, " continued Dr. Domb.

Dr. Domb has taken this all the way to the Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines doctor who told him they're awaiting results from studies.

Finally, he says this will not work for an estimated 10 to 15% of the population.

Do not use it if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, have hyperthyroidism, are being treated for thyroid cancer with irradiated iodine, or hypersensitive to iodine. It should not be used on children younger than 6.


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Posted by Judith A. (West Chester. PA) on 06/07/2020
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I have seen online concerns about covid19 transmission in bathroom from spray of flushed toilet water. I am a grandma, used this very simple solution to help prevent for colds, flues at all times: shut the lid, flush the toilet. Leave it down at least a few minutes then raise if you wish. Saves your surfaces, toothbrushes and maybe you.


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Posted by Scott (USA) on 03/18/2020

South Korea's response is different than US response, hence the different outcomes. South Korea has tested more than 270,000 people, which amounts to more than 5200 tests per million inhabitants—more than any other country except tiny Bahrain, according to the Worldometer website. The United States has so far carried out 74 tests per 1 million inhabitants. Voluntary social distancing is stressed, as is masked wearing. wash their hands, avoid crowds and meetings, work remotely. To prevent community spread. US has no masks to spare, so US citizens were conditioned that wearing masks are bad, even tho, it can help stop the spread of asymptomatic carriers. The other thing is the virus is 10x more contagious and there is no herd immunity. Quarantines are needed to stop the asymptomatic community spread. Especially since very few citizens and residents are wearing masks. To make matters worse, our hospital system is in short supply of bed, respirators, doctors and nurses who can help to take of the ill. These front line people do not have enough protection and will get sick and possibly die and then the US will be in even more trouble. Heart attacks, and other ailments won't be able to be taken care of as there won't be nobody to take care of them.

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Replied by Rob S.
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05/06/2020
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You forgot that South Korea is also using Oxygen therapy with zinc, Vitamin C along with whatever else. Ozone therapy is also effective especially if combined with zinc - Vitamin C **High Dose IVC** F.Y.I. China is doing the same thing, earlier this year they shipped 50 metric tones of Vitamin C, to covid 19 hardest hit areas but they did not mention much about it, like everybody else.


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Posted by Daniel (Portugal) on 03/03/2020

There are prevention and treatments for this vírus. Please refer to the website of Dr Sircus, for very relevant advice on protocol.


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Posted by Deedra T. (EC Facebook) on 02/28/2020
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Preventative measures, don't wait until you feel bad. Take care of yourself, don't get rundown. Eat healthy, hydrate, get plenty of sleep.



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