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  Re: Multiple Remedies for Rheumatoid Arthritis

4 days ago
Posted by Art (California) on 07/06/2025

Hi Meg,

Have you actually tried borax yet? If not, it may be worth considering as discussed here on EC :

https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/borax.html

I have severe PA and it has kept me in remission for 17 years. If you haven't tried it yet, it is at least worthy of consideration or discussion with your doctor.

Keep us posted on your progress!

Art

  Re: Burdock Root For Neuropathy

4 days ago
Posted by Wanda (TX) on 07/06/2025

Hi Diane, you can order empty capsules off Amazon and have them shipped right to your door!
good luck!

  Re: Multiple Remedies for Rheumatoid Arthritis

4 days ago
Posted by Meg (Tennessee ) on 07/06/2025

Hi Patsy, I know its 10 yrs later.. I wanted to see how you are getting along? Hopefully much better. I've had RA for 1 year now and it is progressing quickly I believe. Idk what to do. My pain is not as intense as you described; for that I am currently grateful. However it is progressing and it scares me and makes me depressed. Ive been trying supplements but Im still getting symptoms. I have 5mg prednisone I've taken a few times. I dont want to take pharmaceuticals, but I don't want to be crippled either. The side effects terrify me. Im praying that I will be given a path to recovery that is natural. I pray you are feeling better. I pray that all on this site are finding relief, and better health.

  Re: Borax for Kidney Pain

4 days ago
Posted by Sue (Florida) on 07/06/2025

Great information

Phantosmia - Remedies Needed (New Ailments Page Created)

4 days ago
Posted by Kiki (Pittsburgh) on 07/06/2025

Phantosmia During Perimenopause—Cigarette Smoke Smell?

Hi everyone,

I'm 44 and recently entered perimenopause—ugh, even the word makes me feel ancient! I've always been in good health, but this transition has brought on a slew of strange and unexpected symptoms.

One of the weirdest? Phantosmia—smelling something that isn't actually there. For me, it's cigarette smoke. It's so strong that if I closed my eyes and you said someone was chain-smoking next to me, I'd believe you. My nose even starts to burn as if it's real. Of course, I couldn't hallucinate something pleasant like fresh cookies—nope, it had to be cigarette smoke!

I was surprised not to find anything on Earth Clinic about phantosmia, especially since a few doctors in my women's health groups say perimenopause is still under-discussed, especially compared to menopause.

It went away for about two months, and I forgot about it... until it came back a few days ago. Now, when I'm sitting at my desk or idle, it's like someone is lighting up in my office. But when I get up to clean, cook, or move around? Nothing. It only seems to happen when I'm still.

To cope, I use a little Maty's Vapor Rub on a Q-tip just around the outside of my nostrils. It clears the smell for maybe five minutes, which feels like heaven while it lasts.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Any remedies or suggestions are welcome—especially if they last longer than five minutes!

 Re: Lungs Burn When Son Gets A Cold Since Covid Pneumonia

4 days ago
Posted by Ruralady (Illinois) on 07/06/2025

Dr Christopher on Amazon has a "Lungs and Bronchial". I used it when I had pneumonia and it works good. I would also do a ginger, ACV w/mother and honey tea. Apple cider vinegar is excellent for pain. Also garlic capsules are also good. Garlic is wonderful for inflammation and pain as is ACV. You should read my post about Long Haul Covid in that section. Most likely he still has the virus in him and E A T is a good treatment for that.

  Re: Eucalyptus Oil for Eczema

4 days ago
Posted by Maria (Canberra) on 07/05/2025

Eucalyptus oil will also send the shingles virus back inside within days. It stops stinging and itching, a hard scab forms by second day and later that falls off.

 Re: Need Help With Gas & Burping For Days

5 days ago

  Re: DMSO/Glutathione for Cataracts

5 days ago
Posted by CCM (Austin, MN) on 07/05/2025

Pharmadmso.com has the eye drops...Glutathione Drops which contain the Dmso, glutathione and vitamin C in sterile distilled water. They do sting for a few seconds when you put the drop in your eye.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Cough

5 days ago
Posted by Robin (Atlanta ga ) on 07/05/2025
★★★★★

my teen son had been having a cold since coming home from camp for about a week this summer. Last night, it was so bad. He was coughing nonstop in the bed for an hour and a half trying to go to sleep. I gave them all my usual remedies and nothing was working, including honey and lemon juice. As the last ditch effort I came and looked on earth clinic remembering there was something that I remember reading about. Sure enough gave him 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon of honey stirred up and I said just drink it and trust me. He stopped coughing immediately. He did one more half cough After about a five minutes and then he slept with the whole night. He slept so well I went to go check on them because I was worried that I hadn't heard him cough for so many hours

Lungs Burn When Son Gets A Cold Since Covid Pneumonia

5 days ago
Posted by Christi (Ada Michigan) on 07/05/2025

Ever since he had COVID pneumonia my 36 year old sons lungs burn every time he gets a cold. Anyone else experience this? Suggestions?

  Re: Honey, Hydrogen Peroxide, Lemon Juice for Kennel Cough

5 days ago
Posted by Dog sitter (United States) on 07/05/2025

Beware, lemons and lemon juice are both toxic to dogs.

Need Help With Gas & Burping For Days

6 days ago
Posted by sandra (NY) on 07/04/2025

Have had huge gas and burping for three days. Ate little the day this began in the pm on Tues earlier this week. Only thing diff I ate small amt of turkey, stuffing & a gravy and started to upset stomach, gas & burping. It's ongoing 24 7. Never had anything like this. Could this be food poisoning? Help and one that may have had this or know someone that has and a natural treatment. Doing some Galeffi but eating less and drinking lots water. Appreciate help. Happy 4th!

  Where to Buy Ivermectin?

6 days ago
Posted by Peg (MN) on 07/04/2025

I don't think there are capsules available - the pill is so small. I just recieved 100 tablets in the mail at 12 mg from reynoldmeds.com $150 but they are legit took 3 weeks to get from India

  L-Lysine for GH

6 days ago
Posted by Maryland (Ca) on 07/04/2025
★★★★★

I know this post is old and most likely SydAus will not see it, but I woke up today to find blisters on my butt crack. I was diagnoses with hsv2 15 years ago, and I knew it was an outbreak.

I purchased lysine powder 1000mg per scoop last week, so I took 1000mg lysine in the first hour, 2000mg on the second hour, 3000mg on the third hour. I also added some vit c every time (I have vitamin C powder in capsules, 1000mg on each capsule, so I opened the capsule and put maybe a 1/4 of the pill in the cup).

About half an hour after I took the 3rd dosage, I touched the area and SURPRISE!, no outbreak! I could not believe what I was feeling. I keep touching it but found nothing. I am blown away it worked. Usually those blisters go away after a couple days, so this was very exciting.

I already took my fourth dosage (4000mg lysine + some vit c).

So I can say lysine powder taken internally plus some vitamin C works to get rid of outbreaks right away.

The vitamin C is Now brand but I only bought it because it was cheap, less than 5 bucks.

  Re: Genital Herpes

6 days ago
Posted by Maryland (Ca) on 07/04/2025

Well, doctors cannot confirm if you are cured because they can only diagnose you with herpes if you are having an outbreak.

For example, three years ago I had a std test, full panel, and there was no mention of hsv2. But I was still getting outbreaks, I just didn't have one at the time. In 2010 I was having an outbreak, the doctor took a sample of it (it hurt A LOT) and confirmed that it was hsv2.

But I saw a post from a woman who stated she hasn't had an outbreak in 9 years, and she was taking lecithin. There is also an old post from someone who knew a person who saw herpes growing in a lab, and lecithin killed it (the woman who hasn't had outbreaks claimed she read an old post about lecithin curing herpes, I assume is that one).

I tried lecithin years ago but I was impatient and I wasn't taking the correct dosage, I was taking a lower dosage.

  Re: Detoxing Radiation - Can Earthing Help?

6 days ago
Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 07/04/2025

@ Josh (Utah)

Foods to naturally detox radiation - With radioactive isotopes were detected in rainwater in Minnesota and other states from the Fukushima nuclear accident, some people are looking into iodine supplements and other ways to protect the long-term health of their families.

While there are a lot of drawbacks to using iodine, there are plenty of foods that naturally protect our bodies from radiation.

Food List:

  • Brown rice
  • Seaweed
  • Kelp
  • Miso “seaweed soup”
  • Pumpkin
  • Spirulina
  • Bee pollen
  • Wheat grass
  • Rosemary
  • Blue-green algae
  • Beets
  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Alfalfa sprouts
  • Broccoli
  • Onions
  • Olive oil
  • Leafy greens
  • Apples and other sources of pectin

These foods protect the body from radiation in different ways. For instance, brown rice is high in fiber and phosphorous, which help remove harmful toxins from the body. Sea vegetables contain a polysaccharide that binds to radioactive strontium to help eliminate it from the body, as well as being high in natural iodine. Pectin has also been shown to bind to radioactive residues, and Cysteine (in onions) binds with and deactivates radioactive isotopes. Alfalfa sprouts and greens are high in chlorophyll, which has been shown to help protect against radiation damage, as well.

Keep in mind that you should aim for organic and be aware of the sources. For example, fresh sprouted alfalfa sprouts from your windowsill are preferable to those shipped from thousands of miles away (and possibly doused with those isotopes).

Other foods known to detoxify radiation include: bee pollen, beets, broccoli, brown rice, garlic, ginger, leafy greens, olive oil, onions, pumpkin, sea weed, and wheat grass.

Seaweed Soup “Miso” for Radiation Poisoning/Cancer – Traditionally, miso soup begins with a broth called “dashi, ” made by soaking seaweed such as kombu (high in iodine) in water and cooking with bonito flakes (flakes of dried fermented fish).

The late Dr. Akizuki, a medical doctor in Nagasaki, Japan at the time of the atomic bombing, survived and served to help the injured. He observed that these survivors had a common diet practice, which was a traditional Japanese diet enriched with Miso. Dr. Akizuki unfortunately passed away in 2005, but I (the author) was able to interview Mrs. Akizuki, as well as other atomic bomb survivors, a total of 30 people, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, while I was in Japan in the summer of 2006. Utilizing the interview data, this study will examine atomic bomb survivors' dietary history for the purpose of qualitatively discussing the relationship between traditional Japanese food enriched with Miso and their health conditions after exposure to the atomic bomb. The atomic bombs were tragic events, but we can turn them into valuable lessons that can improve our health and eventually help us find ways to prevent and / or control cancer. My hope is that this study may shed light on the importance of diet to the human body's physical well-being, as well as applying it to today's medicine.

Dr. Akizuki was born in 1916 in Nagasaki and studied medicine at the Kyoto University medical school in order to understand and overcome his own illness and skin disease. Upon graduation, he returned to Nagasaki. He read the books written by George Osawa about the relationship between health and diet. The books made him want to conduct experiments on the effectiveness of the traditional Japanese diet on the human body. He began to work as Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Urakami Daiihchi Hospital (later St. Francis Hospital) and instituted a strict diet of traditional Japanese food that was based on brown rice, miso and tamari soy soup, seaweed, and sea salt. He also prohibited the patients from consuming sugar and sweets. This diet was served to the patients and staff of the hospital twice everyday. It wasduring this time that the Nagasaki atomic bomb was dropped. The hospital was located approximately 1.4 km away from the hypocenter; therefore, most of the people in the hospital were exposed to the atomic bomb blast directly or indirectly. If they were inside the building, the radiation exposure was indirect, while those outside were most likely directly exposed to the blast and died immediately. Mrs. Akizuki stated that immediately after the bombing, she went outside of the hospital and saw a boy's dead body, whose brain had exploded. He must have been directly hit by the atomic bomb blast.

Fortunately, Dr. Akizuki survived even though he was only 1.4 km away from the epicenter of the explosion. However, many people within that same range suffered from serious health problems such as cataracts, leukemia and other cancers, and premature aging. Within a few months of the nuclear explosions, the number of incidences of leukemia skyrocketed among the survivors, as did cancer rates soon after.iv Dr. Akizuki wrote his memoir book, “The

Concentric of Death, ” and mentioned in it the names of 31 people including patients and staff who had eaten the hospital food. Out of the 31 people in the book, 9 people are still alive. In the
summer of 2006, I interviewed 7 of the survivors. The fact that about one third of the people who ate the hospital food are still alive after 60 years is in itself amazing, considering all of them
excepting one had been exposed closely to the atomic bomb.

Dr. Akizuki's claims regarding his beliefs about the traditional Japanese diet enriched with miso were published in his books (Akizuki 1981 & 1975). The following is a brief summary:

  1. Medicine should create a healthy body condition that is immune to sickness. Without creating this condition, we can never cure sickness. One of the ways to create this healthy condition is to make the body alkalized, since a weak body is often created with the mass consumption of sweets and animal products, resulting in an acidic condition in the human body.
  2. Diet determines our condition. The constitution of our body is hereditary, but our condition is constantly changing according to what we eat and the environment in which we live.
  3. We live and grow in our surrounding environment, so we should eat food that is grown locally and eat them in season since our body and the land we live in are inseparable.
  4. One cup of miso soup every morning will create a healthy condition that is immune to any sickness because miso is rich in enzymes, protein and unsaturated fat. We can intake 10 g of protein by drinking a cup of miso soup with tofu and seaweed. (Miso includes amino acid, peptide and so forth, which Tofu does not.)
  5. Miso is a traditional Japanese food, used in various dishes such as miso soup, all of which have been developed through the long history of the Japanese diet, and thus are effective and beneficial to the bodies of people who live in Japan.

In regards to current research on the effects of miso, Dr. Watanabe, one of the collaborators on this project, at Hiroshima University has been conducting research studies on the effect of miso (Watanabe 2005). He feeds rats various kinds of miso (as well as NaCl as a control variable) and examines the rate of their prevention of cancer and radiation damage. He has found that miso can control cancer growth. In addition, miso fermented for 180 days has stronger effects on cancer prevention and radiation control than shorter period fermented miso. In other words, longer fermentation can create an environment where beneficial bacteria can prosper, thus synthesizing miso that is more effective for the prevention of cancer and the control of radiation. Besides Watanabe's research studies, there have been various studies on the relationship between the intake of miso and disease control. The following is a summary chart regarding the scientific research on the effects of miso. The cart includes the year of the publication, the author's names, positive effect (X) or no effect (O), the name of disease that miso has positive effect and the title of the articles.

Seaweeds have been used to treat tumors in traditional Chinese and Japanese folk medicine. Populations that consume seaweed regularly, as in Japan, have dramatically lower rates of hormone- sensitive cancers, such as breast and prostate cancers [130].

Seaweed medical use dates to at least 5,000 years ago in ancient China, where the emperor ShenNung listed seaweed as a medicine in his classic pharmacopeia, the Pen Ts'ao [4]. Seaweeds have been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat goiter, scrofula, swelling and pain of testes, and edema [5]. Additionally, some seaweed species have also been used in modern Chinese medicine to treat arteriosclerosis, skin diseases, high blood pressure, hepatosplenomegaly, neurosis, angina pectoris, acute esophagitis, and chronic bronchitis [6]. Marine algae belong to one of two groups: microalgae or macroalgae (seaweeds). Macroalgae are plant-like organisms. They are classified according to their pigmentation into green (chlorophytes), red (rhodophytes), and brown (phaeophytes) macroalgae.

Known for their richness in polysaccharides, minerals and certain vitamins, seaweeds also contain other bioactive substances, such as proteins, lipids, and polyphenols. These chemicals possess potential for use in treating cancer [7], oxidative stress [3,8], inflammation [9], allergy [10], diabetes [11], thrombosis [12], obesity [13], lipidemia [14], hypertensive [15,16], and other degenerative diseases. This review provides an overview of seaweed in vitro and in vivo investigations, and it summarizes our own research on seaweed components and their anticancer activity. Additionally, seaweed RCTs and quasi-experiments directed toward cancer therapy and prevention are discussed.

A significant reduction in the cancer development was observed in mice and rats after cancer cells had been implanted [41,49]. Similar effects were observed in several other cancer animal models, including leukemia and breast cancer [50]. The phenomenon was attributed to the stimulation of both innate and specific immunity. Isolated fucoidans from brown algae have also been shown to possess broad immunomodulating effects. In human studies, fucoidan has been shown to stimulate the enzyme granzyme A, which is believed to induce cytokine production in a variety of cells [51]. This observation may partially explain the mechanism of fucoidan immunomodulation [49,52]. In another human study involving fucoidan ingestion, low serum levels of fucoidans coincided with the presence of stromal cell-derived factor 1 and increased chemokine receptor CXCR4-expressing hematopoietic stem cells and chemokine IFN-γ [52].

Source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1934578X1300801237

Apple Fruit Pectin – Has a highly absorptive quality that draws numerous harmful substances out of your intestines, especially heavy metals like mercury and lead. It even draws carcinogenic radioactive materials like strontium 90 (it was used at Chernobyl to draw radioactive particles from the people there). Dietary pectin is also known as a radioprotective agent. Apple pectin effectively sweeps toxins and contaminants in the digestive tract. A report from Swiss Medical Weekly says that a study confirmed the reduction of 137Cs in kids exposed to the radiation (emitted by the Chernobyl incident). Apple pectin was administered orally in many cases and showed great performance in flushing out radiation.

Zeolites is a mineral and is really strong at capturing and adsorbing cesium, an element with several radioactive isotopes that often contaminate soils and water following nuclear disasters (Fukushima, Chernobyl). Cesium isotopes include 137 and 134, although 137 is by far the most worrisome and persistent in the environment (with a half-life of around 29 years, if memory serves me correctly).

Zeolite powder was mixed into cookies and given to children at the Chernobyl nuclear accident, and tons were air-dropped on the site itself to help clean up radiation in the area. The same Clinoptilolite zeolite has also been used with great success in removing radiation after the Three Mile Island radiation release caused by its reactor meltdown and during the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown to remove the toxic radioactive isotopes from people, animals, vegetation, and sea life. The Japanese Government dumped many tons of Clinoptilolite zeolite into the seawater to help absorb, remove, and lower the radiation in fishing areas.

Activated Charcoal, which has adsorption qualities, is a detoxifier that physicians in the Emergency Room use for ingested poisons. Through the process of adsorption, activated charcoal binds to the drugs or poisons so they don't get into your system and this helps your body to excrete them. According to MedScape.com, activated charcoal is a remedy for radiation exposure.

Source: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/834015-overview

Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda) also counts as radioactive medicine. Like potassium iodate, it reduces some effects caused by radiation exposure. Sodium bicarbonate or baking soda prevents kidney failure and protects other sensitive tissues from damage. Sodium bicarbonate "qualifies as a survival medicine," according to Sodium Bicarbonate ~ Rich Man's Poor Man's Cancer Treatment Full Medical Review by Mark Sircus. "In case of nuclear attack you will want quite a bit of it on hand to protect your failing kidneys and other sensitive tissues." In short, baking soda is a nephroprotective for uranium.

Baking soda baths provide an excellent cleanse for removing radiation from body cells. Baking soda is highly alkaline and helps restore the body's pH, reducing the incidence of acidosis—a state that fosters weakness and disease. Drinking baking soda mixed with water may help reduce inflammation and heal mouth sores resulting from exposure to radiation.

 Re: Knee Pain

6 days ago
Posted by Mama To Many (Tennessee) on 07/04/2025

Dear Gertjr,

I think you are doing great - keeping up with your home PT (essential! ) and I know you take care of yourself. I think after surgery it can take a long time for everything to settle down, even up to a year.

Some things to try for swelling and stiffness would be apple cider vinegar or castor oil wraps overnight. Hot/cold therapy (surprisingly effective! - alternate cool and warm applications, 1 minute each, starting and ending with cool. Use two bowls of water and two clothes.)

Also, check out Youtube videos for strengthening feet and hips. The stronger feet, legs and hips are, the less stress there will be on the knees.

~Mama to Many~

Fibroids Healed with Serrapeptase

6 days ago
Posted by Alex (Greece) on 07/04/2025
★★★★★

My friend had 2 large fibroids, 7 & 9cm. She took serrapeptase pills 300.000 iu two each day for two months. Checked the fibroids one year later ( it takes time to work ) and they were very very small - around 3cm if I remember well.

  Re: Detoxing Radiation - Can Earthing Help?

7 days ago
Posted by Hollyhock (America ) on 07/03/2025

I don't know if earthing removes radiation, but the typical treatment is iodine.


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