Yuri (Russia) on 04/05/2025
Terry A (Christchurch ) on 02/21/2025
At first I thought I had a cyst, so I tried some of the recommendations. There was no real progress. I went to a doctor who has taken a biopsy and I await results. She and a colleague think it's a BCC based on observation. I consulted the earth clinic chapter on treatment of BCC's and saw that ACV was popular. The comments were not conclusive, but I'm trying it. After a couple of days of applying ACV, the growth is beginning to dry and shrivel. This is a good sign. I apply it with a Q-tip and roll it over the growth and then around it for a few millimeters. I will keep you posted.
Rob (Kentucky) on 11/10/2024
His students were reporting that they were being told this. “Wet table salt cures skin cancer”.
Fast forward to today… I was reading a book “Health at home, or, Hall's family doctor, by William Whitty Hall · 1876” and I read this;
Col. Ussery · 1876, of the parish of De Soto, in Louisiana(?), informs the editor of the Caddo Gazette, that he fully tested a remedy for this troublesome disease, recommended to him by a old Spanish woman, a native of the country had the reputation of curing cancers by making a salve of the yolk of an egg (the yellow part at the center of an egg);
The remedy is this: Take an Egg and break it; pour out the white, retaining the yolk in the shell; then put in Salt, and mix with the yolk as long as it will receive it; stir them together until a Salve is formed; put a portion of this on a piece of sticking-plaster by spreading a portion of it on linen or other material, and lay it over the spot and apply it to the cancer about twice a day. He has tried the remedy twice in his own family with complete success. This plaster must be renewed night and morning, until a cure is effected; the bowels being made to act freely every day.
Some I am thinking to myself, this is what Granny was telling me. Salt and Sea water is the oldest known form of medicine to human kind. Ever since man bathed in the ocean and noticed the some kind of skin rash was healed. Just google search “Sea Water Cure” and you will see my point.
Now if you investigate salt and it’s use against cancer, you will find the following:
Salt for Skin Cancer: A new study, carried out in mice, focuses on salt. The researchers have successfully used sodium chloride nanoparticles to destroy cancer cells. Scientists — many from the University of Georgia, in Athens — are looking to sodium chloride, or salt, in nanoparticle form.
The authors of the new study, published in the journal Advanced Materials, tested their theory that “Sodium chloride nanoparticles (SCNPs) can be exploited as a Trojan horse strategy to deliver ions into cells and disrupt the ion homeostasis.”
“Unlike conventional chemotherapeutics, SCNPs cause immunogenic cell death or ICD. In vivo studies show that SCNPs not only kill cancer cells, but also boost an anticancer immunity. The discovery opens up a new perspective on nanoparticleâ€Âbased therapeutics.” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201904058
SCNPs contain millions of sodium and chlorine atoms, but the ion channels responsible for keeping salt out do not recognize them in this form.
Consequently, SCNPs are free to enter the cell, and once inside, they dissolve, releasing sodium and chlorine ions that become trapped in the cell.
These ions disrupt cellular machinery and rupture the plasma membrane. As the cell membrane breaks open, the sodium and chlorine atoms are released. This, in turn, signals an immune response and inflammation.
Using a mouse model, the scientists tested their theory. They injected SCNPs into tumors and charted their growth. They compared the growth of these tumors with those of mice in a control group who had received the same quantity of sodium chloride in a solution, rather than as nanoparticles.
The team found that the SCNPs suppressed tumor growth by 66%, compared with the control group. Importantly, there were no signs that the SCNPs caused damage to any of the mice’s organs.
This method appears to be safe. As associate professor and lead author Jin Xie, Ph.D., explains: “After the treatment, the nanoparticles are reduced to salts, which are merged with the body’s fluid system and cause no systematic or accumulative toxicity. No sign of systematic toxicity was observed with SCNPs injected at high doses.” Source: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327468
Findings suggest common salt activates anti-tumor cells
Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-common-salt-anti-tumor-cells.html
Salt could help to boost the immune defense against cancer. This is suggested by the research findings of a team led by Prof. Dr. Christina Zielinski, who holds the Chair of Infection Immunology at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. The group presents its findings in Nature Immunology.
Sodium chloride, commonly known as "table salt, " was a valuable commodity in history. Today, table salt is cheap and indispensable in the kitchen. It is therefore not surprising that it has long since found its way into our everyday language—although not all expressions always bode well. However, the phrase "rubbing salt into the wound" could soon be given a positive twist, namely in cancer therapy.
In the past, cancer was usually a death sentence, but research has made considerable progress in recent decades and has significantly increased the survival time with a high quality of life for many types of cancer. Recently, adoptive T-cell therapy in particular has developed into an effective treatment tool.
Here, certain of the body's own white blood cells, the T cells, are modified in such a way that they can specifically recognize and fight tumor cells. The effectiveness of this method is influenced by the metabolic activity of the T cells, which is usually suppressed in the immunosuppressive environment of a tumor. It is therefore important to identify factors that overcome this suppression.
The team led by Christina Zielinski from the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology—Hans Knöll Institute (Leibniz-HKI) in Jena has now discovered one of these factors: Sodium ions—a component of sodium chloride—increase the efficiency of antitumoral T cells. The researchers were able to show that breast cancer tumors have a higher sodium concentration than healthy tissue and that T cells act particularly strongly against tumors when the immediate environment has a higher sodium concentration. These patients then even have a longer survival time.
"We were able to show that sodium enhances the immune response of CD8+ T cells, " says Chang-Feng Chu, who is a first author of the study. CD8+ T cells are immune cells that can recognize and kill tumor cells or cells infected with viruses in the body.
"Previous research has already shown that sodium regulates other types of T cells involved in autoimmune diseases and allergies. We wanted to find out what effect sodium has specifically on the activity of human CD8+ T cells, " explains Shan Sun, another first author.
The researchers therefore used various technologies to investigate the effect of sodium ions on gene regulation and the metabolic process of CD8+ T cells. "We pre-treated the human T cells with salt and then cultured them with tumors. We also carried out mouse experiments with T cells, " Chu explains.
Immune cells become fitter
The researchers found that the salt improved the metabolic fitness of the CD8+ T cells by increasing the uptake of sugar and amino acids and thus energy production in the cells. As a result, the immune cells were better able to eliminate tumor cells, as the experiments on cell cultures and mice have shown. "Pancreatic tumors shrank in the mice after we injected them with T cells pre-treated with salt, " says Chu.
But how exactly does sodium work in the cell? "Sodium ions increase the activity of the sodium-potassium pump on the cell membrane of T cells. This leads to a change in the membrane potential, which in turn increases the activation of the T-cell receptor, " reports Sun. "This signal amplification makes it easier for the immune cells to kill tumor cells more efficiently."
Her colleague Chu adds, "The salt also protects the T cells from becoming exhausted too quickly. This is important because exhausted T cells gradually lose their ability to fight cancer cells."
The research team recommends using sodium chloride as a positive regulator for the "killer" function of T cells in future. Of course, this is not about patients consuming more salt in their diet. Rather, it is conceivable that the immune cells are exposed to an increased salt concentration outside the body and become highly active against tumor cells after being administered to the patients.
Ordinary table salt could therefore support adoptively transferred T cells in the fight against cancer and possibly also against infectious diseases that require a defense against infected cells. So, the expression "rubbing salt into someone's wound" does not necessarily remain a negative one
vinaigrette (california) on 10/05/2024
The doctor went over options and recommended Aldara. I got it then read the side effects and realized it might mess up my immune system, which is already messed up from longterm Lyme. I decided to go back to the derm and ask about the other options.
Meantime, I got on Earthclinic and learned about using baking soda, coconut oil, and vitamin C, among other things.
I started using those 3 for a few days but after researching studies, switched to only C (ascorbic acid) powder. (Some people say L ascorbic is better. After researching it, I think it doesn’t matter, though I am not sure.)
While waiting for the Dr.appointment, did the C for two weeks (including the few days of using the other things as well).
Every day, I am putting the C on as a paste (mixing it with water) and cover it with a Band-Aid to keep light from oxidizing it. keeping it on usually 12 hours but at least 4, as per a study I read.
(I think it is also OK to leave it uncovered and put it on 3x a day.)
Outdoors during the day, I cover it with a Band-Aid whether or not the C is on it.
The C made it sting and turn red; it would fade sometimes, then turn red again with more applications of the paste.
After about a week, it seemed to melt away; a small bit peeled off. Now the area is light pink and smoother, just a little texture, and It no longer turns red from the C, sometimes a little pinker.
When went back to the dermatologist, he asked if I used the Aldara. I said no, just C. He said my skin looks fine, keep using the C, and come back in three months. He said if it is malignant, it will double in thickness during that time. He said if it does not thicken then I am fine, no more to do.
I don’t think he was implying it wasn’t a cancer to begin with (I am quite sure it is, as I see the "fingers.")
One thing I learned from this is that I had to buy a new bottle of C. I have a really old bottle of it, probably oxidized. As soon as I bought the new bottle, a few days into this process, it had a much stronger effect.
Having studied more, I am concerned that ascorbic acid oxidizes quickly and I may need to replace the bottle every couple weeks, but so far, it seems to still be giving me a sting, and the lesion continues to look better. I'm going to try to find more info on this.
Will update this post after I go back to the dermatologist, or sooner if anything else of note happens.
From the studies it seems that usually the tumors fully go away but in some cases there is some residual cancer even after three months. But with the more "medical" treatments don't always get it all either. This is the main study I was going by. There are a few others online, wish there were more.
https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(16)30032-9/fulltext
Hazel (Wales, UK ) on 08/11/2024
First thank you so so much for such a brilliant resource. Literally a life saver! I've diagnosed with BCC on my cheekbone area a month ago and other types of facial skin cancer & pre cancerous growths on my forehead. I'm very much into complementary & alternative medicine, found your site & started with raw ACV taped over the largest growth overnight & used castor oil with bicarb topically during the day. I eat a plant based diet but increased the alkalinity with green powders and bicarb. I'm not obsessive though as I think a little bit of what you fancy does you good. I'm very much into psychological/emotional causes of "dis-ease " skin cancer ( see Evette Rose, Metaphysical Anatomy for eg) & so have contemplated that too. The spot I was treating darkened rapidly whilst the surrounding area became red & inflamed. Not pretty & people staring at me but not daring to ask what was going on. But within 2 weeks the spot had scabbed up & peeled off leaving mostly clean skin underneath.
I continued using the castor oil mix and a bit more raw ACV to make sure it was gone. Nearly a month later now & all clear. I'm using aloe, frankincense & vit e oil now with the occasional tx of castor oil / bicarb. I had a follow up at the Dr's & they were skeptical, told me it would come back & I need topical chemo for it and the others. I'm confident with this method even if I have to repeat it so not going to use the chemo stuff ever. I'm now treating the other areas in the same way and looking forward to them disappearing too! Thanks again for such an amazing resource and to everyone for sharing their stories. Deeply appreciated.
Anabel (Seaton, England) on 07/24/2024
I have had a basal cell carcinoma on my nose for several years. I tried ACV, Hydrogen Peroxide, Manuka honey, and Aloe Vera and some helped but then would stop working. I also tried mushed up raw broccoli with which I had the best results, but even that stopped working. Meanwhile I ended up with a large red lump on my nose, very embarassing and unsightly and so large I could see it when looking forwards.
I was at a loss as to what to do when I thought that not a lot survives surgical spirit, so perhaps it was worth giving it a go, which I did with some trepidation. It took a long while and it was difficult not to try and remove the scablike structure and just let it come off naturally. Whilst it may come back, I am happy to say that I currently have a normal nose. There is just a slight bit of dry skin that needs to repair still. Best of all a cheap remedy.
Kathleen (Tampa, Florida ) on 06/17/2024
Three weeks ago I had a bcc or a scc on my finger & ACV along with prayer to Jesus healed it. I dipped half of a circular gauze in ACV & wrapped on top of my finger secured with bandaids throughout the day where spot occurred. After a few days a black dot appeared on spot along with tentacles & red/inflamed areas. Throughout the next two weeks tentacles continued around my finger & it was painful as I continued the ACV during the day but at night applied alba Botanica plant jelly, colloidal silver & vitamin c powder on gauze secured with bandaids. At two & a half weeks all tentacles healed but one or two so I stopped applying soaked gauze on finger. Instead applied ACV with q tip on the tentacle along with clotrimazole (Lotrimin/anti-fungal). Miraculously my finger has healed & I thank the Lord for this!
Ella (New Zealand) on 06/13/2024
What was youre average treatment time please. This is incredibly painful and it's gotten bigger and angry looking. FYI this happened before when I treated using iodine - it got huge and angry then disapeared only to come back a couple months later so back at it :(
scott (FL) on 06/04/2024
With home treatments apple cider vinegar or baking soda in coconut oil how to treat and when to stop are imprecise. Will the lesion heal while being treated? Do you treat until there is no or little reaction from the tissues? Is the opening up and bleeding a normal part of the process?
JC-1983 (CS, CO) on 04/25/2024
Hello! I have been using ACV on a suspected skin cancer now for several days. The spot (about the size of a half dollar) is turning red and starting to scab. The scabbing is black in a few parts, but most yellow. And it is throbbing when I soak it with the ACV. I have done several soaks per day, and have also hit it with Hydrogen Peroxide at night, followed by some Aloe.
For those than have used ACV, what kinds of scabs formed? And was their throbbing during use? It is painful, but not overbearing. I am curious what kind of progressing I should / can expect. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
MELBANZ (New Zealand) on 12/27/2023
I first tried the ACV on my arm as I had a large brown freckle that was growing darker and becoming slightly raised. I did a few sessions of covering it with some ACV on a bit of cotton wool and covering it with a band aid. It got red and sore and scabbed up. I left it for a while and then repeated the process and the next time it became very dark and scabbed up again. Once the scab came off it was normal skin underneath. It was slightly pink but I then would just dab a bit on after each shower until it completely disappeared. You wouldn't even know it had been there. I also have a small spot by my nose that comes up every 6-12 months, so I dab a bit on for a week or so and it disappears. I now have one funny sore that has come up on my leg about March this year. I thought it was just an ingrown hair, but it doesn't seem to want to go away and can be very sore and bleed. I think it's a BCC so I'm hoping and praying the process will work on this. I am going to start ingesting ACV everyday as well. Will follow up on how it goes. I've been treating my leg this last week for 2 days then gave it a break for 4 days and the sore has gotten smaller but my leg has felt quite achy. I am going to go hard out now for the next week using it every day and see how it goes. I am scared to go to the doctor as I've heard how having surgery can make them spread. I have a lot of moles I want to focus on in 2024 and see how many I can shrink!! Wish me luck:)
Elle (New Zealand) on 09/08/2023
Hi, this is my first post. I've had a legion for a few years now, too scared to get a biopsy after hearing they will spread the cancer plus once in the medical system they'l suggest chemo cream, radiation and MOHS for which my legion is too big for. I have used curaderm for a few years which has kept it under control but suddenly out of nowhere it started to spread so freaking out. Doing extensive research including on here have started with the baking soda/coconut oil, but will add in ACV at night now too.
For the first two weeks its stung like all hell when I applied it and was trying to not keep it covered but think I now have to. It's a hell of a thing trying to hide cause its right on my shoulder so have a new summer wardrobe to try accommodate hiding this thing while treating it. Soooo after a couple hours reading on here today, I can add there is a hole where the original growth was, maybe 1cm by 1cm circle and a few little others have popped up around the area - scares the crap out of me but Ive read a few people here today say that normal and its pulling out the other legions.
Going to take apricot kernels, curcumin, serrapeptase and anything else I can throw in and be in a positive mindset - an affirmation I'm using is "life and death lies in the power of the tongue"... I've recently lost my child so my whole world was turned upside down and maybe the stress of that has accelerated things but hoping for the best and refuse to go down the medical cut/poison/burn technique. I do have black salve but would rather try this first. My new hubby doesn't understand so hiding from him as best I can but naysayers would never understand and I've read too many stories now of horrendous mohs etc only to have them grow back! Wish me luck, please and prayers my way as life hasn't been kind to me lately x
James (Texas) on 08/17/2023
So, to me, the ACV is what I think is the strongest factor, and the ACV, Hydrogen peroxide, baking soda mixture is the most powerful paste imho. I also use a Hydrogen peroxide & baking soda-only mixture if I want to apply a less aggressive mix to anything that looks vaguely suspicious. And I drink an occasional teaspoon of ACV in water, since I've read that can help too.
(My disclaimer: this worked for me, ymmv, and definitely check with your doctor. If it had been anywhere else on my body I might have accepted the suggested Mohs surgery and been done with it instantly...but I still keep the above paste/mixtures handy.)
Corn (US) on 06/22/2023
I’ve used this by my eye (and additional areas on my face), and it became blackened, pitted, itchy, and sensitive. It worked for me and yes it was scary because it’s against everything we’ve been taught to do. Not to mention, how or who do we explain this to if all goes wrong?! I did get headaches and random pains, but I would use this treatment again!!! It’s been 6 years and you can’t tell there was anything there. No scar or mark at all.
I’m currently using it on my upper shoulder for a spot that was “missed” back when I had it surgically removed. This one is pretty deep, but I'm very positive it’ll work. The best advice I can give, is to not stop treatment. In the beginning, I stopped after becoming nervous, and the stupid cancer grew back bigger and more stubborn.
Annette (Durban, South Africa) on 04/15/2023
Diagnosed with BCC by dermatologist. Booked in for plastic surgery to remove the skin from the ear to do a graft.
I purchased CURADERM. It ate away all the CA & started healing quickly. By Day 40 it was only half the size it had been. Amazing! Then healing of skin appeared to slow down/stop. How do I speed up healing process? Do I only apply once a day? I am 73.
Can one treat sunspots ( as diagnosed by Derm ) with Curaderm?
Bill (Freiburg Germany) on 03/29/2023
jobie (Cottage Grove, MN) on 03/21/2023
nole (merced, ca) on 02/06/2023
I am about 3 weeks into my treatment and the scabs have still not healed, but I am finally feeling better today after 2 weeks of feeling kinda ill. I started applying Hydrogen Peroxide to the suspected area and it seemed like it was working slowly, so I decided to try the Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) method, and it works much faster imo. From my experience you have to hit each area with a cotton pad soaked in ACV for 1 - 1.5 hours per session. It will sting, but that means it's working, I believe. The easiest way is to shave your head bald, this way you can see if you have any other spots. But some spots are invisible, so take a wash rag and soak it in the ACV. Cover your bald head with the rag and apply pressure evenly over scalp. After soaking your scalp 5-10 minutes you will see white spots appear where you need to focus on, so take note of these areas. It wasnt until after treating my first spot that I discovered a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th spot because the vinegar had leaked down and help expose those spots. Now soak each area 1 - 1.5 hours daily for 3-5 days. You will have to power thru the stinging, but that means it is working. When they turn dark brown/black is when you know it is working. You can stop and let them heal a while, but you will probably need to hit them again after a couple - few weeks of healing.
Things that will make it WORSE: Poor diet = sugar, corn syrup, processed foods, carbs, flour, saturated fats (unhealthy meats) STAY AWAY FROM THESE THINGS. I would also stay away from alcohol, cigarettes and any other bad habits for the time being.
Things that will help - Vitamin C, Hot Baths, Good Foods = organic Cruciferous veggies & leafy Greens. walnuts, Almonds, Lemons, Wild Fish(Salmon)
My diet is basically Vegetables, Almonds, Walnuts, Lemon Juice, Lemon rhinds, green tea & distilled water. I had a fruit smoothie today, and it didnt make me feel bad for once. Stay away from breads carbs & sweets and coffee, as coffee lowers Vitamin C levels.. Fruit may be borderline as it contains sugars. Don't buy vitamin C from store (its not real vitamin C), save your citrus peels dry them using only the light bulb from inside your oven (this will dry them out but not be hot as Heat destroys Vitamin C), and grind them up using a food processor to make REAL vitamin C capsules.
Vitamin D? This is the controversial part as some people say you need it, some people say the Vitamin D capsules you buy from store are rat poison. Get your Vitamin D from sunlight? Did the sunlight cause the BCC? So I don't know, it could be some other environmental toxin or possibly Alcohol related that causes BCC.
Today is day 21 of my "treatment" and I have a lymph node that is swollen. Not sure if this is a result of the treatment or something else, but hot showers seem to make swelling go down. I jog 2 miles every morning as exercise gets the lymph juices circulating. I ate a hamburger the other night and felt like crap the next day. Not sure if it was from the meal or just that my body is fighting infection, but I've been eating better since, and I am feeling much better today.
Spice girl (Nelson) on 02/04/2023
Have used the described protocol several times now on small BCCs, for 7 days of treatment. It's worked each time.
To reduce the pain, try earthing:
I discovered this by chance. It's cut down half an hour of intense sting from ACV to just 5 minutes, and helped me with the baking soda and H2O2 treatments, too.
Jackson (Midwest) on 10/27/2022