Multiple Ailments

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Seeking Answers for Health, Especially Pain and Exhaustion

shifra (boston ) on 03/24/2021

Hi.

I feel at my wit's end, with a multitude of symptoms that drive me nuts. the worst is neck pain especially on the right side and on left too, very painful especially the lower part of my neck and top of shoulders. there is a gritty gravelly something in there, and wherever the gravelly stuff is, it hurts. it is not just pain but this gravelly stuff that is so irritating and uncomfortable. no one seems to know what it is. I have the gravelly stuff in my upper chest also and my hips and there is pain there too.

i feel very tired, and just recently for last several days feel very down, exhausted, like I have a bug, but no cough sneezing fever, etc. thought I might have covid but it came back negative, thank God.

Head is very itchy also neck shoulders and back, am peeing very very often keeps me a wake at night. nostrils feel blocked up, frequent headaches that feel like they come from my sinuses, neuropathy in my legs and feet, left foot swells, I do not have diabetes. lots of digestive disturbance, sometimes diarrhea, sometimes constipation, very smelly, bloating, gas, reflux, acid stomache etc, not very overweight but have a big belly. skin between my toes peels off and they smell real bad. I have lyme, parasites and probably candida. am overwhelmed with the number of supplements, also brain fog, some anger etc.

if anyone has any real answers please let me know.

I have overcome terrible mental health, got off 5 psych meds, and am way less angry and afraid, not depressed or suicidal anymore, but the pain and exhaustion drive me nuts. I take no drugs at all, of any kind.

if you can help please do, and thank you

shifra

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Multiple Remedies Helping Motor Tics, But Sluggish and Depressed

Mademmejo (Yreka, Ca) on 05/25/2018
4 out of 5 stars

I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in 2005. They removed half of it then, due to my levels being off the charts and also due to having large nodules. Now, my TSH level is 0.50 and my Free T4 is 1.05. I take 75 mcg of levothyroxine daily. My cholesterol is 222. I decreased my level from 246 to 222 in 2 months by eating allot healthier. I also take Latuda 80 mg for mood, depression and insomnia, Abilify 30 mg for motor tics, gabapentin 800 2 x daily for anxiety, Lithium 300 2 x daily for bipolar. I was diagnosed with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder in 1994 and later on, after long drug use (I have been sober since August 2014), I was diagnosed with drug induced bipolar disorder and drug induced ADHD. I also have PTSD. Despite taking all of these pharmaceuticals, I still have symptoms of depression and slight anxiety. I also feel sluggish and unmotivated most of the day. I started taking supplements for motor tics as follows: magnesium citrate 500 mg, magnesium malate 100 mg 3 x daily, omega 3-6-9 fatty acids, zinc 50 mg, b-complex, vitamin c-1000. They have made my motor tics almost completely go away altogether. What a releif and I have had them since I was 7. They also help my anxiety. I take 2 teaspoons of ACV three times daily. Cinnamon, Cayenne pepper, Turmeric, Maca root powder, coacoa powder, and beet root powder all go in my daily smoothie for depression. I have diarrhea and nausea on a daily basis especially if I eat bad fats or dairy. I don't want to be on pharmaceuticals but my doctor will not ween me off right now. He is doing genetic tests to see which anti depressants will be most effective. He is also testing for the methylfolate gene mutation I beleive it's called. I asked my medical doctor to do a complete thyroid panel but he refuses. He says since my TSH is fine everything else is fine. I also asked them to test for Candida. They will not. I know I can do these tests on my own but they are pricey. I'm going to switch doctors but for the time being what can I do now for all of these symptoms? The depression and sluggish feeling is my biggest complaint. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Tom's Multi-Cure Protocol

Tom (Livingston, Tx) on 09/03/2016
5 out of 5 stars

Here is my supplement summary for what has helped me:

Multi-cure protocol/regimen

(1 capsule unless otherwise specified)
7 AM capsules: rutin (500 mg), prickly pear nopal cactus (650 mg), bamboo extract (300 mg), lutein (20 mg), ginger (550 mg), astaxanthin/zeaxanthin (4 mg each), hesperidin (500 mg), bilberry (300 mg of 4:1 extract), quercetin (400 mg), apple pectin (six 300 mg capsules), chicken sternum collagen type 2 (500 mg).

I take all of the 16 capsules/softgels with 1 tablespoon macadamia oil, put oil in mouth, add capsules and let capsules soak in oil in mouth a few seconds then wash capsules down with water.

7 AM powders (wash down one at a time with water): beef liver powder (1 level tsp), 1 level tsp inulin fiber, 1 level tsp dietary fiber cellulose, 1/8 level cup whole rye flour, 1 rounded teaspoon of beet root powder, 1/8 level cup unflavored whey protein concentrate or isolate.

10 AM boost - tuna DHA (500 mg softgel), marine phytoplankton (500 mg capsule), reduced glutathione (500 mg capsule).

Before lunch: 1 rounded tsp cinnamon powder, 1 rounded tsp beet root powder.

4 PM: 1 rounded teaspoon beet root powder.

8 PM: triphala (500 mg capsule), rosemary leaves (400 mg capsule), soy lecithin (1200 mg softgel), calcium hydroxyapatite (350 mg capsule), 1 rounded tsp beet root powder.

Comments: the nopal cactus healed my after meal itching/psoriasis on forearms and ankles within days, the hesperidin healed my gum pain and keeps my gums healthy, the calcium hydroxyapatite has type 1 collagen which feeds ligaments and tendons and so fixed my bending knee pain and also healed my sensitive teeth and therefore keeps my teeth, bones, ligaments and tendons healthy, the quercetin keeps my lungs and sinuses clear so I don't get chest colds any more anytime or in winter, chicken sternum type 2 collagen feeds cartilage and fixed my bone on bone knees rubbing and knocking around in their sockets and hanging loose while lying on my side and enabled a woman to no longer require a hip replacement after 6 months, bamboo extract seems to promote my fingernail growth and is 70% natural silica, beet root powder lowers blood pressure and dilates blood vessels with nitric oxide which allows me to wake up earlier like an oxygen supplement would and at a tenth of the cost of a well known beets product, whey protein concentrate gives my muscles strength and promotes my skin health/hair growth, liver powder promotes my stamina and has natural B-complex, macadamia oil cured my fungal toenail after 2 months or two 16 oz bottles at 2 tablespoons internally after meals and also dampens my candida stinging, while in the same time frame stopped some intermittent toe numbness & tingling (peripheral neuropathy), tuna DHA 500 mg increases my perception and well-being, plankton increases my life force, verbal fluency and increases my lung volume breath from it's RNA and my muscles' response to my lungs' oxygen intake, reduced glutathione is optimism in a bottle for me, rosemary promotes longevity as in the Italian village of Acciaroli near Salerno where the population of a few thousand has about 300 people who are aged over 100, presumably due to their high intake of rosemary, the soy lecithin softgel I have taken for 10 years before bed promotes sleep dependably and incredibly and is a nervous system relaxant from it's phosphatidyl choline and cured leg cramps in two people I know at 1 softgel daily.

for regularity: rye flour speeds bowel transit time, apple pectin congeals everything, inulin and cellulose add fiber. After being constipated most of my life, I took non-aluminum baking soda for 2.5 years at 1/2 level teaspoon in water morning and evening which cleansed and restored my bowels to regularity and baking soda is also very slick.

Cures I have had summary:

Skin itching/psoriasis- nopal prickly pear opuntia cactus Sore gums- hesperidin Knee pain- calcium hydroxyapatite (type 1 collagen) Sensitive teeth- calcium hydroxyapatite Knee/hip bone on bone- chicken sternum collagen type 2 Fungal toenail- macadamia oil internally Toe numbness & tingling- macadamia oil internally Chest colds gone- quercetin dihydrate Pessimism/brain fog- reduced glutathione Sleep- soy lecithin softgel Leg cramps- soy lecithin softgel

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Regarding Natural Remedies

Cindy (Illinois, Usa) on 05/13/2016

I just want to explain what happens when one uses natural remedies.

A symptom is a sign of a systemic lack of some nutrient. When you use a natural "remedy", you're giving the body that nutrient in a natural state, natural amounts, with natural companion elements and compounds that not only offer other nutrients, but also tell the body what it needs to know about the substance so that it can use it most effectively.

When you treat a single symptom with a nutrient in its natural form, the FIRST thing the body is going to do is send what you give it to where it is needed MOST which may or may NOT show in the alleviation of the symptom you're treating until the body takes care of something that is of a greater priority - something more important than the cause of that particular symptom.

In other words, give the body time to identify, sift through and apply the elements of the remedy before you assume it isn't working. Also, give it time between doses to make the most of it.

The body doesn't work in "bulk" when it comes to nutrients. It works elementally - I.e. it extracts elements it needs from what you give it and when you give it more than it can use, it must also put energy into dealing with the excess. And if you give it WAY too much, the whole substance will simply be dealt with as if it is a "toxin". In other words, its priority is going to be to eliminate the excess and it isn't going to stop doing that to apply it where it might be needed. "Excess" is an emergency mode - like dehydration - and the system operates differently in an emergency mode. For instance, when you cut yourself, it bleeds because the whole body is involved in dealing with that cut. It's manufacturing antibodies, redirecting blood flow, oxygen and whatever else is required to keep that cut from killing it. It isn't doing "normal" things like feeding the cells of your liver or kidneys during that emergency.

In dehydration - which most of the population is chronically dehydrated and perpetually operating in emergency dehydration mode - the body is rationing water for the same reason: To keep you alive. But while it's rationing water, some systems within your body are slowly dying of thirst. If your body has to let a kidney die in its attempts to maintain heart and brain function - it's going to do it. And if you don't drink plain water and your body has to steal the water from your colon to maintain brain function, it's going to do that too.

Anyway, when you use natural remedies and don't appear to be getting any results, take that as a sign that you might want to drink that tea every once in a while because if you're missing elements, then that's because you're not consuming them. And the beauty of it is that you don't even have to know what you're missing. All you have to do is add some of that tea to your diet.

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Multiple Remedies for Ailments Helped Me Heal

Empoweredspirit (London) on 02/19/2016
5 out of 5 stars

Just over three years ago, I became unwell with unexplained fatigue and symptoms of a neurological nature. No one was able to help me as to what could possibly be the issue. After about ten months of this, it all came to a head when after numerous misdiagnoses, I decided to abandon the conventional route and look into holistic healing. Something inside me just snapped. This is what I was guided to do and I have faith it will help others.

On a physical level:

  • Got myself a holistic functional medicine nutritionist who picked up a Parasite, Candida and other bad bugs in my gut, heavy metal load in my body and Adrenal fatigue.
  • Anti - Candida and Anti - Parasite herbs
  • 3 raw cloves of Garlic, 6 teaspoons of raw red onion a day, I also drank green tea on an empty stomach before eating anything for about a month! (i was desperate to get rid of the bugs! ) for the gut bugs
  • Ted's alkalising remedy with the lime and Bicarbonate soda for about 3 months
  • Digestive enzymes and Probiotic powders
  • Diet (this is critical): I went gluten, sugar (also no fruit or root veg, just the occasional sweet potato), dairy(except Eggs) and caffeine free (apart from green tea). Lots of green veg, gluten free grains like Millet and Quinoa, nuts, seeds and a organic vegan protein powder. I introduced legumes after I fixed my gut. I only drank filtered water, herbal teas, green juice/smoothies (daily) and Almond milk. I have been a vegetarian all my life. Prior to all this happening, I thought I had a healthy diet but it was full of sugar and processed foods.
  • Ate fat (previously I avoided fat) like organic Coconut oil, Olive oil and Pumpkin seed oil to help the gut.
  • High quality vitamins
  • Oral Gluthathione and Cellular zeolite for the heavy metal load
  • Kundalinini yoga every morning 30 minutes.
  • Discarded all mainstream personal hygiene products and makeup. I now use natural paraben, heavy metal and alcohol free products

On a spiritual level:

  • I used (and still do) EFT (emotional freedom technique) to get rid of the emotional junk. I saw an EFT practitioner which really helped.
  • I listen to my body now and do what makes me happy.
  • Positive affirmations and also acting as if I am healed helped
  • Avoided negative people/thing
  • Believing that a higher power was always going to heal me. For me, it was God.
  • Doing things that brought me joy
  • Phenomenal reduction in stress after I resigned from my corporate job.

This didn't happen overnight, it does take time. You may get die off if there are toxins in the body. Everyone is different. It's a journey.

Now, looking back I am very grateful for this experience as it has helped me appreciate my body and everything I have in my life. I am so grateful I didn't listen to conventional medicine!

Thank you for reading. Sorry for the length of this post. Good luck on your journey, sending you love and good will! You can do this!

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Robert Henry's Top Five Remedies

Robert Henry (Ten Mile, Tn.) on 07/19/2015

HI U OLE PATOOTS DOIN, , , , , , , , let's cut to the chase. I've been at this for awhile and here's what I'd tell you to do to be healthy.

Do these 5 things - Magnesium, Iodine, Baking Soda, Vitamin D3, B3 - and forget all the rest. These will take care of your heart, cancer and mind. The other crap is not a deal. It has taken me a lifetime to learn this and I give it to you for free.

ATS======ORH===========

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Multiple Cures for Multiple Ailments in 85 Year Old

Ian (Mexico) on 06/26/2015
5 out of 5 stars

I am an 85 year old man of small frame and skinny all my life weighing 120 lbs. Since 2006 I have felt fatigued and it got worse every year. I had blood tests run, including testosterone but they all came out 'Normal'. Finally in 2011 I started losing a pound a month so that by August, I was down to 112 lbs. I discussed this with my doctor and he kept insisting that my testosterone was 'normal for a man my age. When I got down to 112 lbs, I insisted that my doctor give me an injection of Testosterone (Sustenon 250).

Aug. 2011: I got my first T shot in Aug. 2011 after losing 8 lbs. in 8 months and was down to 112 lbs with no energy. The next day I felt ten years younger with lots of energy to the amazement of all including myself and my doctor.Sept. 2012: After being on T for just over a year I was hit by the shingles which not only screwed me up but screwed up my T big time..Spring, 2013: I gave up on the T and let things settle down.

Dec. 2013: At 83 years I was feeling like crap. I had a hernia operation and it no sooner healed when another popped up. A search of the Internet told me some people are just prone to hernias. No energy and going to bed at 6 or 7 and of course my hormones were all screwed up.

Jan. 2014; RJ (Royal Jelly): I started taking RJ because two friends were taking it in place of Viagra with good results. It has not helped or harmed me in any way.

Feb. 2014; GB (Marijuana Butter): After searching the Internet for something to relieve the pain and discomfort of PHN from the shingles I made some GB and tried it. Amazing stuff! I felt much better and slept better as well with more energy. BONUS: it keeps my hernia from popping out.

Mar. 2014: COPs (Castor Oil Packs): Now that I was feeling better with the GB I noticed my GI Tract was not feeling right so I tried a COP which helped for a while but soon faded away. BONUS: My bronchitis is being held in check.

Jan. 2015: M (Metamucil): When the effects of the COP wore off I tried Metamucil and it worked fairly well. I only took it once a day, perhaps I should have tried it twice a day but I didn't like the taste of it. I gave it up after two weeks.

Feb. 2015: VD3 (Vitamin D3): Some time ago, Mike suggested I try Vitamin D3. I ordered some (50,000 IU in each capsule) and surprisingly they arrived on schedule. This has really straightened out my GI Tract. I take 1 capsule 3XW, MWF if I remember. So I'll add D3 to my list. This was also a great energy booster. I guess anything that makes you feel better will give you more energy.

May 2015: PS (Pumpkin Seeds): I have been eating PS for 3 weeks hoping they would help my prostate or my E.D. and it has not helped or hindered. I'll finish the second half kilo in 7 to 10 days because it's good nutrition. They are raw and unsalted. One inconsequential thing I just noticed is that I have much less ear wax since eating them.

May 2015: While my GI Tract feels much better, there's still something not quite right and I'm thinking along the lines of gluten intolerance or more likely Glyphosate intolerance/poisoning. So I had myself tested for both. They both came back clean, no problems.

June 2015: Cialis: At 85 years I feel much better than I have in years and I can easily stay up to 10 at night or later. I still have good REM sleep wood, my libido comes and goes, and I still have ED. I'm taking 5 mg of Cialis for my enlarged prostate which helps but I'm still looking for ways to shrink my prostate, cure my E.D. and maybe gain some muscles, so next month I am going to try T gel every other day and see what happens.

Ian

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Questions on Taking Diatomaceous Earth

Yekara (Jerusalem) on 04/09/2015

Hi,

it was suggested to me to take diatemacious earth, food grade. I have fungal issues, athletes foot, vaginal infection, parasites, maybe candida, lyme, ibs, insomnia, bad exhaustion, brain fog, lots of pain in my neck and hip area, esp neck and shoulder, lots of stomach and diges problems, reflux, heart burn, churning gas galore, bloating, distended belly- I am on the thin side, some nausea at times etc etc, allergies, mood swings etc.

How much should I take. I am very sensitive. I want to take enough to help myself, but not so much that it makes me feel awful. Are there any contraindications? I take trazodone, 87.5 mg. and gabapentin 250 mg at night. Any contraindications with other supplements or with using a zapper, I just bought one, it has not arrived yet.

thank you, yekara

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Re: Polycystic Kidney and Liver Disease

Jenette36 (Harlan, Ky) on 03/22/2014
4 out of 5 stars

Polycystic Kidney and Liver disease

Hi Ted from Bangkok, at the age of 35, I was diagnosed with PKD and PLD. I was also diagnosed with H pylori and uncontrollable high blood pressure. This year I will be 50 and have more medical issues. I now have 2 bulging disc, herniated disc and a pinch nerve in the C-5, C-6 and C-7. I also have degenerative disc in the L-4, L-5, and S-1, I have head tremors, fibromyalgia with muscle pain all over my body, with severe muscle cramps especially around the neck and shoulders due to the head tremors, eczema, hiatial hernia, edema all over the body, I have lost a lot of hair, and I have several dry patches on my right hand. It took the doctors about 2 years to find medicine that would lower my blood pressure. I now take Atenol and Lisinipril with hctz, which does control my high blood pressure during the day but rises at night while I'm sleeping. I am 20 pounds overweight and my diet for the biggest part of my life and still is foods with a lot of sugar. I now don't eat beef, pork, coffee, tea or chocolate, and very little bread, or pastas due to stomach swelling. I also try to avoid salads, wheat, popcorn, raisins and nuts because it causes diarrhea for days and won't stop so I go to the doctor and they give me what is called a Prev pack with 14 days of antibiotics and Prevacid which works. I try to eat a lot of vegetables, chicken, fish and turkey.

About a week ago, I found earthclinic.com, and I started taking the baking soda 1/2 tsp and citric acid 1/2 tsp. I do feel better with muscle movement, and am feeling like I have more energy, but not cured of all of my illnesses. I want to take the ACV, but I am afraid that it will upset my stomach and cause the H-pylori to start up again. I work at a job that requires a lot of sitting, 80% of my work is sitting in front of a computer typing. I can't sleep on either side of my body because my arms go numb. At night, I use carpal tunnel braces on both of my hands and it helps very little. I don't sleep much at night due to the muscle aches in my body. Can you please help?

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Apple Cider Vinegar for Allergies, Colds, Sinus Infections, Sore Throats

Dan (Sc, Usa) on 12/01/2013
5 out of 5 stars

Apple Cider Vinegar for Allergies, Colds, Sinus Infections, Sore Throats and General Immunity:

I could not recommend Apple Cider Vinegar any higher!! It has changed my life like nothing else! Re-reading my previous review today, makes me want to get back to taking the stuff regularly every day again, but in truth I haven't been doing that. However, it has been displayed on my kitchen counter without exception now, for the whole time, right next to my coffee pot! I take it about half as often as I would like to, but I still take it several times a week, and I always remember it first thing, when my allergies start to creep up, or there are colds going around at work or in the family.

At the first sign of a sore throat, I begin to gargle with ACV (2 teaspoons in a 1/2 cup of water), and it goes away, very quickly, with no hint of further symptoms. If I start to sniffle or sneeze a bit, I get back to having 2 tablespoons per day, and I feel perfectly healthy again in no time. If I could remember to do it every single day, I don't think I'd ever get that sniffle to begin with! So for immunity and allergies... this stuff has positively changed my life, just as I've heard about from so many others. My allergies are dust, ragweed, and various animals including dogs. In particular, the fall was my worst season, featuring an unstoppable cough all season long, every night when I'd try to lay flat to go to bed. I could never get to sleep, and I'd keep everyone else awake with a non-stop wracking cough, and usually persistent sinus infections with tons of useless antibiotics. Since discovering the benefits of ACV, I've not coughed at all nor needed antibiotics ever since! So life-changing? JUST A LITTLE!!

Yes, it still tastes and smells pretty bad, but you are done with all of that in less than 20 seconds. Are you really such a wimp that you can't handle something minorly uncomfortable for as little as 20 seconds, when the results are so undeniable?!

So, yes, I love and swear by the ACV very strongly still, even if just for those uses, at the least. Others have worried that I am just saying all this to sell bottles of Apple Cider Vinegar, but I am certainly not! I'll happily repeat... this stuff is cheap! There are MANY brands that are just fine, so long as they are raw and have "the mother" in it. I've used 5 different brands over the past 2 years and have noticed no difference other than if one brand was cheaper than the other! So what do you have to lose? My attendance at work has been better than ever in my entire life, and I am now using my sick days for personal days off instead, or else I get a check at the end of the year because I didn't need to use them- I couldn't be happier!

Meanwhile, for weight-loss, and cholesterol, please read this review I've written:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AMDWL7KIPD5G2/ref=pdp_new_read_full_review_link?ie=UTF8&page=1&sort_by=MostRecentReview#R27BJFRZFPX2XX

I've given up sugar a month and a half ago, and lost 31 pounds (I still would like to lose another 30). The author calls it a diet, but it has changed my life already in so many ways in addition to the weight loss! I've learned that I have a dreadful addiction to sugar, and some people may not have as big a problem with it as I do, but sugar has zero benefit, and giving it up, while increasing fiber, has been nothing less than an exceptional experience! I think my ACV use has complimented my results as well! I'm not saying that you need to buy this book, but if you've think you might be addicted to sugar and cheap carbs too, I highly recommend you research what giving up sugar can do for you!

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Borax Helped Multiple Ailments But Stopped Working

Redmoon (Liverpool,uk) on 11/12/2013
3 out of 5 stars

Worked Temporarily

I have chronic fatigue, chronic diarrhea, rash on face, fibromyalgia, brain fog and joint pain. Most pain I experience on right side lower part of stomach, around liver area, right shoulder pain. All of these symptoms began about 15 years ago, got much worse after the birth of my son 11 years ago. I have tried every alternative healing practice and diet over this time but have had little success. I recently tried lugul idodine which didn't seem to help much. The one thing that did seem to help was when I tried borax about a year ago which I had read about on this site. It didn't help with the pain if anything the pain got progressively worse but the energy that I felt from if for a period of two weeks was amazing I have not felt like that for years. I actually woke up with energy....I had energy to see friends after work and to execise and feel better for it. Even with the pain it was like I had my life back for a couple of weeks then I crashed again and had to come off it. I am wondering if I should try it again and if anyone here has any ideas about why it worked so well and then stopped?

Thanks, Redmoon

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Glutathione in a Nebulizer for Multiple Ailments

Robert Henry (Ten Mile ,tn) on 11/10/2013

HI U OLE PATOOTS DOIN, , , , , , , , , ,

Sit back a relax because this another one of my ditties. I is a story teller as all will attest. Dang, I 've been down lot of dusty roads .

I went to Atlanta last week to get an Ozone shot in my knee. It still works after I spent 5 years with Orthopedic types to no avail.

While there, my doctor told me about doing Glutathione via a nebulizer. I know all you folks are up to speed and know that Glutathione is the strongest anti oxidantant there is. You produce this compound until you get old like me. Then you get it via IV's and it is expensive. I do that, but my budget is limited. Now, I got a better way.

My Atlanta doctors precribed it to a compounding Pharmacy and it is very reasonable in cost. I also learned from the compounding pharmacist that you can get glutathione eye drops which will delay catarats. We will pursue that also because we both in deep doodoo. Dang, guess we all need to read to survive. Regardless, do glutathione via your nebulizer.

Good people, your traditional doctor is not your friend. He is your enemy. You must rely on what you read for yourself when it comes to your health.

ATS==========RH============

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Apple Cider Vinegar for Multiple Ailments

James As Commonly Called ;-) (Warks, Uk) on 11/05/2013
5 out of 5 stars

Hi everyone, I would like to tell you about my personal experiences with Apple cider Vinegar. After originally finding out about it trough this very site while trying to find the natural remedy for something called "molestum contagiosum" after our 4 year old sons doctor told us there was nothing they could give him, and his immune system would just have to deal with it in time :/

Let me tell you ACV worked a treat on these highly contagious, itchy horrible skin tag like things! Some of the skin tags had gotten quite large and itchy and my son had taken the tops off some of them from itching. I'd say it took approx 3 weeks for them to TOTALLY disappear. Ideally you should do it after a bath/shower to clean the area, but not essential.

So by just putting a little ACV in the bottle top and applying it with a cotton bud/ cue tip to each individual skin tag. Now I'm not going to lie and tell you this didn't sting him a bit, not to the point of tears or anything, just a slight burning that was quite easy to distract him from with sweets/messing about/focusing on the telly ;) The stinging doesn't last long , a minute or two.

After the 1st week they had started to scab ub, after week 2 the smaller ones had pretty much gone with the larger ones greatly reduced, and after week 3 the larger ones had COMPLETELY gone. Sowing know signs of them what so ever that they was ever there :) yes, no scaring, no surgery, no treatment from any doctor what so ever :-)

Since then I learnt more about ACV and tried it for various aliments for myself since.

For my ACID REFLUX this did not help. Knowing how my body is I have a good feeling that this was due to me having excess acid so was not right for me. This may have worked better for people with acid reflux due to NOT enough acid in there stomach.

For those of you with acid reflux I can tell you that my cure for this to come off tablets from the doctors for this was simply.... "Apples" Different apples will work differently on people, the best ones for me happen to be the "Pink Lady" variety. Eating as and when needed and unfortunately having to start watching what was my certain trigger foods in my diet. While reducing my trigger foods or certainly making sure I had apples to hand after my LOVELY chicken madras ;) Also while I was coming off the tablets from the doctor I was having a lot of part runny honey , part manuka honey to line my throat to give some protection to the burning sensation. ( some of you will no about the separate benefits of honey in itself )

I have not taken any tablets from the doctor in nearly two years now and never will again! I very rarely even have to eat the apples now, and if I do a couple of bites usually works, unless I have had something really bad to eat .... I.e anything with MSG in it . grrrrrrr :@

I have since tried ACV on my athletes foot, and just after a couple of days once or twice pasting it onto my feet with a brush, this was enough to stop the itching. I think you should do this for at least a week every day though to really make sure it goes. Lazyness and sticnking out the place with vinegar has been the only reason that stopped me doing it ;)

I can confirm that using 1 part ACV to 10 parts warm water ( idially distilled water ) makes a great face toner and great for spots!

I can also confirm that ACV is also great for muscle cramp. I forced ACV onto my mother after she was waking up most nights with server cramp in her calf muscles. After two nights of a cap full in some fruit juice of some kind ( better then just water, errr ) her cramps had stopped. This is due to the magnesium found in ACV

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Raw Organic Fruit Diet for all Diseases

Mike 62 (Denver, Colorado) on 10/30/2013

Glorius and gallant E.C.: Kim Andrews has a graduate degree in cellular biology. He gives a technical explanation in his blog, rethinking diet- insulin revisited, as to the way raw organic fruit cures all diseases. Three things happen. Fructose reduces leptin, the inflammatory hormone of both the immune and metabolic systems. Leptin fuels diseases. A combination of glucose being burned as fuel and nutrients for the components of the cells increases thermogenesis. This increases electricity. Fructose increases carbon dioxide. This increases oxygen. A combination of electricity and oxygen kills all pathogens.
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Diphenhydramine - an Almost Universal Treatment

David (Granbury, Tx) on 10/24/2013

Diphenhydramine - an Almost Universal Treatment:

Below is an email that I sent to Dr. Lance Becker who was featured in an episode of "Through the Wormhole" called " Can We Revive the Dead". In the exchange I describe a therapy, a "universal" therapy, if you will, that works directly on the mitochondria to inhibit cell death and/or degranulation by inhibiting mitochondrial swelling (links to study and my observations included):

Dr. Becker replied to my below email, "I believe you are correct. There will be many many conditions for which this may prove to be a very important therapy. Keep up the good work!"

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"Sir,

Long story short: I am disabled. I have an acquired mitochondrial dysfunction from statin drugs.

16 months ago, prompted by Phizer's research on "Dimebon" and some anecdotal evidence from several with adult onset mito, I started low doses of diphenhydramine hoping for cognitive improvement. What I saw, within 24 hours, was a tremendous decrease in the effects caused by excessive and/or premature cell death. A tremendous improvement in my condition. Because apoptosis is the form of cell death most often seen in my case and because apoptosis requires ATP I saw an immediate doubling of the energy available to me.

I have endeavored to understand and have found the following which explains what I am seeing:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0006300261904498

From the abstract:

1. It is shown that a number of antihistamine drugs which prevent liver injury inhibit mitochondrial swelling at concentrations at which they do not affect electron transport or oxidative phosphorylation.

I have been testing this therapy on conditions from autism to MS, not to mention mito patients and the merely aged and, so far, it has led to dramatic improvements in almost every case.

I have chronicled my observations and the research I have found on this here:

http://www.spacedoc.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1961

In how many areas will breaking the cascade of cell death produce dramatic results?

Post stroke
post heart attack
post concussion
post traumatic shock
post trauma of any kind

What do you think?

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Oil Pulling Cured Multiple Ailments During Past Year!

Keiko (Fairfield, Ca) on 09/20/2013
5 out of 5 stars

I am 47 years old female and started oil pulling one year ago. I had multiple problems such as: forgetfulness, perimenopausal symptoms, bartholin cyst, couple of cysts on arms and legs, hearing loss, allergies, and fatigue. I started oil pulling morning and evening with cold press olive oil for couple of weeks, switched to cold press coconut oil, few weeks later switched to cold pressed sesame oil. Did this for 6 months then only oil pulled 1x a day (switched oils 1x a wk). During this time I also started to eat healthy food organic only (when possible), exercised (walk 1 hr 3x/wk), no meat, bread, pasta or alcohol, meditated (2x wk), sun therapy (whenever I had time in morning), soaked my feet with epsom salt with couple of drops of essential oils, used only natural oils on body as lotions, only baking soda to brush teeth. The first few months I did experience herxheimer effect. The first month I experienced headaches (phlegm), the next month vertigo and the third month neck pain. However, I did not give up and always had energy during the day, but, by evening was tired. After reading so much about oil pulling on EC I new something good was happening and I was in this for the long run. After a year I am feeling like a new person. My menopausal symptoms subsided, no more bartholin cyst, my forgetfulness has subsided, hearing is more acute, and I have more energy. I thank EC and staff for this site and everyone who shares their experiences on the forum. I highly recommend oil pulling. It's easy and inexpensive.

God Bless, Keiko

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Seeking Natural Remedies for Multiple Ailments

Anne (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) on 08/18/2013

I have Fibromyalgia, Sarcoidosis and heart problems. Seeing natural remedies.
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Remedies Requested for Gout, Anemia and Fibroids

Sania (Faisalabad, Pakistan) on 05/19/2013

I'm 30 years old unmarried girl having gout 7.4. Plz tell me remedies. I'm anaemic tooo and I have also fibroid in uterus. So pls tell me remedies for all which u have used and u r cured
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Sauerkraut, Meditation and H2O2 Inhalation Helping Multiple Ailments

Puphluns (Amsterdam, Netherlands) on 05/06/2013
5 out of 5 stars

Hayfever - Chronic sinusitis - Mononucleosis - H. Pylori stomach ulcer - Non-hodgkin's lymphoma

After reading The Chronic Sinusitis Cure by Phil Nicolay (you can buy it at kobobooks or amazon) which recommends using probiotics in a spray bottle, I tried the juice from homemade organic sauerkraut instead. My sinuses are still swollen but they no longer feel irritated.

I think my sinusitis may have been caused by H. Pylori perhaps with other fungi or bacteria involved. In my childhood I had problems with hay feaver. Since it's summer now I sometimes feel the same irritation in my left nasal cavity. After spraying with the juice from sauerkraut the itching stops.

I've had mononucleosis about 12 years ago. During the EBV infection I developed an ulcer inside my stomach. An upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract radiography returned negative. The radiologist did say it could be a small ulcer giving intense pain.

I think the infection created a hole in my stomach right below the pyloric valve. The pain in my stomach was so intense I could not sleep and lay curled up in my bed until the exhaustion outdid the pain. Since then I have had gastrointestinal problems in an elongated line of about 5 centimeters starting from right below my navel going downwards.

About 6 years later I developed non-hodgkin's lymphoma, type DLBCL with CD-20 expression, on the left side of my chest between my heart and bronchi. Not proven to be related to the stinging below my navel, but after chemo and complete remission the stinging in my chest often occurred in unison with the stinging below my navel.

I've tried to treat the intestinal pain with turpentine in case of candida. But the best result was during vipassana meditation where that exact area seems to have held some emotional blockage or sankara. My whole body was shaking and my concentration remained focused on a single spot below my navel. After some time of shaking and the assistent teacher requesting me to calm down, the spot became bigger, the pain diminished and the spot now moved upwards towards my navel. I moved my concentration over this area following the spot. The area now felt like an elongated piece of clay or irritated stretch of intestines. After a while the burning subsided and tears ran down my face. It wasn't from any physical pain but from an emotional blockage that got resolved.

Afterwards I forced myself to sleep on my right side. I've always slept on the left, which I also did during the EBV infection and superinfection in my stomach causing the area below the pyloric valve to be void of stomach acid.

Sleeping on the right side and massaging the area below the navel helped to clear the pain in that area almost completely. Meditation further improves peristalsis and overall health. I now try to eat sauerkraut in small portions throughout the day and spray sauerkraut juice in my nostrils.

The stinging in the chest stops after inhaling H2O2 water (therapy invented by Bill Munro).

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Multiple Remedies, Water And Sea Salt, Helping Health Issues

Joy (Battleground, Wash) on 04/17/2013
5 out of 5 stars

My health was a trainwreck most of my life and I couldn't understand any of it. Due to a lot of stress and trauma my body was always in survival mode and producing cortisol for flight or fight. I worked through a lot of the emotional issues that drained me nutritionally. I take magnesium and trace minerals and vitamins A B's plus biotin C D E omegas and. I don't take a lot of calcium due to diet intake of calcium.

BUT

the digestion and hydration and hormone systems were in a mess with allergies and candida and muscle issues due to stress, then menopause. I read a lot of books and websites looking for answers. I also try supplements and hormone creams and exercises.

8-8oz. glasses water with 1/2 tsp sea salt with iodine in diet on food to keep body from producing hystamine signals

Start my day with two cups of water and then half hour later eat and take my supplements . I like a cup of coffee. (coffee drinkers need folic acid )

Drink a cup of water or two half hour before lunch

Extra water added when drinking cups of coffee or chocolate eaten for desert

Take some cranberry supplements for intestinal health, juice adds a lot of calories.

Drink two glasses of water half hour before dinner and take a second dose of multi minerals and magnesium citrate ( both are filling out my muscle and reducing sags and wrinkling from age)

Drink water before bed and drink a glass everytime I wake up during the night, if I wake up. I use 1/2 tsp, progesterone cream before bed and all my muscles are improving dramatically. I also use coconut oil and baking soda to brush my teeth.

In the past twelve months of trying different vits mins and hormones along with diet and exercise my health has improved dramatically and lately getting back on my water and salt routines, I am feeling WELL.

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