Deirdre (CT) on 06/09/2022

Ted's remedy can seem a bit complicated from some of the posts and instructions on Earth Clinic's degenerative disc disease section, but really it is very simple. I bought HA in bulk from Amazon, which is much more cost-effective than buying 100 HA capsules.

I have been testing 500mg, 1000mg, and 1500mg of hyaluronic acid plus 1.5 teaspoons of pink salt in 500 ml of water each time I make the mixture to see if there is any difference in the higher dosing. Ted mentioned sea salt, but I have been using Himalayan pink salt. If anyone has input on a better salt to use thank pink, please advise.

Per Ted, you don't want to put so much HA in 500 ml distilled/purified water that it turns into a gel. The higher dose HA that I have been experimenting with does get gelatinous once it's been in the fridge for a few hours, so I simply top off my 8 oz glass with water. At the lower dose HA, I took 1/8 cup straight with no dilution 3x/day.

The hyaluronic acid power from bulk always clumps when I pour it into the water, regardless of the water's temperature (hot or cold refrigerated water). However, it slowly dissolves in the fridge. Sometimes it can take 24 hours for the clumps to dissolve. The instructions from Ted and others have you shaking the bottle every few hours in the fridge. But really, you only need to stir it right before you pour it each time to get the salt from the bottom into the solution.

Dosage:

1/8 cup of my refrigerated HA/Sea Salt solution into an 8 oz cup, top off with water, and drink it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, then afternoon and evening.

As Ted mentioned, I've found this solution helps slightly with stiff joints from arthritis, but fabulously with disc issues. My back feels much looser now. And of course nothing as good as HA for plumping up the skin. Incredible supplement that way. Thumbs up. I'm on my second week of the solution and will report more later.

Replied By Deirdre (Connecticut) on 06/09/2022

Thank you, Art. I had no idea! I will lower the dosage of HA in solution.

Replied By FAM Coll (Tennessee) on 10/11/2023

Art,

How do you measure 500 mg of hyaluronic acid? What's the conversion? Teaspoons? Weight? I tried to search it, but thought it quicker to ask you. Thanks for any information you can provide.

Replied By David (Florida) on 04/20/2024

I measured a level 1/4 tsp at 370 mg. So, 3/8 tsp will be about 555 mg. That should be close enough. The measurement doesn't have to be exact.

Replied By Art (California) on 06/10/2022

Madelyn,

You are correct and the actual exact association is not yet known and that is why I suggest keeping the dose to the minimally effective dose and that people with cancer avoid it until studies are fully conclusive, in case it turns out that HA has a causal effect.

Art

Replied By Deirdre (Connecticut) on 06/10/2022

Hi Madelyn,

Thank you for pointing that out.. I meant 500mg per Ted's instructions, not 50mg. I will correct my post!

Replied By Tia (Missouri) on 04/06/2024

Hi Deirdre! How is this working for you??

Replied By Michael (New Zealand) on 06/16/2022

Hello Deirdre,

I am thrilled that you are achieving some success with your pain control-that's great to hear. I trust that you will give this new trick of yours sufficient time to prove itself one way or the other! Such initial, rapid results are impressive!

I do wonder though why you stopped using the DMSO and Borax Protocol, as I thought you were experiencing great benefit from it and that it was your own special discovery!?

I have trouble locating 20 Mule Team Borax over here (or any Borax for that matter). However, I sent away to the States for the DMSO but have so far been too nervous to use it on my sore joints and muscles. I had thought that it could be useful in specifically targeting the narrow/tight spots where the tendons attach themselves (Tendonitis) to the scapula area but I worry how the DMSO works. Does it ONLY target the things that shouldn't be inside the body or is there any risk at all that it could adversely affect important things such as the cartilage for instance? Does it target the nasty bio-films and micro-plasma or something else? Where is the science? It would be nice to think that it could reverse calcification of muscles! Does it?

How does it know what to "melt" and what not to "melt" and presumably flush out of the system? Is it really that "smart"?

I don't wish to be an alarmist - just exercising "An Abundance of Caution" really!

Any thoughts and recommendations would be sincerely appreciated, especially as you have had recent personal experience with using it on yourself.

Cheers from Down Under (where it is getting positively chilly in the hills these days! ).

P.S. I would also welcome comments from Art, MTM, ORH and (Philippines) Bill et al obviously, if they should feel so inclined. Thanks again!

Replied By Deirdre (CT) on 06/16/2022

Hi Michael,

You might find some of the answers you are looking for in the book I mentioned to you a few weeks ago entitled DMSO: Nature's Healer.

I will resume the DMSO and Borax solution remedy at some point but wanted to try Ted's DDD remedy after reading through some of his old posts on EC. People must know by now after 23 years of working on/editing and reviewing Earth Clinic posts, I love to try many of the remedies mentioned. At any rate, I am trying to concoct the most effective combo for arthritis and DDD. I'm thinking adding a drop or two of lugol's to the brew might be a very good final ingredient. That said, as gung ho as I am about the new combo, caution must be advised regarding the dosages as it's VERY potent once you add the borax. Serious stomach upset/major detox!! starting at 4am this morning. Stomach still hurts. I'm on a two day break from all remedies and supplements!

Replied By Art (California) on 06/16/2022

Hi Michael,

For your situation, I view DMSO as a temporary fix that you may need to apply daily, which may get to be a nuisance applying to every sore joint.

The borax remedy, if you tolerate it and it works for you, is much easier because you just have to drink a bottle each day for 4 or 5 days of the week. A simpler, and to me more effective approach, because once it rids you of your pains, there is not a problem if you miss a day or two.

Once I was pain free, I could easily go for weeks without taking borax with no pain. I keep taking it anyway to get the bone protective effects though. I do 4 days on and take Friday, Saturday and Sunday off.

Art

Replied By Michael (New Zealand) on 06/17/2022

Thanks Art and Deirdre for your informative responses. I was fairly certain you would help!

I guess I will need to try the Borax again, even though the last time I tried it, I found it difficult to tolerate.

Perhaps a smaller starting dose may be easier to tolerate!

We will see how it goes - off to try to locate some Borax - the ones seen on offer so far are advertised as being "100% pure" but are they "Medical Grade"? Does it matter? Huge prices!

Interestingly, my recent blood test report claimed that everything was "Hunky Dory"! They were particularly pleased that I had lost a descent amount of weight and my blood pressure was down, so they knew that I was making the effort (Mostly natural therapies naturally, but with the occasional pain killer! ).

All clear and well done sort of thing.

The Doctor had trotted out all the usual good advice that they are now "Required" to share with their patients and when I responded that I was doing most of that she said "That's Strange" and I replied "Why is that?". "Well for most people, it usually goes in one ear and out the other". Golly gosh, and with all that money going into the health budget!

Here's the thing though, when I pressed them to read the fine print (blood results) they admitted that the Inflammatory Markers were up!

Goes to show that one has to be assertive and it sometimes feels like squeezing blood out of a stone. Trouble being that Kiwis are often not assertive by nature in these situations, so they might not get the full story, I nearly didn't.

Ah, I feel better after that rave.

My partner is asking why I have not yet made the morning coffee and why am I not feeling guilty about my lapses? Humph! Is coffee inflammatory BTW? Dark chocolate? Geepers, life is complicated!

Cheers from Down Under

Replied By Deirdre (Asheville) on 10/20/2022

Hi Amelie,

Normally Hyaluronic Acid (HA) should dissolve fully after being in the fridge for 24 hours but what you are describing has happened to me from time to time. Try breaking the clumps up with a spoon. Also, add the powder to the water very slowly and in small amounts. Clumping occurs when you pour too much out at once in my experience.

Yes, I took the solution with coffee and other supplements. I don't think that's a problem.

I actually stopped taking that solution in mid June to try Ted's borax solution for my incredibly painful trigger thumb. After 3 weeks, it helped tremendously and I am keeping it up. I have though since returned to taking a simple HA capsule once a day since that seems to help with spinal issues.

Let us know how the HA and sea salt solution works for you!

Replied By Amelie (SC) on 10/22/2022

Thank you! :)

Replied By Art (California) on 10/11/2023

FAM Coll,

I don't use HA powder and sea salt, I use capsules and Stopain as I described here and find very convenient, very easy and very effective in a relatively short period of time :

https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/ddd-art-solbrig.html

I just measured some HA powder that I happened to have, with a digital milligram scale and a level full 1/4 teaspoon weighed in around 360 mg, so it will take a slightly over full 1/4 teaspoon to approximate 500 mg, but keep in mind that measuring spoons vary by manufacturer and by country. As an example, I have three different measuring spoon sets and the 1/4 teaspoon for each set holds a different amount of powder at level full and consequently the milligrams vary from one to the other. I tried adding a 1/8th teaspoon to the 1/4 teaspoon and that was too much at approximately 700 mg.

Art

Replied By Famcoll (Random) on 10/13/2023

Thank you, Art. I looked at the NOW Brand HA and there are two kinds. I'm guessing you mean the one with grapeseed extract included. Is that correct? I'm also seeing discussions of low molecular weight vs. high molecular weight HA. Which one is the best to try? Any information appreciated.

Replied By Art (California) on 10/13/2023

Famcoll,

I reported about my experience with NOW brand Hyaluronic Acid Double Strength which, in my experiences, has worked very well, quickly and at least as good as sea salt HA powder mix and is more convenient than the HA/sea salt mix that Ted recommended. Here is the product :

https://www.amazon.com/NOW-Hyaluronic-Acid-100mg-Capsules/dp/B00663G8WO/ref=sr_1_3?crid=RRSIY06IEQ97&keywords=now+hyaluronic+acid+double+strength&qid=1697238111&sprefix=NOW+hyaluronic+Acid+Double+strength,aps,140&sr=8-3

I've used both and the capsules are more convenient especially if you are out and about regularly. A problem I ran into when I suggested HA powder + sea salt mix is that when friends tried to make it they had problems with mixing it properly and the capsules resolved that issue for my friends and worked well. I didn't have a problem making the mix myself and it was inexpensive, but I went for convenience.

I have no comment on other forms of HA as I don't use them. From my point of view, the HA capsules I have used are as good as I have seen.

Art