Rondamommie (Kansas City, Mo, Usa) on 04/11/2010

The happy miracle, on ONLY day 2 of this remedy, protocol my underarm body oder stopped completely!! (I had to apply deoderant sometimes 2x a day until that time, and the deoderant always failed me!)

I still sweat, though much less, the thing is, my underarm sweat just doesn't have a scent any longer, in fact it smells a little bit sweet and gentle, like smelling a baby! Remember how naturally sweet new babies smell everyday!

I am unsure how this happened, I only know I call it a miracle and feel most grateful and appreciative!

I hope this gives some inspiration to somebody else to give this remedy and 'try'!

Recipe:

• 2 tsps ACV per L. H20
• 1/2 tsp baking soda per same above
• pinch of borax per same above

And, on days when I wake up and my sinuses are congested at all, I add cayenne pepper to my drink in the 1 L. of H20, and that amount is about ~1/8 tsp. It makes the drink spicy and it works quite well!

Peace,
Ronda

 

Replied By John (Michigan) on 07/07/2022

You can not get enough Boron in your diet just eating fruits and vegetables today. That has not been true since man started dumping huge amounts of fertilizer on crops, not rotating crops and not allowing fields to lay fallow every 7 years. Then add in the herbicides and pesticides and no way is it possible. A long time ago like a decade ago, I looked into this so if I get the numbers wrong I apologize. If I recall properly prior to artificial fertilizer the amount of Boron in most produce today is 1/30th of what was in the 1950's and previous. Even looking at the amounts in fruits and vegetables and their leaves from 1973 to today looks like the steepest slide you have ever seen for children! So unless you have 3 stomachs and are eating wild grasses and flowers in unmolested pastures I doubt you can eat enough Vegan approved food and get your Boron needs met. I suppose if you are looking at the insanely low amounts recommended by 1st world nations you might be able to meet it, That said those standards are so low as to keep your teeth from falling out and your bones from bending they are not what is needed for optimal health! It goes without saying that diet will change how you smell to anyone not eating the same diet. The Vietnamese could smell our soldiers mostly because of the dairy that they ate. If you are in a culture that does not eat dairy it is an obvious smell. I could smell Koreans a mile away especially when sweating because of all the garlic, onions and fermented products in all the Kimchee they ate daily. Guys that were eating a lot of protein powder and meat to gain size at the gym their sweat smelled like ammonia! Do not subscribe to a diet until you have tried it and benefited from it or been harmed by it. I have tried many different diets and some of the ones that should have been healthy produced terrible outcomes. Eating vegan is hell on earth for me. Eating a diet high in plant foods that still includes meat, cheese and dairy is fantastic. Just eating meat is almost as bad as Vegan!

Replied By Art (Michigan) on 07/27/2024

About the sweet-smelling pits:

Check for Diabetes.

Replied By Tonya (Canyon Lake, Texas ) on 09/21/2022

Hi Trang,

When I was young (I'm 70 now) and going through hot flashes, a kind neighbor told me to try black cohosh, I got some capsules at the store and took one each morning... I never suffered hot flashes or night sweats again. I hope this works well for you as it did for me.

Replied By Allure906 (Brooklyn, NY) on 08/02/2023

How much cohosh a day would one have to use?

Replied By Trang (CA) on 04/27/2024

Hi Tonya, Thank you for the suggestion. I have tried black cohosh and nearly everything else anyone suggested, so far nothing has completely eradicated the hot flashes. I am still working on it.

Replied By Christine (perth W.A) on 05/07/2024

Sometimes, Trang, we women have to reach out to 'estrogen'.

I was one of those and hated taking it, but I got my life back!

Good luck

Replied By Debra (Sydney, Australia) on 12/06/2024

Hi Trang, I just read your comment on hot flashes and Christines too. I am 8 years post menopausal and find I get hot flashes from food intolerances. Polyphenols really make me flush but I also have histamine issues which also cause flushing. Coffee is a huge trigger for flushes because of the polyphenols in it too. One of the things that helped me was something really simple, pepitas. These are shelled pumpkin seeds. Eating a handful or two of these helped me and quite a few other women I told about it. I think its the vitamin E in them that help. You can pick them up in supermarkets so it's also convenient.

As far as using Estrogen Christine, there are some better options than HRT which I know some people might turn to out of desperation. Estriol cream is the only estrogen that isn't cancer forming. There are 3 types of estrogen and this one is the safest and actually works against cancers. Being a cream that's absorbed transdermally is also convenient. I only use it twice a week now and buy mine from Biovea.

Replied By Sherri (PNW) on 12/12/2024

Hello Trang, With regards to successfully treating stubborn "hot flashes", in my experience, the hot flashes surprisingly disappeared after treating various chronic infections (e.g., Lyme, Babesia - called "North American Malaria", chronic bacterial/fungal/parasitic infections and their toxins, etc...). Hence, in my case, my "hot flashes" only resolved when the actual cause(s) was identified and treated. Fortunately, I learned about various infections/diseases being a cause for "hot flashes" and similar symptoms at a medical conference about "Chronic Vector Borne Infectious Diseases" in Scottsdale, Arizona. Afterwards, a well known "Vector Borne Chronic Disease Specialist" treated me for various infections and the "hot flashes" disappeared, never to return, and I am definitely now of menopausal age. I had "hot flashes" for ~ 4 years during my thirties. Initially, the first three specialists I saw about the hot flashes diagnosed the condition as "a very severe and unusual form of super early menopause, " idiopathic of course. Seriously???? I then asked them if they knew the differences in symptoms between, lets say, malaria or babesia versus menopause or, if they knew what the term "ague" meant .... they all said "no." ..... OK, time to move on. In the meantime, finding herbal solutions to address "menopausal symptoms" is obviously helpful. Though, finding an herbal solution (or other remedy) to address the cause(s) for the "hot flash" symptom can be the ideal route to finding an actual solution that will work for you. There are many different infections that can cause mild to severe hormonal dysfunction or "sepsis-like" symptoms in which cyclic fevers and/or chills, cyclic sweatings, night sweats, fevers and heart palpitations are common and often misdiagnosed as menopausal or pre-menopausal "hot flashes" or symptoms. This is probably why some older women (and younger women, today) have hot flashes and many others do not. Histamine issues, food allergies, various triggers and the like can all be caused by parasitic infections, bacterial/mold/fungal infections, etc. Chronic parasitic infections are well known for causing all sorts of food allergies which can "trigger" hot flashes. Many of the remedies that alleviate "hot flashes" are very helpful because they address some "part" or symptom of the actual cause which is most often an "infection(s)." Many of the hot flash or menopause remedies have broad spectrum or potent antimicrobial (anti viral/bacterial/fungal), anti-inflammatory, hormone-regulating and anti-parasitic activities. For example, BLACK COHOSH was called by many other names which indicated its use for other health issues: Bugbane (flowers repel &/or kill insects), Baneberry, Black Snakeroot, Bug Root, Black Bugbane, Rattleweed, Rattle-Top, Rheumatism Weed, Macrotys, Snakeroot, Bugwort, Squawroot, Shengma (China), Cimicfuga (Latin for "bug repellent") and Fairy Candles. Some studies have identified black cohosh as having Anti-HIV activity, hypocholesterimic activity, anti-cancer activity and antimicrobial activity (see a few references attached below). Prior to the common use for menopause symptoms, Black Cohosh root was historically used by the Chinese and the Native Americans to treat a large variety of diseases, disorders and symptoms: * Liver disorders (which can cause a "back up" of toxic estrogens which can cause "hot flashes", * Gynecological conditions - PCOS, period cramps, child birth pain, uterine disorders (such as fibroids which can be due to high levels of toxic estrogens) * MALARIA, fever, night sweats (a classic malaria symptom) * Tinnitus * Heart palpitations * Snake/insect bites, used as an antidote or treatment for rattlesnake or snake bites by North American Indians * PAIN & INFLAMMATION (potent analgesic) - musculoskeletal & joint pain * Acute rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis * Multiple hormonal conditions * Improves insulin regulation * Nervous system disorders (nervous spasms and related pain, nervousness, irritability, hysteria, insomnia, etc.) * Tonify the kidney; used to treat kidney ailments & improve kidney function * Improve bronchial function, used to treat bronchitis and inflamed lungs Smallpox * Lower blood pressure * Strengthen the immune system * Chorea - abnormal involuntary movement disorder * Dropsy - edema * Yellow Fever * Osteoporosis IT WAS CONSIDERED A "NATURAL CURE-ALL, " a versatile healer. Black Cohosh is frequently used with Chastetree and Dong Quai or, with Red Clover, St. John's Wort, Sage or Ginseng to treat menopausal symptoms. All of these herbs also have impressive "antimicrobial" uses including some with anti-parasitic actions. Wishing you the best, Sherri * Sakurai N, Wu JH, Sashida Y, et al. Anti-AIDS Agents. Part 57: Actein, an anti-HIV principle from the rhizome of Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh), and the anti-HIV activity of related saponins. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2004;14(5):1329-1332.14980692 * Bukowiecki H, Michalska Z. Anatomical studies of the vegetable organs of Actaea L. genus. Acta Pol Pharm. 1972;29(4):432-438.4652517 * Newall CA, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Black Cohosh. In: Newall CA, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Herbal Medicines: A Guide for Health-Care Professionals. London, England: Pharmaceutical Press; 1996:80-81. * Einbond LS, Shimizu M, Xiao D, et al. Growth inhibitory activity of extracts and purified components of black cohosh on human breast cancer cells. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2004;83(3):221-231.14758092 * https://www.drugs.com/npp/black-cohosh.html#14758092