James (Vail, CO) on 05/16/2025

Ella (London) on 05/16/2025

Sinus infections can also produce fatigue symptoms as the body goes into a systemic defense mode.

https://pdxdentistry.com/gum-disease-can-leave-you-feeling-constantly-drained/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37534506/

Nicole (Milwaukee Wi) on 05/15/2025

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Art (California) on 05/15/2025

Please keep in mind that it took my friend almost a year of everyday use to get the benefits that she got. The changes were slow to see, but they were clearly noticeable at one year of taking the regimen faithfully. She had no diagnosis for her memory issue.

If she is already using Aricept, the addition of melatonin should be useful based on the synergy mentioned in the study.

Art

Art (California) on 05/15/2025

If the following link to images of osteoarthritis is what you mean by "knobby look", then that is likely osteoarthritis and borax should help. A friend of mine with osteoarthritis found that her swollen joints significantly reduced in size using the combination of borax and melatonin lotion and her hand pain went away.

Yes, mag oil spray can still be used on your hands, but if it is osteoarthritis, the borax and melatonin lotion should be enough.

Art

Art (California) on 05/15/2025

When you go back and look through Ted's writings, you notice that he always updated his protocols as he learned more and imo that's how it should be in order to stay up to date with the current science. Consequently his dosing schedules for borax were updated until he reached 5 days on with 2 days off. This also made it easy to keep a schedule as it meant the weekends could be the two days off and the weekdays could be the five days on.

Borax has worked fine for me for many years all by itself and has been compatible with all supplements I have tested over the past decade and a half.

As far as dosing, my preference is to keep it as simple as possible and Ted's remedy was about as simple as it gets. It doesn't have to be complicated to work.

As far as being fearful about taking borax, I understand. My first box of borax sat on the shelf for about 3 months as I tried to get up the nerve to take it. I finally decided that I would pay attention to how my body reacts to borax and if I had a problem, I would just stop taking it. I never had a problem so I am still taking it at a 1/4 teaspoon in a liter of water each weekday with Saturday and Sunday off for the past 17 years.

Art

Pam (Ohio) on 05/15/2025

He also mentioned something about fluoride. I'm a little confused by it...should the water I drink be completely fluoride free? I have a 5-gallon water dispenser and I use reverse osmosis water but I think there is a disclaimer that reverse osmosis water may still have traces of fluoride in it. Does fluoride interfere with the borax (that you know of)?

There were also comments from Ted about things like taking Vitamin C sodium ascorbate, chlorella, green tea, tannins, minerals, etc. Additionally, he states to take 1/4 tsp baking soda and a 1/4 tsp citric acid in a half glass of water two times per day or 8 tsp fresh lime juice plus 1/2 tsp baking soda twice per day. I thought I saw somewhere on EC that taking baking soda is also good for arthritis but can't remember where I saw it and if it's ok to take while on the borax protocol. Do you know, are these things necessary for the borax to work? I don't recall seeing this info on the dosing page for the borax.

Here's what I'd like to do with switching over to Ted's protocol. My plan is to take the women's dose of 1/8 tsp of borax and put of pinch of it in my coffee in the morning. Then another pinch later when I have a breakfast smoothie and then the rest throughout the day with my water with fresh lemon juice. I would think this would still give the same results as diluting in one liter of water and sipping throughout the day. Do you have any thoughts on this?

If it's not obvious, I'm a little nervous and scared to switch over to the higher dose. I know with time, this will all ease away but having someone to run my thoughts and questions by really helps!

Again, thank you for your time...Pam

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TessaBC (Okanagan) on 05/15/2025

I've always used cotton flannel for my castor oil packs.

If you type reusable castor oil packs in your search engine (or even on Amazon), you'll find a wide variety – including the complete packs with leak-proof lining and Velcro to hold it in place.

I wish you all the best on your continued journey back to health!

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Pam (Ohio) on 05/15/2025

Regarding my joints and if they are calcium deposits...in all honesty I don't know what they are. I guess I assumed that's what they are but not quite sure. Several of the joints in my fingers have that knobby look so maybe it's more of a cartilage issue from the OA.

I do take magnesium supplements...is it still okay to use the mag spray?

Thanks!

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Christy W (Georgia) on 05/15/2025

Kimberly (Vidalia, Ga) on 05/15/2025

Fred (Europe) on 05/14/2025

Hi Art,

Thanks for the detailed suggestions. My mom has an undiagnosed memory disorder. I’ve had her take Ginkgo (GBE) on and off for over a year, but haven’t noticed any improvement. For the past 1–2 months, she’s been taking Citicoline and Magnesium L-Threonate—no clear results yet, though it may still be early.

I’m not aware of any way to access FMT outside the medical system here, so that’s likely not an option. Melatonin does sound promising, especially given the recent data you shared. I’ll take a closer look at the meta-analysis and consider adding it to her regimen.

Thanks again.

Fred

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Shelly (Virginia) on 05/14/2025

Thanks so much!

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Peter Doubcheck Robinson (England UK) on 05/14/2025

Many thanks for your 2022 communication. It appears there could be a typo

in "3 drops of 15% lugol's iodine -- which works out to a total of about 170 mgs of iodine/iodide per day". Let me explain:

Let us note that when Jean Louis Guillaume Lugol made his solution in 1829. His iodine concentration of 5% represents the nominal iodine (molecule I2). He combined I2 with

with 10% Potassium Iodide (molecule KI). As you know, 5% means 5grams of solute (i.e. I2) in a solution that has a volume of 100ml. Therefore 5000mg/100ml or 50mg per milliliter (ml). For KI we have 10 grams in 100ml -> 100 mg/ml; Iodide in KI

takes 76.45% of the molecular weight of KI.

A standard medical drop size is 0.05 milliliters:

3 drops = 3*0.05 = 0.15ml

So the actual total iodine from I2 and KI is:

0.15ml*(50mg/ml + (100*0.7645)mg/ml) = 18.9675 mg let us round it to 19mg.

The above pertains to original Lugol solution

Assuming that your quoted 15% is the nominal concentration

this means the concentration of molecular I2 is 15% (i.e. 150mg/ml) and

and the concentration of KI is 30% (i.e. 300mg/ml).

If we apply the above reasoning of 5% Lugol's iodine to the 15% Lugol's iodine the total iodine corresponding to 3 drops is:

(3×0.05)×(150 +(300× 0.7645)) = 56.9025 mg per dose of 3 drops

To reach the quoted "170 mg of iodine/iodide per day" the patient would be

administered about 170/56.9025 = 2.987... about 3 times

the quoted dose of 3 drops per day!

Even if the "15%" represents 5% I2 and 10% KI, the patient will have to be

administered 170/18.9675 = 9.962... about 9 times the quoted dose of

3 drops per day.

Forgive me if its a typo. in fact in clinical setting, the patient is

usually administered small doses many times per day in order

to reach (accumulated) the target dose per day.

Of course you may be absolutely right if your dispensing dropper has

a vertical drop size of 126.45 ml (i.e. 126.45 milliliters)

P. D Robinson

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