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Ted's RemediesQuestion by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand)
However, the two things that are most important that is proven, at least with me, is 1/4 or 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water twice a day plus the borax. However borax is important, the baking soda comes in a second of importance.
In general, those two remedies are by far the most important.
p.s. I am following up some eccentric nuns who are using some herbal extracts and cereals that along with borax and baking soda completely got rid of the problem However, I suspect their remedies were mostly plant based insecticidals in alcoholic tincture which killed them. A simple safe insecticidal remedies might be neem oil mixed with some small amount of vodka, along with borax and baking soda. Of course, I can't confirm this, but I am looking into this. In case you are wondering what I am doing!
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My reply: Great! I think I'll have a few shots of vodka while waiting to see if the borax and baking soda works! Thanks! ;)
Replied by David (Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland) on 01/03/2012
How long does it take a kill a demodex mite
According to this medical article (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1772908/ tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract), 100% strength tea tree oil, alcohol, caraway oil, or dill weed oil will do it in 15 minutes. I've seen other estimates as low as five minutes for tea tree oil, but 15 minutes seems to be the generally accepted figure among medical researchers.
Yet an extraordinary woman named Toni, who lives in Las Vegas, can kill a demodex mite instantly, using a 100% natural product you can find on any supermarket shelf. In fact, you may even have this in your kitchen cupboard already.
Toni has suffered with serious illnesses, including demodex infestation, for the last seven years. Over that time, she has tried most of the usual treatments, without success. So she started her own tireless experiments, using natural substances and testing them on herself, to see if she could find something that eradicates demodex.
Toni doesn't give up easily. And she eventually found it - a simple compound that will turn an active demodex mite into a corpse on contact.
Hard to believe This video shows an early version of her experiment where the substance wasn't mixed thoroughly enough - the mite was still killed in 50 seconds:
http://www.delusionalinsects.com/styled-17/qt-2/index.html
The video first shows an active demodex mite taken from her face on a microscope slide. She then adds a clear liquid containing blobs of whitish material - and 50 seconds later the mite is dead.
So what kills these mites quicker than any other known substance on earth
The pharmaceutical companies are gonna love this - it's a very small amount of dry mustard powder well mixed into a little water.
Please note that pre-mixed mustard paste in tubes and jars won't work because of the preservatives and stabilisers in it. You must use dry mustard powder, also sometimes referred to as mustard flour.
After six weeks of using it topically, Toni hasn't found a single mite, and is tickle-free.
I've edited Toni's own words to cut down on the length of this post. Here's her list of ways to use it:
CAUTION: When using mustard on your skin, remember that MORE IS NOT BETTER. If you use more mustard than you should, YOU WILL BLISTER AND BURN YOUR SKIN, and this will leave a scab which will take at least a week to heal. I know this because it happened to me. If in doubt, leave some out.
Before applying any of the following mixtures, test them out on a very small and unobtrusive area of your skin first by using a matchstick or toothpick to apply a tiny dot. If you feel it warming uncomfortably after a couple of minutes, you need to dilute your mixture more.
And DON'T GET IT IN YOUR EYES - be very careful in this area.
1. I take about one teaspoon of mustard powder, mix it with an equal or lesser amount of water, and combine both well to make a smooth paste with no lumps or clumps. Add this to anything like body wash and/or shampoo and use it daily. Let it sit on your skin for about five minutes, then rinse off. This is safe to use on private parts.
2. If you mix it with body lotion, you can apply it after your mustard shower/shampoo, and leave it on all day if you like. You can also filter the mustard and water mix through a coffee filter before adding it to your body lotion if you prefer.
3. It's important to note that once the mustard dries, it stops working. For all-day protection, you need to use something that will keep it hydrated. The lotion I'm using, which works best for this, is called Swanson's Brand Pycnogenol Cream. You can also try using glycerine as a carrier instead. Or try it with an oil like sweet almond or extra virgin olive oil with a few drops of lavender essential oil mixed in.
4. I like to take about one heaping teaspoon of mustard powder and mix it with about one ounce of hair conditioner, leave it on for a couple of hours, or until it starts to dry, then I rinse it out.
5. In a spritzer or spray bottle, I mix the dry mustard with Infusium hair treatment and use it on my scalp and hair during the daytime and before I go to bed - don't rinse this out.
6. For something that will help the mustard penetrate the skin, I have used a topical glycolic. Forget the liquid ones and get MD Forte Hand and Body Cream. But if you decide you want to try this out, YOU MUST CONSIDERABLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MUSTARD USED OR YOU WILL BURN. This is because glycolics enhance the effect of the mustard. In this case, less is definitely more.
7. Of all the ways I've tried so far, just washing head to toe daily for the past six weeks with a tiny amount of dry mustard mixed with my soaps and applied after showers by mixing a tiny amount with my lotions has made me almost feel like I don't have anything going on anymore.
TONI'S TIPS:
1. You can make your own body scrub using baking soda, dry mustard, aloe gel, and antibacterial soap.
2. Use an empty bottle to mix a single body wash, shampoo, or body lotion "dose" to avoid mucking up an entire bottle. That way you'll have a fresh application every time.
3. For body lotion, if you don't want to make up a fresh batch daily, you can make up no more than a week's worth in an empty bottle, then keep it in the refrigerator. These lotions have preservatives to allow them to be kept unrefrigerated, but if you add anything to them, it changes them, so altering their shelf life.
HOW TED COULD HELP:
1. I believe (and Toni agrees) that this treatment would be a lot quicker and more efficient in mite eradication if an effective carrier method could be devised to take the mustard (or its anti-mite component) directly into infested hair follicles and sebaceous plugs. I'm not sure about using 1% hydrogen peroxide for this purpose.
One suggestion is to use Castor Oil which is highly penetrative due to its low molecular weight - and also has ricin, a poison which may work in tandem with the mustard. Ted's expertise is needed here.
2. Could an internal mustard remedy be devised or would it be neutralised by stomach acid Ted's expertise is needed again.
3. Dosage refinement research for simple topical, skin penetration, and internal applications is needed to ensure utmost safety. Again, Ted's expertise is required for this.
4. Could this mustard formula be used on animals safely or is mustard an allergenic for them Ted would know this.
5. Anything else Ted can turn his amazing intelligence to in order to make this more efficient, safer, and easier.
That's all I can think of for the moment (as I hear you breathe a sigh of relief). But I can't tell you all how excited I am by Toni's discovery. An instant kill for demodex is something that's unheard of in medical and veterinary research. It took an extraordinary woman with extraordinary courage and persistence to find it.
I'm proud to know her.
Replied by David (Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland) on 01/04/2012
"4. I like to take about one heaping teaspoon of mustard powder and mix it with about one ounce of hair conditioner, leave it on for a couple of hours, or until it starts to dry, then I rinse it out."
She has now emailed me to say she believes that 1/2 teaspoon of mustard powder with one ounce of of hair conditioner is actually better for leaving on the scalp like a conditioning pack/treatment.
She's also asked me to emphasize that when using mustard, you should never feel burning or even warming sensations. If you do, you're using too much and you need to further dilute whatever you're putting on your skin. Remember: a little goes a long way.
Finally, you need to do the mustard regimen consistently (daily) if you are to successfully deal with the problem. Since we don't yet know what effect mustard has on demodex eggs, it's safest to assume that they're all going to hatch.
Most of those hatchlings will emerge onto the surface of the skin and be killed by the mustard as long as it's hydrated. This will prevent vast quantities of new eggs from being laid since those new hatchlings are either virgin females in search of a new home, or males looking for a female to impregnate.
As I've written elsewhere here, the safest strategy is to kill all the females. Most "research" websites agree that males only live for 15 days, but give different figures for female lifespans, varying from 15 to 24 to 60 days. So I would err on the side of caution and keep doing this 90 days.
You'll want to anyway, since the mustard will leave your skin and hair feeling more alive and cleaner than it's ever been. Plus, it kills fungi and bacteria.
And get adventurous - try using it in cooking and as a condiment.
I've specifically requested the Administrators here to forward the post above to Ted to see if he can refine and improve what Toni has discovered because I don't know his email address. So watch this space for his response...
Replied by David (Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland) on 01/06/2012
Since receiving his report, I, too, have visited the bathroom and found that my stools are now dark green (my plugs are almost overwhelmingly pale green). Plus, I, too, found many plugs floating on the surface of the water. This is the first time this has ever happened.
Well, good night all. I'm off now to do my mustard shower and lotion application.
Replied by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand) on 01/06/2012
Replied by David (Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland) on 01/08/2012
I have replied by private email to some of the points you raise and will await your response.
I've suffered with generalised democidosis diagnosed as delusional for almost three years now thanks to medical ignorance, arrogance, and intransigence, and your borax water remedy literally saved my life - for which I will be eternally grateful.
However, some people - and I'm referring specifically to the disabled, the elderly, and the infirm - can have difficulties either ingesting borax or applying it topically several times a day. I know this because I'm one.
And this is why I'm so excited by Toni's mustard discovery which only requires one daily shower and two topical applications. It's still tough and enormously time-consuming for me, but I can manage it.
Ted, thank you so much for all the good you do in the world. You are in my prayers.
With you now on board, I believe we'll beat these demons.
PS - this may be a duplicate post because this board's software keeps logging me out before I've had a chance to finish writing. Then, when I log in again, it deletes everything I've written so I have to start all over again.
Replied by Brenda (Fayetteville, North Carolina) on 01/19/2012
Replied by David (Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland) on 01/29/2012
However, if you insist on using what Toni used, remember she lives in Las Vegas. Your best bet is to enter "Swanson Pycnogenol Cream" into Google and you'll get pointers on where it's available.
MD Forte Hand and Body Cream is a completely different type of product to body lotion - it's a topical glycolic. This means it penetrates the skin, bringing the mustard with it.
PLEASE NOTE: glycolics potentiate the effect of the mustard. So if you wish to try this out, you MUST considerably reduce the amount of mustard powder used or YOU WILL BURN YOUR SKIN.
My advice is to stick with the mustard body wash and the ordinary hydrating body lotion. That's what I'm doing because I can't get Swanson Pycnogenol Cream here in Ireland. It's working fine for me.
Replied by Dud (Up The Creek In, Wv, Usa) on 02/03/2012
Dublin Dave and Bangkok Ted;
I found a web page blog on the springtails/collembola morgellans, and toluene connections. A very long page of good info, and some interesting theories on what causes the problem. check it out.
http://morgellonspgpr.wordpress.com/category/collembola-springtails/
From my First Post
From this Post
We are vastly moving beyond the point where we can believe this is all sheer coincidence. If you look at the material safety sheet it can cause all kinds of things, including heart problems, central nervous system problems, and even death, not to mention all the facts that point to it being the cause of our condition. Could NCS really be Morgellons
In our case however, if it is the Putida, we are different than the Meth users in this regard because Putida is a soil based organism and can be strong attractant to Collembola and other bugs, we not only have the nerve damage from the Toluene that makes us feel like we have bugs, but potentially, many of us also do have real bugs.
Finally, I'll leave you with a quote from this page I found, I'm not sure if it is true, but have no reason to think it is not. From "America's Next Top Bacteria"
Replied by Mina (West Palm Beach, Fl, Usa) on 02/05/2012
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Replied by David (Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland) on 02/07/2012
The mind boggles. How did KP miss these connections Unless perhaps they WANTED TO. After all, a positive finding for Morgellons would have cost them billions in health care costs. Talk about putting the fox in charge of the henhouse...
I will pass your links on to all my Morgellons and collembola friends.
By the way, I've taken the liberty of putting your borax and Epsom Salts baths treatment on the Delusional Insects website here:
http://www.delusionalinsects.com/styled-23/styled-26/index.html
Thanks again for that great find.
Replied by Pluto (New York City, New York, Usa) on 02/09/2012
Here is the url
http://www.beautytipshub.com/skin-care/natural/face-packs-for-acne.html
If that doesn't work, just go to beautytipshubDOTcom
Thank you for the direction, earthclinic.
Pluto
Replied by Mary B (Chicago, Il) on 03/04/2012
Question: I have not found mites on me. But I don't have a good microscrope. Everything you describe matches my sensations/symptoms so its the best I have as the Dr's are stumped (scrape test was negative & I have not insisted that it is bugs to avoid the DP diagnosis). The difficulty I have is why is it that the sensations will be gone from me until I enter a particular room or sit in a particular chair where I previously was while "infected". When I enter that room I immediately feel stuff jumping or appearing on my hair, face, hands etc that then move over the rest of my body. If this is dermodex I didn't think they could jump! What are they floating in the air on dust
Has anyone else noticed this Any theories
Sprays: Have had Talstar applied to the house. Its a broad spectrum spray with a ~7 month half life. I can go back in the living room again after ~1 year with aid of the baths.
Replied by David (Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland) on 03/09/2012
They're tiny enough to float like a dust mote, but they WILL fall to the floor eventually - unless the room in question is draughty, in which case they MAY be kept aloft indefinitely by the air currents. They don't jump and they don't fly.
Try a little experiment: tightly close all the windows in a room where you experience this. Seal any spaces where draughts might get in with duct tape. Lock the door and seal all around its edges with tape. Now stay out of the room for at least four days, but preferablhy a week. If you get the same experience when you go back into that room, it's definitely not demodex.
One possibility is Red Mites dropping from your ceiling and/or light fittings. These are very tiny (but visible to the naked eye) and can be carried into a home by mice or by a bird making its nest in the attic space (through a hole in the eaves or a broken roof-tile). If the chicks die, these will happily infest humans.
Here's a discussion of Red Mite home invasions (read the comments as well):
http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/tim-chicken-blog/will-red-mite-infest-your-house/
It's unclear whether mustard will help with these since so little is known about human infestation by those whose job it is to investigate these things. But, like dermatologists, entomologists seem to assume that evolution stopped once modern man arrived and that the massive changes in soil biochemistry that have taken place over the last 20 or so years will have no effect on insects.
You can thank the chemical and bio-engineering industries, GM and Roundup-Ready crops, and agrobacterium and horizontal gene transfer for these changes. The companies behind this technology all claimed that they were doing it to feed the world, stop famines, and make commercial crop-growing viable for Third World countries. And I'd say many of the scientists actually believed this PR BS. But the the real motive of the men in suits was money. Now the world is starting to pay for it. And it will only get worse. OK, rant over!
Besides Red Mites, the only other possibility is micro-flies. You need to read this research paper (written by an environmental scientist) to understand this:
http://www.morgellonsuk.org.uk/micromyiasis.htm
If this turns out to be true, mustard may well work to kill larvae once they emerge from the eggs. But once again, very little is known about this new phenomenon.
I wish you the best of luck in dealing with it. Please report the results of the experiment suggested above, and your results with the mustard.
Replied by Sharon (Wesley Chapel, Fl) on 03/31/2012
Replied by Martie (Tampa, Florida) on 06/01/2012
Amazing how fast it brings the mites and larva to the surface of your skin and kills them. If your scrub brush is not stiff enough, your fingernails do a good job. All the nasty stuff on those infected " hills" will come off, including the areas that seem to be "wet" and itchy all the time, allowing you to clean out the nests. Once you feel no more itches, shampoo your hair and condition it in the bathtub water, Use a cup to rinse once with clean water, then dry off. You can do this in a shower with a trickle of hot water coming from the showerhead, and the pitcher. Keep a towel handy for your eyes.
You can purchase citric acid at your local feed store in bulk for $12-19 for a few pounds of it. You can mix a small amount in a cup, half and half, to use for any "spots". I would not recommend this bath for an animal or small child as they cannot tell us where it "itches" and would be uncomfortable. By the way, dear Ted, it is vital to kill these mites on your body fast, as they will crawl out of the treated areas. I can't wait to try it on upholstery in my cars.
Replied by Sharon (Wesley Chapel, Florida) on 06/25/2012
Replied by Tom (Seneca, Sc) on 12/21/2012
The point is, cedar worked when nothing else did. Just wondering if it might work on mites. By the way, the cedarcide won't hurt plants and it absorbs even into furniture without damage, and onto any surface it dries without harm. No harm to animals or humans. I intentionally sprayed it all over my legs to kill the fleas on the first trip through that infested rental home and the fleas died en mass in one second. Also... I found if I get a mosquito bite that a bit of cedarcide will take away the itch in seconds.
Replied by Patty (Daytona Beach, FL) on 05/24/2014
What started out noticably on my eyelashes has now effected my face / hair. I have used tea tree oil since January along w/ listerine, nix, medicated toilettes w/ no results. I am going to try each and everyone of these remedies until I feel "miteless". Like most others it's been a new experience and one that seems trivial and I guess to most maybe not even real since you don't have much evidence. Again, like others on this site I'm glad I happened on it and going to celebrate Memorial Day Disinfecting Internally & Externally. Wish me Luck and Thanks I appreciate all the Info. Patty
Replied by peggy (CA) on 03/13/2023
the best possible carrier for the hydrated mustard powder and countless other remedies is dmso. the mustard should be organic. when dmso is mixed with other substances it should be used within an hour. don't add anything you wouldn't want to be carried into your system by the dmso. what I have been doing, and it works quite well, is dumping about a half spice bottle of org. mustard powder in a full tub of water, add about an ounce of 70% dmso and just for good measure a cup or two of organic vinegar. when I mix it to apply directly to my skin and hair before a bath I add two or three drops of 7% lugols - helps to cure the damage done to the skin.
cheers and good luck
p
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