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Positive thoughts and actions to heal hurts,

You may have heard that a merry heart or a good laugh is like a medicine, it can heal. I want to tip you that showing love or that you care can give life too.

Some people give up on life because the love they gave was not returned. I want to encourage you to take that good that you wanted to pour out on that individual and love a hurting world of people back to health.

You have heard that hurt people, hurt people, I want to add that sometimes hurt people hurt themselves too.

We have to make up our minds not to say negative words about ourselves or others.

We must realize how important our love, wisdom, and smiles are to others.

When I was young I remembered feeling rejected by a group I wanted to be a part of.

The hurt was so bad I would actually go down a list of who nobody loves you were. My thoughts would say, your mama doesn't love you, your daddy don't love you, your sisters don't love you, your brother doesn't love you. Then one day I added God doesn't even love. That ended that it, the Lord spoke to my heart to say, Never say that again, because he has proven his love by sending his Son.

I said all that to say stop repeating negative words about you. What you say about you should give life and energy to you.

You are beautiful!

You are so lovable,

You are so kind,

You always think of others,

I love your smile, it makes me want to smile.

The world needs more people like you.

HisJewel

I have had a shingles shot and still got shingles 3 times. I take L lysine 2 in am 2 in pm. The cause was pure cocoa. I was adding a tablespoon or more to my coffee every morning. No more cocoa in my coffee. I eat dark chocolate every day I have 2 squares a day from a bigger bar. No problem as long as I take L lysine.

You have to have more L lysine in your blood than arginine or you will get shingles. Had an outbreak and it went to the other side one spot and I took 6 lysines at once and it dried up in 20 minutes.

Enjoy your dark chocolate.

Thank you very much to the posters who responded to my "Dark Chocolate Syndrome" request - much appreciated. Most helpful in ascertaining any upside / downside factors.

Michael

Way to go-HisJewel to the rescue!

Your information and the article you recommended were just the ticket!!

Soo, if one is not worried about caffeine, migraines, headaches, shingles, kidney stones and a few other things, a maximum of one ounce per day would seem to have beneficial health effects.

BTW I hesitate to query your age but if you are "older" I can recommend getting the shingles shot. Shingles not nice + the risk increases with age. "Talk to the health professional you see most often". Just saying.

I must say that I was impressed with the variety of minerals etc contained in the Dark Chocolate - makes me feel less guilty about indulging! Best to get hold of the one with no sugar (Fair Trade?) but that would not appeal to the majority I guess. Again, I would recommend steering clear of the high cocoa one (+70%).

The inflammation question is not resolved though is it? Helping OR hindering? Maybe that is the sugar component acting as a spanner in the works - again??

Times past I would try the occasional Carob bar as a substitute.

Yes folks, the secret is out at last- chocolate really does grow on trees! I felt a small twinge of guilt to learn that it takes a whole crop of pods from one "chocolate tree" to produce a mere five bars of choc. Did you know that?

Cheers from D.U.

Greetings Michael,

My experience with over indulgence in chocolate is the side effects from too much caffeine and arginine. The caffeine can keep the knee pain on going the arginine can bring on a shingles rash if you are fighting shingles.

That was my experience. Texting by phone so keeping it short.

Here is a benefit side effects article:

The Health Benefits and Risks of Dark Chocolate

https://chopra.com/articles/the-health-benefits-and-risks-of-dark-chocolate

Chocolate is high in oxalates and can contribute to kidney stones.

KT

Dark chocolate is touted as being healthier than milk chocolate, milk chocolate has more fat, sugar than Dark chocolate with higher % of coco. Better for your heart, etc., just can't recall all benefits.

Hello Everyone,

Folks, I think I need your help on this one please!!

Has anyone done a Doctoral Thesis or PhD (or had personal experience) of the following condition:-

I have heard that dark chocolate (as distinct from milk chocolate with a bit more sugar in it), can cause headaches/migraines - sometimes bad ones. But that is not my present concern. By the way, I prefer the slightly bitter taste of the darker variety (but NOT the really strong, cocoa-content type).

Could the dark chocolate also cause muscle spasms / pain / stiffness as well as joint pain / stiffness / tendonitis etc?

Supposing one were to over-indulge by consuming a whole, thin bar of dark chocolate - what could be the consequences? Also, what are the factors at work - intestines, liver, kidney reactions etc - if known?

It is just that we have recently been hearing of the benefits of dark chocolate for one's health and I am wondering how much is too much and the bad consequences that are possible from over-indulging?

Everybody with a story to tell is encouraged to reply please!

Thanks a lot.

Michael from Down Under

A cheap way to get a couple yards of PUL fabric is to get a mattress protector. You can often get PU mattress protectors for less than 10 bucks and a queen size would yield 2 yards of 60" wide waterproof fabric. They're white but most are 100% cotton so you could give them an indigo or turmeric dip and make quite a few nifty little waterproof covers of them! Or let the kids decorate them with Sharpies! And because the PU is fused to the fabric it doesn't need to be hemmed. You could also make some longer, skinnier wrap and tie wraps - like Ace bandages.

TORNADO IN EAST TN SATURDAY

HI U OLE PATOOTS, ORH here and I slept through it all. Ole folks sleep after they eat and that's what I did. The tornado hit about 6pm and all had their boats in the water and not on their lifts. Most all our neighbors boats sank. The blow never came down to the ground, but tore up our trees. We lost one tree at the farm and will have a year of firewood. Corn down, but will survive. Nature is a wild and strange creature. Best not mess with her. Moving older chicks to the farm tomorrow and the young ones go from the #3 tub in the bathroom to our lake pen. Got a plan to buy only cornish roosters and neuter them to Capons this fall. Story to follow. Getting ready for the coming revolution. Health is not an issue if you dead.

==ORH==

First tip is baby wipes. You can wash out baby wipes to use for castor oil packs or poultices. Wash well, but gently, rinse VERY well and hang to dry. You can even buy dry baby wipes but I'd wash them anyway.

A good castor oil trick would be to wash and dry, put them back in the dispenser, pour castor oil over them and let them soak it up. Not to dripping consistency bur just to oiled capacity. Then you'd have castor oil packs handy all the time!

And you can buy a single yard of PUL fabric - as used to make diapers - and make either waterproof bandages or even sleeves (if you get the stretchy kind) or belly binders that you could simply pull on over a pack.

Also, I would hope those who research and explore natural medicine, have been saved money, or relieved of pain or saved from disability - or who have even saved their own life - would donate to this website to help keep it up and its caretakers safe.

The Benefits of TUDCA - YouTube I am adding this informational link to the post above that I added before . Lots of good stuff here.

Hi Chaya,

Here is the page you're looking for... Lots of information and great posts!

https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/acv_baking_soda_cures.html

Hi thank you so much for your site and for the helpful information. I was reading the comments about the apple cider vinegar remedies; somewhere along there there was a comment by you, EC, to read up on your information on taking apple cider vinegar with baking soda for a proper pH balance, but I could not find where that information is posted. Would you kindly tell me where I could find that information?

Wendy of Dublin, OH,

Great thinking, the pillow will certainly ease the pain from pulling up in knee position.

A similar thing happened to me. However, my knees are extremely sensitive and I can't kneel on them. Luckily I had a pillow near by that I could place under my knees; then I used the side of my bed to help me get up.

TUDCA Benefits: Linked to Bile, Liver, and Gut Health - Microbe FormulasTM, I have a friend using this, she has toxic liver from poisoning years ago someone put in her drink. I had never heard of this but it's interesting. I linked it to you but you might already be using it in some form. Blessings, Charity

Hi U OLE PATOOTS, you know how I ams...... have worms and pay attention. My pastor has pancreatic cancer and has been treated by an allopathic doctor for a year and makes me sad just to look at him. He is ashen and is wasting away. My Integrative doctor is treating two pancreatic cancer patients and they may die tomorrow, but they look great. He is trying to get their immune system to cure the cancer as it has their entire life. My pastor calls me often because I do not treat him as a pastor. I treat him as a buddy. Both being Rednecks, we do plain talk. How's your Momma and em, etc. You can't get any more country than that.

====ORH====

Hi GertJr,

You are so on it, that knee method is like a miracle. About 5 years ago, my mother made use of it. I live in Manhattan and Mom lived in Brooklyn. Someone was in the house, but did not answer their phone. Mother had been on the bed, looking under the bed for something when she fell off onto the floor. I told her to see if she can get on her knees and pull up on the nearby chair. It worked praise the Lord! She was a little more careful after that, but the knee method came in handy more than once for her. Sometimes we have to wait until the children or a helper comes to help us get work done.

HisJewel

I'm glad you managed and are okay. We had gone through this scenario with mother when she was worried how to handle it if dad fell. We told her, first you call 911. Don't ask him if you should, he will say no, but do it anyway. Next, go to him and see if he's mentally able to speak, etc. If so, he can tell you if anything is damaged. Then, if there's a neighbor to call do so, if not then get a kitchen chair. If he can get on his knees, then he can pull himself up using the chair and then sit down. If he cannot get on his knees, make sure he can breathe and do what you can to make him comfortable. While doing all this, pray. You can only do so much and you certainly cannot lift him yourself. Do what you can and then trust the Lord to see you through.

Greetings Earth Clinic,

What to do when you have fallen outside and cannot get up?

Pray Children Pray. Also, If you have two at least half good knees get on them grab a pole and pull yourself up, because sometimes it is hard to find good help. Anyway that's what I had to do. I know that are a few deceptive people out and trying to harm others, but if the good team up surely good will come. If you not sure and are frightened then keep walking. But somehow I don't believe everyone is scared of their neighbor.

Let me go back a little, about five years ago, I saw a man on the ground up against the gate of City Hall on the Chambers Street side; it was about the middle of the day. He was in a seated position with some blood on the side of his face To me that did not seem usual, not at City Hall. However, people were just passing him by as if it was part of a movie or something. I had a big box in my hand for some reason or another busy like everyone else. But something said, this man needs help. I walked over to him and asked, "Do you want an ambulance?" He answered yes. I called 911, and 911 said, we don't pick up people off the street anymore. I said, but this man has a family!! I had never seen the man in my life. The worker said, "He does?" I answered yes, everybody has a family. He said "okay we'll come will you be there," I said no I have a big box to deliver.

Long story short, I took care of my business which was only a few blocks from there, then jumped on the bus that goes back down that block. The ambulance workers were taking the man into the ambulance. I did not take a memory note of the man's face but I remembered his green jacket. A couple of weeks later I saw him back at City Hall examining the gates as if he were thinking, " how did this gate hit me?" The thought tickled me but I was glad to see that he was well.

A few days ago, it was my turn to fall. I was trying to catch my cousin's attention who was on the other side of that wide street. It looked like I was about to get the green light, so I stepped off of the curb. Then I noticed one more car trying to make the light. So I stepped back, the heel of my shoe hit the curb. And I went down hard, boom! I heard a scream, but I was still alive. I was at the corner, but it was one of those corners with the yard wide open space and somehow instead of stepping back into the space I hit the curb.

Yes, somebody screamed, but nobody came to help me up. Thank God, somehow I ended up sitting on the edge of the sidewalk with my feet in that crossing space. I had the breath know out of me for a moment or two, and could not stand yet. And people just kept walking past me on the crosswalk. No one asked if I wanted an ambulance or if I were ok. So I decided to sit there and smile since didn't know how I was going to get up. I called to my cousin one more time. So that he would not go in the wrong direction. He heard me that time as I still sat on the ground. He had his father with him who was in a wheelchair. So I knew I had to get up now. I looked behind me and saw a light pole. My pocketbook was still on the ground. I didn't care at the moment. I needed both hands to get up. I pulled myself up with the help of the pole. If you know other methods to get off the ground from a fall, please share.

Ooh and I am sure you guessed, my hand that I fell on began to swell. But it was still a great day after all was said and done, you see I have a few people who would not have been very happy if I had left them suddenly.

HisJewel

Hello, as I skim through your website I noticed many people have asked questions years ago that are very good questions that I would also like answers to but no one has answered them. Will you please answer these questions if you are able and if not can you please direct that answer?

One of the most important health articles we have ever published on Earth Clinic. Read it now and share with friends and family.

https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html

You're welcome, Cindy.

Also, for everyone interested in visiting the links, I apologize that I accidentally duplicated the first link, thereby making five links instead of four. The duplicated link is the third one. In addition, because of how I typed the Web addresses when I posted my message, the actual addresses that were generated from what I typed are different from how the links look on the webpage (moving a mouse pointer over each link will show that each address being linked to is truncated—this might have to do with quotation marks in addresses). In order to visit the webpages at those links, one could highlight each link, copy the highlighted content, and then paste the content in the address bar of one's Web browser (the address bar can also be referred to as a location bar and possibly by other names). Alternatively, one could also type the Web addresses by hand into the address bar, although I usually copy and paste because when I type, there is a possibility that I will mistype something.

Below are steps for copying and pasting the links when using a computer.

• To highlight with a mouse or other such pointing device, start by positioning the cursor or pointer on the screen to the right of the link. (Note that these steps must go from right to left even though English is typed from left to right because starting on the left side can cause content above the link to be selected.)
• Then click with the mouse or pointing device.
• After that, hold down the Shift key on the keyboard of the computer, press the left-arrow key on the keyboard repeatedly until the entire link has been highlighted, and then let go of the Shift key. To speed up the highlighting process, one can hold down the left-arrow key instead of repeatedly pressing it. Also, on a Macintosh computer, holding down both the Shift key and the Option key while repeatedly pressing the left-arrow key can cause more content to be selected with each press of the left-arrow key. On a Windows computer, holding down both the Shift key and the Alt key while repeatedly pressing the left-arrow key might do the same.
• Then, at the top of the screen on a Macintosh computer or at the top of the Web-browser window on a Windows computer, look for a menu bar. On a Windows computer, if there is no menu bar displayed, try pressing the Alt key on the keyboard; doing so might cause a menu bar to display. Also regarding Windows, the top of the Web-browser window might or might not be at the top of the screen of the computer; therefore, the menu bar might not be at the top of the screen.
• If a menu bar is found, click the menu-bar item Edit.
• From the menu that should display, click Copy.
• Alternatively, instead of using a menu bar, one could use the keyboard shortcut Command-C on a Macintosh computer or Ctrl-C on a Windows computer.
• After copying the selected link, in the address bar (it can also be referred to as a location bar and possibly by other names) of the Web browser (the address bar usually is a wide rectangle near the top of the browser), highlight the content there and delete that content.
• For some Web browsers, one could use a keyboard to highlight the content of the address bar with the keyboard shortcut Command-L on a Macintosh computer or Ctrl-L on a Windows computer.
• After deleting the content that was in the address bar of the browser, paste the copied link by clicking the menu-bar item Edit and then clicking the menu choice Paste.
• Alternatively, one could use the keyboard shortcut Command-V on a Macintosh computer or Ctrl-V on a Windows computer.
• After pasting the link, press the Return key on a Macintosh computer or the Enter key on a Windows computer.

For copying and pasting the links when using a touchscreen device, such as a phone or tablet, the steps might vary.

• Try pressing and holding on a link to see if a menu choice appears that gives one an option to select content.
• If no option to select content appears, try pressing and holding on a word that is not part of the link, such as a word that is near the link, either above it or below it.
• If an option to select content appears, tap that option.
• It is possible that, after one has tapped an option to select content, there will appear on the screen some sort of user-interface elements that allow the changing of the size of the selected area. For example, a circle might appear near the beginning of the selected area, and another circle might appear near the end of the selected area.
• If there are such circles, try pressing and dragging one circle to move the beginning of the selected area to the beginning of the link. Then try pressing and dragging the other circle to move the end of the selected area to the end of the link.
• Once the changing of the selected area has been accomplished, a menu should be displayed on the screen.
• If a menu is displayed on the screen, look for a copy option on the menu, or, if there is no such copy option, look for an arrow or triangle symbol. If there is an arrow or triangle symbol instead of a copy option, tap the arrow or triangle symbol to see if a copy option is then displayed. One might need to tap the arrow or triangle symbol multiple times before a copy option displays.
• If a copy option is found, tap that option.
• If a copy option is not found, try tapping the address bar (it can also be referred to as a location bar and possibly by other names) near the top of the Web browser. If that highlights the address that is already there, then type the link by hand. After typing the address, one might need to tap the Return key, the Enter key, the Go key, or some other similar key on the keyboard.
• If the copy option is found, tap the address bar near the top of the Web browser. If a menu displays, look for an option to paste or to paste and go. If no such options are displayed, one might need to type the link by hand. After typing the address, one might need to tap the Return key, the Enter key, the Go key, or some other similar key on the keyboard.
• If an option to paste or to paste and go appears, tap one of those options. If the paste option is the one tapped, one might need to then tap the Return key, the Enter key, the Go key, or some other similar key on the keyboard.

I hope that the foregoing helps with regard to some of the technical matters of accessing information. Perhaps it's somewhat similar to archaeology: the information exists, but some specific technical steps are necessary to get to it. Because some people's areas of knowledge specialty are in areas other than information and communication technology, I wanted to make sure that I could help equip others with the necessary tools to the extent that I could do so.

Sincerely,

J.
Numbers 21:9
John 3:14–16

Awesome! Thanks, J! Just did a search for aspirin as it doesn't have its own page and it worked!! Yeah!

Hello, everyone.

When one doesn't see a particular topic category in the menu, such as when one is searching for specific keywords on the earthclinic.com website, one can try some of the methods below.

Using an example of searching for webpages with information about citric acid, one can visit one of the webpages below and type keyword combinations, examples of which are below the listed webpages.

duckduckgo.com

startpage.com

In the search box at either of the above webpages, one can type the below keyword combination.

site:earthclinic.com +"citric acid"

Another keyword combination worth trying for this example is below.

site:earthclinic.com +citric +acid

One could also search for one of the words, as listed below.

site:earthclinic.com +citric

To search the section of the website dedicated to Ted from Bangkok's observations, one can try the below keyword combination, for example.

site:ted.earthclinic.com +"citric acid"

Below are links to the search results of sample searches from the two aforementioned websites.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site:earthclinic.com++"citric+acid"

https://www.startpage.com/do/search?query=site:earthclinic.com++"citric+acid"

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site:earthclinic.com++"citric+acid"

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site:ted.earthclinic.com++"citric+acid"

https://www.startpage.com/do/search?query=site:ted.earthclinic.com++"citric+acid"

Sincerely,

J.
Numbers 21:9
John 3:14–16

HI U OLE PATOOTS, ORH here and this topic is dear to my heart. It is about our freedom. Ya'll know how I am........ some love me and some don't. I am banned on Facebook and never use it. I just went on this site and could not pull up some things. Don't think this is D's problem. I think the thought cops have followed me here. We are in troubled times. Subject change........... I am pleased with the knowledge of the folks that are now looking after my lymphydemia situtation. Smarts count for certain. The young girl that was looking after me was just too green. She will cause lots of problems for folks until she learns. Too old to pay that bill. I expect the A team.

====ORH====

Goodness!!! How embarrassing to make such mistakes in the name of the very person who is responsible for helping so many of us!! Please forgive Deirdre!! (Hope I got it right....;))

Ooops, sorry, that other "r" got lost in my typing! Thank you for changing it back!

Happy New Year, everyone! Hope it's off to a great start!

Thanks mmsg from europe for your post to "diedre" this morning asking us to remove the duplicate recent answers page. We decided to put all new posts on just this recent posts page again, including pet posts, as having everything separated didn't make much sense even though the pages loaded faster.

P.S. It's Deirdre, by the way, not Diedre.

HI U OLE PATOOTS,,,,,,,,, ORH here, and would not miss it for the world. These days, I need all the help I can get. For you city slickers, that is black eyed peas for luck, corn bread for gold and collard greens for green backs. Getting new counsel next week concerning my lymphedema and need all the luck I can muster. Sleeping with my feet elevated to gain some control. Found a new method of preparing Glutathione for nebulizing and it is far cheaper than compounding or via IV. Ingesting is not effective. My integrative doctor successfully uses Glutathione IVs for dementia. While on the subject....... currency is not money, as all will soon learn.

====ORH====

Please delete all posts associated with my IP address. Thank you.

Hello Earth Clinic Team - the "Font of all Knowledge"!,

I could not find anything on Iron Deficiency on the Web Site but I may have been looking in the wrong place? Can you remind me of the technical name please. I used to recommend a liquid product in a bottle (over here) that went by the name of "Flurodix" or possibly "Flurodex" maybe??

Would love to get some information on this condition if it is out there.

"Popeye the Sailor Man" recommenced copious quantities of Spinach - remember him?

Cheers,

Michael