Five essential oils that are effective in cancer treatment Thyme essential oil: A 2010 study from Switzerland evaluated the effect of thyme essential oil on breast cancer cells, lung cancer cells a…
Five essential oils against cancer
Five essential oils that are effective in cancer treatment
- Thyme essential oil: A 2010 study from Switzerland evaluated the effect of thyme essential oil on breast cancer cells, lung cancer cells and prostate cancer cells. Thyme essential oil exhibited the strongest cytotoxicity toward all three types of cancer cells. Thyme has an active compound, thymol, which has been shown to activate mechanisms that kill cancer. (3)
- Rosemary essential oil: Rosemary has antioxidant properties that help protect agains free radicals that damage cell membranes, alter DNA and kill healthy cells. Recent studies have shown that rosemary extract has anti-tumor properties that are effective in treatment of colon, breast, liver, stomach, skin and blood. One study found that 1 percent concentration of rosemary essential oil was able to deactivate more than 90 percent of ovarian and liver cancer cells. (3)
- Oregano essential oil: Research from Long Island University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences found that oregano compounds use signaling pathways that cause “cancer cell suicide.” Oregano also has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. Oregano essential oil contains carnosol which has been shown to stop the growth of colon cancer cells as well as cause cancer cell death. Oregano essential oil has shown promising results in fighting prostate, breast and skin cancer.(3)
- Chamomile essential oil: In studies, apigenin, a bioactive constituent, found in chamomile has been shown to have significant effects in inhibiting many human cancer cell lines. A 2010 study found that chamomile essential oil killed 93 percent of breast cancer cells. A separate study found that it was able to inhibit cell mutation by 60-75 percent.(3)
- Frankincense essential oil: Frankincense oil has been shown to treat numerous health conditions, including cancer. Western studies are now showing that frankincense essential oils and extracts have a potent anti-tumor activity. Frankincense oil was tested against pancreatic cancer cells and was able to cause high levels of cancer cell death. The same effect took place in a separate study on bladder cancer cells. This study found that the essential oil was able to distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy cells, leaving the healthy cells alone.
Cancer cells are oxygen starved
Cancer cells are oxygen starved
Exercise to fight cancer
by WAlter Last
Adequate physical activity is one of the main requirements for achieving and maintaining good health. Deep breathing while exercising is essential: lack of oxygen – becoming breathless – is harmful. ‘Aerobic’ exercises are those that can be maintained for long periods, because the heart and lungs can supply enough oxygen to the muscles; if insufficient oxygen reaches the muscles, the exercise becomes anaerobic, and can cause a build-up of lactic acid in the tissues – sometimes noticeable as sore muscles. Therefore, breathe more vigorously than required for the activity at hand, and increase the intensity of your exercises only gradually.
The arm muscles as well as the leg muscles should be used regularly. Cycling, walking and jogging should be supplemented by push-ups, digging, and so on. When jogging, touch down with the ball of the foot first to prevent damage to the joints. In this way you do not need expensive running shoes.
Everyday Physical Exercises
Depending on your body needs and inclinations, many exercises may be performed. The more important ones are stretching, hanging from the hands or feet, using a rebounder, circling the pelvis, head and shoulder stand, isometric exercises, scalp and face exercises (pulling faces, tensing and relaxing scalp muscles), shaking to loosen the body, and slow graceful and rhythmic movements with and without music. Yoga exercises are excellent for stretching and massaging the internal organs.
Do these frequently during the day. In addition, a time of the day or the week may be selected for a more thorough work-out. With advancing age stretching becomes increasingly more important. A recommended way of doing it is to lie on a large bed or carpeted floor and move your limbs and spine in various positions to the limits of their range and then stretch just a bit further. Try to let the body move on its own as it feels good without much mental direction.
Rejuvenation Exercises
The following exercises were made famous through the booklet ‘The Eye of Revelation’ by P. Kelder. They are effective for strengthening glandular activities, and are known to rejuvenate the body to a worthwhile extent – if practised faithfully every day. Deep breathing during and between exercises is important. Inhale and exhale during the slow movements between the two end-positions as shown in Fig. 1. Hold the breath in each end-position and tense all muscles with maximum effort. In one position press the chin to the chest and pull the abdomen inwards and up; in the other position drop the head back as far as possible.
The stomach is pulled in, with the breath exhaled, in the lying position (FIG. 1a), in the forward bending position (FIG. 1b), while sitting (FIG. 1c) and with the pelvis raised (FIG. 1d). Start with a few exercises daily and gradually increase to 20 of each. Do not strain yourself.
A fifth rejuvenation exercise is spinning or whirling 20 times with horizontally outstretched arms. In the northern hemisphere the instructions are to spin clockwise. I have the impression that in the southern hemisphere anticlockwise spinning is preferable (the top chakra appears to spin in opposite directions in both hemispheres). However, you may choose to spin in whatever direction makes you feel better or use muscle testing to see what is best for you.
Head and Neck Exercise
Slowly, but with force, bend the head three times in each direction, forward, backward and sideways. Then move the head in circles, again slowly and forcefully, three times in each direction. This is excellent for strengthening the neck and in all cases of head congestion, eye and ear problems, and recurring headaches. In addition, you may circle the head 100 times in each direction.
Slant-board Exercises
These are strengthening to the internal organs and invigorating. Slant-boards are commercially available. You may build one yourself by fastening a belt to one end of a body-length padded board. The feet are slipped underneath the belt to hold the body in position when the board is slanted, with the head about 30 cm lower than the feet. You may rest or meditate for a while on the board before and after doing some appropriate exercises, such as repeatedly lifting the torso to a sitting position, or tensing exercises. Do not use the slant-board if your blood pressure is very high.
Tensing
Tense and release one muscle after another, starting with one foot, then the other, working up towards the top of the head. Inhale deeply, each time gradually increasing the tension, hold for a few seconds, then slowly release the tension while exhaling.
Finally, tense all muscles, starting with the feet and moving up to the neck. Simultaneously inhale deeply. Hold the whole body tightly tensed for several seconds; then gradually release the muscles, starting with the neck and moving down to the feet, exhaling simultaneously.
If a particular organ or limb is weak, focus repeated tension on it. Do this exercise repeatedly during the day. Tensing may be done in any position: sitting, standing, lying down. Frequent tensing is especially important if you have to stay in bed for a prolonged period.
Body-Mind Exercise
Slowly move a stiff joint several times to the limit of its range. Then simply imagine the same movement but with an extended range, and repeat several times. Then move the actual limb again and see whether its range has improved. The actual movements are easier if performed during slow exhalation. Test in this way how far you can turn your head.
Rebounding
Rebounding may be better than jogging, especially for those low in energy. Some expensive models, called lymphasisers, are definitely much better and preferred if you can afford the price. Otherwise settle for a cheap rebounder or if you cannot afford even that, bounce on top of one or two innerspring mattresses.
While it is alright to bounce higher for a while if you feel like it and do various fancy bounces, during the basic lymphacising exercise you remain with both feet firmly on the mat. This is to greatly accelerate the flow of lymph fluid through the body. Bounce only very gently up and down, starting with just a few minutes and gradually increasing up to 10 or 15 minutes 3 or 4 times daily, best before meals and bedtime, the more the better.
Keep your hands touching body areas in need of healing, such as the tumour area and the liver or wherever you feel discomfort. With each upward bounce take a sniff until your lungs are filled after 10-20 sniffs and then exhale again in sniffs. Always try to fill and empty your lungs as completely as possible. If you do it right, you should feel energised after the exercise.
GOOD USE
The principle of good use was developed by F.M. Alexander. It means using our body efficiently and with ease, maintaining maximum balance and coordination between all of its parts. Most of us use our body poorly most of the time. By learning good use we can harmonize our posture and movements and with this, improve our spine, muscular structure and even the functioning of our internal organs and glands. In order to learn good use, we concentrate mainly on the way we stand, sit, stand up, sit down, walk and breathe.
Start by exploring your present use in front of a mirror, how you move your head from side to side, up and down, how the shoulders move, how you talk and breathe. Then try to practice the basic movement of good use: move your head up and away from the torso, but at the same time let the whole body ease upwards in a move that flattens and lengthens the spine.
When turning the head or when moving it up or down, when standing, sitting, walking or lying down, always let the head float ‘up’ which means away from the body in line with the spine. It is not just a position to be maintained, but a continuous process of easing the head up to lengthen the spine.
When we look at eye level, the neck should be straight and the chin down. The main point to watch is that the back of the head is not dropped backward which will produce a hollow where the head joins the neck. Except when intentionally tilting the head, there should be no hollow at this point. Watch that your head remains up and the neck straight while you talk, sit down, stand up or move in any other way. Instead of directly moving the head upwards, think and feel it floating up. Let the move be manifested through the thought and feeling.
Standing and Sitting
Another important aspect to watch is that muscles are relaxed when at rest. When quietly standing, feel that the eyes, the jaw, shoulders and abdomen are relaxed, when sitting in addition the thigh and calf muscles. Check again and again because these muscles have a tendency to tense when we do not watch. The same when lying down, check all muscles for relaxation.
When sitting down or standing up, back and neck should remain in a straight line. Only the joints at the ankles, knees and hips will bend. When standing up, lean forward by following your head with the body. In this way you bend at the hips and this creates a momentum, which lifts you off the seat and brings you onto your feet without any effort. You only need to straighten the three lower joints and you stand in front of the chair.
Exactly the reverse procedure takes place when sitting down. The arms are not used in any way to push or swing when standing up or sitting down. When sitting, keep your head moving upwards in order to counteract the tendency to slump. Check yourself frequently that you sit straight but relaxed. When lifting something from the floor, keep the back and neck straight and bend only with the ankle, knee and hip joints.
Walking
When walking, touch down lightly with the full forward foot, not just with the heel. While the other foot is brought forward, the whole body weight rests now on the foot on the ground. Start rolling your weight off this foot by lifting the heel. In this way you rise onto the ball of the foot and even onto the toes. This creates a strong momentum that propels you forward without any effort.
Now you repeat the same process with the other foot. The important part of walking is rising onto the toes, which gives you a light, bouncing step, as if walking on air. Spine and neck remain in a straight line, shoulders relaxed. The arms swing gently, opposite arm and leg move together. When climbing steps, rise onto your toes in the same way as for walking.
As an exercise for those with a frozen pelvis and a hollow back, keep the pubis or lower abdomen in a forward position when walking or standing. Be mindful not to ‘stick the tail out’. For everyday use wear only shoes with low heals and flexible soles, preferably leather or other natural material. Take every opportunity to walk barefoot, especially on grass. Negative or tensing energies can be released through the soles of the feet by walking on moist grass, as for instance in the early morning when it is still moist with dew. For more information see also books about the Alexander Technique and The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique at http://www.alexandertechnique.com.
Breathing
Generally, we breathe just enough for the activity at hand. However, to prepare for action it is beneficial to supercharge our body with prana (bio-energy) by breathing more deeply than we actually need. This makes us more energetic, helps to cleanse the body and neutralises overacid conditions. Practise deep breathing in fresh air. Watch that during normal breathing your lower ribcage is moving. However, during sedentary activities it is preferable to breathe as slowly as possible, deeply but slowly. This helps to relax body and mind. Slow breathing also lets more carbon dioxide accumulate in the tissues which in turn induces the red blood cells through the Bohr effect to release more oxygen. This is used in Buteyko Breathing for asthma. Therefore, by deliberately over-breathing we create tension and by under-breathing we practise relaxation.
Watching the Breath
This is a relaxing exercise to quieten the mind, or as part of a meditation. Mentally follow the breath flowing in and out without any attempt to control it.
Full Breath
Inhale for several seconds, consciously filling first the lowest part of the lungs, causing the abdomen to lift. Then expand the middle part and finally the upper part of the chest. Hold the breath for several seconds then slowly release it, starting with the upper chest. End by contracting the abdomen. After about four seconds start a new cycle.
Abdominal Breathing
This is important for people with breathing problems. Place a hand on the abdomen and feel it rise and fall without moving the chest. Adopt abdominal breathing whenever an acute breathing problem develops.
Exhaling
This is good for people with obvious or hidden anxieties and to establish a proper orgasm reflex. While standing, exhale for about 10 seconds in one continuous sweep. Near the end, the shoulders should move forward, the buttocks press together and the pelvis move forward and upward in an involuntary movement.
A long, gentle exhalation also helps to relax body and mind and may be used to direct energies and relax specific muscles. Inhale quickly in about 1 or 2 second and then exhale slowly for about 10 seconds. During exhalation you may focus your attention on a specific part of the body and imagine the breath energy flowing into it, making it feel warm and expand. You may use this to reduce muscle tension and pain or relax the whole body by starting with the feet and gradually working your way upwards to the head.
Super-breathing (Hyperventilation)
This is to quickly saturate the body with oxygen and prana. Quickly and deeply – at the rate of about one or two cycles per second -inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth. Stop when you begin to feel dizzy. A slower, but more sustained form of super-breathing, through the nose only, may be adopted during energy healing, for telekinetic experiments or before and during heavy physical work or exercises.
Hara Breathing
Sit or lie relaxed with the hands folded as in prayer or over the abdomen, left palm on the navel, right hand on top. Inhale gently through the nose, hold, and exhale through the mouth, each period lasting for about five seconds. While inhaling touch the roof of the mouth with the tongue. Use abdominal breathing. Envisage with each breath that the prana fills the abdomen with energy; feel it warm and tingling. Hara is Japanese for the centre and storehouse of vital energy just below the navel.
Alternating Breathing
This is helpful for balancing body polarities. Close the right nostril with a finger and inhale through the left nostril, then close the left nostril and exhale through the right nostril. Inhale through the right nostril, and exhale through the left one, and so on.
Eight – Two Breathing
This may be used for stilling the mind and emotions, or during meditation or spiritual healing. Inhale for a count of eight, hold for two, exhale for eight, hold for two, and so on. The flow of the breath should be smooth and harmonious.
Skin and Organ Breathing
For improving a particular part of your body, imagine and feel your breath moving through this part during inhalation as well as during exhalation. As an example, for improving the liver, feel the breath as in a cool stream penetrating through the skin above your liver. When holding the breath, feel a slight pressure in the liver area and an increasing warmth. This warmth still increases while you exhale through the skin above the liver. For arthritis, you may breathe through the affected joints, and for bone disorders, breathe through the bones.
Colour Breathing
Select a colour according to the rules of colour therapy. After relaxation, visualise yourself being surrounded by an ocean of air and energy of your chosen colour. See the inhaled coloured breath moving through the lungs or skin into the target organ or filling the whole body.
Supercharging
Supercharging yourself with vital energy may be done by super-breathing, by leaning with your back or front against a tall tree, or by one of the following methods. The main requirement for all these is to envisage vital energy entering your body. For healing a patient or a part of your body, direct the accumulated energy by radiating it out of the hands or hara, or by circulating it internally. Energy flow follows thought!
The energy resulting from these exercises can be tested by trying to lift a heavy object that was just a fraction too heavy before the exercise. Supercharge yourself several times daily, especially before healing sessions, stressful situations, acupressure, massage, heavy work, important decisions or interviews.
AOUM – Stand with arms over the head. Feel the ‘A’ sound vibrating in the upper chest, the ‘O’ in the stomach area, complete the exhalation with the ‘U’ in the lower abdomen. Feel the energy moving downwards to the base of the spine. Inhale with an ‘M’ sound, imagine it to move upwards along the spine to the top of the head.
RAKING EXERCISE – Reach up high with widespread fingers, circle the arms with bent knees past the ankles and up again, standing on tiptoes. During the circling visualise gathering life-force, which is then stored by bringing the hands to the abdomen after each circling. Breathe deeply during the exercise.
STAR EXERCISE – Extend your arms sideways with the left palm up and the right palm down, feet wide apart. Visualise energy streaming into the hands; feel how they become warm and tingling. Direct this energy to the hara, or place your charged hands over weak body areas and release the healing energy. In a weakened condition, exercise by spreading arms and legs while lying down.
Vocal Exercises
Sounds have a strong influence on our being, and music can have a profound effect on our emotions. Mantras or special words or sounds, are used in certain techniques of meditation to achieve particular effects. Much stronger than outside sounds, however, is the impact of our own voice on our body. If properly pronounced, each vowel produces a vibration in a specific body part, mainly the large cavities as shown in the table below. If you cannot feel a resonance vibration, just imagine it.
The sounds should be produced as clearly as possible. Take a full breath and sing each vowel forcefully in different intonations. If your voice is low and deep, try to produce the sounds in the front of the mouth; if you have a high-pitched voice, make the vowels vibrate deeper down the throat.
Feel the resonance of each vowel in the indicated body cavity. The lower the body cavity in which you want to experience the sound, the deeper or lower you should try to make the sound. Initially use each vowel in turn, then concentrate on the ones most appropriate to your condition. Select and use vowels according to resonance areas. A high-pitched “I” sound may be used to stimulate the brain as well as the pineal and pituitary glands. Imagine the sound vibrating from the center of your brain.
If you make the sounds properly, you will feel the vibrations in your throat and mouth and possibly in your lips and cheeks as well. When you leave a tiny gap between your teeth, you should be able to feel them vibrating strongly. This effect is usually strongest with the “m” or “om” sound. Also try to vibrate your tongue with a rolling “r” sound. If correctly done, you can feel these vibrations energizing the whole structure of the head, bones as well as tissue.
Instead of sounding “om”, you may intonate “a-u-m” or “a-o-u-m“, in sequence with the same breath. Gradually lower the sound, and try to feel the vowels vibrating in the appropriate resonance areas. Feel the “m” sound moving up the spine with the pitch gradually rising higher, ending at the center of the brain.
Singing is an excellent vocal therapy – try it more often! Select stimulating, sedating or uplifting music according to your needs. Lie down in a relaxed position and become fully immersed in the sounds. Feel something inside you moving, expanding, rising in resonance with the music.
Vowel Resonance Areas
This table shows the correct intonation of vowels and the body cavities, which they stimulate if properly performed. Try to grade the vowels with the highest note for “I” and the lowest for “U”
| I
E A O U |
Bee
Fairy Father Coma Zulu |
Head
Throat Upper chest Lower chest, upper abdomen Lower abdomen |
Muscle testing
by Walter Last
Our muscles respond to many external as well as internal influences by becoming stronger or weaker. In muscle testing, the change in muscle strength is assessed before and during contact with a test item. This may be, for example, a food sample, a colour or a piece of material. Internal influences are our thoughts and feelings, which may either strengthen or weaken us.
The reason for the muscle changes can be explained by the influence the radiation of a tested sample has on the flow of bio-energies along the acupuncture-meridians. In the same way, our thoughts and emotions can change the flow of bio-energy. I have measured differences in muscle strength of up to 50 per cent during testing.
Most suitable methods for food testing are to place a sample in the mouth – chewing it for about 10 seconds – and also to hold a sample in one hand near the navel. Most non-food items can be tested near the navel or simply by touching with a hand.
How to Test
The simplest form of muscle testing requires a tester as well as the tested person. Almost any muscle can be used for testing, but I use the following method as the most convenient. The tested person sits with uncrossed legs, one arm held out to the side, elbow level with shoulder and bent at a right angle, place the free hand over the navel.
The tester presses just above the elbow to push it down. Press the arm lightly into the shoulder as well as toward the hip. If the tested person is very strong, the pressure may be straight down, or the arm may be fully extended and the pressure applied at the wrist. Increase the pressure gradually and with measured strength; feel and remember exactly the amount ‘of pressure required to force the arm down. If both arms are too weak, you may test the legs.
During testing, the tester should keep the question in his or her mind ‘Is the tested sample good or bad for the patient?’ but should not expect a certain result. The preferences of the tested person seem to have little influence on the result.
Now the tested person takes a sample and holds it with the free hand just above the navel. After about 10 seconds, the tester presses the arm down and carefully notes any difference in resistance. If the result is doubtful, repeat the test with and without holding the sample. Often a difference is easier to detect if the arm is pressed down three times in succession.
Sometimes the tested person feels a pain or strain in the shoulder during a weakening test, even if the tester cannot notice a difference. This should be reported. Generally the quantity of food held is not critical; it may even remain in a container or plastic bag; however, avoid a coloured container or one of semi-rigid plastic.
If the patient is difficult to test, you may strengthen the arm immediately before each test by tracing the acupuncture meridian of the lung or of the glands (triple warmer); alternatively, test a leg. Another strengthening method is to tap the thymus gland (underneath the upper end of the breastbone) several times lightly with your fingers. This strengthens the immune system and in doing so reduces allergic reactions.
What to Test
In addition to foods, testing can be done on vitamins, herbs, drugs and even garments. You will find that synthetic fibres (especially nylon), many drugs, refined foods, chemical additives and incompatible colours are frequently weakening.
Food combinations may be assessed by holding them jointly during a test. Individual items may even remain in their separate containers. Samples that are strengthening individually may test weakening if held together, and vice versa. The test results may be influenced by what you have eaten beforehand. Also, when you are tired, fatigued or sick, many foods are weakening that at other times may be strengthening. Therefore, important items should be retested from time to time under varying conditions.
Use muscle testing frequently for all your food and supplement requirements. Supplements will test strengthening as long as they are required. Sometimes, muscle testing will indicate that an item should be omitted temporarily before it is used again, or that it should be taken in a lower dosage (for example, vitamin A). For assessing the amount to be taken per day, gradually increase the number of tablets or capsules held in the hand until the arm weakens. Take about 10-20 per cent less than this amount.
You may also try to find out whether your usual sleeping location is safe. Perform a muscle test while lying in the usual sleeping position on the bed. If the arm is weaker than with a test in another part of the bed or the room then you may have to change your sleeping location.
Even thoughts and feelings may be tested. A positive thought and a good feeling may be strengthening quite generally to all muscles, although the main strengthening effect may be on one particular muscle. Negative thoughts or unpleasant feelings, on the other hand, may produce a general weakening and also a particular muscle to become very weak when tested. Mental testing may be used to explore your subconscious beliefs, feelings and body reactions.
Instead of testing the safety of your bed while actually lying on it, you may use mental testing to find out whether your bed is situated over underground radiation that is detrimental to your health. While your partner tests your muscle strength, imagine lying or sleeping in the bed. Then imagine an underground stream and harmful radiation underneath the bed. If the arm is stronger when imagining the usual sleeping arrangement but weaker with the imagined stream, then your bed is likely to be in a good spot, otherwise continue the test by imagining sleeping in a different location until the test becomes strong.
Another possibility is surrogate testing. You may use this for a small child or anyone who cannot be tested directly. If you want to know whether a certain food is good for the child, place the food on the child’s abdomen; at the same time touch the child with one hand and extend the other arm for your partner to test.
Finally, you may develop a method of self-testing. One possibility is as follows: press the tips of the thumb and one finger of the left or right hand together to form a loop. With the index finger of the other hand hook behind the joined fingertips, and with a quick move try to pull it through. Adjust the pressure of the joined fingers and the force of the pulling index finger so that you cannot pull it through when the answer is ‘yes’ or ‘good’; but when the answer is ‘no’ or ‘bad’ the joined fingers become weaker and can more easily be opened. When you can do this successfully with known answers, you can test food samples in your mouth or on your abdomen, and also try mental testing.
Vitamin and Mineral Testing
M, Grimm and W. Fishman developed the following method to assess vitamin or mineral deficiencies by holding certain contact points on the body. The tested person applies a light pressure on the contact point with a pad formed by the first three fingers of the free hand, while the other arm is tested for muscle strength. Start by testing the muscle strength without touching the body with the free hand, and then repeat the test while touching the specified contact point.
The contact points for the main vitamins and minerals are as follows.
Vitamin A: right eyelid
B vitamins: tip of tongue
Vitamin C: just below left collarbone, 5 cm from mid-chest
Vitamin D: midway point of left groin
Vitamin F: just below right collarbone, 5 cm from mid-chest
Calcium: just above left collarbone, 5 cm from mid-chest
Iodine: just below Adam’s apple
lron: midway point of the right groin
Magnesium: middle of the navel
Phosphorus: midway between pubic bone and left hipbone
Potassium: hollow of right cheek
Zinc: midway between pubic bone and right hipbone
For more information see Muscle Response Test by M. Grimm and W. Fishman.
Touch for Health
Some influences – nutrients, colours, thoughts and emotions -affect certain muscles more than others. In addition, organ functions can be tested with specific muscles. If the muscle is weak, it indicates a weak organ function. Meridian tracement may be used to strengthen a weak muscle or organ. Some useful organ and muscle tests, as used in Touch for Health by J. F. Thie and M. Marks, are given below.
Adrenals : Lie face up, with one leg up and bent so that the foot is over the other leg just below the knee; the tester presses against the heel and the top of the knee to straighten the leg.
Brain, Mental Stress : Hold an arm straight, about 15 degrees away from the body, slightly sideways; the tester presses the forearm towards the groin.
Circulation/Sex : Lie on one side, with the upper leg straight, raised as high as possible; the tester presses the ankle down.
Gall bladder : Lie face up, holding the arm straight 45 degrees above the leg, palm downward; the tester presses the forearm down.
Heart : Hold the upper arm to the side, level with the shoulder, with the elbow bent at 90 degrees and the forearm down; the tester steadies the elbow and pulls against the wrist to pull the hand forward and upward.
Kidneys : Lie face up, with one leg raised at 45 degrees, slightly towards the side, with the foot turned out; the tester presses the inside of the ankle down and inward.
Large Intestine : As for the kidneys, but with the foot turned in; the tester presses the ankle down and inward.
Liver : Hold the arm straight forward, level with the shoulder, slightly sideways, with the palm outward (thumb towards feet); the tester presses the forearm upward and outward.
Lungs : Hold the arm to the side, elbow level with the shoulder and bent at 90 degrees, forearm horizontal; the tester presses the elbow down.
Neck and Sinuses : Lie with the arms above the shoulders, head up, chin down; the tester presses against the forehead.’
Pancreas : Hold the arm straight down touching the side, with the thumb towards the body, the tester pulls the forearm away from the side. This is a good test to perform while shopping, the tested person touching a questionable food item.
Small Intestine : Sit on the floor with closed straight legs, hands on opposite shoulders, lean back slightly; pressure is against the crossed arms.
Spleen : Lie face up, with the arm straight to the side, palm upward; the tester pushes the back of the wrist off the ground.
Stomach : Hold the arm as for the liver; the tester presses downward and outward.
Generally, the tester’s free hand is used to stabilise the tested person’s body so that only the tested limb moves, not the whole body. Both arms and legs may be tested.
Organic foods, boron and cancer
by Walter Last You may not be able to imagine that borax, this humble insecticide and laundry detergent, has the potential of singlehandedly bringing down our entire economic system. But you do not…
Source: Organic foods, boron and cancer
Organic foods, boron and cancer
by Walter Last
You may not be able to imagine that borax, this humble insecticide and laundry detergent, has the potential of singlehandedly bringing down our entire economic system. But you do not need to worry, the danger has been recognised and the necessary steps are already being taken to defuse the situation. I will start with the basics and you will understand what I mean as the story unfolds.
Borax is a naturally occurring mineral commonly mined from dried salt lakes, and is the source of other manufactured boron compounds. The main deposits are in California and Turkey. Chemical names are sodium tetraborate decahydrate, disodium tetraborate decahydrate, or simply sodium borate. This means it contains four atoms of boron as its central feature combined with two sodium atoms and ten molecules (or sometimes less) of crystallisation water – decahydrate means 10 water molecules, pentahydrate 5, and anhydrate or anhydrous borax means no crystallisation water; chemically it is all the same.
Borax is commonly sold as technical or agricultural grade with 99 to 99.5% minimum purity. Potential impurities consist of sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, bicarbonate, carbonate, sulphate and phosphate but not toxic or heavy metals. This grade includes the borax commonly used as household cleaner. Pharmaceutical grade is not noticeably purer or better.
Borax is the sodium salt of the weak boric acid. Because sodium is more strongly alkaline, this makes a solution of borax strongly alkaline with a pH between 9 and 10 (pH 7 is neutral). When ingested, it reacts with hydrochloric acid in the stomach to form boric acid and sodium chloride. The boron content of Borax is 11.3% while for boric acid it is 17.5% or about 50% higher. Ingested boron compounds are rapidly and nearly completely excreted with the urine. Formerly boric acid was widely used as a preservative in foods but is now banned for this purpose in most countries, and is also banned from public sale in Australia.
According to conventional medicine it is not known if boron is essential for humans but research shows that we do need it. The reason why it was difficult to answer this question is the presence of boron in all plants and unprocessed foods. Diets with a fair amount of fruit and vegetables provide about 2 to 5 mg of boron per day, but this also depends on the region where the food was grown and how it was grown.
In reality the average intake in developed countries is 1-2 mg of boron per day. Institutionalized patients may receive only 0.25 mg of daily boron. Chemical fertilizers inhibit the uptake of boron from the soil: an organic apple grown in good soil may have 20 mg boron, but if grown with fertilizer it may have only 1 mg of boron. Fertilizers combined with poor food choices have greatly reduced our boron intake compared to 50 or 100 years ago.
Further, unhealthy cooking methods greatly reduce the availability of boron from food. The cooking water of vegetables containing most of the minerals may be discarded during home cooking or commercial processing; phytic acid in baked goods, cereals and cooked legumes may greatly reduce availability, while gluten sensitivity and Candida overgrowth inhibit the absorption of minerals. All this makes health problems due to boron deficiency now very common.
Health Effects of Boron
Due to their content of boron, borax and boric acid have basically the same health effects, with good antiseptic, antifungal, and antiviral properties but only mild antibacterial action. In plants as well as animals boron is essential for the integrity and function of cell walls, and the way signals are transmitted across membranes.
Boron is distributed throughout the body with the highest concentration in the parathyroid glands, followed by bones and dental enamel. It is essential for healthy bone and joint function, regulating the absorption and metabolism of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus through its influence on the parathyroid glands. With this boron is for the parathyroids what iodine is for the thyroid.
Boron deficiency causes the parathyroids to become overactive, releasing too much parathyroid hormone which raises the blood level of calcium by releasing calcium from bones and teeth. This then leads to osteoarthritis and other forms of arthritis, osteoporosis and tooth decay. With advancing age high blood levels of calcium lead to calcification of soft tissues causing muscle contractions and stiffness; calcification of endocrine glands, especially the pineal gland and the ovaries; arteriosclerosis, kidney stones, and calcification of the kidneys ultimately leading to kidney failure. Boron deficiency combined with magnesium deficiency is especially damaging to the bones and teeth.
Boron affects the metabolism of steroid hormones, and especially of sex hormones. It increases low testosterone levels in men and oestrogen levels in menopausal women. It also has a role in converting vitamin D to its active form, thus increasing calcium uptake and deposition into bone and teeth rather than causing soft tissue to calcify. Also other beneficial effects have been reported such as improvement of heart problems, vision, psoriasis, balance, memory and cognition.
The German cancer researcher Dr Paul-Gerhard Seeger has shown that cancer commonly starts with the deterioration of cell membranes. As boron is essential for cell membranes and boron deficiency widespread, this may be an important cause for the initiation of tumour growth. Boron compounds have anti-tumour properties and are “potent anti-osteoporotic, anti-inflammatory, hypolipemic, anti-coagulant and anti-neoplastic agents” (1).
This overview shows the wide-ranging influence of boron on our health. In the following I want to describe some of these health effects in greater detail.
The Arthritis Cure of Rex Newnham
In the 1960’s Rex Newnham, Ph.D., D.O., N.D, developed arthritis. At that time he was a soil and plant scientist in Perth, Western Australia. Conventional drugs did not help, so he looked for the cause into the chemistry of plants. He realized that plants in that area were rather mineral deficient. Knowing that boron aids calcium metabolism in plants he decided to try it. He started taking 30 mg of borax a day, and in three weeks all pain, swelling and stiffness had disappeared.
He told public health and medical school authorities about his discovery but they were not interested. However, some people with arthritis were delighted as they improved. Others were scared to take something with a poison label on the container and meant to kill cockroaches and ants. Eventually he had tablets made with a safe and effective quantity of borax.
Within five years and only by word of mouth he sold 10,000 bottles a month. He could no longer cope and asked a drug company to market it. That was a major mistake. They indicated that this would replace more expensive drugs and reduce their profits. It so happened that they had representatives on government health committees and arranged that in 1981 Australia instituted a regulation that declared boron and its compounds to be poisons in any concentration. He was fined $1000 for selling a poison, and this successfully stopped his arthritis cure from spreading in Australia. (2)
Subsequently he published several scientific papers on borax and arthritis. One was a double-blind trial in the mid 1980’s at the Royal Melbourne Hospital which showed that 70% of those who completed the trial were greatly improved. Only 12% improved when on placebo. There were no negative side-effects, but some reported that their heart ailment had also improved, and there was better general health and less tiredness. (3)
Most of his later research was devoted to the relationship between soil boron levels and arthritis. He found, for instance that the traditional sugarcane islands, due to long-term heavy use of fertilizers, have very low soil-boron levels. Jamaica has the lowest level and arthritis rates are about 70%. He noted that even most dogs were limping. Next comes Mauritius with very low boron levels and 50% arthritis. The daily boron intake in these countries is less than 1 mg/day. An interesting comparison is between Indian and native Fijians. The Indians are estimated to have an arthritis rate of about 40% and eat much rice grown with fertilizer while the native Fijians with an estimated arthritis rate of 10% eat mainly starchy root vegetables grown privately without fertilizer.
The US, England, Australia and New Zealand generally have average soil-boron levels with an estimated intake of 1 to 2 mg of boron and arthritis rates of about 20%. But Carnarvon in Western Australia has high boron levels in soil and water, and the arthritis rate is only 1%. It is similar in a place called Ngawha Springs in New Zealand with very high boron levels in the spa water which is curative for arthritis. Actually all spas reputedly curing arthritis have very high boron levels. These are also high in Israel with an estimated daily boron intake of 5 to 8 mg and only 0.5 – 1% arthritis.
Bone analysis showed that arthritic joints and nearby bones had only half the boron content of healthy joints. Equally, synovial fluid that lubricates joints and provides nutrients to the cartilage is boron deficient in arthritic joints. After boron supplementation bones were much harder than normal and surgeons found them more difficult to saw through. With additional boron bone fractures heal in about half the normal time in both man and animal. Horses and dogs with broken legs, or even a broken pelvis, have fully recovered.
Borax is also effective with other forms of arthritis, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, and Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus). For instance Dr Newnham saw a young girl aged 9 months with juvenile arthritis. He was able to cure her in 2 weeks.
He wrote that commonly people can get rid of their pain, swelling and stiffness in about 1 to 3 months. Then they can reduce treatment from 3 to 1 boron tablet (each 3 mg) per day as a maintenance dose so that they can avoid any future arthritis. He also stated that patients with rheumatoid arthritis commonly experienced a Herxheimer reaction and that this is always a good prognostic sign. They must persevere and in another 2 or 3 weeks the pain, swelling and stiffness will be gone. (4,5)
I found this statement not only interesting but also surprising. The Herxheimer reaction is an early aggravation of symptoms with increased pain. It is commonly due to toxins released by killed Candida and mycoplasma. This is very common with antimicrobial therapy, and borax definitely is an exceptionally good and strong fungicide. What surprises me, however, is that this fungicidal effect is already present at this rather low dose of 75 to 90 mg of borax. Equally surprising is the finding that also up to 30% of those with osteoarthritis experienced a Herxheimer reaction, suggesting that the border between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis is rather fluid. I believe that in long-standing and especially resistant cases it will be advisable to use other antimicrobials in addition. For co-factors in arthritis treatment also see my article Arthritis and Rheumatism or the booklet OVERCOMING ARTHRITIS.
Osteoporosis and Sex Hormones
Boron deficiency causes greatly increased amounts of calcium and magnesium to be lost with the urine. A borax supplement will reduce the daily loss of calcium by nearly 50%. As this calcium comes mainly from resorbed bone and teeth, boron deficiency may be the most important factor in causing osteoporosis and tooth decay.
It has been estimated that 55% of Americans over 50 have osteoporosis and of these about 80% are women. Worldwide 1 in 3 women and 1 in 12 men over the age of 50 may have osteoporosis, and this is responsible for millions of fractures each year. Rats with osteoporosis were given a boron supplement for 30 days with the result that their bone quality was now comparable with that of the healthy control group and of a group supplemented with oestradiol (6).
The beneficial effect of borax on bones seems to be due to two interrelated effects: a higher boron content of the bones which makes them harder, and a normalisation of sex hormones which stimulates the growth of new bone. Low oestrogen levels after menopause are thought to be the main reason why so many older women develop osteoporosis. In men testosterone levels decline more gradually which seems to be reflected in their later onset of osteoporosis as a group.
Research has now shown that boron supplementation in postmenopausal women doubles the blood level of the most active form of oestrogen, 17-beta oestradiol, to the level found in women on oestrogen replacement therapy. Equally, the blood levels of testosterone more than doubled (7). With HRT there is a higher risk of breast or endometrial cancer which is not known to happen with hormones produced by the body as with borax supplementation.
Some women get premenstrual problems because oestrogen levels are too high and progesterone too low, and therefore may be afraid of using boron. However, I found no evidence that boron raises oestrogen above normal healthy levels. Boron may balance levels of sex hormones similar to the action of maca root powder. Maca acts on the pituitary gland not only to increase but also to balance our sex hormones and seems to stimulate our own progesterone production as needed.
A recent study in younger men (29 – 50) showed that the level of free testosterone (the form that matters most) had risen by one third after a daily supplementation of about 100 mg of borax for one week (8). This is of special interest for bodybuilders.
Contrary to the medical preference of chemically castrating men with prostate cancer, research with boron has shown that elevated testosterone levels are beneficial by shrinking prostate tumours and PSA levels, PSA being a marker for tumours and inflammation in the prostate. Also significantly improved memory and cognition in elderly individuals may be partly due to increased levels of sex hormones and partly to improved membrane functions of brain cells (9).
I have been asked about boron supplementation for women with oestrogen-sensitive breast cancer. Breast cancer is related to calcifications in the breast. In my opinion it is more important to normalize the calcium-magnesium metabolism and cellular membrane functions rather than feel restricted by a possibly faulty medical concept, especially as I believe that cancer can usually be controlled with long-term antimicrobial therapy. Therefore I would use boron as well as maca in this case.
Fungi and Fluoride
Being such an excellent fungicide it is not surprising that borax is being successfully used to treat Candida. There is much interesting information on an Earth Clinic forum called Borax Cures (10). With low to medium-weight people use 1/8 teaspoon of borax powder and with heavier weight 1/4 teaspoon per litre of water. One drinks the water spaced out during the day, and does this for 4 or 5 days a week as long as required.
Many contributors wrote that it cured or greatly helped them. So for instance this post: “I also have psoriasis, so maybe the soreness in my joints is the psoriatic arthritis creeping in. I thought, after reading about borax here on this forum, I would give it a try. OMG! In one day, the soreness in my knees has vanished! …. Also, my psoriasis seems a lot better after 2 days drinking 1/4 tsp borax in 1 litre of water per day.”
Another one about toe fungus: “He wet his feet and then took a handful (of borax) and rubbed it all over his feet. He said it stopped itching immediately! He was stunned. A few weeks later I asked him how his athletes foot was and he said: oh wow! it hasn’t come back! that stuff totally cured it !!!”
Other enthusiastic posts were about vaginal thrush. Borax appeared to be more effective than other remedies. Commonly one large gelatine capsule filled with borax or boric acid was inserted at bedtime for several nights or up to 2 weeks. Alternatively the powder can be mixed with cool solidified coconut oil as a bolus or suppository.
A recent scientific study (11) confirms these positive observations with vaginal thrush. Boric acid at the dose of a filled capsule worked even in cases of drug-resistant Candida and against all the tested pathogenic bacteria. Because of the greater dilution, a douche may not be strong enough for bacteria and drug-resistant Candida but it should work for normal Candida. Borax, due to its alkalinity, was more effective than boric acid.
In normal healthy conditions Candida exists as harmless oval yeast cells. When challenged, chains of elongated cells called pseudohyphae develop, and finally strongly invasive long, narrow and tube-like filaments called hyphae. These damage the intestinal wall, and cause inflammation and Leaky Gut Syndrome. Pseudohyphae and hyphae can be seen in the blood of individuals with cancer and autoimmune diseases. Candida can also form tough layers of biofilm. This same study shows that boric acid/borax inhibits the formation of biofilms and also the transformation of harmless yeast cells into invasive hyphal form. In other articles I have shown that this process, commonly initiated by antibiotics, is a basic cause of most of our modern diseases, and this makes borax and boric acid primary health remedies. But this article shows that there are many more reasons to give them a top rating.
A scientific review in 2011 concluded: “… boric acid is a safe, alternative, economic option for women with recurrent and chronic symptoms of vaginitis when conventional treatment fails…” (12). But as it is so much better than drugs why not use it as a first option, or use the even more effective borax?
Another study from Turkey (13) shows the protective effect of boric acid on food contaminated with mycotoxins, especially fungal aflatoxins. Among these, Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) causes extensive DNA damage and is the most potent carcinogen ever tested, especially affecting liver and lungs, also causing birth defects, immunotoxicity and even death in farm animals and humans. Boric acid treatment was protective and led to increased resistance of DNA to oxidative damage induced by AFB1. The strong antifungal action of boric acid is, of course, the reason why it has traditionally been used as a food preservative.
I received numerous appreciative communications ranging from cancelling surgery for hip replacement to removing brain fog, and curing autoimmune diseases. One woman wrote in a recent Nexus Magazine of curing her Lupus and serious kidney disease in 4 month with half a teaspoon of daily borax powder.
Borax, similar to the equally endangered Lugol’s iodine solution, can also be used to remove accumulated fluoride and heavy metals from the body (14). Fluoride not only causes bones to deteriorate, but also the pineal gland to calcify and the thyroid to become underactive. Borax reacts with fluoride ions to form boron fluorides which are then excreted in the urine.
In a Chinese study borax was used to treat 31 patients with skeletal fluorosis. The amount was gradually increased from 300 to 1100 mg/day during a three month period, with one week off each month. The treatment was effective with 50 to 80% improvement.
One forum contributor suffered with Fibromyalgia/Rosacea, chronic fatigue and TMJ for over 10 years which she believed were caused by fluoride. She used 1/8 tsp of borax and 1/8 tsp of sea salt in a litre of de-chlorinated water, and drank this for 5 days each week. Within two weeks her face cleared, the redness faded, body temperature normalized, energy level increased, and she steadily lost excess weight. The only side-effect was an initial aggravation of her Rosacea symptoms.
Another post: “7 years ago thyroid cancer, the next year adrenal fatigue, then early menopause, the following year uterine prolapse followed by hysterectomy – the following year fibromyalgia and neuropathy. Early Childhood was fluorinated water along with fluoride tablets. Fall of 2008 I was looking at total disability. I could barely walk and couldn’t sleep because of the pain and was throwing up daily from the pain in my back. … After reading about fluoride I came to understand where all of my problems originated. … I began the borax detox of 1/8 tsp in a litre of water and within 3 days my symptoms were almost gone.”
Calcium-Magnesium Metabolism
There is antagonism as well as cooperation between calcium and magnesium. About half of the total body magnesium is found in bones and the other half inside the cells of tissues and organs. Only 1% is in the blood, and the kidneys try to keep this levels constant by excreting more or less with the urine.
In contrast, 99% of calcium is in bones, and the rest in the fluid outside of cells. Muscles contract when calcium moves into the cells, and they relax when calcium is again pumped out and magnesium moves in. This cellular pump requires much energy to pump calcium out, and if cells are low in energy, then calcium may accumulate inside cells. Low cellular energy may be due to Candida, faulty sugar or fat metabolism, deficiencies, or accumulating metabolic wastes and toxins.
This then leads to only partial relaxation of the muscles with stiffness, a tendency to cramps, and poor blood and lymph circulation. The problem gets worse the more calcium moves from bones into soft tissue. Nerve cells can also accumulate calcium, leading to faulty nerve transmission, in the lens it causes cataracts, hormonal output keeps reducing as endocrine glands increasingly calcify, and all other cells become handicapped in their normal functions. In addition it causes intracellular magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is needed to activate countless enzymes, and a deficiency leads to inefficient and blocked energy production.
A further problem is that excess calcium damages the cell membrane and makes it difficult for nutrients to move in and wastes to move out. When the intracellular calcium level gets too high the cell will die.
Here we can see the importance of boron as a regulator of cell membrane functions, especially in regard to movements of calcium and magnesium. With boron deficiency too much calcium moves into the cell while magnesium cannot move inside to displace it. This is the condition of old age and of the boron-deficiency diseases leading up to it.
While in good health and especially in younger years a calcium – magnesium ratio of 2 : 1 is normal and beneficial and supplied with a good diet. But with increasing age, boron deficiency and resulting disease conditions we need progressively less calcium and more magnesium.
For boron to be fully effective in reversing tissue calcification ample magnesium is required. For elderly individuals I recommend 400 to 600 mg of magnesium together with the daily borax supplementation spaced out during the day, and with protracted joint problems additional trans-dermal magnesium. However, oral magnesium may need to be adjusted according to its laxative effect. I am doubtful whether calcium supplements are needed and beneficial, even in case of osteoporosis. In my view these individuals have plenty of calcium stored in soft tissues where it does not belong, and supplementing boron and magnesium is expected to redeposit this misplaced calcium into bones. I regard the medical focus on a high calcium intake as a prescription for accelerated aging.
What and How Much to Use
In some countries (e.g. Australia, NZ, USA) borax can still be found in the laundry and cleaning sections of supermarkets. There is no “food-grade” borax available or necessary. All borax is the same and “natural”, and usually mined in California or Turkey, whether it has been packed in China or any other country. The label usually states that it is 99% pure (or 990g/kg borax) which is safe to use, and is the legal standard for agricultural grade borax. Up to 1% mining and refining residues are permitted. Boric acid, if available, may be used at about ⅔ the dose of borax, it is not for public sale in Australia.
Firstly dissolve a lightly rounded teaspoonful (5-6 grams) of borax in 1 litre of good quality water. This is your concentrated solution keep it out of reach of small children.
Standard dose = 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of concentrate. This has 25 to 30 mg of borax and provides about 3 mg of boron. Take 1 dose per day mixed with drink or food. If that feels right then take a second dose with another meal. If there is no specific health problem or for maintenance you may continue indefinitely with 1 or 2 doses daily.
If you do have a problem, such as arthritis, osteoporosis and related conditions, cramps or spasms, stiffness due to advancing years, menopause, and also to improve low sex hormone production, increase intake to 3 or more spaced-out standard doses for several months or longer until you feel that your problem has sufficiently improved. Then drop back to 1 or 2 doses per day.
For treating Candida, other fungi and mycoplasmas, or for removing fluoride from the body – using your bottle of concentrated solution:
Lower dose for low to normal weight – 100 ml (= 1/8 teaspoon of borax powder or 500 mg); drink spaced out during the day.
Higher dose for heavier individuals – 200 ml (= 1/4 teaspoon of borax powder or 1000 mg); drink spaced out during the day.
Even higher doses have been used to cure autoimmune diseases. One woman cured her Systemic Lupus (SLE) by taking 2 grams of borax powder (about ½ tsp) for 4 months. When using high amounts for longer periods it is usually more convenient to take the borax as powder mixed with food rather than making up a concentrated solution.
Always start with a lower dose and increase gradually to the intended maximum. Take the maximum amounts for 4 or 5 days a week as long as required, or reduce the maximum dose for one week each month to a minimum dose, or alternatively periodically alternate between a low dose and your maximum dose in a different rhythm.
For vaginal thrush fill a large size gelatine capsule with borax and insert it at bedtime for one to two weeks. With toe fungus or athlete’s foot wet the feet and rub them with borax powder.
You may take borax mixed with food or in drinks. It is rather alkaline and in higher concentrations has a soapy taste. You may disguise this with lemon juice, vinegar or ascorbic acid.
In Europe borax and boric acid have been classified as reproductive poisons, and since December 2010 are no longer available to the public within the EU. Presently borax is still available in Switzerland (15), but shipment to Germany is not permitted. In Germany a small amount (20 – 50 grams) may be ordered through a pharmacy as ant poison, it will be registered. Borax is presently still available from http://www.ebay.co.uk and can be shipped to other EU countries.
Boron tablets can be bought from health shops or the Internet, commonly with 3 mg of boron. In some European countries, such as The Netherlands, these may still contain borax, but not in others, such as Germany, where boron is not allowed in ionic form as with borax or boric acid. While suitable as a general boron supplement, I do not know if or how well they work against Candida and mycoplasmas. Most scientific studies and individual experiences in regard to arthritis, osteoporosis, or sexual hormones and menopause were with borax or boric acid. It is not yet known if non-ionic boron is as effective as borax. To improve effectiveness I recommend 3 or more spaced-out boron tablets daily for an extended period combined with sufficient magnesium and a suitable antimicrobial program (16).
Possible Side-Effects
While side-effects from pharmaceutical drugs tend to be negative and often dangerous, with natural medicine such as borax therapy these are usually healing reactions with beneficial long-term effects. Most common is the Herxheimer reaction from eliminating Candida. This is the main cause of pain or discomfort in the digestive system when starting with borax supplementation.
In some of the above forum posts rapid improvement was experienced within days. This is always a functional response. High cellular calcium levels cause muscle contraction with cramps or spasms as a common cause of pain. Boron, especially together with magnesium, can rapidly relax these muscles and take away the pain.
However, with long-standing severe calcifications a large amount of calcium cannot be redistributed in a short time. This leads to increased calcium levels in the affected area, especially the hips and shoulders, and can cause problems for a considerable time, such as a tendency to severe cramping and pain, or problems with the blood circulation, or nerve transmission. Nerve-related effects in hands and feet may be numbness, or reduced sensitivity or feeling in the skin. Higher amounts of calcium and fluoride passing through the kidneys may cause temporary kidney pain. Further, kidney pain appears to be mainly due to kidney stones being released. After a few days the stones are usually cleared and the pain stops.
Such healing reactions cannot be avoided when aiming for a higher level of health, but they can be minimized by increasing borax levels only gradually. Whenever you experience an unpleasant effect reduce or temporarily stop borax intake until the problem subsides. Then gradually start increasing again. Helpful additional measures are a greatly increased fluid intake, using more organic acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, and improving lymph flow as with rebounding, walking or inverted positions.
Toxicity Issues
Government health agencies are concerned about boron toxicity. You might be concerned as well if you read the following, pertaining to sodium chloride or table salt (17): ‘Acute oral toxicity (LD50 – the dose at which half of the tested animals die): 3,000 mg/kg [Rat]. Chronic Effects on Humans: Mutagenic for mammalian somatic cells. Slightly hazardous in case of skin contact, ingestion or inhalation. Lowest Published Lethal Oral Dose in Man: 1000 mg/kg. Causes adverse reproductive effects in humans (fetotoxicity, abortion) by intraplacental route, may increase risk of Toxemia of Pregnancy in susceptible women. May cause adverse reproductive effects and birth defects in animals, particularly rats and mice – fetotoxicity, abortion, musculoskeletal abnormalities, and maternal effects (on ovaries, fallopian tubes). May affect genetic material (mutagenic). Ingestion of large quantities can irritate the stomach with nausea and vomiting. May affect behavior (muscle spasicity/contraction, somnolence), sense organs, metabolism, and cardiovascular system. Continued exposure may produce dehydration, internal organ congestion, and coma.’
Now compare the sodium chloride toxicity with the Material Safety Data Sheet or MSDS for borax (18): ‘Low acute oral toxicity; LD50 in rats 4,500 to 6,000 mg/kg of body weight. Reproductive/developmental toxicity: Animal feeding studies in rat, mouse and dog, at high doses, have demonstrated effects on fertility and testes. Studies with boric acid in the rat, mouse and rabbit, at high doses, demonstrate developmental effects on the fetus, including fetal weight loss and minor skeletal variations. The doses administered were many times in excess of those to which humans would normally be exposed. No evidence of carcinogenicity in mice. No mutagenic activity was observed in a battery of short-term mutagenicity assays. Human epidemiological studies show no increase in pulmonary disease in occupational populations with chronic exposures to borate dust and no effect on fertility.’
Here you see that table salt is 50 to 100% more toxic than borax, it changes the genetic material and is mutagenic, while borax is harmless in this regard. Infants are most at risk from high borax ingestion. It has been estimated that 5 to 10 grams can cause severe vomiting, diarrhoea, shock and even death, but it also says that lethal doses are not well documented in the literature.
The following toxicity data are from documents of the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control(19, 20).
A review of 784 accidental human poisonings from 10 – 88 grams of boric acid reported no fatalities, with 88% of cases being asymptomatic, meaning they did not notice anything. However, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, and central nervous system effects, dermatitis, erythema, and death have occasionally been observed in some infants, children and adults exposed to more than 84 mg boron/kg, corresponding to more than 40 grams of borax for 60 kg of body weight.
Animal studies have identified reproductive toxicity as the most sensitive effects of boron ingestion. Exposure of rats, mice, and dogs for several weeks showed some damage to the testes and sperm at doses of more than 26 mg boron/kg which corresponds to 15 grams of borax/day for 60 kg body weight.
Most at risk is the developing foetus, and in the studied animals rats were most affected. In one study slight reductions in the foetal body weight were already found at 13.7 mg boron/kg/day used during pregnancy. The no effect dose during pregnancy was set at less than 13.7 mg/kg/day corresponding to about 7 grams of borax per day for 60 kg body weight. With an added safety factor a no effect value of 9.6 mg boron/kg/day was calculated corresponding to 5 grams of borax for 60 kg.
However, a rat study lasting for 3 generations found no reproductive toxicity or effect on the parents or offspring at 30 mg boron/kg/day. This dose corresponds to 17 grams of borax for 60 kg ingested for 3 generations! In another 3-generation study no problem was found at 17.5 mg boron/kg/day, corresponding to 9 grams of borax/60 kg while the next higher tested borax dose of 58.5 mg/kg/day, corresponding to 30 grams of borax/60 kg, resulted in infertility. Therefore we can assume that the safe reproductive dose is about 20 grams/60 kg/day.
Human studies of the possible association between impaired fertility and high boron levels in water, soil and dust in a Turkish populations, and boron mining and processing workers, found no effect. One study even reported elevated fertility rates in borax production workers as compared to the U.S. national average.
All this is important because possible reproductive toxicity is the official reason for the present assault on borax. The sodium chloride MSDS mentioned above also states: “While sodium chloride has been used as a negative control in some reproductive studies, it has also been used as an example that almost any chemical can cause birth defects in experimental animals if studied under the right conditions.” Keep this in mind when you read the following.
The Assault on Borax
Arthritis in its various forms and its close relative osteoporosis affect about 30% of the population in developed countries. Osteoporosis is responsible for more long term hospital care than any other individual disease. This is due to the very high incidence of fractures, and especially the protracted nature of hip fractures. This is a main source of income for the medical-pharmaceutical system. If the boron-magnesium cure for these diseases should become widely known, this vital income stream would dry up and the system collapse. As this is the biggest and most profitable industry in the world, this cannot be allowed to happen.
When Dr Newnham discovered the boron-arthritis cure it was not a big problem for the pharmaceuticals because news travelled slowly and was easily suppressed. This is very different now with Internet communication. Most research funding comes from the pharmaceutical industry, and nothing has come forward to duplicate Dr Newnham’s findings and other positive osteoporosis studies. Instead, funding goes into the development of patentable boron drugs for limited application as in chemotherapy, or even to discredit boron. A test-tube experiment found that a relatively low dose of about 4 grams of borax can damage lymphocytes, just like an earlier test-tube study showed that vitamin C supplements are toxic. Most positive borax studies now come from China, Japan and Turkey.
Furthermore, PubMed is a publicly funded search facility for bio-medical research publications. While other articles for Newnham R.E. and Zhou L.Y. are still listed, the two important borax publications mentioned earlier – about the arthritis trial at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the treatment of skeletal fluorosis in China – are no longer listed, but they belong there and obviously had been there originally. I suspect that they have been deliberately removed to prevent them from being quoted in other research.
In addition, increasing effort goes into publicly demonizing borax for its alleged reproductive and infant toxicity. As an example I recently read an article by a ‘senior scientist’ of the supposedly ‘green’ Environmental Working Group. In it the perceived dangers of borax were so exaggerated that most comments in effect said: “Thank you for opening my eyes. I did not know how poisonous and dangerous borax is, I certainly will not use it anymore in my laundry, or for cleaning my toilet and kitchen” .
This is obviously a deliberate campaign to make people grateful for banning borax from public sale. For laundry and cleaning purposes Borax Substitute now replaces the product previously sold as Borax. The EU has spearheaded this campaign. In June 2010 borax and boric acid were reclassified as “Reprotoxic Category 2“, suggesting that they may be harmful to the reproductive functions of humans in high doses, and the product package must display the skull and crossbones symbol. From December 2010 these products were no longer available for public sale within the EU. While this classification now applies for all of Europe, non-EU countries still have some leeway in regard to public sales. This initiative is part of a Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) which is to be implemented as soon as possible. Australia is well-advanced on preparing regulations to implement the GHS for industrial chemicals, with new regulations expected in 2012 (21).
The European Chemicals Agency gave as reason for their reclassification of boron products (paraphrased):
‘The available data do not indicate major differences between laboratory animals and humans, therefore it must be assumed that the effects seen in animals could occur in humans as epidemiological studies in humans are insufficient to demonstrate the absence of an adverse effect of inorganic borates on fertility. 17.5 mg boron/kg/day was derived as a NOAEL (no event level) for male and female fertility. For the rat decreased foetal weight occurred at 13.7 mg boron/kg/day, and a safe limit of 9.6 mg/kg/day has been derived.’ (22)
What they are really saying is this: ‘While we have no human data, animal studies suggest that for adult reproductive functions a daily ingestion of about 2 teaspoons of borax is safe. But to be absolutely sure that no-one is harmed, we will ban it totally.’ Importantly, this ruling is not related to borax in foods or supplements where it is already banned, but only for general use as in laundry or cleaning products or as insecticides. Because borax is not readily inhaled or absorbed through intact skin, it is difficult to see how even a few milligrams daily could get into the body with the conventional use. If the same standard would apply to other chemicals there would be none left.
The key study in this assessment was published in 1972. Why is this being dug up now to justify banning borax when it was of no concern for the past 40 years? It does not make any scientific sense, especially if you consider that the main chemical in the new borax substitute, sodium percarbonate, is about three times more toxic than borax. Acute oral LD50 values for animals are from 1034 to 2200 mg/kg/day (23). Even the commonly used sodium bicarbonate, with an animal LD50 of 3360 mg/kg, is nearly twice as toxic as borax (24). Both of these chemicals have not been tested for long-term reproductive toxicity at the high doses that caused fertility problems in rats and mice.
The same applies to washing powders, it has been stated that no toxicity is expected if used in the approved way, or that reproductive tests have not been done. Ingredients in these products are more toxic than borax, why can they be used in the approved way but not borax? And how about really toxic items such as caustic soda and hydrochloric acid? Why do they remain available to the public when one of the safest household chemicals is banned despite the fact that it is absolutely impossible to cause any reproductive harm with the approved use?
Regardless of the lack of any scientific credibility, the stage has been set for borax and boric acid to be globally removed from public sale at short or no notice. Even low-level and less effective boron tablets are now tightly controlled by the pharmaceutical industry, and may be restricted at any time through Codex Alimentarius regulations. With this the medical-pharmaceutical system has safely defused any potential danger that borax may have posed to its profitability and survival.
Note:
This article is not about curing arthritis. Boron is essential for healthy bones and joints, and supplements may be able to help with arthritis, but chronic conditions often are associated with additional other deficiencies, allergies, microbial infestations and inflammation. All of these factors may need to be addressed. For further information see Arthritis and Rheumatism or the more detailed Overcoming Arthritis.
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Deficiency symptoms
by Walter Last
Eye, hair, nail, mouth and skin symptoms are among the early outward warning signs of vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The following compilations may help in diagnosing and treating these deficiencies. However, increased metabolic requirements for indicated deficiencies may persist for a long time after the outward symptoms have disappeared. Many listed symptoms may also be caused or aggravated by allergies and problems with the blood sugar and fat metabolism.
The right-hand column gives the primary deficiencies first, additional treatment or cause is given in parentheses. For each condition only the more prominent nutrients are mentioned. However, all the typical nutrients should be supplied in increased amounts in the treatment of all conditions.
Eye-deficiency Symptoms
| Symptom | Deficiency / treatment / cause |
| Bitot’s spots – foamy patches on conjunctiva | vitamin A |
| Bloodshot eyes | boric acid for fungus infection, blue light |
| Blurred vision | vitamins B2, B6, pantothenic acid |
| Bulging eyes | vitamin E, nicotinamide, iodine |
| Cataracts (lens becomes opaque) | vitamins B2, C, E, antioxidants (avoid lactose) |
| Color-blindness | vitamin A |
| Conjunctivitis | vitamins A, B2, C (B6, zinc) |
| Cross-eyes | vitamins E, C, B1, (allergy testing) |
| Dark spots in front of the eyes | vitamins B6, C, zinc (liver problems) |
| Dim vision (amblyopia) | vitamins B1, B2, C, B12 (allergy testing) |
| Dry, hard eyeballs (xerophthalmia) | vitamin A |
| Farsightedness (hyperopia) | magnesium, potassium, MSM |
| Glaucoma | magnesium, vitamin C (B2, B1,salt) |
| Hemorrhaging in the back of the eye (retinitis) | vitamin B6, zinc, bioflavonoids (also magnesium, vitamins C, B2, B12, E, pantothenate) |
| Infected, ulcerating eyes (keratomalacia) | vitamin A (vitamins C, B2, B6, zinc, blue light, boric acid) |
| Itching, burning, watery, sandy eyes | vitamin B2 |
| Macular degeneration | vitamins A, B2, B6, magnesium, zinc, antioxidants, bioflavonoids, esp. lutein & zeaxanthin, ginkgo biloba, bilberry, eyebright, MSM, EFA |
| Near-sightedness (myopia) | chromium, vitamins C, E, D, calcium (proteins, avoid sugars) |
| Night blindness (nyctalopia) | vitamins A, (B2, B6, zinc) |
| Red blood vessels in the sclera | vitamin B2 |
| Retinal detachment | zinc, vitamins B6, B2, C, E, A |
| Sensitive eyes, fear of strong light (photophobia) | vitamins B2, A |
| Tics of eyelids | magnesium, vitamins B2, B6, zinc |
Skin-deficiency Symptoms
| Symptom | Deficiency / Treatment / Cause |
| Acne | vitamins A, E, B2, B6, C, niacin, biotin, zinc, EFA*, lecithin, MSM, retinoic acid topically (minimize sweet food & fats) |
| Addison’s disease – adrenal exhaustion: increased tanning, especially on skin-folds, scars, elbows, knees; black freckles | all B vitamins, especially pantothenic acid; vitamin C; all minerals, digestive enzymes, allergy testing, avoid sweet food |
| Arterial spiders (fine branching arteries on face, neck, chest) | antioxidants, bioflavonoids, glucosamine, cartilage, calcium |
| Bedsores | vitamins C, E |
| Blisters | vitamin E |
| Brown discoloration around small joints | vitamin B12 |
| Brown skin spots | antioxidants (weak liver) |
| Dry skin | vitamins A, C, EFA |
| Eczema, skin ulcers | vitamin C, B2, B6, zinc, magnesium, EFA, allergy test, cleanse |
| Eczema, infantile | EPA, zinc, vitamin B6 |
| Edema | vitamin B6, zinc (also vitamin C, magnesium, avoid salt) |
| Fingers white, numb, stiff, swellings (Raynaud’s disease) | vitamins B6, B1, antioxidants, niacin, magnesium/calcium, EFA |
| Fungus infections (e.g. athlete’s foot, ringworm) | B vitamins, (external tea tree oil, intestinal sanitation) |
| Gangrene | vitamins C, E, B1 , magnesium chloride, (urine packs) |
| Greasy dermatitis around eyes, nose | vitamin B6, zinc |
| Greasy skin eruptions (seborrhea) | vitamin B2 |
| Horny red skin on pressure areas (e.g. knees, elbows) | zinc (vitamin B6) |
| Hot flushes | vitamin E, boron, magnesium, calcium (Wild Yam cream) |
| Ichthyosis (fish-like scales) | vitamin A, retinoic acid topically, MSM |
| Infant dermatitis with inflamed pustules around body openings | vitamin B6, zinc |
| Infections of the skin (boils, cold sores, impetigo, and so on) | vitamins C, A, B6, zinc, magnesium chloride (hot Epsom-salt packs, tea tree oil or propolis rubs) |
| Itching | vitamins B, C, EFA, alkalizer, bicarbonate rubs, (allergy tests) |
| Jaundice | vitamins C, E, A, B12, B6, lecithin, magnesium, zinc (blue light therapy, treat gall bladder & liver) |
| Keratosis, horny, goose-pimple-like skin | vitamin A internally & externally |
| Lemon-yellow skin | vitamin B12 |
| Oily skin, white-heads | vitamin B2 |
| Over-sensitivity to sunlight | vitamin B6, zinc, PABA, beta-carotene, antioxidants, bioflavonoids, alkalizers |
| Pale skin | biotin, folic acid, vitamin B6, , iron (anemia) |
| Prickly-heat rash | vitamin C |
| Psoriasis | as for acne; blue light, sunlight; avoid gluten |
| Purplish or blue-black skin areas | vitamin C, B2, bioflavonoids |
| Rash | allergy test, alkalizers, vitamin C, calcium |
| Red-brown, often symmetrical discoloration of skin exposed to the sun, later ulceration | niacin or nicotinamide (folic acid) |
| Red-brown or dark-red spots | manganese |
| Rosacea (redness of part of face) | vitamin B2 |
| Scaly dermatitis | biotin |
| Scaly eczema around nose, ears, scrotum, vulva | vitamin B2 |
| Scar tissue | vitamin E, MSM externally & internally, camphorated oil rub |
| Scleroderma (hardening and swelling of skin) | vitamin E, C, A, PABA, MSM, magnesium chloride (zapper, pulser and parasite therapy, tea tree oil packs) |
| Sensitivity to insect bites | vitamin C, B1, calcium, alkalizers, bicarbonate rub/bath |
| Shingles | vitamins B12, C, A, B, E, zinc, lysine, zinc oxide lotion, zapper |
| Skin cancer | vitamins A, B6, PABA, antioxidants, bioflavonoids, carotenes, chlorophyll, propolis, zinc (blue light, escharotics) |
| Skin-folds red, infected | niacin |
| Stretch-marks | vitamins E, B6, zinc |
| Subcutaneous bleeding (red or purplish spots under the skin, bruises easily) | vitamin C, bioflavonoids and rutin, grape seed extract, glucosamine, alkalizer |
| Swellings (for example, face) | zinc, magnesium, vitamins B6, B12 |
| Vaginal itching | vitamins B2, E, C (avoid synthetic underwear, treat Candida) |
| Warts, moles | vitamins C, A, E |
| Weals on the skin (urticaria) | vitamin B6, zinc, vitamin C, (alkalizer, allergy test) |
| White skin patches (vitiligo) | PABA, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, zinc |
| Wrinkles or aging skin | vitamins C, E, A, EFA, bioflavonoids (too much sun) |
* Most skin conditions benefit from external as well as internal application of the indicated nutrients. Retinioc acid is the acid form of vitamin A. EFA means essential fatty acids, mainly linoleic and linolenic acid; recommended are ground-linseed, linseed oil, fish oils and Evening-primrose oil.
Hair and Nail Deficiency Symptoms
| Symptom | Deficiency treatment cause |
| Coarse, brittle hair | zinc |
| Dandruff | vitamins B2, B6, zinc, magnesium, biotin |
| Dry hair | vitamin A, zinc |
| Graying hair | folic acid, pantothenic acid, PABA, biotin, minerals (weak adrenals, avoid sweet food) |
| Hangnails | vitamin C, folic acid, proteins |
| Hair loss | copper/lead contamination: use zinc, vitamin B6, sulfur (MSM), selenium, biotin |
| Nails opaque, white spots/bands | zinc, vitamin B6 |
| Oily hair | vitamin B2 |
| Peeling nails | vitamins A, C, calcium |
| Ridges on nails, longitudinal | vitamin A, protein, calcium (anemia, poor circulation, thyroid/parathyroid glands) |
| Ridges on nails, transverse | fever, infection, inflammation, menstrual problems, period of protein deficiency |
| Scaling of cuticle or lips | biotin |
With graying hair or hair loss improve the circulation to the scalp, e.g. daily inversion such as headstand, shoulder-stand, hanging upside down or using a slant-board. Also vigorously rubbing nourishing or slightly irritating solutions into the scalp, e.g. fresh grass or vegetable juice, MSM with copper salicylate, ginger juice.
Tongue and Mouth Deficiency Symptoms
Mouth problems are often due to amalgam fillings, allergies or Candida infestation (thrush).
| Symptom | Deficiency treatment cause |
| Beefy, enlarged tongue | pantothenic acid |
| Burning, sore tongue | vitamins B2, B6, B12, niacin |
| Cracked lips & corners of the mouth (cheilosis) | vitamins B2, B6, folic acid |
| Distended, purplish-blue veins under the tongue | vitamin B2 (circulation poor, congested) |
| Edema or tooth-marks on tongue | niacin/nicotinamide |
| Furrowed tongue | vitamin B1, pantothenic acid |
| Gums receding, bleeding (gingivitis) | vitamin C, bioflavonoids, calcium, alkalizers |
| Halitosis (bad breath) | vitamin B6, zinc, magnesium, propolis, chlorophyll (cleansing, intestinal sanitation) |
| Mouth ulcers, canker | folic acid, vitamin B6, zinc (alkalize, allergy test) |
| Papillae prominent or erased | niacin/nicotinamide |
| Purplish or magenta tongue or lips, also veins under the tongue | vitamin B2 |
| Tongue red at tip or edges; severe deficiency: whole tongue scarlet red, sore | niacin (vitamin B6) |
| Tongue shiny, smooth, beefy; early sign: strawberry-red tip/sides | vitamin B12, folic acid |
| Tongue too small or too large | niacin, pantothenic acid |
| White-coated tongue | intestinal putrefaction, cleansing |
| White patches on tongue | vitamin B2 and other B vitamins (allergy) |
| Yellowish-brown-coated tongue | liver or gall bladder problems |
Cancer and acid-alkaline balance
by Walter Last Our blood is slightly alkaline, and the body makes every effort to maintain this alkalinity at a constant level. For this purpose, we normally have an ample reserve of alkalizing min…
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Cancer and acid-alkaline balance
by Walter Last
Our blood is slightly alkaline, and the body makes every effort to maintain this alkalinity at a constant level. For this purpose, we normally have an ample reserve of alkalizing minerals.
Most of our foods supply minerals. The total balance of minerals in a particular food may be either acid or alkaline. Mineral salts are composed of an acid group (anion), such as chloride or phosphate, and of an alkaline group (cation), mainly metal ions such as sodium, calcium or potassium. If one of these groups is stronger than the other then the salt is either acid or alkaline on balance.
In plants strongly alkaline metal ions are usually combined with weak organic acids There may be a surplus of organic acids not bound to cations, and this will make the food taste acid, as in fruits. However, in the body these free organic acids, as well as those bound to metal ions, are oxidized. In the end, this leaves an alkaline residue. Therefore, we say vegetables and fruits are alkalizing or alkaline-forming.
Animal tissue, on the other hand, contains a high percentage of strongly acid phosphoric acid bound to weak reacting proteins and other bio-chemicals. The organic compounds in food of animal origin will be oxidized, and a strongly acid residue remains. Accordingly, we may classify our food as either alkaline-forming or as acid-forming.
- Alkaline-forming Foods are grass juice, sprouted seeds, vegetables, fruits, almonds, most legumes, the outer parts of potatoes, bananas, millet, buckwheat and brown rice.
- Acid-forming Foods are meat, fish, eggs, cheese, most grains and nuts, peanuts, peanuts and the core of potatoes.
- Neutral Foods: fats and oils.
In order to maintain an ample alkaline body reserve, we should eat approximately four times the weight of alkaline-forming food compared to acid-forming food, or 80% alkalizing to 20% acidifying food. There are food tables available to show the amount of acid or alkaline equivalents in different foods. However, I regard these as practically useless. Some of the listed foods may change their values in the body due to metabolic problems.
Sugar, which is chemically neutral and also fruits are usually acid-forming in sensitive individuals and no matter how alkaline-forming a food is supposed to be, if you are sensitive or allergic to it then it is acid-forming for you. On the other hand heavy meat eating can lead to an over-alkaline condition as explained below. Alkalizing minerals may remain bound to phytates and not be available from whole seeds unless these are sprouted or fermented. Even the same food may change from alkaline forming to acid forming if it is incorrectly combined with other foods or when you are emotionally upset.
All of this is contrary to what you would expect by using acid-alkaline food tables. Furthermore, the values in these tables reflect the mineral content of the food, which varies greatly depending on soil conditions, production methods, storage and cooking. Therefore, the only reliable and meaningful method is to observe your own body, your skin sensitivity, tendency towards inflammations, allergic reactions and possibly test your urine and saliva acidity.
Acidity Problems
The main reasons why people become overacid are:
- inefficient metabolism
- allergic reactions,
- eating sweet foods when the blood-sugar regulation is poor;
- acids accumulating after eating fruits,
- strenuous muscle activity,
- Candida problems.
Chronic overacidity has a serious effect on the body. It causes a continual loss of minerals needed to neutralize excess acid; the body becomes hypersensitive to pain and outside influences and the whole metabolism becomes more and more inefficient. Furthermore, the more acid the tissues are the more histamine is being released. This means acidity causes and greatly increases inflammations and allergies and makes the skin very sensitive to insect bites and other irritants.
Overacidity is on the one hand a cause and on the other hand an effect of a poor blood-sugar metabolism, as in diabetes, hypoglycemia and in the widespread conditions leading to these diseases. People with a weak carbohydrate metabolism cannot properly oxidize glucose to carbon dioxide and water. These end products are normally expelled with the urine and the air, and leave the body in a neutral balance. However, in a weakened condition, any excess of glucose, as after eating sweet foods, is only partly metabolized to form organic acids.
This leads to an accumulation of organic acids and an overacidity of the body tissues, which is felt as pain, most prominent in arthritis and rheumatism. If the alkaline reserve is insufficient to neutralize these acids, more and more calcium will be mobilized from the bones for this purpose causing the bones to become brittle and the tissues and joints to calcify. Furthermore, tumors grow only if the surrounding tissue is too acid. This acidity may be due to the lactic acid production of the tumor itself. However, sensitive individuals are too acid all over which leads to rapid tumor growth and much pain.
Alkaline Foods become Acid-Forming
Because of this incomplete oxidation sugars, which are chemically neutral and even fruits, which are chemically alkaline, are highly acid forming in mineral-deficient bodies. It is similar with lactose. If this cannot be properly utilized, it forms a mucic acid, which causes mucus congestions as well as pain.
Other foods, which often form mucus and acids because of partial oxidation, are refined starches and wheat products. Also incorrect food combinations can cause normally alkaline-forming foods to become acid forming, and so can disturbed emotions during or after a meal, and eating when not well.
Basically, this shows us the vicious circle – or downward spiral – in which many diseased people are caught:
Because the food lacks sufficient alkalizing minerals, the metabolism becomes inefficient, and acids accumulate in the body, which require additional alkaline reserves for neutralization and cause the metabolism to become even more inadequate. This in turn produces more acids and so forth.
Alkalizing the Body
Fresh green vegetable juices and vegetable broths are the strongest alkalizing foods, especially the broth of boiled potato peelings. Fruits and their juices, including cider vinegar, however, increase the acidity of those who are calcium deficient and with a tendency to allergies and colds.
However, dissolving dolomite or eggshells in vinegar or lemon juice until nearly neutral, produces a highly alkaline remedy. Alternatively, baking soda or potassium bicarbonate may be used to neutralize acid fruit juices and alkalize the body. For those with a normal carbohydrate metabolism, on the other hand – often those with raised blood pressure, being insensitive and showing signs of too much calcium – unneutralized fruits and their juices, especially acid citrus fruits, are excellent.
Using large amounts of vitamin C in the form of ascorbic acid increases body acidity. This can lead to inflammation, increased pain and other problems in susceptible people (overacid/low-calcium type). Therefore, it is advisable to use either the neutral sodium or calcium ascorbate or to neutralize the ascorbic acid with dolomite, eggshell powder or baking soda.
If, on the other hand, one is too alkaline, it is preferable to use ascorbic acid supplements unneutralized or only partly neutralized with potassium bicarbonate, milk of magnesia or magnesium oxide in order to dissolve calcium deposits and stone formations.
During acute allergic reactions it is advisable to alkalize the body quickly. This may be done by taking repeatedly a teaspoonful of baking soda with plenty of water, best before breakfast or during the reaction.
A newcomer in the health arena is ionized alkaline water. This is produced with electrodes that divide the water into an acid and an alkaline fraction. The alkaline water has a pH of 8 to 10 and an excess of electrons and antioxidant activity. Drinking a liter or two daily is a good way to neutralize overacid conditions. A similar product in capsule form is Microhydrin produced by Royal Body Care to recreate the health-giving properties of Hunza water. You can find a variety of water ionizers as well as Microhydrin advertised on the Internet.
However, it should be stressed that the best alkalizing. Food or water cannot bring lasting improvement if one continues to eat food to which one is allergic, or if one eats sweet foods when the blood-sugar regulation is poor.
Using Sodium Bicarbonate
Baking soda (not baking powder) or sodium bicarbonate together with carbonic acid (dissolved carbon dioxide) is the main buffer system that maintains the blood at a constant pH of about 7.4. When there is not enough sodium bicarbonate in the blood, it becomes too acid and histamine is liberated – the body becomes oversensitive to pain as well as to allergenic influences, such as insect stings. In addition, mucus production increases, providing a breeding ground for germs.
The recommendation to use sodium bicarbonate for quick neutralization is contrary to the frequently stated opinion that baking soda is always harmful. Baking soda should not be used in cooking, as any alkaline reaction tends to destroy vitamins and makes many minerals less available, it is not advisable with gastric ulcers either, as it causes an acid over-reaction afterwards. If used with a meal, baking soda interferes with the digestion. However, these problems do not arise if baking soda is used as recommended by sensitive individuals to neutralize fruit acids and ascorbic acid or to minimize allergic reactions. If there is the possibility of an allergic reaction from a meal, it is best to use the alkaliser already 30 minutes after the end of the meal or as soon as any discomfort develops.
Sensitive individuals easily become overacid when eating fruits or drinking fruit juices. This happens especially with oranges or tomatoes or any other acid fruits. To neutralize fruit juices add a pinch of baking soda several times until it does not fizz anymore when stirred. You have to be careful not to add too much as that gives a rather unpleasant taste. If that does happen, then just add a little more acid. When eating whole fruit you may just drink a small amount of water in which half a teaspoon of baking soda has been dissolved.
Furthermore, baking soda, possibly in combination with potassium bicarbonate, is valuable in order to neutralize the duodenal content after meals. If the intestinal content is too acid, the pancreas enzymes cannot work efficiently. Baking soda is the natural alkalizing agent released by the pancreas and gall bladder to neutralize the acid stomach content. If used as a general digestive supplement, it is preferable to wait about two hours in order to allow sufficient time for the gastric phase of digestion. With a light meal this interval may be somewhat shorter and after a heavy meal or with flesh foods one may wait even longer for at least 3 hours.
Body too Alkaline
With insensitive people the body metabolism usually is too alkaline. This is associated with potassium deficiency and may lead to calcium deposits, as with arthritic deformations and kidney stones. Another problem is a lack of gastric acid resulting in poor protein digestion and mineral absorption. Bacterial overgrowth may extend into the stomach, causing belching, foul breath and gastric complaints.
A main reason for this condition is a weak liver, usually in combination with a high meat diet. If amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are used as fuel, the amino group is split off and converted to urea in the liver. But this process requires additional energy as well as specific enzymes, both of which are in short supply in a weak liver.
Therefore, an increasing amount of ammonium salts are formed which use the body store of acid anion groups, such as phosphates and chlorides. In active people, there is a plentiful supply of metabolic acids, such as lactic acid from muscle activity. However, if these people lead a sedentary lifestyle then not sufficient metabolic acids are produced to neutralize the excess ammonia and the body becomes too alkaline.
An additional factor is the formation of ammonium salts in the kidneys from glutamine and other amino acids. Normally, this occurs only to neutralize excess acids in the urine. However, with heavy meat eaters this may also be used to dispose of surplus amino groups, requiring additional acid ions for neutralization.
The most common cause of over alkalinity is a sluggish metabolism (slow oxidizers), which leads to a lack of normal metabolic acids. Patients with cardiovascular and other degenerative diseases are often affected in this way. The inflammation response is suppressed and histamine remains tightly bound to proteins making skin and body insensitive. When the body is too alkaline, use plenty of acid fruits, ascorbic acid, possibly cider vinegar and take acids with protein meals.
The Regulation of Body Acidity
The body tries to maintain the acidity of the blood constant within a very narrow band between pH 7.35 and 7.45. This is actually a slightly alkaline reaction. “pH” is a measure of acidity or alkalinity and indicates the hydrogen ion concentration in a fluid. These hydrogen ions are the actual originators of acidity. A pH of 1 indicates the highest hydrogen ion concentration and with this the highest acidity. At the other end of the scale is a pH of 14 with the lowest hydrogen ion concentration arid the highest alkalinity. A pH of 7 is neutral.
In younger years our metabolism often is too fast, too many acids are being produced and the body becomes chronically overacid. Later in life, however, with decreasing muscle activity and vitality, more and more potassium is lost from the cells and the metabolism becomes sluggish. With this, the body often becomes chronically too alkaline. If the blood is too acid, this is called Acidosis, and when it becomes too alkaline, we speak of Alkalosis.
By excreting with the urine either more acid or more alkali, the body tries to maintain a normal blood pH level. In addition, the breathing rate may be changed: increased volume of breathing makes the blood more alkaline by releasing additional carbon dioxide into the air. Decreased breathing, on the other hand, increases the carbon dioxide level in the blood and makes it more acid. The balance in the blood between carbon dioxide and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) is the main “buffer system” to keep the blood pH constant.
If the body succeeds with these measures of changed’ urine pH and adjusted breathing rate to keep the blood pH within the limits of 7.35 and 7.45 despite a deranged metabolism, then the acidosis or alkalosis is said to be compensated. If, however, the pH exceeds these limits, then the condition is called ‘uncompensated’.
If the metabolism is efficient then the acidity of the urine depends mainly on the acidity or alkalinity of the diet. A diet high in acid-forming foods will naturally produce acid urine. This is not dangerous as such, but it is an indicator that the diet is unbalanced and may in time lead to exhaustion of the alkali body reserve.
Likewise, on a diet rather high in alkaline-forming foods, the urine is always quite alkaline. This can easily lead to stone-formation in the urinary tract and shows that the cells have not enough fruit acids for efficient energy production. This often causes elderly heavy meat eaters to become too alkaline while young vegetarians commonly use too much sweet food and that makes them too acid.
A normal mixed diet, containing about 80% of alkalizing and 20 of acidifying foods should give slightly acid morning urine of about pH 6.4, provided the metabolism is reasonably efficient. Urine formed in the body after meals is naturally slightly alkaline as a result of the production of gastric acid.
Test Your Body Acidity
In order to obtain an indication of the acid-alkaline balance of your body, you may test your first morning urine from time to time. In evaluating the result you should take into account if your present diet in general and the last meal in particular was generally balanced or rather acid or alkaline forming. If you test the urine during the day, the result may be much more variable because of the alkaline tide after eating.
Indicator paper for testing the acidity of body fluids should preferably have a range from about pH 5.5 to pH 7.5. However, it may be available only from 5.4 – 7.0 or from 6.0 – 8.0. If you expect to be too acid then buy the low pH and if too alkaline the high pH paper. You may obtain it from a scientific supply shop, possibly also from a chemist, a health professional or a health food supplier. For an approximate test you may also use litmus paper.
In addition, it is valuable to check the saliva acidity, especially if there are any digestive difficulties and if you do not seem to get sufficient value out of your food, also as part of allergy testing. An allergenic food makes the saliva too acid. The saliva approximates the pH of the lymph fluid.
Normally, the saliva acidity before a meal is 6.4 -6.7, while 30 – 60 minutes after the meal it should be above 6.8. If the level is below 6.4 before the meal and especially if the pH after the meal remains below 6.8, we may assume that the contents of the small intestines are too acid for the pancreas enzymes to unfold their full activity. In this case you may take an alkaliser 2 to 3 hours after the meal.
With suitable test paper or better with a digital pH meter you can also try the following test 2 to 3 hours after a meal: Accumulate a lot of saliva in the mouth and then swallow it. Fill the mouth with saliva a second time and again swallow it. Then test the pH in the newly formed saliva. It should be nearly neutral or slightly alkaline, best between 6.9 and 7.4. If it is much lower you may wait 2 hours and then repeat the test. If the saliva remains acid the body is generally overacid and mineral or calcium deficient. With allergies and often with advanced cancer the body is very acid, down to pH 4.5, due to overproduction of lactic acid.
Instead of using pH strips you may use the yellow powder turmeric or possibly just some curry powder. Dissolve a teaspoon of the powder in half a litre of methylated spirits or rubbing alcohol, shake and let it settle to produce a yellow solution. However, in an alkaline solution it becomes a ruby red, it turns colour right at a pH of 6.8, the pH that urine and saliva should be most of the time. To make a test pour some of the yellow solution into a test tube or a small drinking glass. Add a few drops of urine or saliva, if it turns red then what was added had a pH greater than 6.8, if it stays yellow then the pH is still acid and less than 6.8.
Also red cabbage juice can be used as pH indicator. Finely chop some red cabbage, pour hot or boiling water over it and soak for 10 to 20 minutes, then filter through some gauze or tissue. In a small clear glass add a small amount of the filtered juice to a similar amount of a test liquid (e.g. urine, saliva, lemon juice or sodium bicarbonate), stir gently and compare with the colour chart. Keep the rest of the juice refrigerated, use within a week or two. Also other purple juices containing anthocyanin work in a similar way, just experiment.
Alkalizing and Acidifying Supplements
If one wants to alkalize the body quickly because of a cold or pain, then it is advisable to take half a teaspoon of baking soda with water before breakfast for several mornings and possibly also at bedtime. Drink another glass of water or herb tea afterwards to flush it quickly through the stomach. On a low sodium diet use potassium bicarbonate or Milk of Magnesia instead. You may use Food-Muscle-Testing to find a suitable alkaliser. Also over-breathing, breathing faster and deeper than necessary, makes the body more alkaline by releasing excess carbon dioxide with the breath.
Commercially a mixture of 2 parts of baking soda and I part of potassium bicarbonate is available and may generally be used for alkalizing the body during an allergic reaction or after a meal if the pH remains below 6.5, take half a teaspoon of the alkaliser in water or herb tea. If the pH remains between 6.5 and 6.8 after the meal, a quarter teaspoon is sufficient.
If, on the other hand, the level is above 6.7 before the meal and especially if the pH does not rise much after a meal, the body may have difficulty producing gastric acid. In this case you may take one or two hydrochloric acid tablets with proteins, depending on the size of the meal. These tablets contain hydrochloric acid bound to Betaine or Glutamic Acid, sometimes also pepsin is present.
You may save money buying a diluted 3% hydrochloric acid from a chemist and take half to one teaspoon in half a cup of herb tea after a protein meal. Possibly use a straw to protect the teeth, also use a plastic spoon rather than a metal spoon for any contact with acids. With mild gastric acid deficiency it may also be helpful to use half a teaspoon of ascorbic acid or some lemon juice or cider vinegar with protein meals. You may experiment with Food-Muscle Testing to see if you may need more acid for digestion: hold a protein food with and without a hydrochloric acid supplement to assess if you are deficient in gastric acid. For details on this method see Muscle Testing. Also see Hydrochloric Acid in Healing Foods.
Sometimes there is a lack of gastric acid despite general overacidity, often indicated by soft fingernails. This causes deficiency of proteins, vitamins and minerals. In this case use hydrochloric acid supplements as well as sufficient alkaliser.
Alkalizing with Calcium and Magnesium
A recommended way of obtaining more calcium and magnesium and at the same time alkalize the body is by neutralizing dolomite with vinegar or lemon juice. When this is metabolized, the acetic or citric acid tends to be broken down and converted to energy while the mineral remains to alkalize the body. This is most important for sensitive and overacid individuals who tend to be chronically deficient in calcium.
Keep several tablespoonfuls of finely powdered dolomite together with a glassful of vinegar or lemon juice in a jar Preferably stir or shake the mixture occasionally to speed up the reaction. Drink about 50 ml of the decanted liquid once daily before a meal, best diluted with water or other liquid. If a calcium supplement is taken with a meal then the calcium tends to combine with fatty acids in the food and form soaps, which are not absorbed. Also the casein in milk tends to bind calcium.
When using dolomite in 50 ml of 5% vinegar we get approximately 500 mg of calcium and 300 mg of magnesium. Add more dolomite when no more bubbles appear after adding more vinegar or when the neutralized liquid remains too acid or does not reach a pH of about 5. Dolomite contains inert residue, therefore you cannot simply wait until it is all used up. In regard to vinegar, it would be best to use organic cider vinegar but this is also ten times more expensive than bulk white vinegar, while normal cider vinegar may contain pesticides. Therefore, if you have limited financial resources then white vinegar is adequate for this purpose.
After the initial reaction keep the dolomite-acid mix refrigerated, especially when using lemon juice. With lemon juice and other acid citrus juices you may also just mix half a teaspoon of dolomite powder with citrus juice, and pour off the juice after 30 to 60 minutes. Use fresh dolomite powder for the next lot of citrus juice. If you take magnesium supplements separately, then you may just use egg shell powder for neutralizing fruit acids.
Dolomite or egg shell powder may also be used by sensitive individuals to neutralize acid yoghurt or Kambucha tea, or acid fruit such as pineapples or sometimes tomatoes. A pinch of sodium bicarbonate may be used in addition for full neutralization. Individuals with an insensitive body and raised blood pressure, on the other hand, do not need additional calcium and may neutralize part of their food acids with magnesium oxide or magnesium carbonate. Instead of acids in food you may also use ascorbic acid to neutralize with magnesium powder or dolomite.
Dolomite supplies calcium and magnesium in the generally desirable ratio of 2 : 1. However, if you are already routinely using magnesium chloride or only additional calcium is required to reduce an overacid condition, then you may use powdered egg shell or powdered shell grit or commercial calcium carbonate for neutralizing. This applies especially to individuals who experience cramping or weakness when taking any additional magnesium. 50 ml of neutralized vinegar will carry about 800 mg of calcium into the body.
If we would simply take calcium carbonate or dolomite instead of neutralizing vinegar we would have to use up our precious supply of gastric acid to neutralize and dissolve the carbonates. Many individuals have mineral deficiencies precisely because of a lack of gastric acid. If, on the other hand, we use an inorganic mineral supplement, such as calcium or magnesium chloride, then we can absorb the calcium or magnesium but it will not reduce any overacid condition of the body.
THE CALCIUM-PHOSPHORUS RATIO
In good health the ratio of calcium to phosphorus in the blood is 10:4. If there is a glandular imbalance, especially in regard to the parathyroid glands, then this ratio will be maintained at a different level, causing long-term health deterioration. In particular, a high ratio of phosphorus to calcium sensitizes the body and increases inflammatory tendencies.
In addition to this regulation by the parathyroid glands, the calcium-phosphorus ratio is also affected by our food choices. If we consistently eat food high in phosphorus and low in calcium, then this tends to make the body overacid, depletes it of calcium and other minerals and increases the tendency towards inflammations. These effects can be minimized by selecting suitable foods. You may judge from the following list of symptoms if you might have an unbalanced calcium/phosphorus ratio in your blood or your food. A low phosphorus intake is also indicated with cancer and leukemia. However, this ratio may change, as for instance in alternating periods of acute attacks and deposit formation in arthritis.
As you can see from the following food list, it is easy to obtain sufficient phosphorus. In fact, if the calcium level is high, magnesium generally is in short supply rather than phosphorus. If the calcium level is low, however, a special effort must be made to obtain a steady supply of calcium-rich/phosphorus low food, spread out during the day. During digestion fatty acids tend to form soaps by combining with calcium and thus make the calcium unavailable for absorption. Therefore, any calcium supplements or calcium-rich foods are best taken without fats or oils before meals.
You may wonder how the body can maintain the blood ratio in favor of calcium despite its relative scarcity in food. The reason is that normally about 1 g phosphorus, but only 150 mg calcium are expelled daily with the urine. In metabolic imbalance, this excretion ratio is changed. In addition, using more phosphorus will lead to the excretion of more calcium together with the excess phosphorus.
Table 1: SYMPTOMS OF CALCIUM – PHOSPHORUS IMBALANCE
| Calcium level too high | Phosphorus level too high |
| Colds and ‘flu are rare
Insensitive to pain and noise Insensitive skin Signs of magnesium deficiency Blood pressure raised Blood is too alkaline Caries of the crowns Tartar on teeth Calcium kidney stones Stiffness, rigidity Fusion of vertebrae Arthritic deposits causing bone deformations Arteriosclerosis |
Frequent colds and ‘flu
Sensitive to pain and noise Sensitive skin Signs of calcium deficiency Tendency to low blood pressure Blood is too acid Caries near the gum Gums very red & tender: pyorrhea, gingivitis Tendency to inflammations and swellings Red-rimmed eyes Acute arthritic attacks Allergies, palpitations Headaches, nausea |
From the following list, select mainly food with a favorable ratio according to your symptoms. An excess of up to 1:3 in favor of phosphorus might still be regarded as metabolically neutral. If the ratio is worse, as for instance in grain products, add suitable calcium supplements to the meal. In addition to the ratio itself, the actual amount of the excessive mineral is, of course, important. Therefore, within limits, the generally recommended daily calcium allowance is rather meaningless if not geared to the levels of phosphorus and magnesium. With low blood pressure the calcium intake should be about double the intake of magnesium. However, with high blood pressure it is better to have equal amounts of magnesium and calcium or sometimes even to have more magnesium. The higher the phosphorus intake, the higher should be the combined calcium and magnesium intake.
Table 2: CALCIUM – PHOSPHORUS RATIO OF FOODS
| Ca/P ratio mg/100 g | Ca/P ratio mg/100 g | ||
| Bone | 36,700/16,400 | Dried apricots | 67/108 |
| Kelp, dry | 1200/300 | Raisins | 62/101 |
| Molasses | 684/84 | Sweet potatoes | 31/52 |
| Sesame seeds | 1160/616 | Filberts | 209/337 |
| Carob flour | 352/81 | Cottage cheese | 90/165 |
| Turnip greens | 246/58 | Salmon | 188/328 |
| Kale | 249/93 | Beetroot | 16/33 |
| Parsley | 203/63 | Cauliflower | 25/56 |
| Mustard greens | 183/50 | Almonds | 234/504 |
| Dandelion greens | 187/66 | Soy beans, dry | 226/554 |
| Endive | 181/54 | Pumpkin | 21/44 |
| Watercress | 151/54 | Capsicum | 12/28 |
| Beet greens | 119/40 | Spirulina | 396/1023 |
| Leaf lettuce | 68/25 | Buckwheat | 114/282 |
| Green Barley powder | 1100/590 | Bananas | 8/26 |
| Grass juice | 150/75 | Beans, dry | 135/460 |
| Spinach | 93/51 | Jerusalem artichokes | 14/78 |
| Broccoli | 103/78 | Potatoes | 8/53 |
| Cheese | 750/480 | Herring | 66/254 |
| Goats’ milk | 129/106 | Eggs, whole | 54/205 |
| Cow’s milk | 118/93 | Egg yolk | 141/569 |
| Cabbage | 67/54 | Lentils, cooked | 25/119 |
| Celery | 39/28 | Pecans | 73/289 |
| Pineapple, raw | 17/8 | Walnuts | 99/380 |
| Turnips | 39/30 | Coconut, dried | 26/187 |
| Grapes | 16/12 | Peas, dried cooked | 11/89 |
| Butter | 20/16 | Peanuts | 69/401 |
| Carrots | 37/36 | Brazil nuts | 186/693 |
| Tofu | 128/126 | Barley | 16/189 |
| Grapefruit, whole | 16/16 | Mushrooms | 6/116 |
| Cucumber | 25/27 | Sweet corn | 3/111 |
| Dates | 59/63 | Corn, dried | 22/268 |
| Lemon juice, apples | 7/10 | Rice, brown | 37/292 |
| Watermelon | 7/10 | Cashew nuts | 38/373 |
| Pears | 8/11 | Millet | 20/311 |
| Apricots, fresh | 17/23 | Sunflower seed | 120/837 |
| Plums | 12/18 | Rye, wheat | 37/380 |
| Orange juice | 11/17 | Oats | 53/405 |
| Onions | 27/36 | Torula yeast | 424/1713 |
| Peaches | 9/19 | Brewers’ yeast | 210/1753 |
| Sardines | 430/575 | Bran, rice/wheat | 100/1300 |
| Eggplant | 11/21 | Wheat germ | 72/1118 |
| Peas, fresh | 62/90 | Pumpkin seeds | 51/1144 |
| Parsnip | 50/77 | Meat average | 10/200 |
| Tomatoes | 13/27 | Liver average | 15/540 |
The nature of cancers
The new Microscope
A new concept in optical microscopy is the grayfield method as developed by Kurt Olbrich (www.grayfieldoptical.com). This allows one to see detailed structures that are otherwise not even visible with conventional phase contrast microscopy. Now it is possible to observe the decomposition of live blood or the pleomorphic changes from spores or viral forms to bacteria and fungi in diseased blood.
Previous researchers of pleomorpic processes were restricted to a magnification of about 2000 times and a resolution of 200 nm while this method allows magnifications of up to 30,000 times and resolutions of less than 100 nm with great depth of focus in natural colours. Therefore everything can now be seen in much greater detail, and even be filmed. Orthodox microbiologists have used conventional analytical methods and theories to prove that the observed Enderlein structures are dead protein aggregates, but if they would instead use the Olbrich method and film the development and movement of these entities then they would be unable to defend their dogma.
I recommend that you watch these two videos: www.grayfieldoptical.com/humoral-pathology.html runs for 22:34 minutes and shows the activity and development of pleomorphics in the blood. A longer video made earlier and of lesser quality but showing additional interesting facts is at www.grayfieldoptical.com/symbiosis-or-parasitism.html (50:50 minutes). Disregard the scientific details of the explanations, and especially the difficult-to-understand names of the various microbes and processes, and just focus on what you see. Even watch it all a second time to let it better sink in.
Also see www.grayfieldoptical.com/files/sanguinogramm.pdf for detailed drawings and descriptions of the development cycle of these pleomorphic microbes. In the head of these club-shaped microbes one can see new spores or viruses evolving, and when the whole structure reaches a certain size the head explodes and releases a new batch of virus-sized particles into the blood. Immune cells or phagocytes gobble up these virus forms, but if there are too many they just continue to develop inside the phagocytes into club-shaped forms. These eventually break out again with large heads full of viruses that they release into the blood.
The Nature of Pleomorphics
These videos show that healthy blood is clean with well-formed red blood cells, also called erythrocytes. In addition there is a faintly perceptible background structure of tiny globules with a single tail. During an acute infection some of these globules grow much bigger and develop a second tail, but after the infection has cleared up they disappear again. If the body is generally more unhealthy or in a so-called pre-cancerous condition then these structures remain permanently visible as round or elongated club-shaped forms.
An interesting phenomenon is the movement of these globules in and out of erythrocytes. Pleomorphics live mainly on our blood sugar, and when it is high they are mainly outside in the plasma but with low blood sugar they move back into the erythrocytes where they find more food. Then after eating sweet food they come back out again.
As the immune system continues to deteriorate fungus-like forms with long threads develop and grow increasingly bigger. The rigid and flexible fibers shown in the pleomorphic videos reminded me of the weird-looking specimens of Morgellons disease that I once viewed. In this disease strange synthetic-looking fibers come out of the skin. This suggests to me that Morgellons may be the result of the crystalline mycoplasma species developed by the US Army.
The time-line shows that the first patent application was in 1986 and the final patent granted in 1993, while the term ‘Morgellons disease’ was coined in 2002. Successful self-help methods for Morgellons on the Internet seem to be effective against mycoplasma in general. It appears that the US Army started experimenting with mycoplasma soon after the end of WW2 as suggested by several strange epidemics such as the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955 involving Myalgic Encephalitis, now more commonly called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia.
Large fungal forms are present at the end-stages of cancer and Aids. It is recognised that frequently the cause of death is due to systemic fungus infestations or mycoses. Conventional theory assumes that these are secondary to tumours or the AIDS virus, while the observed pleomorphic life cycle shows that these and their fungal stages are the primary cause why people die of cancer and probably AIDS. The reason for the lethal effects of severe mycoses is probably a combination of poisoning of the energy-producing mitochondria inside cells by fungal toxins and the destruction of erythrocytes by pleomorphics.
These pleomorphics not only fill the inside of red blood cells and deplete them of nutrients, they also form spines and long protrusions in the cell wall when they move out into the plasma. Someone with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease, once mentioned that he was shocked to see that most of his red blood cells looked like black sea-urchins. These erythrocytes can no longer supply nutrients to the body and are quickly destroyed in the spleen.
This is the real cause of severe anaemia that is so common in advanced cancer and various other diseases. In the end stages of cancer nearly 100% of erythrocytes are strongly infested and dysfunctional. This then leads to cachexia (muscle wasting with extreme fatigue) as the leading cause of death in cancer and AIDS. However, as shown in the longer video, with special Enderlein vaccines even in advanced cancer the erythrocytes could be returned to health within one month with simultaneous shrinking of existing metastases.
You may wonder how it is possible for a single cause such as an overgrowth of the blood with pleomorphics to lead to many different diseases. The answer is basically the same as why a cyclone or hurricane can destroy one building and leave another one undamaged, or rips off the roof of one and causes water damage in another. When the immune system is severely weakened then any pathogens have free range, and the weakest organ will be the first to crumble.
Cancer origins
For nearly a century we had increasingly strong evidence for a common microbial cause of cancer and autoimmune diseases but now we also have visual proof. A newly developed research microscope can show us in great detail what happens in the blood of individuals who develop these diseases. What it shows is that the key for understanding their cause and cure is the rise, or perhaps better the uprising, of an endogenous microbe in the blood.
Based on the work of Louis Pasteur in the late 19th century the scientific community adopted the concept of monomorphism. This means that microbes always maintain their basic shape as virus, bacterium or fungus. The term pleomorphism, on the other hand, as coined by the French chemist and biologist Antoine Béchamp (1816–1908), refers to the ability of microbes to change from one form into another, similar to a caterpillar changing into a butterfly.
Historical Evidence
While a causal correlation between cancer and microbes has been shown only in a few rare or animal tumours, several independent researchers have reported the proliferation of certain microbes in all cancer patients. One of the first was the German professor of zoology and microbiology Günther Enderlein who described in 1925 the different stages of a microbe that is normally present in the blood as tiny colloidal protein units.
These protein units appear to originate from the natural breakdown of cellular components and may be essential for healthy blood. In degenerative diseases, especially cancer and autoimmune diseases, but also Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, these protein units grow into increasingly higher bacterial forms and finally into fungi. Conventionally these forms are called Enderlein structures and are the basis of Live Blood Analysis as presently used in natural therapy.
Independently, mostly without knowing of each other’s work, several other researchers – including Royal Raymond Rife, Wilhelm Reich, Virginia Livingston-Wheeler, Alan Cantwell and Gaston Naessens – have described the same phenomenon. Orthodoxy, however, has a dogma that says microbes always have the same form and cannot change from viruses into bacteria and fungi. This is because orthodox microbiologists commonly observe dead stained microbes in dead tissue, or live ones for short periods, instead of live microbes in live tissue at very high magnification over long periods.
Of special interest are experiments of Dr Livingston-Wheeler who injected cultures of pleomorphic organisms into mice. When small amounts were injected then an autoimmune disease developed but higher doses produced tumours or cancer. Accordingly these cancer-forming microbes have often been called cancer viruses or cancer microbes.
Mycoplasma
The growth cycle of pleomorphics includes a stage as cell-wall-deficient microbes or CWD. These may arise endogenously within our body or arrive from the outside as mycoplasma. Orthodox microbiology does not recognise that CWD can arise endogenously but mycoplasma are known since 1898 as the smallest group of bacteria. The term “myco” indicates fungus-like properties while “plasma” points to the soft shell without a cell wall. They are actually living particles of bacterial nucleic acid and are regarded as being parasites in our body.
Mycoplasma or their spores are so small that, like viruses, they go through bacterial filters and may contaminate blood used for transfusions. Often mycoplasma infections remain symptomless until one suffers a traumatic event or when health deteriorates for some other reason. Because of the missing cell wall mycoplasma do not respond to most antibiotics. Commonly mycoplasma infections are associated with the presence of other pathogenic microbes and parasites.
Of special interest are presently the microbes associated with Lyme disease which can naturally originate from tick bites. The bacteria that cause Lyme disease, the spiral-shaped Borrelia, have been shown to exist in a bacterial as well as in a mycoplasma form and as spores. They also can hide from the immune system by using markers of normal body cells.
Modern Lyme disease started in 1975 as an epidemic in the town of Lyme, Connecticut, close to a biological warfare research laboratory. US government scientists hold a patent on behalf of the US Army for the crystalline mycoplasma fermentans. This semi-synthetic species appears to be much more dangerous than the natural variety (www.publichealthalert.org/Articles/scottforsgren/mycoplasma.htm).
Mycoplasma fermentans is an important agent in several modern diseases which suddenly appeared in epidemic form such as AIDS, Lyme disease, Gulf War Syndrome, and Morgellons disease. Various mycoplasma species are associated with pneumonia, bladder infections, endocrine dysfunctions, gastro-intestinal distress, and other conditions. A key problem with mycoplasma is their disruptive influence on cholesterol and other sterols, and even worse is the toxic effect of the Borrelia spirochete on our lipoproteins, thereby wrecking our fat metabolism.
The microbes of Lyme disease may trigger hundreds of different symptoms and have now been shown to mimic most chronic diseases, especially chronic fatigue conditions, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune diseases in general, but also mental conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. Some of these, including Parkinson’s disease, could be cured by eliminating the mycoplasma infestation (www.samento.com.ec/sciencelib/4lyme/Townsendhowens.html).
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