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Abscess (Carbuncles & Boils)

An abscess is a collection of pus (dead neutrophils) that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue in which the pus resides. They are usually caused by bacteria, parasites or other foreign materials (e.g., splinters, bullet wounds, or injecting needles). An abscess is a defensive reaction of the tissue to prevent the spread of infectious materials to other parts of the body (making it a good thing, but tell that to the pain it causes!) The bacteria/parasites (or foreign materials) kill the local cells, resulting in the release of cytokines. The cytokines trigger an inflammatory response, which draws large numbers of white blood cells to the area and increases the regional blood flow.

The cardinal symptoms and signs of any kind of inflammatory process are redness, heat, swelling, pain and loss of function. Abscesses may occur in any kind of solid tissue but occur most frequently on skin surfaces, where they may be superficial pustules (boils) or deep skin abscesses. But they can also form in the lungs, brain, teeth, kidneys and tonsils.

Left unresolved, major complications can occur, including spreading of the abscess material to adjacent or remote tissues and extensive regional tissue death (gangrene). An abscess will begin to heal once it has drained in most cases. You cannot lance a boil until the head is soft. Pricking (lancing) the white or yellow head (but wait until there is a head) with a sterile needle is recommended. Squeezing is NOT recommended as it can push infected debris through tissue back into the blood and it can also promote scaring. Natural drainage is the best solution, let the body perform the miracle.

If the head of the abscess is hard, like you see in the photo, make a paste of IC-2 and Liquid Detox and wrap it over the area. You can add a dab of Healing Salve if you need to keep it as a paste. The IC-2 and Liquid Detox will draw the toxins to the surface and help the boil soften and come to a head so you can lance it for drainage. Once a boil is lanced and begins to drain, Liquid Detox can be applied to a band aid or bandage and applied over the abscess to initiate healing and keep the site from re-infecting. If the abscess appears as an open wound, pack it with Healing Salve to help it heal quickly and with the least scaring.

If your abscess is in a tooth, take some of the Healing Salve and mix it with equal parts of IC-2 and pack it between the cheek and the tooth with the abscess. This will help draw the infection out of the tooth. If there is pain in the tooth, take a piece of ice and rub it along the web between the thumb and pointer finger.

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Alopecia

Alopecia is the medical term for hair loss or baldness. It is further classified by type or cause.

  • Androgenetic alopecia (also called pattern baldness) usually occurs due to loss of specific types of hormones called androgens.
  • Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that tends to occur in spots, as opposed to the pattern baldness.
  • Alopecia areata monolocularis means that hair loss occurs in one spot only, usually on the head.
  • Alopecia areata multilocularis means that hair loss occurs in several spots, and loss may not be limited to the head.
  • Trichotillomania ia a condition where people have an impulse to pluck out their own hair.

Thyroid imbalance may also cause hair loss. Fungal conditions like ringworm may also result in alopecia. Eczema, sudden stress and prolonged illness that depletes the immune system can cause hair loss. Many autoimmune diseases, like lupus and AIDS can cause hair loss as well. In addition, certain medications can cause hair loss, particularly the case with drugs used for chemotherapy.

NOTE. If someone comes to my office asking for assistance in hair loss, if it is not pattern baldness (genetic), it is almost certainly caused by a thyroid problem (more the case with women), worms in the body & severe malnutrition, but the number one reason for hair loss is DHT build-up (particularly the case with male hair loss, including the patterns baldness). My Vitamin D3 formula addresses the DHT issue very well. If the hair loss was induced by medication, chemo or autoimmune issues, you will need the appropriate detox remedy.

Each part of the head represents a different part of the body, so the pattern or location of your hair loss may dictate what system needs additional attention. The top of the head (forehead to crown) tends to indicate digestion and elimination weakness (Intestines). Add the Digestive Aid with each meal and IC-1 if you have elimination problems. Hair problems on the crown indicates Adrenal imbalance. You may need a good Omega-3 (Krill Oil is my favorite) supplement along with Adrenal support. General hair loss or thinning all over indicates Thyroid weakness, while receding along the forehead may be more of a kidney weakness.

HOME REMEDY: Washing your hair with cold water is a very good remedy for caring your scalp (rather than hot). Rub your scalp vigorously when you wash your hair, it’s the best remedy to activate the sebaceous glands and promote blood circulation. If you have oily skin and hair, it often means you do not break down animal fats and proteins well. If you seriously want to re-grow hair, consider an organic vegetarian diet (dairy free). Additionally, use shampoo and other hair products that are petroleum free. There are many home remedies listed on the internet if you do a search. From rubbing onion on your head to chicken poop! None thus far I can substantiate with high consistent results, but most are quite safe if you want to try them.

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Allergies

There are so many of them, and so many people have them, but is the allergy the problem or yet another side effect?

An allergy is an overcompensation of the body’s immune system when confronted with an element it cannot digest, metabolize or otherwise “deal with.” No matter what your allergen is, the body reacts to it as a foreign invader, a bad guy, thus the reaction. The modern world either lives with their allergies or use drugs to suppress the symptoms. But what if you could eliminate them altogether? If an allergy is really the symptom, wouldn’t it be nice to identify and eliminate the cause?

WHAT IS AN ALLERGY? During an allergic process, the substance responsible for causing the allergy, or allergen, binds to allergic antibodies present on allergic cells in a person’s body, including mast cells and basophils. These cells then release chemicals such as histamine and leukotrienes, resulting in allergic symptoms such as a runny nose, itchy eyes, hives, general swelling, vomiting, diarrhea, trouble breathing, quickened heart rate and finally loss of consciousness because of a drop in the person’s blood pressure. This is called anaphylaxis (systemic vasodilation resulting in low blood pressure), which can be caused by a severe allergic reaction. People who are aware of allergens of this level generally carry epipens.

There is a simple allergy test you can do at home if you wish to find exactly what you might be allergic to. Click here for more details.

Conventional treatment of allergies is directed at blocking the immune response, but it would seem wiser to identify the cause of the allergen rather than reduce immune response, which is needed for so many other things in the body. Even better than identifying the allergen would be correcting the reason you have an allergy at all! Why does your body respond in an allergic way? Why does the pollen or that cat make you sneeze, yet other people are not affected by it? Identification of allergies is wonderful when we need to find the cause of an annoying symptom or health condition, but the ‘allergy’ is not really the answer. The real underlying issue is why YOUR body will not digest or metabolize that item.

The real cause of most allergies is one or more of the following:

  1. A toxin interfering with digestive capability. In developed countries, the toxin is often GMO foods, or genetically modified foods. These foods are often loaded with BT toxin. Avoid all forms of corn and grains that are not GMO-free.
  2. A deficiency of enzymes in the intestine. If you do not eat plenty of raw fruits and veggies daily, you may need to add the Digestive Aid.
  3. Lack of fiber and normal bowel elimination – The IC-1 provides the fiber, use it daily if you have allergies, and if your bowels still do not move twice a day, add the Bowel Stimulant.
  4. There is often some emotional congestion involved with those that have severe or chronic allergies. You might consider EFT or some method to help heal from that perspective.

NOTE: Dehydration is a huge factor with allergies, particularly if hives are part of the complaint – stop all caffeine! Also keep in mind that gluten, one of the most common allergies, has been over consumed. Original wheat, for example, had 2% gluten while modern wheat has been genetically modified and contains as much as 19% gluten. That is much more than the human body was created to deal with. If you have food allergies or any kind, or any health condition / complaint that is not responding, PLEASE watch this GMO documentary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnlTYFKBg18&feature=youtube_gdata_player and make the appropriate dietary changes. There is no medicine for what you must correct At Home!

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Alkalosis

Alkalosis occurs when the pH of the blood exceeds 7.45. Healthy pH of the blood (not to be confused with urine or saliva pH) must remain between 7.35 and 7.45. Causes of alkalosis are considered respiratory or metabolic. A person may or may not experience symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they would include what you see in each photo.


Potential causes for alkalosis include:

  • Respiratory alkalosis is caused by low carbon dioxide levels which can occur at a high altitude or having a disease that reduces oxygen in the blood, which would cause you to breathe faster (hyperventilate). This lowers carbon dioxide levels. Breathing into a paper bag in the case of a person with hyperventilation forces the person to breathe the carbon dioxide they just blew out back into the lungs and resupplies the needed carbon dioxide.
  • Hypochloremic alkalosis is generally caused by excessive vomiting, which results in the loss of hydrochloric acid (hydrogen and chloride ions) with the stomach contents. In the hospital setting this can commonly occur from nasogastric suction tubes. Severe vomiting also causes loss of potassium (hypokalaemia) and sodium (hyponatraemia). The kidneys compensate for these losses by retaining sodium in the collecting ducts at the expense of hydrogen ions (sparing sodium/potassium pumps to prevent further loss of potassium), leading to metabolic alkalosis.
  • Hyperaldosteronism can occur when the kidneys lose hydrogen and aldosterone increases the activity of sodium-hydrogen exchange protein in the kidneys.
  • Contraction alkalosis results from a loss of water in the extracellular space which is poor in bicarbonate, typically from diuretic use.
  • Alkalotic agents, such as bicarbonate (administrated in cases of peptic ulcer or hyperacidity) or antacids, administered in excess can lead to an alkalosis.
  • Severe dehydration, or endocrine disorders like Cushing’s syndrome.
  • Hypokalemic alkalosis is caused by the kidneys’ response to an extreme lack or loss of potassium, which can occur when people take certain diuretic medications.

HOME REMEDY: Bananas and cranberry juice either unsweetened or sweetened with honey should correct metabolic alkalosis. All of the chemical factors above are addressed in the Alkalosis Remedy, however, if the issue is from severe vomiting, kidney disease, reaction to medications, etc, you need to correct that root issue.

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Alcoholism

Please read about Addiction to understand the principle of Alcoholism. In terms of how alcohol affects the physical body, after alcohol is ingested, it reaches the stomach where about 20% of the alcohol absorbs into the blood stream, through small blood vessels. The remaining 80% of the alcohol continues to the small intestine and is absorbed there into the blood stream. The alcohol flows through the blood stream and must be metabolized (processed) by the liver, where the alcohol is broken down by enzymes. On average, the liver can metabolize about one standard drink in one hour (i.e. one 12 ounce bottle of beer, one 4 ounce glass of wine or 1.5 ounces of 40% alcohol).

Alcohol consumed in addition to these amounts cannot be processed immediately by the liver, so your blood becomes saturated and the additional alcohol makes its way to your body tissues and blood stream until your liver is freed up process the excess. When consumed in large amounts over a prolonged period of time, alcohol can harm virtually every part of your body. Many of the effects are reversible if alcohol consumption is controlled, or better, eliminated.

Health Conditions Caused By Alcohol:

  1. Extended alcohol abuse can cause blood conditions including several forms of anemia and blood clotting abnormalities. These conditions could result in susceptibility to bleeding and bruising.
  2. Prolonged alcohol use can also impair white blood cell function and thus makes the abuser more likely to acquire infection and get over infections.
  3. Intense vomiting from excessive drinking can tear the esophagus; half the cancers in the esophagus, larynx and mouth are linked to alcohol.
  4. Excessive and prolonged alcohol consumption can cause conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease and heart failure. Social drinkers who binge can get irregular heartbeats from their alcoholic habits.
  5. Osteoporosis and some forms of arthritis can be advanced by alcohol abuse.
  6. Prolonged heavy drinking can cause kidney failure.
  7. It can cause Cirrhosis, which is a buildup of scar tissue that changes the structure of the liver and blocks blood flow and varicose veins, which can rupture and potentially trigger internal bleeding.
  8. Heavy drinkers are more susceptible to pneumonia and lung collapse, and also have more pulmonary infections.
  9. Alcohol can reduce the amount of digestive enzymes secreted by the pancreas, thereby inflaming and leaking digestive enzymes, which subsequently attack the pancreas itself, or cause leaky gut syndrome.
  10. Because of alcohol’s affects on the brain and alcohol’s effects on the kidneys, hormonal production is affected.
  11. In men, this could mean that the production of sperm and testosterone are affected, and that can lead to impotence and/or infertility. In women, estrogen metabolism in the liver can be decreased, which boost estrogen levels in the body. These changes can contribute to menstrual irregularities and potentially infertility.
  12. Alcohol can damage the cells lining the stomach and intestines, which can block the absorption and breakdown of nutrients in those organs. Alcohol can irritate the stomach to the point of inducing gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining), ulcers and acid reflux, or a hiatal hernia. Prolonged exposure to alcohol can erode the stomach lining and cause chronic blood seepage into the stomach. If the individual is particularly unlucky, a vessel can rupture and cause major bleeding.

HOME REMEDY: The juice made from raw celery sobers an already intoxicated person faster than coffee. To create this juice, mix half a glass of celery juice with half a glass of water. This should be taken once daily for a month to cleanse excess alcohol from the blood and liver. Eating a generous amount of apples detoxifies the body, helps resupply some enzymes and heal the stomach lining, and helps reduce the craving for wines and other liquors. Most notable home remedy for detoxification and helping to overcome alcohol addiction is a strict diet made of grapes for a month or more…nothing but organic grapes and water. It gives the therapeutic effect of a fast, but adds the detox properties of the grapes. If liver damage is suspected, 2-4 tablespoons of juice extracted from the leaves of bitter gourd each day makes a powerful antidote. If the intestinal lining has suffered (ulcers, hemorrhoids, etc.) mix three teaspoons of bitter gourd juice with a glass of buttermilk. This should be taken every morning for the month. Plenty of rest is in order but daily physical exercises to keep the blood moving and flushing through the liver are needed. Most alcoholics need to supplement Vitamin’s B1. B2 and B6 as alcohol creates severe depletions of these vitamins.

Best Alcohol Choices: After reading the information above, hopefully you are not a big fan of alcohol. But if you must have some, the best choice is organic, red wine. There are even benefits to it if used in moderation. There is no health benefit to white wine. Liquors of all kind are destructive, but if you must have some, choose those made from non-grain sources, such as tequila, vodka made from grapes or potatoes, etc. Beer, the darker the better because it can help with digestive properties. The issue with any alcohol made from grains long term is primarily that most grains are now GMO.

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AIDS/HIV

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) should be characterized as multiple infections in the body that the immune system is unable to keep controlled. You can get infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) from anyone who’s infected, even if they don’t look sick and even if they haven’t tested HIV-positive yet. The blood, vaginal fluid, semen, and breast milk of people infected with HIV has enough of the virus in it to infect other people.

Most people get the HIV virus by:

  • having sex with an infected person
  • sharing a needle (shooting drugs) with someone who’s infected
  • being born when their mother is infected
  • drinking the breast milk of an infected woman
  • contact with infected rectal (anal) mucus
  • getting a transfusion of infected blood although blood supply is screened very carefully and the risk is extremely low now.

There are no documented cases of HIV being transmitted by tears or saliva, but it is possible to be infected with HIV through oral sex or in rare cases through deep kissing, especially if you have open sores in your mouth or bleeding gums. Many people are HIV-positive but don’t get sick for many years.

As HIV disease continues, it slowly wears down the immune system causing immunodeficiency. Viruses, parasites, fungi and bacteria that usually don’t cause any problems for the human immune system can make you very sick now. These are called “opportunistic infections” and are the very definition of AIDS. AIDS is often believed to be caused by the HIV virus but Dr. Robert Willner conclusively proved otherwise in his book, Deadly Deception. You can “get” HIV from another person, but you don’t actually “get” AIDS. You might get infected with HIV, and later you might develop AIDS, but one does not always conclude the other, so AIDS and HIV should be looked at as two separate conditions. Because most people view them as one and the same, and the protocol for eliminating them both is similar, I have listed them both in this column.

Like all viruses, the HIV is only interested in one thing: reproducing itself. Once it has attacked and moved into a T cell, it converts that cell into a miniature virus factory. Eventually there are so many new viruses in the cell that the T cell explodes, scattering the HIV back into the bloodstream. The virus then moves on to fresh T cells and repeats the process. Over time, the HIV can destroy virtually all of an infected person’s T cells in this manner. Why doesn’t the immune system take care of it like it does most viruses? The HIV virus is coated in what seems to be a sugar, so the cells confuse it for food and let it go undetected.

If a person does contract HIV, the first stage of infection is a period of rapid viral replication that leads to an abundance of virus in the peripheral blood with levels of HIV commonly approaching several million viruses per mL. Normal ranges are from 500-1500 cells/microliter (mL), not millions. This response is accompanied by a marked drop in the numbers of circulating CD4 + T-cells. This acute viremia is associated in virtually all people exposed with the activation of CD8+ T-cells, which kill HIV-infected cells (those are the good guys). The CD8 + T cell response is thought to be important in controlling virus levels, which peak and then decline, as the CD4 + T-cell counts rebound.

During this period (usually 2-4 weeks post-exposure) most individuals (80 to 90%) develop an influenza or mononucleosis-like illness called acute HIV infection, the most common symptoms of which may include fever, lymphadenopathy (swollen, enlarged lymph nodes), pharyngitis (sore throat), rash, myalgia (muscle pain), malaise, mouth and esophageal sores, and may also include, but less commonly, headache, nausea and vomiting, enlarged liver/spleen, weight loss, thrush, and neurological symptoms. Infected individuals may experience all, some, or none of these symptoms. The duration of symptoms varies, averaging 28 days but usually lasting at least a week. Because of the nonspecific nature of these symptoms, they are often not recognized as signs of HIV infection. CD4 and T-cells are monitored in blood testing to see how well the immune system is dealing with infection. If infection is getting out of control the CD4 levels rise, so decline in CD4 blood test is considered progression.

You are considered to have AIDS when your immune system is seriously damaged. AIDS can be diagnosed when the number of immune system cells (CD4 cells) in the blood (often of an HIV positive person) drops below a certain level. Most life-threatening opportunistic infections occur when a person’s CD4 count is below 220 or if your CD4 percentage is less than 14%, you have AIDS. If you get an opportunistic infection at this point, you have AIDS. There is an “official” list of these opportunistic infections put out by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

The most common ones are:

  • PCP (Pneumocystis pneumonia), a lung infection
  • KS (Kaposi’s sarcoma), a skin cancer, see photo
  • CMV (Cytomegalovirus), an infection that usually affects the eyes
  • Candida, a fungal infection that can cause thrush (a white film in your mouth) or infections in your throat or vagina

AIDS-related diseases also includes serious weight loss, brain tumors, and other health problems. Without treatment, these opportunistic infections can kill you because at this point there is severe malnutrition and your immune system no longer works for you. Don’t give up yet though!

HOME REMEDY: Rebuilding the immune system is only part of the key. This is a disease that initiates great fear for most, think of AIDS itself as severe malnutrition and immune compromise; HIV may or may not be a part of that. The first step is to identify and correct nutritional imbalances. You must get on a strict diet, primarily one of home-made organic vegetable juices with organic, cold processed whey as a primary protein source. Secondly, of course, is to eliminate all the toxins causing the immune system to fail. As the causative factors are being addressed and corrected, the emotional patterns that may be feeding the problem should be addressed as well as there is always a severe lack of self worth (often father issues). Note that homosexuals and drug users with AIDS need to change their lifestyle if they hope to achieve wellness and maintain it.

People with confirmed HIV often use a ‘viral load test’ to see how the body is dealing with the virus. I have seen people get off of the viral medication, and feel better than ever while the viral load goes off the charts in the blood test. This is because the body is going after the virus, like stirring a bucket that had mud settled in the bottom. The top of the water looks clear until you stir the bucket. Once stirred the water looks much worst, but there is no extra mud (infection) you just got things moving. In addition to the protocol listed on the right (HIV detox is included in the AIDS remedy), get some Lycine and take 2-3 times the recommended dose to help reduce collagen break down. Use Ascorbic Vitamin C as well. Take as much as you can without causing diarrhea. That should be 10-15 grams a day. Take 2-3 grams every 3-4 hours because it is water soluble so you don’t want your maximum dose all at once.

NOTE: I have seen both HIV and AIDS completely resolved and normal lifestyles resumed, this is a correctable health condition.

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Ageusia

Ageusia is loss of the tongue’s taste functions; the inability to detect specific taste like sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami (the taste of monosodium glutamate). Humans detect taste with taste receptor cells. These are clustered in taste buds. We do not actually taste with our taste bud. The taste buds are chemoreceptors, meaning that they transduce, or translate, chemical signals in food into electrical signals in the body. These electrical signals, called action potentials, travel to the brain via the nervous system, allowing us to experience the sensation of taste. The sensation of taste, like all sensations, resides in the brain, so it is the activation of hard-wired neurons that determines the sensation of taste, not the molecules nor the receptors themselves.

Essentially taste buds send signals to the brain and the brain cross references its files with emotional issues related to the taste at hand as well as chemical balance levels. For example salt might taste good, but when the body has enough, it suddenly doesn’t taste as good. Each taste bud has a pore that opens out to the surface of the tongue enabling molecules and ions taken into the mouth to reach the receptor cells inside (see photo). A single taste bud contains 50-100 taste cells representing all 5 taste sensations (so the classic textbook pictures showing separate taste areas on the tongue are wrong).

The tongue can only indicate texture and differentiate between sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami. Most of what is perceived as the sense of taste is actually derived from smell. Ageusia is sometimes confused for as anosmia, loss of the sense of smell. Hypogeusia is partial loss of taste while Dysgeusia is distortion or alteration of taste.

Causes include: Tobacco abuse, Otologic surgery, Drug side effects, Anxiety Disorder, Tissue damage to nerves in the tongue, Vitamin deficiency (Vit. B3 and Zinc) and Neurological disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis. If you have had surgery, there is very little we can do. If you have had heavy tobacco use, please add that remedy to your protocol. Also, go to your local health food store and get some Zinc lozenges. Suck on 2-6 of those each day for at least two months while doing the protocol on the right.

This Remedy includes Aldosterone, which is known to increase the salt receptors, as well as sodium and calcium as they are part of the salt receptors in taste. Leptin, as required for sweet receptors. Glutamic acid, required for umami taste receptors, and Vitamin B3 and Zinc. Health of the intestines, particularly large intestine govern the sense of taste (five element theory).

NOTE: You can purchase Kava-Kava in tea form. Drink at least 2 times a day. You can also mix 24 grams of the cassia pulp with 250 ml hot milk and use as a mouthwash to help reinitiate taste receptors.

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Age Spots

The term ‘age spots’, or lentigines, refers to the brownish spots that, over time appear on your face and body as a result of overexposure to the sun, or that is what you have been told, right? Our skin has what is called ‘melanin pigment’ which absorbs sunlight and helps naturally protect our skin from UV rays. There are a couple different types of brown spots that people get on their skin. There are solar lentigos (age spots) and freckles (known as ephiledes). These often come from the sun and that’s because the sun damages the melanocytes, which are the cells in the epidermis (the skin’s surface layer) that produce melanin pigment.

Tan skin is not healthy skin. A tan is our body’s way of telling us our skin has been damaged, and its attempt to protect itself from further damage. As we undergo UVA and UVB light exposure from the sun’s rays or from tanning beds, we are damaging our skin, which will lead to age spots (solar lentigines), sun spots, liver spots, poikiloderma (reddish-brown areas of discoloration) and melasma (mottled brownish areas).

Most of the cells in our epidermis are skin cells that form the dead skin layer as well as keratin that protects us from the outside world, but one in every tenth or twentieth cell is a melanocyte which produces melanin pigment and transfers this brown pigment to our skin cells to help protect us against the sun. Dark-skinned people do a much better job of protecting themselves from the sun because they naturally have higher melanin. Estrogen and progesterone imbalance can contribute indirectly to spot formation as well. If an age spot changes color or consistency or begins itching or burning it may be moving into malignancy.

So does the sun really cause sun spots, age spots and skin cancer? The quick answer is, Nope! I do not believe the sun causes age spots. It contributes to it, but the underlying cause is calcium that comes out of solution in the body and accumulates in the skin pigment. When these areas are exposed to too much sun or UV rays it browns the now solidified calcium. Did you ever wonder why you get ‘spots’ and don’t just become one large spot in all burned areas? In the alternative health world the age spots are more accurately termed liver spots because they are associated with liver congestion or toxicity. One research study showed that severe age spots evident on the hands and arms were indicators of chronic congestion in the circulatory system around the brain. Skin issues always reflect deeper issues, the sun is just a contributor, not the cause. That said, any sun exposure that causes burn is toxic for the body. Sunscreens are not healthy so it is best to use hats and clothing to cover the skin past the point of light pink color.

HOME REMEDY: You can find all kinds of home remedies for removing age spots on the internet. From applying honey to rubbing raw onion all over them. The one thing I have seen work consistently is lemon. Taking a small slice of real lemon and rubbing it into the spots twice a day. A proven remedy for age spots is Aloe Vera. Buy a plant and keep it in your bathroom. Break off a small piece daily and rub the juice over your age spots. Remember that long term those spots mean you have calcium that is out of solution, it has crystallized. What you see on the outside is a symptom of what is going on inside the body. Use our Vitamin D3 daily to help break up crystalized calcium. SunscreensSunscreens are more harm than good long term, and can contribute to the problem, which is why it is listed as the detox. In addition, the Lemonade Cleanse is amazing. The results are cumulative because it is having to remove plaque from the inside of your circulatory system and brain, remember? So do the Lemonade Cleanse every two months until you are where you want. Give this program a year and you will be notably different, inside and out.

NOTE: If you suspect a skin spot may be cancerous, which may be the fact if it is quite dark, raised, begins to change color or itch, you may apply the C-Herb to the spot. If there is any cancer cells in the area, the C-Herb will pull them out and keep them from spreading or metastasizing. PLEASE do not use on the face as it can leave serious scarring.

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Addison’s Disease

Addison’s disease occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone cortisol and, in some cases, the hormone aldosterone (from the kidney). The disease is also called adrenal insufficiency, or hypocortisolism. It occurs in all age groups and afflicts men and women equally. The disease is characterized by weight loss (loss of appetite), muscle weakness, chronic fatigue, low blood pressure, crave salty foods and sometimes darkening of the skin (see photo) in both exposed and nonexposed parts of the body. 50% of the time a person will notice nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. It is considered an autoimmune disorder where the immune system makes antibodies that attack and slowly destroy the adrenal cortex. Adrenal insufficiency occurs when 90% of the cortex has been destroyed. Sometimes only the adrenal gland is affected, as in idiopathic adrenal insufficiency; sometimes other glands also are affected, as in the polyendocrine deficiency syndrome.

Because cortisol is so vital to health, the amount of cortisol produced by the adrenals is precisely balanced. Like many other hormones, cortisol is regulated by the brain’s hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. First, the hypothalamus sends “releasing hormones” to the pituitary gland. One of the pituitary’s main functions is to secrete ACTH (adrenocorticotropin), a hormone that stimulates the adrenal glands. When the adrenals receive the pituitary’s signal in the form of ACTH, they respond by producing cortisol.

Aldosterone, also produced by the adrenal glands, helps maintain blood pressure and water and salt balance in the body by helping the kidney retain sodium and excrete potassium. When aldosterone production falls too low, the kidneys are not able to regulate salt and water balance, causing blood volume and blood pressure to drop. Because the symptoms progress slowly, they are usually ignored until a stressful event like an illness or an accident causes them to become worse. This is called an addisonian crisis, or acute adrenal insufficiency. In most cases, symptoms are severe enough that people seek medical treatment before a crisis occurs. However, in about 25 percent of patients, symptoms first appear during an addisonian crisis. Left untreated, an addisonian crisis can be fatal.

  • Symptoms of an addisonian crisis include:
  • sudden penetrating pain in the lower back, abdomen, or legs
  • severe vomiting and diarrhea
  • dehydration
  • low blood pressure
  • loss of consciousness

Causes of Addison’s Disease include: tuberculosis, infections (particularly fungal), metastatic tumor, long term use of anti-inflammatory steroids like prednisone and surgical removal of adrenal gland, hypothalamus or pituitary.

NOTE: If you have had any of these glands removed, you may use the remedies listed with no negative side effect, but I am not sure they will do what you seek. The remedies are designed to work with the body. When parts are missing, that task becomes difficult. If you still have all your body parts, Use the protocol listed, but you may also need to find a natural supplement called an Adrenal Glandular to go with it.

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Addiction

Addiction is defined as the continued use of a mood altering substance or behavior despite adverse consequences. The consequence does not have to be a physical health hazard as induced by cigarettes, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, etc. Your addiction may be causing you stress at a level that will eventually create psychological or neurological issues, which often manifest physically as chronic pain, fibromyalgia, dementia, autoimmune disease, etc. Perhaps a bit more accurate description for addiction should be, “Anything that impairs control over a substance, behavior or preoccupation.” When you see it this way, in all likelihood, we all have one addiction or another, probably several. Maybe going to the gym is your addiction, or that next tattoo, or having to dress in the designer clothes, perhaps have the best car or making a certain amount of money, even religion can become an addiction.

Do you eat healthy as a general principle, or is it so strict and rigid that you do it because you fear the consequence of an un healthy lifestyle? Does the way you appear, act, behave, or come across to others in any feed your ego? Anything that preoccupies your time, your money, energy, emotion, even your thoughts, is an addiction. Wow! I think we all have this disorder, but you will see why below.

The opposite of addiction is to be in the moment and have no judgment about any person, thing, or circumstance. When you no longer try to control the outcome, when you can simply BE in the moment and participate in life rather than control any particular outcome, you have conquered all addiction. One of the problems with addiction is that no matter what your particular addiction is, you have probably found a way to rationalize it so you believe it to be a positive attribute. For example, you are always working, always thinking about that next deal, that next sale, but it is not an addiction because it is working toward retirement, or it is to supply for your family. In the proverbial 20/20 hindsight, do you think your children are better off with the latest gadgets because you had money, or would they have been better off with more of your time instead?

If you spend so much time and money trying to look just right, having the designer brands so you can impress, well, whomever it is, but what does it really gain you long term? Stress! If you can’t leave the house dirty to take your kids to the park, or sit and read them a story, or just take a nap because you have worked hard all week and your body is more important than the task, what does that priority issue gain you long term? Stress! What are the real priorities in life, or better yet, what pain are you masking? For all addictions, from the small ones to the life threatening ones, are developed to self soothe some old emotional pain.

Our psychological profile is set by the time we are 7 years old. Keep in mind that this does not mean you were abused per se, our mental profile was set by the perception of what you thought was true or real. If we did not receive the love, time or acceptance as a child, we develop ways to control that and try to fulfill it. That is the root of your addiction. Talk therapy, psychology, AA meetings, rehab, none of these are going to help fix that root. Medication and antidepressants certainly do not contribute to a cure. They may help you cope, but if you do not heal the old emotional pain that drove you to that addiction, you will never truly heal.

Every emotional pain creates an actual chemical response in your brain and our addictions literally create chemical responses to satisfy the illusion of happiness. From drug addict, to neat freak, to OCD to workaholic to religious fanatic, they are all symptoms of chemical responses induced to help us cope with the side effect of the original pain mechanism. While the psychological profile (old emotional pain) is different for each person, the chemicals responsible for any addiction are almost always neurotransmitters in some combination. Those are very often additionally disrupted by the childhood vaccines that most people have recieved. And so I offer you the listed protocol to help. The Super Nutrient is listed to provide essential vitamins and minerals needed for what has surely become depleted.

In addition (a very important addition), one of the best things to regain emotion control is fasting. Beyond that, start with books and teachings by Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle and teachers along that line that help bring awareness to our inner selves.