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I am not a scientist or doctor - just a layperson on a healing journey.  All modalities have something to add and in my opinion locking onto one only can be downright dangerous and just plain stupid.  I want to use this blog to share thoughts on research, healing modalities, stories of healing, and insights.  While I am interested in scientific and clinical studies I recognize a couple things -
1 - I am not a scientist and so - I may not get the full depth of the study.
2 - Studies can be skewed, and unless you are a scientist and privy to the full study methodologies and compliance rates and other such details - it can be nearly impossible to discern the validity.
3 - Ultimately, we are all anecdotes.  And therefore, our healing process will be as universal and yet individual as our circumstances and make-up.
4 - In the recent past, I would completely dismiss airyfairy sounding things like energy healing up through accupuncture.  I just didn't see how a couple needles, or someone laying hands on someone, or whatever - could make a difference.  But then I read studies from everything from drumming raising immune function and cytokine levels to accupuncture delivering quantifiable immuno-modulating results.  So now - I am much more open, although still suspicious (additionally see 1-3).

Our vitamin C asthma and allegy protocol

I am writing this post to respond to a comment to a previous post on vitamin C megadosing.  Blogger has not allowed me to reply - so while I am figuring that out I wanted to share update and answer question as to what we are using.

This time last year and the year prior my son was on flovent, flonase, and max dose zyrtec to keep the allergy symptoms at bay.  His nose was so stuffed that it was completely blocked without the flonase (nasal steroids).  This year so far he is on:
AM 15 minutes prior to breakfast - 1 gram of lypospheric vitamin C mixed in about 1 ounce of water/apple juice mix. 
Then with lunch or after school through dinner - I take the large capsules of acorbic acid (Thorne with bioflavanoids) and pour into smaller capsules so he can swallow - about 1-2 grams more of vitamin C in approx 250 mg doses about 20 or so minutes apart.
Before bed he takes 1 gram of lypospheric again.

Also, huge shout out to - crystalchild - because it was her blog that turned me onto camel milk.  My son also drinks between 150-300 ml of camel milk a day.  So these things together have given him pretty clear sinuses and such.  I don't necessarily let him play aggressively outside when pollen levels are high - but it has enabled us to drop flonase and zyrtec.  We continue flovent.

I am exploring making our own lypospheric vitamin C with ascorbic acid.  I have read that sodium ascorbate (which is supposedly the most bioavailable) is not the best for long term use.  But that is work in progress.

My response to Janice's question - is here -  MRSA and Vitamin C