5 alternative healing MUST HAVES

I get overwhelmed lots of times with the amount of 'alternative' therapies there are out there to try.  But here are 5 that I have tried and can vouch for.

1. Apple Cider Vinegar -     A couple of years ago I had gotten plantars warts on my foot.  Needless to say, I thought they we're callouses so I buffed them, only to spread them to cover the entire ball of my foot and my middle finger.  After $800 in dermatologist payments (I had good insurance at the time), 6 months, and lots of freeze, cut, freeze, cut...PAIN, the warts persisted.  The derm recommended localized chemo injections.  I declined.  I tried banana peels, duct tape, potato... you name it.  Then I discovered online - apple cider vinegar kills warts.  So I tried it.  Soaked a cotton ball, put it on with bandage, changed every 24 hours.  In about 3 weeks all the warts were gone.  Just a warning, although this didn't happen to my friend, it burned like HELL for about 3 days.  Not just burned, but throbbed  from my foot to my knee, and my finger to my wrist.  Ow! - But yes, apple cider vinegar killed the shit out of the warts.  My son had a stubborn one on his face - that eggplant managed to get down a little, but not all the way.  Apple cider vinegar-ed it for about 10 days - gone.
    ACV for ovarian cysts - now this is something I just starting.  I've been having intense, waxing and waning, chronic pain in my right side.  An ultrasound today revealed a "dominant follicle."  I am following up with a gyne next week to further discuss.  But, my understanding is that it is a type of cyst.  Needless to say - I have been, over the last several days, drinking 1 tblspn of ACV in water 3-4 times a day - and as crazy as it sounds it's actually reduced the pain.  I'm hoping that it helps completely resolve it.  But in the meantime, having some pain relief is a welcomed respite.  


2. Probiotics -     I'm not that old, but old enough to have some joint pain. Mainly in my elbows, wrists - probably from computer working.  If I take 1 packet of VSL a day for about 5-10 days the pain will disappear.  I do this as needed.  Rock on - very expensive, but well worth it


3. Garlic Pills -       Now, I would not have discovered this had I not had MRSA.  And I must confess - for me the garlic pills did not attack the MRSA - not even the super expensive Allicin.  But what I noticed while on the garlic pills was that my digestion improved.  I still continue digestive enzymes - but I found that I can now skip digestive enzymes and digest food without them.  Which for me is huge.  At my high point - I was taking 2 garlique pills with each meal.


4. DMSO  -       Prior to receiving my the Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang and vitamin C, I used one last doxycycline dissolved in a tiny amount of DMSO to eradicate a  budding boil on my face.  3 days of saturating the boil in the making with the mixture - and it was gone.  Way less meds than orally - although without the systemic effects.


5. Vitamin C -     I really can't sing the praises of vitamin C enough.  We do use the lypospheric stuff around my home - for now -  until I can squeeze enough time from my already stretched schedule to make our own encapsulated vit C in an ultrasonic cleaner.  But for now we have used it to clear a nasty flu, nasal congestion, asthma cough, and keep bacteria at bay.  Although I am breakout free, I will get little pimples occasionally on my nose if I skip lypo C for a couple days - I suspect these to be MRSA.  1 gram of lypo C a day keeps me breakout free.   I am contemplating experimenting with upping my dose to 2-4 grams daily for a week or so and then cutting it off to see if I can just knock the MRSA out of me totally.  But I have not yet done so. 
   

How we are reducing IGE levels

Now I have read a lot of articles and studies on how IGE levels have been reduced.   Just some of the things I've found that have been documented in scientific studies to reduce IGE levels are:

whey (30% decrease in a month)
deep sea water (vague, but interesting)
sodium ascorbate 1 gram daily (initially dropped IGE levels, fluctuated, then rose slightly over initial levels)
spirulina (there is a study on the internet - but it's published mainly on producer's website.)
raw dairy
camel milk (watch Dr Michael Mandl session - I believe that is where IGE levels are discussed)
herbs (there are varying studies and stories - from Ayurveda through Traditional Chinese Medicine).  Here is an interesting article covering several TCM herbal mixtures.
deep needle acupuncture (searching for article I read awhile ago)


So, as I posted earlier, we saw our allergist a couple weeks back.  Since then the blood results came in and my son's IGE levels have declined from 1722 to 1059 - a 36% decrease since our last blood draw 6 months prior.  This is the first such a drop to date without steroids.  His levels dropped somewhat about 2 years ago - but this was following 2 doses of steroids (1 injection for a failed food challenge and 1 oral for an asthma attack).  So we are definitely moving in the right direction with our present protocol.  We will retest in 6 months and hope to see the healing trend continue.

If you've found studies/ideas/suggestions for reducing IGE levels please post.

Food allergy herb, lypospheric C, camel milk and the allergist

So last Tuesday we went to see the allergist - my son was given a lung function test as part of the visit.  According to the test his lung function is well within normal range.  The allergist looked up his nose - and said it all looks great.  She encouraged us to halve our - already small dose of flovent (44mcg 1 puff 2x a day).  So we are experimenting.

My son's weight also jumped - up to this point, he has been teetering from below 25 percentile to under 50.  But this last weight measurement puts us at the 56 percentile - up from 25 percentile 6 months ago.  Yay - camel milk.  

This is him - about 3 months ago sitting on the counter scrapping every ounce of camel milk ice cream he could - from the ice cream maker.

Our current protocol - that we do every day
Food allergy herb - 6 capsules 2x a day
1 gram of lypo C right after waking up and 15 minutes before breakfast  (If he coughs or seems otherwise congested - I will give him a second gram of lypo C before bed)
1-1.5 pints of camel milk

I give - without regularity -
vitamin D drops
cod liver oil
multi-vitamin
magnesium (which actually I need to make a point to give daily)
quercetin/bromelain mix


Our western medical protocol -
1 - sometimes 2 - puffs of flovent 44mcg/daily
albuterol as needed
and of course our epi bag with benedryl and epi's in it for emergency

We are waiting on blood results from our visit to allergist last week.  I'm not a praying type of person - but I have been pleadingly putting out requests to universe last week or so for healthy and normal results.

On a note about myself - MRSA on face is totally gone.  I continue 1 gram of lypo C for myself daily.  I do notice if I stop the C that the itching returns within about a day or 2.  I am not sure if I am just keeping it at a sub-symptomatic level.  I might need to give a round of 1-2 weeks of larger doses... maybe in the 3-4 gram range and then discontinue briefly and see if itching returns.  But at least I am no longer covered in red pimples, patches, or pustules.   In fact, my brother commented recently "wow how did you get rid of that MRSA?  Your face looks like you never had anything."

My son too has continued to have periodic bouts of the impetigo.  I am going to speak to the TCM doc this month.  I have not really given him more than 2 grams of lypo C since that flu in March - even though when I called the company that mentioned that doctor Levy recommends a maximum dosage of 1 gram per year over 1 that the child is.  So technically, my son could go to 5 grams.  And if you figure that his body is using some of the C as antihistamine - Maybe this would totally knock this bacteria out of our lives.  I have not yet tried.