This entry is the responses that I posted to a question
Can lypospheric vitamin C help with MRSA?
Janice
I just read your post on my blog – and absolutely I do think that the lypospheric vitamin C will help with MRSA. It did for me. As you know, I had MRSA on my face – and the doctors told me that I had a 50% chance of a recurrence. In fact, it seems it is very common to get the MRSA over and over again. My face is clear – although if I stop the lypo – I get new pimples. I think I have to do a 3-6 gram regimen to completely clear it. But I have not yet.
Look at the Levy book – Curing the Incurable. He is the doc who is behind the lypo stuff. I swear by it. It is very expensive and when I get more time I plan on making my own – because from what I can tell if you are treating an infection – you could really take 3, 6, 10 plus – grams a day.
The theory behind the vitamin C – which is a Linus Pauling – is that most people in the developed world have sub-clinical scurvy – which reduces the immune systems ability to fight infection. And when you compare humans to all other animals – like a goat for example. A goat produces something like 10 grams (10,000 mg) of vitamin C when they are not under stress or illness. And the RDA for humans is 400mg (which is not enough in my opinion to help fight infection).
In my opinion – and my experiences – when my 6 year old son had a flu that after 7 days spiked a fever of 102 and really rich cough I gave him 6 grams (6,000 mg) of vitamin C (it was Saturday and we were trying to buy time until pediatrician opened on Monday) for about 2-3 days. Actually at the end of the first day – about 18 hours into it, he was already turning a corner and getting over the illness – the cough was down significantly, apetite returned, fever broke… By Monday – he was fine and we did not go to the doc. I split – 3 grams of lypo and 3 grams of ascorbic acid (the aa I administered as 250 mg every 1/2 to hour) in between the lypo. Lypo I gave every 3-4 hours. In about 2 days, he was back on his feet. I tapered about 1 gram every 2 days. He is on maintenance of 1 gram a day of lypo. I am on 1 gram of lypo a day – but if I miss I get break out starting on my face – as I mentioned. I probably need to do a week or so of 3-6 grams a day to knock this out of my system. I am probably just keeping it at bay.
In my opinion – I would order several boxes of the lypo. Call the company, but I believe Dr Levy recommends 1 gram per year beyond 1 year of age. But call them to confirm. Then try giving that maximum dose. My sense is you will see a phenomenal difference – within 24-48 hours. And then, after things level off – I would try to read up and be prepared to make your own. Because the lypo stuff is basically $1/gram. So it gets pricey. I order on Amazon from a vendor that I have called the company to verify is an approved reseller. Or you may find it cheaper directly from the company.
I am not a doc – only a mom sharing – but we have seen such amazing results – I am super confident you will too – and it is so rapid. There are studies with vitamin C and kids with hyper-IGE – but bear in mind some of these studies were administering 500 mg – again, right medicine, way too low dose – in my opinion. I have given my son 500mg of vitamin C and seen no results. The lypo stuff is the most powerful. Plus I always think in grams now – how many grams until I see a turn around.
My next goal is to make my own. Sorry for rambling. Please let me know what results you see if you do this.
Good luck – I am rooting for you and Moses and your husband. In my opinion this can help boost his immune system significantly.
Denise
Denise said:
August 25, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Also, FYI – primates, humans, fruit bats, and guinea pigs – do not produce their own vitamin C. Every other animal does at levels – 20 plus times higher than RDA for humans. In fact, Linus Pauling said in one of his speeches – the RDA for chimps in labs exponentially higher than the RDA for humans. The reason – if you are doing your work and spending money on lab chimps – you want to keep them healthy and alive for the duration of your work.
Denise said:
August 25, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Janice – One more thing – if you can find a doctor who would administer intravenous vitamin C. That too can be a most miraculous turnaround. But that is very challenging to find.
Denise
Update as of Sept 3
Janice informed me that her son has G6PD deficiency - and so for him high dose vitamin C can cause hemolytic anemia. Therefore it is contraindicated. I will try and find other suggestions for her to use in her arsenal against MRSA - but at this juncture vitamin C is a no-go - sadly.
I write this to affirm that it you always need to do your own research - and I am not a doctor, nor is my blog a substitute or attempt at medical advise. I know this disclaimer sounds like I am distancing myself from what I write. I am not. I go back to my thought that we are all anecdotes - and as such we all need to do what will work best with our individual constitutions and situations.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Painful ovarian cyst, Chinese herbs, and proteolytic enzymes
So the pain continued despite the ACV. I went last week to see my TCM herbalist. She switched recipes. This new recipe has helped to diminish the pain greatly. I am on a schedule of 3 days per package of herbs and 2 days off. She advised me to drink everyday once my period arrived.
My period arrived yesterday - painfully. And the pain in my side has been pretty much there the entire day. But I am hoping that this is the final clingings of this cyst and that the herbs wash it out, or make it pop, or encourage my body to absorb it.
I'm an animal. I'd like to gnaw my own ovary off and be done. It's not excruciating pain - which it's been in the past - it's just there most of the time. Reminding me of its presence. Freaking me out with worry. Whispering to me of the craptastically long wait at the county hospital with the robotic doctors who by the time they get to you - you are so worn down with waiting you are eagerly submitting to whatever treatments they are rotely prescribing. UGH. Tiny teeth chomping on the cyst tasking it away.
I'm also taking between 9-12 Wobenzym N tablets - hoping that the enzymes will assist in my body's reabsorbing this thing.
I'm fantasizing about poking this cyst - kind of the way you pop a blister on your foot. And then it hurts for a day or so, but it's gone. I actually punched myself in the gut hoping to pop it. Not hard really but with enough force that I felt it. I opted not to punch myself a second time.
Two interesting things have come up in my research regarding the cysts. One brings me back to ACV - potassium and the second one is iodine. I read that ACV has potassium - and that low levels of potassium are associated with ovarian cysts. In fact, low levels of potassium can be linked to many things - kidney stones, hypertension, osteoporosis, stroke... If you read Linus Pauling Institutes assessment of potassium here you will see the great deal of significance it has - even on a cellular level. What's so interesting is that Gerson also discusses the potassium thing. And both Gerson and Linus Pauling admit that the Western diet is several times higher in sodium than potassium, while native diets are the opposite.
What does this mean for us - well I've now started to make an effort to reduce sodium - even though before we were eating sea salt. We're cutting down significantly. We've also begun to look out for sodium in any processed foods we eat. Conversely I've tried to pay more attention to getting potassium into our diet - baked potatoes, fresh squeezed orange juice...
Iodine - something that I am not going to go into to detail today - but needless to say - it too is something that has come up in the ovarian cyst realm. And interestingly enough - something Gerson too writes about. For those of you who don't know - Max Gerson is founder of the Gerson protocol - a rigorous vegan diet, supplement, and coffee enema approach to healing cancer and other chronic diseases. I am contemplating ordering some Lugol's iodine and adding it my diet.
So far - now 4 days into my period the pain has gone down enough that I can, for the first time in over a month, lie on my right side without intense pain. We'll see - I am feeling good about this batch of herbs - last one did not help so the TCM doc created a new one. I've included a picture of the current mixture. I rinse, add 5 cups of H2O, and boil down to about 8 ounces (about 2-3 hours of cooking). Then I drink. The taste is really awful - like sour, muddy, dirty - herby - but like a taste that reminds me of the drinks we would make as kids when we we're bored at weddings or parties my parents too us to. It was the throw everything into the glass until it was brown and chunky - then each kid would take turns sipping to see who could drink the most. Yuk - I keep muttering to myself - the ovarian cysts is diminishing, disappearing, gone - as I drink it. Then I gag, make faces, a swig some water as a chaser. My herbalist said, to drink this for 2 months and go back for another ultrasound and the cyst will be gone. Here's to it being so.
My period arrived yesterday - painfully. And the pain in my side has been pretty much there the entire day. But I am hoping that this is the final clingings of this cyst and that the herbs wash it out, or make it pop, or encourage my body to absorb it.
I'm an animal. I'd like to gnaw my own ovary off and be done. It's not excruciating pain - which it's been in the past - it's just there most of the time. Reminding me of its presence. Freaking me out with worry. Whispering to me of the craptastically long wait at the county hospital with the robotic doctors who by the time they get to you - you are so worn down with waiting you are eagerly submitting to whatever treatments they are rotely prescribing. UGH. Tiny teeth chomping on the cyst tasking it away.
I'm also taking between 9-12 Wobenzym N tablets - hoping that the enzymes will assist in my body's reabsorbing this thing.
I'm fantasizing about poking this cyst - kind of the way you pop a blister on your foot. And then it hurts for a day or so, but it's gone. I actually punched myself in the gut hoping to pop it. Not hard really but with enough force that I felt it. I opted not to punch myself a second time.
Two interesting things have come up in my research regarding the cysts. One brings me back to ACV - potassium and the second one is iodine. I read that ACV has potassium - and that low levels of potassium are associated with ovarian cysts. In fact, low levels of potassium can be linked to many things - kidney stones, hypertension, osteoporosis, stroke... If you read Linus Pauling Institutes assessment of potassium here you will see the great deal of significance it has - even on a cellular level. What's so interesting is that Gerson also discusses the potassium thing. And both Gerson and Linus Pauling admit that the Western diet is several times higher in sodium than potassium, while native diets are the opposite.
What does this mean for us - well I've now started to make an effort to reduce sodium - even though before we were eating sea salt. We're cutting down significantly. We've also begun to look out for sodium in any processed foods we eat. Conversely I've tried to pay more attention to getting potassium into our diet - baked potatoes, fresh squeezed orange juice...
Iodine - something that I am not going to go into to detail today - but needless to say - it too is something that has come up in the ovarian cyst realm. And interestingly enough - something Gerson too writes about. For those of you who don't know - Max Gerson is founder of the Gerson protocol - a rigorous vegan diet, supplement, and coffee enema approach to healing cancer and other chronic diseases. I am contemplating ordering some Lugol's iodine and adding it my diet.
So far - now 4 days into my period the pain has gone down enough that I can, for the first time in over a month, lie on my right side without intense pain. We'll see - I am feeling good about this batch of herbs - last one did not help so the TCM doc created a new one. I've included a picture of the current mixture. I rinse, add 5 cups of H2O, and boil down to about 8 ounces (about 2-3 hours of cooking). Then I drink. The taste is really awful - like sour, muddy, dirty - herby - but like a taste that reminds me of the drinks we would make as kids when we we're bored at weddings or parties my parents too us to. It was the throw everything into the glass until it was brown and chunky - then each kid would take turns sipping to see who could drink the most. Yuk - I keep muttering to myself - the ovarian cysts is diminishing, disappearing, gone - as I drink it. Then I gag, make faces, a swig some water as a chaser. My herbalist said, to drink this for 2 months and go back for another ultrasound and the cyst will be gone. Here's to it being so.
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