Medicinal Use and Health Benefit of Cayenne Pepper
(Capsicum) - Healing with Cayenne
"If you master only
one
herb in your life, master cayenne pepper.
It is more powerful than any other." Dr. Schulze
"In 35 years of practice, and working with the people and teaching,
I have never on house calls lost one heart attack patient and the reason
is, whenever I go in--if they are still breathing--I pour down them a cup
of cayenne tea (a teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of hot water, and within
minutes they are up and around)." Dr. Christopher
Dr. Patrick Quillin "Cayenne
pepper - prized for thousands of years for its healing power. Folklore
from around the world recounts amazing results using cayenne pepper in
simple healing and in baffling health problems. But cayenne pepper is not
just a healer from ancient history.
Recent
clinical studies have been conducted on many of the old-time health applications
for this miracle herb. Again and again, the therapeutic value of cayenne
pepper has been medically validated."
In a recent letter to the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine,
three Italian doctors describe how they were able to reduce patients' reported
dyspepsia symptoms by more than half - by prescribing red pepper
powder. In a study of 30 patients with functional dyspepsia, half
of the participants received a placebo, while the other half took 2.5 grams
of red pepper powder each day (divided into capsules taken before each
of three meals). Both groups took their respective treatments for five
weeks, and rated their symptoms each day on a scale of zero to three
(higher scores indicated more severe symptoms). By the third week, the
red pepper group showed a significant advantage over the control group.
And by week five, the pepper group's symptoms had declined 60 percent from
their baseline scores - while the control group's scores had only decreased
about half as much. The symptom scores included ratings for pain, a feeling
of fullness, nausea, and an overall score. The red pepper powder produced
significant gains in all four areas.
Many herbalists believe that Cayenne is the most useful and valuable
herb in the herb kingdom, not only for the entire digestive system, but
also for the heart and circulatory system. It acts as a catalyst and increases
the effectiveness of other herbs when used with them.
Cayenne is a medicinal and nutritional herb. It is a very high
source of Vitamins A and C, has the complete B complexes, and is very rich
in organic calcium and potassium, which is one of the reasons it is good
for the heart.
Digestion
Cayenne can rebuild the tissue in the stomach and the peristaltic action
in the intestines. It aids elimination and assimilation, and helps
the body to create hydrochloric acid, which is so necessary for good digestion
and assimilation, especially of proteins. All this becomes very significant
when we realize that the digestive system plays the most important role
in mental, emotional and physical health, as it is through the digestive
system that the brain, glands, muscles and every other part of the body
are fed.
Heart Cayenne has been known to stop heart attacks within 30 seconds.
For example, when a 90-year-old man in Oregon had a severe heart attack,
his daughter was able to get Cayenne extract into his mouth. He was
pronounced dead by the medics, but within a few minutes, he regained consciousness.
On the way to the hospital, he remained in a semi-conscious state, but
the daughter kept giving him the Cayenne extract. By the time they
got to the hospital, he had fully recovered and wanted to go home
and mow the lawn. The doctor asked what she had given him, as he
said it was the closest thing to a miracle he had ever seen.
Capsicum (cayenne pepper) is said to be unequal for its ability to boost
circulation and increase heart action. Capsicum exerts a variety of desirable
actions on the entire cardiovascular system. It has the extraordinary ability
to enhance cardiovascular performance while actually lowering blood pressure.
Capsicum has an energizing effect on the entire system. It has traditionally
been used for overcoming fatigue and restoring stamina and vigor. It is
a natural stimulant without the threatening side effects (palpitations,
hyper-activity or rise in blood pressure) of most other stimulating agents.
Because Capsicum boots peripheral circulation and stimulates organ secretion,
it expedites the therapeutic delivery and action of nutrients in the body.
It will ensure the rapid and even distribution of the active principles
of available nutrients to critical function centers, including those involved
in cellular respiration, metabolic data transmission and neural-hormonal
action. The remarkable ability of Capsicum to stimulate organ secretion
and even heart action makes it one of the strongest natural stimulants
known. Clearly, Capsicum should be considered nothing less than a wonder
herb that has scientifically proven its worth!
If you want to carry something in your first aid kit for a heart attack,
carry a cayenne tincture. Even a bottle of Tabasco Sauce® might be
good enough. Dr Christopher discovered that a cup of cayenne tea, one tsp
of cayenne in a cup of hot water, stopped a heart attack in under three
minutes. If you feel one coming on, try a few droppers-full of cayenne
tincture and if that doesn’t stop it, then nitroglycerine wouldn’t work
either.
If
a heart attack should occur, it is suggested that a teaspoon of extract
be given every 15 minutes or a teaspoon of Cayenne in a glass of hot water
be taken until the crisis has passed. Dr. Anderson also knew of a
doctor who rushed out into the parking lot and put cayenne tincture into
the mouth of a man who had died of a heart attack while he was parking
his car. Within a few minutes, the man’s heart starting beating again.
More
about cayenne and heart attacks
According to Dr. Richard Anderson, using cayenne and hawthorn berries
together has a most incredible effect upon the heart. He believes
that a regimen of cayenne and hawthorn berries for several months will
greatly strengthen the heart, and possibly prevent heart attacks.
He states further that if an attack were to occur in someone who had followed
this regimen, chances are very good that no damage would occur. He
tells the following story about his mother:
“I had her taking hawthorn berries and cayenne when she had a heart
attack at the age of 79. Her diet had not been the best, and she
was in an extremely
stressful situation. While in the hospital, they found three blocked arteries
and wanted to operate immediately. They did not think that she could
survive for more than a few weeks if they didn’t operate. (How many
have heard that story!) The doctors thought it would be very risky
to operate, but they had her there, and there was a lot of money to be
made. So they decided to take some tests in the hopes that they could
find an excuse to operate. In spite of the fact that she had
been taking lots of aspirin for her arthritis, smoked like she was the
reincarnation of a boiler factory, and had just had a heart attack, they
found that her heart was incredibly strong. In fact, they felt that
her heart was stronger than most people in their 30’s! The
good news was that not only did she survive the operation, but also she
stopped smoking! Well worth the operation, don’t you think? In my
opinion, that was the best thing the doctors ever did for her. Well,
that is what hawthorn and cayenne can do for the heart, and every good
herbalist knows it; every good doctor should also know it, but very few
do.”
Emergencies It is a good idea to always have some Cayenne extract on hand for emergencies.
Dr. Anderson carries capsules of cayenne with him in the car and whenever
he goes hiking, backpacking or mountain climbing. He says, “You never
know when you may find someone having a heart attack or some other emergency.”
The following stories demonstrate only a few of the remarkable emergency
uses of cayenne:
If a hemorrhage occurs in the lungs, stomach, uterus or nose, it is
suggested that a teaspoon of extract (or a teaspoon of cayenne powder in
a cup of hot water) be given every 15 minutes until the crisis has passed.
The bleeding should stop in 10-30 seconds. The reason for this is
that rather than the blood pressure being centralized, it is equalized
by the Cayenne, and the clotting action of the blood becomes more rapid.
For external bleeding, take cayenne internally and pour cayenne directly
on the wound.
Dyspepsia In a double-blind study, 30 individuals with dyspepsia were given either
2.5 grams daily of red pepper powder (divided up and taken prior to meals)
or placebo for 5 weeks. By the third week of treatment, individuals taking
red pepper were experiencing significant improvements in pain, bloating,
and nausea as compared to placebo, and these relative improvement lasted
through the end of the study.
A placebo-controlled crossover study failed to find benefit, but it
only enrolled 11 participants, far too few to have much chance of identifying
a treatment effect.
All double-blind studies of topical capsaicin (or cayenne) suffer from
one drawback: it isn't really possible to hide the burning sensation that
occurs during initial use of the treatment. For this reason, such studies
probably aren't truly double-blind. It has been suggested that instead
of an inactive placebo,
researchers should use some other substance (such as camphor) that causes
at least mild burning. However, such treatments might also have therapeutic
benefits; they have a long history of use for pain as well.
Because of these complications, the evidence for topical treatments
cited below is less meaningful than it might at first appear.
Pain Capsaicin cream is well established as a modestly helpful pain-relieving
treatment for post-herpetic neuropathy (the pain that lingers after an
attack of shingles) peripheral neuropathy (nerve pain that occurs most
commonly as a side effect of diabetes, but may occur with HIV as well as
other conditions), nerve pain after cancer surgery and arthritis.
Capsaicin instilled into the nose may be helpful for cluster headache.
(The fact that this has even been considered a viable treatment option
shows how painful cluster headaches can be!) Actual cayenne rather
than capsaicin has been tested for pain as well. A 3-week, double-blind
trial of 154 individuals with back pain found that cayenne applied topically
as a plaster improved pain to a greater extent than placebo.
Skin Conditions A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of almost 200 individuals
found that use of topical capsaicin can improve itching as well as overall
severity of psoriasis. Benefits were also seen in a smaller double-blind
study of topical capsaicin for psoriasis. Topical capsaicin is thought
to be helpful for various itchy skin conditions, such as prurigo nodularis,
but double-blind studies are lacking.
Cancer Researchers found capsaicin exhibited anticancer activity (it induced
programmed cell death to human cancer cells without affecting normal cells)
against pancreatic cancer, an aggressive form of the disease typified by
exceptionally poor outcomes." Learn
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active ingredient in cayenne peppers, capsaicin, is believed to bring headache
relief by depleting Substance P, a neurotransmitter that helps send pain
signals.
Dr. Christopher - "In 35 years of
practice, and working with the people and teaching, I have never on house
calls lost one heart attack patient and the reason is, whenever I go in--if
they are still breathing--I pour down them a cup of cayenne tea (a teaspoon
of cayenne in a cup of hot water, and within minutes they are up and around).
This is one of the fastest acting aids we could ever give for the heart,
because it feeds that heart immediately. Most hearts are suffering from
malnutrition because of processed food we are eating, but here it gets
a good powerful dose of real food and it's something that has brought people
in time after time. This is something that everyone should know how great
it is, because a heart
attack can come to your friends or loved ones any time. And even yourself.
The warm tea is faster working than tablets, capsules, cold tea, because
the warm tea opens up the cell structure--makes it expand and accept the
cayenne that much faster, and it goes directly to the heart, through the
artery system, and feeds it in powerful food. "
Left
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no good in the end, all done with a whopping price-tag. Drugs are favored
over herbs since they can be patented and sold to patients for great profits.
Dick Quinn gives his personal testimony about nearly dying from heart surgery,
but finally getting well by taking Cayenne, Garlic, Onion
and other herbs, but mainly Cayenne. He scoured the earth looking for the
hottest Cayenne he could find to burn his insides out! But no matter how
much it burns, it's all good for you. He started his own herb company servicing
mainly heart conditions which had a lot of loyal customers until the FDA...
shut him down because his cure was effective and cheap, and the medical
establishment did not profit. I ran out and bought some Cayenne and popped
several daily. I really didn't get the energy boost he got, but I suppose
they're helping. The book tells his story first, then describes some herbs
secondly, and then ends with the disadvantages of heart surgery. There
are sage quotes about the medical establishment and goodness of healing
herbs throughout the book from distinguished men. The book seems somewhat
disjointed as it goes into its different, but inter-related parts written
by different authors. Quinn's story is short, skims the surface, and has
some drama, but certainly is not a candidate for an Oscar winning movie.
The writing style is direct, conversational, and informative and skips
all literary flourishes to get the news out that herbs can heal. I found
particularly interesting that drugs like aspirin merely synthetically imitate
the healing effects of herbs, such as aspirin being derived from Willow
Bark.
Dr. John Christopher, famous natural healer, praised the use
of Cayenne throughout the time of his practice. He had this to say in his
Newsletter titled "Cayenne", Vol 1, Number 12
"In 35 years of practice, and working with the people and teaching,
I have never on house calls lost one heart attack patient and the reason
is, whenever I go in--if they are still breathing--I pour down them a cup
of cayenne tea (a teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of hot water, and within
minutes they are up and around). This is one of the fastest acting aids
we could ever give for the heart, because it feeds that heart immediately.
Most hearts are suffering from malnutrition because of processed food we
are eating, but here it gets a good powerful dose of real food and it's
something that has brought people in time after time. This is something
that everyone should know how great it is, because a heart attack can come
to your friends or loved ones any time. And even yourself. The warm tea
is faster working than tablets, capsules, cold tea, because the warm tea
opens up the cell structure--makes it expand and accept the cayenne that
much faster, and it goes directly to the heart, through the artery system,
and feeds it in powerful food.
To show the value of cayenne, and how great it is, and what a wonderful
heart food it is, this story has been repeated in a number of publications
on doctors in the East who put some live heart tissue into a sterile beaker
filled with distilled water, and fed it nothing but cayenne pepper, cleaning
off sediments periodically and adding nothing but distilled water from
natural evaporation. During the time that they were feeding the heart tissue,
they would have to trim it continually every few days because it would
grow so rapidly. Having no control glands (pituitary and pineal glands),
the tissue just continued to grow rapidly and, because of this, they had
to watch it over the years and the doctors and associates kept the heart
tissue alive for fifteen years.
After the doctor died, his associates kept it alive for two more years
before destroying it so they could do more research work on it. This shows
the high food value cayenne gives to heart tissue. This is why so many,
many amazing instances have come to light, people who have used cayenne
when they had heart attacks because, in most cases, your heart attack is
a case of malnutrition. The heart hasn't had a decent meal for so long
that it is practically starved, and we give it immediately a good meal
instead of whipping it with nitroglycerine or digitalis or some other type
of drug to force it to beat rapidly to bring more food values to the heart
so that it could find a little help to keep going. Here we give the cayenne
directly to the system, and it goes into the heart area acting as a good
full meal. Many fast responses come from this."
Historical or traditional use of cayenne
The potent, hot fruit of cayenne has been used as medicine for centuries.
It was considered helpful for various conditions of the gastrointestinal
tract, including stomachaches, cramping pains, and gas.
Cayenne was frequently used to treat diseases of the circulatory
system. It is still traditionally used in herbal medicine as a circulatory
tonic (a substance believed to improve circulation). Rubbed on the skin,
cayenne is a traditional, as well as modern, remedy for rheumatic pains
and arthritis due to what is termed a counterirritant effect. A counterirritant
is something which causes irritation to a tissue to which it is applied,
thus distracting from the original irritation (such as joint pain in the
case of arthritis).
What is the Scientific Evidence for Cayenne? Bibliography
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Making
Tinctures -An Example with Cayenne Tincture - Dr. Schulze
Start to make this and ANY Tincture,
if possible, on a NEW Moon.
Take a Quart Canning Jar and
fill it 1/4 FULL with DRIED Cayenne Peppers, getting the HOTTEST ones (i.e.
- Habanero, African Bird, Serrano, Jalapeno - 90,000+ Heat Units), that
you can obtain.
Add enough 50% Grain Alcohol
(100 Proof Vodka) to the Cayenne Peppers (powdered, using a Blender or
Grinder) to just COVER them.
Use enough FRESH Cayenne Peppers,
that you can blend with 50% Grain Alcohol (100 Proof Vodka) to turn the
Mixture into an Apple Sauce-Like Consistency.
Add this Mixture to the 1st
Mixture, filling up the Canning Jar 3/4 FULL.
Fill up the rest of the Canning
Jar with MORE 50% Grain Alcohol (100 Proof Vodka).
Shake it as MANY times as possible,
during the Day.
Let this Mixture SIT, until
the following FULL Moon (15-16 Days), but OPTIMALLY until the following
NEW Moon (28-29 Days)!
Strain this Mixture through
an UNBLEACHED Coffee Filter.
Bottle the RESULTING Tincture.
NOTE: Part EQUALS Volume, NOT Weight in this Tincture Method. If
using 95% Alcohol (190 Proof), then DILUTE in half with Distilled Water.
Modify this procedure by using DRIED Herbs ONLY, if FRESH Herbs are NOT
AVAILABLE, and when making other Herbal Tinctures also. Also if you want
to make a SUPER-POTENT Tincture (i.e. - Cayenne Pepper & Lobelia Seed
Pod), then allow the Mixture to sit for a FULL 3 Months!
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-
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Hawthorn, touted as effective in reducing angina attacks by lowering
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"Cayenne has the ability to clear the blood of matter and gasses that
cause digestive problems and to help people who suffer from cold hands
or feet. It alleviates inflammation and can break up the deposits that
contribute to the pain of arthritis. It clears sinus congestion, conjunctivitis,
and spongy, bleeding gums. Because it also has astringent qualities, it
can stop bleeding and prevent swelling. A source of Vitamin C, it rejuvenates
the entire body when energy is depleted and is such a powerful stimulant
that just a few sips of cayenne water or a few grains of cayenne on the
lips may help prevent shock or depression in times of physical or emotional
trauma. And it is believed to be a good tonic for strengthening the heart.
From my studies and my own experience with cayenne, I consider it to be
an important ingredient for anybody interested in taking educated and careful
responsibility for his or her own well-being in situations that are not
serious enough to require a doctor's care or in circumstances in which
medical attention is not immediately available. " Cayenne
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Transfer
factor is the name of the molecules in the immune system that transfer
and establish the immune system in a newborn. These molecules were first
discovered in the late 40's by Dr. H. Sherwood Lawrence. Transfer
factor has been studied for decades
by scientists from all over the world, and thousands of studies exist.
Dr. Lawrence found that adding transfer factors to an existing immune
system increased the efficiency of that immune system dramatically. This
helped fight bacterial infections like bronchitis, pneumonia, and sinus
infections, viral infections like colds and flu, and diseases like cancer,
much more effectively.
Rob Robertson, MD - "There is no other product in a nutritional
substance, nor a drug, that has this kind of power and ability to affect
our immune system. With the increase of killer viruses, mutated germs,
super-resistant germs, and food contaminations, our only hope and defense,
must lie within our own immune system." more...
Dr. Jimmy Gutman, MD : "Clinical evidence links low glutathione
levels to the most common illnesses of our time as well as newly emerging
diseases. Glutathione levels diminish as we age and many diseases normally
associated with aging have been linked to glutathione deficiency."
Low glutathione levels are linked to diseases such as Cancer, Multiple
Sclerosis, AIDS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Atherosclerosis, pregnancy complications,
male infertility and Cataracts. A Glutathione deficiency can cause a lack
of coordination, mental disorders, tremors, and difficulty maintaining
balance. Glutathione is continuously defending our body against attacks
from disease, toxins, poisons, viruses, pollutants, radiation and oxidative
stress. Without Glutathione our liver would soon become overwhelmed withthe
accumulation of toxins, resulting in organ failure and death. The level
of Glutathione in our cells is predictive of how long we will live. more...
Dr.
Jerry Tennant, MD, from the Tennant Institute of Integrative Medicine,
explains that the micronutrients and electrolytes in marine phytoplankton
are exactly what human cell membranes need to carry out their metabolism.
Not surprisingly, the composition of human plasma, or fluid surrounding
cell membranes, is similar to that of sea water. For three billion years
Marine Phytoplankton has supported virtually all living creatures in the
Ocean. It contains a unique combination of life sustaining nutrients
including; Omega 3 essential fatty acids (EPA and DHA), protein, chlorophyll,
vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Overdependence on land-based food
sources often lead to deficiencies in micronutrients and trace elements.
Marine phytoplankton promotes and maintains optimum health by boosting
and supporting all systems within the body. When the body is missing critical
components, it is unable to maintain the balance of these systems, and
malfunctions (disease) result. Scientific research indicates that
Marine Phytoplankton may be the most important food on Planet Earth. It
is nature's gift to assist us on our journey to optimal health and wellness
through balanced nutrition. "The future of Nutrition is found in
the ocean" - Jacques Cousteau more
The use of blessed thistle commonly known as holy thistle (Carbenia
benedicta) has been recorded as far back as the early sixteenth century
for treating smallpox, fever, anorexia, dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation,
and flatulence. Monks often grew Blessed Thistle as a cure for small
pox. Historically, blessed thistle tea has been drunk for digestive problems,
liver and gall bladder problems, headache prevention, respiratory ailments,
memory improvement and external problems such as sores, boils and itchy
skin. The plant gained the title "blessed" for its use in treating plague.
Blessed thistle is also used as a strong but gentle liver tonic herb, promoting
metabolic activities in the liver cells and toxin elimination. Especially
noted as a tonic herb for women. Some individuals employ this herbs, as
they would its cousin milk thistle, as a remedy for gallbladder and liver
disorders. more
A further look at healing with nature. Nature
provides us with a simple, straightforward system for regaining and maintaining
superb human health and beauty.
Healing with Food: Most human illnesses and diseases
are due to a deficiency of vital nutrients. When you supply your body with
the proper nutrients, in a form that your body can use, it knows how to
repair itself.
Healing through Fasting: Fasting is the world's
most ancient and natural healing mechanism.
Healing with Water: Hydrotherapy has been used
for centuries to heal the sick.
Healing with Sunlight: Sunlight helps the body
heal wounds and injuries and overcome virtually any illness.
Healing with Earth: Clay is renowned to have many
uses in promoting health in plants, animals and humans.
Healing with Plants: Plants have the power to supply
the bodies’ life force with the energies it needs to restore and maintain
health.
Healing with Urine: One of the most powerful, most
researched and most medically proven natural cures ever discovered.
Healing from the Hives: Bee pollen rejuvenates your
body, stimulates organs and glands, enhances vitality, and brings about
a longer life span.
Basic Healing Principles:
The body has an innate
capacity to heal itself. Self-healing can only occur once the cause
of
the illness has been eliminated. Why elimination of the symptom is NOT
the same as elimination of the disease? Physicians and surgeons
palliate
symptoms
instead of removing causes
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What
Every Parent Should Know BEFORE Their Childen Are Vaccinated! Why
are a growing number of parents and health care professionals around the
world questioning vaccination? The controversy stems from the thousands
of deaths and permanent disabilities attributed to vaccination annually,
as well as the many published medical studies, government statistics,congressional
testimonies, and other credible sources that directly contradict commonly
held assumptions about vaccine safety and effectiveness.
Bart Classen, a Maryland physician, published data showing that diabetes
rates rose significantly in New Zealand following a massive hepatitis B
vaccine campaign in young children, and that diabetes rates also went up
sharply in Finland after three new childhood vaccines were introduced.
More pictures
of vaccine damage available to view at the
CDC
website
In fall 1997, two influential professional magazines featured articles
asking the question: Has the decrease of infectious diseases in childhood
through the mass use of vaccines been replaced with an increase in chronic
diseases such as diabetes and asthma? The Economist, a prestigious international
magazine read by world leaders in government, business and public policy,
and Science News, a magazine read by both health care professionals
and the general public, explored the reported links between vaccines and
chronic diseases in their November 22, 1997 issues.
Homeopathy
can be used successfully to prevent and treat smallpox, measles,
whooping
cough, chickenpox, and other ailments.
Would you allow big brother to enforce vaccinations on your kids? Government
Enforced Vaccinations Vaccination Tracking Registry - Government programs
that limit your choices -and your rights- in health care when it comes
to mandatory vaccination. These mandates last for 40 or so years
and they're impossible to repeal. Also, learn about Legal Requirements
and Exemptions
Are Vaccines Damaging Our Pets?
Routine Vaccination: Is
it really safe and effective? Most recently, an article
appeared in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
entitled "Are We Vaccinating Too Much?" Read about the comments of veterinarians
who believe that vaccines are damaging our pets.
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Home:
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site site dedicated to promote holistic health for you, your family, and
your animals.
Shirley was once a victim
of the never-ending flow of propaganda from the medical establishment who
wants to maintain a monopoly on the word "cure" and who wants us to believe
that we have no control over our own health and that our only hope to get
"well" is with drugs, surgery and radiation. You can read an account
of Shirley's
journey into health without drugs, surgery or radiation.
Dr. Jimmy Gutman, M.D
- "Clinical evidence links low glutathione
levels to the most common illnesses of our time as well as newly emerging
diseases. Glutathione levels diminish as we age and many diseases normally
associated with aging have been linked to glutathione deficiency."
Dr. Allan Somersall M.D
- "To raise glutathione levels is to
reduce premature oxidation, to quench destructive free radicals and help
detoxify the poisons inside each cell when it needs to. Only Immunocal
is clinically proven to do that in a safe, effective and convenient way."
Learn
more...
The Truth
About the Drug Companies : How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
"The medical establishment works closely with the drug multinationals whose
main objective is profits, and whose worst nightmare would be an epidemic
of good health. Lots of drugs MUST be sold. In order to achieve this, anything
goes: lies, fraud, and kickbacks. Doctors are the principal salespeople
of the drug companies. " Guylaine Lanctot, M.D.
A
growing number of holistic doctors, pediatricians and veterinarians use
transfer
factors as an alternative to, or in conjunction with conventional
medicine for their acute and chronic cases, including cancer and other
serious health conditions, with excellent outcome.
Dr. Rob Robertson, MD
- "There is no other product in a nutritional substance, nor a drug, that
has this kind of power and ability to affect our immune system. With the
increase of killer viruses, mutated germs, super-resistant germs, and food
contaminations, our only hope and defense, must lie within our own immune
system." Transfer factors and the immune sytem
Dr. Jerry Tennant, M.D.
says
that marine phytoplankton contains almost everything
one needs to sustain life and to restore health by providing the raw materials
to make new cells that function normally. These nutrients improve mental
function, and memory. They reduce depression, harmful effects of stress,
and mood swings. Profound Life-Giving Properties
of Marine Phytoplankton
MagnesiumTherapy
Magnesium helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart
rhythm steady, and bones strong. Dr. Sidney Baker - "Magnesium deficiency
can affect virtually every organ system of the body. With regard to skeletal
muscle, one may experience twitches, cramps, muscle tension, muscle soreness,
including back aches, neck pain, tension headaches and jaw joint (TMJ)
dysfunction." more
Natural
Stem Cell Enhancers The first natural plant-based
stem cell enhancers have shown to trigger the release of millions of adult
stem cells from the bone marrow very quickly. These stem cells can then
migrate and attach to any cells, tissue, bone, muscle, cartilage, organ
anywhere in the body needing repair. Learn more
The
Native Americans call it "Ee-Wah-Kee" meaning "The-Mud-That-Heals".
In addition to the role it plays as a potent detoxifier, therapeutic
clay has also been used extensively in the treatment of pain, open
wounds, colitis, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, stomach ulcers, intestinal problems,
acne, anemia, and a variety of other health issues. more
Raising
Public Awareness Most modern maladies are
caused by prolonged exposure to a combination of negative lifestyles and
toxic environmental factors, including junk food and malnutrition, pesticides,
antibiotics, microwaves, chemical pollution of food, water and air, lack
of exercise and chronic stress. These factors are further aggravated by
the failure of modern medicine to recognize them as agents of dis-"ease"
and death and the consequent failure to take preventative measures against
them. more
Albert Einstein said:
"If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only
have four years left to live."
Teas
Are One of The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature's Healing Herbs Teas can help fight depression
and anxiety, heal skin conditions and gastrointestinal disorders, regulate
hormone imbalances, improve your sex life, prevent illness, and help
you heal faster.
Many diseases and conditions for which we turn to modern medicine can also
be treated naturally with healing herbs. These treatments can be safer,
less expensive and possibly even more effective than traditional methods.
Dr.
Myklebust, MD: "Teas are rich in antioxidants called polyphenols which
are plant chemicals that may help prevent cancer, heart disease, and other
diseases" More
Chia
Seeds: The "Aztec" Wonder Food with Healing Power. The ancient Aztec
civilization used Chia seed to provide them with radiant health, endurance,
and boundless energy.
The
Healing Power of Original Himalayan Crystal Salt For centuries,
the energy/information content, in the form of vital mineral elements
locked away within these perfectly formed crystals of mineral rich salt,
were utilized by doctors for treating most every disorder known to humans,
and with unfailing success. Recently. this ancient knowledge was once again
uncovered by biophysicists and brought to light in the acclaimed book,
Water
and Salt, The Essence of Life , by Dr. med Barbara Hendel and biophysicist
Peter Ferreira
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gifts that assists us on our journey to optimal health and wellness.
Dr. Charles Loops D.V.M
- "After 10 years of traditional veterinary practice I became tired
of having no treatment for chronic disease, incurable conditions, and a
plethora of allergic maladies which seem to plague all veterinary practices.
I was frustrated with giving animals cortisone
because I had no other solutions, or using antibiotics
for infections which I knew were of viral origin. At this time I had some
chronic health problems, which had been unresolvable allopathically, but
they responded to natural treatment" Natural
Animal Health
Shirley's
Wellness Cafe is an educational website that promotes holistic health for
humans
and their animals
Peter R. Breggin, M.D
- "The drugging of children has gotten so out of
hand that America is waking up to this. This is a national catastrophe."
more
Dr. Guylaine Lanctot,
M.D. - "The medical establishment works closely with the drug multinationals
whose main objective is profits, and whose worst nightmare would be an
epidemic of good health. Lots of drugs MUST be sold. In order to achieve
this, anything goes: lies, fraud, and kickbacks. Doctors are the principal
salespeople of the drug companies. more
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extremely
stressful situation. While in the hospital, they found three blocked arteries
and wanted to operate immediately. They did not think that she could
survive for more than a few weeks if they didn’t operate. (How many
have heard that story!) The doctors thought it would be very risky
to operate, but they had her there, and there was a lot of money to be
made. So they decided to take some tests in the hopes that they could
find an excuse to operate. In spite of the fact that she had
been taking lots of aspirin for her arthritis, smoked like she was the
reincarnation of a boiler factory, and had just had a heart attack, they
found that her heart was incredibly strong. In fact, they felt that
her heart was stronger than most people in their 30’s! The
good news was that not only did she survive the operation, but also she
stopped smoking! Well worth the operation, don’t you think? In my
opinion, that was the best thing the doctors ever did for her. Well,
that is what hawthorn and cayenne can do for the heart, and every good
herbalist knows it; every good doctor should also know it, but very few
do.”
placebo,
researchers should use some other substance (such as camphor) that causes
at least mild burning. However, such treatments might also have therapeutic
benefits; they have a long history of use for pain as well.
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