Multiple Sclerosis, CFS,and Mercury

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Multiple Sclerosis, CFS & Mercury

 

Multiple Sclerosis, CFS & Mercury JoAnn Guest Jun

10, 2005 15:15

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Causes of Multiple Sclerosis

 

Mercury is a highly toxic metal that, when used in

dental amalgam

fillings, can seep into body tissues where it

accumulates and becomes

capable of producing symptoms in the body that are

indistinguishable

from those of multiple sclerosis.5

 

Research should be undertaken to explore the role of

geopathic stress

as a contributing factor to multiple sclerosis. See

Geopathic Stress,

page 563.

 

 

According to Hal Huggins, D.D.S., of Colorado Springs,

Colorado,

mercury

poisoning often remains undetected because patients'

symptoms do not

necessarily suggest mercury as the initiating cause,

but the effects of

mercury toxicity are potentially devastating.

 

Mercury has been recognized as a poison since the

1500s, yet mercury

amalgams have been used in dentistry since the 1820s.

 

Mercury has been shown to bind to the DNA of cells and

cell membranes,

causing cell distortion and inhibited cell function.6

 

When this happens the immune system no longer

recognizes the cell as

part of the body and initiates an autoimmune reaction,

destroying

myelin

in the process.

 

MS patients have been found to have over seven times

higher levels of

mercury in their cerebrospinal fluid (the fluid that

surrounds the

brain

and spinal cord) as compared to neurologically healthy

patients.

 

 

Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

 

Matt Van Benschoten, O.M.D., M.A., C.A., of Reseda,

California, uses

herbal medicine to treat the viral infections and

immune suppression

found in CFS patients. To diagnose CFS, he uses

Omura's test (Omura's

bi-digital O-ring test), a test of grip strength

between the middle

finger and thumb on the patient's right hand.

Different acupuncture

points are stimulated to determine which are the

weakest areas in the

system (usually the lymph nodes, liver, and brain).

Omura's test can

also be used to verify the appropriate herbs to clear

the virus, says

Dr. Van Benschoten. Prescriptions are individualized

for each patient.

 

Dr. Van Benschoten primarily uses antiviral herbs,

combined with herbs

which stimulate the immune system. " The initial

therapy has to be

focused on antiviral measures. Once that's

accomplished and the virus

is

fairly well eliminated, you can begin to address some

of the secondary

factors that cause the weakness in the immune system,

such as

stress-induced weakness, problems in the intestinal

tract, heavy metal

poisoning (such as dental mercury), and low-level

pesticide poisoning, "

he says.

 

Using herbal medicines as the primary therapeutic

modality, Dr. Van

Benschoten sees a response in 85 to 90 percent of his

patients. " The

time necessary to completely resolve the situation can

vary from as

short as four to six weeks to as long as twelve to

eighteen months, "

says Dr. Van Benschoten, " depending upon the duration

of the illness

and

other accompanying health problems. "

 

Dr. Murray recommends herbal regimens for both the

acute infectious

phase of CFS and the convalescent phase of the

syndrome. During the

acute phase, he advises using echinacea, goldenseal,

and licorice in

the

following dosages, taken three times a day: as dried

root (or tea), 1-2

grams; as freeze-dried root, 500-1,000 milligrams; as

tincture (1:5),

4-6 milliliters (one to one and a half teaspoons); as

fluid extract

(1:10), 0.5-2.0 milliliters (one-quarter to one-half

teaspoon); as

powdered solid extract (4:1), 250-500 milligrams. Dr.

Murray warns that

if licorice is to be used for a long time, it is

necessary to increase

the intake of potassium rich foods. During the acute

phase of CFS, he

also recommends Phytolacca de candra/Phytolacca de

Americana (dried

root), 100-400 milligrams three times daily; and

Baptisia tinctoria

(dried root), 0.5-1.0 grams three times a day.

 

For the convalescent or chronic phase of CFS, Joseph

Pizzorno, N.D.,

President of Bastyr College in Seattle, Washington,

recommends:

goldenseal (in dosages as above); astragalus(dried

root), 5-15 grams,

three times daily; licorice (in dosages as above); and

Siberian

ginseng,

as dried root or as tea, 2-4 grams three times daily;

as fluid extract

(1:1), 2-4 milliliters (one-half to one teaspoon)

three times daily; as

solid extract (20:1), 100-200 milligrams three times

daily.

 

In the recovery phase of CFS, Dr. Pizzorno recommends:

Panax ginseng,

as

dried root, 1.5-2.0 grams three times daily; as

extracts, equivalent to

25-50 milligrams ginsenosides daily; and Siberian

ginseng (dried root),

in dosages as above.

 

Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

 

Matt Van Benschoten, O.M.D., M.A., C.A., of Reseda,

California, uses

herbal medicine to treat the viral infections and

immune suppression

found in CFS patients.

 

To diagnose CFS, he uses Omura's test (Omura's

bi-digital O-ring test),

a test of grip strength between the middle finger and

thumb on the

patient's right hand.

 

Different acupuncture points are stimulated to

determine which are the

weakest areas in the system (usually the lymph nodes,

liver, and

brain).

 

Omura's test can also be used to verify the

appropriate herbs to clear

the virus, says Dr. Van Benschoten. Prescriptions are

individualized

for

each patient.

 

Dr. Van Benschoten primarily uses antiviral herbs,

combined with herbs

which stimulate the immune system.

 

" The initial therapy has to be focused on antiviral

measures. Once

that's accomplished and the virus is fairly well

eliminated, you can

begin to address some of the secondary factors that

cause the weakness

in the immune system, such as stress-induced weakness,

problems in the

intestinal tract,

 

heavy metal poisoning (such as dental mercury),

and low-level pesticide poisoning, " he says.

 

Using herbal medicines as the primary therapeutic

modality, Dr. Van

Benschoten sees a response in 85 to 90 percent of his

patients.

 

" The time necessary to completely resolve the

situation can vary from

as short as four to six weeks to as long as twelve to

eighteen months, "

says Dr. Van Benschoten, " depending upon the duration

of the illness

and

other accompanying health problems. "

 

Dr. Murray recommends herbal regimens for both the

acute infectious

phase of CFS and the convalescent phase of the

syndrome.

 

During the acute phase, he advises using echinacea,

goldenseal, and

licorice in the following dosages, taken three times a

day: as dried

root (or tea), 1-2 grams; as freeze-dried root,

500-1,000 milligrams;

as

tincture (1:5), 4-6 milliliters (one to one and a half

teaspoons); as

fluid extract (1:10), 0.5-2.0 milliliters (one-quarter

to one-half

teaspoon); as powdered solid extract (4:1), 250-500

milligrams.

 

Dr. Murray warns that if licorice is to be used for a

long time, it is

necessary to increase the intake of potassium rich

foods.

 

During the acute phase of CFS, he also recommends

Phytolacca de

candra/Phytolacca de Americana (dried root),

100-400 milligrams three times daily; and Baptisia

tinctoria (dried

root), 0.5-1.0 grams three times a day.

 

For the convalescent or chronic phase of CFS, Joseph

Pizzorno, N.D.,

President of Bastyr College in Seattle, Washington,

recommends:

goldenseal (in dosages as above);

astragalus(dried root), 5-15 grams, three times daily;

licorice (in dosages as above); and Siberian ginseng,

as dried root or

as tea, 2-4 grams three times daily; as fluid extract

(1:1), 2-4

milliliters (one-half to one teaspoon) three times

daily; as solid

extract (20:1), 100-200 milligrams three times daily.

 

In the recovery phase of CFS, Dr. Pizzorno recommends:

Panax ginseng,

as

dried root, 1.5-2.0 grams three times daily; as

extracts, equivalent to

25-50 milligrams ginsenosides daily; and Siberian

ginseng (dried root),

in dosages as above.

 

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Treating Multiple Sclerosis

 

For many health care practitioners, nutritional

supplementation plays a

vital role in treating multiple sclerosis. Important

supplements

include

vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and essential fatty

acids.

 

Essential Fatty Acids: The two families of essential

fatty acids are

omega-3 (linoleic acid),

which is found mainly in seeds and seed oils, and

omega-6

(alpha-linolenic acid),

which is found mainly in fish, fish oils, and green

leafy vegetables

such as spinach and kale.

 

Gamma linolenic acid (GLA),

a vital member of the omega-6 family, is found in

evening primrose oil,

black currant oil, borage oil, and spirulina.

 

Known primarily for its anti-inflammatory effect, GLA

is necessary for

the healthy functioning of the immune system, and

helps to produce

vital

regulators called prostaglandins (biologically active

unsaturated fatty

acids) in the body.

 

Vitamins, Minerals, Trace Elements, and Amino Acids:

Specific vitamins,

minerals, trace elements, and amino acids may be

recommended to make up

for deficiencies as well as to act as " co-factors " for

the efficient

metabolism of essential fatty acids.

 

These " co-factors " include vitamin C, vitamin B3

(niacin), vitamin B6,

zinc, and magnesium.

 

Other supplements frequently recommended are all the

other B vitamins,

including vitamin B12, calcium, zinc, selenium, the

amino acid

glutathione, and the antioxidant beta-carotene.

 

In particular, Vitamin B12 is proving highly effective

for decreasing

symptoms of MS, especially when associated with

mercury poisoning.

 

Dr. Kingsley sometimes prescribes doses, " as high as

12,000 micrograms

once a week by intravenous infusion, usually with

other essential

nutrients.

 

However, intramuscular doses are commonly between

4,000 and 8,000

micrograms once a week, and this can continue for many

weeks until the

person has become mercury negative. "

 

He says that in some cases he has been able to stem a

relapse. " B12 is

absolutely marvelous, " says Dr. Kingsley.

 

" We have been able to completely clear an MS relapse

within half an

hour of administering a suitably high dose of vitamin

B12

intravenously. "

 

Dr. Kingsley adds that textbooks on the subject of

multiple sclerosis

do

not even mention the value of vitamin B12 or its use

in MS.12

 

" Many academics have been arguing that vitamin B12 is

not necessary

because they consider the condition to be a central

nervous system

disease.

 

Yet they fail to recognize what the long-term effects

of pernicious

anemia (a severe blood disease marked by a progressive

decrease in red

blood cells, muscular weakness, as well as

gastrointestinal and neural

disturbances) are on the central nervous system.

 

Their main reason for not recommending B12 to patients

has been because

the levels of B12 in the blood of MS patients are

nearly always within

the normal range.

 

Now, however, studies are showing that the B12 levels

in the

cerebrospinal fluid of patients with MS are lower than

those of control

groups.13

 

One woman suffering from MS and experiencing numbness

in her arms,

legs,

and hands, as well as pain in her arms, consulted with

Dr. Kingsley.

These symptoms had been occuring for approximately two

years, and over

that time she was eating a great deal of cheese and

drinking six cups

of

tea and two cups of coffee daily.

 

Dr. Kingsley identified milk and dairy products,

tannin, caffeine, and

yeast as the foods and substances to which she was

sensitive.

 

At his suggestion she made dramatic changes in her

diet, eating plenty

of fish, chicken, salads, fruit, and drinking herbal

teas.

 

Like all of Dr. Kingsley's patients, she had her

amalgam fillings

replaced and began chelation therapy.

 

She also received regular injections of vitamin B12 in

variable doses.

" After about seven months she became symptom free for

the first time,

but then suffered periodic relapses, each one of which

cleared with a

suitable intravenous treatment of vitamin B12.

 

Apart from additional relapses in relation to a

developing 'flu', or

when under undue stress, the gap between each infusion

of vitamin B12

has become longer and longer as time has gone by. "

 

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Magnesium is another important supplement. Dr. Davies

stresses the

importance of magnesium, as spasticity can often be

traced to low

levels

of this mineral. One patient, a man who was diagnosed

with MS at age

forty, sought Dr. Davies' advice and was tested for

nutrient levels and

possible allergies.

 

Very low levels of magnesium were found, so the

patient was given

weekly

injections over two to three months.

 

Allergies to wheat and all milk products were

identified and it was

recommended that the patient remove those foods from

his diet.

 

Also recommended were a multivitamin/mineral capsule,

an evening

primrose oil capsule, and cod liver oil.

 

Dr. Davies notes that today, ten years later, the

patient has multiple

sclerosis under control, and is no longer plagued by

bouts of double

vision. He says that although the patient still has a

limp, he is able

to work full time.

 

 

 

 

INHALING MERCURY VAPORS EVERY DAY.

 

Evidence now shows that mercury amalgams are the major

source of

mercury

exposure for the general public, at rates 6 times

higher than that

derived from fish and seafood.

 

Since mercury vapors are continuously released from

amalgam fillings,

as long as you have mercury dental fillings, you

inhale mercury vapor

24

hours a day, 365 days a year.

 

 

CHRONIC HEPATITIS BROUGHT ON BY 17 MERCURY FILLINGS

 

 

 

After elemental mercury from amalgam fillings is

inhaled or ingested,

it

is converted to methylmercury, the organic form of

mercury.

 

Methylmercury, because it easily crosses the

blood-brain barrier, has

been associated with neurodegenerative diseases such

as Alzheimer's,

multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

 

 

It is important to mention that as toxic as elemental

mercury is,

methylmercury is 100 times more toxic.

 

Mercury is a heavy metal. Heavy metals act as

 

free radicals

 

which are highly reactive, charged particles that can

cause damage to

body tissues if inhaled or absorbed.

 

When present in excess, heavy metals can

 

block enzymes

 

necessary for the body's detoxification processes.

 

In my medical practice, based on urine samples taken

during a 24-hour

period, I've documented many cases of mercury

poisoning.

 

Even if amalgam fillings are no longer present in a

patient's mouth,

mercury levels can often still be detected. It is not

unusual to see

patients who have had their amalgam fillings removed

and replaced as

long ago as 10-15 years prior to testing still have

elevated levels of

mercury in the body.

 

Mercury toxicity has been shown to have destructive

contributory

effects

on kidney function, cardiovascular disease,

neuropsychological

dysfunction, reproductive disorders, and birth

defects, to name a few.

The preponderance of evidence and medical literature

now leaves no

doubt

that mercury has systemic negative health effects.

 

 

GETTING THE MERCURY OUT OF YOUR BODY

 

Once mercury toxicity has been demonstrated, by tests

such as high

electrogalvanism (electrical conductivity in the

metals of the teeth),

 

high mercury vapor emissions,

 

and/or high mercury body burden (tissue deposits),

 

mercury amalgam removal and replacement with

alternate, nontoxic

materials is the recommended next step.

 

 

 

Dr. Royal tells his patients that while removal of

amalgam fillings

stops any further source of poisoning from mercury

fillings, you still

need to detoxify the body to eliminate the residual

effect from mercury

that remains behind in the body.

 

 

 

While removal of amalgam fillings stops any further

source of poisoning

from mercury fillings, you still need to detoxify the

body to eliminate

the residual effect from mercury that remains behind

in the body.

 

After all, it has been accumulating for as long as

you've had amalgam

fillings.

 

First, you " turn off the faucet " by removing the

fillings; then, you

" pull the plug " through oral detoxification; and

lastly, you " drain the

bathtub " (your body) of all traces of mercury.

 

 

Even if the fillings are removed, the negative

influence of mercury

will

continue unless it is appropriately detoxified and

eliminated from your

body.

 

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