mold

[Guest guest]

Another thing yuo may want to do to your new/vintage home is to have the ductwork cleaned and sanitized. I have had that done but am choosing to have it all replaced before I move back in. There is a device that can be placed in the ductwork that will take care of all future mold problems. I want to say it is an ultra violet filter but I could be 100% incorrect on that. I am also investigating applying something like a Drylock product on all my walls before repainting. Just a thought.

Blessings and Light,

Marilyn

[Guest guest]

on 10/1/03 9:46 AM, Anjeweleyes at anjewelhaze wrote:

 

I do not know the answer to these questions but would guess that it more economic to dilute the tea tree oil - and maybe it does harm surfaces.....you are not supposed to use EO's straight on your body either. Good question.......I just know it has worked for me.

 

Sherry

 

Thank you mam...maybe do this before we move in...at least to get the stuff that's not hidden anyway...

Got a question though...

Why can't you just use the tea tree straight? Or is it just to make it go farther? Or is it so the tea tree won't harm any surfaces?

Thanks again,

Angel

[Guest guest]

Tea Tree oil is pretty expensive...You should look into grapefruit seed extract.

It is a powerful anti-bacterial. Here are some links....

http://www.nutriteam.com/index2.html

 

 

 

 

Anjeweleyes [anjewelhaze]

Wed 10/1/2003 12:46 PM

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Cc:

Re: [herbal remedies] Mold

 

 

Thank you mam...maybe do this before we move in...at least to get the stuff

that's not hidden anyway...

Got a question though...

Why can't you just use the tea tree straight? Or is it just to make it go

farther? Or is it so the tea tree won't harm any surfaces?

Thanks again,

Angel

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Sherry Bakko <sbakko

Herbal Remedies <herbal remedies >

Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:02 PM

[herbal remedies] Mold

 

 

 

Angel

 

I got this from another list I am on - and I use it all the time....my

basement is mold heaven. It is certainly worth trying. I have used it in the

bathroom also.....it does work....and it is reasonable.

 

Sherry

 

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~To banish existing mold (in bathrooms), combine 2 teaspoons of tea

tree eo with 2 cups of water in a spray bottle. Shake well and mist

the solution directly onto problem areas. " Nothing works as well as

this mixture to remove mold, " says Berthold-Bond, the environmental

home expert. " I've used it successfully on moldy ceilings and shower

curtains. " Use a sponge to wipe any big drips, but don't scrub or

rinse away the solution. Tea tree oil has a strong odor that usually

dissipates in about 12 hours. If you dislike the smell, treat the

area just before you leave the house for the day. (pages 72 & 73)

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Drylock, and other vapor barriers, are good to use if you only have surface mold. But if the mold is on both sides of the material, the visible and the hidden surfaces, the mold behind will continue to grow, and could still be an issue.

 

JohnLittleRockCutie wrote:

Another thing yuo may want to do to your new/vintage home is to have the ductwork cleaned and sanitized. I have had that done but am choosing to have it all replaced before I move back in. There is a device that can be placed in the ductwork that will take care of all future mold problems. I want to say it is an ultra violet filter but I could be 100% incorrect on that. I am also investigating applying something like a Drylock product on all my walls before repainting. Just a thought.Blessings and Light,Marilyn Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and

members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

[Guest guest]

Hi all

 

We call it MOULD!

 

Anyhow I can tell you that in my experience TEA TREE is the way to go.

You only need a small amount and it works. No don't use undiluted Tea Tree!

 

Persian

 

See below part of a file from a USA site on household cleaners:-

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MOLD KILLERS

Tea Tree Treaure

Nothing natural works for mold and mildew as well

as this spray. I've used it successfully on a moldy

ceiling from a leaking roof, on a musty bureau, a

musty rug, and a moldy shower curtain. Tea tree oil

is expensive, but a little goes a very long way.

Note that the smell of tea tree oil is very strong,

but it will dissipate in a few days.

2 teaspoons tea tree oil

2 cups water

Combine in a spray bottle, shake to blend, and

spray on problem areas. Do not rinse.

Makes 2 cups

Preparation Time: Under a minute

Shelf Life: Indefinite

Storage: Leave in the spray bottle

 

Mold Killers and Disinfectants For a substance to

be registered by the EPA as a disinfectant it must

go through extensive and expensive tests. EPA

recommends simple soap to use as a disinfectant

There are many essential oils, such as lavender,

clove, and tea tree oil (an excellent natural

fungicide), that are very antiseptic, as is

grapefruit seed extract, even though they aren?t

registered as such. Use one teaspoon of essential

oil to 2 cups of water in a spray bottle (make

sure to avoid eyes). A grapefruit seed extract

spray can be made by adding 20 drops of extract to

a quart of water.

 

 

Say Goodbye to Mold and Mildew

 

Over the years I have found three natural

ingredients that kill mold: tea tree oil (an

essential oil found in most health food stores),

grapefruit seed extract, and vinegar. There are

pros and cons of each, but all three work. Vinegar

is by far the cheapest. Tea tree oil is expensive,

but it is a broad spectrum fungicide and seems to

kill all the mold families it contacts. The problem

is that it has a very strong smell, but that

dissipates in a few days. Grapefruit seed extract

is also expensive, but has no smell. Click here for

how to use these three ingredients in your home, to

kill mold and mildew.

 

Mold can be dangerous to your health, even if you

aren't allergic. Many people react to mold by

getting tired and even depressed. Try to stay on

top of moisture and mold as soon as either arises.

Dry out anything that is damp, such as basements

(use a dehumidifier), and carpets. Fix leaks in

plumbing and roofs. Wipe up spills. Make sure water

doesn't escape from shower curtains. Vigilance will

pay off!

 

 

* Citrus Seed Extract

The advantage of using citrus seed extract instead

of tea tree oil for killing mold is that it is

odorless.

 

20 drops citrus seed extract

2 cups water

 

Combine in a spray bottle, shake to blend, and

spray on problem areas. Do not rinse.

Makes 2 cups

Preparation Time: A minute or so

Shelf Life: Indefinite

Storage: Leave in the spray bottle

 

* Vinegar Spray

Straight vinegar reportedly kills 82 percent of

mold. Pour some white distilled vinegar straight

into a spray bottle, spray on the moldy area, and

let set without rinsing if you can put up with the

smell. It will dissipate in a few hours.

 

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[Guest guest]

Could you send me your email address? Mine is mbeav

Thanks

Marilyn

 

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Kelly W.

Friday, August 12, 2005 10:03 AM

mold

Hi, fighting molds inside the body I think is a lotlike fighting candida. I think reducing your exposurefirst is key, and then avoiding moldy foods, etc (likewatermelons, etc), then avoiding sugar and processedfoods, then detoxing, cleaning out your body...gettingthe heavy metals out etc. For instance if you have alot of mercury in your system, the bacteria, fungi,and molds will cling to that and proliferate on itbecause it is barren of oxygen. Getting oxygen to allparts of the body is key. Juicing and the JohannaBudwig diet are excellent ways to do this. The JohannaBudwig diet does this by putting omega 3 fatty acidsall over the body, oxygenating and quelling freeradicals, etc. I forget what other foods have a highmold content.The longest lived people (I have read) are people wholive in the dry mountain regions who actually drink alot of tea with rock salt in it to hydrate. All thoseminerals are key for longevity. The right itamins andminerals and enzymes can fight the molds you picked upfrom the building. There is a good called Toxic Mold and Women.Take care, Kel

[Guest guest]

I tend to agree with this idea. However, mold is everywhere. Most allergies and colds/flus are caused by molds since it is so airborne. Aspergillus for instance causes more sinus infections/allergies than anything else. Some of the histoplasma species cause thrush in immuno compromised hosts. There is even a species named after pneumonia since it attacks the bronchial tissues in the lungs. If you suffer from chronic mold infections you are most certainly immuno-compromised. The problem seems to be in the t-cells; lack of communication possibly or some kind of defect. IgA could also be low since this is the immunoglobulin that protects the mucous linings of the body. Many times I see low white blood cell counts in chronic thrush sufferers. The counts are either below normal or on the low side to normal. White blood cells are created in the bone marrow from stem cells and a diet high in monosaccharides, or supplement, so the body becomes saturated and can

produce its own stem cells can many times solve the problem. It is an autoimmune disease like any other, maybe worse since it injects mycotoxins into your body trying to turn you back into dirt. These mycotoxins can produce a whole host of other diseases further complicationg the problem.

 

It is not an easy condition to overcome but it can be done in time.

 

Dan"Kelly W." <kellykebby wrote:

Hi, fighting molds inside the body I think is a lotlike fighting candida. I think reducing your exposurefirst is key, and then avoiding moldy foods, etc (likewatermelons, etc), then avoiding sugar and processedfoods, then detoxing, cleaning out your body...gettingthe heavy metals out etc. For instance if you have alot of mercury in your system, the bacteria, fungi,and molds will cling to that and proliferate on itbecause it is barren of oxygen. Getting oxygen to allparts of the body is key. Juicing and the JohannaBudwig diet are excellent ways to do this. The JohannaBudwig diet does this by putting omega 3 fatty acidsall over the body, oxygenating and quelling freeradicals, etc. I forget what other foods have a highmold content.The longest lived people (I have read) are people wholive in the dry mountain

regions who actually drink alot of tea with rock salt in it to hydrate. All thoseminerals are key for longevity. The right itamins andminerals and enzymes can fight the molds you picked upfrom the building. There is a good called Toxic Mold and Women.Take care, Kel

[Guest guest]

Yes, I’m very aware that mold is everywhere, but when you are exposed to an excessive amount is when a person has problems. I was exposed after cleaning up a building that flooded for 1 week. I’ve attempted to do everything possible in order to get well, but have not had much luck. I was very healthy until I was exposed. I do not live in a building that has mold. I eat organic foods and try to keep all chemicals away from me.

 

I’ve been to toxicologist and doctors that work only with mold exposed patients. Some of these doctors are interested the money they can make off mold patients. It is money up front and no insurance coverage. I went to a Dr. Gray in Benson, AZ that had mold clinics, but I’m still ill. I have not found a way to get back to being able to live a normal life. I have constant pain unless I take pain pills. The pain pill only dulls the pain unless I take enough to put me to sleep. What a LIFE?

Marilyn

 

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Dan

Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:10 AM

Re: mold

 

I tend to agree with this idea. However, mold is everywhere. Most allergies and colds/flus are caused by molds since it is so airborne. Aspergillus for instance causes more sinus infections/allergies than anything else. Some of the histoplasma species cause thrush in immuno compromised hosts. There is even a species named after pneumonia since it attacks the bronchial tissues in the lungs. If you suffer from chronic mold infections you are most certainly immuno-compromised. The problem seems to be in the t-cells; lack of communication possibly or some kind of defect. IgA could also be low since this is the immunoglobulin that protects the mucous linings of the body. Many times I see low white blood cell counts in chronic thrush sufferers. The counts are either below normal or on the low side to normal. White blood cells are created in the bone marrow from stem cells and a diet high in monosaccharides, or supplement, so the body becomes saturated and can produce its own stem cells can many times solve the problem. It is an autoimmune disease like any other, maybe worse since it injects mycotoxins into your body trying to turn you back into dirt. These mycotoxins can produce a whole host of other diseases further complicationg the problem.

 

It is not an easy condition to overcome but it can be done in time.

 

Dan"Kelly W." <kellykebby wrote:

Hi, fighting molds inside the body I think is a lotlike fighting candida. I think reducing your exposurefirst is key, and then avoiding moldy foods, etc (likewatermelons, etc), then avoiding sugar and processedfoods, then detoxing, cleaning out your body...gettingthe heavy metals out etc. For instance if you have alot of mercury in your system, the bacteria, fungi,and molds will cling to that and proliferate on itbecause it is barren of oxygen. Getting oxygen to allparts of the body is key. Juicing and the JohannaBudwig diet are excellent ways to do this. The JohannaBudwig diet does this by putting omega 3 fatty acidsall over the body, oxygenating and quelling freeradicals, etc. I forget what other foods have a highmold content.The longest lived people (I have read) are people wholive in the dry mountain regions who actually drink alot of tea with rock salt in it to hydrate. All thoseminerals are key for longevity. The right itamins andminerals and enzymes can fight the molds you picked upfrom the building. There is a good called Toxic Mold and Women.Take care, Kel

 

[Guest guest]

Dan,

I was wondering, do you have a preference for the brands of various vitamins? I struggle with trying to keep polluted chemicals out and away from my body. I’m extremely sensitive to fragrance and petro products after being exposed to mold in 1999. A very excessive amount. I’ve been getting massages at a holistic clinic and have always told them that they couldn’t use fragrance on me. I indicated on my chart for the M.D. & N.D.that I was allergic to fragrance. I looked on the back of the bottle of oil when I was finished with my massage last Wednesday and saw that fragrance was listed on the back. My balance was terrible Tuesday after my Monday massage. I was better Wednesday afternoon, had a massage Wednesday late afternoon and Thursday morning I felt as though I had just got off an amusement park ride, my balance is still horrible. I had not had the severe balance problems for several months. I know that my body can’t tolerate chemicals since I was exposed to the mold.

 

Dan, I just continue to search for a way to live without this pain. I have constant pain all over my body without pain pills. The pain is a terrible burning prickling feeling in my legs and my feet are a more intense burning. I take pain pills and then I just sleep. What a life? I've tried so hard, so many things. For the last four years, I've been eatting organic food; chicken, some fish, vegetables, and fresh fruits. I do not eat fast foods or anything processed, milk products, pasta, canned products or breads. I try to stay away from chemicals, and stay at home except to go to the doctors and purchase food at Whole Foods in Scottsdale. About 240 miles round trip.

 

I’ve had to see several medical doctors due to having cancer, Valley Fever and H-Pyloric in the summer of ’04. I had started seeing a N.D. in May of ’04 and he understood how mold could be so damaging to my body. At the present, several doctors say that I have fibromyalgia. That is just a way of tagging a name to my pain. I've seen 2 rheumatologist, one said I had fibromyalgia and the other rheumatologist said I didn't have the trigger points and referred me to a pain doctor and a psychiatrist. I don't want to be on pain and antidepressant pills. I would just like some quality of life.

 

Thanks for any help that you can give me.

Marilyn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,

 

Yes I do have a preference, I like supplements of high quality that work. I work with a lot of people with their candida/mold issues and recommend various things from different companies that I have found to work.

 

Did they ever figure out what species of mold you were exposed to?

 

L & M Beaver <mbeav wrote:

 

 

Dan,

I was wondering, do you have a preference for the brands of various vitamins? I struggle with trying to keep polluted chemicals out and away from my body. I’m extremely sensitive to fragrance and petro products after being exposed to mold in 1999. A very excessive amount. I’ve been getting massages at a holistic clinic and have always told them that they couldn’t use fragrance on me. I indicated on my chart for the M.D. & N.D.that I was allergic to fragrance. I looked on the back of the bottle of oil when I was finished with my massage last Wednesday and saw that fragrance was listed on the back. My balance was terrible Tuesday after my Monday massage. I was better Wednesday afternoon, had a massage Wednesday late afternoon and Thursday morning I felt as though I had just got off an amusement park ride, my balance is still horrible. I had not had the severe balance problems for several months. I know that my body can’t tolerate chemicals since I was exposed to the mold.

 

Dan, I just continue to search for a way to live without this pain. I have constant pain all over my body without pain pills. The pain is a terrible burning prickling feeling in my legs and my feet are a more intense burning. I take pain pills and then I just sleep. What a life? I've tried so hard, so many things. For the last four years, I've been eatting organic food; chicken, some fish, vegetables, and fresh fruits. I do not eat fast foods or anything processed, milk products, pasta, canned products or breads. I try to stay away from chemicals, and stay at home except to go to the doctors and purchase food at Whole Foods in

Scottsdale. About 240 miles round trip.

 

I’ve had to see several medical doctors due to having cancer, Valley Fever and H-Pyloric in the summer of ’04. I had started seeing a N.D. in May of ’04 and he understood how mold could be so damaging to my body. At the present, several doctors say that I have fibromyalgia. That is just a way of tagging a name to my pain. I've seen 2 rheumatologist, one said I had fibromyalgia and the other rheumatologist said I didn't have the trigger points and referred me to a pain doctor and a psychiatrist. I don't want to be on pain and antidepressant pills. I would just like some quality of life.

 

Thanks for any help that you can give me.

Marilyn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dan,

Aspergillus, Stachybotrys, and Penicillium are the ones that I recall when the building was tested. I would need to dig to find the reports. I have so many reports; findings of the building and medical.

 

 

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Dan

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:42 PM

Re: mold

 

Marilyn,

 

Yes I do have a preference, I like supplements of high quality that work. I work with a lot of people with their candida/mold issues and recommend various things from different companies that I have found to work.

 

Did they ever figure out what species of mold you were exposed to?