A Discussion of Dr. Hans Nieper's Work

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A Discussion of Dr. Hans Nieper's Work JoAnn Guest Jul 25, 2005 18:12 PDT

 

 

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With most all creative works you build upon the teachings of those who

go before you. No one has been more important to our knowledge base than

Dr. Hans Nieper. Nieper, a German scientist and medical doctor died just

a few years ago. His pre-eminent idea is that modern medicine fails to

follow the laws of physics.

 

His understanding of cellular membrane capitance (electrical charge)

opened the door to getting higher doses of medicines to the right

delivery address.

 

To understand the importance of this look at the way lithium is

administered in this country. It is given in either a carbonate,

citrate, or acetate form. Should high doses be used for bi-polar

disorder, the blood must be monitored to prevent levels from rising too

high and causing side effects.

 

Lithium is a positively charged ion and cellular membranes are also

positively charged, therefore lithium in the pharmaceutical forms are

largely repulsed at the site of the cell membrane and consequently blood

levels rise.

 

Now with lithium orotate, Nieper and his fellow travelers combined

lithium with orotic acid which is negatively charged to create a

neutrally charged substance that passes through the cell membrane.

 

Not only does it lack side effects as blood levels stay low, but it is

stronger as more lithium reaches its intended destination.

 

In further refinements these German researchers learned how to target

different cellular destinations and tissue groups by what ion carriers

they used.

 

Nieper treated HepC successfully by using calcium and lithium orotates

on what was called Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis. He would use this treatment

for periods of 12 months and more.

 

The orotates are effective as they directly deal with the auto-immune

mechanism that results in oxidative damage to the liver. This virus is

not directly cyto-toxic.

 

We have patients whose viral loads top 15 million and they have no

symptoms and their biopsies are mild to moderate. At the same time we

see patients whose viral loads are under 500,000 and they are at death's

door.

 

Matthew Dolan in the Hep C Handbook illustrates some of these points in

his very fine book. The auto-immune response in Hep C is because the

lysosomes produces a ROS (reactive oxygen species) and it attacks HCV

with it causing oxidative damage to the liver.

 

The lysosomes are like cellular chemical factories much like

mitochondria are cellular power stations.

 

Calcium and lithium orotates quiet down lysosomal membranes, turning off

the direct link to liver inflammation. For patients with cirrhosis the

orotates are our most prized assets.

 

Now for people with minimal liver damage and normal enzyme levels we

will use zinc orotate to activate the lysosomes to create a stronger

anti-viral effect. Again viral load is important, yet it is not a linear

cause of liver inflammation.

 

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May 5, 2004

 

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Conventional medical thinking concerning the brain have always believed

that the brain steadily decreased in size with aging and that when brain

neurones (nerve cells) died they were lost forever. This explains why

elderly persons generally have slightly smaller brains than younger

individuals.

 

Preserving And Renewing Brain Cells With Lithium

 

Medical students are taught that there is a slow steady loss of brain

cells with aging culminating in gradual shrinkage of the brain. Lithium

has long been known to be an effective therapy for Bipolar Disorder

(manic depression) when taken in high doses. However, recent research

has shown that low doses of lithium preserve and renew[1] brain cells.

Eight of ten persons given lithium showed an increase in brain grey

matter of 3 % after only 4 weeks. By promoting brain cell regeneration

and increasing brain size lithium can function as an anti-aging nutrient

for the brain.

 

Lithium also accomplishes the following benefits for brain cells:

 

Lithium enhances DNA replication which is the first step to formation of

new cells.

 

The damaging effects of excitotoxins. (monosodium glutamate (MSG),

aspartame (Nutrasweet) etc. can be blocked by lithium.[2]

 

Animal research shows that lithium can decrease the areas of cell death

after induced strokes by 56 %.

 

Lithium protects rat brain cells from the. increased levels of brain

cell death caused by anti-convulsant drugs (Dilantin phenytoin ,

Tegretol, carbamazepine etc.)

 

Lithium may protect against adverse effects from mood altering drugs,

alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, 'uppers " and " downers " , and marihuana all of

which cause brain damage with long term use.

 

Abnormally functioning signaling pathways may become repaired by

lithium.

 

The aluminum felt to be a possible cause of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). is

chelated[3] by lithium so it can be more easily removed from the body.

Research has suggested that lithium blocks the secretion of beta-amyloid

in Alzheimer's disease and prevents damage from pre-existing beta

amyloid. Overactivity of the brain cell protein tau contributes to death

of neurones in Alzheimer's Disease. Lithium inhibits this tau protein

damage and the formation of the neurofibrillary tangles seen in AD.

 

Ten years of research by 27 counties in Texas disclosed that the

incidence of homicide, rape, robbery, burglary, arrests for drug

possession, and suicide[4] were higher in counties whose drinking water

contained little or no lithium.

 

Counties whose drinking water naturally contained higher amounts of

lithium had significantly lower rates of all these crimes.

 

These counties with higher levels of lithium in their tap water

experienced fewer hospitalizations for homicides, mental illness[5],

psychosis, neurosis, schizophrenia, and personality disorder. Low dosage

lithium benefits alcoholism and mood disorders seen in heavy users of

alcohol and their relatives.

 

This therapy is often obvious to family members[6] when depression,

premenstrual tension, temper flareups and irritability cease affecting

the individual.

 

Lithium has been helpful in reducing aggressive[7] behavior in children.

High dosages of lithium helped two adult women with severe anorexia

nervosa[8] regain 26 and 20 pounds in six weeks. Both women experienced

improvement in behavioral problems.

 

 

 

Low dosages of lithium have been found to be safe.[9] Dr. Jonathan

Wright suggests 20 to 30 mg. of lithium aspartate or lithium orotate

daily as an appropriate dose to stop brain aging. This is 1/3 to 1/6 the

dosage of lithium carbonate used to treat manic depressive disorder.

 

Dr. Hans Nieper of Germany has learned that lithium orotate or lithium

aspartate penetrate cells more effectively than lithium carbonate so

smaller doses can be used.

 

One tablespoon of flaxseed oil daily along with 400 I.U. of vitamin E

ensures that no lithium toxicity can develop. These lithium products can

be obtained from Tehama Clinic 425-264-0059.

 

Should Lithium Be Added To The Water Supply In The U.S.?

 

The answer is yes, particularly for parts of the country where lithium

water levels are low. Placing lithium in the water supply would almost

certainly lower crime rates and would also improve the productivity of

many emotionally troubled persons.

 

Is this likely to occur? Probably not because there is no large

corporation that would profit from the placing of lithium in water. To

understand the political environment surrounding an issue like this it

is important to have an awareness of how fluoride was placed in U.S.

water supplies.

 

Why did fluoride get placed in U.S. community water supplies? A

politically important industry (aluminum manufacture) had an enormous

problem disposing of the very toxic sodium fluoride created as a

byproduct of the production of aluminum. Other than use as a rat poison,

sodium fluoride had no economic value.

 

Was there any evidence that fluoride decreases the incidence of

cavities? No, not then or since then.

 

Were any studies conducted to verify if the placing of fluoride in the

water was safe for the American public? No.

 

Did anyone know how much fluoride should be added to water? No. The dose

selected one part per million[10] was selected arbitrarily. When the

legislation to place fluoride into U.S. water supplies was passed every

congressman had bottled water placed in their offices.

 

A prominent senator always carried a flask of spring water in his coat

pocket when he dined in a fashionable Washington restaurant. He stated

to his dinner companions " Not one drop of fluoridated water will ever

pass my lips. "

 

Such are the guardians of our nation. Since placing lithium in our water

could improve general health and decrease the need for pharmaceutical

drugs there is little possibility this will occur.

 

Preserving Brain Function

 

An interesting study was done in elderly nuns living in a convent to try

to ascertain what factors seem to contribute to declining brain function

in the elderly (dementia).

 

What was discovered was that those who were involved in activities that

challenged the brain (learning new skills, working crossword puzzles,

playing chess, etc.) were less likely to become demented than those who

had no interests and were simply vegetating. This fits with " use it or

lose it concept regarding brain function in the elderly " which appears

to be valid.

 

 

 

Footnotes:

 

1, Moore G.L. et al Lithium-induced increase in human grey matter.

Lancet 2000; 356: 1, 241-1, 242

2, Nanaka S., Chronic lithium treatment robustly protects neurones in

the central nervous system against neuro excitotoxicity by inhibiting

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated calcium influx. Proceedings of

the National Academy of Sciences of U.S.A. 1998; 95: 2,642-2,647

3, Radesater A., et al, Inhibition of GSK 3 beta by lithium attenuates

tau phosphoralation and degeneration. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts

2001: 1, 437

4, Schrauzer,GN et al Lithium in drinking water and the incidence of

crimes, suicides, and arrests related to drug addiction. Biological

Trace Element Research 1990;105-113

5, Dawson E. B. The relationship of tap water and physiological levels

of lithium levels of lithium to mental hospital admission and homicide

in Texas. In Schrauzeer GN, Klippel KF (editors) Lithium in Biology and

Medicine VCH Publishers, New York, 1991, pp. 170-187

6, Wright Jonathan Lithium Part 2 Other Effects Townsend Letter for

Doctors & Patients April 2004 pg.59-60

7, Wright J. Lithium, Part 2: Other Effects Townsend Letter for Doctors

& Patients April 2004 pp. 59

8, Bsreai A. Lithium id adult anorexia nervosa. Acta Psychiat Scand

1977; 55:97-101

9, Wright, J., Nutrition & Healing Vol. 10, Issue 7 Augiust 2003 pg.1-4

10, Mullins Eustace Murder By Injection The story of the Medical

Conspiracy Against America pp 158 The National Council for Medical

Research, P.O. Box 1105, Staunton, Virginia 24401

 

 

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Lithium orotate is a type of lithium salt often sold as an

over-the-counter dietary supplement.

http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Lithium_orotate

 

It is sold as an alternative to lithium carbonate, and it is available

without a doctor's prescription. The amount of elemental lithium in each

tablet are much lower than those in lithium carbonate pills. Lower

amounts of lithium are used, as the lithium in attached to an orotate

salt, rather than to the carbonate.

 

This allows the lithium to cross the blood-brain barrier more

effectively, and significantly reduces the amount of lithium required in

order for the lithium to have a therapeutic effect for use in combating

depression and stabilizing bipolar moods.

 

Lithium orotate is sometimes sold as " organic lithium " by nutritionists,

as well as under a wide variety of brand names. The type of salt which

it is attached to makes it different than lithium carbonate.

 

Orotate salts were studied and used extensively by medical pioneer Hans

Nieper. It was Nieper who discovered the ability of orotate salts to

cross the blood-brain barrier efficiently through the double cell

membrane and releases within the cell.

 

The lithium is metabolized within the cell, particularly at the

mitochondria. Electron microscope research has been conducted to

demonstrate the above functions and processes by Moenninghoff and his

collaborators at the University of Munster, Westphalia (1971).

 

Orotate comes from a biological component of our cells called orotic

acid. His patients among many include former United States president

Ronald Reagan. It should be noted that self-treatment of a psychiatric

disorder without medical monitoring is potentially dangerous. Therefore

if using lithium Orotate to stabilize moods, or combat depression, it is

very important to work with a medical professional.

 

There seems to be little evidence for its use in clinical treatment in

preference to lithium carbonate. However, many patients use it in place

of lithium carbonate, as side effects tend to be significantly reduced.

Again, please note that self-treatment without medical monitoring is

potentially dangerous.

 

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