The Principles and Practices of Transdermal Therapy

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The Principles and Practices of Transdermal Therapy

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NaturalNews) Transdermal medicine delivers medications to the exact site of

injury/pain. Transdermal medicine is ideal for pain management as well as

sports and pediatric medicine. In fact it is one of the best ways of

administering medicines quickly and effectively. Transdermal methods of

delivery are

widely used because they allow the absorption of medicine directly through the

skin. Gels, emulsion creams, sprays and lip balm stick applicators are easy to

use and are effective in getting medicine into the blood stream quickly.

 

Traditional methods of administering medicine such as tablets or capsules

get watered down and become much less effective due to stomach acids and

digestive enzymes, before they eventually get into the bloodstream. Bypassing

the

stomach and liver means a much greater percentage of the active ingredient

goes straight into the bloodstream where it’s needed. In many cases,

transdermal

methods are used to help avoid potential side effects such as stomach upset

or drowsiness. The full potential for transdermal medicine has not been

explored by modern medicine though it has been practiced for thousands of years

in

hot springs around the world.

 

Drugs enter different layers of skin via intramuscular, subcutaneous, or

transdermal delivery methods. The most common ways to administer drugs are oral

(swallowing an aspirin tablet), intramuscular (getting a flu shot in an arm

muscle), subcutaneous (injecting insulin just under the skin), intravenous

(receiving chemotherapy through a vein), or transdermal (wearing a skin patch).

It is not a surprise, when you consider the large surface area of the skin,

that when you apply a substance to the entire body, rapid absorption and

resultant effect is sufficient to put transdermal administration on par with

other

ways of administering drugs.

 

Transdermal medicine takes us back to medical basics, back to substances

that cannot be patented, and cannot be sold for obscene profit. People who live

near the sea where the water is clean and warm (not too many of us) have an

advantage over the rest because they have access to free and quite powerful

transdermal medical treatments at the sea shore.

 

Hidden in each cubic mile of ocean water is enough healing power to put the

pharmaceutical companies out of business.

 

That’s right; at the beach you receive the full benefits of the sea with its

high concentrations of magnesium in the water and iodine in the air, which

is taken up by the lungs. It actually takes quite a bit of magnesium chloride

flakes in a bath to bring bathwater up to the concentration of ocean water,

but it is well worth the effort and expense for the health benefits are

spectacular.

 

Before her first trip to the Dead Sea, 40-year-old Rhonda Dupras didn’t even

own a pair of shorts. Suffering from severe psoriasis over her entire body,

Dupras normally cloaked herself in long sleeves and long pants, hiding her

red, flaky, scaly skin from curious stares and prying questions. But after

three weeks of soaking up the Dead Sea sunshine under a doctor’s care at her

health hotel in Israel, Dupras’ skin was tanned, glowing, smooth and

virtually

clear of flakes and patches. She cried like a baby, she says, and promptly

bought shorts to celebrate. “I ended up showing off my skin to everyone. I

just

couldn’t help myself,†she says. Her remission lasted four giddy months.

She

did not know that one can recreate the conditions of the Dead Sea in her

bathtub!

 

Our ideal transdermal treatment includes the healing radiation of the sun

with all the resultant increases in Vitamin D levels via the skin. This is

transdermal medicine at its best and at it’s cheapest unless you have to fly

yourself into the dream beach of your choice. Dermatologists have destroyed the

image of healing at the beach because of the sun. They would have you do

transdermal medicine practiced at its worst by having you apply toxic sun

screens

that block vitamin D formation while synthetic pharmaceutical chemical

substances seep into the body. The sun is more important to health then we

would

suppose and is in reality one of the best anti cancer agents we have. The truth

is exactly 180 degrees opposite to what the doctors would have us believe

and that makes dermatologists into terrific liars.

 

Transdermal medicine is a versatile form of medicine everyone can use and

benefit from. With transdermal medicine we can address systemic nutritional

deficiencies, act to improve immune, hormonal and nervous systems, protect

cells

from oxidative damage, open up cell wall permeability, reduce the risk of

cancers, shrink tumors and do just about anything else we do with oral and

intravenous drugs. Now imagine receiving your medical treatment right in the

comfort of your own home if you cannot get to the warm sea water.

 

Transdermal magnesium therapy is ideal for pain management. The combination

of heat and magnesium chloride increases circulation and waste removal. The

therapeutic effect of magnesium baths is to draw inflammation out of the

muscles and joints. Magnesium chloride, when applied directly to the skin, is

transdermally absorbed and has an almost immediate effect on pain.

 

What better way to reduce or eliminate pain then by simply taking a

therapeutic bath or rubbing magnesium chloride substance in liquid form

directly onto

the skin or affected area of the body? From the pain of sports injuries to

low back pain and sciatica, headaches, relief from kidney stones, the pain of

restless legs, arthritic pain, and just about every painful condition

imaginable will in all likely hood benefit from medicines applied topically.

 

Medicines taken by mouth (oral) pass through the liver before they are

absorbed into the bloodstream. Other forms of drug administration bypass the

liver, entering the blood directly. Magnesium Oil can be applied directly to

inflamed areas.

 

Transdermal magnesium therapy in particular offers an exciting breakthrough

in sports medicine. Coaches can now treat injuries, prevent them, and

increase athletic performance all at the same time. Transdermal magnesium

chloride

mineral therapy enhances recovery from athletic activity or injuries. It

reduces pain and inflammation while propagating quicker regeneration of

tissues.

Topical application of magnesium chloride increases flexibility, which helps

avoid injury. It also increases strength and endurance. Transdermal Magnesium

Therapy is a boon for athletes, coaches and doctors who practice sports

medicine.

 

The use of transdermal patches is fairly new. These patches (as shown)

contain a drug reservoir that holds an opioid which is delivered through

contact

with the patients’ skin. These can be helpful in delivering a more potent

form

of pain medication in a more controlled manner, outside of the hospital or

to assist in relieving pain post-operatively, and in post-radiation burns

(tissue burn patients).

 

When working with transdermal medicine in its more natural forms doctors

have to send their patients home to execute the therapies as much as two or

three times a day. The patient himself has to feel their way to appropriate

doses

under their physicians or other health care practitioner’s guidance. Not

everyone is the same and parents will naturally want to use transdermal

magnesium and iodine treatments on their children. Transdermal is a preferred

approach for children and young infants.

 

The value of the transdermal route of drug administration proves itself in

the new technology being developed to administer even large molecules like

insulin through the skin. Previously this was not possible as the insulin

molecule was too large to pass into the pores of the stratum corneum.

Researchers

have explored a variety of methods to penetrate this skin barrier -- ranging

from chemicals to lasers, micro needles, thermal/electrical energy, and

ultrasound. Most methods work by enlarging the pores to a size that would

accept

these large molecules.

 

Transdermal delivery of medicines is generally considered safer, more

efficient, more convenient and less painful than injections or IV’s.

 

Absorption

 

Medicines can enter the body in many different ways, and they are absorbed

when they travel from the site of administration into the body's circulation.

A drug faces its biggest hurdles during absorption. Medicines taken by mouth

are shuttled via a special blood vessel leading from the digestive tract to

the liver, where a large amount may be destroyed by metabolic enzymes in the

so-called " first-pass effect " . Other routes of drug administration bypass the

liver, entering the bloodstream directly or via the skin or lungs.

 

Human skin is like a tightly woven fabric, seemingly impervious but porous

at the microscopic level. Through its millions of tiny openings, the body

oozes sweat and absorbs some substances applied to the skin.

 

For a topical agent to be effective, obviously it must first be absorbed.

The drug must enter in adequate concentration to its proposed site of action to

produce the desired response of the skin. This skin is involved in dynamic

exchange between the internal and external environments through respiration,

absorption and elimination. It is highly permeable even though it has the

ability to maintain its important bacteria-inhibiting barrier with the

environment.

 

Individuals vary in the amount of medication they absorb through the skin.

In transdermal medicine, substances are applied to the skin’s surface and

then

diffuse out of its vehicle into the stratum corneum. In the stratum corneum

they build a reservoir and defuse through the stratum spinosum. At this

point, they can be metabolized and bind to receptors thus exerting their

effects.

Finally what ever healing or medical substance is applied is delivered into

subcutaneous fat, the circulatory system and achieves systemic absorption.

 

Yesterday I witnessed one of the most amazing benefits of transdermal

medicine I have ever seen. It certainly was a demonstration of the absorption

properties of the skin. I work with another RN who is afflicted with arthritis,

especially in her hands, and frequent muscle cramping/spasms in her legs.

Yesterday I received a phone call from her begging me to please bring to the

hospital some magnesium oil, as her hands were so cramped up and painful that

she

could barely stand to continue working.

 

When I got there, her hands and fingers were very contorted in spasm. Her

fingers were curled up and stiff and her legs were cramping badly. She reported

they had been this way all day, and the pain was driving her to tears. She

immediately slathered the magnesium oil all over her hands. We were in report

and she wanted it on her hands right away so the entire nursing staff watched

and within 5 minutes you could visibly see her fingers extend back to normal

and the finger movement return. We could literally see the relaxation taking

place. Within minutes her hands were completely relaxed and functional again

and stayed that way the remainder of the evening.

 

The concentration of the applied dose, the surface area of the body, and the

elapsed time the chemical is on the skin are the main considerations

affecting absorption. As the concentration of a drug is increased, the total

amount

absorbed into the skin and body also increases. Increasing the surface area

of the applied dose also increases penetration.

 

Penetration occurs over time. The longer the substance is on the skin, the

greater the chance for continued penetration. The total amount of a drug

absorbed during a 24-hour period may be different for a single application as

opposed to the same amount applied in divided doses. In other words, applying a

medicine once a day in the morning delivers a different concentration as

opposed to applying a medicine 3 times a day 8 hours apart.

 

Herbal poultices, therapeutic baths, steam and dry saunas, transdermal

patches, transdermal magnesium and transdermal iodine therapy rely on the

permeability of the skin for either introducing substances into systemic

circulation

via the skin or mucous membranes, or for drawing toxic substances out of the

system via the eliminative channels of perspiration.

 

When using transdermal medicines, one has to be aware that: applying more of

a substance increases the amount absorbed.

 

Penetration will stop generally when the skin is saturated. Absorption into

the bloodstream is also increased if the concentration of a substance is

higher and if more body is covered. Obviously the skin of infants is more prone

to absorption than those of adults. Occluded (skin that has been covered) or

well-hydrated skin is easier to penetrate than non-occluded or dry skin.

 

There are many things that affect skin absorption. Absorption occurs by

distribution around and through the cells that make up the skin. Some

absorption

takes place along hair follicles or through sweat ducts. Skin thickness and

barrier accessibility are different in various areas so absorption rates will

vary in different parts of the body. For example, hydrocortisone (a synthetic

preparation used in the treatment of inflammations, allergies and itching)

is absorbed through the skin 6 times better on the forehead than on the arm,

and 44 times better on the scrotum.

 

The physical condition of the skin at the point of external application is

another significant variable. The skin of an infant or child is more permeable

than that of adults. The skin over the organs in decreasing order of

permeability is genitals, head and neck, trunk, arm and leg. Skin abrasion

allows a

locally applied substance to come directly in contact with subcutaneous

tissue and blood vessels. Absorption is at a much higher rate than in healthy

skin. Inflammation leaves the skin leaky and allows larger molecules to be

absorbed.

 

Transdermal Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA)

 

Topical application of Na-RLA achieves about a one hundred fold increase in

concentration (345 nmol/g skin) over that achieved by dietary means.

Sodium-R-Lipoate (Na-RLA) is provided as a solid light yellow to off-white

powder or

as an aqueous solution for cosmetic formulations and is prepared from

pharmaceutical grade R-Lipoic acid (>99.5%). Na-RLA may protect against and

reverses

oxidative damage from environmental assaults (sun burn, pollutants), aging

and pathological conditions because Na-RLA recycles, increases and protects

dermal antioxidants; including Coenzyme Q10, vitamin C, vitamin E and

glutathione.

 

ALA is reported to neutralize effects of radiation therapy and the harmful

effects of cancer chemotherapy.

 

Selenium is much more effective in the presence of alpha lipoic acid because

ALA increases the production of selenium’s cancer-fighting partner

glutathione. Topical application of Na-RLA, due to its rapid absorption

kinetics, is

useful in protection against skin cell damage from solar radiation; involving

the generation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) after the main exposure and

subsequent depletion of the major antioxidants of the skin. Na-RLA is a

powerful scavenger of destructive free radical molecules in both aqueous and

lipid

layers of the skin.

 

Topical application of Na-RLA produces a wide range of beneficial effects on

skin cells:

 

* Protects against UV radiation

 

* Reduces Skin Inflammation

 

* Reverses Oxidative Protein Damage

 

* Reduces Lipid peroxidation

 

* Improves ATP Production in the Epidermis and Dermis

 

* Chelates Toxic Heavy Metals

 

* Increases Glutathione skin content, dose-dependently

 

* Completely protects and regenerates CoQ10, Vitamins C & E from UVA and UVB

exposure and destruction

 

Transdermal Medicine and Skin Cancer

 

Dr. Tullio Simoncini states, “Every tumour of the skin can be completely

removed with Iodine Tincture 7%, brushed many times (10-20) a day. When the

crust is formed, don’t take it away, but treat the area continuously and wait

until it falls without any other intervention except the Iodine tincture. When

the crust falls down the third time, the patient is healed.â€

 

“In cases where the tumor has invaded a coetaneous-mucous transitional zone

like the anus, eyelids, vagina or mouth,†Simoncini continues saying, “it

is

necessary to perform a preliminary treatment of the mucous area with sodium

bicarbonate and then, after the elimination of the colonies existing there,

proceed to treat the cutis with iodine solution. It is appropriate to

highlight that the same type of therapy is to be applied also to psoriasis and

to the

known fungi afflictions. In fact, the difference between coetaneous mycosis,

psoriases and tumors consists only of a variation of aggressiveness and thus

of depth of rooting, since the causal agent is always the same: a fungus.

Sometimes for the therapy, other corrosive salts can be used in function of the

location in the body.â€

 

What gets in through the skin can get out. Thus it is in a physician's favor

to become familiar with the keys to the skin’s permeability. In general

heat, activity and body temperature facilitate the ease with which these

“border

exchanges†can take place.

 

Transdermal Medicine and Medicinal Bath

 

On page 201 of my Transdermal Magnesium Therapy book, I recommend 2-8 oz

(566-2,264 g) Magnesium Oil for a full body bath (ca 100 liter). The %

Magnesium

in the bath is then only 45-180 mg/l magnesium. One has to forgive me the

experience of living in the semi-tropics in Brazil where bath tubs are rare. My

experiences of the use of magnesium chloride has been, until recently,

restricted to direct application on the skin and of course to now using the

exceptionally pure Ancient Minerals magnesium oil for oral use, eye washes,

aerosol

and douches.

 

It is now my professional opinion that my initial recommendations for baths

were very low. It is easy to begin to understand when we take normal seawater

as a benchmark. Open seawater already has a content of 1300 mg/l Magnesium.

Physics clearly tells us that the driving force behind transdermal intake is

the concentration gradient. The concentration of magnesium in the pure

magnesium oil is about 80,000 mg/l and when you apply that directly on the

skin,

intake rate is very high. But in the case of a bath application, my new

recommendation needs to be brought up to somewhere between 1500 and 5000 mg/l

magnesium (1 to 4 times the sea concentration). Dead Sea and other salty lake

therapies have a concentration up to 40,000 mg/l magnesium and people bathe

every

day in these waters.

 

Transdermal Medicine - Clay and Sauna Detox

 

We have to help the body detoxify and the skin should be used as a major

instrument and avenue of exit for accumulated heavy metals. This is a part of

transdermal medicine, using the skin as an exit route for the poisons that are

disturbing the body. Transdermal means through the skin. It normally refers

to absorption of drugs that are either placed directly on the skin, such as

creams and ointments, or applied in time-release forms, such as skin patches.

Typically transdermal denotes transport through intact skin (cutis) and thus

is synonymous with transcutaneous. Strictly speaking, however, transdermal

only refers to transport through the inner part of the skin, the sub-epidermal

dermis.

 

It was reported by National Geographic many years ago that the workers in

the Cinnabar mines in Spain used to detoxify themselves using sweat baths after

work. In this work, we stick to the most basic definition of " through the

skin " meaning any time we use the skin to get something through, whether in or

out, we are using a transdermal approach. The skin is analogous to the

membranes of each cell; things need to move in both directions. For the cells

it's

nutrition in and wastes out. Adept practitioners of transdermal medicine

include the use of clay and sauna because both are instrumental in working the

reverse door, using the skin to detoxify the body of deadly chemical poisons

and heavy metals.

 

Peer reviewed literature shows that sweating during sauna therapy eliminates

high levels of toxic metals, organic compounds, dioxin, and other toxins.

Sauna therapy is ideal to mobilize toxins from their hiding places.

 

“One of the best passive exercises is the radiant heat of an infrared sauna

which causes a profound deep sweat. After about 30 minutes of exposure, the

blood vessels of the skin dilate to allow more blood to flow to the surface to

support the cooling process. The millions of sweat glands covering the body

are infused with fluid from the blood. In turn, they empty to the skin's

surface, thereby flushing large amounts of toxins, including toxic acids and

heavy metals, from the body,†writes Dr. Robert O. Young who found in his

research that radiant heat [infrared] sauna provides the following benefits:

 

-- Speeds up metabolic processes of vital organs and glands, including

endocrine glands.

 

-- Inhibits the development of pleomorphic microforms [fungi, yeasts,

bacteria and molds] and creates a 'fever reaction' of rising temperature that

neutralizes them.

 

-- Increases the number of leukocytes in the blood.

 

-- Places demand on the heart to work harder thus, exercising it and also

producing a drop in diastolic blood pressure (the low side).

 

-- Stimulates dilation of peripheral blood vessels thus, relieving pain

(including muscle pain) and speeding the healing of sprain, strain, bursitis,

arthritis, and peripheral vascular disease symptoms.

 

-- Promotes relaxation, thereby creating a feeling of well-being.

 

" Sweating does indeed increase mercury excretion. Probably an hour or two of

sauna is the same as 50 mg of DMSA (Dimercaptosuccinic acid) every 4 hours

for a day. " - Dr. Andrew Cutler Hall

 

When it comes to using the skin there are many options. Bentonite clay can

be used to literally suck the poisons through the skin and this can be

enormously helpful while making overall treatments more effective and safe. The

proof of this method of drawing poisons through the skin is not in the

scientific

literature but in the ring around the tub.

 

The essential three words that describe clay are “adsorption,â€

“absorptionâ€

and their root word “sorption.†“Adsorption†is the property of a

solid

or liquid to attract and hold to its surface a gas, liquid, solute, or

suspension. It is an adhesion in an extremely thin layer of molecules to the

surfaces of solid bodies or liquids with which they are in contact. The

accumulating

molecules do not actually penetrate the substance they rest on but represent

a surface assimilation.

 

Clay, when introduced into the body, enters into a dynamic state of exchange

with the environment in the alimentary canal and the tissues that lie

beyond.

 

“Absorption,†on the other hand, implies an actual movement and uptake of

substances into the clay and is a common principle in human physiology. “

Sorption†is the process in which one substance takes up or holds another by

either absorption or adsorption. The absorption power of clay is quite intense,

pulling toxins into clay’s inner structure and spaces. So the toxins that

were

formerly only sticking to the surface of the clay’s outer structure through

ionic bonding can be pulled inside the clay’s molecule. The more substances

that are pulled into the clay’s inner structure, the more the clay expands

and

swells.

 

This same principle can be applied to the internal skin where very pure clay

is ingested as a medicine to clean out the digestive tract and pull out

toxins. The medical community has some mixed feelings about clay and actually

does not deal with it separately from the ingestion of common dirt or soil. In

both medicine and psychology we have what is called “Geophagia,†which is

the

deliberate ingestion of soil. Geophagia is thought to be a complex eating

behavior with obscure etiology and numerous health/medical problems. Geophagia

has been recorded in every region of the world both as idiosyncratic behavior

of isolated individuals and as culturally prescribed behavior of particular

societies. The behavior has long been viewed as pathological by the medical

profession, and it has been claimed to be a cause of anemia.

 

Dr. Vesna Humo, who is a surgeon, has all her patients use clay after

mastectomy with radiotherapy. She advises patients to use clay directly on the

skin

to prevent skin damage and has seen excellent results from this.

Importantly, she is using clay for bed sores and every necrotic and septic

wound also

with excellent results. In addition to clay and saunas, which have both been

used since the dawn of civilization, we now have new emerging technologies that

also use the skin as avenues of toxic escape.

 

Just a tip on how I get my daughter to get into the " muddy " bath. I call it

ocean sand and tell her to pretend that she is at the ocean. She now asks to

take a bath in the ocean sand.

 

The Ultimate Transdermal Iodine Testimony

 

The most legendary of documentations of transdermal iodine therapy applied

to a famous person in the American Civil War:

 

" On September 29, 1862, Colonel John B. Gordon held the center of General

Lee's army at the battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg. The first volley from the

northern lines sent a ball through the calf of Gordon's right leg; soon

after, another went through the muscles of his thigh; a third pierced his left

arm, tearing asunder the tendons and mangling the flesh; a forth ripped through

his shoulder leaving a wad of clothing embedded in its track. Still, no bones

were broken; but, while Gordon lingered in the firing line, " with " , as he

says himself, " but little of my usual strength " , a fifth ball struck him

squarely in the face. " Dr. Weatherly of the 6th Alabama Regiment, in charge of

medical arrangements, had the Colonel removed to a base hospital, and

prescribed

tincture of iodine to be painted on the wounds three or four times a day. The

case was unpromising. Gordon's eyelids were greatly swollen; one eye was

completely closed, the other almost so; his jaw was immovably clenched, and, to

make matters worse, erysipelas (staphylococcus infection of skin) had set in

on the left arm. "

 

" Mrs. Gordon, his wife, who nursed him -- her name was Fanny, and she was

then a beautiful girl of 25 -- put a liberal interpretation on her instructions

and painted the wounds, not three or four times a day, but, as Gordon

himself says: " I think three to four hundred times a day. " Fanny's diligence

and

devotion were rewarded. Her husband survived, outlived the war, and became the

Governor of Georgia, a General, and Commander-in-Chief of the United

Confederate Veterans. He died in 1904. "

 

Delivering medicine to the general circulation through the skin is a

desirable alternative to taking it by mouth. Patients often forget to take

their

medicine, and even the most faithfully compliant get tired of swallowing pills,

especially if they must take many each day.

 

Over 100 years ago, application of iodine to the skin was used extensively

for iodine supplementation. In 1932, Nyiri and Jannitti from the College of

Pharmacy of Rutgers University wrote, " Iodine is being used extensively as a

prophylactic and therapeutic agent by application to the outer integument, (the

skin) and has maintained its place in medicine for many decades. "

 

I had a severe sore throat recently (I could not even swallow) and my good

friend suggested painting the inside of my wrist with iodine. I thought she

was crazy. But it worked! The pain was completely gone the next morning.

Shortly thereafter my son became sick with a bad cold. Although she recommended

the

iodine for a sore throat, I used it on my 3-year old and the next day he was

100% better.

 

Dr. Derry says, " Iodine put onto scabs helps to organize total repair of the

tissue. All pre-malignant lesions and many other oddities of the skin appear

to respond to this regeneration process triggered by topical iodine. " Dr.

Daniel H. Duffy said, “I have been using IODEX, an iodine containing paste

applied directly to the skin for the past thirty two years to help break up the

intercostal pain and palpatory soreness at the sternum often suffered by a

high percentage of Midwesterners, especially female hypothyroids. "

 

" Transdermal is the ultimate way to replenish cellular magnesium levels.

Every cell in the body bathes and feeds in it and even DHEA levels are

increased

naturally. " - Dr. Norman Shealy

 

Beauty and health are in reality highly related subjects. Rarely do we see

an unhealthy person who is beautiful or a beautiful person who is grossly

unhealthy. As we lose our health, our beauty is diminished by the diseases we

fall victim to. In ancient China magnesium is called the beautiful metal and

when it is applied to the skin, it does have a beautifying effect. This is

another very interesting aspect of transdermal medicine that some companies in

the

beauty business intelligently capitalize on.

 

 

 

About the author

 

Mark A. Sircus Ac., OMD, is director of the International Medical Veritas

Association (IMVA) _http://www.imva.info/_ (http://www.imva.info/) . Dr. Sircus

was trained in acupuncture and oriental medicine at the Institute of

Traditional Medicine in Sante Fe, N.M., and in the School of Traditional

Medicine of

New England in Boston. He served at the Central Public Hospital of Pochutla,

in México, and was awarded the title of doctor of oriental medicine for his

work. He was one of the first nationally certified acupuncturists in the

United States. Dr. Sircus's IMVA is dedicated to unifying the various

disciplines

in medicine with the goal of creating a new dawn in healthcare.

 

He is particularly concerned about the effect vaccinations have on

vulnerable infants and is identifying the common thread of many toxic agents

that are

dramatically threatening present and future generations of children. His book

The Terror of Pediatric Medicine is a free e-book one can read. Dr. Sircus

is a most prolific and courageous writer and one can read through hundreds of

pages on his various web sites.

 

He has most recently released his Survival Medicine for the 21st Century

compendium (2,200 page ebook) and just released the Winning the War Against

Cancer book. Dr. Sircus is a pioneer in the area of natural detoxification and

chelation of toxic chemicals and heavy metals. He is also a champion of the

medicinal value of minerals and is fathering in a new medical approach that

uses

sea water and different concentrates taken from it for health and healing.

Transdermal Magnesium Therapy, his first published work, offers a stunning

breakthrough in medicine, an entirely new way to supplement magnesium that

naturally increases DHEA levels, brings cellular magnesium levels up quickly,

relieves pain, brings down blood pressure and pushes cell physiology in a

positive direction. Magnesium chloride delivered transdermally brings a quick

release from a broad range of conditions. International Medical Veritas

Association: _http://www.imva.info/_ (http://www.imva.info/)