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Lack of energy and digestive disturbances, arthritic
joint pains, skin disease, menstrual problems, emotional instability and
depression. All symptoms of what I call the 'antibiotic syndrome'
which have greatly increased in frequency in recent years.
On further examination, more symptoms may be discovered.
Most of the gastro-intestinal tract is tender when pressed, especially the small
intestine, liver and gall bladder. There may even have been a gall bladder
operation that failed to improve the condition, sometimes even worsening the
symptoms.
There could be a history of thrush or oral, anal or vaginal
itching. When these are present the diagnosis of Candida is obvious but it may
also be present in the absence of these manifestations and that can be somewhat
confusing. The yeast or fungus Candida albicans, of course,
thrives during antibiotic treatment. I regard it as reckless negligence to
prescribe antibiotics without simultaneous fungicides and replacement therapy
with lactobacilli afterwards. I believe that this practice has greatly added to
our vast pool of a chronically sick population.
However, the 'antibiotic syndrome' is not just due to
Candida. I regard it more generally as a 'dysbiosis' where the wrong kind of
microbes inhabit the intestinal tract, not just Candida and other fungi, but
many types of pathogenic bacteria including coli bacteria which are
normal in the colon but become disease-forming when they ascend into the small
intestine.
If the problem has existed for years, there is usually a
lack of gastric acid which then allows the stomach to be colonised by microbes,
causing inflammation with pain and later, ulcers. The toxins released by the
microbial overpopulation cause in addition chronic inflammation of the liver,
gall bladder, pancreas and intestines. I regard it as rather likely that a
chronic inflammation of the pancreas is a major contributing factor in the
development of insulin-dependent diabetes.
Bacterial attack
Specific types of pathogenic bacteria appear to cause or
contribute to specific auto-immune diseases. One variety of coli bacteria, for
instance, produces a molecule that is very similar to insulin. When the immune
system becomes activated against this molecule it may then also attack related
features at the beta cells of the pancreas
Another type of bacteria, Yersinia enterocolitica,
induces an immune response that attacks the thyroid gland and leads to
Grave's disease with a serious overproduction of thyroid hormones.
Ulcerative colitis is linked to overgrowth with pathogenic
microbes, the same as Crohn's disease, osteoporosis and ankylosing spondylitis.
In ankylosing spondylitis the vertebra of the spine fuse together causing
stiffness and pain. Other joints may in time become affected.
Klebsiella, another type of pathogenic bacteria,
produces a molecule that is similar to a tissue type found in people with this
disease. When klebsiella numbers in the gut decrease, related antibodies
in the blood decrease and the condition improves.
Rheumatoid arthritis is linked to other bacteria, called
proteus. Proteus is also a common cause of urinary tract infections.
Women suffer urinary tract infections as well as rheumatoid arthritis twice as
often as men, while men usually have higher levels of klebsiella and
three times more ankylosing spondylitis than women.
In addition microbial overgrowth dam ages the intestinal
wall so that only partly digested food particles can pass into the bloodstream,
causing allergies. In this way all auto-immune diseases can be linked to food
allergies.
While rheumatoid arthritis is a frequent feature of the
antibiotic syndrome, and I regard it as relatively easy to cure, not many
sufferers of this disease seem to be interested in this natural approach. The
other day a young man with severe rheumatoid arthritis knocked at my door to
collect money for a medically sponsored walkathon. When I told him that I do not
give money for drug treatment as it can be overcome with natural therapies, he
shouted: 'You are mad!' and left visibly upset.
Other auto-immune diseases that have so far been linked to
dysbiosis are psoriasis, lupus erythematosus and pancreatitis. When remedies are
given that bind bacterial endotoxins, these conditions usually improve. A
further consequence of dysbiosis is susceptibility to food poisoning as with
salmonella bacteria, while a healthy intestinal flora prevents these from
multiplying and causing trouble.
Staphylococcus aureus or golden staph cause serious
infections in hospital patients. It has been found that not only golden staph
but also other infections are greatly potentised when they occur with a Candida
overgrowth. As Candida overgrowth is a natural outcome of the standard hospital
treatment, it is easy to see why golden staph is so deadly in
hospitals.
A similar picture emerges with AIDS. People do not die from
the AIDS virus but from Candida-potentised bacterial infections. I also see the
antibiotic-induced dysbiosis in babies and infants as the main cause of their
frequent infections, glue ear and greatly contributing to cot death.
While it used to be uncommon for children to have more than
one or two infections a year, now more than six is the norm.
In the 1940's Candida was found in only three per cent of
autopsies, now the figure is nearer thirty per cent. There are, of course, other
factors that can cause dysbiosis - the contraceptive pill, steroids and other
drugs, radiation treatment and chemotherapy - but the main culprit is, without
doubt, antibiotics.
Closely related to Candida are the mycoplasms or pleomorphic
organisms. These have been shown to be a main factor in the causation of
cancer. Therefore, antifungal therapy has also major
benefits in cancer treatment.
Dr Orian Truss
In 1953 Dr Orian Truss discovered the devastating effects of
antibiotics in an Alabama (USA) hospital. During a hospital round Truss was
intrigued by a gaunt, apparently elderly man who was obviously dying. However,
he was only in his forties and in hospital for four months. No specialist had
been able to make a diagnosis. Out of curiosity Truss asked the patient when be
was last completely well.
The man answered that he was well until six months before
when he had cut his finger He had received antibiotics for this. Shortly
afterwards he developed diarrhoea and his health deteriorated. Truss had seen
before how antibiotics cause diarrhoea. It was known that Candida was
opportunistic and thrived in debilitated patients, but now Truss wondered if it
might not be the other way round, that Candida actually caused the debilitated
condition.
He had read that potassium iodide solution could be used to
treat Candida infestation of the blood. So he put the patient on six to eight
drops of Lugol's solution
four times a day and soon the patient was again
completely well.
Soon afterwards he had a female patient with a stuffy nose,
a throbbing headache, vaginitis and severe depression. To his amazement all her
problems immediately cleared with Candida treatment. Some time later he saw a
female patient who had been schizophrenic for six years with hundreds of
electroshock protocol regiments and massive drug dosages. He started treating the woman
for sinus allergies with a Candida vaccine. Soon she had recovered mentally and
physically, and remained well.
From then on he treated his patients against Candida at the
slightest indication of its presence. Many of his patients made remarkable
recoveries from most unusual conditions including menstrual problems,
hyperactivity, learning disabilities, autism, multiple sclerosis and auto-immune
diseases such as Crohn's disease and lupus erythematosus.
Every experienced naturopath can relate similar success
stories. Ironically, antibiotics are usually not necessary in the first place.
In a few per cent of the cases in which they are necessary their serious after
effects could easily be avoided using fungicides and lactobacilli.
Many people doubt the effectiveness of natural therapies
against apparently serious infections, but my experience leads me to believe
that frequently natural therapies are more effective, without causing the
repeated and chronic infections seen after antibiotics. I have seen patients who
have been unsuccessful on long-term antibiotic treatment recover within days or
weeks with natural therapies.
Curing the'antibiotic syndrome'
The main treatment for the 'antibiotic syndrome' is
sanitation of the gastro-intestinal tract combined with a low-allergy diet. In
this way most acute problems can be overcome within weeks while degenerated
joints or organs can start a slower road to recovery.
One unpleasant side-effect of most methods used to reduce
the pathogenic microbial overgrowth of the intestines is the Herxheimer reaction
- a sudden worsening of symptoms due to toxins released by the dead or dying
microbes. This is sometimes used as a diagnostic tool, especially for
Candida.
I recommend flushes combined with anti-microbial remedies to
avoid or minimise unpleasant side effects. An isotonic flush consists of nine
grams or one heaped teaspoon of salt in one litre of water and is suitable for
sensitive individuals and generally with low to normal blood pressure. A
solution is said to be isotonic if it contains a similar amount of salt as the
blood. An Epsom salt flush may contain one tablespoon of Epsom salt, more or
less according to need, in a large glass of water and is useful in cases of
constipation and with raised blood pressure.
A crushed clove of garlic can be added to the flush to
reduce the microbial overgrowth. If garlic cannot be used then up to two
teaspoons of three per cent hydrogen peroxide (food-grade) may be added instead.
You can take another glass of water after the Epsom salt to wash down the bitter
aftertaste but not after the isotonic flush, as it would no longer be
isotonic.
The flush will carry most of the dead microbes and their
toxins out of the body and minimise any unpleasant reactions. However, if the
flush should not be sufficient to produce a strong bowel movement within two to
three hours, then another flush, preferably with Epsom salt, should immediately
follow or unpleasant reactions may occur.
As a precaution after antibiotic therapy, as a general body
cleanse or if there are only mild symptoms of microbial over-growth, it will be
sufficient to continue this for about three days. In severe and long standing
cases the flush may be used for several weeks. If Candida overgrowth is
suspected, any sexual partner should have at least a short flush period. If it
is inconvenient to continue with a flush, as for instance with work commitments,
then it may be acceptable to have a flush just once or twice and then continue
for a long time with a high intake of acidophilus and bifido
cultures.
Acidophilus & bifido
This leads us to the next step: replacing the decimated
pathogenic microbes with desirable lactobacilli. This must be done in a massive
dose 30-60 minutes after each flush, otherwise the unwanted microbes may grow
back to full strength after the next meal. Acidophilus culture is used to
repopulate the freed-up spaces at the walls of the small intestines, while
bifido bacteria are the protective inhabitants of the colon or large
intestines.
There are several possibilities. These bacterial cultures
are available from health food shops as powders in brown glass bottles that
should be refrigerated before and after sale. You may either buy a mixed culture
and take two teaspoons in water or vegetable juice or one teaspoon each of the
separate cultures. If you suspect cows' milk allergy, which is rather frequent
in this condition, then use milk-free cultures.Alternatively, you may take about
5 high-potency capsules.
However, initially it is even better to combine these
high-potency capsules or powders with fresh self-made yoghurt. You may use these
cultures as a starter to make your own yoghurt. Because of the problems caused
by cows' milk, you may use goats' milk, soya milk or even rice milk. In
Australia I found the Sungold brand of soya milk to make the best yoghurt.
Goats' milk and rice milk may not set creamy because of their lower protein
content, but that does not matter as the beneficial bacteria are in the liquid
whey.
Because you will need to keep the milk warm for several
hours until it has set the easiest way to make your yoghurt is with a yoghurt
maker. The temperature should remain between 30 and 450C, best just
below 410C. As starter either add several teaspoons of powdered
cultures or use a cupful of commercial yoghurt made with acidophilus and bifido
bacteria. Later you only need to take about a cupful of the previous batch of
yoghurt as a starter for the next one. If the yoghurt should become too acid or
otherwise spoil at a later date, begin again with a fresh culture as starter.
Refrigerate the yoghurt after it sets.
Take a cupful of this yoghurt best together with acidophilus
powder or capsules after each flush, using more before or with other meals. It
may not set as firmly as commercial yoghurt and is somewhat more acid, similar
to acidophilus milk.
Continue taking either the cultures or yoghurt for several
months after you have stopped taking a flush. Women should also for a few days
or weeks apply yoghurt or acidophilus powder to the vagina. It is preferable
initially for a few days to douche with diluted hydrogen peroxide solution at a
strength of one teaspoon of three per cent peroxide to a glass of water or more
or less according to sensitivity.
For those who do not ingest acidophilus/bifido products
regularly it would be good to take a course once a year just as a precaution,
but especially with or after taking any drugs, medical or recreational, or when
leading a stressful life.
The diet during therapy should be free of sweeteners, sweet
foods, yeast, alcohol and, initially, fruits. Various supplements, such as
caprylic acid, can be useful but are not necessary with this flush
method.
Wormwood
If the Candida problem is severe or exists already for a
long time, chances are that the fungus has already invaded the bloodstream and
internal organs. In addition to intestinal sanitation, I
recommend to eliminate Candida and other parasites by using wormwood. Parasite
infestations combine with fungi, such as Candida, to greatly undermine our
long-term health. Examples of common parasites are intestinal worms and
protozoa. Maleria and Giardia are protozoa. These can be eliminated with
wormwood (Arthemesia absinthium), best combined with the other Hulda Clark herbs
ground cloves and tincture of green hulls of black walnut hulls.
You may put the ground wormwood into empty gelatine capsules
size 00. Start with 1 capsule before supper and increase by 1 capsule per day to
7 capsules on the 7th day and for 2 more days, then continue for several more
weeks taking 3 capsules twice a day. Alternatively, you may take it just with a
spoon and wash it down, 1 rounded teaspoon is equivalent to about 7 capsules,
half a teaspoonful to 3 capsules. However, if the herb is powdered instead of
finely crumbled, then use only half of the stated measures. The recommended
maximum dose of 7 capsules or 1 teaspoon is about 2 g in weight.
You may take 4 drops of tincture of Black Walnuts 4 x in liquid
during the first day. If this is alright, take 4 x 8 drops the next day, then 4
x 12 drops, 4 x 16 drops and on the 5th day 4 x 20 drops. Then continue taking
20 drops once a day for several weeks.
The cloves should be reasonably freshly ground and refrigerated.
Take 1 capsule 3 x before meals on the 1st day, 3 x 2 capsules on the 2nd day
and after that 3 x 3 capsules until day 10. Finally take 3 capsules only once a
day for several weeks.
If you want to take ground cloves directly on a teaspoon use
half a level teaspoon instead of 3 capsules and immediately wash down with
plenty of liquid. If you have a sensitive stomach you may proceed much more
slowly increasing either one of these remedies.
During any parasite or Candida cure have a high intake of water
or diluted liquids to flush out toxic residues. These Hulda Clark parasite herbs
are now available from most health food shops. If you cannot obtain the other
herbs then use just wormwood. To eliminate Candida wormwood needs to be taken
for a longer time than for other parasites. The wormwood or parasite cure should
be repeated if Candida symptoms re-emerge or after 6 months and later once or
twice a year.
Lugol's Solution
If you have reason to believe that the wormwood has not
eliminated all Candida in the blood or internal tissues or you are not able to
take it for other reasons, then you may take a course of Lugol's solution. That
is how Dr Orian Truss originally cured his patients.
Lugol's solution is an internal iodine solution designed to
eliminate Candida and possibly viruses and other microbes from the bloodstream.
Obtain 100ml of Lugol's solution, also labelled Aqueous Iodine Oral Solution
B.P., from a chemist. Take a test drop in liquid other then just water to make
it taste less strong. If this does not cause an allergic reaction, continue to
take 4 x 6 drops daily in liquid or mixed with food, but not together with
vitamins A, C, E, grape seed extract or cysteine. Iodine is an oxidant and it is
best to reduce the intake of antioxidants while using it.
If the blood was contaminated, then you may initially
experience a die-off reaction of the Candida, causing weakness and possibly
headache or nausea. If this happens cut temporarily back on the amount of
Lugol's solution and drink plenty of water and diluted teas or juices. Continue
for 3 weeks, but interrupt if you develop a serious reaction. Do not take the
iodine for more than 3 weeks as that interferes with thyroid activity. If
necessary repeat the course after several months.
Other Remedies
Some antifungal remedies are propolis, golden seal, pau d'arco,
and the oils of tea-tree, neem tree, cinnamon, eucalyptus, mustard and thyme.
Also chewing some fresh or dried neem leaves for several weeks is good. Avoid
sweet foods, yeast, moulds and, initially, fruit. For further information see
also ‘Intestinal Sanitation’ in Part 6 of Healing
Foods.
Finally, in addition to Wormwood or Lugol's solution and
possibly as an alternative, you may use a Beck-type blood purifier or zapper to
eliminate Candida and other fungi and infectious agents from the blood, for
details see the article Electronic Zapper & Magnetic Pulser.
Furthermore, the magnetic pulser may help to sanitise pockets of Candida
infestations inside the mouth, vagina or underneath affected skin
areas.
Don't let the antibiotic syndrome creep up on you. Always
try natural alternatives in preference to antibiotics, but when they are
absolutely necessary, supplement your treatment with the steps outlined
above.
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