10th Entry - Healing 2

I will now start listing the nutrients, herbs, supplements and interventions that I believe helped me to heal from a serious condition Doctors were unable to diagnose me with from 1983 to 1999.

As I was losing weight, feeling extremely unwell with 'flu like symptoms, and with medical tests showing nothing was wrong with me, I chose to look up for myself on healing, thinking that I was either HIV infected, or having some kind of immune dysfunction.

At the same time, I turned to God for guidance and help.

Here I rush the list as it may be of help to some.

There was a book that pointed me to a good direction.

Candida Albicans
Could Yeast Be Your Problem?
By Leon Chaitow

It pointed me to some nutrients and foods, and was quite important in my healing.

When one is desperate, one tries many things, or one relies on others like Medical Doctors, as the latter couldn't help, I tested on myself several methods I read about or not.

As an example, I had diarrhoea that would not stop and persistent nausea. Rice was supposed to help, also some medicines, but none did.

Reading about herbs, I tried Rosemary, Dandelion and Nettle, and the diarrhea problem got alleviated tremendously.

This also pointed to a toxic liver, so later on under the guidance of a Nutritionit, I detoxed my liver through enema.

That helped, but symptoms persisted if attenuated.

I read of the work of Linus Pauling on Vitamin C and its anti-oxidant anti-viral effects, and embarked myself on a high dose Vitamin C regimen, in pure powder form.

The target was to stop my weight loss and debilitating symptoms, so I gradually increased the dosage, until I reached the whopping 50 grams a day!

Only then did I feel a marked improvement, as the dose was so high, I had to take mineral supplements to replenish the ones chelated by the Vitamin C.

If I had any doubts, they now evaporated that indeed this was a viral infection, or a toxicity being alleviated by high doses of Vitamin C.

I couldn't keep up with the dose of 50 grams a day, so reduced gradually to 20 grams, then 10 grams then 5 grams a day, and kept it at that for a few months.

At that time, I experienced what I could call a remission and felt almost healed, starting to gain weight, with more energy and stamina.

That was not the end of it, as 'flu like symptoms kept coming back with bouts of extreme fatigue.

The Leon Chaitow protocol involved taking nutrients that will control the overgrowth of a naturally occurring yeast in the gut called Candida Albicans, and I had thrush in the mouth and rectally, so for me, this needed to be addressed.

Candida Albicans overgrowth is typical of a compromised immune system due to bad diet or lifestyle, but also from serious infections.

I cannot stress how important it is to tackle Candida Albicans overgrowth in any kind of condition, particularly life threatening ones, as it is one of the most important measure to determine if a system is healthy or not, some nutritionists going as far as saying that controlling Candida Albicans is a cure for Cancer!

Another herb I used was Echinacea Purpurea which is great for viral infections too as it stimulates the immune system.

Also used Raw Honey and Royal Jelly.

Shiitake mushrooms with good immune enhancing polysaccharides.

Fenugreek for glandular regulation.

Astragalus tinctures again good immune enhancing polysaccharides.

Siberian Ginseng tinctures, an alterative remedy that deals with dysregulation in the body caused by stressors be they infections, toxins or even medicine side effects.

At one stage, I used multi vitamin / mineral supplements in sublingual powder form as I seemed not to absorb properly through my gut, and the effects were dramatic as I felt much better after I did so for a while.