NO-ONE NEEDS TO DIE OF CANCER

By Walter Last

This is an overview of my recent article Cancer Therapy - A New Direction which is in the current edition of Nexus Magazine (April 2013). In this I show that there is now conclusive research evidence that tumour growth can be stopped and reversed just with oral sodium bicarbonate. It is as simple as that.

There are three possible ways of dying from cancer:

• Occasionally a tumour becomes too large and obstructs vital organ functions. This happens mainly with cancers of the brain and pancreas.
• Immune attacks and toxins released by a disintegrating tumour cause massive inflammations, causing patients to die of infections, heart or liver failure. This is a common side-effect of destroying tumours with conventional cancer therapies but can also happen with natural tumour-destroying therapies.
• Most erythrocytes (red blood cells) are disabled by microbes in the blood and unable to carry oxygen. This leads to muscle wasting and extreme fatigue, called cachexia, and is the common end-stage of metastatic cancer after conventional treatment.

All of these three causes can be eliminated with sodium bicarbonate in combination with antimicrobial therapy. The present emphasis in conventional cancer therapy is to destroy tumours. However, there is little evidence that this approach actually works and benefits patients, while there is mounting evidence that it is exactly this approach that makes cancer so dangerous and causes most of the deaths from cancer. While natural tumour-destroying methods are generally more successful and less dangerous, they too can sometimes cause massive inflammations and death.

I now regard cancer cells and tumours as generally harmless, and the common therapies as the main cause of cancer deaths. I believe with the right strategy no one needs to die of cancer. Cancer cells are like war planes and tanks. By themselves they are completely harmless. What makes them dangerous are the soldiers operating them.

It is the same with cancer cells. They only become dangerous when inhabited by certain microbes. They poison the oxidative energy production of normal cell which then makes them cancer cells which produce most of their energy by converting glucose into lactic acid. When many cancer cells are bunched together in one place this is then a malignant tumour or like an invading army. The production of large amounts of lactic acid makes tumours and their surroundings overacid. This allows proteolytic enzymes released by the tumour to dissolve surrounding healthy tissue and the tumour to expand. Tumours that do not produce much lactic acid are dormant and harmless.

New research evidence now shows that tumours cannot grow or develop metastases if they are made alkaline as with sufficient oral sodium bicarbonate. Even better, tumours can be made to shrink if they are alkaline. The magical number is an acid-alkaline balance or pH of 7.2 (pH 7 is neutral), higher numbers show that it is alkaline. When one side of a tumour in this study was slightly acidic or below pH 7, and the other side pH 7.3, then a tumour would shrink at the alkaline side and grow into the acidic tissue. It would literally move around. When the mice with transplanted tumours were given a solution of 17 grams of sodium bicarbonate in water and allowed to drink as much as they liked, the tumours started shrinking, while in the untreated mice the aggressive tumours doubled in two to three weeks.

The beauty of alkalising therapy is that it also prevents inflammations. Therefore, alkalising the body sufficiently to keep the pH of the urine between pH 7 and 8 basically would not only stop pain but also remove all three causes of death from cancer: alkaline tumours cannot grow and obstruct vital body functions; inflammation is prevented or greatly reduced and does not cause death when a tumour gradually shrinks, and metastasis is prevented so that cachexia will not occur at a later time.

High alkalinity also tends to suppress the cancer microbes that caused all of these problems in the first place. However, with advanced cancer the body commonly harbours an overgrowth of these dangerous fungal-type microbes which do produce a lot of lactic acid in different places and need to be controlled in addition with suitable antimicrobial therapy which I have outlined in The Ultimate Cleanse.

An other interesting research finding is the ability of MSM and DMSO, individually and jointly, to convert cancer cells back into normal body cells. In the case of MSM this is clearly the result of oxygen supplied in a form that re-starts the oxidative energy metabolism of cancer cells. This shows that normal cells can be easily converted into cancer cells by blocking the cellular oxygen metabolism, and these can then be normalised again by re-starting the oxygen metabolism. There are indications that the DMSO-MSM pair can act as an additional oxygen delivery system to cells. This is especially important with advanced cancer and cachexia but also with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia or muscle pain.

Several decades earlier the German cancer Researcher Dr. Gerhard Seeger had already demonstrated this same principle by blocking the oxidative energy production with chemicals, and then re-establishing it again with fresh raw food, such as beetroot. However, this worked only as long as cancer cells were not too strongly malignant. The degree of malignancy depends on the extent to which the oxidative energy metabolism has been blocked. In the MSM experiment highly malignant melanoma cells had been normalised which is particularly encouraging.

I expect that drug companies are now trying to develop an expensive drug that can partly do the same as sodium bicarbonate, but commonly that will take ten or more years to come onto the market. Health-conscious individuals do not need to wait for that but can pay attention to their acid-alkaline balance and keep bad microbes in check. This prevents not only tumours from developing but also helps to stop other chronic diseases which are all more or less due to overacidity, inflammation and microbes.

pH Balance – An Important Aspect of Health and Wellbeing

by Barbara Bourke

Alkalizing the body is one important course of action to take when there are serious health problems like cancer. Walter Last’s recommendation for Alkalising (until the urine pH is above pH 7) with sodium bicarbonate as Cancer Therapy is done for several reasons including to kill cancer cells and to reduce pain and inflammation. Actually all chronic diseases such as Candida and other chronic infections, allergy problems, and autoimmune diseases are associated with inflammation and overacidity until at some later stage the body just calcifies, and becomes too alkaline and unresponsive. Basically acidity makes the body more sensitive to pain as well as emotionally, while a very alkaline body becomes insensitive and unresponsive. Alkalising with sodium bicarbonate and potassium citrate as a treatment is explained by Walter in the above article. Strongly alkalising is the quickest way to stop pain and other problems caused by chronic inflammatory conditions, but this also stops any self-healing processes of the body which require some acidity to initiate “healing-inflammations”. Therefore we may see chronic inflammations as attempts of the body to heal itself with a healing inflammation, but because it does not have enough vitality to carry it through, it gets stuck in a process of endless inflammation. The overall idea is to turn the endless chronic inflammation off through strongly alkalising, and then start vitalising the body while allowing it gradually to return to a more normal or physiological pH level.

Does this mean we have to keep our pH at this level of alkalinity all the time, just in case there is something lurking in the dark we don’t know about? No. A habitual alkalinity above pH 7 is not beneficial for general health and wellbeing. It is not a normal condition for the body, or more correctly the urine and saliva to stay in a high alkaline state of above pH 7 forever. Only until you feel that your health is improving, the inflammation, pain and chronic disease has gone. No time limit for this kind of sodium bicarbonate treatment can be given as we are all individuals and no two disease cases are the same. However, it might need to be repeated if necessary.

This leads to the question of pH balance in a healthy individual. Firstly, what do we class as a healthy individual? I believe nobody is totally free of any ill health. Meaning, even if we are symptom free it does not indicate our overall health and wellness.

This article is as much about pH balance as it is about alkalizing, because most individuals these days are too acidic. Some of the reasons for high acidity include our lifestyle and food choices as well as our thoughts and emotions.

Please note that when we talk about alkalizing we are talking about alkalizing the body until the required urine pH is achieved. I will be mentioning the saliva pH as well, but it is the urine pH which is an important indication of the acidity or alkalinity of the body.

Let’s see how the pH of our body fluids can affect and help us determine how healthy we are.

A vital aspect to wellness is the importance of pH (Potential of hydrogen) balance – the measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. Our body contains approximately 70 % water. Measuring the pH of our body fluids can give us a good indication of the working of our internal environment. To maintain a constant flow of energy the pH balance of our internal environment must be constant, meaning it needs to be at a certain pH level.

The pH of the blood is always alkaline and varies between 7.35 and 7.45.  A slight movement of either direction may cause a coma or even death. However, the measurements of the urine and saliva may vary quite considerably before serious symptoms begin to manifest. This also depends on how long the body has been in an unbalanced state. This movement of the urine pH is necessary for keeping the blood pH stable.

The stomach juices are acid and are the major sources of acid enzymes which are reflected in the urine pH. The Liver and pancreas produce alkaline enzymes and this is reflected in the saliva pH. The correct strength and balance will ensure proper breakdown and digestion of our food.

I believe, that both the urine and saliva pH should be between 6.3 and 6.5 (a pH of 7 is neutral). This is what I have learnt while studying “Ionictherapy” – a principle developed by Dr. Douglas Jessie in Australia, which is based on “The Biological Theory of Ionisation” by Dr. Carey Reams.

This is a slightly acidic state and it has been found that all physiological functions within the body operate at optimal efficiency at this pH level. Either way, too acid or too alkaline, will upset the internal homeostasis (balance, equilibrium) of the body. Diseases flourish if the pH is unbalanced for a long time.

While I was studying I asked Dr.  Jesse if it was possible to achieve a perfect pH. He replied by saying that the only time a perfect pH was ever recorded was at the time of death. It seems that once we are at deaths door our chemical reactions within the body seems to stabilize themselves. Therefore, don’t get all stressed out if you can’t achieve the perfect pH reading, as this might not be possible. Rather strive to get it as close to the perfect numbers and in a balanced ratio, meaning both saliva and urine pH have equal or close to equal numbers and as close as possible to the perfect 6.3 to 6.5.

Most clients I have been testing over the years have been in the first stage of degeneration, often with a very unbalanced pH. The urine could go as low as pH 4 (very acidic) and saliva pH as high as pH 8 (very alkaline). This indicates that the body is not working in harmony as both, the urine and saliva pH are too far apart and a long way off the perfect 6.3 to 6.5 pH.  The body will not be able to extract nutrients properly and the flow of energy is interrupted.

How acidic your body has become will show in the urine pH, as the body is trying to rid itself of the accumulated acid. A high alkaline saliva pH tells me that the digestion is weak as the liver and gallbladder are stressed and have not enough energy and nutrients to produce enzymes. Often one might not show any specific symptoms, just a general feeling of un-wellness, something just not being quite right with low energy and so on.

The pH will vary naturally at different times, depending on stress levels, maybe even the last meal eaten and so much more. We need to understand that the body and our body fluids are in a constant state of movement and never static, therefore variables will occur. This is why it is important to make pH testing part of your daily routine to see what the pH is most of the time. It is a good strategy to include it into your health and wellness program.

Using pH testing strips (there are some reasonably priced ones to be found on the internet),test your urine and saliva about 2 ½ hours after food, preferably at the same time of the day and keep a record. Make sure the pH testing strips you purchase measure from a pH of at least 4 to a pH 8.5.

Remember the perfect pH, for both urine and saliva, would be between 6.3 and 6.5 Lower number means too acidic and higher number means too alkaline.

Here are some guidelines on how to read your pH:

• Stage 1 of disease when the urine is too acidic and the saliva is too alkaline.
• Stage 2 of disease is when both the urine and the saliva are in an alkaline state.
• Stage 3 of disease is when the urine is alkaline and the saliva is acid.
• Stage 4 of disease is when both the urine and saliva is in an acid state.

The above are the 4 stages of degeneration into disease. It is not necessary to reach a stage 4 for serious health issues to be manifested. However, if someone is in a stage 4 of pH imbalance then he/she will reach very serious health problems soon, most likely this individual is rather sick already.

Sodium bi-carbonate is a great alkalizer, but best used for short term or with serious health problems like cancer. For generally alkalizing and maintenance it is best to use nutrition.  Alkalising foods like vegetables, fruit, leafy greens and supplements like potassium citrate and powdered alkalizing greens like the wheat and barley grasses, spirulina, chlorella and alfalfa are important and a great long term solution. Those powdered greens also contain an array of important nutrients and minerals. Minerals are vital in your aim for alkalizing the body. Without a good supply of minerals even alkaline foods can become acid forming. Take the humble lemon for an example. You might think it is an acid food, which is somehow correct. It contains organic acids, ascorbic acid and also some malic acid. Nevertheless, lemons are alkalising, but only if you have enough minerals and if your adrenals glands are working as they should.

I am a big believer for including organic plant minerals to the daily diet. Nonetheless, for a rather depleted system this might not be enough and a good multi vitamin/mineral complex is needed as well.

Just adding minerals to our diet might not be sufficient either. Stress and adrenal fatigue will not only deplete minerals and other nutrients so much faster, but will also hinder the absorption of minerals. We need a healthy adrenal gland for mineral and pH balance.

By now you would have realised that alkalising is vital to most of us these days, but not the only important part. You cannot achieve a balanced pH if your digestive system and blood are clogged up with unfriendly microorganisms. Do yourself a favour and cleanse. The Ultimate cleanse is great. At times digestive enzymes might be called for, so the breakdown of food in the stomach is efficient and of course do not forget the liver. A liver cleanse is as important by making sure the liver is working efficiently and is able to do its work of detoxification and together with the pancreas is able to produce the needed digestive enzymes. Get the nutrition in order, start a regime of alkalising, cleansing, include liver and digestive support and you are on your way to getting your pH in balance. This will give the body the power and the tools to do what it is supposed to do…..keep your body in equilibrium and in a state of health and wellbeing.

I would recommend to read Walter Last’s article again (it appeared in our last Newsletter) “The Health Improvement Program” or his book “Towards Radiant Health”

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THE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM by Walter Last

When I first started seeing patients as a side-line to writing my health books I found it easy to cure so-called “incurable” diseases. I had never personally encountered some of these before. They were diseases such as lung and breast cancer, ovarian cysts, myasthenia gravis, diabetes type 1, rheumatoid arthritis, haemochromatosis, and scleroderma. Usually the main therapy consisted of a diet of mainly fresh raw food, and sometimes a 3-week fast based solely on fresh raw food. In addition, I recommended a few basic remedies that varied according to the specific condition. Usually there were no complications. After about 3 weeks the professional golfer with myasthenia gravis could return to the golf course, and the chef with scleroderma could start cooking again.

As we see with animals in the wild, Nature’s instinctive way for overcoming diseases is to fast. This greatly weakens any germs, stops inflammations which cause most of the distress, and eliminates or auto-digests the waste residues or tumours that cause the susceptibility to infection and disease in the first place.

However, I also encountered many patients where my methods were proving to be ineffective. It became evident that the patients who had responded so well had come to me before undergoing damaging medical treatment, especially immunosuppressive drugs, radio/chemotherapy or neuro-drugs. The raw food cleanse does not, and can not, work effectively when patients are on drugs. For natural treatments to be successful these people needed to be gradually weaned off their drugs and to regain some vitality. Unfortunately, many were afraid to do this for fear of the inevitable, and highly unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. It just did not work.

Furthermore, in recent decades an extensive supplement culture has developed. People are no longer interested in old-fashioned fasting and cleaning out. They expect to buy a cleanse that they can use with minimal interruption to their daily routine.

Finally, during the last century the very nature of diseases has changed. Previously the main causes of our ailments were deficiencies, and the accumulation of cellular waste products – the stuff that mainly causes us to get old. But starting with WW2, and greatly accelerating in recent decades, the main cause of our diseases are now fungal-type microbes. They devastate the immune system and open the door for all kinds of other microbes and parasites to invade the body. There is hardly any major disease at present that is not linked to microbes and immune problems.

Of course, the main cause of this microbial invasion is the widespread use of antibiotics, without simultaneously using fungicides. This then leads to an overgrowth of the fungal form of Candida with Leaky Gut Syndrome, allergies, devastation of the immune system, autoimmune diseases and cancer. Cancer cells actually behave like fungi and have a fungal-type metabolism – tumours are like mushrooms.

Therefore, to reverse our diseases and restore our natural good health we need to restore the vitality of our immune system. We do this by eliminating the fungal-type microbial invasion of the body, as well as other pathogenic microbes and parasites, properly clean out cellular wastes that have accumulated over decades, and adopt a high-quality diet.

Because of changed disease patterns and social conditions, as well as the widespread use of medical drugs, it is no longer appropriate to start with a long raw food fast. Therefore I have now developed a new program which can be used in all conditions, and with minimal interruption of social life and work obligations. I call this the Health Improvement Program or HIP.

For long-term health improvement it does not work just to use a few targeted methods or remedies to overcome health problems. Usually this brings only limited improvement, and even if successful, other problems may soon develop instead. Therefore, as a permanent solution, it is much better to treat specific health problems within the framework of an overall Health Improvement Program. Following such a program will gradually remove the common causes that render us susceptible to developing various ailments and most diseases can be expected to naturally fade away.

The HIP consists of the following major steps:

• Nutrition: Adopt a high-quality diet
• Intestinal Sanitation: Clean out & sanitize your intestines
• Antimicrobial Therapy: Eliminate harmful microbes
• Cleansing: Remove metabolic wastes and toxins
• Healthy Living and reducing all kinds of pollution
• Energy Healing: remove energy blockages and recharge yourself
• Mind Tools: replace negative beliefs and emotions with positive ones
• Healing groups: Form or join a health or healing group

I have explained this program in a basic form in my web article Health Improvement Program with many links to other web articles for more detailed information. However, this is a rather sprawling network of information, and I am not able to keep all of my web pages up-to-date. Therefore I have now put together a condensed and updated version of the HIP in the form of an e-Book of about 100 pages. In the Heal Yourself Series it replaces the present book TOWARDS RADIANT HEALTH. It will keep the same title, but with a greatly changed content. Later it will also become available as a print version. I strongly recommend to use this book in addition to any of my other web articles or books on specific diseases.

You can order this book from www.the-heal-yourself-series.com/E-Books.html. It contains proven solutions for overcoming diseases, improving your health, and making your body disease resistant. Don’t get discouraged and overwhelmed by the task at hand. Building and maintaining health and wellness is a lifelong undertaking, becoming a way of life rather than a quick fix with remedies and supplements. The key to success is in being persistent and consistent

DMSO or DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE By Walter Last

DMSO

DMSO (CH3)2SO is a natural substance derived from wood pulp. It is generated during the normal decomposition of plants and therefore it is present in low concentrations in many foods. DMSO is an antioxidant, by taking up oxygen it is converted into MSM. Unlike MSM which is sold as a powder or fine crystals, DMSO is an odourless, clear liquid which is completely water miscible. It has a high boiling point of 189°C and solidifies at about 18°C. It has all of the beneficial properties of MSM but often at a higher degree, and it has some additional healing properties. These are based on the combination of its antioxidant nature with its excellent solvent properties for a wide range of nutrients and remedies. There is no other biological solvent that can so easily penetrate the skin and carry such nutrients and remedies into the body.

There is a very long list of health benefits from using DMSO, the main ones are:

• It is an all-round microbicide effective against bacteria, fungi, mycoplasmas and viruses
• It improves the immune system and reduces allergies
• It is strongly anti-inflammatory with good antioxidant properties
• It blocks pain when rubbed onto affected muscles or joints
• It improves blood circulation by inhibiting formation of blood clots and hypercoagulation
• It dilates blood vessels and improves the function of the heart
• It efficiently transports molecules across cell membranes and moves through the blood-brain barrier
• It improves connective tissue, softens collagen and stimulates wound healing
• It is a potent diuretic and very effective with chronic bladder inflammation/cystitis

Equally impressive is the long list of diseases that have benefited from its use, including some that may not respond to other remedies, such as brain and spinal cord damage, Down’s Syndrome, schizophrenia, and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). It is able to dissolve blood clots and prevent damage after a stroke, improves skin conditions such as psoriasis and scleroderma, and is effective with autoimmune diseases, arthritis, ulcers, cystitis and other inflammatory conditions. With diabetes it can improve insulin control and blood circulation. Also eye problems have been successfully treated with DMSO, including macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma and cataracts, sometimes just with oral use but sometimes also with added remedies as eye drops.

With cancer it specifically zooms in on cancer cells and can be used to carry remedies along and is good for treating brain tumours which are otherwise difficult to reach. It is also beneficial with breast and prostate cancers, leukaemia and lymphomas. Relatively weak (2%) solutions of DMSO were killing leukaemia cells and, with the addition of suitable remedies, induced a variety of cancer cells to become normal cells. DMSO has been shown to protect against radiation damage, especially in regard to cancer treatment.

DMSO kills the pleomorphic microbes that are the basic cause of cancer and autoimmune diseases. One of its most impressive functions is its ability to easily enter cells and kill viruses and mycoplasma that may hide there. There are patents combining DMSO with antiviral remedies, anti-tumour agents, and amino acids and other nutraceuticals to enhance memory and other brain functions. DMSO is also excellent for healing deep tissue, muscle injuries, burns, and other wounds. It has been extensively used in sports medicine and horse racing.

Because it is so rapidly absorbed – it can be tasted in the mouth only minutes after applying it to the skin – and combined with its ability to block pain signals to the brain, DMSO also acts very fast to stop or greatly reduce pain from arthritis, muscle injuries, and other sites of pain or inflammation. While the pain may come back after several hours, it tends to lessen with each re-application of DMSO. Unlike other pain relievers, especially of the medical kind which may cause long-term damage, DMSO greatly speeds up healing of damaged areas. This is due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, and its ability to improve blood circulation, nutrient supply, dissolve obstructions, and remove stress.

After oral use or skin application DMSO not only penetrates all soft tissues but also the bones. This is not only good for treating tumours and cancer of the bone, but also jawbone infections and cavitations. Iodine easily dissolves in DMSO. Therefore I would dissolve a small amount of  Lugol’s solution in DMSO and frequently dab that from both sides on the affected gum. Dilute sufficiently so that it does not irritate. DMSO with iodine is also effective for fungal problems of nails, skin or scalp, e.g. manifesting as hair loss.

DMSO seems to inhibit Helicobacter pylori and helps heal peptic ulcers in relatively low doses but higher doses are required with Candida. I found the research on DMSO and Candida slightly funny. Different researches got inconsistent and varying results for investigated fungicides until one recently had the bright idea to test DMSO which is commonly used as a solvent for antifungal drugs. It was found that the more DMSO was used as a solvent the stronger was the effectiveness of the investigated fungicides. DMSO protects body cells against oxidative stress but increases stress on fungi.

If given soon after a stroke, DMSO has been shown to dissolve the stroke-causing clot and restores circulation and prevents paralysis. It is best to start DMSO therapy within a few hours. In one reported case a male with a stroke refused to go to hospital and waited for 11 hours until his wife had talked to Dr Jacob. Then she gave him one ounce of 50% DMSO in orange juice every 15 minutes for two hours and afterwards every half hour for two hours. The next day, he was better and soon returned to normal.

In another case a 16-year-old girl broke her neck while diving into a pool. and became a complete quadriplegic. She was on DMSO for an entire year and gradually her organs began to function again until finally she could also walk. Another quadriplegic did not start DMSO therapy until two years after his accident. Six months later he could lift both arms over his head, and sensation began to return to his lower chest and right hip. Later he also learned to move both of his legs. Dr Jacob helped two other quadriplegics recover completely when DMSO was started within one hour after the accident.

How and what to use

DMSO has been described as a clear colourless, very hygroscopic liquid, with practically no odour or slight garlic odour, slightly bitter taste with sweet after-taste. Because cheap industrial grade DMSO can contain dangerous impurities, only good quality products with at least 99% and preferably higher purity should be used. Because DMSO is hygroscopic (it attracts water) the main impurity at the higher grades is water. Commonly used is medical/pharmaceutical grade with about 99.9% purity. While glass bottles are best for retail sales, even highest grades of DMSO are commercially stored and shipped in HDPE (Type 2) containers which do not seem to cause any leaching problem.

Pure DMSO is not toxic and generally very safe but some precaution needs to be taken. For instance when applying DMSO for transdermal treatment the skin should be clean and free of undesirable chemicals, such as from commercial lotions or sunscreens. DMSO can be used on its own and applied over inflamed, stiff or painful muscles or joints, or over troublesome organs, or it can be used to carry remedies or nutrients through the skin into the body. However, it does not carry chemicals into the body that normally cannot penetrate the skin, it only enhances the absorption rate of those that are able to penetrate at a much lower rate.

To avoid skin irritation apply DMSO only in diluted form at 70% or less. This may vary according to the sensitivity of the skin. DMSO is not normally used on broken or open skin, but it has been applied to fresh cuts and other wounds and greatly speeded up healing without causing pain or other discomfort. Depending on the degree of pain or inflammation DMSO may be applied several times during the day but the need for multiple applications may reduce on following days. The effect may be felt within minutes. Also swellings such as from sprained ankles can quickly disappear if kept covered with DMSO.

While DMSO mixes freely with water and glycerine, it does not mix with oils or kerosene. It does not dissolve magnesium chloride but it can improve absorption by carrying along water in which the magnesium is dissolved. The same seems to apply to vitamin B12 which also does not dissolve directly in DMSO but can be better absorbed with its addition. For general applications it may be good for the skin to add a small amount of glycerine.

Alpha lipoic acid dissolves very well in DMSO, and Glutathione and Coenzyme Q10 to some degree. Transdermal application of these may give a better absorption rate than oral use. Generally strong oxidants oxidize DMSO to MSM while microbes reduce it to Dimethylsulfide or DMS which creates a strong sulphur smell. It has been noticed that during periods of infection individuals emit a much stronger garlicky smell when using DMSO than when they are well.

This is actually the main drawback of DMSO, and why some individuals do not like to use it – it can lead to social problems, especially at the workplace. Not everyone has this problem, and one may be able to minimize it by using only a relatively small amount in the evening or experiment with spraying or rinsing mouth and exposed skin with diluted non-acidified MMS (sodium chlorite) solution (e.g. 1 teaspoon of MMS in 500 ml of water) which can oxidize and so deodorize smelly sulphur compounds.

Another problem that may arise with skin application is reduced nerve conductivity which is the basis for the quick pain relief. Individuals with paresthesia such as tingling or numb fingers, toes or other skin areas may temporarily get increased symptoms if they apply DMSO over the nerve that leads to the affected area. This effect can last for several hours after application but is best avoided, and does not seem to be a problem if DMSO is applied to other parts of the skin or used orally.

Oral intake is the other major form of DMSO use. As to its safety: Dr Stanley Jacob who pioneered the medical use of DMSO has taken an ounce of it orally every day for more than 40 years. The only side-effect seems to be that he has not been sick in years. Others have taken even higher doses for weeks or months.

DMSO is effective in heart attacks and angina; prompt use of it in heart attacks has been credited with preventing damage to heart muscle but rather high doses should be used. Dr Morton Walker suggested 2 grams per kilogram of body weight in the treatment of heart attacks.

Except for emergencies, it is always best to start with low doses, such as half a teaspoon in a drink, and increase gradually to the intended maximum or until there is some unexplained reaction. Generally effective healing methods tend to induce some kind of reaction, be it microbial die-off effects or skin eruptions or gastro-intestinal effects, such as diarrhoea. In such case temporarily cut back and when the reaction subsides gradually increase again.

A suitable daily maximum intake with chronic diseases may be 20 to 30 ml in divided doses, good to take it in a drink together with specific supplements to enhance their absorption. As with all supplements, It is also good not to remain at the same dose for a long time but rather slowly cycle up and down between a maximum and a minimum level. Finally, as long as there are problems in specific parts of the body it is preferable to use topical applications in addition to oral use.

While DMSO is widely used in most countries as a medical drug, in the USA it is only approved for the treatment of interstitial cystitis. In Australia DMSO is a prescription poison and cannot be used for treating humans but it can be sold and used for veterinary purposes and as a solvent. For a good account of the DMSO saga see http://www.thehealingjournal.com/node/1347.

This article is from MSM and DMSO (http://www.health-science-spirit.com/msm.htm)