Tag: systemic candidiasis

Unforseen circumstances have a way of lurking in the shadows and throwing spanners in the works. But some spanners may leave a sweet taste in the mouth. Thus, we come to yet another but definitely final week of this series. On which the curtain would have fallen last week, all things being equal. Woman know best where theshoes” of Candidiasis pinch most. For many of them, it is not in the nose where many men are hardest hit. For those women, it is in the virginal vault.

Quite often, women contract vaginal infections which they underplay as “toilet infection to distances their affliction from sexual promiscuity to which many men easily link disorders in a woman’s secret place. It is, therefore, not surprising that some woman who have followed this series religiously, waiting for special attention to b accorded the vagina and candida,believe, and I agree, that the column need to run for one more week.

Like beautiful hair, face, skin, bust-line and nails, or like buxom buttocks, another part of the female anatomy women give priority attention is the vagina. I like to call it the “secret place” because, even in these days of fashion drunkenness, when it is said most women begin to dress up (in nightgowns) when they are going to bèd, it is about the only part of their bodies that they still treat with some respect during the day. The reasons are obvious. If this place is unclean or filthy, it is so messy that it discharges foul-smelling matter, it easily loses its charm and power of coquetry over men. Besides, this place is the gateway to the womb and other organs, such as the fallopian tubes, which are crucial for reproduction. Like the penhant to attract and keep a man or men, every rational woman wishes to have a baby and are easily scared by thoughtsthat a vaginal infection may damage these other reproductive organs and ruin their chances of becoming mothers or of having as many babies as they wish to have. In response to their requests for more information about how to protect the secret place against the ravages of candidiasis, this final section of the series will mention some of the medicinal supplements available for this purpose on the Nigeria market today.

ALOE VERA

For centuries, women have used Aloe Vera for beauty and health purposes. It keeps dandruffs out of the scalp and hair. It promotes exfoliation (removal) of dead skin cells, thereby revealing the younger and more beautiful skin below. Beyond these, it supports regeneration of damaged cells. Taken internally, it helps to heal ulcer and offers antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal and antimicrobial help. On the Nigerian market, it comes in various forms….. But, soft gel, fluid gel, powder, tincture or fluid extract. When the mother of one of my colleagues in the office had a burn on the breasts about 15 years ago, I gave her the gel of the mature Aloe leaf to massage on the wound. But doing so always gave her pains. She had tripped on a saucepan of hot palm oil on a high flame stove. So, I suggested ALOE FIRST made by forever living products (FLP) which we had earlier avoided to save cost.  Aloe first comes as a liquid spray. It heals surgical wounds almost without any trace of the knife.

It healed the burned breasts remarkably. I once suggested it to a woman who had a bad vaginal burn from local spicy materials introduced into her body, as she was informed, to help her rid her uterus fibroids. It had a cooling, almost sedative effect, on the burned and inflamed tissue.

The gel of the Aloe leaf may be pulped into the vagina over which a menstrual pad may be worn before a woman retires for the night. Alternatively, she may insert a soft gel of Aloe.

According to Kristen Douglas in www.lifestrong.com:

“Aloe Vera can help with dryness of the skin, including in the vaginal area. Vaginal dryness is a common and irritating problem, especially among women who are experiencing menopause symptoms. While there are some medicinal ointments and lubrication options, you might prefer using more natural substances such as Aloe Vera. According to Women’s Health specialist, applying Al Vera gel to the dry or inflamed skin in the vaginal area can be helpful in alleviating the dryness. Aloe Vera gel, says Women’s Health specialist, can help to alleviate dryness. Break a piece of the Aloe Vera plant off and use a knife to cut through the outer layer of skin’ the plant. Take the gel from inside the skin and apply directly to the dry or inflamed part of the vagina per home remedies for you, an alternative health website a popular natural beauty site, taking Aloe Vera alternatively along with saffron and winter cherry can increase vaginal lubrication. Mix Aloe along with the saffron and winter cherry in a glass of milk and drink it before bedtime.

“Educators at power surge.com, a popular women’s menopause and education site, recommend mixing Aloe Vera with Slippery Aloe powder to not only moisten vaginal tissue but to sooth inflammation and itchiness. Users should mix enough of the powder into the Aloe Vera to make a viscous paste, and apply inside the lips of the vaginal area as well as in the vagina. The results are reported to be very soothing. The feminist Women’s Health center also recommends this treatment. According to Health Library, Aloe Vera showed as effective in a double blind study to sooth genital herpes and clear the herpes sores more quickly. The study found that cream made from Aloe Vera was more effective than when taken directly from the plant in gel form. Dr Michael Hakey gives Aloe the thumb. Since healed his hand burns, he has been recommending it to his patients. Writing in www.aloe1.com Dr. Haley says: “infections are maddening. They itch, the burn and cause a discharge, caused by a fungus called candida albicians cause, (also called candidiasis), genital candidiasis, or vulvo candida candidiasis (DVO). Nearly 75 percent of all adult women have at last one genital yeast infection in their lifetimes. Yeast infections happen when something disrupts the balance of fungipresent in the vagina, causing the yeast to grow out of control. The primary cause.Is over use of antibiotics which kill not only the bad bacteria in the body but the good as well. Yeast infections should be immediately treated as it can spread to other parts of the body, including skin, mucus membrane, heart valves, esophagus and other areas. Further, in people with weakened immune defences, pregnant women, those who are HIV positive, have diabetes, or are taking steroids it can cause life threatening system infections. And, through not a sexually transmitted disease, some men would develop symptoms such as itching and penile rash following sexual contact with an infected partner.

“You can treat a vaginal infection naturally with Aloe Vera, proven to help clear up candidiasis and to prevent recurrencies due to its anti-fungal properties. Moreover Aloe Vera here rarely causes an irritation. When it does, it is most likely due to addictive use in some Aloe Vera products and especially creams.

In Nigeria, the natural medicine network NUTURE’S GIFT FOR LIFE sells the product ALOE FEMALE HYGIENE which has been of help to many women who experience vaginal questions. They find it very effective especially if, prior to the use, they had inserted Golden Seal root capsules overnight for one week, followed with the use of Aloe female Hygiene. This product is Aloe get in tube which is pumped into the vagina. Aloe destroys the germs causing trouble and rehydrates the tissue, even helping to generate the cells. Two tubes are recommended by Nature’s Gift. I would suggest the insertion of Vitamin E soft gel after the two day therapy on Aloe female Hygiene.

BEAUTIFUL LIFE/GUFEIBAO

This is a Chinese vaginal insert sold world – wide under different brand names. England, it seals as Beautiful life in Nigeria, the name is Gufeibao. It is inserted in the vagina on the second day after the menstrual cycle and left on for four or five days. It is well described in www.usa–beautifullife.com  which says:

there tampons are manufactured in China for the purpose of treatment and as a preventive measure for the conditions mentioned above. The manufacturing process of tampons is based solely on the holistic ingredients of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that has been around for more than 5,000 years. There ingredients have been derived from Tibetan homeopathic recipes and represents of the synthesis of the ancient holistic knowledge and modern biotechnology. There are a few dozens of Chinese herbs and other holistic components. In these tampons that support proper female reproductive organ functions, and prevent the development of more serious gynecological ailments, these ingredients regulate the function of endocrine gland secretions, normalize blood circulation, improve facal skin complexion / wrinkles / hyper pigment. They also treat the following gynaecological ailment:endometriosis, cervical erosion.And dysplasia, pelvic inflammatory disease, hemorrhoids (aids in wound healing sensation removal of nodules). Numerous laboratory test and research have proven safety and efficacy of the ingredients in the tampons “It is a fact that dead cells that have collected inside the uterus, cervix and vagina, in the presence of warm temperature and moisture, create favourable conditions for breeding multiple viruses and bacteria. Such viruses and bacteria are capable of colorizing and causing numerous diseases such as inflammation of the uterus/ cervix, cervical erosion, pelvic inflammatory disease and other inflammatory conditions in the pelvic area. These tampons are used for prophylactic treatment of the above – mentioned inflammatory conditions, and disease. The ingredients are listed as stemonasessilifoliamiq, miq,   kochiascoparia, mother work, Rhizomasmilacisglabrae, Angelica,Rhizomachuianxiong and borneol.

The manufacturers indicate beautiful life for the following conditions

“Prophylactic cleansing effect; bacteria is excreted from the body (as a preventive measure), inflammation of the uterus, cervix and endometrium are reduced due to the presence of powerful healing herbs, cervical erosion and dysplasia, pelvic inflammatory Disease (PID) / Adnexa, yeast infection, Hemorrhoids, urine incontinence, cystitis and other inflammatory conditions in the pelvic area, The uterus and vagina are cleansed of pathogenic bacteria and viruses, Genital itching.

DIRECTIONS:

“Thoroughly wash your hands and open the pounch containing one tampon, pull out the string of the tampon, insert the tampon inside vagina approximately 7cm deep, you must remove the tampon 3 days later, one pill can be used for 3-5days Rinse (douches) your vagina with a chamomile tea, insert next tampon 24 hours later after removing the first one, used for health care for the perineum.

Welcome to BEAUTIFUL LIFE. On its label are the following promises: “it is in bended for Genital itching Abnormal leucorrhea. Tubal Blockage uterine Tumours etc.

Garlic Oil

Many women hate the odour of garlic. But it may be their best friend when yeast strikes in the vagina. Listen to Jennifer Rosenberg in www.midwifery.com:

“Garlic kills yeast. Those who bake bread know not to add garlic while the dough is rising or it will kill the yeast. Instead, garlic is added to the dough after it has risen, just before baking in the oven. A fresh garlic clove can easily cure a yeast infection. The trick is to catch the infection early. A woman who suffers from frequent yeast infection knows the feeling well. The first day, she feels just a tickle of itchiness that comes and goes. The next day, or sometimes two or three days later, the vaginal discharge starts to look white and lumpy like tiny bits of cottage cheese. By this time, she has a full blown yeast infection and the lips of the vagina are often red and sore. If a woman can pay to the first tickling of the yeast infection, she can use the following treatment. Take a dove of fresh garlic and peel off the natural white paper shell that covers it, leaving the clove intact. As bed time, put the clove into the vagina. In the morning, remove the garlic clove and throw it in the toilet. The garlic often causes the vagina to have a watery discharge. One night treatment may be enough to kill the infection, or it can have to be repeated the next night. Continue one or two days until all itchiness is gone. The reason that the treatment is done at bedtime is that there is a connection between the mouth and the vagina. The moment the garlic is placed in the vagina, the taste of the garlic travels up to the mouth. Most people will find this strong flavor annoying during the day, so the treatment is recommended for night time. If the infection has advanced to the point that a woman has large quantities of white discharge and red, or labia, it can still be treated by garlic but with a larger dose. Use a dry tissue to remove some of the discharge, then take a clove of garlic and cut it in half. Put it in the vagina at bed time and repeat this for a few nights. If there is no improvement, you may consider a conventional over – the – counter treatment. Remember that a woman should never douche during a vaginal infection. Yeast loves water and any water will make it grow faster. Any cut in the clove makes the activity of the garlic stronger. Thus, the more of the inside of the clove that is exposed, the higher the dosage “Each woman should learn the dose that links best for her”

As many women may desert raw garlic, they may find garlic oil perles preferable. This therapy may require is the insertion of one or two garlic oil perles in the vagina at bed time. The perle soon burst, releasing its garlic oil contents wage war on the yeast infection.

Cranberry

Known more for treating Urinary Tract Infections (UTI), Cranberry juice clear yeast in the mouth (thrush, those white patches on the tongue), intestine and the vagina. It corrects the pH of urine, making it more difficult for yeast to exist in the urinary tract and bladder. The berries of Cranberry contains chemicals which prevent germ adhesion to tissue. But sweetened cranberry should not be taken because sugar fuels the growth of candida and other yeast.

Probiotic

This is the region of friendly bacteria. In some studies, orthodox pharmaceutical drugs were administered and then supplemented with Lactobacillus Acidophilus, a member of the probiotic family. Test tube studies have shown that Lactobacillus Acidophilus and Lactobacellus  Rhamnosus inhibited the growth of Candida albicans. In some human studies, it was shown that many of the infected subjects were deficient in these probiotic. There are conflicting reports on whether the Lactobacillus strain actually does the work ascribed to it. But majority of studies would have us believe it does, the therapy involves oral (mouth) intake of probiotic supplemented with vaginal a insertion of probiotic tablet or capsule in the vaginal at bed time.  It may be helpful to crush the tablets and then apply the powder deep in the vault. The capsule may be unscrewed and the contents similarly applied.

Others

In Europe where Yorghurt is frequently used that is because this milk product is high in Lactobacillus Acidophilus. Nigerian yorghurt is not. There is also frequent mention of Tee Tree Oil.

The Mayo Clinic study published in the third part of this series last Thursday explained why many cases of sinusitis have not been healed over many years, and why it may never be healed. Hitherto, researchers and doctors believed acute and chronicsinusitis were both caused by bacteria and made elimination of bacteria the mainspring of their therapy objectives or goals. But the Mayo Clinic study discovered or suggested that while acute (short-term) sinusitis originated from bacterial infection, chronic sinusitis (long-term) came from fungal infection. Therefore, treating bacteria instead of fungi would not help if the patient was a long-term sufferer. Mayo Clinic researchers would like all doctors to know about their work which has been validated by other studies in reputable research centers worldwide. But, unfortunately, many doctors still do not know about it. Helpful as the Mayo Clinic study may have been, it still left an unexplored gap which, in my view, researchers such as Dr. Robert t O. Young, have tried to fill. Their work is important not only for understanding sinusitis from a better and broader perspective, but, also, for understanding, for example, why many people do not live to ripe old age nowadays, falling by the wayside in disease or death too early in their earthly sojourn. That secret, as I can assume from the conclusions of many anti-aging studies, and presented in a passing remark last Thursday, may be summarized as follows…

• Inside every cell, human plant or animal, is a tiny protein molecule called Microzyma. The function of this molecule is to dissolve the entire cell whenever it presents itself for dissolution that is death.
• A cell is ripe for dissolution or death when it becomes acidic rather than slightly alkaline.
• Acidity and Alkalinity are measured on aO -14 pH scale where values below 7 are acidic and above are alkaline the more the values move dowards, away from 7, the more acidic they become. Higher readings above a 7 are more alkaline. A 7.4 alkalinity is behaved to be the best environment for the optimum health and performance of the human cell, although there are a few exceptions
• Certain foods, including white flour bread, all white flour foods, cooked foods, processed foods, fried foods, cow’s milk, soft drinks produce varying degrees of acidity.
• Fruit and vegetables, minerals, vitamins, raw foods, including salads, produce alkalinity.
• A reasonable diet, according to the World Health Organization, (WHO) and many researchers, should comprise every day, about 70 percent raw food. So should drinking water. Today, we drink chlorinated and flouridised water. Chlorine and fluoride are added to water to kill germs. But they acidify water. The so-called pure water or sachet water is a more criminal brand of water in this respect. InOkinauea near Japan, where drinking water is alkaline, coming from the coral reefs, and making Coral calcium, a choice calcium brand, many cases have been reported of people living beyond 120 years, and physically, emotionally and sexually active.
• Over many years, acidity builds up in the cells. And to prevents the blood becoming acidic and facilitating prompt death or dissolution of the cells, all major tissues or organs of the body donate to the blood stream “midou’smides” of their alkaline reserves. The bones give up calcium. The muscles give up potassium and become flabby, sore and weak. The red blood cells part with some iron, making us anaemic. The immune cells loose Manganese and Zinc, becoming unable to fight disease as efficiently as they should.

Accordingly, we fall ill often and end up in the hospital.

• The doctor who is not familiar about pH Balance does not advise his or her patient about what may be going on in his or her body, which can be corrected with an alkaline-forming diet and abandonment of negativeemotion such as fear, worry, hatred, anger, depression etc, as these negativeemotions contribute to acidosis. Such a doctor relies only on antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, pain relievers, sleep inducing drugs etc.
• These prescriptions leave the body with acid residues which further compromise a lopsided pH balance. Imagine a case where a person does not drink water about 30 minutes before a meal, to provide water for the manufacture of digestive enzymes, and about two or three hours after, to neutralize the acid in food moving from the acid-prone stomach to the alkaline-prone intestine, and for a transport flush for the food.

Not only may ulcers develop along with constipation, the blood may become thicker and sluggish in circulation. Thick blood causes headaches and other pains which analgesics may not relieve but which, to the surprise of its many users, often yield to one in the blood of fungus in the cell glass of warm water sipped every 30 minutes or thereabout.

• To cut a long story short, as we say, acidosis stimulates the Microzyma inside every cell. It steps out of the cell to become (bacteria), virus or fungus (yeast and mold), depending on the degree of acidosis. We notice this in plants and fruits but do not relate this to our own bodies as well. An overripe mango fruit or a wilted vegetable begin to decay. The excess sugar in the overripe Mango causes its acidosis and activates Microzyma to dissolve it. I watch banana before I eat it. In some bananas, what appears to be “wounds”n are evidence of Microzyma at work. Eating such a banana is like eating poison.

n Nigeria, there is a type of banana I hardly eat because of its sugar load. Because it grows more in the Eastern part of the country, where Igbo speaking people live, it is called Igbo banana. “Another variety called Yoruba banana grows more in the Western part of the country where the Yoruba-speaking Nigerians predominate. The eastern banana is overripe even when its covers are green. The western variety inclines towards sweetness (sugar) more slowly and is less prone to “wounds” even when there are discomfeitures on its skin. In humans, we see the link between sugar, acidosis and microzyma, bacteria, fungus, (yeast, mold etc) in the diabetic person. He or she is sickly, in and out of hospital with various organs of his or her body under threat of damage. Finally, a human or animal corpse is a breeding haven for microzyma and everything in its train because a corpse lacks oxygen and has to be dissolved so it doesn’t constitute a nuisance to the environment. An interesting point to note in all of this is that any human body which is acidic is already being dissolved instalmentally, even if the owner of that body is still hopping to and about in the hustle and bustle of earth-life activities.

• People who suffer from sinusitis’s are filled with bacteria and/or fungi (including candida, a fungus which is a member of the yeast family).
• Mayo clinic found that, contrary to earlier beliefs in medicine that sinusitis was caused by bacteria and possibly fungi in about 10 percent of cases, acute sinusitis may fit this description but chronic sinusitis doesn’t. In fact, about 90 percent of chronic sinusitis were found to be fungi induced, with sufferers being attacked by as many as about four strains of fungi. The study did not state why one form of sinusitis is caused by bacteria and another arises because of fungi. This gap is filled, I believed, by the knowledge that, as acidosis progresses into worse dimensions, microzyma devolves into more killing forms of its specie. It is far more easier to deal with bacteria than viruses or fungi. Thus chronic sinusitis would be a worse form of sinusitis because it is occurring in a worse state of acidosis.

This part of the series, the fourth, will explore on interesting but professionally explosive method of diagnosing the presence of fungi or candida, before an exploration of more treatment options, some having being suggested in other parts of the series.

Liver blood, Dark field microscopic examination

Different techniques are employed to examine the blood for presence or otherwise of any foreign bodies, or for any abnormality in the natural residents. Under a microscope. The microscope may enlarge their images hundreds of times or thousand times. The traditional microscopy view which orthodox medicine favours is thelight field microscopy.

Increasingly, alternative medicine practitioners are turning to Darkfield microscopy,

Which they believe is a more effective technique. The critics of this method describe is as quackery and prone to many errors. In light field microscopy, the doctor or laboratory technologist undergoes many years of education in haemotology (science of the blood) whearas the practitioner of dark field microscopy requites is no more than a few hours education on how to handle the equipment and interpret its imaging.

Dark field microscopic examination of the blood is a diagnostic technique in which light strikes the material under observation from its side and not from underneath it as in white field technique. In dark field, the background is dark and the material observed is highlighted in a light stream. In Bright field on the other hand, the background is white or light and the observed material may be stained to high light its details. Colours may not be visible.

Dark field technology claims to observe about 25 aspect of theLive blood, including “multiple mineral/vitamin deficiencies, toxicity, tendencies for allergic reactions, excess fat in circulation, liver weakness, arteriosclerosis” etc. but the orthodox medicine critics say most of the observed material are actually other entities and that it would take years of education for even a specialist to be able to tell the difference.

When matters come to a head as in such a case, I do not unmindfully jump the boat, but cross-link medical opinions, mindful that frontiers do shift for better or for worse and that, when they are expanding for good, it is possible for doubtingthomases to attempt to hold the train down, derainity, or t slow it.

One of criticisms comes from STEPHEN BERRETT M.D., in www.quackwatch.com/livecell.In my view, he ignores the merits of dark field microscopy and dwells too much on the income it can bring the practitioners, as if light field microscopy is done on charity. He says, for example:

“During the 1980s, one company marketing live cell equipment projected that a practitioner who persuades one patient per day to embrace a supplement programme based on the test would net over $ 60,000 per year for testing and for supplement sales. Another company estimated that with five new patients a day (22 days a month) paying $ 30 for the test and $ 50 for supplements, practitioners would gross over $ 100,000 per year just on initial visits.

“The most active individual promoters of live cell analysis have been James R. Privitera, M.D of Covina, California and Joel Robbins D.C, of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

privitera claims that “clot malfunction” is an underlying cause of many diseases, can be diagnosed with live cell analysis, an can be treated with large doses of dietary supplements. His book, SILENT CLOTS, describes his “general daily guidelines for supplements that have worked well for many patients. As an anticlotting programme.” The book also describes regimens for arthritis, asthma, baldness, bladder infections, cancer, cold, colitis, cramps, diabetes, diarrhea, diverticulosis, eczema and edema and includes case-histories of patients he treated for many other conditions.

I do not believe there is any scientific evidence for the claims or that these regimens are effective as privitera claims. His well site offers more than 150 supplements for sale on 1975, priviteria was convicted of conspiring to drescribelactrideand was sentenced to six months in prison. (Lactride is a quack cancer remedy).

In 1980s, after the appeals process ended, he spend 55 days in jail, but was released after being pardoned by Califonia Governor Jerry Brown. (The pardon occurred in response to a letter – writing campaign generated by the National Health Federation, a group that espouses what is called “health freedom”) Then, because previtera had been prescribing unapproved substances, (includingLactride, Calcium pangamate and DMSO) for the treatment of Cancer, the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance suspended his medical licence for four months, and placed him on 10 years probation under Board Supervision during the probationary period, Priviteria was prohibited from making any representation that he is able to cure Cancer through nutrition.

e was also forbidden to tell patients that have Cancer unless the diagnoses were confirmed in writing by an appropriate Board Certified Specialist. During the probationary period, Privetieria commercialized live cell analysis and founded two companies that marketed devices for doing it. SILENT CLOT mentions that in 1993, a federal judge signed and order authorizing internal revenue service agents to enter his clinic premises to effect a levy and that a seizure was made. However, the book provides no further default about his fax-related difficulty. In 1999, Priveteria was implicated in the death of a 71 years- old woman who had consucted him for arm pain. While in priviteria’s waiting room, she complained of a headache. Documents in the care states that priviteria Prescribed 20,000 units of Heparin (an anti-coagulant) to be placed under the woman’s tongue, examined a blood sample with a dark field microscope, concluded that the blood specimen showed too much tendency to clot, and prescribed another 20,000 units of Heparinto be given under the patient’s skin.  Soon afterwards, the patient became light-headed, vomited and passed out. She was rushed to hospital while it was noted she was cornatose and was bleeding from several places. She died a few hours later, apparently as a result of a massive hemorrhage in inside her head. In 2003, the medical Board of California charged that Priviteria had failed to properly evaluate the woman’s headache,  had no documented rationale for administering Heparin, and had administered and overdose” the case was settled under stipulation under which Priviteria agreed to be reprimanded by $5,000 for costs, and take courses in prescribing and medical record keeping.”

The Story of Joel Robbins, the other marketer of dark field microscopy machines as told by critique. Stephen Barreth is another interesting story which time and space do not permit telling. Both stores spring from either altruism or a hounding of professional rivals.

Dark Field microscopy was in Nigeria a few years ago, courtesy of a training programme in the United states offered by Dr. Robert .O.  Young, another of the fabulous pH MIRACLE and a leading dark field microscopy exponent.

The blood sample is examined live, not stored in the refrigerator overnight or force few hours. The patient can observe activities of his blood sample. He can see red blood cells and white blood cells and Candida or bacteria, if these are present.

White patches indicate Candida or fungi.Where this is pronounced, deoxygenation is evident, and red cells, like white cells, can be seen moving sluggishly. Where the blood is well oxygenated, these cells moveabout with more vigour.There is whole lot more we can learn from it if we keep an open mind.

In the first part of this series published last Thursday, some possible causes of Sinusitis, mucus discharge and systemic candidiasis were explored. A Mayo Clinic study which implicated systemic candidiasis provided an interesting footnote. So did the study and a book authored by four medical doctors which offered a Shark Liver oil cure for the common cold and flu, possible causes of the condition. The second part of this series enlarges the probe…

 Until about 10 years ago when my immune system was probably able to better cope with the common cold virus next door, my best bet against an infection was to keep a safe distance from a sufferer. In those days, as even now, I was not wanting in simple home remedies against the malaise. I call the common cold and all ailments, which travel in its train a malaise because they literally knock you out of circulation. As your nose is blocked, your head aches. You cannot sleep, day or night. I hate to breathe through the mouth, for it may compound issues, as dust and germs, unfiltered from the inhalation, cause other unforeseen troubles. Above all, an infected person may become a social leper even at home. Your cup, like your cutlery and palates, are separated. You cannot shake hands, lest your palms had been infected by droplets of the germs while you were coughing or sneezing or blowing your nose. You have been told by your doctor there’s no anti-biotic against the common cold virus which, then, must run its cycle for, maybe, a few days or one whole week! What a dreary life you must live while waiting that long in these circumstances for the awful train to pass the rail crossing. These days, if one comes down with about three knock – downs in one year, one doctor is likely to advise an HIV text! So, again, it all boils down to a healthy immune function. As the Mayo Clinic has drawn a link between sinusitis (infection and inflammation of the sinuses) and candida albicans, a member of the yeast family and a fungus, a long – term solution of this malaise is the building of a healthy immune system. In the interim, that is in the short term we must chase the fox away before we rebuke the chicken for standing in harm’s way.

Home Remedies

 I probably didn’t pay much attention to these matters in my mid – twenties until a dripping nose threatened to separate me from what then, and now, I considered to be the most important event in my life. For three days, I was to be in a gathering where the wearing of clothes with bright colours or a heavy perfume or a woman whose dress fell short of the midline of the lower limb while she was sited or knocking shoes was considered distractive of the focus of one’s neighbour, what would you say of a neighbour coughing, sneezing and blowing the nose every other minute? In today’s  culture of perverted Christianity, we would say “the Devil is a liar”, as we arm up with prayers to chase away the monster. But aren’t we the trouble and not Lucifer? For Lucifer can block our path only if we fail to exercise our free will and chase Him away. The Lord taught us that in His temptation on the minaret of the temple allegorically rendered in the Bible story. Luckily for me, I had a brochure of NATURE’S WAY, a giant producer of food supplements in the United State then and now. It was represented in Nigeria by a company called DUMEC and I sold its products. The one I found immediately relevant to my condition was GARLICIN, a garlic supplement extract formula from Dr. Christopher. Someday, I will speak about Dr. Christopher’s formulas. Garlicin came in the form of garlic perles.

I took two perles with water every four hours, and, in two days, my dripping nose was dry and the cough was gone. Ever since, I have not failed to fall back on garlic after an exposure to the common cold virus, or to any – one who coughed or sneezed or exhibited the familiar breathe of a cold virus infection. I do not tolerate raw garlic on empty month. It rumbles my stomach immediately. I chew it on a morsel of food or on a chocolate bar, if I am not having a meal and feel the need to aid the digestive system. Garlic, like Thyme with which it is combined in some food supplements is a respiratory herb. When the oil is rubbed on the buttom of the foot of a baby, who cannot tolerate it orally, the smell soon appears in the breath as a testimornal that it is at work in the lungs and in the sinuses. If the Egyptians gave garlic to their Jewish slaves to maximise their slave labour because garlic provides high energy yields, it is possible that this is related to the antiseptic, antibiotic and antiviral powers of this herb, which kills germs and, thus, prevents from micro-organisms from sharing nurture and energy with their human cell hosts which they poison and weaken with toxins. Whoever does not like or tolerate raw garlic may try the adourless garlic perles which some authorities say are less potent, or Kyolic proprietary garlic, an adourless brand aged for about 15 months and said to be about 50 times more potent than natural garlic.

In the market, too, is Garlic essential oil. Essential Oil are very potent and need to be diluted with such oils as olive oil before they can be tolerated on the skin, let alone internally. All that health shop owners need to do if they wish to give their stores the testimonial of health store is to drop one or two drugs of an essential oil on the floor. The store exudes the aroma all day. But they must be careful not to use an essential oil such as that of garlic, which their customers may consider offensive. When I have to give a health talk anywhere, my choice of a perfume is lemon grass oil. It is pleasant and keeps almost everyone I meet asking questions about lemon grass. Some people may find Lavender essential oil interesting. It is a soothing, calming oil good to add to the evening or night bath water. People who suffer from the common cold or flu may add a few drop of Garlic essential oil to hot water in a basin, lower their heads near the basin and cover their head and basin with a cloth so they can inhale the fumes of essential garlic oil evaporating from the hot water.

Another way to use it is to dab a few drops on a handkerchief and place this near the nose so the oil can be inhaled. Or, if it is preferred, the bottle can be carried about and applied near the nose as a sort of inhaler. The most important thing is to disable the virus, thin the mucus, check inflamation and restore say. There is a role for garlic perles, too, in this therapy. But one had to be extra careful not to let it escape into the nostril, otherwise there may be a Job for the ENT doctor. With the thumble and the index finger, a perle is held in one nostril while the head is tilted backwards. When pressure is applied on the softgel by both fingers from their opposing ends, it breaks, releasing its contents into the nostril. The second and free nostril is immediately blocked with finger pressure while the garlic oil in the other nostril is inhaled sliffed in. The process is repeated for the untreated nostril. Where garlic oil is not immediately available, Onion juice may be used. A few years ago, I gave this recipe to a young, dutiful woman named YINKA OJO. She was a front desk officer at Zenith Bank branch, Pen Cinema, Agege. She had a cold and was struggling through her chores. She used cotton buds to drop the  juice into her nostrils as advised. And the cold cleared. She was back at her desk the following day. Some other Nigerian workers would have taken that cold as an opportunity to procure a doctor’s “sick leave” certificate and go off work for about a week, useless to her employers and customers while drawing their pay. If the infection presents a cough, orange peel or the peel of any other citrus fruit may help. In the peel of orange, there is an oil called limolene. It is anti-microbial and protects the orange from predators. If it is squeezed on skin infections and generously rubbed on them, it may bring a cure. Years ago I had a bottle of it as a gift from someone who traveled abroad. I used it as a demonstration to encourage my friends to stock and use orange peel. If I gave them a gel of it and asked that it be allowed to dissolve in the mouth, they asked me immediately they perceived the taste and the smell if the gel contained orange juice. No it is the oil from the peel of the orange, I would answer. I do not remember where I learned about orange peel oil. Maybe I got it from Rex Adams’s MIRACLE MEDICINE FOODS. Researchers spoke of anti- histamine content of orange peel oil, which makes it helpful in inflamatory conditions. Not surprisingly, one woman was reported to dry and store orange peel in the refrigerator. She was asthmatic. Any time she sensed an attack was coming up she chewed a few cuttings and shook off the asthma. Any one, who has a juice extractor at home may perfect this therapy by juicing or extracting the oil, diluting it with hot water and sipping the solution. In the alternative, orange peel may be chopped into fine bits on a chopping board and boiled in water under low heat or added to hot water, cover up and allowed to infuse for about 15 to 30 minute.

According to Dr. Health. MD: “It can perk your appetite, improved digestion, and help to get rid of other abdominal troubles like flatulence, heart burn and vomiting. Being a great expectorant, orange peel powder is use to relief phlegm and clear the respiratory tract, thus alleviating conditions like asthma and cough. Orange peel can effectively lower cholesterol levels. Orange peel contain a flavour known as Hesperidin, which is said to prevent colon cancer and osteoporosis. Consuming the peel also ensures healthy liver functions. Essential oil extracted from orange peel has amazing therapeutic benefits. It helps to uplift your mood and has a calming effect on the nerves. This essential oil is helpful in curing insomnia. Whenever you are feeling stressed, add some dried peels or few drops of essential oil to your bath tub or a bucket of water and bathe with it. Orange peels are a boom for skin, as they posse anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties. The dried peels can be powdered and used to scrub and exfoliate skin. It is a great cleanser, helps to cure acne and pus – filled pimples and remove blackheads, dark spots and pigmentation. Boil some peels along with a few cloves or cinnamon they emanate a fragrance that helps to get rid of unwanted odours.”

Orange peel is used in Nigerian as a mosquito repellant by burning it. In Europe, it is used to repel ants and cats.

According to Maura Wolf in lifestrong.com: “When oranges were first cultivated, orange peels were highly valued. People extracted essential oils from the peels to use in medicines and remedies for indigestion and other illnesses. Orange peels are a source of health- promoting carbohydrates. Peels also contain healthy polynethozylated flavones, which are plant pigment compounds present in all citrus fruits. To obtain health benefits, you do not have to eat raw orange peels, but you can add flavourful orange zest to foods and beverages. Using a greater, paring knife, vegetable peeler or citrus zester, make orange zest by shaving off thin slices of orange peel.”

The polymethoxylated flavones in orange peels have cholesterol-lowering properties. In a May 2004‘Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry’  article, Canadian researchers and United States Department of Agriculture reported that isolated compounds from orange and tangerine peels showed promise as a natural alternative for reducing LDL cholesterol without the side effect of mainstream cholesterol drugs. Orange peel and pulp contain Hesperidin, a flavonoid that helps lower cholesterol and triglycerides. Orange peel is also a source of pectin, a natural fiber that helps reduce cholesterol levels “The phytonutrient called LIMONEN is found in the oil of citrus peel fruits. Oranges, mandarins, lemons and limes contain large amounts of limonene… an anti-carcinogen… in their peels. Limonene activates the body’s antioxidants detoxification enzyme system and this limits the ability of cancer cells to grow. Citric acid helps starve cancer cells by cutting off their energy supply.

People in the Mediterranean Region have lower rates of certain types of cancers, and the main reason for this seems to be their diet which includes the regular consumption of citrus peel, which is used in fish, chicken, lamb and desert recipes. Hesperidin is a potent flavonoid in citrus fruits that is most abundant in the peel of the orange. Hesperidin suppresses pre-cancerous lesions and may inhibit certain cancers, including breast cancer and colon cancer.

“Orange peel is a very good source of pectin, which is a natural fiber that can decrease the rise in blood sugar that may occur after a meal. This can make it helpful for people, who must watch their blood sugar. Pectin can also help diminish an over active appetite, which may lead to unwanted weight gain. The pectin in orange peel as a prebiotic and encourages the growth of beneficial probiotic bacteria in the intestine. Orange peel is very rich in fiber, which helps regulate your gastro-intestinal tract. Before it was scientifically confirmed, the peel of different varieties of oranges was believed to have medicinal value. Various cultures throughout history used it for digestive problems, stomachache, indigestion, constipation, diarrhea and as anti-spasmodic. Many researchers are coming up with evidence- based suggestions about several benefits of orange peel to health. Some of these include its use for headache, anxiety, mood swings, depression, prostate enlargement, and so on. What emerging information about orange peel benefits for health boils down to is that we humans are stupid and  “perish in ignorance.”

Our bodies, inherited from our forefathers, co- evolved with plants, fruits and vegetables which they ate for nurture and health. We have or are discarding plants, fruits and vegetables in preference for man-made foods, thereby disturbing the genetic evolution trajectories of our bodies and creating disease

Sinusitis, mucus discharge and systemic candidiasis, which have been linked to this and other diseases, can, therefore, be seen as curable through a detoxification of not only the sinus cavities, but of the entire system, rehabilitation and strengthening of the immune system.

Let us, therefore, today thank the Lord, Creator and ruler of all the Worlds, for the great gift of garlic, onion, oranges and orange peel, and other wonderful herbs and vegetables meant to safeguard our health but which we have ignorantly and stupidly forsaken. Aren’t we stupid, indeed, when, after sucking an orange, we throw away the pulp and the peel as waste, and a goat picks it up and eats it to the delight of its health and mother nature who, standing in the Will of the Almighty Creator, provided them not only for animals but us humans as well.

• To be continued