August 13, 1999 Dale, Browse the Web for "Pycnogenol." Made from the bark of the maritime pine tree -- comes from France. Called an antioxidant and proanthocyanidan. Available everywhere. Aficionados suggest 1 mg. per lb. of body weight to begin for ten days and then cut back 1/3 to 1/2 thereafter. After reading up on it you may decide that it is something that should be added to your mother's diet.
Double blind study seemed to prove it strengthened the walls of veins and capillaries in some people within 3 months and some more people after 4 months. A protruding vein in the calf of my leg -- that I had for 20 years -- disappeared by the time I was on Pycnogenol six months. Noticeable sooner, for me, was the improvement in my breathing -- apparently improved oxygenation in my blood. I stopped being winded so easily. It is said to make the blood cells less apt to stick together -- hence might help avoid heart attacks and strokes. Improved blood circulation may be why some people report improvement in visual acuity and lessening of cataract development after being on Pycnogenol for a good while. Anecdotal evidence seems to me to be abundant of some people getting off inhalers and oxygen bottles, after a relatively short time on Pycnogenol. I guess this is a boon to some smokers and to some "asthmatics." And men and women often seem to say they like what it does for the appearance of their skin. In my experience it is best combined with vitamin C and E for maximum effect. But I suggest that you should not combine Pycnogenol with aspirin to "thin the blood" or use with any other blood thinners. That seems to me be too much "blood thinning" at once, and may have been the cause of bleeding in some friends of mine. Always consult a health professional, and on this subject especially. I take Pycnogenol daily. Some say that Pycnogenol is a healthier "blood thinner" to use than aspirin. I have used both for this purpose and I found aspirin worked faster for this purpose for me. And some alcohol (wine) with two aspirin tablets was especially fast working to "thin" my blood (30 minutes). But I don't use any two of these at the same time, ordinarily. Just for an emergency when my blood inexplicably seemed to get extremely sludgy. "Too much of a good thing can be bad." -- Spiroflex ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Gillilan <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 10:49 PM Subject: CS>Strokes, catarracts > I just got a call from my elderly mother. She is going in for > CAT-scans, MRI, etc. tomorrow to see what damage has been done by > (apparently) many small strokes and what her risk is now. She was also > diagnosed with catarracts today. She called wanting to know if I knew > any treatments that she might not be getting from allopathic medicine. > > So, does anyone know if CS, magnets, or ??? will help either of these > conditions. And, is there any info re. protocols. She will want to > discuss whatever I present to her with her MD. > > BTW, one MD said the catarracts were due to the mini-strokes. Another > said they were due to the cortisone/steroid inhalers she used last > winter. She has emphyzema and had a serious case of pneumonia. > > Thanks, > Dale > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
