Hello Carol - Would you please advise me of the product name that you refer to in this message. Many thanks, Ron
Myownmood wrote: > Hello Dale, > I read about your mothers mini strokes. I have learned that bromelain, an > enzyme will not only prevent clots but will dissolve already existing ones. > I buy only one brand because I know the doctors reputation who made the > formula. I am totally into herbs for short term use and I found an herbal > preparation, I'll look for the bottle for the name of it but it pulled my > sister out of pneumonia in three days, she was hit very fast and hard with > it. It took her about a week to get her strenght back. She was one happy > camper > since she was packing for the hospital. > Carol > -Original Message----- > From: Spiroflex <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 5:56 AM > Subject: Re: CS>Strokes, catarracts -- Pycnogenol > > >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]> > > > > -- > 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. 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