TJ and list- I was backlogged with email and just read about TJ's battle. I would encourage people not to put their eggs all in one basket. I was using all kinds of herbs, vitamins, minerals, and very important to TJ's condition- HEAT to cure all kinds of conditions before I got interested in CS this year. Perhaps there are some bad effects from heating pads and their coils but to me that is balanced by results as I can tell you from experience that sufficient HEAT kills ALL bacteria and viruses, in areas it can reach, like the face. I have used a heating pad on my face (I have a sinus mask with eye holes- fold a regular pad to avoid the eyes) for many sinus infections and it is wonderful. In a short time I would feel a popping as all the congested fluids started to break up and drain. There is also wonderful relief from pain from the heat. I have used it for sore throats, abdominal, and lung pain as well and would be able to sleep pain-free (though the heat can bring some discomfort). A caution is to put a towel between your body and the pad and NEVER sleep on top of the pad but always have it on top. I did get a small burn from sleeping on one once. However, my last 2 colds I put droppers of CS up my nose and never got a sinus infection! Taking CS and then dropping straight Echinacea into my sore throat took away the pain and cured it right away. That's progress :-)
As for herbs, get a pictorial herb book like Penelope Ody's and ID your local weeds. Ribwort (lance-leaf) Plantain is described as the #1 heat-clearing herb by Peter Holmes in his 2 volume "The Energetics of Western Herbs," (hard to find- I ordered it direct from Snow Lotus) a Chinese medicine approach to the commonest plants found as weeds all over the US and perhaps in your backyard. If not, I can send you some seeds and your lawn won't thank me. And they are powerful medicine. I cured myself from a bladder infection with blood in the urine in 5 hours drinking lots of Essiac tea and blending Ribwort Plantain and Cleavers (antibiotic and a lymph cleanser) in water and straining the green drink. Here are some quotes about Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) from Holmes- 1. Clears toxic heat, reduces inflammation, relieves swelling; promotes detoxification, removes lymph congestion, reduces allergy and relieves eczema: Microbial toxicosis with toxic heat- boils, inflammations, abscesses, fever, red or dry, crusty skin rashes, itching EYE, MOUTH, THROAT, GUM, AND MIDDLE EAR INFLAMMATIONS (esp acute, infectious or allergic, from bacterial infection, wth purulence and mucus); SEPTICEMIA (local or systemic); VENOMOUS BITES from insects, spiders or snakes; IMMEDIATE ALLERGIES- rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, asthma, otitis media, eczema LYMPHADENITIS- swollen glands. 2.Clears heat, resolves mucus damp, stops discharge, promotes astriction and stops bleeding: head damp heat (sinuses, nasal discharges), RHINITIS; intestines damp heat, ENTERITIS, dysentery, diarrhea, leucorrhea; bladder damp heat- URINARY INFECTIONS, kidney infections; Blood heat- spontaneous bruising or bleeding, skin rashes, hemorrhage. 3. Tonifies urinary QI, harmonizes urination and relieves incontinence 4. Promotes expectoration, resolves phlegm heat (thick yellow sputum w/blood, pus), restores the lungs and relieves coughing; circulates lung QI and relieves wheezing: BRONCHITIS, LARYNGITIS, COUGH, ASTHMA. 5. Promotes tissue repair and reduces contusion and pain: WOUNDS, ULCERS, BRUISES TOOTHACHE, earache, headache, facial neuralgia, BURNS, scalds. Best use- fresh expressed juice. Crush for topical application Nancy W -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
