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http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/194x/pelner-l-annals_of_allergy_1 944-v2-n3-p231.htm The patient, a woman thirty-five years of age, was markedly sensitive to ragweed pollen, and was given pre-seasonal treatment with pollen antigen (Lederle). When 200 pollen units were given, the patient developed hives all over her body, swelling of the eyes and tongue and marked wheezing. This reaction was relieved in about fifteen minutes by epinephrine. Attempts to increase this amount slightly brought forth increasingly severe reactions. The following week the 410 pollen units of ragweed were given along with ½ c.c. of sodium ascorbate, (100 mg. in 2 c.c.) in the same syringe. No reaction occurred. Thereafter, at two-day intervals, increasing doses of ragweed pollen were given with ½ c.c. of sodium ascorbate. In addition, 100 mg. of ascorbic acid were given three times a day by mouth. The patient volunteered that she had not had citrus fruits for many years because of sensitivity to orange and grapefruit. Finally, a dose of 1500 units of ragweed pollen antigen combined with ½ c.c. of sodium ascorbate was given without incident. Ascorbic acid was thus able to reduce the exquisite sensitivity to ragweed pollen antigen in this patient. It was thought desirable to find out whether this phenomenon was a local effect of ascorbic acid on the pollen antigen. On a ragweed-sensitive patient, the following skin tests were carried out by intradermal injection: Ragweed .02 c.c.; ragweed .02 c.c. plus .05 c.c. of sodium ascorbate (described above); histamine hydrochloride 1/1000 solution, .02 c.c.; histamine hydrochloride (1/1000 solution) .02 c.c. plus .05 c.c. of sodium ascorbate. There was no observable difference between ragweed and ragweed with sodium ascorbate or between histamine and histamine with sodium ascorbate. Thus, whatever detoxification occurs is not local in nature. The liver is the site of detoxification for most noxious substances in the body. Usually they are rendered harmless by conjugation in the liver cells. It is certainly by design that the liver, next to the adrenal glands, contains the most ascorbic acid of any organ in the body. The ascorbic acid is undoubtedly one of the substances concerned with detoxification. -----Original Message----- From: M. G. Devour [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: September 4, 2006 11:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: CS>Ken, allergies? Dear Ken (Ode), Several times in the past you've mentioned reducing or eliminating your pollen sensitivity by "licking the windshield." I'm entering ragweed season here which usually makes me miserable from late august through the first frost. I'm going to try your technique. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
