Detoxification & Healing Cancer and Other Illness (14)

Combatting radiation poisoning tips

Chelating (detoxifying) excess ionizing radiation & destructive radioactivity from your body and treating radiation burns naturally

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If you have submitted your body to ionizing radiation either for medical diagnostic purposes (fluoroscopy/mammography/other medical x-ray exams) or in the course of radiotherapy treatment, or if you are otherwise concerned by excessive radiation exposure, overload or poisoning (such as living near a nuclear reactor facility, working with diagnostic radiological equipment/in the nuclear processing industries/uranium mining/uranium or plutonium processing), or if you have been exposed to radioactive particles or higher ionizing radiation doses stemming from other sources such as depleted uranium (DU), testing of atomic weapons, frequent flights in higher altitudes etc., here are a number of tips and suggested remedies how to naturally help your body excrete damaging radioactive elements (e.g. strontium and radioactive iodine) or detoxify (or scavenge) their noxious byproducts such as free radicals as well as deal with radiation burns by using dietary, nutritional, herbal and other naturopathic approaches and modalities. Note: Healing Cancer Naturally does not endorse conventional cancer and tumor treatment by radiation therapy (radiotherapy/X-rays).

Macrobiotic diet against radiation sickness

Barbara Brennan writes in her classic book "Light Emerging", “If you are having any kind of radiation treatments, consider going macrobiotic. According to Michio and Aveline Kushi, macrobiotics is very effective in curing radiation sickness. In his book Macrobiotic Diet, Michio Kushi states: ‘At the time of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, Tatsuichiro Akizuki, M.D., was director of the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Francis Hospital in Nagasaki. Most patients in the hospital, located one mile from the center of the blast, survived the initial effects of the bomb, but soon after came down with symptoms of radiation sickness from the radioactivity that had been released. Dr. Akizuki fed his staff and patients a strict macrobiotic diet of brown rice, miso* and tamari soy sauce soup, wakame and other sea vegetables , Hokkaido pumpkin, and sea salt and prohibited the consumption of sugar and sweets. As a result, he saved everyone in his hospital, while many other survivors in the city perished from radiation sickness.’”
* miso: paste made from fermented soya beans and barley or rice malt, used in Japanese/macrobiotic cookery

Compare On Macrobiotics, Seaweed for important hints re purchasing quality seaweed and Modifilan.

Additional note by Healing Cancer Naturally: If you follow Dr. Johanna Budwig’s healing diet & protocol (which reportedly has also helped heal heavily irradiated (and “chemotherapied”) cancer patients formerly considered terminal and written off as beyond hope, see Budwig Testimonials), I would advise integrating the above-listed food items featuring prominently in the macrobiotic diet, such as seaweed, organic brown rice, miso soup etc. while leaving out or strongly curtailing honey and sweet fruit which are not permitted or heavily restricted in macrobiotics. Make sure to use truly organically grown foods: whole-grain rice is particularly laden with pesticide and similar toxic residues.

Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) baths (testimonial)

“If you were near Chernobyl or if you had an X-rays or radiation treatments for cancer, my radionics practitioner said that you can soak your body in baking soda baths to help pull out the radiation from your body. If you look all over the web, there is talk about patients who have had mouth cancer who were given radiation treatments to get rid of the cancer, and then told to gargle with baking soda mixed in water.”

Tip: If you look for online sellers of baking soda, you might pay a fraction for it as compared to buying in a store or pharmacy as long as you buy larger amounts (which you will need if you plan on bathing regularly). A friend bought it very cheaply at Ebay but there are bound to be similar venues where online merchants offer inexpensive baking soda.

Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) rinses

“The most effective measure to treat RT-induced mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer is frequent oral rinsing with a sodium bicarbonate rinse, to reduce the amount of oral microbial flora.” (Oncol Nurs Forum. 2002 Aug;29[7]:1063-80. A research review of the current treatments for radiation-induced oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer. Shih A, Miaskowski C, Dodd MJ, Stotts NA, MacPhail)

Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate/bicarbonate of soda) plus sea salt baths

Similarly to the above, Barbara Brennan recommends in "Light Emerging" to take 20-minute baking soda cum sea salt baths (mixing half a pound of salt and half a pound of baking soda) to drain the body of DOR (deadly orgone energy as described by Dr. Wilhelm Reich) etc. Since such baths are “energy draining”, she advises to be careful when getting up from them (circulation) and lie naked in the sun afterwards to recharge one’s battery. I would add the salt when the bathtub is somewhat filled already to avoid possible (corrosion) damage to any metal parts.

Compare Sodium Bicarbonate Cancer Treatment: Treating Carcinomas & Destroying Tumors with Baking Soda: Is Cancer “Just a Fungus”?

Epsom salt

Epsom salts are a cheap white powder made of crystals of hydrated magnesium sulfate (chemical formula MgSO4 7H2O) which is used as a purgative etc. Any pharmacy or drug store should carry it. Use in baths. Epsom salts baths were part of this “terminal” colon cancer victor’s protocol.

Zeolites (as clinoptilolite powder)

Zeolites (a family of naturally occurring minerals, also produced in synthetic form) have been used to clean up water contaminated with radioactivity and similar pollutions and apparently also successfully applied to chelate various environmental and other toxins from the human body as well as a successful cancer treatment (at least in dogs who had developed spontaneous tumors, i.e. not cancer artificially induced in a laboratory). More at Zeolites and Dogs' cancer cure testimonials involving finely ground zeolites (natural clinoptilolite powder).

Peppermint

According to the study "Radioprotective potential of mint: A brief review" by Baliga MS and Rao S., published in the Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics (2010 Jul-Sep;6[3]:255-62), two species of the humble aromatic herb mint (Mentha piperita and Mentha arvensis) show promising radioprotective effects for humans. They have protected mice against the sickness and mortality induced by γ-radiation and the aqueous extract of M. piperita protected the radiosensitive organs (testes, gastrointestinal and hemopoetic system), with the speculated mechanisms including free radical scavenging, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimutagenic effects, metal chelation, and enhancement of the DNA repair processes. (Animal experimentation results are of course far from reliable indicators what works for humans, and for this and ethical reasons Healing Cancer Naturally strongly opposes the practice.)

Honey treatment against radiation mucositis in head and neck cancer patients treated with radiation

A study done on 40 patients undergoing radiotherapy to the oropharyngeal mucosal area showed that topically applied pure natural honey significantly reduced the occurrence/severity of subsequent radiation-induced mucositis. (Biswal BM, Zakaria A, Ahmad NM. Topical application of honey in the management of radiation mucositis: a preliminary study. Support Care Cancer 2003; 11: 242-248)

Another study researching the effect of honey on head and neck cancer patients is by Sela M, Maroz D, Gedalia I, Streptococcus mutans in saliva of normal subjects and neck and head irradiated cancer subjects after consumption of honey. Journal of oral rehabilitation 2000; 27: 269-270.

Cysteine hydrochloride

Dr. Donsbach writes: “An amino acid, cysteine protects against the damage of radiation by terminating the free radicals produced by ionizing radiation.” Cysteine, together with methionine, cystine, and their derivatives, is numbered among the “sulphurated amino acids” due to the fact that these amino acids contain sulfur in addition to carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. Sulfurated amino acids are amply present in Dr. Johanna Budwig’s healing diet & protocol. (Note for cancer patients on Dr. Budwig’s Protocol: conceivably, taking isolated cysteine hydrochloride [versus taking it in its natural complex with other nutrients as occurring in organic foods] may not be compatible with the Budwig Diet which insists on shunning most man-made supplements.)

Calendula officinalis: topical treatment of radiation burn scars, for skin irritations and severe burns

I have read that dried calendula flowers available from herbal and health stores or similar outlets as well as from the Internet make an excellent "tea" (to be applied topically) for severe burns and many skin outbreaks (get organic quality calendula if possible). While Weleda makes a Calendula Baby Cream, made with sweet almond oil, lanolin, beeswax, biodynamic calendula officinalis flower extract, perfume from natural essential oils and other ingredients, this may be less effective than the following much less expensive herbal calendula tea:

Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 teaspoonsful of the florets and leave to infuse for 10-15 minutes (other sources may state different infusion practices and times). Use externally as a lotion or ointment (also recommended for cuts, bruises, diaper rash, sore nipples, other burns & scalds). Let dry after application. Completely safe and apparently non-staining. Can also be taken as tea.
[Liquid Calendula for sale apparently is preserved with alcohol.]

Echinacea for radiation burns (testimonial)

“A friend of mine with stage 4 cancer used echinacea (probably standard dosage) which had been quietly suggested by her radiologist - and after whole body maximum lifetime dose radiation, never developed the radiation burns which seem to be so common. No lobster look. Might be worth looking into.”

Aloe vera plant gel for radiation burns

Reportedly, in 1959 the FDA “concluded from studies conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission at the radiation burn center at Los Alamos Laboratories in New Mexico that aloe gel did have a healing effect on skin tissue”.
Suggestion: Use the fresh gel found inside the leaves - for instance cut the leaf lenghtwise and apply it on the burn with the gel side facing the skin.
Compare Aloe Vera - the medicine plant.

Epi-soothe cream for burns etc. (testimonial)

“I've been using Epi-soothe cream and it works wonderfully for rashes, burns, open sores etc.!”

Rose hip oil for burns etc.

Apparently rose hip oil, extracted from Rosa moschata seeds which contain nearly 80% linoleic and linolenic fatty acids, gives excellent results on skin that has been burnt such as after undergoing radiotherapy.

Kombucha tea (testimonial)

“I took kombucha all the way through my radiation (right over the stomach) and my doctor told me I was the only patient he'd had that never had nausea after being radiated in that area; it's wonderful for your stomach and intestines. It's much more potent and MUCH cheaper if you make it yourself. You just need a culture to start with. I make about 2 gallons at a time. It comes out to about 10 cents per bottle compared to $2-$3 in the stores.”

Kombucha is a fermented or brewed beverage which is cultured for a number of days. Combined with tea, it contains active enzymes, probiotics (lactobacillus bacterium), amino acids, antioxidants, polyphenols and saccharomyces boulardi. Apparently very powerful with constipation (such as drinking half a glass 15 minutes before breakfast, with dosis increased as you get used to it.

Two kombucha brewing tips

Use green tea in your kombucha brew:
Apparently green tea contains tumor growth inhibiting factors (a polyphenol named EGCG) as well as other polyphenols (such as flavonoids) reputed to lower cholesterol, counteract free radicals, exhibit natural antibiotic characteristics or prevent blood clotting. Other ingredients include vitamin C, carotene, fluoride, zinc, selenium, manganese, potassium, niacin & folic acid.

Minimize or eradicate sugar:
The consumption of processed or refined sugar has been shown to be a risk factor in a number of health complaints including cancer. “Sugar is required in Kombucha to provide food for the yeast resident in the culture. Research and experimentation has shown that the best type of sugar to use is ordinary granulated white sugar, i.e. sucrose. During fermentation the sucrose is broken down to its constituent parts, the simple sugars - glucose and fructose. Glucose is responsible for the formation of most of the organic acids with the exception of acetic acid, which derives from fructose. Glucose, which constitutes about 70% of sucrose, ferments far quicker than fructose and it is the latter which provides the residual sweetness in Kombucha.
If you prefer less sweetness in your Kombucha you can either a) extend the fermentation period by a few days, thus further acidifying the brew, or b) replace some of the sucrose with glucose (dextrose monohydrate), often found in home brewing shops described as brewing sugar. A 50/50 mix is a good start and will produce a beverage high in organic acids with minimal sweetness in a short time, 6 to 8 days. You will probably find the perfect mix by trial and error.”

So it seems to make sure there is no processed sugar left in your kombucha, it would be advisable to let it ferment as long as possible or reasonable to make sure all the sugar has been consumed by the yeasts.

Above Kombucha tips have been adapted or copied verbatim from aurorashopping.com/info/kombucha3.php where you’ll find detailed preparation instructions and other kombucha information.

Dr. Johanna Budwig’s health diet & protocol & side effects from radiation treatments

Dr. Budwig expressly forbade cancer patients who followed her diet to treat their cancer, to concurrently use radiation and/or other cytostatic treatments (chemotherapy) arguing that any cytostatic treatments directly counteracted the “cytodynamic” effect of her diet, i.e. negated the effectiveness of the protocol (compare Budwig diet: what to avoid). Interestingly, Healing Cancer Naturally has come accross two reports where cancer patients did combine the Budwig Protocol with radiation treatments. Both reported that they did not have any side effects (or almost so) that the other patients were experiencing such as infections, pain, urination problems, etc. They attributed this to the Budwig protocol helping them go through the radiation treatments without a problem. So, similar to what I’ve occasionally seen reported from supplementation, the protocol might enhance the ability of one's system to alleviate some of the negative side effects associated with radiation by strengthening the body’s resiliency and natural defenses. Compare High-dose vitamin C and chemotherapy/radiation side effects.

Calcium Bentonite Clay

Great (and possibly accurate) claims are being made for Calcium Bentonite Clay as a general detoxifier incl. as a very effective ionizing radiation chelator, to be used both internally and externally (in baths etc.): “You have Calcium Bentonite Clay as your ally. By using Calcium Bentonite Clay as a lifestyle practice, as described in the book Living Clay, [Nature’s Own Miracle Cure, by Perry A. Smith], you will ... protect your body from the daily bombardment of radiation.... [R]adioactive material is of a positive charged ion. Calcium Bentonite Clay is a negative charged ion. Simply put, Calcium Bentonite Clay adsorbs and absorbs positive charged ions and you wash them off or pass them through your body."
(quoted from
survivingadirtybombattack.com/Download/Surviving%20A%20Dirty%20Bomb%20Atta ck.pdf)

One variety of calcium bentonite clay is considered the purest and best (i.e. most effective) available. The price is high but varies greatly among providers (I’ve seen the cheapest offer so far at ebay at 20 pounds for 60US$).

Algae: Chlorella & Spirulina

Chlorella ... touted as the perfect whole food ... has been found to improve the immune system, ... detoxify the body ... protect against radiation. (from the Vitamin Bible by Earl Mindell)

“In Chernobyl ... spirulina was used to help save many children from radiation poisoning. By taking 5 grams of spirulina a day for 45 days, the Institute of Radiation Medicine in Minsk even proved that children on this protocol experienced enhanced immune systems, T-cell counts and reduced radioactivity. Israeli scientists have since treated Chernobyl children with doses of natural beta carotene from Dunaliella algae and proved that it helped normalize their blood chemistry. Chlorella algae, a known immune system builder and heavy metal detoxifier, has also shown radioprotective effects. Because they bind heavy metals, algae should therefore be consumed after exposure to any type of radioactive contamination.” (from radiationdetox.com)

Note that chlorella and spirulina are rather expensive. With some luck, you should find it cheaper online such as by buying wholesale, products whose expiration date is close etc.

Vitamin C

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in high or mega-doses reportedly “alleviates most of the horrible side effects of radiation therapy” and is also an effective help with chemotherapy treatment. More

Modifilan, a concentrated brown seaweed extract and
reportedly a potent radioactive elements chelator

Excerpted from modifilan.com:

MODIFILAN was developed in Russia by a group of scientists who worked in the State Rehabilitation Institute, where victims of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe underwent treatment. The healing qualities of seaweed had been known for centuries [compare The importance of minerals and trace elements and Seaweed], so the Russian government instructed scientists to find an effective and powerful remedy for the radiation poisoning of that particular population. After trying out various forms of algae, one type yielded the best scientific data for this purpose. It was the brown seaweed known as Laminaria japonica, which grows wild in the northern Pacific Ocean off the coast of uninhabited islands far to the east of Russia, known as the Kurils.

One of the main qualities of Laminaria is its high content of sodium alginates, which are enhanced by the extraction process used to produce MODIFILAN. Alginates are the most effective organic elements that enable the human body to get rid of heavy metals and toxins. Not all "algae" have alginates; blue or green algae do not. According to scientific testing, only this brown seaweed does! The unique methods of extraction, as well as the quality of this seaweed, are key. MODIFILAN has about 50% of the highest quality alginates.

The low-temperature processing of MODIFILAN causes a sloughing off of the heavy outer fibers of the seaweed, while retaining the essential properties of the plant. This process further enhances its bioavailability, making the Laminaria more digestible. Forty pounds of raw Laminaria are required to make one pound of MODIFILAN. Eating 8 capsules of extract a day provides the same amount of good, organic micro- and macro-elements contained in an entire plate of this nutrient-rich seaweed.
And, it is not cooked. The oldest Japanese recipes of preparing seaweed tell us to eat seaweed raw, rather than cooked. Modern science affirms that an anti-cancer substance called Fucoidan, as well as beneficial polysaccharides, will break down if the seaweed is cooked. This was determined when studies were performed on the Japanese island of Okinawa, known for its lowest cancer death rate in Japan.

The Center for Preventive Medicine had 332 subjects in their study. For six months, 158 of the 332 subjects took Modifilan every day. After this time, those who had taken Modifilan had:

a. Significant shrinking of the lymph glands which had been enlarged
b. Improved digestive systems
c. Decrease in the incidence of bronchitis by 29.5%
d. No side effects

The Institute of Immunology carried out research on volunteers from the Chernobyl region, who were exposed to radiation and heavy metal poisoning.
The results of this research showed:
a. Modifilan is safe to use, nontoxic and nonallergenic
b. Modifilan is very effective in preventing the absorption of and promoting the excretion of radioactive elements (e.g. strontium and radioactive iodine)

Some volunteers began growing back their hair which had fallen out due to exposure to radioactive elements.

Results of the research at Biophysical Institute are:

a. Modifilan is effective in preventing the absorption of and in promoting the excretion of radioactive elements (e.g. strontium, cesium, and radioactive iodine)
b. Modifilan works to protect the thyroid glands by decreasing the accumulation of radioactive iodine. As a result of this research, Modifilan was recommended both as a healing and preventive food supplement.

The State Technical Medical Center concluded upon completion of their research that Modifilan is:

a. A safe food supplement
b. Recommended to increase lipid metabolism
c. Recommended to improve the function of the immune system
d. Safe to use and has no harmful effects on any bodily functions or organs

At the Cardiovascular Center at the Sakhalin Hospital, patients were given up to ten grams of Modifilan every day for three months. The results showed:

a. Decrease of cholesterol by 26.5%
b. Decrease of B-lipoproteins by 25.1%
c. Decrease of triglycerides by 32.1%

No negative reactions were found in the kidneys, the liver and other organs. No side effects were found.”

Since Modifilan is a commercial product, the usual "caveat emptor" is likely to apply. It may be as effective (or perhaps more effective) and a lot cheaper to buy and consume the raw brown Laminaria seaweed itself.

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Enzyme Therapy

"Enzymes substantially reduce the occurrence of metastases and the recurrence of cancer. They make malignant tissues more sensitive to radiation, and at the same time, reduce pain and other side effects of radiation. When used in conjunction with surgery, they reduce postoperative pain and hemorrhage." (excerpted from alkalizeforhealth.net/cancerpain.htm)
Compare Biopsies can spread cancer.

Homeopathics

Do a search for anti-radiation homeopathic remedies, “homeopathic remedy antagonists” etc. (there are both "drainage" and opposing formulas) that are said to work to remedy the harmful effects of ionizing and other radiation (radium, uranium, plutonium).

Ozone

Apparently, ozone can help to minimize the effects of radiation treatment and radiation poisoning (e.g. "anemia, leukopenia, thrombopenia, skin cancers, osteosarcoma, pneumonitis, pericarditis, myocarditis and myopathy", decreased libido, amenorrhea). Source of quote

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