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About 50% of the patients I treat
palliatively are treated for pain due to their cancer. About 80% of those
get complete or very good pain relief. - Radiation Oncologist
An independent physician who carefully reviewed Gerson's records for Congress stated: "Relief of severe pain was achieved in about 90 percent of cases." -
Medical Hypotheses, 7, 1981, pp. 591 - 97
Breast
pain associated with fibrocystic disease is relieved by iodine
in a dose-dependent manner.
For pain caused by bone metastases, calcium orotate may help.
For localized pain, try putting a magnet on it.
Virtually any health problem, including pain, will be helped by regular massage. Massage also helps maintain good health. Even your infant will appreciate a daily massage.
Ginger root or extract can help reduce pain and nausea, and suppress the formation and growth of human cancer cells.
- Dr. David Williams Alternatives newsletter September 2002.
Legislation has existed in Germany since 1978 legalizing, and paying for, all forms of alternative medicine. All German medical students are taught natural therapies, and must become knowledgeable about them to pass their medical board exams. More than 60 percent of all German orthodox physicians practice homeopathy, or prescribe other alternatives. - Robbins page 261
Enzyme therapy is often associated with a reduction in pain. Enzymes are useful in any inflammatory condition (all diseases ending with "itis".) Enzymes improve circulation and tissue permeability, helping to prevent lymphedema. Enzymes can destroy viruses by breaking up their protein coat.
Pain nerves are stimulated by high frequency electromagnetic radiation.
People are surrounded by devices emitting high frequency electromagnetic
radiation in offices, cars, homes and hospital rooms.
Faraday Cloth, trade named
Farabloc, has
metal fibers woven with cloth fibers and blocks high frequency
electromagnetic waves from penetrating. For some people the result is
miraculous.
The Alkalize For Health web site is updated regularly as new information comes along. Please bookmark this site now and come back from time to time. Thank-you for visiting.
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Complementary nutrients include vitamin C (5 to 10 grams), vitamin A (50,000 units), vitamin E, zinc gluconate (100 to 200 milligrams), selenium (100 to 200 micrograms) and amygdalin. These are taken in divided doses with meals daily. - pages 2 - 4.
Dr. Brewer found that cesium, rubidium and potassium are the alkaline minerals most readily absorbed by cancer cells. Dr. Brewer discovered that the diet of virtually cancer-free populations in certain areas of the world (Hunza Valley in Pakistan, Caucasus, Vilcabamba Valley in Equador, and the Hopi Indians of the United States) are rich in all the essential minerals such as cesium, rubidium and potassium, and that these diets are a natural High pH Therapy.
Regarding the use of cesium as a cancer treatment, the publisher of the booklet offers the caution that "it is premature to judge the data and findings as conclusive. These early research results provide the rationale for future basic research and clinical trials."
Also, we offer the caution that cesium and rubidium are normally TRACE minerals in the diet and that too much of a good thing can quickly become a bad thing as they may tend to displace the other alkaline minerals. Consult your medical professional if you want to supplement your diet with salts of cesium and rubidium for pain control or cancer treatment. Your medical professional can monitor the various electrolytes in your body while you are consuming the salts of cesium and/or rubidium.
Potassium, however, is a common nutrient in fruits and vegetables and potassium salt (KCl) is widely available. Dr. Gerson used potassium when treating his cancer patients.
It should be noted that the trace mineral cesium used by Dr. Brewer is NOT the radioactive isotope of cesium!
To prevent cancer, it may be useful to supplement your diet with these trace minerals. To prevent cancer in the entire population, it would be useful to add high cesium/rubidium volcanic ash to farm soils everywhere. For the purpose of cancer prevention, one of the two nutritional supplements we recommend contains both cesium and rubidium, as well as potassium, zinc, selenium and many other trace minerals. This nutritional supplement is "Liquid Ionic Trace Minerals" derived from purified concentrated water from the Great Salt Lake in Utah. We keep a small spray bottle filled with Liquid Ionic Trace Minerals on the dinner table and spray it on our meals as a salt substitute.
From the booklet Cancer - Its nature and Proposed Treatment by A. Keith Brewer, "Extensive tests were conducted on the first thirty patients starting in March 1981. Eight different types of tumors were represented. Dr. Sartori's treatment included 6 grams of oral cesium chloride per day. As best as can be interpreted by tests conducted, including autopsies on four patients who died by accident or infection, a 100% cure rate was obtained. Virtually all pain disappeared in 24 - 48 hours. The longer times were necessary in patients who had been administered large doses of morphine. The longer times were necessary for morphine withdrawal. Treatment was continued until all evidence of malignancy disappeared. This typically involved about thirty days, although wide variations in time can occur. The patient was then put on a low dose maintenance treatment. Dr. H. Nieper, of Hanover, West Germany, administers cesium chloride at a rate of fifty grams per week with spectacular results, including at least one case of massive primary liver cancer. Other doctors and even patients on their own have used cesium or rubidium salts with excellent results." - page 10.
It would be a good idea to read Dr. Brewer's booklets before attempting his therapy, so that you fully understand what is going on and the potential (minor) side effects of consuming these doses of cesium and/or rubidium salts. |
THERAPY BASIS
Cancer cells lose their acid-base, pH control mechanism. Cancer cells have a low pH ranging from 7.0 to 6.5 as compared to 7.35 for normal cells.
Due to the acid state the normal enzymes formed within the cell become quite acidic and hence become toxic. Lysosomal enzymes, for example become extremely toxic.
A mass spectrographic analysis of cancer cells showed that the cell membrane readily attached cesium, rubidium and potassium, and transmitted these elements with their associated molecules into the cancer cell. In contrast cancer membranes did not transmit sodium, magnesium, and calcium into the cell: the amount of calcium within a cancer cell is only about 1% of that for normal cells. Potassium transports glucose into the cell. Calcium and magnesium transport oxygen into the cell. As a consequence of the above, oxygen cannot enter cancer cells so the glucose which is normally burned to carbon dioxide and water undergoes fermentation to form lactic acid within the cell. This anaerobic condition was pointed out by Warburg, as early as 1924.
Potassium, and especially rubidium and cesium are the most basic of the elements. When they are taken up by the cancer cells they will thus raise the pH of the cells. Since they are very strong bases as compared to the weak lactic acid it is possible that the pH will be raised to values in the 8.5 to 9 range. In this range the life of the cancer cell is short, being a matter of days at the most. The dead cancer cells are then absorbed by the body fluids and eventually eliminated from the system. -
Dr. Brewer, High pH Cancer Therapy With Cesium, page 5.
Dr. Brewer describes the complementary relationship between potassium and calcium in cellular respiration when he writes, "In the normal cell the glucose, upon entering the cell, reacts with the oxygen in the cell and is burned to carbon dioxide and water with the liberation of heat. This heat in turn is absorbed on the membrane surface and raises the P=O radicals to an energized state which permits them to attach more Ca++ ions. Thus it will be seen that the amount of oxygen entering the cell is determined by oxidation within the cell, primarily that of glucose. This action is responsible for the pH control mechanism of the cell which maintains a value near 7.35." - see
www.mwt.net/~drbrewer/highpH.htm |
Cesium and Aloe Vera
Some people have found that Aloe Vera complements the action of cesium chloride in the fight for health. The active ingredient in Aloe Vera is "acemannan" which is a string of molecules of a simple sugar called "mannose". You can drink gallons of Aloe Vera juice, or you can obtain mannose in another form.
Fenugreek contains high amounts of a substance called "galactomannan" which is a compound of two simple sugars galactose and mannose.
Research into glyconutrients has revealed that there are 8 simple sugars, including mannose and galactose, that are essential for good health. We recommend that you consider buying or creating a nutritional supplement that includes all eight. |
5. Hydrazine Sulphate
Hydrazine Sulphate is not a nutrient, it is a drug. The body has no nutritional requirement for hydrazine sulphate and so it is not something that you would consider taking unless you have cancer. Hydrazine sulphate does not work for every cancer patient. One of the reasons hydrazine sulphate may not work is because its effect is blocked by consumption of alcohol, tranquilizers or barbiturates, so if you are using any of these substances, don't bother using hydrazine sulphate.
Hydrazine sulphate is worth trying for all forms of cancer. Research indicates that hydrazine sulphate on its own is not a cure for cancer, but it can improve the quality of life and extend life, perhaps giving time for other complementary therapies to help defeat the cancer.
Cachexia is the wasting away of the cancer patient's body. The person is reduced to skin and bones, while the cancer continues growing vigorously. What is happening is that the cancer incompletely metabolizes glucose, turning it into lactic acid. Please see our oxygen page for more information regarding cancer metabolism. This lactic acid (if it reaches the bloodstream) travels to the liver where it is converted back into glucose by a procedure that consumes an enormous amount of the body's energy. This happens over and over again as the cancer grows and the rest of the body wastes away. Hydrazine sulphate blocks a key enzyme in the liver that allows lactic acid to be converted into glucose.
Hydrazine sulphate has the following effects:
Hydrazine sulphate stops the growth of animal cancers.
Hydrazine sulphate works by stopping gluconeogenesis (the cancer is starved). Healthy cells do not starve, because they can also derive energy from the metabolism of fats.
Hydrazine sulphate is relatively non-toxic at the recommend doses. It is toxic at high doses, so more is not necessarily better.
Hydrazine sulphate controls cancerous growths in humans (in many patients the cancer will stop growing).
Hydrazine sulphate can produce a significant reduction in pain, a feeling of euphoria, increased appetite, and improvement in general well-being. Instead of waiting to die, cancer patients become cheerful, optimistic and want to live.
Hydrazine sulphate does not depress or destroy white blood cells or bone marrow as standard chemotherapy often does.
Hydrazine sulphate can be used together with other therapies.
Hydrazine sulphate has been researched extensively in Russia and other countries, including several published double blind studies performed in the United States. The American Cancer Society removed hydrazine sulphate from its "Unproven Methods" list in November 1979.
Hydrazine sulphate is taken in pill form. The recommended dose to start with is one 60 milligram pill each day for the first three days, 60 milligrams twice a day for the next three days, and 60 milligrams three times a day thereafter. If the response is good at 60 milligrams twice a day, then stay at that level. Hydrazine sulphate is so readily available for industrial purposes that it would be difficult to stop anyone from taking it or marketing it, though the FDA did raid two suppliers in 1989. A one year's supply of hydrazine sulphate in 60 mg pill form costs about $200.
If you have cancer, hydrazine sulphate is a form of "chemotherapy" that is compatible with our 8 step program to prevent and remove cancer. Due to its lack of toxicity, hydrazine sulphate should be a treatment of first resort, not last resort. However, demand for hydrazine sulphate must come from cancer patients, because there is no financial incentive for the medical establishment to promote it.
The devastating effects of cancer are due to two things: 1) the tumor can destroy vital organs, and 2) the body wastes away through cachexia. Hydrazine sulphate is the first significant treatment for cachexia and has the potential to stop tumor growth while reducing pain and suffering for millions of people.
Hydrazine sulphate is only for cancer patients. As a rule, on the Alkalize For Health website we try to promote things that are also for healthy people who want to PREVENT cancer. The reasons we included hydrazine sulphate are because it is non-toxic, inexpensive, useful to prevent pain, and you are not likely to hear about it from your doctor. It can be useful to COMPLEMENT the treatments you receive from your doctor and the various things you do to help yourself.
For articles on hydrazine sulphate see
http://scri.ngen.com.
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Anti-Angiogenic Foods
| Green Tea |
Red Grapes |
Lavender |
| Strawberries |
Red wine |
Pumpkin |
| Blackberries |
Bok choy |
Sea Cucumber |
| Raspberries |
Kale |
Tuna |
| Blueberries |
Soy beans |
Parsley |
| Oranges |
Ginseng |
Garlic |
| Grapefruit |
Maitake mushroom |
Tomato |
| Lemons |
Licorice |
Olive oil |
| Apples |
Turmeric |
Grape seed oil |
| Pineapple |
Nutmeg |
Dark chocolate |
| Cherries |
Artichokes |
Others |
Preventing angiogenesis
(formation of new blood vessels) by means of drugs and/or diet is a way to help
prevent and treat cancer. It is interesting that a diet of anti-angiogenic
foods is also found to reverse obesity in experimental animals.
Watch this 20 minute video by
William Li:
Can we eat to starve cancer?
"Angiogenesis is a hallmark of cancer -
every type of cancer." -
Dr. William
Li |
Sugar Feeds Cancer
Rats fed sugar develop more cancer than rats fed starch...
A mouse model of human breast cancer demonstrated that tumors are sensitive to blood-glucose levels. Sixty-eight mice were injected with an aggressive strain of breast cancer, then fed diets to induce either high blood-sugar (hyperglycemia), normoglycemia or low blood-sugar (hypoglycemia). There was a dose-dependent response in which the lower the blood glucose, the greater the survival rate. After 70 days, 8 of 24 hyperglycemic mice survived compared to 16 of 24 normoglycemic and 19 of 20 hypoglycemic.
This suggests that regulating sugar intake is key to slowing breast tumor growth.
- http://cat007.com/cansug.htm
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"Cancer cannot exist without stress. One hundred
percent impossible! There are a lot of debates on types of stress —
physical and psychological — but for a cell it doesn't matter where the
stress comes from. Every cancer patient has a sugar problem. Insulin
transports sugar to cells. Adrenaline — and to a lesser extent cortisol
and glucagon — takes it away. Everyone thinks that if you are under a
lot of stress, you have an excess of adrenaline. This is true, but it's
only the beginning. Long-term stress results in adrenaline shortages.
That's what you see in cancer patients. So the cell is full of sugar
that is not broken down. These cells die. Sugar is a poison; too much of
it destroys your arteries, your kidneys and your bones. The body combats
that danger by creating tumours — as a last resort for getting rid of
the sugar surplus." -
Lothar Hirneise
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When the liver, pancreas and adrenal glands are
exhausted and you eat too much sugar, where does it go? Instead of being
metabolized, the sugar ferments in the body. In a sense, the cancer
tumor is a last resort adaptation designed to eat up the surplus sugar.
See fermentation 1,
2. Also see
Hydrazine Sulphate for an
explanation of the cycle of glucose conversion to lactic acid in the
cancer cell, followed by lactic acid conversion to glucose in the liver.
This cycle burns up an enormous amount of energy, causing cachexia in
the cancer patient. ***
Thermography
Cancer was named by the ancients, after the great veins that usually surround the malignant growth, who compared them to the "claws of a crab" or "cancer" (Latin). - Reich (page 61).
Editor's note: These
"great veins carry glucose to the cancer site. Also, the increased blood flow to the cancer creates a "hot spot" that is the basis for "thermography" which can see cancer years before "mammography". Mammography looks for the increased density of tumors. Thermography is a much more gentle procedure that does not require squashing the breasts (contributes to breast sagging), nor does it expose the breasts to cancer-causing radiation, making it
"much safer than mammography. Modern high-resolution thermography devices are much more accurate and reliable than mammography. For initial screening, thermography should replace mammography everywhere immediately.
"A unique aspect of cancerous tumor growth is a process called neoangiogenesis (new blood-vessel growth). As the cells multiply, they need an increased blood supply to bring in nutrients and remove waste. This increase in circulation gives off heat. An infrared-type camera can detect this heat, giving the patient and doctor an opportunity to take action long before a tumor develops...thermography can see developing pathology eight to 10 years before any other method. This is well in time to take corrective measures to stop or reverse the deterioration. (My research and years of clinical experience suggest that one can usually reverse precancerous cells. Once they become cancerous, you are dealing with another animal entirely.)" - Dr. Robert Jay Rowen's Second Opinion, June 2002.
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Insulin Potentiating Therapy (IPT)
"Cancer cells need glucose to burn for energy. They are almost totally dependent upon glucose as their energy source, while other cells can also burn fats. With few exceptions, all cells require insulin to allow glucose to enter. Since cancer cells are totally dependent on glucose as their only energy source, they have many more insulin receptors on their membranes (this is how the cancer cell consumes the glucose). In fact, they may have anywhere from six to 15 times the number of insulin receptors as normal cells, giving them a real competitive advantage in swallowing up fuel.
But insulin has other effects as well. In addition to insulin opening up the path for glucose to enter, it also makes the cell membrane more permeable to other substances, including chemotherapy drugs. Thus, because insulin receptors are so concentrated on cancer cells, increasing the insulin in the cancer patient's body opens the cancer up. When this happens, the cancer can be selectively targeted by the cancer drugs without affecting the normal cells. More drugs will enter the cancer cells in the presence of insulin. In fact, a study in the early 1980's showed that the chemotherapy drug methotrexate had its ability to kill breast cancer cells magnified 10,000 times when the cells were prepared with insulin!
...This means a far smaller quantity of chemotherapy drugs are needed to achieve effectiveness. Hence - little, if any, toxicity!" - Dr. Robert Jay Rowen's Second Opinion, September 2001. See
www.iptq.org for more information about Insulin Potentiating Therapy (IPT) or read Dr. Hauser's new book Treating Cancer with Insulin Potentiation Therapy.
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The Fungal Nature of Cancer
Fungi must first make a fat or lipid (sterol) to make ergosterol. Fungal cells can only make sterols from carbohydrates. Human cells can make sterols from both carbohydrates and ingested fats.
When using hydrazine sulphate to block the enzymes required to produce sterols from carbohydrates, fungi cannot produce ergosterol. However, human cells can continue to produce cholesterol from ingested fats and stored fats. As a consequence, there is no toxicity to the human cells, but fungi cannot multiply. More information regarding the fungal nature of cancer.
*** Check blackstrap molasses at www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl and you will see that it is an excellent alkaline food.
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6. Hyperthermia
"For many patients, battling cancer has also meant fighting constant pain, or relying on strong narcotics like demerol or morphine derivatives. Hyperthermia is an excellent alternative to the use of this addictive drugs. Not only it is an effective cancer treatment, but it often dramatically reduces pain which allows for better quality of life. Subsequently, this enables many people to devote more energy to their fight against cancer." - Valley Cancer Institute
We have an entire web page devoted to hyperthermia, with complete instructions regarding how you can do hyperthermia at home in your sauna, hot tub, jacuzzi or bath.
7. Medicinal Mushrooms
Dr. Hiroaki Namba of Japan gave Maitake mushroom extract to 105 people with advanced cancer and found that
pain was reduced for 83% of them. Clinical studies indicate that the mushroom extract also helps reduce side effects from chemotherapy and radiation, and significantly improves symptoms or regression of tumors. The mushroom extracts are helpful with both solid tumors and leukemia.
8. 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. In terminal patients, they ease the pain of the last days, quite often eliminating the need for strong drugs, which can make the patient somewhat less than human. They are useful in conjunction with many other forms of therapy. They are effective against a broad spectrum of malignant diseases, including cancers of the reproductive organs, the breast, the skin, the digestive system, connective tissues, and others (including Hodgkin's disease and leukemia)." - Enzymes & Enzyme Therapy, Anthony J. Chichoke, D.C., Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, Connecticut, 1994, pages 193-194.
Do You Have a Breast Lump?
"The Janker Clinic's test results indicated that the benign lumps and painful processes disappeared in 90% of women using enzymes with vitamin E. Should the lump later reappear, a repeat course of enzyme tablets and vitamin E usually had the same positive result. This seems to be an almost harmless recipe, but one which is certainly capable of freeing many women of anxiety, thus sparing them other, more unpleasant, treatments." - Enzymes & Enzyme Therapy, page 192.
Editor's Note: If possible, always use natural
source vitamin E containing mixed tocopherols. For fibrocystic breast
disease, try not wearing a bra 1,
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9. Colloidal Gold
In July 1935, the medical periodical "Clinical, Medicine & Surgery" had an article entitled "Colloidal Gold in Inoperable Cancer" written by Edward H. Ochsner, M.D., B.S., F.A.C.S., Chicago-Consulting Surgeon, Augustana Hospital. He stated, "When the condition is hopeless, Colloidal Gold helps prolong life and makes life much more bearable, both to the patient and to those about them, because it shortens the period of terminal cachexia (general physical wasting and malnutrition usually associated with chronic disease) and greatly reduces pain and discomfort and the need of opiates (narcotics) in a majority of instances." - www.colloidalgold.com/past.htm
10. Organic Germanium
"One of the most widely appearing "anecdotal" report in case histories of patients treated either in Dr. Asai's Germanium clinic, or with European physicians, is the alleviation of pain with the administration of organic Germanium. This includes terminal cancer victims, sufferers of arthritis, and angina patients. Dr. Asai himself described the virtual absence of pain and the improved sense of well-being associated with cancer surgery with taking large doses of organic Germanium. One man with a cartilagenous tumour of the lung, underwent an angiogram, which previously has been excruciating, without pain.
Since pain is also subjectively modulated by mood, belief, hope, stress, etc., these reports of lessening of pain, might be attributed to psychological factors rather than organic Germanium. However, recent neuropharmacological data attained through laboratory animal studies, has demonstrated concrete results attesting to organic Germanium's neuro-modulatory and analgesic properties"
- http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Nutrition/Germanium/chapter6.htm
Oxy-Powder contains organic germanium as one of its ingredients.
MSM, vitamin C, vitamin B17, cesium and rubidium, hydrazine sulphate, hyperthermia, enzymes, colloidal gold, and organic germanium are all in the public domain and unpatentable. The major drug companies receive their huge profits from patented drugs. This is why there is resistance to the use of these substances as treatments for cancer and cancer pain.
11. Electro-Medicine
a) TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Neural Stimulation)
"TENS was designed to relieve pain by sending gentle electrical impulses through the skin to the nerves. This suppresses pain by blocking the pain signals before they reach the brain. TENS sends these gentle impulses through lead wires that are connected to electrodes. These electrodes are strategically placed at appropriate pain sights on the body. Because there are many different kinds of pain, and each individual is unique, pain relief varies from person to person. Some users experience pain relief only while the TENS unit is turned on. For others, relief continues for a length of time even after the unit is turned off. TENS is an excellent, non-drug alternative for chronic pain such as lower-back ache and arthritis. It is also useful in relieving acute pain associated with surgery, traumatic injury, and other conditions." - http://www.paintechnology.com/046.htm
b) "Both cancer and fracture patients have found more pain relief from the release of natural opoids after Scenar treatment than from administered opiates." -
http://www.energetic-medicine.net/scenar.html
This small, hand-held electrical device was developed for the Russian space program. It stimulates the body to heal itself, can be used to help overcome almost any health problem, and has been used successfully on many thousands of patients over the past 25 years.
The Russian-made device is called Scenar or Skenar. The Chinese-made device (under license) is called Space Healer. Do a search of the Internet and you will find much information and many suppliers. Or you may find a health professional near you who is using this device in his/her practice. The device is licensed by the British Standards Institute for pain relief.
Effective Recovery from Addictions
One of the problems encountered by recovering alcoholics is loss of short term memory due to degeneration of the brain. Generally it takes about eight alcohol-free years to recover. Dr. Bob Beck has designed a device he calls the "Brain Tuner" that uses electrical frequencies to stimulate the brain's production of neurotransmitters. Dr. Beck claims that by using the Brain Tuner for 40 minutes a day, short term memory is restored in five days. With chronic alcoholics, Korsakoff's psychosis is reversed in three to five days. Likewise for heroin addiction - the brain's ability to produce neurotransmitters returns to normal in three to five days. The Brain Tuner is also useful in the recovery from other addictions, as well as insomnia, anxiety and depression. "About 95% of the people who use these devices for a period of less than a month, find complete reversal of these symptoms." - Dr. Bob Beck.
The brain tuner is a small device with a headset that looks much like a Sony Walkman, and can also be used as a TENS device. Read more about electro-medicine.
"These devices could absolutely rock the boat of the pharmaceutical industry, the liquor industry, the tobacco industry, the doctors who make a great deal of money." - Dr. Bob Beck.
The Brain Tuner is about 95% effective for addictions to heroin, morphine, Valium and Librium. It is about 45% effective for tobacco. It is also helpful for dyslexia. Based on the difficulty of kicking the habit, tobacco is four and one half times more addictive than heroin.
For recovery from addictions, Alkalize For Health suggests Dr. Bob Beck's Brain Tuner, nutritional support, increased oxygen,
large doses of DMG (Dimethylglycine), practice of Transcendental Meditation, detoxification by means of hyperthermia and exercise, plus participation in a support group.
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Source: International Journal of the Addictions 12 (1977): 729-754, American Journal of Psychiatry 131 (1974): 60-63,
International Journal of the Addictions 26 (1991): 293-325. |
Comment from an alcoholic rehabilitation center in California: "You know if somebody comes in here who has good insurance, we can run up about a $9,000 bill on laboratory tests alone...pathology, kidney test, blood test, you name it. He has to be in here for at least a week and a half to 14 days before we break even on our television advertising budget alone. The person gets glossed up...the family's happy...he goes back to work. 75% of them will backslide within six months. You come in here with a device that will totally restore them in five days? Why, we are a franchise, we are here to make money for our stockholders...."
Almost anything can be addictive - gambling, sex, sugar, caffeine, exercise... The common denominator is that they stimulate the production of neurotransmitters in the addict's brain. When you feel the addictive urge, reach for your Brain Tuner instead. Plus, practice our entire 8 step anti-cancer program to restore balance to your physiology on an ongoing basis. |
12. Laughter As An Antidote
IDS Healthlines
You may have noticed that when you are having fun and laughing you feel better than when you are sad and brooding! You feel better when you laugh because it increases your metabolism, your muscles are stimulated and neurochemicals enter your bloodstream.
A specific example of laughter on a serious illness is included in Norman Cousin's book, "Anatomy of an Illness". Former editor of "The Saturday Review", Cousins had a very serious and painful disorder of the connective tissue collagen (his cells were literally, coming apart). The pain medications doctors gave him were seldom effective and he was often in excruciating pain. Doctors set his recovery chances at one in 500.
Cousins decided that humor might be an answer. He arranged for videotapes of old Candid Camera and other old comedy shows to be shown at his hospital bedside. After a few hours of genuine belly-laughing fun, Cousins was entirely pain-free for hours more, and sometimes even days. And despite the odds, he ultimately recovered.
New studies also show that laughter can help defeat infection by assisting the immune system. According to a study at Western New England College at Springfield, MA., laughter increases an antibody in the saliva that lowers a person's susceptibility to upper respiratory illness. The levels of this antibody were already higher in those who regularly use humor to face life's problems.
Lee S. Burk, an immunologist at Loma Linda says, negative emotions can manipulate the immune system, and it now seems positive ones can do something similar. Cortisol, which is an immune suppressor, has a tremendous influence on the system. Laughter decreases cortisol, which allows interleuken-2 and other immune boosters to express themselves. Like so many things, humor and health are interdependent. When you feel good, things seem more humorous, and when you laugh you feel better.
"To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded."
~ Emerson
A short article about the health benefits of laughter appeared in a 1990 issue of Mothering magazine with the title Giving Mirth. It is a curious title because it associates laughter with the birth process. Giving birth is a jubilant event that brings new life into the world. When we give mirth, we breathe new life into our cells, our mind, our outlook. Giving mirth stimulates the senses. It relieves pain, reduces stress. It helps us, if only temporarily, forget our troubles.
- Schmidt, Michael, et al., Beyond Antibiotics - 50 (or so) Ways to Boost Immunity and Avoid Antibiotics, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California, 1994, page 177.
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Red Skelton TV shows are now available on DVD. Do a search of the Internet to find them. |
The "Happy Drink" From the South Pacific
For centuries, the natives on the peaceful South Pacific island of Tonga have celebrated life with an herbal "happy drink" that puts a smile on their faces and a euphoric feeling coursing through their bodies. The herb is named kava-kava - perhaps you've heard something about it. Its active ingredient triggers pleasure sensations in the brain that evoke feelings of deep tranquility and contentment. Drinking even more of it relaxes the central nervous system and brings on a calming effect that is a wonderful antidote to anxiety and stress. It's a great sleep aid, too.
This herb is not a drug. Nor is it addictive or habit-forming no matter how much you consume. Several medical studies show it to be an excellent tool for treating anxiety disorders and mild depression. Just one cup can chase your worries or the blues.
Taken as a tea it spreads a euphoric feeling through the central nervous system. More information regarding kava-kava, including two sources that contain the correct percentages of the active ingredients, is available in a special report from Dr. David Williams. The report is available for free when you subscribe to his Alternatives newsletter (highly recommended). |
We hope this page on
Twelve Ways to Reduce Cancer Pain will be useful to people with cancer. None of these
twelve are addictive or harmful. If you are considering taking morphine, why not first try these non-addictive pain reducers? By taking advantage of all
twelve of these pain reducers you will strengthen your collagen, increase your alkalinity, starve your tumors, lengthen your life, improve the quality of your life, and perhaps even begin the process of dissolving your tumors.
More than this, we hope that knowing something about what is in store for those who get cancer will help encourage healthy people to take action now to PREVENT cancer.
References:
Brewer, A. Keith, High pH Cancer Therapy With Cesium, available from the A. Keith Brewer International Science Library, 325 N Central Avenue, Richland Center, Wi 53581, phone 608-647-6513, fax 608-647-6797, email drbrewer@mwt.net, website
www.mwt.net/~drbrewer.
Brewer, A. Keith, Cancer - Its nature and Proposed Treatment, available from the A. Keith Brewer International Science Library, 325 N Central Avenue, Richland Center, Wi 53581, phone 608-647-6513, fax 608-647-6797, email drbrewer@mwt.net, website
www.mwt.net/~drbrewer.
Cameron, Ewan and Linus Pauling,
Cancer and Vitamin C, Camino Books, Philadelphia, 1993.
Cousins, N., Anatomy of an Illness, New York, Bantam Books, 1979.
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