The Klinghardt Neurotoxin Elimination Protocol / The detox experience can be mad
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My son now is 95% recover.
I started use td-dmps sep 11/04 for 3 months and volcanic clay since
12/04, I still use volcanic clay and Dr. Klinghardt protocol and I
will probably continue to use for the entire family since I live in
one of the most polluted cities in USA, untill I find a way to move
out of here, read this article, hope this help other like it help my
son.
The Klinghardt Neurotoxin Elimination Protocol
Approved by:
American Academy of Neural Therapy and
Institute of Neurobiology (Bellevue, WA, USA)
Institute for Neurobiologie (Stuttgart, Germany)
Academy for Balanced NeuroBiology Ltd (London, United Kingdom)
This lecture was presented by Dietrich Klinghardt M.D., Ph.D. at the
Jean Piaget Department at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
Oct.2002 to physicians and dentists from Europe, Israel, several Arab
countries and Asia
What are Neurotoxins?
Neurotoxins are substances attracted to the mammalian nervous system.
They are absorbed by nerve endings and travel inside the neuron to
the cell body. On their way they distrupt vital functions of the
nerve cell, such as axonal transport of nutrients, mitochondrial
respiration and proper DNAtranscription. The body is constantly
trying to eliminate neurotoxins via the available exit routes: the
liver, kidney, skin and exhaled air. Detox mechanisms include
acetylation, sulfation, glucuronidation, oxidation and others. The
liver is most important in these processes. Here most elimination
products are expelled with the bile into the small intestine and
should leave the body via the digestive tract. However, because of
the lipophilic/neurotropic nature of the neurotoxins, most are
reabsorbed by the abundant nerve endings of the enteric nervous
system (ENS) in the intestinal wall. The ENS has more neurons than
the spinal chord. From the moment of mucosal uptake the toxins can
potentially take 4 different paths:
1. neuronal uptake and via axonal transport to the spinal chord
(sympathetic neurons) or brainstem (parasympathetics) ? from here
back to the brain.
2. Venous uptake and via the portal vein back to the liver
3. Lymphatic uptake and via the thoracic duct to the subclavian
vein
4. Uptake by bowel bacteria and tissues of the intestinal tract
Here is an incomplete list of common neurotoxins in order of
importance:
(i) Heavy metals: such as mercury, lead, cadmium and aluminium.
(ii) Biotoxins: such as tetanus toxin, botulinum toxin (botox),
ascaridin (from intestinal parasites), unspecified toxins from
streptococci, staphylococci, lyme disease, clamydia, tuberculosis,
fungal toxins and toxins produced by viruses. Biotoxins are minute
molecules (200-1000 kilodaltons) containing nitrogen and sulfur. They
belong to a group of chemical messengers which microorganisms use to
control the host´s immune system, host behaviour and the host´s
eating habits.
(iii) Xenobiotics (man-made environmental toxins): such as dioxin,
formaldehyde, insecticides, wood preservatives, PCBs etc.
(iv) Food Preservatives, excitotoxins and cosmetics: such as
aspartame (diet sweeteners) food colourings, flouride, methyl-and
propyl-paraben, etc.
I have found that mercury in it´s different chemical forms has a
synergistic amplifying effect with all other neurotoxins. When
mercury is removed, the body starts to more effectively eliminate all
other neurotoxins, even if they are not adressed.
What are the symptoms?
Any illness can be caused by, or contributed to, or exagerated by
neurotoxins. Fatigue, depression, insomnia, memory loss and blunting
of the senses are common early symptoms (see list of mercury related
symptoms on the following pages).
How is the diagnosis established?
1. History of Exposure: (Did you ever have any amalgam fillings?
A tick bite? etc)
2. Symptoms: (How is your short term memory? Do you have areas of
numbness, strange sensations,etc)
3. Laboratory Testing: (Metals: hair, stool, serum, whole blood,
urine analysis, xenobiotics: fatty tissue biopsy, urine)
4. Autonomic Response Testing: (Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt M.D.,
Ph.D.)
5. BioEnergetic Testing (EAV, kinesiology etc.)
6. Response to Therapeutic Trial
7. Functional Acuity Contrast Test (measure of Retinal Blood Flow)
TREATMENT
Why would we want to treat anyone at all? Is it really needed? Can
the body not eliminate these toxins naturally on its own?
Here is a short list of independent risk factors which can either
cause accumulation of metals in an otherwise healthy body - or slow
down, or inhibit the bodys own elimination processes.
· genetics
· occupational exposure to toxic material
· prior illnesses
· surgical operations
· medication or ´recreational´ drug use
· emotional trauma, especially in eary childhood
· social status
· high carbohydrate intake combined with protein malnutrition
(especially in vegetarians)
· use of homeopathic mercury
· food allergies
· the patients electromagnetic environment (mobile phone use,
home close to power lines etc)
· constipation
· compromise of head/neck lymphatic drainage (sinusitis,
tonsil ectomy scars, poor dental occusion)
· number of dental amalgam fillings over the patients life-
time, number of the patients mothers amalgam fillings
We will discuss here only those elimination agents, which are
natural, safe and have also been shown to be as effective (or more
effective) than the few available pharmaceuticals. Because these
products cannot be patented and exploited for unethical personal
gain, little attention has been given to them by European or North
American medical researchers. Many of the best scientific studies on
this topic are from Asian countries.
The basic program:
High protein, mineral, fatty acid and fluid intake
Rationale:
· proteins provide the important precursors to the endogenous
metal detox and shuttle agents, such as coeruloplasmin,
metallothioneine, glutathione and others. The branched-chain amino
acids in cow and goat whey have valuable independent detox effects.
· Metals attach themselves only in places that are programmed
for attachment of metal ions. Mineral deficiency provides the
opportunity for toxic metals to attach themselves to vacant binding
sites. A healthy mineral base is a prerequisite for all metal detox
attempts (selenium, zinc, manganese, germanium, molybdenum etc.).
Substituting minerals can detoxify the body by itself. Just as
important are electrolytes (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium),
which help to transport toxic waste across the extracellular space
towards the lymphatic and venous vessels.
· Lipids (made from fatty acids) make up 60-80 % of the
central nervous system and need to be constantly replenished.
Deficiency makes the nervous system vulnerabe to the fat soluble
metals, such as metallic mercury constantly escaping as odorless and
invisible vapour evapourating from the amalgam fillings.
· Without enough fluid intake the kidneys may become
contaminated with metals. The basal membranes swell up and the
kidneys can no longer efficiently filtrate toxins. Adding a balanced
electrolyte solution in small amounts to water helps to restore intra-
and extracellular fluid balance
Cilantro (chinese parsley)
This kitchen herb is capable of mobilizing mercury, cadmium, lead and
aluminum in both bones and the central nervous system. It is probably
the only effective agent in mobilizing mercury stored in the
inracellular space (attached to mitochondria, tubulin, liposomes etc)
and in the nucleus of the cell (reversing DNA damage of mercury).
Because cilantro mobilizes more toxins then it can carry out of the
body, it may flood the connective tissue (where the nerves reside)
with metals, that were previously stored in safer hiding places. This
process is called re-toxification. It can easily be avoided by
simultaneously giving an intestinal toxin-absorbing agent. Our
definite choice is the algal organism chlorella. A recent animal
study demonstrated rapid removal of aluminum from the skeleton
superior to any known other detox agent.
Dosage and application of cilantro tincture: give 2 drops 2
times /day in the
beginning, taken just before a meal or 30 minutes after taking
chlorella (cilantro causes the gallbadder to dump bile - containing
the excreted neurotoxins - into the small intestine. The bile-release
occurs naturally as we are eating and is much enhanced by cilantro.
If no chlorella is taken, most neurotoxins are reabsorbed on the way
down the small intestine by the abundant nerve endings of the enteric
nervous system). Gradually increase dose to 10 drops 3 times/day for
full benefit. During the initial phase of the detox cilantro should
be given 1 week on, 2 ?3 weeks off.
Other ways of taking cilantro: rub 5 drops twice/day into ankles for
mobilization of metals in all organs, joints and structures below the
diaphragm, and into the wrists for organs, joints and structures
above the diaphragm. The wrists have dense autonomic innervation
(axonal uptake of cilantro) and are crossed by the main lymphatic
channels (lymphatic uptake).
Cilantro tea: use 10 to 20 drops in cup of hot water. Sip slowly.
Clears the brain quickly of many neurotoxins. Good for headaches and
other acute syptoms (joint pains, angina, headache): rub 10 ?15 drops
into painful area. Often achieves almost instant pain relief.
Chlorella:
Both C.pyreneidosa (better absorption of toxins, but harder to
digest) and C.vulgaris (higher CGF content ? see below, easier to
digest, less metal absorbing capability) are available. Chlorella has
multiple health inducing effects:
Antiviral (especially effective against the cytomegaly virus from the
herpes family)
· Toxin binding (mucopolysaccharide membrane)
all known toxic metals, environmental toxins such as dioxin and
others
· Repairs and activates the bodys detoxification functions:
· Dramatically increases reduced glutathion,
· Sporopollein is as effective as cholestyramin in binding
neurotoxins and more effective in binding toxic metals then any other
natural substance found.
· Various peptides restore coeruloplasmin and
metallothioneine,
· Lipids (12.4 %) alpha-and gamma-linoleic acid help to
balance the increased intake of fish oil during our detox program and
are necessary for a multitude of functions, including formation of
ther peroxisomes.
· Methyl-coblolamine is food for the nervous system, restores
damaged neurons and has ist own detoxifying efect.
· Chlorella growth factor helps the body detoxify itself in a
yet not understood profound way. It appears that over millions of
years chlorella has developed specific detoxifying proteins and
peptides for every existing toxic metal.
· The porphyrins in chlorophyl have their own strong metal
binding effect. Chlorophyll also activates the PPAR-receptor on the
nucleus of the cell which is responsible for the transcription of Dna
and coding the formation of the peroxisomes (see fish oil), opening
of the cell wall (unknown mechanism) which is necessary for all detox
procedures, normalizes insulin resistance and much more. Medical
drugs that activate the PPAR receptor (such as pioglitazone) have
been effective in the treatment of breast and prostate cancer.
· Super nutrient: 50-60% aminoacid content, ideal nutrient for
vegetarians, methylcobolamin - the most easily absorbed and utilized
form of B12, B6, minerals, chlorophyll, beta carotene etc.
· Immune system strengthening
· Restores bowel flora
· Digestive aid (bulking agent)
· Alkalinizing agent (important for patients with malignancies)
Dosage: start with 1 gram (=4 tabl) 3-4 times/day. This is the
standard maintainance dosage for grown ups for the 6-24 months of
active detox. During the more active phase of the detox (every 2-4
weeks for 1 week), whenever cilantro is given, the dose can be
increased to 3 grams 3-4 times per day (1 week on, 2-4 weeks back
down to the maintainance dosage). Take 30 minutes before the main
meals and at bedtime. This way chlorella is exactly in that portion
of the small intestine where the bile squirts into the gut at the
beginning of the meal, carrying with it toxic metals and other toxic
waste. These are bound by the chlorella cell wall and carried out
via the digestive tract. When amalgam fillings are removed, the
higher dose should be given for 2 days before and 2-5 days after the
procedure (the more fillings are removed, the longer the higher dose
should be given). No cilantro should be given around the time of
dental work. During this time we do not want to moblize deeply stored
metals in addition to the expected new exposure. If you take Vitamin
C during your detox program, take it as far away from Chlorella as
possible (best after meals).
Side effects: most side effects reflect the toxic effect of the
mobilized metals which are shuttled through the organism. This
problem is instantly avoided by significantly increasing the
chlorella dosage, not by reducing it, which would worsen the problem
(small chlorella doses mobilize more metals then are bound in the
gut, large chlorella doses bind more toxins then are mobilized). Some
people have problems digesting the cell membrane of chlorella. The
enzyme cellulase resolves this problem. Cellulase is available in
many health food stores in digestive enzyme products. Taking
chlorella together with food also helps in some cases, even though it
is less effective that way. C.vulgaris has a thinner cell wall and is
better toerated by people with digestive problems. Some manufactures
have created cell wall free chlorella extracts (NDF, PCA) which are
very expensive, less effective - but easily absorbed.
Chlorella growth factor
This is a heat extract from chlorella that concentrates certain
peptides, proteins and other ingredients. The research on CGF shows
that children develop no tooth decay and their dentition (maxillary-
facial development) is near perfect. There are less illnesses and
children grow earlier to a larger size with higher I.Q and are
socially more skilled. There are case reports of patients with
dramatic tumor remissions after taking CGF in higher amounts. In our
experience, CGF makes the detox experience for the patient much
easier, shorter and more effective.
Recommended dosage: 1 cap. CGF for each 20 tabl.chlorella
Garlic (allium sativum) and wild garlic (allium ursinum)
Garlic has been shown to protect the white and red blood cells from
oxidative damage, caused by metals in the blood stream - on their way
out ? and also has ist own valid detoxification functions. Garlic
contains numerous sulphur components, including the most valuable
sulph-hydryl groups which oxidize mercury, cadmium and lead and make
these metals water soluble. This makes it easy for the organism to
excrete these subastances. Garlic also contains alliin whis is
enzymatically transformed into allicin, natures most potent
antimicrobial agent. Metal toxic patients almost always suffer from
secondary infections, which are often responsible for part of the
symptoms. Garlic also contains the most important mineral which
protects from mercury toxicity, bio active selenium. Most selemium
products are poorly absorbable and do not reach those body
compartments in need for it. Garlic selenium is the most beneficial
natural bioavailable source. Garlic is also protectice for against
heart disease and cancer.
The half life of allicin (after crushing garlic) is less then 14
days. Most commercial garlic products have no allicin releasing
potential left. This distinguishes freeze dried garlic from all other
products. Bear garlic tincture is excellent for use in detox, but
less effective as antimicrobial agent.
Dosage: 1-3 capsules freeze dried garlic after each meal. Start with
1 capsule after the main meal per day, slowly increase to the higher
dosage. Initially the patient may experience die-off reactions (from
killing pathogenic fungal or bacterial organisms). Use 5-10 drops
bear-garlic on food at least 3 times per day.
Fish oil:
The fatty acid complexes EPA and DHA in fish oil make the red and
white blood cells more flexible thus improving the microcirculation
of the brain, heart and other tissues. All detoxification functions
depend on optimal oxygen delivery and blood flow. EPA and DHA protect
the brain from viral infections and are needed for the development of
intelligence and eye-sight. The most vital cell organelle for
detoxification is the peroxisome. These small structures are also
responsible for the specific job each cell has: in the pineal gland
the meltonin is produced in the peroxisome, in the neurons dopamine
and norepinephrine, etc. It is here, where mercury and other toxic
metal attach and disable the cell from doing its work. Other
researchers have focussed on the mitochondria and other
cellorganelles, which in our experience are damaged much later. The
cell is constantly trying to make new peroxisomes to replace the
damaged ones? for that task it needs an abundance of fatty acids,
especially EPA and DHA. Until recently it was believed, that the body
can manufacture ist own EPA/DHA from other Omega 3 fatty acids such
as fish oil. Today we know, that this process is slow and cannot keep
up with the enormous demand for EPA/DHA our systems have in todays
toxic environment. Fish oil is now considered an essential nutrient,
even for vegetarians. Recent research also revealed, that the
transformation humans underwent when apes became intelligent and
turned into humans happened only in coastal regions, where the apes
started to consume large amounts of fish. Why not benefit from that
knowledge and consume more fish oil?
The fatty acids in fish oil are very sensitive to exposure to
electromagnetic fields, temperature, light and various aspects of
handling and processing. Trans fatty acids, long chain fatty acids,
renegade fats and other oxydation products and contaminants are
frequently found in most commercial products. Ideally, fish oil
should be kept in an uninterrupted cooling chain until it ends up in
the patients fridge. The fish-source should be mercury and
contaminant free, which is becoming harder and harder. Fish oil
should tast slightly fishy but not too much. If there is no fish
taste, too much processing and manipulation has destroyed the
vitality of the oil. If it tastes too fishy, oxydation products are
present. I recommend to use the product recommended below (grade I),
where meticulous care has been taken to comply with all the necessary
parameters. The clinical results are outstanding.
Dosage: 1 capsule Omega 3 taken 4 times/day during the active phase
of treatment, 1 caps. twice/day for maintainance
Best if taken together with chlorella
The VegiPearls contain half the amount of EPA/DHA. The vegetarian
capsules eliminate even the most remote possibility of containing
prions and make the idea of taking fish oil more easily acceptable
for vegetarians. Recently a fatty acid receptor has been discovred on
the tongue, joining the other more known taste receptors. If the
capsules are chewed, the stomach and pancreas start to prepare the
digestive tract in exactly the right way to prepare for maximum
absorption. Children love chewing the VegiPearls.
To treat bipolar depression, post partum depression and other forms
of mental disease, 2000 mg of EPA are needed/day (David Horrobin).
For the modulation of malignancies, 120 mg of EPA 4 times/day are
needed. The calculations can easily be done with the information
given on the label.
Balanced electolyte solution (Selectrolyte)
The autonomic nervous system in most toxic patients is dysfunctional.
Electric messages in the organism are not received, are misunderstood
or misinterpreted. Toxins cannot be shuttled through the
extracellular space. Increased intake of natural ocean salt (celtic
sea salt) ? and avoidance of regular table salt - has been found to
be very effective in resolving some of these problems. Most effective
is a solution pioneered by the American chemist Ketkovsky. He created
the formula for the most effective electrolyte replacement, which was
further improved by Morin Labs, and is now called ?selectrolyte". I
recommend this to all my patients and have observed, that every
aspect of the detoxification process seems to be enhanced. 5 % of the
population is sodium or chloride sensitive ? the blood pressure goes
up (easily reversible). In these patients the detox process takes
longer and is more difficult.
Dosage: 1 tsp in a cup of good water 1-3 times/day During times of
greater stress the dosage can be temporarily increased to 1 tbsp 3
times/day
More agressive approaches, such as i.v Glutathione, Vit.C, DMPS,
CaEDTA and others have a place in reasonably healthy people but often
worsen the condition in patients with advanced illness.
Most valuable is the addition of psychotherapeutic interventions such
as applied psychoneurobiology (APN) and mental field therapy (MFT) to
trigger the release of toxins from their hiding places.
Chlorella, cilantro, garlic-products and fatty acids vary greatly in
quality and nutrient content, also in content of contaminants. I no
longer recommend BioReurella and other products that have not
undergone or passed our quality control screening process.
Heavy metal detox has to be done carefully and right!
October 2002
Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD
Bellevue, Washington, USA
www.neuraltherapy.com
The detox experience can be made
much easier, shorter and more effective.
Since our exposure to general chemical toxins in the environment
is only going to get worse with time, any reasonable and cost
effective method that reduces concentrations of toxic metals and
other poisonous chemicals in the human body will find great use in
the 21st century (the Age of Toxicity). Until recently a select few
doctors have been using intravenous chelation therapy to eliminate
toxic poison loads for both acute and chronic exposures. Recently the
movement has been toward oral applications of chelation drugs and
even more recently to transdermal applications which seems convient,
less expensive, and even more effective. No matter which method of
application (IV is expensive and the most dangerous method of
chelation) synthetic drugs are used that depend on specific
biochemical dynamics that include the sequestering of toxic materials
out of their hiding places. Once chelated the complex compounds need
to be eliminated. Unfortunately this is neither easy nor automatic.
Faulty avenues of elimination can create a nightmare for both patient
and physician thus great care needs to be taken with any chelation or
detoxification program.
Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, one of the founding fathers of
chelation therapy, is very clear that there is a difference between
mobilization and detoxification. Mobilization, according to Dr.
Klinghardt, means stirring mercury up from its hiding
places. "Mobilization may lead to excretion. It also may lead to
redistribution. Detoxifying or detoxing means mobilizing and moving
it out of the body. There are no true detoxifying agents. All we have
are mobilizing agents. The body has to do the excreting with the help
of the proper agents. The body is not always able to do this! Often
perpetuating factors are present that disable the body's mechanisms
to detox." The term "chelation" generally implies a chemical binding
and excretion of mercury and other heavy metals, by DMPS, DMSA, and
EDTA and these drugs mobilize mercury and other heavy metals but do
not necessarily carry them out of the body.
Representation of Chelaton Molecule Binding with a Mercury Atom
There are other agents, some which help with the mobilization
and others that assist the body with the process of elimination. The
nutrient ALA (alpha lipoic acid) is a dithiol (with 2 sulfur atoms)
compound that is normally used by the body in small amounts as part
of the enzymes for producing cellular energy. Because of its two
sulfurs, ALA can bind and transport mercury for excretion from the
body. The healthy body also uses glutathione stores to detoxify and
remove mercury and other poisons from the body. NAC (N-
acetylcysteine) is a widely available glutathione precursor that has
the ability to directly bind and excrete mercury via its single thiol
(sulfur atom) as well as support and increase the body's store of
glutathione as a precursor. Thus both glutathione and NAC, though not
true chelators, do part of the work that chelators do. True chelators
penetrate into the bodies tissues and actually pull the mercury and
other heavy metals out of their hidding places. These other "non
chelators," which some refer to as chelators, are more effective when
the mercury is first entering into the body and or when it is being
pulled out of the cells and again being dumped back into the blood.
Clinically it is usually thought that glutathione and glutathione pre-
cursers are best utilized in combination with a traditional synthetic
chelator like DMPS. This chapter is about another way of forcing the
mercury and other hostile chemicals out of their hiding places.
If accumulation of heavy metals and hundreds if not thousands of
other foreign chemicals are infiltrating our systems it is only
logical that removing their insulting influences is a medical
necessity. If a treatment itself causes more damage, or leads to a
long term worsening of problems -- one has to beware, be fully
informed, and take steps to mitigate risk before fully embarking on
any such a treatment. This is certainly the case with amalgam
removal, medicine in general, as well as the specific medical area of
chelation. In general chelation drugs have proven to be relatively
non toxic but that is not everyones experience especially with the IV
forms of administration, which is highly shocking to the body, to say
the least. Oral and transdermal applications are softer, work
gradually through time and thus are safer even though the drug used
is the same.
There are several factors that influence the safety of a
chelating substance beyond the method of application. Is a person
able to metabolize and excrete the drug with and without mercury
attached? What adverse effects does the chelating agent have on other
minerals and nutrients in the body? Will the chelating agent cause
the redistribution of mercury in an unhealthy way? It is possible to
pull mercury from tissues only to have it quickly increase blood
serum levels that create acute problems that cannot be controlled. If
mercury is not excreted it is reabsorbed and this is a critical in
the success or failure of chelation therapy.
In 1904 a Russian Naturopathic Physician by the name of Eli
Metchnikof discovered that the body would recycle any toxin that it
was not capable of purging. In the recycling process the body would
utilize all 7 channels of elimination to try and get the toxic
substance removed from the body: lungs, liver, kidneys, the skin,
colon, lymphatic system and the blood. If one or more of the body's
channels of elimination are not working effectively, or if a physican
ingnores one of these essential systems in his deliberations for
treatment protocols, the patient will suffer from a lack of dramatic
results. Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt says, "The body is constantly trying
to eliminate neurotoxins via the available exit routes. However
because of the lipophilic/neurotropic nature of the neurotoxins, most
are reabsorbed by the abundant nerve endings of the enteric nervous
system (ENS) in the intestinal wall."
Treating heavy metal toxicity is a demanding challenge that tests
our responsibility to be incredibly informed about a wide spectrum of
issues, many of them complex. One of the most overlooked aspects of
elminination is actually the skin which offers a vast exit route to
poisons trapped in the body. The skin is actually an amazingly
complex organ and, by weight, the largest in the body. It covers, on
average, some 22 square feet and weighs around nine pounds (roughly
7% of body weight). The skin provides the front line of defense for
the body, as well as being expressive of both physiological
conditions and emotional states. The skin is the extension of our
nervous system to the outside and defines our existence as a physical
form. The skin is involved in dynamic exchange between the internal
and external environments through respiration, absorption and
elimination. The skin is highly permeable though it has the ability
to maintain its important bacteria-inhibiting barrier with the
environment. The keratin layer, a tough, compact sheet of interwoven
proteins waterproofs the body preventing dehydration. It also keeps
water and other foreign substances out. However, under certain
circumstances, the permeability changes and allows increasing amounts
of fluids, dissolved gases and compounds, to either enter or exit the
body through the skin barrier. Small molecules that have both lipid
and water solubility can quickly penetrate the skin and enter into
the circulatory system and as the scientific community witnessed to
its horror - dimethyl-mercury can enter and easily kill through the
skin in the smallest quantities. A general principle to apply when it
comes to the skin and detoxification is:
What gets in through the skin can get out.
Thus it is in a physicians favor to become familiar with the
keys to the skin's permeability. In general heat, activity, and body
temperature facilitate the ease with which these "border exchanges"
can take place. Herbal poultices, therapeutic baths, steam and dry
saunas and now transdermal patches, rely on the permeability of the
skin for either introducing substances into systemic circulation via
the skin or mucous membranes, or for drawing toxic substances out of
the system via the eliminative channels of perspiration.
Thus the skin is an important organ of detoxification and
elimination. One of the worst cases of environmental toxicity in U.S.
medical history was treated by a Dr. Ziem at the Johns Hopkins Center
for Environmental Medicine. The patient was off the charts with
cadmium, aluminum, silver, and mercury but was able to receive a
complete cure. The skin on his entire upper body was slate grey. Dr.
Ziem had to design a complete protocol from scratch in order to treat
this patient. This included a strong supplement program, including
high doses of Vitamin E and Selenium. No standard chelating agents
were used. The most critical part of Ziem's treatment protocol was
very simple: Steam Sauna Therapy. Dr. Ziem sweated the poison out
of the man to the point where the patient literally sweated metals
that could be wiped off with a towel.
It is commonly thought that sweat from conventional saunas is 95
to 97% water with salt making up a part of the rest. Our skin
contains sweat glands and oil glands, both of which help us move
things through the skin. Sweat gets rid of water-soluble toxins, and
even helps to eliminate toxic heavy metals such as mercury and
cadmium as Dr. Zeim successfully demonstrated with his patient. Oil
glands help remove oil-soluble toxins such as gasoline, solvents,
pesticides and ingredients in toothpaste and personal care products,
which the body is not able to dispose of unless heavy sweat is
provoked. It is generally thought that the longer the skin is heated,
the more oil-soluble toxins are eliminated. Even if one half to one
percent of the sweat is carrying out heavy toxins we are greatly
assisting the body's elimination needs with saunas.
Far infrared saunas can mobilize mercury in deeper tissues.
Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt
Dr. Klinghardt is combining the use of far-infrared saunas with
the chelating agent DMPS in a heavy metal detox protocol. These
special saunas are believed to be more effective in moving toxins
through the skin than steam saunas because in the far-infrared
thermal system only 80 to 85% of the sweat is water with the non-
water portion being principly cholesterol, fat-soluable toxins, toxic
heavy metals, sulfuric acid, sodium, ammonia and uric acid. Using the
skin as an essential aspect of chelation therapy is important and
makes complete medical sense.
I do a sauna every day and have for a number of years. Usually I go
to the YMCA and they
have a regular dry sauna. Recently I got an infrared and I was
intrigued that the sweat felt
different, less watery, and slimier. It made me think there was some
truth to the assertions being
made about far infrared and its ability to draw more toxins then the
standard regular sauna.
Dr. David
Minkoff
We have to help the body detoxify and the skin should be used as
a major instrument and avenue of exit for accumulated heavy metals.
It should be obvious that an organ as large as the skin, which is
highly permeable when heated (or when heat is generated deep in the
body as it is through far infrared therapy) would be useful in heavy
metal detoxification. It was reported by National Geographic many
years ago that the workers in the Cinnabar mines in Spain used to
detoxify themselves through sweat baths after work. It makes perfect
sense to bypass as much as possible the kidneys and large intestines,
which are already overloaded with toxicity and greatly reduced in
their capacity to eliminate toxic substances. If a person is heavy
metal toxic it is because their normal channels of elimination have
not been able to keep up with the load. When this is the case there
are no secure avenues of escape when we chelate and mobilize heavy
metals that have been locked in the cells.
Peer reviewed literature shows that sweating during sauna therapy
eliminates high levels of toxic metals, organic compounds, dioxin,
and other toxins.
Sauna therapy is ideal to mobilize toxins from their hiding places.
Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt
"One of the best passive exercises is the radiant heat of an
infrared sauna which, causes a profound deep sweat. After about 30
minutes of exposure, the blood vessels of the skin dilate to allow
more blood to flow to the surface to support the cooling process. The
millions of sweat glands covering the body are infused with fluid
from the blood. In turn, they empty to the skin's surface, thereby
flushing large amounts of toxins, including toxic acids and heavy
metals, from the body," writes Dr. Robert O. Young who found in his
research that radiant heat [infrared] sauna provides the following
benefits:
· Speeds up metabolic processes of vital organs and glands,
including endocrine glands.
· Inhibits the development of pleomorphic microforms [fungis,
yeasts, bacteria and molds] and creates a 'fever reaction' of rising
temperature that neutralizes them.
· Increases the number of leukocytes in the blood.
· Places demand on the heart to work harder thus, exercising
it and also producing a drop in diastolic blood pressure (the low
side).
· Stimulates dilation of peripheral blood vessels thus,
relieving pain (including muscle pain) and speeding the healing of
sprain, strain, bursitus, arthritis, and peripheral vascular disease
symptoms.
· Promotes relaxation thereby creating a feeling of well-
being.
The volume of sweat produced in the Far-InfraRed sauna is
profuse and may induce two or three times the sweat volume of
conventional saunas, yet they operate at a much cooler air
temperature range: about 110 to 130 degrees F, compared with 180 to
235 degrees F in a conventional sauna. Using sauna for detoxification
purposes is an ancient tradition practiced by different cultures
around the world. The skin is our largest organ and sweating is one
of the body's most important `detoxification' pathways. The
combination of modern Far-InfraRed heating technology with the
ancient sauna ritual seems to have resulted in an effective way to
deeply cleanse the tissues of the body.
When we get serious about detoxification we investigate every
tool to facilitate the process. When it comes to using the skin there
are other techniques and options besides sauna and deep sweating. The
most basic and ancient earth materials can be used to literally suck
the poisons through the skin and this can be enormously helpful and
safe. Clay, specificially bentonite clay (a very fine volcanic clay),
is ideal for this and it is very inexpensive, practical and can be
used in a patient's own bathtub. Bentonite used in a bath, can draw
out toxic chemicals through the pores of the skin.
The proof of this method of drawing poisons through the skin is
not in the scientific literature but in the ring around the tub. When
cleaning a tub after taking a bath with pure bentonite clay, if one
is toxic one will undoubtedly be astonished to find the clay
remaining in the bottom of the tub turned from a light-grey color
into a black substance. The dark colored sediment is the mirror of
the filth that comes out through the skin and it would not take much
to have this tested for heavy metals. As one detoxifies the body the
proof of the pudding is in the color. The clay will retain its light
grey color when the poisons are gone.
Raymond Dextreit, the French naturopath who popularized the clay
cure noted that many heavy metals "are positively charged, whereas
clay has a negative electrical attraction." He states that, "These
toxins cannot resist being drawn toward the clay." The mostly
negatively charged clay mineral ions are swapped for the ions of the
toxic substance that are mostly positive and this contributes greatly
to its power of attraction for everything from pesticides in the
blood to heavy metals like mercury. The clay molecule becomes
electrically satisfied and holds onto the toxin until our bodies can
eliminate both safely. The absorption power of clay acts like a
sponge with the clay molecules drawing other substances into its
internal structure. Clay then can and does both adsorb and then
absorb damaging substances with adsorption being a first step
of "getting close" and absorption being the final act of "binding
securely" the toxins needing to be elminated.
Clay has been used for 1000s of years and anyone who puts some
on their hands and lets it dry can easily feel is drawing or suction
power. Its power is in absorption (see next chapter) and the skin
opens easily to its pull. There are literally thousands of chemicals
to worry about and many hundreds of them are now identifiable in
peoples' blood streams. Thus it is important for chelation therapists
to know that clay baths and far infrared saunas are cabable of
covering a broader range of chemicals than any single chelation
agent. Chelation is focused almost exclusively on heavy metals while
sweat detoxification and clay detoxification pull on all foreign
materials that need to be eliminated from the body.
As most physicians notice the major organs of the body,
including the liver and kidneys, are often negatively impacted by any
kind of toxic condition in the body. And due to modern diets the
colon is a toxic cesspool with deeply diminished capacity to
eliminate toxic loads. So here lies the catch 22 of chelation
therapy. Often the treatment increased stress to the elimination
organs of the body. It is not enough to pull the contaminants out of
the cells only to have them do extensive damage because they are not
being eliminated by the kidneys or colon. We need to pull out the
heavy metals without dumping them into the body where they do
extensive damage on the way out or worse just get redistributed to
other organ systems. A slow moving flow through a congested colon
will see heavy metals being reabsorbed unless special and sensitive
care is taken. During chelation we need to provide support for both
the kidneys and the liver directly but indirectly we can take a great
load off these overworked organs by opening up an exit channel
through the skin.
This is where healing clay treatments come in. As simple as
recommending our patients to increase their water intake we should
automatically be suggesting they go home and take a series of baths
that can open up the flow of toxins through the skin. Even one short
week of clay therapy prior to any other treatment options could make
a difference. The same can be augmented by far infrared saunas and
even by hot steam saunas during the entire cause of chelation
treatments. Physicians might be more comfortable recommending far
infrared because of its FDA approval but clay should never be
overlooked as appropriate nutrition should not be, nor proper
hydration which is absolutely essential when navigating a body
through detoxification. We do not need to send our patients to
expensive spas nor resort to chelation IVs unless a patient is
suffering from acute heavy metal poisoning and even then the skin as
an exit route should never be overlooked and should certainly be
favored especially where there are financial concerns, which there
almost always is. When it comes to budgeting a person's financial
resources in treatment, with so many possibilities for valuable
agents which cost considerably, it is medically irresponsible to
ignore simple low cost solutions.
Dr. Vesna Humo, who is a surgeon, has all her patients use clay
after mastecotmy with radiotherapy. She advises patients to use clay
directly on the skin to prevent skin damage and has seen excellent
results from this. Importantly she is using clay for bed sores and
every necrotic and septic wound also with excellent results. In
addition to clay and saunas, which have both been used since the dawn
of civilization, we now have new emerging technologies that also use
the skin as avenues of toxic escape.
Recently detox foot patches that contain an interesting list of
natural ingredients[i] have become popular for detoxfying and
healing. People apply the patches at night, and see the results in
the morning. The patch will be dry before use, but after usage it
will range from light brown to almost black, wet and in some cases
will have a foul smell, depending on the amount of toxins in your
body.
The visual evidence after using these pads is not only compelling
but give us a low cost method of testing our levels of toxicity while
we simultaneously detoxify. By simply removing the patch we can
actually see some of the materials that have been "suctioned" out of
the body. Our progress is apparent when we see what comes out onto
the pads when used over consecutive days, weeks or months. Though it
seems the clay rings in the bathtub have not been tested companies
that sell these patches have sent the used pads to the SCR Analytical
Lab, which is a highly accredited Environmental Laboratory. The
results demonstrated absorption into the patchs of nickel, arsenic
and mercury, as well as benzene, isopropyl alcohol, methyl alcohol,
aluminum, cadmium, copper, lead, thallium, asbestos, DAB dye, fast
green dye, sudan black dye and PCB (plastic byproduct).
Mercury Poisoning in Children from Teething Powders
Pink Disease (Acrodynia)
A woman[ii] who had pink disease (mercury poisoning), as a baby
reported, "I tried the (foot) patches for the first time last night
and was amazed at what toxins came out overnight! She reported
outstanding results with her arthritis in hands, thumbs and fingers
gone saying, "I am completely off my arthritis medication after 2
years on VIOOX." After using 37 of these patches she reported: Her
eyes have changed colour from brown/hazel to green/hazel. That the
whites of her eyes have changed to clear white from yellowy colour
with blood throughout. She also reported increased vitality and
general feeling of well being and that the puffiness was gone from
her feet so that her shoes became a bit loose. And most
significantly her persistant cough of 2 years duration had completely
gone.
These patches, instead of using clay use bamboo and wood
vinegars (pyroligneous acids) which essentially are the fluid or sap
derived from tree cells which have great absorbing power like clay
does. Using natural products like clay with these sap based tree
resins makes good sense. Each seems to have properties and methods of
application that compliment the other. It should be interesting to
note, when it comes to the placement of these patches on the soles of
the feet that if one tapes a clove of garlic to the sole of one's
foot, one will taste the garlic on his or her breath within minutes.
This shows again the open permeability of the skin and its ability to
transport chemicals into the entire system. Thus we can experiment
with using the feet as a possible site for application of a
glutathione gel taped to the sole of one's foot overnight and this
might allow for better absorption. Transdermal TD-DMPS, which is
being used so successfully to pull kids out of the shadows of autism,
is four parts glutathione to one part DMPS, and is applied on the
soft skin of the arms or thighs.
"There are around 4,000 sweat glands in the feet through which the
toxins are emitted," says Platinum Energy Systems, a company that has
made an ionizing footbath that works by energizing the water to
attract positive and negative ions from both the body and the
water. "The water in the foot spa becomes an extension of the water
in the body, from which it is separated by nothing more than a thin
membrane of skin on your feet. This process makes use of the 2,000
pores in the existing membrane of the sebaceous and eccrine glands in
each foot to remove by-products of excretion, which includes toxins,"
says the company. The below pictures show yet again what can be
pulled out of the skin from a widening variety of mechanisms.
Detoxification through the skin is basic to any program whose goal is
the elimination of heavy metals and other toxic substances from the
body.
The lungs, for all practical purposes, can be seen as inner skin,
as is the entire lining of the alimentary tract, and both are major
points or highways of entry for pharmaceuticals and natural
substances. Most importantly for chelation and detoxification
glutathione can be applied as an aerosol effectively, applied once or
twice a week in the same way an asthma sufferer inhales medication.
And in mentioning the intestines as internal skin we see EDTA
suppositories though certain physicians are now experimenting with
transdermal EDTA use as well as the DMPS. The large intestine is a
crucial organ of elimination that is a subject onto itself. As we
shall see in the next chapter, clay can also play a strategic role in
cleaning the intestines and increasing elimination velocities and
this is very important when fighting a war against toxic buildups in
the body.
This chapter is introducing several important therapies that
have an important place in chelation therapy. Using the skin as an
avenue of elimination will make heroes out of doctors who are
desperate to help patients and even little children with heavy metal
toxicity. Medicine in general is obsessed with the biochemical
dynamics which everyone knows is a tricky business. Using steam and
far infrared saunas as well as clay to pump poisons out of the skin
brings us into bio-physics and bio-mechanics. When we mix therapeutic
approaches utilizing multi-level approaches we greatly facilitate our
successful work with people. From water and clay to DMPS, glutathione
precursors and glutathione itself we now have an expanding bag of
instruments with which to help our patients recover from difficult
diseases. The detox side-effects experienced when taking chelators
are a result of the extra strain the released toxins put on the
eliminatory organs such as the kidneys, liver, digestive system,
lungs and skin (referred to as a healing crisis). All of the
suggestions in this chapter help to relieve those side effects by
removing the toxins through the skin therefore reducing the stress on
these eliminative organs.
Mark Sircus Ac., OMD
Director International Medical Veritas Association
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