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Welcome to Alchemist Lab owned and operated by Steven Finkbine, acupuncturist and herbalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. AL is here to assist you in understanding and treating Hepatitis C virus infection. This website is designed for you to peruse the material and order from the shopping cart or for you to seek consultation. Unlike many web-based medical practicioners our protocol is very individuated. The Hepatitis C virus has enormous genetic divergence. Likewise the case load is extremely varied. Some are dying, many are healthy, and except for a positive blood test have no sense of illness. Our protocols match individuals first, illness secondarily.

In the past eight years we at Alchemist Lab have worked hard to refine our original protocol. Many changes have been incremental such a the R+Lipoic Acid over the standard Alpha Lipoic Acid, or finding methyl-selenocysteine a more bioactive and safer selenium. Argentyn 23 is the most powerful colloidal silver we have carried, much more effective than MesoSilver. Other changes like introducing L-Ornithine L-Aspartate to the American market, making a highly concentrated Oxymatrine available have tremendously improved our treatment of Hepatitis C. Acetyl Glutathione is the most durable and powerful Glutathione that we have come across. The mushroom extracts that we carry are hot water extracts of the active ingredients. These are at least 20-1 concentrates that we import directly from Asia allowing us to sell them at very reasonable prices.

Alchemist Lab has an excellent record on repeat biopsies of our patients, which is the gold standard for 'measuring' liver disease.

With 1 patient who was worse, 2 whose biopsies were the same, and almost 40 repeat biopsies improved. Our treatment is slow. For this to work you need to be persistent, unless you are newly infected. In Treatment Principles we elaborate on how we base our work, our philosophy and understanding of Hepatitis C virus.

Case Studies are not testimonials, just biopsy results. Blood Tests and Symptoms guide you on what medicine to take in specific cases. For example if your alpha-fetoprotein is high, we do different medicines than we would if it was normal. Treatment Highlights deal with the legacy of Dr. Hans Nieper and the use of Orotates in Hep C.

Part of our Mission is to Educate
In the interpretation of bloodwork and in our consultations, what we stress are the markers that follow the progression of liver damage. Most people focus first on liver enzymes and viral load. The reality is that enzymes reflect inflammation and viral load is not a linear reflection on how bad the case is. None of these markers let you know what shape the liver is in. You can have an acute case of hepatitis with extremely elevated enzymes with no fibrotic damage to the liver.

We try to accurately assess each case not only to create individualized protocols, but to alleviate anxiety. Many people with Hepatitis C are quite healthy, with minimally progressed cases who live in tremendous fear. The opposite is also true, those who have buried their heads in the sand while the house is burning down. Having an accurate understanding of your case is highly valuable.

We find the new Fibrosure test to be highly inaccurate when correlated with biopsies. Don’t waste your money. Every patient who has taken a Fibrosure test and it showed cirrhosis when we have had them get biopsies, none of them were more advanced then Stage 2. These are worse than worthless as they scare people unnecessarily. The Fibrosure is a good idea, just miscalculated.

In a somewhat similar fashion you can look at the Transplant programs and how they calculate what shape patients are in by the MELD score. Lab values used in the MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease)calculation: Bilirubin which measures how effectively the liver excretes bile. INR (formally known as the prothrombin time), measures the liver’s ability to make blood clotting factors. Creatinine which measures kidney function. Impaired kidney function is often associated with severe liver disease.

At Alchemist Lab we use Albumin, Platelets, Alfa-Fetoprotein, as well as the MELD markers to analyze our cases. This bloodwork as well as any ultrasounds or CT-scans, along with symptoms and direct palpation of the liver all give us insight into staging and treating the cases we consult for. Obviously we palpate the livers of patients who come to our clinic in Fairfax, California. There are limitations to the internet.

NEW Hepatitis C Powder - We have added Vigna Radiata to our flagship product. This is an extract from mung beans that is a natural protease inhibitor. We have combined this with a concentrated Shitake Extract that is a minimum of 25% Lentinan. Lentinan is the main polysaccharide found in Shitake that is often singled out as an active ingredient. Medicinal mushrooms are highly complex with many different active compounds. Recently in investigating a new compound out of Russia, called Ropren R we found that Shitake is a natural source of the polyprenols concentrated by the Russians. We also use 20-1 hot water extracts of both Coriolus and Reishi grown on sugar case bagasse. We add in a granulated Dandelion drink to make our mix more palatable. As herbalists and good cooks we believe that the better you can make something taste the better patient compliance you will have. Hepatitis C Powder Product Page.