– News From The Clinic –

Marin County, California

Having a clinic where all these medicines are used firsthand with patients is tremendously useful in crafting effective protocols. New medicines added this year include Oxymatrine, Chanca Piedra, Lactoferrin and R+Lipoic Acid. A quick rundown on how these newcomers are performing: Lactoferrin, which in Latin means 'milk iron' definitely helps control iron levels gleaned from before and after blood tests. Chanca Piedra is quite a bit stronger than Lidan Pian and now is our primary choice in gall bladder complaints. R+Lipoic is an improvement over the Jarrow Sustain 300 we were using previously. Clinically R+Lipoic is very useful when people experience pain in the liver. Yes, people do experience pain in their livers.

Oxymatrine which has garnered much attention elsewhere has been a mixed success. Our strongest remedy to date, for many Hep C patients they feel immediately better with more energy on this product.  Because we saw such an instantaneous response we had hoped that this alkaloid would knock out the hcv virus. In blood test results we found that it did a very good job lowering liver enzymes, yet the anti-viral effect was weaker than we had hoped for. We had a handful of cases of viral load reductions over 90%, yet the overall picture was less than expected. In Asian testing there were over 40% zeroing out of the virus and over 70% normalizing of enzymes.  Clinically we did not see anyone zero out the virus, though one case was close. We did have quite a few people have their enzymes normalize. We will continue to follow Oxymatrine closely over time.  We are also directly importing and bottling Oxymatrine as an Alchemist Lab product as we found Chinese incapsulation subpar.

Soon all our Herbal Combinations as well as the Hep C Powder and the Coriolus will finally have a new Dragon Heart label. Dragon Heart is the name of our clinic in Fairfax, California. 

The other item dominating our attention has been Lyme's Disease. Living in the woods of Northern California the spread of this poorly understood cluster of infections has been like wildfire. This piece on the neurotoxic aspect of treating Lyme's Dx is widely applicable to many toxic exposures including mold, heavy metals, and chemical poisonings. This protocol is widely effective as live in a very toxic civilization.

– NeuroDetox for Lyme's Dx –

by Steven Finkbine

Bb is neurotoxic

Borrelia Burgdorfer produces a toxin that disrupts normal nerve function. This toxin belongs to a family of toxic proteins known as zinc endoproteinases. Other family members include clostridia bacteria that cause botulinum and tetanus. All members of this family cleave the bond between two specific amino acids in a protein found in nerve cells, disrupting the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. The disruption of acetycholine is also a mechanism of alzheimers.

Taking the nutritional precursors for acetylcholine is a useful treatment for Lyme's.  These include phosphatidyl choline, acetyl-l-carnitine, B-5, B-6, Vitamin C, lysine, and Same.

Detoxification starts with the liver

The liver gathers toxins which collect in the bile.  Bile after being used in lipid digestion is normally re-absorbed in the ileum.  The first step of detox is making the body dump bile.  The pharmaceutical approach to neurotoxic conditions is cholestyramine, which sequesters bile acids, forming an insoluble complex that cannot be recycled.  This is an effective drug.  There are many ways to assist the body in dumping bile , my favorite being the patent gall bladder formula Lidan Pian.  It is much simpler than doing liver flushes, 5 tiny tablets before meals.  Traditionally used for gallstones and cholecystitis, it increases bile flow, as well as defecation.

Cellular Membranes are the key

The next aspect of the protocol is using high dose phospholipids that comprise the structure of cell membranes.  This flushes out the existing cell membranes.  The research of Dr. Patricia Kane and others show that toxins jam into cell membranes spinning out odd-chained fatty acids that viruses can use to replicate.  We use Phosphatidyl Choline and Membrane Complex, 2 or 3 caps of each before or with each meal.  Membrane Complex is also known as 2-AEP, or 2-AminoEthanolPhosphate. It is bonded with calcium, magnesium, and potassium.  It was created by Dr. Hans Nieper and is a primary treatment for repairing the myelin sheath.

Glutathione

Glutathione is composed of three amino acids glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine.  Cysteine is the bottleneck in glutathione production, primarily because pasteurization of dairy products denatures cysteine.  Glutathione is the most powerful antioxidant naturally occurring in all human cells.  The liver has the highest concentration of this compound in the body. Glutathione helps maintain the immune system, its antioxidant property is vital to white blood cells.  It is also the anti-oxidant protection for red blood cells and is a potent and fast blood tonic. Glutathione is a key to treating diseases as diverse as hepatitis, parkinsons, emphysema, and heavy metal poisoning. One of the trickier aspects of treating Lyme's is making sure that mercury toxicity is addressed, especially with patients in the Bay Area, as there are natural mercury mines in this area. The strongest way to do glutathione is through IV therapy. Next best is an oral liposome from Wellness Pharmacy. Third strongest is L-Glutathione tablets from Professional Formulas.  Natural whey is inexpensive and if patients like smoothies it is a useful treatment, it also has an anabolic action used for muscle building.