Re: Borax Walter Last

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Walter last has a new article out on Borax. This is a condensed version of it that appeared in his newsletter.

http://www.health-science-spirit.com/borax.htm

BORAX for better HEALTH by Walter Last

Borax, this simple household cleaner and laundry aid, has a great potential for improving our health. But it is presently also under attack from the medical-pharmaceutical industry because it threatens its profits. I have spelled this out in greater detail in my new article The Borax Conspiracy - How the Arthritis Cure has been Stopped (http://www.health-science-spirit.com/borax.htm). Here I want to show just some of the health benefits of borax.

Boron is an essential mineral which is available from unprocessed foods. However, due to fertilizer use and food processing most people are now deficient. Borax has good antiseptic, antifungal, and antiviral properties but only mild antibacterial action. Boron is essential for the integrity and function of cell walls.

The highest concentration is in the parathyroid glands, followed by bones and dental enamel. It is essential for healthy bones and joints, regulating the absorption and metabolism of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus through controlling the parathyroid glands. With this boron is for the parathyroids what iodine is for the thyroid.

Boron deficiency causes the parathyroids to become overactive, releasing too much parathyroid hormone which raises the blood level of calcium by releasing calcium from bones and teeth. This then leads to arthritis, osteoporosis and tooth decay. High levels of calcium in the blood cause calcification of soft tissues as with advancing age, and muscle contractions and stiffness; calcification of endocrine glands, especially the pineal gland and the ovaries; arteriosclerosis, kidney stones, and calcification of the kidneys ultimately leading to kidney failure. Boron deficiency combined with magnesium deficiency is especially damaging.

Boron affects the metabolism of steroid hormones, and especially of sex hormones. It increases low testosterone levels in men and oestrogen levels in menopausal women. It also helps converting vitamin D to its active form, thus increasing calcium uptake and deposition into bone rather than causing soft tissue to calcify. Other beneficial effects are improvement of heart problems, vision, psoriasis, balance, memory and cognition.

The Arthritis Cure of Rex Newnham

In the 1960's Rex Newnham, Ph.D., D.O., N.D, developed arthritis. Conventional drugs did not help, so he looked for the cause into the chemistry of plants. He realized that plants in that area were rather deficient in minerals. Knowing that boron aids calcium metabolism in plants he decided to try it. He started taking 30 mg of borax a day, and in three weeks all pain, swelling and stiffness had disappeared.

The word got around, and after several years he sold 10,000 bottles of borax tablets a month. But also the government became aware of it and in 1981 Australia declared boron and its compounds to be poisons in any concentration. He was fined for selling a poison, and this successfully stopped his arthritis cure from spreading in Australia.

Subsequently he published several scientific papers on boron and arthritis. One was a double-blind trial in the mid 1980's at the Royal Melbourne Hospital which showed that 70% of those who completed the trial were greatly improved. Only 12% improved when on placebo. He also wrote that with additional boron bone fractures heal in about half the normal time in both man and animal. Horses and dogs with broken legs, or even a broken pelvis, have fully recovered.

Most of his later research was devoted to the relationship between soil boron levels and arthritis. He found, that Jamaica has the lowest boron level and arthritis rates are about 70%. He noted that even most dogs were limping. Next comes Mauritius with very low boron levels and 50% arthritis. The daily boron intake in these countries is less than 1 mg/day. The US, England, Australia and NZ generally have average soil-boron levels with an estimated intake of 1 to 2 mg of boron and arthritis rates of about 20%. Boron is high in Israel with an estimated daily boron intake of 5 to 8 mg and only 0.5 - 1% arthritis.

Bone analysis showed that arthritic joints and nearby bones had only half the boron content of healthy joints. Equally, synovial fluid that lubricates joints and provides nutrients to the cartilage is boron deficient in arthritic joints. After boron supplementation bones were much harder than normal and surgeons found them more difficult to saw through.

Boron is also effective with other forms of arthritis, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, and Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus). For instance Dr Newnham saw a young girl aged 9 months with juvenile arthritis. He was able to cure her in 2 weeks.

He wrote that generally in about 1 to 3 months people can get rid of all the pain, swelling and stiffness. He also stated that patients with rheumatoid arthritis commonly experienced a Herxheimer reaction and that this is always a good prognostic sign. They must persevere and in another 2 or 3 weeks all the pain, swelling and stiffness will be gone. The Herxheimer reaction is an early aggravation of symptoms with increased pain and is due to toxins released by killed Candida and mycoplasma. However, I would use some other antimicrobials in addition (see The Ultimate Cleanse).

Osteoporosis and Sex Hormones

Boron deficiency causes greatly increased amounts of calcium and magnesium to be lost with the urine. A boron supplement will reduce the daily loss of calcium by nearly 50%. As this calcium comes mainly from resorbed bone, boron deficiency is the most important factor in causing osteoporosis. Rats with osteoporosis were given a boron supplement for 30 days with the result that their bone quality was now comparable with that of the healthy control group and of a group supplemented with oestradiol.

The beneficial effect of boron on bones seems to be due to two interrelated effects: a higher boron content of the bones which makes them harder, and a normalisation of sex hormones which stimulates the growth of new bone. Low oestrogen levels after menopause are thought to be the main reason why so many older women develop osteoporosis. In men testosterone levels decline more gradually which seems to be reflected in their later onset of osteoporosis.

Research has now shown that boron supplementation in postmenopausal women doubles the blood level of the most active form of oestrogen, 17-beta oestradiol, to the level found in women on oestrogen replacement therapy. Equally, the blood levels of testosterone more than doubled. Boron appears to balances levels of sex hormones in a similar way as maca root powder does. Maca acts on the pituitary gland not only to increase but also to balance our sex hormones and seems to stimulate our own progesterone production as needed.

Contrary to the medical preference of chemically castrating men with prostate cancer, research with boron has shown that elevated testosterone levels seem to be beneficial by shrinking prostate tumours and PSA levels, PSA being a marker for tumours and inflammation in the prostate. Also significantly improved memory and cognition in elderly individuals may be partly due to the increased levels of sex hormones and partly to improved membrane functions of brain cells.

Fungi and Fluoride

Being such an excellent fungicide it is not surprising that Borax is being successfully used to treat Candida. There is much interesting information on an Earth Clinic forum called Borax Cures. The recommended dose is from 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon per liter of water, depending on weight. One drinks the water spaced out during the day, and does this for 4 or 5 days a week as long as required.

Many contributors wrote that it cured or greatly helped them. So for instance this post: "I also have psoriasis, so maybe the soreness in my joints is the psoriatic arthritis creeping in. I thought, after reading about borax here on this forum, I would give it a try. OMG! In one day, the soreness in my knees has vanished! .... Also, my psoriasis seems a lot better after 2 days drinking 1/4 tsp borax in 1 litre of water per day."

Another one about toe fungus: "He wet his feet and then took a handful (of borax) and rubbed it all over his feet. He said it stopped itching immediately! He was stunned. A few weeks later I asked him how his athletes foot was and he said: oh wow! it hasn't come back! that stuff totally cured it !!!"

Other enthusiastic posts were about vaginal thrush. Boron appeared to be more effective than other remedies. Commonly one large gelatine capsule filled with borax or boric acid was inserted at bedtime for several nights or up to 2 weeks. Alternatively the powder can be mixed with cool solidified coconut oil as a bolus or suppository.

A recent scientific study confirms these positive observations with vaginal thrush. Boric acid at the dose of a filled cap-sule worked even in cases of drug-resistant Candida and against all the tested pathogenic bacteria. Because of the greater dilution, a douche may not be strong enough for bacteria and drug-resistant Candida but it should work for normal Candida. Surprisingly, borax was found to have a stronger antifungal effect than boric acid.

Borax, similar to the equally endangered Lugol's solution, can also be used to remove accumulated fluoride from the body. Fluoride not only causes bones to deteriorate, but also the pineal gland to calcify and the thyroid to become underactive. Borax reacts with fluoride ions to form boron fluorides which are then excreted in the urine.

Borax was used to treat 31 patients with skeletal fluorosis. The amount was gradually increased from 300 to 1100 mg/day during a three month period, with one week off each month. The treatment was effective with 50 to 80% improvement.

Calcium-Magnesium Metabolism

There is antagonism as well as cooperation between calcium and magnesium. About half of the total body magnesium is found in bones and the other half inside the cells of tissues and organs. Only 1% is in the blood, and the kidneys try to keep this levels constant by excreting more or less with the urine.

In contrast, 99% of calcium is in bones, and the rest in the fluid outside of cells. Muscles contract when calcium moves into the cells, and they relax when calcium is again pumped out and magnesium moves in. This cellular pump requires much energy to pump calcium out, and if cells are low in energy, then calcium may accumulate inside cells. Low cellular energy may be due to Candida, faulty sugar or fat metabolism, deficiencies, or accumulating metabolic wastes and toxins.

This then leads to only partial relaxation of the muscles with stiffness, a tendency to cramps, and poor blood and lymph circulation. The problem gets worse the more calcium moves from bones into soft tissue. Nerve cells can also accumulate calcium, leading to faulty nerve transmission, in the lens it causes cataracts, hormonal output keeps reducing as endocrine glands increasingly calcify, and all other cells become handicapped in their normal functions. In addition it causes intracellular magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is needed to activate countless enzymes, and a deficiency leads to inefficient and blocked energy production.

A further problems is that excess calcium damages the cell membrane and makes it difficult for nutrients to move in and wastes to move out. When the intracellular calcium level gets too high the cell will die.

Here we can see the importance of boron as a regulator of cell membrane functions, especially in regard to movements of calcium and magnesium. With boron deficiency too much calcium moves into the cell while magnesium cannot move inside to displace it. This is the condition of old age and of the boron-deficiency diseases leading up to it.

While in good health and especially in younger years a calcium - magnesium ratio of 2 : 1 is normal and beneficial and supplied with a good diet. But with increasing age, boron deficiency and resulting disease conditions we need progressively less calcium and more magnesium.

This overview shows the problems with the medical focus on a high calcium intake which I regard as a prescription for accelerated aging.

What and How Much to Use

Borax can commonly be found in the laundry and cleaning sections of supermarkets. There is no "food-grade" borax available or necessary. Borax has been banned from public sale in the EU, and may soon be banned in other developed countries. Boron supplement tablets may not be effective in overcoming arthritis.

The standard procedure is to dissolve a lightly rounded teaspoonful of borax in 1 litre of good quality water free of chlorine and fluoride. This solution has 3 mg of boron in 1 teaspoonful. Initially 3 teaspoonfuls may be taken and later 1 or 2 as a maintenance