remineralizing teeth

March 21, 2002

Bianca,

How long did it take for your cavity to go away and what exactly did you eat to

accomplish this. I want to do this and am drinking raw milk but don't know what

else I need to do. How do you use the white oak bark? Where did you get it?

Please start from the beginning, if you don't mind. Does it make sense to

remove and remineralize one cavity at a time? I have a lot but don't tolerate

tooth pain well.

C.

March 21, 2002

Hi Carmen,

I said the wrong thing in my earlier post. It wasn't just oak bark. I

used a tincture that contained bayberry rootbark, oak gall, tea tree oil,

echinacea root, cayenne pepper and peppermint oil.

I can't vouch for this formula remineralizing teeth, although I have seen

it tighten loose teeth, stop bleeding gums and even rebuild bone loss.

But since the teeth are a reflection of what else is happening in the

body, I think you would be better off following the dietary protocol

mentioned earlier and using the tincture as an adjunct (you can get the

tincture by calling 1800 HERBDOC - it's called tooth and gum formula)

This is often how herbal therapy gets misused. People using herbs to

treat symptoms (like drugs) and not addressing the underlying cause.

Sometimes herbs work well that way and sometimes they don't. I have seen

some powerful things done with herbs with no other changes in a person's

diet but this approach is rather hit and miss at best. If there is one

thing we can take away from the work of Dr. Price, it is that *food* is

the foundation of health, not vitamins, not drugs, and not herbs used

like drugs. Teeth can be consistently remineralized with diet and that

should be your primary approach.

Herbs, while often just concentrated forms of food, should be looked at

more like catalysts to help your body properly utilize the foodstuffs it

is taking in. Used in this manner they can help the healing process, not

hinder it, and keep you from standing on a false foundation because the

symptoms went away but the underlying causes did not.

Bianca

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:06:32 -0600 " Conway " <mclcdcmcmc@...>

writes:

I'd LOVE to have my fillings fall out! Where can I get " white oak bark "

and how do I use it -- anyone know? BTW, this is funny because we used

to refer to people who ate " healthy " as " bark nibblers "

C.

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From: bianca3@...

Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 5:42 PM

Subject: Re: remineralizing teeth

Wouldn't surprise me. White oak bark is specific for teeth and gums.

Bianca

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:03:32 -0800 " Carmen " <ctn@...> writes:

Seems like I remember people on this every list having their

fillings

actually fall out. Forgive me if I'm remembering incorrectly. Seems

like

it

also had to do with White Oak Bark?? Anyone??

C armen

<<<< No no no, your fillings most likely will not fall out. People

(including

me) would remove their fillings and then have the teeth remineralize

over.>>>>>>>

March 27, 2002

Bianca,

Where can we find directions for making these industrial herbal tinctures?

Thanks

Larry

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From: bianca3@...

Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:44 PM

Subject: Re: remineralizing teeth

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:17:41 -0500 Idol <Idol@...>

writes:

Bianca-

>I

>used a tincture that contained bayberry rootbark, oak gall, tea tree

oil,

>echinacea root, cayenne pepper and peppermint oil.

Unfortunately, tea tree oil is apparently neurotoxic and to be avoided.

I

would like to find a good white oak bark preparation to accelerate my

cavity remineralization, though. (I never had any of my cavities drilled

and filled, so the results ought to be more pleasing for me... I hope.)

Do

you know whether it's most effective used topically, as a tincture, as a

powder, or consumed internally?

ME:

,

I would not worry about the tea tree oil in the tincture. I have never

known anyone to have a problem with it. One of the reasons my colleagues

were often exasperated with me is that I would continue to use herbs that

the FDA said were dangerous, like lobelia, cascara sagrada and others.

But those herbs worked and in my clinical experience. I *never* had a

problem with any of them. Of course checking out the various studies

alluded too often revealed serious defects somewhere along the line and I

just kept moving ahead with my work in dealing with " incurable " people.

The best way to use most herbs is in tincture form. This way you don't

have to worry about digestion not being up to par and the herb

immediately gets into the system. Unfortunately nearly all retail

formulas stink so your best bet is to learn to make your own *industrial

strength* tinctures. Your next best bet is 1 800 HERBDOC. But if you

don't want tea tree oil in the formula you will have to make your own.

The tooth and gum formula is used topically with a water pik several

times a day.

>If there is one

>thing we can take away from the work of Dr. Price, it is that *food* is

>the foundation of health, not vitamins, not drugs, and not herbs used

>like drugs.

That is true, but with soil fertility being so poor nowadays, I don't

know

whether it's possible to get optimum nutrition entirely from whole

foods. To be sure, most vitamin and mineral supplements are garbage, but

the few good ones may be increasingly necessary nowadays, at least for

people without access to the produce of the few superbly fertile farms

that

remain.

ME: I'm not sure about optimum nutrition, but from my experience is

was/is possible to get people well on sub par raw animal foods with a

little judicious " supplementation " of organs, greens from the sea, fresh

herbal tinctures and juices. Not ideal but it did happen. Not once did I

ever resort to what people normally refer to as " supplements " In fact

they often hindered the process.

Bianca

March 29, 2002

Hey guys...what's a tincture? Maybe we should add some basic definitions to the

acronym page as well??

C.

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