Re: alpha lipoic acid, mercury, cfs, and yes.... of course galls...

[Guest guest]

" ....last year i got an iridological reading that said my lungs were

massively scarred. so hopefully when the lungs heal i will have alot more

oxygen in my body.... "

Hi:

Your lungs have healed. That's what the scar tissue represents.

Jay

[Guest guest]

Hi:

<<if my lungs have healed, then why do i have a really nasty dry hacking

cough that hasn't gone away for the last 4 years.>>

The body is a tremendous healing machine and scars are an indication that it

has healed. Tuberculosis is one thing that causes lung scarring, and as it

scars, it covers the TB bacteria to stop it from spreading, and when it is

all covered by this scar tissue you are temporarily " healed " from TB, though

the TB bacteria is still there and active (alive) under the scar tissue. I

had TB as a child and have the tumors in my lungs (another fantastic method

the body used to protect from TB) that has enveloped the bacteria and stopped

it from spreading.

I have never had problems from the tumors, except, my oxidation capacity has

been reduced. I have had difficulty gaining aerobic fitness, yet the

TB/tumors didn't keep me from military service or flying while in the service

..

I have never had the hacking from my TB tumors, only from cigarettes, and

hacked worse for the first 6 months after I quit 30 years ago, than ever

before in my life. I would take a guess at something that is irritating your

lungs. I recently had a bout of severe sneezing and coughing during my night

of sleep, but when I left my bedroom in the morning it all went away. I

eventually discovered black mold in large quantities in nooks of the bathroom

(particularly behind the commode and behind the tank - a hard place to see)

which is attached to my bedroom (in an upstairs and away from the rest of my

apartment). I cleaned all of that out with strong cleansers including

bleach, and immediately stopped my night time sneezing and cold symptoms.

Actually, betinning the very next night I had no more problems.

Tough the following article indicates that the body devlops an immunity to

TB, I have a friend who had TB, developed the scars, and then got TB again.

Jay

regarding TB from http:

//www.rush.edu/worldbook/articles/020000a/020000200.html:

Infection may result from inhalation of minute droplets of infected sputum

or, less commonly, from drinking infected milk. If the infected person is not

immune, the bacteria grow freely within the body and spread from the lungs to

other parts of the body.Eventually the patient develops immunity and the

bacteria stop spreading. They become surrounded by scar tissue and do not

cause further tissue damage.

At a later stage, the protective layer of scar tissue may break down. This

may be due to the development of another disorder; a reduction in immunity,

which may occur with old age; the use of corticosteroid drugs; or malignant

diseases, such as leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and particularly HIV/AIDS.

[Guest guest]

if my lungs have healed, then why do i have a really nasty dry hacking cough

that hasn't gone away for the last 4 years.

[Guest guest]

jay:

glad to hear that you not hindered by your t.b.

i disagree with your estimation of how the body works. my opinion is that

bacteria, viruses, and parasites are a natural part of our internal ecosystem.

when damaged tissue is present, then these bacteria flourish to help clean up

the damaged tissue.

i have experimented with this theory by eating fermented raw eggs last year. the

bacteria went into my digestive system and cleaned out my intestines more

aggressively than any supplement i have ever taken. my immune system became much

stronger after this experiment. i think hulda clak is paranoid and has this

whole thing backward. i believe the body forms tumors not to seal off bacteria,

but to seal off other toxins for a time in the future when it is better able to

handle the detox.

i know this is contrary to what everyone in the world thinks, but my life

experience has shown me this to be true. there are many people on the live-food

list who would agree and who have experienced remarkable healings as a result of

following this logic.

we agree that the body is a tremendous healing machine

as far as an irritant, i don't think there is anything in my apartment that is

causing the irritation. rather i think this is an old injury that i am reliving

as a cleansing reaction. i do not believe in suffering, so i am trying to find a

better way to get through this cleansing reaction. i had frequent bronchitis and

pneumonia in my youth. then it all stopped as i became proegressively more ill.

now that i am getting progressively healthier i am reliving the lung problems,

but it's alot easier now that i am older and have a clue as to how the body

works.

i suggest the book 'we want to live' by aajonus vonderplanitz. i think his

theory on all illness in general is brilliant. i do not agree with him on alot

of finer points. but he cured himself of bone and blood cancer by applying the

above theory. he has purposely induced meningitis on himself in order to heal

spinal problems successfully. it is a dramatic approach, and i don't agree with

the drama, but it works, and his principles are sound.

for the past few years i have been susceptible to staph and strep in the winter

time. this past winter after applying his principles of eating, i breezed

through the cold months with not a single sniffle. i think both pasteur and

bechampes have their place in healing, but i prefer the bechampes philosophy as

the more powerful one. if i were in danger of losing a limb i would apply the

pasteur method. but once this was accomplished i would make my life path one of

altering my internal terrain to one that did not warrant strong cleansing

reactions.