skin, was...arginine,watermelon, and ..Re: Kidney Function

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> > [i am printing off everyone's suggestions for the kidney issues, to

> > give to my SIL. Thanks and keep them coming!]

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> > Dana

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> This is a half-formed thought that's been rummaging around in the back

> of my head and has been encouraged by events last night. I think that

> when an organ like the kidneys is not working properly, there are

> things that can be done to use other pathways to eliminate toxins from

> the system. I ended up with swollen feet last night, something I used

> to suffer from frequently but rarely have these days. I took a warm

> salt water bath to treat my feet (not the swelling per se -- some

> other issues that indirectly led to the swelling) and the swelling

> came down some.

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> This may be relevant to kidney function -- I am reminded of someone

> else's remarks about eating watermelon to reduce swelling after a

> traumatic birthing experience. I have had good results with doing

> things like wiping my skin down with peroxide or diet tonic water and

> then showering as a means to treat things like yeast overgrowth in the

> gut. The skin is the largest organ in the human body. I think it can

> be encouraged to substitute somewhat for the function of other organs

> that are too impaired to properly eliminate the waste load they are

> supposed to handle.

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====my quick thought...Skin totally rocks!!. Seriously rocks!!..I use

skin all the time, from salt baths and such, to zinc cream on kids,

and so on. I get really good results, especially with things that

aren't tolerated well, like zinc (for example, my girl will smear

herself head to toe, but will refuse supps, if they have zinc too many

times in a row ...During the end of the summer & currently, I am

playing with some herb info & poultice type of things - mostly with

local weeds, no less...for example, marigold petals totally rock for

mosquito bites & any other itches, and plantain works almost as well.

All good stuff & my most recent " fun foray. " Ummmm, there is an

article on skin absorption, of a scientific bent - by a college

student, that I found about a year, or more, ago and have since

lost...Think I was hunting ketone info when I found it. As I remember

it, skin is a whole heck of a lot more complicated and very smart,

about what comes in & what goes out ..and, your thought below - I

now take into consideration what could be absorbed by your skin, that

is totally icky. And have changed some daily habits in our house

accordingly No harsh, never mind toxic, cleaners, for one. wishing

you the best, elizabeth

> I have also found that removing toxic cleaners and other sources of

> stressful inputs from my environment lightens the load of what my body

> needs to process out. With the bottle-neck in my own body that I have

> been dealing with for years, lightening the load of toxic inputs has

> been critical to my ability to get healthier.

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> Michele

> http://www.healthgazelle.org

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