Earthing & Lyme Hypotheses

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I'm not sure if the use of " earthing " for lyme has been discussed yet. This

looks promising and useful for many ailments..

" Earthing will normalize cortisol and helps most people sleep better (75% of

insomniacs, according to Dr. Amalu), "

Note: (Coumadin is a contraindication when regularly Earthing.)

http://www.spirochicks.com/2011/02/earthing-lyme-hypotheses-and-final.html

Earthing & Lyme Hypotheses

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011

By Alix, SpiroChicks Co-Founder

After first posting in November about the health benefits of

Earthing, I am astounded that so many in the Lyme community have

responded by trying Earthing - the simple act of putting your

bare feet on the ground or bringing Earth's electrons indoors

with simple grounding devices.

Many Lyme patients have written about how Earthing is affecting

them. Reports range from little effect to slightly better sleep

to very improved sleep to full-on herxing. Lyme patients might be

the only group who need to be careful not to Earth too much at

first. Below I describe an evolving set of hypotheses to explain

what Lyme patients are experiencing..

Here are the evolving Lyme-Earthing Hypotheses:

Electron Deficiency

Electron deficiency can explain some of the differences in how

people respond to Earthing, according to research done by Dr.

Amalu. He used an electrometer to measure the effects of

Earthing on people in a specially-designed building in Iowa. Test

subjects who were regularly in contact with the Earth, like

gardeners, appeared to take in fewer electrons than people who

lived in a high rise and did not do things like gardening. Amalu

said it appears that people who are highly deficient practically

drink up the electrons. This might account for my personal

reaction to Earthing being so strong: I was probably highly

electron-deficient from total avoidance of going shoeless.

Blood Thinning and Bb Cysts

We've been curious about Lyme, the blood-thinning aspects of

Earthing, and the blood-thinner drug contraindication. (Coumadin

is a contraindication when regularly Earthing.) Here are four

hypotheses about Earthing and Lyme given what we know about

blood-thinners:

1. Prevention of cell-wall deficient forms: " Blood thinners

appear to disrupt the formation of spheroblasts [cell-wall

deficient form of Borrelia burgdorferi] in the bloodstream, and

that could explain the improvement that some patients experience

using Heparin. " noted , MD at a 2004 Lyme

conference. The cell-wall deficient forms allow Bb to hide from

antibiotics, so if they can't form, Lyme can't hide. Since

Earthing is a strong blood thinner, does Earthing also prevent Bb

from converting to cell-wall deficient forms? Maybe.

2. Prevention of Bb from sticking to brain cells: Heparin has the

" highest negative charge density of any known biological

molecule. " The Earth, if you recall, has a negative charge and

donates electrons to cells, causing all to be negatively charged

and repel each other, like magnets. This is why Earthing thins

the blood. Buhner wrote that Heparin prevents Bb from

sticking to brain cells. Is the negative charge the reason? Would

Earthing do the same thing? Maybe.

3. Vascular penetration: Does the blood thinning aspect of

Earthing allow our treatments to penetrate deeper into our

vascular system than they've been able to go before, reaching

colonies previously left untreated? Maybe.

4. Higher O2 delivery: Is the thinned blood more oxygenated,

delivering a higher, and therefore more toxic dose of oxygen to

the Bb and co-infections? Maybe.

Frequencies and My Thoughts on Deer

Tapping into Earth's natural frequency could be another reason

Earthing has an effect on Lyme. Why are most deer infected with

Bb, yet most seem to be asymptomatic? If they do have symptoms,

why don't we have reports of deer going crazy and presenting with

swollen joints? Do infected lab animals show Lyme symptoms

because they are not Earthed? Is Earthing part of what protects

the deer? When I spoke with Wolfe, he didn't hesitate to

say yes. When I asked Dr. Sinatra, the famous heart

surgeon and co-author of the book Earthing, he mentioned Earth

frequencies might be toxic to Bb - causing the cyst forms to

convert to spirochetes and enter the bloodstream where they are

susceptible to antibiotics. As a side note, one person mentioned

that deer eat teasel and other herbs--natural antibiotics that

are toxic to Lyme, so Earthing might not be the whole story vis a

vis the deer.

Nervous System

The effects of Earthing on the nervous system are well-documented

and not specific to Lyme, but I do have to mention that since

Earthing will normalize cortisol and helps most people sleep

better (75% of insomniacs, according to Dr. Amalu), improved

sleep will obviously help insomniac Lyme patients. Clint Ober

mentioned that in ill patients, after 16 weeks of Earthing the

nervous system will normalize. I'm presuming he means patients

who have worked up to overnight, every-night Earthing.

Other Effects

Other effects of Earthing include blood sugar regulation and

thyroid normalization. Again, these are not Lyme-specific, but

normalizing these functions should be a great boon to eventual

recovery.

Indoor Earthing: Important Note about Properly Testing Your

Outlet

I've found that the voltmeter (about $10 at your hardware store)

is the only way to check for a truly grounded outlet. A voltmeter

measures the difference between two voltages.

Caution: you can electrocute yourself if you stick one end in the

rectangular part of the socket. Don't do that!

To use it, put the black test lead into the third prong of the

outlet - the round one. Hold the red end with your bare fingers

and read the AC (not the DC) setting. You will have a steady

number when you have a truly grounded outlet AND if you are not

touching any grounding device. The number will be the difference

between your body voltage and that of the Earth via your grounded

socket. If you see a fluctuating number, your outlet is not truly

grounded and you can't use it for grounding - instead you must

use a grounding rod that goes directly to the outside. If you

have a steady number, then touch a grounding device while still

holding the red test lead. If your voltage drops close to zero,

you are grounded and have confirmed your grounded outlet. See my

Earthing video Part 2 for a demo.

If you get an Earthing kit with an outlet checker: The outlet

checker is not the same as a voltmeter! Follow up with a

voltmeter if your outlet checker lights up two orange lights on

the right. This indicates your outlets might be truly grounded,

but you need a voltmeter to confirm.

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