Cancer Cure Using Sodium Bicarbonate

Cancer Cure

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Cancer specialists know for a long while that fungi is always present in cancer. They say; when area is affected by cancer, cells are weakened and fungi moves in. Dr.Simoncini states exactly the opposite; fungi invades the healthy cells first and that causes cancer.

Dr.Tullio Simoncini, out of Rome,Italy, has a 90% cancer cure rate.

Due to bone cancers and several forms of leukemia a 100% cure rate is not achieved. He clearly states that all cancers are fungi.

Ordinary Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda, without anti-caking aluminum additive) just happens to be the most powerful poison to any fungus. Sodium Bicarbonate is so simple that fungi cannot adapt to it and become resistant.

Here is Dr.Simoncini: ”I have treated hundreds of patients. Most of them had extremely advancedcancer, especially after having been subjected to conventional therapies. Many of them made a complete recovery and are still alive and well years after the treatment. In the cases of cancers caught early (lumps smaller than 3cm, with minimal incidence of metastasis) 90% of patients have made a recovery.

The basic concept of my therapy is the administration of a solution with a high content of sodium bicarbonate directly onto tumors. These are susceptible to regression only if one destroys the fungal colonies. It was the ongoing search for ever more effective techniques to allow me to get as close as possible to the inner tissues that led me to the idea of selective arteriography (visualisation using instruments on specific arteries) and positioning an arterial port-a-cath (devices joining the catheter). These methods make it possible to place a small catheter directly into the artery that nourishes the tumor, and administer high doses of sodium bicarbonate to the deepest recesses of the tumor This very low-risk intervention creates no more pain than an intravenous injection and allows patients to be treated at home, although under constant medical supervision.”

Sodium bicarbonate is safe, extremely inexpensive and unstoppably effective when it comes to cancer tissues. It’s a powerful chemical, most potent poison to cancer cells, for it hits the cancer cells with a shock wave of alkalinity, which allows much more oxygen into the cancer cells than they can tolerate. Cancer cells cannot survive in the presence of high levels of oxygen. Sodium bicarbonate is, for all intent and purposes, an instant killer of tumors. Full treatment often takes only days.

The best substance to eliminate skin cancer is iodine tincture . For skin cancer, a 7% iodine tincture should be spread on the affected area, 20-30 times once a day, with the aim of producing a number of layers of crusts. After this treatment, the cancer will be gone and stay away forever. All skins cancers are always caused by Candida fungus which has adapted itself to metabolizing the most proteinaceous constituents of the epidermis and that can, therefore, only rarely be treated with sodium bicarbonate solutions. The treatment to choose for epithileomas, basaliomas, and melanomas is iodine solution at seven per cent, as it is capable of precipitating the proteins of the body of the fungus and destroying them completely in a short time. If the lesions are fairly small, they must be painted with the solution 10-20-30 times twice a day for five days and then once for another ten days so that they become verydark. When the eschar (scab) is formed and it is higher than the epidermic plane( skin surface), it is necessary to continue to paint under and above it even if at first this causes a sharp pain.

This very same operation must be repeated for the second eschar that is formed. At this point, the lesion may be considered destroyed, because after the third cycle it is possible to reach the center of the neoplasia(abnormal proliferation of cells, pre-cancer), where the colonies try to resist to the last.

In the presence of a tumor of large dimensions it is necessary to perform a cycle of subcutaneous infiltrations with sodium bicarbonate at five per cent solution under the lesion for the purpose of liberating the tissue from the possible invasion of the deep planes and of the basal lamina before performing the treatment with iodine solution. If this is not done, we risk the fungus, once destroyed at a superficial level, defending itself by trespassing into those levels where a conclusive action of the iodine solution is impossible.

In cases where the tumor has invaded a cutaneous-mucous transitional zone such as the anus, eyelids, vagina, or mouth, it is necessary to perform a preliminary treatment of the mucous area with bicarbonate and then, after the elimination of the colonies existing there, proceed to treat the cutis with iodine solution.

It is appropriate to highlight that the same type of therapy is also to be applied to psoriasis and to the known fungi afflictions.


In fact, the difference between coetaneous mycosis, psoriasis, and tumors consists only of a variation of aggressiveness and thus of depth of rooting, since the causal agent is always the same: a fungus.



⇧Dr. Tullio Simoncini

Here is Dr. Simoncini web site www.cancerfungus.com

Please study all the material in detail and view all videos. Access… Dr. Tullio Simoncini Cancer Therapy With Sodium Bicarbonate – Cancer Fungus and Candida.

“Cancer Is a Fungus”- book by Dr.Tullio Simoncini

Book describes how a fungous infection always forms the basis of every neoplastic formation, and this formation tries to spread within the whole organism without stopping. At the moment the constant, uniform, and implacable growth of a tumor is in no way affected by current oncological treatments. A recovery rate for cancer that fluctuates at around 7% is mentioned in the classical books and treatises in spite of all the tricks and distortion of statistics. After making the necessary corrections, this amounts to virtually nil. The rest is propaganda for orthodox oncology. On the basis of the scientific considerations in this book which demonstrate that cancer is caused by fungal masses (of the Candida type), sodium bicarbonate is the only useful remedy that is now available for healing the disease.  
"Cancer is a Fungus: A Revolution in Tumor Therapy Perfect" Paperback – September 1, 2007

by Dr. T. Simoncini  (Author)

Comments:
1. "This doctor is amazing. The book is great. Thank you." - By Debbie Madill on October 3, 2017.

2. "This is a great book, which should be in every home." - By Paula on October 7, 2015.

3. [This information is given as information only and is not intended to treat a disease.] Baking soda does indeed cure cancer, and for the same reasons that an alkaline-forming diet cures cancer (read "The Gerson Therapy," "A Cancer Therapy: The Results of Fifty Cases," etc.). CANCER SIMPLY CANNOT EXIST IN AN ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT. Medical science knows this, but they won't pursue that angle because there's no money in it for them. I know of the alkaline cure for disease from personal experience. I cured myself of an extremely enlarged prostate (that may have been cancerous) with an alkaline-forming vegetarian diet, with one meal each day consisiting of nothing but RAW vegetables. Knowing that baking soda is the perfect alkalizer, I eventually took up the regular habit of one-half level teaspoon of baking soda in water before bed each night. A friend who was diagnosed with "terminal" lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes) became aware of my habit, and he began taking one teaspoon of baking soda in water twice a day. After just four months of this regimen (and no orthodox cancer treatments whatsoever) his doctor pronounced him cancer free! I give Dr. Simoncini 4 stars rather than 5 only because I don't believe the "fungal" aspect is necessarily correct. Whether or not cancer has any relationship to a fungus, CANCER CANNOT EXIST IN AN ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT. That's what's important. Cancer is a result of creating a flawed environment in the body, primarily through a poor diet. Healthy cells become mutated cells that replicate. And to label them a "fungus" propogates the flawed germ theory of disease, which always puts the responsibility for disease on outside "invaders." The body was not invaded by a fungus; it was invaded by refined flour, refined sugar, refined vegetable oils, and other manmade poisons that look smell and taste like food, but are literally NONFOODS. Nonfoods (and other environmental poisons) cause the body to generate mutated cells. And we call them CANCER. And now we know the cure. - By Thomas Rhodes on August 29, 2015. Baking Soda Is The Cure For Cancer.

4. "I have been treating myself with multiple cancers for 3 1/2 years now and Dr Simoncini"s advice years ago was most helpful!!!!!!!!!! I have told everyone who has cancer or a friend w/cancer to go to his website and learn what to eat and not eat as well as use his ideas with baking soda...it made a huge difference with vaginal-cervical cancer! This book would be good to have your doctor look at ,as it is written in medical terms." By faith teems on March 13, 2015

5. "Yes Cancer and fungus are often co-infections. I read about it in the early1970's. Someone I know had a dark mass in her kidney x-ray. A Biopsy said it looked like cancer. (Poorly trained lab technician?) She questioned the diagnosis and I mentioned the article I had read. So she asked her Doctor to have the lab check the biopsy for fungus which it was. Anti fungal drugs cured her in 6 weeks. Most labs never run the test for fungus unless the doctor ask for it. She was a sugar and coffee addict.
The ability of bicarbonate to suppress fungus and cancer is small compared to the ability of sugar to feed cancer and feed fungus. Neither can grow without sugar but each can tolerate minor alkalinity. You have to inject baking soda into a tumor to have a high success rate. But if the tumor has infiltrated a organ or gland injecting baking soda will destroy the organ also.

KETOGENIC DIET But going on a zero Carbohydrate Ketogenic diet can stop the growth of a tumor in 2-3 weeks. Its low tech easy solution for the fungus and the cancer. Tripping Over the truth by Christofferson gives a non technical presentation.

VITAMIN D Tetalbaum MD warned against combining VITAMIN D with Baking Soda in a radio talk show. An alkaline pH will cause calcium to deposit in the joints, soft tissues, kidneys and even muscles of the Heart. I know someone who has been seriously damaged by using 50,000 iu vit D3 a day and one tablespoon of baking soda once a day for only two months. 100 iu of vit K2 for every 1000 iu of D3 help to keep the calcium where it belongs." 
- Corect thesis but ineffective protocol, By William Rasmussen on December 22, 2014

6. "Jane Remington in her amazing book Recaging the Beast:The Disease Behind Disease:The Yeast Fungal Connection writes:
"In July,2007,a new book was published,written by Dr.Tullio Simoncini,a surgeon in Rome,Italy.He specializes in oncology,diabetology,and metabolic disorders at his clinic.His astonishing and revolutionary book is Cancer is a Fungus,and is the result of his thirty plus years of observation,investigating and treating this horrible disease.He states that there is no doubt in his mind that cancer is simply a fungal infection caused by Candida albicans,and this simple,lowly organism can be treated and cured with an anti-fungal program and- of all things- bicarbonate of soda.
His thesis is elegantly simple and straightforward.All diseases like and grow in an acid medium..Cancer thrives in acidity.That is why it is important for us to keep our pH near 7.24-7.42 or slightly alkaline in order to achieve and maintain perfect health.Bicarbonate of soda changes the terrain of disease from acid to alkaline,making it exceedingly difficult for yeast,cancer,and other pathogens to live and grow.......Doctor Simoncini brilliantly goes on to describe the commonalities between cancer and fungus(pointing out that cancer and Candida are always concurrent),and outlines his treatment protocols with "before and after"photographs of 18 clinical cases.It is a truly astounding and visionary book.......I urge you to read Cancer is a Fungus and share it with someone you know or love who has cancer.Doctor Simoncini makes his case with conviction,clarity,and compassion."
I could not have said it better myself.Except to add I also highly recommend Jane Remington's book and Dr.Mark Sircus' book Sodium Bicarbonate:Nature's unique first aid remedy." - The answer to cancer is baking soda, By Eddy D. on August 3, 2014.

7. "Dr Simoncini, congratulation!!! For having the courage to bring the information to the public, to have no fear from "authorities" and last, but not least, the desire and the will to help others, not caught up with the money making business of today's health care.
I work with the biofeedback, qxci machine, and cancer ALWAYS shows up on the test screen with multiple colonies of fungus overgrowth being present in the whole system, not just in the GI track. I've been watching these cases for over 10 years. I place the candida cleanse as the first step in all my detox protocol. I'm glad to watch your videos, now i have a doctor to recommend for my clients. Thank you again, Andrea" - Cancer and fungus, By pgeresdi on February 9, 2014.

8. " Dr, Tullio Simoncini, MD, Oncologist is a medical hero for our time. The medical establishment in Italy suspended his license for 2 years when he cured 2 boys of terminal cancer using "unapproved methods" in other words not the toxic chemotherapy. The court said his cure was sound, medically correct and it worked so he regained his license and has since been all over the internet sharing his knowledge and lecturing worldwide. Yes, sodium bicarbonate works very simply. It cost nearly nothing as it is commonly known as "baking soda", it is non toxic, readily tolerated by patients and easily administered.

How does it work? It is understood by medical mycologists that all living organisms have an environment that they require to sustain its metabolism and allow it to grow. Nutrient availability, temperature are important but even more so is the pH and fungi- molds require an acid environment. The normal body pH is 7.365 - cancerous tissue pH will be 3-6 pH being dependent of the cells, tissue and organs involved and stage of growth. Note that even stage 3 cancers are often cured (horrible word cured - "a patient cured is a customer lost" as known in medicine.

Does this cure work in all cases? NO. But estimates are as high as 80%. Efficacy of this treatment is dependent on the stage and patient health status, mechanism (neoplastic-necrtoic diseases) of the disease which is complex but generally cancers are cause by cell- DNA mutation by radiation both ionizing and non ionizing types (8%), toxicity induced mutations (tumors)especially mold toxins (many foods such as peanuts),virus induce DNA mutations and bacteria toxin mutation. This review can go on. Read the book it is easily understood by both patient and medical doctors. Get copies for loved ones. Tullio - a medical hero ." - By Northern Star on September 14, 2013.

9. So vital information for us all, By Annkristin Lundin on April 10, 2013 : "Reading this book makes you question all cancer treatment - makes you wonder why this knowledge is not wide spread - and used in treating cancer all over the world!!!
Read this book it is an eye opener !!!!!!!"


Kathryn Bax replied, 3 years ago:"Because cancer is a money making racket. 1000 years ago, Indian Ayurvedic practitioners recognized bicarbonate of soda as a treatment for cancer, but today, our great medical science fraternity find it a "mystery" because it is financially viable for them to do so. The doctors make money, the surgeons, the oncologists, those that manufacture the drugs, the chemotherapy, the radiation, the machinery...Cancer is an industry!"

10. Interesting book.By Amazon Customer on October 30, 2012:
"As a certified Holistic Health Practitioner, I am always interested in subjects like these. The book is very informative and written for 'normal' people without medical education. Naturally, the subject (Cancer being a Fungus) is not accepted by the medical community, but who cares. In the end it is the patient who needs to decide how to go forward after a cancer diagnosis.
If you think you will get an general home remedy in this book, you are wrong. It is not about how much baking soda you need to drink per day to get well. Different cancers need different treatments in order to get the baking soda to the tumor. E.g. Lung cancers might need inhalation and liver cancers might need catheters etc.

If you are interested in finding out about a treatment which does not include chemo or radiation, this book will be very informative. I wish I had known about this 10 years ago before my mom died of liver cancer. After she was treated the 'official way', chemotherapy and surgery, she soon passed away. I am not saying that this alternative therapy would have saved her for sure but I keep wondering if it might have. It certainly would not have left her suffering all the side effects from harsh chemo which left her weighing under 70 lbs in her last days.

Let's be clear: The medical associations, pharma industry and lobby will never accept any alternative treatment for cancer since a successful outcome would leave them not only without all the gigantic monetary profits but also without power. It is therefore up to the individual to find the right cure. This book shows one of them."

10. Dr. Simoncini - a brilliant visionary, by Jane Remington on March 3, 2012: "I was one of the first people to buy Dr. Simoncini's wonderful book when it came out, and I am still highly recommending it. He is exactly right - cancer is a fungal infection.

I know the truth of this as I have worked with cancer patients for over 26 years with what is called the "yeast-free diet" and I have seen more tumors disappear than I can count. This diet starves cancer (fungus)of all the food it loves to eat - sugar, yeast breads and grains, dairy products, alcohol, caffeine, mushrooms, vinegar, etc.

Dr. Simoncini's use of baking soda also is right on. Cancer, yeast and fungi all thrive in acid environments, and the baking soda changes the terrain from acid to alkaline. The combination of the diet and alkalinity is a one-two punch to cancer, yeast, and fungi. (See Recaging the Beast at Amazon.) I have even seen stage 4 glioblastomas of the brain get completely well following this protocol.

I love the fact that Dr. Simoncini, in his frustration and anguish at seeing so many people die - especially little children - one night got down on his knees and prayed to God to reveal to him what cancer really was. (Doctors still can't tell you what it is.) That night he dreamed of fungus!"

11. I think Simoncini has cracked it, by P. G. Taylor on May 18, 2011, "I bought the book from Simoncini directly - his friends and family helped him publish it.

I've spent a month pacing up and down thinking about his theory - that the most common fungus in the body causes cancer.

I've also spent a month on the internet, and time talking to a number of cancer research scientists that I know - who are obviously very skeptical.

It basically comes down to this. Every single last thing that I (an ignorant fellow) know about cancer confirms - or as importantly, does not deny - the idea that a fungus is at the heart of all solid cancers.

Just last week I came across a very recent bit of research (which I can no longer find - doh!) that said that extraordinary genetic similarities - similar genetic abnormalities - had been found in 7 different kinds of solid cancers.

Meaning that a single type of fungus could have figured out how to get different cancers started using the same genetic tricks on different kinds of cell. The same sort of genetic tinkering by the fungus in damaged bits of our bodies could get a whole range of different cancers started.

It makes sense to me. 100 million years of co-evolution of a fungus inside mammals could have figured it out - just what I would expect a fungus to do in that time. Cancers always appear in weakened parts of the body - just where you would expect a fungus to try and take advantage. All the anti cancer foods are fungicides - things like garlic. But not much use once the fungus has got a "cancer" started, as the "cancer" protects the fungus. Other anticancer substances, like vitamin D help the body get rid of the "cancerous" cells, making it more difficult for the fungus to get the tumour started.

Chemotherapy does not cure solid cancers - it just knocks them back - the fungus works out a way around. Radiation could well kill the fungus. Cutting it out holds the best hope for traditional medicine - just like cutting out dry rot you need to cut out quite a bit extra to make sure you have got the lot. But cutting out some bits of your body is seriously problematic. Especially if it causes the fungus/cancer to spread. (if you are having a cancer operation it might be advisable to take bicarbonate of soda before and after the op - and take 10,000 i.u. of vitamin D a day for a week before the op)

The bicarbonate therapy works. But I think it could work more effectively and reliably if you take some sensible supplements, like 10,000 i.u. of vitamin D to help the body mop up the cancer cells. Also I've got a feeling that matching the bicarbonate with sugar could help make the fungus easier to wipe out - as has just been shown in another field by Professor James Collins at Boston University - he found that a spoonful of sugar taken with antibiotic made persistent E.coli bacteria significantly more vulnerable to the antibiotic. People taking baking soda orally (I have looked at other internet sites such as phkillscancer dot com) seem to have considerable success when taking it with molasses or maple syrup.

Simoncini deserves a Nobel prize for his idea - and for his perseverance - he has been at it for close on 25 years. It just goes to show that a million researchers looking in the wrong place will never find what they are looking for. Just how blind are we? What does that tell us about other areas of human expertise, like political systems? Western democracy is blatantly unfair in a great number of third world situations ... and we force it on them and are surprised by the results. The same goes for free trade. And religion. And finance ... And history ... !

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Further thought on the 24th August 2011

I think I am coming to the conclusion that the fungus does not need to cause the cancer directly - who knows ?? - but it is enough if it prevents the immune system from getting rid of the cancer. The fungus benefits from the existence of the cancer by being protected from the immune system by the cancer - I think it can hide in the cancer. Flushing the fungus out of the cancer gives the body's immune system the chance to get rid of the cancer - doing this must either reset the immune system, or just allow it to return to it's default state. I do not know if cancer cells themselves can be got rid of by being flushed with a baking soda solution - I doubt it.

From what I understand the body probably produces 200 (where does that number come from ? ) or so abnormal or cancerous cells a day, that self destroy or get mopped up by the immune system.

All this asumes that Simoncini's treatment works! It sounds very likely, but I would like to see an up to date and comprehensive list of the patients he has treated in the last two or three years. Their exact problem with supporting evidence, the treatment, and the results, with supporting evidence. That should not be too difficult for him to put up on his website - and he needs to do it as a matter of urgency. The examples given in his book are now too old and too hard to verify. The theory is good - but we need the proof!"
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Testimonials

It was in the middle of January that I came across your information that cancer is a fungus and baking soda would destroy the fungus.

My husband has had several skin cancers. One on his left back was the a bit smaller than the size of a quarter (about 2m) and about 1/4 inch thick. We tried using baking soda and water but it was very hard. (He also took the baking soda internally.) At the end of the first week he put the soda in glycerin and it was much more flexible for a longer amount of time. This mixture was put on a band-aid and put on the sore. After 6 weeks it is incredible how it has healed. I have taken regular photographs of how it has healed. I want to thank you for your work because it has certainly made a difference. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

“Dr.Simoncini, some years ago 5 sisters died of cancer except one. A home type doctor asked her if her diet was different than her four sisters. She said no, but she did have a habit of sipping maple syrup AND baking soda\’for many years! He decide that as came across terminal patients that were slated to die he would give them 3 parts maple syrup and 1 part baking soda after it was heated on low for 5 minutes as per that cancer surviving sister! Over 250 people have survived for at least 15 years! He has spectacular results with his home formula.” -Dr. H. D.

I have had hot flashes and lots of sweating for several years, I used sodium bicarb ONCE and it cut the sweats off by 80%, I continued using it–completely stopped in 3 days!!! Incredible!!! – Lauren – USA

This is Vicky. E., your patient (anal cancer) who came to Rome for treatment in September 2007. I am very healthy, thanks to you, and I want to thank you again for curing me of my cancer. You are my hero!!! And I thank God every day for the work that you do to help so many people to be cancer-free. – V. E.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I have had what I thought was a nasal infection for several years and have tried every kind of substance to clear it up, only to get worse. For the past few months I have been using a saline solution mixed with xylitol (1 tea. ea. sea salt and xyiltol) which did a good job of cleaning out the nasal passage momentarily and making it quite evident I had a neoplasm approximately 1\” up the left nasal passage, starting to cause vertigo. After hearing of your work I added sodium bicarbonate to the saline/xylitol solution and sprayed it at least 10 times a day. Immediately I felt the s. bicarbonate contact the growth, around day 5 the solution aggravated the growth and the day after the growth collapsed, now the 10th day and there is complete regression, no discharge and breathing free. AMAZING. I hope the Lord continues to encourage you to bear fruit ahead of the medical establishment. – D. v. V. – USA

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NEUROTRANMITTER HISTAMINE

 AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW POINT BY F. BATMANGHELIDJ, M.D.


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Water Cure

The Water Cure Recipe:

Drink 1/2 your body weight of water in ounces, daily. Example 180 lb = 90 oz. of water daily. Divide that into 8 or 10 oz. glasses and that’s how many glasses you will need to drink, daily. Use 1/4 tsp. of salt for every quart of water you drink. Use salt liberally with food. As long as you drink the water, you can use the salt. Avoid caffeinated or alcoholic drinks. These are diuretics and will dehydrate you. Every 6 oz. of caffeine or alcohol requires an additional 10 to 12 oz. of water to re-hydrate you.

P.S. (USE clean water, never drink water from a PLASTIC container. Use non-refined, ocean salt ONLY ) ( You can find non-refined, gray, sea salt in any better health food store)

Dr. B recommends you drink at least a half-hour before meals and about 2 1/2 hours after meals for best results(after heavy meat meal as much as 4 hours).

… “Dehydration (92 % of North Americans are chronically dehydrated) is a devastating stress on the body and it’s cells. Signs of hunger may be a warning flag that your body is in need of a good drink. Try consuming several glasses of water before diving into a snack to see if that takes care of your craving. Because fruits are largely made up of water, they are perfect choices for a mid-afternoon treat.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR WATER & SALT INTAKE

This information comes from the books Dr. Batmanghelidj wrote.

The formula for water intake is half your weight in ounces of water divided by 5 or 6 for the number of times you can drink the water throughout the day and the size of the container or amount of water you drink each time. IMPORTANT: When you drink your water, get it down in 5-6 minutes, “Don’t nurse it”.

EXAMPLE: For a 300 lb. person – half is 150 ounces divided by 5 equals a 30 oz. bottle

Use a 32 oz. bottle 5 times a day or a 24 oz. bottle 6 times a day

SALT: Unrefined Sea salt is best (highest mineral content). When you add salt to water, use a measuring teaspoon. The rule of thumb is 1/8 teaspoon for every 16 oz.; 1/4 teaspoon for every 32 oz (1 quart); 1/2 teaspoon for 64 oz., or 1 full teaspoon for 1 gallon. (Some people will need less salt, others more). This is a starting point, not a set rule. You can just add the salt to your food or add the salt to the water and shake or stir it. The best way is to just throw the salt into your mouth and chase it with water. (Better way is to have one tea spoon of unrefined sea salt dissolved in a one gallon GLASS BOTTLE, ready to be used)

NOTE: If your ankles, fingers, or eyelids swell, don’t do the salt for two days, just drink the water. Then on the 3rd day begin taking the salt again. NOTE: If your kidneys are not working well, then don’t follow this program. If you still want to try it on your own, just drink one eight-ounce glass of water and wait until you go to the bathroom. Then drink another glass. When your kidneys come up to speed (input matches output), then start the salt slowly to make sure your kidneys are working ok.

I discovered that histamine is a vital chemical messenger in the brain. Histamine has a most important function not written about in medical textbooks. It is in charge of water intake and drought management in the body. It is less active when the body is fully hydrated, and becomes increasingly active when the body becomes dehydrated. This was the connection I was looking for. In short, histamine produces pain when an area in the body is suffering from drought!


I have seen water completely reverse conditions such as: Asthma. Angina. Hypertension. Migraine headaches. Arthritis pain. Back pain. Colitis pain and chronic constipation. Heartburn and hiatal hernia. Depression. Chronic fatigue syndrome. High cholesterol. Morning sickness. Overweight problems. Even heart problems needing bypass surgery.

A New and Natural Method of Treatment of Peptic Ulcer Disease

FROM NOVEMBER 1979 TO MAY 1982,  I had the "honor" of serving time at "Evin" prison, Tehran , Iran. Evin is the historical prison which has set the pace of revolution in the country. It is composed of several "blocks." At Evin, people experienced the course, dimensions, and (as a result of the power struggle from within) the transformation of the revolution. The conditions and the emotional aspects of life there could not be compared with the experiences or settings most readers have known. 

  A predominantly starch diet was available. There was no shortage of medication. A critical shortage of cell space at the onset woefully deteriorated. Any professional contact had to be in the presence of the guards, who were always suspicious! I was lucky to have been able to make my observations in Block 3 when I was waiting clarification of my own situation. There I could follow-up my patients before movement became restricted and inmates were confined to their completely isolated individual or group cells.

  Men and women from all walks of life, of all ages, under the prevailing uniform condition there, unfolded their particular response to different levels of stress.

  Clinically diagnosed peptic ulcer disease was one major manifestation of this stress.Younger people (men much more than women) presented the typical symptoms and signs, from simple epigastric pain experienced for the first time, to recurrence and exacerbation of complaints in patients with chronic ulcer disease. Symptoms even reached the point of semi-consciousness from the intensity of pain, suggesting impending perforation; intermittent pain during the day or night; pain which limited sleep; and continuous intense fluctuation pain. Melena with anemia and hematemesis, on many occasions, supported the clinical diagnosis.
  
  In January 1980, a chance incident forced me to treat one of the inmates , who late one night sought relief for unbearable pain, with 500 cc (two glasses) of water. His pain became less severe and then disappeared completely after 8 minutes. He was an experienced "sufferer" with a long history of repeated treatment, and found relief of pain with water a surprising but welcome experience, particularly as it permitted him to avoid any contact with the guards. He agreed to take the same amount of water every 3 hours as if he were maintaining a diet of nine "meals" a day, during his waking hours; he took three regular meals and six "water meals." The water intake was regular. Food was eaten as it arrived, to allow for the fluctuating time of arrival. The little pain he felt in between his "meals" became less severe and disappeared totally after 3 days. I told him to maintain this diet for 6 weeks. he was given no other type of medication. He had achieved a "clinical cure" with water only for the duration of his stay of a few months in the environment that had "caused" the symptomatic recurrence of an ulcer previously diagnosed by x-ray.
  
  The result of this simple method of "treatment" seemed now too good to be abandoned or ignored. I pointed out the advantages of not depending on medication by this method, under the circumstances, especially to those who had a long history and had tried various methods of treatment with the number of medications available. Those who tried the method were satisfied. The final acceptance by everyone in Block 3 came when a man in his 20s, who had a long history of duodenal ulcer disease, developed another episode of pain at 1 P.M. His symptoms gradually worsened; antacids that he had taken and the several tablets of cimetadine he had kept against such a day did not help. By 11 P.M., he had so much pain that he had become semiconscious. Absolute relief came in 20 minutes after swallowing 500 cc water followed by another 250 cc water 15 minutes later. This total recovery was a  source of amazement to me and to the young man's friends who could not believe his transformation. This simple method became the accepted standard treatment for peptic ulcer disease pain in Block 3 of Evin prison, accepted even by those who had political obsessions and personal prejudice.

The group of men in Block 3 were slowly changing because of investigation and sentencing. More and more, these men who suffered ulcer disease pain accepted this "new method" of treatment (recommended even now) now consisted of one glass of water (250cc) half an hour before meal, and an equal amount 2½ hours after each meal (i.e., 1,500 cc of water /day of 3 meals). The patients were told they could drink an extra amount if they were thirsty. The duration of treatment recommended was between 4 and 6 weeks, in keeping with the average time an actual ulcer would take to heal. 

  A "maintenance course" of a glass of water (250 cc) before breakfast and a similar amount 2½ hours after the three meals in "severe stress cases" proved most effective.

  High urine volume and, therefore, sodium loss produced cramps in some of the first patients. As a result, extra salt intake with meals was recommended. Some of the people taking this treatment had to get up in the middle of the night to urinate. These two physiological side effects were the only observed disadvantages to this method of treatment.
  
  The repeated positive results even in patients with a long history of duodenal ulcer disease who responded to treatment with water, who even chose this method in preference to the standard medication methods of treatment, even when antacids, H2 blocking agents, and anticholinergics were readily available, indicated to me that we were dealing with a physiological correctable or controllable state. As a result of lucky access to printed information on peptides of the GI tract, the subsequent stage of my clinical formulations became feasible. 

  During the last part of confinement, I became involved at the main prison hospital which drew patients from section clinics. Many patients with hematemesis* and/or melena with low blood pressure and/or low hematocrit were seen. They were treated with blood transfusion (up to 8-10 X 250-450 cc of blood to maintain a systolic blood pressure of 90 - 100 mm mercury or a hematocrit of 30). Except for the first ill patient who was given cimetidine (4 tablets of 200 mg for 2 days only, with a supplement of a late night injection of cimetidine again only for 2 days), none of the patients received chemical medication. They were provided with a large jug of strong sugar-sweetened water, with instructions to drink a glass every hour. This period gradually increased to a glass every 1½ hours and then every 2 hours. After 36-48 hours when a feeling of "hunger" would begin, light food with water according to the foregoing schedule was the only treatment needed; i.e., once again, the clinical improvement was definite and no medicines (antacid or H2 blocking agents) were necessary to reestablish improvement. No surgery became necessary. There was no mortality from GI bleeding in these patients. No recurrence of bleeding was seen.

[NOTE: *Hematemesis or haematemesis is the vomiting of blood. The source is generally the upper gastrointestinal tract, typically above the suspensory muscle of duodenum. Patients can easily confuse it with hemoptysis (coughing up blood), although the latter is more common. Hematemesis "is always an important sign". Hematemesis indicates that the bleeding is from the upper gastrointestinal tract, usually from the esophagus, stomach, or proximal duodenum. Occasionally hemoptysis or vomiting of swallowed blood from epistaxis can be confused with hematemesis.]

 [NOTE: The hematocrit, also known by several other names, is the volume percentage of red blood cells in blood. It is normally 45% for men and 40% for women. Blood is composed mainly of red blood cells and white blood cells suspended in an almost clear fluid called serum. The hematocrit test indicates the percentage of blood by volume that is composed of red blood cells. The condition called "anemia" results from having too few red blood cells.]

The authorities, who by now could not block to ignore these results any longer, conducted an unofficial trial of their own. They had a  questionnaire, which I drew up, reproduced in multiple copies. In a closed "off-limits" section with 600 persons, 240 (40%) were using medication to treat their "ulcer" pain. These people filled out the form and went on the water treatment. The result was dramatic. Water treatment for peptic ulcer disease became the standard form of treatment for that institution and has survived beyond my enthusiasm and incarceration!

  During the 2½ years in prison, I must have seen well over 3,000 patients with ulcer symprom. I follow-up about 600. The follow-up information from the rest came to me from their guards, from physicians in charge of other sections, and from chance meetings or messages received. The almost total lack of demand for antacid from the pharmacy during the last few months was an indicator of the success of this treatment, which had spread to all the sections. Even the prison authorities adopted this method for themselves, for they too suffered from peptic ulcer! The final recognition came when my captors, who earlier would have shot me with the least excuse, later confirmed in writing to the Medical Council, the  effectiveness of this new method of treatment of peptic ulcer disease, requesting them to inform the medical profession of Iran through their journal. 

  The implications of this method of treatment seem important, especially the importance or usefulness of "a glass of water" as a diagnostic tool. The following points deserve emphasis:

  1. Experience with thousands of patients showed that simple, clinical peptic ulcer disease complaints, the ones in whom a doctor would not suspect a complication, respond to this method of treatment. One glass of water (250 cc) relieves pain within 3 - 8 minutes. Sometimes a little more may be necessary.

  2. A few cases of "appendix pain" without other clinical manifestations also responded and became pain-free. Be it from a response of the ileocoecal valve or a cutaneous representation of common thoracic nerve roots, this observation indicates that a



site of pain other than epigastric may herald a clinical picture of duodenal ulcer (d.u) disease. 

  3. Of the few patients who did not respond to this treatment, further questioning and investigation revealed other pathology. A colleague's case diagnosed a "d.u." when he adopted this method of treatment for his patients (he is conducting an open trial), developed severe "pain and signs" precipitating the need for diagnostic surgery. The condition proved to be acute cholecystitis.

  4. In the majority of patients, the relief of pain was preceded by eructation of gas "indicating" that the passage of diluted acid was made possible after what may be relaxation of the pyloric sphincter. 






  In view of this experience, I suggest that a different interpretation of the "absolute" validity of the design and the conclusions of the "randomized clinical trials" on peptic ulcer is necessary. The water used to swallow a "pill," be it the actual medicine under test or the placebo control (up to now considered inert), has proven to have a definite (physiological) effect of its own. It is possible to theorize that water has its effect before the pharmacologic substance under study achieved optimum blood levels. My experience also suggests that the high cure rate with placebo in controlled studies reported up to now were not without a good reason. Any interpretation or comparison of medication against "placebo" should be reconsidered, due to the body's response to water as a "natural medicine," although in insufficient volume and not at the peak of secretion of acid (in d.u. patients). I think that water must be essential in maintaining homeostasis through the appropriate peptides in the region. 

Acknowledgments
  In this preliminary observation, the author thanks all the friends and foes who made these observations possible; the dedicated colleagues still in captivity who were of constant support and who have developed genuine belief in this method of treatment : Dr. David Fulmer of Princeton Medical Group who became a supporting voice even before seeing the author; Dr M. Litt, chairman of the Bio-Engineering Department , University of  Pennsylvania, who has given the author temporary access to the facilities of the University:  Dr. Mary Berwick, Bio-Medical Library, University of Pennsylvania, whose search indicates that the author must face the questions on this particular method of treatment alone; and finally Professor Iraj Zandi, University of Pennsylvavia, for his enthusiastic support. 

F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.
Princeton, New Jersey

Write for reprints to: F. Batmanghelidj, M.D., P.O.Box 1512, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. 

To determine how much water you need each day, divide your body weight in half. The answer is the approximate number of water ounces you should drink daily.

Water Cure Ankylosing Spondylitis

This letter is reproduced here to show that, even after 30 years, the excruciating pain of ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis of the spinal column) can be cured with water and some salt. 

March 18, 1996

To: Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.
℅ Global Health Solutions
PO BOX 3189
Falls Church, VA 22043.

Dear Dr.  Batmanghelidj;

  I'm responding to your request for information on how your book 
'Your Body's Many Cries for Water helped me.

  Enclosed find a book report I wrote for my newsletter, STRAWS IN THE WIND.  The report is self-explanatory, but I want to update you in as much that I continue to be pain-free with my ankylosis spondylitis one year after starting the water/salt regime. My blood pressure is normal.

  I thank God every day for allowing me to finally be pain-free, thanks to Dr. batmanghelidj's great book.  The Mayo Clinic told me back in 1965 that there "was no cure for my form of arthritis." I would appreciate it if you would forward a copy of this letter (and book report) to the, in the hope that they will finally wake up to the fact that there is a cure for ankylosis spondylitis.

  The paradigm shift is on, and if the Mayo Clinic doesn't want to get caught up in the dust cloud, they'd better get with the program.

  Who ever said we don't have any modern day heroes? Dr Batmanghelidj is mine!

  May God bless you doctor.

Sincerely,
(Signature)
Lloyd Palmer
Editor/Publisher
STRAWS IN THE WIND

Gabriel's Enterprises
PO Box 513 • Albert Len, MN 56007
(507) 373-5742.

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Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that affects the spine. Ankylosing spondylitis symptoms include pain and stiffness from the neck down to the lower back. The spine's bones (vertebrae) fuse together, resulting in a rigid spine.





Day After Day ... Patient After Patient ...
The Results Prove the Healing Power of Water

I have used water to cure people who were suffering from "incurable" diseases. I have cured people who suffered for 10 years, 20 years, even 30 years from painful conditions produced by dehydration.

The Mayo Clinic had pronounced Lloyd Palmer, of Minnesota, as incurable. Since 1965 he had suffered from excruciatingly painful arthritis of his spinal column -- ankylosing spondylitis. His spine twisted and lost movement until, he says, he became a "walking comma."

He suffered pain for 31 years, until he started to drink water and take salt. He writes: "I continue to be pain-free with my ankylosis spondylitis one year after starting the water/salt regime. My blood pressure is normal as well. I thank God every day for allowing me to finally be pain-free." Lloyd Palmer's story is so incredible that Paul Harvey reported it on his ABC News program. He also wrote a syndicated column, printed in a few hundred newspapers.

In a recent news broadcast on ABC television, Peter Jennings announced that 110 million Americans suffer from chronic pains. The breakthrough medical information these people need to regain their health is now in your hands. Empower yourself -- increase your knowledge of persistent dehydration and its "calling cards," now that you have the opportunity. Learn the secrets to a much longer pain-free life.

Attention! It is easy to understand what water does in your body, but bear in mind there is more to it than just simply drinking water. You must learn to rehydrate your body gradually and carefully. You need to recognize your own particular early indicators of thirst. Not everyone is the same. You must learn what can happen to your own body when it becomes dehydrated. Not every body registers drought in the same way. Depending on where the drought has settled, the initial indicators are different in different people.

Q. Is there more to the cure program than just water?

A. Yes, there is much more. In the same way you need a road map to drive through a new country, you need more information to understand, prevent, even reverse complications of dehydration. The detailed information in My Natural Miracle Cure Program is vital for your initiation into the new art of self-healing. My information is exclusive and you will not find it elsewhere.

WARNING! You must learn how to start drinking water in a way that you do not collect water in your lungs-- particularly if you have been dehydrated for some time, or if you are on medications-- and eventually wish to get off medications.

In My Natural Miracle Cure Program I will show you how to:

• Cure virtually all pains at no cost -- forever -- without drugs, surgery, acupuncture, herbal prescriptions, manipulation, homeopathy, meditation, bio-feedback, hypnosis, or other commercial ways used for relief of pain.

• Reduce your blood pressure naturally, without any harmful medication -- such as diuretics that further dehydrate the body. When blood pressure is raised, the body is operating a water-rationing program -- it has to raise the pressure to inject filtered water into vital cells. This is why diuretics are slow poisons that surely and prematurely kill. Wise up to this discovery if you or someone you know is suffering from high blood pressure! I am not selling water. I am sharing this information with you free of charge. But you need to know more.

• Lower your blood cholesterol without medication.

• Add many healthy pain-free years to your life.

• Lose unwanted pounds of excess weight. Look and feel years younger. Donna Gutkowski's letter on page 111 of Your Body’s Many Cries for Water tells her story of how she lost 40 pounds of unsightly weight before she got married. "I can walk down the aisle looking better than I have looked in 15 years."

• Regain your youthful skin. Get rid of "crow's feet" on your face.

• Increase your mental power and alertness.

• Become stress-free. Don't forget, the stress-relieving and disease-curing miracles of water were first discovered in a harsh political prison.

• Prevent and cure migraine headaches. (Read Mavis Butler's astonishing letter on page 52 of the Cries for Water book, and discover how water changed her life. At times she did not wish to live because of long-lasting headaches that kept her in bed for days on end -- in pain!)

• Prevent Alzheimer's disease. Regain your memory, even in old age. THINK! The brain is 85 percent water. When water in the brain becomes insufficient, the brain shrinks. The plum-like cells become prune-like. Only in their natural fully hydrated state are brain cells able to connect and "talk" to one another, and we are able to remember things. This is why my research indicates that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by chronic dehydration of the brain cells. When dehydrated, many brain cells die. Unlike other cells in the body, new brain cells are not produced to replace the dying ones. Learn to prevent brain cells’ early death. Learn to even partially reverse some of the damages of dehydration of your brain.

• Prevent heart disease. Cure angina pain. Read the letters on pages 92 and 93 from Sam Liguori and 90-year-old Loretta Johnson, long-time angina sufferers whose conditions were cured completely.

• Regain the sexual powers of your earlier years.

• Learn to give your body what it needs. Avoid giving it substances that cause further problems. Most medications are nothing less than slow poisons with dangerous side effects. They do not correct the on-going problem of dehydration.

• Cure asthma in a few days - forever. In chapter 9 of my book, you will read how asthma and allergies occur. You will read testimonials from several asthma sufferers who describe how water and salt saved them from constant shortness of breath, and possible suffocation and death from a more severe attack of asthma. They are just a few of the 14 million asthmatics in this country -- 12 million of them children. Several thousand die every year from suffocation. Dehydration that manifests itself in the form of asthma in still-developing children will undoubtedly produce some genetic damage -- because of altered DNA environment in dehydrated cells. Please join me in my crusade to end asthma in five years. We can do it. All you need to do is to understand how it occurs. You can then advise others who suffer from asthma. The simplicity and effectiveness of the cure is a miracle. You cannot stand on the sidelines of this human suffering!

Side note on asthma - to make your blood boil a little more. If you take a look at two feature articles on asthma, one in Life Magazine of May 1997 and the other in Newsweek of May 20, 1997, you will weep for the asthmatic children who are forced to live on constant medication of some sort or another lest they suffocate to death. Naturally, there are quite a number of full page ads for the same recommended drugs in each magazine. Newsweek magazine’s science editor has for some time been aware of my discovery that asthma denotes a "state of dehydration," yet there is no mention of my natural and free asthma cure in the article. I can only assume that advertising dollars are more important to the magazine than the simple cure that is now available for asthmatics!









Testimonials:

Lloyd Palmer of Albert Len, Minn., suffered from arthritis of the spinal column for 30 years. Gradually, the disease ankylosed.

Ankylosing spondylosis is the kind of arthritis that leaves a patient so crippled – so “bent over” – that Palmer described himself as “a walking comma.”

But he read the Batmanghelidj book. He started drinking copious quantities of water (with some added salt). He is now pain-free, and his blood pressure is normal. It is not easy to drink that much water. It’s recommended that water be consumed between meals. That makes it more difficult to many. But Dr. Batmanghelidj says water intake is intended to “help digestion rather than dilute the food. Why added salt? “Salt helps to extract the acidity and carry it away from the medium.” At first glance, these may seem to be miracle cures. But an understanding of mechanisms of these disease easily explains the “water cure.” Adequate hydration ensures normal blood flow, relieving migraines, and keeps at bay the triggers, such as histamine that prompt an asthma attack.

Improvement in the aches and pains of arthritis also make sense, given that 85 percent of cartilage and virtually all of the synovial fluid lubricating the joints are water. Drinking water also restores the protective mucous membranes of the GI tract, soothing ulcers and other stomach problems. Furthermore, water is nature’s best diuretic If you are experiencing chronic dehydration from not drinking enough water, or from drinking water-depleting drinks such as coffee, beer or beverages containing sugar, your body tries to prevent respiratory water loss by producing histamines which close off the capillaries in your lungs. Through the constriction of these capillaries, water loss is reduced, but of course breathing is made far more difficult. It’s important to understand that the body is doing this on purpose. The body is producing histamines as a strategy, not as a disease or something gone awry. The body wants to constrict the capillaries in your lungs because it is trying to save your brain. There’s another fascinating point on chronic dehydration and weight loss that’s worth mentioning here, too: many people who are attempting to lose weight end up in a state of chronic dehydration because they don’t want to drink water for fear that it will add “water weight” to their bodies. They actually impair their body’s ability to metabolize fat because they’re afraid to drink enough water on a regular basis. In reality, being fully hydrated is a prerequisite to weight loss. If you want to lose weight, you have to give your body enough water so that it’s no longer in a state of emergency. When the body is in a state of chronic dehydration, or a state of emergency, it will not let go of fat supplies easily. It wants to hold on to everything it can eat or drink. The only way to convince your body to let go of body fat, and start metabolizing body fat, is to drink a lot of water – enough water so that your body feels safe in letting go of unneeded calories. (Remember: water has zero calories, is low-carb, and has zero grams of fat, so drink up!) Heartburn, arthritis, lupus, asthma, ‘high cholesterol’, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer formation, hot flushes and menstrual problems, obesity, allergies, bulimia, chronic fatigue syndrome, ME, angina, lower back pain, gout, kidney stones, skin disorders, diabetes, fungal/yeast overgrowths, multiple sclerosis, allergies, migraine headaches, general aches and pains, morning sickness, depression, heavy/burdensome periods, colitis, dyspepsia, peptic ulcers.

All, in various ways, linked to a chronic state of dehydration?

•Brain function: The brain comprises 2% of the body’s total weight, yet receives 15-20% of the blood supply, mostly comprised of water. Dehydration will affect cognitive ability drastically, and, through histamine’s action, can create depressive states (many anti-depressant medications are anti-histamines).

•Bone function: Bones require plentiful supplies of water. 75% of the weight of the upper body, for instance, is supported by the water core contained within the fifth lumbar disc, the remaining 25% by muscle fibers around the spine.





•Nerve function: Microstreams exist along the length of nerves which transport nutrients and conduct energy along microtubules to the synapses to transmit messages. Dehydration disrupts proper nerve function, resulting in the sensation of pain.

•Hydrolysis: Water, far from being an inert solvent, is intricately involved in the body’s water-dependent chemical reactions. Lack of water means incomplete or faulty metabolic processes, with obvious implications for continued health and well-being. Proteins and enzymes, for instance, do not function as well in acidic solutions of higher viscosity (stickiness) where the body is dehydrated.

•Cellular energy: As water is drawn through the cell membrane, its osmotic flow generates a voltage gradient which can be used in the manufacture of ATP and GTP energy. Dehydration will obviously affect the proper functioning of cells and even kill them.

• Histamine: This neurotransmitter plays a major role in activating systems which encourage water intake when dehydration is detected. Functions in the body which consume large quantities of water are cut back, namely the bronchial tubes constricted to cut down on water use in the lungs; increased peristalsis in the bowels to wring more water out of faecal material, and so on. Other signs of histamine’s activity, namely allergies, asthma, depression and chronic pains, are interpreted by the physician as ‘disease’ and treated with anti-histamines, pain-killers (analgesics), etc. Thus the signals of thirst are turned off and the dehydration state continues unabated.

•Dyspepsia (heartburn/reflux): Over time, this can lead to ulceration and even cancer. Dr Batmanghelidj recommends that these conditions – also gastritis andduodenitis – be treated with water alone as they are one of the body’s major thirst signals. Arrested in his native Iran by the Revolutionary Council during the troubles of the late 1970’s, Dr B was confined to Evin prison, Tehran, during which time he successfully treated with water alone over three thousand people complaining of dyspeptic pain and associated symptoms.

•Digestion: Requires plentiful supplies of water. The stomach relies on mucus lining the walls to shield it from the effects of the stomach’s hydrochloric acid. A bicarbonate solution is produced from the cells in the lining which neutralises any acid attempting to break through the mucus. Water is needed to maintain this effective defence system. Too little water, and the mucus barrier is ineffectual, the acid will penetrate and will lead to pain. Ideally, water should be consumed half an hour before a meal, in time to anticipate the production of digestive acid from glands in the stomach wall.

•Ulcers: Often located at the valve between the stomach and duodenum. Said to be caused by curved bacteria known as helicobacters( Heliobactor pylori). Yet many people have helicobacters in their small intestine and stomach, yet not all of them suffer from ulcers. Histamine-producing nerves are located at this site, which monitor the through-put of acidic food chyme from the stomach into the intestine. Histamine has growth-hormone effects on these micro-organisms, resulting in small intestine bacterial overgrowths . Once again, an adequate regime of water intake will allow all the functions relating to digestion to normalize. Prolonged water intake should therefore be considered before more drastic drug treatments are entered into.

Interview with Dr.B: 
Heartburn can be cured with water. I use the word “cured” because it is a sign of dehydration. When you cure dehydration, the disease will go.

Not only asthma, allergies and lupus, but also heartburn which is a major problem in the United States.

Yes, yes. Actually, water will cure heartburn much faster than any medication.

So if you’re having heartburn after a spicy dinner, just drink a bunch of water?

The best thing is to drink water before food. Drink water half an hour before food if you’re a heartburn sufferer. That is the best time because that water will go into the stomach and then into the intestines and get absorbed. Then that water is re-secreted entirely in the stomach, simultaneously priming the mucus membrane to receive food. And, water is in the stomach to be used for liquefaction of food – to break it, to prepare the food into smaller particles so they can be absorbed. That is what water does. If you don’t drink water beforehand, the body doesn’t have enough water that it can liberate for other activity. Any water that is in your body is already engaged in an activity. You need fresh water for fresh activity. If you’re introducing solid food, this is a fresh activity. You need fresh water to dissolve it and break it down.

Basically, the major pains of the body, such as, heartburn, rheumatoid joint pain, back pain, colitis pain, migraine headaches, fibromyalgic pain, even angina pain are signs of dehydration in the human body. Where you have pain, it’s showing that that area is dehydrated. The mechanism is very simple. Toxic chemical waste builds up when you don’t drink enough water. If there is not enough water to wash away the chemical toxic waste from an area that is still active metabolizing, then toxic waste builds up. Histamine is a main neurotransmitter in charge of water regulation in the body. Histamine is the element that everyone takes antihistamine for, but histamine is a good guy. It is regulating the available water in the body according to very strict rules.

You don’t want to dry it up with antihistamine.

No.

It’s harming your body.

Yes. What you want to do is provide the water that histamine is seeking. Once you give the body water, it acts as an antihistamine itself. In other words, histamine is no longer concerned with dehydration.

And then salt is really important too. In your book you mention that the salt works on your brain cells and prevents Alzheimer’s Disease.

Yes. The brain is 85 percent water and it lives in a salty lake. It is encased in a salty lake. Cerebral spinal fluid is a very salty environment and in order to make it salty, salt is pumped into this environment constantly. Salt is responsible for taking acid out of the brain cells. There are nine trillion brain and nerve cells that constantly chatter to one another. They use up energy and there is toxic waste. There is acidity involved in the toxic waste. Salt goes into the cell and pushes the acid out. And then this acid is taken out of the system by a mechanism of pumping systems and taken to the kidneys and flushed out. If we are short of salt and the toxic waste builds up in the cell environment of the brain, then hydrogen iron acidity, which lowers the pH making it more acidic, will eat away into the brain cell mechanism.

We’re told not to have salt because of the high blood pressure.

This is where medical science has gone wrong because the human body retains salt in order to keep a body of water outside of the cells of the body. From this body of water, which is called edema fluid, water is filtered and injected into the vital cells. There is a reverse osmosis program that the body operates. The drier the body becomes the higher the injection pressure has to be for the operation of the reverse osmosis. This injection pressure is measurable and we call it hypertension. This injection pressure force is needed in order to force water into the vital cells. You take water and some salt and expand the volume of water outside of the cells and allow water to get into the cells and this need for reverse osmosis that operates across the board in the body is taken away and so the blood pressure drops. So water and salt are better medications for lowering blood pressure.

That is so interesting. Now, does this have any affect on diabetes?

Diabetes is another sign of dehydration. The brain needs water, 85 percent water and it needs salt. If your body is short of water and is low in salt, the body has to resort to make the blood a little more sweet or sugar it for asthmatic purposes and also to shut down secretion of insulin. Once insulin is secreted, it opens up the gates into all the cells and sugar will rush in, other elements will rush in and water will rush in. Insulin is the key to the gates for intake of elements into the cells of the body.

In dehydration, this key has to be inhibited because otherwise it will embarrass the circulation. But the brain will receive both the water and the sugar that the other cells are not receiving. In dehydration, the hydroelectric energy that water will generate in the brain is diminished so it needs more sugar to convert into energy elements.

So there is a logic behind old age diabetes. Insulin dependent diabetes is one of the autoimmune diseases which again is produced by dehydration.

So tumors cannot exist if you are well hydrated inside the body. If it’s that simple to reverse all these negative processes that are going on in the body that are harmful to us, then would this have an effect on our aging? Can we reverse the aging process?

Aging is a complication of dehydration because when you age, you gradually lose water from the surface of your skin. The circulation to the surface will diminish and gradually as the skin loses water, there isn’t anything coming back in its place. So you get the creases and t

This is so amazing. It makes me feel like all of us are just walking around, just drying up. Get more water!

Absolutely, we are all drying up. You see a lot of these people with spider veins and varicose veins. They are salt-deficient.

How much salt do you put in water?

You need basically 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt per quart of water. Sea salt contains the other sea minerals, 84 different minerals in trace quantities which are vital. A quarter teaspoon is 1-1/2 grams. One teaspoon is six grams. The body needs basically three to four grams of salt a day. That is when you are taking 10 glasses of water. If you are not taking the 10 glasses of water, a build up of salt intake will gradually make you swell. You need to constantly measure yourself. If you suddenly have gone up two or three pounds in two days, you have retained too much salt. Just drink water, don’t take salt for one day and then continue the next day.

Any pain you have in your body, assume initially it is due to dehydration. Pain in the body is a sign of dehydration in 99 cases out of 100. You need to drink water before your food, to have it available for the act of chewing, swallowing, breaking down food, absorbing and metabolizing the particles. You need water if you are exercising, before the exercise, because the exercise will expand your vascular bed and you will sweat more and you become very quickly dehydrated. So it is best to take water beforehand. You need water before you sleep because for eight hours you are going to be drying up gradually. In the hot bed, you perspire. Your vascular system expands. You breathe out a lot of water. You manufacture urine even though you don’t evacuate it until the morning. So you are dehydrated by first thing in the morning. The first thing in the morning, drink two glasses of water. It’s the best laxative there is. Within a half hour, two to three glasses of water will produce a better result if you are fully hydrated.

Those of you who are familiar with the work of the late Dr B. may own his book called “The Water Cure,” or “Water for health, for Healing, for Life: You’re Not Sick, You’re Thirsty.” He’s also the author of “Your Body’s Many Cries for Water.” Essentially, Dr. B is the foremost authority on the relationship between the consumption of water and states of health or disease in the human body..”

Body Electronics states : an indication you are drinking proper amount of water is when your urine does NOT discolor the water in the toilet bowl. Urine color should be EXTREMLY pale yellow ,almost clear. Please note: liquids like coffee, alcohol, various pops( like Coca Cola ,etc.), juices and teas are not water. These liquids require additional amounts of water ( double the amount of the ingested liquids) to be resolved and eliminated from your body. Water, the solvent of the body ( and best solvent on the planet),regulates ALL functions, including the activity of the solutes it dissolves and circulates.( minerals ,vitamins ,hormones, etc.)Water, with unrefined sea salt, prevents dry and itchy skin, excessive flatulence, CONSTIPATION ( with nowadays refined foods it is wise to supplement with psyllium fiber), dry nostrils and dry eyes,urinary incontinence and excessive flatulence. Hydrated skin will also look younger.

The intestines secrete a substance called motilin, which stimulates peristalsis; the waves of muscular activity that move food through digestive tract. Motilin is secreted in direct proportion to the amount of water one drinks. Lack of water will definitely lead to constipation. Such water intake produces copious amount of saliva which helps to alkalize various parts of your body ( with exception of your stomach , the rest of your body needs to be predominantly alkaline).If the acidic stomach contents without dilution and proper amount of alkaline saliva enter, the pancreas must secrete a watery bicarbonate solution into the duodendum or upper portion of the small intestine to rise the pH. In a state of dehydration this becomes very difficult and a body is faced with a dilemma; it can allow acidic stomach contents into the duodendum and risk damage and ulcers, or it can reverse peristalsis to send some of the food back towards the esophagus thus causing heartburn, acid reflux, nausea, hiatus hernia, what can possibly causeosophageal cancer.” Proper hydration will cure urinary incontinence, excessive flatulence,dry and itchy skin, dry nostrils, dry eyes (hydrated skin will also lookyounger).

Ancients knew that our body is made of four elements; water, earth(minerals),air and fire( energy).Water is a magical substance , the only one available in a solid, liquid and gaseous state simultaneously. Our body is about 75 % water, 15 % solids and 10 % air.( our brains are 90 % water). A water molecule at room temperature is not simply a H2O but 300-400 H2O joined together to form a GRAND MOLECULE ,which form net like structure. Healthy water has a high content of dissolved oxygen and responds to various pollutants by encapsulating them. Chlorine ,fluoride and many other pollutants have a devastating effect on water. Fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons due to their capacity to modify the metabolism of cells by changing the permeability of the cell membrane and by inhibiting certain enzyme systems. Inorganic ( non –cheleated) minerals commonly found in drinking water cannot be utilized by the body and are a health risk. Use cheleated or colloidal( trace) minerals.Tap water contains hundreds of harmful chemicals like dioxin,( remember Agent Orange used in defoliation of Vietnam forests, a very powerful carcinogen),aldicarb, polychlorinated biphenols, trichloroethylene, alachlor, lead, arsenic, aluminum( added to some water supplies to make it sparkle),mercury, asbestos, chloroform, methylene chloride, bromoform and countless others. New Scientist magazine reported that polluted water can cause brain damage ( your brain is 90-95 % water) that turns ordinary people into violent criminals. Toxic metals found in our drinking water ( never keep water, or anything else, in a plastic container) are linked to crime rates. For example; lead inhibits the action of glial cells and manganese interferes with levels of serotonin and dopamine , chemical messengers in the brain, linked to mood and behavior. Fluoride is not biodegradable, it causes genetic damage, and damages collagen production in bones. Fluoride is an immune system inhibitor and even in very small amounts slows down white blood cells.

Also read under “Health”…..”Hormone mimickers”

Disclaimer: The above is provided for your education only and is not intended as any diagnosis or cure. If you have a medical problem ,visit a medical provider of your choice.

⇧Tips for self-management of low back pain: 
  Restrict bed-rest to no more than 2 days.
 Change positions frequently.
 Utilize heat.







Use Reclining Lajin Position daily, 10 to 40 minutes daily.