These are posts to Earth Clinic. I have tested many of them and been amazed at the results. That doesn’t mean everybody will experience these same results. Needless to say, PLEASE DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH regarding these products! Have a healthy skepticism any time a particular product is mentioned in one of the posts. If you can, test different products/brands and decide for yourself which one is the best.

My ex-husband was very sick yesterday, for instance. He had had a virus for a couple of days, typical cold/flu symptoms. Then yesterday he also developed a sharp pain in his right side, just below his ribs. We both thought his symptoms sounded like gallbladder inflammation. This was new to me. I was one of those lucky people who had assymptomatic gallstones discovered when I was in a car wreck (the other guy’s fault, of course) and the hospital performed not an MRI but the other test. Surgery went smoothly, recovery was great. Anyway, I read on Earth Clinic about Apple Cider Vinegar and apple juice being used to treat gallbladder pain. I had no apple juice - so gave him ACV and water. It got better instantly, but a couple of hours later he ate a bacon sandwich and the pain was back. Quite a bad pain.

I went back on Earth Clinic and read about the lemon juice, baking soda concoction and mixed him a glass of that. The pain was mostly gone in about 15 minutes and totally gone within an hour. Today he has no pain and is simply and understandably exhausted from yesterday. So, I have learned that these old-fashioned remedies often work and they often work when prescribed medications do not - which is how people end up at Earth Clinic. Funny but people go to the doctor and try all the expensive medications FIRST. When they see no improvement, they go to Earth Clinic. I think it is advisable to reverse the order of seeking cures. Still, you do not want to fool around with certain symptoms: what if this had been his appendix; (Earth Clinic may have suggestions on treating an inflamed appendix!) you do not want an appendix to rupture while you try self-treating.

Because so many people are without health insurance and even with health insurance are not able to afford doctor’s visits, tests, and medications, this is an invaluable website for many thousands of people from all over the world. It is the first place I go when someone here has a problem. So many cures involve apple cider vinegar, baking soda, and peroxide, that it seems foolhardy not to take a tsp. of apple cider vinegar every day. Take it in honey, another one of those near-miracle ingredients.

People write in to Earth Clinic describing their symptoms and medical history and Ted suggests natural remedies. People also write in with their own cures for the various problems. Ted has a background in chemistry, I believe, and his contributions to Earth Clinic are free - he has a kind and caring heart.

6/22/2008: Susan from Central, Kentucky writes: "I also have found vinegar to be great for the laundry. I use the cheap white vinegar and reserve the organic ACV for drinking. I started adding vinegar to the wash cycle filling up the fabric softener and bleach dispenser with vinegar. I also add some baking soda directly in the wash tub. I have eliminated fabric softener as well as bleach and use 1/2 the amount of detergent since vinegar and baking soda softens clothes, baking soda is a cleaning booster and whitener while the vinegar destroys odors and bacteria. I have found that trying to go green is usually healthier too. Hope this serves as inspiration to others. I love this website and have gotten so many useful tips and ideas since March 08. I will report later on my findings on some of the cures."

A WHISTLE

06/22/2008: TAN KOON PENG (tankoonpeng@hotmail.com) from SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE writes: "Survival Remedies: A whistle is a useful device for attracting attention in times of emergency. You can use it when hiking in the mountains.It will be handy if you are lost or injured and need help. Use it when boating and it can attract attraction easily should the boat overturn. Use it when you are caught in a an natural disaster to get resucer to your aid. Women can also use it for personal protection.

CAYENNE PEPPER READER FEEDBACK

[YEA] 06/22/2008: Chad from Houston, Texas writes: "I had the worst sore throat for 2 days. Could barely swallow. I tried garling w/ salt water and hydrogen peroxide. Both worked very little. I saw the Cayenne Pepper cure and gave it a shot. Instead of gargling, I put it in a cup of regular coffee. Approx. 1/8 to 1/4 of cayenne. Amazing after one hour my throat felt 90% better and the coffee tasted good. Had one more cup 4 hours later and that cured it. I'm in awe how well it worked."

[YEA] 02/25/2008: Kelly from Colorado Springs, Colorado writes: "Well, after 2 visits to the doctor in 5 days due to a SEVERE sore throat with sores and white spots, I really thought I had strep throat. I tested negative both times, but my throat was so sore that I sat on my couch and cried. I haven't slept in 3 nights because it's just getting more and more worse, even after going to the store and buying $20 worth of medicines for colds and sore throats.

I gargled with salt water, took 3 kinds of throat drops, ate ice cream to let it slide down my throat for any relief that I could get. Nothing worked. I even used a sinus rinse that you can buy in Walmart to cleanse out my sinuses. Still, nothing worked. Then thinking I was doomed to be sick forever (it seems like that when your miserable), I googled sore throat remedies and found this website. I, like everyone else, was sick and tired of being sick and tired and looking for SOME form a relief.

I went ahead and tried the warm water and cayenne straight up since I felt I couldn't possibly feel any worse, and it WORKED! IT REALLY WORKS! I plan on keeping it up until it's totally gone, but I'm feeling like my old self again! I betcha by tomorrow I'll feel like going outside! My husband is in another state at the moment, but he's got the same thing that I have, so I told him and he's on his way to the store right now! Thank you so VERY, VERY MUCH for this LIFE SAVING information!"

YEA] 06/24/2008: Betsy from Morrow, Georgia writes: "My 96 year old Grandmother insisted on 2 Tbl of vinegar 3 times a day in something you were drinking. She was right and vinegar continues to my answer for just about everything. 2 Tblspoons in your drink, every day and you should never be sick. A week before she passed away, she was reminding me to drink my vinegar!"

TED'S REMEDIES

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "Cancer treatment and cures has been well documented, but apparently most of the general population is not aware of. So I will summarize just the basics and will cut and paste for more details. It's pretty straightforward.

Firstly, cancer could possibly be a vitamin B17 deficiency. The compound I first found out about in the early 1970s was called laetrile or commonly known as amydalin. Amydalin is found in apple seed and apricot seeds. The Hunzas people, where cancer is virtually unknown, consume 4-8 apricot seeds a day.

Secondly, I read that German scientists who can actually view live cells and viruses, found that eating raw vegetables (without sugar) will cure cancer. Cancer is also considered a metabolic disorder.

Thirdly, since cancer is a metabolic disorder, STAY ABSOLUTELY AWAY FROM SUGAR, fried foods (fried foods contain cancer causing chemicals called acrylamide. It is also found in potato chips.) Microwave cooking and overcooked foods contained unnatural proteins which also causes cancer. I must make note that higher living beings make use of L-Amino Acid (which is a left hand amino acids) while lower life forms make use of the opposite sometime. So if you microwave the food you are going to get lots of R-Amino acid, which may be cancer causing since you are promoting viral cancers.

Fourthly, Hopi Indians and Hunzas traditionally do not get cancer because their foods are high in either Rubidium and Cesium, both of these cause alkalinity in your blood to be high in pH which increases oxygenation of blood. Taking about 2-3 grams a day (mix with sorbitol) and aloe vera oil helps. Cancer will soften up within a month.

Go here to learn about aloe vera and cesium chloride: source:

Viruses and cancer thrive on glucose sugar but do not like oxygen. There is a scientist who won a Nobel Prize on treatment of cancer by oxygenating the blood reduces cancer. His name is Otto Warburg. You can go here: source:

A popular therapy to use when you have cancer is to get hydrogen peroxide and drink regularly. The method of treatment is about 0.1 - 0.5% concentration. Get food grade hydrogen peroxide and mix with water. I drink this regularly for the past 10 years, and for some reason, I rejuvenated and my skin condition got clear. I also used for treatment of colds and viruses. You can go here to read about cancer using hydrogen peroxide and oxygen therapies: source:

Fifth, there is a doctor who was cured of cancer just eating raw vegetarian diets. She recommended patients and was also successful.

Sixth, Germanium and Cancer. Germanium is an unusual element in that it has the ability to increase oxygenation to the blood. A Japanese researcher developed a safe form of germanium sesquioxide used in treatment of cancer successfully. It is interesting to note that Lourdes water in France has water high in both hydrogen peroxide and germanium. Which is why Lourdes water is well known in treatment of cancer.

There is a story about a nobel prize winning doctor who visited Lourdes, France and personally witnesses a woman who was dying from cancer. Because her condition was so bad, she could not drink Lourdes water. So they put water on her stomach. Within hours she recovered and was able to drink. This woman dying of cancer was cured and actually outlived the young doctor who was witnessing the dying women. You can go here for germanium information about Dr. Asai who discovered germanium: source:

Seventh, Chemical approach to cancer. There are several chemicals with strong antioxidant power against cancer, such as Cancell, Entelev, 714x, vitamin B17, etc. You can go here for more explaination of each: source:

Eighth, Essiac Tea. There was a nurse who noticed a patient being cured of cancer. She asked the patient what she took and the patient said it was from an old indian recipes. She treated over 10,000 cancer patients successfully with this.

[Janice from Brantford, Ontario confirms to Earth Clinic: "I have met some people who have tried Essiac and it has helped them. There is also a site on the 'net: http://essiac-info.org this may be helpful to those who are affected by cancer and their families and/or friends."]

The formula for Essiac tea is:

Recipe #1

Herb
Volume
Weight
Form
Recipe %

Burdock root
6 1/2 cups
24 ozs. (1.5 lb.)
680g
pea-size cut
53%

Sheep sorrel
16 ozs. (1 lb.)
453g
powdered
36%

Slippery Elm bark
4 ozs.
113g
powdered
9%

Turkey rhubarb root
1 oz.
28.35g
powdered
2%

Mix the herbs together very very thoroughly. Use 1 cup of herb mix per 2 gallons distilled water each time you brew. Your herb mix or essiac herbs should be stored properly.

Preparation

Mix dry ingredients thoroughly.
Measure out desired amount of dry ingredients.
Pour proportionate amount of water into pot.
Bring water to a rolling boil with the lid on.
Stir dry ingredients into boiling water.
Replace lid and continue boiling at reduced heat for 10 minutes.
Turn off stove. Scrape down sides of pot and stir mixture thoroughly.
Replace lid, let pot sit and cool undisturbed for 10-12 hours (overnight).
Reheat to steaming hot, but do not let it boil.
Turn off heat and allow herbs to settle for a few minutes.
Pour hot liquid through sieve to catch sediment.
Use funnel to fill sterilized bottles, put lids on.
Allow bottles to cool, then tighten lids.
Store in dark cool place, always refrigerate an opened bottle.

Ninth, there are many other cures for cancer but I am afraid I might make being going over the hill with this topic. But I will mention the last one that I used in treatment of cancer. Make about 5 liter of colloidal silver, add hydrogen peroxide food grade to get a 0.5% concentration. Leave it for 3 days until the cloudy solution becomes clear. Before drinking place 1/3 of this amount in a glass and add water. Add 1-2 drops of clove oil and drink. There is something about the anticancer properties of clove oil that I do not understand. However, its been medically proven about anti-cancer properties of clove oil, but apparently, most people do not know about it. Colloidal silver is anti-cancer due to its antiviral properties PROVIDED that it is mixed in a solution of hydrogen peroxide until the solution becomes clear.

There are nutritional factors that will help cancer and I suspect it is vitamins B complex, trimethylglycine, n-acetycysteine, selenium, oral zinc, and did I mention mixing food with gelatin?

If I haven't covered all the grounds, there is hoxley cancer treatment that worked well. The others that I did not mentioned did not do well, so if you want to take a look at others then you go here:

http://www.meaningoflife.i12.com/Cancer2.htm

Rife therapy do not work well for cancer because the original device was destroyed. The follow up devices while claiming to work well, were not that effective compared to original device. The reason is the plasma vaccuum tube created some kind of a scalar wave which causes the destruction of cancer cells while the follow up device concentrates only on the frequencies. Bob Beck's device and Hulda Clark electrical device do not work well on cancer but they might be very helpful if worked in conjunction with other therapies.

YEA] 07/04/2006: Janet from Hotsprings, AR writes: "I take a tblsp of blackstrap in the morning and "chase it" with a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, with the mother in it, with 3 tablespoons of warm water. In 1994, I was diagnosed with metatastic breast cancer at the age of 53. I had my femur replaced, took 10 radiation treatments and 6months of chemo. I have been on this regimen and KNOW that these GOD-made ingredients have kept me well. I have also always been a borderline anemic. My blood counts now are better than they have EVER been in my entire life. I believe if I had been doing these things for myself BEFORE I got cancer that I would NOT have gotten cancer in the first place."

[YEA] Tami from New Smyrna Beach writes: "I LOVE APPLE CIDER VINEGAR! It helped cure my husband's cancer!! My husband had geosophical cancer and the supposedly top surgeon in Gainsville, Florida, told my husband and I that he had to abort the operation, because my husband supposedly had a "cement stomach?" (which no other doctor has heard of) and that he only had 2-4 weeks to live. We came back home and my husband continued with chemo and radiation and also drank and ate anything with vinegar.

We went today to see the results of the last xrays and the tumor and cancer WAS GONE!!! His doctor can't explain it. We haven't told the doctor yet about the vinegar, because we wanted to see if it would actually work. AND IT DID!!! Now, we are going to tell the doctor, because it might and hopefully will help someone else. It has been 4 months and my husband looks pretty alive to me and acts like nothing ever happened. He can eat everything again with no problems at all! We have heard about vinegar for a lot of other things and have also used it a lot for many things, so we figured why not for this. So don't be afraid to try it for anything!"

There is one website devoted entirely to natural cures for cancer. This is listed under a posting on the Cures category on Earth Clinic.

Anytime I have a medical problem I visualize a healing light shining on me. It is over me and slowly it travels the length of my body. I stop the healing light over problem areas and let it shine thoroughly on those areas. So much illness is a result of our minds and thus is cured by our minds. Love to all, Tome

Cure Hair Loss, Baldness

Updated: 06/04/2008

#1 Home Remedies for Hair Thinning, Baldness, Male Pattern Baldness & Hair Loss

"Baldness involves the state of lacking hair where it often grows, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or 'male pattern baldness' that occurs in adult male humans and other species. The amount and patterns of baldness can vary greatly; it ranges from male and female pattern alopecia (androgenic alopecia, also called androgenetic alopecia or alopecia androgenetica), alopecia areata, which involves the loss of some of the hair from the head, and alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, to the most extreme form, alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body." (Wikipedia)

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
TED'S REMEDIES
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL
ALOE, ESSENTIAL OILS, ACV, COD LIVER OIL, GRAPE SEED OIL
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
BAKING POWDER, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
BRUSHING TECHNIQUE
CARROT JUICE APPLIED TO SCALP
CAYENNE PEPPER AND ALOE VERA
CHINESE DATES AND HONEY
COCONUT OIL
DAWN DISH SOAP AND RUBBING ALCOHOL
EDGAR CAYCE'S REMEDIES FOR HAIR LOSS
EVENING PRIMROSE OIL
HAIR LOSS FROM CITRIC ACID IN ALOE VERA JUICE
HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR HAIR LOSS
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE
IT'S IN THE WATER
MAPLE SYRUP AND HERB TEA

TED'S REMEDIES
11/12/2006: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "This is a response to a question by one of the readers who emailed me as to why iodine is effective against baldness and hair loss. I think I can best answer this because I have some success from using a great many supplements where a hair loss or hair re growth have occurred.

Whether you are talking about iodine, selenium selenite, copper chloride, colloidal copper, tea tree oil, lavender oil, coal tar solution, eucalyptus oil, borax, boric acid, clove oil, camphor, tea tree oil, manganese sulfate, silicic acid, fulvic acid, and a great array of others that I have hair re growth and cured alopecia from 24 hours to 1 month period reported being cured.

The reason why I have employed a great array of cures is people seemed to be desperate to get the hair to regrow and local areas simply do not have the supplements so I simply had to modify the supplements. You might notice something too, how do I managed to know so many supplements? The answer is simple: all of those supplements and more then I am listing here, have anti fungicidal properties - even soy milk - being high in manganese!

Fungus and mycoplasma is probably found to cause hair loss by attacking hair follicles. I have seen person loosing hair after doing some attic work or working in musty high mold environments and within the next day, hair starts falling. Fungus-like organism causes arthritis, in particularly the ligaments, joints, and hard collagens which joins the bones in knees and spinal columns. As such, even my own mother was severely afflicted with arthritis within the next day after she tried to cut trees, bushes, plants of funguses. The cure of course was obvious, application of antifungal oils as mentioned above relieved her pain within a record time of: 5 minutes using just only my first formula, then after modifying it, it relieved in a record time of 2 minutes. The hair loss was seen, but manganese supplementation of that stopped dead in its track within 24 hours.

People do not take seriously how iodine deficiency is so widespread that right now, I am finding chemicals such as bromine, iodine, and the like to find out.

Most people today and throughout the civilized world at least are obese, hypothyroidism, low stomach acid, auto immunity of all kinds of conditions, have low energy levels, high in heavy metals, fungus and mycoplasma is found in so many people (at least 80%) of people who contact me that I don't even care to mention that most of my efforts has been focused on these matters.

One of the causes, could obviously be iodine supplementation, but this cure alone, lies the very heart of the problem.

People who took iodine were found to have other problems after a couple of days and had to stop due to various side effects that other websites don' t even mentioned. So I had to find a way to resolved this problem. The solution lies in the body's natural cycles. This I have found to be something I was looking for for a very long time. I have noticed, regardless of what I do, either EDTA to chelate heavy metals, or chinese parsley to rid of heavy metals, or even taking zinc supplements, they all had a pattern. The pattern is the body needs to repair, but at the same time it needs to relax. This period I calculated to equal approximately 8 days/2 = 4 days period, based on my observation. That means you supplement for 4 days and stopped cold turkey for 4 days. In practice I would vary the period between 3 -4 days. If certain minerals are not serious, or you are deficient, the one week on and one week off would be sufficient. In cases of a child with an autistic condition where heavy metal burden of mercury or aluminum is at risk, then one week on and one week off would do., or in some cases one week on and two week off.

The body obviously need a rest period to detox and get rid of the trash. Let us assuming you are taking iodine supplementation to cure your hair loss, but obviously you are sick from other conditions which clearly points to the fact that you are iodine deficient. Iodine deficiency is easy to see, auto immunity, low stomach acid, lack of energy level, adrenal exhaustion, fungus problems, arthritis (fungus caused, rheumatoid), high cadmium, high mercury, etc. In this case I would hardly recommend you to do an iodine painting continuously! I would just say, take 3 -4 days of iodine painting, on your foot of 3-4 inches in diameter, and do stop cold turkey for the next 3-4 days. On the other hand hair loss, then iodine painting in area of the head might help, which includes ringworm. Often I do not like to recommend the use of both iodine in general for obvious problems of discoloration and not sure whether people WHO DO contact me are in fact iodine deficient, until more information is at hand with the symptoms I have already mentioned.

Today Iodine deficiency is a serious problem which started only about 40 years ago when the food industry (possibly a conspiracy theory or perhaps simple foolishness) switched over the processing of bakery product from the use of iodine to bromine. The problem about bromine is that it causes the iodine to be displaced and this fact is quite well known academically. And as a result, despite adequate iodine in the U.S. people in U.S. displayed remarkable iodine deficiency. This is why when people who contact me I usually advised them to stop eating bread and bakery product. It is not about the flour, it is about the bromine that is added to them that displaces the iodine causing you to be deficient.

So in case you are wondering why iodine restored your hair, iodine kills the fungus and that helps the fungus from eating up the ends of the hair follicle. But the issue goes more than this, fungus EXISTS BECAUSE your body is already high in heavy metals. Without high heavy metals, they die. And one reason WHY your body was high in heavy metals in the first place could come from many things, one of which iodine deficiency reduces your body's ability to rid of heavy toxic metals such as cadmium, mercury, lead, etc. And when these heavy metals are high, they seem to make home by colonization in your various glands, such as thyroid gland, which may bring about hypothyroidism (that and lack of iodine), but in the adrenal, it may create adrenal exhaustion or gradual "moon face" look when you start reaching your 31st birthday, or in the pancreas, the generation of heavy metals causes lack of insulin, and if in the thymus, it creates immune suppression.

The catch-22 situation is once your body is high in heavy metals, it becomes a veritable paradise for fungus, mycoplasma and bacteria with fungal abilities. These need food near the heavy metals and the heavy metals protect themselves from hostile antibiotics. You see antibiotics get destroyed or oxidized in presence of heavy metals. In fact this is a protective shield for these bugs. And you wondered why antibiotics don't work!

Once the fungus starts invading the glands, they become inflamed, and when they do become inflamed, the doctors simplistically remove the gland! An easier and much kinder method would be to remove the heavy metals, kill the fungus, and stop inflammation using simple solutions I mentioned in the above (iodine, lavender, etc. depending on the conditions). And if you are indeed, iodine deficient take iodine painting 3 days on 4 days off about 3-4 inches in diameter on both feet. Of course back in the old days, they take it orally for people with goiter, like 250/mg per day (1819) and it was proven to work quite well. Today we don't do this, since we have somewhat like a "borderline iodine deficiency" where they thyroid don't show up in large sizes. Well this could be that heavy metals might be actually suppressing from showing their sizes so I guess we have to look at other symptoms as well."

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2006: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "My mother has a hair loss, and she is 75 years old. I solved her problem by getting her to take some sodium ascorbate, which is an alkaline form of vitamin C. She takes about 1000 mg. of it. This is just to prevent hair loss.

The second issue is the clogged follicles, you can clear those calcium deposits in the hair follicles somewhat with apple cider vinegar or just vinegar. It smells bad, so you need to do it on your weekends or just make a small diluted ones before sleeping. Use this as a rinse. The suppleness of the scalp will return. If you have an itching fungus issue, this will cause a hair loss. So use a mixture of lavender/tea tree/aloe vera oil mix. An ideal mixture is 10% lavender, 10% tea tree and 80% aloe vera. This applying only once a week on scalp should deal with hair loss from fungus. Leave this overnight. The other thing about baldness, at least in men, I am not sure about woman is the issue of tiny, yet unidentified parasites. These causes patches of baldness also. Once they stay long enough, you will loose hair. You can restore this my rinsing with a 2% sodium perborate solution, or a less effective 5% borax solution. These are just ball park figures, as I never really weighed them or calculated them. However, when you apply these solution, leave them overnight.

In case hair loss are due to skin drying scalp and peeling, than you need an extra large dose of vitamin D, something like 10,000 I.U. up. Not taken everyday, maybe a week or two. Since vitamin D are hard to find, just take a 1-2 tablespoon of cod liver oil, and as an extra dose 1 tablespoon of linseed oil to give certain nutrients the hair needs, essential fatty acids."

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ACTIVATED CHARCOAL

1 YEA

[YEA] 12/19/2006: Sean from Miles, IA writes: "I have a bald spot birth mark on side of my head the size of a nickel that I darken with activated charcoal to hide. It works great with brown or black hair. Often the barber would cut my hair to short there and further expose it. So this helped greatly. Also later started to cutting my own hair with a flowBee that helped the situation with the clumsy barber go away!"

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ALOE, ESSENTIAL OILS, ACV, COD LIVER OIL, GRAPE SEED OIL

1 YEA 1 WARNING!

[YEA] 03/27/2008: Vinny from Atlanta, GA writes: "Hair/Scalp/Hair Loss Prevention:

*Lots of Aloe Vera (Gel preferred) [1]
*Tea Tree Oil, Lavender Oil, & Peppermint Oil [essential oils] (little) [5]
*Apple Cider Vinegar [2]
*Cod Liver Oil [3]
*Grape Seed Oil [3]

I really didn't measure, just estimated. On a scale of 1-5, 1 being the most & 5 being the least. Put the following in your hair after shampoo & do not rinse off; Then put water in your hair so you can makes sure it mixes well with your hair and spread it around. Leave on all day. Hair will smell a little like peppermint. You want to put as much as ACV in as you can but not to a point where your hair smells like vinegar. Peppermint should be the strongest smell out of all of them.

I put it in a big Aloe Vera bottle (the one you get at GNC)and mix it up. It's really good for the scalp as well as your hair!"

NOTE: PEOPLE HAVE NOTED THAT SOME OF THE VITAMINS SOLD AT GNC COME OUT WHOLE IN B.M. TEST BY PUTTING TABLET IN GLASS OF WATER. IF IT DOES NOT DISSOLVE IN 30 MINUTES, TOP, IT WILL NOT DISSOLVE IN YOUR STOMACH. I HAVE ACTUALLY LEFT SOME ALL DAY AND THEY DID NOT DISSOLVE AT ALL. THE ESTER C TABLETS DISSOLVE SO QUICKLY THAT YOU MUST SWALLOW THEM IMMEDIATELY OR THEIR TEXTURE GETS ROUGH AND SINCE THEY ARE SO LARGE, THEY BECOME TOUGHER TO SWALLOW. EVEN WHEN A VITAMIN DOES DISSOLVE SOMEWHAT, THEN YOU CAN BLEND IT AND SOAK IT IN WATER BEFORE TAKING IT.

TRY TO BUY YOUR BAKING SODA FROM HEALTH FOOD STORE - REGULAR HAS ALUMINUM IN IT. ALSO, CHANGE OUT YOUR STORE-BOUGHT SALT FOR SEA SALT. SEA SALT IS A POTENT ANTIBIOTIC. WHEN COMBINED WITH LOTS OF C, ZINC, AND VITAMIN E, IT IS EVEN MORE SO.

[WARNING!]04/15/2008: Vinny from Atlanta, GA replies: "Please let your readers know that this combo should be used only if they know that hair loss is due to fungus & probably use a little once/week. I used this 2-3 times a week and my hair loss was not due to fungus and thus caused some of my hair to fall out."

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

6 YEA 1 MAYBE

[YEA] 04/09/2008: Anna from Elk Grove, California writes: "I'm 48. Twenty years ago I had hysterectomy and my hair thinned very badly. I was embarrassed but doctors said there was nothing they could do. I tried everything. I finally gave up and 20 years later started taking ACV for other things and it worked great. The woman who cuts my hair asked if I was taking vitamins or what I was doing different. She said there was new hair growth and my hair was thicker. Now, 6 months later, and for the first time in 20 years my hair is back to normal. You dont understand how happy that made me. I couldnt believe it and wanted to share with Ted and readers. Thank you for your website!"

05/09/2008: Amy from Boca Raton, FL replies: "I wanted to send an email to Anna from CA regarding her help from ACV for her thinning hair. I would like to ask her how much she takes and how often. Also, does she drink it and apply to hair or just drink it. I have had hair loss since i had my second child and can't seem to find anything to help. I have had blood work done, seen numerous doctors, etc and now I'm resorting to some possible natural cures. Thank You, Amy."

05/12/2008: IRMA from SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS replies: "I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW ANNA FROM CA. USES THE ACV FOR HAIR LOSS. I STARTED TAKING HRT SINCE MY HYSTERECTOMY AND HAVE BEEN NOTICING MY HAIR IS THINNING AT THE CROWN OF MY HEAD. I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE MORE, PLEASE HELP. I AM DESPERATE! THANKS."

05/12/2008: Anna from Elk Grove, CALIFORNIA replies: "HAIR LOSS: In response to questions about my post... For the first month 1 took 2tbl vinegar and 1/4 tsp baking soda in some juice and water (about 1 1/2 cups) two times a day. Then after the month, once a day,4 to 5 days a week. After the first month i had a burning sensation on the back of my head by neck like I was suburn. I read in a post that Ted said its because of the acid buildup being broken down and released through your blood. Maybe I had acid buildup in my hair folicles. I dont know. But I wasn't even taking it for my hair. I took it for insomnia and blood sugar which worked great. I hope it works for others as well as it did for me. Good luck."

[YEA] 04/07/2008: JABEEN TAJ (hwkhan@yahoo.co.in) from BANGALORE, KARNATAKA writes: "I use Apple cider vinegar daily in the morning before meals, the quantity is of about 2 table spoon. I had a problem of hairloss and joint pain.I am of only 35 years old."

[MAYBE] 05/05/2007: Jagson from Edison, New Jersey writes: "I am 32 years old and from India and had a very thick hair before i came to US 3 years back. Eversince i have come here i started having terrible hair loss. I never had any ailment, stress etc. I have seen many of my male friends going nearly bald here. Is it in the water that we drink or shower. The right side of my scalp got more affected. Cutting the story short, i have started taking ACV for about a month now, 2 tablespoons in a glass of water taken twice a day. I also use diluted ACV as a final rinse when i wash my hair every weekend. I can say this - my hair has started looking much healthier. I cannot say if it has reduced my hair loss, i hope it does. I also started taking cold shower wash instead of hot water."

[YEA] 04/23/2007: Priya (hpriya27@yahoo.co.uk) from Curepipe, Mauritius writes: "I had a rebonding done in Dec 2005. Eversince, my hair started falling, at first it wasn't that remarkable, but gradually, more and more hair was falling off everytime I showered or combed my hair. It was becoming alarming and then decided to try ACV which worked wonders in 1day only. I had some diluted ACV applied to my hair and scalp for about 6 hours and washed my hair. That day only less hair fell when I washed and combed afterwards. Since then, I use ACV as my last rinse. It's truly working wonders. Hats off to these wonders of nature."

[YEA] 04/16/2007: Vincent from Tampa, Florida writes: "I'm a college student and spent most of my money on car insurance, rent, books and college tuition. I have a problem with my hair, it constantly shedding every day for the last 4 years to the point where i can see different bald spot on my head. I tried prescription shampoo, over the counter, scalp sensitive shampoo and different type of shampoos but nothing work. After finding out about this website about cleaning your hair with apple cider vinegar, out of desperation, i gave it a try and at the first week, it didn't seem to work but i kept on trying for a month and i begin to see result. My hair isn't falling as much and in fact, i don't see a large lump of hair on my hand every time i shampoo any more ( i only see 2-5 pieces of hairs). My scalp feel clean, my hair is shiny and smooth and even my hair stylist noticed and complemented me."

[YEA] 05/13/2006: Wayne from Oakville, Ontario, Canada writes: "John wrote that taking Apple Cider Vinegar has caused his hair to grow. I had heard this from one other person about a year ago. In their case they massaged it into their scalp. I'd be interested in hearing testimonials from others out there who have had similar, positive experiences. I have just begun taking ACV orally for weight loss - am I soon going to have a full head of hair again?"

[YEA] 04/26/2006: John from Hesperia, CA writes: "I took Apple Cider to dissolve Gallbladder and kidney stones. I stopped getting kidney infections and can take vitamins again; I had to stop taking vitamins because it increased kidney discomfort. It appears as a side effect that my hair is growing back on my head."

BAKING POWDER, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

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[YEA] 01/31/2008: Quetzalcoatl (qquetzalcoatl@hotmail.com) from Tampa, USA writes: "The men in my family lose their hair. As one of those men in the family, I did too and expected to do so..... No one really feels bad about it and each of us have enough "game" LOL that we never feel bad about ourselves THAT SAID Strangely it has not been in the usual MPB pattern .... Just a consistent thinning starting in the 30's..... SO for one month the guys decided to secretly agree on an experiment ..... every other day we pour aluminum FREE!!!! baking powder in our DRY hair, rub in into the scalp, let it sit for 15 minutes and wash it out (no shampoos ever and no metrosexual gel or styling!!!! THEN every other day we add 2 tablespoons of ACV to our tea with as much AGAVE nector to sweeten the flavor flav.(hehe) 2 months later we all noticed less hair falling out and NEW hair growth .... its been over a year and comparing pictures of the guys at thanksgiving the past year and pictures this year and the results are clear and affirmative. worked for us. IMPORTANT: we dont eat red meat."

BRUSHING TECHNIQUE

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[YEA] 03/06/2008: Shirley from MO writes: "I would like to share this with earth clinic and Ted.
I found this on the Internet but sorry I don’t remember where or I would give them the credit for this simple stop hair fall out remedy.

This person said to use a soft bristle brush such as a boar bristle brush and bend forward at the waist and brush your hair toward the floor. Do not push brush into the scalp but just start at the scalp and brush to the tips. (I use the other hand to hold the hair against the brush) No certain amount of times to brush. When you have all the hair brushed this direction, stand up and now you push the brush against the scalp and brush your hair towards the back or sides with constant pressure on the brush. Again this doesn’t have to be done for any certain amount of times, just until you get the hair all brushed.

You can then style your hair. They said to do this 3 times a day.
I only do it twice, first thing in the morning and before I go to bed.
Their statement was this: Your hair WILL stop falling out. Not maybe or should stop.
So that’s what convinced me to try it.

I am 65 years old and I have been losing hair constantly over the past few years. I tried a lot of diets, meds, shampoos and even one of Ted’s remedies, with no success.
So when I read this article, I thought that’s easy and cheap to try. I can do that.

I expected it to take a long time to show up if it was doing anything. To my surprise the hair fallout was stopped the first time I did this technique.

In the past, after each shower, I would have to clean the hair out of the drain or it would clog up.
The very first time I did this brushing there was nothing to clean out of the drain. I was so shocked because nothing had ever worked that fast to solve any problem I’ve had in the past.
I have been doing this for about 2 months now. The balding spot on the back of my head is completely gone. The thinning part on each side of my head is full again.

I didn’t want to tell anyone until I knew for sure I wasn’t imagining how well it works.
This person said as we get older we loose something on the scalp but that it’s still on our hair, it just won’t stay on the scalp. (I’m sorry I can’t remember the word he used for that, but I’m sure Ted would know.)
The first brushing we are collecting this and the second brushing we are depositing it back onto the scalp where it is needed.

While getting my hair cut the last time, my beautician told me that my hair was very healthy and so was my scalp. I never had anyone tell me that before. I hadn’t mentioned doing this to her. So it’s noticeable to others.

Thank you"

CARROT JUICE APPLIED TO SCALP

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[YEA] 04/15/2008: Doris from Santa Ana, USA writes: "re: Lustrous thick healthy hair.. Through my younger years in professional career, many were spent car-pooling. The Spanish women I knew all had lustrous spectacularly thick raven hair. Then, marrying, my own Spanish-American Indian origin mother-in-law also did. She said 'well of course all natives of her vicinity, New Mexico and that nearby So Amer region, boiled their cattle's beef b

ones till the bones were softened, and the water was marrow filled. They'd add a bit spoon or two of home pressed olive oil and use it as a hair treatment, as we do in salons today. What a difference in my own hair in those years. Also, rubbing cold pressed carrot juice, for the vitamin A, fully restored a male friend's hair from total baldness. Took one year, with substantial overall body health occurring, freckles disappearing, muscle and skin tone restoring, then year 2, a baby fine regrowth of skull hair, then by year 3, totally restored youth-level full head of hair."

CAYENNE PEPPER AND ALOE VERA

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[YEA] 05/16/2008: Vinny from Atlanta, GA writes: "Not only does Cayenne Pepper & Aloe Vera prevent hair loss and help in it's growth, it also SUBSTANTIALLY diminishes and/or gets rid of acne where ever it is applied. I would suggest not to use the household cooking spice (if you can help it) only because I believe the Cayenne Pepper tablets are much stronger. I mix Cayenne with Aloe Vera and put it on my face and after application, I get more Cayenne Pepper to mix it in just to make sure there is enough C.P Be cautious that it does not go in your eyes as it will burn! In fact, after application, it will burn but you have to be strong! I usually keep it on my face for about 20mins so I try to leave it on there. It will burn but after you rinse your face with COLD water (carefully making sure it does not go in your eyes), you will be glad you did. After an hour or so, you should see a huge difference, if not right after your rinse."

EC: Vinny, can you please tell us how you apply the cayenne and aloe vera to prevent hair loss? Measurements, application process, etc. Thanks!

CHINESE DATES AND HONEY

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[YEA] 01/26/2007: Trisha from Singapore writes: "I started taking red date and honey as I read it is good for blood circulation, I added 3 -5 drops of apple cider vinegar to it ( balance of the yin and yang in the body and for calming too.. according to traditional chinese medicine) lo and behold, after 3 months of it.. I noticed that a balding part of my scalp rejuvenated and hair started to grow !! after 6 months I started to let my hair grow without cutting it, I now sport hair beyond shoulder length, something which I couldn't do since my hair was very fine and scanty !! ( I also take apple cider vinegar half a teaspoon daily with honey) My sister and brother also tried it, we noticed that facial skin became more youthful !! due to the blood circulation?"

COCONUT OIL

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[YEA] 04/17/2008: Magaly from Wayne, United States writes: "I have used coconut oil for many years. I learned this from my aunt who was noticing her hair was falling out more than usual so she starting using it on her scalp and hair and it not only stopped her hair loss, but actually made her hair grow strong, abundant and shiny so I started using it myself. Needless to say I have really thick strong, to much hair actually."

[YEA] 04/08/2008: Dorie from Ft Lauderdale, Florida writes: "Coconut Oil for Hypothyroid patients: I heard that virgin coconut oil was a good supplement for people suffering with hypothyroidism. I went to a natural food market and bought a jar of it. That was 2 months ago and I have gone back to buy more several times. I am taking 3 tablespoons in the morning. It has not helped with my weight although I know a few people who used it and lost weight immediately. It has stopped my hair loss (it use to fall out by the handful) and in fact not only is my hair thicker but my eyebrows are growing back. I no longer have cold hands and feet either. It doesn't cure thyroid problems but it certainly is a great supplement to help with the effects of the disease."

[YEA] 02/04/2008: Toni from Enid, Okla. writes: "I started using VCO 3 weeks ago for hair loss. Well in that time I have seen a dramatic difference in my hair plus my hot flashes are decreasing. Now there are only 2 a week. My energy level has increased, my insomnia is gone and my mood is alot better, also my moisture has increased in my whole body. I can't wait to see what happens in 6 months. I take 3 tbsp. a day."

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DAWN DISH SOAP AND RUBBING ALCOHOL

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[YEA] 02/14/2007: Buzz (buzz92040coburn@yahoo.com) from Lakeside, CA writes: "I have been using Dawn dish washing soap to wash my bald area (mail Pattern) has helped some My step-dad has been putting on rubbing alcohol and he has grown hair. I just started using ACV for acid reflux and it has been working and am going to it try on my head."

EDGAR CAYCE'S REMEDIES FOR HAIR LOSS

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[YEA] 12/29/2006: Doug from Phoenix, AZ writes: "Dear friends, please take the time to investigate via the internet or the library, all of the Edgar cayce material regarding hair loss. There have been countless cures using his remedies, not just for hair loss, but for a multitude of ailments. I personally healed a pulled muscle in my left shoulder by literally doing two applications of one of his remedies. You are all in my prayers."

EVENING PRIMROSE OIL

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[YEA] Mary from Nevada City writes: "Evening Primrose Oil cured Hair loss (eyebrows due to low thyroid. I first started taking this (two capsules a day of NOW Super Primrose) because it is anti-inflammatory, so I thought it would help control asthma, and it is reputed to be helpful for that. Within a few days I felt warmer -so I did a search to see if it also helped thyroid. It did - and it can help restore hair loss due to low thyroid. About a month later I saw that my eyebrows were starting to come in again! My hair is also thin at my temples. The left side seems improved - the right not so much. I am also trying to reduce stress in my life, and I've recently started taking kelp. SO this plus primrose might help. I have a sense of well being when I take the kelp - so I know it will begin to heal me on a deeper level."

HAIR LOSS FROM CITRIC ACID IN ALOE VERA JUICE

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[YEA] 03/24/2008: NADIA (comfynads@hotmail.com) from LONDON, UK writes: "I HAVE TAKEN ALOE VERA JUICE FOR NEARLY 2 YEARS...EVERY MORNING AND NIGHT.. IT HAS TOTALLY CLEARED UP MY TERRIBLY PERSISTENT ADULT ACNE.MY SKIN IS VERY RARELY BLEMISHED NOW AND IS PLUMP AND YOUTHFUL.

HOWEVER RECENTLY I HAVE HAD QUITE EXTREME HAIR LOSS FROM ALL OVER MY HEAD. MY MOTHER THINKS IT COULD BE FROM THE CITRIC ACID USED AS A PRESERVATIVE IN THE ALOE VERA JUICE.

HAS ANYONE COME ACROSS THIS, OR HAS ANY THOUGHTS?:)"

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR HAIR LOSS

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[YEA] 12/05/2006: Nutan from Mumbai, India writes: "Natrum Mur 3x and Silicea 3x. Hair Fall. Induced new growth of hair."

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HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE

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[YEA] 06/23/2007: Diana Castillo (diana.castillo@nvtechnologies.com) from Crofton, Maryland writes: "I use a natural human growth hormone stimulator and my hair stopped getting grey and stopped falling out."

IT'S IN THE WATER

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[YEA] 07/02/2007: skip (keepmyhair@yahoo.com) from Washington, DC writes: "YES I can vouch that since I came to AMERICA my hair are falling. The water here has either chlorine or too much remnants of estrogen wich causes hair loss and feminizing men!"

MAPLE SYRUP AND HERB TEA

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[YEA] 06/20/2007: Joseph (joemerritt2003@yahoo.com) from toronto, canada writes: "Dear Ted, i just wanted to say you are a genius, keep up the good work, people over profit. i worked with a master healer in vancouver BC and many of your remedies are the same as hers. She taught me how much dogma and false truths exist even in the alternative community. i have had some hair thinning over the years but have been able to maintain it to a slow loss and stabilization with adequate protein and minerals. My favorite mineral supplement is pure maple syrup syspended in liquid such as herb tea. Here is a blend:

1 bag green tea with mint and
1 bag stigging nettle sweetened with maple syrup.
all water should be filtered with a brita filter.

thankx"

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Updated: 06/04/2008

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MAPLE SYRUP AND HERB TEA
MISCELLANEOUS REMEDIES
MUSTARD OIL, FENUGREEK AND SCALPTONE
NANCY'S HAIR GROWTH FORMULA
NETTLES
NJ'S REMEDIES
ONION JUICE
PINE TAR SOAP
SAW PALMETTO
TED'S REMEDIES
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MAPLE SYRUP AND HERB TEA

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[YEA] 06/20/2007: Joseph (joemerritt2003@yahoo.com) from toronto, canada writes: "Dear Ted, i just wanted to say you are a genius, keep up the good work, people over profit. i worked with a master healer in vancouver BC and many of your remedies are the same as hers. She taught me how much dogma and false truths exist even in the alternative community. i have had some hair thinning over the years but have been able to maintain it to a slow loss and stabilization with adequate protein and minerals. My favorite mineral supplement is pure maple syrup syspended in liquid such as herb tea. Here is a blend:

1 bag green tea with mint and
1 bag stigging nettle sweetened with maple syrup.
all water should be filtered with a brita filter.

thankx"

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MISCELLANEOUS REMEDIES

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[YEA] 07/13/2007: Joe Merritt from Toronto, Canada writes: "I just wanted to thank Ted for his brilliant work and I will help add some feedback if I can. I am 30 years of age and have had some hair thinning for about 5 years, but I truly believe with Ted's remedies and my nutrition formula i am on the way to growing a thicker, fuller main of hair. I have also delayed the loss with some of my nutrion techniques but needed to clear my pores to kick up the growth to a new level.

here is my formula: firstly i tried all of Ted's hair bath's, cider vinegar, tea tree oil etc. I found the one that truly removed the dissolved minerals(feels sticky and block's pore's on hair follicles) on my scalp was 1 teaspoon of borax in a 1% hydrogen peroxide solution. So add 1 big teaspoon of borax to a big salad bowl. then add 1 cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide(this is the only concentration i can get here in canada) and then add 2 cups of normal water to dilute the solution down to 1%-like Ted says. mix the contents and soak your scalp in it while pouring a cup of it over you head and making sure in flows back into the salad bowl. do this for three minutes. and make sure to not get this mixture in your eyes, as it will sting.

Now put a teaspoon of baking soda in a cup of water and mix and pour over hair to rinse the borax/peroxide solution. Then i like to wash hair with Dr. Bronner magic soap with tea tree oil or any other good quality health food store shampoo with tea tree oil.

O.K now we have cleared the pores, time to build the bodies supply of protein and minerals.

Firstly hair is mostly protein(then minerals) by dry weight, so eat adequate protein. Free range eggs, free range lean meats and poultry, only wild seafood(i.e. not farmed such as tilipai, basa, atlantic salmon etc.) it is full of pesticides which i am sure erode health. Actually do not eat to much sea life in general, it has good nutrition but lots of toxins. many people are allergic to dairy so organic is better for most and consider goat and sheep milk products too. also a pure whey protein isolate can build hair too.

Now onto minerals. The first source of minerals is sea salt, any good sea salt contains most trace minerals that build hair-put it on food and in soups. also my favorite product in the world is Bioforce(A. Vogel) Herbamare. it is a blend of sea salt and herbs and kelp and contains all minerals needed by the human body. Season all foods with it and especially soups and rice dishes and stocks and liquids so it dissolves and releases the nutrition.

Now also maple syrup in teas. Maple trees roots dig deep into the ground and pull up minerals in the sap of the trees and are reduced to make the syrup. They are powerful mineral concentrates. use in teas such as stinging nettle combined with rosemary and mint. etc. put in all teas and even coffee. Now here is a big one. Most alternative physicians will talk of an algae product called spirulina (and others like chlorella) and will recommend high doses of it. THEY ARE WRONG. Because it is a superfood and one of the most concentrated sources of nutrition on the planet it will mess up your hormones at medium to high doses. TAKE ONE OR TWO PILLS EVERY ONE OR TWO DAYS - NOT MORE. You are using it as a homeopathic mineralizer, not a food.

lots of stews, stocks, teas, and water based liquids with herbs, veggies, sea salt, herbamare, to build up minerals.

Drink tap water filtered with brita and changed every two weeks to a month, unless you are in a farming area and your tap is full of nitrates, then find another source.

Do not drink distilled water as it has no minerals.

i also like Ted's vitamin C water with 1/8teaspoon of baking soda to balance PH.

also waking in nature, such as a side street or park or forest to oxygenate the body and scalp. One of the causes of hair loss is a lack of oxygen i.e. when people were baseball caps. i had the thickest hair on the planet and i thinned it by wearing a ball cap when i was in my teens -stupid me.

Also stretching and yoga will oxygenate the body.

So i believe the causes of hair loss are:

fungus/minerals in hair follicles/hats or low oxygen
lack of quality protein
lack of minerals
low scalp oxygen
unbalanced hormones.

low fatty acids (eat cold water fish oils, flax oil, olive oil, cold filtered raw oils , not cheap processed oils.)

Now this is just a start and there much more i could write but the most important point to consider is all body types are unique so take this info with a grain of salt and experiment with what works for you.

good luck and god bless"

06/04/2008: Jack from Bethnal Green, UK replies: "I have a inquery involving Joe Merritt's remedies. How often do you soak your scalp in the borax/peroxide solution? Should I be doing it everyday, every other day, a few times a week etc.?"

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MUSTARD OIL, FENUGREEK AND SCALPTONE

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[YEA] 09/05/2007: dan (dg_518@yahoo.com) from LA, usa writes: "ok the best solution for hair loss is use MUSTARD OIL and put some " methi danna" (indian feenugreek) you can buy it from indian grocery store boil it for 10 mins and leave it all night next days put that oil in a bottle and apply every night. after doing that use scalptone pills which is really good for hair loss and you can buy it from www.herbalhealthcure.com these is best solution for hair loss."
First, I recommend at least 7 1,000 mg capsules of Ester C (buffered with calcium so no stomach upset or diarrhea). Vit. C's efficiency is determined by the mean blood level over 24 hours, so try to space out the capsules so you seek a fairly consistent blood serum level. You may take even more C and all to the good. Our bodies use all the C we take in - I read that Vit. C is the only nutrient for which there is a built-in direct pathway to the brain.

NANCY'S HAIR GROWTH FORMULA

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[YEA] 04/08/2008: Nancy (Nancy@Revolutioninbeauty.com) from Brunswick GA writes: "I would like to post another remedy. Can't believe how many people are interested in this remedy! I felt some of your readers might want to have this. Nancy

To grow hair:
Aloe Vera Gel and Cayenne Pepper.
1/4 to 1/2 c. of Aloe Vera and 2 capsules of cayenne pepper.( Any cayenne will do, You can use Kitchen Spice)
May need to adjust measurement of the aloe and cayenne a little more or less..For the right consistancy.
Pour mixture into a hair color bottle and shake well.
Apply to scalp, massaging in with fingertips.
This mixture will stimulate and clean the hair follicles.
The hair cycle may take a few weeks possibly months, but you will see results.
Leave on scalp at least 10 to 15 minutes or more if you wish. Can be applied weekly.
If you want to use this remedy more often I suggest you try it once and wait a few days, particularly if you have sensitive skin issues.
Caution.....This will burn somewhat, Be careful around eyes. Do not make mixture too runny as it could run into eyes.
Do not make mixture too thick as it will not squirt out of bottle.
You will continue to feel a slight burn even after this remedy is rinsed off.
Aloe Vera gel normally needs to be refridgerated, When mixing remedy allow it to sit a few hours at room tempature before applying to scalp.
Do not apply to scalp cold, as this will close your pores.
If you make more than you need, it will keep a few days in a cool place.
I have used this mixture as a facial scrub, It is a firey facial! Cayenne Pepper is great for circulation. Cayenne Pepper packs a punch, mixed with Aloe Vera and all the great things in Aloe Vera are increased.
Cayenne is called a "catalyst" herb that increases the efficacy of the ingredients you are using. "

NETTLES

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[YEA] 12/16/2007: Tima from JHB, S. Africa writes: "Hi! Thank you for this informative and wonderful site. I have tried Ted's recommendations, used the vitamins as directed as well as the oils. my Hair seems stronger, however when I put ACV on hair seems to fall more rapidly. What I have been told really works, is a Stinging Nettle hair wash. Boil some fresh or dried Nettle leaves for a short time, and use as a hair rinse. You will like the results. Does anyone know about the Samson's secret treatment?"

NJ'S REMEDIES

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[YEA] 05/08/2008: NJ from New Delhi, India writes: "Remedies for Hair Growth:

1. Mix as per your hair length, castor oil, olive oil and coconut oil in equal measures. Warm and massage on to your scalp. This will arrest hair fall and promote hair growth.

2. Soak methi (fenugreek) seeds and curry leaves in coconut oil, overnight. Next morning warm it a little and massage it on to your scalp. The massage should be gentle, yet it should leave your scalp tingling. Rinse off with a herbal shampoo. Alternatively you could rinse it with the juice of crushed red hibiscus leaves.

Follow this regularly for best results. It will keep your scalp healthy and prevent hair fall.

3. If you can tolerate the smell of mustard oil here's a remedy. Boil mustard oil and while it is boiling, keep adding fresh henna, basil and curry leaves to it. After the leaves are burnt black, switch off the gas. Cool, strain and use twice to thrice a week for best results."

ONION JUICE

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[YEA] 03/25/2008: Helene from Manila, Philippines writes: "Onion juice with calamansi juice stops my hairfall in just 2 weeks time.

I have been experiencing hair fall since I was 14 , now Im 36 years old and my hair is really thin. But small hair continue to grow but rate of hairfall is faster than growth. So I came accross in the internet use of onion juice.So I extract fresh red onion using osterizer, then add 1 piece of calamansi juice. (or 1/2 of lime). I apply this every night. using a small pipette, then massage my scalp daily. The 3X a week I apply olive oil with rosemary leaves overnight, after applying onion juice. i plan to do this for a year. My hair stops falling and small hair continue to grow which are also strong and thick."

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PINE TAR SOAP

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[YEA] 04/02/2008: CJ (lulugraphics@gmail.com) from northern, wisconsin writes: "Over ten years ago, I experienced clumps of hair suddenly falling out overnight. Stress, I suppose. I had 3 patches of total hairlessness ranging from the size of a quarter to a half dollar. I mean, no hair, at least I could comb over at the time. Also, thin spots that weren't totally bare. A month went by with no improvement and then my sister happened to mention to me about a couple other people she knew who had the same type of hair loss and who had used the kind of soap we Finlanders use in the sauna, Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap, and their hair grew back.

I lived near a soap shop at the time and immediately went and bought a bar and washed my hair with it right away. I washed my hair with it daily for over a month. Within the first week, the bald patches filled in with peach fuzz hair within 4 weeks, you could not tell where the bald patches had been. My hair has not fallen out since and I only wash my hair with it occasionally as "insurance." It's easy to use bar soap to wash hair but they also make it in a liquid shampoo. I don't know why it works but it's only couple bucks for the bar soap and worth a try."

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SAW PALMETTO

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[YEA] 09/07/2007: John from Mount Washington, USA writes: "I can't recall how I came across this, but Saw Palmetto supplemental capsules work great for BPH. Common directions are 2 caps in the morning and 2 in the evening. I mentioned this to my father who told me he had already been taking Saw Palmetto for years to keep from having to get up during the night to urinate. Upon more research, I found that Saw Palmetto is a DHT blocker. DHT is what causes hair loss. I was getting a thin spot in my crown when I started taking Saw Palmetto. Six months to a year later, my wife asked if I was using Rogaine! I asked why and she said she noticed I no longer had a thin spot. I again mentioned this to my father and he increased his dosage. At 75 years old, he has noticed his hair becoming thicker. Hope this helps everyone."

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TED'S REMEDIES

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[YEA] 04/06/2007: ADDIE (dg_518@yahoo.com) from LA, USA writes: "Ted' remedey works great borax, tea tree oil and lavender oil helped me allot. I take apple cider vinegar internelly and some vitamin c but i am still lookin for managanese sulfate. i looked every where but i cant find that product, so please ted can you recommend me where to buy that supplements and thanks a lot for helping us out god bless you"

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[YEA] 02/21/2007: David from Orange County, CA writes: "I DISCOVERED THIS SIT BECAUSE I HAD A SCALP INFECTION AND WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW I COULD CURE IT. I STARTED TO TAKE THE ACV AND BAKING SODA INTERNALLY THAT TED SUGGESTS. I FELT REALLY GOOD AND IT SEEMED TO HELP A LOT. I PUT SOME ACV ON MY HEAD AS WELL AND I DON'T KNOW IF I WORKED. I ALSO TRIED THE PEROXIDE ON MY HEAD BUT I HASN'T REALLY DONE MUCH EITHER. I HAD READ THAT EUCALYPTUS OIL IS REALLY GOOD, SO I REALIZED THAT VIC'S VAPOR RUB HAS EUCALYPTUS OIL IN IT SO I PUT SOME ON MY HEAD AND IT HAD THE GREATEST EFFECT THAN ANYTHING I TRIED. I CAN SAY THAT I WENT TO THE NUTRITIONAL STORE TO BUY THE TEA TREE OIL THAT TED SUGGESTED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME I LISTENED TO THE HOMEOPATHIC DOCTOR THERE AND DIDN'T BUY IT.

INSTEAD I BOUGHT THE PILLS HE SUGGESTED AND THE OINTMENT THAT CONTAINED ALISON, I GUESS IT'S AN EXTRACT FROM GARLIC, WHICH IS ALSO SUPPOSE TO CLEAN YOUR BLOOD. THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO HELP AT ALL SO I STARTED RUBBING ON THE VIC'S AGAIN. I AM GOING TO BUY THE TEA TEA TREE OIL AND MAYBE EUCALYPTUS OIL. I ALSO HAVE TO MENTION, THAT I HAD BLOOD WORK DONE THERE AT THE HEALTH FOOD STORE AND MY BLOOD WAS REALLY CLEAN. HE SAID THAT HE NEVER GETS TO SEE SUCH HEALTHY BLOOD AND WAS VERY IMPRESSED!

I HAD BEEN TAKING THE ACV AND BAKING SODA FOR AT LEAST A MONTH THOUGH, SO I GUESS IT REALLY WORKED. I USE TO HAVE A LITTLE BITE OF LOWER BACK PAIN AND THAT EVEN WENT AWAY. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO TEDD, YOUR A GENTLE MAN AND A SCHOLAR. WELL THANKS TO EVERYONE AS WELL, WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO TRY TO HELP OTHERS BY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS SITE. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES! P.S. I FORGOT TO NOTE THAT THE INFECTION SEEMED TO BE FUNGUS AND DISCOVERED IT BECAUSE MY HAIR WAS FALLING OUT.

I DECIDED TO JUST GO AHEAD AND SHAVE MY HEAD AND DISCOVERED I HAD THE READ FUNGUS/RINGWORM ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY HEAD .THE ACV AND VIC'S VAPOR RUB REALLY HELPED AND I STARTED TO REGROW MY HAIR AND IT'S NOT FALLING OUT ANYMORE. IT EVEN SEEMS TO BE GROWING THICKER ON THE AREA'S THAT WERE GROWING THIN. THANKS!"

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[YEA] 01/23/2007: Dan from Yorba Linda, CA writes: "Hair loss is one of the hardest things to cure, but Ted's remedy successfully cured my hair loss. Using lavender and tea tree oil once a week helps a lot. Taking vitamin C is one of the best thing to stop your hair loss and drinking soy milk which is high in manganese also helps to stop hair loss. i would also suggest to wash your with apple cider vinegar and take biotin at least 1000amu. well if all this can help me, it can help you too. Thanks a lot Ted"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Dan: Thanks for the feedback. Biotin helps quite a bit. My own mother who is 76 years old had a hair loss and a simple remedy of vitamin C and baking soda. Borax used as a shampoo instead works better than the medicated shampoos in general, however, I prefer to leave the borax overnight after shampooing with borax then rinse the next morning."

[YEA] 11/17/2006: Geoff from Thailand writes: "I tried a formula of oral and topical solutions recommended by Ted (Bangkok). This included (orally) magnesium, zinc, manganese, etc. and a topical solution. This stopped my hair loss within less than 2 weeks. The frontal area began to fill up shortly after. The temple regions remain hairless (after 2 months) as these have been bald for some time now. However, hair is filling up in the central front region between the temples. I recommend contacting Ted for details if you can access the minerals he suggests. That may be the most difficult part. I'm very happy with the results I have from these solutions he has provided me with, and his topical solution is an excellent choice for those wishing to not to spend loads of money on cheap, weak, ineffective pharmaceutical products. Furthermore, I am disappointed with the lack of information concerning the causes of hair loss for men; DHT theory and alpha-reductase info is not sufficient. Ted approaches issues like fungus in the scalp, DHT etc. The Traditional Chinese Medicine point of view that kidney and blood deficiencies seem also to explain an appropriate reason for some cases of MPB. Where has the creative thought gone?? Thanks to Ted for his formula. Cheers"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Most people I know around here do not post a lot of information, so I ended up posting everything myself! Basically, the same information I posted at earthclinic was what helped him. DHT for example can be suppressed by adding azelaic acid and tretenoic acid to the scalp along with a 2.5% minoxidil compound. Regular supplements of manganese will stop the hair from falling out. Taking zinc will increase the body immune and prevent auto immunity against the hair follicles. So as you see immune suppression for other disease is not the way to go, it is increasing one's level of zinc to stop the auto immunity problems."

VITAMIN C, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

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from Natural Life Magazine, September/October, 1995
Building Your House From Straw
by Jeff Johnston

Straw bale building construction has recently become popular with people looking to build an inexpensive, ecologically sound house or other structure. Straw bale construction was devised in the mid-1800s in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, and some straw houses are still standing in the American midwest. Such houses have been built recently in the United States for as little as $4 per square foot.

Straw bale construction is not just straw bales, of course. Left exposed to the elements, a straw house would soon be a sodden mass of rodent-infested fiber, or a heap of ashes resting on the foundation. The trick to preserving a straw house is to stucco it – inside and out – with concrete. This gives a level of fire resistance double that required in Canada.

The Nebraska style is the original, and most popular, method of construction. Straw bales 35-inches long, 18-inches wide and 14-inches high are piled on top of each other just like bricks, with each bale resting on the two immediately below it. Rebar (metal reinforcement rods) or poles are jammed through the bales (two per bale) to prevent the wall from falling apart. A top plate is added, and the roof sits on the plate, with the bales taking the entire load of the roof. After allowing two to four weeks for the building to settle, the walls are parged, or covered with concrete. These walls can be flimsy, and if they become infested or wet from leaking rain or water on the ground, entire walls can be damaged.

In the late 1970s, Louis Gagnon developed a building method he hoped would be used in the Canadian north because of the superior insulation properties of straw bales (walls have an R30 value). This method became known as the Quebec style. Each bale stands on top of the one below, but each bale is totally encased in concrete – inside and out, as well as the ends, top and bottom. This gives the house much greater rigidity and strength, as the concrete takes the weight of the roof, unlike the Nebraska style. In addition, the walls are impervious to water, rodents and insects; if mice or rain do damage a bale, the harm is restricted to that one bale. Unfortunately, the Quebec style is almost as expensive as a conventional wood frame house. Gagnon and his team use concrete forms and pumpers to build a house, which will cost approximately ten to 20 percent less than a comparable wooden home.

David Cameron and Nancy Sherwood decided to build a straw bale house in rural Nova Scotia after a friend mentioned that he had seen Louis Gagnon build an inexpensive Quebec-style house and had Gagnon's rudimentary description of construction techniques. In a small booklet describing their building experiences, David writes, “We had been reading the book A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, et al. Their thoroughly researched patterns of construction elements, such as thick walls, alcoves, low windows, sunny places, courtyards, struck chord after chord in us. We wanted that kind of house – people-centered, hand-built over time, a minimum of straight and level and square. The straw house fit the bill perfectly.”

After altering their design plans three times, David and Nancy began construction. Six weeks later, their walls were up one story and parged on the exterior. The walls enclosed 1,200 square feet of floor space, and had cost less than $10,000, including the cost of hiring two helpers. In the process, they altered their construction method from the Quebec style to what David now calls the Nova Scotia style.

David Cameron's Nova Scotia style uses the same principles as the Quebec style. Bales are stacked directly on top of each other, with columns of concrete forming the load-bearing portions of the wall. Where this style differs is in the horizontal layer between the bales.

The Quebec style uses concrete as mortar, sandwiched between bales and holding them together. However, concrete has less strength when used horizontally. David and his friend/house designer Sterling McCann realized that two lengths of rebar on top of a row of bales would act the same way as a layer of concrete, especially once they were secured in the concrete columns. In addition, the rods could tie in to the corner construction. This modification took much less time and effort, eliminating the use of concrete forms at each layer and allowing them to build the walls three bales at one time.

The result is a first layer topped with concrete, onto which are laid all window frames, followed by six or seven layers with rebar rods laid horizontally, with concrete load bearing columns, solid concrete corners, and a three-inch thick concrete bond-beam on top of the last row of bales.

David provides some tips and suggestions to keep costs down significantly. First of all, he suggests, design your house in a standard shape so that prefabricated roof trusses can be used. David and Nancy's house required a custom roof built by carpenters, which took three weeks and was expensive.

Another tip that comes from experience is to design your house with only one story. As David and Nancy discovered, it becomes very difficult to move concrete up 15 to 20 feet without using ramps or expensive pumping equipment. David and Nancy made their second story of wood, which has a much lower insulation value compared to the straw bales.

David also suggests that anyone planning to build with straw bales contract with a farmer to grow a crop that gives good straw. Rye straw is best, oat straw second, and wheat straw third best. While the straw is growing, decide on your door and window dimensions, and what type of windows you want. Given the high insulation value of straw, and the 18-inch thick walls, don't use low emissivity windows, as you may have too much heat in the house from solar gain, even during the winter.

During wall construction, ensure that every wall is completely covered with plastic to protect it from rain and fog until both the outside and inside walls are parged. Finally, says David, build your walls in 12- to 16-foot sections that can be parged by a team of three people in one day. Each day's parge will have different gray shades, so unless you plan to paint the exterior, you'll want an entire wall in the same shade of concrete.

Nancy, a sculptor, appreciates the flexibility that building with straw bales permits in designing structures to fit the landscape. The lower cost also allows you to design a house that fits your needs and your dreams.

David and Nancy built their house for less than $45,000, including the second storey and the customized roof. As David observes in his booklet, “Philosophical motives were at the root of our desire to build with straw and concrete. We employ wage earners who, like us, could never afford to take out a $100,000 mortgage...Let's design and build a $25,000 energy efficient house.”

Allan and Delair: Cataclysm (1995)

My theory after reading Cataclysm: Before the cataclysm of 11,500 b.p. which tilted the earth's axis, there were no seasons. The earth was basically a tropical planet. Ancient legends lead us to believe that mankind up to this point in time lived in a golden age, an age in which peace was the prevailing norm. After the cataclysm, however, nothing that grew survived. The sun was blocked and thus Earth became instantly frozen for many years. Frozen dead animals provided the only sustenance for those humans who survived the cataclysm. No hunting was required because meat was there for the taking. Meat eaters thrived; those who did not flourish on a meat-only diet did not fare as well. This fact may have influenced the social atmosphere in which we live today in that the post-cataclysm meat eaters became accustomed to a meat diet and in time became the most motivated hunters. The best hunters, the most aggressive hunters, by default, became the leaders.

In our present society, if you think about it, everything lives by killing and devouring other things. This is, I know, a generalization. There are many of us who are not of the meat eater mentality. But it seems to me to generally define the society in which we live and it just might be one influenced by the cataclysm of 11,500 b.p. These are just random thoughts - please don't hold me to this theorizing.