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Side Effects From Home Remedies?

Posted by Kari on 09/06/2007

Dear Ted, Thank you for all of your posts. Yesterday. I broke out in a rash (blister-like, red, itchy) all over my extremities(arms, legs, face, neck). You indicate to seek the source of the rash, but I just don't know what it could be. I started using the ACV cocktail about 2 weeks ago and this is the only thing that has changed. Could this be the cause? I bathed in an ACV bath last night and applied ACV to the spots this morning to stop the unbearable itch. I also feel lethargic and have a slight upset stomach. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Replied by Ted
Bangkok, Thailand
392 posts

Rash is often a toxemia where apple cider vinegar can control the problems, but it causes the body to go into excess acidity which can up set the stomach. An apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoon and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda can have a better control on the problems,while a topical application of ordinary vinegar or apple cider vinegar can initially best handle the problem.

I have also found a rash can also be initiated whenever zinc deficiency is indicated, due to a certain bacterial response. In that event to cure myself I would take 50 mg of zinc acetate (or zinc gluconate) for 5 days out of a week and then stop. A topical application of 10% zinc oxide solution can help stop that too and it may indicate a zinc deficiency.

In certain more agressive kinds of allergies, a milk of magnesia (the kind they used to solve constipation, but WITHOUT the aluminum hydroxide) can resolve the skin allergies and intestinal tract allergies, which some might call ulcerative colitis just the same.However I would take magnesium citrate or magnesium chloride 250 mg x 2 times a day for 5 days out of a week to stop this problem and it never came back again.

It should be noted that Ted's antibiotic is to use only zinc and magnesium, but this is also used for treatment of rashes and allergies just the same. The liver detoxifies toxic substances by acetylation, buta dose of acetate, found in apple cider vinegar after neutralizing the acid would have worked better, and the alkalization would also kill the bacteria too. A more persistent fungus like condition that initiate an allergy, at least an easy one I would have used is the sea salt such as 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt in one glass of water.

As for the stomach upset mentioned, apple cider vinegar should be added with the baking soda and the resulting side effect such as a stomach upset and other problems should go away. But this alone doesn't resolve the possible underlying cause of a zinc or magnesium deficiency. There are other causes, but this should resolve a majority such as 80% of the common skin allergies that I have experienced.


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