White Coating, Burning, and Cravings
Dear Ted, I came across the earth clinic web site, that I have read with great Gusto!! Your replies have got me started in a healing Journey that NO AMOUNT of medical doctors could do. I recently had a baby who will be 5 months soon. During my pregnancy I started having this awful strong metallic taste ( with a thick white coating ) on my tongue. This taste eventually turned into what I was told is now called Burning Tongue syndrome. My sodium is border line low, and crave SALT and beer a lot.. I am not a drinker, so I found this beer craving very ODD for me. My calcium is also border line low, and looks like I may have low B6, but every thing else looks ok. Anyway after many docs I found a pretty OK ENT who actually listened too me, and he told me I had Acid reflux, even though I did even feel like I had this issue. He prescribed pepcid for me.. the nice thing was after 13 months of not being able too scrape off this white coating, I was finally able too scrape it off ( after only one day of using pepcid ), and my tongue is now 90% pink again. How ever this darn burning is still there. I do have Hashimoto Thyroiditis, and a compromised immune system. I found your ACV recipe and I have too say.. OMG..this is awesome. I do the 2tblsp of ACV, ? tsp of baking soda, and 8 ounces of water.( twice daily ).this totally takes away the burning I have been feeling in my tounge. However if I stop taking it, the burning returns along with the white coating. I have only been doing this 1.5 wks, but I was wondering.. does this sound Fungal too you? I love the results I get from the ACV recipe you speak about, but not too sure how long I should do this. I really do not believe that I have too LIVE with this issue. Can you please help educate me further on this issue.. Many, Many Thanks,...
This appears to be a fungus condition or sometimes a staph problem if there is some wounds being opened up.
Most present medicine merely coverup the underlying body chemistry which protects the body against such microbial attacks.
Hence, as an emergency, I would likely take 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda three times a day, or perhaps 1 tablespoon lemon juice with 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda three times a day in 1/3 glass of water. It takes about 2 weeks for the body to get enough alkalinity. This should at least help with some healing problem.
The other emergency measures might that has helped me is a thin solution of milk of magnesia applied to the scalp, without rinsing. That should at least contain the problem from further spread, at least for certain bacterial and fungus problem. In the long run, I prefer to use a 1% hydrogen peroxide with sufficient borax to wash daily, with little rinsing and kept overnight, to further discourage the growth. However, this merely avoids the underlying cause that the body's immune system may be a problem. Hence, some twice weekly 25 mg zinc gluconate supplements, selenium yeast supplements, and avoiding all grains, milk and sugar. The supplements most helpful to the scalp is some omega 3, vitamin A, fish oil, and evening primrose oil taken twice weekly, and to contain hair loss some manganese sulfate supplements at 25 mg twice a week on an empty stomach.
Stopping the agressive ringworn is difficult, but generally speaking borax in 1% hydrogen peroxide, and some milk of magnesia should at least contain the problem. Some supplements of borax, which can be taken as 1/16 teaspoon in a liter of water twice a week I might consider, as it has some antifungal properties. However, since a ringworm are most sensitive to borax, a daily application of borax solution or sometimes in a 1% hydrogen peroxide may be helpful. It should be noticed that, you cannot 1% hydrogen peroxide concentration as it is too drying to the skin. A lavender oil are generally helpful with ringworm if applied to the scalp, although, it should be applied thinly and it usually helps reduce the itch.
Again, grains, fructose, sugar, fruit juice, sour foods of any kind, white bread and milk should be avoided. A good subsitute for milk maybe unsugared soy milk, as it is high in manganese and helpful with hair condition. Most blacks and non-whites are generally lactose intolerant and milk is something I would avoid if scalp and hair is a problem. In some cases of ringworm, sometimes kelp and iodine foot painting, or perhaps small application of iodine may be helpful. Some of my own friends sometimes used preferably 100% alcohol to apply to at least reduce some itching, although alcohol 100% of ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol are generally hard to get, and hence sometimes a 90% isopropyl alcohol sold in drug store might be of some help too. At least it is a good antiseptic solution. Generally speaking borax is best antifungal medicine that is relatively easiest to use, but frequency of application is needed, usually once a day, and left overnight unrinsed, and rinsed the next day.
I hope this helps!
If at all possible, some magnesium citrate 100-250 mg/day taken for 5 days out of a week may also help raise the body's immunity, along with zinc gluconate twice weekly.
Ringworm grows because the body's biochemical components supports their growth usually from sugar, acidosis (lack of alkalinity) and certan supplements that protects against fungus, such as boron (which is found in borax). There may be others, such as manganese, chromium, iodine, copper (from unsugared cocoa), as well as immunity suppression from lactose intolerance, vitamin A, omega 3, fish oil, and evening primrose oil, vitamin E, but those seem to aid healing and some eventual scarring.
Most help I think is just avoiding certain foods that are grain, milk, sugar, vegetable oils while trying to take more lemon and baking soda for akalizing, eat more vegetables, and some fishes, for example.
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