Immunity Boosting

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Immunity BoostingBy Ken Adachi ( [email protected] )http://educate-yourself.org/immunboosting/

The body's own immune system, if sufficiently strengthened and boosted by naturalmeans, can resist or su rmount an att a ck by any na tural biological organism. Otherdeadly organisms exist today which are not natural in origin, but rather have beenbioengineered in genetic engineering laboratories located mostly in the United States.These pathoge ns were intentio nally designed to circumvent and cripple the body'simmune syste m and ensure the lethality of the disease. Two well known bioengineereddiseases are A IDS and Ebola . There are some new 'mystery' diseases which haverecently made their appea rance and yet other virulent bioengineered diseases which arewaiting in the wings for the 'right time' (see Population Control under New WorldOrder ). Bioengineered organisms require special consideration and technologies todefeat them, but they are defeatable.

The main focus of our organization is the promotion of non-pharmaceutical medicine.We all possess the innate ability to protect ourselves from disease. This wondrousdisease prevention system is the immune system, which has been , much like the valueof proper nutrition , largely forgotten and ignored. Proper nutrition is one of the easiestways to boost the immune system.

The overuse of pharmaceutical drugs, and the lack of information concerning immunityboosting has left the average American's immune system efficiency level at 40% or50%, at best. Some countries, like Japan, have a traditional diet that creates a strongerimmune system a nd con sequently Japanese people (who embrace the traditional diet)usually live a longer lifespan. It's no coincidence that Japanese women are among thelongest living people on the planet.

Forbidden Cures

The health innovations discussed on our Forb idden Cures pa ge a ll provide remarkableways to heal yourself of a wide variety of conditions, and boost your immune system.The following are a few alternative therapies that we currently offer information on (the"Forbidden Cures" page will be greatly expanded in the near future):Click on any of the links below to see their respective sections

Colloidal Silver Oxygen Therapies Electro Medicine Nutritional Therapies

Supplements

[ Flax Seed Oil | Sodium Ascorbate | Cayenne Pepper ]There is so much to be said about supplements that we will not even attempt to covereverything, as there are already a number of organizations who have constructedwebsites with a wealth of information on this topic (many of these can be found on ourlinks page). However, we will provide you with information on a few of the moreextraordinary supplements that we have found to be especially effective for general
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immunity boosting, as well as treatment of specific ailments:Flax Seed OilOver-consumption of "bad" highly saturated fats, low in essential fatty acids (EFA's)results in fat deposition causing obesity and fatty degeneration. When "good"unsaturated fats rich in EFA's are added to the diet, food utilization and energyproduction are enhanced and less fat is deposited. The richest source of Omega 3 fatty

acids is flax seed oil with 55-65% Omega 3 and 15-25% Omega 6 fatty acids. Omega 6fatty acids are essential but are less likely to be deficient in the American diet.EFA's and their derivatives serve a number of vital functions including transport andmetabolism of both cholesterol and triglycerides, normal brain development andfunction, required in the structure of cell membranes, increase metabolic rate, oxygenuptake and energy production, slow down growth of cancer cells, candida and otheranaerobic organisms, production of prostaglandins and replenish skin oils to combatdryness and wrinkling.

Conditions associated with fatty degeneration include cardiovascular disease, cancer,obesity, diabetes, arthritis, rheumatism, acne and other skin conditions, multiplesclerosis, cystic fibro-sis, glandular atrophy, asthma, kidney, liver and gall bladderproblems. In addition to general immunity boosting, flax seed oil has proven to beeffective in the following conditions: Cardiovascular disease, Cancer, tumors, Obesity,Diabetes, Hypoglycemia, Skin conditions, Glandular atrophy, Liver and gall bladder,Kidney problems, etc.

Our reccomended dosage is one or two teaspoons daily. Although taking flax seed oil byswigging it down or by the spoonful is not very palatable, so you may wish to add it tofoods. Here are some suggestions: dip your bread into it, add it to your hot or coldcereal, or spray it over your popcorn. Here is a simple salad dressing featuring flaxseed oil:

Flax Seed Oil Basic Salad Dressing4 tablespoons organic flax seed oil1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice1 medium garlic clove, crushedPinch of seasoned salt or salt-free seasoningFresh ground pepper to taste

Jazz up this basic recipe to your own personal taste by using your favorite herbs andspices. Place all ingredients into a bowl and whisk together until smooth and creamy.This recipe is quick and delicious!

Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C)

Sodium Ascorbate powder is a non-acidic form of Vitamin C. Vitamin C has intrinsicantiviral and antibacterial activity though its main effect is improvement in hostresistance. Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C Powder) may be beneficial in: Generalimmunity boosting, helping to ward off or prevent colds & flus, assisting the healing of wounds, aiding the body in fighting infection, etc.

Unlike most animals that produce their own Vitamin C, the human body does notsynthesize any. Whether for general immunity boosting or for the treatment of aspecific condition, one requires more Vitamin C than our contemporary diet supplies.The amount of vitamin C you take daily determines its effectiveness. 60 mg per day isthe RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance for adults). This is easily obtained from fresh


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fruits and vegetables. 500 mg to 5 gm (grams) per day has proven to be beneficial inthe prevention of colds, and general immunity boosting. However, Vitamin C dosage of over 1 gm can realistically only be obtained through supplements.

Sodium Ascorbate provides, on average, between 4 and 5 gm of Vitamin C perteaspoon. Our reccomendation for general immunity boosting is one teaspoon

(approximately 4.5 gm) daily. If you are experiencing cold symptoms, we suggest adosage of 4 to 5 gm (usually one teaspoon) per hour. If this treatment is started in theearly stages of a cold, it will often fail to develop. If the cold has already developed,this treatment will usually lessen the effect of the cold, and speed recovery. Dissolvingthe powder in water (or juice, if you find the taste especially unpleasant) is thepreferred method of consumption.

Sodium Ascorbate appears to be the most well-known Vitamin C supplement, althoughthere are a number of others available. They are as follows:

Calcium Ascorbate This seems to be nearly as well-known as Sodium Ascorbate. If you cannot

find Sodium Ascorbate, this will perform virtually the same effect. The

proponents of calcium ascorbate claim that calcium in this form of vitamin Cis well utilized. Magnesium Ascorbate

Magnesium is essential for calcium utilization. Potassium Ascorbate

The addition of potassium may lower blood pressure. Zinc Ascorbate

The zinc may give an added boost to the immune system. Manganese Ascorbate Chromium Ascorbate

Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum)Perhaps the single most wonderful and most beneficial herb in the entire herbalkingdom is Capsicum, or Cayenne Red Pepper. Many herbalists have said that if theycould have only one herb to work with, they would choose Capsicum.

Cayenne is a pepper well known for its benefits to the circulatory system. It a ids thebody to balance pressure levels and resist abnormal bleeding. Cayenne is also used asan overall digestive aid: It stimulates the production of gastric juices, improvesmetabolism, and even helps relieve gas. It appears to have a beneficial effect on bloodfats as well. This plant assists in the body's utilization of other herbs, when used in anherbal combination. When applied topically, it helps relieve minor discomfort.

According to a 1987 study published in the Journal of Bioscience, rats fed a diet high incayenne experienced a significant reduction in blood triglycerides and low densitylipoproteins (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol. Capsaicin, a compound found in cayenne thatgives the spice its "kick," is an antiinflammatory. Recently, cayenne has been usedsuccessfully to treat patients with cluster headaches, a particularly painful type of headache. Used externally, cayenne liniment can soothe the stiffness and pain of rheumatism and arthritis.

Cayenne will work nicely as a general immune booster, or as an addition to treatmentof almost any ailment. Our reccomended dosage is as follows 1/4 to 1 teaspoon 3 times


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a day, taken with plenty of water or juice at mealtime, unless instructed otherwise. If using Cayenne capsules, take 2-3 three times a day with with a large glass of water,unless instructed otherwise.

Water

"Medical professionals of today do not understand the vital roles of water in the humanbody. Medications are palliatives. They are not designed to cure the degenerativediseases of the human body." - Dr. F. Batmanghelidj

Pure and simple, water is an essential part of a healthy diet. And to a much greaterextent than most would imagine. While unknown to the orthodox medical community,dehydration is an extraordinarily common cause of an astounding number of diseases.One of the leading researchers in this field, F. Batmanghelidj, M.D., has explained thissubject in great detail in his book, Your Body's Many Cries for Water. The following area few short excerpts from Dr. Batmanghelidj's book, which should help convey thesignificance of water in one's diet:

"The simple truth is that dehydration can cause disease. Everyone knows that water is"good" for the body. They seem not to know how essential it is to one's well-being. Theydo not know what happens to the body if it does not receive its daily need of water."

"In advanced societies, thinking that tea, coffee, alcohol, and manufactured beveragesare desirable substitutes for the purely natural water needs of the daily 'stressed' bodyis an elementary but catastrophic mistake. It is true that these beverages contain water,but what else they contain are dehydrating agents. They get rid of the water they aredissolved in plus some more water from the reserves of the body!"

Currently, practitioners of conventional medicine are unaware of the many chemicalroles of water in the body. Because dehydration eventually causes loss of somefunctions, the various sophisticated signals given by operators of the body's waterrationing program during severe and lasting dehydration have been translated asindicators of unknown disease conditions of the body. This is the most basic mistakethat has deviated clinical medicine. It has prevented medical practitioners from beingable to advise preventive measures or offer simple physiologic cures for some majordiseases in humans."

"With the appearance of these signals, the body should be provided with water for theserationing systems to distribute. However, medical practitioners have been taught tosilence these signals with chemical products. Of course they have zero understanding of the significance of this most gross error. The various signals produced by these waterdistributors are indicators of regional thirst and drought of the body. At the onset, theycan be relieved by an increase of water itself, yet they are improperly dealt with by the

use of commercial chemical products until pathology is established and diseases areborn."

We urge you to read Dr. Batmanghelidj's book, Your Body's Many Cries for Water, forfurther information. Dr. Batmanghelidj recommends drinking 8 - 10 glasses of waterdaily, and more if you are suffering from an illness.Back to the top
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Fiber

Fiber, or roughage, has been a popular topic in the media of late. While advertisers tryto sell us many things we don't need, they're right when they say high fiber cereals areimportant for good health. Lack of fiber has been implicated in the development of colondisease, heart disease and numerous other conditions. Dr. Denis Burkitt was the first to

advance the idea of fiber as an important contributor to health. He based his beliefs onhis research of African tribes. Dr. Burkitt found that African tribal residents sufferedfrom almost none of the modern diseases of the West such as colon cancer and heartdisease. However, when the Africans moved to the West and adopted our eating habits,they quickly succumbed to our most common illnesses.

Dietary fiber is as important to children as it is to adults. Foods high in fiber are high invitamins, trace minerals and essential fatty acids. Take wheat for example. Almost allof the essential nutrients are bound in the germ portion of the grain. During milling, thegerm is separated from the endosperm. The germ is sold separately as wheat germ(long known as a high nutrient food) while the endosperm is further milled to makeflour. Milling of whole grain to make refined flour results in loss of 85 percent of themagnesium, 86 percent of the manganese, 40 percent of the chromium, 78 percent of

the zinc, 89 percent of the cobalt, 48 percent of the molybdenum and 68 percent of thecopper, in addition to comparable losses of selenium, vitamin E and essential fattyacids. Moreover, heavy metals such as cadmium (which are concentrated in theendosperm) remain in the flour. (Unfortunately, the body's antagonist to cadmium--zinc--has been removed.) Since nutrients are required to properly utilize all calories weconsume, the intake of refined food leads to a gradual deficiency of nutrients. This is astrong argument for the use of whole-grain products.

The real test of the value of refined (fortified) foods would be to put a group of labanimals on a diet of white bread and compare them to a group fed a diet of whole-grainbread. In one such experiment, two thirds of rats kept on a diet of enriched white breaddied before the experiment was finished.

Fiber is also important because it helps keep the intestinal contents moving through totheir ultimate fate--elimination as stool. If the intestinal contents move too slowly, toxicby-products of digestion and bacterial fermentation remain in the bowel too long andare reabsorbed back into the body. Over time, this can contribute to illness.

When one consumes a diet low in fiber, attachment of parasites such as Giardia lambliais easier. When fiber is present in the diet, the intestinal contents move through morequickly and prevent the attachment of such parasites. Recall that G. lambilia is one of the most common parasites found in the United States. It contributes to immunesuppression, poor digestion, food allergies and numerous other problems. The ability todecrease the likelihood of infection by this parasite by simply increasing the intake of fiber is significant.

While fiber is necessary for children and adults, too much fiber can be a problem aswell, since excessive fiber can cause nutrients to be leached out of the digestive tract.The problems for most of us, however, is not too much fiber, but too little. (Never put achild on a high fiber diet without consulting a health care professional.) Good sources of fiber include fruit, vegetables, legumes and grains (oats, wheat, rice, barley, etc.).Back to the top


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Juicing

Juicing, and the benefits of a juicing program have long been recognized around theworld. Since the early part of this century, researchers such as Norman Walker, D.Sc.,and Dr. Bernard Jensen have investigated the effects of juice as part of the daily diet.Their studies show that juice can provide all the basics of human nutrition, including

carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals.Juicing adds to the benefits of vegetables and fruits. By juicing, rather than eating theproduce whole, the important nutrients and phytochemicals found in plants are absorbedmore easily by our bodies--sometimes within minutes--without too much effort on thepart of the digestive system. In addition to this, more of the nutrients are absorbed.

Fresh vegetable juices are also rich in enzymes. Enzymes spark the hundreds of thousands of chemical reactions that occur throughout the body; enzymes are essentialfor digestion and absorption of food, for conversion of food into body tissue, and for theproduction of energy at the cellular level. In fact, enzymes are essential for most of thebuilding and rebuilding that goes on in the body every day. When foods are cooked,enzymes can be destroyed; that is why raw foods and juices are so important. They

provide an excellent source of all-important enzymes. Carrot's beta carotene and the ellagic acid found in fresh apple juice are

clinically proven anti-cancer agents. Limonene from lemon's white pith is recognized as a potent anti-cancer

nutrient and is also effective in dissolving gallstones. Apple's soluble fiber, ellagic acid and vitamin C, combined with celery's

healthy dose of minerals and electrolytes can cleanse and rebalance yoursystem.

Digestive enzymes found in honeydew, papaya, and pineapple reduceinflammation and energize the body.

An advantage of juicing over buying commercial juice is that when you make your own juice you know exactly what it contains. You can be sure to avoid adding sugar,sweeteners, and other additives. Also many commercial juices are heat treated toextend shelf life, which can destroy nutrients.Back to the top

Recommended Diet

For those of you looking for a suggested diet, we recommend the following:

Consume a diet that focuses on whole, unprocessed foods (whole grains,legumes, vegetables, fruits, seeds, etc.)

Reduce (or eliminate, if possible) your intake of refined sugar. Drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water daily. Avoid animal products, with the possible exception of cold water fish

(salmon, mackerel, herring, halibut, etc.). Eliminate dairy products, caffeine, and alcohol. Eliminate coffee (besides caffeine, there are a host of other chemicals

poisoning your body). Try the many varieties of herbal tea available. Avoid soft drinks completely. Avoid white bread and refined flour products. They are devoid of essential

nutrients, including omega-3 essential fatty acids and others. Avoid margarine and all commercial cooking oils. Use Butter and Organic cold


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pressed Olive oil instead. Consume organic Flax Seed Oil and cold fish oil (MAX EPA) daily. Consume Miso soup, kelp, and shitake mushrooms regularly. Brown Rice is better than white rice. Buy organic foods (especially produce) whenever possible. Get regular exercise. Perform a relaxation exercise (deep/focused breathing, meditation, tai chi,

visualization, prayer, etc.) 10 to 15 minutes each day.Back to the top

Suggested Reading

For more information on nutrition, we recommend the following books:

Diet for a Poisoned Planet, David Steinman Diet for a New America, John Robbins Your Body's Many Cries for Water, F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. The McDougall Program, John A. McDougall

Eat Right 4 Your Type by Peter D'Adamo

Peace & Relaxation[ Meditation | Yoga | Tai Chi ]One of the best ways to lower your immune system and make yourself sick is stress.Similarly, negative emotions like worry and anger will also lower your immune system.So as you might expect, one good way to boost your immune system, as well as toimprove the general quality of your life, is to eliminate these negative emotions.The following are methods of doing this which we have found to be effective:

Meditation[ General Meditation | Focused Breathing | Visualization | Transcendental Meditation ]

Meditation has become increasingly popular in the western world. It provides a simpleway to relax yourself, relieve stress, boost your immune system, and create more well-being and happiness in your life. The method of meditation you choose is not soimportant as achieving the desired result--a quiet mind, which promotes inner peaceand relaxation. There are many different types of meditation, and our suggestion to youis to choose whatever you enjoy and feels right. If you're not very familiar withmeditation, here are a few techniques we reccomend:General Meditation:"There's nothing to it!" is something I often here when someone is describing generalmeditation, and franky, it's absolutely true. General meditation is as simple as quietingyour mind. Find a quiet place and time when you won't be disturbed, close your eyes,and clear your mind of any thoughts. Sit like this, attempting to eliminate all thoughtsand experience total peace, for whatever period of time feels comfortable. Oftenbeginners find it difficult to meditate for more than five or ten minutes. If you findyourself in such a situation, don't despair. You will find yourself able to sit for longerand longer intervals as time progresses. If you have never meditated before, considerstarting your meditations in intervals of five minutes. When you feel comfortable,increase your intervals to ten minutes. When you feel comfortable with that, try tomove to fifteen minutes, and continue like this until you feel a length of time that suitsyou. Many experienced meditators, including Deepak Chopra, meditate for thirty
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minutes in the morning and at night, as well as for thirty minutes in the afternoon if they feel stressed.Focused Breathing:Focused breathing is another very popular, yet tremendously simple, meditation. As ingeneral meditation, find a quiet time and place where you won't be disturbed, close youreyes, and clear you mind of any thoughts. From there, focus on your breathing. Focus

on the in-breath, and the out-breath. This is also commonly known as consciousbreathing, because as opposed to our normal breathing which we do not focus on orattempt to control, "focused breathing" is consciously monitored and controlled. Yousimply "watch" yourself breath, so to speak, and attempt to bring your breaths to aslow, rhythmic pace (whatever pace feels comfortable to you). By focusing on yourbreath, you draw your attention to that, and eliminate random thoughts, which creates afeeling of inner peace. To help focus on their breath, people will often draw theirattention to the air entering their nostrils, and the air leaving their mouth. You may alsowish to draw your attention to the rising and fal ling of your chest. Use whatever methodyou feel comfortable with. As for controlling the pace of your breath, some people counta certain number of seconds between each breath and attempt to maintain this slow,rhythmic, controlled pace. Others prefer not to count. Other use different techniques

still. We suggest you use whatever feels comfortable to you.

Visualization:Visualization can be used to achieve a variety of results. One simple visualization forgeneral well-being and stress-reduction is to first quiet yourself and begin as you wouldin general meditation or focused breathing, then visualize yourself inhaling golden orwhite light/energy, and exhaling gray, stale, old energy. The white or golden lightrepresents new, fresh, rejuvenating energy, while the gray energy represents anystress, unhappiness, worries, anger, or other negative emotions you may be holdinginside you. This visualization is a great way to release the stress and tension of the day,and give yourself more energy. If you have a specific ailment you are trying to relieveyourself of, visualize the same white or golden energy surrounding the area of your

body which is in need of healing. Focus on that white or golden light/energy healing andenergizing that area of your body. Continue focusing this healing energy on the afflictedarea of your body for whatever time period feels comfortable to you. Try to repeat thisprocedure daily or multiple times daily if you feel compelled to do so. As always, dowhat feels right for you.

Transcendental Meditation:There is much to be said about Transcendental meditation, but I will just cover it brieflyhere, as there are many sources of information on this topic. Transcendental meditationuses a "mantra"--a word or phrase which is repeated throughout the duration of themeditation--to focus oneself on that one word or phrase, thereby allowing all randomthroughts to be released. To begin, prepare yourself as you would doing any of theother meditations listed here, then find a mantra which feels good to you (you should beable to find many of these if you do a little searching) and repeat it either aloud orsilently for whatever period of time feels comfortable to you. The following are twowell-known mantras which you may care to experiment with:

"ON-NAMA SHIVA YA" (OHN NAH MA SHE VAH YAH) "OM MANI PADME UM" (OHM MAH NEE PAHD MEH UM)

Of course because these are traditional they are not English mantras, so you may or


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Exercise stimulates circulation, improves muscle tone, improves cardiac function andboosts immunity. It is also a way to eliminate toxins from the body. Exercise is acritical component in the elimination of "poisons"--such as myriad toxins that build up inthe body as a result of regular bodily processes in addition to man-made chemicals--from the body for three simple reasons. First, when we exercise we breathe moredeeply, more forcefully and more often. In doing so, we release toxic by-products

through the lungs. Second, when we exercise we also perspire. Perspiration is anothermeans to eliminate metabolic waster material from the body. Finally, muscular activityis the only way to move waste material through the lymphatic vessels. If we don'tsweat, don't breathe heavily and don't move our muscles, these toxins must findanother way out. Unfortunately, they usually remain in the body, only to foul thebiochemical machinery that makes our immune system operate efficiently. The result:susceptibility to illness.An article published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine illustrates the effectexercise can have on infections. In this study, only 45 minutes of brisk walking per daywas shown to lower the incidence of upper respiratory symptoms, cut the duration of illness in half and increase natural killer-cell activity in people prone to upperrespiratory tract infections.

The exercise credo of the eighties, "no pain, no gain," has fortunately given way to amore realistic notion that moderate exercise confers as many health benefits asstrenuous exercise. Moderate exercisers have the added benefit of suffering fewerinjuries as well. In fact, highly strenuous training can temporarily weaken immunefunction. While such intensive training is what some prefer, rest assured that somethingas simple as a daily walk will provide your body with health and immune benefits. If you enjoy sports, or other physical pastimes such as dancing or hiking, that will providea more than adequate way to get the exercise your body needs. The key is, no matterhow you get your exercise, to do it regularly and make sure it's fun! (If you have anexisting medical condition, see your doctor before embarking on any exercise plan.)

Non-pharmaceutical antimicrobialsA wide range of chemical and natural compounds are used as antimicrobials. Organic acids are used widely as antimicrobialsin food products, e.g. lactic acid , citric acid , acetic acid , and their salts, either as ingredients, or as disinfectants. For example,beef carcasses often are sprayed with acids, and then rinsed or steamed, to reduce the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7.

Traditional healers long have used plants to prevent or cure infectious disease. Many of these plants have been investigatedscientically for antimicrobial activity, and a large number of plant products have been shown to inhibit the growth of pathogenic microorganisms. A number of these agents appear to have structures and modes of action that are distinct fromthose of the antibiotics in current use, suggesting that cross-resistance with agents already in use may be minimal. So, it isworthwhile to study plants and plant products for activity against resistant bacteria.

[edit ] Essential oils

The antimicrobial properties of 21 plant essential oils and two essences were investigated against ve food-borne pathogens,Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella enteriditis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes . The oils of bay, cinnamon, clove and thyme were the most inhibitory, each having a bacteriostatic concentration of 0.075% or less againstall ve pathogens. ( A. Smith-Palmer, J. Stewart and L. Fyfe. Antimicrobial properties of plant essential oils and essencesagainst ve important food-borne pathogens. Letters in Applied Microbiology 1998. 26. 118-122)

Many essential oils are included in pharmacopoeias as having antimicrobial activity, including:

Sideritis or Greek Mountain Tea
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Oregano oil Tea tree oil - in cosmetics, medicine Mint oil - in medicine, cosmetics (tooth paste etc.) Sandalwood oil - in cosmetics Clove oil - stomatology etc. Nigella sativa (Black cumin) oil Onion oil ( Allium cepe ) - phytoncides , in phytotherapy

Leleshwa oil Lavender oil Lemon oil Lemon myrtle oil Neem oil Garlic Eucalyptus oil Peppermint oil Cinnamon oil Thyme oil

[edit ] Cations and elements

Many heavy metal cations such as Hg2+

, Cu2+

, and Pb2+

have antimicrobial activities, but are also very toxic to other livingorganisms, thus making them unsuitable for treating infectious diseases. Colloidal silver is commonly used as an antimicrobialin alternative medicine without clear scientic proof of effectiveness.
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