Alternative Therapies - Experiences

[ArkansasLPN]

I've been in the nursing field for several years mainly working in PCU and Med-Surg setting. I often encounter patients taking handfuls of medications. Many times they have medications to treat the side affects caused by their other medications. Sometimes it appears to be a downward spiral. Patients taking some much medications that they throw up shortly after administration. I would like to create a thread where people can share their experiences with alternative therapies.

I typically give people the benefit of the doubt, but I have little faith in the our FDA. They legalize food additives like Aspartame which is a proven neurotoxin. Many FDA employees also hold position at companies like Monsanto which control GMO agriculture. I honestly think that if there was a cure to specific illnesses, it would be suppressed for the "treatments" which guarantee a steady flow of money to the pharmaceutical companies. Plants like Marijuana are illegal and scheduled inappropriately so they can't be researched. This is done for "our safety", yet tobacco and alcohol is legal. There is another plant called Kratom, which people have successful used to detox of IV heroin.

Here's my experience to start. About a years ago I went in for a health check up. I had an A1C and lipid profile drawn. My A1C was 6.5 and my cholesterol was high. This was the first time my A1C had ever been checked. The APRN wanted me to start metformin and a statin. I did some research and found barberry bark extract and plant sterols. I ordered both on eBay for maybe $15 altogether. After taking these two nutritional supplements for 3 months I went back for another check up. My A1C went from 6.5 to 5.2 and all my cholesterol levels were in the normal range. I have other stories, but I want to see how other react to this thread before I share. I found a "Violet Ray" machine at a yard sale over the weekend so I'm about to start testing it. My mother used it for the past two days for pain in her feet and she is already reporting major relief. A friend of my family with end stage pancreatic cancer is now wanting to try it. She is at home with hospice and can barely eat.

As for the Violet Ray, the technology was invented by Nikola Tesla. Doctors supposedly used it for the better part of 50 years between 1900-50. Many doctor wrote journals and reported great success, however manufacturing plants were shut down by the FDA due to false claims. Now there is literally no medical information about the Violet Ray, despite it's 50 or so years of use. It almost looks like a cover up.

A couple of other things I've been researching -

The Banerji Protocol to treat cancer. Based out of India and using a supplement called Rubia. Normally I wouldn't think much of this, but this same researcher is partnered with MD Anderson and has articles published on NIH website regarding cancer treatment. I started this research after caring for a patient with an inoperable Glioblastoma.

Also vitamin B17 for it's anti tumor properties. This one might be quackery. I've bought the apricot kernels on eBay and ate a whole bag over the course of a few months. The cyanide didn't kill me, lol. Just like the colloidal silver didn't turn me blue, lol. I don't understand why the FDA would go through the trouble of outlawing this vitamin. In other countries they extract the laetrile and give it IV. This one eBay listing alone has sold near $10,000 worth of apricot seeds (the only legal way to get Vitamin B17 in the US). Either these people are at their wits end or they are getting some type of benefit.

Sorry for being long winded. If you can't grasp the concept that our government and the FDA might not have our best interest in mind this thread may not be for you.

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[ArkansasLPN]

If the FDA could sweep something as large as medical marijuana under the rug for nearly a century, imagine what the could do to much smaller, less publicized alternative therapy. There are youtube videos of cannabis oil curing melanoma and other cancers for crying out loud -

I'm now starting to see a growing number in patients diagnosed with gastroparesis. These same patients are taking handfuls of pain meds at home along with IV dilaudid while hospitalized. I concluded that their may be a link be the narcotics and gastroparesis. Many of the patients have never had a bowel resection or any other GI problems.

Here's a little more info about the Violet Ray - Tesla, Cayce and the Violet Ray

I've also added alpha lipoic acid to my daily supplement regimen. It's actually a first line treatment for neuropathy in other countries. I forgot to mention after my initial high A1C, I started adding cinnamon to my daily diet.

[ArkansasLPN]

I also wanted to add, before someone says it's not in my scope to use a Violet Ray on a pancreatic cancer patient, I myself will not be doing the treatment. This lady's brother is a retired physician. She has discussed it with him and he sees no possible harm. Also, I'm not giving his lady a false hope, she has NO hope unfortunately. She spent the last year in a nursing home attempting to build strength for surgical intervention. Now she has been deemed unfit for surgery and has been sent home to die. I will lone her the machine and she will use it for 15-20 minutes a couple of times a day. I really don't think it matters if you apply it close to the troubled area. I can hold it in my hand while my kids touch the bottom of my feet and they get a light shock. The electrical current travels the entire body painlessly. It produces ozone as a byproduct which is suppose to be an oxidizer to any infections or diseases. I'm testing it on the crown of my head to see if it helps with some thinning hair. If you start researching this specific item, it is sometimes referred to a Photon Sound Beam. Mine doesn't have all the bells and whistles like this one -

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

I'm not so much into using alternative therapies as I am trying to avoid having to take ANYTHING. I gained weight over the last few years but put it down to going through menopause. Had a physical and saw a number I'd never seen before as a former lifelong slender woman, My A1c was high, as well as LDL cholesterol and blood pressure. I was already on Lisinopril, but my BP was nevertheless over 160 systolic. Diabetes loomed in my future, but I did not want to automatically start gobbling up pills.

I started riding my bike every day for an hour, changed my diet, and 2 months later, my A1c was normal, blood pressure was 116/64, cholesterol going down (but still high). No way am I going on a statin or metformin when I can approach this through lifestyle changes. I was able to reduce my lisinopril to a half dose, with the goal of getting off of it altogether. I've lost 20 lbs, too.

A lot of medicines seem to make sense in isolation, but when you start adding them together, they can really cause a lot of problems. I've had patients who were on 20 medications. I just do NOT want to go down that road. Nor do I want to take a whole bunch of other stuff, "natural" or not.

I do think there is a place for alternative methods in certain situations, and when lifestyle changes are not possible or are insufficient.