Dr Cathcart asserts and has proven that megadose ascorbate is the simplist and most powerful cure for microbes and viruses. Dr. Linus Pauling was a significant leader in this arena too. Evidence is profuse on the vitamin C foundation website (www.vitaminCfoundation.org).

Absence of vitamin D3 is a serious problem in flu season. Many virus diseases abound much more when the weather is cold and when people don't get vitamin D from sunlight. Therefore, vitamin D3 may be very healing for flu: 5000 to 10000 IU a day is very helpful. The "minimum daily requirement" quantity is ridiculously inadequate. Overdose is a chiefly a myth promoted by pharmceutical disinformation bureaus.

Creatures that make vitamin C (ascorbate ions) in their livers don't get flu. Flu is a luxury of animals that are dependent for their health upon dietary vitamin C. Creatures that make their own ascorbate ions (the real form of in-vitro vitamin C) live significantly longer than creatures the same size and weight as creatures that are dependent upon dietary intake of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). For example, it is difficult for humans, gerbils, and white fruit bats to ever get as much as they need. It is a long but interesting story well describe on the vitamin C foundation website. Nearly all other animals make their own ascorbate.

On Dr Fonorow's http://www.vitaminC.com
website, Dr Cathcart shows a dosing graph for fighting various diseases and Cathcart explains the "bowel-tolerance ceiling" that helps you determine how much is useful to take. The ceiling comes down gradually when the body had killed the offending microbes or viruses.

The two vitamins, C and D3, are several orders of magnitude more powerful than immune boosters.

Pau D'Arco tea is one of the most powerful immune boosters. It helps the immune system reach into immune level two. Factors that cause the immune system to fail to reach level two are mercury and lead in the body and mercury in the brain dissolved in the fatty acid in the brain.

Other toxins, for example, from patent-medicine-toxins, or toxins from the green-colored nightshade-family of foods (chiefly potatoes and green peppers) can stun the liver and paralyse the immune level two. Very ripe tomoatoes and red peppers are not significantly toxic. Dr. Hulda Clark says that the body requires 3-4 days to recover from a nightshade meal.

Fortunately, vitamin C in doses over 4000 mg per day carry out lead and mercury if coarse green leafy vegetables are also in the diet. Mercury is one of the unfortunate chemicals people inherit from the Thimersol(R) toxin/antitoxin "stabilizer" (read stabilizer as growth stunning agent) contained in inocculations.

If you ever had any Antibiotics , besides killing the bad bacteria in the gut, they also kill the good bacteria in the gut. Strongly consider reseeding the gut with a fresh batch of helpful (original-equipment) bacteria, a probiotic of 8 or more types: take daily before your old fashioned raw oats in the morning every day for a month and occasionally afterwards for good measure. Make a small hole in the capsule, and let a few crumbs fall in your mouth too: It will freshen your breath and improve your mouth-health too.

Hi Fran,

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Everyday our bodies are being bombarded by hundreds of toxins from what we eat and drink to the air we breathe. Our immune systems are working overtime to keep up with ridding these toxins. When our immune system becomes over worked, tired and unable to keep our bodies functioning at an optimum level, we get sick or ill. Essiac Tea will help get these toxins out of your body to keep your body’s immune system strong. This is what Essiac does best. Without a strong army behind you, you can lose the battle. You may go to my website to get more information. You also may email me with any questions you might have. I'll be glad to answer them for you. Here is my site. Click or copy and paste into your address bar. http://www.reneshealthytea.com

Thanks, Eric

Hello - I just read about your question about what would be good for your grandma. Pau D' Arco - while very good - when you use too much of it can cause pain. It is Very Powerful.

Instead - I suggest Bee Propolis - 500 mg - two in the morning and two at night at first. It will stop ANY Infection -- no matter how bad - even pneumonia and UTI - and help build up her body. After the first three days - you can cut back to 2 capsules daily - or continue the same dosage until you see her be strengthened. If she has No problem with allergies - she might try Bee Pollen to help her with weakness.

And one of the Best things you can do for her - is make her cooked oatmeal (the 10 minute kind - Not the instant one) - EVERY Day. She will grow strong nd her mind will be sharp.

You don't need a whole lot of herbs in order to get relief from infections - or to get strong. God made the bees for our benefit. And the products the bees make are remarkable.

Good luck and God bless!