If you take turpentine with sugar then most of it will be absorbed into the blood -- so not much turpentine left to cure the candida throughout your intestines -- which is 30 ft long and has the absorbtive surface area of a tennis court. 

So I paired the turpentine with castor oil and it has worked pretty well. This combination is particularly useful to help kill candida throughout the whole length of the intestines and it has worked well because you have a laxative(CO) paired with turpentine that kills candida as well as killing a huge broad spectrum of other pathogens and parasites. Put simply the laxative CO helps to quickly spread the turps evenly throughout the whole intestines for a more deadlier and widespread effect. At the same time, the CO laxative effect directly and quickly expels candida, candida poisons, heavy metals, parasites, biofilms etc from the intestines beacuse of its natural laxative effect. 

I've also been involved with an autism parents group who are trying to cure their kids autism which is generally caused by parasite poisons and candida poisons acting directly on a child's developing brain. Get rid of the candida and parasites and get rid of the poisons and the child returns to normal behaviour. I was contacted because alot of people in the group, who were using Kerri Rivera's CD protocol protocol for autism, had hit a brick wall with little progress. Then I advised using the turps + CO for the autistic kids. That was two years ago and now everyone in the group(over 50 parents with autistic kids aged from 2 y o upwards) swears by this turpentine/CO protocol as being a huge aid and benefit against candida, parasites and autism. 

Turpentine is not soluble in water but mixes with castor oil without any problems.

I have wrtten alot of info relating to gut problems on curezone -- see here.

Yes, you guessed right, GERD and Low Stomach Acid problems can certainly be related or connected to hypothyroid and low thyroid conditions. That's why, in my own full protocol for this gastric acid problem -- explained here -- I include supplementing iodine to help cure it. Remember that 95% of all Americans are deficient in body iodine. Iodine is needed by both the thyroid and by the stomach to produce sufficient levels of gastric acid. The other minerals and vitamins listed are also essential.

Everyone, including doctors thinks that only the thyroid needs iodine. From the research that I've read, your body needs to maintain a daily store of 1500 mgs of iodine a day to be healthy. Your thyroid only needs to store 1.5 mgs iodine per day. That's right, iodine is needed for many other critical jobs in the body besides just helping the thyroid. Every single cell in the body needs iodine.  

Hashimoto's may seem tough to cure but this condition is usually caused by both a lack of iodine in the diet as well as a lack of certain essential and critical minerals described here, here and here. There may also be excess heavy metals or halides(excessive bromine, fluorine in the body) issues contributing to your thyroid problems as well. I would investigate this website if you want some honest thyroid answers. A good research article on Hashimotos here. More iodine research from Optimox research here.