Abstract: The
following two treatment modalities have cured people of chronic Lyme disease
1. Heat treatment cure at St. George clinic in Bavaria
2. Cowden Protocol using
Peruvian and other herbals
These notes are some of the most important information I
have gleaned in hundreds of hours of study working in my girlfriend’s severe
case of Lyme disease and probably Bartonella, a Lyme co-factor.
1. Very good introduction to chronic Lyme,
Difficulties getting tested by conventional medical
practitioners, frequency of Lyme in cases of MS and rheumatoid arthritis,
necessity to detox before treatment, etc.
Katina Makris @KatinaMakris
[from Twitter]
How to recover from #Lyme disease watch here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXzw6ICm0u0&sns=tw
Makris apparently
recovered using the Cowden protocol but does not directly say so.
2. A heat treatment for Lyme
“The treatment at the St George Clinic the Bavarian Alps,
which has become popular with Australian patients, is called hyperthermia. Dr
Frederich Douwes made the chance discovery that raising the body temperature
kills Lyme disease bacteria when he was working with cancer patients.” https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/a/25588947/australians-flock-to-overseas-lyme-disease-treatment/
And the clinic site: http://www.cancerclinicstgeorg.com/en/lyme-disease-treatment-center
My commentary: My SUGGESTION, not my direct experience, is that this heat treatment is quite possibly THE BEST way to go if you have
a case of Lyme+ [meaning possibly with co-infections like Bartonella, babesiosis].
From the clinic website: “Systemic Whole Body Hyperthermia
The ancient world already knew the healing power of an
elevated body temperature achieved by fever. This is the effect we use here.
Borrelia burgdorferi [B.b.] is very thermolabil. The low
tolerance of spirochetes for high temperatures is well known and explains the
absence of B.b. in the tropics, where infected ticks may be exposed to high
temperatures detrimental to spirochete survival. Thus, the borrelia can be completely destroyed at 41,6 °C [106.9F].
In vitro cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi demonstrates
that the spirochete replicates most quickly at 37°C. If the temperature is
increased to 39°C it retards the growth of B.b. significantly. At 41°C all
spirochetes in the culture are being killed after 24h, whereas at 41,6°C
[106.9F] all spirochetes are being killed after 2h.
In our Whole Body Hyperthermia Unit (Heckelbed), the
temperature rise is achieved slowly in the entire system, including the brain.
We raise the temperature to 41,6-41,8 degrees C. [106.9F-107.2F] and then
maintain it for two to three hours. This treatment takes place under
analgosedation [sufficient intravenous opioids to take away pain]; no general
anaesthesia is being used.”
My commentary: I had the insight that the relatively extreme
heat of Native American sweat lodges, compared to normal sweat lodges, would be
a very effective CURE for Lyme and any other bacteria. This is how American
Indians kept [keep] healthy.
In 1956, just before the introduction of the Salk and Sabin
polio vaccines, I contracted a VERY bad case of bulbar polio, the worst kind that
paralyzes your esophagus and proceeds down into your diaphragm, leading you to
have to enter an iron lung. My case was of great concern and my prognosis so
bad a young doctor was given the opportunity to experiment his then very
radical treatment for polio – a heat treatment. The doctor, who himself was
partially paralyzed from polio, reasoned that polio was caused by a virus and,
as such, was susceptible to heat, as described above about the thermolability
of Borrelia burgdorferi. I was wrapped in steamed, scratchy wool surplus Army
blankets for hours at a time. Within a week I was better, my symptoms totally
gone, although I had lost half my body weight as I could not eat due to the
paralysis in my throat.
GO FOR HEAT TREATMENT
FIRST FOR THE MOST DIRECT AND SIMPLE EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE ALPS [D-83043 Bad Aibling, Germany].
3. The Cowden Protocol.
Is a protocol of herbals and supplements originated by Dr.
Wm. Cowden and used increasingly for the treatment of chronic Lyme. It appears
to me Katina Makris, from the video of paragraph 1, was cured of her Lyme using
this protocol although nowhere have I heard her say so. An introduction to the
protocol can be found here:
http://www.nutramedix.ec/ns/lyme-protocol
[Ecuadorian site] My guess is the Ecuadorian site says things the FDA would not
allow in the US.
The protocol is somewhat complex and Nutrimedix has packaged
the monthly supplements at a discount.
For example, month one: http://www.nutramedix.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=5&idproduct=15
Ps. There is a distinction between the Ecuadorian Nutrimedix
site and the US site where you actually order.
As of right now, 4/8/2015 I have begun to give my
girlfriend/patient banderol and a less expensive form of Samento, a Cat’s Claw
extract. I am attempting to talk to her about just going to Germany for the
heat treatment.
There is a huge amount of information at the Nutrimedix
sites. A comprehensive paper is http://www.nutramedix.ec/ns/dr-cowden/227-a-hidden-epidemic-integrative-treatment-of-lyme-disease
See the magnifier in the lower right hand of the page.
I have copied and re-formatted this essay for easier reading
if you want a copy. I think one of the most important things about the Cowden
Protocol is his stress on detoxification
and the propensity to chronic illness a toxemic body state creates. This is
advanced ideation for most but at my age and experience, particularly with
myself, it is crucially important. I am of the type who will always be chronically ill [Saturn, the planet, squares my Sun
astrologically], therefore my problem is to find illnesses or situations
for me to least destructively act out my chronicism, as it were. One of the Md.s
in this area makes the same point: http://www.harryhong.com/default.html
Personalizing my experience again, in my own life I was
sickly when young, contracted a BAD case of polio at age 14, experienced a
miraculous recovery, and then proceeded to my next chronic illness, acute
alcoholism! Essentially, I have surrendered to living a life of chronic recovery from these illnesses
and then fit the rest of my life, what most would consider their “normal life”,
around that. Cowden, most clearly of anyone I have read, makes this dynamic
point.
Again from my experience, a few years after I stopped
drinking alcohol I undertook about a two year detox that involved fasting 1 day
a week and 3 days a month with colonic enemas. I got down to a weight of about
120 or lower at the end and detoxified my body of the pesticides and other
residues from my childhood that were the originating
cause of my illnesses!
4. A friend sent me a link to a web site about Lyme disease.
The site pointed out a 3 part solution to Lyme:
1. break open the bio-film
surrounding the bacteria
2. kill the bacteria
3. clear up the brain fog
associated with Lyme
And they discussed their remedies.
Their solution to brain fog has 4 major parts: The Essential
“4 Brain Chemicals”
Dopamine, ALC, Serotonin and GABA.
1. ALC – Acety-L-Carnitine, Acetylcholine, =JARROW Citicoline (CDP Choline)
2. Dopamine – a precursor is the amino acid L-tyrosine, a supplement
3. Serotonin – from tryptophan and 5-HTP, supplements.
[However, tryptophan and its metabolite 5-hydroxytryptophan
(5-HTP), from which serotonin is synthesized, does cross the blood–brain
barrier. These agents are available as dietary supplements, and may be
effective serotonergic agents. From Wikipedia]
4. GABA – niacin!
[The only way to deliver GABA effectively is to circumvent
the blood-brain barrier. Indeed, there are a small, limited number of
over-the-counter supplements that are derivatives of GABA, such as phenibut and
picamilon. Picamilon combines niacin and GABA and crosses the blood–brain barrier
as a prodrug that later hydrolyzes into GABA and niacin. From Wikipedia]
The actual ingredients of their In-Focus product are;
My brief conclusions: There is SUBSTANTIAL work and
experimentation anyone who has brain or depression or fatigue problems can do.
First, and foremost, TAKE NIACIN, especially if you have any depression, blood
sugar, alcohol, drug, or fatigue problems. Niacin crosses the blood-brain
barrier.
Anyway, I’ve begun more in-depth work on this for my
girlfriend who has not been well enough in the past 5 months to take any
supplements.
If you get only one thing out of this seeming boring
information get this: TAKE NIACIN. My greatest accomplishment is the last 40
years has arguably been straightening out my brain chemistry and recovering
from depression and other maladies.
Regarding the bio-film
around Lyme bacteria: “Some exciting research has discovered why Lyme
disease resists antibiotics and keeps coming back - often worse! When Lyme disease bacteria are threatened by
antibiotics or the immune system, they are able to defend themselves by
building protective cysts and biofilm shields.”
5. Brilliant treatment of Lyme and dental issues
Lyme disease often resides in the mouth
6. Horowitz Lyme-MSIDS Questionnaire
“Dr. Richard Horowitz [well known Lyme literate doctor in
New Hyde Park, NY] developed the Horowitz Lyme-MSIDS Questionnaire as an
informational tool to help you determine if you may have Lyme disease or
chronic illness.”
My girlfriend scored 159 on this questionnaire – “If you
scored 46 or more, you have a high probability of a tick-borne disorder and
should see a health-care provider for further evaluation.”
