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Lance
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2001 - 10:23 pm: | |
First of all I want to thank you for your dedication and work. I ordered Cancer Salves from your website a couple of weeks ago and have found it fascinating. I have had a red blotch the color of a deep sunburn on my back for some ten years or more. (I am currently 41.) It is the shape of a peanut and about the size of a dime. It has never bothered me so I have just ignored it. A few weeks ago it crusted over and began oozing blood. There was also some internal pain that felt very much like a boil. In fact that's what I thought it was until I decided to look behind me in the mirror when it kept hurting. I had it checked visually and was told it didn't look like cancer. I know of individuals who have had success removing moles with bloodroot. Rather than getting a prepared paste I ordered some bloodroot powder and was told that it could be used alone mixed with water to the consistency of toothpaste. I know of no one as knowledgeable on the subject as you. In your book most of the bloodroot recipes are used in conjuction with zinc chloride. From what I have read it appears that the zinc chloride causes at least as much irritation as the bloodroot itself. Is there a compelling reason that bloodroot can't be used alone or should it always be used as part of a recipe? Thanks |
Ingrid
| | Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 02:28 am: | |
Lance,
It can be used without the zinc chloride. Native Americans obviously never used zinc chloride. There is a recipe in the book for bloodroot and roasted red onions. It is as escharotic in action as pastes made with zinc chloride. While not a fan of zinc chloride, I have to say that it is hugely antiseptic and extends the shelf life of bloodroot by many years.
This said, I am apprehensive about bloodroot powder, too, because it is very different from the fresh root and highly unpredictable as a substance.
A middle of the road approach, which seems to be what you are seeking, would be to use something with goldenseal. It will very likely help you to determine what it is you have on your back. The opinion you related does not sound like anything resembling a professional diagnosis. If, however, you are resolved to relieve yourself of this "thing", then you are surely well-advised to combine external treatments with internal detoxification so that whatever the relationship of the visible to the invisible, you are addressing both.
Keep us posted! Best wishes. |
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