So for the week I get to have iv fluids daily. Since I haven't been able to keep food down they want to make sure I don't get dehydrated. My scan was only of my lower back. Good news is the tumor on my back that was likely causing my leg weakness is gone! Ive been getting stronger daily.
They scheduled a whole new set of scans for monday, results tuesday. I will update everyone sometime tuesday. I have honestly been feeling miserable. Hence the lack of posts. Ive been in bed exhausted for the past few weeks. Add that to all the tummy issues and I haven't been very social.
All that said, Im going back to bed. Ill update when I can.
Cassie I found these in my Young Living oil files. Thought you might like to read it.
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By Dr. Joan Barice
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I was asked to write this by someone just getting started with essential oils who wanted to know about using them by mouth. Lots of people do use them this way. It can be confusing especially if you start reading books or articles that say never take oils by mouth. Others recommend they be used by mouth aggressively if that is most appropriate for a particular situation, assuming one is trained and knowledgeable about how to use them safely and effectively. Who is right?
Well, both of them may be right sometimes. There are valid uses for ingestion of oils. Many physicians who are trained in clinical aromatherapy in France and other countries regularly prescribe oils to be ingested for sometimes serious medical problems, when they know they are the safest and best option for that particular patient. They use aromatograms to test bacterial sensitivity to oils. There’s a lot of clinical experience using ingested oils. And there’s controversy for a number of reasons. Most important is to know the oils and how to use them and to use only quality oils that are safe, effective and do no harm.
Not all oils are the same high quality that is needed for therapeutic use. Oils on the market that are not intended for that don’t necessarily have to be purest or the highest grade. They may warn you on the label they are not for internal use. Even if the label says pure, natural, organic, it may not be. It may be adulterated with toxic chemicals like antifreeze, or other synthetic chemicals to make more profit. The clerk in the health food store most likely believes and will tell you it’s OK but how does he/she really know? There is no control over the quality of oils you can get OTC in the US. Far more oils are brokered, imported and sold than are grown.
For example, the US imports far more tons of lavender every year from France than is grown there. There’s a study that tested oils on the shelves in US stores around the country, and found that a significant percentage of them are not what they are represented to be. If you don’t know whether the oil you are using is safe for internal or even external use, even if it’s got the same name as the oil you want to use, and even if it is labeled as pure or organic or whatever, do not use it. I know and trust Young Living oils. They are the only kind I have ingested. I can’t speak for the rest.
I can’t tell you to use or not to use oils by mouth. Nor can I give you medical advice here. It is your choice but you need to be informed. It may cause some anxiety if you have never ingested essential oils, and it is important if you decide to use them by mouth that you proceed cautiously and safely, starting with only 1 drop, only with pure oils that are recognized as safe to ingest. Always read the labels and read about the oil first, and follow the directions. Actually we all consume some oils every day if we eat mints, chew gum, or eat food that is flavored for instance with natural flavorings like lemon zest, spices, and herbs.
It would be sad if we could not take them orally when that is the best route for the problem. Ingesting oils is a perfectly valid way to use a number of oils sometimes. Many Young Living oils are designated by the FDA as GRAS, generally recognized as safe for ingestion. The label states “Essential Oil Supplement.” I have used them by mouth when I needed quick relief from an asthma attack, or to stop a sore throat, cold or flu in its tracks before it takes hold. It’s best to start immediately when you‘ve got the first symptom. One advantage is that unlike antibiotics, using the antimicrobial oils don’t have the side effects, bacteria have not become resistant to them (a big problem with antibiotics), and they have not harmed the good bacteria in our gut that are an important part of our immune system.
Dr Kurt Schnaubelt in his book, Healing Intelligence of Essential Oils, has a chapter on ingesting oils. Page 135 is about starting by ingesting lemon oil. He says while it’s an entirely harmless exercise for many aromatherapy users, first- time users should start with just 1 drop and see how they feel. He reminds us that essential oils are powerful concentrated messengers from the plant world. He says ingesting lemon oil begins the detox of many xenobiotics (toxic chemicals).
ReplyDeleteLemon is a good oil to start with. It has many potential functions. It is antiviral, antibacterial, limonene in it has been shown to regress breast cancer in lab animals, it is calming, antidepressant, can help get rid of gas, is antispasmotic, helps clear phlegm, and is alkalinizing to name a few. Essential oils are by nature multi-potential, can do many different things, and if needed, likely will. I ingest lemon, copaiba and frankincense oils every day in water or in capsules or in Ningxia Red. Lemon oil in water is often used in France for slimming and for detoxification (“spring cleaning”). Young Living makes many products that contain essential oils, including nutritional supplements, Longevity capsules, Sleep Essence and Inner Defense.
Whether you use them orally depends on what you need. If I waited an hour or two before I started using oils by mouth for a potent virus infection I might be too late. You want to stop a virus before it takes hold in the cells and starts multiplying. If that has already happened then using lots of antiviral topical oils might help slow it down, according to Dr Daniel Penoel.
If I want the oils to go to my intestine, swallowing it in a capsule would be best. As a matter of fact, peppermint oil in enteric coated capsules has been studied, approved, and is prescribed by doctors to treat irritable bowel symptoms even in young children effectively and safely without side effects. Oral frankincense has been studied and found as effective as drugs routinely used to treat colitis and Crohn’s disease. It may be used for this in some other countries.
Ingesting is not always the best. It depends. If you have a headache and take peppermint by mouth you are missing the most therapeutic effects from inhaling the aroma and applying it topically close to where the pain is. If you want to treat localized pain, rubbing the oils on the pain will get a larger concentration of pain relieving oils absorbed directly where it is needed. You will need a smaller amount.
If you take an oil by mouth, it’s going to quickly go to the liver where it will be metabolized and excreted. According to Dr Schnaubelt, “it is advantageous to ingest an essential oil only if the metabolic intermediates produced during elimination create a desired therapeutic effect and safety parameters are favorable.” I know that’s heavy duty, but if you don’t know, let someone help you who has the training and knowledge. And get the Essential Oils Desk Reference and read about each oil you use. You might even want to take some training too. It is fascinating to learn in depth about what the oils can do and how they work.
Sometimes using oils by applying them to the skin or by inhaling them is better than oral, and can be very effective. The oils are readily absorbed through the skin, in minutes they get into our bloodstream just by applying them to the skin. After they do what is needed, they go to the liver and are metabolized and excreted. If we breathe the aroma of oils through the nose, their effect goes directly to the brain and affects our emotions, our hormones, and our physical bodies. Breathing them into the lungs gets them directly into our bloodstream too.
It is wonderful that the plant oils work for us, and that we have the enzymes to metabolize them. I believe they were made for us. Scripture tells us God gave us plants for medicine, and that He instructed Moses how to blend specific essential oils to make the Holy anointing oil as well as the Holy incense that Aaron used to save Israelites from the plague.
Information shared here is not intended as medical advice, and cannot substitute for professional medical advice and information. Information provided is general in nature and may be helpful to some people but not others, depending on their personal medical needs. Always consult with your personal physician before changing or undertaking a new exercise program or following advice designed for general audiences only. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay getting care because of something you have read here.
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The enriched formula is derived from Sacred Frankincense. Here are the steps.
• If you start with a 15 ml bottle, you want to reduce the final volume to 3 ml by "evaporating" 80% of the original volume. The process needs to be done at room temperature (a very slow process) or up to 55 oC. You might want to use a glass container with wider opening to speed up the process. Also, you do NOT want to have any temperature higher than 55 oC for 2 reasons. First, frankincense oil is flammable; and second, high molecular weights compounds which are important for anti-cancer activity will be "evaporated" at higher temperature. The left over from higher temperature evaporation will have dramatically reduced biological activity.
• If you start with a larger volume, say 1 liter, you can transfer it in a 1-2 liter glass beaker. Put it on a magnetic stirrer (or hot plate stirrer). Set the temperature at 55 oC or monitor the temperature with a thermometer. Also set stirring speed at 150 rpm.
• For patients with advanced stages, patients need to take 0.2 ml/kg body weight/day; and divide the calculated volume equally for 3-4 times a day. Take the volume after meal.
• Patients shall see positive responses within 10-14 days. Patients need to take the volume continuously until no sign of cancer in two consecutive CT or other scans. We expect that tumor would have dramatically reduced sizes by 20-30% in approximately 4 weeks. Based on our estimate, patients might need to take the enriched formula continuously for 90-120 days, depending on patients' conditions.
• Please monitor patients' liver and kidney functions by blood tests. Although Dr. Suhail told me that all of his patients did not have liver or kidney complications, everyone patient is different.
• If the patient has never been exposed to frankincense before, he/she might experience lightheadedness, gastrointestinal irritations, and/or diarrhea. If any of this happens, simple start the volume by giving 0.1 or even 0.05 ml/kg/day, and slowly increase the volume to 0.1 ml/kg/day.
• Dr Lin is working on 3 patients in the US now with the formula, and have medical records from a 13-year-old girl with stage 4 renal cell carcinoma after taking the enriched formula 5 weeks. He will release her information after they do not see any sign of cancer in her body.
Stage 1 or 2 cancer
• Patients usually have a period of watchful waiting during early stages. Sacred
Frankincense can be taken orally after meal to see whether cancer cells can be stopped
or to make surgery easier
• Take Young Living Sacred Frankincense ONLY.
• After 3-6 weeks – do blood tests to ensure liver and kidney remain normal function, and
scan & check tumour size.
Results -
1. If patient decides to have operation, it might be easier to remove because Sacred
Frankincense might confine the tumor or reduces tumors in size;
2. Patient can opt out the surgery if tumor size reduces and continue to use Sacred
Frankincense.
So they have option.
-Not interfering treatment. At this point no clinical trials yet so we do not want to
interfere with treatment. (a phase I clinical trial needs approximately US$20 million in
pharmaceutical industry for a drug development. Natural products cannot be patented,
so no one is willing to invest in the money to do the trial, except donations)
-At early cancer stages, when cancer are small they might response to Frankincense
better.
Procedure
ReplyDelete•start with 1 ml a time, 3 times a day after meal (20 drops = 1ml)
- the volume can be gradually increased to 2-3 ml a time and 3 times a day
with a total volume of 6-9 ml a day. (= 2-3 caps of 20 drops per cap 3 times a day)
- If there is any adverse effects develop such as nausea, gastrointestinal
irritations, or diarrhea, simply decrease the volume to 10 drops 3 times a day ; if
this low dosage still start detox symptoms can reduce even more.
- no yet seen liver or kidney problem in patients with 6 weeks of Enriched
Formula (this is a stronger Sacred Frankincense formula that is done by Dr. Suhail)
- recommend to take a month or 2 & stop; have blood test on Kidneys & Liver
function due to the history of taking longterm Chinese herbs affecting liver &
kidneys, although they have never seen it in any Sacred Frankincense human cases
- Gary suggest take 3 weeks on then take 1 week break
- Dr Suhail recommends no need to take break
Advanced or Terminal Cancer
For terminal cancer, patients who only have a few months to live, if given enriched formula,
Sacred Frankincense may be able to save their life
For patients who have a few days/weeks to live, who are already on morphine, enriched
formula can be given. It might not save their lives, but the quality of life is improved
A teenager who has Stage 5 renal cancer - The patient is currently being treated by Dr.
Suhail with Enriched Sacred Frankincense formula. The patient is at the 5th week of
treatment, scan shows tumour sizes have reduced by 25% in average. They expect the
patient will probably need 5 cycle (3-4 weeks being 1 cycle) of treatment without having to
travel to the hospital or go through chemo. There is also no reduction of productivity.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Chemical composition of Sacred Frankincense is complicated consisting of more than 300
compounds that we know of. It probably could be more than 500 compounds for all know.
We don't know which one (or more) of these compounds is anti-cancer.
- essential oils used in aromatherapy includes added synthetics to enhance flavor or smell.
We cannot expect from these oils similar biomedical effect that we expect from nature
products
- it is important to understand that nature cannot be imitated. Hence we DO NOT
RECOMMEND using any other brand of Essential Oils where there might be additives or just
contain synthetic components that mimic the smell of plants. Other companies do add
liquid paraffin or other synthetic substance to their product that will cause serious damages
to organ functions such as the liver and kidney. Unfortunately, treating cancer is a life &
death situation.
Cancer notes from Dr. HK Lin - 16th Sept 2012
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