I used to have cats, but most carry ringworm dormant. I had candida overgrowth (which I didn't know), and ringworm can be related to this condition. I had it very badly 3 times, and used over the counter preparations. I had a pharmacist suggest clear Iodine tincture - that cured the stinging and itching within a few days, much cheaper, too.
I used xylitol (a natural sugar-alcohol, which has antifungal properties) to cure my candida. My husband had athlete's foot every summer for years, until we began using xylitol. This last summer, he never got the foot fungus! Plus, he hasn't had any more cavities (helps the teeth and gums, also). It is not recommended if you have corn or alcohol sensitivities (if the particular brand has corn), and there is a small residue of alcohol due to manufacture. It certainly has made our life better!
I used to have cats, but most carry ringworm dormant. I had candida overgrowth (which I didn't know), and ringworm can be related to this condition. I had it very badly 3 times, and used over the counter preparations. I had a pharmacist suggest clear iodine tincture - that helped within a couple of days, much cheaper, too.
I used xylitol (a natural sugar-alcohol, which has antifungal properties) to cure my candida. My husband had athlete's foot every summer for years, until we began using xylitol. This last summer, he never got the foot fungus! Plus, he hasn't gotten any cavities (helps the teeth and gums, also). It is not recommended if you have corn or alcohol sensitivities, but it certainly has made our life better!
Here is my story. If you have any other questions, I promise I'll have this bookmarked and get right back to you. Also, you can read the Candida #8 forum, which has lots of good tips. You can get xylitol in most health food stores or online.
The way I used xylitol was a teaspoon or two in my tea or oatmeal, or I made hot cocoa (still do). I started with a small amount per day, then worked up to the larger amounts. I spread out the doses throughout the day. Bowel cleansing and acidophilus helped me very much, also. I knew I had candida overgrowth through the usual symptoms: yeast infections for most of my life, foggy thinking, craving for sugar, muscle aches. Plus, it got much worse after the last round of antibiotics I took, during the time my hormones were changing due to premenopause. Do you think you have it? If you do, please let me know, and I'll be glad to talk with you more about it.
First, thanks to Julie for the info on Zylitol - I had heard of it but not used it - my gums could use some help.
Jennelle, with Candida lots of cleansing will help. Curezone has a Liver/Gallbladder flush, colonic irrigation (this helps me a lot) and taking lots of good probiotics (acidophilus, salivarius, etc) will also help tremendously. I take my probiotics daily - with stress, cooked food, antibiotics, alcohol, poor air quality, processed foods - we kill off the good bacteria. Taking a powerful probiotic is essential - daily and always. sometimes people start to take some good things and then feel better and stop! I am into a lot of prevention - many products, emotional work, exercise - a whole package for great health.
Thanks for the info - appreciate it. Is Amosan a natural product?
I have been drinking water from a machine that makes hexagonal water - adds lots of minerals to the water and that is helping with the gums - I feel less of a need for sweets due to all the minerals feeding me instead of the sweet cravings.
Wow, that's really interesting about the water. Do you have a link, by any chance? I live in the country, and our water is mineralized, from a well, but I'm afraid to drink it.
The amosan is a white powder in little packets in a small white box. It is a peroxide making product - sodium perborate monohydrate (with boron). No not too natural, sorry; it's used for bleaching the teeth, too. But when my gums were so bad, all I cared about was relief. It really soothed them and took down the swelling when I needed it. Now that I've read that, I'm glad I found the xylitol!
Thanks for your information. Much good luck to you.
Wow, that's really interesting about the water. Do you have a link, by any chance? I live in the country, and our water is mineralized, from a well, but I'm afraid to drink it.
The amosan is a white powder in little packets in a small white box. I believe it is a peroxide product. But when my gums were so bad, all I cared about was relief. It really soothed them and took down the swelling when I needed it. Sorry I don't have more information. I might look it up, now that you mention it. You mentioned candida; I wonder if our gums were swollen from that?
Thanks for your information. Much good luck to you.
I would love to give you a link to the site - it is www.rgarden.net/rwealth - please go to Vitalizer Plus - under the Specials page - there is a lot of info there and I would be happy to answer your questions. Water is one of the keys to life (with Attitude being pretty high up there!). Water flushes our whole system and if we are not getting really good water into us we need to research all the hows and wherefores.
Hi Julie, where do you find this Peroxide making product that you describe? I need it for bad gum disease.Please explain anything you know about it. Thanks, please email.
Someone told me about taking one L-Glutamine capsule daily, & it should take away the sugar cravings. Well, I started doing that, and it's miraculous!! NO sugar cravings!! I can look at a pile of sugary donuts, etc., & feel absolutely nothing!!
That is great - L-glutamine - 1 cap daily - I shall do that - am finding that my cravings are less with my hexagonal water - this may be the icing on the cake!
Thanks, Mary Kay:
If that's your website, you have a very nice, caring face.
I've heard that L-glutamine helps prevent leaky gut, too; I've been wanting to try it also, for several reasons. A candida expert on another site said we need to use it with another amino acid, can't remember which one. I'll try to find out.
Your hexagonal water sounds interesting. I need something! It's nice to know these two things helps with sweets cravings, too! (so does xylitol, by the way).
I was just at a Biokineseology workshop today and we had the Vitalizer Plus there and the water tested very high energetically. Have you ever read a book by David Hawkins called Power vs. Force? He is a very interesting man who spent years calibrating products, people, and places(energetically on a level from 1 - 1000 - if you vibrate at 1000 you are an angel - below 200 is negative,low vibration!)
The Vitalizer water (hexagonal water) calibrates at 450. Our Toronto tap water calibrates at 190. Neutral is 200 - anything below 200 definitely weakens the body.
I find this quite fascinating - I test all my supplements now - first to see if they strengthen me and secondly, to see at what level they vibrate.
If you have any questions I would love to respond.
Can you sort of describe how ringworm looks, how long it lasts, what phases it goes through, etc?? I have some weird stuff on my fingers (just above the hand/finger joint--if that makes sense) and I just don't know what it is!!
I have had ringworm on my hands, and on every part of my body. Since it's a fungus, it will spread fast. With me, it starts as a few small red areas, could be several in a one sweaty area of the body, or a few in several areas of the body(they seemed to like my face or torso to begin). They look like small red rings at first, then as they grow (some grow faster than others), they still look red, and become raised, sort of crusty, like blisters all around the ring (sort of). They itch and sting. If that's what you have, whatever method you use to kill it, it's necessary to continue treatment even after they've disappeared. Every time I've gotten it, it was from touching a cat, clean or dirty one, doesn't matter, they can all carry it.
So if I'm treating it w/an antifungal, that might help?? I think I may take a picture & upload it on here so you can have a look at it & see if it looks like ringworm or not. Would you be willing to do that if I upload a pic?? Thanks so much for your help thus far. BTW, about how long does it take for just one to heal? Mine are taking anywhere from 3 wks to a month.
Yes, I would be willing to look at it, and give it my best guess. I found some sites previously with photos of skin problems; I'll see if I can find that, too. I upgraded my computer, and lost all my old links.
If you do have ringworm, you should be able to kill it within a week with iodine; that stuff is amazing! Maybe even less time. After you can't see it any more, you should use the Iodine at least 2 or 3 more days. Are you using the iodine? Iodine is killer! It's very cheap, too. What sort of antifungal do you mean? Are you using it topically or internally? Good luck.
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