The Wonders of Iodine
Uncommon applications of iodine from reports of holistic physicians
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Iodine for internal use, especially when used as a dietary supplement, is often used in the form of iodine salt. Potassium iodide is a common form of iodine salt. SSKI is an abbreviation of saturated solution of potassium iodide. SSKI is perhaps the most practical and cost effective form of iodine for various applications. Below you will find some interesting applications explored by prominent physicians.
Antimicrobial defense: “When we're forced to travel by air, Holly and I drink a few ounces of water with 10 drops of SSKI The SSKI rapidly accumulates in any and all body secretions, including in the sinuses, where it inhibits or kills bacteria, viruses, and fungi before they can cause an infection.”` (1) “SSKI is close to 100 percent effective in eliminating bladder infections, but the amount needed is a relatively high dose, so it's important to use it with caution'.(1) |
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“All the blood in the body passes through the thyroid gland every 17 minutes. Because of the body's ability to concentrate iodine in the thyroid “iodine kills weak germs that may have gained entry in to the blood... Strong, virulent germs are rendered weaker during their passage through the thyroid gland.” (4)
“End years of suffering with painful breast and ovarian cysts in as little as three months.”
“In minor to moderate cases, 6 to 8 drops of SSKI taken daily in a few ounces of water will frequently reduce fibrocystic breast disease to insignificance within three to six months.” (1)
Editor's Comment: Even 1-2 drops daily were reported to be effective in some cases. When in doubt, start with a low dose and increase gradually.
“Over the past 30 years, I've also used SSKI to treat at least 30 women- one of them my own daughter- for ovarian cysts. These cysts usually disappear within two to three months with the same quantity of SSKI mentioned above for breast cysts.” (1) “But please do not use this treatment for either of these conditions without monitoring your thyroid function” (1)
“Up to two thirds of American women suffer from fibrocystic breast disease.'”(3)
“Hemorrhoids will disappear -sometimes literally overnight -when a mixture of 20 drops of SSKI and 1 ounce of flaxseed oil is applied to them at bedtime.” (1)
“Peyronie's disease occurs when the tissue along the shaft of the penis thickens, causing erections to become increasingly curved and-even painful. Applying SSKI to the-thickened tissue twice a day over several months can soften it considerably and eventually allow for more normal functioning.” (1)
“Dupuytren's contracture is a condition sort of along the same lines as Peyronie's disease, except in this case, the thickened tissue occurs along one of the tendons in the palm of the hand, pulling the connected finger down. If it progresses far enough, sometimes it's impossible to straighten the finger out at all. Rubbing SSKI into the affected tissue of the palm at least twice a day can “loosen” it and prevent the condition from progressing to the point of causing a deformity or disability.” (1)
“In minor to moderate cases, 6 to 8 drops of SSKI taken daily in a few ounces of water will frequently reduce fibrocystic breast disease to insignificance within three to six months.” (1)
Editor's Comment: Even 1-2 drops daily were reported to be effective in some cases. When in doubt, start with a low dose and increase gradually.
“Over the past 30 years, I've also used SSKI to treat at least 30 women- one of them my own daughter- for ovarian cysts. These cysts usually disappear within two to three months with the same quantity of SSKI mentioned above for breast cysts.” (1) “But please do not use this treatment for either of these conditions without monitoring your thyroid function” (1)
“Up to two thirds of American women suffer from fibrocystic breast disease.'”(3)
“Hemorrhoids will disappear -sometimes literally overnight -when a mixture of 20 drops of SSKI and 1 ounce of flaxseed oil is applied to them at bedtime.” (1)
“Peyronie's disease occurs when the tissue along the shaft of the penis thickens, causing erections to become increasingly curved and-even painful. Applying SSKI to the-thickened tissue twice a day over several months can soften it considerably and eventually allow for more normal functioning.” (1)
“Dupuytren's contracture is a condition sort of along the same lines as Peyronie's disease, except in this case, the thickened tissue occurs along one of the tendons in the palm of the hand, pulling the connected finger down. If it progresses far enough, sometimes it's impossible to straighten the finger out at all. Rubbing SSKI into the affected tissue of the palm at least twice a day can “loosen” it and prevent the condition from progressing to the point of causing a deformity or disability.” (1)
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“This loosening of thickened tissue also works for scars, especially keloids, which are abnormally thick (sometimes up to an inch) scars. Rubbing SSKI into a keloid at least twice daily will ultimately flatten it down to a normal scar. But patience really is a virtue here: It can take many months to a year for particularly bad ones. You can help the treatment go a bit faster if you mix SSKI “50-50”. with DMSO.” (1)
“Over 30 years ago, two ophthalmologists observed that when they gave patients a combination tablet called “Iodo-niacin” (which contained 120 milligrams of iodide and 15 milligrams of niacin) and instructed them to take it for several months, the supplement actually reversed atherosclerotic clogging of arteries.” (1) |
Some cysts and stones melt away with just one dose a day. (1)
Parotid duct stones (which block the ducts that carry your saliva) can be dissolved in four to eight months just by drinking a glass of water containing 3 to 4 drops of SSKI each day.(1)
Sebaceous cysts are another example of SSKI's ability to dissolve fats and oils. unlike breast and ovarian cysts; sebaceous cysts contain oily, fatty material and usually appear rather suddenly on the face or in the groin area. But the good news is that you can get rid of them just as quickly as they come on - generally in just a week or two- by rubbing in a mixture of equal parts SSKI and DMSO.(1)
Toenail fungus: “The SSKI and DMSO mixture doesn't work any faster, but it's just as effective as antifungal drugs and definitely safer. Rub it on, around, and under the affected toenails. And make sure to wear old socks because SSKI and other forms of. iodine leave an orange-brown stain " (1)
SSKI can also help clear up vaginal infections. Twenty to 30 drops in water, used in a small douche, once daily for five to 10 days will usually do the job. (1)
Reduce gas from eating beans: ``SSKI can help reduce the gas we all get from eating beans. If you soak beans before cooking them, add 1 or 2 drops of SSKI, and let them soak for another hour or so. (Make sure to rinse them and use fresh water for the actual cooking process). You.ll be surprised at how much less gas you feel later. (1)
Goiter: Not long after the discovery of iodine, and without knowing iodine was the active ingredient of burnt seaweed a physician in Geneva, Switzerland named Jean François Coindet announced that burnt ash of seaweed shrank thyroid enlargement (goiter). Coindet's finding hit the world by storm. For the first time in the history of medicine there was a specific treatment for a specific disease.(2)
"Beside goiters and thyroid cancers; autoimmune diseases of the thyroid are seen in iodine deficient regions. (2)
The Cancer connection:
Parotid duct stones (which block the ducts that carry your saliva) can be dissolved in four to eight months just by drinking a glass of water containing 3 to 4 drops of SSKI each day.(1)
Sebaceous cysts are another example of SSKI's ability to dissolve fats and oils. unlike breast and ovarian cysts; sebaceous cysts contain oily, fatty material and usually appear rather suddenly on the face or in the groin area. But the good news is that you can get rid of them just as quickly as they come on - generally in just a week or two- by rubbing in a mixture of equal parts SSKI and DMSO.(1)
Toenail fungus: “The SSKI and DMSO mixture doesn't work any faster, but it's just as effective as antifungal drugs and definitely safer. Rub it on, around, and under the affected toenails. And make sure to wear old socks because SSKI and other forms of. iodine leave an orange-brown stain " (1)
SSKI can also help clear up vaginal infections. Twenty to 30 drops in water, used in a small douche, once daily for five to 10 days will usually do the job. (1)
Reduce gas from eating beans: ``SSKI can help reduce the gas we all get from eating beans. If you soak beans before cooking them, add 1 or 2 drops of SSKI, and let them soak for another hour or so. (Make sure to rinse them and use fresh water for the actual cooking process). You.ll be surprised at how much less gas you feel later. (1)
Goiter: Not long after the discovery of iodine, and without knowing iodine was the active ingredient of burnt seaweed a physician in Geneva, Switzerland named Jean François Coindet announced that burnt ash of seaweed shrank thyroid enlargement (goiter). Coindet's finding hit the world by storm. For the first time in the history of medicine there was a specific treatment for a specific disease.(2)
"Beside goiters and thyroid cancers; autoimmune diseases of the thyroid are seen in iodine deficient regions. (2)
The Cancer connection:
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Japan is extraordinary in that it has the highest daily intake of iodine and the lowest rate of cancer in the world in every organ, except the stomach. (2)
The natural death of cells on a regular and predictable schedule is called apoptosis....All the sites in the body of high apoptosis find iodine in plentiful supply. (2) Editor's Comment: some tissues in the body have the ability to concentrate iodine. This includes salivary glands, breasts, ovaries and stomach. When we are deficient in iodine, these tissues will compete with the thyroid -the major consumer of iodine -for iodine intake. (2), (3) Research in animals has shown that the correction of iodine deficiency results in abnormal breast tissue changing back to normal breast tissue. My clinical experience has shown the same positive results occur with my human patients. (3) |
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Allergies: The Brazilian group found large foreign proteins were made non-allergic by reaction with iodine. In another experiment But if milk was fed to the dogs the thoracic duct iodine content went up by 20-30 times. This implies that iodine does in fact coat the foreign proteins like milk and allows them to enter the circulation protected from the immune system attack on a foreign protein.(2)
References:
1) Nutrition &Healing, November 2002 Newsletter by Jonathan V. Wright, M.D.
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2) Breast Cancer and Iodine by David M. Derry, M.D.,Ph.D. (Trafford, 2001)
3)iodine, Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without lt`,by David Brownstein, M.D. (Medical Alternatives press 2nd Ed. 2006) 4)Folk Medicine by D.C. Jarvis, M.D. (Random House 1958)
References:
1) Nutrition &Healing, November 2002 Newsletter by Jonathan V. Wright, M.D.
For additional information and to subscribe call reader services: (915) 8494605
2) Breast Cancer and Iodine by David M. Derry, M.D.,Ph.D. (Trafford, 2001)
3)iodine, Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without lt`,by David Brownstein, M.D. (Medical Alternatives press 2nd Ed. 2006) 4)Folk Medicine by D.C. Jarvis, M.D. (Random House 1958)