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At present Jackie is following a course of mistletoe, ozone (oxygen) & vitamin c treatment in Cape Town, South Africa. She is also juicing & strengthening her yoga & meditation practices.

Iscador/Mistletoe (taken from Cancure)

Mistletoe, or Viscum album is a semi-parasitic plant that grows on oaks and other trees in Europe and Asia. Mistletoe is also found in America and Korea, but normally only the European species is used in the treatment of cancer, inflammatory conditions and AIDS. The leaves, twigs, and berries are what is used to make these herbal medicines.  Because the medicinal doses are small (it can be poisonous in large doses), many believe it to be “homeopathic,” but it isn’t.

Mistletoe was first proposed for the treatment of cancer in 1920 by Rudolph Steiner, an Austrian Swiss physician who founded the Society for Cancer Research to promote mistletoe extracts and anthroposophical medicine.

Mistletoe extracts are marketed under several trade names, such as Iscador, Helixor, Eurixor, and Isorel, most of which are available in Europe. Weleda AG manufactures Iscador., which  consists of fermented extracts of mistletoe, sometimes combined with trace amounts of silver, copper or mercury. In the United States, any of these extracts must be prescribed by a physician. However, most doctors in the US do not use it. Though mistletoe is not commonly used in the United States, it is allowed by compassionate use. Physicians in the United States can order Iscador directly from European manufacturers. Oral/liquid mistletoe can be ordered by your physician by contacting Weleda AG through www.usa.weleda.com or by calling 800-241-1030.

Some of the alternative physicians that use it include: San Diego Clinic and Stella Maris in Mexico, Dr. Jesse Stoff in Arizona, Atkins Center in NY, Lukas Clinic in Switzerland, Joseph Brenner, M.D. in Tel-Aviv, Klinik St George and Hufeland Clinic in Germany, and Humlegaarden in Denmark.

For a list of clinical trials using mistletoe, go to: http://www.foreigntrials.com/trials_list.html.

Mistletoe preparations are used to stimulate the immune system, to kill cancer cells, and to help reduce tumor size. It may also help improve the quality of life and survival of some cancer patients, especially those using chemo and radiation, and may help reduce pain and side effects of these treatments. In addition, a German study done by Dr. Ronald Grossarth-Maticek of the Institute for Preventive Medicine in Heidelberg shows that, when used as adjunctive treatment in patients with a variety of cancers, it can increase survival time by as much as 40%.

Typical Treatment:

A typical treatment course can last several months to years. The doses are gradually increased and adjusted depending on the patient’s general condition, sex, age, and type of cancer. Mistletoe is typically given by subcutaneous injection, but it sometimes is injected directly into the tumor particularly on the liver, esophagus and cervix. It may also be taken orally in tumors of the brain and spinal cord.

What studies show:

In animal studies, mistletoe preparations have helped fight some forms of cancer. The best results with Iscador are claimed for its use with solid tumors both before and after surgery and radiation. Given 10 to 14 days before surgery, it is thought to help prevent metastatic spread due to surgery and to promote recovery and it is also used for advanced stage, inoperable solid tumors, especially cancers of the bladder, stomach, intestine, genital organs, and skin. It is also claimed that bone metastases are retarded in some cases. Results appear less promising for inoperable cancers of the breast, lungs and esophagus. It is thought that tumor growth slows or stops, and then gradual regression begins. It is believed that tumor cells are transformed first to a semi-malignant form, then to chronic inflammation and finally to normal tissue.

Mistletoe contains a cytotoxic lectin, viscumin. It also contains a number of cytotoxic proteins and polypetides (viscotoxins). Various lectins are both cytotoxic and immunostimulatory. It induces tumor necrosis, increases natural killer cell activity, increases production of interleukins 1 and 6; activates macrophages; induces programmed cell death (apoptosis), and protects DNA in normal cells during chemotherapy.

Side effects and possible risks:
Commercial mistletoe extracts generally have minimal side effects, but in rare cases allergic symptoms including anaphylactic reactions have been reported. It usually produces an increase in body temperature and flu-like symptoms. In addition, the injection site can become inflamed and abdominal pain with nausea may occur. Other side effects include: upset stomach, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, fever, headaches, chest pain, and low blood pressure. Overdoses, however, can cause severe poisoning including seizures, coma and death. Even a few leaves or berries can cause poisoning, so never eat part of a mistletoe plant and keep the plants away from animals and children. In addition, because the preparation contains tyramine, patients on any type of monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor antidepressant should not take it. The combination can cause dangerously high blood pressure. People with heart problems should also be careful, since it raises blood pressure and accelerates the pulse. Therapy is normally discontinued in case of high temperature over 38ºC. Some research indicates Iscador injections should not be administered during the first days of the menstrual period. Seizures and death have been reported. This product should only be used in a closely supervised setting, and should not be used for normal consumption – reasons mistletoe products must be prescribed by a physician.

To avoid potential interactions, be sure to let your health care provider know if you use this or any other type of complementary therapy, and always take under the advice and supervision of a health practioner.

Ozone Cancer Treatment (taken from Cancer Tutor)

How It Works

Cancer cells die when exposed to oxygen (cancer cells are anaerobic). There are many oxygen and ozone treatments, however, this article will discuss two of the best known and most effective “Stage IV” treatments – infusion bottle and ozone I.V.

Ozone therapy using an infusion bottle involves removing part of the blood from the body, saturating this blood with oxygen (i.e. ozone – O3), then putting this oxygen rich blood back into the body.

An ozone I.V. simply injects a fluid saturated with ozone into the blood. Both treatments work by getting oxygen into the body.

The Ozone RHP technique, which puts ozone gas directly into the bloodstream, is discussed in a separate article.

Ozone Therapy

There are many different ways to get oxygen to the cancer cells using either Hydrogen Peroxide or Ozone. The Ozone treatments discussed herein must be administered by a medical practitioner.

In infusion bottle therapy: “a pint of blood is drawn from the patient and placed in an infusion bottle. The ozone is then forced into the bottle and mixed in by shaking gently, whereupon the blood turns bright cardinal red … The treated blood is then given back to the patient.”

There are very few cancer cells in the blood, for most types of cancer. In any case, it is the oxygen put back into the body that actually treats the cancer. It is very similar to an ozone I.V. except that the blood is being used as the fluid transport for the ozone. There are other benefits as well by using this treatment because of the high dose of ozone given to part of the blood.

Ozone treatments are generally given from twice a week to twice a day, depending on how advanced the disease is and other issues. Treatments can last for weeks or months.

Ozone I.V. is a similar treatment, except that no blood is extracted. An ozone saturated fluid is put into the bloodstream via I.V.

• “Ozone has been found to be an extremely safe medical therapy, free from side effects. In a 1980 study done by the German Medical Society for Ozone Therapy, 644 therapists were polled regarding their 384,775 patients, comprising a total of 5,579,238 ozone treatments administered. There were only 40 cases of side effects noted out of this number which represents the incredibly low rate of .000007%, and only four fatalities. Ozone has thus proven to be the safest medical therapy ever devised.” Considering that about 100,000 Americans a year die from drug reactions and interactions, ozone therapy is amazingly safe.”

Not all of these 384,775 patients were being treated for cancer, but no doubt there were a large number of cancer patients in the above statistics.

As might be suspected, these two treatments have been heavily persecuted around the world. It is not difficult, but not impossible, to find clinics which use these treatments.

Two such clinics are:
The Nevada Center for Alternative and Anti-Aging Medicine [Nevada]
New Hope Cancer Treatment Centers [Oklahoma]

Ozone RHP Treatment Protocol For Cancer

The ozone molecule, which consists of three oxygen molecules, is very unstable. It is always looking for a way to find a mate so that it can become two, it is for this reason that it is both active and unstable.

It is the oxygen singlet that does most of the work for a cancer patient. It alkalizes the cells, kills cancer cells, binds to hydrogen, etc.

There are many ozone treatments out there. However, only one of them that I know of qualifies as a true “Stage IV treatment” (i.e. a treatment strong enough to give people sent home to die by orthodox medicine a fighting chance of survival).

This treatment is an alkaline treatment, meaning it alkalizes the cells. But it also kills cancer cells so potently that it is best to work with someone over the phone who can answer your questions. For example, a symptom that is thought to indicate a problem may in fact be a sign that the treatment is working!

The person I endorse to work with a cancer patient over the phone will talk to the patient every day for the first 2 months of treatment, in fact longer if the need arises!

The treatment consists of a machine that creates medical grade ozone (as a gas). Then, as a gas, it is injected into the blood or given as an I.V. directly into the blood. There may be other ways to get the ozone into the bloodstream.

There are many misconceptions about ozone gas. One misconception is that ozone gas is dangerous to breathe. This misconception comes from what you hear about polluted city air. Yes, ozone, when mixed with nitrogen, etc. is dangerous to breathe. But medical grade ozone is perfectly safe to breathe humidified in large doses and straight in small doses.

However, having said that, if your lungs contain a lot of microbes, breathing medical grade ozone may cause some minor problems as the microbes are oxidized and other cleaning up occurs.

In this treatment, a person does not breathe the ozone, but if it is accidentally inhaled, there is no risk involved.

Another misconception, and probably the worst misconception, is that injecting a gas into the bloodstream will lead to “Embolisms” that could lead to a stroke or heart attack. This is total nonsense in the case of medical grade ozone as the first requirement for this is Nitrogen.

What causes “bubbles” in the blood is not ozone, it is nitrogen. Pure ozone is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream and never poses any type of health risk and never forms “bubbles”.

What makes this treatment unique is that pure, medical grade ozone is injected directly into the blood, as a gas.

• “It’s called Extracorporeal Recirculatory Hemoperfusion, RHP, or a kind of like Dialysis machine except it oxygenates your whole bodies blood while cleaning it. This is the best form of ozone therapy without doubt and Ed [McCabe] agrees as well as others in the field. However putting it in application in this world will be nothing short of a battle like no other. So, onward we go in our quest for a better healing modality.”

I want to emphasize that this treatment is new and it is very different from other ozone treatments. It is a different concept and more importantly, it is safe and very effective for Stage IV patients.

The treatment was actually perfected while those who developed it were working in third world countries with AIDS and cancer patients.

The “Bible” on this Subject:
Flood Your Body With Oxygen, by Ed McCabe

Contact Information

The website that you need to go to does not have a lot of information on it, but I have picked a few pages to highlight. The person you need to contact for more information is Peter Jovan at:
http://www.ozoneuniversity.com

Testimonies (for a variety of ozone techniques):
http://www.oxygentherapyexperts.com/Testimony/indextest.htm

Research Articles:
http://www.oxygentherapyexperts.com/library.htm

Documentary Video on ozone:
http://www.oxygentherapyexperts.com/geoffvid.htm

The Medical Grade Ozone Generator That is Used:
http://ozoneuniversity.com/ozonation%20unit.htm

Phone – 604-501-6051
Phone US – 760-208-1692
Fax – 440-550-5610

Revisiting Vitamin C and Cancer (taken from ImmuneMedicine.com)

By: Neil H. Riordan PA-C, MS
Managing Director, ITL Clinic

George Williams was 70 years old in 1986. That was the year he learned he had kidney cancer. The cancer had spread to his liver and the lymph nodes in his chest. His oncologist told him he could give him chemotherapy and radiation but it wouldn’t likely help. The doctor suggested George get his affairs in order.

George had heard about the work of Linus Pauling and some Scottish doctors on the effects of megadoses of vitamin C on cancer. He then visited the only doctor in Wichita, Kansas who treated people with megadoses of vitamins, my father, Hugh Riordan, M.D. My father told George that he would give him injections of vitamin C but didn’t know if it would help. George received 30 grams (30,000 milligrams) of vitamin C twice a week for six weeks. X-rays six weeks later showed a marked decrease in the size of the tumors. George continued the injections. Six months later there was no evidence of cancer. Mr. Williams lived a relatively healthy life for another 14 years and died a few years ago of congestive heart failure at the age of 84.

In the Fall of 1994, a 73 year-old farmer from Western Kansas was diagnosed with wide-spread non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Biopsies and CT-scans showed he had cancer in all the lymph nodes from his chest up. He was treated with chemotherapy for 8 months resulting in a remission. In July, 1997 he began losing weight (30 lbs). He returned to his oncologist and a CT-scan at that time showed recurrence. He was placed on chemotherapy in September, 1997. In December, 1997 with no change in the cancer, his immune system was so depressed he developed a case of Shingles and the chemotherapy was stopped. I first saw this gentleman in March, 1998. He was given vitamin C injections 50 grams (50,000 millligrams) two times per week. Three months after beginning vitamin C therapy a CT-scan showed no evidence of cancer. Another CT-scan in February, 1999 was also clear and he was declared to be in complete remission by his oncologist.

Given the results seen clinically as described in the cases above, my father and I went on to perform research on the effects of vitamin C on the immune system and tumor cells. The two major conclusions coming from our research were 1) people with cancer require much more vitamin C than healthy people; and 2) vitamin C in high doses (given through the vein) can act similar to chemotherapy without the side effects. Our latest article was published in the British Journal of Cancer.

It’s a good thing that neither my father nor George listened to the negative reports on vitamin C and cancer that came out of the Mayo Clinic several years before he began treatment. Those two clinical tests in Minnesota found the vitamin did not alter the course of disease and the notion was abandoned-it was essentially rejected as a cancer treatment at that time.

Two recent articles in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggest the Mayo research was flawed and the scientists were biased against the use of “alternative” cancer treatments.

The author of one of the articles, Dr. John Hoffer a professor of medicine at McGill University, says “In 1971, even saying that vitamin C could be useful was so outlandish that a conversation would stop between scientists and physicians.”

“What’s changed now is … a commitment on the part of agencies to study alternative cancer therapies.”

Dr. Hoffer said his own speculation is the Mayo researchers “wanted a quick and decisive way to disprove the treatment.”

In May of 1999, vitamin C researchers, including my father and I attended a closed-door research workshop in Montreal. There we began re-examining the methods used to test high-dose vitamin C against cancer. Dr. Hoffer attended the meeting, as did Dr. Mark Levine, a molecular scientist at the National Institutes of Health. One of the conclusions of the workshop was that the Mayo Clinic treatments were too short, and the vitamin C was given by mouth, not by injection. If given by mouth the vitamin is not as well absorbed and blood levels do not reach a concentration high enough to disable tumor cells.

Dr. Levine in the other Canadian Journal article wrote, “We should rigorously explore the anti-cancer effects of vitamin C, when administered intravenously at high doses, in patients with well-documented cancer.”

We routinely give large doses of vitamin C to people with cancer at the ITL Clinic. In addition to its anti-tumor effects vitamin C has side “benefits,” as opposed to adverse side effects seen with other cancer treatments. The side benefits include an increased sense of well-being, decreased pain, enhanced immune system and stronger collagen-the glue that prevents cancer cells from spreading.

Many people who come to our clinic are taking chemotherapy and/or radiation. We find that people tolerate these standard treatments much better when they also get high dose vitamin C. One patient comes to mind, Richard, a 54 year old businessman was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer 5 years ago. He was put on chemotherapy and at the same time I started him on vitamin C infusions 2-3 times per week. He sailed through the chemotherapy without any symptoms. After 11 months of treatment he went on a two-week trip to Florida. He was able to get his chemotherapy from a doctor there, but not the vitamin C. By the end of the trip he was getting typical side effects from the chemotherapy-most prominently mouth and throat ulcers. One week after getting back on the vitamin C his ulcers healed. Richard remains alive and well today.

Occasionally people who take vitamin C experience miraculous results, however it is not a cancer cure. As part of a comprehensive cancer treatment program vitamin C is a powerful tool to help people have stronger immune systems, an increased quality of life, and increased chances of surviving their disease.

Juicing (taken from Juicing for Health)

Cancer is NOT a Death Sentence

A full-fledged cancer is not something that happens overnight. It takes literally years to feed a potential cancer. Two to three decades are not unusual from the time a single cell got mutated, to the time a tumor appears.

The good news is that the healthy food we eat may interfere with the progress of the cancer. When certain chemicals get into our body, they “activate” and can initiate certain cancer. But when we take the right type of food, we can help block the mutation process.

The abundance of anti-oxidant that we get from fresh fruits and vegetables can neutralize the destructive work of free radicals and carcinogens. May I be bold to say that phytonutrients can actually even intervene and stop the further growth of the precancerous cells, repair and heal some damaged cells. When you take the right foods even after cancer is diagnosed, it is possible that your life is prolonged and the pain reduced.

Studies have proven that people who eat fruits and vegetables daily have their cancer risk slashed by about 50 percent. And I’m not talking about eating huge amounts of fruits and vegetables, but just meeting your daily requirement. It could be just having a glass of juice, once or twice a day. Read why your juices should be extracted from a gear juicer.

It is amazing what fresh fruits and vegetables can do, so do not underestimate the power of taking a glass of juice (vary your juice) daily. The phytonutrients from the juice can reach every cell in your body to repair the damage, heal and nourish them.

Diet Suggestions/Lifestyle Changes
for Prevention of Cancer

Most people ignorantly eat whatever they fancy until a health problem strikes. Only when they are suffering that they began to question what went wrong. It is not too late if they realize early on that it is the food that they have been eating that had caused the health problem, and they change their dietary for better health food. But don’t wait until it’s too late.

Eliminate from your dietary: mass-market, processed foods that are bleached, frozen, canned, sugared, preserved, packaged, and laden with chemicals. Is it any wonder that we and our loved ones are sick and malnourished when we consume these commercialized foods?

Animal fats and transfats are known to promote cancer. They act as fuel in promoting tumor growth and stimulate bile acids in the colon that drive cells toward mutation. Instead, take monounsaturated oil and omega-3 fatty acids (from fish, olive oil and flaxseed oil) to deter tumor growth.

Stressed lifestyles, polluted air and water, unhealthy work environments, all choke our once-healthy cells, mutating them and causing them to grow abnormally.

We can control where we work and how we work. We can control our lifestyles, and we can certainly control what we put into our body. We have a choice, so choose wisely and choose healthy.

Green is the color of healing. The greener the better, as it contains the highest dietary sources of chlorophyll. The “lifeblood” of plants is remarkably similar to hemoglobin in human blood, the substance that carries oxygen in our body. Experiments have shown that our body is able to convert chlorophyll into hemoglobin, thereby enriching the blood.

Chlorophyll acts as our internal healer, cleanser, antiseptic, cell stimulator, rejuvenator and red blood cell builder. And the finest source of this proteinous compound is found in spirulina, chlorella, barley grass, wheatgrass, kale, spinach, celery, alfalfa sprouts and all green vegetables.

The citrus fruits are another “anti-cancer package” that we should include in our juicing. They contain natural substances that have powerful phytochemicals to neutralize carcinogens: carotenoids, flavonoids, terpenes, limonoids, coumarins, gluthatione and glucarate.

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