ELIMINATE INFECTION (ABSCESS) IN TEETH WITH CASHEW NUTS

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ELIMINATE INFECTION (ABSCESS) IN TEETH WITH CASHEW NUTS

- by Weber ----- Any procedures in this article are to be adopted at

your own risk. Gram positive bacteria which cause tooth decay, acne, and

leprosy are killed by chemicals in cashew nuts, cashew apples, and cashew shell

oil. I have made raw cashew nuts the main part of my diet for 24 hours on three

occasions and have eliminated an abscessed tooth all three times. There were no

obvious side effects except possibly a mild transient headache and maybe a

tendency toward diarrhea. A fourth time required several days. It is possible

that just eating a couple of ounces each day for a week or so would work also

and might avoid any intolerance to cashew nuts. I have tried this successfuly.

In my opinion it is necessary to seal any holes in the teeth in order to

prevent reinfection. Please keep in mind that this last is counter to the

opinion

of the American dental profession. You can create a temporary seal (at least

several weeks) with a mixture of zinc oxide and oil of eugenol (a complicated

benzoic alcohol). There is a zinc oxide- calcium oxide composition called

Biocalex which they claim is superior to zinc oxide since it is said to fill the

tooth tubules and displace anaerobic bacteria, and thus make it also superior to

gutta percha. This should buy you some time until you can afford root canal

work (should you decide on this option). A more permanent seal can be affected

using high alumina fast setting Portland cement, probably as much as a few

years or more. If the fast setting Portland cement is made up with acrylic

Portland cement additive instead of water and applied to a tooth abraded with

sand

it will stick very tenaciously, even to enamel.

The active chemicals are anacardic acids with a 15 carbon unsaturated side

chain. The side chain with three unsaturated bonds was the most active against

streptococcus mutans, the tooth decay bacterium in test tube experiments. The

number of unsaturated bonds were not material against Propionibacterium acnes,

the acne bacterium [#3 Kubo, et al 1993 p1018]. Heating these anacardic acids

converts them to the alcohols (cardinols) but does not destroy their activity

against S. mutans [Himajima & Kubo 1991 p419]. I suspect that these chemicals

are volatile, however, which is why I used the raw cashew nuts. Also it has

been determined that high heat causes decarboxylation of anacardic acid [#14

Patel].

Eichbaum claims that one part to 200,000 to as high as 2,000,000 parts of

solution of anacardic acid is lethal to gram positive bacteria in 15 minutes

[#Eichbaum]. Somewhat higher ratios killed tubercle bacteria in 30 minutes.

Muroi

and Kubo found that the killing power against S. mutans was synergistic

(enhance each other's effect) with anethole from the seed of Pimpinella anisum

(Umbelliferae) and linalool from green tea in vitro (in the test tube) [Muroi &

Kubo, p1782]. I have not made use of this synergism. Indole in Jasmine is said

to

enhance green tea against tooth decay also [#2 Kubo, Muroi, & Himejima 1993].

If the infection has gained entry through a hole in the tooth it would be

necessary to seal the hole off against reinfection and food substrate. Since

this

concept is at variance with the American dental profession (and I am not

absolutely certain it is always the way to go), you will have to do it yourself.

Zinc oxide dental powder made into a paste with oil of eugenol (a complicated

phenolic alcohol) and allowed to set protected by a wad of absorbent paper will

fill deep, narrow holes. It is slightly soluble so it will not last

indefinitely. Another material that I have found to work very well on a tooth

surface

abraded with sand is high alumina fast setting Portland cement made into a

thick paste with acrylic Portland cement additive. It also should be protected

for

at least 15 minutes with a wad of paper. It will even stick tenaciously to

exposed enamel. It also is slightly soluble although probably less so than the

zinc carbonate from the above procedure and should last at least a couple of

years. Coating the cement while perfectly dry with epoxy adhesive would probably

extend its life indefinitely. The Portland cement additive may be obtained as

Probond or Bonsol from a mason supply store.

It is possible that cashews or cashew apples could work against acne and

leprosy also and is worth someone's trying it.

There is also a suspicion that anacardic acids inhibit the growth of cancer

tumors such as breast cancer somewhat [#1 Kubo et al, 1993]. This would seem to

indicate that cashews should not be eaten routinely and exclusively since

anacardic acids thus seem to inhibit the growth of a human tissue, and it is

conceivable that this would include immune cells and thus damage the immune

system. This may be because anacardic acid inhibits histone acetyltransferases,

which regulate gene expression but not DNA transcription [#13 Balasubramanyam].

Also please keep in mind that cashews are related to poison ivy and some people

are allergic to them. Some stevedores are said to be exempted from unloading

cashew nuts for this reason. They are also said to be related to mangos and

pistachios. Actually, no food should be used routinely. With food, variety is a

key word. Almost every plant food contains at least one mild poison or another.

There is an additional reason for being cautious with cashew nuts. They are

high in the amino acid l-arginine (see the USDA Handbook #8, and divide

calories into the arginine value). Arginine accentuates the symptoms of an

attack of

the herpes type of virus [#7 McCune]. Thus an attack of shingles, which

disease is a resurgence of chicken pox virus from the pain nerves near the spine

where they have been dormant, will be accentuated and perhaps triggered by foods

high in arginine. These foods are said to include peanuts (peanuts 50% higher

than cashews, but cashews substantial nevertheless), other nuts, and

chocolate. The amino acid, lysine, helps to mute the effects of the virus,

significantly reducing the occurrence (when taken routinely), severity, and

healing time

of herpes simplex virus [#8 Griffith]. You can recognize shingles by large

patches of a painful rash which appears on one side of the body in people under

emotional stress [#9 Irwin], older people, or people whose immune system has

been compromised. Other dormant herpes species may be similar.

Since whatever long lasting infection (70 to 80 % retrovirus signs [10

DeFreitas] ) or/and poison [#10 Bell 1998][#10 Racciati] or/and small adrenal

glands

[ & Dinan] or/and disruption of the brain-pituitary axis [10 &

Svec & Dinan] (but beyond any reasonable doubt not hypochondria or mass hysteria

from reading newspapers) is causing chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS,

postinfectious neuromyasthenia, chronic virus infection, myalgic

encephalomyelitis,

chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome, CFIDS, fibromyalgia, FM, ME PVFS)

seems to make people more susceptible to herpes virus with 77% of CFS patients

containing antibodies to HHV-6 EA as IgM and IgG [10 Patnaik] it may be prudent

for these CFS people also to eat sparingly of high arginine foods continuously

after CFS or maybe until tests determine that the immune peptide hormones [10

Patarca] are all normal again. The symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome are

impaired sleep, loss of memory, sore throat, muscle and joint aches, headache,

cough, photophobia,, extreme long lasting fatigue after physical exertion,

night sweats, [10 Evengard] depression that has much lower ACTH and cortisol

secretion [10 Demitrack], lymph node pain, eye pain and fibromyalgia (muscle

pain)

[10 Bell 1994] as well as white spots on MRI brain scans and sometimes loss of

fingerprints, a chronic low level activation of the immune system [10 Cannon]

which last may be accounting for many of the symptoms, but all symptoms

highly variable. For further discussion of CFS and fibromyalgia, see this site.

It is possible that raw garlic would work on the above gram positive bacteria

also but with less side affects if an article by Dr. Mercola is valid. and

maybe both together would be even better, but I have no information on the

safety of this last. For instructions about growing garlic see this site.

Grapefruit seed extract also seem to have something in them that is lethal to

a wide assortment of gram positive and gram negative bacteria, and fungi.

However it is necessary to use very tiny amounts as it is very toxic.

Postscript: Since cavities in teeth are a prime route of infection into

teeth, preventing cavities is important to avoid the need for a bacterial

medicine.

An excellent sterilizing agent for this purpose is hydrogen peroxide applied

daily. Hydrogen peroxide is very caustic to bacteria, while at the same time

it degrades to water, which is obviously inherently safe and nonpoisonous. Even

more important is to keep the teeth sound with adequate intakes of calcium,

phosphate, and vitamin D. The last is especially important for people who must

be inside away from sunlight. Vieth argues that the 200 international units

(IU) is too low. He maintains that 200 IU merely prevents osteoporosis after a

fashion. He recommends 800 to 1,000 IU, total, per day. Apparently

epidemiological studies and circumstantial evidence show lower rates of multiple

scelerosis, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and colorectal, prostate [11], breast,

and

ovarian cancer. Since naked Africans receive 10,000 IU, he suggests that

concerns of toxicity are inappropriate. [6].

Magnesium deficiency has been proposed as causing lower tooth density. This

site shows how to increase magnesium in the diet.

The author, Weber, has a degree in chemistry and a masters degree in

soil science at Rutgers University. The article is based primarily on personal

experience. He has published articles on allied subjects (see links below)

in; The Journal of Theoretical Biology (1970, 1983), The Journal of Applied

Nutrition (1974), Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology (1983), and Medical

Hypotheses (1984, 1999). ) This article is solely funded by the authorand has no

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