Fwd:The Poor Man's Chelation Therapy

June 26, 2001

FROM ANOTHER LIST

fascinating article.......

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Author: G. , DC

Title: The Poor Man's Chelation Therapy

There's nothing I like more than learning about inexpensive, common

herbs or spices that exhibit unusual healing properties. Historically,

the use of herbs and spices in cooking evolved as a method to preserve

foods and make them safer to store and eat. While we've grown accustomed

to using these items to enhanced or accentuate flavors of food,

researchers continue to discover that they have much more to offer than

just good taste.

A recent example involves the work of Dr. Yoshiaki Omura. Dr. Omura

recently informed us that he discovered almost by accident, that the

leaves of the coriander plant can accelerate the excretion of mercury,

lead and aluminum from the body. He had been treating several patients

for an eye infection called trachoma (granular conjunctivitis), which is

caused by the micro-organism Chlamydia trachomatis. Following the

standard treatment with antibiotics. Dr. Omura found that the patients'

symptoms would clear up initially, then recur within a few month. He

experienced similar difficulties in treating viral related problems like

Herpes Simplex types I & II and Cytomegalovirus infection.

Cilantro Helps Flush Out Heavy Metals

After taking a closer look, Dr. Omura found those organisms seemed to

hide and flourish in area of the body where there were concentrations of

heavy metals like mercury, lead and aluminum. Somehow the organicism

were able to use the toxic metals to protect themselves from the

antibiotics. It just so happens that while he was testing for those

metals, Dr. Omura noticed the mercury level in the urine increased after

one consumed a healthy serving of Vietnamese soup. The soup contains

Chinese parsley, or it is better known in this country, cilantro. (Some

of you may also know it as coriander, since it comes form the leaves of

the coriander plant.) Further testing revealed that eating cilantro

also increased urinary excretion of lead and aluminum. And when cilantro

was used concurrently with antibiotics or natural anti-viral agents and/

or fatty acids like EPA with D.A., the above infection could be

eliminated for good. (Acupnct Electrother Res. 95:20 (3-4): 195-229.)

Dr. Omura has made a remarkable discovery. He's found a novel technique

which greatly increases our ability to clear up recurring infections

both viral and bacterial. And perhaps more exciting, he's discovered an

inexpensive, easy way to remove (or " chelate " ) toxic metals from the

nervous system and body tissue - one that anybody can use. This is

Great News for Amalgam Sufferers Chelation therapy using chemicals like

EDTA has long been used to help remove these heavy metals, but cilantro

is the only natural substance I'M aware of that has demonstrated this

ability. This will become news for people suffering from the ill effect

of amalgam dental fillings, which contains approximately 50% mercury.

Dr. Omura recently performed another study in which three amalgam

filling where removed from an individual using all of the precautions

available to prevent absorption of the mercury from the amalgam. Even

with strong air and water suction, water rinses, and a rubber dental

dam, significant amounts of mercury were later found in the individual's

lungs, kidneys, endocrine organs, liver and heart. There was no mercury

in these tissue prior to the amalgam removal. Remarkably, without the

help of any chelation agents, cilantro was able to remove the mercury in

two to three weeks. (Acupuncture Electrotherapeutic Research 96;21 (2):

133-60.) Since some of the patients didn't like the taste of fresh

cilantro, Dr. Omura had a pharmaceutical company create a 100 mg

cilantro tablet. In the above dental study, one tablet was taken four

times a day. As of yet, I haven't been able to find a tested commercial

tablet of cilantro.

It is believed that the active component in cilantro are easily

destroyed during processing. For this reason, I recommend sticking to

fresh herb. It can be eaten raw in soup or salad, on tacos, or as

garnish with practically any dish. Recipe for Cilantro Pesto (Make That

" Chelation Pesto " ) I would think it should also work if the cilantro

were juiced, but perhaps the easiest and tastiest way to use the herb

would be as the main ingredient in a home made pesto sauce. You can

start with the basic recipe below and add other nuts and spices to suit

your taste.

Cilantro Pesto

1 clove of garlic

1/2 cup of almonds, cashews, or other nuts

1 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves

2 tablespoons lemon juice

6 tablespoons olive oil

Put the cilantro and olive oil in blender and process until the cilantro

is chopped. Add the rest of the ingredients and process to a lumpy past.

(You may need to add a touch of hot water and scrape the sides of the

blender.) You can change the consistency by altering the amount of olive

oil and lemon juice, but keep the 3:1 ratio of oil to juice. (If freezes

well, so you can make several batches at once.)

In light of the ever-worsening quality of our water and soil and the

widespread use of metals in everyday items like deodorant and cans, I

would seriously suspect that all of us have some toxic metals in our

body. And unless they are carried out by a chelating agent, things like

lead, aluminum and mercury remain in the body forever. Besides

associated with arthritic condition, depression, muscle pain and

weakness, memory loss and deterioration, and maybe even Alzheimer's disease.

Summer's here and cilantro is readily available across the country. It

is very popular herb in Mexican cooking, and due to their large Mexican

populations is easy to find anywhere from Texas to California. In other

areas, you may need to visit an Oriental market or specialty

supermarket, (Remember, it's also called Chinese parsley.) I would

highly recommend that you take advantage of this " poor man's chelation

treatment " . I'm in the process of doing it now my shelf and intend to do

so at least once or twice a year from now on. All it takes is adding

fresh cilantro to your everyday foods or eating a couple teaspoons of

cilantro pesto a day for two or three weeks; either will give the dose

Dr. Omura used in his research. Judging by the price around here, that

means you'd be spending less than a dollar for two weeks of cleansing!

Of course, if you really don't like cilantro, you can always spend a

thousands times that much on a series of intravenous chelation treatments...

June 26, 2001