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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE |
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Adams, Rex Miracle Medicine Foods Parker
Publishing Zinc supplements, zinc oxide cream, and vitamin B6 ointment, and vitamin B6 supplements may help reverse acne. |
| Arginine & cysteine help reduce acne & boils per Erdmann in The Amino Revolution Warning. Take Ornithine with arginine if you have herpes. Equal dosage. www.amazon.com |
| Health News Volume5#19 Aloe Vera Miracle Food Cures from the Bible by Dubin info@successcentreonline.com Ask for 1 newspaper Vol 5#19 www.phdirect.com http://cactusbymail.com/otherfunstuff.html |
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Khalsa MD in Food as Medicine says to mix tumeric & water & paste
onto acne lesions. Many MD's recommend cucumbers for acne. www.drdharma.com Warning; stay clear of author's "spiritual" recommendations. |
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Koch, Karen M Gift of Nature - Whole Leaf Aloe Vera
published by Total Health Science Press Aloe Vera is a superior product for face restoration and can be applied directly to the skin + taken internally. Aloe Vera contains 15 nutrients - 8 vitamins, 13 minerals, 13 enzymes, 20 amino acids, fatty & uric acids, 5 saccharides, anthraquinones, steroids & 3 sterols, lectins, lignins, gibberellins, saponins, and salicylic acid (aspirin). |
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Recommended topical treatments are alpha hydroxy acids or tree tea oil.
Fall 2002 Natural Medicines in Clinical Management Oral supplements that may help are chaste berry, guggul, brewer's yeast saccharo-myces boulardii or zinc. www.naturaldatabase.com |
| Topical niacinamide (4%) in a gel base may help propioibacterium acnes (P acnes) www.kurtgreenberg.com |
| Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) is being used to treat acne vulgaris by Dr. Lit-Hung Leung in Hong Kong. Leung prescribes 10-20 grams daily in divided doses for 2 weeks to 6 months, depending on need. In addition a 20% B5 cream in applied to the face 4-6 times daily. 2/1998 Alternatives for the Health Conscious Individual newsletter of Dr. David G. Williams |
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WARNING |
| Accutane for acne causes severe birth defects 3/1/04 Wall St Journal www.wsj.com |