Green Medicine Newsletter – Excerpts

Until very recently the only research which gave hope for individuals suffering from "Lou Gehrig's disease" (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or "ALS") reported1 that the mineral lithium might slow progress of the disease. That "made sense", as other research...

Green Medicine Newsletter is written for those of us who are proactive in caring for the health of themselves and their families. Usually, that means discussions and descriptions of health problems and how to prevent them and reverse them using substances and energies...

In another article in this month's issue of Green Medicine Newsletter1, Pacific Legal Foundation tells us that the large majority (98%, not kidding) of FDA regulations are actually unconstitutional. And many readers are very aware of the ongoing attacks by FDA not...

Before we get to the best test for folate, let's make sure that everyone knows that the molecule named "folic acid" is not a natural molecule or a vitamin; "folic acid" is a synthetic molecule not present in natural foods. For anyone who doubts this, please read the...

Dr Wright, I just read your article re: BEC 5. I had a very positive experience using it for my father's Actinic Keratosis a couple years ago. He had been getting freezing treatments periodically for years. I inquired whether they would try BEC 5, and they suggested I...

Readers of Green Medicine Newsletter from its first issue (March 2016) may remember having read about the "rapid magnesium intravenous (IV) push" in the April 2016 issue, so apologies to that small group about this repetition. However, this article is only a summary;...

As anyone who watches television for more than a few nanoseconds knows, we Americans seem to be suffering from an epidemic of dry skin. "Oil of Olay", "Nivea", and countless other lotions are relentlessly pitched to consumers, mostly women, to keep their dry skin...

One of the many ways lithium exerts its effects in humans and animals is by reducing brain cell death (for the technically inclined, "apoptosis") when the cells are exposed to neurotoxins. In addition to the potential neuroprotective benefits of lithium in the...

Years ago, a woman visited Tahoma Clinic on the advice of her psychiatrist. She was "severely bipolar", requiring a maximum dose of lithium carbonate to keep her symptoms under control. Despite close monitoring of serum lithium levels to maintain a safe range, she was...

How can we check our zinc levels if zinc itself isn't mentioned? By looking at an enzyme ("alkaline phosphatase") which appears on most "routine blood test" reports, most often along with "SGOT", "SGPT", "bilirubin", cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar, and...