Advice on Thyroid issue in people and giving garlic to dogs

[Irene de Villiers]

It is toxic to cats for sure - I do not know about other species
specifically.
You have to remember that when you deal with toxins against insects,
the *concentration* of the toxin is very relevant.

So when I recommend fipronil for fleas - it is used in a spray at a
concentration of a very small fraction of one percent (like 0.2 or
somewhere there). (Safe for cats and dogs but NOT rabbits, in
Frontline Spray.)
But for borax you are using 100% concentration. So that is a
concentration that is 500 times as high per volume as the fipronil
idea as an example.

People tend to forget that concentration matters in insecticides.

Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Shannon M]

Hm, I never heard of using it for detox. The box I have is "Concern"
brand, and I think I got it from a garden store! I've also found it
on the web, tho don't remember exactly where. I gather there's "food
grade" and "garden grade", or something like that. I've read of it
being used as a mineral supplement for cattle, and read that it can
eliminate parasites, but that "hearsay" is all I know about those
uses. Wish I could be more help with that!
Shannon
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[Tanya Marquette]

you need to use food grade for safety
i bought mine on line where i could order it in bulk. check around
because the prices varied greatly. shipping costs will also affect
the price.
tanya

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Colleagues
I note that the actual advice requested has not been forthcoming!
We left the humans and went to answer the situation for animals!
Rgds
Soroush

[reconnective_healer]

Diatomaceous earth can be found on the internet for very reasonable
cost.
I give it to my Dogs every other day and have taken it myself!
Make sure you get the Foodgrade! very important!
much love gabriele
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "Shannon" wrote:
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[Gail]

--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "rudolph.leicester" wrote:
Hi Rudolph,

Thyroid issues can be treated with homoeopathy - the approach will differ depending on the homoeopath and the extent of the disease. The range of response also varies and it really is an individual journey.

Thryoid disease is becoming much more common because of contaminants in the environment like bromine, perchlorate, chlorine, fluorine and xeno-oestrogens. Add to this that studies seem to showing that iodine deficiency is becoming very common (have a look at www.iodine4health.com for more about this) and a lack of iodine is strongly implicated in any thyroid disease as well as many cancers. Having said this, it is important to know that while iodised salt can help reduce the iodine deficient goitre, the provision of iodine as iodised salt is associated with an increase of autoimmune thyrioditis - while iodine replacement on it's own does not have any impact on autoimmunity. Doing some simple lifestyle things at the moment could be helpful - things like avoiding fluoride and chloride, becoming educated on where substances that depress the thyroid are found, avoiding Xrays (xrays deplete body iodine), avoiding soy products etc.

If you do a lot of reading you will find that for some people the thyroid disease does go in phases - they don't stay on the replacement for life, but do remain vulnerable. It is not a bad thing to be on replacement hormone - to be hypothyroid for any length of time without replacement hormone runs the risk of long term damage to the body - once on the replacement it is not necessarily for life, it can actually protect the thryoid from long term damage by shutting it down for a while.

Whether or not she will need to stay on Thyroxine depends on what is happening in her body - for some people the thryoid is struggling because of heavy metal or other toxicity which blocks conversion of the hormone at liver level - addressing this toxicity resolves the thryoid issue. However if she has an autoimmune disorder, it is a bit more complicated - if the thryoid has been destroyed by the disease, replacement hormone will be essential for her. Being even slightly hypothyroid has impacts on so many different body systems that I think it is better to put high principles about not taking any allopathic drugs into a big picture context. If she starts homoeopathic treatment I think it would be wiser her to keep taking the Thyroxin for a while, maybe gradually decreasing it after a while and only as long as doing so is comfortable for her.

It is interesting to read Clarke's MM on Thyroidinum - he talks of using it in potency for various symptoms and also says "In myxoedema, cachexia, strumipriva, cretinism and similar conditions the thyroid gland is absent or defective and the idea of the Thyroid feeding is to supply a physiological want."

Gail

[Irene de Villiers]

What safety?
Neither is safe at all!
Food grade has to do with other stuff getting in there besides the
diatoms that shred the insides.
Why care if you are gong to shred your insides anyway:-)
There is nothing safe about shredded insides:-)
Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Rudolph Leicester]

Thanks Irene for your comments and very much appreciated.. Just one question, if a dog has a major flea problem and that fleas can drink 22 times their weight in blood on a daily basis, could this account for loss of weight in a dog?
Sorry for the delay in getting back to everyone but I've been very ill with some sort of flu and haven't had the energy nor inclination to even turn the computer on, which is very unlike me. Feeling more myself now, so catching up.
RL

[Rudolph Leicester]

Thanks Michael. Very interesting and something to bear in mind.
RL

[Rudolph Leicester]

Thanks Christine. How is your treatment developing, or is it too early to say?
RL