I came across this post on another list this morning which relates a possible alternative to taking antibiotics - garlic.
hlee Message: 13 Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 22:04:53 -0800 From: "green1" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: tooth abscess Bernie, Vilik and List, I've had consistently good results suppressing tooth abscess with garlic. For the past couple of years I've been occasionally afflicted by abscess in my gums and the roots of teeth that had decayed into the pulp. Whereas previously I would have made an appointment to see a doctor and paid him $35 to $50 for the office call -- for the purpose of getting a prescription for an antibiotic to knock out the infection -- more recently, financial necessity had driven me to seek less expensive relief. On the advice of two separate friends with experience in herbal healing, I tried raw garlic and found it as effective as the antibiotics I had formerly used, with the added benefit of lacking the harmful side effects of the antibiotics. With garlic I have always experienced relief from abscess pain within a few hours, and elimination of the abscess altogether within a few days, taking the garlic 2 or 3 times a day. Although I'm told that garlic is most effective for this purpose if crushed, I've found it sufficient to merely dice the garlic into pieces small enough to present no difficulty swallowing. I take two large cloves diced and wash them down with water. It may help to have some food already in the stomach, the garlic is strong and on an empty stomach may "want to come back up." I've found the remedy so effective (like antibiotics), that I have a tendency discontinue treatment before the infection is completely eliminated, thereby allowing it to return. I've found it best to continue treatment at least several days after the abscess seems to be gone. I've found also that it's best to initiate treatment as soon as the familiar tenderness of a developing abscess is apparent -- rather than wait until my jaw is falling off and I'm in fear for my life. I don't like taking the garlic, but it always works very well for me. Green >Dawn > >Don't feel bad about taking the antibiotics. I had to take them several >months ago for a sinus infection that nothing worked on. I felt so bad I >couldn't sleep my head was hammering so loud, and I had night sweats etc as >well. I took the drugs with a anti-fungal drug Diflucan. I had no qualms >about doing so as I didn't want to take the risk that my candida would flare >up and get even worse. I also took probiotics at different times than the >anti's to replace bowel flora. Probiotics are not enough to stop candida >growth when taking a course of antibiotcs. > >From what you have described, (I know others feel differently) I would have >taken the antibiotics. I ONLY use them for life threatening situations or >when nothing else works and life's the pitts, and what you have described >this could have been one of those times. Systemic blood poisoning is very >quick, and can become fatal very quickly. Don't feel bad. Embrace life and >forget the antibiotics! > >Tracy. > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
