| Depending on latitude, sunlight during the winter may not provide enough ultraviolet light to promote adequate vitamin D production. At other times during the year, even 30 minutes of exposure per day will usually lead to large increases in the amount of vitamin D made. If it is difficult to get sunlight exposute, full-spectrum lighting can be used to stimulate vitamin D production. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Miracle Skin ointment, of PAB A esters, absorbs energy from the ultraviolet light and shields the Skin DNA molecules, oral and topically, dissolves into the Skin oil and doesn't wash out easily swimming or with perspiration. Forexcessive amounts of sunlight, wear a hat to shade the nose and face, a shirt, and apply effective ultraviolet screening lotions of PABA in ethyl alcohol (every 2 hours).
Skin lotions may be devised which will amplify protective Enzymes and restrict harmful ones. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
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 Beta-carorene has also prevented immune suppression from ultraviolet light exposure.46 Effects on immunodefiency in HIV (page 239)-positive people have been inconsistent using beta-
47 48 carotene. ¦
Vitamin C (page 604) stimulates the immune system by both elevating interferon levels49 and enhancing the activity of certain immune cells.50'51 Two studies came to opposite conclusions about the ability of vitamin C to improve immune function in the elderly,52'53 and two other studies did not agree on whether vitamin C could protect people from hepatitis (page 220). |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Long-wave ultraviolet light has been effectively used to treat psoriasis, but it may increase the likelihood of skin cancer. Exposure to the sun for fifteen minutes to half an hour (not longer) may reduce the scaling and redness. A liquid drug called methoxsalen (Oxsoralen-Ultra) is also widely used.
Q The FDA has approved a biological therapy, alefacept (Amervive), for psoriasis. Because this is a drug that alters the immune system, its use should be approached with caution. |
| This therapy combines ultraviolet light with an oral drug and has proven to be effective, even for those with advanced symptoms. However, this treatment has many potential side effects for some individuals, including eye problems, liver damage, nausea, and skin blistering.
Q For mild forms of vitiligo, topical corticosteroids may be used to restore small patches of nonpigmented skin.
Q An article in Let's Live magazine reported on a new treatment in which healthy pigment cells were transplanted into the affected area. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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 Ultraviolet light therapy. This probably explains why sunshine is beneficial. Exposure to ultraviolet A in the dermatologist's office can help alleviate eczema symptoms. Stubborn cases may improve with the addition of a psoralen gel or bath before the light exposure. This is similar to a standard treatment for psoriasis. The dermatologist will probably recommend it if she thinks it will be helpful. Although it is usually administered in the office or hospital, a portable unit used at home can be equally effective.301
3. Balneotherapy. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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 Humankind evolved in equatorial Africa, where exposure to sun is unavoidable, but as we expanded toward the polar regions, we no longer were able to get the right amount of ultraviolet light in sunlight. Thus, the further populations live from the equator, the more apt are they to suffer massive vitamin D-3 deficiency. In Canada, for example, there is enough ultraviolet in no more than 4 months out of each year. The rest of the year the ultraviolet is stripped from the light in its passage through the atmosphere. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D.
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 In addition to an elimination diet, there are several other factors that can be helpful such as ultraviolet light therapy, vitamin C, vitamin B12, quercetin, and thyroid hormone. These factors are discussed following.
Ultraviolet Light Therapy
Ultraviolet light (e.g., sunlight or tanning beds) has been shown to be of some benefit to patients with chronic hives.78,79 Both ultraviolet A (UVA), the nonburning type of sunlight, and ultraviolet B (UVB), the one that causes a sunburn, have been used. Patients with cold, cholinergic, and dermographic hives display the greatest therapeutic response. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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| Apparently, the ultraviolet light, after penetrating the skin, increases the formation of free radicals. It makes sense to increase the protection against free radicals by using nature's antioxidants, vitamin C, vitamin E, beta carotene, and selenium. The frequent, recurring reports in the media about the dangers inherent in excessive exposure to sunlight continually frighten some people about the possibility of getting skin cancer. However, these reports do not discuss the connection between the nutritional health of the population and their susceptibility to cancer of the skin. |
| There is a clear but inverse relationship between the prevalence of MS and exposure to ultraviolet light. In 1952, we were asked to do a survey of MS in Saskatchewan. It was then known that the prevalence of
MS in Saskatchewan was four times as high as it was in New Orleans. The prevalence below Latitude 40 was much greater. This suggests that MS patients will do better if they move to sunnier climates. It is, of course, much easier to take supplements. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| Hemoirradiation therapy involves removing an amount of blood (up to a pint) from the body, irradiating it with ultraviolet light, then reinjecting it. This therapy has been used successfully in treating asthma, blood poisoning, cancer, infections, rheumatoid arthritis, and symptoms stemming from AIDS. Patients with vitiligo and psoriasis can benefit from the treatment of PUVA light therapy (psoralen UV-A). First, patients are injected with psoralen, a light-sensitive drug; then they are exposed to UV light.
MAGNET THERAPY
See under pain control. MASSAGE
See under pain control. |
| Psoralen plus ultraviolet light A (PUVA) is a therapy recommended for people who have not benefited from other therapies.
Q Outbreaks of psoriasis seem to lessen during the summer months. It may even go away on its own, but once you have had psoriasis, it is always possible that it will return.
Q Recent research has led some to believe that rapid growth of psoriatic cells can be attributed to problems with prostaglandin regulation and a deficiency of sulfur and fatty acids. In a study at Marselisborg Hospital in Denmark, Dr. |
| This treatment, which has been approved by the FDA, consists of bombarding the blood with ultraviolet light. It appears to render the virus inactive. This treatment is offered by Bradford Research Institute in Chula Vista, California. (See Health and Medical Organizations in the Appendix.)
Q If you require surgery and may need a blood transfusion, discuss this with your doctor or surgeon. You may be able to bank your own blood or the blood of a relative or friend before the procedure.
Q There is a vaccine available to protect against hepatitis A. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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| Dr John Murray, Professor of Dermatology at Duke University, found that vitamin C decreased the intensity of the reaction to ultraviolet light. Subjects were pre-treated with a vitamin C solution or with placebo. The protective effect was immediate. The vitamin C was not a sunscreen, but it decreased the effect of ultra violet light by its antioxidant properties - that is, it wiped out some of the free radicals that were formed.
The fat-soluble antioxidant vitamin E should also have protective properties. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| Other risk factors include irritants inside the mouth, such as a broken tooth or ill-fitting or broken dentures; excessive alcohol intake; chronic use of a mouthwash with high alcohol content; poor oral and dental hygiene; ultraviolet light exposure to the lips; vitamin deficiency; Plummer-Vinson syndrome; HPV; and immune system depression.
Signs and Symptoms
While some oral cancers produce early symptoms, others do not until it is advanced. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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| While reducing our exposure to ultraviolet light, we need to take more vitamin D-3 to replace what is not being supplied by the sun. During the past few years, the role of vitamin D-3 in many reactions in the body has been seriously examined, and it has been found to be a very useful and even a remarkable nutrient needed in much higher dosages for optimum health.
Therapeutic Uses
Rickets and Subclinical Rickets: Childhood rickets is a vitamin D-3 deficiency disease. According to Dr J. |
H. Winter Griffith, M.D.
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 Skin & sunlight:
One or more drugs in this group may cause rash or intensify sunburn in areas exposed to sun or ultraviolet light (photosensitivity reaction). Avoid overexposure. Notify doctor if reaction occurs.
Driving, piloting or hazardous work:
Don't drive or pilot aircraft until you learn how medicine affects you. Don't work around dangerous machinery. Don't climb ladders or work in high places. Danger increases if you drink alcohol or take medicine affecting alertness and reflexes.
Discontinuing:
Don't discontinue without consulting doctor. |
Linda Mason Hunter
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 Tinted and low-emissivity glass block a wide range of that natural spectrum in the visible range, as well as in the infrared and ultraviolet light ranges. While ordinary window glass admits a fuller spectrum of visible light, it blocks as much as 95 percent of the ultraviolet range. We may be quite a few years from achieving the development of window glass that admits the full spectrum of the sun.
For now, the ideal situation is window glass that admits more ultraviolet light. At least one manufacturer is already marketing ultraviolet-transmitting (UVT) glass. |
Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss
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| We therefore view ultraviolet light as being a potential carcinogenic agent. We recommend that sunbathing be limited and that when it is done, proper ultraviolet blocking agents be used to mask the ultraviolet portion of the light spectrum and prevent it from reaching the skin. Fortunately, today there are many good skin creams which contain these blocking agents and allow people to be exposed to sunlight without fear of excessive ultraviolet light exposure.
There is also another important role that light plays in the prevention of cancer. In a very interesting article, Drs. |
Patrick Holford
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 Other risk factors include hormonal imbalance, often induced by exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals such as HRT, exposure to radiation or ultraviolet light, pollution, food additives, drugs, and infections.
However, of all risk factors diet is the greatest, a fact that is backed up by the great progress being made in both the treatment and the prevention of cancer with nutritional therapy. |
H. Winter Griffith, M.D.
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| Skin & sunlight:
Desoximetasone may cause rash or intensify sunburn in areas exposed to sun or ultraviolet light (photosensitivity reaction). Avoid overexposure. Notify doctor if reaction occurs.
Driving, piloting or hazardous work:
No problems expected.
Discontinuing:
May be unnecessary to finish medicine. Follow doctor's instructions.
Others:
• Don't use a plastic dressing longer than 2 weeks.
• Aerosol spray—Store in cool place. Don't use near heat or open flame or while smoking. Don't puncture, break or burn container.
• Don't use for acne or gingivitis. |
| Skin & sunlight:
May cause rash or intensify sunburn in areas exposed to sun or ultraviolet light (photosensitivity reaction). Avoid overexposure. Notify doctor if reaction occurs.
Driving, piloting or hazardous work:
Avoid if you feel dizzy or lightheaded. Otherwise, no problems expected.
Discontinuing:
• Don't discontinue without consulting doctor. Dose may require gradual reduction if you have taken drug for a long time. Doses of other drugs may also require adjustment.
• Notify doctor if cough, fever, breathing difficulty or shortness of breath occur after discontinuing medicine. |
| Skin & sunlight:
One or more drugs in this group may cause rash or intensify sunburn in areas exposed to sun or ultraviolet light (photosensitivity reaction). Avoid overexposure. Notify doctor if reaction occurs.
Driving, piloting or hazardous work:
Avoid if you become dizzy or faint. Otherwise, no problems expected.
Discontinuing:
Don't discontinue without consulting doctor. Dose may require gradual reduction if you have taken drug for a long time. Doses of other drugs may also require adjustment.
Others:
• Avoid exercising in hot weather.
• May affect results in some medical tests. |
Linda Mason Hunter
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| Even window glass screens out 95 percent of ultraviolet light rays.
Ultraviolet, a much maligned and widely misunderstood form of light, is essential for good health. The fact that in large doses it causes sunburn, skin cancer, and maybe cataracts leads some people to believe it has no beneficial effects. Fact is, ultraviolet light—the full spectrum in small doses—is vital for a healthy human body. But it must be used judiciously. Too much ultraviolet, such as you get while sunbathing, can be damaging to the skin and eyes. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Dark skin is a gift, because it allows you to spend more time outside under the natural son, without any risk of being overexposed to ultraviolet light. White skin is difficult to deal with. It can burn more easily, and it is obviously an adaptation to people who lived in northern climates with relatively low sunlight. In fact, white skin is white precisely because it needs to allow more sunlight to enter the skin organ so that sufficient quantities of vitamin D can be generated. Technically speaking, white skin is the mutation here, because early humans all had darker skin. |
Joseph E. Mario
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| Dr. Campbell's great-grandmother Lucy McDaniel Bell of Georgia is reported to have brought a 10-year old out of an asphyxiating asthma attack by pouring a bucket ofcrushed ice on the boy's chest, causing a massive adrenalin release that relaxed and dilated his constricted bronchial passages.
•ASTRINGENT SEE in Chapter Five Herbal Healing Plants.
•ATAXIA SEE Palsy/Paralysis.
•ATHLETE'S FOOT A Trichophyton rubrum or mentagrophytes fungus infection fed by 125,000 sweat glands on each foot; afflicting inflammation, rash, or scaling skin. Can make toenails brittle and discolored. |
Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson
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 Examine in ultraviolet light at 254 nm. The chromatograms obtained with the test solution and the reference solution both show in the middle a quenching zone corresponding to harpagoside. The chromatogram obtained with the test solution shows other distinct bands, mainly above the zone corresponding to harpagoside. Spray with a 10 g/l solution of phloroglucinol R in alcohol R and then with hydrochloric acid R. Dry the plate at 80°C for 5-10 min. In the chromatograms obtained with the reference solution and the test solution the zone corresponding to harpagoside is green. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Remember: darker skin pigmentation evolved in human ancestors who lived closer to the equator, where the sun was rather harsh and darker skin pigmentation was needed in order to protect the body from DNA mutations caused by excessive exposure to ultraviolet light. But today, you have black Americans living in the United States, which is a northern climate, and even living in northern cities within the United States, such as Chicago, Boston, or Detroit. |
H. Winter Griffith, M.D.
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| Skin & sunlight:
May cause rash or intensify sunburn in areas exposed to sun or ultraviolet light (photosensitivity reaction). Avoid overexposure. Notify doctor if reaction occurs.
Driving, piloting or hazardous work:
No problems expected.
Discontinuing:
May be unnecessary to finish medicine. Follow doctor's instructions.
Others:
• Contact doctor if condition being treated doesn't improve within a week. Call sooner if new symptoms develop or pain worsens.
• Wash hands carefully after use. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 However, commonly available water plant and home distillation, reverse osmosis, ultraviolet light, and fine filtration units may provide a protective barrier against many agents. Many biological organisms are inactivated by heat in household distillation units. planet. Three million people die every year from diarrheal diseases, such as cholera and dysentery, caused by contaminated water. Polluted water directly affects the health of 1.2 billion people every year. Diseases borne by mosquitoes and other pests, such as malaria, kill another 1.5 to 2. |
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