Update my herbal treatment of XMRV
Hi Everybody,
I haven't been posting lately but wanted to give an interesting update on my herbal treatment for XMRV. Partly I haven't posted because a patient from Spain came to stay with me in order to get treated for ME/CFS in the USA and we have been comparing notes and scheming against ME/CFS together. He is also a forum member (serg1942) and himself hosts a Spanish forum on CFS/ME.
Last Nov/Dec I tested positive for XMRV through kinesiological testing against a sample vial of XMRV. My doctor, who is trained by and works closely with both Drs. Klinghardt and Cowden, tested me at that time for a remedy that would control XMRV. He found that a complex herbal mixture from Monastery of Herbs (#67) should be effective. He has at least 10 other patients he is treating for XMRV and while most of them respond to this remedy, some do not and need another remedy. I took this remedy orally and when tested a month later, tested negative against XMRV. This is a quantitative measurement i.e. the amount of XMRV in me was less than in the sample vial.
However, XMRV is known to usually only be found at low levels in those affected and I didn't notice symptomatic changes. I saw my doctor again last week and this time again tested positive for XMRV. Taking the herbal remedy orally had not been easy for me though it was manageable (I had side-effects, die-off, who knows what!) This time my doctor proposed giving me the same remedy but energetically using a method devised by Dr. Klinghardt. He also tested my friend and he was also positive for XMRV. So he treated both of us with this new method, which to give a brief description, goes like this:
Perspex blocks are placed to the left and right of the seated patient. The block on the patient's left has holes drilled which are sized to hold different containers holding samples and also in a geometrical pattern corresponding to all parts of the body. The block on the patient's right is solid.
After testing the patient through kinesiology and getting a positive for XMRV, the practitioner tests different remedies until he/she finds one that deactivates XMRV in the patient's body. The practitioner then places a sample of the remedy in the perspex block on the patient's left, then uses a simple red laser (the class II type laser available at office supply stores devised as pointers for presentations) to potentiate the remedy by passing the laser through the remedy and then over all the areas of the persplex block. My doctor took about 30 seconds to rotate the laser beam clockwise and then counterclockwise over the remedy and the block. With this technique, the energetic signature of the remedy passes through to patient to the persplex block on the patient's right.
When tested afterwards with kinesiology, the remedy can be detected in all parts of the body, and the patient no longer tests positive for XMRV.
Sounds pretty "woo-woo" right? As my friend and I watched, we thought to ourselves, "This is science fiction!" But...a few hours later we began feeling like crap, and remained glued to couches for the rest of the day. However, my friend, who has had continuous nausea for years, started having real hunger pangs that evening and "had to eat." We both peed copiously throughout the day and needed dark glasses in the house due to light sensitivity.
My doctor loaned us the equipment so that we could continue the treatment at home until he could order it for us. So we did another treatment the next day and had the same results: KO'ed on couches, sensitive eyes, copious pee and, for my friend, hunger pangs again and no nausea. After the second treatment we both slept exceptionally deeply for over 8 hours. However, the next day my friend, who rarely manages to get dressed before evening, woke up and felt like going to the gym. He worked out strenuously for 2 hours then went grocery shopping for another hour and a half. I, meanwhile, swam laps in the pool and then cleaned the house! (this is not normal behavior for either of us!)
Yes, it is tempting to get excited about this (and in fact we are), but what it does indicate to us is that whatever is happening, we are onto something interesting. Perhaps XMRV is a significant player in ME/CFS? Perhaps lowering the viral load will reduce our symptoms? We don't know, but will continue to use ourselves as guinea pigs with this treatment to try to discover the way to get the optimal response.
This experience also spurs us along to try to convince a team to develop a homeopathic nosode of XMRV, as, in theory, a nosode would be more effective than the remedy we are using. I have written to a very experienced M.D. who is an internist-turned-practitioner-of-classical-homeopathy. He is also a DAN doctor and replied that he thought that a nosode of XMRV could quite possibly be effective. We are presently seeking to find support from other practitioners and researchers for this venture.
We'd love to hear from anyone else with ideas about developing a nosode and/or experience with treating XMRV through related means. We are interested in these options because they may be available to us as patients more quickly than a pharmaceutical anti-retroviral. Anti-retrovirals, of course, may be very promising but take longer to develop and test, and as patients, every day of suffering counts. Also, many of us are very sensitive to medications and may tolerate energy or homeopathic treatments more easily.
That is the short story! I'll post again after we receive our own equipment. Our doctor lives in another city and we have to overnight the equipment he loaned us back to him tomorrow.
Best,
Sushi