SALT & BLOOD STICKINESS
In Dr. Davis's video, I found two things interesting from my experience with ME/CFS. The first is SALT - he described that the substrate reacts with changes in impedance first low (allowing in) and then increased impedance (restricting). As most of us know, POTS is a common finding in ME/CFS. I was diagnosed with this early on at The Cleveland Clinic by an autonomic heart specialist, Dr. Fenat Fouad. I had and have very low blood pressure and the only thing that worked was a very high salt diet - 5-10 grams a day. In fact, I would have tonic/clonic type muscle problems and only salt would help. In addition, if I put salt in a glass of water - I could NOT taste the salt - at all. So clearly, in my case and many of us with POTS or related low blood pressure issues salt assimilation is an issue.
In my research on salt, I noticed there were quite a few types of salt ion channelopathies (i.e.,diseases caused by disturbed function of ion channel subunits or the proteins that regulate them) in fact several are thought to be autoimmune. Channelopathies have been studied by several researchers in ME/CFS.
The second area of Dr Davis's discussion that caught my attention was his blood "stickiness" observation. I remember reading about Rouleaux formation (abnormal stacking or clumping of red blood cells) and that Earthing or Grounding reversed this phenomena in less than an hour. In addition it has been found to have a substantial anti-inflammatory impact. I am an advocate of Earthing as I have noticed a great deal of benefits and improvement in my sleep and general well being. So this may be, in part attributable, to reversing the Rouleaux formation in my blood.