anthrax (home preventive treatment)

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Coriander seeds were chewed by the Chinese for centuries to guard against anthrax. Galangel is rumored to help. What Galangel is I have not a clue, but it is used in animal medicines. Used in asian cooking tho. At www.botonicals.com under Vines it mentions that raisens are largely used in the manufature of galencials. Maybe the same thing? Anti-biodics can be obtained from your feed store. If stored right they can last a long time. Ultra -violet light can kill it, also a foam was made that may use shampoo, peroixde and Fab. Some people have put their hope against anthrax in Collidial Silver. I put my faith in God, who gave me the ability to help myself...

-- Lynnda (venus@zeelink.net), October 23, 2001

Answers

Response to anthrax

ordinary bleach kills it also,, so CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), October 23, 2001.

Response to anthrax

Airborne anthrax is not killed by bleach...

-- Gary (gws@redbird.net), October 23, 2001.

Unless you inhale it.

-- jumpoff joe (jumpoff@ecoweb.net), October 23, 2001.

I know! Gas masks with a special bleach chamber!

-- Shannon at Grateful Acres Animal Sanctuary (gratacres@aol.com), October 23, 2001.

even airborne antrax has to settle sometime,, then bleach it,like evreytrhig else,, if your that worried about it, then wear a gas mask and have air purifiers at home. IM not worried about anthrax or smallpox at all, HAsnt most people already been vaccinated for them both? I know I have

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), October 23, 2001.


Stan, the medical folks say the vaccines are good for 7 to 10 years. Most of got them in school or the military too long ago to do any good now.

-- Anne (HealthyTouch101@wildmail.com), October 23, 2001.

smallpox is supposed to be good for life,, anthrax is good for 15, ,thats what it says on my shot records. IM more than covered

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), October 23, 2001.

A smallpox vaccination is only supposed to work for ten years tops. Medical personell often got them every two years if there was a chance of exposure. They lied to you Stan. Tana

-- Tana Cothran (tana@getgoin.net), October 23, 2001.

Galangal is a root - sort of an Asian relative of ginger, but not quite as spicy. It tastes OK, but I wouldn't trust it as an antibacterial medicine.

-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), October 25, 2001.

called W.H.O.,, told me smallpox is good for life,, unless you get exposed to it alot,, then they advise evry 2 -3 years. Anthrax is good for 10 - 15

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), October 25, 2001.


What about colloidal silver? I heard that ought to kill it.

-- Paul (pbray@tds.net), October 25, 2001.

Just put this on another post about treating Smallpox with grapes, yea sure. Another really great idea. As for the vaccinations lasting a life time. THEY DON'T. I got one as a child got the scar on my left shoulder to show, one when was sent to a bad spot of the world, asked did I need it was told if you don't get a sore you don't need it. That made a really bad sore on my shoulder, I needed it. Later while doing contractor work at the CDC in Atlanta got another on this one on my upper back it made a bad sore on my back. They told me to wait two weeks and get another one before going into the contaminated area did and no sore. Moral old vaccinations are really no good except for counting scars. I have three anyone have more.

-- David (bluewaterfarm@mindspring.com), October 25, 2001.

Stan. A good positive attitude takes a person a long way. But, if they do offer smallpox vaccines, I'd take it if I were you. What could it hurt? If yours is supposed to last for life, then consider yourself doubly covered. Keep smiling. Iris

-- Iris (Sar_India@msn.com), October 25, 2001.

....One thing is for sure, I have never been through smallpox or anthrax. Do grapes or collidial silver work? I have no idea, but isn't it a bit arrogant to think that a man made substance would be superior to something God made?

-- Lynnda (venus@zeelink.net), October 26, 2001.

I was told by Medicorps that colloidal silver will NOT work for anthrax. I was told by a friend in natural medicine that Thyme essential oil would kill it but who knows. Problem is that Anthrax would not normally be inhaled in mass quantity in the lungs. THe body has pretty good defenses to handle normal immunological insults. Ihhaling large numbers of spores - possibly genetically engineered to begin with - is not normal and the immune system has little in the way of adequate defense to combat this type of assault. If there is anything we can learn from bioterrorism is how little control we really have over our lives. We can do our best to be prepared for this type of thing but I am not sure if we can ever be 100% prepared.

-- Tiffani (cappello@alltel.net), October 26, 2001.


Lynnda, in reality everything is God-made anyway. We humans just dabble with Her materials! Any way, I think I'd go with tried and true methods such as vaccines and bleach. I tend to trust the common sense the good Lord gave me as one of my best tools! Actually, my first line of defense would be avoidance. If you can avoid exposure in the first place, there's no issue.

-- sheryl in Me (radams@sacoriver.net), October 26, 2001.

There has been a lot of hype regards what will kill or "cure" anthrax. Everything I have been able to find out thus far indicates it is all just that - hype. Several antibiotics work on actual cases, many more do not owing to the way they work and the type of organism it is.

There is no proof whatsoever that colloidal silver will cure anthrax. In fact most of what we - the medical community - know about anthrax medicine comes from cutaneous, or skin infection, cases. Neither is there any proof regards various oils or home remedies. Personally I would have to have absolutely no hope whatsoever of finding modern medical care before I would even consider going that route, because then you have nothing to lose in any case if it does not work. With a 99% mortality rate for untreated cases of meningeal or inhalation anthrax (they are 2 different infections) you can bet the farm you will expire any way.

Anthrax is not something that can be treated for a few days with an alternative remedy, then if that doesn't work, seek regular medical care. By that time you will be committed.

Smallpox regretably has no treatment per se save for supportive, i.e. fever reduction, comfort, etc, as well as addressing any secondary infections of opportunity. Introduced immunity from any vaccine is measured later by blood titer levels, and frankly no one actually knows if the smallpox vaccinations us older folk were given as kids will offer any protection at all after all these years.

I am afraid that before a couple more years have passed by we will have more experience with both of these than we would ever want. Myself I have no desire to volunteer to be a test case for somebody's idea of an alternative medicine cure when all they have are suppositions and a desire in some cases to sell products by making claims they cannot back up.

Please do not mistake me. I believe there is a definite place for alternative medicine. But when you are dealing with bio-engineered diseases we may be lucky if allopathic medicine can save us in some cases.

BTW, common N95 masks with a filtration rating of 1.0 microns and smaller will filter anthrax particles. Quite common are 0.2 and 0.1 micron filtration, and they cost about $10 for a box of 50 masks. Very commonly seen in hospitals, etc.

RR

-- Reasonable Rascal aka Dale (ayrman@pcsia.net), December 01, 2001.


JOJ, you sniffin' bleach again?!

I remember in high school...there was a home remedy for avoiding pregnancy....just keep the lights on in the room while you were having sex.

Haven't seen that one lately, though. Maybe it works for anthrax?

-- sheepish (WA) (the_original_sheepish@hotmail.com), December 01, 2001.


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