CONCENTRATED GEMMOTHERAPY PSC FOR CHELATION OF ALL
TOXIC METALS
By, Dominique Richard, HMD, ND, CC
The purpose of this article is to share an observation versus a full scale
double blind study scientific paper. The observation and discoveries that I
have made in the last ten years are so significant that it should merit
further studies regarding a superior form of heavy metal chelation with
Concentrated Gemmotherapy.
"Heavy Metals"- A Meaningless Term Dr. John H. Duffus (Director, Edinburgh
Centre for Toxicology, 43 Mansionhouse Road, Edinburgh, EH9 2JD, Scotland, UK
Over the past two decades, the term "heavy metals" has been used
increasingly in various publications and in legislation related to chemical
hazards and the safe use of chemicals. It is often used as a group
name for metals and semimetals (metalloids) that have been associated
with contamination and potential toxicity or ecotoxicity. At the same time,
legal regulations often specify a list of heavy metals to which they apply.
Such lists may differ from one set of regulations to the other, or the term
may be used without specifying which heavy metals are covered. In other
words, the term "heavy metals" has been used inconsistently. This
practice has led to general confusion regarding the significance of the
term.
The
inconsistent
use
of
the
term
"heavy
metals"
reflects
inconsistency in the scientific literature. It is, therefore, necessary to
review the usage that has developed for the term, paying particular
attention to its relationship to fundamental chemistry. Without care for the
scientific fundamentals, confused thought is likely to prevent advances in
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scientific knowledge and to lead to bad legislation and to generally bad
decision-making.
Bjerrum's definition of heavy metals is based upon the density of the
elemental form of the metal, and he classifies heavy metals as those
metals with elemental densities above 7 g/cm3 .
The term "heavy metal" has never been defined by any authoritative
body such as IUPAC. Over the 60 years or so in which it has been
used in chemistry, it has been given such a wide range of meanings by
different authors that it is effectively meaningless. No relationship can be
found
between
density
(specific
gravity)
or
any
of
the
other
physicochemical concepts that have been used to define heavy metals
and the toxicity or ecotoxicity attributed to heavy metals.
The term "heavy metal" has never been defined by any authoritative
body such as IUPAC. Over the 60 years or so in which it has been
used in chemistry, it has been given such a wide range of meanings by
different authors that it is effectively meaningless. No relationship can be
found
between
density
(specific
gravity)
or
any
of
the
other
physicochemical concepts that have been used to define heavy metals
and the toxicity or ecotoxicity attributed to heavy metals.
Understanding bioavailability is the key to assessment of the potential
toxicity
of
metals
and
their
compounds.
Bioavailability
depends
on
biological parameters and on the physicochemical properties of metals,
their ions, and their compounds. These parameters, in turn, depend upon
the atomic structure of the metals, which is systematically described by
the periodic table. Thus, any classification of the metals to be used in
scientifically based legislation must itself be based on the periodic table
or on some subdivision of it. One possibility for such a system was
suggested more than 20 years ago by Nieboer and Richardson when
they also condemned the use of the term heavy metals. Such a
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classification of metals by their Lewis acidity as Class A (hard), Class B
(soft), or Borderline indicates the form of bonding in their complexes, and
this designation determines the possibilities for complex formation and,
thus, for toxicity
E. Nieboer and D. H. S. Richardson. "The replacement of the nondescript
term 'heavy metal' by a biologically and chemically significant
classification of metal ions", Environmental Pollution (Series B), 1, 3
(1980).
I have been a consultant and researcher in Gemmotherapy Pharmacology
for the last 33 years and I am a firm believer of the “Phytosociology
Physiology Analogue to the Human Body” / “Analogue Correlation
between Plant and Human Anatomy and Physiology”.
Plants and
humans share numerous anatomical and physiological characteristics; we
are actually more similar than different. Understanding these remarkable
parallels gives us a greater appreciation for the kinship that exists
between the plant and human realms. This in turn is the basis of
reverence for nature and the respectful coexistence with biodiversity. It
also provides an understanding of what plant detoxifies which chemicals,
and proves their detoxifying powers and RNA repair, regenerating dying
cells and correcting organ function for humans with Plant Stem Cells
Therapy.
The similarities between plants and humans can be simplified into three
categories:
1)
basic
life
needs,
2)
anatomical
and
physiological
characteristics, and 3) subtle functions.
A wide range of environmental toxins can be remediated using plants.
Phytoremediation is being used to clean up metals, pesticides, solvents,
explosives, crude oil, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, and landfills. Hybrid
poplar trees and Eastern cottonwood remove chlorinated solvents in
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ground water. Petroleum and its hydrocarbons can be removed from soil
and ground water using alfalfa, poplar and juniper, fescue grass,
crabgrass, and clover. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons are remediated with
ryegrass and mulberry trees. Heavy metals can be removed from soil
using poplar and pine trees, vines, willows, chaparral, various grasses,
and castor plants. Radionuclides can be removed from ground water with
sunflowers and water hyacinth, and from the soil with mustards and
cabbage. Explosives such as TNT can be removed from groundwater
with duckweed and parrot feather grass. Nitrates can be remediated with
cottonwood and poplar trees. Rye removes polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
Various water plants, including hyacinths, are being used in municipal
sewage treatment.
Phytoremediation can be categorized into six basic plant functions:
1)phytodegradation,2)phytoextraction,3)rhizofiltration,4)rhizodegradation,5)
phytostabilization, and 6)phytovolatilization. These functions are clear
examples of the eco-physiology of plants and its practical applications for
environmental remediation. Several comparisons can be made between
these plant processes and human metabolic functions.
Medicinal Plants Used in Eco-Restoration
Several plants with important nutritional and phytochemical properties are
being utilized in ecological restoration and environmental remediation.
These species represent a unique category of phytoremeditation and
plant
eco-physiology:
plants
which
benefit
the
environment
while
simultaneously providing food and medicine.
Poplar Trees E.W. Aitchison, J.L. Schnoor, S.L. Kelley, and P.J.J.
Alvarez,
Department
of
Civil
and
Environmental
Engineering,
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Engineering Research Facility, 330 South Madison Street, The University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
1,4-dioxane, a suspected carcinogen, is widely used as a solvent in
paints, varnishes, lacquers, cosmetics, and deodorants. It exists as a
liquid at room temperature, is fully miscible in water, and is expected to
be highly mobile in soil. Its half-life in soil and ground water is on the
order of years, while its half-life in the atmosphere in the presence of
NO and hydroxyl radicals is only 6.7-9.6 hours. Therefore, 1,4-dioxane
volatilization into the atmosphere by plant transpiration could be a
desirable result.
In this research they have assessed the capacity of hybrid poplar trees
(Populus
deltoides
nigra,
DN34,
Imperial
Carolina)
for
uptake
and
translocation of 1,4-dioxane using l4C-labeled dioxane in hydroponics
experiments. Plants can enhance the removal of xenobiotics by at least
two
mechanisms:
(1)
direct
uptake
and,
in
some
cases,
in-plant
transformations to less toxic metabolites; and (2) stimulation of microbial
activity and biochemical transformations in the root zone through the
release of exudates and enzymes. Advantages of hybrid poplar trees as
phytoremediation tools include:
1,4-dioxane was readily taken-up by the hybrid poplar tree cuttings from
hydroponics solution. After 8 days, the following results were obtained:

30-79% (average = 54%) of the dioxane mass had been removed
from the planted reactors

10% removed from the excised tree reactors

8% removed from the unplanted control

Concentration of 1,4-dioxane remained relatively constant in all
reactors, indicating that the compound may be freely diffusing into
the plant via water osmosis.
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Rapid
uptake
of
phytoremediation
1,4-dioxane
appear
as
an
by
hybrid
attractive
poplar
trees
alternative
at
makes
dioxane-
contaminated sites. Further research will examine poplar removal of 1,4dioxane from contaminated soil.
Glutathione (GSH) and its derivatives play the major role in plant defense
against these pollutants. Pesticides are detoxified by conjugation with
GSH by glutathione S-transferase and subsequent excretion of these
conjugates in the vacuoles. Heavy metals induce synthesis of a wide
range of cysteine-rich peptides and proteins, including metallothioneins
and phytochelatins (PC). The latter are synthesized enzymatically from
glutathione, bind the metals with high affinity and the PC-metal complex
is sequestered to the vacuole.
Removes heavy metals, nitrates, chlorinated solvent and petroleum and
its hydrocarbons.
Willow Trees are famous for their love of water. They are usually found
near rivers and streams and in low-lying areas. Willows can grow in
water (wet feet) as long as the water contains enough oxygen. What is
less obvious is the large uptake capacity of their root structure.
Pursuant to these findings it was not difficult for me to deduct that
perhaps the analogue correlation to human detoxification of heavy metals
from the
use
of
PSC
Gemmotherapeutic
Agents.
Knowingly
that
Gemmotherapy first and foremost indication has to do with detoxification I
started 10 years ago recommending them for the detoxification of heavy
metals.
Department scientist Terry McIntyre PUBLICATION: The Halifax ChronicleHerald. DATE Thursday June 10, 1999
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According to Mr. McIntyre, certain plants - cat tails, elephant ears - and
trees like alders, hybrid poplar, black locust, sweetgum, loblolly pine and
juniper suck up certain pollutants into their root systems. They also help
contaminated sites indirectly by changing the microbiotic structure of soil
and water.
EPA, 1996. Recent Developments for In Situ Treatment of Metal
Contaminated Soils, EPA/542/R-96/008. Since 1996 the government of
the united state started to introduce phytoremediation in the cleanup of
contaminated soils.
Phytoremediation List of Plants
Arabidopsis &
Willows
Removes, Mercury & Heavy Metals
Removes, Pesticides, Atrazine, Trichloroethylene (TCE),
Trees in the
Populus genus
Black Poplar –
Populus Nigra
Carbon tetrachloride, Nitrogen compounds, 2,4,6trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5
triazine (RDX). Nitrates from fertilizers & Heavy Metals
& Chlorinated Solvent.
1, 4-dioxan widely used as a
solvent in paints, varnishes, lacquers, cosmetics and
deodorants
Perennial Rye –
Polychlorinatedphenyls (PCP's),
Secale Cereale
polyaromatichydrocarbons (PAH's)
Mustard Greens
& Pumpkin &
Grape Vines –
Removes, Lead
Vitis Vinifera
Juniper –
Removes, petroleum and its hydrocarbons
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Juniperus
Communis
Mountain Pine –
Pinus Montana
Removes, Heavy Metals
European
Alder
–
Alnus Removes, Heavy Metals and Pesticides
Glutinosa
September 06, 2001 Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania have
discovered the first biochemical pathway in animals responsible for the
detoxification of heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury and cadmium.
They have established that the enzyme phytochelatin synthase, which
had previously been found only in plants and in some fungi, is also
present in some animals.
Phytochelatins have been known in plants as a means of detoxifying
heavy metals for some 15 years. Phytochelatin synthase works by
polymerizing glutathione, a sulfur-rich peptide with a high affinity for
cadmium. The products of these reactions, phytochelatins, bind very
strongly onto heavy metal atoms, immobilizing them and preventing them
from moving to parts of the cell where their toxic effects are exerted.
Source: Office of University Communications. June 15 issue of the Journal of
Biological Chemistry. - By Steve Bradt
In the last 10 years all patients from pediatric to geriatric population with
positive 24 hour urine or positive hair analysis to heavy metals were
given these PSC gemmotherapeutic agents and not to my surprise, all of
them ended up with negative heavy metal screen be it, urine or hair
analysis.
Not only were the labs negative but also associated symptoms
from cognitive to neurological afflictions, muscular symptoms, et cetera
were greatly improved.
A new way of detoxifying heavy metals out the
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body was discovered without the side effects as in calcium EDTA or
DMSA which both not only removes unwanted waste but also removes
essential minerals out of the body causing all sorts of side effects as a
result of such chelation.
METAL TOXICITY
Aluminum
SOURCES
Today, aluminum is everywhere under your arms (deodorants), in
your teeth (toothpaste), and on your
baby's skin (powder). In addition,
dental amalgams, many cosmetics,
and
cigarette
filters
contain
aluminum. We ingest it in some
drinking waters, commercial teas,
cheeses, white flour, baking powder,
aspirin, and table salt. We cook with
it too; most pots and pans are at
least in part, made of aluminum.
Unfortunately,
many
over-thecounter and prescription antacids for
digestive
difficulties,
contain
aluminum. Aluminum may also leach
out of aluminum foil or cans into food
and
beverages.
Sodas
(with
phosphoric acid), tomato sauce,
pineapple, and coffee in aluminum
cans are major culprits, as well as
food wrapped in aluminum foil.
Commercial tomato sauces are often
prepared in huge aluminum pots and
the acidity of the tomatoes can
cause the leaching of aluminum from
the cookware into the finished
product.
Coffee
prepared
in
aluminum pots and pans may also
be toxic. Heavy coffee drinkers may
also be at risk another way. It is
speculated that because coffee
drinking causes an acidic reaction in
the
digestive
tract,
aluminum
contained in any food or drug may
become toxic or more toxic, because
the acid will cause it to collect in the
SYMPTOMS
Elevated aluminum has been implicated
for years in several brain diseases, such
as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
and also found in some seniors with
extreme
memory
loss,
absentmindedness, or dementia. It is sometimes
found in the hair of children diagnosed
with ADHD, ADD, and those with
seizures.
Hyperactivity,
memory
disturbances, and learning disabilities
may result from even mildly elevated
levels of aluminum. Inhibition of
neurotransmission and impaired motor
coordination may also result. According
to a report in the Lancet in 1989, many
infant formulas contain aluminum. In this
report it was revealed that human breast
milk contained 5-20 micrograms per liter
of aluminum, cow’s milk-based formulas
contained 20 times as much aluminum,
and soy-based formulas contained 100
times as much. So human breast milk
had the lowest concentrations, proving to
be the safest. Physical symptoms of
aluminum toxicity may include brittle
bones or osteoporosis, as aluminum is
stored in the bones. Kidney malfunction
may also result, as the kidneys filter
aluminum.
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bloodstream. There it can be carried
to the brain along with the very blood
that’s supposed nourish the brain
cells.
Arsenic toxicity includes ingestion
of
Arsenic
arsenic
(found
in
insect
poisons), skin contact (e.g. some
linseed oils) and even in drinking
water.
Nausea or vomiting, abdominal pain,
diarrhea, headache, vertigo, fatigue,
parasthesia,
Cadmium
Beer,
chocolate,
copper
cookware,
Copper
copper
IUD's,
copper
dental
prosthesis,
pipes,
fungicides,
hemodialysis
and
pressure
emphysema,
problems,
kidney
problems,
prostate and other cancers, joint pain.
Cadmium
may
demineralization
promote
and
nuts,
Migraine, emotional problems
including depression, hyperactivity and
schizophrenia (histapenia type), liver
disease
wastes,
oysters,
bone
fragility and fracture risk. Cadmium
can weaken the immune system and
allow bacteria, viruses, yeast, and
parasites to proliferate. Cadmium may
also promote skeletal demineralization
and increase bone fragility and fracture
risk. Symptoms of cadmium toxicity
include sore joints, decreased appetite,
slow growth, zinc deficiency and kidney
stones.
insecticides, liver,
milk,
skeletal
increase
ice makers, industrial emissions,
industrial
mental
impairment. Allergies, hair loss, colic.
Blood
The highest contributor to cadmium
toxicity is cigarette smoke; it is found
in cured tobacco. This is toxic for
both the smoker and the nonsmoker. First hand and second hand
smoke are high sources of cadmium.
Other sources are well water, some
soft water, evaporated milk, and
some organ meats such as kidney
and liver. Cadmium pipes can be a
source, as well as fungicides
sprayed on apples, tobacco, and
potatoes.
paralysis
swimming
pools,
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water, city water, well water.
problems,
emotional
utilized Learning
metal in the U.S. It is mined disturbances, nervousness, anemia,
extensively in Missouri Colorado anxiety, loss of appetite, headache,
hair
loss,
epilepsy.
Idaho and Utah and is used for convulsions,
hypertension, fatigue, hemolytic anemia,
the production of ammunition abdominal pain, nausea, constipation,
bearing metals brass materials weight loss, peripheral neuropathy,
cognitive dysfunction, arthralgia (joint
solder ballasts tubes containers
pains), headache, weakness, irritability,
gasoline products ceramics and impotence, loss of libido, depression,
decreased thyroid and adrenal function,
weights (ATSDR 1993). Human
chronic renal failure, gout. High lead
exposure to lead occurs primarily levels have been found to be associated
through drinking water airborne with ADHD, impulsivity, and an inability to
inhibit
inappropriate
responses.
lead-containing particulates and Hypertension,
fatigue,
hemolytic
lead-based
paints.
Several anemia, abdominal pain, nausea,
Lead
Lead
is
the
5th most
industrial processes create lead constipation, weight loss, peripheral
dust/fumes
resulting
in
its neuropathy,
cognitive
dysfunction,
presence in the air. Mining arthralgia,
headache,
weakness,
smelting
manufacturing irritability, impotence, loss of libido,
processes the burning of fossil depression, depression of thyroid and
fuels
gasoline)
and
(especially
and
lead-based adrenal function, chronic renal failure,
municipal waste gout.
and incorrect removal of leadbased paint results in airborne
lead concentrations. After lead is
airborne for a period of ten days
it
falls
to
the
ground
and
becomes distributed in soils and
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water
sources
(fresh
and
salt
water surface and well water and
drinking
water).
However
the
primary source of lead in drinking
water
is
plumbing
1989).
from
lead-based
materials
The
(U.S.
corrosion
EPA
of
such
materials will lead to increased
concentrations
municipal
of
lead
drinking
water.
in
Lead
from water and airborne sources
have been shown to accumulate
in agricultural areas leading to
increased
concentrations
agricultural
produce
and
in
farm
animals (ATSDR 1993). Cigarette
smoke
is
also
a
significant
source of lead exposure; people
whom smoke tobacco or breathe
in
tobacco
smoke
may
be
exposed to higher levels of lead
than
people
exposed
to
whom
are
cigarette
not
smoke
(RAIS 1994).
Manganese overload is generally Nervous
due
to
Workers
Manganese
industrial
in
the
Well
water
Symptoms
of
pollution. toxicity mimic those of Parkinson's
manganese disease (tremors, stiff muscles) and
processing industry are most at excessive
risk.
disorders.
rich
manganese
intake
can
in cause hypertension in patients older
manganese can be the cause of than
40.
Significant
rises
in
excessive manganese intake and manganese concentrations have been
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can increase bacterial growth in found in patients with severe hepatitis
water. Manganese poisoning has and post hepatic cirrhosis, in dialysis
been found among workers in patients
the
battery
and
in
patients
suffering
manufacturing heart attacks, Manganese has been
industry. Everyone is exposed to known
to
cause
the
degenerative
small amounts of manganese in brain disorder known as Parkinsonism
air, water, and food. Exposure to since 1837. A recent study found 40
metal fumes from welding, cutting percent of welders showed signs of
and brazing-especially in confined the disorder
spaces-can cause brain damage.
A major culprit is manganese, a
component of all steel and major
welding materials.
Is a metal commonly found in Nervousness,
rocks
and
environment,
soil.
In
selenium
is
not diarrhea, somnolence, fall in blood
Much of the selenium in rocks is death.
respiratory failure
Garlic-like
combined with sulfide minerals or present
nickel
Selenium
silver,
copper,
minerals.
cough,
the dyspnea, convulsions, abdominal pain,
often found in the pure form. pressure,
with
vomiting,
lead,
on
odor
and
may
breath.
be
Selenium
and oxychloride is a severe vesicant and
Selenium
and may
cause
oxygen combine to form several Accidentally
fatal
poisoning.
swallowing
a
large
compounds. Selenium sulfide is a amount of selenium (eg. a very large
bright red-yellow powder used in quantity of selenium supplement pills)
anti-dandruff shampoo. Industrially could
be
life
threatening
without
produced hydrogen selenide is a immediate medical treatment. Chronic
colorless gas with a disagreeable toxicity: marked pallor, garlic odor or
odor and is probably the only breath, sweat and urine; red staining
selenium
compound
that
might of fingers, teeth and hair, marked
pose a health concern in the debility,
workplace.
Selenium
dioxide
depression,
is disturbances,
epistaxis,
dermatitis,
irritation
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G.I.
of
an
industrially
produced nose and throat. Hydrogen selenide
compound that dissolves in water can cause pneumonitis and damage
to form selenious acid. Selenious to liver and spleen. People may also
acid is found in gun blueing (a lose feeling and control in the arms
solution used to clean the metal and legs.
parts
of
used
as
a
gun).
Selenium
ingredient
in
is
toning
baths in photography; as pigment
in
manufacturing
ruby-,
pink,
orange, or red-colored glass; as
metallic
base
in
making
electrodes for arc lights, electrical
instruments
selenium
and
cells,
apparatus,
telephotographic
apparatus; as coating in flame
proofing
electric
cables;
as
vulcanizing agent in processing of
rubber;
as
catalyst
determination
of
Kjeldahl
method;
dehydrogenation
compounds.
in
nitrogen
by
for
of
organic
Although
selenium
can be toxic by itself, it also
prevents the toxicity of several
other
metals
mercury,
such
cadmium,
as
silver,
and
lead.
Mercury causes the loss of the
needed metals copper and zinc,
and selenium helps to prevent
that loss by binding the mercury.
Mercury
The source of mercury poisoning The onset time is one week or more,
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is primarily contamination of food at
by
polluted
mercuric
water
waste
mercury
weakness
in
and
mercury-containing allergies,
transmission
of
of
the
digestive
tremors,
infertility,
psychosis,
asthma,
metal infertility.
Chronic mercury exposure
and toxicity can be very general
and difficult to diagnose based
on symptoms alone. In addition,
individuals show varying levels of
sensitivity
to
the
presence
of
mercury: amalgam removal may
be very important in the recovery
process of one person, while for
another it may be best to leave
the amalgams in place.
Discussion of iron toxicity in this
protocol is limited to ingested or
environmental
exposure.
overload
Iron
Iron
disease
(hemochromatosis),
an
inherited
disorder, is not what we I am
discussing here. Iron does not
appear on the ASTDR's "Top 20
List," but it is a potential toxic
metal
of
concern,
legs,
disorders,
through both animal and cereal
foods.
the
of
some extreme symptoms of the poisoning.
fungicides are a potential source depression,
for
symptoms
organic are noted. Blindness and coma are
fungicides. Food or feed grains Nervous
with
the
from spastic paralysis and impaired vision
or
contained
treated
time
containing numbness,
compounds
industrial
which
particularly
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because
ingesting
dietary
iron
supplements may acutely poison
young children (e.g., as few as
five to nine 30-mg iron tablets for
a 30-lb child). Other sources of
iron
are
pipes,
drinking
and
organs
water,
cookware.
are
cardiovascular
iron
Target
the
liver,
system,
and
kidneys (Roberts 1999).
Nickel
is
a
very
abundant
element. In the environment, it is
found
oxygen
primarily
combined
(oxides)
with
or
sulfur
(sulfides). It is found in all soils
and is emitted from volcanoes.
Pure nickel is a hard, silverywhite metal that is combined with
other
metals
to
form
alloys.
Some of the metals that nickel
Nickel
can be alloyed with are iron,
copper,
chromium,
and
zinc.
making
of
metal
coins
and
jewelry
and
in
industry
for
These alloys are used in the
making
metal
compounds
are
items.
also
Allergies,
dermatitis,
skin
problems
dizziness,
as
digestive
disorders, cancer esp. lung cancer,
apathy, vertigo. Lung effects, including
chronic bronchitis and reduced lung
function,
have
been
observed
in
workers who breathed large amounts
of nickel.
Nickel
used
such
for
nickel plating, to color ceramics,
to make some batteries, and as
catalysts that increase the rate of
chemical reactions. Nickel and its
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compounds have no characteristic
odor or taste. Nickel is required
to maintain health in animals. A
small
amount
probably
of
essential
nickel
for
is
humans,
although a lack of nickel has not
been found to affect the health
of humans. Small nickel particles
in the air settle to the ground or
are taken out of the air in rain.
Much
of
the
nickel
in
the
environment is found with soil
and
sediments
because
nickel
attaches to particles that contain
iron or manganese, which are
often
present
sediments.
in
Nickel
soil
and
does
not
appear to collect in fish, plants,
or animals used for food. Major
sources of exposure are: tobacco
smoke, auto exhaust, fertilizers,
super
phosphate,
food
processing, hydrogenated-fats-oils,
industrial
cookware,
waste,
stainless
testing
of
steel
nuclear
devices, tobacco smoke, baking
powder, combustion of fuel oil,
dental work and bridges.
Chromium
Chromium
manufacturing
is
used
in Breathing contaminated workplace air
chrome-steel
chrome-nickel-steel
or (stainless steel welding, chromate or
alloys chrome pigment production, chrome
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(stainless steel) and other alloys, plating, leather tanning). Handling or
bricks in furnaces, and dyes and breathing
sawdust
from
chromium
pigments, for greatly increasing treated wood. Breathing contaminated
resistance
and
metals
and
leather
tanning,
preserving.
durability
chrome
of air, or ingesting water, or food from
plating, soil near waste sites or industries
and
wood that
use
Manufacturing, amounts
chromium.
of
disposal of products or chemicals everyday
containing
chromium,
or
Very
chromium
foods.
(III)
All
small
are
forms
in
of
fossil chromium can be toxic at high levels,
fuel burning release chromium to but chromium (VI) is more toxic than
the air, soil, and water.
chromium
(III).
Acute
toxic
effects
occur when breathing very high levels
of
chromium
(VI)
in
air
that
can
damage and irritate your nose, lungs,
stomach, and intestines. People who
are allergic to chromium may also
have asthma attacks after breathing
high levels of either chromium (VI) or
(III). Long term exposures to high or
moderate
levels
of
chromium
(VI)
cause damage to the nose (bleeding,
itching,
sores) and lungs, and can
increase your risk of non-cancer lung
diseases.
amounts
Ingesting
of
stomach
chromium
upsets
very
large
can
cause
and
ulcers,
convulsions, kidney and liver damage,
and even death. We don’t know if
chromium harms
ability
to
the
reproduce.
fetus
or our
Mice
that
ingested large amounts of chromium
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had
reproductive
problems
and
defects.
Skin
offspring
with
birth
contact
with
liquids
or
solids
containing chromium (VI) may lead to
skin
ulcers.
allergic
Some
reactions
redness
and
Department
of
people
have
including
severe
swelling.
The
Health
and
Human
Services has determined that certain
chromium (VI) compounds are known
carcinogens.
increased
workers
This
lung
who
chromium.
indicate
is
cancer
were
Animal
based
in
on
some
exposed
studies
chromium
(VI)
to
also
is
a
carcinogen. We do not have enough
data to determine if chromium (0) or
chromium
(III)
are
carcinogens.
Chromium can be measured in the
hair, urine, serum, red blood cells,
and whole blood. Tests more useful
for high-level exposed people. Exact
levels
of
exposure
or
how
these
levels will affect health cannot be
inferred from tests. Chromium allergy
may be detected by skin patch test.
Just as within the eco-system phytoremediation proves to be analogue
to the human body but further studies remains to be conducted.
far
as
I
can
see
all
patients
chelated
with
PSC
But so
Concentrated
Gemmotherapy have benefited so much more than the presently available
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forms of chelations.
My findings remain not approved by the FDA nor
fully validated by a full study but should be initiated to further study PSC
Concentrated Gemmotherapy for the detoxification of heavy metals.
Another consideration is that PSC Concentrated Gemmotherapy is a lot
less expensive than presently available chelation agents and not invasive
as with intravenous calcium EDTA chelation.
And for the pediatric
population the use of intravenous chelation is too traumatic.
"There are 70,000 chemicals being used in commercial production in the
U.S. The EPA has classified 65,000 of them potentially, if not definitely
hazardous
to
human
health"
I
predict
that
PSC
Concentrated
Gemmotherapy will become so popular in getting rid of toxicity versus the
existing outdated methods of detoxification.
Medical researcher, Alan Levine, M.D. believes that, "The vast increase
of chemicals in our environment, foods and medicines has greatly altered
the body's ability to rid itself of toxins."
Chelation Therapy Today
There are presently two known agents for the removal of heavy metals
from the human body—calcium ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA)
and meso 2, 3 dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA). Both are administered
through chelation therapy, a series of intravenous infusions or oral intake
intended to rid the body of toxic heavy metals and to protect against
atherosclerosis and other serious health problems. Unfortunately, EDTA
and DMSA also remove essential minerals from the body, making them
less than ideal, especially for use in pediatrics. As with any chelating
agent, DMSA can cause deficiencies of copper, manganese, molybdenum
and zinc, if they are not replaced by supplementation. DMSA doesn’t
directly
bind
detoxification
magnesium, cysteine, or glutathione,
can
result
in
depletion
of
these
but heavy
nutrients
as
metal
well.
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References: Aposhian HV. DMSA and DMPS Water-soluble antidotes for
heavy metal poisoning. Ann Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 1983; 23:193-215.
There has been much research into other methods for chelation of heavy
metals. Described here are observations of a different form of chelation
called, PSC Concentrated Gemmotherapy (CG), which consists of 6
gemmotherapeutic agents that together remove heavy metals without
removing other essential minerals.
Table 1. Buds used in Gemmotherapy to removes heavy metals are
Black Poplar – Populus Nigra (buds) These buds remove all heavy
metals and chlorinated solvent, nitrates, 1, 4-dioxan (widely used as a
solvent in paints, varnishes, lacquers, cosmetics and deodorants).
It also
removes petroleum and its hydrocarbons.
Grape Vine – Vitis Vinifera (buds) these buds removes lead.
Mountain Pine – Pinus Montana (buds) these buds removes all heavy
metals
Silver Birch – Betula Verrucosa (sap) has unique properties including the
unparalleled ability to assist in the discharge of undesired waste matter
from the human body.
One tablespoon should be taken in the morning
with other combined buds.
White Willow – Salix Alba (buds) these buds removes mercury and other
heavy metals.
European Alder – Alnus Glutinosa (buds) these buds removes heavy
metals, aluminum, and pesticides.
Clinical Observations and Methods
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The current clinical observations examine the use of PSC Concentrated
Gemmotherapy for at least 6 months to treat heavy metal toxicity in adult
and pediatric patients, suffering symptoms of heavy metal toxicity.
The
gemmotherapeutic agents in CG include 31 buds, 15 young shoots, 3
barks (in the embryonic stage), 3 rootlets, 1 seed (germinated), 1 male
catkins flower, 1 flower, and 1 tree sap. But only 6 gemmotherapeutic
agents get rid of heavy metals toxicity. The observation included adult
and
pediatric
patients.
Silver
Birch
sap
was
often
added,
for
its
unparalleled ability to assist in the discharge of undesired waste matter,
from the human body. References: Materia Medica Plant Stem Cells
Therapy, Dr. Richard 2005.
Birch trees are known to be active in
cleaning the kidneys of waste and of correcting kidney function. When
using birch, which has diuretic activity, potassium levels do not have to
be checked since all birch contains 30% potassium therefore making it
an ideal diuretic.
Some 50 patients of all ages with positive urine screens for various
heavy metals. Adults were given 3 drops TID for each heavy metal for
which they tested positive. Patients received drops for a minimum of six
months.
The dosage for children was 2 drops per heavy metal, taken
TID. The therapy proved successful at improving symptoms of heavy
metal toxicity and/or at achieving negative urine screens in 100% of
patients. Most patients required therapy for a minimum of 6 months,
although some patients needed to continue therapy for up to one year to
further improve associated symptoms. Some patients now still test
negative for heavy metals. Among children with ADHD and autism, there
has been significant improvement in health and mental IQ, cognitive
functions; inattentive, hyperactive-compulsive and these children are no
longer showing symptoms of autism, or of ADHD. These results are
unprecedented and should encourage further consideration for this type of
therapy. In addition to the efficacy of CG, this study showed that the
duration of therapy may require only 6 months to 1 year, as opposed to
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the 2 years it normally takes with EDTA or DMSA. References: Aposhian
H, Maiorino R, Rivera M, et al. Human studies with the chelating agents,
DMPS and DMSA. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 1992, 30:505-528.
PSC Concentrated Gemmotherapy versus 1DH Diluted Gemmotherapy
The use of concentrated gemmotherapy holds advantages over 1DH
diluted gemmotherapy. A problem with 1DH gemmotherapeutic methods
for chelation of heavy metals is the amount of alcohol that is ingested
with this first decimal (1DH) dilution dosage. While CG requires only 3
drops three times per day, the required 1DH potency gemmotherapy
dosage requires 50 drops 3 times per day. CG is prepared through a
maceration process using water, alcohol and vegetable glycerine. This is
the process developed by the creator of gemmotherapy, Dr. Pol Henry,
who insisted on the need for water, as the only way to extract and
dissolve water-based principal vitamins and acids, as well as most
flavonoids, mineral salts, and tannins. The 1DH Diluted gemmotherapy
dosage does not contain water which essential for extracting mineral
salts; and the ingestion of unnecessary alcohol adds unnecessary stress
to an already overburdened system, and can have a negative impact on
brain development in pediatric patients. References: AMA report on
alcohol’s adverse effects on the brains of children, adolescents and
college students Oct 20, 2004.
In addition to using no water in the process, the 1DH initial maceration
process
uses
References:
frozen
buds
which
lose
10%
of
their
effectiveness.
Skrede G; Fruits. Jeremiah LE; Freezing Effects on Food
Quality. New York, NY, Marcel Dekker, Inc.; 1996: 183-246.
The buds
are frozen so they can be macerated as needed for the thousands of
extracts produced in homeopathic laboratories.
Gemmotherapy is most
effective when it comes from freshly macerated buds. The 1DH dilution
came about as part of an attempt to make a gemmotherapeutic product
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into a homeopathic product, which it is not.
Gemmotherapy belongs to
the field of phytotherapy, based on its use of phytochemical constituents.
Discussion
Contrary to popular belief, Phytotherapy is not effective in the removal of
heavy metals since it has had the time to accumulate toxins (such as
heavy metals) from the ground and atmosphere they clean.
The quality
and consistency varies greatly among manufacturers. The results of these
observations
are
unprecedented
and
should
encourage
further
consideration of PSC Concentrated Gemmotherapy in the treatment of
heavy metal toxicity in adult and pediatric patients. In addition to the
efficacy of CG, these observations has demonstrated that the duration of
therapy may require only 6 months to 1 year, as compared to the 2
years it usually requires with EDTA or DMSA. Nevertheless, further
studies that rely on blood tests, to substantiate the efficacy of natural
therapeutics,
including
PSC
Concentrated
Gemmotherapy,
are
forthcoming.
About Gemmotherapy
PSC Concentrated Gemmotherapy contains two major growth hormones,
Auxins and Gibberellins, which repair RNA and contains also plant stem
cells called meristems.
PSC Concentrated Gemmotherapy also contains
vitamins, enzymes, oligo-elements, tannins, flavonoids, phenols, quercetin,
myricetine, nucleic acids, and antioxidants.
It is the most active part of a
plant since it contains all of the genetic information of the future plant
that, once the plant matures, are no longer there.
It detoxifies,
oxygenates, rejuvenates and nourishes the cells, and much like stem
cells, works on regulating the function of organs and glands by removing
“body’s burden”, therefore regaining its function - a true regenerative
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medicine.
The process of detoxification is achieved by tissue excitation
and the enzyme phytochelatin synthase.
Dr. Dominique Richard obtained his medical degree from the University of
Paris Sud and continued his education for three more years at The
Society Biotherapy in Paris.
He has been a consultant for the last 34
years in natural pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, research, development,
and protocols. He is about to publish two novels: One titled “ Materia
Medica Plant Stem Cells Therapy”, a twelve hundred eighty five page
textbook as well as a layman’s book titled “Aging Is Not An Option”, St.
Martin’s Press publisher.
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