I have two "diseases" that I need help healing...

[Green_Woman]

Ladies and gents, this isn't easy for me to "throw this out there" because these aren't socially acceptable diseases, but I need healing. I have two diseases that are really messing with my daily life and causing me alot of pain and stress.


HERPES I and II
Ovarian Cysts


I need any help you can give me, anything at all, about how to heal these with raw foods...

The oral herpes has recently caused major throat problems, resulting in me losing my ability to sing (at all!) ONE MONTH into an intensive vocal performance program... a program for which I have been working for YEARS!!!

The cysts are causing me alot of pain and are socially uncomfortable because my bleeding is so heavy for a week out of every month.

Please help me.. it's time for the next stage in my healing, and these two issues have caused me ALOT of grief lately.

[MiahTay]

Green Woman - Have you considered an extended juice fast? I know juices are VERY healing. I don't know the specifics of the ailments you have to deal with but I know that our bodies were created in such a way that if we give them the right nutrition it is possible for them to self heal. My prayers are with you ... I can hear the frustration in your post.

Blessings,
Heather

[Coconutcutie]

I have herpes I and II and minimizing my intake of nuts along with eating lysine-rich foods like bee pollen and mesquite have helped a lot. I also eat dulse every day which I read is directly active against the herpes virus. Taking these steps has kept me outbreak-free for 5 months...

[Raine]

Due to the vocal situation, if it were me, I'd go hardcore into a water fast. A 10 day water fast is equivalent to 30 days on juice. If you've not done water, yes, it can be challenging - but how important is your voice?

[carolg]

Coconut to the rescue,
Wow, you surely are a great testimony to Green.

Buying dulse from where? I love the red/puple kind in chunks. I love finding a place for bulk ordering. I know about Maine Coastal think called.

Green,
We are there to help so keep encouraged.

Check out this link with testimonies I found. There are many more but would have to look through each health tip so just took what I saw to give you hope for the ovarian cyst issue:

http://hacres.com/testimonies/testimonies.asp?strterm1=ovarian+cyst&strterm2=

If you can do 100% raw great, this program advocates min. 85%.

Feel great!

carolg

[kitlynne]

Hi Green!

Ovarian cysts are horrible and can lead to other health complications, and I know I'm preaching to the choir. I'm not sure what you have by means of PCOS support for yourself so I'm so I'm linking you to the Association. I know that PCOS plays hand in hand with weight gain, diabetes, depression and other crap that no woman ever wants to deal with, but I think that the Raw Food diet was the best move I ever made. It's why I'm working hard to get back to it myself. =)

PCOS Association (http://www.pcosupport.org/)

[rawstrength]

I cured my oral herpes through a combination of taking MSM and taking imuno-supportive adaptogenic herbs.
First, you build up your immune system with the adaptogenic herbs. Then, you start takin MSM. The MSM is a detoxifier and it yanks the herpes virus out of your cells. Then your immune system lets lose on the herpes virus and knocks it out. Be forewarned that during this process, while you are taking the MSM, you will probably experience the worst herpes outbreak of your life. After that, the herpes goes away. I haven't had a coldsore breakout since I did this. I really can't deal with oral herpes because I play the clarinet and I need my mouth to be in tip-top condition. I'm sure that as a singer, you can relate.
The herbs I used were:
Lemon Balm - fights viruses
Garlic - kills everything and builds the immune system
Cayenne pepper - kills everything, like garlic
Astragalus - builds up the immune system
Shitaki mushrooms - builds up the immune system
Holy Basil - builds the immune system

I ate lots of miso soup with shitaki mushrooms, a variety of seaweed, cayenne pepper and tons of garlic. Not only did this soup taste delicious, but the probiotics and nutrients in the miso and seaweed further helped strengthen my immune system. My lunch everyday was a bowl of this soup and a cup of holy basil tea with honey. Make sure that you only gently warm the water for the soup and the tea, to avoid cooking your medicine :) .

Doctors claim that one can never cure oneself of a virus, and that viral DNA, once in a cell, never leaves it. I have found this to be false. Given the right nutritional tools, your body can do anything!

[kitlynne]

Hey Rawstrength, have you posted this soup recipe?

[annavon]

Green Woman: I had a form of herpes on my hand. I started taking a product called Juice Plus about 6 years ago. My herpes went away in six months and I have not had an outbreak since. By the way, Juice Plus is raw (made from dehydrated vegetables and fruits).

Also, on ovarian cysts, I have had them too. My Naturopath put me on an iodine supplement. I would think that sea greens would work too. I have not gone for a re-check on the cyst to see if it worked though.

[Green_Woman]

First of all, THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!

Secondly, what is a water fast and how will that help me specifically? I am a recovering hypoglycemic who has a hard, fast schedule of life and work (very little rest time) so fasting has always been very, very difficult to maintain without suffering alot more fainting spells than usual...

I would like to know more.

I'm also printing out the rest of your comments to review them and choose what options I can pursue right now.

I'm also being sent to a throat/nose pathologist specialist to determine if the Herpes I has damaged my vocal chords at all...

[Juicyfruit]

I second the juice fasting. I have hypoglycemic problems as well. Getting better, but not completely gone. What helps me is taking evoo or evco during a fast. It keeps your blood sugar level. I can't fast with out it. I know some won't agree, but I think we should never go with out fats. Also, I'm not sure if you take supplements, but maca aggravated my HSV 1. Just off of one dose it took three months to get the virus back under control. I knew it was maca because I tried it twice and both times I had a break out. I've been break out free now for six months.

[tanishamarshall]

I was diagnosed with PCOS and right before going raw I started having heavy bleeding and painful menstrual cycles which I never ever had and since going raw, no more problems there and I highly doubt I have cyst anymore, but I need to go and have it checked. Honestly I don't want to give my money to another doctor but I might go this one time to check and see if the cyst are gone. I will say that I have my menstrual cycle every monthly and it is not painful or to heavy.