drjonritz.com - Dr. Jon's Blog #naturopathicdrjonritz.com - Dr. Jon's Blog #naturopathichttps://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/tag/naturopathicMon, 16 Mar 2026 16:20:53 -0700http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[If you haven't tried the Raw Milk Cure, maybe you haven't tried everything...]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/The-Raw-Milk-Cure

Should a fast consisting of only Raw Milk be considered revolutionary? 

No.  In fact, a Raw Milk cure was commonplace for many doctors, according to Dr. JR. Crewe MD, but fell out of fashion with mass-pasteurization.  To be very clear, this "cure" does not have a chance to work unless the milk is raw.  Raw means: fresh, freshly milked, from a healthy cow that has an adequate diet and access to sunshine, and not pasteurized or homogenized.   Also, Dr. Crewe suggested this be done with medical supervision, so, if you're gonna try this, keep up with your physician too.


An X.com post by @SamaHoole about the Raw Milk "cure" caught my attention.  He's on my feed because I like to get his updates about Keith, his now-famous goat.  Keith is famous for all the regenerative agriculture work he does, but mostly just for being himself.  Mr. Hoole would probably do the Raw Milk cure using goat milk, seeing as that's what he's got.  You could do it using Camel's milk, I bet.  Some people will claim that Camel's milk is supreme, but what do I know, I've never tried it. 


I had a patient in office today who's doing better, but not out of the woods.   He wants to drink raw milk, and he likes to drink raw milk, and missed his opportunity to get it the other day, so he was lamenting.  The patient's case would fit perfectly into Dr. J.R. Crewe's list of conditions that the Raw Milk cure can actually cure, as you will read below.  Perhaps he should try raw milk exculsively?!  


I was so intrigued, I sent this in an email to the patient: 

To save myself the trouble of rewriting it as a blog, the email is below. 




EMAIL: 


Well, the post does list "Kidney disease"   (and Tuberculosis...) 


This account is by a man who keeps sheep and goats including one he's made famous named Kieth), and that's why I follow him.  That, and his messages are about regenerative agriculture, and mocking environmentalists, which is always fun(ny).



From the X post: "In 1929, a physician at the Mayo Foundation wrote an article called "The Milk Cure." His name was Dr. J. R. Crewe. He had been running a small sanitarium for sixteen years, treating patients with a single intervention: raw milk from pasture-raised cows.
Nothing else. He treated tuberculosis. Heart disease. Kidney disease. Hypertension. Diabetes. Severe psoriasis.
Neurological conditions. Obesity. He wrote: "The results have been so regularly satisfactory that I have naturally become enthusiastic."
A soldier confined in a government hospital with tuberculosis wrote to say he'd started the milk cure after hearing about it from a former patient.
He said several other men in the ward had followed him. "The patients had to buy their own milk," Crewe noted, "and received no encouragement from the hospital authorities." 1929. The institution was already discouraging it.
This didn't become history because it stopped working. It became history because you can't patent a cow."

I'm intrigued! I'm going to try it on myself.  
I searched ""The Milk Cure." Dr. J. R. Crewe" and found the reprint courtesy of the WestonAPrice foundation c.2002
FULL Text of the clinical notes: https://www.realmilk.com/milk-cure/

This is the brand I know and love, but a more general search for yogurt maker will yield new and used all sorts.  On amazon, too. 

Use what probiotic you have with the seed yogurt.  Crush and use the ProDentim probiotic to augment the seed yogurt, for example. 




Raw Milk

FULL TEXT c. Weston A. Price Foundation (realmilk.com/milk-cure) : 


By J. R. Crewe, MD
January 1929

The following is an edited version of an article by Dr. J. R. Crewe, of the Mayo Foundation, forerunner of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, published in Certified Milk Magazine, January 1929. We are grateful to Dr. Ron Schmid, ND of Middlebury, CT for unearthing this fascinating piece. The “Milk Cure” was the subject of at least two books by other authors, written subsequently to Dr. Crewe’s work. The milk used was, in all cases, the only kind of milk available in those days—raw milk from pasture-fed cows, rich in butterfat. The treatment is a combination of detoxifying fast and nutrient-dense feeding. Note that Crewe quotes William Osler, author of a standard medical textbook of the day. Thus, this protocol was an orthodox, accepted therapy in the early 1900s. Today the Mayo Clinic provides surgery and drug treatments, but nothing as efficacious and elegant as the Milk Cure.

For fifteen years the writer has employed the certified milk treatment in various diseases and during the past ten he had a small sanitarium devoted principally to this treatment. The results obtained in various types of disease have been so uniformly excellent that one’s conception of disease and its alleviation is necessarily changed. The method itself is so simple that it does not greatly interest most doctors and the main stimulus for its use is from the patients themselves.

To cure disease we should seek to improve elimination, to make better blood and more blood, to build up the body resistance. The method used tends to accomplish these things. Blood conditions rapidly improve and the general condition and resistance is built up and recovery follows.

In several instances, Osler (Principles and Practices of Medicine, by William Osler, MD eighth edition) speaks of milk as being nothing more than white blood. Milk resembles blood closely and is a useful agent for improving and making new and better blood. Blood is the chief agent of metabolism. Milk is recognized in medical literature almost exclusively as a useful food and is admitted to be a complete food.

The therapy is simple. The patients are put at rest in bed and are given at half hour intervals small quantities of milk, totalling from five to ten quarts of milk a day. Most patients are started on three or four quarts of milk a day and this is usually increased by a pint a day. Diaphoresis [copious perspiration] is stimulated by hot baths and hot packs and heat in other forms. A daily enema is given.

The treatment is used in many chronic conditions but chiefly in tuberculosis, diseases of the nervous system, cardiovascular and renal conditions, hypertension, and in patients who are underweight, run-down, etc. Striking results are seen in diseases of the heart and kidneys and high blood pressure. In cases in which there is marked edema, the results obtained are surprisingly marked. This is especially striking because so-called dropsy has never been treated with large quantities of fluid. With all medication withdrawn, one case lost twenty-six pounds in six days, huge edema disappearing from the abdomen and legs, with great relief to the patient. No cathartics or diuretics were given. This property of milk in edema has been noted in both cardiac and renal cases.

Patients with cardiac disease respond splendidly without medication. In patients who have been taking digitalis and other stimulants, the drugs are withdrawn. High blood pressure patients respond splendidly and the results in most instances are quite lasting. The treatment has been used successfully in obesity without other alimentation. One patient reduced from 325 pounds to 284 in two weeks, on four quarts of milk a day, while her blood pressure was reduced from 220 to 170. Some extremely satisfying results have been obtained in a few cases of diabetics.

When sick people are limited to a diet containing an excess of vitamins and all the elements necessary to growth and maintenance, which are available in milk, they recover rapidly without the use of drugs and without bringing to bear all the complicated weapons of modern medicine.

Under the head of Treatment in Chronic Gastritis, Osler has said, “A rigid milk diet should be tried” (Principles and Practices of Medicine, by William Osler, M.D., eighth edition). And quoting from George Cheyne, he wrote, “Milk and sweet sound blood differ in nothing but color: milk is blood.” Under the heading of treatment in many diseases, it was true that he had little to say about drugs but did say a good deal about diet and particularly as in most every instance he recommended large quantities of milk.

Under chronic Bright’s disease (p 704) he says, “Milk or buttermilk should constitute for a time, the chief article of food.” Under treatment of cancer of stomach (p 505), he says many patients do best on milk alone. Under treatment of rheumatic fever (p 378), he says, “Milk is the most suitable diet.” With Olser as a background, one need not hesitate to go a bit farther. In fact, practically all medical men are agreed as to the value of milk as a food, and as an important part of the diet in the treatment of many diseases. But as the chief remedy in the treatment of disease, it is seldom used.

For more than 16 years I have conducted a small sanitarium where milk is used almost exclusively in the treatment of various diseases. The results have been so regularly satisfactory that I have naturally become enthusiastic and interested in this method of treating disease. We used good Guernsey milk, equal to 700 calories to the quart.

Interestingly, diseases that have no similarity respond equally to this treatment. For instance, psoriasis clears up beautifully. The improvement in tuberculosis or nephritis is equally interesting but there is no similarity in these diseases. I once heard a very distinguished medical man discussing a case of psoriasis. He said, “This was the worst case of psoriasis I have ever seen. This boy was literally covered from head to foot with scales. We put this boy on a milk diet and in less than a month he had a skin like a baby’s.” To me, this means that there was evidently some nutritive substance or vitamin or glandular secretion lacking, that was furnished by the milk.

It is well known that there is no time in the life of practically any mammal, but especially of the human, when the body is so beautiful and perfect as during the period when milk is the only food. It will be admitted that there is no period in life when the body is so perfect as in infancy, the infant being fed on milk from a healthy mother.

The Arabs are said (Encyclopedia Brittanica) to be the finest race, physically, in the world. Their diet consists mostly of milk and milk products with fruits and vegetables, and some meat.

You are all familiar with the writings of Colonel McCarrison, a medical officer in the British Army. He tells us that for nine years he was stationed in India in a district in the Himalayan Mountains. He said that the natives were very fine physically, that they retained a youthful appearance to advanced age and lived long and that they were very fertile. During the nine years of his residence there he saw practically no disease, no cases of malignancy or of abdominal disease. The diet of these people was simple and consisted principally of vegetables and fruits and milk and milk products.

Steffanson wrote most interestingly of the Eskimo, who, when uncontaminated by civilized conditions were hardy and robust. Their diet of course was almost entirely of meat and fish. He tells us, however, that the habits of meat-eating people are similar to those of carnivorous animals. The wolf first attacks the heart and gets the blood and later eats the glandular organs and viscera, leaving the muscle meats till the last. The Eskimo does the same thing.

During one expedition Mr. Steffanson and party started on a nine months’ trip over the Arctic ice with only one day’s provisions. All previous Arctic explorers had said that civilized men could not live in the Arctic regions without bringing in their supplies. Mr. Steffanson and his party, during the nine months, were almost never without an abundance of food, and much of it was eaten frozen and raw. I wish to show from Steffanson’s experience, first, that it is possible for people to be robust and maintain good health on various types of food of limited variety. That the condition common to all types of diet is, that much of the food is eaten raw. I wish to say here that our very excellent results obtained in the treatment of disease were had with uncooked food and raw milk.

The experience of seeing many cases of illness improve rapidly on a diet of raw milk has suggested more and more the feeling that much of modern disease is due to an increasing departure from simple methods of preparing plain foods. The treatment of various diseases over a period of 18 years with a practically exclusive milk diet has convinced me personally that the most important single factor in the cause of disease and in the resistance to disease is food. I have seen so many instances of the rapid and marked response to this form of treatment that nothing could make me believe this is not so.

We have often seen most satisfactory results in the treatment of anemia, including pernicious anemia, on a milk diet. I have repeatedly seen a marked reduction in the size of simple and toxic thyroid, with improvement in the symptoms of the toxic one. In prostatic diseases and associated conditions, this treatment will achieve rapid and marked improvement in the infection and in the reduction of the gland and lessening of obstruction. A professor of surgery in one of our state universities once said to me, “Since I have used your method in preparing prostate cases, I have had most excellent results and no mortality.” I replied that if he had continued the treatment a little longer, he would not need to operate. All infections of the urinary tract are greatly improved by this treatment.

An old friend of mine, a woodworker, aged 74, had a marked heart lesion and complete prostatic obstruction, so that it was necessary to use a permanent catheter. He had been taking digitalis but this was discontinued, and he received no medication of any kind. The prostate was very large and the residual urine very foul. His recovery has been rapid, and he has been able to work since that time and is now in very good health at 77 years of age. Another local man was treated six years ago for a severe chronic winter cough and prostatic disease, which necessitated his getting up many times at night. He volunteered the information a few days ago that he had no more trouble with any illness since that time.

Indeed we had a number of patients who took the treatment for “beauty treatment.” The tissues become firmer and the general appearance is markedly improved.

One patient with very advanced cardiac and nephritic disease lost over thirty pounds of edema in six weeks. One would expect the large quantities of fluid would increase the edema but the above experience has been repeated many times in lesser degrees.

Hypertension responds with equal gratification. The blood pressure improves rapidly. I have never seen such rapid and lasting results by any other method. One of the patients lived almost exclusively on milk for more than three years.

About ten years ago a very sick man came to the Sanitarium suffering from a severe cystitis and nephritis. He was a diabetic. As milk contains about five percent milk sugar, it was feared that he could not manage this amount of sugar. But he did manage it, and improved in every way and in eight weeks was sugar free. My experience with milk diet in diabetes has been limited, but very interesting. These few patients, only seven or eight, have been much pleased with the results. Insulin was used for a time in some of the cases. They all became sugar free, or nearly so, after from four to ten weeks. From the fact that these patients were able to use a much more liberal diet than diabetics usually can take [after the treatment], it would seem to indicate that at least a partial regeneration of the pancreas is not impossible.

Recently I received a letter from a soldier who was confined in a government hospital in Arizona [for tuberculosis]. He said a former patient of mine had induced him to try this method. He said that he had done so well that a number of the men were also attempting it and he had written for more definite instructions. He also said that the patients had to buy their own milk and received no encouragement from the hospital authorities.

There is a large class of patients who are ill but in whom no definite organic lesion can be found. These patients are often underweight. They may consume a fairly large amount of food but they do not gain in weight or strength. These patients do respond admirably to our system of large quantities of milk.

The chief fault of the treatment is that it is too simple. Patients attempt to do it at home, but there are many pitfalls, and it does not appeal to the modern medical man.

This article was reprinted in the Summer 2002 edition of Wise Traditions, the quarterly journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation.


]]>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:01:46 +0000<![CDATA[Pain free: How to strengthen your feet]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/Pain-Free-How-to-strengthen-your-feet

Top Foot Doctor explains the right shoe and the right exercises to eliminate foot pain

Here's the famous foot doctor Courtney Conley in the most highly replayed segment of the "Diary of a CEO" podcast describing her fav shoe designs and how to transition to using them. 

https://youtu.be/CMzEnLkS2rQ?si=mSUc93-zwDKEPDVv&t=2165 

The only reason for "Plantar Fascitis" is because it was the podcaster's condition.  Could be any. 

I really like this guy's advice at runningability.com 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm15aE34cfU
This one is about plantar fasciitis and the first thing he knocks is thick-soled shoes. 
If I were the type to meet up with a running group, I'd suggest we do some of these type exercises every once in a while.  I can picture planning it ahead, having drawings and descriptions of a half-dozen exercises, and try going through them at the parking-lot or top of the hill.   

]]>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:44:11 +0000<![CDATA[Mercury Toxicity caused brain damage (and autoimmune disease), but there's a safe way to remove it.  ]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/mercury-toxicity-caused-brain-damage-and-autoimmune-disease-but-there-s-a-safe-way-to-remove-it.Dr. Boyd Haley, the creator of NBMI (OSR chelator) delivering a landmark lecture on the subject of mercury toxicity. Other metals magnify the toxicity. OSR is effective, and safe, he claims.]]>

Here's definitive proof that any amount of mercury is toxic, and causes Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. 

Dr. Boyd Haley delivers a landmark lecture on heavy metal toxicity to a lecture hall full of integrative dentists (IAOMT).  If you think you know everything about mercury toxicity and chelation, you still need to see this.  


In my practice I help my patients regain their health by eliminating toxic exposures, and OSR is a safe chelator.  It's hard to find, but we have a certified source and proven-safe methods to use it.  Combined with the integrated approach I take, people can expect real results.  Treatment costs about $8-$20 per day, and goes on and off for several months, with repeat testing.  

]]>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:21:37 +0000<![CDATA[A Movie: How Healthcare Became Sickcare: The True History of Medicine ]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/How-Healthcare-Became-Sickcare-a-movieFull-length documentary on the history of medicine in modern America. The story is shocking, but absolutely true. You can't make this stuff up!]]>

How Healthcare became sickcare - a movie

Think you've heard it all?  There's even more to the story.  This amazing documentary by Dr. Rick Kirschner ND tells the whole story of David Rockefeller and his insidious plan to destroy healthcare for his own profit.  You'll learn how the very best medicina was ursurped by oil and chemical interests.  This story is as relevant today as it was a century ago. Click the Image below to watch.


"The best kept secrets in healthcare will be secret no more! Ever wondered how we wound up with our painfully expensive system that converts disease into profit and turns doctors into drug distributors? Ever wondered why we call the medicine that people used successfully for thousands of years ‘alternative’ and confine it to the margins of the ‘healthcare’ system? 

Dr. Rick Kirschner, bestselling author, speaker and naturopathic physician, narrates the story in this fascinating documentary!"
]]>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:18:43 +0000<![CDATA[Vitamin D (the sunshine vitamin) deficiency in severe Cov2 cases ]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/vitaminD-cov2Vitamin D deficiency found in most severe cases of Coronavirus. We make Vitamin D when we get UV light from the sun.]]>

No surprise here, but another clue that Vitamin D provides antiviral protection

LINK: "Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe COVID-19"


Results: Twenty COVID-19 patients with serum 25OHD levels were identified; 65.0% required ICU admission.The VDI prevalence in ICU patients was 84.6%, vs. 57.1% in floor patients. Strikingly, 100% of ICU patients less than 75 years old had VDI. Coagulopathy was present in 62.5% of ICU COVID-19 patients, and 92.3% were lymphocytopenic. Conclusions: VDI is highly prevalent in severe COVID-19 patients. VDI and severe COVID-19 share numerous associations including hypertension, obesity, male sex, advanced age, concentration in northern climates, coagulopathy, and immune dysfunction.


IN PLAIN ENGLISH: Every single patient in the ICU that was 75yrs or younger had a Vitamin D deficiency.  These ICU patients also had clotting problems and low white blood cell counts.  Their cases were more severe.  This is a strong correlation. 


VITAMIN D: We make our own Vitamin D when our skin is exposed to sunlight by converting cholesterol.  We can only make Vitamin D if the sun is strong enough (during spring/summer/fall, but not winter).  We make more Vitamin D if there are oils in our skin (so don't use harsh soaps, eat healthy oils).  We can last longer in the sun without burning if we have antioxidants in our system like Vitamin A, C, and E, so eat your sunscreen.  We last longer in the sun without burning if our skin is also hydrated, so drink more fluids and avoid drinking alcohol.  We make less Vitamin D when we wear UVB sunblock.  We make less Vitamin D if our diet is deficient in oils, if we take statins for lowering cholesterol.  One hour, completely naked, at noontime, will yield an average (caucasian) person upwards of 20,000IU of Vitamin D.  A whole day in the sun could yield 100,000IU!  The average adult will "burn through" 5000-6000IU of Vitamin D on an active day, and perhaps more if under stress (like an infection).  Food sources of Vitamin D include liver, eggs, and edible mushrooms.  Supplements are often made from lanolin (sheeps' wool extract), and do help, but don't help as much as making your own.   

]]>Sun, 03 May 2020 11:20:32 +0000<![CDATA[Add "red eyes" as an early symptom of Cov2]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/red-eyeshallmark early sign of coronavirus are red eyes]]>

The virus is carried to the eyes and is expressed in tears.

CONCLUSIONS: Ocular symptoms are relatively common in COVID-19 disease and may appear just before the onset of respiratory symptoms. Our data provided the anecdotal evidences of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via ocular surface.

Occular Tropism is a phenomenon the occurs in respiratory viral infections commonly enough to warrant this study. 

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: Before the fever, in the first few days of infection, you might notice redness and irritation of the eyes.  It might feel like bad allergies, if you've ever felt that before.  They might feel dry or itchy.  They could likely produce copious tears.  The study found that this is due to the virus, and suggests that it is actually a common first symptom.  What they didn't mention was that this irritation and infection in the eye could continue and worsen before it resolves.  You should expect this symptom to resolve as your body cures itself of the infection. 


"Nurse Chelsey Earnest told CNN that as she worked with coronavirus patients at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., she began to notice that the sickest ones had a single thing in common.

“It’s something that I witnessed in all of them,” she told CNN. “They have, like ... allergy eyes. The white part of the eye is not red. It’s more like they have red eye shadow on the outside of their eyes.”


This could be interpreted as a homeopathic Arsenicum symptom, Kali-Mur, Camphor.  I'm studying these and other remedies and will update this when I'm a bit more confident that I could suggest one or two possibilities.

Is there a link here between Coronavirus and Kawasaki disease?

Yesterday's blog post was about Kawasaki disease, typically a childhood disease that manifests late-stage.  The study I linked above, and here again, not only lists Coronavirus as a one that exhibits occular tropism (infects the eye), they also mentioned this bit:


"An association between HCoV-NL63 infection and Kawasaki disease (a systemic vasculitis of childhood for which presentation with bilateral conjunctivitis is one criterion for diagnosis) has been reported; however, a definitive link of HCoV-NL63 as the etiologic agent of this disease has not been established (166, 168).


The direct link to the virus and vasculitis can't be established.  Perhaps we're into co-infection territory.  I've always suspected Streptococcus. 

]]>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:59:52 +0000<![CDATA[COV2: Sudden Strokes in Young Adults]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/COV2-strokesBlood clots, hemorrhages under the skin, strokes, occurring in young adults with few other symptoms.]]>

Cov2 Strokes: could happen in "young" adults

We've had reports of strokes occurring in adults considered "young" (20's-30's-40's)

FROM THE CNN ARTICLE:
"Dr. Thomas Oxley, a neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, and colleagues gave details of five people they treated. All were under the age of 50, and all had either mild symptoms of Covid-19 infection or no symptoms at all.

"The virus seems to be causing increased clotting in the large arteries, leading to severe stroke," Oxley told CNN.

"Our report shows a seven-fold increase in incidence of sudden stroke in young patients during the past two weeks. Most of these patients have no past medical history and were at home with either mild symptoms (or in two cases, no symptoms) of Covid," he added.




"All tested positive. Two of them delayed calling an ambulance."


I'm not surprised:  This comes on the heels of reports of "coagulopathy" including microthrombi in the lungs and "Covid Toes."  (Earlier posts)


Anticoagulant therapy is being used

The image of the clot-grenade comes from this article about clot-busting therapies.  Namely, tPA, tissue plasminogen activator. (something you can't find at home.)  

Natural anticoagulants

  • ACTIONS WE NEED:
    • TESTS: that could elucidate: in inflammatory reactions leading to clotting we might check ESR (sed rate), CBC (complete blood count, to include platelet counts), Ferritin, and D-dimer.  In a clotting cascade we expect to see D-dimer elevated, especially.    
    • FIRST: protect the lining of the vessels: clots occur because damage to the lining happens first
      • antioxidants and antiinflammatories
      • remove the causes of oxidative stress: heavy metals, mycotoxins, environmental toxins and radiation, inadequate sleep and light
    • MEANWHILE: manage healthy platelet aggregation (clot formation) and dissolution
      • anticoagulant therapies
      • lifestyle therapies
      • pH balance
      • adjunctive therapies
  • Specific Herbs that I'm comfortable and familiar with:
    • White Willow Bark (Salicyn) - the basis of aspirin, modulates immune system, inhibits platelet formation.  In this category we could also add Harpagophytum (Devil's Claw)
    • Cayenne - capsacin acts on nervous system to dilate small vessels, inhibits platelet formation
    • Rosemary - essential oils in this herb help improve blood viscosity and bloodflow/oxygenation of small capillaries
    • Camphor / Pine - essential oils of these trees open airways, act on the nervous system to relax small capillaries and airways
    • Ginger - synergist with enzymes
    • Hawthorne - protects lining of vessels
    • Peppermint - antioxidant, antispasmodic
    • Feverfew - almost specific for the kinds of headaches this condition causes.
    • Butterbur - also pretty specific for the headaches caused by platelets. (and wouldn't you know, the author also lists Feverfew in the title)
  • Adjunctive ENERGY therapies:
    • ENERGY MEDICINE: Clots form by static cling.  Energy modalities deliver usable energy to the system to quench the static.  Very effective. Very safe.  I would swear my life to energy medicines, and do.  I'll keep the list short and list only two devices right now that I can help anyone get for themselves, that I have a lot of experience with, and trust completely. 
      • PEMF (I use SEQEX): opens gated ion channels, replenishes molecular/cellular energy stores, improves microcirculation. Requires vitruall no expertise to use effectively.
      • SCENAR: this device can deliver usable energy to the body and can be used with a high degree of skill but also with no skill right out of the box. 
      • Homeopathy: in essence, homeopathy is a kind of resonant therapy, and resonance is what adds energy to a system. 
  • Not herbs, but natural
    • Bicarbonates, Alkaline Minerals, Cell Salts - to balance pH. 
    • ENZYMES: lumbrokinase, serrapeptidase, nattokinase, and other systemic and digestive enzymes including pepsin, trypsin and pancreatin.
    • EDTA: I prefer K-Mg-EDTA, but Na-EDTA has been long studied to be very safe too.
    • Polyunsaturated Fats: like Omega 3,6,7,7,8...
    • Polyphenols: like those from berries, fruits, vegetables, and herbs. 
    • Fat-soluble vitamins in whole, mixed, food form: Vitamins A (carotenoids), Vitamin D (calciferol), Vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols), Vitamin K (quinones)
    • Hydration
    • Rest
    • Gentle exercise
    • Last but not least: H2 - hydrogen is a kind of "rescue remedy" for stroke.  I keep a bottle of H2 tablets around next to a bottle of my buddy Ron Buffone's Cayenne Tincture. 
]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:46:47 +0000<![CDATA[When Doctors Go On Strike...]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/doctors_strike...mortality rates plummet]]>

On the Whole, less intervention typically leads to better outcomes.

You might be surprised to hear this: when doctors go on strike (and refuse to work), death rates fall by as much as 50%, even in a few short weeks.  The results are immediate and obvious: Funeral parlors empty out. 


Please, before you get angry at me if you think I'm bashing the very front-line people we are depending on for acute COV2 illness, take this with a grain of salt.  I'm a physician and am acutely aware of the risk I take when I intervene in someone's health.  Even the natural therapeutics I use could lead to harm.  A mere misunderstanding between me and a patient could do harm.  This is why I chose to be a Naturopathic Physician, because I'm too risk averse in this way and believe that I have a better chance of helping with a lower chance of harm when I use homeopathic and herbal medicines and energy therapeutics, and take extra time with each person if needed. 


Now ten years old, this well-referenced blog post does a better job than I can of illustrating this point: Doctors were the Third Leading Cause Of Death in the Developed World, and avoiding them results in less deaths.   In other words: less intervention led to better outcomes.  This amounts to about 250,000 deaths per year in the US alone. 


This is not because proper medicine is irrelevant and harmful, it's because much of what we receive as medicine is over-medication and unnecessary surgeries.  The drop in fatalities during a medical strike is evidence to me that most of the medical interventions forgone were unnecessary, and should have been avoided anyway.  This is usually where people point their fingers at a cynical profit motive.  I'll say just this: it's complicated. 


Doctors were the third leading cause.  Now COV2 is. 


COV2 is, right now, killing Americans at a rate of 250,000 people per year. 


As a collective, we are partnering with the first responders to find the most appropriate medical interventions for those folks who are most stricken with this illness.  We are all trying to understand the nature of this illness, and the most high-yield and safe ways to intervene.  Nobody deserves to die, or to be maimed, and I truly believe that solutions exist.  I would add that it is up to each individual, absent of medicine even, to do their best to prevent illness with common sense and positivity: maintain cleanliness, get fresh air and sunshine, get gentle exercise and restorative sleep, eat real food, smile and laugh a lot, dance, and play.   


How does this relate to the pandemic situation?  A large portion of healthcare workers and doctors are furloughed, clinics closed, and medical interventions of all sorts are being cancelled / postponed / reconsidered.  We should expect to see a decrease in "iatrogenic (medically-caused) deaths," which will add-up to a whole lot!   I propose we will also see a decrease in deaths we wouldn't have otherwise attributed to medicine, which would figure into "all-cause mortality."  


Emergency medicine IS necessary medicine, but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  Start now, start early: this message is for the physicians and the folks.  If we are seeing reports of natural therapeutics (which require no prescription) working, we should begin to incorporate them at the start (unless they're indicated for late-stage only, or if they're potentially toxic).  I would also like to picture a world where our hospitals begin to take more pragmatic and rational approaches to everything.  Rational medicine looks to you and me like common sense and doing what's safe first and effective second: vitamins, minerals, fresh air (you'd be disgusted to know how many hospitals and nursing homes have zero air purification), natural therapeutics, and cutting edge natural therapies.  If you've ever been to a hospital in Germany, to give a really good example, you'd be amazed how many natural therapies are used.  Adopting these therapeutics would not require any new inventions, except it would require a new "convention" and redefinition of "conventional medicine."   Solutions are out there already. 

 

I'll give you another example of how I see medicine in USA evolving: the Italian made SEQEX device that I use and endorse is not new in Europe, is classified as the highest tier medical device, what we call Class-1, and used in hospitals.  Right now there are hospitals in Europe using the Seqex in conjunction with other medical therapies to treat COV2, although it isn't publicized and I don't have a link for you.  (sorry. - if I do I'll come back and add it here.)  Here's the kicker: the Italian manufacturer has not been eager to try and get it FDA approved here because of the enormous cost involved.  Health Canada has approved it as a Class I device, and we can legally import it to the United States.   You can rest assured that you'll have the same device as is used in the hospitals in Europe (and in a very small way in Canada now).  If there's enough demand for it here in USA, perhaps Seqex Italy will bring it to us directly.  When our hospital system begins to adopt these effective and safe, sometimes non-specific and adjunctive / supportive therapies, expect to see SEQEX in the mix -it's that effective. 


There will be other environmental impacts that will reduce our medical burden: a reduction in diseases caused by pollution from burning petrochemicals.  This can't be discounted.  Air pollution from incineration and combustion contributes not only to acute and chronic respiratory illness (including a risk to COV2), but it also contributes to nearly every other degenerative condition we've looked at, like top-two killers heart disease and cancer, also affected are diabetes, childhood diseases, and also reproductive difficulties.  I would propose that less environmental activity will lead to less consumption in general, less "negative externalities" on the natural environment and life of all forms.   At the very least, our landfills will pile up slower. 

SEQEX: ultralow strength, dual field ICR-PEMF, licensed Class-I device in Europe and Canada.

SMART – SEQEX® SMART is an innovative electromedical device for magnetotherapy suited for more portable and domestic use. It has the memory capacity to hold 6-10 custom programs (depending on the model). The treatment can be applied using a corsage connected to the central console pad. This device is ideal for frequent travelers and those with busy schedules as it can be conveniently used on airplanes, during a walk in the park or in the office while working. It is a great option for children as it does not have to be plugged in. The battery can be charged at home and it will maintain power for two treatments before it requires recharging. This is a very mobile unit that can be easily taken anywhere with its’ convenient backpack styling.

FAM – SEQEX® FAM is an innovative electro-medical device for magnetotherapy that administers customized controlled pulsed or variable electromagnetic fields. The treatment is applied using a mat connected to the central console with other optional pads that can be utilized simultaneously with the use of a multi-plug adapter. SEQEX® FAM can be used in hospitals and ambulatory clinics by medical staff and also in domestic environment with the assistance of medical personnel. This model is commonly used in a home environment as it has the capability store 10 programs in the memory hence it is called FAM for family. This model provides the option for each family member or pet to have their own customized program stored in the controller.

]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:40:37 +0000<![CDATA[Ventilators]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/ventilatorsVentilators aren't working as they should.]]>

Reports of COV2 mortality rates on ventilators upwards of 80%

The way we are using artificial resuscitation isn't working.  Typical procedures are tending toward high pressure of high-concentration oxygen, and large volume tidal (breath) rates, and it's not saving enough lives to be worth using.. 


Excess oxygen causes oxidative stress.  Oxidative stress leads to cell death. 

High pressures cause the individual to "choke," and so the individual must be sedated (put in a temporary coma) so as not to fight the pressures reflexively. 


There are better ways to deliver breathable gasses that can benefit tissue and speed recovery from viral infection.  This is not medical advice, and in no way constitutes a "protocol," but I just wanted to mention that there are other options for adjunctive and supportive care.

 

I'm going to introduce you now to HYDROGEN inhalation.  I'll jump right to the conclusion: that I believe we should be mixing the gasses in ventilators more effectively, and should consider adding molecular hydrogen in the form of Hydroxy (HHO) gas. 


(I would also consider Nitrogen in the form of NO and Carbon in the form of CO2 - but I'll save that for another discussion) 

Molecular Hydrogen Gas Comes (Typically) In Two Forms: H2 Gas and HHO Gas

H2 gas is what you'd get in a tank from medical supply. 

HHO Gas is produced by electrolysis. 


When you read reports of Hydrogen Gas inhalation being used as an adjunct to Oxygen inhalation in many Asian countries, what you are reading about is HHO Gas, aka Ionized-Electrolysed Water.   Electrolysed means: split by electricity.  As simply as I can explain it:  using a power transformer to increase voltage, we the electricity it to oppositely charged metal plates in water which begin to bubble-out Hydrogen and Oxygen Gas.  It looks as if the metal plates are boiling, and they do get hot, but the gasses that escape are not just water vapor...the water has been split apart.  


I think we call it Hydrogen inhalation so as not to offend "any powers that be."  I believe one reason HHO Gas is such a touchy subject is because it can be used for a number of very "disruptive" applications that could possibly upend the worldwide balance of economic power and energy generation.  I believe the other reason there is such caution using molecular hydrogen is because it can be harmful if misused used in very high concentrations.  The electrolysis devices they're using in Asia are separating the "O" from the "HH," but the process is very similar to the "water for fuel" torches you might have seen.


For historical context of the ionizer market, there is a Japanese "ENAGIC" brand that has produced water ionizers to create drinking water for the past 20 or so years.  The effect of switching from tap water to "Kangen Water" is so positive and safe that there are countless knock-off devices sold around the world.  One term for this drinking water is ERW: electrolysed-reduced-water.    Knock-offs are some of the best evidence that something works really well, yet on a principle that is easily comprehensible.   I still believe that ENAGIC machines are superior for a few reasons, including their use of solid platinum-coated metal plates and utilizing continuous high-power to ionize the water. 


More recently the ionizer market has matured and progressed to include using this technology for inhalation and insufflation (to blow the gas on, or fill a bag around an area).  Some provide mixed HHO gas and others separate the H and O, providing as much 99% pure Hydrogen gas (which is not necessarily an advantage).  I know of only a few companies in the United States that are selling legitimate and licensed devices for this use, one of which is in Colorado, called Vital-Reaction.  I would caution you against thinking "more is better" when it comes to molecular hydrogen, and would direct you to their "Safety" page in the menu. 


There is another way to create free hydrogen gas in drinking water using magnesium as a catalyst.  I know of one company that makes a drinking water device for the counter or home that utilizes a mineral catalyst after the filtration process, when I'm comfortable with their business I'll share the name.  I also am very familiar with a mineral tablet-H2 product that is commonly white-labeled, but for the most part made by one company, called H2-Elite.  I have links at the bottom where you an get these products.  This tablet should create about 10% H2 gas dissolved in a cup of water that you can then apply/drink.  It's not as potent as an inhalation but it does come with studies behind it showing rapid and complete absorption of what H2 gas is in it.  (and, I'm not opposed to getting a little supplemental magnesium salt).  The one other company that makes H2 tablets is Vital Reaction, and there's a letter from their medical director below. 

I've used HHO gas in my clinic with uncanny success until...

I burned out my (cheap) device by leaving it on for too long.  The very corrosive alkaline salt solution escaped the chamber.   I was using a device that I had repurposed.   It gave me a serious scare, and I told myself I should pause on HHO therapy in the clinic until I could learn some more, study some more, overcome my fear again, and then invest in a more reliable device.  Thankfully, nobody was exposed, no harm was done, and I had a good learning experience.  I regret that I had to stop using HHO for a while because in the short time I was using it I saw some uncanny, yet very positive, results.  Probably most remarkable were bagging limbs with it: one patient with hives all over her leg from a bee-sting, and another with persistent tendinitis of the ITB (lateral tendon that stretches from knee-hip).   Suffice to say the effect was complete and rapid resolution, without recurrence, of signs and symptoms.   I would not dare repeat the method I was using, or even hint at it - lest you get ideas about trying it yourself -  but would instead defer to some of the more sophisticated medical devices that are coming to market.  It's a looong discussion for another day.

I'm still open to people using Hydrogen

It's a wild world of natural therapeutics, and some of the things we encounter weren't covered (specifically) in med school.  We have to go out on a limb sometimes, do our homework, and - I strongly believe - we gain firsthand personal experience about it before we "try" it on anyone else.   From what I understand, molecular hydrogen is safe and can be beneficial when used properly.  Along the course of my COV2 recovery I have used Hydrogen Tablets sparingly, but from this day forward, after the email I've been waiting for (below) I'll be more forthcoming about H2.  I'm not opposed to someone using alkalized ENAGIC-style hydrogen water, tablets, or certified inhalation devices. 

Letter from Dr. Adam Trainor, an expert in Molecular Hydrogen, Medical Director of Vital Reaction (my emphasis added as BOLD)

Molecular Hydrogren [sic] and Coronavirus- A Perspective

Hi there-

I hope this email finds you well during these difficult times.

With a respiratory pandemic sweeping the globe, I am frequently asked, what role (if any?) could molecular hydrogen therapy play in the prevention or treatment of COVID19?

The honest truth is that no one knows. The majority of clinical trials looking at the effects of molecular hydrogen have focused on stroke, neurodegenerative disease, kidney function and exercise physiology, and even these are still early stages, with much more research to be done to determine safety and efficacy.

While many animal and in vitro studies have assessed molecular hydrogen’s role in immunity, the inflammatory process and lung function, it is impossible to make any sort of claims in the absence of large scale trials in humans.

That being said, we can certainly make inferences based on what is known and has been demonstrated, and those inferences should serve as a basis for future clinical research.

In China, where hydrogen therapy has been more widely incorporated into mainstream medicine, hydrogen inhalation therapy is actually being tested as part of a coronavirus protocol, as an adjunctive experimental treatment in critical cases. It is still too early to say whether or not it is showing any promise as an effective therapy.

So what do we know?

Multiple studies in animals and in cell cultures have demonstrated that molecular hydrogen may have wide ranging effects on inflammation and the immune response. In these models molecular hydrogen has been shown to modulate signal transduction across a variety of metabolic pathways, though in many cases the exact mechanisms remain unclear. Broadly speaking it appears that molecular hydrogen may have the capacity to downregulate pro-inflammatory pathways and to up-regulate anti-inflammatory pathways through a variety of mechanisms including activation of the NRF2 pathway.

In regards to immune function, similar models have shown that molecular hydrogen may help to promote a healthy immune response, by modulating the cytokines (cell signalling molecules) that can cause harmful immune responses, and inhibiting unwanted apoptosis (cell death).

It is important to note that just because an experiment shows promise for a new drug or supplement in animal models does not necessarily mean that it will have the same results in humans. Nonetheless, these trials do indicate which directions future clinical research should take.

Next, molecular hydrogen has been shown to function as a selective antioxidant, as well as to upregulate endogenous antioxidant status, including in at least one human trial. Much of the damage done by infections and our immune response is directly due to oxidative stress- damage caused by an excess of free radicals. Antioxidants are molecules that neutralize free radicals, and in theory can ameliorate the extent of this damage. Because molecular hydrogen is selective, it targets only the harmful free radicals, further helping to modulate the immune response.

As the word implies, “oxidative stress” is often caused by exposure to oxygen. While we need oxygen to survive, it’s actually highly toxic to our tissues, so tissues with high exposure to oxygen, like our lungs for example, are susceptible to higher levels of oxidative stress. Animal models suggest that molecular hydrogen may be especially efficacious in protecting lung tissue.  

Various animal models have shown that, in mice at least, molecular hydrogen can protect lung tissues from radiation induced damage by preventing oxidative stress. One mouse model even found that hydrogen may protect against cigarette smoke induced COPD. It’s important to note that these are animal models only, and don’t say anything about similar effects in humans, but these results definitely suggest that more research should be done on these fronts.

In the past few weeks you’ve probably read more about ventilators that you had ever imagined you might. These critical life saving devices work by forcing high pressure oxygen into lungs that are no longer able to breathe for themselves. While necessary, intubation and ventilation is not without risk. Forcing high levels of oxygen under high pressure into delicate airways- while life-saving- can cause short and long-term lung damage due to oxidative
stress.

One mouse study demonstrated that molecular hydrogen can actually protect lung tissue from damage due to hyperoxia (excess oxygen). And
another study looking specifically at the problem of mechanical ventilation found that molecular hydrogen ameliorated damage directly due to ventilators in mice.

A recent nationwide study from Harvard showed that there is a direct correlation between exposure to air pollution and the likelihood of developing a severe case of COVID19. This is not surprising, as air pollution can be extremely harmful to lung tissue via the generative of high levels of free radicals. Again, this is a case where the antioxidant activity of molecular hydrogen could be theoretically beneficial. Definitely an area deserving of more study.

In severe and critical cases of COVID19, much of the damage is actually done by the patient's own immune system. In response to the viral threat, the immune system releases a host of cytotoxic measures (including free radicals) in an all out attempt to wipe out the virus. Unfortunately these measures are equally damaging to our own cells, and this can lead to the failure of multiple organs, and even death. This can also occur with an overwhelming bacterial infection, called sepsis. This inflammatory storm, whether due to a viral or bacterial cause is actually a leading cause of death in hospitals. Multiple researchers theorize that due to its potential for immune modulation, molecular hydrogen may be a safe and effective therapy for this immune storm, and may even help to prevent mass organ failure. This theory has yet to be tested, however, but it definitely deserves to be researched.

So in conclusion, we don’t yet know what role molecular hydrogen could play in the treatment of respiratory diseases, but a large number of animal and in vitro studies show promising results, and suggest that larger human trials are warranted to determine safety and efficacy. Hydrogen is a safe and inexpensive therapy that may have the potential to help many people, and is absolutely deserving of further study.   


Talk soon,
Dr. Trainor

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The respiratory distress isn't what we thought it was

The assumption we make when we decide to introduce the ventilator is that there's fluid in the lungs and adding more oxygen at pressure will be helpful.  But folks are losing the ability to breathe not merely because the lungs are inflamed.  But in the case of COV2, the distress because their blood can't carry nearly as much: COV2 unbinds heme from hemoglobin, the molecule we need to carry gasses (especially Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide) in the blood.   They're in distress because the cardio-medullary center isn't giving their lungs the signal to breathe.  This is a far more concerning condition.  Another term for this is Neurological Hypoventilation.  We should also be concerned about clotting factors (platelets) in the blood, and "microthrombi" (mini-platelets).    


We can take a natural approach in addition to molecular hydrogen (which protects against microthrombi)


I consider: Homeopathic Camphor, Ferrum-phos (hemolysis) Cell Salt, Magnesium and Potassium Cell Salts, Systemic/Digestive/Cardio Enzymes ("Vascuzyme" and "Arteriozyme " and "Bitters Extra" are formulations available on Wellevate that I reach for), Magnesium/Potassium EDTA suppositories (which stabilizes platelets and binds heavy metals), and Glutathione inhalations and suppositories, although there are a number more approaches that would be synergistic. 


In the case of this pandemic, homeopathic CAMPHOR covers this kind of respiratory arrest that is neurological in origin.  CAMPHOR also has an effect on bronchial and alveolar dilation, but it is important to note that in overdose cases of CAMPHOR, we see neurological and cardiac distress. 

Vital Reaction is offering 10% Off to my readers with this link and the discount code: JONRIT
You can also buy H2Elite (not Vital-Reaction) Tablets HERE at my Wellevate site for 25% off retail price.
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]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:03:36 +0000<![CDATA[Interview with Dr. Jon: marathon COV2 discussion]]>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/brisson-interview-1John Brisson and Jon Ritz discuss Cov2, exosomes, viral replication, heme, non-native emf, and hazard a few suggestions.]]>

John Brisson interviewed me on YouTube

Author of "Fix Your Gut" John Brisson and I had a lengthy discussion the evening of April 10 about Coronavirus, Non-native EMF, Exosomes, Heme, and even hazard a few suggestions.  You don't really need to see the video, and could just try listening to this like it's a podcast. 

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