Nutrient and Herbal Remedies for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
In conventional medicine, there is no cure for MCAS, but in alternative medicine, cures do exist. Lugol's iodine therapy is a good starting block, but the MCAS herbal remedy, Acorus calamus is another treatment that should be administered as a protocol to treat this disease.My wife suffers from Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. Nothing we’ve tried seems to help and no one seems to have any promising recommendations. Do you have any ideas? Please respond. We are running out of time and options.
Thanks, Aaron ________________________________________________________________ Hello Aaron,
Thank you for this question. I have written very little about mast cell activation syndrome cures, so I appreciate the opportunity to put some thoughts together on this topic now. Does your wife take daily doses of Lugol's iodine? Iodine plays a VITAL role in immune system health and it is an EXTREMELY common nutrient deficiency. Also, there are studies showing that eosinophils interact with and use halogen elements like iodine. Iodine is a halogen element along with chlorine, bromine, and fluorine. These elements are all in the same column of the periodic table. Only iodine and chloride (the reduced form of chlorine) are valuable in terms of human health. Both fluoride and bromide are toxic to human health and they interfere with the proper functioning of organs that use iodine and chloride. The thyroid gland and reproductive organs and central nervous system are at the top of this list, but all of the organs and tissues of the body need iodine and chloride in order to function properly. Iodine deficiency combined with bromide and fluoride toxicity cause some very strange symptoms that vary from person to person. Below is an article that talks generally about Lugol's iodine + supportive nutrients (you can't skip out on the supportive nutrients and expect good results from Iodine Therapy, btw) in regard to autoimmune disease. Lugol's is a very important starting block in terms of healing for MANY diseases that seem to have no cause and no cure. https://alivenhealthy.com/2023/01/16/the-lugols-iodine-cure-for-autoimmune-disease/ I also want to mention that iodine is the primary fuel that the thyroid gland needs in order to function properly. Thyroid hormones are made of iodine and L-tyrosine, an amino acid that should be taken along with Lugol’s iodine 2% to treat MCAS naturally. Without adequate levels of iodine and L-tyrosine, the immune system will malfunction in one way or another. Iodine is also the cure for interstitial cystitis (irritable bladder), a disorder that often coexists with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, lending additional credibility to this nutrient treatment for MCAS.
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Mast cells grow in the bone marrow which immediately makes me think of vitamin K2 / Menaquinone-7. We talk at great length about vitamin K2 deficiency in our book Root Cause: https://alivenhealthy.com/shop/product/root-cause-common-environmental-toxins-and-how-to-protect-yourself-from-themVitamin K2 deficiency causes iodine deficiency by causing a buildup of calcium in the blood. Vitamin K2 is the nutrient that moves the calcium from the bloodstream into bones and teeth where calcium belongs. Without proper levels of vitamin K2, calcium levels in the blood get higher and higher and atherosclerosis develops eventually. At the same time, bones and teeth get weaker and weaker. The bone marrow is negatively impacted which hurts the health of the blood as well as the health of the immune system.
Below is an article to get you started thinking about vitamin K2 deficiency and the role that organophosphates or bromide-containing insecticides may have in causing your wife's health problems. Vitamin K2 used to be very common in staple foods like wheat, corn, and soy, but the "quinones" have been largely removed from these food items that are now GMOs...which means that MOST people in countries that grow and distribute GMOs are deficient in vitamin K2 (Menaquinone-7) as well as Coenzyme Q10 (another quinone), methylfolate (vitamin B9, tryptophan (a vital amino acid), and more. Again, remember that a deficiency in vitamin K2 can worsen iodine deficiency via its effects on the way our bodies metabolize calcium.
https://alivenhealthy.com/posts/government-sponsored-nutrient-deficiencies-and-synthetic-nutrient-poisons-a-serious-look-at-organophosphate-and-bromide-insecticide-exposure-and-poisoning I would also recommend vitamin B17 / amygdalin, another nutrient that has been removed from the food supply through the creation of GMOs fruits that no longer produce seeds. For example, seedless grapes that once contained amygdalin, no longer contain amygdalin because the amygdalin was located in their seeds. Vitamin B17 plays an important role in immune system function. Though I've mostly written about vitamin B17 as a cure for cancer (it is a very effective cancer cure), I've worked with a number of clients who have had miraculous results taking this nutrient to cure an array of different diseases. I haven't written as much about amygdalin as I wish for lack of time.
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https://alivenhealthy.com/posts/can-diet-cure-autoimmune-disease-vitamin-b17-amygdalin-and-other-nutrient-cures-for-autoimmunity Vitamin B17 can be administered either as apricot kernels (administered in doses of 4-5 kernels up to 10 times per day) or as grapeseed extract at 800 mg 3 times per day. It can also be administered topically to the skin as an organic, cold-pressed grapeseed oil or organic apricot kernel oil. Note that Rick Simpson CBD oil contains amygdalin and I've had lymphoma clients who've had really excellent results using this particular treatment. Apricot kernels have the highest level of amygdalin...your wife should consider eating 4-5 of them for 6-8 hours of the day (a total of 24-40 of them per day). She should not eat them all at once as they can cause stomach upsets. In small doses, they are stimulating to the digestive system. Acorus calamus is a potential herbal remedy for mast cell activation syndrome. This herb inhibits mast cell anaphylactic reactions in animal models. Both the dried root of this herb and the essential oil are a possible cure for mast cell activation syndrome, but I highly recommend that you work with the nutrients I’ve talked about above in addition to using Acorus calamus as an herbal remedy for mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS). Acorus calamus has been studied in terms of its ability to cure MCAS, but it also has been used to cure health issues like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, a gastrointestinal disorder that is common in those with MCAS. Because she's dealing with an immune system disorder, it feels (I'm sure) like she's falling apart, but the immune system is not like the skin or bones or muscles or organs. It's a functional part of the body that has a very nebulous and misunderstood "structure". The current trend in conventional medicine is to over-complicate immune system function and mystify it such that patients feel helpless and hopeless. Ironically...much of immune system function is very much contingent on a patient's hope. Conventional medicine mostly works to crush hope...so one goal is for you to find healers who help your wife feel empowered and hopeful. If you can locate, for example, an acupuncturist (if you haven't already), this is a good place to start in building a team of people who can put their energy into her and help her feel empowered again in terms of her health (and also help her heal physically). Above, I've mentioned some things that will DO NO HARM, but that may very well help your wife begin to heal right away. Note that she may go through a detoxification reaction especially with iodine therapy...take the time to learn about detox reactions (also known as Herxheimer Reactions) if you're not familiar with this sort of thing. Though there are MANY therapies that can help your wife, you and she need to find the treatments that resonate with you both.
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Read more about Herxheimer reactions here: https://alivenhealthy.com/2014/05/06/healing-crisis/ I hope this helps! :) Jennifer ______________________________________________ Hi Jennifer, Thanks so much for responding. She has been doing a lot of this, & we are working the rest in. She had stopped the lugol’s thinking it was triggering the MCAS, but apparently it must have been herxheimer.Thanks again, Aaron
MCAS Cure -- JULY 2023 UPDATE:
Note that fluoride exposure can activate mast cells in the body. Lugol's iodine therapy can help protect the body from the effects of fluoride exposure. Click here to read more about how fluoride exposure impacts leukocytes and mast cells in the urinary tract. If you have been or are being exposed to fluoride in drinking water or through other sources, please click here to read more about how to remove fluoride safely from the body in order to cure MCAS naturally.
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Resources:
• Kim, D. Y. et al. (2012). Inhibitory effects of Acorus calamus extracts on mast cell-dependent anaphylactic reactions using mast cell and mouse model. Retrieved July 12, 2023 from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221862743_Inhibitory_effects_of_Acorus_calamus_extracts_on_mast_cell-dependent_anaphylactic_reactions_using_mast_cell_and_mouse_model
