Herbal Remedy for Cancer Pain: Mitragyna speciosa

How to Get Rid of a Tapeworm Infection

Alternative Treatments for Hymenolepis nana and Hymenolepis diminuta The dwarf tapeworm (Hymenolepis nana) is the most common cestode infecting humans, measuring 1.5 to 4.0 cm in length as an adult. Unlike most cestodes, Hymenolepis nana can be transmitted directly from person to person, a characteristic that permits both autoinfection and spread to household contacts unfortunately. Its eggs can be ingested by small arthropods like flour or grain beetles, and they then develop into cysticercoid larvae that are transferred to the next host.  Doctors typically prescribe praziquantel for this infection. Treatment for both Hymenolepis nana and Hymenolepis diminuta is a single dose of praziquantel (25 mg/kg), with H. nana requiring a second dose one week later. Household members should b...

Kratom for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease

Antidiabetic Effects / Metabolic Disease Treatment In Borneo, kratom is used traditionally to manage diabetes. It is particularly beneficial when administered with meal to lower blood glucose levels after eating. Kratom is a plant that has been studied for its effects on glucose and lipid metabolism. Mitragynine, which is found in kratom, has alpha-glucosidase inhibition activity that slows glucose absorption after meals. Several substances in the whole plant material inhibit alpha-glucosidase and pancreatic lipase including mitragynine, corynantheidine, corynoxine, and speciocillatine.  Lydi and I have personally worked with clients face-to-face who were able to reduce their insulin administration as a result of regular, calibrated kratom administration. As an antidiabetic he...

Amebic Dysentery or IBS? Self-Treatment for Both IBS and Amoebic Dysentery at Home

Self-Treatment for Amebic Dysentery and Some Cases of IBS Entamoeba histolytica causes bloody diarrhea, amebic dysentery, and is transmitted via the fecal-oral route. Tropical climates and poor sanitary conditions facilitate transmission, as does anal sex, at least according to Big Pharma. The majority of infections run a mild course involving abdominal pain and loose stools, but a subset of patients present with systemic symptoms, fever, and dysentery. More serious cases of amebic dysentery can require differentiation from inflammatory bowel disease (IBS), particularly ulcerative colitis, since the presentation of these two gastrointestinal diseases overlap. This is an important point that deserves some scrutiny by patients who have been diagnosed with IBS. Is it possible that IBS...

Natural Schizophrenia Treatment / Natural Psychosis Treatment: Mitragyna speciosa -- How and Why It Works

Kratom's Antipsychotic Effects: How and Why It Works to Treat Psychosis Naturally If you’re new to the literature that Lydi and I have written about natural treatments for psychosis and the role of trauma is psychosis, we’ll have to set the context here a bit in order to talk about kratom as a natural anti-psychotic medicine. If you aren’t an expert on trauma, what it is and how to treat it, be sure to follow the links to better understand the content of this section about kratom. In conventional medicine / psychiatry and psychology, psychosis is not curable, but if you or a loved one has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia, or any number of other psychiatric illnesses that involve psychosis and a potentially hopeless trajectory, you need to find a new model to work with in o...