PART TWO: GETTING WELL AGAIN
metal, including its container or metal tooth fillings. If you get a
few drops on your skin it may turn white and sting, but does no
harm, so simply wash it off.
Herbs. These are excellent supplements, in bulk. There are
many books that describe their medicinal properties. If the
herbs are in capsules you must test for petroleum pollution
(benzene and other solvents). Don’t purchase extracts or con-
centrates because they are invariably polluted (unless you can
test them, of course). The powdered form is also frequently
polluted. Buy “c/s”, which means cut and sifted.
Lugol's Iodine Solution (see Recipes, page 606) is made of
potassium iodide and plain, pure iodine. It is made this way be-
cause plain iodine does not dissolve well in water; it dissolves
much better in potassium iodide. Potassium iodide dissolves
well in water and stays clear; for this reason it is also called
“white iodine.” By mixing the two, we can get stronger con-
centrations of iodine than either can provide by itself. Commer-
cially available Lugol's was polluted with isopropyl alcohol and
other solvents when I tested them with the Syncrometer. Make
it yourself from scratch. Be careful not to use bottled water or
you will pollute it yourself!
DO NOT TAKE LUGOL'S IODINE IF YOU ARE
ALLERGIC TO IODINE. IT COULD BE FATAL.How do you know if you are allergic to iodine? You can
become allergic from having a large amount of iodine poured
into you during a special clinical thyroid or kidney procedure.
Your doctor or nurse will already have told you if you became
allergic. If in doubt, call your doctor.
Iodine has a distinctive trait: it hangs up on anything and
everything. In fact, it attaches itself so quickly we consider eve-