MIRACLE
MINERAL SUPPLEMENT
An Integrated MMS Therapy
By Walter Last
Sodium chlorite is presently being promoted as a
miracle mineral supplement or MMS with superior antimicrobial activity. You can
appreciate its power from a statement by its discoverer, Jim Humble, that all
75,000 individuals with malaria that have been treated were cured within a day
(1).This obviously is important not only for self-healing but also for the drug
industry and medicine which so far try to ignore or suppress this development.
However, there are also considerable problems associated with using MMS. In the
following I suggest to minimise these problems by integrating MMS with other
natural therapies rather than using it as a stand-alone treatment for all
conditions.
Conventional Use of Sodium Chlorite
In solution sodium chlorite (NaClO2) is very alkaline and stable but when acidified it forms the gas chlorine dioxide (ClO2) which smells the same as chlorine and probably is the strongest all-round antimicrobial and parasite remedy. While it destroys all anaerobic microbes and parasites, it does not damage the beneficial lactobacteria of our intestinal flora. The only residue left in water, food, or in the body after treatment with MMS is a tiny amount of table salt or sodium chloride (NaCl).
Acidified sodium chlorite is being used in many
countries, including
In 2003 the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code was changed to permit the use of sodium chlorite acidified with citric acid or other food acids for antimicrobial surface treatment of meat, poultry, fish, fruit and vegetables (3). The time between mixing and application is less than 5 minutes, and chlorine dioxide levels do not exceed 3 ppm. The safety assessment report concluded that if properly used no residues would be detected in the raw foods following treatment and prior to sale, and therefore there would be no toxicological concerns.
In solid form sodium chlorite is unstable and
commonly mixed with about 20% sodium chloride. Commercially it is produced and
shipped in
Even in conventional medicine chlorine dioxide
has been shown to sterilise red blood cells for transfusion. It was found that
a solution of 2.8% sodium chlorite activated with 15% lactic acid at a
concentration of 1:100 killed all HIV in the red blood cells (4). Furthermore,
low concentrations of chlorine dioxide are also effective against the influenza
virus (4a).
Curiously, stabilized chlorite, commonly called
Stabilized Chlorine Dioxide or SCD, that does not generate chlorine dioxide has
been patented for intravenous use in the treatment of autoimmune diseases,
hepatitis and lymph cancers. It supposedly prevents or reduces antigen activity
and autoimmune responses (5).
A
weak solution of SCD is approved by the FDA and available in many countries as
mouthwash; it is also in some toothpastes. The idea is that colonies of bacteria
in the mouth produce acids that release chlorine dioxide locally to kill these
bacteria.
SCD
has a pH of about 7.5 to 8.5 and is in effect a weak solution of sodium
chlorite stabilized with sodium bicarbonate, and sometimes also with additional
hydrogen peroxide.
The
Wikipedia mentions for sodium chlorite
that a weak acid can be added to SCD to "activate" it and make
chlorine dioxide in-situ. SCD is used as a broad spectrum disinfectant and
anti-microbial, it is currently being used against bacterial and viral
outbreaks including MRSA,
Legionella,
and Norovirus. Therefore, if
MMS is not available a suitable mouthwash may be used in about a 10 times
larger volume or about 1 ml of mouthwash for 2 drops of MMS.
MMS
Therapy
The discovery and initial developments of MMS
therapy were outlined by Jim Humble in a 2008 Nexus article (6). MMS is
activated to release chlorine dioxide by mixing with 5 drops of acid for every
1 drop of MMS. Originally lemon juice and vinegar were used which are now
commonly replaced by a 10% solution of citric acid. This is about 5 times more
acid and releases considerably more chlorine dioxide with a stronger
antimicrobial effect. After waiting for 3 minutes half to one glass of water or
juice is added and one may then drink it.
You may add herb tea or juice without vitamin C, e.g. commercial apple or grape juice but not orange juice. The initial strong and somewhat nauseating smell is now greatly reduced as the chlorine dioxide remains dissolved in water rather than escaping into the air. Do not take any antioxidant supplements close to MMS. If it is too acid for you then partly neutralize the liquid with bicarbonate shortly before drinking. Carefully add only small amounts of bicarbonate so that it still tastes slightly acidic when ingesting.
Therapy can be approached in two ways. Jim
Humbles recommendation is to start with a low dose and gradually increase by 1
drop each day until a slight feeling of nausea develops and then cut down by 2
drops. After several days you try increasing again, and so gradually work your
way up to 15 standard drops 1 to 3 times daily for about one week. But many
individuals do not get that far because they become sensitised, and nausea
starts already at low levels without sufficient antimicrobial effect.
Nausea can be reduced by taking the remedy after
a meal, but this also reduces the antimicrobial effect compared to taking it on
an empty stomach. It may be best to take
MMS just before going to bed. MMS works very fast, and people often become
sleepy after taking a dose of MMS. Also it is easier to cope with nausea if you
can fall asleep.
An
alternative method with acute infections is to take a very high dose or even a
high double dose one hour apart and accept that you will feel nauseous and may
vomit for a day or longer. Nausea or vomiting usually starts 2 or more hours
after ingesting a very high dose, and by then the chlorine dioxide has already
been absorbed so that vomiting does not cause any loss in effectiveness. This
method has been used in the successful treatment of malaria, blood poisoning,
and other acute infections. It commonly clears the condition in one hit. For
details of oral MMS therapy see my Sodium Chlorite article (7) and also Jim
Humble’s Standard MMS Protocol (8).
An alternative method
for intensifying the antimicrobial program or for overcoming an infection is by
taking 3 to 4 drops of acidified and diluted MMS every hour and a half for
several days. Temporarily reduce the dose if any nausea should occur. You may
do this by swallowing the MMS or with oral absorption or a combination of
both.
Other
Delivery Options
Because frequently
nausea causes individuals to stop using MMS before the infection or cancer is
cleared, different ways of using it have been explored. Most common among these
is transdermal application. When bypassing the stomach nausea is not normally a
problem.
A given number of
drops of MMS are activated with 5 times more drops of acid, after 3 minutes
DMSO is added at the same rate as the acid. After another 3 minute wait the
solution is rubbed into the skin. A variation of this uses 10 drops of MMS and
1 tsp each of acid and DMSO. This method has also been adopted for cancer
treatment, including by Jim Humble (9).
While this method
does not cause nausea, there is no real evidence that it works. There is even
strong theoretical evidence that it cannot work. DMSO can act as a mild oxidant, but generally, and especially in the
presence of stronger oxidants, it acts as an antioxidant. The main metabolite
when DMSO is oxidised is MSM, which may also be written as DMSO2. If you search
Google for DMSO +antioxidant you find expressions like: “DMSO-The King Antioxidant” and “It turned out that DMSO
was a powerful antioxidant…” You just cannot combine the most
powerful oxidant with a powerful antioxidant and expect that they do not talk
to each other.
However, I still
regard it as useful to apply activated MMS on the skin for topical treatment of
local infections and tumours. While MSM is less effective as a carrier than
DMSO, it does improve passage through the skin, and it is not an antioxidant,
so it is safe to use with MMS. But absorption will be slow, and therefore it is
not suitable for getting chlorine dioxide into the blood.
In contrast,
absorption through the mucous membranes will be fairly fast, and may give
better results. Possible absorption areas are the rectum, the vagina, and the
mouth.
Rectal absorption is similar to using coffee
enemas which is already firmly established in natural cancer therapy. First you
clean the lower bowel with an enema. Then insert a small number of activated
drops of MMS in a large glass of water. Hold for 10 to 20 minutes, expel, use
again a cleaning enema, and then insert a larger number of activated drops in a
glass of water.
Try to hold for up
to 30 minutes. You may be able to move around during this time but preferably
just sit or lie down. Protect the anus with some fat, cream, or Vaseline. You
may make the solution less acid by adding some bicarbonate as explained for
oral application.
Afterwards you may
feel weak for a while and have much
bowel activity for several hours, and possibly longer. With cancer and other
chronic conditions you may repeat this once a week with increasing numbers of
drops. This will be good with problems
in this area, such as rectal or prostate cancer, irritable bowel, and
infections, cysts and cancers of the female organs.
Vaginal application is suitable in case of
vaginal thrush to kill the roots and spores of Candida that will be embedded in
the mucous membrane and may cause flare-ups. Start with 1 activated drop in a
small glass of water and gradually increase on subsequent occasions. If the
acidity of the solution is a problem you may nearly neutralise it with
bicarbonate several minutes after adding the water. Also try using the
mouthwash solution.
Oral
absorption is my preferred method. I
believe that just swishing acidified and diluted MMS in the mouth may be the
best general method to get it quickly into the blood, in addition to clearing
the head spaces. After using 6 activated drops this way and keeping it in the
mouth for about 20 minutes I now always have a pink tongue on rising in the
morning while before it used to be partly coated. A fragile elderly woman who
was afraid to swallow it just kept a few activated drops in juice in the mouth
for a few minutes and then spat it out. After doing this twice she had much
better mobility. This shows that the chlorine dioxide went quickly into the
circulation.
Keeping it in the mouth is not too unpleasant, and
the taste buds soon stop complaining.
However, it is advisable to nearly neutralise the solution with
bicarbonate to protect the teeth. This should not reduce the effectiveness very
much because the chlorine dioxide that produces the peak systemic effect will
have been released in the first 3 minutes. Furthermore after diluting it one
may still wait for several minutes for further saturation of the solution
before neutralising it.
To
1 part of MMS add 5 parts of 10% citric acid and after 3 minutes dilute with 30
ml or a big mouthful of water. Finally add up to 8 parts of a 10% sodium
bicarbonate solution to protect the teeth from acid attack. This gives a pH of
about 5 to 6, and one can keep it in the mouth for 5 to 20 minutes before
spitting it out. You make the 10% sodium bicarbonate solution by dissolving one
level spoonful of bicarb in 9 spoonfuls of water. Instead of plain water you
may also use herb tea or flavor with some fruit juice, or sweeten with Xylitol
or Stevia.
Mouthwash:
I
also recommend that you make yourself a mouthwash by diluting a teaspoon of MMS
in 500 ml of water. This is only slightly alkaline and tends to release small
amounts of chlorine dioxide in contact with acid-forming bacteria. It is also
commercially promoted as the most effective method of removing bad breath or
halitosis. It does this by oxidising smelly sulphur compounds in the mouth to
non-odorous sulphates. Swish a mouthful around for a short time, gargle, and
spit it out. You may also flavour the solution or make it weaker. Some people
claim that regular use has protected them from ‘catching’ infections.
Even more important is the observation that the
combination of occasional oral absorption of chlorine dioxide and regular use
of MMS mouthwash tends to eliminate pathogenic microbes and inflammations in
the mouth. Such microbes and inflammations, be they from root canals, deep
tooth pockets or gum inflammations and other periodontal diseases, are strongly implicated in the causation of arteriosclerosis, heart attacks and other
heart diseases as well as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, prostate cancer and
other cancers.
You may also combine the stronger antimicrobial
effect of oral absorption with the convenience of a mouthwash: add a drop or
two of lemon juice or citric acid to a teaspoonful of mouthwash solution and
immediately start swishing this in the mouth for a minute or two before
spitting it out. This has a relatively mild effect on the taste buds. One
teaspoonful of mouthwash contains about one drop of MMS.
Intravenous MMS
Intravenously MMS
commonly has been used without acid activation. Jim Humble has had it many times,
and also used up to 2 times 30 acidified drops orally without getting a
reaction.
But recently he
had one acidified drop intravenously and that caused a Herxheimer reaction. He
believes that acid activation increases chlorine dioxide release by up to 300
times. Next day another drop did not cause a reaction but 2 drops the following
day reacted again. The same happened with further increased drops (10).
The effectiveness
of antimicrobial therapy can often be judged by its ability to trigger a Herxheimer
reaction. This is caused by the waste material of a large number of microbes
being killed suddenly. It consists of extreme fatigue, chills, diarrhoea,
muscle and joint pains, and other flu-like symptoms for several hours or days.
During a reaction you stop the antimicrobial therapy and instead have a high
intake of good quality water, juices and herb teas.
The question now
is what kind of microbes resisted an extremely high double dose of 30 oral
drops but then readily died from one acidified IV drop? The oral doses would
have cleared these microbes from the blood and lymph system, and probably from
most tissue and organs. I can think of only one explanation, that these were
so-called nanobacteria. They attach to blood vessel walls and protect themselves
with a calcified shell, and in the process also calcify the tissue, thereby
causing arteriosclerosis and related symptoms (11). Even one drop of acidified
MMS would have caused a high peak concentration of chlorine dioxide in the
blood vessels, apparently enough to penetrate the calcified barrier of some
nanobacteria.
Few individuals in
Western countries will have the opportunity to use IV MMS therapy, and I also
regard this as a rather inefficient way of dealing with tissue calcification.
There are better ways, such as preventing the formation of nanobacteria in the
first place, and then dissolving existing calcifications with magnesium
chloride and lemon juice or cider vinegar. Deprived of their calcium protection
the immune system can then easily deal with the nanobacteria.
Integrating Therapies
Often individuals find it difficult to continue with the MMS program because
of frequent nausea. This is especially a problem with advanced cancer and other
long-term conditions. Therefore I generally recommend a program of intestinal
sanitation and antimicrobial therapy with milder agents before starting MMS
therapy. This will remove most of the toxic load with less discomfort than by
starting immediately with MMS. As part of this preliminary program I recommend
a period of intestinal sanitation with garlic, psyllium, sodium bicarbonate and
probiotics, followed by a 3-week course of Lugol’s iodine solution (12).
In the
case of cardiovascular diseases and arteriosclerosis it has been suggested
that with MMS therapy cholesterol deposits may be removed too fast and lead to
a weakening of the affected blood vessels. To avoid or minimize problems it has
been recommended to take high amounts of vitamin C, up to 10 g daily in divided
doses, for several weeks before starting MMS therapy. This is to strengthen the
blood vessels and make them more elastic. Some other nutrients to improve
elasticity are lemon juice, green juices, copper salicylate, magnesium
chloride, MSM, and N-Acetylglucosamine.
For cancer I believe that MMS treatment as a
primary therapy has shown good results only with lymph, blood and skin cancers.
It will be much more effective to integrate MMS therapy into a holistic program
as outlined in my article The Holistic
Solution to Overcoming Cancer (13).
With colds chlorine dioxide kills the virus but does
not stop the beneficial mucus release. This can be stopped with the Sugar Cure:
Keep a teaspoon of fine sugar in the mouth until it is dissolved, then spit out
and take another teaspoonful. Continue with this for one or two hours and
repeat on subsequent days as required. The sugar draws mucus combined with
lymph fluid from the lymph glands and so gradually clears the headspaces.
With Influenza I recommend taking several high doses
of MMS for only one or two days and then taking instead high amounts of
antioxidants and especially sodium ascorbate, e.g. half a teaspoon in liquid
(e.g. fresh citrus juice) every 2 hours until recovered.
Some
individuals, especially with advanced degenerative diseases, may become very
weak on prolonged MMS therapy seemingly unrelated to die-back reactions. Also
the eyesight may rapidly deteriorate. I believe that this is mainly due to
antioxidant deficiency, and especially to lack of glutathione and superoxide dismutase.
This
again raises the question of the appropriate use of MMS therapy. In my article How to Overcome Autoimmune Diseases (14)
I show that most chronic degenerative diseases are associated with nanobacteria
and pleomorphic microbes that appear to arise from the inside, out of diseased
body cells, rather than from outside of the body. The main cause of this
microbial uprising is seen as the accumulation of toxic metabolic residues
inside the cells, especially affecting the energy-producing mitochondria.
Experience
shows that it is definitely beneficial to eliminate the higher bacterial and
fungal forms of this microbial overgrowth, and MMS is an effective part of an
integrated antimicrobial therapy. But it is generally not possible even with
MMS to eliminate the lower forms of nanobacteria and endogenous viral
particles. Even if one continues with a long-term MMS maintenance therapy,
these microbes will continue to rise up, and the accumulating toxic residues
will in time cause increasing health problems in other ways. Therefore, the
rational solution is to remove these toxic residues by the time-honored method
of raw-food cleansing combined with
an effective antimicrobial therapy.
While some viral infections can be effectively
treated with MMS, others such as hepatitis C, Lyme disease and even HIV, while
often showing improvement, are overall much more resistant. On the other hand,
there is good evidence that high antioxidant therapy is very effective against
viral conditions. For instance there are countless publications in the
literature of Orthomolecular Medicine (http://www.orthomolecular.org) about the
quick and effective treatment of serious viral infections with very high
amounts of vitamin C. Also hepatitis C can be effectively treated with high amounts
of various antioxidants (15).
Therefore, I believe that it is much more effective
to use both treatments in an integrated way. With a serious or resistant viral
disease I would alternate a short high-dose MMS treatment with a longer period
using high amounts of a wide range of different antioxidants.
Oxidants
versus Antioxidants
Besides
nausea also inflammations may arise as a side effect of MMS therapy. To
understand this effect we need to have a look at the function of inflammation
and the role of oxidants and antioxidants in this process. Inflammations
increase blood and nutrient supply to an area and are essential for the immune
system to work, and for healing of damaged organs and tissue to occur. If the
immune system is not strong enough to eliminate invading microbes and diseased
body cells, originally healing immune inflammations become destructive chronic
inflammations, and this is a symptom of our present epidemic of chronic
diseases.
Oxidants
support the immune system by killing microbes outright and by giving the immune
system more firepower. This results in increased inflammation and body acidity
when using strong oxidants such as chlorine dioxide. Therefore as during any
real health improvement various healing reactions, including temporary
inflammations, may develop during MMS treatment. This is beneficial for healing
in the long-term even if uncomfortable in the short-term. For a more detailed
explanation of this process called a healing crisis or healing reaction see www.health-science-spirit.com/healingcrisis.html.
Antioxidants
have the opposite role to oxidants. They protect our body cells and functions
from being oxidized. Oxidation needs to take place only in well established and
protected pathways to generate energy or to eliminate invaders and harmful
agents. If we step up the intake of oxidants, we also need to increase the
intake of antioxidants otherwise we may get unnecessary inflammations due to
irritation of tissues and other degenerative changes. An example of this is
deteriorating eyesight that may occur when using high doses of MMS for more
than a few days.
Jim
Humble’s position is that antioxidants are not necessary with MMS therapy. He
states: “You don’t have to protect the body from the small quantities ClO2
generated by MMS. It simply does not oxidize any beneficial bacteria or body
cells. No side effects have been reported in hundreds of thousands of clinical
trials and tests (16).” I find this statement surprising as even from a small
number of users I received several communications that I interpret as damage
due to antioxidant deficiency. Therefore I strongly disagree with the position
of Jim Humble in regard to antioxidants.
My
view is supported by Dr Thomas Lee Hesselink (17). In an exhaustive literature
search he shows that chlorine dioxide kills the malaria parasite by oxidizing
its vital antioxidants, including glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, and coenzyme
A. He writes:”… no amount of intraplasmodial glutathione (GSH) could ever
resist exposure to a sufficient dose of chlorine dioxide (ClO2). Note that each
molecule of ClO2 can disable 5 molecules of glutathione.” If parasites are
being killed by disabling their glutathione and other essential antioxidants
then the glutathione and antioxidant systems in our body will be just as
vulnerable.
I
believe that all those who live on a conventional diet, or who have an
infection or a chronic disease or who smoke or with advancing age are highly
likely to be antioxidant deficient. Any of these conditions will be made worse
by having persistent exposure to oxidants, be it from chlorinated water,
polluted air, fried food, or from a strong oxidant such as chlorine dioxide.
The
problem is not in chlorine dioxide oxidizing beneficial bacteria or body cells
but rather that it reacts strongly with a wide variety of antioxidants, and so
makes an antioxidant-deficient body even more deficient. There is evidence that
antioxidant deficiency is a main cause of the accumulation of oxidized waste
products and protein debris inside cells that lead to chronic degenerative
diseases and the uprising of nanobacteria and pleomorphic microbes (14).
Therefore,
I regard long-term MMS therapy without antioxidant protection as contributing
to the development of chronic diseases. It is important to increase antioxidant
intake when using MMS. However, oxidants and antioxidants should be separated
during the day or they may neutralize each other. Jim Humble recommends a
3-hour period of separation, and I agree with that. For instance you may use
MMS before breakfast and at bedtime and antioxidants from mid-morning to
mid-afternoon.
This
does not only apply to antioxidants in supplement form, such as vitamin C and
E, B-complex, coenzyme Q10 or grapeseed extract, Beta 1,3D Glucan and immune
stimulants, but also to food high in
antioxidants, such as purple berries and juices, fresh fruit, polyunsaturated
oils, turmeric, black or green tea, cocoa and others. Because chlorine dioxide reacts
especially well with vitamin C, it is advisable to take 1 gram or more when on
a high dose of MMS for more than a few days to protect oxidation-sensitive
structures, such as heart, brain and eyes.
Conclusion
The discovery of antibiotics was hailed as the
greatest advance in modern medical history. I believe the internal use of MMS
is even more important. But just as antibiotics have a darker side by causing
dysbiosis and Candidiasis if improperly used without a fungicide, so MMS
carries the danger of causing health deterioration if used without antioxidant
protection.
In a more enlightened future when the medical
system refocuses on healing rather than profit the treatment of serious
infections may just require one intravenous infusion of acidified MMS. Until
then we have a variety of other methods to choose from.
I believe the most effective approach for a
serious acute infection is a high dose of 15 drops or a high double dose of 10
to 15 drops, and just accept that you will vomit for a day or two. If the
problem is less serious then a double dose of 6 drops followed by another 6
drops an hour later has been shown to be very effective. Even this may cause
nausea and some vomiting. Alternatively you may experiment with absorbing a
high dose through the mucous membranes of the mouth or the rectum, depending
somewhat on where the infection is centred.
With a chronic degenerative disease I would
alternate short periods of high MMS intake with longer periods of high
antioxidant intake from foods and supplements. In addition I would use other
therapies such as cleansing to remove the basic cause of the disease.
I would also apply activated MMS to infected
areas close to the skin. When starting on a health program I would first
attempt intestinal sanitation and reduction of any microbial load with milder
agents, such as Lugol’s iodine solution before starting with a gradually
increasing dose of MMS as in the standard program.
Presently MMS is still available over the
Internet. There are 2 types with slightly different composition. The product
used by Global Light (http://www.globallight.net)
and its distributors is made from technical-grade sodium chlorite flakes
containing 20% sodium chloride, while the MMS from StrideintoHealth (www.strideintohealth.com) is a pure
sodium chlorite solution as used in the food industry. Nominally MMS is a 28%
solution of the flakes but because of its high sodium chloride content the
effective concentration of sodium chlorite is 22.4% which is the same in both
products. A Canadian distributor is www.mmsdr.com.
Also check for new protocols at www.jimhumble.biz.
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