DMSO - Dimethylsulphoxide

[ScioAgapeOmnis]

Hi SAO - in addition to the wealth of knowledge here on the forum re: DMSO, do you have the book "DMSO - Nature's Healer" by Dr Morton Walker"? It is a great book that covers many uses for DMSO.

I don't, I'll get it asap :) Together with the medical tape book Laura mentioned in the frozen shoulder thread.

 

[Laura]

Finally, I was in a small car accident recently where I was rear-ended and my girlfriend got whiplash as a result, so I've ordered some pure liquid dmso and medical tape, and will apply both and report the results. I'll have her take a teaspoon in a glass of distilled water once a week, and also mix 50% dmso and 50% water and apply that to her neck/shoulders/back where the pain is, and then wash those areas after about 30/60 mins and then apply the medical tape for as long as it sticks, and then rinse and repeat, etc. And of course, I'll report on the results.

If you are just dealing with pain or an injury, topical application is the way to go. Don't drink it. Drinking it is for serious detoxing and other internal necessities.

The 70% solution (gel) is for lower body only. 50% or lower for upper body. Though, I DID put the pure 99% on my jaw mixed with an antibiotic when I was having dental problems. In a small area, you can tolerate the irritation to the skin for a short while.

I mix it with pure emu oil for neck and shoulder pain. You want to be REAL careful what you mix it with, though! Pure aloe vera gel or distilled water is about the only things I think I would use for dilution. If you dilute it with some pure water, you can put it on a piece of sterile cotton gauze over the affected area.

As for your grandma, good for her! That's the kind of thing I like to hear!

I'll say it again: no home should be without this stuff and some kinesiology tape at all times!

 

[Niall]

The 70% solution (gel) is for lower body only. 50% or lower for upper body. Though, I DID put the pure 99% on my jaw mixed with an antibiotic when I was having dental problems. In a small area, you can tolerate the irritation to the skin for a short while.

I applied the pure solution to a sprained ankle last week and was walking normally again within hours. Everyone around me thought I had made up the story about twisting my ankle :)

Hmph, maybe I should've done a jig and shrieked "Hallelujah, it's a miracle!"

 

[ScioAgapeOmnis]

If you are just dealing with pain or an injury, topical application is the way to go. Don't drink it. Drinking it is for serious detoxing and other internal necessities.

Got it. We'll wait till we're ready to detox before drinking.

I mix it with pure emu oil for neck and shoulder pain. You want to be REAL careful what you mix it with, though! Pure aloe vera gel or distilled water is about the only things I think I would use for dilution. If you dilute it with some pure water, you can put it on a piece of sterile cotton gauze over the affected area.

Thanks, I was wondering how to apply it when it's so liquidy, and the gauze method sounds like the way to go. Is mixing with emu oil different from "diluting"? I'm thinking that a gel or oil would work better for topical application since you can use your hands to apply it, and you can put it on like a lotion. For some reason I have it in my head that rubbing something into the skin will make it seep into the pores better, although that's probably not as important with DMSO since it is known for penetrating the skin with ease.

I'll say it again: no home should be without this stuff and some kinesiology tape at all times!

Absolutely! Imagine if this stuff was taught in high school health classes for everybody in the world - together with the dietary knowledge available on this forum. It would bankrupt the medical/pharmaceutical industry within a generation!

 

[1984]

I'm thinking that a gel or oil would work better for topical application since you can use your hands to apply it, and you can put it on like a lotion. For some reason I have it in my head that rubbing something into the skin will make it seep into the pores better, although that's probably not as important with DMSO since it is known for penetrating the skin with ease.

The book suggests not rubbing it in, rather just apply it and then the wrap with gauze. I use both liquid and gel (with aloe vera), but the gel works better for me if I need to apply it to my feet or my back. As Laura has mentioned before, be careful if you accidentally drop some on items that are wood, etc. It is a solvent, after all. I spilled some in my sink and the sink cleaned up rather nicely! :)

 

[herondancer]

More DMSO miracles.

I've been mixing about a 1/4 tsp (1.25 ml?) with some emu oil and using on my face before going to bed. It seems to act like a light face peel. The improvement has been amazing. Much better texture, smaller pores and some fine wrinkles are much less. Test carefully though. If you have sensitive skin (I don't) you may want to do this only a couple of times a week.

I've had bad skin most of my life thanks to the standard "healthy" diet, with the emotional baggage that goes with that, so this is really wonderful. The Cass diet had the most to do with it for sure, but the DSMO seems to have done the last little trick.

Wonderful stuff!

 

[EGVG]

More DMSO miracles.

I've been mixing about a 1/4 tsp (1.25 ml?) with some emu oil and using on my face before going to bed. It seems to act like a light face peel. The improvement has been amazing. Much better texture, smaller pores and some fine wrinkles are much less. Test carefully though. If you have sensitive skin (I don't) you may want to do this only a couple of times a week.

I've had bad skin most of my life thanks to the standard "healthy" diet, with the emotional baggage that goes with that, so this is really wonderful. The Cass diet had the most to do with it for sure, but the DSMO seems to have done the last little trick.

Wonderful stuff!

Wow that awesome!!! Be carefull in giving enough time to your skin cells to regenerate, use calendula tea has toner it works miracles, gets rid of the puffiness and gives your skin the ultimate glow!!!

EDU

 

[Aliana]

More DMSO miracles.

I've been mixing about a 1/4 tsp (1.25 ml?) with some emu oil and using on my face before going to bed. It seems to act like a light face peel. The improvement has been amazing. Much better texture, smaller pores and some fine wrinkles are much less. Test carefully though. If you have sensitive skin (I don't) you may want to do this only a couple of times a week.

I've had bad skin most of my life thanks to the standard "healthy" diet, with the emotional baggage that goes with that, so this is really wonderful. The Cass diet had the most to do with it for sure, but the DSMO seems to have done the last little trick.

Wonderful stuff!

That sounds amazing - thank you for posting! I have a lot of brown spots (very fair skin) that showed up during mid-life. I have tried every "safe" non-chemical remedy I could think of, short of going to a dermatologist - because I was more afraid of their treatment than the spots! However, in trying to discontinue using makeup with toxic ingredients, it is harder and harder to cover them. So - I have been wondering if DMSO used with something else might work. The only problem is that i have not found anything that might get rid of the spots that is non-toxic and that i would feel safe using with DMSO.

At any rate - I felt a bit vain, for even thinking about it - considering all the things I should be paying attention to...but well..it still annoys the heck out of me!!! I may try the DMSO with the emu oil - also wonder about using Vitamin E oil or Argan instead.

 

[herondancer]

Wow that awesome!!! Be carefull in giving enough time to your skin cells to regenerate, use calendula tea has toner it works miracles, gets rid of the puffiness and gives your skin the ultimate glow!!!

EDU

Thanks for the tip. I did find after a while that it was better to back off to every other day. The skin was starting to peel a little, like a very light sunburn. :/ Calendula tea is on the list for the next trip to the health food store.

That sounds amazing - thank you for posting! I have a lot of brown spots (very fair skin) that showed up during mid-life. I have tried every "safe" non-chemical remedy I could think of, short of going to a dermatologist - because I was more afraid of their treatment than the spots! However, in trying to discontinue using makeup with toxic ingredients, it is harder and harder to cover them. So - I have been wondering if DMSO used with something else might work. The only problem is that i have not found anything that might get rid of the spots that is non-toxic and that i would feel safe using with DMSO.

At any rate - I felt a bit vain, for even thinking about it - considering all the things I should be paying attention to...but well..it still annoys the heck out of me!!! I may try the DMSO with the emu oil - also wonder about using Vitamin E oil or Argan instead.

They both sound like great ideas. The rule of thumb seems to be not to mix DMSO with anything you wouldn't want to ingest, as DMSO enhances the absorption of whatever it is mixed with. Argon oil probably doesn't taste very good, but I don't think it would hurt you. As for the brown spots, aren't they an imbalance of the expression of melanin in the skin? There may be some diet things you could do to balance that. After all, folklore calls them "liver spots".

Herondancer

 

[Infiniteness]

Ive just ordered a bottle of "Undiluted DMSO (99.9%) 16 FL.OZ." from dmso.net. For now I will also use it for my eyes, will report progress.

 

[Gaby]

While reviewing DMSO studies, I found the following related to sinusitis and nasal polyps:

Excellent results were obtained in six of the seven cases with acute sinusitis
and good results in the other. In the second subgroup of five patients, one
patient was considered to have had an excellent result and two, good results.
In this series, DMSO was not applied to the mucous membrane but only to
the over-lying skin. In all patients within one-half hour there was decreased
nasal congestion and the onset of a profuse nasal discharge. In nine of the
twelve cases the discharge was purulent, which indicated effective drainage
of the infected sinus cavities.

The response in one patient was particularly impressive. This 52-year-old
female had had recurrent nasal polyps and in an attempt to treat this entity
she had been subjected to many polypectomies, which all proved to be unsuc-
cessful. In desperation, she was subjected to a course of radiation therapy, but
again this was unsuccessful. Following topical DMSO therapy, using the
patient’s own words, “DMSO had done more” for this recurring condition
than any other type of therapy previously tried. A few minutes after DMSO
was applied to the patient, a large volume of purulent material drained from
the nose and relief of congestion occurred.

The above results were obtained by applying DMSO to the skin of the
face only. It would have been interesting to observe the therapeutic effect of
DMSO applied to the nasal mucous membrane itself.

FWIW.

 

[Guardian]

Somebody really needs to invent Athletic Tape soaked in DMSO.

 

[Ollie]

While reviewing DMSO studies, I found the following related to sinusitis and nasal polyps:

If only I'd heard of DMSO 30 yrs ago before the surgeon wrecked both of my nasal passages by burning out all the nasal polyps!!! :)

 

[ScioAgapeOmnis]

Somebody really needs to invent Athletic Tape soaked in DMSO.

Also it should be edible - pre-fried with bacon fat and infused with Vitamin C, D, and Magnesium, and some probiotics. Can be used topically or eaten.

 

[Gaby]

The next study is also fascinating.

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE IN THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL PATIENTS
Eduardo Ramirez

Annals New York Academy of Sciences

Summary

Preliminary results on 42 severely disturbed psychiatric patients showed
DMSO to have antipsychotic and antianxiety properties. It produces emotion-
al calm followed by relief of some psychotic and severe neurotic symptoms.
The action of the drug differs from that of the so-called tranquilizers mainly in
that it does not produce major sedation or central depressant action. On the
contrary, DMSO produces some mild stimulant effect that makes patients
more alert, sociable, and acceptable for psychotherapy and occupational
therapy. It does not produce muscle relaxation, autonomic changes or ex-
trapyramidal symptoms. DMSO seems to be useful in the treatment of
patients with the following diagnoses: (1) overexcited states (acute schizo-
phrenic reactions, manic phase of the manic-depressive psychoses, alcoholic
phychoses, symptomatic psychoses) ; (2) some symptoms of the chronic
psychoses (autism, stereotypia, negativism, abnormal behavior or the hebe-
phrenic states) ; (3) severe neuroses (anxiety reactions, obsessives). Tolerance
to the drug was judged good in all the treated patients by clinical and
laboratory controls. Inpatient treatment at hospital was shorter for the acute
patients treated with DMSO, as compared with a similar control group
treated with conventional therapy.

[...]

Schizophrenic Patients

The 14 acute patients responded better to this form of treatment than the
chronic patients. In these acute patients the most noticeable effect was the
amelioration of the agitation state; the state began to decrease from the very
first few doses, and this was particularly true with the six catatonic-paranoid
patients who entered the hospital in a great state of agitation. In the eight
paranoiacs, the improvement was better at the conduct level, that is in connec-
tion with symptoms of distrust and seclusion, except in the case of an agitated
woman, whose psychomotor agitation improved first. After that, an improve-
ment was noted in the other psychotic symptoms. In succession, the ego
conscience disturbances, hallucinations, stereotypia and paranoid ideas of
harm and persecution were the symptoms more favorably affected by the drug.
The 14 patients were discharged from the hospital within 45 days. Of this
group three had achieved complete recovery 15 days after they entered the
hospital. One of them said: “I have been out of my mind. I dont know what
happened to me. I wonder what my children are going to say.” The psychoses
of the 11 remaining patients receded in a longer period.

As for the 11 chronic cases, the seven very deteriorated patients showed
cessation of the agitation state and also a favorable change in conduct. As a
matter of fact, a rapid decrease in restlessness and autism was noted. As the
doses were being increased, distrust, seclusion, negative attitudes and lack of
communication, as well as stereotypia decreased in both intensity and fre-
quency. This improvement was specially noted in a patient who had been
suffering from his disease for 14 years: two weeks after the treatment started,
be became approachable and began to talk, giving clear answers about his
background and, generally speaking, showing a recovery in alertness, as
opposed to the lack of mental coordination he had displayed during the
preceding 14 years. At present, he keeps himself busy as a typist in the ward,
and apparently he has been able to maintain his manual and intellectual
capacity. The same could be said about his proper social behavior. Before
treatment began, the patient used to eat directly from the dishes, using no
cutlery and spilling the food on his clothes. He himself decided to use forks,
spoons, etc. In addition, he is now a neat and tidy man.

The remaining six chronic patients also improved so far as conduct is
concerned. This was especially true of two who, due to the cessation of the
previous treatment 10 days in advance of the DMSO test, became aggressive
and had to be commited to strict seclusion for a number of days. The improve-
ment of these patients made them capable of doing some occupational therapy
later on. None of these patients was discharged from the hospital. The im-
provement achieved during the first two weeks of treatment did not increase
although DMSO treatment was uninterrupted for two to six months.
The four long-term chronic schizophrenics, hospitalized for acute episodes,
showed a complete remission and were discharged from the hospital. They
responded faster to DMSO treatment than to conventional therapy. Their
mean hospitalization time was shorter with DMSO treatment as compared
with similar previous acute episodes of these patients or with other similar
chronic schizophrenics treated as inpatients with conventional therapy.

All the above could encourage us to remark that out of the 25 schizophrenic
patients, the 14 acute and four chronic cases did reach complete remission and
were discharged from the hospital. The remaining seven chronic cases showed
decrease of the agitation episodes and were able to cooperate to the extent
of making occupational therapy possible.

Patients Suffering fmm Manic-Depressive Psychoses

Following the trend of the cases described thus far, the four patients
diagnosed as manic-depressive psychotics showed a remarkable improvement
with regard to the agitation state. Gradually they became more tranquil, at
the same time decreasing their verbosity and megalomaniac ideas. Under
DMSO treatment, the manic phase became shorter and less intense than the
previous episodes manifested by the same patients.

Patients with Alcoholic Psychoses

These four patients showed a noticeable improvement from the beginning
of treatment. In fact, restlessness decreased after the first few days, in spite of
the fact that hallucinations remained, specially in both cases suffering from
alcoholic hallucinosis; later on, these symptoms decreased in intensity and
frequency, until they completely disappeared.

Patients Suffering from Anxiety States

The anxiety states, associated with bioneuroses and psychoneuroses also
benefited from the drug. Doses from one to two vials a day caused decrease in
the anxiety symptoms, which are so characteristic of those states. This was
particularly true so far as obsessive-compulsive patients were concerned.
Patients said that they felt calm, that ideas did not upset them as before, that
they were able to overcome their obsessive compulsions and that finally they
were able to act in a more spontaneous way.

Inpatient treatment at hospital was shorter for the 31 acute cases treated
with DMSO than for the 16 acute patients of the control group treated with
conventional therapy, as it is shown in the following figure.

[...]

Complete remission of acute patients and of the chronic schizophrenics
with acute episodes treated with DMSO persists thus far. The first treated
case has shown no relapses for as long as a year after completing treatment.
The last of these patients has only been followed for a period of four months,
without further treatment or relapse. Improvement of the seven chronic
schizophrenic patients-all of them in a very serious condition and with more
than six years as hospital inpatients-lasted from one to four weeks after
completing the initial treatment. When they relapsed and DMSO was re-
sumed, they respond in the same way, and their reaction was equally favor-
able. This fact suggests that DMSO does not produce tolerance.

They used DMSO in 50 and 80 per cent concentrations, diluted in 5 ml of saline solution, intramuscular. Most treatments began with an 80 per cent vial two to three times a day. In the most disturbed cases, they used up to five vials a day. With patients showing mild or less intense symptoms, as was the case with patients suffering from anxiety, only one or two vials a day were used.

All patients stopped their conventional therapy 2 weeks before they started on the DMSO. This study is from the 1960s.