Iodine and Potassium Iodide

[osher]

If my Lugol's is 10mg I + 20mg KI in 1g of liquid, how much percentage is it? 30%?

I've been following advices in this thread, but still need to adjust my routine a bit and i'm waiting for some supplements.

An immediate, strongest effect of iodine supplementation was slowing down my heart's rate, elimination of palpitations, which were very difficult to control with just potassium (chloride). So that's the best i've got for now.

I'm using undiluted Lugol's on my feet on plantar warts, which do not respond well to standard treatment (cryotherapy and acid burning). I was close to have them removed surgically, but we will see if there's improvement with both internal and external iodine treatment. Maybe i'll try mixing Lugol's with DMSO for external use.

Thank you for all the research and support.

 

[T.C.]

One thing that has happened though, which I'd like people's take on. Is it at all possible that 'activating critters' might actually start off the symptoms of arthritis? I've had a lump come up on the knuckle of one of my fingers. At first, I thought something had bitten me in the night, but it has remained for a week and is painful to the touch or if I knock it on something.

I've looked it up and it looks very much like what they call a Bouchards Node. I'll upload a couple of pics. When it came up on the first day and I thought it was a bite, I put a drop of lugols on in the morning and at night and then another drop the next morning. I haven't put any iodine on since then because the discolouration was a bit awkward in social/work situations.

A Bouchard's node usually develops over a long period of time, after chronic inflammation in the joint.

I think in your case, it might be related to detox reactions. The lesion does resemble some of the bromoderma lesions some people get. Lesions like that usually don't develop with die-off from bugs under other protocols. That makes me think it is related to bromide or any other toxic mobilized by the iodine.

I agree. It looks very similar to the lumps I had, and they were all very close to bones or right around them. Elbow, knee, etc.

So, I found an image of cutaneous lymphatic sporotricosis on a finger, which I will attach. I've looked at the other skin conditions (ioderma, bromoderma, etc.) but it doesn't look as much like them.

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So I've done some searching for links between bromine and fungi and how they might be activated or fed by it and (and maybe this is common knowledge here) I came across this article which briefly mentions how fungi like heavy metals:

_https://rawevolution.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/what-does-hair-loss-iodine-deficiency-and-heavy-metals-have-in-common/

Fungus like organisms, also causes arthritis, in particularly the ligament, joints, and hard collagens, which joins the bones in knees and spinal columns, but fungus and mycoplasma is found to cause hair loss by attacking the hair follies. When the body is high in HEAVY METALS, it becomes a paradise for fungus, mycoplasma and bacteria with fungus abilities. The fungus need food near the heavy metals and the heavy metals protect themselves from hostile antibiotics, so basically antibiotics get destroyed or oxidized in presence of heavy metals. Hmmm, maybe this is the reason why antibiotics doesn’t work!

Remember I thought it started as a bite? So maybe it's as much the Mercury, Aluminium, etc. being chelated that has caused this reaction in me? That I got bit by something and then there were elevated levels of heavy metals in me that helped the fungus take?

Apart from everything I've read in the LWB and Keto threads, together with the info in this thread, this cellular and pathogenic biology is all a foreign language to me. Does it sound like I'm overreacting and looking for data to support a pre-conceived conclusion?

Have you stopped taking the idiodine for a few days, and taken lots of salt water and live support supplements? That's one way to tell, based on my experience at least. If the symptoms disappear within 2 or 3 days, it was detox, most likely. If not, then you might want to check for the fungus connection. It is possible that you "awoke" some critter. But it looks more like bromine detox to me, FWIW. It's not as nasty as the second picture you posted.

Thanks a lot, Chu!

I haven't taken any days off because I (thought I) wasn't having any serious detox symptoms and was still able to function fine. But together with the insatiable hunger (fasting again again today) and what you've written in your reply, I'm going to stop for a few days and see if that makes any difference. And by the time I restart, the tyrosine will have arrived, too.

 

[Laura]

We bought a "thyroid support" supplement since it had tyrosine and stuff in it. Well, it also had nightshades and I had a 3 day bout of fasciatus (sp?) in my feet and something like tennis elbow. Be careful with that sort of thing~!

 

[Goemon_]

If my Lugol's is 10mg I + 20mg KI in 1g of liquid, how much percentage is it? 30%?

I've been following advices in this thread, but still need to adjust my routine a bit and i'm waiting for some supplements.

An immediate, strongest effect of iodine supplementation was slowing down my heart's rate, elimination of palpitations, which were very difficult to control with just potassium (chloride). So that's the best i've got for now.

I'm using undiluted Lugol's on my feet on plantar warts, which do not respond well to standard treatment (cryotherapy and acid burning). I was close to have them removed surgically, but we will see if there's improvement with both internal and external iodine treatment. Maybe i'll try mixing Lugol's with DMSO for external use.

Thank you for all the research and support.

It would be named Lugol's solution 1%.

 

[davey72]

We bought a "thyroid support" supplement since it had tyrosine and stuff in it. Well, it also had nightshades and I had a 3 day bout of fasciatus (sp?) in my feet and something like tennis elbow. Be careful with that sort of thing~!

Please keep us informed as to how well this supplement works and if so what is in it. My mother has thyroid issues and i have been slowly getting her to look at a few things ive sent.

 

[Lilou]

We bought a "thyroid support" supplement since it had tyrosine and stuff in it. Well, it also had nightshades and I had a 3 day bout of fasciatus (sp?) in my feet and something like tennis elbow. Be careful with that sort of thing~!

Please keep us informed as to how well this supplement works and if so what is in it. My mother has thyroid issues and i have been slowly getting her to look at a few things ive sent.

Laura just said she has stopped taking this thyroid support because it contained night shades, which she is highly sensitive to. If your mother is on a prescription for thyroid medicine, it is not advised to combine this with iodine supplementation. She would need to be closely monitored by a doctor who supports the iodine protocol (unfortunately, such doctors are few and far between).

 

[Laura]

We bought a "thyroid support" supplement since it had tyrosine and stuff in it. Well, it also had nightshades and I had a 3 day bout of fasciatus (sp?) in my feet and something like tennis elbow. Be careful with that sort of thing~!

Please keep us informed as to how well this supplement works and if so what is in it. My mother has thyroid issues and i have been slowly getting her to look at a few things ive sent.

Laura just said she has stopped taking this thyroid support because it contained night shades, which she is highly sensitive to. If your mother is on a prescription for thyroid medicine, it is not advised to combine this with iodine supplementation. She would need to be closely monitored by a doctor who supports the iodine protocol (unfortunately, such doctors are few and far between).

Yup. Nightshades are deadly for me and I had to look up the ingredients to find that one of them - some kind of ayurvedic herb - was definitely the culprit. That ayurvedic stuff is no good for me because they rely so much on herbs with anti-nutrients in them. Did you know that goji berries are a nightshade???

 

[Chu]

Yup. Nightshades are deadly for me and I had to look up the ingredients to find that one of them - some kind of ayurvedic herb - was definitely the culprit.

I believe it was ashwagandha:

Withania somnifera, known commonly as ashwagandha, Indian ginseng, poison gooseberry, or winter cherry, is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family. Several other species in the genus Withania are morphologically similar. It is used as a herb in Ayurvedic medicine.

Did you know that goji berries are a nightshade???

No! I guess people need to watch out and check any "berries" that are actually nightshades. Notice one of the other names for Ashwagandha. Double

 

[Siberia]

We bought a "thyroid support" supplement since it had tyrosine and stuff in it. Well, it also had nightshades and I had a 3 day bout of fasciatus (sp?) in my feet and something like tennis elbow. Be careful with that sort of thing~!

Please keep us informed as to how well this supplement works and if so what is in it. My mother has thyroid issues and i have been slowly getting her to look at a few things ive sent.

Laura just said she has stopped taking this thyroid support because it contained night shades, which she is highly sensitive to. If your mother is on a prescription for thyroid medicine, it is not advised to combine this with iodine supplementation. She would need to be closely monitored by a doctor who supports the iodine protocol (unfortunately, such doctors are few and far between).

Yup. Nightshades are deadly for me and I had to look up the ingredients to find that one of them - some kind of ayurvedic herb - was definitely the culprit. That ayurvedic stuff is no good for me because they rely so much on herbs with anti-nutrients in them. Did you know that goji berries are a nightshade???

Thank you for this vital info, Laura. Tomatoes (also nightshades) are totally deadly for me too. As for goji berries, as far as I know, they often cause diarrhea, if consumed in large quantities. That's why many crazy women are using them to try and lose weight.

 

[Keit]

No! I guess people need to watch out and check any "berries" that are actually nightshades. Notice one of the other names for Ashwagandha. Double

Well, now it explains it. I started taking herbal adrenal support mix that includes Ashwagandha because of my low cortisol, but after some time developed persistent headaches. Went to check my blood pressure, and it was a bit high, while I usually have a bit lower than the norm. It normalized after I stopped taking the herbal mix.

 

[Marina9]

The second day I decided maybe to up the dose, so I went for just one drop of 12% Lugol, and I felt the energy but then it went down a lil, at my grocery shopping i started to feel "weird", like with a light head sensation but not really present, it was a funny feeling, then at 8 pm more or less, i was feeling waay too tired, and was watching a movie but I fell asleep for a couple of minutes then woke up super super hungry... (that's something im realizing, im more hungry than usual, oh and also craving chocolate more than usual..) Today i took again just another drop of 12%, followed by energy but then it went down again, my eyes are feeling heavy, and while doing my homework i was also feeling light headed but not really paying attention to what I was doing.. its like ups and downs of energy.

The hunger, disconnection/disassociation and low energy can be signs of bromide detox. So perhaps take a break for a day and/or go back to the 5%?
The chocolate (and coffee/alcohol) cravings can be helped with Tyrosine - it's possible it may help the other symptoms too, as it's needed for creating thyroid hormones.

Thanks RedFox! I think for tomorrow i'll take a break, since tomorrow I have exams at school I don't want to feel all spaced out hehe.. Then as u say it will be good to go back to the 5% till de co factors get here. :)

 

[Foxx]

I'm using undiluted Lugol's on my feet on plantar warts, which do not respond well to standard treatment (cryotherapy and acid burning). I was close to have them removed surgically, but we will see if there's improvement with both internal and external iodine treatment. Maybe i'll try mixing Lugol's with DMSO for external use.

I've been treating a wart on my foot for a few months and have just started using duct tape to see if that'll work, since I haven't been happy with the salicylic acid pads. I've read in a few places that it's supposed to be quite effective and after a week of use, it looks like it may be (but hard to tell yet):

_http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=203979

Results Of the 51 patients completing the study, 26 (51%) were treated with duct tape, and 25 (49%) were treated with cryotherapy. Twenty-two patients (85%) in the duct tape arm vs 15 patients (60%) enrolled in the cryotherapy arm had complete resolution of their warts (P = .05 by χ2 analysis). The majority of warts that responded to either therapy did so within the first month of treatment.

Conclusion Duct tape occlusion therapy was significantly more effective than cryotherapy for treatment of the common wart.

_http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Wart-With-Duct-Tape

 

[luke wilson]

Protocol has been going good. Had a 2 day break at the weekend. Now back to usual. Only thing that has come up is tingling in my left arm that gets more pronounced when I press at a certain point on the arm leading to the sensation towards the top of the arm/right side of the hand. Not sure what it is but never had it before, probably non iodine related, hopefully should clear up soon!

 

[Gaby]

I ask a question about this product Juvamine - JUV065090 - Multi Vitamins Vitamins ACE Zinc Selenium - 45 capsules, erait it good to add and that it would not duplicate selenium already ordered? :
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B002BAZ49O?keywords=selenium qid = 1449474653 = ref_ sr_1_13 sr = 8-13
Thank you for your replies...

The safe selenium range is 100-400 mcg. Ideally you shouldn't take more than 200mcg per day.

Don't overdose with selenium, that will be a very bad thing.

 

[Gaby]

Protocol has been going good. Had a 2 day break at the weekend. Now back to usual. Only thing that has come up is tingling in my left arm that gets more pronounced when I press at a certain point on the arm leading to the sensation towards the top of the arm/right side of the hand. Not sure what it is but never had it before, probably non iodine related, hopefully should clear up soon!

In addition to the salted water, I would take some minerals to see if it helps. Minerals should help with detox symptoms too. I think some of these tinglings could be a mineral deficiency.