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Neem – Everything You Need to Know

https://vitalplan.com/ingredients/neem

By Dr. Bill Rawls

NEEM QUICK FACTS

Common name: Neem
Scientific Name: Azadirachta indica
Other names: Neem tree, nim, nimtree, Indian lilac, margosa, nimba
Family: Meliaceae
Location: Mainly cultivated in the Indian subcontinent
Known for: Bitter taste and antimicrobial properties
Part Used: Stem bark, leaves, and seeds
Fun fact: In addition to being used medicinally, neem sprays make eco-friendly and very effective insecticides and fungicides for use in organic gardens and on house plants.
Good for: Microbial infections, inflammatory conditions of the skin and gut, gut dysbiosis, stomach hyperacidity, detoxification, lung health, and metabolic health
Key Properties & Actions: anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic, antipyretic (lowers fevers), antimalarial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidant, antiamoebic, and a bitter digestive tonic

Summary

Neem is a fast-growing and long-living tree that has earned the title of “village pharmacy” in its native home of India.2 Fully stocked with medicinal value, neem supports healing of a wide variety of acute and chronic ailments but is most well-known for its broad-spectrum and potent antimicrobial properties. Additionally, it is often used for helping relieve gut microbiome imbalances, supporting skin and hair health, and supporting normal blood sugar levels.

What is Neem?

close up view of neem leaves

Bitter neem leaves are the most widely used part of the neem tree, a fast-growing medicinal plant belonging to the mahogany family.

Dubbed the Tree of the 21st Century by the United Nations, the neem tree has become one of the most heavily researched plants in the past few decades due to its potent and wide-ranging medicinal value. It has established itself over centuries as an affordable remedy of choice, especially in developing countries, where up to 80% of people rely on plant medicine as their main source of healthcare.3

This fast-growing evergreen erects a straight trunk as high as 100 feet with a canopy as wide as 65 feet, making it an excellent shade tree in the sunny climates where it prefers to grow.

View of rows of neem trees, with many green leaves growing on mounds in rural Thai agriculture.

A neem tree can grow 100 feet tall and 65 feet wide, making it an excellent shade tree in the hot climates where it grows. Plants in hotter climates often have broad antimicrobial medicinal activity since they must produce more phytochemicals to defend themselves against microbes that flourish in warmer climates.

Green leaves and stem bark are the most commonly used medicinal parts of the neem tree, but it also has blooming white flower clusters that produce a sweet lilac scent that carries for miles. Although not exactly tasty, neem trees also produce edible olive-shaped fruits that turn from green to yellow when ripe, holding one to three seeds inside.

Neem can grow almost anywhere, withstanding temperatures ranging between 40ºF to 120ºF. They routinely grow as old as 200 years and can be found throughout much of Asia, Africa, South America, and even in the warmer regions of Australia and the United States.8

A butterfly enjoying a sweet honey-scented neem flower

A butterfly enjoying a sweet honey-scented neem flower.

Benefits of Neem and How It Works

Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Properties

When it comes to fighting viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi, neem has been used for acute topical and internal infections as well as for combatting longer-lasting, insect-borne infections such as chronic Lyme disease, West Nile virus, chikungunya, and dengue fever.13 Numerous studies have isolated over 400 active chemical compounds found in neem, which helps explain its protective activity against the infections mentioned above as well as candida, salmonella, chlamydia, herpesviruses, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and more.1

Although a group of active compounds in neem called limonoids have been shown to combat malaria-infected cells in mice in one particular study, the overall conclusions are mixed. Other studies found that neem failed to eliminate malaria symptoms. However, new research on a limonoid compound called gedunin is providing hope that different preparations and dosing methods of neem may create more consistent results in combating aspects of this particular disease.14

Balances the Gut Microbiome and Supports Digestion

Neem’s championed antimicrobial properties also help to stabilize gut flora, and it has been used for fighting against gut dysbiosis issues, including small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), intestinal parasites, and candida. Not only does neem support a healthy microbiome by eliminating inflammatory toxins and pathogens, but it also has been studied for its ability to break up intestinal biofilms and reduce hyperacidity, which can help heal and prevent gastric and intestinal ulcers.6 All of these gut health benefits can have positive impacts on the nervous system due to an intimate connection via the gut-brain axis.

Metabolic Support

Neem extract has been used to help lower blood sugar levels in people with metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes. In several human studies, neem, given as an adjunct to diabetic medications such as metformin, showed enhanced results compared to using the medications alone. Not only did the combination lower blood sugar levels, but it also reduced hemoglobin A1C levels (a better measure of average long-term blood sugar levels) as well as improved the blood triglyceride and cholesterol profile.15,16,17

Detoxifies the Body

Ayurveda, one of the primary traditional medical systems of India, suggests that ama (natural toxins that accumulate in the body as a result of environmental, dietary, and lifestyle choices) is the main source of most disease-causing imbalances outside of infection — and neem is at the top of the list of ama-detoxifying plants.

Modern science agrees with labeling neem a toxin-purifying herb, and one of its phytochemical compounds called nimbin leads the way in providing antiseptic and antifungal effects.4 Neem clears toxicity from the body, specifically by dilating blood vessels (which promotes the removal of waste), regulating bile production, and reducing inflammation associated with chronic and acute infections. Eliminating toxins from the body can create a host of benefits, including boosted immunity and energy.

Supports Skin Health

Neem’s claim to fame in the modern world has been due, in large part, to its beauty-enhancing effects on the skin. Inflammation, poor detoxification, and microbiome imbalances in the body can manifest through the skin in the form of acne, redness, irritation, rashes, and decreased wound healing. Neem’s antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, used both topically and internally, have been found to help clear and heal wounds and other skin irritations.7

Promotes Hair Health

Along with our skin, hair also reflects our identity and health, and if you have problems with either, neem oil (pressed from neem seeds) doesn’t disappoint. One important compound in neem called azadirachtin12 has insecticidal properties powerful enough to thwart parasites like lice13 and antifungal actions that prevent the buildup of fungi on the scalp that often causes dandruff.11

In Ayurveda, where neem has been used for hair health for centuries, hair loss is considered to be caused by what is referred to as “excess heat trapped in the head,” which can lead to thinning, flaking, itchiness, and drying of the scalp. Neem’s cooling property quells and reduces “trapped heat,” while neem oil lubricates follicles, boosts blood flow to the head, and nourishes the scalp with essential nutrients needed for lively locks.

Enhances Oral Hygiene

Neem’s antibacterial properties make it a perfect herb to combat unhealthy bacteria in the mouth. One study shows that neem’s antiseptic action protects teeth and gums against plaque-induced gingivitis, proving to be equally as effective as oral disinfectants like chlorhexidine, a germicidal drug often used in medicated mouthwashes for gingivitis.9 Indeed, in many countries where neem plants flourish, the twigs themselves are used as a sort of rudimentary toothbrush to keep teeth and gums healthy and mouth microbes in check.7

Supports the Respiratory Tract

A study published by the International Journal of Molecular Medicine found neem leaf extract significantly reduced inflammation caused by cigarette smoke in the lungs of mice, suggesting the potential for neem to assist with symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).10

Medicinal neem leaves with fruits close up

Ripened neem fruits hold one to three seeds, which have reportedly been used historically as a natural birth control method. This is one reason that use of neem is not advised for pregnant women or women planning to become pregnant.
History & Traditional Use

While neem is best known for its use as an Ayurvedic herb, the revered tree has even deeper roots in the oldest of the three main Indian medical systems known as Siddha medicine, dating as far back as 10,000 B.C. to 4,000 B.C in South Indian Tamil culture.

In some of its earliest usage, neem flowers were used to prevent bile disorders, and the neem leaf was used to relieve symptomatic ulcers. Neem bark, on the other hand, was used in central nervous system-related disorders.

Many of these ancient claims are supported by today’s science, too. For example, anxiety has been shown to be improved by neem without causing impaired motor function — a common side effect often experienced while taking some anti-anxiety medications.11

wooden bowl of neem leaf powder with pile of leaves behind

Neem leaf powder is most often used topically for skin, hair, and dental health.

How to Use and Dosing

Just as there are multiple ways neem benefits the body, there are a variety of forms of delivery using different parts of the neem tree.

For Internal Use

As a Supplement: Neem is often taken as a whole-herb powder, powdered extract, or tincture. Dosing always depends on the product quality, preparation method, and the individual using it, but here are some generally recommended serving sizes for reference. For products made from the powder of the whole leaf, general dosage recommendations are typically in the range of 500 to 1000 mg, 1-2 times daily. For powdered leaf extracts, 150 to 250 mg, 1-2 times daily. For a neem leaf tincture, 0.5 to 1 mL, 1-3 times daily.

Neem works well with other antimicrobial herbs such as houttuynia, cryptolepis, Chinese salvia, prickly ash, andrographis, cat’s claw, and Japanese knotweed.

As Herbal Tea: Drinking neem tea isn’t typically the most preferred method of consuming neem due to its bitter nature. The bitterness is due to many of its antimicrobial compounds, but thankfully there are ways to dress it up for your enjoyment if you want to take it as a tea.

Adding citrus, ginger, mint, berries, cinnamon, or a pinch of a sweetener of your choice to your neem tea can help offset its astringency. Keep it simple, and start light by combining a small amount of whole neem leaves or neem powder with one or two of the above options until you find the winning combo.

For External Use

As a Powder: Calm red and inflamed skin by adding neem powder to a hot bath for a medicinal soak.

Neem Ayurvedic Oil with Mortar and Pestle

Neem oil is pressed from the seeds of neem fruits and can tame acne and inflammation in the skin and also decrease dandruff.

Neem Oil for Smooth Skin: A few drops of neem oil applied to the face (and larger amounts as needed for the body) 20-30 minutes before showering can improve skin moisture and reduce acne.

Neem Oil for Healthy Hair: To relieve dandruff or simply nourish your hair, rub neem oil into the scalp using the pads of your fingertips to avoid scraping your skin with your nails. Let the oil soak in for up to an hour before washing it out with shampoo.

Interactions

Because neem has been shown to reduce blood glucose, people with diabetes or anyone on blood sugar-lowering medications should work with their healthcare provider before taking neem internally.12

Always check with your healthcare practitioner before use if you are taking medications. For more general education on potential interactions between herbs and medications, check out Dr. Bill Rawls’ article: Is it Safe to Take Herbs with My Medications?

Precautions & Side Effects

Do not use neem internally if you are pregnant or trying to conceive. As neem is such a potent herb, it’s typically best used at lower doses in combination with other balancing herbs. Traditional use suggests it’s best to avoid taking large doses of neem for an extended time, especially for those with a tendency toward having cold, dry constitutions.

Disclaimer

This information is intended only as general education and should not be substituted for professional medical advice. Any mentioned general dosage options, safety notices, or possible interactions with prescription drugs are for educational purposes only and must be considered in the context of each individual’s health situation. Use this information only as a reference in conjunction with the guidance of a qualified healthcare practitioner.

Want to See the Science? Check Out Our References Below.

1. Kharwar RN, Sharma VK, Mishra A, et al. Harnessing the phytotherapeutic treasure troves of the ancient medicinal plant azadirachta indica (neem) and associated endophytic microorganisms. Planta Medica. 2020;86(13/14):906-940. doi: 10.1055/a-1107-9370
2. Gupta SC, Prasad S, Tyagi AK, Kunnumakkara AB, Aggarwal BB. Neem (azadirachta indica): An Indian traditional panacea with modern molecular basis. Phytomedicine. 2017;34:14-20. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2017.07.001
3. Kumar VS, Navaratnam V. Neem (Azadirachta indica): Prehistory to Contemporary Medicinal Uses to Humankind. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2013;3(7):505-514. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60105-7
4. Islas JF, Acosta E, G-Buentello Z, et al. An overview of neem (Azadirachta indica) and its potential impact on health. Journal of Functional Foods. 2020;74:104171. doi: 10.1016/j.jff.2020.104171
5. Sarkar L, Oko L, Gupta S, et al. Azadirachta indica A. Juss bark extract and its nimbin isomers restrict β-coronaviral infection and replication. Virology. 2022;569:13-28. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2022.01.002
6. Harjai K, Bala A, Gupta RK, Sharma R. Leaf extract of Azadirachta indica (neem): a potential antibiofilm agent for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pathog Dis. 2013;69(1):62-65. doi: 10.1111/2049-632X.12050
7. Alzohairy MA. Therapeutics Role of Azadirachta indica (Neem) and Their Active Constituents in Diseases Prevention and Treatment. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016;2016:7382506. doi: 10.1155/2016/7382506
8. Abdel-Ghaffar F, Al-Quraishy S, Al-Rasheid KA, Mehlhorn H. Efficacy of a Single Treatment of Head Lice with a Neem Seed Extract: An In Vivo and In Vitro Study on Nits and Motile Stages. Parasitol Res. 2012;110(1):277-280. doi: 10.1007/s00436-011-2484-3
9. Chatterjee A, Saluja M, Singh N, Kandwal A. To Evaluate the Antigingivitis and Antiplaque Effect of an Azadirachta indica (Neem) Mouthrinse on Plaque Induced Gingivitis: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. J Indian Soc Periodontol. 2011;15(4):398-401. doi: 10.4103/0972-124X.9257
10. Lee JW, Ryu HW, Park SY, et al. Protective effects of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) leaf extract against cigarette smoke- and lipopolysaccharide-induced pulmonary inflammation. Int J Mol Med. 2017;40(6):1932-1940. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2017.3178
11. Thaxter KA, Young LE, Young RE, Parshad O, Addae J. An extract of neem leaves reduces anxiety without causing motor side effects in an experimental model. West Indian Med J. 2010;59(3):245-248. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21291100/
12. Pingali U, Ali MA, Gundagani S, Nutalapati C. Evaluation of the Effect of an Aqueous Extract of Azadirachta indica (Neem) Leaves and Twigs on Glycemic Control, Endothelial Dysfunction and Systemic Inflammation in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2020;13:4401-4412. Published 2020 Nov 17. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S274378
13. Parida MM, Upadhyay C, Pandya G, Jana AM. Inhibitory potential of neem (Azadirachta indica Juss) leaves on dengue virus type-2 replication. J Ethnopharmacol. 2002;79(2):273-278. doi: 10.1016/s0378-8741(01)00395-
14. ​​MacKinnon S, Durst T, Arnason JT, et al. Antimalarial activity of tropical Meliaceae extracts and gedunin derivatives. J Nat Prod. 1997;60(4):336-341. doi: 10.1021/np9605394
15. Waheed A, Miana GA, Ahmad SI. Clinical investigation of hypoglycemic effect of seeds of Azadirachta-inidca in type-2 (NIDDM) diabetes mellitus. Pak J Pharm Sci. 2006;19(4):322-325. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17105712/
16. Patil SM, Shirahatti PS, Ramu R. Azadirachta indica A. Juss (neem) against diabetes mellitus: a critical review on its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology [published online ahead of print, 2021 Sep 25]. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2021;rgab098. doi: 10.1093/jpp/rgab098
17. Pingali U, Ali MA, Gundagani S, Nutalapati C. Evaluation of the Effect of an Aqueous Extract of Azadirachta indica (Neem) Leaves and Twigs on Glycemic Control, Endothelial Dysfunction and Systemic Inflammation in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2020;13:4401-4412. Published 2020 Nov 17. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S274378

*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Always consult your qualified healthcare provider before beginning any diet or program.

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Detoxing, Gut Health, Herbs, Inflammation, Treatment

Parents Guilty Until Proven Innocent

I include the following information for ALL parents, grandparents, and family; however, Lyme/MSIDS patients and parents are at an increased risk for this type of medical abduction through the Child Protective Services due to the controversial nature of the disease as well as its effects upon the brain and mental health.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-state-can-abduct-children-through-cps-medical-kidnapping-rep-tammy-nichols  28 Min Video Interview Here

The State Can Abduct Children Through CPS ‘Medical Kidnapping’: Rep. Tammy Nichols

JOSHUA PHILIPP

A recent case in Idaho is raising alarms over the government’s ability to take children from parents using what’s being called “medicalkidnapping” by Child Protective Services (CPS). State Rep. Tammy Nichols, a Republican, says that it contains possible legal issues since normal protections under the law are being reversed.

Nichols said, “You know, that’s what we are finding is that when these cases happen, the guilt rests upon the parents to be able to prove themselves innocent.”

The topic is also gathering deeper controversy amid pushes for COVID-19 vaccine mandates on children.

Nichols notes that, “this is becoming a problem. And we’re not only seeing it happening here in the state of Idaho, it’s happening all over.”

For more:

BTW: it isn’t just happening to children.

The COVID debacle has allowed hospitals to medically kidnap people.

Hospitalized patients are forced on to the “Fauci death protocol”against their will, often resulting in death.

The CARES Act, provides hospitals with bonus incentive payments for all things related to COVID-19 (testing, diagnosing, admitting to hospital, use of remdesivir and ventilators, reporting COVID-19 deaths, and vaccinations) and waivers of customary and long-standing patient rights by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are the reasons patients are virtual prisoners in the hospital.  They have no choice, no say, and are barbarically isolated from family members. They are only allowed “FDA approved” COVID treatments which are dangerous, ineffective, and expensive.

Creating a “National Pandemic Emergency” provided justification for such sweeping actions that override individual physician medical decision-making and patient rights.

Just so you know the abuse of power is happening right here in Wisconsin:  

This professor (and there’s plenty more just like him) feels that parental rights come from the State:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/10/12/parental-rights-come-from-the-state-says-law-professor-james-dwyer/

To learn more:  https://parentalrights.org/get_involved/

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Another COVID Revelation: Snake Venom Poisoning

**UPDATE April 14, 2022**

In this most current video, Dr. Ardis answers questions after revealing his belief that COVID is actually caused by snake venom, such as:

  • Why are children hardly affected?
    • answer: high levels of melatonin are largely protective against snake venom
  • Why are people losing their hair?
    • Those bitten by snakes also lose their hair.
  • What about pets drinking tap water?
    • answer: water is already diluting the toxin, as well as animals may have enzymes that are protective
  • What about the issue of shedding?
    • Snakes actually can propel venom through the air. People with the toxin are going to also expel it through sweating, waste elimination, and coughing, sneezing, etc.  Women also expel toxins through menstruation and breast feeding.
  • If your body is injected with the spike protein, (i.e. COVID shots), identified in France in 2020 as being most like cobra or krait toxin, and rabies virus, your body is now manufacturing this toxic genetic sequence in your body forever – enter “long-term “covid.”  Snake toxin ends up shredding mammalian tissue – causing hemorrhaging, strokes, aneurysms, prion disease, miscarriages, they very things being seen.
  • What about natural immunity?
    • Notice people continue to get “Covid.” Even if this was just a “virus,” like the common cold – people continue to get sick.  Regarding venom, you can also continue to be poisoned and get sick.  There are some doctors; however, who believe you can be exposed repeatedly at low doses and develop a level of immunity (kind of like allergy treatments – LDA/LDI, etc.)
      • A 2021 Italian study found that those testing positive for Covid also had 36 different animal venom peptides, whereas the control group, testing negative, did not have a single one.
      • Further, each type of venom can be isolated and manufactured in a lab. They each target a different human organ which explains the Covid “comorbidity” issue.
  • Why do ivermectin, HCQ, cysticercoids, antimalarials, and zinc work?
    • All of these are protective against snake venom.  NAC and aspirin also help.
    • Nurses are coming forward stating this all makes sense to them now as they are treating patients.
    • Interestingly, only HCQ is listed as an antagonist against remdesivir (can not be adminsitered with it). Ardis believes this is why it has been completely banned and why he prefers HCQ.  HCQ and anti-malarials have been proven for a 100 years to block venom poisoning.  Go here for Ardis on effective treatments.
  • What about our water?
    • The CDC and everywhere else globally has been monitoring our water for Covid. Never has there been any mention of filtering it out.  Waste water becomes drinking water.
    • While Ardis can not prove they’ve put it into the water, he is suspicious as he doesn’t trust the CDC, as well as the fact they are monitoring it, and predicting future outbreaks from it. A rat study shows that drinking envenomed water produces the same results as being bitten.
      • Health Ranger, Mike Adams, states venom can easily be put into the water supply through nano carriers that are stabilized to cause the venom to persist.  He also points out that the UK company Venomtech which has a massive venom peptide and venom fragment library to be used by Big Pharma as well as pesticides for agriculture.  He did an interview with someone who claims chlorine dioxide will neutralize water and nullify any snake venom in it.  Please see this study showing CLO2’s affects as an antimicrobial agent.  It determined that daily ingestion of 500ml CLO2 having a concentration of 5ppm is safely tolerated [23]. This is not intended as advice for medical treatment.
  • While Dr. Malone is often given credit for creation of the mRNA “vaccines”, it’s actually University Pennsylvania Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman who are the creators.  They state in a NIH & NIAID funded 2009 study: “A likely contributing factor to the enhanced translation observed with modification is an increase in biological stability of the mRNAs.  Indeed, higher resistance to hydrolysis by phosphodiesterases from snake venom and spleen has been reported when uridine was replaced with in dinucleotide substates.”
  • Then the two authors of the study have formed a small biotech company that receives funding from the NIH to explore the use of nucleoside-modified mRNA for gene therapy.
  • A 2012 study which found the unusual stability of messenger RNA in venom to conduct, for the first time, quantitative PCR to characterize the dynamics of gene expression of newly synthesized (not natural) venom proteins following venom depletion.  The authors are shocked to learn that venom stored since 1984 is able to stabilize mRNA.  So this means snake venom is the preservative/stabilizing agent of mRNA products.
  • Further, a 2014 study showed they could make it even more stable by wrapping it in a nanoparticle hydrogel.  Then they combined this with Dynabeads.
  • PCR has never been used for testing viruses until Covid.  PCR is, however, used to magnify the gene sequences of snake venom.  Also mentioned in the study is the fact “mRNA encoding snake venom metalloproteinase (which depletes your cells of metals like zinc & copper – which can cause strokes, hemorrhaging, & inability to breathe), serine protease, C-type lectin, Kunitz inhibitor, protein disulphide isomerase and QKW inhibitory peptide was PCR amplified from B. arientans venom which was extracted and lyophilised in 1984.”
  • The ‘powers that be’ are censoring and banning NAC, glutathione, cysteine, and vitamin C because they work against venom phosphodiesterase (and Covid).
  • Peter Hotez and microbiologist Maria Bottazzi of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center, are up for a Nobel Prize & credited with the discovery of Corbevax (aka Cobra vaccine) a low cost, patent-free “coronavirus” “vaccine.”  The only problem is Biological E. Limited from India actually created it and got EUA for use in Feb. 2022 in 12-18 year olds in India, but it had already received EUA for adults since Dec. 28, 2019.  What else does Biological E produce?  You got it, Cobra (Naja Naja) anti-venom, as well as for common krait venom, Russell’s viper venom, and Saw scaled viper venom. 
  • Moderna co-founder is using mRNA technology to treat venomous snakebites.
  • Medical professionals are trained to look for snake venom poisoning when they see elevated d-dimer tests. 
    • Dr. Hoff has already shown that those getting Covid shots have elevated d-dimer tests.
    • Embalmers are also finding blood clotting.
    • Chinese cupping has also shown this clotting.
    • All of this causes an increase in heart attacks
    • Interestingly, Dr. Edward Group states that people are being poisoned by having their skin punctured with a poison (vaccines). In nature there are poisonous spiders, snakes, bees, mosquitoes, ticks, etc. that puncture the skin and inject us with “poisons.”  All of these natural poisons cause an immune response, a cytokine storm, etc. It’s been known in India and other places that drinking your own urine and applying it topically over the bite causes the body to produce anti-venom/antibodies. This was used successfully in 1993 by a man bitten twice by cobras. He used no modern treatment, only his own urine. Snake charmers keep a bowlful of urine handy in case of snakebite.  Jain monks say that one who drinks urine regularly for 6 months becomes immune to snake poison. Research physicians from sessions from the AHA state, “urokinase” (extracts from urine) activates substances in the bloodstream that dissolve blood clots.  Go here for more info on urine therapy (both internal and external).
  • Again, this is not meant as medical advice. 

This means since 2009, they have been using snake venom properties to CREATE mRNA “vaccines.”

**UPDATE April 13, 2022**

For another take on the snake venom theory, please read this article in The Defender as well as this article by Steve Kirsch.  Both agree with some aspects of Ardis’ claims, but want to meet to discuss things more thoroughly.  Everyone agrees he’s making observations worthy of discussion.

Finally, some open minds willing to listen….this is what science is supposed to be.

https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2022/04/world-premiere-watch-the-water-full-movie/  Video Here (Approx 48 Min)

Revelations on COVID – Snake Venom Poisoning?

Stew Peters interviews Dr. Bryan Ardis, retired chiropractor, who drills down and shows COVID is snake venom poisoning.  I highly, highly recommend viewing the video above, but here’s a bullet-point summary:
  • From the beginning mainstream media told us the original source of COVID came from either pangolins, snakes, or bats.  Every time snake was mentioned, fact checkers continually spun it back to bats, but there’s never been any fact-checking against bats.  [A Chinese scientist] said, ‘This can’t be from these bats. These bats hibernate, and it’s the winter.’
  • When they did genetic sequencing from the antibodies of the 1st people who were sick in Wuhan, they found it to be most like proteins from the King Cobra and Chinese Krait snakes, NOT like bats.
  • The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is also most identical to the Chinese Krait and King Cobra venom.
  • A U of Pittsburgh researcher studying this was going to publish his findings, but he couldn’t because he was found shot to death…..similarly to the German chemist who died a mysterious death after discovering graphene hydroxide in the COVID shots.
  • Anti-venom is monoclonal antibodies, which is why the ‘powers that be’ have bad-mouthed them from the beginning. They stripped them out of Florida and now they’ve totally removed them.  They don’t want patients to have it. Just like they don’t want patients to have HCQ, ivermectin, or NAC.
  • Remdesivir, lyophilized peptides, are king cobra venom proteins.
    • “They mix it in the same preparation as listed on the fact sheet for remdesivir to actually take cobra venom or any other viper venom and inject it into horses to make monoclonal antibodies, (which actually sounds an awful lot like this treatment for Lyme disease). When you read the emergency use authorization for remdesivir, it states that every practitioner who administers this to a COVID patient, pediatric or not, must evaluate for what’s called prothrombin time. If it increases the prothrombin time, it means it’s taking your blood’s ability to coagulate and making it longer, so it thins your blood. You will internally bleed to death.”  ~ Dr. Ardis
    • If you look at the CDC’s & the NIH’s website on the adverse events from remdesivir it actually says it increases prothrombin time which is exactly what king cobra venom does to the human body.
    • When [the University of Arizona] evaluated hundreds of blood samples of people who died, after being treated with remdesivir for COVID, they titled their published article ‘Like Venom Coursing Through the Body: Researchers Identify Mechanism Driving COVID-19 Mortality’.  (it’s an enzyme related to neurotoxins found in rattlesnake venom)
  • These proteins attach to brain receptors that affect your diaphragm, stopping your breathing and destroying your lungs by a cytokine storm.  It also explains why COVID patients have trouble with blurred vision, speaking and swallowing, skeletal muscle weakness, respiratory failure, vomiting, abdominal pain, necrosis, anticoagulation, as well as low blood pressure, rapid heart rate, and weaker pulse – as these are all symptoms of snake bites.
  • When this happens in the hospital, the ‘powers that be’ put you on sedation drugs (morphine, fentanyl, precedex, lorazepam, or midazolam which also work on the same receptors controlling your diaphragm) to put you on a ventilator which will euthanize you by also acting much like snake venom does – by stopping your breathing.  They’ve got the cocktail down pat. The average person DIES on day 9 of this “approved” COVID hospitalization treatment.  Even the corrupt WHO states it’s ineffective against COVID and a NY doctor stated way back in 2020, “We are treating the wrong disease.”  Treating the wrong disease would explain the following quote: “There is a dramatic increase in the number of vascular events, ischemic strokes, and thrombosis, which is likely due to the virus affecting coagulating mechanisms.”  ~ Dr. Pezzini  Source  Sounds exactly like the symptoms of snake bite venom.
  •  Stored Remdesivir is white to a yellowish tint.  Stored snake venom is also this color.
  •  Peptides found in Krait venom – as shown on the TV show “The Black List” – 2016 was predictive programming detailing exactly what’s going down. Corticosteroids and bronchodilators help what this venom does within the body for COVID just like it helped the poisoned character in the TV show.  He was poisoned by drinking the venom…..
  • Speaking of drinking….The CDC has a “waste water surveillance” tab on the COVID data tracker site. They have 400 water testing sites in 37 cities in this country. All of a sudden after testing water from Jan – Sept 2020, they are upping their testing because supposedly WE are pooping and peeing COVID into the water…. and supposedly they can tell the public that when they find high levels there’s going to be an outbreak in 4-5 days in the future…..which of course is just the opposite of what happens in reality.  Once you eliminate COVID from your body, you are on the downhill side of infection.  So how could you know and how could you confirm in the future – an outbreak that is going to happen?  They are using drinking water to target certain populations as well as specific organs like the spleen, pancreas, heart tissue and lung tissue.  They are targeting folks with problems in these organs.
  • The loss of taste and smell is from people drinking laced water….where the toxin then gets into the brain stem and paralyzes your diaphragm and your ability to breathe.  Fauci and ilk lied by stating smokers were being hit by COVID hardest. The truth is smokers were hardly hit at all and in fact nicotine BINDS the receptors the snake venom uses – blocking the venom.  That’s when they came out with the “now is the best time to quit smoking” mantra. They didn’t want anything blocking their venom. Nicotine is protective for COVID because it stops the venom from getting to the receptors.
  • When people suck a snake bite and spit out the venom to remove it – they lose taste and smell…which can last for 12 months- a year and a half, just like COVID patients.
  • There’s an article titled, “Moderna co-founder using mRNA technology to treat venomous snake bites.”He went on to found the company Ophirex in San Francisco that is going to solely work on creating antivenom drugs for snake bites. Ironically, the DOD, the Welcome Trust Fund, and the United Nations FUND this company.
  • Snake bites also cause elevated D-dimers – just like the COVID jabs do.  This indicates the mRNA shots also have snake venom in them which is why people are so fatigued and can have what looks like long COVID. D-dimers, usually at low levels in the body, are a byproduct of fibrinogen. D-dimer levels skyrocket after snake bites AND the COVID jab.
  • The liver is the #1 organ targeted by King Cobra venom. Remdesivir is also liver toxic.  
  • The peptides put in you (whether from snake venom or the jab) worsen over time with each successive snake bite or jab.  This is why they are pushing boosters at all costs.

https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2022/04/like-venom-coursing-through-the-body-remdesivirs-unnerving-resemblances-to-the-toxin-of-a-snake-videos/

“Like Venom Coursing Through The Body” – Remdesivir’s Unnerving Resemblances To The Toxin Of A Snake

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Like most Americans, political commentator, Stew Peters, has watched as the COVID-19 agenda turned into a pandemic surrounded by hysteria. At the same time, there was something interesting taking place. Along with people getting sick with COVID-19, after being admitted to the hospital, it appears the hospitals were hopeless to some degree as many patients would find themselves on ventilators shortly after. And sadly, with no family being allowed around them, some patients ultimately succumbed to COVID-19. Wanting to understand how this could happen, Peters interviewed Dr. Bryan Ardis who had an interesting theory on COVID-19 and snake venom. (See link for article)

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In Latin Coronavirus reads, “The Pope’s Venom”  also “King Cobra venom” pandemic.
 
Ardis believes this is a religious war on the world to get the serpent’s DNA into your God-given DNA to make you a hybrid.
 
Dr. Peter McCullough states autopsies on the vaxxed show the COVID shot’s fingerprints are everywhere including the brain, which is a 1st as no other vaccine has been able to get into the brain.  It’s also been found in the heart, another first for a vaccine, as well as reproductive organs, bone marrow, and lymph nodes.

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Former CDC Director: Bird Flu is the Real Pandemic – C19 Was Just Practice

https://www.activistpost.com/2022/04/former-cdc-director-bird-flu-is-the-real-pandemic-c19-was-just-practice  Video Here (Approx. 3 Min)

Former CDC Director: Bird Flu is the Real Pandemic – C19 Was Just Practice

April 10, 2022

By Ice Age Farmer

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield has stated that Bird Flu will jump to humans and be highly fatal in the coming “Great Pandemic,” for which C19 was a mere warm-up.

“It’s the food they are coming after.”  Ice Age Farmer

Two massive attacks are being perpetrated against our food supply:
  1. a “bird flu” epidemic is sweeping Europe and the US, again fueled by PCR tests, forcing mass depopulation of poultry & “backyard flocks”.  The UK is going door to door killing chickens using “bird flu” as the cover story.
  2. farms contaminated with PFAS are being shut down as it is finally revealed that the “Biosludge” applied to farms (including organic) was the equivalent of salting the Earth to destroy food production. Source

Even as Biden and Trudeau announce food shortages, farmers are being paid to STOP farming. Chickens are now “illegal animals” in more municipalities, requiring a permit, “due to bird flu.” The EU is culling livestock as they run out of animal feed, and the Netherlands is seriously considering a meat tax. — And yet, there is a resurgence of regenerative agriculture and community victory gardens, as people realize it is UP TO US to feed our families going forward!  Source

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Bill Gates promises he’ll make tons of money off his “artificial meat” companies. Just like CEO of Impossible Foods says “It’s game over for meat industry, they don’t even realize it yet.” These people are SO CONFIDENT in the replacement of real meat because they know this is the agenda.

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https://healthimpactnews.com/2022/the-bird-flu-hoax-is-being-recycled-again-to-create-fear-and-more-profits-for-big-pharma/

by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

The “Bird Flu Pandemic” scare has been employed to create fear in the public from time to time and to use as an excuse to attack small-scale poultry farmers who raise their chickens and turkeys outdoors on pasture, rather than in confined huge warehouses that the commercial industry operates.

President George W. Bush was the first one to declare a “Bird Flu Pandemic” back in 2006, with apocalyptic warnings of imminent danger that kicked in massive federal funding to develop a new flu shot that incorporated this new “virus.”

The pandemic never came, but people made a lot of money off of it, and they went after small-scale poultry producers to protect the large commodity poultry operations from competition.

They recycled the dreaded “Bird Flu Pandemic” again in 2015 during the Obama administration, and again began destroying poultry, especially in Iowa, the state that produces the most eggs. This announcement of a “pandemic” allowed them to take certain measures and create fear among the public, but once again, nothing really came of it, other than the fact that some poultry operations lost a lot of money, while the vaccine manufacturers profited.

This was published by the NY Post on May 2, 2015:

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak, saying the entire state was at risk from the spread of the disease.

The announcement, which gives authorities powers to enforce preventative measures, was made soon after state agriculture officials announced four new poultry farms had initially tested positive for the virus.

Iowa, the top egg-producing state in the United States, is the third state to declare a state of emergency because of the viral outbreak, which either has led or will lead to the extermination of up to 21 million chickens and turkeys nationwide.

Minnesota and Wisconsin declared states of emergency in April.

Iowa’s state of emergency is effective immediately now and will be in force until at least the end of May, depending on developments in the outbreak, Branstad told a news conference.

The measure expands the efforts of the state’s emergency response plan, and authorizes various state entities access to additional resources, supplies and equipment to track and contain the influenza outbreak.

It also allows for the removal and disposal of infected animals on either public or private lands and lifts weight restrictions on trucks hauling culled flocks, among other things.

In addition, the action allows the state and local law enforcement to set up checkpoints and road blocks anywhere in the state, including areas outside of quarantined farms. (Source.)

So here we are now in 2022, fresh off the biggest and most successful “pandemic” in the history of the world, COVID-19, which has created tremendous wealth for the pharmaceutical industry while destroying many lives and economies of the working class, with another announced “Bird Flu Pandemic” to create more fear and earn more profits for Big Pharma, and to again target small-scale producers as part of the Great Reset the Globalists are implementing to move as many people as possible off of a meat diet to a plant-based diet all in the name of “saving the planet.”

Former CDC Director under Donald Trump, Robert Redfield, has announced that this new “pandemic,” which has yet to happen, will be far worse than COVID, proving once again that all these “pandemics” are first hatched in the minds of the Globalists and then announced prior to them happening as if they have the gift of prophecy.

But just like COVID, it is all hype and fear with little-to-no substance, and this one is an old one that is being recycled.

With the current way poultry is mass-produced in very crowded and unsanitary conditions, there are for sure real outbreaks of infectious diseases, but whether or not they are “viruses” is very questionable, since the same kind of PCR test is used as the fraudulent COVID-19 PCR tests.

And there is virtually no evidence that an avian flu can be spread to humans. The CDC actually admits this (for now).

Avian influenza (“bird flu”) viruses rarely infect people. Most previous bird flu virus infections in people have occurred following close, prolonged, and unprotected (e.g., no gloves or medical mask) contact with infected birds or environments contaminated by their saliva, mucous or poop.

For any one person, the risk of infection depends on exposure and specifically on how close and how long the exposure is. Even when people have been infected with bird flu viruses there has very rarely been onward spread from one infected person to another person. Detailed public health investigations are used to determine whether person-to-person spread of bird flu virus has occurred. (Source.)

Undoubtedly they will come up with some new “strain” that they will claim can infect people, and use the same bogus PCR test to “prove” this.

Kit Knightly of Off-Guardian has written a nice piece using simple logic to cut through the lies and hype.

Bird Flu: Another phony “pandemic”…this time for chickens

by Kit Knightly 

The bird flu outbreak is not real.

That should be everyone’s starting point – with everything, really – assume the media is lying and wait for them to prove they’re not.

Always doubt the press.

Always.

Especially when the fates seem to converge and every single item in the “news” herds public opinion in the same direction and serves the same agenda

…which bird flu definitely does.

Food shortages. Soaring poverty. Rationing. The cost of living crisis. They’re all part of the Great Reset agenda.

In pursuit of that agenda, over the last two years, they destroyed small businesses and wrecked the economy, they have driven truckers out of work and broken supply lines, they have started a war between two of the biggest exporters of wheat in the world and driven up the price of petrol and natural gas.

Bird flu fits this pattern perfectly. The price of poultry and eggs is set to skyrocket…and just days before Easter.

We know they just faked a pandemic in humans. You think they can’t – or won’t – do the same for chickens?

Now, maybe some of you still have faith in the headlines, maybe you haven’t developed that spidey sense that lets you just know when something is total bollocks. And maybe we should make an argument, lest we fall victim to the “fact-checkers”.

So, let’s talk evidence for a quick minute.

First, let’s talk about how the US government “detects” bird flu outbreaks.

According to an article in the Conversation [emphasis added]:

To detect [avian influenza], the US Department of Agriculture oversees routine testing of flocks done by farmers and carries out federal inspection programs to ensure that eggs and birds are safe and free of virus […] using molecular diagnostics such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests – the same method labs use to detect COVID-19 infections.

The USDA does routine testing of poultry farms using PCR tests.

Remind you of anything?

Second, let’s talk about how world governments are handling the “crisis”.

The mainstream media are reporting a “deadly” bird flu outbreak, The Guardian claims [emphasis added]:

US officials believe nearly 24m poultry birds, mostly chickens and turkeys, have died of flu since virus strain identified in February

All mainstream outlets are taking the same line – reporting million of birds dying of flu.

However, The Conversation article quoted above says [emphasis added]:

As of early April, the outbreak had CAUSED THE CULLING of some 23 million birds from Maine to Wyoming”

And this article in The Scientist claims [again, emphasis added]…

So far this season, tens of millions of birds have died of disease OR BEEN CULLED

So, there is some inconsistency here. Essentially, we don’t know how many died of “bird flu”, or how many were culled with “bird flu”.

Sound familiar?

Now, let’s do some simple math to try and clear up the confusion.

We know the press are reporting roughly 24 million poultry deaths in the US.

We know Wisconsin farmers have culled 2.7 million chickens to “stop the spread”.

And we know Iowa, the USA’s leading producer of eggs, has culled over 13 million chickens.

Well, that’s already 16 million out of our 24 million. Or 67% of the alleged total “killed by the flu” in the US.

So, at least two thirds of the dead birds – and potentially all of them – were killed in culls, and NOT by the flu at all.

And that’s just the US numbers. Other countries are culling too.

France has had two huge culls of poultry, totalling over 11 million birds.

The UK has culled at least 2 million since October, despite detecting just 108 cases by late March.

Governments are killing millions of birds, and these deaths are being blamed on the flu.

To sum up, the backbone of this “bird flu” outbreak is:

  1. Routine testing done using unreliable PCR tests, which can be manipulated to create false-positive results.
  2. Linguistic ambiguity over causes of death, and unreliable reporting of casualty numbers.
  3. Governmental over-reactions which “accidentally” make the problem worse.

…seriously, any of this ringing a bell yet?

Bird flu is just like Covid. The same people, telling the same lies, for the same reasons.

We all know where it goes from here.

Just as with everything else, this will lead to more talk of a food crisis. France is already warning of poultry shortages, and since the US is the worlds biggest exporter of eggs and chicken any disruption there has huge knock effects. The price of eggs and chicken is already going up.

Just as with lockdowns, the bird flu “crisis” will hit small local businesses harder and faster than Big Farma giants (we’re already seeing reports of family farms being destroyed).

They are reporting that free-range birds are more at risk from bird flu (what with being allowed to go outside and live like normal birds), so organic sustainable and ethical farming practices will be hit with new rules that don’t apply to corporate meat factories who treat animals as inanimate objects.

Meanwhile, this will be used to further advance the war on meat, boosting both veganism and backers of lab-grown “meat”.

Inevitably they are already talking about a new bird flu vaccine for people and/or birds. In fact, a UK firm announced a new bird flu vaccine for chicks just three days ago. That’s some well-timed research, great work.

Good luck being an “anti-vaxxer” when they make it law to literally inject all your food with spike proteins or experimental mRNA modifiers or who knows what else.

And, of course, if they ever need it to, the “bird flu” can jump from chickens to humans, and we can have a brand new pandemic, just as the former head of the CDC predicted the other day.

Like I said at the beginning, there is no “bird flu” outbreak, it’s just Covid for chickens. Just more building back better. Just more new normal.

It’s all the Great Reset. That’s all there is these days.

Read the full article at Off-Guardian.org

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/bird-flu-hits-us-hard

Bird Flu Hits US Hard

So far this season, tens of millions of birds have died of disease or been culled, driving up prices of eggs, chicken, and turkey meat.

Natalia Mesa

Apr 8, 2022

In the worst US outbreak of bird flu since 2015, more than 24 million domesticated birds have died of the disease or been killed as of yesterday (April 7) as a highly infectious strain has been making its way through poultry farms and yards, the Associated Press reports. The majority of that tally were culled to try and prevent the spread of the disease, driving up the cost of poultry meat and eggs across the US. NPR reports that so far, the deadly bird flu has spread to at least 24 US states less than two months after the first domestic outbreak was reported in a commercial turkey flock on February 9.  (See link for article)

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bird flu poses little risk to the general public and poultry and eggs remain safe to eat.

So, similarly to COVID, which poses little risk, “Bird flu” also poses little risk and chicken and eggs are fine to eat, but all the chickens must die and nobody can raise them.  Logical.

It took TWO GRUESOME years of immeasurable suffering for Fauci to finally come clean and state what we’ve always known: COVID will always be with us and Americans need to assess their own risk.  It probably didn’t hurt that 72 fully vaxxed and boosted politicians tested positive at a high profile D.C. dinner, which has been dubbed the “Fauci and Friends Superspreader Event,” and that Biden doesn’t even follow CDC recommendations.

The ineffective narrative, like the shot, is waning.
Never forget that the H1N1 vaccine caused brain damage in children.

Important to note: the HHS has suspended actions on violations of HIPAA to the point where employees can report individual workers’ COVID-19 status to other employees, to the police, and to the press.

Thousands and thousands of individual rights have been trampled by the press naming names and giving COVID-19 and vaccination status – and the privacy rights of millions have been violated re: COVID-19 testing and vaccination status for work and school and to attend certain public events, including Fauci & Friends’ gridiron dinner.

For the common person, the loss of privacy rights has meant job loss and the destruction of small businesses.

Yet the press is acting as though they need to protect the identity of their own. (in reference to not disclosing those testing positive at the Fauci and Friends dinner)  Source

Regarding HIPPAA during COVID:Under the Privacy Rule, covered entities may disclose, without a patient’s authorization, protected health information about the patient as necessary to treat the patient or to treat a different patient (emphasis added)A covered entity may share protected health information with a patient’s family members, relatives, friends, or other persons identified by the patient as involved in the patient’s care. A covered entity also may share information about a patient as necessary to identify, locate, and notify family members, guardians, or anyone else responsible for the patient’s care, of the patient’s location, general condition, or death. This may include, where necessary to notify family members and others, the police, the press, or the public at large.

This summer, there will be a workshop on Medical Rights and Informed Consent with a number of important guests contributing. It’s going to be powerfully informative. You can listen to Mary Holland of Children Health Defense and Dr. James Lyons Weiler discuss recent egregious violations of medical rights and informed consent this coming Friday at 5pm on The Pulse, including plans by the WHO to change the age of medical consent to 11 years of age, restricting parents’ rights to have say any over their children’s’ welfare and medical care.

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Treating Bartonella Cleared Most of My Son’s Symptoms of Autism

https://www.lymedisease.org/treating-bartonella-cleared-autism/

Treating Bartonella cleared most of my son’s symptoms of autism

By Debbie Kimberg

April 8, 2022

For years, I had no idea that I was infected with Lyme disease and related illnesses. There was nothing obvious, like pain or chronic fatigue. Instead, my symptoms were mild and crept up on me insidiously over my lifetime: anxiety, social anxiety, irritability, then migraines, thyroiditis, a little neuropathy in my fingertips and arthritis in my knuckles.

Little did I know that I had stealth infections that I would unsuspectingly transmit to my three sons during my pregnancies. This is known as congenital Lyme disease.

My three boys all exhibited very different presentations. When my oldest son was in preschool, he was charming, driven and precocious. But he was also oppositional, had excessive tantrums, trouble with transitions, picky eating, and was hypersensitive to seams in socks and sunlight.

My middle son was your typical child with ADHD. He was your happy-go-lucky kid in constant motion, hopping or running from place to place. In school, he had difficulty concentrating and with executive function. By middle school, he developed anxiety and a few panic attacks. Then in college, he suffered from multiple bouts of severe depression and chronic fatigue.

However, it was my youngest son, Sammy, who got the shortest end of the stick. He had issues from day one. His first year of development was mostly on track, but as the years progressed, he developed autism spectrum disorder (ASD), multiple vocal and movement tics, ADHD, learning disabilities, low reading comprehension, baby talk, age regression, bedwetting, antisocial behavior, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and OCD.

I thought this was just our life. Every family has their problems. Lots of kids have ADHD or ASD. It runs in families, right? My mild issues were under control. I didn’t think there was a single root cause to all of our problems.

Brain on Fire

Then I read Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, by Susannah Cahalan. The author developed an infection that caused severe psychiatric and physical symptoms.

Inspired by the book, I made an appointment with a doctor of functional medicine to evaluate Sammy and give another opinion about his symptoms.  Sammy was 10 years old. After our intake interview, the doctor diagnosed him with Pediatric Acute Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). He had a majority of the symptoms, 29 in all:

  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Vocal tics: squealing, grunting, stammering, throat clearing
  • Movement tics: a neck roll that first appeared at 6 months old, facial grimace, bending, swaying, spinning, hand flapping when excited, running at inappropriate times
  • Baby talk
  • Age regression
  • ASD
  • ADHD
  • Learning disabilities, low reading comprehension
  • Brain fog
  • Anxiety
  • Social anxiety
  • Depression
  • Antisocial (i.e. addicted to electronics, stayed in room, spoke quietly)
  • Bedwetting
  • Dysgraphia
  • Picky eating
  • Dilated eyes
  • Balance issues
  • Gluten and dairy sensitivity

Furthermore, his titers for strep and coxsackie virus were also sky high.

Lyme disease and co-infections

After six months on different antibiotics with little improvement, our doctor ran IGeneX tests on Sammy, his two older brothers, and me, for Lyme disease and co-infections. The results were confusing.

Two boys showed positive for Borrelia burgdorferi; Sammy and I had three indeterminant bands. Sammy was IGG positive for Babesia microti and only my middle son was positive for Bartonella henselae. In time, it was determined that all four of us were positive for the trifecta of tick-borne diseases—Borrelia, Babesia, and Bartonella.

I’ve heard that symptoms of congenital Lyme disease often show in children by age four. This is what we experienced with all three of my boys, though their presentations were vastly different.

An array of treatments–little progress

Once we had the diagnosis of Lyme disease and co-infections, we were optimistic that Sammy would quickly see improvements with treatment. Instead, we found ourselves traversing from doctor to doctor searching for a treatment that would help.

Over a period of five years, Sammy saw ten doctors in all and tried an array of antibiotics, herbals, homeopathics, supplements, and detoxes indicated for Lyme disease or PANS, with little progress.

Because Sammy was slightly better on the treatments versus nothing, we maintained a flicker of hope that eventually we would find a treatment that would work. In some cases, we abandoned certain treatments because his oppositional behavior became intense and untenable.

IVIG

With little progress after five years, we were excited when our neurologist got monthly high dose intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) approved by our insurance company. We had high hopes for the treatment.

The first five days after his initial treatment were tough. Like with many other treatments, Sammy became even more oppositional and impossible to deal with. Then, suddenly, as if a light switch had turned on, everything changed. Sammy became happy, social, and agreeable. His many tics were much better.

And, after years of poor memory, suddenly he could remember things! Like what he ate at his friend’s house for dinner and the names of all the kids who’d been with him. Since Sammy hit his teen years, he rarely spoke and only about a few topics obsessively such as when he was going to eat dairy and gluten again or wanting to play electronics all night. Now, he was much more neurotypical!

But the improvements were short-lived, typically lasting for only two weeks after each month’s infusion. And each month, the insurance company fought to discontinue the expensive treatment.

Delayed IVIG infusions wreaked havoc on Sammy’s behavior, causing him to devolve into depressive, oppositional episodes. After five treatments, our insurance company denied additional coverage. Despite such great improvements, Sammy was in the worst straits we had experienced.

What next?

We weren’t sure where to turn. With Sammy’s repeated attempts to run-away to ‘live with the beggars’ because our family rules were unbearable, we tried to check him into the psychiatric ward of a local children’s hospital. When the ER psychiatrist refused to admit him, we began searching for a long-term residential facility to keep him safe. My husband and I were heartbroken. How could our son see such dramatic improvements with IVIG, then so quickly become depressed and intolerant of everything around him?

After losing all hope from the failed IVIG treatment, our functional medicine doctor asked if we’d like to try disulfiram, a drug recently found to show great promise in treating Lyme and Babesia. She wasn’t aware of any other children who had tried it and expected Sammy would be one of the first.

It seemed like a longshot, but with no other options, what did we have to lose?

Disulfiram

The decision changed Sammy’s life. After one dose of disulfiram, Sammy’s oppositional behavior disappeared, his worst symptom at the time. No longer did he badger us for more dairy or gluten, insist on playing games all night, or threaten to run away. Suddenly, he was happy, agreeable, and more social. The overnight improvement of just those few symptoms was a miracle for our family life. We knew we were on the right track!

A few other symptoms improved on disulfiram during the six-month treatment: picky eating, dilated eyes, dysgraphia, most of bedwetting, antisocial behavior, and depression.

Yet, along with those important improvements, other symptoms intensified. These included OCD, age regression, baby talk, vocal and movement tics, brain fog, learning disabilities and ADHD. These symptoms proved annoying, but Sammy was happy and the symptoms were tolerable.

Targeting Bartonella

Despite Sammy’s negative Bartonella test, we suspected it due to his OCD.  We treated it next using an antibiotic protocol that included rifampin/rifabutin, clarithromycin, and minocycline. Again, we saw a major improvement in a very short time.

Suddenly, Sammy’s baby talk, age regression, hyperactivity, and eight vocal and movement tics resolved. These symptoms seemed intrinsically tied as they all cleared almost overnight. Sammy was thrilled when at six weeks into treatment, his gluten and dairy sensitivity resolved. He could eat whatever he wanted again with no worsening behavior! Bartonella treatment also fully cleared his bedwetting. None of our doctors seemed aware that these symptoms were caused by Bartonella. In fact, seventy percent of Sammy’s ASD symptoms appeared to be caused by Bartonella. It was an important discovery.

Good-bye to Special Ed classes

The most notable improvement came after four months of antibiotic treatment for Bartonella. Sammy, who had been in special education since preschool due to learning disabilities and low reading comprehension,  now began doing his homework independently. And his grades moved from low Cs to high As.

Remarkably, on statewide testing, he went from a fifth-grade reading level one year earlier to a tenth-grade level last spring. His IQ rose six points into the average range. And he suddenly passed out of his pragmatic language skills/social skills class, which he had made little progress in throughout his life. (Pragmatic language skills are knowing what to say–and how and when to say it.)

I’m pleased to share that the impossible happened. Last fall, in 11th grade, the school moved Sammy out of special education and into all grade-level classes, an exceptional outcome that was beyond our expectations. It was a first for his high school and an accomplishment that Sammy takes great pride in.

Learning disabilities due to brain fog?

In hindsight, the learning disabilities were caused by severe brain fog. Once the brain fog lifted, his IQ, executive functioning, and learning abilities returned to normal. Unlike what I had been told by many professionals, low executive function was not due to improper development of his frontal lobe. Instead, the AD in ADHD was due to severe brain fog and was treatable.

Furthermore, although Sammy had taken social skills classes every year since kindergarten, he had never shown improvement until he was treated for Borrelia and Bartonella.  Now, on his own accord, Sammy wanted to come out of his room to hang out with the family. Our quiet, reclusive son became the most talkative one at the dinner table, leading family conversations on a host of new topics we had no idea he had knowledge of, like Simon Cowell, Kobe Bryant, and inflation!

Today, Sammy is studying for his ACTs and planning to attend a four-year college. This was unthinkable 18 months ago, when we expected Sammy to need lifetime care and be unable to hold a job.

Sammy is 80% recovered from ASD and is still undergoing treatment to resolve three remaining symptoms out of twenty-nine: OCD, neck roll tic, and social behaviors. Sadly, his social behavior regressed seven months after finishing the six-month disulfiram protocol, so we are retreating the Borrelia and seeing some improvement.

What happened to our son is a medical miracle. I am so grateful to every doctor who helped us.

I have written a memoir that I am working to publish to explain our long, difficult, but ultimately successful journey. Even at 17-years-old, it’s possible to reverse learning disabilities and see a great recovery from ASD!

Debbie Kimberg updates their story on Instagram at @HijackedBrains. She can be contacted at debbie.kimberg@gmail.com.

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HALLELUJAH!  This story clearly demonstrates the importance of treatment and the miraculous effects it can have.

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