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Herbal Treatments
I was diagnosed with Hepatitis C back in 2005. I spent about 3 years driving around the country to many doctors who promised to cure this illness with different alternative medicine ie herbal medications and many other things. Although in some cases these treatments and/or herbal medicine did lower the ALT liver levels it was only temporarily and definitely did not cure it. I ended up doing the Interferon/Riboviron treatment in the end and was thankfully cured.
For those thinking which path to take please do not waste your time and money with herbal treatments and give yourself the best chance there is. I only had side effects the first day and was absolutely fine after. Good luck and God Bless!!!
For those thinking which path to take please do not waste your time and money with herbal treatments and give yourself the best chance there is. I only had side effects the first day and was absolutely fine after. Good luck and God Bless!!!
Hi, Can-do-man Merry Christmas/Happy New Year to you, too!
Susan400
Susan400
I'm glad you think so, more power to you. I however, personally, think it's a bunch of malaky, poppycock, snake oil, whatever. I have had friends who sweared by only doing the vegan organic lifestyle and exercised like crazy and then, wham, they up and died of cancer. Nobody can say that living the vegan, organic, juicing lifestyle is going to prevent diseases, or cancer, all the time. Just as nobody can claim the all medicines work for every disease. Personally, after having tried some of herbal so-called 'cures' for Hep C and feeling worse afterwords, I'm going to pass on that-thank you very much. Somebody claimed to me that this nasty tasting organic herbal tea would 'cure' me of my Hep C and that I needed to drink it several times a day. Boy I tell you, I've never felt so sick, sick to my stomach in my entire life. No thank-you. Did the organic juicing thing for awhile-bought the juicer, the whole nine yards - made a huge mess in my kitchen all the time-which was extra work for me and also-gave me a bad stomachache. So, I'll still with my normal reasonable diet (not organic/not vegan) and just do my daily exercise regimen, because you know what-it works for me. I don't have to feel sick to my stomach from some kind of crazy herbal organic 'cure' that doesn't cure me, just makes me feel sick. I, BTW have tried 10-11 medically approved HEP C treatments and I did not feel as sick on them as I did on the herbal natural stuff. Unfortunately, I was unable to clear the virus, but I will give it another whirl when the all oral FDA approved treatments become available. For now, my liver is doing great on my normal regimen. NO herb, just normal diet, exercise, do drink 1 mug of green tea every day and drink my caffeinated coffee every morning. Abstain from all alcohol, illegal drugs and that's about all I do.
Congratulations! That's wonderful.
I do not put much stock in "herbs."
Having watched my liver enzymes bounce in and out of normal range for the first time in 20 years once I started juicing (emphasis on organic kales / spinaches / greens) to treat my interferon-induced psoriasis / arthritis / myalgia, I put a lot of stock in the principles enunciated in Pollan's "In Defense of Food."
Whatever substances are contained in juiced organic greens and other vegetables are utterly magical. That medical science has not yet discovered the "what and why" of them does not take away from their magic.
Kind of off-point, but I think it should be malpractice for a rheumatologist to prescribe Enbrel etc for arthritis without first demanding that their patients attempt alterations in diet. The expensive immunosuppressives are very dangerous and diet often works.
Maybn on-point, because the same principle might apply to hep c. And yes, I know it won't clear the virus, but it also won't cause brain fog, fry your thyroid, give you arthritis, or induce severe depression.
It is my fantasy that some Hep-C positive folks who read this will try a rigorous course of juicing and report back on their enzyme levels, prior to undertaking INF therapy.
Having watched my liver enzymes bounce in and out of normal range for the first time in 20 years once I started juicing (emphasis on organic kales / spinaches / greens) to treat my interferon-induced psoriasis / arthritis / myalgia, I put a lot of stock in the principles enunciated in Pollan's "In Defense of Food."
Whatever substances are contained in juiced organic greens and other vegetables are utterly magical. That medical science has not yet discovered the "what and why" of them does not take away from their magic.
Kind of off-point, but I think it should be malpractice for a rheumatologist to prescribe Enbrel etc for arthritis without first demanding that their patients attempt alterations in diet. The expensive immunosuppressives are very dangerous and diet often works.
Maybn on-point, because the same principle might apply to hep c. And yes, I know it won't clear the virus, but it also won't cause brain fog, fry your thyroid, give you arthritis, or induce severe depression.
It is my fantasy that some Hep-C positive folks who read this will try a rigorous course of juicing and report back on their enzyme levels, prior to undertaking INF therapy.
It is a calculated risk either way.
It seems that more people than not will clear the virus from TX w/o lingering effects.
Hopefully the new orals will soon make this a non issue.
It seems that more people than not will clear the virus from TX w/o lingering effects.
Hopefully the new orals will soon make this a non issue.
"Hep c is certainly the leading cause of liver transplant. Nevertheless, the VAST majority of folks w/ hep c will never need one."
That's all fine and good IF your 1 of those people, however there is NO WAY TO PREDICT who will progress that far and who won't. I'm 47 and already at stage 3, I think my chances of not progressing that far were pretty slim so I chose to treat, UND at 3 months and NO LINGERING SIDE EFFECT after 48 wks with incivek
That's all fine and good IF your 1 of those people, however there is NO WAY TO PREDICT who will progress that far and who won't. I'm 47 and already at stage 3, I think my chances of not progressing that far were pretty slim so I chose to treat, UND at 3 months and NO LINGERING SIDE EFFECT after 48 wks with incivek
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