Guest guest Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hi Everyone ~ I'm looking for some serious but simple (for my mind :-)) help. For the last 4 years I have been plagued with a rash that starts in the back of my neck and creeps around to the front. This rash comes and goes and I can't pin it down to anything in particular. Over the last 5 years I've been removing the toxic cleaners from my home and also for body use and foods. Prior to that I'd been on allergy and asthma meds and shots for 20+ years, and eating and drinking crap. And yes, unfortunetly many antibiotics over the course of 30 + years. So fast forward to the last two months...I went 98% raw, I say 98% because I've been having some of the not so good stuff such as liquid aminos. So I've been raw for the last two months, have lost 23 pounds (only have another 10 to go) and otherwise healthy. Except this darned rash. It has come on with a vengeance. Around my neck and now behind my armpits and a little in the web of my fingers. I've been to the doctors just to get a diagnosis but to no avail, the dermo gave me 3 different kinds of cream that make it worse. My family doc gave me a cream that takes it away but once I stop the cream it comes back. I went again today and told her to scrape it and send it to the lab to see if they could find anything. She looked at it in the dark with a purple light and said if it was fungus it would have a glow around it...but no glow??? Well, the only thing I can think of is Candida. Now that I am raw and fruit is a no-no with candida, what do I do? Or, does someone have any insight with what this might be? I was thinking detox but can't imagine my body taking 5 years to do it. Please help as I've read through the archives and I can't pinpointe anything on this rash. Thanks so much for listening while I itch :-( ~ Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 > Except this darned rash. I feel for you! You will be told on this site that adding fruit and eliminating fats will really benefit your fight against candida. The problem is, some report improvement from this, some don't. It is worth a shot, honestly. I think the real problem is (and b/c I did/do this), associating candida with everything. It is a huge culprit. So are countless other fungi and parasites and bacteria, etc. Candida is just the famous one (LOL). I think a lot of us have a bunch of other stuff, which is why results vary with different diets. It can take a long time to get rid of some of these, though, so don't give up. I might use coconut oil topically, too. It is antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral. :-) Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 On Wednesday 10 October 2007, iloveyoungliving wrote: > Hi Everyone ~ > I'm looking for some serious but simple (for my mind :-)) > help. For the last 4 years I have been plagued with a > rash that starts in the back of my neck and creeps around > to the front. This rash comes and goes and I can't pin > it down to anything in particular. Over the last 5 years > I've been removing the toxic cleaners from my home and > also for body use and foods. Prior to that I'd been on > allergy and asthma meds and shots for 20+ years, and > eating and drinking crap. And yes, unfortunetly many > antibiotics over the course of 30 + years. So fast > forward to the last two months...I went 98% raw, I say > 98% because I've been having some of the not so good > stuff such as liquid aminos. So I've been raw for the > last two months, have lost 23 pounds (only have another > 10 to go) and otherwise healthy. Except this darned rash. > It has come on with a vengeance. Around my neck and now > behind my armpits and a little in the web of my fingers. > I've been to the doctors just to get a diagnosis but to > no avail, the dermo gave me 3 different kinds of cream > that make it worse. My family doc gave me a cream that > takes it away but once I stop the cream it comes back. I > went again today and told her to scrape it and send it to > the lab to see if they could find anything. She looked at > it in the dark with a purple light and said if it was > fungus it would have a glow around it...but no glow??? > Well, the only thing I can think of is Candida. Now that > I am raw and fruit is a no-no with candida, what do I do? > Or, does someone have any insight with what this might > be? I was thinking detox but can't imagine my body > taking 5 years to do it. Please help as I've read > through the archives and I can't pinpointe anything on > this rash. Thanks so much for listening while I itch :-( > ~ Jackie Hi Jackie, Its not a 'raw' way, but you might like to try colloidal silver, especially with your history of anti-biotics which will kill your beneficial bacteria as well and IIUC will over time make the candida worse. the other possibility is to try auto-urine therapy. Although it does in the stomache, this option does not sit well in the mind. -- the kneeling fool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 > > Hi Jackie, > > Its not a 'raw' way, but you might like to try colloidal > silver, especially with your history of anti-biotics which > will kill your beneficial bacteria as well and IIUC will > over time make the candida worse. > > the other possibility is to try auto-urine therapy. Although > it does in the stomache, this option does not sit well in > the mind. Great suggestions. You can use urine as a toner, actually. Dab it on. I heard it is not so bad, but.... ?! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 > but... > > there is no smell, honestly. To prove it try this.> > If you use it to heal a wound, it will heal much much > quicker and will not leave a scar. I do believe in urine therapy. My friend did it. He bathed in it in his bath water once a week. He has had a deviated septum since birth. Those baths are the ONLY time his nostrils ever opened up. He healed his psoriasis with a raw vegan version of the body ecology diet. He rawks! I have heard it's odorless before, on skin. I admit I'd have to be pretty sick to drink it, but that's just my prejudice. BUT if I had acne I would try it. For sure. :-) Thanks for posting this. Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 On Thursday 11 October 2007, Erica wrote: > Great suggestions. > You can use urine as a toner, actually. Dab it on. I > heard it is not so bad, but.... ?! LOL but... there is no smell, honestly. To prove it try this. next time you pee, wait til midstream and collect a little in a glass. Choose a small area on your person like the back of one hand and gently massage some urine into it with the tip of your finger, dipping in several times and massaging. It will completely dry within a couple of minutes especially outdoors or in a flow of fresh air. Then give it a sniff. You will find it is odorless. If you repeat this for a week or so and then check the quality of the skin where the urine has been massaged and compare it with untreated skin, touch it and feel its softness, examine it with a magnifying glass, you will be astonished! If you use it to heal a wound, it will heal much much quicker and will not leave a scar. -- the kneeling fool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 My VistaPrint Electronic Business CardKneeling Fool :-) and Erica ~ What the heck is IIUC? I almost tried urine therapy but I started really thinking last night and the one thing I've been eating ALOT of is pesto mushrooms with braggs aminos. I know now that the aminos aren't really raw but it didn't hit me till my niece mentioned it was made with soy. I've had a history of rashes when I used to consume soy products, then I learned how horrible soy was. So I've stopped the aminos and used I've also been using coconut oil topically and the rash is almost totally gone :-) We shall see if it rears its ugly head again...I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks for everyones help on this. ~ Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Hi Jackie, Sorry to hear about your itching! I had a rash that sounds similar to what you describe. It moved around to various places on my body and lasted for 3 years. I went to 4 doctors and got 4 diagnoses - none of which really made much sense. I tried everything I could come up with including the candida diet, antifungal medication, tea tree oil, swimming in the ocean, sun, no sun.... It finally just went away. Mine showed up after I changed my diet to a more raw, fresh foods diet and eliminated the soy. My latest theory is that it was detox from all the years of intense soy ingestion. But I don't really know for sure. I'm just so relieved to no longer be awakened in the middle of the night by that intense itch! could your rash be a response to stopping the medications you were on? some of those allergy meds work to suppress the body's inflamatory responses. Just a thought. Hang in there! hope you stop itching soon. rawfood , " iloveyoungliving " <totalhealth wrote: > > Hi Everyone ~ > I'm looking for some serious but simple (for my mind :-)) help. For > the last 4 years I have been plagued with a rash that starts in the > back of my neck and creeps around to the front. This rash comes and > goes and I can't pin it down to anything in particular. Over the > last 5 years I've been removing the toxic cleaners from my home and > also for body use and foods. Prior to that I'd been on allergy and > asthma meds and shots for 20+ years, and eating and drinking crap. > And yes, unfortunetly many antibiotics over the course of 30 + > years. So fast forward to the last two months...I went 98% raw, I > say 98% because I've been having some of the not so good stuff such > as liquid aminos. So I've been raw for the last two months, have > lost 23 pounds (only have another 10 to go) and otherwise healthy. > Except this darned rash. It has come on with a vengeance. Around my > neck and now behind my armpits and a little in the web of my > fingers. I've been to the doctors just to get a diagnosis but to no > avail, the dermo gave me 3 different kinds of cream that make it > worse. My family doc gave me a cream that takes it away but once I > stop the cream it comes back. I went again today and told her to > scrape it and send it to the lab to see if they could find anything. > She looked at it in the dark with a purple light and said if it was > fungus it would have a glow around it...but no glow??? > Well, the only thing I can think of is Candida. Now that I am raw > and fruit is a no-no with candida, what do I do? Or, does someone > have any insight with what this might be? I was thinking detox but > can't imagine my body taking 5 years to do it. Please help as I've > read through the archives and I can't pinpointe anything on this rash. > Thanks so much for listening while I itch :-( > ~ Jackie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I tried urine on my 3 year rash. It made it way more itchy... Cheryl rawfood , " Erica " <schoolofrawk wrote: > > > > > > Hi Jackie, > > > > Its not a 'raw' way, but you might like to try colloidal > > silver, especially with your history of anti-biotics which > > will kill your beneficial bacteria as well and IIUC will > > over time make the candida worse. > > > > the other possibility is to try auto-urine therapy. Although > > it does in the stomache, this option does not sit well in > > the mind. > > Great suggestions. > You can use urine as a toner, actually. Dab it on. I heard it is not so > bad, but.... ?! LOL > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 And be sure your control includes another MASSAGED area of the skin, to determine whether that it really is the urine or the massage (or a combination) that created a softer skin patch. -Erin http://www.zenpawn.com/vegblog rawfood , the kneeling fool <kneel.pardoe wrote: > > there is no smell, honestly. To prove it try this. > > next time you pee, wait til midstream and collect a little > in a glass. Choose a small area on your person like the > back of one hand and gently massage some urine into it with > the tip of your finger, dipping in several times and > massaging. It will completely dry within a couple of > minutes especially outdoors or in a flow of fresh air. Then > give it a sniff. You will find it is odorless. > > If you repeat this for a week or so and then check the > quality of the skin where the urine has been massaged and > compare it with untreated skin, touch it and feel its > softness, examine it with a magnifying glass, you will be > astonished! > > If you use it to heal a wound, it will heal much much > quicker and will not leave a scar. > > -- > the kneeling fool > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 On Friday 12 October 2007, YoungLivingCD wrote: > My VistaPrint Electronic Business CardKneeling Fool :-) eeeek! don't know where ther vistaprint bit got into it, but I don't do any of that! > and Erica ~ What the heck is IIUC? IIUC - If I Understand Correctly. see; http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/IIUC If you have one of the newer versions of Firefox, then you can simply add this site to your list of search engines (the little box to the right of the url box) > I almost tried urine therapy but I started really > thinking last night Ah! so UTs subtle methods at least got you thinking. -- the kneeling fool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I tried urine on my 3 year rash. It made it way more itchy... Coconut oil and/or I have heard raw honey helps stuff like this. It's not exactly ideal, as a bee product and all -- not quite vegan and less environmental, etc, most likely --- but it's possible. Itching stinks!!!! Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 This year, I have overcome rashes and various other skin problems with 80-10-10 raw vegan. From approximately 1998 until late 2006, I had a mysterious and annoying rash on my chest. It was concentrated in the very center of my chest. During those years, my food habits were vegan, but not a healthy vegan: high fat, high cooked food, tons os soy, beans, grains, high caffeine, breads, spices, etc. Dermatologists prescribed medicine, but I never tried any. I did try coconut oil, which didn't seem to solve it. Then I began transitioning to raw in late 2006, gradually increasing my percentage of raw food each month. During this transition period, ironically, I developed another type of rash - less acute, spread along my sides along my midsection. I was perplexed that transitioning to raw food (and losing 30 pounds!) would result in additional problems, but felt assuaged that other posters reported detox effects associated with improving their diets. Sure enough, within a month of completing my transition to a low fat, raw food diet, both the new and the longstanding rash dissappeared, and have not reappeared since. So too dissappeared a cyst that had been annoying me for 2 years - it just vanished into the night! I've noticed other improvements as well, such as reversing hypothyroidism. I no longer get tired so easily - my energy level is significantly greater, now. So, if you're like me, staying patiently with low fat raw foods might ultimately lead to solving your rash problem, and many other problems, too! Brian rawfood , " snailfairies " <snailfairies wrote: > > Hi Jackie, > > Sorry to hear about your itching! I had a rash that sounds similar > to what you describe. It moved around to various places on my body > and lasted for 3 years. I went to 4 doctors and got 4 diagnoses - > none of which really made much sense. I tried everything I could > come up with including the candida diet, antifungal medication, tea > tree oil, swimming in the ocean, sun, no sun.... It finally just > went away. Mine showed up after I changed my diet to a more raw, > fresh foods diet and eliminated the soy. My latest theory is that it > was detox from all the years of intense soy ingestion. But I don't > really know for sure. I'm just so relieved to no longer be awakened > in the middle of the night by that intense itch! > > could your rash be a response to stopping the medications you were > on? some of those allergy meds work to suppress the body's > inflamatory responses. Just a thought. > > Hang in there! hope you stop itching soon. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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