| Bill Poston 2006-03-22, 1:30 pm |
| Hi Pete,
I know your concern about the Ginger Root Juice burning. I had the
same fear and even had my wife take the first few sips because I'm a
big chicken and I was afraid that if it burned my mouth and lips it
would also burn my esophagus.
As I said the GRJ does mildly burn your lips, tongue and mouth but
surprisingly when it enters your esophagus it turns into a warm
healing balm. It actually feels good going down your esophagus. And
the best way to do it is to sip it slowly so it travels down your
esophagus slowly. Immediately after I sip it I lay down on a flat bed
and slowly roll from side to side to help the GRJ remain in contact
with the esophagus as long as possible.
It really doesn't cost much to try it. You might even know someone who
has a juicer you could use for one time just to see how it works. The
GR only cost about $2.00 per pound.
There is a book that discusses the use of GRJ named "Saving Yourself
From The Disease-Care Crisis" by Dr. Walt Stoll.
There is a very interesting quote begriming the chapter on the use of
Ginger Root Juice:
Hiatus Hernia
"Someone must teach new things. Someone must take the abuse. Someone
must be ostracized. Someone must be called a fraud and a quack. Then,
out of all of it, comes the new truth to become a part of us ... Thus
we receive new facts to make up our proud possession of knowledge."
-Fred Hart (1888-1975)
Founder of the National Health Federation
It is always interesting to me that any time a person tries something
new in medicine or health care most observers are very quick to abuse
or ostracize them. Look at the history of medicine. It took doctors
over 50 years to start washing their hands after performing autopsies
on cadavers and then performing child births. The intelligent doctors
laughed and belittled the doctor who tried to convince them that
washing their hands would avoid deaths of the mother and child in
childbirth. Bleeding was done by doctors for over 3000 years before
they decide it caused more harm than good. Our first president George
Washington was bled four times on the same day by four different
doctors because he had a sore throat from a cold. Aspirin was around
for many years before it is now used for many things other than the
simple headache. Bayer was a paint company before they manufactured
aspirin.
So be brave and give GRJ a chance. Now if I was trying to profit from
anything I was telling you, you definitely should be careful. But I'm
not.
Best wishes.
Bill
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:07:45 -0500, "Pete" <pete@nospam.net> wrote:
>Bill...even though it may have sounded like I was giving you a hard time, I
>was not. The ginger may help heal and may even have an antacid effect
>(vehicle unknown to me), but I was just trying to say it won't cure the
>valve problem with the LES.
>
>But, I *totally agree* with your fears about the surgery. I have queried
>Howard about this before (and I respect his knowledge and his vast
>experience), and you can read his responses. I think the outcome would
>basically depend on the surgeon (how many he has done and how skillful he is
>at the procedure - that's it, not too many other variables). I would trust
>Howard, but I would still be leary, since I have had various surgeries in my
>life, and like you imply, there are no guarantees (even with a skilled and
>experienced surgeon).
>
>I have too many other health problems, and even the slight chance of having
>difficulty swallowing, burping, or vomiting is very scary to me, like I have
>indicated to Howard. I am on my third PPI now and it seems to be working,
>but the damn things have caused fundic polyps, which also scare me, and I am
>screwed. If they continue to keep growing (new ones and the old ones
>getting bigger), I don't know what I will do, or if the damn things (PPI's)
>stop working completely.
>
>Like I said, you can read what I wrote about the ginger, and the apple cider
>vinegar in the "apple vinegar work?". I can't see taking ginger or apple
>cider vinegar if it burns me. It's like "cutting off your nose to spite
>your face" (that's all I could think of :-)).
>
>Again, I do share your concerns about the surgery...Pete
>
>Bill Poston wrote:
>
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