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| Bill...I hear what your saying and believe your combination of raising your
bed and sipping the ginger juice helps you. But you still haven't addressed
my point that if a person has reflux standing up during the day (due to a
malfunctioning LES), the raised bed won't help, and the ginger won't tighten
up the LES, even though it may help heal the LES (like you say it does for
you). Do you have any research that indicates it also has an antacid or
acid neutralization effect.
So are you saying go ahead and drink the ginger juice, and let the weak LES
continue to let reflux up the esophagus (both liquid and gaseous forms), but
don't worry about it because the ginger will heal any erosion that may try
to form (or prevent the erosion from even starting). PPI's solve the
problem by literally shutting down acid production (and therefore the
esophagus is not damaged by the higher Ph refluxate). But if the ginger is
allowing some form of damage to the esophagus and then healing it (almost at
the same time), that seems like some kind of vicious cycle. Or are you
saying it never lets the damage start (sorry if I'm getting repetitive).
And don't forget, lets talk daytime "upright" body positions, and forget the
laying down stuff for this part of the discussion (ie many people have bad
reflux during the day, not just at night - like I said before).
Also I have one more important question. You said you have been taking the
ginger juice for seven years and it has solved your GERD problems (along
with the raised bed). Have you been back to the gastro and had an EGD
recently to confirm that you do not have any esophageal damage...Pete
Bill Poston wrote:
> 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
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