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Shouder and neck pain relieved by magnesium oil
May 26th, 2010 | 
Author: A few days ago I started having a burning sensation in my shoulders and neck. I think a lot of people who spend a considerable amount of time in the same position will know the feeling. In my case it is a computer-related problem – hours of sitting in the same position is certainly not helping. I also have a bad tension in the area. Tried to massage the area – with no lasting result. Then I reached for magnesium oil and applied it on the area by hand. Within about 20 minutes the pain started to go away, and by night there was considerable improvement in how I felt – the pain was almost gone. Eager to reinforce the benefits, I applied more product for the night. In the morning I felt even better. It has been good since then – I applied magnesium oil for about 3 days.
The only “side-effect” which I did not like was that the area suffered a bad outbreak of spots. However, my view on this is positive. I see it as an indicator that the toxins under the skin found their way onto the surface with the general relaxation of the tissues in the area, and hence the spots/ rash. It is now going away to my delight.
Some of my clients have mentioned the spots to me too. In some cases it may be due to a skin sensitivity, and to them I would suggest adding some water to magnesium oil (perhaps 1 part water to 2 parts magnesium oil). In most cases it will be a sign of the skin performing its excretory function to get rid of toxins. So bear with it – t is well worth the temporary discomfort should you experience it!
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Bishofit – Magnesium Oil from Russia
Bishofit is a name for magnesium chloride salt which was formed millions of years ago as a result of evaporation of ancient seas. It lies deep underground – and is obtained by dissolving the crystals in water and pumping up the saturated solution. In this respect Bishofit has the same origin as Zechstein magnesium. It owes its name to a German chemist Gustav Bischof who first discovered underground deposits of magnesium chloride in 19th century.
The main constituent of Bishofit in its liquid form is Magnesium Chloride hexahydrate, some calcium sulphate, calcium chloride, calcium hydrocarbonate, sodium chloride, and of course water, with the overall mineral content of 400-450g per 1 litre of water. Additionally, Bishofit contains sodium, iodine, iron, bromide, silica, molybdenum, titanium, lithium, as well as traces of almost all the chemical elements of the Periodic Table.
Healing Properties of Bishofit
People have known about the healing properties of Bishofit for a long time and have been using it to treat muscle cramps, aches and pains, to calm nerves, relax, etc. It is widely used in balneology due to its analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect to treat osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbago, and other conditions of the Musculo-skeletal and Nervous systems. It is also used to treat nervous tension, stress, a variety of skin conditions and a number of other problems.
Bishofit (Magnesium Chloride solution) is widely used in medicine for a number of pharmacological properties.
It has been found to:
* Stimulate protein/fat metabolism
* Reduce inflammation by lowering the levels of histamine and serotonin (mediators of inflammation)
* Speed up rehabilitation processes in the body
* Increase testosterone levels and sperm production
* Increase metabolic rate
* Strengthen immunity
* Slow down ageing
* Reduce cholesterol levels in the blood
* Improve the functioning of the Musculo-Skeletal system
* Reduce blood pressure
* Reduce symptoms of hay fever and allergies
* Significantly reduce heart disease and mortality
* Lower the incidence of cancers
* Improve the functioning of the Nervous System
* Reduce the effects of stress
* Increase phagocytosis
* Speed up tissue regeneration
* Improve skin condition
* Help with respiratory conditions, such as bronchitis, asthma, whooping-cough,
chronic respiratory complaints.
It has been proved to be a:
* Sedative
* Anti-inflammatory
* Bactericidal / fungicidal
* Improve micro-circulation
* Analgesic
* Immune regulator
The scientists of the Volgograd Medical Academy have been working on the research of Bishofit for over 20 years. The mineral has been approved in Russia as a balneological remedy. Considering the wide use of Bishofit in the treatment of various ailments in Russia, as well as its close similarity to a variety of medical products, a number of balneological products based on Bishofit have been developed. Russian scientists are working on pharmacological preparations based on Bishofit.
Physical Properties & Chemical Composition of the Bishofit solution (Volgograd, Russia)
Density, g/l – 1.320-1.330
ρН – 7.8
Mineral content, g/l – 400-450
Salt content ( %) in dry matter:
Mg Cl2× 6H2O – 90-96
Mg SO4× H2O – 0.1-2.5
Mg(HCO3)2
MgBr2 – 0.4-0.95
NaCl – 0.1-0.4
CaCl2
CaBr2
CaSO4 – 0.1-0.7
KCl× MgCl2× 6H2O – 0.1-5.5
Microelements (%):
Fe – 0.003-0.03
Bi – 0.0005-0.001
Mo – 0.0005-0.001
B – 0.002-0.08
Al – 0.001-0.02
Ti – 0.0005-0.001
Cu – 0.0001-0.0006
Si – 0.02-0.2
Ba – 0.0001-0.0006
Sr – 0.001-0.02
Co – 0.003-0.005
Rb – 0.0001-0.002
Cs – 0.0001-0.001
Li – 0.0001-0.0003
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Magnesium and Blood Pressure – Animal studies.
Magnesium and blood pressure. I. Animal studies.
Rayssiguier Y, Mbega JD, Durlach V, Gueux E, Durlach J, Giry J, Dalle M, Mazur A, Laurant P, Berthelot A.
Laboratoire des Maladies Métaboliques, INRA, Centre de Recherches de Clermont-Ferrand/Theix, France.
Abstract
The relationship between experimental magnesium deficiency and blood pressure is complex and still the subject of much debate. The effect of Mg deficiency and blood pressure in Wistar rats receiving a Mg deficient diet (0.080 g/kg) for 40 weeks was examined. Deficient rats, when compared to controls, showed an initial transitory phase of hypotension, followed by normalization of blood pressure and then hypertension beginning after 15 weeks on the deficient diet. During the whole experimental period, heart rate was significantly increased in deficient rats as compared to controls. The fact that hypotension resulting from Mg deficiency of short duration can be inhibited by antihistamines and by indomethacin suggests that various mediators seen during the inflammatory period of Mg deficiency could be involved. Mg deficiency of long duration was accompanied by hypertension. When Mg-deficient rats received the control diet for a period of 3 weeks, Mg supplementation only partially corrected the hypertension. The hypertension was not a consequence of stimulation of the renin-angiotensin system since the plasma renin activity was not modified and ACE activity was reduced. These deficient rats showed a significantly lower vasopressor response to noradrenaline than control rats. Several factors such as increase in collagen, changes in elastin and arterial elasticity, total lipid content, and calcifications may account for the hyporesponsiveness to contractile agonists.
PMID: 1390007 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1390007
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Food Allergies and Chemical Sensitivities Linked to Magnesium Deficiency
“Allergies and Chemical Sensitivities
Adelle Davis, writing in Let’s Have Healthy Children
In the book Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, the authors note that food allergies are usually associated with low hydrochloric acid levels and poor digestion. The authors’ rationale for this is that low stomach acid leaves food undigested and fermenting in the intestinal tract. This fermentation causes gas, bloating and stomach upset, the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Undigested and fermented food causes the body to raise histamine levels, which produce allergic reactions. This is why people take antihistamines for allergies, to lower histamine levels. Interestingly, Mg is needed to reduce histamine levels.
Low stomach acid levels reduce levels of beneficial intestinal bacteria which is needed for absorption of magnesium. When lab rats are deprived of magnesium, a wide variety of studies have noted that they develop allergy like symptoms. Their ears turn red and they develop skin problems. Rats with magnesium deficiencies have increases in histamine levels. They also have raised levels of white blood cell counts. Mg deficiency has been implicated in allergies and allergic skin reaction in many studies on humans, too. Variations of allergies, skin allergies, and raised white blood cells have all been noted as features of many chronic disorders.
People with chemical sensitivities also commonly have other conditions linked to Mg deficits such as allergies, fibromyalgia, mitral valve prolapse and anxiety disorders. They also tend to have temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ), which has been linked to abnormalities of hyaluronic acid. Perhaps not coincidentally, hyaluronic acid is dependent upon magnesium for its synthesis.
Asthma is has been linked to Mg deficiencies in a wide variety of studies. Asthma and allergies not only frequently occur together, but they frequently occur together along with gastrointestinal upset in many chronic disorders including Mitral Valve Prolapse syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Gastrointestinal upset is often a sign of malabsorption problems, which can be a cause of nutritional deficiencies.”
http://www.ctds.info/5_13_magnesium.html
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Magnesium Deficiency Linked to Allergies
The following study has established a direct link between high histamine levels and acute magensium deficiency in rats:
“Drug Nutr Interact. 1987;5(2):89-96.
Specific change of histamine metabolism in acute magnesium-deficient young rats.
Nishio A, Ishiguro S, Miyao N.
Abstract
The effects of dietary magnesium (Mg) deficiency on histamine metabolism were studied. Young Wistar rats were fed a Mg-deficient diet (0.001% Mg diet) ad libitum for 8 days with control groups (0.07% Mg diet), food-restricted groups (0.21% Mg diet, but restricted to 5 g/rat/day), and refeeding groups (0.001% Mg diet for 6 days ad libitum, after that fed with a 0.21% Mg diet ad libitum for 2 days). Compared to the other groups, the plasma Mg level was markedly lower in the Mg-deficient group. A return from the lower Mg level to the controls took place after feeding them a 0.21% Mg diet for 2 days. Urinary histamine level increased rapidly after 4 days and reached a maximum on the eighth day of Mg deficiency. The high urinary histamine level in Mg-deficient rats decreased rapidly after feeding them a 0.21% Mg diet for 2 days. Histamine contents in some tissues increased on the eighth day of Mg deficiency. Other groups showed no significant change. The increased histamine content in Mg-deficient rats showed a tendency to return to control levels after feeding them a 0.21% Mg diet for 2 days. Histidine decarboxylase (HDC) activity in some tissues of Mg-deficient rats increased markedly. The increased HDC activity dropped nearly to control levels after feeding them a 0.21% Mg diet for 2 days. Diamine oxidase (DAO) activity in the duodenum was high in control rats. Duodenal DAO activity decreased gradually and reached half the value of controls on the eighth day of Mg deficiency.
PMID: 3111814 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3111814?dopt=Abstract
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Magnesium in the management of asthma
Harari M, Barzillai R, Shani J.
The recognition of asthma as an inflammatory disease has led over the past 20 years to a major shift in its pharmacotherapy. The previous emphasis on using relatively short-acting agents for relieving bronchospasms and for removing bronchial mucus has shifted toward long-term strategies with the use of inhaled corticosteroids, which successfully prevent and abolish airway inflammation. Because some of the biological, chemical, and immunological processes that characterize asthma also underlie arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, and because many of these conditions have been successfully treated for the past 40 years at the Dead Sea, we were not surprised to realize and record the significant improvement of asthmatic condition after a 4-week stay at the Dead Sea: lung function was improved, the number and severity of attacks was reduced, and the efficacy of beta2-agonist treatments was improved. After reviewing the acute and chronic treatments of asthma in the clinic (including emergency rooms) with magnesium compounds, and the use of such salts as supplementary agents in respiratory diseases, we suggest that the improvement in the asthmatic condition at the Dead Sea may be due to absorption of this element through the skin and via the lungs, and due to its involvement in anti-inflammatory and vasodilatatory processes”.
Abstract from a scientific study at DMZ Rehabilitation Clinic, Ein-Bokek, The Dead Sea, Israel)
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Magnesium Linked To Aging Mystery & Calcifications
Magnesium Linked To Aging Mystery & Calcifications
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By Dr. H. Ray Evers
The average American consumes only 40 percent of the recommended daily allowance of magnesium. This has serious consequences, including death, in many people, according to magnesium expert Dr. Mildred Seelig. Eighty to 90 percent of the U.S. population is magnesium deficient.
Dr. John Prutting said in an issue of “Family Circle” that 70 percent of Americans had mismanaged their diets enough to have some degree of magnesium deficiency.
Magnesium activates 76 percent of the enzymes in the body according to Dr. Sonni Alvarez. Potassium is primarily concerned with the way we use calcium and sodium.
Every doctor knows about the dangers of potassium deficiency, but few recognize that almost half of the patients with a potassium deficiency will also be depleted of magnesium In fact, the low potassium state often cannot be easily corrected unless magnesium is also given.
Most mineral deficiencies stimulate an appetite for the deficient mineral, but there is no “specific appetite” for magnesium Although intravenous magnesium is the drug of choice at the onset of a heart attack, it is not mentioned in the section on arrhythmias in the 1989 “Compendium of Drug Therapy.”
Magnesium is useful in preventing unwanted calcification in the kidney, bladder and in the joints.
If a diet is high in phosphorus (common in many meat dishes as lunchmeats, hot dogs, etc. and also in soda drinks), the phosphate binds up the magnesium into magnesium phosphate, which isn’t absorbed. Thus, you need more magnesium for complete balance.
In disease and stress states, more magnesium is needed. If a person is using diuretics (water pills), he should make sure his magnesium intake is adequate. Potassium supplementation is usually needed also. The higher the protein you consumer the more magnesium is needed. When large amounts of calcium are consumed, you need more magnesium.
Rabbits just can’t take a high-cholesterol diet. Their blood fat level goes up, and they get severe arteriosclerosis/atherosclerosis. However, if you feed them five times the recommended daily allowance of magnesium, their cholesterol goes down and they don’t get arteriosclerosis.
Magnesium is a very important ingredient of the green coloring matter in plants (chlorophyll). Magnesium helps in the use of fat in the diet. In many cases of individuals suffering from irritability, the blood has shown low values for magnesium.
Normal development apparently depends on the presence of magnesium. Approximately 70 percent of the magnesium in the body is found in the skeletal system. At least half of the magnesium in the body is combined with calcium and phosphorus in the bones. The remainder is in the muscles, red blood cells and the other tissues of the body.
Magnesium ensures the strength and firmness of the bones, and it makes the teeth harder. Adequate intake of magnesium counteracts acidity, poor circulation and glandular disorders. Children with magnesium deficiency are very often mentally backward.
Influences On Absorption
The absorption of magnesium from the intestines may be influenced by (1) the parathyroid hormone, (2) the condition of the intestines, (3) the rate of water absorption, and (4) the amounts of calcium, phosphate and lactose (milk sugar) in the body.
Recent studies have shown that magnesium deficiency is found in 25 percent of eating disorders, such as obesity and anorexia nervosa. Symptoms such as weakness, leg cramps, anxiety and confusion will often clear up with magnesium therapy. A magnesium deficiency in humans can occur in patients with diabetes, chronic diarrhea or vomiting.
Heart palpitations, “flutters” or racing heart, otherwise called arrhythmias, usually clear up quite dramatically on 500 milligrams of magnesium citrate (or aspartate) once or twice daily or faster if given intravenously.
The optimal daily requirement for children of 20 kilograms of body weight is 0.25 grams (a kilo is 1,000 grams, equal to 2.2046 lbs). A child of 20 kilos would weigh 44.09 lbs, and for an adult of 70 kilos the requirement is 0.35 grams. The recommended daily allowance is approximately 200 to 300 mg for men and 300 mg for women, although specific requirements depend upon body size.
High-Calcium Dangers
A diet which is high in calcium increases the body’s need for magnesium and also may increase the excretion of phosphorus and calcium; however, dietary intake of magnesium remains relatively low. The chemical reaction of magnesium is alkaline (acid binding). It regulates the acid-alkaline balance of the body.
Magnesium is one of the nutrients needed to lose weight. Undulant fever is said to clear up if above-adequate amounts of magnesium and manganese are given.
Without sufficient magnesium, one cannot control the adrenals, and this lack of control can result in diabetes, hyperexcitability, nervousness, mental confusion and difficulty coping with simple day-to-day problems. Depressed and suicidal people often display inadequate levels of magnesium.
Magnesium helps induce passage of nutrients in and out of cells and thus affects the life process. It also controls metabolism of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, resulting in more normal nutritional levels. Japanese investigators have discovered that magnesium will relieve asthmatic attacks. They give it intravenously for acute asthma and orally for prevention.
Human Cell’s Power Plant
The power plant of human cell is called the “mitochondrion.” The mitochondrion is what generates energy for the cell to use. What everyone refers to as “energy” is derived from the oxidative reduction of the cellular respiration. This is done through the mitochondria.
But the problem arises when the cell is low in magnesium, relative to calcium. Adenosine triphosphate, the “energy currency” of the cell, is magnesium dependent. This means it is obvious that the calcium pump at the cell membrane is also magnesium dependent.
Without enough “biologically available” magnesium, the cellular calcium pump slows down. Thus a vicious cycle is established. The low levels of available magnesium inhibit the generation of energy, and the low levels of energy inhibit the calcium pump.
The end result? The mitochondrion, the powerhouse of the cell and the entire body, becomes calcified. This is the beginning of aging. It all starts in the cell. First the cells age. This leads to organ aging. And after the organs age, individual aging occurs. Since calcium is readily accumulated by mitochondria, this ion is potentially capable of antagonizing the activating influence of magnesium on many intramitochondrial enzyme reactions.
This means that every function of your body can be inhibited when the mitochondria calcify. It’s like going through life with the emergency brakes on. Calcium is the brake. Magnesium is the accelerator. To be in optimal health, there must be a balance between the two.
Balance Is Key
Both minerals are vitally important, but there must be that critical balance.
Andre Voisin in his book “Soil, Grass and Cancer” wrote: “Calcium content cannot be considered separately without taking the other mineral elements into account. It is the equilibria, and not the individual elements, that govern the phenomena of life.” That’s the magic word – “equilibria.”
Everyone today is concerned with their chronological age. But they should be equally concerned with their “biological” age. The ratio of calcium to magnesium within your cells is your “biochemical age.”
Tragically, in many cases, children are now starting to show high cellular calcium levels. For many people, eating a diet high in calcium and low in magnesium amounts to “cellular suicide.”
Calcification can cause a thousand illnesses. As the body grows, the calcium migrates from the hard tissues (bones) to the soft tissues in your body. Few understand the full scope of this program. It is the most prevalent clinical finding in industrial cultures.
Where the calcium buildup occurs depends upon your individual biochemistry. Calcium deposits in the joints are called arthritis; in the blood vessels it is hardening of the arteries; in the heart it is heart disease, and in the brain it is senility.
The calcification process develops slowly. It occurs gradually over 10, 20, 30 years or more. It can begin in childhood. There is almost no soft tissue in your body that is immune from calcification, including your various glands.
All of this fits so well with my basic belief in medicine, which rests upon the word “balance” – mental, spiritual and physical balance. If we have perfect peace of mind and soul and eat a nutritional poison-free diet, we will have no disease, because, after all, each of us in a scientific sense, is a chemical factory.
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Magnesium, Homoeostasis, and Aging
Magnesium, Homoeostasis, and Aging
Mario Barbagallo, Mario Belvedere, Ligia J Dominguez
Summary : Aging is very often associated with magnesium (Mg) deficit. Total plasma magnesium concentrations are remarkably constant in healthy subjects throughout life, while total body Mg and Mg in the intracellular compartment tend to decrease with age. Dietary Mg deficiencies are common in the elderly population. Other frequent causes of Mg deficits in the elderly include reduced Mg intestinal absorption, reduced Mg bone stores, and excess urinary loss. Secondary Mg deficit in aging may result from different conditions and diseases often observed in the elderly (i.e. insulin resistance and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus) and drugs (i.e. use of hypermagnesuric diuretics). Chronic Mg deficits have been linked to an increased risk of numerous preclinical and clinical outcomes, mostly observed in the elderly population, including hypertension, stroke, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, endothelial dysfunction, vascular remodeling, alterations in lipid metabolism, platelet aggregation/thrombosis, inflammation, oxidative stress, cardiovascular mortality, asthma, chronic fatigue, as well as depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Both aging and Mg deficiency have been associated to excessive production of oxygen-derived free radicals and low-grade inflammation. Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress are also present in several age-related diseases, such as many vascular and metabolic conditions, as well as frailty, muscle loss and sarcopenia, and altered immune responses, among others. Mg deficit associated to aging may be at least one of the pathophysiological links that may help to explain the interactions between inflammation and oxidative stress with the aging process and many age-related diseases.
http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/en/revues/bio_rech/mrh/e-docs/00/04/51/FF/resume.phtml
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