Transdermal Treatments
There can be a variety of reasons you might want to use transdermal (aka topical) treatments and let your body absorb things through the skin. For example, you might have a local issue, like a wart, that would benefit from direct treatment by applying some things topically or you may be having trouble taking things orally and need relief gets around that.
But perhaps the most powerful reason to want to use a transdermal treatment is as a control mechanism on dosage and a gating mechanism on what the body is allowing in. If you take it topically, the odds of overdosing are pretty low because the body will absorb what it needs and then stop when it hits a certain threshold. It's much, much harder to overdose with topical treatments than via oral administration.
I've spoken of the idea that coconut oil could potentially be used that way for a different genetic disorder than mine. TLDR: The hypothesis is that topical coconut oil may address a fat shortage with much lower risk for a body that misprocesses fats, so some fats are harmful and not being processed correctly.
In the past, I've used poultice as a means to get herbal antibiotics into me and keep me out of the ER. It helped me gradually get off so many drugs and stabilize my condition.
You can also use it to get salt and minerals into you and work to straighten out imbalances in those nutrients safely. One means is just go to the beach regularly (possibly even daily). Another is to order Celtic sea salt and bathe in it rather than taking it orally. (They do sell Celtic sea salt for the bath. It's a little cheaper and may have the occasional feather or bits of sand in it.)
This helps in part because salt works in conjunction with other things in the body and you may need less salt than you think you do. What you may really need is more of the other minerals found in salt water and this kind of lets the body decide that without you having to figure out which one specifically.
It's also a safe means to dose children. Children are small, they aren't very articulate, it can be hard to figure out exactly what they need. Taking them to the beach regularly can help ensure they get their minerals, which are critical to multiple organs relevant to immune function, as safely as possible.
If you have a child (or even infant) with lung or gut issues or general health issues, start a journal and see if taking them to the beach helps them. If it does, early indicators of effectiveness should be sleeping more and sleeping more deeply.
They don't even have to go in the water. If you are at the beach, the air will be heavy with moisture and minerals and you will absorb some through your skin without setting foot in the water, though, obviously, you absorb it more quickly if you can go in the water.
Yes, I have done this. Going TO the beach without going IN the water to get the minerals I needed was a frequent course of treatment when I was very sick and homeless. I used to go sleep on the sand when I was extremely miserable or even just stop for our snacks and drinks on the walk home someplace where we could feel the salty sea breezes. It was effective and -- at zero cost -- it was a treatment I could afford no matter how broke I was.
But perhaps the most powerful reason to want to use a transdermal treatment is as a control mechanism on dosage and a gating mechanism on what the body is allowing in. If you take it topically, the odds of overdosing are pretty low because the body will absorb what it needs and then stop when it hits a certain threshold. It's much, much harder to overdose with topical treatments than via oral administration.
I've spoken of the idea that coconut oil could potentially be used that way for a different genetic disorder than mine. TLDR: The hypothesis is that topical coconut oil may address a fat shortage with much lower risk for a body that misprocesses fats, so some fats are harmful and not being processed correctly.
In the past, I've used poultice as a means to get herbal antibiotics into me and keep me out of the ER. It helped me gradually get off so many drugs and stabilize my condition.
You can also use it to get salt and minerals into you and work to straighten out imbalances in those nutrients safely. One means is just go to the beach regularly (possibly even daily). Another is to order Celtic sea salt and bathe in it rather than taking it orally. (They do sell Celtic sea salt for the bath. It's a little cheaper and may have the occasional feather or bits of sand in it.)
This helps in part because salt works in conjunction with other things in the body and you may need less salt than you think you do. What you may really need is more of the other minerals found in salt water and this kind of lets the body decide that without you having to figure out which one specifically.
It's also a safe means to dose children. Children are small, they aren't very articulate, it can be hard to figure out exactly what they need. Taking them to the beach regularly can help ensure they get their minerals, which are critical to multiple organs relevant to immune function, as safely as possible.
If you have a child (or even infant) with lung or gut issues or general health issues, start a journal and see if taking them to the beach helps them. If it does, early indicators of effectiveness should be sleeping more and sleeping more deeply.
They don't even have to go in the water. If you are at the beach, the air will be heavy with moisture and minerals and you will absorb some through your skin without setting foot in the water, though, obviously, you absorb it more quickly if you can go in the water.
Yes, I have done this. Going TO the beach without going IN the water to get the minerals I needed was a frequent course of treatment when I was very sick and homeless. I used to go sleep on the sand when I was extremely miserable or even just stop for our snacks and drinks on the walk home someplace where we could feel the salty sea breezes. It was effective and -- at zero cost -- it was a treatment I could afford no matter how broke I was.
