MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS): 3 cases improve after application of wheatgrass extract to affected areas

About multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a slowly progressive disease that has a negative effect on the brain and spinal cord. It is called a "demyelinating" disease because of the patchy destruction of myelin - the coating around the nerve that accelerates electrical impulses passing along it.

Nerve cells send electrical signals along their axons (conduction channels) to specific targets such as muscle cells. Many of these cells are covered with a fatty substance called the "myelin sheath" that enhances nerve conduction about 50 times faster than unmyelinated nerve axons. In multiple sclerosis, this sheath becomes damaged through demyelination, disrupting nerve function.

Some effects of MS

There can be numerous symptoms such as muscle weakness, numbness, visual and emotional disturbances. The course of the illness is highly variable and unpredictable. However, some medications can reduce the severity of the disease. Wheatgrass extract has helped recovery of a number of these patients, when nothing else helped.

Some positive effects of wheatgrass

Since 1995, I have successfully treated a number of these patients with this condition by applying wheatgrass extract over to affected areas. For example:-

Case No. 1.

A nurse, who was also a mother with three young children - somehow managed to struggle through half a day's work, twice a week. She also suffered severe chronic fatigue and spent most of her time resting when she wasn’t child-minding.

After taking wheatgrass extract for about two weeks she called me excitedly. She had spent all day walking around the Melbourne Royal Showground with her children and felt on top of the world! The previous year she had to be pushed in a wheelchair.

In 2002, I noted: “Several reports from other sources have provided equally significant improvement in fatigue with fewer and less severe, relapses. One 54 year old male patient who had permanent neurological symptoms remained in remission for two years, but relapsed when he stopped taking the wheatgrass extract."

Case No. 2.

A young woman had suffered from MS for a number of years, her main symptoms being loss of sensation and numbness in both hands -a significant disability. I had sent her some commercially produced wheatgrass extract a month earlier which she had been taking three times a day. (Further experience shows she would have done significantly better by only taking it once or twice weekly.)

She rang to tell me how delighted she was that she had burnt her hand, because it was very painful! She explained that she had had no sensation whatsoever in either hand for five years. It appeared that the MS-damaged nerves supplying sensation to her hands were beginning to recover, suggesting that damaged or dysfunctional cellular receptors keeping the brain informed of what's happening throughout the body, had broken down. It appeared that the ligands present in wheatgrass extract had re-activated these receptors enabling them to re-connect to the brain.

(She subsequently regained full sensation in both hands. August 22, 2007 - View testimonial)

Case No. 3.

A young woman with MS for 17 years also reported dramatic recovery from fatigue, which enabled her to regain an almost normal lifestyle. She also mentioned her hair and facial skin were now “glowing” and that even her partner and friends had noticed how well she looked, suggesting re-connection of numerous dysfunctional cell receptors to the brain.

How does wheatgrass work for MS?

In laboratory animals it has been shown that barley grass (similar to wheatgrass) increases production of growth hormone and the hormone prolactin (which stimulates breast milk production) via the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. This appears to influence recovery of damaged nerve tissue.

A Canadian study, (See abstract offsite) noted that many MS patients' symptoms improved or disappeared during pregnancy i.e. when prolactin levels are high. Also, increased prolactin levels in mice demonstrated "a striking ability to repair demyelination" suggesting that the hormone could be a potential therapeutic agent for MS.

By comparison, instead of wheatgrass extract increasing prolactin levels in MS patients, it is far more likely the ligands it contains re-connect dysfunctional cell receptors to the brain resulting a "nomalising" effect.

How should I treat my MS with wheatgrass?

This depends on what your symptoms are. For weakened muscle tissue, apply a little wheatgrass extract over the affected area(s) once weekly and persevere. Do the same for painful, stiff muscles. This often relaxes the muscles and relieves pain, but avoid over-treating. Why? Because it is not necessary. Try to hasten slowly.

Also, to help maintain your whole body in good condition, take wheatgrass extract (Supershots) - 2.5ml (half a teaspoonful) on alternate days, and persevere.

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Dr. Chris Reynolds.

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