Transdermal
Iodine
Treatment of Skin and Breast Cancer
and other Conditions.
Over 95 % of my patients
tested were deficient in iodine.
Dr. David Brownstein
Iodine is an exceptionally powerful healing agent
with extraordinary powers that can be applied in
the most dire of medical circumstances. It means
much more to us than thyroid function promotion
and protection. Iodine is the primordial antibiotic
that has been forgotten, left in the dust simply
because it was not a patentable medicine that fortunes
could be made from. We lost something considerably
more than an antibiotic though, iodine is also antiviral
and importantly in cancer, iodine is also antifungal.
Iodine works as an excellent antioxidant.
It neutralizes hydrogen
peroxide by converting it first to hypiodious acid
and then water,
thereby blocking its conversion into the hydroxyl
radical. [i]
We are going to be kicking ourselves pretty hard
for overlooking iodine as much as we have when we
realize how important iodine is in the production
of all the hormones in our bodies. Dr. Brownstein
says, “All of the glands of the body depend on adequate
iodine levels to function optimally. Animal studies
have shown problems with the adrenal glands, the
thymus gland, the ovaries, the hypothalamus and
pituitary access, as well as the entire endocrine
system, when there is an iodine deficient state.”
We are looking at one of the most important medicines
in the entire world of medicine when we are talking
about iodine for we cover enormous physiological
territory with its use.
The thyroid gland plays a pivotal role
to keep our immune systems intact.
The icing on the cake comes with the realization
that iodine is absolutely necessary for proper immune
system function. Poor immune response can be due
to an impaired thyroid function from deficient iodine
levels. Iodine actually is directly involved in
immune system function. Scientists have found that
Iodoproteins are secreted by leukocytes [ii] during
phagocytosis and active iodide concentrating mechanisms
have been found in leukocytes. Iodine has been used
therapeutically in various pathologies where the
immune mechanism is known to play a dominant role.
[iii] Iodide is accumulated during phagocytosis,
the process of engulfing and ingesting bacteria
and other foreign bodies. The iodide is attached
to the bacteria and to proteins, creating iodoproteins
including monoiodotyrosine (T1). Sometimes, the
thyroid hormones are utilized as the source of the
iodide.
Iodine is an antiseptic
and can be used to kill bacteria and fungi.
Iodine used topically as a douche is effective against
a wide
range of organisms including candida and chlamydia.
Though iodine is a most effective ‘universal’ medicine
most physicians and surgeons view iodine from a
narrow perspective. Yes surgeons scrub with it and
have their nurse paint iodine on their patients
because the tincture of iodine remains the best
antiseptic for preventing wound infections after
surgery. Though it kills 90 percent of bacteria
on the skin within 90 seconds its broader use has
been obscured except by a few brave physicians that
are working desperately to bring it back to the
forefront of public awareness. Iodine has a long
but lost illustrious history as the following story
presented by Dr. Derry illustrates. It is the most
legendary of documentations of transdermal
iodine therapy applied to a famous person
in the American Civil War:
"On September 29, 1862, Colonel John B. Gordon
held the center of General Lee's army at the battle
of Antietam, or Sharpsburg. The first volley from
the northern lines sent a ball through the calf
of Gordon's right leg; soon after, another went
through the muscles of his thigh; a third pierced
his left arm, tearing asunder the tendons and mangling
the flesh; a forth ripped through his shoulder leaving
a wad of clothing embedded in its track. Still,
no bones were broken; but, while Gordon lingered
in the firing line, "with", as he says
himself, "but little of my usual strength",
a fifth ball struck him squarely in the face.”
“Dr. Weatherly of the 6th Alabama Regiment, in
charge of medical arrangements, had the Colonel
removed to a base hospital, and prescribed tincture
of iodine to be painted on the wounds three or four
times a day. The case was unpromising. Gordon's
eyelids were greatly swollen; one eye was completely
closed, the other almost so; his jaw was immovably
clenched, and, to make matters worse, erysipelas
(staphylococcus infection of skin) had set
in on the left arm.”
“Mrs. Gordon, his wife, who nursed him - her name
was Fanny, and she was then a beautiful girl of
25 - put a liberal interpretation on her instructions
and painted the wounds, not three or four times
a day, but, as Gordon himself says: "I
think three to four hundred times a day."
Fanny's diligence and devotion were rewarded. Her
husband survived, outlived the war, and became the
Governor of Georgia, a General, and Commander-in-Chief
of the United Confederate Veterans. He died in 1904."
Delivering medicine to the
general circulation through the skin is a desirable
alternative
to taking it by mouth. Patients often forget to
take their medicine, and even the most faithfully
compliant get tired of swallowing pills, especially
if they must take many each day.
Iodine exhibits good activity against bacteria,
molds, yeasts, protozoa, and many viruses; indeed,
of all antiseptic preparations suitable for direct
use on humans and animals and upon tissues, only
iodine is capable of killing all classes
of pathogens: gram-positive and gram-negative
bacteria, mycobacteria, fungi, yeasts, viruses and
protozoa. Most bacteria
are killed within 15 to 30 seconds of contact.
Dr. Brice E. Vickery said, “I have seen that a
couple of mgs, of iodine daily will cure iodine
deficiency in the person with adequate gut absorption
powers. This will allow them to utilize their proteins;
however it will not mean that they have full body
iodine sufficiency (iodine receptors) in tissues
such as breast, uterus, prostate, skin, saliva glands,
stomach, colon, choroid plexus, and eye. It will
also not assure that a thyroid whose receptor space
is taken up with another halogen, such as bromine
or fluorine, will have a full sufficiency of iodine
for hormone production.”
One can conclude that skin
application of iodine is an effective if not
efficient and practical way for supplementation
of iodine with an
expected bioavailability of 6 to 12% of the total
iodine applied to the skin.
Is the application of iodine to the skin an acceptable
way to supplement iodine? Dr. Abraham writes, “The
bioavailability of iodine applied to the skin is
well known. Over 100 years ago, application of iodine
to the skin was used extensively for iodine supplementation.
In 1932, Nyiri and Jannitti from the College of
Pharmacy of Rutgers University wrote, "Iodine
is being used extensively as a prophylactic and
therapeutic agent by application to the outer integument,
(the skin) and has maintained its place in medicine
for many decades." [iv]
I had a severe sore throat recently (I could
not even swallow) and
my good friend suggested painting the inside of
my wrist with iodine.
I thought she was crazy. But it worked! The pain
was completely gone
the next morning. Shortly thereafter my son became
sick with a
bad cold. Although she recommended the iodine for
a sore throat,
I used it on my 3-year old and the next day he was
100% better. [v]
Dr. Derry says, “Iodine put onto scabs helps to
organize total repair of the tissue. All pre-malignant
lesions and many other oddities of the skin appear
to respond to this regeneration process triggered
by topical iodine. I have mentioned previously a
patient with a biopsy-proven breast cancer lesion
(she refused surgery because of previous cancer
treatment) that was strongly fixed to the skin responding
well to topical iodine and ended up being a dimple
on the breast three year later. [vi] It is my belief
a water solution of iodine (like Lugol's) is an
important therapeutic agent for skin. Because of
its effectiveness and the results, perhaps many
skin diseases are related to local tissue areas
of relative iodine deficiency. In addition, iodine's
ability to trigger natural cell death (apoptosis)
makes it effective against all pre-cancerous skin
lesions and likely many cancerous lesions.”
Painting Iodine on my wrist
gets rid of my sore throat
every time! Iodine definitely works for me, however,
I find it
best to use the clear "decolorized" iodine,
available at most
drugstores. I paint it on the inside of the wrists
(where the
veins are closest to the skin) and on the sides
of the throat. [vii]
“I get small lesions on my forearms and the backs
of my hands which I've been told by a doctor could
become cancerous. In the past, I've had that doctor
"burn off" these spots with nitrogen.
That has usually worked, but did not work on two
areas that have been with me for about three years
now. For a while now I've been painting these areas
with Lugol's solution (5% iodine), only three or
four times a week as the iodine does not absorb
as it would elsewhere on the skin and the dark red/brown
of the iodine is very noticeable. These lesions
are not completely gone yet, but they are definitely
fading away."
Claire West
Iodine sprayed on the mucous
lining of a woman’s vagina will be
absorbed and will soften her breasts in a matter
of 5 minutes, while at the
same time it relieves the tension and irritability
of intestinal musculature.
Dr. John Myers
Iodine is more than the universal medicine doctors
acknowledged it to be long ago. It is new to most
doctors today though who have been brainwashed into
being obsessed with pharmaceutical drugs as opposed
to much less expensive and toxic nutritional medicines.
So lost are we to the medical science on iodine
that we are completely surprised when we hear oncologist
Dr. Tullio Simoncini state, “Every tumour
of the skin can be completely removed with Iodine
Tincture 7%, brushed many times (10-20) once a day.
[viii] When
the crust is formed, don’t take it away, but treat
the area continuously and wait until it falls without
any other intervention except the Iodine tincture.
When the crust falls down the third time, the patient
is healed.”
Dr. David Brownstein has done more iodine research
and clinical work than just about anyone writes
in his book Iodine, Why You Need It and Why You
Can’t Live Without It, “Iodine contains potent anticancer
properties. Iodine is effective for treating fibrocystic
breasts and ovarian cysts.” In this chapter we are
exploring, for the first time, the use of
iodine as a principle agent in the treatment of
cancer with
specific attention paid to breast and skin cancer,
which are most easily treated transdermally. It
is useful to know that in the case of iodine (magnesium
as well) transdermally does not mean just topically,
it also includes aerosol (direct application to
the lungs) as well as for the upper and lower ends
of the GI track, (colonics and oral use for treatment
of oral and stomach cancers) as well as in douches
for cancers of cervix and uterus.
Transdermal drug delivery is painless and
convenient -- a big advantage
for patients who hate injections or forget to take
their pills on time.
One of the principle reasons iodine is so effective
for skin cancer is that, according to Dr. Simoncini,
skins cancers are caused by Candida fungus, which
has adapted itself to metabolising the most proteinaceous
constituents of the epidermis and that therefore
only rarely can it be treated with sodium bicarbonate
solutions. Dr. Simoncini perhaps has the most experience
with transdermal iodine in cancer treatment but
even he did not realize that you can treat internal
cancers through raising internal iodine concentrations
through oral administration.
This chapter is going to put out quite strongly
the message that iodine be used in all cancer treatments
as a systemic medicine, not just topically for skin
and breast cancer. For the same reasons
iodine is effective for skin cancers it would be
effective in helping combat cancers of all types.
Using the right type of iodine allows us to bring
up systemic levels quite strongly without toxic
effect since the body desperately needs the iodine
for a broad range of reasons.
Yes like water or anything else iodine can be considered
poison but it is not any more poisonous to the body
in appropriate doses than the appropriate amounts
of water. Iodine is an essential nutritional
substance that we have to have in sufficient quantities
to beat the cancer process. It’s an important
part of life. Winning the War on Cancer has iodine
and magnesium written all over the headlines, and
both can be used transdermally, orally, intravenously,
by aerosol, in both douches and colonics.
Povidone iodine has been used for cataract surgery
antisepsis: 1% povidone-iodine solution used preoperatively.
Also for chronic otitis media: 5% povidone-iodine
ear drops, three drops taken three times daily for
10 days has been used. For upper airway sterilization:
1% povidone-iodine solution inhaled via nebulizer
twice daily has been used, with gargle twice daily.
It should be noted that povidone iodine contains
surfactantants and sticking agents (polymers) making
it more toxic/dangerous to use than the atomic (nascent)
iodine, which is simply individual atoms of iodine
suspended in a high grade alcohol.
Douche and vaginal suppositories containing 10%
PVP-Iodine have been reported effective in the treatment
of vaginal infections. These can be used both as
a topical and therapeutic agent for the treatment
of birth-canal infections and for various forms
of vaginitis. PVP-Iodine has been reported as a
very effective bactericide against organisms commonly
found in the mouth and is able to destroy these
within 15 seconds. Using a mouthwash/gargle product
containing 0.5% PVP-Iodine is effective in reducing
the bacterial flora in the mouth prior to dental
surgery.
Transdermal Medicine works through percutaneous
absorption, it’s the process where substances move
from the skin surface to its intended site of action
or into the general circulation system. When tumors
are not too deep inside the body we can saturate
them through local topical application of magnesium
chloride and iodine even as we bring up systemic
iodine levels through oral administration. Magnesium
chloride is always used along side of the iodine
but it’s a subject covered heavily in other chapters
and in my Transdermal Magnesium Therapy
book.
As sunlight hits the Earth and the agency
of chlorophyll
brings green to the fore, the center of that chlorophyll
molecule is magnesium. It is the basis of the food
chain
or the food web. Magnesium is the basis for cell
economics.
Charles Walters Minerals
for the Genetic Code
The iodine or magnesium chloride is applied (at
different times of the day) to the skin’s surface
and then diffuses out of its vehicle into the stratum
corneum. In the stratum corneum these minerals build
a reservoir and defuses through the stratum spinosum.
At this point they can metabolize and bind to receptors
in the cells they touch and thus exert their effects.
These minerals will then pass into the basement
membrane zone and dermis binding to ever more receptors.
From there they are delivered into subcutaneous
fat, the circulatory system and achieve systemic
absorption.
I have treated a number of sore and streph
throats and loss
of voice; painting iodine on the outside of the
throat clears all
within 24 hours. Iodine absorbs into the skin in
about 6 hours.
Also works for ear problems and swollen glands.
[ix]
Dr. Daniel H. Duffy said, “I have been using IODEX,
an iodine containing paste applied directly to the
skin for the past thirty two years to help break
up the intercostal pain and palpatory soreness at
the sternum often suffered by a high percentage
of Midwesterners, especially female hypothyroids.
I was also taught early on that it was common practice
for veterinarians to rub IODEX on the fetlocks of
horses to eliminate cystic formations. Women are
instructed to rub IODEX into the sore spots at the
intercostals at bedtime until the soreness disappears.”
Topical iodine facilitates transdermal delivery
of insulin. [x]
Though transdermal application of insulin is not
ideal it is good to know that iodine will protect
the disulfide bonds in insulin, and maybe that's
one of the reasons high doses of iodine work to
reduce insulin needs in people who have type 2 diabetes
who still produce insulin. Researchers think that
topical iodine protects the dermally applied insulin
presumably by inactivation of endogenous sulfhydryls
such as glutathione and gamma glutamylcysteine,
which can reduce the disulfide bonds of the hormone.
Thus, the effect of iodine is mediated by retaining
the potency of the hormone during its penetration
via the skin into the circulation.
Transdermal use of both
iodine and magnesium chloride
are ideal methods of administration for children
for
many reasons including ease of application.
Iodine preparations include aerosol sprays, gauze
pads, lubricating gels, creams, solutions, douche
preparations, suppositories, gargles, perineal wash
solutions, shampoos, and skin cleansers and scrubs.
Povidone iodine preparations are applied topically
to the skin and to membranes, e.g. vaginal membranes,
and in infected wounds and surgical incisions. The
uses continue to be largely medicinal, though some
iodophors are used in industrial sanitation and
disinfection in hospitals, building maintenance,
and food-processing operations. There has been some
interest in the use of iodine for purification of
potable water and swimming pools. Two other iodine-containing
compounds, p-tolyl diiodomethyl sulfone and p-chlorophenyldiiodomethyl
sulfone have been recommended as preservatives.
Iodine and iodine-containing compounds and preparations
are employed extensively in medicine, eg, as antiseptics,
as drugs administered in different combinations
in the prophylaxis and treatment of certain diseases,
and as therapeutic agents in various thyroid dyscrasias
and other abnormalities. Iodine is a highly reactive
substance combining with proteins partly by chemical
reaction and partly by adsorption. Therefore its
antimicrobial action is subject to substantial impairment
in the presence of organic matter such as serum,
blood, urine, milk, etc. However, where there is
no such interference, non-selective microbicidal
action is intense and rapid.
The use of conventional povidone iodine, i.e.
compositions which have a povidone to iodine ratio
of fewer than 10 to 1, typically 8.5 to 1, in vaginal
treatments has been reported. Women being prepared
for total abdominal hysterectomy were treated by
insertion of povidone-iodine tampons that remained
in the vagina until the end of the operation. Statistically
significant decreases both in infectious morbidity
and in the percentage of positive cultures from
the cervix and vagina, at the time of the operation
resulted from this use of povidone-iodine. [xi]
The use of povidone-iodine (`Betadine`) pessaries
in the treatment of candidal and trichomonal vaginitis
was reported by a Dr. Henderson who studied one
hundred and thirty-five women suffering from trichomonal,
candidal, or both infections simultaneously, were
treated with povidone-iodine pessaries, 2 pessaries
being inserted nightly. The results obtained were
very encouraging, 92% of the trichomonal and 96%
of the candidal infections being cured if treatments
were continued for a month. Short treatments of
only seven days were not effective. [xii]
From my women patients, I learned that fibrocystic
breasts were most often a sign of estrogen dominance;
relatively high estrogen and low progesterone. In
my experience, using natural progesterone routinely
solves the problem. I also recommend adding vitamin
E in dosages of 600 IU at bedtime, supplemental
magnesium (300 milligrams a day), and vitamin B6
(50 milligrams per day). I cannot recall a case
in which the result was not positive. [xiii] Dr.
John Lee
The incidence of fibrocystic breast disease in American
women was 3 percent in the 1920s. Today, a minimum
of 30 percent of women have this disorder, manifested
by epithelial hyperplasia, apocrine gland metaplasia,
fluid-filled cysts, and fibrosis. Dr. Miller puts
the percentage as high as ninety percent. A minimum
of six million American women with fibrocystic disease
are thought to have moderate to severe breast pain
and tenderness that lasts more than 6 days during
the menstrual cycle. Fibrocystic breast disease,
a benign (non-cancerous) condition characterized
by round lumps that move freely within the breast
tissue. These lumps are usually tender to the touch.
In contrast, a cancerous growth in the breast is
often not tender or freely movable when touched.
Though oral magnesium supplementation is recommended
by many for the treatment of fibroid disorders no
one has thought of applying magnesium transdermally
to the breasts or to the skin to either treat or
prevent such cancers from occurring. A personal
friend of mine had severe fibroid disease in her
breasts and I suggested that she apply Magnesium
Oil (natural magnesium chloride solution) to her
breasts. A month later she called me and said her
problem resolved completely.
Russian researchers first showed, in 1966, that
iodine effectively relieves signs and symptoms of
fibrocystic breast disease. Vishniakova and Murav’eva
treated 167 women suffering from fibrocystic disease
with 50 mg KI during the intermenstrual period and
obtained a beneficial healing effect in 71 percent.
[xiv]
Though this chapter is about transdermal iodine
treatments we cannot possibly communicate about
this without including the necessary magnesium treatment,
which universally needs to go with the iodine that
will push treatment effectiveness up a quantum level
or two. It should be noted that iodine should also
be supplemented orally in addition to local topical
application. We use Nascent Iodine (Magnascent Atomic
Iodine) for this purpose
Iodine applied via the vagina has been said to
soften the breasts in minutes so iodine and magnesium
chloride applied together through transdermal means
would be the perfect duo in our fight against both
breast and skin cancer. With the addition of the
sodium bicarbonate treatments of Dr. Simoncini we
have what could be considered a trinity in skin
and breast cancer treatments. Of course treatment
options do not end here and a full protocol is always
desired if one wants to go over the top as far as
survival rates are concerned.
Breast Cancer
There is plenty of evidence that women would have
a lower incidence of cancer and fibrocystic disease
of the breast if they consumed more iodine and other
minerals like magnesium, selenium and zinc. A decrease
in iodine intake coupled with an increased consumption
of competing halogens, fluoride and bromide, has
created an epidemic of iodine deficiency in America
and this seems to be in part responsible for skyrocketing
rates of breast cancer. It makes total sense that
iodine, one of the nutrients that when deficient
leads to breast cancer, would also help to cure
it.
The ductal cells in the
breast, the ones most likely to become cancerous,
are
equipped with an iodine pump (the sodium iodine
symporter, the
same one that the thyroid gland has) to soak up
this element. [xv]
Dr. Donald Miller
Dr. Donald Miller points out that “Today 1 in
7 American women (almost 15 percent) will develop
breast cancer during their lifetime. Thirty years
ago, when iodine consumption was twice as high as
it is now (480 µg a day) 1 in 20 women developed
breast cancer. Iodine was used as a dough conditioner
in making bread, and each slice of bread contained
0.14 mg of iodine. In 1980, bread makers started
using bromide as a conditioner instead, which competes
with iodine for absorption into the thyroid gland
and other tissues in the body. Iodine was also more
widely used in the dairy industry 30 years ago than
it is now.”
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer
in women and is the second leading cause of cancer
death in women (after lung cancer). The American
Cancer Society estimates that in 2005, about 211,240
women were diagnosed with breast cancer — and 40,410
died from the disease.
Breast cancer survivors of chemotherapy are facing
increased risk of heart disease; so much so that
at least some doctors are debating if it's time
to abandon a chemotherapy mainstay. Drugs called
anthracyclines are a breast chemo staple despite
the well-known risk: They weaken women's
hearts. "In the process of curing
their breast cancer, we've exposed them to some
pretty nasty things. And it's not just one nasty
thing, it's a sequence of nasty things," explains
Dr. Pamela Douglas, a Duke University cardiologist.
[xvi]
A malfunctioning thyroid gland is a precursor
to many disorders
in females. With hypothyroidism, hormones such as
LH, FSH,
and prolactin may be overly stimulated. (Lark 1996).
[xvii]
Dr. Russell Blaylock is warning women about the
orthodox ontological approach including its use
of mammograms because they are dangerous and cancer
provoking of the radiation being used. Most women
depend upon that yearly mammogram to warn them of
possible breast cancer. Yet, as Dr. Blaylock points
out, studies show mammograms actually increase a
woman’s risk of developing breast cancer from 1-3%
per year, depending on the technique used. Now that
may not sound like a lot. However, if you religiously
undergo a mammogram every year for 10 years, you
increase your risk from 10-30% (and some radiation
experts feel the danger is much higher than that).
A woman’s breasts are one of her most sensitive
areas when it comes to cancers caused by radiation
exposure. Modern medicine terrorizes women in a
typical male oriented way using testing and treatments
that cause cancer to treat breast cancer. Doctors
have as little compunction in removing breasts as
they do doing C sections or injecting women’s babies
with vaccines containing toxic poisons like mercury.
Dr. Blaylock continues saying that, “by the age
of 50, a full 45% of women will have cancer cells
in their breasts. This doesn't mean that all these
women will develop breast cancer, because in most
women these cancer cells remain dormant. What it
does mean is that, if you are one of these 45% of
women, you are at high risk of spurring these cancer
cells to full activity.”
A review of three clinical studies using
sodium iodide, protein-
bound iodide, and molecular iodine showed clinical
improvements
in FBD of 70%, 40%, and 72%, respectively (Ghent
et al. 1993).
For women concerned about the prevention of breast
cancer the same natural allopathic treatments used
to treat cancer will prevent it. The clash in medical
paradigms is intensely focused on this point. You
cannot use surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy to
prevent breast cancer because all of these cause
cancer. On the other hand magnesium, iodine,
selenium and ALA can be used to insure vibrant mammary
health.
The IMVA treatment for breast cancer combines
transdermal magnesium treatments with transdermal
iodine treatments to the breasts. When combined
with sodium bicarbonate, selenium, ALA and clay
packs one can beat this beastly serial killer of
women, which breast cancer is. The IMVA protocol
does not stop here but these substances represent
the essential core treatment.
It just happens to turn out that breast,
skin,
immune system, ovaries, prostate gland and brain
need more iodine than most of us receive in our
diets.
In the case of breast cancer Dr. Simoncini says,
“In the presence of a tumor of large dimensions,
before performing the treatment with iodine solution,
it is necessary to perform a cycle of subcutaneous
infiltrations with sodium bicarbonate at five per
cent under the lesion for the purpose of liberating
the tissue from the possible invasion of the deep
planes and of the basal lamina. If this is not done,
we risk that the fungus, once destroyed at a superficial
level, will defend itself by trespassing into those
levels where a conclusive action of the iodine solution
is impossible.”
Transdermal
Iodine
The best iodine for transdermal use is the seven
percent iodine but as of August 1, 2007 it is now
a controlled substance regulated by the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) under the chemical regulatory
provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
The DEA believes that this action is necessary to
remove deficiencies in the existing regulatory controls,
which have been exploited by drug traffickers who
divert iodine (in the form of iodine crystals and
iodine tincture) for the illicit production of methamphetamine
in clandestine drug laboratories. So it is almost
impossible to get the 7 percent solution. Weaker
solutions will work but much more of it needs to
be used. Many studies for transdermal use have been
done with PVP-Iodine, which is appropriate for external
uses only. The inexpensive tinctures available in
drug stores are also for external use only being
too toxic for internal applications.
It is important when considering using iodine
transdermally to take into account the large amount
lost by evaporation. The evaporation of iodine from
the skin increases with increased ambient temperatures
and decreased atmospheric pressure due to weather
conditions and altitude. For example, the yellow
color of iodine will disappear much faster in Denver,
Colorado at 5,000 feet above sea level then Los
Angeles, California at sea level, irrespective of
the amount of bioavailability of iodine. For this
reason Dr. Simoncini directs skin cancer patients
to paint the iodine on twenty times.
To summarize Dr. Guy E. Abraham’s findings:
1. Free iodine penetrates through the unbroken skin.
2. Approximately 88 per cent of the iodine evaporates
from the surface so one needs to appy it liberally
coating the skin from ten to twenty times depending
on the condition being treated..
3. Colloidal iodine evaporates somewhat more quickly
than tincture of iodine; Lugol’s solution is more
stable than either of them.
4. The influence of ambient temperature on the evaporation
of iodine is significant: within the first minute,
the losses of iodine by evaporation are: 10-15%
at 9 c; 18-25% at 24 c; and 35% at 37c.
5. The remaining iodine on the skin following evaporation
of 88% of the total iodine, approximately 12 per
cent, is at the disposal of the body, and penetrates
through the skin. The bioavailability of the remaining
12% of the skin iodine is very gradual.
Iodine Testing
A Swiss physician, Jean Surbeck,
reports in the Price-Pottinger Nutrition Foundation
newsletter that there is a simple home test to check
your body's iodine level. He suggests taking a Q-Tip
and painting an area about the size of a silver
dollar with 2 percent tincture of iodine (from the
drug store- get the kind that is not discolored).
Since iodine will stain the skin yellow, you might
want to paint it on your thigh.
If your iodine level is below normal, the stain
will dissappear quickly. and keeping in mind the
disclaimers of this test as you reported from Dr.
Abraham above, some further statement is needed
here. If your iodine level is below normal the stain
will disappear quickly. The quicker the more desperate
the body is for iodine. Such a test varies considerably
depending on the type of iodine used, where it is
used, and on the iodine levels in a ´person’s
body. My experience is that the atomic (nascent)
iodine drops goes quickly through the skin when
a person is deficient, which is another indication
of its special properties. If the iodine just sits
on the skin and stays wet you know the body is not
needing or wanting any more iodine
Iodine Douches
Douche preparations containing
povidone iodine are
widely used, and efforts have been made to treat
and/or
prevent vaginal infections with povidone iodine.
But routine douching is not necessary to maintain
vaginal hygiene; the preponderance of evidence suggests
that douching may be harmful and shows an association
between douching and numerous adverse outcomes.
(See important notes on the dangers of douching.)
[xviii] Providone iodine is not good for internal
use and cannot be compared at all to atomic (nascent)
forms of iodine.
In 1997, Zhang and colleagues reported the results
of a meta-analysis of 6 studies of vaginal douching
and cervical cancer. Four studies were conducted
in the United States and published in 1979, 1986,
1987, and 1991; 2 in Latin America were published
in 1990 and 1995. The combined results suggest an
overall positive effect. [xix]
Case Study
In November, a rare kind of breast cancer was found.
A lady developed a rash on her breast, similar to
that of young mothers who are nursing.
Because her mammogram had been clear, the doctor
treated her with antibiotics for infections. After
2 rounds, it continued to get worse, so her doctor
sent her for another mammogram. This time it showed
a mass.
A biopsy found a fast growing malignancy. Chemo
was started in order to shrink the growth; then
a mastectomy was performed; then a full round of
Chemo; then radiation. After about 9 months of intense
treatment, she was given a clean bill of health.
She had one year of living each day to its fullest.
Then the cancer returned to the liver area. She
took 4 treatments and decided that she wanted quality
of life, not the after effects of Chemo. She had
5 great months and she planned each detail of the
final days. After a few days of needing morphine,
she died.
This woman left this message to be delivered to
women everywhere:
Women, PLEASE be alert to anything that is not
normal, and be persistent in getting help as soon
as possible. Paget's Disease [xx] of the nipple:
This is a rare form of breast cancer, and is on
the outside of the breast, on the nipple and aureole.
It appeared as a rash, which later became a lesion
with a crusty outer edge. I would not have ever
suspected it to be breast cancer but it was. My
nipple never seemed any different to me, but the
rash bothered me, so I went to the doctor for that.
Sometimes, it itched and was sore, but other than
that it didn't bother me. It was just ugly and a
nuisance, and could not be cleared up with all the
creams prescribed by my doctor and dermatologist
for the dermatitis on my eyes just prior to this
outbreak. They seemed a little concerned but did
not warn me it could be cancerous.
Now, I suspect not many women out there know a lesion
or rash on the nipple or aureole can be breast cancer.
(Mine started out as a single red pimple on the
aureole. One of the biggest problems with Paget's
disease of the nipple is that the symptoms appear
to be harmless. It is frequently thought to be a
skin inflammation or infection, leading to unfortunate
delays in detection and care.)
What are the symptoms?
1. A persistent redness, oozing, and crusting of
your nipple causing it to itch and burn (As I stated,
mine did not itch or burn much, and had no oozing
I was aware of, but it did have a crust along the
outer edge on one side.)
2. A sore on your nipple that will not heal. (Mine
was on the aureole with a whitish thick looking
area in center of nipple).
3. Usually only one nipple is affected.
Mark Sircus Ac., OMD
Director International Medical Veritas Association
http://www.imva.info
http://www.magnesiumforlife.com
Sanctuary Cancer Clinic
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