(See also Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
Contents:
Definition | Symptoms | Treatment | Nutrients
Herbs | Recommendations | Bibliography
Definition
Sexually transmitted diseases are those that are transmitted during sexual intercourse or other intimate contact with the sex organs.
Syphilis is an infectious venereal disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pallidum) and usually is transmitted by sexual intercourse, or acquired congenitally. Syphilis, however, can be contracted through other physical contact such as kissing. If untreated, it can ultimately lead to the degeneration of bones, heart, nerve tissue, etc.
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Symptoms
In the first stage a sore or chancre appears, in the second stage a rash and patches of flaking tissue appear in the mouth, anus and/or genital area. If the disease progresses to the third stage, which is rare today, brain damage, hearing loss, heart disease, and/or blindness can occur.
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Treatment
See your doctor for treatment.
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Nutrients
Acidophilus,
Garlic capsules,
Zinc,
Kelp,
Germanium,
Multivitamin and mineral complex, as directed on the label, promotes immune function.
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Herbs
Any of these may alleviate symptoms. Alternate teas and consume three cups daily or take in capsule or extract form.
- Smooth Alder
- Aloe
- Prickly Ash, bark
- Barberry
- Bayberry
- Bitterroot
- Bittersweet
- Bloodroot
- Boneset
- Bugleweed (for syphilitic sores)
- Burdock seed
- New Jersey Tea
- Red Clover
- Couch grass
- Yellow Dock
- Echinacea
- Elderberry
- Slippery Elm
- Water Eryngo
- Eucalyptus
- Blue Flag
- Gentian
- Corydalis
- Gotu kola
- Hibiscus flowers
- Horsetail
- Ironweed
- Lambkill
- Lobelia
- Milkweed
- Oregon grape
- Palmetto
- Sarsaparilla
- Parsley
- White Pine, bark
- Pipsissewa
- Plantain
- Pleurisy root
- Poke root
- Poplar
- Red root
- Rock-rose
- Sanicle
- Spikenard
- Stillingia
- Sumac, leaves or berries
- Thuja
- Twin leaf
- Violet
- Black Walnut
- Yellow dock
- Yerba mansa
Recommendations
This disease is highly contagious. The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that you protect yourself with condoms. Condoms should be used, but they are no guarantee of protection against venereal diseases! Check with your doctor! For early cases of syphilis, present for less than a year, one injection of penicillin is usually adequate for a complete cure; if the disease has been present for over one year, three or four weekly injections are usually adequate.
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Bibliography
Planetary Herbology, by Michael Tierra, C.A., N.D., O.M.D., Lotus Press, PO Box 325, Twin Lakes. WI 53181., Copyright 1988, published 1992
The Old Herb Doctor, by Joseph E. Meyer, Meyerbooks, publisher, PO Box 427, Glenwood, Illinois 60425, copyright 1984, sixth printing 1994.
Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fifth Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements, by James F. Balch, M.D. and Phyllis A. Balch, C.N.C., Avery Publishing Group, Inc., Garden City Park, NY
Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants, by Steven Foster and James A. Duke., Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10000
Indian Herbalogy of North America, by Alma R. Hutchens, Shambala Publications, Inc., Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, 1973
Back to Eden, by Jethro Kloss; Back to Eden Publishing Co., Loma Linda, CA 92354, Original copyright 1939, revised edition 1994
The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine, by Dr. David Frawley & Dr. Vasant Lad, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, Second edition, 1988.
The Rodale Herb Book: How to Use, Grow, and Buy Nature’s Miracle Plants (An Organic gardening and farming book), edited by William H. Hylton, Rodale Press, Inc. Emmaus, PA, 18049., 1974