The Abscess: Dealing Without a Dentist.

(de)Facing the Medical Establishment's Business Plan. Part 2.

In Part One I came to the experiential realisation that well-meant dental advice can often be the first canary in the medical establishment's goldmine of diseases.

In my most recent bout of tooth turmoil (bad food choices under months of prolonged stress), neither teeth nor gums hurt; it was more like a weakly inflamed headache from the right side of my skull, down to neck & shoulder, and the back of my right eye.
Seeing as my health is generally good, a persistent (3-4 week) headache meant trouble.

“And, beginning to grind his teeth again, Pyotr Petrovich admitted that he'd been a fool — but only to himself, of course.” -Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

Holistic dentists are a good alternative to standard dentistry, but prevention will always be better than a cure. Please note, I have no porcelain fillings left in my mouth and never had mercury fillings. NB: Applying iodine to mercury fillings is a very bad idea.

If industrial food, fluoridated water, root canals and toxic amalgams weren’t enough to cripple the immune system — behold! mRNA injections! At best these suppress the immune system, at worst cause disease and death in man and beast, and yet the rise and rise of mRNA research in “food/health” continues including in dentistry.
So! What to do when the horrifying spectre of tooth problems appear?

“Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.” -Maimonides

I am neither doctor nor dentist; this is merely an anecdotal tooth repair recipe. I’ve used it for c.14 years due to a habit of pushing body & mind (& luck) to limits beyond those considered reasonable or even moral by most. (The rewards have been worth it.)

To someone unfamiliar with ‘doctoring ones self’ the following ingredients might seem strange or even ridiculous, but side-benefits include clearer skin, happier mood, better sleep and better vision. While considerably cheaper than a dentist, it requires active participation and self-respect/discipline. If in doubt, take the bio-dentist route.

—Recipe Ingredients—

Beef broth (recipe)
Herb broth 
Good salt (unrefined)
Good water (non-fluoridated, non-chlorinated)
Garlic
Ginger/Dandelion root/Rose hip teas
Paleo bread or favourite easily digestible carbohydrate staple (no added sugar)
Butter
Vegetables
Sardines
Eggs
Nuts/Seeds
Hard cheese like Grana Padano
Non-pasteurised Sauerkraut
Meat for slow-cooking and other satisfying whole food meals (ie. no take-aways/junk)

Sunshine
High quality Cod or Skate liver oil
Oregano oil
Coconut oil
Castor oil

Vitamin C
NAC (N-Acetyl Cystine)
Lugol’s Iodine
Boron
High quality magnesium supplement 
Magnesium chloride (for bath if available)
Activated charcoal
ALA (Alpha Lipoic acid)
Hydrogen Peroxide food grade 3%

—Method—

—The trick is to have two or three whole meals a day, swapping snacks for broths. Enamel holds 96% of minerals in the body; the body borrows endlessly from this stash so when problems appear, there has been too much taking, not enough giving back.

—When the penny dropped the problem was in my mouth, I placed one drop of Lugol’s Iodine on each problem tooth and waited (1-2 minutes)… then rinsed clear.
It must be repeated: Do not apply iodine to mercury fillings. (I’ve heard iodine shouldn’t even be taken in a mercurial mouth but can’t find a source beyond this study.)
Salt loading is necessary after any iodine, and is considered a healthful tonic in itself.
(A cup of salt-seasoned broth counts as ‘salt loading’ and is the method I use.)
To salt-load: 1/4 teaspoon of good salt in a glass of good water. It should taste pleasant. After 15-30 minutes, follow with a glass of unsalted water to flush halides.

—Before bed each night, I oil-pulled. To oil-pull, one holds extra virgin coconut oil in the mouth until melted, then swishes for ten or fifteen minutes. I did this at least three times per day, especially after food. The action pulls bacteria through teeth and gums into the oil to be discarded; good for sweet breath, teeth problems or not. 

—Before bed, (seeing as iodine can keep one awake) I applied Hydrogen Peroxide to the teeth then swished with a scooped handful of water for a few moments.

—ALA before bed too.

—Food—

—For the first week; I had one cup of bone broth three times a day with one or two freshly minced cloves of garlic in the bottom of the cup. I waited ten minutes for the garlic to become most potent then poured in the heated broth and salted to taste.

Specifically for tooth enamel remineralisation I use marrow, cartilage & collagen-rich beef bones. Lamb, chicken or fish should work too. Bone-marrow when roasted and seasoned is delicious straight from the bone and is nutritional gold. Bless the beast!

“Good broth will resurrect the dead.” WAPF Image c/o Serious Eats

To the beef broth pot I added dried seaweed and dried mushrooms for as mineral dense a concoction as possible and thought sweet thoughts to the sacrificed animal/s. Herb broth was taken towards the end of the strict first week. I used medicinal classics rosemary & sage from the garden as an anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and anti-oxidant (among other excellent properties), seasoned with salt.

“There are no incurable diseases — only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs — only the lack of knowledge.” -Avicenna

—I used home-made paleo bread, toasted or fresh with sliced butter and good salt for flavour. Roasted bulbs of garlic spread on top of toast is a delicious snack, especially with Cervia salt which contains iodine, zinc, iron and other very valuable minerals.

—High calcium hard cheese, leafy greens with butter, sardines etc. are all of great value. I ate fermented foods like sauerkraut & sour yoghurt too and snacked on salt-soaked hazelnuts, cashews, almonds and walnuts. Soaking/dehydrating nuts with mineral-rich salt is an ancient practice, and while some manage phytic acid better than others, dodgy health suggests the all-important gut flora (terrain) is suboptimal. 

“...Human beings, little bags of thinking water held up briefly by fragile accumulations of calcium...” -Terry Pratchett

—The unsweetened hot cocoa blended with collagen, butter and coconut oil breakfast habit was maintained throughout the chaos.

—Supplements—

—Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and N-acetal cysteine (NAC) (ratio 4:1) taken in water 2-3 times per day. Lipo C, vit.C powder, and a 1,000mg pressed pill were all used and if I could source local rose hips I'd have been making/drinking rose hip tea constantly.

—Oregano oil (underrated natural antibiotic, as is garlic) was taken every four hours for the first few days until progress was seen/felt. Thereafter taken as required. 

—Magnesium supplement/s maintained (400-800mg per day). 

—Magnesium chloride baths (typically two handfuls of salts per bath) every third day for the first two weeks to pull toxins out of the skin and calm the nervous system.

—Boron twice per day. A note on boron, it is GOLD for teeth and bones (and sex)... A gland, called the parathyroid, sits next to the thyroid and secretes a calcium-regulating hormone: boron is for the parathyroid what iodine is for the thyroid.
Its highest concentration (after the parathyroid gland) is in bones and dental enamel. (Boron will be the subject of the next health post.)

—One tablespoon of the best quality cod liver oil available three times per day minimum. Normally I take a tablespoon per day through autumn and winter.

—I got sunshine every time it was available, at least one full hour every day.

—In the first few days, I packed the affected teeth/gums with activated charcoal and let it sit for a few minutes before swishing with a handful of water. This draws out toxins and helped with headache and shoulder stiffness.

—At night to aid sleep, I used a hot water bottle and a castor oil pack.
I used it on my shoulder/back, then took the fabric while it was still very warm and laid it upon the cheek/neck for about twenty minutes, adding the (folded) hot water bottle when the cloth cooled. I slept soundly once this routine was included.

—First week, exercise was very brief. Short walks if any, no mountain bike action. :(

— I rested as often as needed. Slept when sleepy.

After a week of eating normally (no sugars/fruits) my head/shoulder aches had gone. Second week I took a grape now and then but generally carrots were as sweet as I'd go.

By November the 13th I was back to cookies & chocolate, back to racing about on the mountain bike, full cooking, cleaning housewife/mother mode, fighting, laughing and normal. What abscesses… tiny bumps that had almost disappeared altogether?!
I got COCKY.
After birthday cake with mascarpone for breakfast, we went to a family birthday lunch with some friends which included a glass of wine and a full-size tiramisu all to myself.

“Self-destruction and self-sabotage are often just the start of the self-resurrection process.” -Oli Anderson, Shadow Life: Freedom from Bullshit in an Unreal World

I was exhibiting retardation of an hubristic order. We walked by the mountain lake in the crisp autumn cold and I didn't take a big coat or leather gloves so days later in a freshly crumpled state I started the routine afresh, and will remain on it till after Christmas. I feel great! I want to stay that way. Last week my right arm corrected itself; I’ve stable energy, smooth gums, clear mind, organised house and sleep well.

Issues resolve naturally if the will and minerals are available. The most difficult part of this natural and effective recipe is self-discipline — easy if Tiramisu doesn't make a show-stopping appearance in an elegant mountain restaurant to fuck it all up.

“He was always looking for new and interesting ways to destroy himself.” -K. Dion