Natuurlijke schimmeldoders
Op deze pagina wil ik een overzicht bouwen
van natuurlijke schimmeldoders die bijvoorbeeld kunnen helpen bij een overwoekering door
Candida schimmel.
Aanvullingen voor deze pagina of ervaringen svp doormailen naar: ugamedia@wirehub.nl
Kennis delen = anderen helpen
Ron
Kokosolie (Caprylzuur)
Kokosolie en schimmelinfecties: maak kom af
met Candida albicans.... Niet alleen kan kokosolie onze afhankelijkheid van antibiotica
verminderen, kokosolie draagt eveneens bij tot een gezonde balans in onze darmflora. Eén
van de ontmoedigende neveneffecten van medicatie en antibiotica is dat zij niet alleen
slechte, maar ook goede bacteriën doden en zo tevens schimmelinfecties veroorzaken Landen
waar veel kokosnoten gegeten worden zijn meestal landen waar veel schimmels voorkomen.
India, Sri Lanka, Indonesië, Polynesië en de Filippijnen zijn zulke landen en opvallend
is dat er desondanks weinig schimmelinfecties bij de mensen voorkomen.
Bevat bestanddelen werkzaam tegen
bacteriën, virussen, schimmels, protozoa, gisten. Het gaat om laurinezuur, capronzuur,
caprinezuur, caprylzuur, myristinezuur die samen meer dan 70% uitmaken van de vetzuren van
kokosolie. Normaal bestaat 18% van moedermelk uit laurine- en caprinevetzuren die de baby
helpen beschermen tegen infecties van schimmels, bacteriën, virussen en protozoa. Voor
moeders tijdens de zwangerschap is het dus ook erg nuttig om te gebruiken.
http://groups.msn.com/Candidiasis/general.msnw?action=get_
message&mview=0&ID_Message=2735&LastModified=4675559443442356099
http://www.geocities.com/lucasvo/extraviergekokosolie.html
Albizia myriophylla Benth. stem
(steel) (Thailand)
Study - screening of Thai medicinal plants
for anticandidal activity.
Medicinal plants are often used in the
treatment of various ailments. In this study, 23 of Thai medicinal plants were screened
for their anticandidal activity against six pathogenic Candida species: C. albicans, C.
glabrata, C. guilliermondii, C. krusei, C. parapsilosis and C. tropicalis. The methanol
extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. fruit, Trigonostemon reidioides (Kurz) Craib root, Usnea
siamensis Vain whole plant, Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. rhizome, and Albizia
myriophylla Benth. stem showed anticandidal activity against one or more species of
Candida Among them, A. myriophylla Benth. showed broad anticandidal activity. The
susceptibility tests of A. myriophylla Benth. extract, in terms of minimal inhibitory
concentrations (MIC) and minimal fungicidal concentration (MFC), were performed by the
broth microdilution techniques as described by the Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute.
MICs of A. myriophylla Benth. extract to all Candida species was ranged 100-500 mug
ml(-1). The killing activity of A myriophylla Benth. extract was fast acting against all
Candida tested; the reduction in the number of CFU ml(-1) was >3 log(10) units (99.9%)
in 2 h. This study indicates that A. myriophylla Benth. extract has considerable
anticandidal activity, deserving further investigation for clinical applications for the
treatment of candidiasis.
Rukayadi Y, Shim JS, Hwang JK. Department
of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Tip: Serena de Kruijf
Probiotica
Volgens voormalig WHO-onderzoeker dr.
Antonio Constantini spelen ongewenste schimmels een belangrijke rol bij het
‘dichtgroeien’ van kransslagaderen. ‘Schimmels maken in de darm gifstoffen,
zogenoemde mycotoxinen,’ verklaart Constantini. ‘Sommige mycotoxinen, ondermeer
die van een schimmel die algemeen voorkomt in granen, wekken al in kleine hoeveelheden
ernstige aderverkalking op. In een gezonde, evenwichtige darmflora krijgen zulke
schadelijke schimmels geen kans. Maar als de balans verstoord raakt, gaan ze woekeren,
waardoor er hoge concentraties bloedvat-onvriendelijk gif in het bloed komen. Eén van de
manieren van het lichaam om zich tegen mycotoxinen te beschermen, is de aanmaak van extra
cholesterol. Cholesterol maakt gifstoffen minder schadelijk. Probiotica laten een
cholesterolverlagend effect zien, omdat ze kwalijke darmschimmels en hun gifstoffen
temmen, waarna het lichaam de cholesterolproductie omlaag brengt.’
http://www.menshealth.nl/Gezondheid/DossierProbiotica/Dossier
ProbioticaArtikelenNietVerwijderen/Voordelen.htm
Pau d'Arcoboom thee
Al eeuwenlang gebruiken de Zuid-Amerikaanse
Indianen de binnenbast van de Pau d'Arcoboom bij verschillende aandoeningen, waaronder
diverse infectieziekten. Toen dit middel onder de aandacht van Westerse onderzoekers kwam,
werd ontdekt dat het krachtige antiseptische eigenschappen had en zowel tegen virussen,
bacteriën, schimmels en parasieten effectief bleek, zonder toxisch te zijn voor gezonde
lichaamscellen.
Pau d'Arco extract:
- Bevat naftoquinonen die een krachtige
darmzuiverende werking hebben;
- Verhoogt de weerstand tegen ongunstige
micro-organismen en schimmels in de darmen
- Is goed voor de balans tussen gunstige en
ongunstige bacteriën in de darmen
http://magazine.vannature.nl/database/stoffen/?s=pau_d_arco
http://www.bonusan.nl/vademecum/pau_d_arco_extract.html
Geelwortel / Curcuma / Turmeric
Er zijn een aantal natuurlijke middelen die
van oudsher bekend staan om hun schimmeldodende eigenschappen. Knoflook is er één van.
Bij minimaal twee teentjes verse knoflook per dag houden schimmels géén stand. Ook aan
geelwortel, ui, koriander en venkel hebben ze een grondige hekel. Probeer die zaken dan
ook regelmatig door je eten te doen. Ook tijm is een kruid dat bekend staat om z'n
schimmeldodende eigenschappen.
http://www.kruidenvrouwtje.nl/dieeten/candida.htm
De volksgeneeskundige toepassingen blijken
heel nauw aan te sluiten met wetenschappelijk onderzoek dat de afgelopen jaren heeft
plaats gevonden naar het werkingsmechanisme van de plant. De belangrijkste werkzame
bestanddelen zijn het curcumine en de etherische oliën.
Zo blijken de curcuminen:
• een fungicide werking uit te oefenen
tegen onder andere Candida albicans.
• de secretie van gal vermeerderen;
• de stroom van gal naar de darm te bevorderen;
• de lever te beschermen (hepatoprotectivum) en te ondersteunen in zijn functie;
• het gehalte aan glutathion in de lever te verhogen; • de activiteit van
glutathion-S-transferase in de lever te stimuleren;
• de detoxificatie van toxische of carcinogene stoffen te bevorderen;
• ontstekingsremmende eigenschappen te hebben;
http://magazine.vannature.nl/database/monografie/Curcuma_longa.pdf
Oregano olie
In een recent onderzoek is de anti-candida
werking van oregano olie vergeleken met capryl zuur. Het resultaat was dat oregano meer
dan een 100 keer zo sterke anti candida werking heeft dan capryl zuur.
http://www.gardenoflife.nl/Candida.html
The body of positive evidence for oregano
oil as a major antibiotic is growing. Among 52 plant oils tested, oregano was considered
to have "pharmacologic" action against common bugs such as Candida albicans
(yeast), E. coli, Salmonella enterica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. [Journal Applied
Microbiology, Volume 86, June 1999] Pseudomonas is a type of germ that is getting more
difficult to treat as it has developed strains that are resistant to antibiotic drugs.
http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T223028.html
The study's authors concluded that daily
consumption of "oregano oil may be highly effective in. the prevention and treatment
of candidiasis." The power of the findings led the researchers to suggest that future
studies should look at oregano oil against other systemic and skin fungal infections,
pathogens and even cancer.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FKA/is_2_64/ai_83033003
Zwarte walnoot (Juglans nigra)
De olie is een krachtige remedie tegen
wormen en schimmels zoals Candida albicans. Daarnaast heeft het een licht laxerende
werking, en wordt het wel gebruikt bij huidklachten zoals eczeem en herpes. Het beste kan
de olie niet langer dan 3 weken aaneengesloten gebruikt worden. Niet geschikt tijdens de
zwangerschap en het geven van borstvoeding.
http://www.vitals.nl/researchItem.asp?IDResearch=22&IDPage=12
Rich in organic tannins, this herb has
antifungal and astringent properties which predispose its use for parasitic infections,
skin fungi and other skin eruptions.
http://vitanetonline.com/library/Black-Walnut-(Juglans-nigra)
Lactoferrine
Activated lactoferrin and fluconazole
synergism against Candida albicans and Candida glabrata vaginal isolates.
The combination of ALF and FCN at the
threshold MIC elicited potent synergism, leading to total fungistasis of C albicans and C
glabrata vaginal pathogens. ALF is a new class of fungistatic agent with a mode of action
distinct from that of azoles.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15568403
Tijm
Dit mediterrane kruid is bijzonder geurig
en heeft veel ziektebestrijdende eigenschappen. Het bevat een hoog gehalte aan thymol, een
antiseptische olie die goed is voor het bestrijden van infecties aan de luchtwegen. De
olie is ook krampstillend, zodat ze goed gebruikt kan worden bij een opgeblazen gevoel. De
olie is een krachtig antimycotium. Helpt dus tegen candida. Uitwendig kan het gebruikt
worden als kompres voor schimmelinfecties aan de huid.
http://eichr.com/groenten.htm
Zwarte Kummel / Zwarte Komijn
In het Engels noemen ze het:
Black Seed
Black Cumin
Black Caraway
Nigella Sativa (naam van de plant)
Wil je uitgebreidere informatie en meer
objectieve informatie (de info op bovengenoemde websites is vaak commercieel), dan zou ik
het volgende boek kopen:
The Healing Power of Black Cumin
Auteur: Sylvia Luetjohann
ISBN: 0-914955-53-5
Lotus Light, Shangri-La
http://www.amazingherbs.com/blackseedbooks.html
Ik gebruik zelf de zwarte kummel thee. Er
zijn ook capsules en olie van zwarte kummel, maar die verdraag ik minder goed. De
zaadjes (waarvan je thee zet) waar ik de beste ervaringen tot nu toe mee heb, kan je hier
bestellen:
http://www.schwarz-kuemmel.de/startpage.html
Ik raad aan van het merk Sasa te bestellen.
Hier vind je meer informatie:
http://www.sweetsunnah.com/blackseed-properties.html
http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/food/black_seed.html
http://www.nigella-sativa.com/
http://www.megabust.com/Nigella_Sativa.html
http://www.blackseedusa.com/chemanofblac.html
http://www.amazingherbs.com/blacseedfreq.html
http://www.nooruddinonline.com/history_of_black_seed.htm
http://www.internatural-alternative-health.com/SCAT/THERAMUNEBLACK_5011.cfm
Bobby
Artikelen over Candida
Reakties lezers
Hoi Ron,
Ik heb twee kleine aanvullingen, probiotica
werken maar let op die drankjes, daar kan veel suikers aan toegevoegd zijn, en suikers
voeden de schimmel zodat het de werking van de probiotica een soort van tegengaan. Verder
zijn er ook van de pau dárco capsules verkrijgbaar. Ik heb er nog niet veel ervaring mee.
Brigitte Sandwijk
Beste Ron
Allicine is de actieve stof die voorkomt
uit de knoflook en de meest krachtige werking schijnt te hebben. Dit was voorheen niet te
extraheren, nu wel bij het volgende product. In amerika zijn er ook een aantal andere
varianten die in medische studies gebruikt worden als krachtig antibioticum in de
testfase. Hier een nederlandse leverancier, wel duur, maar staat gelijk aan 50 tenen
knoflook. Zou ook een goeie zijn tegen Candida.
http://www.allimax.nl/frame/frame.html
Gregory
Dag Ron,
Op jouw website vind je veel informatie
over het bestrijden van schimmels (bijv. Candida Albicans). Hierin hebben wij ons nogal
verdiept omdat mijn echtgenoot vorig jaar prostaatkanker kreeg. Hij is onder behandeling
bij Dr Simoncini in Rome geweest en lijkt nu genezen. Na drie scans/MRI's is alleen nog
een litteken van 7 mm zichtbaar. Om deze reden heb ik me meer en meer verdiept in de
relatie schimmel en kanker.
Sinds enige tijd gebruiken we nu Grapefruitkernextract, dit bestellen we vanuit Duitsland.
Graag willen we deze informatie me jullie delen om ook dit extract op te nemen bij de
schimmeldoders. Zelf bestellen we Geocidal 100 ml, waarbij je start (bij verdachte
schimmelinfectie) met 3 druppels per keer, 2 x p/d en waabij je langzaam de dosis opvoert
tot na een week 12 druppels per keer en dan 2 x per dag. Ook voor het ondersteunen van het
immuumsysteem is dit goed te gebruiken (voor beiden maximaal 4 maanden).Overigens is het
vreemd dat je hier niets over grapefruitpitextract leest of het kunt bestellen.
Succes met je website, als cursist aan
Kraaybekerhof vind ik veel informatie op je site voor mijn opleiding
Natuurvoedingskundige.
Groet Baukje Kootstra
Big pharma
Fluconazole/nystatin
Fluconazole was as safe and effective as
nystatin in controlling yeast colonization and in preventing superficial and invasive
candida infections and the empirical use of amphotericin B in children and adolescents
undergoing intensive chemotherapy for cancer.
http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/40/6/855
Leesvoer
Discovery may lead to better
Candidiasis drug
Oral biologists at the University at
Buffalo have shown for the first time how histatin, the naturally occurring antifungal
agent in saliva, kills the oral pathogen Candida albicans, the fungus responsible for most
HIV-related oral infections. Researchers led by Mira Edgerton, D.D.S., Ph.D., discovered
that histatin binds to a specific membrane protein called TRK1p, which regulates potassium
ion flow through the cell membrane of the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans and allows
the cell to regulate its volume.
The binding action of histatin acts like a
"foot in the door," said Edgerton, UB research associate professor of oral
biology in the UB School of Dental Medicine and senior author on the study. "Blocking
the channel open allows a lethal unregulated flow of potassium and other essential
molecules into, and out of, the cell. "This is the first identification of a specific
target for histatin," she said. "The finding paves the way for eventually
developing a better therapeutic drug for candidiasis." Results of the research were
presented today (March 11, 2005) at the International Association on Dental Research
General Session being held in Baltimore. Candidiasis also is known as thrush, a disease
characterized by whitish spots and ulcers on the membranes of the mouth, tongue and
throat. It affects primarily people with weakened immune systems caused by antibiotics,
chemotherapy or by diseases such as AIDS. Thrush also affects many denture wearers.
The condition can be treated with
antifungal medication in otherwise healthy people, said Edgerton, but it is difficult to
treat in persons with compromised immunity and can be deadly if it infects vital organs.
Researchers were aware that histatin usually can keep Candida albicans in check in persons
with enough saliva and a healthy immune system, but they did not know precisely how
histatin accomplished this. "There are many types of naturally occurring proteins,
such as venoms and toxins, that kill cells by creating holes in the cell membrane,"
said Edgerton, "but we thought that wasn't the case with histatin. We didn't think it
acted in the same way. And we wanted to know why it acts on yeast (fungus is a type of
yeast) and not on other types of cells. " Through a series of studies, the
researchers identified the target-binding protein on Candida albicans by creating mutant
strains of the fungus without the target and exposing the mutants to histatin. Results
showed that histatin was significantly less active when the suspect target was missing.
Further research indicated that histatin
binding to the target protein killed the fungal cells by preventing it from regulating its
ions, the positive and negative charged molecules that move into, and out of, cells. Ions
regulate electrostatic pressure between the cells' internal and external environments,
which, in turn, regulates their volume and water content. Cells that lose their water
content without being able to regulate its re-uptake die rapidly, Edgerton said. "Now
that the target for histatin has been identified, we can design a better protein that will
be even more effective in binding and holding the channel open, causing even better and
more rapid killing of the fungus," said Edgerton. "In addition, many other
pathogenic fungi that cause disease in elderly individuals or AIDS patients also should be
able to be killed by histatins or drugs designed to target their potassium channels."
Men do not cause yeast infections
in women
Researchers find oral sex, masturbating
linked to recurrent infections
Women may blame their husbands or
boyfriends for headaches, tears and stress. But they can't be blamed for those nasty
recurrent yeast infections, contrary to popular belief. A new study by University of
Michigan Health System researchers finds that the presence of yeast in male sex partners
do not make women more prone to recurrent yeast infections. Certain sexual activities,
however, were linked to increased risk of recurrent yeast infections in women, according
to the study.
"Many physicians, and many women,
believe that women get recurrent yeast infections because their partner passes the yeast
back to them during intercourse. This study refutes that belief," says study author
Barbara Reed, M.D., M.S.P.H., professor of Family Medicine at the U-M Medical School.
"This study suggests the risk for recurrent infections is related to something else
– perhaps the woman's immune response to the yeast." Candida vulvovaginitis, or
yeast infection, is one of the most common diagnoses in American women. About
three-quarters of women will have at least one yeast infection in their lives, and 40
percent have recurrent infections. The Candida yeast are often found in both women and men
in the genital area, rectum and mouth.
In the study, published in the December
Journal of Women's Health, researchers looked at 148 women with confirmed Candida
vulvovaginitis and 78 of their male sexual partners. Each woman was examined by a doctor,
who collected samples from the vagina, cervix, vulva, tongue and rectum. The men were
asked to collect at home urine, fecal and semen samples and a tongue swabbing. The samples
were analyzed by culture to determine whether Candida species were present at each site.
The women received treatment for their initial infection and were asked to return for
follow-up visits after two weeks, four weeks, six months and a year. At each visit, they
were asked about symptoms, sexual activity and changes in risk factors. Doctors repeated
the pelvic exam and specimen collections.
The women were also told to return for
testing any time they had symptoms of vaginal discharge, itching or odor. Doctors
performed an exam and collected specimens at these visits as well. After the symptomatic
visits, the men were also asked for new specimen collections. Thirty-three of the women
developed at least one recurrent yeast infection within the year. At the two-week and
one-month visits, none of the women had symptoms of a yeast infection. But 20 percent had
a positive culture for Candida in the vaginal area at the two-week visit and 29 percent
tested positive for Candida after one month. The researchers found these women were no
more likely to develop recurrent infections by the end of the one-year study period.
Among the men, nearly half tested positive
for Candida species on the tongue and in the feces, while few showed Candida in their
urine or semen. Researchers found no link between Candida in the men's specimens and
Candida at the women's vulva, rectum or tongue. They also found no link between recurrent
yeast infections and signs of Candida at any site in either the men or women. When sexual
activities were looked at, however, the researchers found women who had recurrences were
more likely to have participated in cunnilingus (or oral sex given to the woman) or
masturbation of the woman with saliva in the past month. Only 14.5 percent of women
reported masturbation with saliva, however, while 69 percent reported cunnilingus,
suggesting oral sex is the more common risk. Oral sex and masturbation with saliva proved
to be risk factors whether men showed signs of yeast in their mouth or not. The risk was
also not affected by the presence of Candida in the women's genital area. "We're not
saying that oral sex is a problem for everyone, but if a women is experiencing recurrent
yeast infections, those activities put her at an increased risk," Reed says. The
woman's age at first intercourse, lifetime number of partners, frequency of intercourse or
anal intercourse in the previous month were all not associated with recurrences. The
researchers suggest that Candida exists in some women in balance with the other organisms
and immune components in the vaginal area, and that washing that area with saliva may
disrupt the balance, leading to symptoms of yeast infection.
Yeast finding links processes in
heart disease and cancer
By studying a little-known yeast too
primitive to get diseases, Johns Hopkins researchers have uncovered a surprising link
between two processes at play in heart disease and cancer in people.In experiments with
yeast known as S. pombe, the researchers discovered that a gene that helps the organism
make cholesterol also helps it survive when oxygen is scarce. The finding, described in
the March 25 issue of Cell, offers a new strategy for killing infectious yeast, but it
also suggests that cells' efforts to make cholesterol and detect oxygen levels might be
connected in people, too.
"We were simply trying to establish
that this yeast could be a model for studying cholesterol-related activities in human
cells," says the study's leader, Peter Espenshade, Ph.D., assistant professor of cell
biology in Johns Hopkins' Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences. "We certainly
didn't expect to find a completely new role for this gene." It's already well
established that human cells can both make cholesterol and sense oxygen. In people, high
levels of cholesterol in the blood are a major risk factor for heart disease, and many
human cancer cells are able to survive despite being in tumors' oxygen-starved centers.
"We don't know yet whether cholesterol
production and oxygen sensing are connected in human cells, but now we're trying to find
out," says Espenshade. In people, the gene in question, known as SREBP, controls
other genes whose products help make or import cholesterol. Cholesterol-lowering drugs
called statins mimic this gene's natural role by triggering cells to import more
cholesterol, clearing the artery-clogging stuff from the blood. Despite the obvious
medical relevance of SREBP, no one had ever looked at the equivalent system -- or even
determined whether there was one -- in yeast, the simple, single-celled relatives with
which we share many genes. Because yeast can be easily manipulated and studied, Espenshade
figured they might be a good model for figuring out exactly how SREBP is turned on, what
it does and how it's shut off -- if the organism has an equivalent process. Turning first
to databases of the entire genetic sequences of various yeast, Espenshade sought yeast
genes that looked like SREBP and its binding partner SCAP. Nothing turned up in the
well-studied S. cerevisiae, or brewer's yeast, but S. pombe seemed to have the right
stuff.
Graduate student Adam Hughes then examined
the role of these similar genes to prove that they in fact duplicate the human process.
Indeed, the yeast gene they called sre1 triggered activation of cholesterol-producing
genes, aided by a gene called scp1 that behaves like SCAP. As in humans, sre1 somehow gets
turned on when cholesterol levels are low, increasing the cell's production of
cholesterol. As cholesterol builds up in the cell, sre1 is gradually turned off.
"Essentially, SREBP and sre1 both try to maintain an optimal level of cholesterol in
the cells," says Espenshade.
But, based on what he now knows, Espenshade
suspects that the yeast use cholesterol levels to figure out whether there's enough oxygen
around for biology as usual. Single-celled yeast can alter their biology to live without
oxygen, and human cells can do so to a certain extent. Johns Hopkins researcher Gregg
Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., discovered a number of years ago how human cells react to low oxygen
levels, but that process has never been connected to cholesterol production. "Our
cells can adjust to lowered oxygen by turning on a specific set of genes when oxygen
levels drop [using a gene called HIF1-alpha]," says Espenshade. "While there's
no known connection between this process and cholesterol production, our results in the
yeast suggest that perhaps SREBP itself, or something in the cholesterol pathway, might
also serve as an oxygen sensor for mammalian cells."
It makes sense, he says, that the yeast
could use its cholesterol levels as an indirect measure of oxygen levels. The cell uses a
few oxygen molecules each time it makes cholesterol, so lowered cholesterol levels could
signal that there's not enough oxygen around to make it. And because low cholesterol
levels automatically turn on the yeast's version of SREBP, it's an easy solution to have
the same gene sound the alarm that the cell needs to adapt to low levels of oxygen.
Espenshade says sre1's role in the yeast's production of cholesterol (actually a similar
molecule called ergosterol) and sensing of oxygen might offer a new opportunity to kill
infectious yeast and fungi that share the gene with S. pombe.
"Without the sre1 gene, the yeast in
our experiments died in low oxygen conditions," says Espenshade. "Because low
oxygen levels are common in infected tissues, if we can block infectious yeasts' SREBP
pathway without affecting human cells' cholesterol pathways, we might be able to treat
certain infections." Espenshade and his team have found that infection-causing yeast
Aspergillus, Neurospora, Cryptococcus and Ustilago share S. pombe's cholesterol-related
genes, while S. cerevisae and the yeast Candida do not.
