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from Mary Shomon
Utage: Alternative Treatment Success for Graves' Disease
I have a success story. Two years ago, in June '98, I was diagnosed with Graves' Disease and started taking PTU after an allergic reaction to Tapazole. Then, last year, I encountered a Japanese alternative remedy for thyroid disease. It takes some time, but it was pretty simple: Warm up (I used hot water) a Yam Cake (or 'Kon nyaku' found in Asian markets) and keep it on the thyroid for 3 minutes and then cool it (I used an ice
pack) for one minute. Repeat 3 to 5 times daily. It's also good to cool the spleen for 10 minutes.
After 5 months of trying this remedy, my TSH and T4 were good, so my endo took me off the PTU. I went back and got tested once every 2 months after that, and last week was my second visit after going off the medication and my results were normal (T4 was 7.0, T3 was 89, and TSH was 0.7). I feel great too, with no symptoms whatsoever!! My endo said that it's most likely that I'm in remission and I don't have to get tested for another 4 months.
I realize that this is not a sure method and I might have just been
lucky. Maybe it also helped that I stayed off caffeine (which I think I
read in one of your articles). Or it might have been other factors.
However, it's certain that I am better and so I thought I'd share this
with you.
I also would like to say thank you so much because I truly have been
learning a lot from your web page and newsletters, and also got a lot of
encouragement from you as well as others on the bulletin board. I wish
you well.
Utage
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