MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASES
by Raul Vergini, M.D.
Back in 1915, a French surgeon, Prof. Pierre Delbet, M.D., was
looking for a solution to cleanse wounds, because he had found
out that the traditional antiseptic solutions actually mortified
tissues and facilitated the infection instead of preventing
it.
He tested several mineral solutions and discovered that a
Magnesium Chloride solution was not only harmless for tissues,
but it had also a great effect over leucocytic activity and
phagocytosis; so it was perfect for external wounds
treatment.
Dr. Delbet performed a lot of in vitro and in
vivo experiments with this solution and he became aware that
it was good not only for external applications, but it was also a
powerful immuno-stimulant if taken by injections or even by
mouth. He called this effect "cytophilaxis". In some in
vivo experiments it was able to increase phagocytosis rate
up to 300%. Dr. Delbet serendipitously discovered that this oral
solution had also a tonic effect on many people and so became
aware that the Magnesium Chloride had an effect on the whole
organism.
In a brief time, he received communications of very good
therapeutics effects of this "therapy" from people that were
taking Magnesium Chloride for its tonic properties and who were
suffering from various ailments.
Prof. Delbet began to closely study the subject and verified
that the Magnesium Chloride solution was a very good therapy for
a long list of diseases.
He obtained very good results in: colitis, angiocholitis and
cholecystitis in the digestive apparatus; Parkinson's Disease,
senile tremors and muscular cramps in the nervous system; acne,
eczema, psoriasis, warts, itch of various origins and chilblains
in the skin. There was a strengthening of hair and nails, a good
effect on diseases typical of the aged (impotency, prostatic
hypertrophy, cerebral and circulatory troubles) and on diseases
of allergic origin (hay-fever, asthma, urticaria and anaphylactic
reactions).
Then Prof. Delbet began to investigate the relationship
between Magnesium and Cancer. After a lot of clinical and
experimental studies, he found that Magnesium Chloride had a very
good effect on prevention of cancer and that it was able to cure
several precancerous conditions: leucoplasia, hyperkeratosis,
chronic mastitis, etc.
Epidemiological studies confirmed Delbet's views and
demonstrated that the regions with soil more rich in magnesium
had less cancer incidence, and vice versa.
In experimental studies, the Magnesium Chloride solution was
also able to slow down the course of cancer in laboratory
animals.
Prof. Delbet wrote two books, Politique Preventive du
Cancer (1944) and L'Agriculture et la Santé
(1945), in which he stated his ideas about cancer prevention and
a better living. The first is a well documented report of all his
studies on Magnesium Chloride.
In 1943 another French doctor, A. Neveu, M.D., used the
Magnesium Chloride solution in a case of diphteria to reduce the
risks of anaphylactic reaction due to the anti-diphteric serum
that he was ready to administer.
To his great surprise, when the next day the laboratory
results confirmed the diagnosis of diphteria, the little girl was
completely cured, before he could use the serum.
He credited the immuno-stimulant activity to the solution for
this result, and he tested it in some other diphteric patients.
All the patients were cured in a very short time (24-48 hours),
with no after-effects. As Magnesium Chloride has no direct effect
on bacteria (i.e.it is not an antibiotic ), Neveu thought that
its action was aspecific, immuno-enhancing, so it could be
useful, in the same manner, also against viral diseases.
So he began to treat some cases of poliomyelitis, and had the
same wonderful results. He was very excited and tried to divulge
the therapy, but he ran into a wall of hostility and
obstructionism from "Official Medicine". Neither Neveu or Delbet
(who was a member of the Academy of Medicine) was able to diffuse
Neveu's extraordinary results. The opposition was total:
Professors of Medicine, Medical Peer-Reviews, the Academy itself,
all were against the two doctors. "Official Medicine" saw in
Magnesium Chloride Therapy a threat to its new and growing
business: vaccinations.
Dr. Neveu wasn't discouraged by this and continued to test
this therapy in a wide range of diseases. He obtained very good
results in: pharyngitis, tonsillitis, hoarseness, common cold,
influenza, asthma, bronchitis, broncho-pneumonia, pulmonary
emphysema, "children diseases" (whooping-cough, measles, rubella,
mumps, scarlet fever...), alimentary and professional poisonings,
gastroenteritis, boils, abscesses, erysipelas, whitlow, septic
pricks (wounds), puerperal fever and osteomyelitis. But the
indications for Magnesium Chloride therapy don't end here.
In more recent years other physicians (and I among these) have
verified many of Delbet's and Neveu's applications and have tried
the therapy in other pathologies: asthmatic acute attack, shock,
tetanus (for these the solution is administered by intravenous
injection); herpes zoster, acute and chronic conjunctivitis,
optic neuritis, rheumatic diseases, many allergic diseases,
spring-asthenia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (even in cancer it
can be an useful adjuvant).
The preceding lists of ailments are by no means exhaustive;
maybe other illnesses can be treated with this therapy but, as
this is a relatively "young" treatment, we are pioneers, and we
need the help of all physicians of good will to definitely
establish all the true possibilities of this wonderful
therapy.
From a practical standpoint, please remember that only
Magnesium CHLORIDE has this "cytophylactic" activity, and no
other magnesium salt; probably it's a molecular, and not a merely
ionic, matter.
The solution to be used is a 2.5% Magnesium Chloride
hexahydrate (MgCl2-6H2O) solution (i.e.: 25 grams / 1 liter of
water).
Dosages are as follows:
- Adults and children over 5 years old....................125
cc
- 4 year old
children..............................................100
cc
- 3 year old
children................................................80
cc
- 1-2 year old
children.............................................60 cc
- over 6 months old
children....................................30 cc
- under 6 months old children..................................15
cc
These doses must be administered BY MOUTH. The only
contraindication to Magnesium Chloride Therapy is a severe renal
insufficiency. As the magnesium chloride has a mild laxative
effect, diarrhea sometimes appears on the first days of therapy,
especially when high dosages (i.e. three doses a day) are taken;
but this is not a reason to stop the therapy.
The taste of the solution is not very good (it has a
bitter-saltish flavor) so a little of fruit juice (grapefruit,
orange, lemon) can be added to the solution, or it can be even
used in the place of water to make the solution itself.
Grapefruit juice masks the bitter taste very well (especially
if cold).
For CHRONIC diseases the standard treatment
is one dose morning and evening for a long period (several months
at least, but it can be continued for years).
In ACUTE diseases the dose is administered
every 6 hours (every 3 hours the first two doses if the case is
serious); then space every 8 hours and then 12 hours as
improvement goes on. After recovery it's better going on with a
dose every 12 hours for some days.
As a PREVENTIVE measure, and as a magnesium
supplement, one dose a day can be taken indefinitely. Magnesium
Chloride, even if it's an inorganic salt, is very well absorbed
and it's a very good supplemental magnesium source.
For INTRAVENOUS injection, the formula is:
Magnesium Chloride hexahydrate........................25
grams
Distilled
Water...................................................100
cc
Make injections of 10-20cc (very slowly, over 10-20 minutes)
once or twice a day. Of course the solution must be
sterilized.
This therapy gives very good results also in Veterinary
Medicine, at the appropriate dosages depending upon the size and
kind of animals.
Raul Vergini, M.D. - Italy - author of: "Curarsi con il
Magnesio" Red Edizioni -Italy 1994 (book translated in
French and Spanish but not in English, sorry).
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August 15, 2005
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