Natural Therapies and HCV

Report from the Office of Natural Health Products with the Canadian Health Protection Branch

Health Canada Warns about Drug Interactions and St. John's Wort

Hepatitis C and Nutrition by Darlene Morrow

HeCSC August Newsletter on Natural Therapies

Naturopathy and Hepatitis C Part One by Dr. David Bayley

Vitamins, minerals and Hepatitis C Part Two by Dr. David Bayley

Homeopathy and Hepatitis C Part Three by Dr. David Bayley

Natural Strategies for Supporting Sufferers with Hepatitis C Part One- Diet and Nutrition by Blair Thomson and Mishel Rees

An anonymous contributor has listed his strategies to fight HCV- one of his children contracted HCV through a blood transfusion. He generously shares his strategies here.

Part One Part Two Part Three

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Natural Interferon Boosters by Zoltan P. Rona MD, MSc

IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDER NUTRITIONAL THERAPY -A Five Point Empowerment Plan Based on the Clinical Research of Joan Priestley, M.D.

Natural, Alternative and Complementary Therapies from The Aids Council of Central Australia - you'll have to scroll down this informative document to find the natural therapies.

Milk Thistle Abstracts 1

Milk Thistle Abstracts 2

Hypericin Info Sheet

Oral VIMRxyn(r) to be Evaluated for Treatment of Hepatitis

Israeli Doctor's Studies into Hypericum for HCV: Address and phone numbers

Hypericum Website The herbal use of Hypericum in the treatment of HCV.

THYMOSIN ALPHA-1 INFO SHEET

Italian Researchers Report Strong Results In Hepatitis C Trial Using ZADAXIN(R) Thymosin Alpha 1 73 Percent of Patients Achieved Viral Clearance After One Year of Treatment

The Liver: Master Organ for Optimal Nutrition

Exploring the role of diet in modifying the effect of known disease determinants: application to risk factors of liver cirrhosis.

Hepatitis, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and hepatocellular carcinoma in Los Angeles.

Hepatitis C and Alcohol by Eugene R. Schiff, M.D.

Alcoholism Is Associated with Hepatitis C but Not Hepatitis B in an Urban Population.

Therapeutic Efficacy of L-Ornithine-L-Aspartate Infusions in Patients With Cirrhosis and Hepatic Encephalopathy: Results of a Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Study

VIRAL EVOLUTION AS DRIVEN BY HOST NUTRITIONAL SELECTIVE FACTORS - INFLUENCE OF DIETARY OXIDATIVE STRESS

Vitamin C Deficit Linked To Skin Disease A deficiency of vitamin C may play a role in a complex disorder called porphyria cutanea tarda.

Supergerms and Other Infections: How Diet and Supplements Can Give You the Upper Hand

Gastroprotective activity of melatonin and its precursor, L-tryptophan, against stress-induced and ischaemia-induced lesions is mediated by scavenge of oxygen radicals.

Melatonin affords protection against gastric lesions induced by ischemia-reperfusion possibly due to its antioxidant and mucosal microcirculatory effects.

Pathogenesis and Immunity

Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power

Nutritional Considerations In The Treatment Of Hepatitis

Comments on the Safety of Antioxidant Vitamin Supplementation from the AMA

Antioxidant drugs combined to alpha-interferon in chronic hepatitis C unresponsive to alpha-interferon: a randomized controlled multicenter study.

Antioxidants, Oxidative Stress, and NAC: This article was written with AIDs in mind but it is extremely informative and the principles apply to HCV.

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID DECREASES THE SERUM TRANSAMINASE LEVELS OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS TREATED WITH GLYCYRRHIZIN

Serum selenium, plasma glutathione (GSH) and erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px)-levels in asymptomatic versus symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1)-infection.

Reduced glutathione concentration in erythrocytes of patients with acute and chronic viral hepatitis

Bile-acid Inhibition of Interferon Activity in Human-lymphocytes --No Evidence of Oxidative Stress

Glutathione kinetics in normal man and in patients with liver cirrhosis- evidence for the reduced production of glutathione

Differential Expression of S-Adenosylmethionine Synthetase Isozymes in Different Cell Types of Rat Liver

Therapeutic effects of glycyrrhizin in mice infected with LP-BM5 murine retrovirus and mechanisms involved in the prevention of disease progression.

Echinacea: What Makes It Work?

Efficacy of interferon combined glycyrrhizin therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C resistant to interferon therapy.

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