The Marburg amalgam detoxification study
Bernhard
A. Weber, Regina Schneider
Since
1992 the private Marburg Institute for Naturopathic Medicine offers
amalgam information in several cities and since 1994 it offers a
nationwide telephonic amalgam advice service(06421/66379).
Investigations
on more than 1200 patients have shown a chronic mercury poisoning from
amalgam fillings. About 50 % of those patients removed their amalgam
fillings after the investigation.
130
patients finished the detoxificational therapy by now. They were
questioned for improvement of their symptoms and were investigated again.
According
to the intensity of the detoxification, 80 % of the patients showed a
good or even excellent improvement of symptoms.
These
results show distinctly the dangerousness of amalgam fillings.
In
Germany more than 50 million people have amalgam fillings. In the age
group between 20 and 50 years most of them have more than 10 fillings.
Here, our preventive health care system has failed completely (one
reason for this are the publicity campaigns of the sugar industry).
Our
own study „allergies and amalgam poisoning“ has already in 1994
shown a high probability of a connection between amalgam fillings and
allergies.
Therapeutic
studies of Perger, Friese and american investigators (R.L.Silberud)(number
of cases = 1200) shall now be proved by our own study. In more than 95%
of our cases mild and naturopathic drugs were used to detoxificate the
patients from the accumulated heavy metals. Naturopathic diagnosis and
mild detoxification in consideration of the associated and secondary
diseases have been the aim of our study.
Surprisingly
high was the large number of severe chronic patients, even in the age
group of the 20 to 40 years old. Not only the enormous and most
expensive increase of the often amalgam caused allergies, but also
chronic diseases of the immunologic and nervous system are one major
reason for the increase of costs in our public health service.
This shows that the decision pro or contra amalgam has also a
profound meaning for all the healthy people who have to pay their
contribution to the health insurances.
This
is another important reason why we have collected the data of the
„Marburg detoxification study“, which is a substantial evidence in
the discussion of a probition of the use of amalgam.
About
the Institute
The
private Institute for Naturopathic Medicine in Marburg is organized
as a non profit organisation. The staff of the institute consists of
four doctors, four other employees offering health information, another
four employees occupied with various functions and many more helpers and
sponsors. It is financed by the contributions of the members, the
treatment fees that are paid by the patients and money from a job
creation scheme, offered by the german government. The main aim of our
work, is besides the public relations, the realization of studies to
naturopathic and environmental medicine.
Impetuous
discussions about the possible damage through chronic mercury poisoning
from amalgam filings are more and more leading to increased restrictions
in the use of this material by the german „Amt für
Arzneimittelsicherheit“ (official board for the security of drugs).
Drasch,
from the University of Munich, was able to show that one can find
increased mercury values in the tissues of brain, liver and kidney of a
patient with a high number of amalgam fillings.
In
countless publications Daunderer
has introduced a mobilisation test (based on DMPS) for diagnostic
purposes. In his „Handbuch der Amalgamvergiftung“ (handbook for
amalgam poisoning) he presents therapeutic successes of detoxification
in individual cases.
About
the history of amalgam in medicine
Historically,
mercury poisonings with therapeutic aims were known already a long time
before modern medicine. An important motive for Hahnemann
to develop homeopathy nearly 200 years ago now, was the excessive use of
mercury ointments by quacks, which caused enormous chronic poisonings. (Interestingly,
the german word for quack „Quacksalber“ has been derived and changed
only in two vocals from the word „Quecksilber“, which means mercury.)
Amalgam,
which has been introduced into medical practice around 1830 and already
at that time has led to a temporary prohibition, still consists of more
than 50% mercury (plus about 30% silver, 20% tin and rarely copper).
In
1925 Prof. Stock, Berlin, has
presented distinct evidence for chronic poisonings from amalgam.
Naturopathic
therapists have warned for decades, because of their own experience, of
this „cheap“ solution.
Are
diseases caused by poisoning with amalgam traceable ?
å
Besides the proof of poison in body tissues (Drasch, Daunderer) and the
mobilisation of mercury by means of certain substances (Daunderer,
Pergerer), only large studies will help us here.
å
The Marburg amalgam detoxification study provides us with a good basis
and many arguments in the discussion against the use of amalgam.
å
One hindrance to the proof of the bad effects of amalgam is the enormous
variety of symptoms of a chronic mercury poisoning and the other often
interfering ingredients tin, copper and silver.
Hahnemann
listed already in 1830 about 1260 different symptoms. Thomsen und Kramer
have documented this variety from the view of a dentist.
å
Table 1 shows a synopsis of our questionnaire (symptoms):
Table 1
mouth
symptoms
gingiva bleeding
severe ¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no grinding of teeth
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
glossopyrosis
severe
¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
dry mouth
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
metallic taste
severe
¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no
allergies
contact eczema
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
food allergy
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
hay fever
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
eczema (neurodermatitis)
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
asthma/chronic bronchitis
severe ¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
itching/pruritus
severe
¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
chronic/frequent
infections or inflammatory irritations
nose
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
paranasal sinuses
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
pharynx
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
chronic headache/migraine
severe
¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
77vertigo
severe ¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
low blood pressure
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
neurologic
symptoms
aboulia/fatigue
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
lack of concentration
severe
¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
depressive mood
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
extreme nervousness
severe ¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
insomnia
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
tremor
severe ¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
dysopia
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
tinnitus
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
arrhythmias
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
increased sweating
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
aching back
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
rheuma
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
acne (n = 70)
severe
¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
alopecia/loss of hair
severe
¨
still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
urgency
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
constipation
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
meteorism
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
diarrhea
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
inflammation of the eye
severe ¨ still passable ¨
moderate ¨
no ¨
other diseases or complaints
____________________________________
____________________________________
In
our pilot study we are trying, by means of a large number of patients,
to achieve a statement even in the case of the rare symptoms, whether an
amalgam removal and a detoxification therapy improves these symptoms.
All
of the 1200 patients investigated until September 1995 in our amalgam
information centres in Marburg, Gießen, Fulda and Koblenz filled out
the above shown questionnaire at the beginning. Afterwards we have
tested the patients with the electroacupuncture according to Voll (EAV)
testing method. We investigated the amalgam stress at the acupuncture
points of the mainly involved organs and organic systems: lymph sytem,
allergy and nervous system. In addition we examined the individually
severely stressed meridians.
diagnostic
methods
The
high accuracy of the diagnostic method electroacupuncture according to
Voll has been shown in several studies, including our own blindstudy in
1993.
In
a small part of the cases investigated with this method, a mobilisation
with DMPS and a chemical diagnosis of the urine followed the initial
examination in order to prove the diagnosis and at the same time start
an intensive therapy.
70%
of our study patients have made a patch test, to see if they are
allergic to amalgam. Only 8 - 15% do have a positive test result in such
patch tests, as it can be read in international literature.
Dependent
on the seriousness of the symptoms of the individual patients we either
chose to treat intensively (if the patients agreed) with the chelating
agent DMPS (DMSA) or we led through a naturopathic detoxification with
homeopathy/phytotherapy, the vitamines ACE, the trace elements zinc and
selenium, as well as with amino acids and gluthatione.
From
the more than 1200 patients 200 were reexamined directly and 420
patients, who had been examinated before October 1994 were asked to fill
out our questionnaire. 266 filled out questionnaires have returned to us
by now.
For
the evaluation we separated those patients who did not get a
detoxificational or any other therapy from the others.
The
evaluation of the first 130 patients, who removed their amalgam and who
completed a detoxification, gives us the chance to make a relatively
clear statement.
Concerning
some single symptoms we have to admit that the frequency sometimes was
to small to allow a proper interpretation. Here, we have to supplement
our pilot study to make it able to provide us with more reliable data.
From
all of the 130 patients in the study, 30% were investigated thoroughly
with electroacupunture according to Voll (EAV) in order to detect and
treat most of the associated diseases.
In
70% of our patients we did only an EAV short test, in which we regularly
searched for the amalgam related secondary disease intestinal
dysbacteria and chemical stress (formaldehyde, PCP, PCB, lindane) as
well.
Naturally
we prefer the comprehensive and more valid long EAV test in order to
obtain a more holistic view of a patient and to be able to offer a
better therapy.
The
evaluation of the occured improvements of symptoms was measured in
following degrees: extremely better - better - slightly better - no (if
a symptom was not measurable at all).
diagnostic
methods (summary)
å questionnaire (table 1)
å subsequent questionnaire (similar to table 1)
å
DMPS test (only for one group of patients): urinanalysis ->
mobilisation with one ampule
DMPS (Heyl) -> urinanalysis 2 after 40
minutes
å
patch test (Hermal) -> sometimes by dermatologists
.
electroacupunture
according to Voll (EAV)
å
The acupuncture points und the meridian-organ systems were the
starting-point for Dr.Voll to develop a very comprehensive and holistic
system diagnostics. Heine cleared up in 1987 the histologic structure of
the acupuncture points. By discovering numerous new points a precise
diagnostics of all parts and functions of the human body was made
possible. Although already some studies to this method, which is used
world-wide, were published (Weber), it is not yet acknowledged
scientifically.
å
The resonance- or medicament-test of EAV is the second important
component of this combination of acupuncture and homeopathy. Countless
chronic stress factors (environmental or from past diseases) can be
measured with this method. An accurate and most of the time homeopathic
or orthomolecular therapy is rendered possible through this. A clearly
arranged survey and introduction to EAV is offered by H.Rossmann or a
script of our institute.
å
The high accuracy of EAV in the case of amalgam is well demonstrated by
our own blindstudy (1993; Danz, Leber, Schneider, Weber).
Even
a rather precise semi-quantitive measurement of therapy success over
several months is made possible by EAV.
The
inclusion of the low-potency test substances D3 and D5 yields distinct
differences in the test value improvement. At the points for the
lymphatic system, intestine, nervous system, and allergy we often can
measure a pathologic value of more than 80 with a clear pointer drop,
which can be compensated with a test ampule of silver amalgam D4 up to
the ideal value of 50. After one month of therapy we often find only a
value improvement with a D4 ampule up to 60. It now often needs a D6
ampule to compensate on 50. After 3 months of therapy the chosen
parameter is around 70 without a pathologic pointer drop. The test
substance now needs very high potencies to compensate the value again on
50.
In
some patients with a too short or too „mild“ therapy only with the
isosonode silver amalgam in a serial pack beginning with potency D6, we
measured a value improvement, which seems to be wrong, because when this
patient again was tested with a D4 ampule we received a clear response
to D4. Because of this possible irritation of the EAV - diagnostics we
rarely used the isonosode silver amalgam or mercurius sol..
A check of this exact fine tuning with EAV and the curing success
through DMPS tests was not yet possible in this pilot study.
Evaluation
of 266 patients (examination and questionnaire):
å
average age: 43.9 years
å
standard deviation: 15.1
å
85 male, 181 female
å
amalgam removal in 130 patients
å
amalgam detoxification in 144 patients
å
skin allergy test positive in 13.1 %
Therapy
(sometimes two or more drugs are combinated)
å
DMPS
16.9 %
å
zinc
58.4 %
å
selenium
57.7
%
å
homeopathic drugs
47.6
%
å
vitamines
30.7 %
å
other
11.5 %
å
secondary diseases (intestinal dysbacteria, sinusitis); therapy in 78
patients
Improvement
of the complaints in patients with amalgam removal and detoxification
over 3-6 months: 80.4 %
improvement
through removal of amalgam and detoxification
80,4% (n=130)
å
controls have shown that often 6 - 12 months of therapy are necessary
Improvement
in single symptoms:
number
of patients (%)
improvement in %
mouth
symptoms
gingiva bleeding
39
(20.8 %)
79.5
%
grinding of teeth
34
(13.1 %)
79.1 %
glossopyrosis
18
( 9.7 %)
88.9 %
dry mouth
28
(15.4 %)
92.8 %
metallic taste
58
(24.6 %)
96.5 %
allergies
contact eczema
26
(10.5 %)
61.5 %
food allergy
32
(16.5 %)
62.5 %
hay fever
34
(18.4 %)
50.0 %
eczema (neurodermatitis)
27
(13.5 %)
51.8 %
asthma/chronic bronchitis (n 45)
9
(20.0 %)
55.5 %
itching/pruritus
27 (19.5 %)
75.0 %
chronic/frequent
infections or inflammatory irritations
nose
62
(32.0 %)
74.2 %
paranasal sinuses
61
(29.6 %)
78.7 %
pharynx
56
(27.8 %)
83.9 %
chronic headache/migraine
49
(19.5 %)
77.5 %
vertigo
48
(26.3 %)
75.0 %
low blood pressure
40
(21.8 %)
50.0 %
neurologic
symptoms
aboulia/fatigue
89 (46.9 %)
69.7 %
lack of concentration
75
(41.3 %)
72.0 %
depressive mood
76
(40.9 %)
80.3 %
extreme nervousness
55
(30.4 %)
83.6 %
insomnia
52
(28.5 %)
76.9 %
tremor
34 (17.6 %)
70.6
%
dysopia
41
(19.5 %)
53.6 %
tinnitus
31 (17.2 %)
48.4 %
arrhythmias
29
(18.4 %)
62.1 %
increased sweating
42
(22.5 %)
61.9 %
aching back
72
(39.4 %)
61.1 %
rheuma
19 (11.2 %)
73.7 %
acne (n = 70)
8
(11.4 %)
50.0 %
alopecia/loss of hair
32
(19.5 %)
59.4 %
urgency
39
(21.0 %)
61.5
%
constipation
26
(15.7 %)
76.9 %
meteorism
64
(31.5 %)
62.5 %
diarrhea
39
(15.4 %)
69.2 %
inflammation of the eye
33
(17.6 %)
63.3 %
Summary
Summarized
we can say that in spite of the inclusion of the only moderate
improvements, we have a distinct proof for the abilities of an
orthomolecular and homeopathic therapy of the chronic mercury poisoning,
even with a renunciation of DMPS in most of the cases.
We
were especially surprised when we saw the successes in those patients
with neurological symptoms.
improvement
of depressive mood
80,3% (n=50)
å
enormous improvements were achieved in patients with chronic infections
improvement
of sinusitis
80,4% (n=46)
In
patients with allergies the results were worse (e.g. hay fever 50%
improvement).
In
one group of patients with an additional and more intensified
naturopathic treatment of the associated diseases this percentage
increased up to 70%.
detected
associated diseases
Mycosis
and intestinal dysbiosis were
found in more than 90% of those patients who were diagnosed with the
comprehensive EAV test. By means of an intensified amalgam
detoxification and microbiological therapy we treated these concomitant
diseases most of the time successfully, even without antimycotics.
Microbiological examinations of the faeces were only necessary in a few
cases.
Toxins
of the housing space and the accumulation of pollutants at the place of
employment were traceable in about 20% as an additional stress factor
and have been treated naturopathically (therapy with isonosodes,
phyotherapeutical-homeopathical detoxification, vitamines, avoidance of
exposition to these toxins).
In
Patients with rheumatic diseases and cancer we often diagnosed a chronic
infection of the teeth by EAV(most of the time without symptoms).
For further treatment and control we sent those patients to a dentist.
Other
concomitant diseases that were treated partly homeopathically are chronic infections of the pharynx and the paranasal sinuses.
The
number of those patients who were treated with DMPS was too small and
the duration of the therapy was too short to compare them with the
others. Only very sick patients chose this treatment.
conclusions
The
Marburg amalgam detoxification study proves again the necessity of a
prohibition of amalgam
fillings.
Numerous
chronic diseases which are increasing threateningly and thus are
responsible for the also increasing costs in our health system, are
connected with the use of amalgam.
å
The extreme augmentation in sugar consumption in the last 100 years from
10 to 100 g sugar per person and day (DGE - german society for
nourishment) has led to an enormous increase of caries and has so
allowed amalgam to be established as the „cheapest solution“ to this
problem.
å
A consistant and logical demand for the financiation of the removal of
amalgam and the replacement of amalgam through gold alloys (without
palladium) is the introduction of a sugar tax of 5 DM (Deutschmark) per
KG.
Nearly
15 milliards DM would unburden our public health service and e.g. one
bar of chocolate would only be 30 Pfennige more expensive.
The
producers would so help to fight the concomitant diseases.
The
publication of the detailed results will happen in a new edition of
„Amalgam - und was dann?“ (sick through amalgam - what can I do ?)
by our institute.
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