Candida Metabolism

• Uses sulfur and B vitamins. [? — Get references.]
• Increases from progesterone's raising the blood sugar. (A pharmacist at Womens's International Pharmacy mentioned this to me in a phone conversation.)
• Reduces the helper-suppresser ratio of T lymphocytes. [need info, refs]
• Produces hydrogen sulfide in fermenting carbohydrates [need ref]
• Locks mercury in its cell walls; mercury enters circulation again when Candida is killed [get ref.]
• Methylates mercury.(See Hydrogen Sulfide)

Tests

• Great Smokies: Dysbiosis
• Metametrix: Arabinitol - "The D isomer of arabinitol is produced by fungal metabolism and is urinary excretion is elevated in patients with invasive candidiasis" (Organic Compounds in Urine: Metabolic Profiling to Assess Functional Nutrient Deficiencies Gut Dysbiosis, and Toxicity, by J. Alexander Bralley, Ph.D., C.C.N. and Richard S. Lord, Ph.D. They cite...
  • Bernard EM, Wong B, Armstrong D, Sterioisomeric configuration of arabinitol in serum, urine, and tissues in invasive candidiasis. J Infect Dis 1985;151(4); 711-5.
  • Roboz J, Diagnosis and monitoring of disseminated candidiasis based on serum/urine D/L-arabinitol ratios. Chirality 1994; 6(2): 51-7.
    
    also has a link to the PDF:
    Lord RS, Burdette CK, Bralley JA, Urinary Markers of Yeast Overgrowth. Integrative Medicine. 2004;3(5): 24-29. (PDF) (Oct/Nov 2004

General info / Collections of treatments [need to examine each]

• Acetaldehyde and treating it
  (Acetaldehyde, a poison, is produced by Candida albicans)
• Alternative treatments for fungus
  AMALGAM list archives -- September 1998 (#283)

• Antifungal Products ...Remedies From Penn Herb Company, Ltd. 1-800-523-9971
• Beat The Yeast
• Candida killing: what works & what not
• Clean the Colon to Check Candida
• THE ELIMINATION OF CANDIDA
• Judy Bayliss on Yeast

  Includes a link to the Yeast-L list

• Various Candida killers

Specific substances useful for treatment

• Artemesia
• Ascorbic acid
• Astragalus
• Barberry
• Berberine and Proto-berberines:
  • Berberine,
  • Protoberberines, for example in Coptis rhizoma and Phellodendron amurense (Korean medicinal plants) inhibit Candida's uptake of sulfur.
• Biotin
• Black cherry
• Black currant oil
• Black walnut,
• Brevibacterium linens,
• Butyric and Lauric Acids,
• Calendula flower,
• Caprylic acid from coconuts
• Cayenne, Colloidal Silver, see
  • http://www.sullivancreek.com/page34.htm
  • http://www.innerlightint.com/Control.html
• cranberries
• Echinacea root
• Flax seed oil
• GLA?
• garlic
• glucosamine,
• Golden Seal root,
• Grapefruit Seed Extract - antibacterial, antifungal. (Keep in mind its inhibition of liver detox Phase I CYP3A enzymes.) Can be used topically or interntally. Dr. Nan Kathryn Fuchs quotes Stephen Harrod Buhner as suggesting 3-15 drops in citrus juice, 2-3 x daily — but she says "I find that one or two drops twice daily is often sufficient."
  • Buhner, Herbal Antibiotics, Storey Books, 1999.
  • Fuchs, "Antibiotic Resistance: The Herbal Solution," Women's Health Letter, Feb. 01 (vol.VII, no.2) p.5
• Kombucha
• Lactoferrin
• Melaleuca
• Mathake, a South American herb
• Mountain Savory oil (Satureja montana),
• Olive
  • Olive leaf extract — kills viruses & yeast; vasodilator
    • The Truth About Olive Leaf Extract
    • Standardized Full Potency Olive Leaf Extract Vegicaps
    • THE OLIVE LEAF -- A RISING HERBAL STAR
    • http://www.eastpark.com/prod01.htm
  • Olive oil against oral fungus
    • AMALGAM list archives -- August 1998 (#1251)
• Oregano oil
  • OREGANO: The Ancient Healing Secrets Revealed By Dr Cass Igram
  • Oil of Oregano from Nutrition World
  • Juice of Oregano Product Review
  • Oil of Oregano Product Review
  • Young Living Single Oils
• Oregon Grape root, see
  • http://www.theherbalist.com/beatthe.htm
  • http://www.mothernature.com/asp/product.asp?product=2188810111
• Pau d'arco (make sure that the product contains lapachol, an organic compound known for its antibiotic action, because many products that claim to contain the bark have only trace amounts or even none of the herb.)
• plant tannins (polyphenols!)
  • Tanalbit
• Propolis
• Rife Frequency Treatment for Candida
• Spilanthes herb,
• Undecylenic acid, also called Calcium Undecylenate, see
  • http://www.renewlife.com/paragone.html
  • http://www.innerlightint.com/Control.html
• Uva Ursi
• Tea Tree oil
• Thuja leaf
• Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
• Turmeric - also good for the liver, but contains sulfur.
• Usnea lichen
• Yerba Mansa root.

See also my pages

• Diet & Digestion Links
• Probiotics