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From the perspective of Paracelsus Biological Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis is an illness with great hope for improvement. By treating MS patients according to a set of individually tailored principles, PBM has had excellent results: the majority of MS patients at Paracelsus not only feel subjectively very well, they experience a lower incidence of symptoms, and become measurably stronger. Although the exact causes of MS are unknown, we have observed at the Paracelsus Klinik that this illness can be stopped or even healed completely.


Paracelsus Biological Medicine MS Treatments
The PBM treatment for MS includes several steps and is individually applied. The steps are listed here and described more fully below:

The Constant Renewal of Regenerative Forces
All living tissues, including human nerve sheaths, renew themselves constantly. However, the nerve sheath renewal process is very slow, and depends heavily on the quality of the regenerative fibers available to form the sheath. The myelin sheaths destroyed in MS consist largely of high-quality fats. To support the renewal of this tissue, we need to provide our bodies with high-quality fats, vitamins, and amino acids. In other words: to rebuild a house, start with high-quality materials. Individual patients may also be treated with specific regenerating hormones administered in natural form.


Discharge of Toxic Factors
Due to a variety of cultural and historical factors, most Americans are constantly exposed to a wide range of chemicals: preservatives, insecticides, and industrial solvents are all present in our environment and our food. Some of these substances have fat-dissolving effects; others, like insecticides, are very damaging to nervous tissue. The PBM regime targets these substances for expulsion through algae therapy (algae has a strong ability to bind to toxins). The liver’s function of processing poisons is also supported through administration of amino acids, trace elements, and homeopathic remedies.

Damaging influences can also come from within. Organic substances such as free radicals, toxic bacteria, and parasites are capable of causing local inflammation and subsequent nerve damage. The American diet is full of roasted fats, linoleic acids, and hardened fats such as those found in margarine, roasted peanuts, chips, etc. These fats can oxidize in the body, become rancid, and wreak havoc. These are simply not healthy materials for building myelin sheaths. MS patients at Paracelsus are taught what diet creates good materials: high-quality vegetable fats, raw vegetables, and sprouts, among other things. Patients also receive anti-oxidative therapy (selenium, vitamin C, B6, B12, beta carotene, and vitamin E) to great effect.

Dentistry is an important pillar of PBM, and nowhere is this more evident than in the treatment of MS. Professor Boyd Haley of the University of Kentucky proved that destroyed myelin sheaths of MS patients contained toxins that were also present in their root canals. Decomposing poisons such as thioathes, aldehydes, and scatoles can leech from teeth that have received a root canals and inflict severe damage on nerves. Harmful dental work must be carefully removed, and the toxic substances remaining must be eliminated. This treatment is extremely important; it has greatly improved the condition of many MS patients.


Discharge of Infectious Agents/Immune Support
Current research indicates that MS is probably not an infectious or viral illness. It’s common, however, to find that viral influences can worsen the disease. A remarkable number of MS patients are seen with neurotropic and lymphotropic viruses in addition to their MS. Cytomegaly, herpes simplex, zoster, hepatitis B are also frequently present. PBM decreases this viral load with nosodes, ascending diluted concentrations of antibodies that energize the immune system. This treatment is not dissimilar to the therapeutic use of interferon in conventional medicine. We find, however, that interferon is often administered at too high a dose, creating an excess of side effects and questionable results. If the patient wishes to continue taking interferon, PBM has treatment protocols that can be implemented in tandem.

New research also postulates that MS may be partially caused by an autoimmune response to bacteria that have been altered by antibiotic use. These amoeba-like bacteria do not have cell walls, making it easy for them to penetrate tissue undetected by the immune system. A new immunological therapy, Hapten immune therapy, uses partial antigens to mark these cell wall-free forms, and make them perceptible to the immune system.