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MRSA is one of the top superbug threats in the U.S.1 One reason why MRSA is so hard to treat is biofilms. Biofilms play a role in 80% of all chronic, recurring infections. Biofilms are like shields that protect Staph and MRSA bacteria from antibiotic drugs and let them hide from your immune system. In fact, the thick wall of biofilms makes them 1000 times more resistant to antibiotic drugs than normal bacteria.
Bacteria are complex living organisms with powerful survival skills. Bacteria learn and evolve over time and they communicate with each other to survive. Bacteria also have clever ways to evade, counteract and hide from the treatments we use to kill them. Below are the main tactics that MRSA and Staph bacteria use to survive and repel antibiotics.
Biofilms are clusters of bacteria that hide within a tough, protective, gluey matrix. These biofilms stick to body tissues and shield the bacteria from being detected by your immune system. Biofilms also shield bacteria from attack by antibiotic drugs2. In fact, most antibiotics are thousands of times less effective against biofilm bacteria compared to free-floating bacteria. Taking antibiotics for biofilms is like shooting arrows at a brick wall. Once you stop taking the antibiotics, the bacteria leave the biofilm to cause another infection. If you’ve struggled with MRSA or Staph infections, then there’s a good chance that biofilms are involved.
When bacteria are attacked by an antibiotic drug, they turn on tiny pumps that kick the antibiotic out. These efflux pumps expel the antibiotic from within the bacteria cells, allowing them to survive. Efflux pumps evolve and become smarter over time and are a major cause of antibiotic resistance. What would otherwise be a lethal dose of antibiotic is expelled from the bacteria, allowing it to survive3.
Bacteria like Staph and MRSA use chemical signals called quorum sensing to communicate with each other and resist antibiotics. If one bacterium senses a danger, it can send warning signals to neighboring bacteria. This allows bacteria of the same species to coordinate and protect each other. A similar type of communication is called plasmid exchange and it can even occur between different species of bacteria. And the more the bacteria are exposed to antibiotics, the quicker they learn how to resist them.
Biofilms and other survival strategies are a normal part of the life cycle of bacteria. When you take an antibiotic, the drug stresses the bacteria and causes them to make biofilms for protection. Free-floating MRSA bacteria may be killed by an antibiotic. But biofilms allow MRSA to hide inside your body, waiting until the coast is clear to become active again. So biofilms and other resistance methods are a key reason why MRSA and Staph infections are so difficult to treat with antibiotic drugs.
For nearly a century, mainstream medicine has been at war with bacterial infections. Drug companies race to develop new antibiotics before bacteria learn how to resist them. But it's a war we are slowly losing. Each year, deadly bacteria become more and more resistant to the only treatments that mainstream medicine has to treat them. Some of these so-called "superbugs" are resistant to every known antibiotic drug. The slowing pace of new antibiotic development, plus mainstream medicine's ignorance of alternatives, creates the perfect storm for superbugs to thrive and spread.
Despite their problems, antibiotics are still an important treatment for infections. These drugs often work very quickly to stop an infection. But these powerful drugs have many downsides you should be aware of before using them, as detailed below.
Taking antibiotics is like dropping bombs on a garden to remove the weeds. These are dumb bombs, without any guidance systems. It's a hit and miss strategy, dropping multiple bombs, trying to get one to hit the target. Even if you score a direct hit, the explosion causes a lot of collateral damage to your garden. And once the bombing raid stops, your garden is left in shambles, with more weeds growing back than you started with.
Your body is like the garden. Doctors routinely prescribe one antibiotic after another, a hit and miss strategy to find a drug that works. Even if an antibiotic works, it causes negative side effects and collateral damage to your body. Antibiotics wipe out the good bacteria in your gut along with the bad ones. So once you stop taking the antibiotics, the infection often returns.
Other secondary infections may strike after taking antibiotic drugs, such as yeast or Candida, or a C. difficile gut infection. And antibiotics frequently cause many side effects, including nausea, diarrhea, dehydration, rashes and other allergic reactions and organ dysfunction.
Despite all their downsides and limitations, antibiotic drugs are still the "standard protocol" treatment for bacterial infections. And your doctor is not likely to prescribe any kind of antibiotic alternatives, no matter how safe or effective they may be. Your doctor is under great pressure to stick with standard protocol treatments only. That pressure comes from the healthcare system, insurance companies, drug companies, medical boards and state government agencies who may threaten to revoke a doctor's license for deviating from the standard protocol.
So in the mainstream healthcare system, antibiotics are the only treatment option you'll likely get for Staph or MRSA. The trouble, only a few antibiotics have any effect on MRSA infections. And each year these drugs become less effective because of antibiotic resistance.
Antibiotics are simple molecules that are easy for bacteria to figure out and resist. In contrast, bacteria like MRSA and Staph have complex survival and resistance mechanisms that constantly learn, change, adapt and improve over time.
In short, bacteria are smart and antibiotics are dumb.
A good example of antibiotic resistance is the antibiotic Vancomycin. Just a few years ago, this was the drug doctors turned to when other antibiotics failed. But because of antibiotic resistance, Vancomycin is no longer a reliable treatment for many MRSA infections. Thankfully, there are new antibiotics that still work against most MRSA infections. But how long will these newer drugs last before resistance renders them useless too?
One of the biggest problems with antibiotics is they fail to fix the root cause of infections, which is usually a weakened immune system. In fact, antibiotics actually contribute to recurring infections because they wipe out your good gut flora and weaken your immune system.
Antibiotics also do nothing about the toxins that bacteria create inside your body, or the toxins they release after being killed by antibiotic drugs. These toxins can cause many of the worst symptoms of an infection.
The bottom line is that antibiotics just don't cut it by themselves. They may help for a while, but they can make matters worse in the long run. Many people find themselves in a downward cycle of antibiotics, reinfection, more antibiotics, more reinfections, etc. Yet antibiotics are the only options offered by mainstream medicine.
The failure of antibiotics to stop recurring infections is a big reason why people look to alternative medicine. Alternatives offer many benefits, but there are also three key shortcomings to using them. Fortunately, these shortcomings are easy to avoid if you know what they are, as detailed below.
Your doctor is unlikely to prescribe natural remedies and probably won't support you if you choose to use alternatives. In fact, the entire mainstream medical system downplays, censors and actually fights against alternatives. The reasons for this bias against alternatives are numerous and complicated and it's been happening for decades. But in the last couple of years, the problem has gotten much worse.
If you choose to use treatments outside the "standard protocol" for MRSA or Staph, then you face an uphill battle against the healthcare system. And if you want to learn more about alternatives, that information is being censored and suppressed on the internet. So if you want to use alternatives, you need to dig deep, do your own research and take a more proactive role in your healthcare. Thankfully, holistic and natural doctors offer a solution to this problem.
Browse the isles of your local health food store and you'll see lots of isolated, single herb products. Most of these supplements are highly processed and loaded with synthetic and unnatural ingredients and fillers. Even if you find a good quality herb with high potency and minimal processing, there's a good chance it was formulated for general health and wellness, not for strong support against stubborn MRSA and its resistance factors, including biofilms and efflux pumps.
Because there are so many supplement products available, it can hard to find the best ones simply by reading the label or the list of ingredients. One option is to get your natural remedies from a holistic or natural doctor who has a track record of treating MRSA or Staph successfully. Another good option is to buy from a trusted source locally or online that stocks remedies used by professionals who treat patients with infections.
Infecting bacteria create destructive toxins in your body that cause inflammation, fever, weakness and even diarrhea. Some of these toxins are natural byproducts of bacteria. Other toxins are released when the bacteria are killed by an antibiotic or by a natural remedy. Toxins are also produced when biofilms inside your body break down.
But most natural infection remedies focus only on killing bad bacteria, not on getting rid of the toxins they produce. And failure to address toxins can slow your recovery.
While stubborn infections can feel like an insurmountable problem, it's a battle you CAN win. Clearly antibiotics are not the best solutions in the long term. The answer lies in new herbal remedies that combine age-old herbs in a new way.
Multiple herbs can be combined based on each one's unique properties and benefits. If properly selected and blended together, the individual herbs work together in synergy, meaning that the blend or mixture is greater than the sum of its individual parts.
For example, synergistic blends can combine antibacterial herbs, detoxification support and immune supportive substances into a single formula. Herbs that fight against MRSA resistance factors such as biofilms can also be added to the blend.
Herbs have a complex and natural array of major, minor and trace ingredients. A single herb can have multiple modes of action. If formulated with skill and expertise, herbal blends can provide safe and effective support for the most challenging of infections.
Below are powerful herbs that target Staph and MRSA and its resistance factors. Used alone, they can be very helpful. But when blended together properly, they can unlock a wide range of healing benefits in your body.
Garlic contains 27 known active ingredients but allicin is the best known. Allicin is strongly antibacterial and can interrupt quorum sensing.
Oregano oil contains carvacrol, which has strong antibacterial properties. Oregano also acts against efflux pumps4, L-forms stealth bacteria and biofilms5.
Olive leaf extract has potent and broad-spectrum antimicrobial, antiviral and antifungal properties6,7. Oleuropein, a key component, protects olive trees from insects and bacteria. Olive leaf also has immune stimulating effects and anti-inflammatory properties.
Milk thistle is a detoxification aid that also helps protect liver cells. Die-off of dead bacteria, bacterial toxins and antibiotic drugs all stress the liver, making liver support and detoxification very important for infection recovery.
Echinacea boosts immune function by stimulating white blood cells that fight infections. It has antibacterial and antiviral properties. It also reduces inflammation.
Cordyceps is a medicinal mushroom used for immune support and to boost energy during the recovery stage after an infection. Cordyceps promotes your immune system's T-cell growth and helps lymphocytes to survive longer. This multi-dimensional action on the immune system can be of benefit when the body is fighting an infection.
Goldenseal contains berberine that has immune support and tissue healing properties. This herb also inhibits quorum sensing8 and efflux pumps9. The alkaloid content in Goldenseal stimulates the release of bile, which removes toxins from the body through the intestines. Because of its potent effects on the gut, goldenseal is usually blended with other herbs rather than using it by itself.
The SI Herbal LSF Kit combines Michelle's two favorite herbal blends into one kit. These blends contain the herbal ingredients detailed above, plus many others, all working together for broad, multi-dimensional support with stubborn infections. The kit contains two blends that support and speed healing in different ways: Olivirex and Biocidin LSF.
Independent in-vitro laboratory sensitivity tests show that both Biocidin and Olivirex have the same range of effectiveness against multiple pathogens as antibiotic drugs, including Ciprofloxacin, Levaquin, Sulfa and Terramycin.
The advanced liposomal formula (LSF) of Biocidin speeds absorption into the body and tissues. The accelerated activity of Biocidin LSF is well suited for systemic, skin, and internal infection support. The LSF formula is especially helpful for internal Biofilm support.
These two blends are made by Biocidin Botanicals, a leader in specialty herbal blends since 1989. Below are some key benefits of the SI Herbal LSF Kit:
For best results, combine Biocidin LSF and Olivirex with the daily use of a quality probiotic supplement. Probiotics help boost your immune system and counteract the side effects of antibiotic drugs.
The SI Herbal LSF Kit is specially formulated for stubborn infection support. Along with the kit you also get a detailed usage guide in Adobe PDF format. This guide will give you all the details you need to use the SI Herbal LSF Kit, including doses, timing, duration of use, precautions, instructions for children and the elderly, list of ingredients and answers to frequently asked questions. The usage guide can be printed or read on your PC or mobile device.
Our experienced staff is here to answer your questions, walk you through Michelle’s methods and provide ongoing support on your path to health. You get email support to answer any questions you may have along the way. You can also get Michelle's free MRSA/Staph email newsletter and free e-books and reports.
Since 2007, we’ve helped over 75,000 people find trusted solutions for resistant infections and chronic, recurring challenges.
Note: Our usage guides, email support and information resources are for educational purposes and are not intended to replace a relationship with a doctor. We encourage you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research in partnership with a qualified healthcare professional.
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* Disclaimer: Always consult with your doctor before using any new supplement or dietary change. Healthcare professionals who are experienced in using herbal medicines usually provide the highest level of support for using this protocol or other alternative methods. These statements have not been evaluated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and they are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
