Her zinc test showed a very low immune system, so I gave her a zinc supplement, as well as prescribing the vitamins, minerals and proteins which I felt she needed. I also prescribed cider vinegar which, in my estimation, was the most important ingredient in her treatment. This was to kill the virus that was playing havoc with her whole body, ruining her life and that of her parents. I gave her a strong natural pain-blocker called DLPA to help her to discontinue the drugs. I also prescribed plenty of honey and black cane molasses. The amounts were all suitable for a very poor digestion (and for a child of her age).
I also advised her parents to keep in touch with her GP and the hospital. Blood tests and X-rays are invaluable to me in the treatment of my patients.
When she arrived for her second appointment, two months later, she had gone through very severe flare-ups; her knees were still swollen, but the heart problem had settled down. Great news! I knew the cider vinegar was doing its job in removing the uric acid from the body which had been nourishing the virus responsible for her trouble.
She had been to the hospital and had her liver-function tested, along with tests for anaemia and thyroid. All these tests showed that things were normal – I was pleased there was no need to worry about those areas. I did not change her treatment, but she had discontinued her drugs and was sleeping better. Three months later, she had started to put on weight and looked so much better.
By June 1993 she had put on a stone in weight and was doing very well. In June 1994, she came for her last appointment. She was now quite clear of arthritis. In the meantime I had received the following letter from her parents:
Please find enclosed two photographs of Fiona. One when she was ill with juvenile arthritis and one after 18 months of your treatment. My wife and I are over the moon with the progress she has made and so is her paediatrician – he discharged her on her last visit. He was amazed at the way she had progressed, and commented that, whatever your clinic is giving her, it is doing nothing but good and should have all the credit. The paediatrician sent her for more blood tests and told us if we do not hear from him in two weeks everything is OK. That was four months ago, and we still have not heard from him. Thank God, and thank you very much for all you have done. I shudder to think what would have been the outcome if we had kept her on the drugs. I know drugs can only bring false hope and misery, with more complications and side-effects along with continuity of arthritis.
She is now in excellent health and has become very friendly with a patient of mine in Northern Ireland, encouraging her along the way – and in fact is willing to talk to anyone who is in trouble with arthritis. She still takes her cider vinegar and a reduced programme of vitamins and minerals to keep the acids at bay.
Mrs G. joined us in November 1986. When she filled in the questionnaire, she said she suffered from migraine occasionally, also cramp in her legs, pins and needles and pain. She was 61 years old. She did not want to start taking drugs. She had read my book, Treating Arthritis the Drug-Free Way, and said that my approach to the problem of arthritis appealed to her. She had been diagnosed with arthritis three weeks previously. She took our basic treatment by post for two years until she was completely clear. She still follows our treatment and advice to the present day, and she is still completely free of any symptoms of arthritis. She wrote me the following letter in February 1989:
The success of the Margaret Hills treatment for rheumatism and arthritis was proved to me when I visited my oculist.
Some two years ago I went to him to renew my spectacles. He looked at the old pair I was using and remarked, ‘Have you rheumatism?’ I replied, ‘It’s funny you should say that, because my right knee is painful and now the left one is starting to pain me too.’
Shortly afterwards I started the Margaret Hills treatment regularly, with excellent results. When the time came to return to my oculist, he again looked at the frames and said, ‘you no longer have rheumatism’. My reply was, ‘How do you know that?’ He answered that, on the previous frames, the gold under the ear-pieces was very discoloured – due, he said, to the acid on the skin working under the plastic covering and causing the metal to become very stained. My new frames – which I had been using while I was using the cider vinegar treatment – were not marked at all, and neither did I have any more pain.
What an interesting discovery!
We do get reports from our patients of various unexpected findings. For instance, one patient of ours, in her 60s, had practically white hair when she started our treatment four years ago. On her last visit she showed me that her hair had gone back to her natural brown colour, completely naturally. She was delighted – she did not like her grey hair anyway.
Another patient reported that his hair was growing again. Yet another said that his prostate gland had been completely healed through the treatment. It is wonderful for us to hear of these beneficial side effects. I can only assume that these various symptoms (hair-loss, prostate trouble and greying hair) had been caused by lack of proper nutrition. When the body was properly nourished, the conditions reverted to normal.
I could fill many books with the positive results of our treatment – but there is no room. However, I do feel that the following one is interesting. In April 1988 we received the following letter:
My husband, Geoff, who is just 49, has recently been diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis. Wanting to know as much about this condition as possible, I bought your book. We were greatly encouraged by what we read, and embarked upon your regime straight away. We have both adopted a positive frame of mind and are determined to cure this disease.
I am alarmed at how rapidly this illness is affecting my husband. He appears to have become an old man in a matter of weeks, and is sometimes so uncomfortable with so much pain. He obviously has to continue with his job as best he can (he is an estate agent). We are expecting a new baby next month; we also have a handicapped child, so I am sure you must understand how important it is for him to get better.
At the moment he takes two anti-inflammatory tablets a day and co-proxamol [an analgesic], approximately six in 24 hours. He has also been prescribed Sulphasalazine [another anti-inflammatory drug] but has not started on these. Thank you so much for the help you have already given us through your book.
Later that month, Mr F. attended our clinic for a consultation. He had great trouble in walking, and could not go up or down stairs without severe pain. His hands were swollen and painful, and it was getting impossible for him to drive his car. Getting in and out of the bath was a real problem.
I did the usual tests, prescribed a good intake of cider vinegar and the necessary nutrition to bring about good health. He had been seeing the consultant at the hospital and his Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, or ESR, which shows the level of inflammation in the body, as measured by a blood test, was 80.
He returned to the clinic two months later. He was getting severe flare-ups. But by September – just six months after starting our treatment – he was feeling very happy, still taking his cider vinegar and all other prescribed nutrients. In April 1989 he came for his last appointment. His consultant had discharged him and was very surprised at his progress.
He showed me a letter he received from his consultant which read: ‘I am sure you will be delighted to know that your ESR test result is now 3, having been 80. Perhaps I should give up conventional medicine and take cider vinegar for the rest of my life.’
Glossary of terms
Candida
Genus of yeast-like fungi.
Candida albicans
Species of the Candida genus, common in the mouth, throat, vagina, intestinal tract and skin; may cause infection under certain conditions.
Candidiasis
Infection with fungus of the genus Candida.
Crepitus
Crunching and creaking of the joints due to wearing away of synovial membranes.
ESR
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; the level of inflammation in the body.
Helicobacter pylori
Bacteria which weakens the protective lining of the stomach and intestines; growth of this bacteria is prevented by eating honey.
Hypertension
Abnormally high blood pressure.
Hypotension
Abnormally low blood pressure.
Migraine
Severe headache, typified by pain on one side of the head, disturbed vision and nausea.
Oedema
Swollen state of body tissues.
Osteoporosis
Weakness of the bones.
Pericarditis
Inflammation of the heart muscle.
Phlebitis
Inflammation of varicose veins.
Quinsy
Abcess forming around the tonsils.
Thrush
Disease associated with white spots on the mucous membranes of the mouth, caused by Candida albicans, colloquial term for candidiasis of the vagina (candidal vaginitis).
Toxaemia
Blood poisoning.
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