Talcum powder seems like a wholesome product. After all, it helps to prevent babies from developing diaper rash. How harmful could it be, right? Well, up to 40% of women regularly use talcum powder on occasion, and that doesn’t account for the talc that exists in cosmetic products such as blush. 

The purpose of the powder is to help absorb moisture and reduce friction. This can keep the skin dry in more moist areas, which can help prevent rashes. The unfortunate reality is that many published health studies demonstrate a link between talcum powder use and ovarian, uterine, and lung cancers and mesothelioma. Johnson & Johnson alone shelled out over $700 million for cancer-related lawsuits in 2016 and 2017. There are currently tens of thousands of dollars in pending lawsuits. 

What Is Talc?

Talc is a soft mineral that exists in rocks buried in the ground. After a process of grinding and milling, the resulting ground talc gets incorporated into a wide variety of products. Technically, talc is hydrous magnesium silicate, which is made from silicon, magnesium, oxygen, and hydrogen. 

In its natural state, talc may contain asbestos, a mineral that causes cancer, especially when inhaled. In 1976, the trade association that represented manufacturers asked them to remove asbestos from talc that was in their personal-care and cosmetic products. Unfortunately, this is not formally enforced and that’s why talc’s potential link to cancer still exists. People who use products that contain talc, or those who work mining talc, are the most at risk for cancer development. 

Asbestos In Talcum Powder

Manufacturers aim to prevent cross-contamination of talc and asbestos by choosing mining sites carefully and testing samples. Talc and asbestos are two different minerals, but they exist in close proximity to each other. That makes it easy for cross-contamination to occur, especially since one gram of talc can contain millions of asbestos fibers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deemed asbestos to be a cancer-causing agent. Exposure to asbestos can increase the risk of mesothelioma, lung cancer, and laryngeal cancer.

Lung Cancer

According to a 2015 study, there was an increase in lung cancer mortality rates in talc miners. Talc exposure may not have been the only cause, though. It’s possible that these miners also inhaled other carcinogens, which weren’t measured in the study. A different study monitored the risk of lung cancer among workers who were exposed to asbestos-free talc and silica. The exposure took place during the manufacturing of ceramic plumbing fixtures. The research stated that workers exposed to high levels of silica did not have a significant lung cancer risk. The workers exposed to talc and silica experienced a 2.5-fold increased risk of lung cancer. 

Mesothelioma

This type of cancer affects the lining of certain areas in the body, especially mesothelial cells that line the chest. Mesothelioma is not very common, with only about 3,000 diagnoses per year. For comparison, there are over 200,000 new diagnoses of lung cancer each year. The primary risk factor for mesothelioma is asbestos exposure. Upon inhaling asbestos fibers, they can penetrate mesothelial cells and cause irritation. This ultimately leads to cancer development. Anyone who has been around asbestos, especially in regards to construction, insulation, automotive, and other similar industries, is more at risk. 

Granulomatosis

When intravenous drug abusers inject tablets that contain talc, which are meant for oral use, they run the risk of developing granulomatosis. This is a condition that stems from the formation of granulomas in the lungs. These granulomas come about because of inflammation or infection caused by a foreign substance. Injecting talc into the blood can cause arterial obstruction, loss of blood flow, or granuloma formation.

Ovarian Cancer

The American Cancer Society documented many studies in women regarding talcum powder’s link to ovarian cancer. Applying baby powder, or any product containing talc, to the female genital area can cause powder particles to travel through the vagina. These particles can then enter the uterus and fallopian tubes, and ultimate the ovaries. One study investigated 1,300 African-American women with ovarian cancer. Baby powder use was common in 62.8% of those women, suggesting an increased cancer risk from regular talcum powder usage. A 2016 study analyzed the association of ovarian cancer and genital talc use. Results indicated that genital use of talc increased ovarian cancer risk by 33%. The risk decreased the longer a woman went without using talc in the genital area. 

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Fibroid tumors or fibroids are abnormal, primarily non-cancerous growths that develop on or in a woman’s uterus. Women between ages 30-50 are most likely to develop fibroids, but so are obese or overweight women.  About 70-80% of women experience fibroids by age 50. Fibroids can be small, or can grow to be the size of a melon.  The four types of fibroids are:

• Intramural: These grow in the wall of the uterus and are the most common.
• Subserosal Fibroids: Located on the outside wall of the uterus, these can develop into pedunculated fibroids (stalks).
• Submucosal Fibroids: These occur in the muscle beneath the lining of the uterus wall.
• Cervical Fibroids: These occur in the cervix.

Women can also develop cervical cysts and tumors, but they are very rare.

What Are Fibroid Tumors?

Nobody is immune to fibroids; however, they are most commonly found in African-American females, followed by Caucasian and Hispanic/Latino females. A tumor is a swelling or enlargement occurring in inflammatory conditions; a new growth of tissue characterized by progressive, uncontrolled proliferation of cells. The tumor may be localized or invasive, benign or malignant. A tumor may be named for its location, for its cellular makeup, or for the person who first identified it.

A fibroid tumor is almost like an internal trash bag that holds accumulated waste (scarred tissue, pus/mucus, and other junk) trapped in the female body due to blockage of the other major eliminative channels, including the uterus. The fact that fibroid tumors and cysts develop in areas of the female sexual reproductive system denotes an imbalance of the female sexual reproductive system.

What is a Cyst?

A cyst is a closed sac, lined with epithelium and containing fluid or semisolid material, which is in or under the skin. They contain pus, mucus, and other toxic waste fluid, which is usually from what is eaten; this is typically due to eating unhealthy meat and dairy products.

Causes of Uterine, Ovarian, and Cervical Fibroid Tumors and Cysts:

Doctors are not sure of the exact cause of fibroids or cysts, but the belief is that multiple factors contribute to their development. A woman’s estrogen and progesterone levels are high during childbearing years. Fibroids or cysts can swell or develop if estrogen levels are high, for example, during pregnancy. Fibroids may shrink and estrogen levels will fall during menopause, which is why women in menopause may not experience any symptoms. Common causes are:

• Hormonal changes (estrogen and progesterone can cause the development of Fibroids)
• Genetics (if a woman’s mother, sister, or aunt has a history of the condition, the woman is more likely to develop Fibroids)
• Pregnancy
• Obesity
• Diet
• Birth Control

Healing Uterine, Ovarian, and Cervical Fibroid Tumors and Cysts Naturally

Attitude

Disease can sometimes stem from thought, and so does healing. If you change your thoughts and release all negative and toxic energy from your body, you can use positive energy to promote optimal health and healing.

Diet

If you suffer from fibroid cysts and/or tumors, try to eat a diet that only consists of plant-based foods. Remember, the greatest dietary contributors to tumors and cysts in the female reproductive system are meat and dairy. Drink plenty of water daily (distilled and/or alkaline or high pH water are best). You can also drink herbal teas to promote natural healing. Additionally, avoid processed and refined foods, chemicals such as white table sugar, salt, MSG, saccharin, aspartame, and avoid refined grains such as white bread, commercial brand wheat breads, donuts, cakes, bagels, etc.

Herbs

There are many tumor-dissolving herbs available today for purposes of naturally dissolving cysts and tumors. Some of these include: manjistha, burdock root, goldenseal, chaparral, maitake (mushroom), shiitake (mushroom), rehmannia, yucca, yellow dock rook, and dandelion root.

Aromatherapy/Essential Oils

Certain female-specific essential oils are helpful when trying to heal from fibroids or cysts. These oils include geranium rose, clary sage, pennyroyal (do not inhale, do not use during pregnancy), pink lotus (diabolically expensive), combava, rue (do not inhale, do not use during pregnancy), yarrow, cananga, pink grapefruit, and fennel. These oils should be used in a diffuser and/or added to bath water. Most of them can be inhaled as well, unless stated otherwise.

Crystals and Gemstones

Crystals and gemstones can help when trying to heal female reproductive diseases or disorders include. These stones can include rose quartz, moonstone, jade (except for green jade), carnelian, malachite, ammonite (prehistoric shell), and tiger’s eye. These stones can be used for a grid during chakra balancing or meditation purposes, or you can hold in the pocket or somewhere close to the body, and/or used for elixir purposes.

Exercise

Try to avoid strenuous exercises such as weightlifting, running and jogging (especially on asphalt), or intense road bicycling. It is more beneficial to take part in non-strenuous exercises like stretching, tai chi, qi gong, pilates, yoga, walking, or water aerobics.

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Endometriosis is a uterine disorder that affects many American women. Endometriosis is an abnormal gynecological condition characterized by unusual ectopic growth and function of endometrial tissue.

The ovaries, fallopian tubes, bowel (colon), pelvic floor, urinary bladder, uterine musculature, peritoneum (membrane that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity) and the deep pelvic peritoneal cavity are the common sites of growths of endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity.

The abnormal implants of endometriosis respond to the hormonal changes regulating menstruation and, like the uterine lining, these fragments construct tissue monthly and then break down or destruct and bleed.

Endometriosis and Ovarian Cysts

There is an unhealthy symbiosis between endometriosis and ovarian cysts, medically known as ovarial endometrial cysts.

Ovarian cysts are nothing but accumulated liquid toxic waste and thick, congealed menstrual blood that is dark in color and held together by mucus. Ovarian cysts cause pain due to their growth and pressing against other organs and nerves in the pelvic cavity. Ovarian cysts grow fast based upon poor diets.

If you are experiencing heavy menstrual blood flow (hypermenorrhea), releasing of small, moderate, to large blood clots from the vagina; pain (in the uterus, lower back, etc.), painful sexual intercourse, infertility, premenstrual vaginal staining of blood, and chronic constipation, chances are you may be suffering from endometriosis.

Causes

Unlike the blood from the uterine lining, the blood from the implants has no way of exiting the body and therefore the surrounding uterine tissue slowly absorbs the blood from the abnormal implants. The condition is also known as retrograde menstruation, since the blood doesn’t leave the body, but instead is absorbed into it.

Cells from the endometrium (lining of the uterus) also develop elsewhere in the abdominal cavity of the female body. During this slow process, blood accumulates in the body cavities and the process of bleeding and absorbing is generally quite painful.

Symptoms

This condition produces various symptoms such as severe and excruciating pain in the uterus, lower back, and pelvic cavity organs before and during menstruation, pain during the actual menses, excessive bleeding and expulsion of large clots and shreds of uterine tissue during the menses, and in some cases nausea and vomiting.

Additionally, endometriosis can cause severe pain in a subsequent pregnancy because in pregnancy the uterus enlarges and the various organs in the abdominal cavity are pushed into different positions.

Natural Healing

Herbs

Female-specific herbs that are oxytocic and parturient in nature are great for healing the uterus and eradicating all uterine diseases. Uterine and/or oxytocic-specific* herbs include: Squawvine*, Ashoka, Blue Cohosh*, Pennyroyal*, Rue*, Shatawari, Eucommia, Chaste Tree berries (Vitex), False Unicorn Root, Fo Ti, Rehmannia, Yarrow, and Bayberry.

Female specific herbs with a hormonal stimulating effect on the body are ideal in restoring overall female health and uterine health in particular and include such herbs as: Canada Snakeroot, Black Cohosh, Maca, Red Raspberry leaf, Red Clover tops, Black Haw, Beth Root, Lovage, Wild Yam root, Licorice, Sarsaparilla, Dong Quai, Ashwagandha, Blessed Thistle, Damiana, Muira Puama, Saw Palmetto berries, Oatstraw, Sage.

Herbs that address menstrual irregularities will greatly help in addressing endometriosis. These herbs include: Canada Snakeroot, Lady’s Mantle, Shepherd’s Purse, Beth Root, Black Haw, Angelica, Dong Quai, Goldenseal Root, Burdock Root, Black Cohosh, Comfrey Root, Cranesbill, Dragon’s Blood, False Unicorn Root, Squawvine, and Yarrow.

Aromatherapy

Essential oils are paramount in holistic healing as the aroma from the oils affects the mind, spirit, emotions and etheric body. Essential oils with a female hormonal effect can greatly help to heal uterine and other female complaints and disorders. These oils include: Rose Geranium, Clary Sage, Pennyroyal (use cautiously), Rue (use cautiously), Cananga, Fennel, Angelica, Combava, and Vitex (Chaste Tree).

Crystals

No healing regimen is complete without the use of crystals, the greatest energy amplifiers on the planet. Crystals with an affinity for the female reproductive chamber are imperative in healing from any female reproductive chamber and include such crystals as: Quartz, Ammonite, Malachite, Tiger’s Eye, Jade, Carnelian, Chrysocolla, and Zincite.

No healing regimen or therapy is replete or complete without chakra alignment or balancing. Remember, all disease first occurs on the energetic level.

Colon Therapy

Colonics are effective in dissolving hardened fecal and mucoidal debris in the colon. When you cleanse the colon you begin the cleansing process of all other eliminative channels. There can be no healing without an emphasis on cleansing out the colon.

If you are unable to afford a colon session (which are usually priced at $60-70 per session, then purchase an enema bag and perform weekly enemas. Cleaning out the rectum is better than doing nothing at all.

Hydrotherapy

Hot sea salt baths which are very therapeutic. The bath should consist of hot water, sea salt (1-3 boxes), MSM sulfur (or sulphur) (1 cup), crystals (named above); and essential oils (named above, 2-4 drops each). The bath (actually a soak for the first 30-45 minutes) can be taken daily.

Acupuncture / Acupressure

These therapies work on the chi (energy) and get it moving again in the case of blockage. All disease is first energetic and these therapies deal with energy.

Oxygen Therapy

Oxygen is a most effective therapy. It is unfortunate oxygen therapies are banned in the U.S. despite proven facts that oxygen helps to heal, especially since lack of oxygen plays a pivotal role in degeneration and disease. The cells thrive off of oxygen and when you introduce more oxygen into the body, the cells’ communication ability restores and the innate healing effect of the body accelerates. The prohibition of oxygen therapies by your government is what you pay for with your tax dollars.

Massage Therapy

Because massage is intimate and requires trust and to effectively heal, you must open up (let your wall or guard down). When you open up, you automatically let go and “letting go” is what a lot of women) need to do in order to heal and move on in their lives. Most people, especially females, are holding on to negative and self-defeating and sabotaging thoughts (which affect their emotional state and feelings) and these thoughts lodge in the tissues of the body and alter the individual frequency and resonance of the particular body part or organ, manifesting disease as a sensor that something is wrong on a deeper, emotional, and energetic level.

Massage, especially deep tissue massage, is very therapeutic and healing because deep pressure into the tissues not only dissolves knots but also the negative and toxic thoughts lingering in the knot. When a massage therapist tells you that you have knots in your body (e.g. back), those knots are not liquid filled, but energy filled. You can actually feel them dissolve when a therapist applies pressure to the area.

Massage greatly helps to release all those negative emotions and feelings we hold in certain parts of our body. The feeling of shouldering too much responsibility stores in our shoulders. Feeling like we are carrying the weight of the world or others (family, friends, etc.) on our back stores in our back (as well as the feeling of feeling backed against a wall); people, events, and circumstances that feel like a “pain in the neck” to you actually store in your neck.

We actually feel everything we say and think, believe it or not; and unfortunately, a lot of us have thought and said and still think and say negative things. Negative and unproductive thinking needs to be put in check because our bodies literally believe every word we say.

Pranic Healing / Reiki

These two therapies are just as ideal as chakra alignment and balancing because they deal with healing via energy and again, all disease is first energetic. Whereas chakra alignment/balancing uses crystals, pranic healing and reiki uses the hands. Pranic healing does not require actual touch whereas reiki does; but a crystal grid around the person while undergoing a pranic healing or reiki session will undoubtedly enhance the effect of the energy.

Magnetic Therapy

Magnet therapy is great for healing because magnets alkalize the body and improve circulation to problem areas. Magnets cause blood vessels to dilate and thus improve blood flow in the body. Magnetic therapy should never be used on the belly (Sacral Chakra) area of a pregnant woman.

Anti-Gravity Therapy

Anti-gravity exercises where the body is slanted and the feet are raised higher than the head are great in healing uterine complaints and disorders such as endometriosis because when the body is in a slanted position with the feet raised higher than the head gravity now works for you rather than against you. Lying on an anti-gravity board or simply with your feet raised higher than your head (back and head on the ground or floor and legs propped up on a sofa or chair) causes gravity to pull on the uterus and helps put the uterus and other organs back in place. This method has a profound effect on the whole body and causes hardened substances to break up and become movable for elimination.

Fasting

Fasting is a natural healing method that induces the body to go into a natural cleansing mode without the help of any outside agents or substances. The one drawback of fasting is that it requires discipline. Fasting is very effective in healing any and all ailments and complaints.

Mineral Therapy

The most important mineral required in remedying reproductive complaints and disorders is zinc. Not zinc derived from an inorganic source, but organic zinc, e.g. zinc phosphate. Organic zinc can be assimilated by the body, but not zinc oxide (derived from metals or stone). Zinc is important for uterine health because the uterus is chiefly comprised of the mineral zinc and when the uterus is impaired and becomes defective, it loses necessary zinc.

Zinc can be found in the following foods and herbs: Pumpkin Seeds (a/k/a Papitas), Sunflower Seeds, Cocculus Root, False Unicorn Root, Irish Moss (and all other seaweeds), and Fenugreek Seed.

Dietary Intervention

Dairy foods are strongly tied to the development of endometriosis.

To heal, women must give up meat, dairy products, refined grains and starches and other processed chemicals and so-called foods and should consciously embrace a vegan and/or raw foods diet consisting of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, seeds, nuts, and grains.

Vegetable juice is very alkalizing and healing. For endometriosis, make sure you consume a lot of vegetable juice containing asparagus and beets.

Positive Thinking and Attitude

Healthy and positive thinking is so important. Being emotional by nature makes females more sensitive and intuitive than males generally. Females in general, African-American females in particular are greatly out of sync with their feminine grace and essence today. External pathologies denote internal or inner imbalance. A positive mindset that thinks healthy, right, and positive impacts a person’s outer circumstances and their physical health. This is the best and greatest incentive for positive, right, and healthy thinking.

Saying daily affirmations and performing mediation can greatly help transform the mind in a positive light. We can really change our lives by the thoughts we think and the feelings we feel on a daily and consistent basis. Our lives are truly in our own hands to shape and mold as we see fit. You are the master of your own destiny and fate.

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