The Arthritis Cure of Rex Newnham
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In the 1960's Rex Newnham, Ph.D., D.O., N.D, developed arthritis. Conventional drugs did not help, so he looked for the cause into the chemistry of plants. He realized that plants in that area were rather deficient in minerals. Knowing that boron aids calcium metabolism in plants he decided to try it. He started taking 30 mg of borax a day, and in three weeks all pain, swelling and stiffness had disappeared.
The word got around, and after several years he sold 10,000 bottles of borax tablets a month. But also the government became aware of it and in 1981 Australia declared boron and its compounds to be poisons in any concentration. He was fined for selling a poison, and this successfully stopped his arthritis cure from spreading in Australia.
Subsequently he published several scientific papers on boron and arthritis. One was a double-blind trial in the mid 1980's at the Royal Melbourne Hospital which showed that 70% of those who completed the trial were greatly improved. Only 12% improved when on placebo. He also wrote that with additional boron bone fractures heal in about half the normal time in both man and animal. Horses and dogs with broken legs, or even a broken pelvis, have fully recovered.
Most of his later research was devoted to the relationship between soil boron levels and arthritis. He found, that Jamaica has the lowest boron level and arthritis rates are about 70%. He noted that even most dogs were limping. Next comes Mauritius with very low boron levels and 50% arthritis. The daily boron intake in these countries is less than 1 mg/day. The US, England, Australia and NZ generally have average soil-boron levels with an estimated intake of 1 to 2 mg of boron and arthritis rates of about 20%. Boron is high in Israel with an estimated daily boron intake of 5 to 8 mg and only 0.5 - 1% arthritis.
Bone analysis showed that arthritic joints and nearby bones had only half the boron content of healthy joints. Equally, synovial fluid that lubricates joints and provides nutrients to the cartilage is boron deficient in arthritic joints. After boron supplementation bones were much harder than normal and surgeons found them more difficult to saw through.
Boron is also effective with other forms of arthritis, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, and Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus). For instance Dr Newnham saw a young girl aged 9 months with juvenile arthritis. He was able to cure her in 2 weeks.
He wrote that generally in about 1 to 3 months people can get rid of all the pain, swelling and stiffness. He also stated that patients with rheumatoid arthritis commonly experienced a Herxheimer reaction and that this is always a good prognostic sign. They must persevere and in another 2 or 3 weeks all the pain, swelling and stiffness will be gone. The Herxheimer reaction is an early aggravation of symptoms with increased pain and is due to toxins released by killed Candida and mycoplasma. However, I would use some other antimicrobials in addition.