5.7 CERVICAL DYSPLASIA SUPPOSITORIES

*Echinacea Fluidextract..................30 ml.

Calendula Tincture............. ............10 ml.

Glycerin........ ....................................175 ml.

Gelatin (Pharmaceutical Grade)....25 grams

(* you can obtain the same results by slowly evaporating 5 ounces of Echinacea 

Tincture down to 1 ounce of milky-grey liquid and use that in place of the hard-

to-come-by-unless-you-make-it-yourself Fluidextract)

Heat the glycerin on a double boiler, add the Echinacea and Calendula, and

maintain at a low temperature for at least 30 minutes to evaporate off some of

the alcohol. Add the gelatin(preferably finely powdered) and whisk (or egg-

beat) until the gelatin is THOROUGHLY dissolved in the liquids. Don't leave

any little gelatinous solids...continue stirring until the liquid is a clear grey-

brown syrup.

Fill a plastic roll of disposable 3 or 5 ml suppository molds up to the top of the

form line. A small turkey baster (no jokes O.K.?) is the easiest tool for this. This

should make 80-100 suppositories. The usual two-piece hard plastic or metal

suppository molds, although reusable, work TERRIBLY for gelatin-based

suppositories, fine for glycerin or cocoa butter types.

USE: A suppository should be inserted at night into the vagina and as close to

the cervix as practical. Gelatin-based suppositories do not melt like those made

with cocoa butter or gelatin, but dissolve slowly over 8-12 hours, maintaining the

herb presence for long enough to facilitate resolution and stimulate regeneration

of the tissues. This can be continued for many days if necessary.

CLAUSE: If it causes inflammation, stop. I know of no instance where the

constituents have caused this reaction, but anything is possible. It is better to

deal with such a condition when you can monitor the cervix yourself with a

speculum or can have it done for you regularly by a nurse-practitioner or

midwife, particularly if a class 2 or class 3 smear is involved, Cervical erosion, of

course, is CAUSED by something and stimulating membrane healing is not likely

to help much in the long run unless you deal at least to some degree with

underlying causes.

VEGETARIAN NOTE: Yes, gelatin comes from animals. No, Agar Agar and

such are NOT reasonable substitutes. Use gelatin or don't; it's up to you, since I

know of no appropriate vegetable substitute. There ARE refined pharmaceutical

colloids that are substituted for gelatin, but they are the refined by-products of it

anyway, far more expensive, harder to get...and MUCH further from the source.

CAUSES: A common cause is diminished estrogen availability to cervical

membranes: if cycles are consistantly longer than 29 or 30 days, you might

consider one of the reproductive tonics or simply Don Quai; if you have

extended bouts of pelvic congestion with hemorrhoid and/or varicose vein flare-

ups, you might try a liver tonic, ileo-cecal tonic or colon tonic. Another common

cause is a chronicly imbalanced vaginal flora...sometimes from a Candida

infection, sometimes from bacterial vaginosis. Both are helped by lactobacillus