Germanium is necessary for the optimum nutrition of the human body. This element is amazing as it raises the level of activity of various organs by enabling them to attract more oxygen. It is responsible for providing more oxygen to the body as well as expelling harmful pollutants and pathogens or rendering them harmless.

The 'holy waters' at Lourdes, known world wide for their healing properties contain large amounts of germanium Dr. Joel Wallach, Rare Earth's of Tokyo, Japan who discovered the nutritional properties of germanium, was able to connect the healing properties of certain herbs to relatively high levels of germanium. Germanium is known to enhance the immune system by stimulating production of natural killer cells and T-suppressor cells. Researchers in Russia found that germanium could be attributed to anti-cancer activity.

Germanium is still being researched for all of its possible supplementary applications. Due to the life giving oxygen that germanium brings to the body it is believed that this alone is a major part of why it is such a dynamic element. Germanium deficiencies are typified by severely reduced immune status, arthritis, osteoporosis, low energy and cancer. Many naturopathic physicians are using germanium with individuals that have a serious illnessthat require an increased oxygen level in the body.

Some symptoms of germanium deficiency:

Asthma, Cancer (breast, lung, bladder), Cardiac insufficiency, Diabetes, Hepatic cirrhosis, Hypertension, Inflammation of Maxillary Sinus, Leukemia, Myoma of the Uterus, Nephritis, Neuralgia, Neurotic disorders, Softening of brain tissue

Natural sources: garlic, ginseng, aloe vera, comfrey, all chlorophyll rich foods, shiitake mushrooms, and healing herbs.