GROUND IVY - ( Ale Hoof, Ale Wort, Gill-Go-Over-The-Ground ) Plumbers used to work with lead pipes (Plumbum is the Latin word for the metal lead), and hat makers drew patterns with real lead pencils and, customarily, wetted the tip in their mouth. Needless to say they often went mad as a hatter with lead poisoning. A remedy had to be found, and it was found in this low growing, tiny flowered, square stemmed representative of the mint family. Ground Ivy is a specific for removing this deadly metal lead from the system. For many years the burning of leaded gasoline spewed this heavy metal into the air and from there into ground water systems and soil and into our drinking water and food. Older homes still have lead pipes, and older house paints commonly contained lead. The problem is still with us as lead does not break down. Indications of lead poisoning listed in the medical work of Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary are as follows:

Anorexia (chronic loss of appetite), nausea, vomiting, salivation, anemia, the lead line on the gums, purging, abdominal pains, muscle cramps and pains in the joints. One of the most typical findings is the abdominal pain known as lead colic. There may be an impairment of any part of the nervous system, often leading to muscle atrophy (at'-ro-fee, wasting away) and the characteristic foot or wrist drop. Various blood changes may be found, especially the stippling of the red (blood) cells.

DOSE:   40 to 80 three times per day