Ge - Germanium is found in igneous rocks at 5.4 ppm; shales
at 1.6 ppm; sandstones at 0.8 ppm; limestones at 0.2 ppm; sea water
at 0.00007 ppm; soil at 1 ppm in humus, especially in alkaline soils
marine animals at 0.3 ppm.
Mendeleev had predicted the existence of the element germanium in
his periodic table, but it was not until 1886, that a German
scientist, Clemens Winkler isolated this element and named it
germanium. Radio do-it-yourself kits from the 40's and 50's utilized
the germanium diode crystal to attract the radio signal to your
radio. The germanium atom is structured so it accepts and transmits
electrons, thus acting as a semiconductor - it is therefore not too
surprising that germanium is closely related to silica and carbon.
Biologically, germanium is a highly efficient electrical impulse
initiator intracellularly and acts as a metallic cofactor for oxygen
utilization.
In 1950, Dr. Kazuhiko Asai, a Japanese chemist, found traces of
germanium in fossilized plant life. Russian researchers quickly
attributed anti-cancer activity to germanium. Dr. Asai was able to
connect the healing properties of certain herbs to relatively high
levels of germanium -many of these herbs are accumulator plants for
germanium. Germanium is known to enhance the immune system by
stimulating production of natural killer cells, lymphokines such as
IFN (Y), interferon, macrophages and T-suppressor cells.
Asai synthesized GE-132-carboxyethyl germanium sesquioxide in
1967 by a hydrolysis method. This organic germanium structure forms
a cubic structure with three negative oxygen ions at the base of a
cubic triangle.
As an organic or chelate form of germanium GE-132 is absorbed at
the rate of 30 percent efficiency and the total intake is excreted
in one week.
Food plants and animals contain small amounts of germanium (Le,
beans-4.67 ppm; tuna-2.3 ppm). Healing herbs such as garlic, aloe,
comfrey, chlorella, ginseng, watercress, Shfitake mushroom, pearl
barley, sanzukon, sushi, waternut, boxthorn seed and wisteria knob
contain germanium in amounts ranging from 100 to 2,000 ppm.
The "holy waters" at Lourdes, known world wide for their healing
properties contains large amounts of germanium.
Severely reduced immune status, arthritis, osteoporosis, low
energy and cancer typify deficiencies of germanium.
Twenty to 30 mg per day is the recommended maintenance dose for
germanium; 50 to 100 mg per day are commonly used when an individual
has a serious illness that requires an increased oxygen level in the
body.
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207.1988.
2.Suzuki, F., et al.: Ability of Sera from Mice Treated with
Ge-132, an Organic Germanium Compound, to Inhibit Experimental
Murine Ascites Tumours. Br.J.Cancer-52: 75 7.1985. |
