Background

I will never forget the day that my baby woke up with a terrible rash. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a medical doctor or a fisherman’s wife, having a sick baby is very scary. My six-week-old baby was covered in red welts. She seemed happy in every other way, but there was obviously something wrong. Since I’m a medical doctor and a mother, I was able to examine her, and I noticed she appeared to have the rash of chicken pox. This was a real surprise, since chicken pox normally affects children older than she was.

I had been introduced to Del-Immune V® by a friend and colleague, and I had the impression that it was a very safe and effective natural supplement. I decided to go ahead and start her on Del-Immune V®. I mixed one capsule three times that day in a bottle of milk. By the following morning, her rash had completely disappeared! I continued to give her the Del-Immune V®, using one capsule a day for the next week. Since there was no further evidence of the illness, I had diagnosed as chicken pox, I discontinued the product. I was satisfied that not only was she completely better from the original infection, which normally would have taken two weeks to get over, but also that she wasn’t affected by the supplement in any other way. She did not display any side effects whatsoever.

My name is Dr. Elin Ritchie, I am a medical doctor, trained in Canada at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. I graduated from medical school in 1992, and from a Family Practice residency program in 1994. I am Board Certified and a member of the American College of Family Practice (ACFP).

I went on to practice at a normal busy family practice in Eugene, Oregon. When I left there in 2000, I had 4,000 patients who called me their doctor. Opportunity knocked on my door and called me to New Mexico to study Integrative Medicine with a Chinese Medicine Doctor. So with fond farewells, I left the practice to my partners and moved to Taos, New Mexico.

In 2001 I continued medical training in Integrative medicine. This training included a wide variety of modalities involving acupuncture, use of Chinese herbs, massage therapy, meditation techniques, Neurolinguistic programming and applied kinesiology. In 2003 I was certified as a medical specialist in Integrative Medicine. The formal training in Family Practice combined with the Integrative Medicine Board Certification permits me to make diagnostic, clinical, and treatment decisions based upon traditional allopathic (Medical Doctor-Family Practice) medicine and to provide proven alternative medicine concepts. It’s a matter of providing the best medical care for patients and for their individual needs.

As mentioned earlier, my first experience with Del-Immune V® occurred in November of 2002. Since then, I have used this product in over 1,000 patients. Many of these patients have gone on to continue using it on almost a daily basis because the product offers such high levels of immune system protection to help resist colds, , and other infections.

Teachers seem to be the most excited about Del-Immune V®. This is one profession where there is a high exposure to colds, and many other infections brought to the classroom by students. Teachers have a special problem getting days off for sickness. The teachers in my practice typically say they have continued to use the product on a daily basis because it has helped them so much. Teachers are the greatest fans since they are exposed to so many viruses and, as mentioned, it’s so difficult for them to miss work.

When I dispense a bottle of Del-Immune V® I now expect the patient to recover more quickly than with the usual medications or in some cases have no observable response to the product. Whether effective or not, I have not seen side effects of any kind. It’s an easy gamble for me when I know there will be no side effects.

Colds, and coughs

Practicing integrative medicine in this small town of 10,000 people provides an opportunity to see patients of many different ages, walks of life and with multiple different types of medical problems. I began offering Del-Immune V® to the patients in my practice that presented with cold or symptoms and with any type of illness that they would catch from another person. I have now used Del-Immune V® for four seasons, and have seen a positive response in 75+ percent of patients who are treated with the product.

Del-Immune V® has been a very effective treatment of upper respiratory tract infections, coughs, colds, bronchitis and . Many of my patients return to see me and they routinely give rave reviews, stating that they no longer miss days from work or school because they are using Del-immune V on a regular basis.

Many of my patients were able to avoid having antibiotics prescribed because they used Del-Immune V® in the early stages of their illness. As an example, I have been amazed by the effect of Del-Immune V® on chronic coughs. I recently saw a patient who started Del-immune V. Previously I had treated her with inhalers and antibiotics but with no response.

Chronic cough is difficult to treat. Many of the common therapies are only effective about 40 to 50 percent of the time. Adding Del-immune V to any other cough therapy is effective and safe. I did not make an either/or decision about Del-immune V- it complements every other therapy I use for coughs.

Immunizations for Children

Del-immune V has another use I have not mentioned. I prescribe the product in preparation for vaccines. In my own children and in many of the children in my practice I have advised using Del-immune V a few days prior to immunization. It has been shown in studies that that using Del-immune V before vaccines increases the effectiveness of the immunization. It increases the body’s response and antibody production, which allows the vaccine to be extremely effective.

Flu vaccines are effective about 90 percent of the time for preventing serious symptoms such as pneumonia, but vaccination does not prevent the milder symptoms of the . However, Del-immune V increases the body’s “uptake” of the vaccine, making the vaccine doubly effective without increasing the risk of side effects. Del-immune V also reduces the likelihood of someone contracting the at all, even in a mild case, if it’s taken regularly during the season. So, taking Del-Immune V® before immunization helps increase the effectiveness and taking it consistently after the vaccine reduces the chance of even mild illness. This is clinically important in caring for seniors.

Cancer, chemotherapy and radiation

Approximately three months after I opened my practice in 2003, I saw a new patient complaining of fatigue, weight loss, inability to concentrate and very low energy. That day, talking with her in the office and examining her, I discovered that she had a tumor in her pelvis the size of a grapefruit. Further tests indicated that she had ovarian cancer.

In a long discussion with her, we outlined different possibilities for treatment and further diagnosis. I put her on Del-Immune V® at a fairly high does right away. On the day of her surgery, about two weeks later, I spoke to her. She said that her energy had increased and that she was feeling strong and ready to go through the surgery. The surgery that was planned was very long and complicated, one in which it was possible that they would remove not only the tumor, but also part of her intestines, which would leave her wearing a colostomy bag. She was not looking forward to that, but she was willing to do whatever was necessary to remove the tumor. As it turned out, the tumor was easily removed without having to remove any intestine. When I spoke to her surgeon just after her surgery, he stated that he was surprised; it looked like the tumor has started to pull away from the surrounding tissue and that the outer layer of the tumor had started to dissolve. He said that the tumor appeared to have shrunk prior to the surgery.

This patient chose alternative treatment for the ovarian cancer. Here I should tell you that ovarian cancer has a very poor cure rate; with all conventional medical treatments, success rates are extremely low. Patients have about a 30 percent survival rate after the first three years and they don’t count after five years because almost no one makes it.

Given the terrible odds of treatment, this patient decided to go with alternative therapies only. She took some herbs, followed a dietary program, and most importantly, stayed on high does of Del-Immune V® throughout the first year after her diagnosis. When rechecked one year later, all evidence of the cancer was gone, all blood tests were clear and her pelvic exam was normal. It was as if nothing had happened. The other day, I ran into her at the grocery store, as often happens in a small town. I invited her to come back to the office for evaluation. My recent evaluation with her a full three years after her diagnosis showed no evidence of any illness whatsoever. This is only one case, but it has been very dramatic to see such a miraculous event right in front of my eyes.

I have one patient who was diagnosed with prostate cancer at a very high level of bony metastasis. He has now lived for 18 months, and he is on a slow decline; however, when I first met him and saw how high his PSA levels were, I did not expect him to live more than an additional three to six months, no matter what therapies were applied.

As far as radiation and chemotherapy treatment go, in my experience, Del-Immune V® lessened the sickness directly related to the treatments while not impacting their effectiveness. I have used it often in patients with cancer, some of them continue with regular medical therapies and use Del-immune V along with the chemotherapy or whatever else is planned. My patients have been happy to use Del-immune V during chemo and radiation because they tolerate their treatments so much better than without the product. I believe that when clinical studies are done, we will see that Del-Immune V® increases the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation on diseased tissue while decreasing the “die-off” of healthy tissue. In effect, Del-Immune V® probably concentrates the treatment to diseased cells.

Other Uses of Del-Immune V®

Since my first experience with Del-immune V, I have used it in many medical conditions and found it to be helpful. Not everyone who takes Del-Immune V® has dramatic results, but I have not had anybody experience any side effects, either. I prescribe it for any autoimmune condition, including rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. I also prescribe it for chronic infections like hepatitis C.

When treating hepatitis C, I have combined Del-immune V with a Chinese formula that contains milk thistle. One of my patients has decreased his viral load from 70,000 to 600 after three months on Del-Immune V®. Even Ribaviran, the interferon-based treatment currently in use for hepatitis C, is not expected to show that much change or impact on the virus in the human body.

In fibromyalgia, about 50 percent of my patients showed improvement on Del-immune V; same with chronic fatigue syndrome patients. The patients claimed they had more energy and generally felt better.

Best Wishes,

Elin Ritchie, M.D.