Skin Disorder Testimonials -

The majority of these testimonials were found on: www.mangosteenstories.org
** Organic Solutions is making NO CLAIMS about the mangosteen fruit. We are providing information on studies done by other people, as well as testimonials, so that individuals may read them, and make their own decisions. If you have questions about anything you have read, we suggest you consult a health care professional.

Psoriasis:
Eczema:

Psoriasis

• My name is Thomas E. Lowe Jr., M.D. I was a bit skeptical when I started using Mangosteen juice one ounce three times a day on July 12, 2004.
  
  I've had Moderately severe Psoriasis for 15 years. One week later I noticed a very definite improvement in my Psoriasis. I am not on any drugs for Psoriasis.
  
  I also noted a definite drop in my blood pressure. My usual average BP checked 3 times a day was 144/90 (No BP meds.). After I started the mangosteen juice, my BP averaged 117/70 taken morning, noon & night.
  
  I was also having a lot of arthralgia in my hips, knees, & back, which is completely gone now.
  
  I am currently on Zocor 20mg a day for cholesterol. After my next Lipid Panel I may drop the Zocor if my levels are lower than usual to see if the mangosteen juice will KEEP it down by itself.
  
  I will give you a progress report in a month or two.
  
  Tom Lowe, M.D.
   
• From: "Jerry Craft" Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 02:12:21 -0700 Subject: Re: Irritation and rawness
  
  I started taking mangosteen juice in June 2004. At the end of June I was hospitalized because of anemia.
  
  I have had psoriasis in varying degrees over the last 40 years.
  
  The Dr. gave me a steroid cream that I had used before with little results. I noticed a change right away this time after starting to use the cream. The plaques started to fade right away. I also developed a rash on my chest, throat and face. Using any creams seemed to make it worse.
  
  After leaving the hospital I started taking mangosteen juice again and my psoriasis continued to improve.
  
  The rash continued to get worse. Finally I took some mangosteen juice and put it on a cotton ball and rubbed it on the rash. The next day I noticed this rash started drying up. I kept using this until now the rash is completely gone.
  
  I heard that it is not unusual to develop a rash when first starting on mangosteen juice. [Insert by Organic Solutions - a lot of people, when first starting to drink mangosteen juice, will develop a rash because they are not drinking enough WATER we have found; it's happened to several of us -- we increased our water intake and the rash went away immediately.]
  
  On Oct. 8 2004 I had another EGD exam and an ulcer that was discovered in June had completely healed.
  
  Thanks for listening. I would not believe it if it didn't happen to me.
  
  PS drink plenty of filtered or distilled water. It will help flush toxins from your body.
  
  Jerry, distributor
   
• Well it is a little premature to say I have got my full relief from this product but so far the following could be stated:
  
  1) My leg inflammation that I got after 5 bypasses in Dec 1998 has disappeared ( in 1 week after starting with [mangosteen juice]. Medication I had been taking did no good and in fact put me into the hospital with
  Kidney failure.
  
  2) I have had Psoriasis for about 15 years. Six Dermatologist could give anything that helped. In fact one gave me shots that made me sick, so he gave pills to make feel better. One day he said that I needed to go to the hospital for a liver biopsy because use of this Medication can cause liver problems. So I said goodbye and never went back.
  
  3) I am a diabetic, as you know, and I take pills and insulin. Well as of 2 weeks ago I stopped the insulin because it was a [pain] in the neck. Will my blood sugar is around 190 WITHOUT THE INSULIN, and it may go down
  lower yet.
  
  4) Because of Diabetes I have very bad Neuropathy which all the doctors say does not have a cure. I had a pain prescription that cost $160 for 100 pills and did no good. The [mangosteen juice] has reduced the pain so far
  and I hope will relieve the pain totally soon.
  
  You must remember I have only been drinking [mangosteen juice] for about 6 weeks and it took me years to get this bad, so it may take awhile to give me total benefit. Joe
   
• I have had psoriasis since I was a teenager, and have tried all of the prescription lotions at one time or another. I have been on the juice now for about a month, and although my condition has not cleared up entirely yet, I am much improved. In addition to taking [mangosteen juice] internally, I combined the juice with a good moisturizing hand lotion (about half and half). I rub this compound on my hands morning and night. Hope this helps.
  
  Scott
   

Eczema:

• I have been a massage therapist for 16 years and had terrible joint pain in my hands and shoulders. Now my joint
  pain is gone. I was taking antihistamines everyday for my allergies and now they are gone and I am off all medication. I used to get bad headaches a couple times a week and have not had one now in the last 7 months I have been on [mangosteen juice].
  
  My cholesterol went from 210 to 181. I have lowered my thyroid medicine 3 times, from 105mg to 60mg. I had eczema on my elbows and it is gone. I sleep better and have more energy. It did not all happen over night. The first month I was drinking the juice I actually felt more tired but I did have relief from my allergies. I had a complete physical 2 months prior but had forgot to get blood work done for my thyroid. My endocrinologist did a complete blood work up on me after I had been drinking [mangosteen juice] for a month. She was able to lower my thyroid medicine 15mg and my cholesterol dropped from 210 to 197 so I knew it was working. It took a couple months for my joint pain to go away. It took 4 months for my eczema on my elbows to go away. I have a friend who has had
  eczema since childhood and in 3 weeks hers was all gone. Why it took me 4 months and her 3 weeks I don't know but I am glad it is gone. Every day I feel better and better! Also, at the 1st year anniversary convention of [mangosteen juice] I won the all expense paid trip for two to Phuket Thailand. I love the product, the company and the business.
  
  - Pam Malow-Isham
   
• December 23, 2003, I had a large ovarian tumor removed. Because of the size and the way the tumor looked additional blood tests were done. One of the test they ran was to check my CA 125 levels. (Woman with high
  levels of CA 125, a tumor maker that may indicate the presence of ovarian cancer cells, have a higher than average risk of developing ovarian cancer) In Dec. my CA 125 level was at 93, the normal high is 35. Anything 35 and over they start looking and treating for possible ovarian cancer.
  
  April 7, 2004 I signed up with [mangosteen juice], I took the Mangosteen Juice twice a day. The amounts varied. On June 23, 2004 I have a 6 month follow up Dr's appointment. I had the CA 125 blood test done prior to my appointment. When my Dr. said the test results looked great I was very anxious to know how much the level had dropped. My levels today are at 24 !!!!!!!!!!!. He was very excited about the drop and mentioned that some times it takes up to 2 years to see the levels drop that much. I told him what I was doing the past 2 months or more, he just waved his hand indicating that had nothing to do with the levels dropping, and went on talking. I took an average of 3 oz twice a day.
  
  I KNOW what I just experienced was  [mangosteen juice]!! I believed in [mangosteen juice] before this, or I
  would not have joined. Now I believe in [mangosteen juice]!!
  
  Another story. A Lady I work with had eczema really really bad. She has dealt with this skin problem for years. She has been using a prescription suave on her hands for years. From time to time it would get better, other times it was so bad her hand would get really really raw and red and lots of blisters and was now between her fingers. A few weeks ago I had the courage to tell her about [mangosteen juice]. She went off on me, stating nothing like that would ever work.........she asked what was the cheapest I could sell the
  Mangosteen Juice to her.
  
  I felt bad for her because she was suffering with a really bad case of eczema. I spoke with Johanna about my experience, Johanna suggested that I give her one more piece of information and then make a
  statment of confidence on the [mangosteen juice] product, but also let her know that it is entirely up to her what she wants to do. I had barely stated my statement when she said, "Bring me a case of 'that' juice
  you have, I will do anything to get rid of this pain." She was taking 2 oz twice a day.
  
  I brought her a case on a Thursday, she started taking it as soon as she got the product. The following Wed we talked about the results she'd had.
  
  In less than a week, her hand was no longer raw, only red but looked healing, the eczema was no longer between her fingers. She had such great results that she is a believer of the product. Laughingly she
  said, "the day before I started on the Mangosteen Juice I paid a stinkin' $51.00 dollars on a suave that never worked." I told her, "You should have started taking the Juice several weeks ago." She agreed.
  
  Fern Bontrager from Indiana
   
•  I have a eczema testimony about my daughter.
  
  Emilee is five years old and has suffered from Eczema since she was two. The only thing that helped it is a prescription cream with steriods in it. It seemed to clear it pretty well but burned her alot and was a sticky mess, and the rash always seemed to return after about 3 or 4 days after stopping the medication. PLUS it was a steriod!!!
  
  I started Emilee on Mangosteen juice in October 03, it took one bottle of 2oz. a day to completely stop the Ecsema. We ran out of juice and within 3 days the Ecsema was BACK!!! I put her back on it and 2 days later the Ecsema was gone!!! I now give her 1oz. a day and she has had NO return and look at all the great things that it is doing for her body. By the way, she only had one 3 day cold through out the entire winter season and not one since. Now our whole family is faithfully on [mangosteen juice].
  
  Thanks for listening, Kim Fogle
   
• My husband, Cab, and I have been drinking mangosteen juice since July 16, 2004! He had Eczema on his hands and legs for only about 6 months prior to that date! He is 69 (I am a lot younger! - well, 6 years!)
  At first he applied mangosteen juice topically and it improved slightly. He showed me his hands 3 weeks ago (Oct. 1st) and the Eczema was totally gone and he had only been drinking the juice! WOW! Only 2
  1/2 months!
  
  We both are receiving a lot of health benefits from drinking mangosteen juice! We don't plan to get a flu shot - never had one and have never had the flu! We feel confident that drinking mangosteen juice will keep us free from viruses, etc.!
  
  Lyndall and Cab L. Dallas, Texas
   
• This was forwarded on behalf of Derrick J. Berg by Ed Johnson, J.D. Atty:
  
  Subject: Mangosteen and no white blood cells, low red blood cells, nupagen shots, immune system deficiency, food allergies, eczema. Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:54:29 -0600
  
  Mangosteen and no white blood cells, low red blood cells, nupagen shots, immune system deficiency, food allergies, eczema.
  
  My Testimony has to do with my youngest son, Eathan, who is now 4 ½ years old. When Eathan was 8 months old he was diagnosed with failure to thrive. He had some blood tests done and the results showed that his liver enzymes were elevated, but before anymore tests could be done he was growing and gaining weight again. When he was about 10 months old he contracted the RSV virus and had to use a nebulizer with steroid breathing treatments for about four weeks.
  
  When he was 15 months old he had a low grade fever that spiked in the middle of the night and caused him to have a febrile seizure. He was taken to the emergency room where they gave him a breathing tube and
  performed many tests. The doctors discovered that his red blood cell count was extremely low and his white blood cells were virtually non-existent. They gave him three blood transfusions which stabilized
  his red cell counts had but his white cell count was still extremely low and falling.
  
  After a bone marrow tap they discovered he wasn't producing any nutrifil cells, or baby white blood cells. They gave him a Nupagen injection. After a week in the hospital, he was allowed to come home.
  Since his bone marrow still wasn't producing any white blood cells, Eathan had to be quarantined for several months. With a white cell count as low as his, he couldn't be exposed to people. His immune
  system was so devastated that he could pick up something off a grocery cart that would give you and me a sniffle, and could be a death sentence to him.
  
  His hematologist started him on a Nupagen regiment. Nupagen is the miracle drug that helps build up one's white blood cell count. We have had to give him Nupagen injections 1-3 times a week for the past two years. These injections run about $250.00 each. This would help stimulate production of the white blood cells but
  would barely maintain them at an acceptable level. The doctor had warned us that it may take up to three to four years for his body to recover if it did at all. During this time he had a high level of food allergies
  caused by mal-absorption. This led the doctors to believe he also might have celiac disease, due to his elevated gluten levels. Along with all of these other problems he also had a moderate case
  of eczema.
  
  I was introduced to Mangosteen juice in mid October of 2003. I looked all over the internet for articles on the mangosteen. I couldn't find a reason not to give it to him. I ordered two cases and started giving
  him the mangosteen juice around the first of November, 2003. Eathan had been on the mangosteen juice for about 3 weeks when I gave him his last injection of Nupagen right around Thanksgiving time 2003. He has
  been on mangosteen juice for about twelve months and hasn't needed another injection for over eleven months.
  
  This mangosteen juice has been able to elevate and maintain my son's white blood cell count to an acceptable level. He has no more food allergies and his eczema is completely gone. In the beginning his
  doctor was totally baffled by this. Now he truly believes that the mangosteen juice is doing something. At his appointment last week he still didn't need a shot and his hematologist said, "Keep giving him that juice!"
  
  Derrick J. Berg