Human Experiments With Fulvic Acid

The Healing & Regenerative Influences of Low Molecular Weight Humic Substances (Fulvic Acid) On Human Tissues and Cells

Dr. W. Schlickewei and five associates at the University Hospital in Freiburg, Germany, on human patients requiring transplantation or replacement of bone during surgery, conducted tests. The transplantation of bone tissue is required in about 15% of all cases of replacement surgery of the locomotor apparatus, and it is generally applied to reconstitute and repair actual defects in bone.

Human donor tissues have become scarce due to special legal requirements and necessary additional testing because such tissues have a high danger of transmitting the HIV virus and hepatitis. There are also obvious disadvantages to using bone grafts from other areas of the same patient's body because they require a second operation and prolong the length of time in surgery. The only other known substitute source available in large enough quantities for clinical use was animal bone in the form of inorganic calcium compounds (bovine calcium hydroxyapatite), and although these were well tolerated by the body, they showed no signs of being resorbed.

Remarkable bone regeneration and resorption characteristics were identified when the animal bone implants were impregnated with a low molecular weight humic substance (fulvic acid) prior to transplant into patients. The bone implant then became highly osteoconductive, and served the host tissue as a “guide-line” for the deposition of newly develo0ping bone tissue. The same transplant procedure without the fulvic acid showed no signs of regeneration during the course of the experiment.

While on the lookout for a new group of active agents with the ability to promote wound healing, the doctors came across the humic substances. The doctors said that the bone resorption is most easily explained by the known ability of humate to induce the activation of leucocytes. They said that previous experiments had established that the humic substances are able to bind to calcium-containing compounds, stimulate granulocytes, and block the infectivity of the HIV virus.

Summary: In this clinical test and previous experiments, fulvic acid has been shown to activate and stimulate white blood cells, promote healing, turn inorganic calcium into an organic bio-active cellular regenerative medium conducive to new bone growth, stimulate cellular growth and regenerate, and inhibit the HIV virus.

Animal Experiments with Fulvic Acid

Early studies with livestock animals were conducted by Dr. Charles S. Hansen, D.V.M. in the state of California from the early 1960's through 1967 on an experimental basis. Dr. Hansen's test included a blend of fulvic and humic acid used as a feed additive. He also used fulvic acid alone as a treatment for specific ailments in livestock. The results of supplement feeding and treatment included:

Dairy Cows: After 2 months of supplement no bacterial or viral infections Herd of over 300, after 3 months on supplement increased butterfat production of 15% Herd on supplement cut back on high protein rations with no decrease in production All cows on supplement experienced more complete digestion Cows with bacterial infection (mastitis) treated with 1 pint fulvic acid solution recovered to full production in 12 to 24 hours When using antibiotics to treat mastitis the recovery was only 50% - 70% after 2 to 3 weeks.

Hogs: Animals on the supplement experienced better and more complete digestion The free choice supplement in 36 hrs acted as an excellent vermifuge (de-worming agent) The supplement completely eliminated Necro, a bloody diarrhea in hogs

Mink: Animals on the supplement experienced more complete digestion When on the supplement were less vicious, more docile. Supplemented animals ceased fur chewing. Successfully eliminated most diseases common to mink herds

Poultry: Supplementing to feed acted, as a vermifuge Pullets given supplement were free of most diseases. Pullets on supplement experienced more complete digestion of other feeds in diet. Pullets on supplement produced eggs of superior shell hardness and quality

The results of these early tests support the known benefits which fulvic acid provides to all living systems, plant or animal. They indicate that fulvic acid may very possibly become the most important factor in health management in the future