What is amalgam?
Amalgam is a dental material for tooth fillings. It is a mixture consisting of approximately 50% liquid mercury and 50% powder of copper, silver, tin, zinc and traces of other heavy metals. The term amalgam comes from Arabic and means "softening ointment". The advantage of amalgam is that it hardens after 30 minutes and then expands a little, so that the filling fits very closely. The crucial disadvantage is that mercury and also some heavy metals are highly toxic substances for the human body.

How can amalgam be harmful?
There are three ways how the heavy metals from amalgam can filter into the blood.
One is directly through the body of the tooth, the second by dissolving into the saliva, swallowing and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract and the third via the inhalation of vaporous amalgam constituents caused by intense chewing, hot and sour food and drinks. These help the dissolution of amalgam constituents.

What diseases can be caused by mercury and heavy metals?
A variety of ailments and illnesses can be caused by mercury. Prominent examples are headaches and migraines, susceptibility to infections by a weakened immune system, chronic inflammation, rheumatic and other joint diseases, diseases of the digestive system, cancer, depression.

How can amalgam be drained?
It is necessary to distinguish an amalgam intolerance or allergy from a poisoning by amalgam constituents. The diagnosis is very difficult. First, amalgam dental fillings have to be removed very carefully. For draining, remedies from orthomolecular medicine (zinc, selenium, vitamin C, vitamin E, etc.), homeopathy, phytotherapy (the freshwater chlorella and coriander herb) and chemical substances such as DMPS are suitable. Also a change of diet is of great importance.