The trace-mineral germanium is also used to discharge mercury from the body. In laboratory experiments it also protected animals against the symptoms of mercury poisoning.

Germanium exists in both organic and inorganic forms. The organic form, known as germanium sesquioxide or Ge-132, is safe. The inorganic form, however, causes kidney disease. Traces of organic germanium can be in healthy foods such as garlic, aloe, watercress, ginseng, chlorella, waternuts, boxthorn seeds, and reishi mushrooms. The average daily dietary intake of germanium is somewhere between .5 to 3 mg/day. 3

Dr. Kazuhiko Asai’s synthesized the first organic Germanium compound to be used as a supplement. Dr. Asai spent over a decade and exhausted his personal finances to develop the compound. By the time it was ready to test, Dr. Asai was suffering from severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. The doctor tested the germanium on himself and reported that within ten days, his arthritis symptoms had disappeared. You can read more of Dr. Asai’s case studies online in his book ‘Miracle Cure - Organic Germanium’.

Germanium is considerably more expensive than most vitamins and minerals because it is expensive to extract from the earth. Once it is synthesized to the organic form, the final purification procedures are also costly.

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