Ancient Chinese Remedy May Work for Flu

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Ancient Chinese Remedy May Work for Flu

Scientists at the Kaohsiung Medial University in Taiwan have discovered that the roots of a plant used in 1918 to fight the Spanish influenza pandemic produces natural antiviral compounds that kill the swine flu virus, H1N1.

Ferula asafetida is commonly known as Dung of the Devil because of its foul-smelling sap and grows primarily in Iran, Afghanistan and mainland China. In their tests of a group of chemical compounds contained in extracts from the plant, scientists Fang-Rong Chang and Yang-Chan Wu discovered that some of them where more potent in killing the H1N1 virus than a prescription antiviral drug.

The plant has a long history in Chinese folk medicine and is in a genus of plants that contain more than 230 natural healing compounds, the researchers said. They were aware that the root of the plant was used as an important remedy for the 1918 flu, so they wanted to see if the root contained an organic compound that was indeed an anti-viral. Using plants they purchased from a Chinese herb shop in Taipei, they discovered several strong anti-viral compounds that killed the H1N1 virus.

In an article published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Natural Products, the researchers said the compounds "may serve as promising lead components for new drug development" against this type of flu.

http://www.livescience.com/health/090910...emedy.html

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Curry season is almost apon us.

[B4Time]

good find for the flue season.A friend of mine gave me some of this http://www.mmssupplier.com/order.html Been doing some reading and it seems to have merit but I am far from a doctor.I'm thinking of getting some mesosilver for flue season also if I can.If I get sick I'll test them.mesosilver is the real deal they also sell other meso metals but I think we would need more PPM for it to do any good.I was checking out these http://www.silvergen.com/shop/ this would be good for mostly ionic silver and maybe 15 to 20 percent meso silver. Still good for washing fruits and vegetables and purifying water and you can take it wrap wounds with it and brush your teeth things like that.

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I bought some of this:

herbal immune formulas

Potent Protection




Potent Protection, 4 oz.
[formerly called Four Thieves]
Potent Protection Immune Formula download pdf

Contains: Alpinia officinarum (galangal), Allium sativum (garlic), Zingiber officinalis (ginger), Juglans nigra (black walnut), Artemisia annua (sweet Annie), Lomatium dissectum, Verbascum thaspus (mullein leaf), Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry), Ulmus rubra (slippery elm), Ligusticum porteri (osha), Capsicum minimum (cayenne), Black cumin, Nutmeg, Coriander, Cinnamon, Cloves, and Camphor in distilled water, organic alcohol, organic honey, vegetable glycerin, and organic cider vinegar with essential oils of wild oregano and rosemary.

$33.95

[B4Time]

another good find nik.I was going to go back and look through the old threads for the formulas that were posted maybe I'll just grab a little if I can.

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Quote:another good find nik.I was going to go back and look through the old threads for the formulas that were posted maybe I'll just grab a little if I can.

I got it from the people that made that recipe - sacredmedicinesanctuary.com :)