Apparently the Green Fairy has more magic in her than we thought.
Posted on 04/04/2011 7:52:22 PM PDT by decimon
A technique Michael Jackson reportedly used to prolong his youth is showing promise as a way to boost the effectiveness of a natural cancer remedy.
An environment of pure oxygen at three-and-a-half times normal air pressure adds significantly to the effectiveness of a natural compound already shown to kill cancerous cells, researchers at the University of Washington and Washington State University recently reported in the journal Anticancer Research.
The compound artemisinin – isolated from Artemisia annua L, commonly known as wormwood – is a natural remedy widely used to treat malaria. In the mid-1990s UW researchers were the first to explore its ability to treat cancer.
In the new study, using artemisinin or high-pressure oxygen alone on a culture of human leukemia cells reduced the cancer cells’ growth by 15 percent. Using them in combination reduced the cells’ growth by 38 percent, a 50 percent increase in artemisinin’s effectiveness.
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The history of artemisinin brings to mind an Indiana Jones story. In the early 1970s, Lai says, Chinese leader Mao Zedong issued an order to develop an anti-malarial treatment. At the same time, a farmer in central China discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb that contained three coffins. One coffin contained a silk scroll describing various prescriptions, including artemisinin to treat malaria. The Chinese followed the directions and thus rediscovered an ancient remedy.
Today, artemisinin is widely used in Asia and Africa for malaria treatment.
In the decades since, scientists have discovered artemisinin reacts with iron within a cell to form a free radical, a highly reactive charged particle that destroys the cell. Because the malaria parasite is high in iron, artemisinin targets malaria-infected cells.
Since rapidly dividing cancer cells also need iron to form new DNA, Lai theorized they would also make targets for artemisinin.
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Ping
It was originally created as a miracle cure all elixir in the 1780's.
Tomb it may concern ping.
Maybe so. Why else would they have banned it? ;-)
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder...
That was my thought as well.
When I was in Paris, I tracked down one of the places recommended to go to with all the hoopla ..fountain, etc.
I was the only one in the bar at that time of day. He put it all together and I had one thing of it and said..that’s enough for me
Never did see any visions...but it did give me a buzz.
My list of to do’s in the three weeks I stayed in Paris ended up with Visiting Jim Morrison’s grave and heading over to this place for some absinthe
Instead of a night of decadent green fairy visions in honor of Jim Morrison ..I left with a WTH is the big deal ..let me go find some of those decadent macaroons
Maybe I just needed another round
Unless brain cells are rich in iron... ;-)
Apparently the Green Fairy has more magic in her than we thought.
“An environment of pure oxygen at three-and-a-half times normal air pressure adds significantly to the effectiveness of a natural compound already shown to kill cancerous cells...”
That’s because pure O2 at these pressures for sustained periods of time is toxic. And anything toxic to normal cells is doubly so for the more fragile cancer cells (which is how and why chemo works.)
Look up “oxygen toxicity” on the web.
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Something like two atmospheres is the normal working limit and even at that level some people will experience oxygen toxicity.
Some real interesting pictures as well as a more complete history here...
http://www.clevelandareahistory.com/2010/02/giant-steel-sphere-used-to-treat.html
Almost forgot, that million dollars is about $10 million in today's money.
Cool link.
The upper GI tract goes numb on the 2nd dose. Kinda coke like.
The rest of your GI tract goes numb on dose 3.
Dose 4 and you are basically preserving yourself.
Dose 5 +,..... you can finish a bottle after dose #5.
Your brain and coordination still function, you just are extremely aware of how pickled you are.
I think it has to do with electrostatic bonds with the oils. They are broken with the cold water. Then replaced upon cellular absorption, causing the oils to repel the ethanol in your brain.
The more you drink of it the freakier it gets!
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