Tamiflu - Is extracted from the Traditional Chinese Medicine herb called Star Anise

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[Scythian]

Tamiflu comes from an herb To live in a world that's saturated with natural anti-viral medicine and then not even acknowledge it in the media is beyond bizarre. It's Twilight Zone-like. It's like we've been teleported to an alternate universe where anti-viral plants have disappeared... or at least everyone is pretending they have.

Where do you think Tamiflu comes from, by the way?

It's extracted from the Traditional Chinese Medicine herb called Star Anise. It's one of hundreds of different anti-viral herbs found in Chinese Medicine, not to even mention anti-viral herbs from South America, North America, Australia, Africa and other regions.

I find it downright comedic that Big Pharma and the world's health authorities extract their "champion" anti-viral drug Tamiflu from a Chinese Medicine herb, and then they go out of their way to announce to people that herbs and natural remedies are useless against influenza. If that's the case then why are they using herbs to make their own medicine?

How many stories have you read that bother to tell you Tamiflu is made from the star anise herb that's been used for over 5,000 years in Traditional Chinese Medicine? Virtually none. The powers that be don't want anybody to know they could actually grow their own medicine in a garden or a windowsill. If you can grow cilantro, you can grow medicine. If everybody figured that out, Big Pharma wouldn't be reaping the enormous profits it's making right now from Tamiflu sales, and the governments of the world wouldn't be able to scare and control people by promising to distribute Tamiflu (but only if you behave).

[Sherman Logan]

Good example. There are about 200 species of Penicillium, only a few of which produce the chemical penicillin.

Even after the discovery of penicillin and its antibiotic properties, it took 15 years of desperate effort to produce it in concentrations and quantities large enough to actually treat people.

Eat all the Penicillium you want, some species might even have some health benefits. (Others are extremely toxic, even deadly.) But you won't get enough penicillin to do you any good.

[TigersEye]

I have no fear of the flu or a cold. If I catch it quick I’ll kill it within twenty minutes. My second choice would be a Chinese Patent Medicine called GanMaoLing. It doesn’t have Star anise in it but it works.

[varina davis]

The best (and safest) medicine ever invented is plain aspirin and it comes from willow bark.

[davetex]

Thanks, we used to use anis extract mixed in a bucket of water and dip our fishing lures in to mask the human smell. Learned that from an old timer about 30 years ago.

[varina davis]

You can get N-Acetyl-Cysteine for $13.95 at drugstore.com but you might want to read about it on Wikipedia.

[Prodigal Son]

anis extract mixed in a bucket of water and dip our fishing lures

Did it work?

[csmusaret]

The best source I have found for supplements is swansonvitamins.com.

[SpaceBar]

Actually thank you. FreeRepublic again shines as a repository of opinions unencumbered by political correctness.

[Cicero]

http://www.vitacost.com/NSI-N-Acetyl-Cysteine

[webstersII]

“The best (and safest) medicine ever invented is plain aspirin and it comes from willow bark.”

Actually, that’s not correct.

Aspirin causes more visits to the ER than just about any other OTC drug, due to bleeding problems and stomach ulcers.

Aspirin is just about the worst thing you can take when you have a virus. It brings fever down, allowing the virus to replicate unabated. After a few days of that your immune system has alot more bad stuff to deal with.

[webstersII]

“If I catch it quick I’ll kill it within twenty minutes”

??? How do you do that? Is there alcohol involved? ;-)

[LadyPilgrim]

For Later

[TomGuy]

swansonvitamins.com has NAC (N-Acetyl-Cysteine) capsules for $6-7.00.

FYI

[davetex]

Oh, I don’t know for sure, but the old timer swore by it. It sure didn’t hurt our fishing.

[Mygirlsmom]

I swear by GSE (Grapefruit Seed Extract).It’s antibacterial and antiviral - powerful stuff. We use it internally and topically for just about anything, and I always put a few drops in all the hand soap containers in the house.

[RegulatorCountry]

Don’t forget one of the biggies, curcumin from turmeric or curry, great for pain and inflammation, and bromelain from pineapple, again great for pain and inflammation. Both thin the blood and can interfere with clotting so people with bleeding disorders or already on coumadin, warfarin, NSAIDs, etcetera should exercise caution.

[refreshed]

It seems to knock the illness out of us too (GSE). We also take a clove of garlic and eat it whole. Works for us.

[Pharmboy]

Yep...we can learn a lot of chemistry from plants. Some synthetic drugs arose from the natural world, but the natural/synthetic dichotomy is a phony.

Make some strychnine, belladonna or hemlock tea and let me know how that works out for you.

[Caesar Soze]

Tamiflu was designed in a computer and does not exist in nature. Synthesis of Tamiflu begins with shikimic acid from the star anise. The original process used quinic acid, but it was too expensive. This article from a Swiss magazine has the history of Tamiflu's creation and testing. It's an American invention, not traditional Chinese medicine.

[Scythian]

Yes, GSE is good stuff. But have you guys heard of Grape Seed Extract (Not Grapefruit but Grapeseed) they are curing Lukemia with it. Oregano Oil, Olive Leaf Extract, Cat’s Claw, Graviola, there are very good nartual things out there. I am almost over Morgellons now everyone, you might be able to learn some natural healing tips from one of my blog posts

http://morgellonspgpr.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/its-all-about-the-terrain/