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DH> DH>studies.  I can see PPS pains and muscle spasms/shortening being
DH> DH>alleviated with acupuncture.
DH> DH>    There are several herbs touted to "reverse" paralysis caused by
DH> DH>strokes. Would be interesting to test these.
DH> AC> Which herbs and what are they suppose to be able to do??? As you can
DH> AC> see, I'm very interested.
DH>    1.  Acanthopanax gracilistylus.  A woody brush.  Use the bark of the
DH>root.  Analgesic, anti-microbial, antidiuretic, stimulates endocrine
DH>glands, normalizes blood pressure, anti-diabetic, anti-tumour,
DH>anit-inflammatory.  Used for rheumatic pains, sciatic pains, paraplegia,
DH>edema.
DH>    2.  Arisaema consanguineum Schott.  Perennial grass.  Expectorant,
DH>Sedative, Anti-epileptic, analgesic, anti-tumour.  Slightly toxic.  Used
DH>for facial paralysis [Bell's Palsy], paraplegia, peti-mal seizures,
DH>anti-tetanus, topically for dermatosis.
DH>    3.  Aconitum carmichaeli Debx.  Perennial grass.  Analgesic, local
DH>anesthetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, coronary vessel dilator as
DH>an IV injection, slows cardiac rhythm.  Very toxic.  Used for rheumatoid
DH>arthritis, paraplegia, spastic arms and legs, sicatica, traumatic
DH>injuries, toothache.
DH>    4.  Buthus martensi Karsch.  Scorpion.  Boiled in brine, drained and
DH>dried in shady area on straw mat.  Anti-seizure, hypotensive,
DH>vasodilator.  Toxic.  Used for epileptic seizures, strokes with
DH>hemiplegia, facial muscle spasms [wry face], tetranus, TB of lymph
DH>nodes, Bell's Palsy, infantile seizures.
DH>    And a few more.  None of these are to be used alone.  There are other
DH>ingredients in the recipe to counter the toxin of the main ingredient.
DH> AC> Hope you suceed...But just hope it doesn't end up a "Orphan".
DH>    There will be no orphans in this case.  The bulk herbals are
DH>considered foods in Canada so far.  All efforts by the Health Ministry
DH>to reclassify some of them as drugs had failed.  And we are continuing
DH>the effort to keep it that way.
DH> AC> I am going to look around here and see if I can find some red dates
DH> AC> and "Giu Gee" I think a lot of PPS problems can be helped with a
DH> AC> anti-bacterial product....I have noticed that when I was on something
DH> AC> for infection, I felt better and moved better for a while...I don't
DH> AC> know if it was because I just felt better when the medicene worked on
DH> AC> the infection...That could be, I guess. VBG
DH>    If you have a problem getting through to the herbalists, send me a
DH>netmail with your mailing address, and I can send you my own herbal tea
DH>recipe in Chinese.  BTW, ever since I started with my own concoction, I
DH>don't noticeably get healthier or slimmer, or fitter or nothing.  But I
DH>just noticed that just about every one around me had come down with the
DH>cold or flu, and I hadn't even sneezed.  And I work in a hospital [the
DH>deadliest of all germs].
DH>    There are a lot of untapped potential cures/controls on diseases in
DH>herbals, and we should really make an effort to investigate them
DH>scientifically.
DH>--- FMail 0.94
DH> * Origin: ABACUS-I BBS * Richmond B.C. 14.4V32 604-272-4311 (1:153/968.0)

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