The Anti-bacterial Game

[shiny!]

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A new drug for the liver diseasehepatitis C i — it’s generally heralded as a genuine medical breakthrough — but costs $1,000 a pill and about $84,000 for a typical person’s total treatment.

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Herbs such as Chanca Piedra, a potential treatment for Hepatitis A, B and C. Inexpensive, non-patentable and therefor unattractive to Big Pharma.

Antiviral activities of Indonesian medicinal plants in the East Java region against hepatitis C virus

Tropical Plant Database: Chanca Piedra (3rd party international research on Chanca Piedra listed at bottom of the page.)

Inhibition of hepatitis C virus replication by herbal extract: Phyllanthus amarus as potent natural source

4-oz bottle of Chanca Piedra extract by Whole World Botanicals available at Amazon for the astronomically huge, government budget-busting price of.... $32.95.

Personally I take it for liver protection, gout and gallstone prevention, and as a potassium-sparing diuretic. It lowers excessive uric acid without side effects, dissolves gallstones and kidney stones...

[gwynedd1]

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Herbs such as Chanca Piedra, a potential treatment for Hepatitis A, B and C. Inexpensive, non-patentable and therefor unattractive to Big Pharma.

Antiviral activities of Indonesian medicinal plants in the East Java region against hepatitis C virus

Tropical Plant Database: Chanca Piedra (3rd party international research on Chanca Piedra listed at bottom of the page.)

Inhibition of hepatitis C virus replication by herbal extract: Phyllanthus amarus as potent natural source

4-oz bottle of Chanca Piedra extract by Whole World Botanicals available at Amazon for the astronomically huge, government budget-busting price of.... $32.95.

Personally I take it for liver protection, gout and gallstone prevention, and as a potassium-sparing diuretic. It lowers excessive uric acid without side effects, dissolves gallstones and kidney stones...

Hi shiny,

I learned a lot about how our system works when looking at the history of Stevia. There are very serious flaws like the ones you mentioned.

I happen to drink dandelion root tea because I enjoy it as a drink. It is however also a very potent diuretic. Three cups and there is no doubt. If anything it adds potassium let alone spares it. The cost is probably about $20-30 worth of weed and feed...to kill it.

I will look into this herb. Thanks for the post.

[shiny!]

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I learned a lot about how our system works when looking at the history of Stevia. There are very serious flaws like the ones you mentioned.

I happen to drink dandelion root tea because I enjoy it as a drink. It is however also a very potent diuretic. Three cups and there is no doubt. If anything it adds potassium let alone spares it. The cost is probably about $20-30 worth of weed and feed...to kill it.

I will look into this herb. Thanks for the post.

My pleasure. The Tropical Plant Database is a great site; I think you'll enjoy it. And until just now I never knew how much our gov't fought to keep stevia out in favor of aspartame. Thanks.

You're right about dandelion being a diuretic. I sometimes drink a coffee substitute called DandyBlend. It's made with roasted dandelion root, chicory, rye and barley. Delicious stuff, and definitely diuretic.

Do you roast your dandelion root or chop it up and brew it raw?

[gwynedd1]

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My pleasure. The Tropical Plant Database is a great site; I think you'll enjoy it. And until just now I never knew how much our gov't fought to keep stevia out in favor of aspartame. Thanks.

You're right about dandelion being a diuretic. I sometimes drink a coffee substitute called DandyBlend. It's made with roasted dandelion root, chicory, rye and barley. Delicious stuff, and definitely diuretic.

Do you roast your dandelion root or chop it up and brew it raw?

I roast them at 250 F for 2 about hours , assuming they are still a little wet from washing. The only disappointment is that the smell when roasting is even better than it tastes... but then coffee is guilty of the same thing when brewing.

yeah, I gotta go just thinking about it....

[shiny!]

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I roast them at 250 F for 2 about hours , assuming they are still a little wet from washing. The only disappointment is that the smell when roasting is even better than it tastes... but then coffee is guilty of the same thing when brewing.

Thanks for the info.

[don]

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file under new antibiotic research . . . .

Because outbreaks are sporadic and mainly confined to Africa, the Ebola virus has not been a priority for profit-seeking pharmaceutical companies.