Natural Cures

While natural products are of great benefit to our ability to treat disease, they represent a mix of known and unknown compounds and are not subject to the same level of testing and regulation as pharmaceuticals. That creates a potential risk that might be avoided by isolation and purification of active components. A good case can be made about the accessibility and cost of those natural cures that have undergone rigorous testing, but the potential toxic effects should also be included in the analysis.

Wikipedia page on Taxol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paclitaxel

Fantastic long story of Taxol's discovery and development (worth reading!):
http://www.rinr.fsu.edu/fall2002/taxol.html

St. John's Wort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Wort

Red Yeast Rice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_yeast_rice

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[PureBrutalSickness]

so its better to take an beta blocker then magnesium citrate witch both do the same but beta blocker has the side effect of SDS and magnesium doesn't with many more benefits....

[C0nc0rdance]

@PureBrutalSickness

Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome is a genetic exocrine insufficiency.  Magnesium citrate is a purgative. Beta blockers are useful for a lot of conditions, none of which can be replaced by Mg-citrate.

[thargor2k]

Very nice video, though I have a question: You said studies that in studies from Germany, St. John wort performs better than in studies made elsewhere, and provided some possible reasons why this could be the case which implied basically bad studies. Another idea: Could it be possible that due to the usage in folk medicine, the placebo effect is bigger?

[C0nc0rdance]

@thargor2k

I said "bias or experimental design issue", which would include improper blinding. The most likely culprit is a non-naive test population. They know what St. John's wort tastes like and what it "feels like" so they could easily differentiate which group they were in (control or treatment), and could slant the data accordingly.

The best evidence for this is a lack of dose-dependent effect.

[blazereef]

it really scares me that in the US where i live the creationists run amuck like zombies ;D

[Akira625]

Some examples of all-natural: anthrax, arsenic, cyanide, strychnine, nightshade, cobra venom, asbestos, radon, HIV, lead, mercury, Death Cap mushrooms, ebola, botulism, e.coli, ricin, bubonic plague, staphylococcus.

[amsnatrem1]

look, people have been using natural remedies for years....if you eat organic and keep away from a lot of things that this world puts out as good for you, like stress! you wouldnt have as many health issues in the first place. The world is very stressfull and theres a lot of gmo foods and processed foods. you can blame over population and government for your problems.

[sweetclaire06]

Excellent video COncOrdance. So clearly explained!! One of your best IMHO on medicine.

[sweetclaire06]

Excellent video COncOrdance. So clearly explained!!

[mushroomstone]

I remember "happy fun ball." lol

[chemicalsweet13]

Go ahead and continue taking all the drugs and vaccines the pharmcos sell you. I have no objection what so ever to you taking what you want to take as long as you don't try to prevent me from taking or NOT taking what I want. Anyone disagree with that?

[finderfinder100]

Saint John wort has a nice flower and going to looking at one is about as close as I want that in my body.

[PureBrutalSickness]

@C0nc0rdance im not talking about that SDS im talking about sudden death syndrome sorry for the confusion