Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 fire predates homo sapiens. some theorists believe the control of fire prior the origin of homo sapiens led to smaller teeth being satisfactory, changing our skull shape to allow larger brains. so humans may never have been raw food eaters and development of our minds might be inherently bound up with eating cooked food. the question remains whether we are better off with cooked food because we have evolved to thrive on it or whether raw is still better, in which case we need to puree. It is thought that changing climate killed off the australopithecines, early hominid competitors, in part due to severe dental damage by attempting to eat raw grains and seeds when the fruit and insects dried up. It may be fire and cooked food that was the key to the survival and adaptability of homo sapiens. It is interesting that once we moved out of warm tropical climates, only cooking food allowed us to survive. It is even more interesting to know that homo sapiens may have no ancestry of eating raw foods at all. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3670017.stm common gonorrhea is often no longer treatable with mainstay antibiotics. the days of venereal epidemics may soon be back. a reminder that JCM reported last month that ALL currently used antibiotics will be worthless against most bacteria in about a decade. this reported on the BBC by Hugh McGavock of the U of Ulster. According to Prof McGavock, this would mean the end of surgery as we know it. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/nation/8568834.htm?1c Concerned about the spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea, federal health officials have issued a nationwide alert advising doctors to change the antibiotics they prescribe to gay and bisexual men with the disease. The drug-resistant gonorrhea is " a rapidly emerging health concern, particularly for gay and bisexual men, " said Dr. John Douglas, director of the sexually transmitted disease prevention program at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC's recommendation is based on reports from 23 surveillance sites that found a " significant increase " in drug-resistant strains of the disease among men. Switching drugs will address the emerging gonorrhea problem, but health officials say the problem raises broader issues, including whether gay and bisexual men are returning to risky sexual practices. Antibiotics may also cause cancer http://www.zwire.com/site/ news.cfm?BRD=1862 & dept_id=465841 & newsid=11329475 & PAG=461 & rfi=9 Advise your patients against antibiotics at all costs. Make getting patients off repeated rounds of antibiotics priority one. Learn how to effectively treat infections with herbs. Stop using antibacterial soaps and cleansers. Normal soap and water is more than adequate for all home and clinic uses. Chinese Herbs FAX: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 The news you bring us is of extreme value at this time. Unfortunately, I think the biggest offenders is the animal food industry in the states. I forget the exact amount right now, but the amount of antibiotics that enter the water as a result of animal farms is alarming. Unfortunately, this is true not only for land based farms, but now, fish farms are dumping huge quantities of antibiotics in the water to control disease in the fish. Apparently, this is creating resistant strains that are starting to kill native fish. Very scary thougt if you consider just how important the ocean is to many asopects of planteary control. On a personal level, I absolutly agree with the atibacterial soap issue. People need to understand that bugs are not bad. By majority we are meant to live in peace with them. Although it seemed for a while we were winning the war against " bad " bugs, I assure you, that they will defeat our the western med philosophy and take down millions. I think it is very wise to learn herbology that works to keep us healthy in the face of invading resistant bugs. Anyone have good sources of info? Chris In a message dated 5/2/2004 6:00:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: Stop using antibacterial soaps and cleansers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 oops. I forgot. you are indeed right. don't buy commercial animal products. they are indeed the biggest offender. I noticed a number of meats available at trader joes do not use hormones or antibiotics. they carry beef from this company. hard to tell how much grain they are fed, but they are at least partly grass fed. http://www.laurasleanbeef.com/aboutOurBeef/onTheFarm.php On Sunday, May 2, 2004, at 09:05 PM, Musiclear wrote: > The news you bring us is of extreme value at this time. > Unfortunately, I > think the biggest offenders is the animal food industry in the states. > I forget the exact amount right now, but the amount of antibiotics > that > enter the water as a result of animal farms is alarming. > Chinese Herbs FAX: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 On Sunday, May 2, 2004, at 09:05 PM, Musiclear wrote: > I think it is very wise to learn herbology that works to keep us > healthy > in the face of invading resistant bugs. > > Anyone have good sources of info? One facet of this discussion is how to prevent infection in the first place. formulas like yu ping feng san are used for susceptibility to wind invasions, which typically have a viral aspect from a biomed perspective. Herbs like huang qi in formulas like bu zhong yi qi tang and shi quan da bu wan have been used in autoimmune disorders, to prevent or mitigate immunocompromise during during cancer and immune disorders like AIDS. Subhuti at ITM has a lot of information on immune effects of herbs. When we worked with HIV patients at ITM, our self-selected had much lower incidence of opportunistic infections than would have been otherwise expected. However they had no greater longevity, just better quality of life. It unclear to me whether regular use of huang qi would make it less likely or unnecessary to need antibiotics during surgery or certain types of dental conditions (typically those that involve invasive procedures to correct) or for severe puncture injuries or festering bites and stings from encounters with animals and insects. An conditioned athlete can lose a limb to flesh eating bacteria in a week. Either we have already created superbugs or they were always there. History suggests various major bugs have plagued us forever (smallpox, leprosy, plague). Even in those of excellent health, there is sometimes need to use agents that have antimicrobial action. So while prevention is a worthy study, I believe treatment is more critical as there are conditions under which prevention may not be possible for a large number of people. We can never know if prevention worked or not without large scale studies, while the ability to treat the acute presentation could save lives in a very dramatic and obvious way. Wen bing texts talk of epidemic qi that overwhelms even the strongest. Some of the descriptions of the blood level of the wen bing sounds like severe hemorraghic diseases like ebola. Though I recently learned that the flu of 1919, which killed more people than any other epidemic in history, I think, also involved hemorraghic symptoms. so severe influenza may be one example of what is described as the xue level of disease in wen bing. The factors that lead to sudden mutation and spread may be uncontrollable, perhaps even more of an issue today. According to Guohui Liu in warm diseases, CM was known mainly in ancient times for its great success in treating acute illnesses. so there is a wealth of information in his text we can use for acute tx of both viral and bacterial infections. I find that for bacterial infections, the information on dampheat is often more relevant than that on the four levels, which I find more applicable to viral disorders (though I have never treated hemorraghic fever). However it always comes down to pattern, not type of microorganism. Knowing the organism might help you orient yourself a large % of the time, but always check that s/s are correct before prescribing. Chinese Herbs FAX: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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