Folk Tx of nuclear irradiation sickness

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Hi All,

 

Cindy wrote:

> My mother's friend survived the Hiroshima bombings in Japan as a

> child... she told me the local healers at the time were using an herb

> called " dokudami " to cure radiation poisoning. Dokudami is the

> japanese name for yu xing cao.

 

See: " Illnesses Caused by A-bomb Radiation and Folk Remedies for them "

by OGAWA Arata Ph.D

http://shin-lon.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2010/03/illnesses-cause.html

 

That article mentions many herbs (and acupoints) used by survivors of the

Hiroshima holocaust. Houttynia cordata [Dokudami / Yuxingcao] got special

mention.

 

Best regards,