Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Could someone explain to me the relevance of sulphur free declarations on chinese herb supplies? What is the problem with sulphur? Jackie -- Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release 01/07/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Some people have a bad and even life-threatening reaction to sulfur. They can't take antibiotics containing sulfur. They also have to be careful about what they eat. One way to preserve apples is to dry them with sulfur. The sulfur keeps the apples from turning brown and rottening. I had an older, distant cousin with this problem. She lived in a rural mountain area where this technique gets used a lot to preserve apple slices. She couldn't eat any of the apples preserved this way or preserve apples this way. Chinese Traditional Medicine , " JackieJATaylor " <Jackie@N...> wrote: > Could someone explain to me the relevance of sulphur free declarations on > chinese herb supplies? What is the problem with sulphur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 > Some people have a bad and even life-threatening reaction to sulfur. > They can't take antibiotics containing sulfur. They also have to be > careful about what they eat. > > One way to preserve apples is to dry them with sulfur. So I guess it is also used to preserve chinese herbs sometimes? Jackie -- Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release 01/07/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 " victoria_dragon " <victoria_dragon> wrote: > Some people have a bad and even life-threatening reaction to > sulfur. > They can't take antibiotics containing sulfur. An allergy to sufla, which is a by product of sulfur, can manifest itself in many was one wouldn't normally think of as an allergy. Sulfa is used as a cheap antibiotic. Many farm animals are raised on sulfa drugs to deal with digestive problems from being fed grains they wouldn't normally eat but are fed to fatten them and improve their flavor. I'm allergic to sulfa. I don't seem to have a problem with sulfur that hasn't been changed into sulfa. I was put on sulfasalazine about 14 years ago because its was the cheapest pharmaceutical available for imflammatory bowel disease. What it did to me was surpress production of all white blood cells. I knew something was wrong as soon as I started taking the drug butthe drs. kept telling me I needed to give it time to be effective. Yeah, opportunist infections took over. I spent 10 days in isolation at the hospital getting fed other antibiotics by IV. I came out of the experience with the ability to view all medical practicioners, Western and Eastern, as consultants. Penel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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