1949 Physicians desk reference / herbs

June 21, 2006

As a chemist, I find it interesting that after seeing a 1949 PDR, many ofthe meds were actual herbs (standardized) and vitamins (bioflavanoids for blood vessel disorders). Today, everything is a chemical (and expensive also). This has caused severe problems since when an herb is taken for its active principle, there are co factors in the herb which help.

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June 22, 2006

How blessed you are to have a PDR with mostly herbal information. I thought my regular one was old (93). Sure would love to get ahold of a PDR for Herbs. As a chemist, are there particular herbal books you recommend? I have a medical background (mainly oncology) but would like to know which books you'd recommend. Thanks for sharing LynnRoger Jenkins <starbucks_coffee_stinks wrote: As a chemist, I find it interesting that after seeing a 1949 PDR, many ofthe meds were actual herbs (standardized) and vitamins (bioflavanoids for blood vessel disorders). Today, everything is a chemical (and expensive also). This has caused severe problems since when an herb is taken for its active principle, there are co factors in the herb which

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June 22, 2006

Hi Lynn. I do not have it, it was in the Kent State Library in the 90s. I was taking a Biochem class and the instructor told us about natural products work much better intheir crude form (i.e. Inteferon for cancer) than in a purified form (sellable by the drug companies). In the 49 PDR drugs used were bioflanoids, belladona (source of atropine, and in lower doses than used today since there were co-factors in the actual plant that had a synergistic effect with the atropine.) As for herbal books, there is a book (I forget the author) called alternative cancer therapies. Much of it is herbal and vitamins. If you have cancer, please look up macrobiotics (I have seen this work in many people). Also, there is a substance called cancell which the FDA comes down hard on. But A buddy of mine used it to cure cancer.lynn sheer <bigotterwv wrote: How blessed you are to have a PDR with mostly herbal information. I thought my regular one was old (93). Sure would love to get ahold of a PDR for Herbs. As a chemist, are there particular herbal books you recommend? I have a medical background (mainly oncology) but would like to know which books you'd recommend. Thanks for sharing LynnRoger Jenkins <starbucks_coffee_stinks wrote: As a chemist, I find it interesting that after seeing a 1949 PDR, many ofthe meds were

actual herbs (standardized) and vitamins (bioflavanoids for blood vessel disorders). Today, everything is a chemical (and expensive also). This has caused severe problems since when an herb is taken for its active principle, there are co factors in the herb which help. Ring'em or ping'em. Make PC-to-phone calls as low as 1¢/min with Messenger with Voice. Lynn

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