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Chinese Plant Dung Of The Devil May Kill Swine Flu
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by Annina Bergman | September 14, 2009 at 09:48 am
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Ferula Asafetida, a plant used by the Chinese to protect against the Spanish Flu in 1918 may be effective in fighting the swine flu, or H1N1. The plant is known as Dung of the Devil due to its foul smell.
Researchers found that Ferula Asafetida contained more than 230 natural healing compounds, and killed the H1N1 virus better than strong anti-viral drugs in lab tests. The plant grows mainly in Iran, Afghanistan and China.
In an article published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Natural Products, the researchers said the compounds "may serve as promising lead components for new drug development" against this type of flu.
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HSA (not verified)at 11:29 on September 14th, 2009
Fighting evil with evil. Not a bad idea!
at 13:26 on September 14th, 2009
Research into this substance sounds like it might be promising for use in future vaccines, however, not for this year. People should not think they can just buy the substance and ingest it and think they have immunity. Also, this should not deter individuals from getting vaccinated for H1N1. The vaccine will be available in October.
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Rama (not verified)at 18:48 on September 15th, 2009
Are you joking? If you did your research you would see the vaccinations are more risky than the flu itself--even the scientists who created it won't subject themsleves to it (the flu vaccine) When will you people learn?