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In reply to the discussion: Giving a lecture on old-timey quack medicines tomorrow [View all]Ya Basta
(391 posts)82. Homeopathic Medicines?
Here you go. Here's just a few examples out of plenty more.
Suzanne Somers cured her breast cancer with this one
This one may or may not qualify as homeopathic, but its a powerful therapy against cancer but big pharma and the medical establishment call it quackery. View the results and judge for yourself.
How To Use Cayenne Pepper To Stop A Heart Attack Fast!
Famed healers such as Dr. John Christopher, N.D., and Dr. Richard Schulze, N.D., sang the praises of Cayenne pepper. For instance Dr. John Christopher declared: "In 35 years of practice, and working with the people and teaching, I have never on house calls lost one heart attack patient and the reason is, whenever I go in--if they are still breathing--I pour down them a cup of cayenne tea (a teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of hot water, and within minutes they are up and around)."
It should be noted that these men, and many other healers like them, were speaking from personal experience and not speculation when referring to this powerful plant.
So what are the best practices in using Cayenne pepper based upon the voice and experiences of those that have actually used it?
First the Cayenne pepper must be at least 90,000 heat units or 90,000(H.U.) to be able to stop a heart attack. If the cayenne is at least 90,000 H.U. and the person is still conscious, the recommendation is to mix 1 teaspoon of cayenne powder in a glass of warm water (this is essentially a "cayenne tea", and give it to the person to drink.
If the person is unconscious then the recommendation is to use a cayenne tincture or extract, again of at least 90,000 H.U., and put a couple of full droppers underneath their tongue full strength. As noted above by Dr. Christopher, in 35 years of practice he never lost even 1 heart attack case if the person was still breathing when he arrived, and he attributed this to the prudent use of the cayenne pepper.
http://www.naturalnews.com/030566_cayenne_pepper_heart_attack.html#ixzz22tgzV6hV
Advance this video to 3:13 and this woman gives her personal experience in stopping a heart attack using cayenne pepper extract.
Capsaicinoids, (capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin), are the major pungent constituents of chili peppers from the genus Capsicum. Regular intake of chili peppers delays oxidation of serum lipids, and lowers and improves insulin and glucose profiles following a meal, both of which contribute to reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease (Ahuja 2006). In animal models, capsaicin reduces platelet aggregation (Wang 1984). An early study attributed the reduced plasma fibrinogen and increased fibrinolytic activity of native Thai individuals, compared to Americans living in Thailand, to the amounts of capsaicin in their diets (Visudhiphan 1982). In laboratory tests, both capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin reduced platelet aggregation and reduced the activity of clotting proteins in blood samples from 6 healthy patients (Adams 2009).
http://www.lef.org/protocols/heart_circulatory/blood_clot_02.htm
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where else would depression be but 'in their heads'? that doesn't mean that anti-depressants
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#25
please tell me how the test for low serotonin works. as you are such a scholar, i'm sure you know.
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#35
So the last 40 years of neuroscience is a Big Pharma conspiracy to sell pills, gotcha.
Odin2005
Aug 2012
#40
i've read up on it for years -- including at university. which is how i know that patients
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#64
not at all, but you're tiresome. it's well-known that anti-depressants don't work for a significant
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#92
you'd have a point -- if there were some way of determining who a 'good candidate' for treatment
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#98
<50% of that population get relief from anti-depressants. and as with any large powerful corporation
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#100
my argument wouldn't be any of those things. this discussion began when i stated that there
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#105
I wonder why you felt you had to post all those links, as i've not denied that chinese medicine
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#124
I quoted the world wildlife fund on habitat loss being the most important cause of extinction
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#134
if SSRI's don't work for you, perhaps you should get some benzo's.. i think you could use some...
dionysus
Aug 2012
#159
He/She is using the same arguments the Creationists use when denying evolution.
Odin2005
Aug 2012
#49
several hidden assumptions in there...i'll leave you to figure them out as you fancy you are so
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#54
If you think depression's a monolithic nonbiological thing you really need to stop talking
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#111
"sounds like someone" is an opinion, not a fact. not an objective premise, sorry.
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#69
more name-calling, while i'm citing evidence. readers can judge for themselves who's more
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#88
politicians didn't create the food pyramid, dietitians/professor types did. but the ones who
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#174
i understand what you're saying about the pyramid, i'm just saying you've got some of the
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#179
Indeed, I think it would be fairly easy to put together a presentation showcasing
Care Acutely
Aug 2012
#20
opium. & if you think chinese medicine was/is worthless you don't know anything about it.
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#39
as i said, you have no idea what credentials people have. but namecalling in place of an argument
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#50
you said chinese medicine (en toto) was "worthless". i'm not 'pushing' chinese medicine, i'm
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#67
you asked for one example & i gave you one. now you want to talk about tiger penises.
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#90
"The rate of adverse effects was similar in both the thunder god vine and sulfasalazine groups."
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#96
no, that's capitalism. chinese medicine isn't all about endangered species, fyi.
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#51
ah, my error then. no, i'll leave it stand, as it's true re modern times. also vietnamese &
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#106
see the dip circa 1851? 20-30 million = opium wars/taiping rebellion. biggest population loss of
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#130
yes, i'm blaming the western powers, for multiple reasons. the opium wars and the taiping
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#135
I've always enjoyed watching the patent med vendors switch their target audiences
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#117
Gee, back in the day Coke was made with real cocaine. People gave paregoric to infants
appleannie1
Aug 2012
#121
Sadly there is plenty of anti-science thinking among otherwise rational people on the left.
NYC Liberal
Aug 2012
#161