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by pictigaster1 on January 18, 2010
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I think they run to the swamp to find a big gator.Being eaten seems like a easyer softer way .John you have some far fetched ideas but from what I know about you.They are mostly founded in some sort of sound thought.Folk remadies and vodoo as well as some witch doctors may know something we do not.Yet it is being lost daily.The pharmaco types are hunting jungles world searching for cures ......
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by Cro on January 18, 2010
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Jackie, if you go back and read my posts above, you will that I said that the first thing someone should do if bitten by a venomous snake, is to go the the hospital, and not try folk treatments.
And then I suggested that some folk treatments might have some merit, and should be tested further by scientific experiment.
For instance, there are plants that have been found in many parts of the world that are used in treatments by native healers for venomous snake bites. Ethnobotanists have studied the chemical makeup of many of these plants, and some have been found to have compounds that neutralized snake venom in a test tube. Those plants are often made into tinctures in their native countries, and are used in snake bite treatments. Perhaps some of the tinctures do neutralize some of the venom in a snake bite, if they are applied quickly enough ? Should we not this to see if their might be anything to it ?
Narrow minded folk are very quick to discount anything that is folk remedy related. That is very unfortunate, because many modern medications started from folk medications. For instance, the active compound in aspirin was first found in willow tree bark. Man copied that compound, and now makes it synthetically. Same thing for quinine which is used around the world for malaria. And tens of thousands of other plant derived products have been used the same way.
Larry, have you ever heard of using a poultice to draw toxins from a wound or infection. Perhaps you should research that a bit. People have been using them for tens of thousands of years. Even if snake bitten animals going to swampy areas is only anecdotal, it has been observed by thousands of people. Perhaps the animals know instinctively to go there, and perhaps some better reason than just feeling burning. Just because it has not been tested in a experiment yet, does not mean that it does not have merit.
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John Z
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by LarryDFishel on January 18, 2010
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>>That is very unfortunate, because many modern medications started from folk medications. For instance, the active compound in aspirin was first found in willow tree bark.
Yes, and BILLIONS of dollars are still being made selling aspirin around the world, which seems like an obvious answer to the conspiracy theories about the medical establishment not wanting to investigate folk remedies because there's no money to be made...
>>Larry, have you ever heard of using a poultice to draw toxins from a wound or infection.
I must admit, I'd never heard that word before, though I've heard of the idea.
>>Perhaps you should research that a bit.
Ok, the first site I find claiming this works for snake bites is also pushing "harmonizing crystals". I know you know enough about how snake venom travels through the body to know what a silly idea this is. I see there are a few fairly well accepted uses for a poultice, mostly in relieving pain and inflammation through cooling (as I suggested for the mud).
>>People have been using them for tens of thousands of years.
They've been shaking dead chickens over people for tens of thousands of years too. All that proves is that Mr. Barnum was stating the obvious. :)
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by Cro on January 18, 2010
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No, it just proves that you do not know how to conduct a proper internet search.
If you are coming up with crystals, you should probably leave searching on Yahoo, and find a good search engine.
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