Chili peppers as fibronolytic agent, cholesterol lowering agents? - cheap cures

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Philippines   |   July 30, 2013

Because a lot of people around me have high blood pressure, I have been persistent in researching cheap cures for high blood pressure.

One such item I found is in the Food Pharmacy by Jean Carper. It is chili peppers.

Chili pepper has been found to be good:   as fibrinolytic agent (dissolving clots, a blood thinner, as good as aspirin) and cholesterol lowering agent.  The findings were made in Thailand and India (page166 and 167)

Dr. Sukon Visudiphan of Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok Thailand investigated the fibronylitic property of chili peppers.  Thais are known to have spicy food, well containing mostly peppers.  Thai doctors concluded that this must be the reason why thrombo embolism is rare among Thais.  There was a rapid onset of clot dissolving upon eating of the peppers and soon reverted to normal thirty minutes upon eating.

In India, biochemists, in their study of rabbits at Central Food Technological Research in Mysore India, found out that feeding the animals with pure capsaicin and dry red peppers suppressed the production of cholesterol and triglycerides in the even if they were fed with cholesterol rich food.

This is an important findings because the rapid onset of the action of chili peppers means it can be used for high blood pressure emergency

Natural Blood Thinners - onions, ginger, taheebo, melon; no to aspirin and statins

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Rizal  Philippines   |  July 1, 2013

In a TV show yesterday where the death of actor James Gandolfini was being discussed, the doctor who was in the show kept on prescribing aspirin as blood thinner.  However, there is an undesireable side effect of gastric discomfort.  I could not tolerate aspirin, even the baby aspirin or aspilets.

There are however natural blood thinners as mentioned in the food pharmacy by Jean Carper.

They are onions, garlic, which according to Dr. Gurewhich of Tuft University contains adenosine which prevent aggregation of platelets and hence blood clots. (page 32 The Food Pharmacy)

Another food that thins blood is melon.  Melon (together with aspirin) caused blood platelets to homogonize.  Others are fungus -  tree ear mushroom and ginger. 

Ginger which contains gingerol was found by both Indian researchers and Dr. Charles Dorso of Cornell University to be more effective than onions or garlic.  Gingerol has an amazing structure similar to aspirin. (page 209)

Danish investigator K. C Srivistava  found that ginger prevented the synthesis of  thromboxane an enzyme signal platelets to agrgegate prior to clotting

So there you are - there is no need to have perforated gut while thinning your blood.

Another natural blood thinner is taheebo (balbas pusa Ortoshiphon aristatus) which is widely used as hypotensive agent and diuretic  It is widely used by Phil herbolarios

Reducing your blood pressure the natural way - cheap cure

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The still warm days still contribute to high incidence of high blood pressure.  Some of our staff experience bp of 150/110 and this is rather abnormal.  This is not rare in view of the warm conditions.  We tried to research on how this could be overcome

What are the natural ways of reducing high blood pressure:

1.  Dr. Mercola archives  - Take garlic;  garlic is not only anti fungal, or anti viral.  It is good in controlling inflammation of the cardiovascular system -  just compress a clove prior to swallowing it, or put  a clove together with vegies in a juicer.

2.  From the Food Pharmacy by Jean Carper   -  page 326.  Mackerel, two cans per week can normalize your bp in just two weeks.  Other foods are:  olive oil, yogurt, seaweed, green tea, kelp (sea weed)  (Download the book by Jean Carper)

 3.  Eating mackerel  -  this seems to be the quickest and surest way of lowering blood pressure.  In a study conducted in Berlin, Germany a  groups of men (24 in all) were studied.  They received no medication for their mild hypertension and for the next 8 months, they were fed 3 ounces of mackerel 3x a week.  Their omega 3 fatty acids rose but their bp nomralized.

Before the test, their bp averaged 149/99.  However after just two weeks of 3 ounces of mackerel, their bp went down to only to 136/88.  The bp went to the pre mackerel level when they stopped eating the mackerel.   While mackerel is high in sodium, the omega 3 fatty acid could lower the bp on the average by 7% (that is a lot).

4.  Blood thinners -  onions and garlic.  Both onions and garlic can prevent rbc from aggrupating and coagulating.   So an onion a day keeps high blood pressure a day? (from Carper book page 194)

The most potent food drug in reducing high bp seems to  garlic as was investigated by Dr Petkov  in Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.  He found out that garlic can reduce bp by:

systolic  -  20 - 30 points

diastolic  - 10 -20 points

(page 203)

5.  Apple -  also  from Jean Carper book;  an apple a day keeps the doctor a way.  But 3 apples a day makes your heart healthy and lowers bp/cholesterol.  Dr. Sable Amplis speculates that pectin, the substance in apple skin together with Vit C. helps reduce cholesterol by as much as 30%  (page 115)

The GOOD NEWS IS THAT COFFEE DOES NOT NECESSARILY CAUSE BP TO SHOOT UP

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From Jean Carper's book:

Asthma:   strong cup of coffee can stop an asthma attack;   hot pungent foods, which are bronchodilators  can be taken:   chili, onions, horse radish, garlic, mustard.  Fish oils relieve bronchial asthma  (N. B.  the other asthma, those who ask my wife for permissions, cant be cured by the above. Hahaha)

Constipation :   wheat bran, dried fruits;  most fruits and vegetables are good, soluble fibers in oats in barley help relieve constipation.   Kelp also helps  also same capsules for hemorrhoids.

Diarrhea:  Yogurt with live cultures especially if caused by antibiotics;  blueberries, currants, honey
For the young:   whole milk, soya soybeans (take note of Mercolas precaution on soya having xenoestrogens and same estrogen content as birth control pills)

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I will be mentioning from food pharmacy (and they have been mentioned in Garden of Eden inforgraphics all ready) food capsules (list of foods and what they treat and cure/prevent)

Diabetes :  concentrate on food that cause rise in blood sugar (low glycemic index) such as peanuts, lentils, kidney beans, milk, yogurt, apple and baked beans

Cavities: tea (I suppose unsweetened) are effective mouthwash.  Commercial mouthwash may contain triclocsan, a poison and or alter mouth flora causing oral thrush.  Others are cheese, grape juice (grape wine), milk, coffee.

Food for health; food as medicine

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In the recent posts I made, attributed to Dr Mercola, there was a mention of GAPS, theory of Dr. Natasha Mcbride, namely that the Gut is the seat of neurologic and psychiatric health.  Dr. Gerson therapy on cancer relies solely on nutrition and detox.

The thesis of many of the posts here, like the late posts shared from Garden of Eden is that food contributes to sound health, and prevention of diseases.

The book of Jean Carper, "The Food Pharmacy " has its main MVP, thesis, that food is the best medicine.

Some important findings on food (from Introduction of the book):

l.  Food contains a lot of pharmacologic agent;
2.  Some doctors are prescribing food as medicine;
3.  Many folklore on food, are not just based on hearsay but supported by scientific evidenced based facts;
4. By making small changes in your diet, some chronic diseases:  high blood pressure, diabetes, allergies may be stopped/reversed.

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Cranberry Juice as Anti Bac for UTI

 


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Dr.Anthony Sobota a microbiology professor at Youngstown State University in Ohio was looking for an effective anti bacterial for UTI.  The ordinary antibiotics were not good enough.  But old literature and folk cure suggests the use of cranberry juice which was proven to be effective.  Literature on its use dated as early as 1860.  In 1923, two physicians fed patients with cranberry, noted increase in hippuric acid, an anti bac.  Later research showed that it was the quinic acid in cranberry juice that produced the hippuric acidl  ( Being acidic makes it effective vs. kidney stones, calcium oxalate crystals which are basic)


                                             


There are two theories on why cranberry works so well in controlling uti:  that it is acidity that kills germs or that it prevents the stickiness of the bacteria in the urinary tract.  If the bacteria can not stick, then the bacteria can not harm the UT..

What is unique about the cranberry factor is that it remains potent despite GIT absorption or action of kidney.

However commercial cranberry juice in supermarkets or those coming from US comes laced with either HFCS or aspartame, not exactly very good for the health.

The other food with known anti bac properties are:  apples, chili peppers,  water chesnut,eggs, garlic, ginger, honey,hops,  milk, radish, tea and  yogurt.

This article is from pp 79 to 83 of "food pharmacy" by Jean Carper.

Chili and Other Spices Good for Colds and Other Respiratory Problems?

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Again from " Food Pharmacy by Jean Carper. (pp 43-48


                                                
 

The authority on this subject is Dr Irwin Ziment who comes from UK and now lives in California USA.


                                     


Observations:

l.  Chronic bronchitis is rampant among Brits for two reasons:   smoking and the cold weather.  It is not so common in areas like LA or Mexico where people eat spicy and hot dishes punctuated by chili, horse radish, wasabe

2.  In the history of medicine, old medicine men used spices like garlic as respiratory drug.

>Ancient Egyptians recommended mustard for respiratory therapy;

>Hippocrates recommended vinegar and pepper for respiratory therapy


                                          


>Russians use horse radish to treat colds.

> Oriental medicine use capsicum pepper, black pepper, mustard, garlic, turmeric (yellow ginger) to treat  colds, sinusitis, brochitis, ASTHMA.

> Roman physician Galen favored the use garlic for chest pains;

> Maimodes, a l2th century Jewish physician an expert on asthma, recommended "spicy chicken soup" for that condition,

               


> In the Middle Ages, mustard potion was used vs.ASTHMA, bronchitis, coughs and chest congestion

>Dr. Herberdeen, an English physician used garlic and mustard seed, to treat Asthma.

Expectorants, mucokinetic

The action of spices which makes your eyes water, is the same action on phlegms and mucus at the respiratory system.  The spicy food triggers the vagus nerve to release a flash flood of watery fluids that thins the thick mucus, and eventually allows the rt cilia to drive them out.

Alliin in Garlic

Dr. Ziment's fav for respiratory medication is garlic which contains alliin (the major flavor in garlic) which is very similar to Mucodyne ( S. carboxymethylcysteine) a mucus regulating drug in Europe. (carboceistene)  Combined with Vit C, alliin is broken down to a compound that is very close to mucodyne.



Mustard contains allyl isothiocyanate, a compound similar to alliin.  Mustard is a traditional expectorant.

                                
                         
                            






                                                      
                                         Carbocistine- mucolytic expectorant


Dr. Ziment recommends that garlic be zapped in a microwave to preserve alliin, before using or adding this to the food.  Crushing the garlic converts alliin to allicin which has other use

Burn up calories faster!

Spices  (like chili) ups the basal metabolic rate of the subject by as much as l0% and thus helps in weight loss.



                            


                             
                               Chili peppers vs the bulge


So there you are spices like garlic, chili peppers, horse radish are good in curing respiratory disease, chest congestions.  They are expectorants and mucokinetic.

Yes Francis, Nini, there is a cure for asthma.

Now you know that it is garlic, and other spices in chicken soup that cures cold.  Mystery solved.

Onions - Multi Purpose( Heart) Medicine

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I was recently shown a book by my eldest daughter who is into on line business, entitled "the food pharmacy": by Jean Carper.  It was copyrighted in 1988.  It a pretty old back but many of the findings now are based on this book.

I like her book because her statements are all backed up by medical journals and researches. (Onions pp 30-34, 246 -250)  Onions have been cultivated for the last 6,000 years and has the following therapeutic uses:  It is known as a multipurpose heart medicine. (Dr. Gurenwhich)

l.  blood thinning;
2.  anti biotic,
3.  anti diabetic
4.  expectorant;
5.  for the heart:   lowers cholesterol, thins blood raises HDL

Blood thinning -  this is important for stroke prone individuals.  Clots, thrombus formation cause strokes and heart attacks.  In France, they feed horses onions to remove blood clots. Onion have great fibrinolytic activity (preventing formation of fibrin, the blood clotting agent, same as heparin given to the stroke or heart attack patients) Doctors at the University of New Castle have been able to identify such blood thinning agent, the odorless cycloalliin (cousin of the thinning compound in garlic)  This reminds us of the blood thinning properties of  Dr. Hammerschimndt black fungus tree ears.  The chemical is adenosine

Raises HDL levels.  Onions as found out in experiments of  Dr. Gurenwhich in 3 out of 4 patients by as much as 30%.  The good cholesterol, HDL essential for good health.  By raising the ratio between good and bad cholesterol, the cardiovascular health of patient is improved.  By contrast, the pharma Gemfibrozil could not come close;  it raised HDL by mere 10%!

Anti biotic -It is a natural anti-biotic.  Louis Pasteur, the guy made famous by the process pasteurization, in mid 1800s called  onion as antibiotic.  It is effective vs long list of bacterias that include E Coli  and Salmonella. It is effective vs. PTB.  Chewing onion for several minutes made the mouth lining sterile. Russian investigators researched l50 plants for antisepsis and found onion to be most potent.  Thus in WW2, they used onions as antiseptic;    the pungent vapors of onions were used by Russian soldiers in WWII to disinfect their wounds and remove pain.

Anti diabetic-  I did not know that onion could be that versatile.  Onions since ancient time were used to treat diabetes.  In l923, they were able to isolate hypoglycemic agents in  onion.  In l960, scientists were able to isolate compounds similar to tolbutamide (Orinase) which stimulates manufacture and release of  insulin. Just recently, Egyptian pharmacists were able to isolate diphenalymine, which is more potent than tolbutamide.

Expectorant - Dr. Irwin Zument dubs onions as good cold remedy.  It creates a flood of tears for mucus also in the lungs and respiratory tract hastening the expectoration.  Thus it is the onions in the chicken soup that cures the cold.

Anti cancer agent. - Onions are being investigated for containing polysulfides (sulfur compounds ) that blocked the formation of enzymes leading to cancer cells. This was at MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. At the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, onions inhibited growth of cancer oral cells and destroyed some.

QUITE REMARKABLE COMMON SPICE (5 USES!)  That is cheap cure.  And effective too.

So this noon, I cooked an omelet filled with onions.

So always order burger with plenty of onions on the side.  Or coleslaw with plenty of onions.

Do not worry about your breath.  Worry about your health.