Very interesting- I do indeed worry about the upcoming generations and their obsession with social media and influencers. It’s odd that in the video they are calling this the “horse dewormer” of the right. Umm, there were/are actual medical doctors prescribing Ivermectin for Covid. A social influencer is not a medical doctor and I would hope that they would put up a disclaimer- although they are probably just trying to make money with their affiliate links. It seems to me the only qualification needed to be a social influencer is a super annoying voice!
It's definitely a weird response. I don't mind these types of YouTubers but it's clear when many people are working outside of their wheelhouse and release several videos a day where they read a random article and pontificate. It usually isn't an issue when it's social commentary but you can tell how strange it is when they move into the areas such as science.
I would argue that people should never follow the advice of anyone online regardless of their credentials and just take things with a good deal of skepticism. And yes, their voices are extremely offensive to the ears!
Interesting about blue dye. Isatis, various species, and most other species of Isatis, aka indigo, woad, is used to make blue dye, and is a potent antiviral. Roots and leaves are used (for medicine), and it is potently antiviral. The Chinese have used it for millennia. It is synergistic when combined with other antiviral and antibiotic herbs, and it grows all around us. It is active against a plethora of viruses (including SARS-Cov-19).
Stephen Buhner has a well written monograph on it in his book Herbal Antivirals, and includes it in his covid 19 protocols I posted previously. Those protocols are also in the 2nd edition of the book which was published last year.
I have used it successfully for respiratory viral illness of unknown etiology (whatever was going around at that time). Check it out.
To quote Buhner: "As a broad spectrum antiviral, isatis is directly virucidal, inhibits viral replication, inhibits viral attachment to cells, inhibits hemagglutination, inhibits viral Britannica (equivalent to Tamiflu in potency), inhibits RANTES.It potentiates the effectiveness of viral vaccines and is am immune stimulant,..., antifungal, antibacterial, antiparasitic" ...(and much more)
Yes I am coming around the herbal remedies and want to investigate them. The main issue with herbal remedies and supplements is that they suffer from dosing and also some other possible adverse reactions.
What's interesting is whether plants have evolved to develop these flavanoids with antimicrobial properties in mind or if it is purely coincidental. The Redox pathways are certainly coincidental, but signaling of colorful vegetation to bugs and animals to be eaten and spread seeds would depend upon the health of said vegetation, and thus maybe color of fruits and vegetables evolved concurrently with the need for an antimicrobial compound and maybe gave a 2 for 1 deal, but I think this is mostly pontification.
Think about it. Plants have been around for a couple billion years longer than we have, and since they are not mobile, have developed phytochemical responses to their environment, both for communicating with other plants and for dealing with viruses, bacteria, fungi, and insects and vertebrates that eat them.
The best read I've found is Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm by Stephen Buhner for a good in depth look at it
Absolutely. I think science that we teach kids absolutely glosses over many of these aspects. There are so many things that we have utilized for our own benefit that plants have developed for themselves. In my Quercetin anthology series I actually argued that maybe the reason why Quercetin provides so many health benefits may be because we just don't have enough fruits and colorful vegetation within our modern diets. I would actually argue that, just like we have essential vitamins and minerals, it may be proper for us to suggest that flavonoids, polyphenols, and other compounds are essential as well.
Plus plants evolve to modify animal behaviour: bitter compounds to reduce browsing, caffeine in nectar to increase bee visits, communicating amongst themselves of attacks by aphids or other invertebrates and modifying their phytochemical composition to resist. The list goes on and on and on and on. We benefit from many of these, as we get attacked by similar viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, worms, etc as the plants do. Phytochemicals that are virucifal for the plant can do similar for us.
Yes, there's a lot we can honestly learn from plants. One of the weirdest ides I keep thinking about are peppers, and why bell peppers, with no spiciness, have an empty cavern while much smaller peppers are so spicy? There's so much we can learn about evolution by just taking a look at plants as a representation for many different things.
Very interesting- I do indeed worry about the upcoming generations and their obsession with social media and influencers. It’s odd that in the video they are calling this the “horse dewormer” of the right. Umm, there were/are actual medical doctors prescribing Ivermectin for Covid. A social influencer is not a medical doctor and I would hope that they would put up a disclaimer- although they are probably just trying to make money with their affiliate links. It seems to me the only qualification needed to be a social influencer is a super annoying voice!
It's definitely a weird response. I don't mind these types of YouTubers but it's clear when many people are working outside of their wheelhouse and release several videos a day where they read a random article and pontificate. It usually isn't an issue when it's social commentary but you can tell how strange it is when they move into the areas such as science.
I would argue that people should never follow the advice of anyone online regardless of their credentials and just take things with a good deal of skepticism. And yes, their voices are extremely offensive to the ears!
Interesting about blue dye. Isatis, various species, and most other species of Isatis, aka indigo, woad, is used to make blue dye, and is a potent antiviral. Roots and leaves are used (for medicine), and it is potently antiviral. The Chinese have used it for millennia. It is synergistic when combined with other antiviral and antibiotic herbs, and it grows all around us. It is active against a plethora of viruses (including SARS-Cov-19).
Stephen Buhner has a well written monograph on it in his book Herbal Antivirals, and includes it in his covid 19 protocols I posted previously. Those protocols are also in the 2nd edition of the book which was published last year.
I have used it successfully for respiratory viral illness of unknown etiology (whatever was going around at that time). Check it out.
To quote Buhner: "As a broad spectrum antiviral, isatis is directly virucidal, inhibits viral replication, inhibits viral attachment to cells, inhibits hemagglutination, inhibits viral Britannica (equivalent to Tamiflu in potency), inhibits RANTES.It potentiates the effectiveness of viral vaccines and is am immune stimulant,..., antifungal, antibacterial, antiparasitic" ...(and much more)
Obviously plants are trying to tell us something.
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Yes I am coming around the herbal remedies and want to investigate them. The main issue with herbal remedies and supplements is that they suffer from dosing and also some other possible adverse reactions.
What's interesting is whether plants have evolved to develop these flavanoids with antimicrobial properties in mind or if it is purely coincidental. The Redox pathways are certainly coincidental, but signaling of colorful vegetation to bugs and animals to be eaten and spread seeds would depend upon the health of said vegetation, and thus maybe color of fruits and vegetables evolved concurrently with the need for an antimicrobial compound and maybe gave a 2 for 1 deal, but I think this is mostly pontification.
Think about it. Plants have been around for a couple billion years longer than we have, and since they are not mobile, have developed phytochemical responses to their environment, both for communicating with other plants and for dealing with viruses, bacteria, fungi, and insects and vertebrates that eat them.
The best read I've found is Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm by Stephen Buhner for a good in depth look at it
Absolutely. I think science that we teach kids absolutely glosses over many of these aspects. There are so many things that we have utilized for our own benefit that plants have developed for themselves. In my Quercetin anthology series I actually argued that maybe the reason why Quercetin provides so many health benefits may be because we just don't have enough fruits and colorful vegetation within our modern diets. I would actually argue that, just like we have essential vitamins and minerals, it may be proper for us to suggest that flavonoids, polyphenols, and other compounds are essential as well.
Plus plants evolve to modify animal behaviour: bitter compounds to reduce browsing, caffeine in nectar to increase bee visits, communicating amongst themselves of attacks by aphids or other invertebrates and modifying their phytochemical composition to resist. The list goes on and on and on and on. We benefit from many of these, as we get attacked by similar viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, worms, etc as the plants do. Phytochemicals that are virucifal for the plant can do similar for us.
Yes, there's a lot we can honestly learn from plants. One of the weirdest ides I keep thinking about are peppers, and why bell peppers, with no spiciness, have an empty cavern while much smaller peppers are so spicy? There's so much we can learn about evolution by just taking a look at plants as a representation for many different things.