Chinese Bitter Melon

Commonly used by Asians as part of their diet, the Chinese Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia) is used regularly to clean the blood. In addition to expressing antiviral and anti-tumor effects, the Chinese Bitter Melon exhibits Anti-HIV effects, inhibiting, in the laboratory, infected macrophages and T cells, as well as cell infection. It seems that the proteins in Chinese Bitter Melon (alpha- and beta-momocharin, and MAP-30) deactivate the ribosome function in HIV-infected cells, stop protein synthesis and kill cells that are infected. [Chaitow, Leon, ND, DO, Strohecker, James. You Don't Have to Die—Unraveling the AIDS Myth. Puyallup, WA: Future Medicine Publishing, Inc., 1994]

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