Re: woodworm is psychoactive

Rogger,
you came to a wrong place with your Quackwatch propaganda!

If used as suggested, parasite killing herbs are safer then any FDA approved medicine. Interesting how Quackwbusters never say a word about all FDA approved medicine and therapies that are killing 250 people in USA every day? It is not because those people care about your safety, it is because those poeple are payed to scare you into CAT, BURN and POISON therapies .... because that is how medical establishment and big pharma makes money ... a lot of money ... billions of $$$!


One study found there were no side effects when using less than 1 ml tincture three times per day for as long as nine months to promote digestive function.*

*Yarnell E, Heron S. Retrospective analysis of the safety of bitter herbs with an emphasis on Artemisia absinthium L (wormwood). J Naturopathic Med 1999;9:in press.


On the page that you suggested, Quackwbuster quoted:

"The main psychoactive component of Wormwood is thought to be thujone, a compound that can lead to numerous serious side effects if used in excessive amounts."


But, the real question is: Who is suggesting use of Wormwood in "excessive amounts"? Not Hulda Clark , as far as I know!

If not Hulda Clark , then what is the point of all that web page?


The only point is: I want to scare people away from Hulda Clark . That is why I made that web page. I don't care if what she suggest is safe or not ... all I care is to scare people, to harm them ... to scare them into using CUT, BURN and POISON therapies ... because I AM A QUACKBUSTER, I am payed to do that job, I am payed by pharmaceutical money .... and I do my job!


Wormwood have a long history of use as a folk remedy ... years ...

He quoted:

"The herbal maintenance program involves ingestion of seven 200-300 milligram capsules of Wormwood taken once weekly, indefinitely."


Do you know the difference in taking something every day, 3 times a day, and taking something "once weekly"?


The amount taken is 21 times smaller.


He quoted:
"She makes no mention of the widely known concerns regarding long term use of wormwood.

Are these recommendations safe?"


Yes they are safe for over 99% of people!
No medication approved by FDA is safe for over 99% of people!


As a traditional medicine, wormwood was used by herbalists as a bitter to improve digestion, to fight worm infestations, and to stimulate menstruation.* It was also regarded as a useful remedy for liver and gallbladder problems.

*. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, 2d ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996, 1–3.


Wormwood contains unidentified antimalarial substance(s). Alcoholic extracts of the dried leaves have 'considerable antimalarial potential' when administered orally, subcutaneously, or intraperitoneally to mice (Zafar, Hamdard, & Hameed 1990).


Wormwood leaves are used traditionally in Pakistan as an antipyretic (anti-fever) and an active antipyretic compound has been isolated from the dried leaves. This compound alleviates yeast-induced pyrexia in rabbits (Ikramet al 1987).


Dilute (1:1000) oil of wormwood has some antimicrobial activity. Kaul, Nigam and Dhar (1976) found that the dilute oil inhibited the growth of 4 (out of 7) different types of bacteria.


Wormwood is also hepatoprotective (liver protecting). Gilani and Janbaz (1995) found that an aqueous-methanolic extract of Artemisia absinthium protected against acetaminophen and CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity in mice. This protection seems to be at least partially due to inhibition of microsomal drug metabolizing enzymes (MDME), since the plant extract prolonged the sleep-inducing effects of pentobarbital in mice.

Gilani and Janbaz speculate that this putative MDME inhibition may be due to sesartemin, which has the methylene-dioxybenzene group common to MDME inhibitors. The presence of antioxidants and calcium-channel blockers in wormwood (Gilani 1994) also probably contribute to its hepatoprotective effects.