"Houyttunia" cordata

Houttuynia is a genus of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia.
Houttuynia cordata (simplified Chinese: 鱼腥草; traditional Chinese: 魚腥草; pinyin: yúxīng cǎo; literally "fishy-smell herb"; Vietnamese: giấp cá; Korean: 약모밀; English lizard tail and chameleon plant; Japanese: 十薬 or　どくだみ), one of two species in the genus Houttuynia, is a flowering plant native to Japan, Korea, southern China and Southeast Asia, where it grows in moist, shady places.


Culinary use
Grown as a leaf vegetable, particularly in Vietnam, where it is called giấp cá or diếp cá and is used as a fresh herbal garnish. The leaf has an unusual taste that is often described as fishy (earning it the nickname "fish mint"), so it is not enjoyed as universally as basil, mint, or other more commonly used herbs.
In the southwestern Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, roots are used as a root vegetable. English names include heartleaf, lizardtail, and fishwort.
While in Thailand in the North East in the town of Mukdahan, by the Mekong river, I had this herb as a salad. Freshly pick and served with long beans, water spinich aka Kang Kong and other juicy and crunchy stuff. Its a healthy way to stay slim and healthy!

 Medicinal use

Houttuynia cordata is also used in herbal medicine. The beverage dokudami cha (Japanese: ドクダミ茶; literally "Houttuynia cordata tea") is an infusion made from the leaves, Oolong tea leaves, and Job's Tears.
In the Old day in Japan, Samurai warriors used to carry this herb with them to help reduce inflammation of battle wounds due to infection and hasten the healing process.
The word Dokudami means - Doku for Poison and Dami - blocker

Today we are fortunate to have its best extracts place into a 330ml bottle. It is taken once or twice a day before breakfast and after dinner. I also use it directly on open wounds. It stings a bit when first applied but it numbs the area and upon second application it does not even hurt. Those with open wounds that do not heal due to Diabetes have use this in both ways, taken internally and applied directly to the wound. The results are very impressive. Wounds start to dry up, heal and the sugar level begins to decline when consume twice a day.

It has worked for those who are addicted to coffee. The results can be seen as fast as 3 day. However, the effect and results varies from each individual.

While the supplement has been helping those in Thailand for some years, it has yet to reach many people outside of Thailand. This is why I have taken the time to travel, stay and understand the nature of the herbs grown, met the people who have gained good health from consuming this supplement. I am now consuming Dokudami or Proact as my main supplement and I feel great. Even my kids age 5 and 2 are also consuming it. Away are the days of runny nose and cough contacted while they were at play school.
A reduce intake of anti biotic means a stronger and healthier immune system.

Thus, 2011 should be a mission year to ensure that everyone gets the opportunity to reap the good benefits of this supplement. It works for me, it will work for you too!!
Towards a healthy tomorrow. 

免疫系统如何工作

我们的免疫系统可以识别和摧毁任何外来的机构，包括细菌，微生物和其他有毒化合物，包括外国颗粒细胞。

这种认识和销毁工作由循环系统中的细胞和淋巴系统。这些细胞产生于骨髓和淋巴组织（胸腺，淋巴结，脾，扁桃体）分别。这些细胞开始他们的生活，“干细胞”。这些细胞是如此无特色，有没有办法确定什么样的细胞类型，其中之一是所谓的“记忆细胞”。

记忆细胞，顾名思义，记住具体的外来细胞或他们已经暴露的化学品，并立即作出反应时，他们是下一个暴露在这种物质。毒品是影响记忆细胞的免疫刺激只是一种疾病或抗原。

疫苗是一种药物的例子，影响记忆细胞。对免疫系统最草药不影响记忆细胞，但一般的免疫系统刺激剂（免疫增强剂）。他们增加了免疫系统的活动，但不针对特定疾病或“抗原”（一种蛋白对免疫细胞的行为）。相反，他们动员“效应细胞”，这对所有外国颗粒，而不是一个特定的类型（这是麻疹病毒行为）增加阻力。

值得注意的是，由于青霉素的发现，我们的科学家，在寻找药物对感染性疾病，往往只对化学品杀死细菌或病毒。最后，他们开始认识到，这是没有可能提高抗生素治疗的缺点免疫系统，它可以对抗自然对传染性病原体。虽然免疫兴奋剂不能代替抗生素在某些情况下，他们已经证明远远优于他人。

Proact/Dokudami 膳食补充剂

膳食补充剂

在膳食补充胶囊和果汁。来自泰国Proact/Dokudami，是一家tynadallized（杀害热草药炮制）益生菌所谓的自然分子，乳酸杆菌属。，和有机草本胶囊和果汁发酵。 <br> <br>属的tyndallized Lactobacullus的代谢产物。，有效果的支持，如伽玛干扰素和白细胞介素12（IL - 12的）的（细胞信使）有关的TH - 1的免疫反应，某些细胞因子的产生。热杀死乳酸菌属。，可迅速诱导10天的高免疫球蛋白生产男，免疫球蛋白G1期，免疫球蛋白和免疫球蛋白G2a千兆。

该immonoglobulins（球蛋白）可以修正和补充，有效地刺激macrophges杀死体内外的微生物。该热乳杆菌洙死亡。，可以适度激活肿瘤坏死因子 - 阿尔帕形成。肿瘤坏死因子 - 阿尔法这是为阻止癌症细胞或细胞毒性细胞基质使用。

在这些免疫增加细菌可代谢物有机中草药，发酵乳杆菌属。，遏制持续的金额。此代谢物包括乳酸，乙酸，甲酸，油酸，棕榈酸，琥珀酸，肽聚糖，plantariocin和其他bacteriocon少量化合物。

后选定的有机草药发酵，所选中草药及tyndallized热杀死乳酸菌粉菌。，混合在一起，胶囊或果汁加工。乳杆菌属。是（益生菌）友善细菌自然存在于人体肠道和消化道。乳杆菌属的菌株。都是重要的刺激免疫系统的免疫球蛋白的影响。

Proact/Dokudami是热乳杆菌炮制死亡。，代谢产物的发酵草药和有机姜黄根茎粉。

姜黄根茎含有可溶性组分数目姜黄，姜黄素包括已报告有抗氧化性能。姜黄素在抑制引发癌症，促进和发展的进展阶段。肿瘤预防活动已经报道吸烟者，

在为期30天的1.5克每日剂量姜黄给予极大地减少了诱变对照组相比，尿排泄，姜黄，并没有对肝酶水平或脂质暗示可能会影响香料一个有效的抗突变的化学预防有益，水提取姜黄Iturmeric）最近被证明具有抑制化学诱导的细胞保护作用的发生，而这项活动可能会形成一个为姜黄一反传统的癌症治疗使用的基础。莪术油的一小部分已被证明具有抗炎和抗关节炎的药理学活性的姜黄其他性质包括cholerectic，降血压，抗细菌和杀虫活性。

临床实践结果Proact/Dokudami草药汁和胶囊已被用于在北部和东部泰国政府医院的病人。 Proact/Dokudami膳食补充剂有效地帮助患者从喜欢谁是呼吸道健康问题的痛苦，抗细菌，慢性炎症，艾滋病和癌症。患者的免疫系统，增强了对化疗和预防有效，防癌，消化道问题和反关节性胃炎.

Herbal Effects of Proact/Dokudami Dietary Supplement膳食补充剂的Proact/Dokudami中药效应

Proact/Dokudami同时具有抑制和杀菌性能。它的抗微生物特性使它成为对微生物出色的防守，清除粉刺，湿疹等皮肤疾病。由于叶绿素的高层次，Proact/Dokudami是一个强大的血液排毒和alkalizes。它还包含强大的抗老化，直接关系到增压抗氧化剂其先进的性能水平

Dokudami Dietary Supplement has herbal effects on: Dokudami膳食补充剂对中药的影响：

Hepatitis 肝炎

Gastric Inflammation 胃炎症

Gastric Ulceration 胃溃疡

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) 高血压（高血压）

Poor Blood Circulation 血液循环欠佳

Dermatosis 皮肤病

Acne 粉刺

Skin Problems皮肤问题

Abdominal pain 腹痛

Constipation 便秘

Diarrhea 腹泻

Hangover宿醉

 

The Immune system

How the immune system works

Our immune system recognizes and destroys anything foreign to the body, including cells like bacteria and other microbes and foreign particles including toxic compounds.

This recognition and destruction is performed by cells in the circulatory and the lymphatic systems. These cells are produced in the bone marrow and lymphatic tissue (thymus, lymph nodes, spleen and tonsils) respectively. The cells begin their lives as “Stem Cells”. These cells are so featureless that there is no way to determine what types of cells, one of which is called “memory cells”.

Memory cells, as the name implies, remember specific foreign cells or chemicals to which they have been exposed, and react immediately when they are next exposed to those compounds. Drugs which affect the memory cells stimulate immunity only to one disease or antigen.

Vaccines are an example of drugs which effect memory cells. Most herbs for the immune system do not affect memory cells, but are general immune system stimulators (immunostimulants). They increase the activity of the immune system but are not specific to a particular disease or “antigen” (a protein against which immune cells act). Rather, they increase resistance by mobilizing “effector cells” which act against all foreign naturally against infectious agents, without the drawbacks of antibiotic therapy. While immune stimulants cannot replace antibiotics in some cases, they have proven far superior in others partices, rather than just one specific type (that is a measles virus).

Remarkably, since the discovery of penicillin, our scientists, in search of drugs against infectious disease, have looked only for chemicals which kill bacteria or viruses. Finally, they are coming to realize that it is possible to boost the immune system, which can then fight off and defend the body the way it was made to do in the first place.

Proact or Dokudami

This is a Dietary supplement in the form of juice. Dokudami also known as Proact from Thailand, is a herbal concoction of tynadallized (heat killed) probiotic bacteria called Natural Molecule, Lactobacillus Spp., and organic fermented herbs.

The metabolites of tyndallized Lactobacullus spp., have the effect to support the production of certain cytokines (Cell Messengers) related to TH-1 immune response, such as Gamma interferon and interleukin 12 (IL-12). The heat killed Lactobacillus spp., could rapidly induced the high production Ig M, Ig G1, Ig G2a and Ig Gb in ten days.

The immonoglobulins (Ig) can fix complements and stimulate macrophges to efficiently kill foreign micro organism in the body. The heat-killed of Lactobacillus soo., can moderate activating TNF - Alpa formation. TNF - Alpha which is a substrate use for stopping cancer cell or cytotoxic cell.

After the fermentation of the selected organically herbs, the powder of selected herb and tyndallized heat killed Lactobacillus spp., are mixed together and processing into juice. Lactobacillus spp., are friendly bacteria (Probiotics) naturally found in the gut and digestive tract of human. The strains of Lactobacillus spp., are important stimulant of the immune system, by its effects on immunoglobulin.

Dokudami or Proact is the concoction of heat killed Lactobacillus spp., metabolites of fermented herbs and the powder of organic turmeric rhizome.

Turmeric rhizome contains a number of soluble fractions of turmeric, including curcumin that have been reported to have antioxidant properties.

The curcumin inhibit cancer at initiation, promotion and progression stages of development. Tumor-preventing activity has been reported in smokers, turmeric given at a daily dose of 1.5g for 30 days significantly reduced the urinary excretion ofg mutagens compared to controls; turmeric had no effect on hepatic enzymes levels or lipid profiles suggesting that the spice may be an effective antimutagen useful in chemoprevention, Aqueous extract of Curcuma longa Iturmeric) has recently been shown to have cytoprotective effects that inhibit chemically induced carcinogenesis, and this activity may form a basis for the traditional use of turmeric an anti-cancer treatment. A fraction of curcuma oil has been shown to have anti inflammatory and anti arthritic activity other pharmacological properties of turmeric include cholerectic, hypotensive, anti-bacteria and insecticidal activity.

Result of Clinical practice

Proact or Dokudami herbal juice and capsule has been used by patients in the government hospital in northern and eastern Thailand. Dokudami dietary supplement effectively helped patients who is suffering from health problems like respiratory tract, anti-bacteria, chronic inflammatory, HIV and cancer. Patients' immune system was boost and was effective for chemo-prevention, anti cancer, problem digestive tract and anti arthritic gastritis

Proact or Dokudami has both inhibitory and disinfectant properties. Its anti microbial properties make it an excellent defense against micro-organisms, clearing acne, eczema and other skin ailments.

Due to its high levels of chlorophyll, Proact or Dokudami is a strong blood detoxifier and alkalizes. It also contains powerful anti-aging properties directly related to its advanced levels of supercharged anti-oxidants

Proact or Dokudami Dietary Supplement has herbal effects on:

Hepatitis

Gastric Inflammation

Gastric Ulceration

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Poor Blood Circulation

Dermatosis

Acne

Skin Problems

Abdominal pain

Constipation

Diarrhea

Hangover

Diatebes

What is diabetes? What causes diabetes?

Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is classed as a metabolism disorder. Metabolism refers to the way our bodies use digested food for energy and growth. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose is a form of sugar in the blood - it is the principal source of fuel for our bodies.

When our food is digested the glucose makes its way into our bloodstream. Our cells use the glucose for energy and growth. However, glucose cannot enter our cells without insulin being present - insulin makes it possible for our cells to take in the glucose.

Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas. After eating, the pancreas automatically releases an adequate quantity of insulin to move the glucose present in our blood into the cells, and lowers the blood sugar level.

A person with diabetes has a condition in which the quantity of glucose in the blood is too elevated / high (hyperglycemia). This is because the body either does not produce enough insulin, produces no insulin, or has cells that do not respond properly to the insulin the pancreas produces. This results in too much glucose building up in the blood. This excess blood glucose eventually passes out of the body in urine. So, even though the blood has plenty of glucose, the cells are not getting it for their essential energy and growth requirements.

There are three main types of diabetes:

Diabetes Type 1 - You produce no insulin at all.Diabetes Type 2 - You don't produce enough insulin, or your insulin is not working properly.Gestational Diabetes - You develop diabetes just during your pregnancy.

Treatment is effective and important

All types of diabetes are treatable, but Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes last a lifetime; there is no known cure. (With Dokudami you can)

The patient receives regular insulin, which became medically available in 1921. The treatment for a patient with Type 1 is mainly injected insulin, plus some dietary and exercise adherence.

Patients with Type 2 are usually treated with tablets, exercise and a special diet, but sometimes insulin injections are also required.

If diabetes is not adequately controlled the patient has a significantly higher risk of developing complications.. Longer term complications could be cardiovascular disease, retinal damage (Eyes), chronic kidney failure, nerve damage, poor healing of wounds, gangrene on the feet which may lead to amputation, and erectile dysfunction.

Who Is At Greater Risk For Type 1 Diabetes?

·  Siblings of people with type 1 diabetes.

·  Children of parents with type 1 diabetes.

Who Is At Greater Risk For Type 2 Diabetes?

·  People with a family history of diabetes.

·  People who are overweight.

·  People who do not exercise regularly.

·  Women who have had a baby that weighed more than 9 pounds at birth.

Warning Signs Of Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes:

·  Frequent urination.

·  Unusual thirst.

·  Extreme hunger.

·  Unusual weight loss.

·  Extreme fatigue.

·  Irritability.

Type 2 Diabetes:
Any of the type 1 symptoms, plus...

·  Frequent infections.

·  Blurred vision.

·  Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal.

·  Tingling/numbness in the hands or feet.

·  Recurring skin, gum, or bladder infections.

Profile Of The Diagnosed

There are nearly 1.2 million people in Malaysia who have diabetes. Diabetes is actually a general term for a number of separate but related disorders. These disorders fall into two main categories:

·  type 1, which usually occurs during childhood or adolescence, and

·  type 2, the most common form of the disease, usually occurring after age 30.


Diabetes In Youth

How Are Young People Affected?

The risk of developing type 1 diabetes is higher than virtually all other severe chronic diseases of childhood.

Peak incidence occurs during puberty, around 10 to 12 years old in girls and 12 to 14 years old in boys.

Type 1 diabetes tends to run in families. Brothers and sisters of children with type 1 diabetes have about a 10 percent chance, or a 20-fold increased risk, of developing the disease.

The identical twin of a person with type 1 diabetes has at least 50 times the risk of developing type 1 diabetes than a child in an unaffected family.

In type 1 diabetes, incidence is highest among whites. Scandinavian countries have the highest incidence in the world, approximately 30 cases per 100,000 children.

The symptoms for type 1 diabetes can mimic the flu in children.

Diabetes And Seniors

How Are Seniors Affected?

Diabetes prevalence increases with increasing age.

Approximately half of all diabetes cases occur in people older than 55.

People with diabetes are more likely to be institutionalized in nursing homes than are people without diabetes.

Probiotik - Bahasa version

Probiotik
Probiotik adalah hidup mikroorganisme dianggap sihat bagi organisma tuan rumah . Menurut definisi yang sekarang diadopsi oleh FAO/WHO, Probiotik adalah : " Live mikroorganisme yang bila diberikan dalam jumlah yang cukup memberi manfaat kesihatan pada host " .^[1] Bakteria asam laktat ( LAB ) dan bifidobacteria adalah jenis yang paling biasa mikrob digunakan sebagai probiotik , tetapi tertentu Ragi dan basil juga boleh membantu . Probiotik biasanya dikonsumsi sebagai sebahagian daripada makanan yang diperam dengan ditambah khas budaya hidup aktif , seperti di yogurt, yogurt soya, Atau sebagai suplemen makanan.
Secara etimologi , istilah ini nampaknya merupakan gabungan dari preposisi Latin pro (" Untuk " ) dan kata sifat Greek βιωτικός ( Biosis ) , yang terkini berasal dari kata benda βίος ( Bios , " hidup " ) .^[2]
Pada awal abad ke -20 , probiotik dipercayai mempengaruhi menguntungkan tuan rumah dengan meningkatkan keseimbangan mikrob usus , hal ini menghalang patogen dan menghasilkan toksin bakteria .^[3] Saat ini, kesan kesihatan tertentu sedang diselidiki dan didokumentasikan termasuk pembasmian penyakit radang usus kronik ,^[4] pencegahan dan rawatan patogen - induced diare,^[5] jangkitan urogenital ,^[6] dan penyakit atopik .^[7]

Potensi keuntungan

Percubaan ke dalam manfaat terapi probiotik menunjukkan pelbagai keperluan perubatan probiotik berpotensi menguntungkan . Bagi banyak manfaat potensi , penyelidikan terhad dan hanya keputusan awal yang sedia . Perlu dicatat bahawa kesan yang dinyatakan tidak umum kesan probiotik . Penyelidikan terkini mengenai biologi molekul dan Genomics dari Lactobacillus mempunyai fokus pada interaksi dengan sistem kekebalan tubuh , potensi anti - kanser , dan potensi sebagai agen biotherapeutic dalam kes diare antibiotik yang berkaitan, travellers ' diare , diare pediatrik , radang usus dan sindrom kerengsaan usus.^[15]

Exercise is important

Health and wellness is a very important issue today, with the increase in life expectancy worldwide. Thanks to Dokudami aka Proact or the herb *Houttuynia cordata.

Physical fitness is important for everyone, but it is extremely important as we age. Keeping fit becomes more challenging, and therefore one should pay particular attention as to how we go about maintaning physical fitness.

Here are some exercises so valuable that older people can participate, and also some things to consider in the pursuit of health and fitness level high.

Exercises 1. Stretch – One of the things that older people should focus on is the recover of flexibility., because most of us lose some flexibility in our joints over time. If yoy reading this now, try touching your toes without bending your legs. Not so easy if you have not been active in physical exercise for some years. Try doing yoga as an example. There are videos on yoga free on you tube. I'll look it up and post in my next posting. If you live in asia, then there is always "Tai Chee". Slow phase and kind on the joints but very good for the entire body.

2. Walking – While walking is good in helping to off calories and fat, it also helps to reduce stress and improve cardiovascular health. Taking the time to walk every day is one of the best investments you can make for your personal longevity and mental health. The world moves fast and we all have problems and concerns. Walking is a way to download the daily stress and allows us to have more attention on a daily basis.

3. Swimming – Swimming is an activity that is low stress on the body has wonderful benefits for the elderly. The benefits of swimming: it helps improves cardiovascular health, increased flexibility, improved posture, relieve muscle tension, reducing the risk of osteoporosis reduces stress. 

As we age, high-impact exercise such as jogging, aerobics can have a negative impact on bones, joints and muscles especially for those people who have not been able to maintain a regular exercise regime.

That’s why swimming is a great way for people to get fit and improve their general well being.

A typical workout should be about 20-30 minutes of exercise 3-4 times a week.  

Consistency is more important than quantity, thus we should focus on keeping to our fitness schedule.

Also be sure to warm up before each workout session. Focus on the muscles you’re going to use and get some extra blood flowing to them. For strength training, warming up could include a series of exercises with little resistance but try to avoid using weights.

Breathing is important. So remember to take deep slow breath during warm ups and also through out the work out. 

Finally, exercise is always easier and more rewarding when done with good friends.  Join a club or just organize some friends to practice yoga in the morning a few times a week. The possibilities are endless, but the main objective is to stay active and in turn enjoy a healthy and productive life.

A bit on Probiotics

Probiotics are live microorganisms thought to be healthy for the host organism. According to the currently adopted definition by FAO/WHO, probiotics are: "Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host". -wikipedia

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and bifidobacteria are the most common types of microbes used as probiotics; but certain yeasts and bacilli may also be helpful. Probiotics are commonly consumed as part of fermented foods with specially added active live cultures; such as in yogurt, soy yogurt, or as dietary supplements (Yakult, Vitagen).

The Latin preposition pro ("for") and the Greek adjective βιωτικός (biotic), the latter deriving from the noun βίος (bios, "life"). - wikipedia

Probiotics Role in Health

For Centuries, folklore suggested that fermented dairy products containing live active cultures are healthful. Today, controlled scientific investigation supports these traditional views, suggesting that probiotics are a valuable part of a healthy diet.

With the emergence of some new public health risk, it was suggested that effective probiotics can play an important role for mitigation of illness. As an example, the ability of probiotics bacteria to support the immune system could be important to the elderly or other people with compromise immune functions.

Infections are another area with potential for probiotics. Where some infections which was once thought to be self-limiting or readily treatable with anti biotics, are now recognize as more serious health threats.

Viginosis used to be considered as just an annoyance is now known to be associated with low birth weight in babies and the increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases.

New food borne pathogens have emerged as prevalent and life threatening, including Shiga-like Escherichia coli strains. Multiple antibiotics resistances are a continual threat against the battle of once treatable infections.

In Non industrialized countries, infections such as Rotavirus, claim the life of hundreds of thousands of infants yearly. The prevention of infections before they occur is clearly the better alternative. Thus, probiotics is a safer, cost-effective, natural approach that will add a barrier against microbial infection.  

How Probiotics Work

 To understand how probiotics work, it is important to understand a little about the microbiology and physiology of the human gastrointestinal tract.

Human beings like all animals, play host to many types and high numbers of microbes on our skin, in our mouth and all the way through our gastrointestinal tract. It is estimated that there are more microbes associated with the human body (about 10¹³ or about 100,000,000,000,00 bacterial cells) then there are human cells in it (10¹²). In addition to this very large number of bacteria,  there is also a very large diversity of bacteria. It is estimated that more then 400 different species, or types of bacteria that make the home on us.

With this taken into consideration, it is not surprising that microbes have been found to play an important role in human health. Most of these bacteria are not harmful, and in fact contribute positively to normal human growth and development. But of course, some of these bacteria have a negative influence. It is therefore that the balance of microbes be maintains to favor the beneficial bacteria over the potentially harmful ones.

Microbe Role in the Gastrointestinal Track

The microbes in the GI track have to potential to act in a positive, negative or neutral manner. Due to unfavorable conditions, microbes are not very prevalent in the upper small intestines, But, towards the lower small intestine they begin to attain a higher population. The colon has an even higher number.

With such a large number of microbes in the intestine tract, what could the effects be?

It is now known that microbes in the large intestines actually complete the digestion process on any food components that were not digested in the smaller intestines. These would be lactose for those that are lactose intolerant people and fibers that are resistant to the enzymes they encounter in the smaller intestine. We also find evidence of non-digestive microbial activities. Certain intestinal microbes produce vitamins.

In some studies done it was found that without normal microbial populations, the immune system functions poorly, and resistance to pathogenic bacteria is generally reduce. Other evidence also show that intestinal microbes may act on Pre-carcinogenic or mutagenic (capable of inducing genetic mutation = cancer) compounds. Depending on  specific microbe, some may increase or decrease carcinogenic or mutagenic activities.

Both lactobacilli and bifidobacteria are the normal inhabitants of a healthy intestine. Bifidobacteria are also the dominant flora of breast-fed infants.

There are non pathogenic and their presence is correlated with a healthy intestinal flora. The metabolic end products of their growth are organic acids (lactic and acetic acids) which tend to lower the PH  of the  intestines contents making conditions less desirable for harmful bacteria.  

So now you know a bit more about Probiotics and whats in Dokudami...

Dokudami and Cancer

Some time back, early 2009, someone very colse to me was informed by her doctor that she has cancer. It was already a stage 4 cancer. For those of you who do not know what stage 4 means, well, its at the last stage. She never knew she had it in her. She lives a healthy life, on the farm, doesn't smoke, grows her own vagetables. Yup! Its was a ticking time bomb!
She went thru the usual, Chemo therapy, then an operation. This was similar to an open heart operation where they cut the chest open only in this case they had to remove the thymos gland and some smaller possible growths in her chest cavity. Next she had to go for Radio Therapy. In total it took a whole 6 months plus. She has recovered but is still very weak. When I say weak, I mean her immune system.
Chemo is like an atom bomb. Imagine a battle in your body, the Cancer cells( Bad Army) and the Good cells(your army) fighting. Ofcourse given time the good army would loose the battle and that would be the end! So they came out with Chemo.
( Chemotherapy, in most simple sense, is the treatment of an ailment by chemicals^[1] especially by killing micro-organisms or cancerous cells. In popular usage, it refers to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a cytotoxic standardized treatment regimen. - Wikipedia)
So its like dropping a bomb and killing everything. Cells I mean! After many session the body's immune count is so low the person is told to stay indoors and away from places with crowds. A slight flu bug can be so bad for the body.
What I came by was a simple supplement called Dokudami. But what it did was great! It actually helps strengthens the good cells. It actually, stimulates the productions of new cells and weakens the cancerous cells(bad army). Thats somewhat like saying, putting muscle in the good cells. Its been around for some time but I guess it was not yet time for me to find this supplement.
Some people who consume Dokudami before Chemo actually have no side effects like vormiting and lost of appitite. Yes one still will loose all your hair but can still continue eating to maintain strength. Dokudami has been given to another person who had liver cancer and he never went for Chemo and was also at stage 4. Just 3 months to live. Today he is alive. I will post more details about him and his story in my next blog.