Hey Dan, Very nice, Thanks! Malcolm
On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 12:18 -0500, Dan Nave wrote: > http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/alt/milkthistle_faq.htm > Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) > What does Milk Thistle do? > > Herb- Milk Thistle Herb has been used medicinally by some people for > functional disorders of the liver and gallbladder. . It has been > considered especially helpful in cases jaundice, colitis, pleurisy, and > diseases of the spleen. Fruit- Milk Thistle Fruit has been used by some > for the treatment of dyspeptic symptoms, loss of appetite, liver and > gall bladder complaints including inflammation of the gall bladder duct, > toxic liver disease and hepatic cirrhosis. It has been used successfully > as an antidote to Death-Cap mushroom poisoning (mushroom toxins > a-amantin and phalloidin). It has been shown to protect the b.d. from > liver damage caused by overdose from acetaminophen, butyrophenones, > phenothiazines, halothane, Dilantin or ethanol. It may reduce outbreaks > of Psoriasis due to liver disease. Milk Thistle herb and fruit can be > taken in capsules, pills, infusions, or tinctures. > > http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T13224.html > > Most recently researchers found that the antioxidant activity of a milk > thistle seed extract reduced the liver damage typically seen in patients > who take prescription anti-psychotic drugs for extended periods and > particularly in death cap mushroom poisoning. Silymarin has been shown > to prevent and even reverse the toxic affect of mushroom (Amanita > phalloides) poisoning, which can cause death within 24 hours. It is able > to do this by specifically blocking the receptor for these toxins. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Malcolm [mailto:s...@asis.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:37 PM > > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Subject: Re: CS>CS\ Collodial Silver Vs Mushrooms > > > > Well, it's even worse than that. The amanita fruiting bodies > > are generally large handsome clean-looking specimens with white gills. > > the amanitatoxins, aka amatoxins, (three major kinds usually present > > together,) will often produce violent bloody diarrhea and > > vomiting within 6 to 24 hours, lasting a day or so,followed > > by a period of apparent recovery, which is then followed by a > > "relapse" and a 50% mortality. > > > > Unfortunately, people are often discharged from hospital > > during this false recovery, only to die at home a few days > > later. The primary effects are on the liver and kidneys and > > occur within that first 6 to 24 hour period whilst the toxins > > are fully absorbed. The moral to that is: > > if you think someone has eaten a poison mushroom, don't wait > > around to see if they'll be ok or not, get them to throw up, > > get to the emergency room ASAP to get as much out of the > > system as possible before it is absorbed and it's too late. > > > > Secondary effects involve everything else from the blood to > > the nerve cells including the brain, by inhibiting RNA > > synthesis in the cells. One to two ounces of the fresh > > fruiting body is, on average, enough to do you in. The > > poison content varies not only from variety to variety, but > > from fruiting body to fruiting body. One not-well-known > > therapy for amanita poisoning is Thioctic Acid, injected; no > > guarantees. > > > > The other deadly class of mycotoxins is the Gryomitrins, > > which are produced in rather small unappealing mushrooms > > unlikely to attract much interest. The difference between a > > completely inconsequential 'dose' of gyromitrin and a deadly > > one is extremely small. Gyromitrin hydrolyzes into MMH, > > monomethylhydrazine, rocket fuel, an extremely carcinogenic > > compound. Weird, huh? Not a good way to launch into outer space. > > > > Take care, Malcolm > > > > On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 11:26 -0400, Marshall Dudley wrote: > > > Check out the History channel, Modern Marvels: fungus. I > > watched it a > > > day or two ago, not sure if it will be running again. They have a > > > pretty good segment on mushrooms on that. Interestingly if > > you eat a > > > poisonous mushroom, and get sick a few hours later you will > > probably > > > be ok. If you get sick 1 to 2 weeks later, you will most likely die. > > > > > > Marshall > > > > > > Smitty wrote: > > > > (Google) > > > > I get very few but beautiful looking mushrooms growing in our > > > > backyard. I do love raw, sliced mushroom on a salad that > > I buy fresh > > > > from a supermarket. > > > > So I ask.....the mushrooms that grown in our backyard ..... > > > > are they safe to eat..? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > I remember many years ago reading a very sad story > > whereas almost an > > > > entire Asian-American family out in California died from eating > > > > mushrooms picked fresh from their backyard. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Check mushroom pictures on Google and try and compare. > > > > But people can and do get SICK from eating those "yard mushrooms". > > > > Beware. > > > > __________________ > > > > Eating mushrooms that have been collected outdoors can be a risky > > > > proposition. Many poisonous mushrooms look and taste > > like ones that > > > > are safe to eat, and there is no simple way to > > differentiate between > > > > the two. > > > > Heating or cooking does not necessarily destroy the toxic > > parts of > > > > the mushroom. > > > > > > > > Smitty > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hey G! Your're right. Thanks, I now have a name for > > them. They are > > > >> > > > > Ugly, > > > > > > > >> Ugly Ugly. The neighbor had been trying to eliminate > > them for more > > > >> then > > > >> > > > > a > > > > > > > >> year... nothing worked! Then I had the solution; > > Colodial Silver. > > > >> But > > > >> > > > > it > > > > > > > >> did not work. Not sure if I should have just poured it on them > > > >> instead of adding to the Revive. Hope someone on here > > has an answer. > > > >> connie > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing > > Colloidal Silver. > > > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: > > http://silverlist.org > > > > > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > > > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > > > > > > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
