INTERESTING TIMES

Deborah Frances has her patients get up early enough to watch the sunrise, several mornings in a row. Something about the sunrise.....brings a wave of hope.

Karen Parker on EOs and AromaTherapy
she has spent 35 years studying herbal medicine
was cosmetologist, did color-->chemical sensitivity and asthma worsened
now studying Chinese medicine at NCNM
went into EO industry
currently Oregon rep for Simplers http://www.simplers.com/
can't tolerate all EOs
teaches advanced classes outside NCNM
offering class in Nov or Dec at Watershed clinic
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CANCER TREATMENTS per Ambrose
--P ginseng RB2, Rb1-->increase CD3, CD4, induce apoptosis, inhibit angiogenesis, lower cortisol, increase NK
--quillaja soponaria-->fraction A saponins
--samento (POA cat's claw)-->increase CD57, in vitro decrease IL1, IL6, TNAalpha
--trichosanthes kiriowii-->increase rantes secretion
--noni fruit-->enhance NK action & mb tolerance
L. casei, L. plantarum-->enhance Th1 gut resonse
--enzymes-->dissolve mucin layers allowing NMK access, prevent glycation
--glutathoine
--lipoic acid
--thyroid hormones
--sex hormones
--germanium-->activates suppressed T-cell
--adrographicus paniulata-->prevents T-cell apoptosis
--ganoderma (reishi)-->grifolan enhyance CD8 T cells and NK cells, reduced mets 85%!! (AJCM Vol 25; 1,1997,27-35)