tuber plant that is an antidote for the king Cobras venom OT

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Speaking of unusual plants.

I was watching a fascinating programme last night on venomous snakes. They

were talking of how deadly the bite of a King Cobra and how it can kill in a

matter of minutes.

Where they were searching in Thailand... there is a breed of Thai people who

call themselves snake boxers.... who eat I think part of a particular plant (the

programme never gave away the name ) every day and this protects them from the

venom.....I think it was part of the root/bulbous

At the end of the programme they showed the tubers which reminded me alot of

iris tubers and some others and a brief look at the flower..... that reminded me

a little of an echinacea flower .... not literally but it had some of the

characteristic... and it was a pinkish with if I remember rightly a yellow

centre..... he also said that it was very indigenous to where the Cobras habitat

was...

From this very vague description I wonder if anyone had heard of this before?

Every good wish, Janita

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[Guest guest]

>

> Speaking of unusual plants.

>

> I was watching a fascinating programme last night on venomous

snakes. They were talking of how deadly the bite of a King Cobra and

how it can kill in a matter of minutes.

>

> Where they were searching in Thailand... there is a breed of Thai

people who call themselves snake boxers.... who eat I think part of a

particular plant (the programme never gave away the name ) every day

and this protects them from the venom.....I think it was part of the

root/bulbous

Hi, Janita.

I don't know of tuber for the job, but I read a while back that neem

does nicely for venom. I've been bitten twice by spiders, the first

time happened to be just before I started taking neem for a general

immune system boost; the first just happened to happen about 5 days

after I started taking the neem. Hmmm. Seems like a serendipitous

time to begin my neem experimentation.

Now, it could be something like my immune system being better prepared

with antibodies the second time 'round, or maybe it was the neem.

Somehow, though, the swelling, redness, heat, and pain from bite No. 2

did not increase for a week like so in trial No. 1; instead, it

tapered down after a few hours and was gone by day's end.

I was curious after reading your post; so, I went to pubmed.com

(public access to the NIH database) to see what I could dig up.

Nothing on neem and venom. But there might be something there on its

use as an organic pesticide (a very effective one at that).

And thinkin' of that, you may be interested in knowing that its effect

comes about from its ability to sterilize insects. With the short

life span of bugs...

In humans, on the other hand, the sterilization could be short or long

term. Your pick. And safe. A by-product of an immune system on steroids.

At this site:

http:// www.ncbi. nlm. nih.gov

Search for the keywords: " neem immune " .

Then, scroll down to listing No. 8, research by

by Mukherjee S, Garg S, Talwar GP.

" Early post implantation contraceptive effects of a purified fraction

of neem (Azadirachta indica) seeds, given orally in rats: possible

mechanisms involved.

J Ethnopharmacol. 1999 Nov 30;67(3):287-96. "

This study seems to confirm what some general Googling told me.

I'm not sure how to apply this to your spider venom antidote question,

though. Maybe as effective as this tuber featured in the program

would be to sprinkle some neem leaf powder or put dollops of the seed

oil in the attics, corners, closets, under the bed and on the patio.

Jen

[Guest guest]

>

> Speaking of unusual plants.

>

> I was watching a fascinating programme last night on venomous

snakes. They were talking of how deadly the bite of a King Cobra and

how it can kill in a matter of minutes.

>

> Where they were searching in Thailand... there is a breed of Thai

people who call themselves snake boxers.... who eat I think part of a

particular plant (the programme never gave away the name ) every day

and this protects them from the venom.....I think it was part of the

root/bulbous

Hi, Janita.

I don't know of tuber for the job, but I read a while back that neem

does nicely for venom. I've been bitten twice by spiders, the first

time happened to be just before I started taking neem for a general

immune system boost; the first just happened to happen about 5 days

after I started taking the neem. Hmmm. Seems like a serendipitous

time to begin my neem experimentation.

Now, it could be something like my immune system being better prepared

with antibodies the second time 'round, or maybe it was the neem.

Somehow, though, the swelling, redness, heat, and pain from bite No. 2

did not increase for a week like so in trial No. 1; instead, it

tapered down after a few hours and was gone by day's end.

I was curious after reading your post; so, I went to pubmed.com

(public access to the NIH database) to see what I could dig up.

Nothing on neem and venom. But there might be something there on its

use as an organic pesticide (a very effective one at that).

And thinkin' of that, you may be interested in knowing that its effect

comes about from its ability to sterilize insects. With the short

life span of bugs...

In humans, on the other hand, the sterilization could be short or long

term. Your pick. And safe. A by-product of an immune system on steroids.

At this site:

http:// www.ncbi. nlm. nih.gov

Search for the keywords: " neem immune " .

Then, scroll down to listing No. 8, research by

by Mukherjee S, Garg S, Talwar GP.

" Early post implantation contraceptive effects of a purified fraction

of neem (Azadirachta indica) seeds, given orally in rats: possible

mechanisms involved.

J Ethnopharmacol. 1999 Nov 30;67(3):287-96. "

This study seems to confirm what some general Googling told me.

I'm not sure how to apply this to your spider venom antidote question,

though. Maybe as effective as this tuber featured in the program

would be to sprinkle some neem leaf powder or put dollops of the seed

oil in the attics, corners, closets, under the bed and on the patio.

Jen