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28th Jan '08 Mon, 18:55
Another Possible Dengue Cure?
I am just copy-pasting here an email I received:
Speak out: Cure for dengue?
By Bernardo Rocha Calibo
Director, National Police Commission 7
THERE is hope that the dengue scourge will be obliterated.
I was in a meeting in Manila recently with other Napolcom
officials. While waiting for my flight back to Cebu, I happened
to talk with friends. The conversation eventually turned to
dengue. Some of their statements shocked me. I called up the
persons concerned and they confirmed these revelations.
Computer technician Wenceslao Salesale Jr., 27, was downed by
dengue. His platelet count plunged from 180 to 80. He was
rushed by ambulance from Novaliches to Manila. Inside the
ambulance, a relative, acting upon the advice of a missionary
priest, made him drink soup made from camote tops. The
following day, his platelet count was normal.
Dengue attacked the 7-year-old daughter of engineers Mar and
Lita Budlongan of Kaloocan City. Her platelet count read 80.
The same treatment was used. The following day she was back to
normal.
The 15-year-old daughter of businessman Nepomuceno Salaga of
Sampaloc, Manila had a dangerous platelet count of 80 due to
dengue. The same treatment was followed. The following day she
was back in school.
I asked a doctor of medicine about herbal cures and he said
that many, if not most, medicines come from plants. He also
said that under the Hippocratic Oath, doctors are bound
encourage anything that can cure a patient.
Research
We need not do research deep in the rainforests of the Amazon
or venture into the ocean depths in search of the elusive cure
for dengue. It is right there in the backyard.
The following information is from Wikipedia:
In 1992, the Center for Science in the Public Interest compared
the nutritional value of sweet potatoes to other vegetables.
Considering fiber content, complex carbohydrates, protein,
vitamins A and C, iron and calcium, the sweet potato ranked
highest in nutritional value. According to these criteria,
sweet potatoes earned 184 points, 100 points over the next on
the list, the common potato (NCSPC).
Sweet potato tops are excellent sources of antioxidative
compounds, mainly polyphenolics, which may protect the human
body from oxidative stress that is associated with many
diseases including cancer ad cardiovascular diseases. Sweet
potato greens have the highest content of total polyphenolics
among other commercial vegetables studied.
Sweet potatoes contain protein, dietary fiber, lipid, and
essential minerals and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorous,
magnesium, sodium, potassium, sulfur, iron, copper, zinc,
manganese, aluminum and boron. Sweet potatoes are also
important sources of vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and
ascorbic acid.
Camote
In the case of Salaga, he bought five sheaves (bugkos/ bigkis)
of camote cuttings. Each sheaf consists of about 12 cuttings.
Each cutting measures about one foot. A sheaf costs about P5.
Camote tops are boiled in water to extract the juice. The
boiling lasts for about five minutes. A little salt is used to
give flavor to it. The patient is made to drink slowly and
gradually. The body's immune system is thus revived, making
dengue helpless against the body's natural defenses. Camote
enables the body to heal itself.
Now you know why I earlier said that my friends' revelations
shocked me.
They were shocking because people are needlessly dying all
around us from dengue, while their very cure is also all around
us.
In the past, many were fond of using the derogatory statement,
"Go home and plant camote." Now, camote is big news. It can
save lives. What could be bigger than that?
So, to fortify your family against dengue, "Go home and plant
camote!"
(Engr. Lita Budiongan and Mr. Nepomuceno Salaga personally
related to me their experiences with their respective daughters. I
asked their permission to use their names.)
I am just copy-pasting here an email I received:
Speak out: Cure for dengue?
By Bernardo Rocha Calibo
Director, National Police Commission 7
THERE is hope that the dengue scourge will be obliterated.
I was in a meeting in Manila recently with other Napolcom
officials. While waiting for my flight back to Cebu, I happened
to talk with friends. The conversation eventually turned to
dengue. Some of their statements shocked me. I called up the
persons concerned and they confirmed these revelations.
Computer technician Wenceslao Salesale Jr., 27, was downed by
dengue. His platelet count plunged from 180 to 80. He was
rushed by ambulance from Novaliches to Manila. Inside the
ambulance, a relative, acting upon the advice of a missionary
priest, made him drink soup made from camote tops. The
following day, his platelet count was normal.
Dengue attacked the 7-year-old daughter of engineers Mar and
Lita Budlongan of Kaloocan City. Her platelet count read 80.
The same treatment was used. The following day she was back to
normal.
The 15-year-old daughter of businessman Nepomuceno Salaga of
Sampaloc, Manila had a dangerous platelet count of 80 due to
dengue. The same treatment was followed. The following day she
was back in school.
I asked a doctor of medicine about herbal cures and he said
that many, if not most, medicines come from plants. He also
said that under the Hippocratic Oath, doctors are bound
encourage anything that can cure a patient.
Research
We need not do research deep in the rainforests of the Amazon
or venture into the ocean depths in search of the elusive cure
for dengue. It is right there in the backyard.
The following information is from Wikipedia:
In 1992, the Center for Science in the Public Interest compared
the nutritional value of sweet potatoes to other vegetables.
Considering fiber content, complex carbohydrates, protein,
vitamins A and C, iron and calcium, the sweet potato ranked
highest in nutritional value. According to these criteria,
sweet potatoes earned 184 points, 100 points over the next on
the list, the common potato (NCSPC).
Sweet potato tops are excellent sources of antioxidative
compounds, mainly polyphenolics, which may protect the human
body from oxidative stress that is associated with many
diseases including cancer ad cardiovascular diseases. Sweet
potato greens have the highest content of total polyphenolics
among other commercial vegetables studied.
Sweet potatoes contain protein, dietary fiber, lipid, and
essential minerals and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorous,
magnesium, sodium, potassium, sulfur, iron, copper, zinc,
manganese, aluminum and boron. Sweet potatoes are also
important sources of vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and
ascorbic acid.
Camote
In the case of Salaga, he bought five sheaves (bugkos/ bigkis)
of camote cuttings. Each sheaf consists of about 12 cuttings.
Each cutting measures about one foot. A sheaf costs about P5.
Camote tops are boiled in water to extract the juice. The
boiling lasts for about five minutes. A little salt is used to
give flavor to it. The patient is made to drink slowly and
gradually. The body's immune system is thus revived, making
dengue helpless against the body's natural defenses. Camote
enables the body to heal itself.
Now you know why I earlier said that my friends' revelations
shocked me.
They were shocking because people are needlessly dying all
around us from dengue, while their very cure is also all around
us.
In the past, many were fond of using the derogatory statement,
"Go home and plant camote." Now, camote is big news. It can
save lives. What could be bigger than that?
So, to fortify your family against dengue, "Go home and plant
camote!"
(Engr. Lita Budiongan and Mr. Nepomuceno Salaga personally
related to me their experiences with their respective daughters. I
asked their permission to use their names.)