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Isoprinosine have both immunomodulating and antiviral
properties. It helps to treat acute and chronic viral
infections. Isoprinosine acts on the immune system
to restore impaired cell-mediated response to baseline
in addition to enhancing humoral response. It has
also a direct antiviral activity. Isoprinosine can
reduce the intensity of symptoms and shorten the duration
of the viral infection. In addition, the occurrence
of complications is reduced and the frequency and
severity of recurrences is minimised. Isoprinosine
is an immunoenhancing agent in aged humans.
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RHODIOLA
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Preparation of tea: cut fine 5g of
Rhodiola Rosea roots. 1 cup of boiling water pour
in roots and leave for (brew) at least 4 hours. Than
filter. Daily dosage: 1/5 cup - 3-5 times per day.
For better taste dilute Rhodiola Rosea tea with juice,
tonic or other herbal tea.
Preparation of tincture
for personal usage: Mill 30 g of Rhodiola
Rose roots in a coffee-grinder no less than 5-10 mm,
add 150 ml of light spirits (30-40%), agitate and
steep 3-5 days at room temperature. Separate and filter
the extract. Dosage: ? tsp. x 3 times per day.
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RHODIOLA
ROSEA (dry extract tablets, total rosavins 40%) |
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A large proportion of all aging diseases (perhaps
70-80%) is believed to occur because the stress level
is too high, and/or too long-term. High-stress modern
living is probably the main factor causing chronic
disease and premature aging. Fortunately, Mother Nature
has an answer to this challenge - a unique class of
herbal products called "adaptogens".
Adaptogens have the broadest spectrum of healing properties
of any herbal medicine, but their unique value is
that they specifically relieve stress.
The main effects of adaptogens
are an increased availability of energy during the
day, a reduction of stressed feelings, increased endurance,
greater mental alertness, and deep and restful sleep.
Also, adaptogens significantly accelerate the recovery
process after illness. The author of this article
was ill for many years, and became weaker and weaker,
despite trying a variety of medicines and supplements.
Doctors could not diagnose the illness, but probably
it was an autoimmune disorder, with too many symptoms
to name. One day one of my friends had sent me roots
of Rhodiola Rosea from Moscow (Russia) and advised
me to prepare Rhodiola water tea to drink. After some
trial and error, I found this Siberian root worked
better than anything else I had tried; and it increased
the effectiveness of other supplements as well. I
decided to search to find out more about this wonderful
herbal adaptogen.
According to modern science, adaptogens
are natural plant products that increase the body's
ability to cope with internal and external stress
factors, and normalize the functions of the organism.
They help maintain the stable internal environment
inside the organism known as homeostasis. An important
characteristic is that they are safe, possessing few
known side effects.
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University of Alabama
at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine,
Birmingham, USA.
Since the initial descriptions of
AIDS in the late 1970s, much has been learned about
the biology of HIV-1 and the cells it infects. Much
has also been learned about mother-to-infant viral
transmission and the natural history of HIV-1 infection.
Key studies led to strategies for interrupting mother-to-infant
transmission, resulting in a significant decline in
neonatal HIV-1 infection. More proficient diagnostic
techniques made early diagnosis of HIV-1-infected
neonates and infants possible during asymptomatic
or mildly symptomatic disease stages. Major advances
in treatment led to the control of viral replication
and thereby altered the course of disease progression.
HIV-1/AIDS-associated neurologic disorders declined
in parallel. In countries where these therapies are
readily available, a dramatic decline in the number
of infants born HIV-1 infected has been realized as
has a markedly improved survival rate of those infected.
Many questions remain, however. The long-term effects
of prenatal exposure to antiretroviral agents are
not yet known and continue to be studied. Just exactly
how HAART therapy may affect early signs of pediatric
HIV-1/AIDS-associated CNS disease, should they develop,
is unclear. As new anti-retroviral agents are developed
and new combination drug regimens are instituted,
the potential for neurologic complications, toxicities,
and adverse drug interactions (e.g., with antiepileptic
drugs (AEDS)) exists and needs to be identified and
monitored.
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PIP: A 15-member medical research
team at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa,
has developed a compound which halted, and even reversed,
the progression of HIV disease in human clinical trial
subjects. The compound is a mixture of sterols and
sterolins, which are found in all plants, yet identified
through the more than $10 million of medical research
and clinical trial funding provided by Essential Sterolin
Products, a small, family-owned South African pharmaceutical
company which has recently acquired a world patent
for the compound. The compound does not affect viral
replication, but instead helps the patient's natural
immune system fight off HIV. 300 volunteers with HIV
were involved in the double-blind placebo clinical
trials launched in 1993. The compound's therapeutic
power became clear after 6 months, so the trial was
ended on ethical grounds. Administration of the compound
has halted patients' physical deterioration, T-cell
counts have increased by several hundred percent in
some patients, HIV loads are decreasing, there have
been no apparent side effects, and patients report
both weight gain and a reduction in skin irritations.
The compound is taken in pill form three times per
day before meals at the current cost of approximately
40 US cents per day. The head of Essential Sterolin
Products wants to keep the compound's price low so
that people with HIV can afford it. The company is
currently negotiating with two international drug
corporations to market the compound worldwide as therapy
for HIV patients. The capsules are already on the
market in South Africa as a food supplement in health
nutrition stores.
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