*Elderberry, Echinacea, and Astragalus* can raise the cytokine levels. Which could make a mild case of the virus worse. Possibly deadly.
Researchers are still working on how to control cytokine storms caused by coronavirus related illnesses:
https://tinyurl.com/qs9lm8c and not everyone getting seriously ill is going to the hospital, for mostly financial reasons. So they take what they can get at the store.
So in the meantime we can at least keep from exacerbating the situation with common herbal treatments, where we could use other herbs instead.
ELDERBERRY is a great immune system builder. You can usually take it to boost your immune system, but if you get Cv-19. It can trigger a cytokine storm.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11399518/
"Elderberry possesses immunomodulatory properties through stimulation of cytokines."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1756464619300313
The two together can create too many cytokines. Which can cause a worsening of symptoms, and possibly death. Why risk this, when other herbal treatments are available?
ECHINACEA https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205674/
ASTRAGALUS https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18655554/)
Since you won't know you have the virus until *at least* 12 hours after you catch Cv-19, just hold off on these herbs while the pandemic is here.
Additional article.
http://www.naturalmedicinemamas.com/nmm-blog/cytokine-storm-and-herbs-life-or-death-information
As much as I use herbs myself, I'm going to believe doctors, and chemical & biomolecular engineers, over Stephen Buhner. Who's apparently digging in his heels over this.
https://www.stephenharrodbuhner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coronavirus.txt.pdf
He's the author of twenty-one books on herbal medicine, in depth belief in Gaian functioning and plant ecology. I understand where he's coming from, but I don't support his stance on elderberry.
https://www.chelseagreen.com/writer/stephen-harrod-buhner.
I'll stick with scientific journals. I'm not a doctor, or any certified medical professional, I'm not licensed to give health advice. Just sharing what I'm learning. Consult a physician if you're feeling ill. Y'all stay healthy now, ya hear?
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Thanks Morgan. The previous artical also warned against supplements that boost the immune system,but was more difficult to understand. Some of the readers took it to mean they should take supplements. So thanks for sharing this article.
ReplyDeleteI read all your sources and researched cases of cytokine storms in COVID 19 patients , and it has only happened in a very small percentage of very sick patients who had underlying autoimmune conditions and increased ferritin blood levels that make them more susceptible to a cytokine storm, which can be treated by Western medication. The causal relationships you are suggesting and conclusions you are jumping to are not substantiated by research nor by the sources you are citing. I read all of them, and I am a healthcare professional with a doctoral level education, and I disagree with your suggestions, as you said you are not a medical professional nor a scientist, and your post is un-necessarily scaring people who have been given advice to use these herbs as prevention for any infection by qualified MD's, Acupuncturists and Herbalists like Stephen Buhner who is respected in both Western and alternative healthcare circles.
ReplyDeleteIn addition your facts are inaccurate, You could not know for 14 days after infection whether you have COVID 19 or not, or ever as many people have mild symptoms and there is really no real research in COVID 19 patients as to any causal relationships with issues including NSAIDS such as ibuprofen, or blood pressure medications. I am just hearing this from a live broadcast from medical doctors who are even saying our tests are not sensitive enough to really confirm positive or negatively whether you have it our not and many people who are sick are testing positive for other co infections, so what people actually died from is in question.
ReplyDeleteUh, I looked through these citations and disagree with your cytokine argument. False flags!!
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