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cyanide
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zimbabwe-22-more-elephan...
Like to say its disgusting what is done to nature by human hands.
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It is really disgusting. Killing animals for money. Worse than cooking drugs. This is why I respect animals more than humans.
>What this post does with chemistry? Cyanide, but no prepararion or anything.
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What happens to rhinos is worse than that. At least, the tusks collected from elephants have a logical use. But the rhino horns, these the poachers
collect for Chinese baloney, eye-of-newt medicine!
Why don't they switch to homeopathy? Same level of baloney, same effectiveness. But the homeopathic pills are made of sugar, which isn't rare at all,
unlike rhinos!
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Smells like ammonia....
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Not all Chinese medicine is bunk, but the rhino horn stuff mostly is. I'm sure rhino horn contains lots of nutrients, but there are surely more
effective sources.
Homeopathy, on the other hand, is unadulterated hogwash.
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Quote: Originally posted by JJay  | Not all Chinese medicine is bunk, but the rhino horn stuff mostly is. I'm sure rhino horn contains lots of nutrients, but there are surely more
effective sources.
Homeopathy, on the other hand, is unadulterated hogwash. |
No, it is 10X diluted hogwash!
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Can't get your keratin any other way . . .
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I'm pretty sure a big bite of sand would be more nutritious than rhino horn.
Edit: but I would be more than happy to supply you with some horse hoof scrapings as the stuff is the same and they are evolutionary even sort of
closely related. Or go to Asia and get some pork knuckles... even closer related to rhinos.
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... apart from biting your fingernails.
Toenails if you're a contortionist.
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Most of these herbal medicine-type things, even if there is a grain of truth behind them, are completely eclipsed by modern medicine anyway. Not
mentioning any specific names here but...
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1.Get a ton of hair/nails
2.Grind it to a fine powder
3.Compress into a honk
4.Sell it for good $$
5.Repeat step 1. 2. 3. 4. and became rich.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Upsilon | | Most of these herbal medicine-type things, even if there is a grain of truth behind them, are completely eclipsed by modern medicine anyway. Not
mentioning any specific names here but... |
I once reviewed a database containing the medical records of approximately 4000 patients who had been treated with Chinese herbs. Traditional Chinese
medical treatments can be split into a few categories:
1. Bunk
2. Mostly bunk
3. Possibly useful - could potentially be investigated by modern medicine
4. Harmful
I would place rhino horn in the "mostly bunk" category. Bentonite would be bunk. Hemlock is harmful. Ginseng should be investigated further.
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Chinese medicine is where big pharm spends a lot of time looking for fresh leads.
Rhino horn is probably bogus, but plenty of traditional herbs, have legs.
Most recently, the Chinese government has devoted a lot of research into herbal medicines.
Necessity, of course, being the mother of this invention, also.
They simply cannot afford to manufacture or buy, the sheer volumes of Western medicines, required to treat their ailing masses.
Dan Shen Pian, once a small time hanger on, turns out to be very effective for a number of conditions. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25178948
Milk thistle, is very effective for nurturing your battered liver. https://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/milk-thistle
And, Artemesia has done good things in Africa, where it has proven to be a big time antimalarial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisinin
True many traditional treatments are bogus, but Fool's Gold.....Exists only because there is such a thing as Real Gold.
Oh yeah, Ginko..... Seems to work for me. Seems to make me mentally sharper. Though, I'm not sure that is a good thing.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/333.htm...
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Do you know by which logic they use rhino horn, and for what? For treating erectile dysfunction. Because rhino horn looks like an erect cock. Is this
"mostly" bunk? I think it is damn perfect bunk. Same as sugar pills.
Smells like ammonia....
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I'm curious about this plant called Devil's Club that is closely related to ginseng and grows in huge thickets.
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