Nature and Global Teamwork:
Creating Ultimate Health Care
by Amy Greeson, RPh
S
everal years ago researchers at
our pharmaceuticals have been manu-
comes vital that we strongly protect and
Harvard, led by John Burley, went
factured, derived from, or synthetically
preserve all life forms. Tragically, today
to the island of Borneo in search
patterned. Furthermore, it is only be-
we continue to lose environments, spe-
of medical cures. When they returned
cause medicine men, medicine women,
cies, and cultures at an alarming rate.
to the United States they analyzed their
healers, and indigenous cultures have
How many cures have we forever lost?
specimens in laboratories, working with
been willing to share their knowledge
How much wisdom and knowledge is
the National Cancer Institute. To their
and wisdom that a great majority of
eternally lost? How long will it take to
surprise, they discovered that samples
these medicines are even a reality. These
truly honor, appreciate and respect all
from a particular tree appeared to 'knock
resources have given us pharmaceuti-
cultures ?
the socks off' of HIV-1 (AIDS). They ea-
cals like:
We have yet to truly even explore
gerly returned to the jungle to collect
• Antibiotics like penicillin, cepha-
our world and its natural healing po-
more samples, only to discover that the
losporins, vancomycin, and strepto-
tential. In many ways it’s exciting, as
tree was no longer there... the area had
mycin;
one can only begin to fathom the pos-
been destroyed. To this day, we have yet
• Blood thinners like warfarin (Cou-
sibilities. And, at the same time, it is im-
to find that particular tree.
madin) and heparin;
portant not to be too eager to embrace
Nature has been promoting health
• Blood pressure meds/ACE-inhibi-
everything just because it is natural.
and curing disease, illness, and imbal-
tors like capoten (captopril);
Nature can heal...and nature can kill. (
ance for as long as man has been on
• Anesthesia meds that were origi-
Some of the most powerful treatments
Planet Earth. Indigenous cultures contin-
nally derived from curare;
we are exploring are coming from the
ue to hold many of these secrets today,
• Statin drugs for cholesterol like
most venomous and deadly creatures on
using therapies that have been used for
Lipitor, Mevacor, and Zocor;
the planet.)
hundreds and often thousands of years.
• Medications for diabetes like met-
One must exercise caution with the
Surprisingly, only 1/2 of 1% of all higher
formin (Glucophage) and Byetta.
selection and quality of the products one
plant species on Earth have been exten-
buys, and especially from whom one
sively studied for their medicinal value.
These were all created from a 'blue-
takes advice. The Internet, for example,
1/2 of 1% !
print' of nature. These examples of phar-
is an amazing tool yet it allows much
From less than 5% of all life forms
maceuticals come from fungi, bacteria,
information to be given that may not
on Planet Earth, approximately 55% of
molds, frogs, plants, and animals. It be-
be accurate. Additionally, people who
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