Star Anise Spice: New Treatment for Bird Flu?11.30.05
source: http://www.drugs.com/news/star-anise-spice-new-bird-flu-1631.html
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Tamiflu (oseltamivir) may have a new rival. Star anise, a licorice-flavored spice that is a staple of many Asian kitchens, may be a new weapon in the arsenal to fight global influenza...
In its original form as a spice, star anise offers little or no help to flu sufferers. Shikimic acid is extracted from the fruit's distinctive seedpod only by a lengthy and complicated process-and the details are Roche's trade-secret....
...Even Chinese medical practitioners advise consumers not to bother stockpiling star anise as a protection against the flu.
In its original form as a spice, star anise offers little or no help to flu sufferers. Shikimic acid is extracted from the fruit's distinctive seedpod only by a lengthy and complicated process-and the details are Roche's trade-secret....
...Even Chinese medical practitioners advise consumers not to bother stockpiling star anise as a protection against the flu.
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artemis6
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Can you get it from a practitioner ?
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artemis6
