01/12/2025
Onderstaand de integraal overgenomen introductie op een review met als titel:” Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms with Immunomodulatory and Anticancer Properties -A Review on Hong Kong’s Experience.” Een zeer lezenswaardig stuk waarbij tevens wordt aangegeven hoe groot de acceptatie om ons heen is om natuurlijke producten als extra ondersteuning te gebruiken.
“Special plants have enjoyed the genuine trust of people around the world as being good for health, sometimes with special emphases on longevity. Ancient China, in particular, has lists of choice plants to maintain health. Since the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.–220 A.D.) remarkable documentations are available. One special area of intense interest and wisdom is related to infections and epidemics: from clinical presentations and treatment choices to public health measures. When bodily defense was mentioned in those days, although no assumption needs to be raised about immunological activities, it is also clear that advocates’ and narrators’ line of thought could be very near the modern concept of immunology at its most primitive level. Herbal formulations have been listed for the treatment of various infections in epidemics, their indications of use, and ways of preparation, which are handed down to today to facilitate therapeutic and preventive measures. The rich collection of plant items used for infection control have been studied in the laboratory and clinically along the modern directions of immunological activities—first with reference to infection as described in the old days and later diversifying into other immunological areas, notably cancer. This review will first briefly explore medicinal herbs in traditional Chinese medicine that have been studied in modern research platforms to identify their unique influences in some specific cellular and serological tests related to immunological activities. Some of these herbs have been selected in our home-ground to serve our aspirations on cancer treatment and epidemics. Bron: Molecules 2021, 26, 2173. https:// doi.org/10.3390/molecules26082173.”