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Aloe is the best

Aloe, also written Aloë, is a genus containing about four hundred species of flowering succulent plants.
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Order : Asparagales
Family : Asphodelaceae
Genus : Aloe

are u known " Aloe "?, I hope so because this is the best plant with lot of function.
Beside it will suitable as decoration plant, it also cures some diseases and useful in beauty plane. Unfortunately still many of people dislike with the unpleasant aroma, and also the taste is not so good enough to consume in fresh condition or unripe.

In this early aloe is became the greatest and most popular plant which used in a lot of daily product. We will find products in foundation, sunscreen, lips product, soap, hair care, face treatment, and even in juice and desserts.

There are many various of aloe, but the most popular is " Aloe Vera " its may more bitter than other aloe in this class and uses for cure diseases and some allergic problem. Aloe vera, is a member of the lily family, is a spiky, succulent, perennial plant



In History

Aloe vera has been in use for thousands of years, and is mentioned in records as long ago as 1750 B.C. Use of the plant is thought to have originated in Egypt or the Middle East. It was reputedly used in Egyptian embalming procedures, as drawings of Aloe vera have been found on cave walls in the region.

Legend has it that Aloe vera was one of Cleopatra's secrets for keeping her skin soft. Pliny and Dioscorides of ancient Greece wrote of the healing effects of this plant. Additionally, Alexander the Great is said to have acquired Madagascar so that he could utilize the Aloe vera growing there to treat soldiers' wounds. It is also a remedy which has long been used in the Indian practice of Ayurvedic medicine.

In the United States, Aloe vera was in use by the early 1800s, but primarily as a laxative. A turning point occurred in the mid-1930s, when a woman with chronic and severe dermatitis resulting from x-ray treatments was healed by an application of Aloe vera leaf gel. Success with this patient encouraged trials with others suffering from radiation burns. Evidence of the effectiveness remained anecdotal until 1953, when Lushbaugh and Hale produced a convincing study, using Aloe vera to treat beta radiation lesions in rats.

Other experimental protocols have been carried out using animals since that time, but there is little human research data to describe the degree of effectiveness of Aloe vera treatment. Some evidence suggests that it is especially helpful in the elderly and other people with impaired health or failing immune systems.

Biologic Components

Aloe vera contains a wealth of substances that are biologically active. The laxative, and in large doses, purgative, effects of Aloe vera latex are attributable to a group of chemicals known as the anthraquinones. Aloin, barbaloin, and aloe-emodin, and aloectic acid, are a few of the anthraquinones contained in the latex layer.

The latest, and perhaps most exciting component discovered in Aloe vera is a biologically active polysaccharide known as acetylated mannose, or acemannan. This substance has been shown to be a highly effective immune stimulant, with activity against the viruses causing the flu, measles, and early stages of AIDS. It has been used effectively against some veterinary cancers, most notably sarcoma, and is being investigated as an agent to be used to treat cancer in humans. Acemannan is one of many saccharides contained in Aloe vera.

Some of the others are arabinose, cellulose, galactose, mannose, and xylose. Prostaglandins are a third important set of compounds, and are thought to play a major role in wound healing. Aloe vera also contains fatty acids, enzymes, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and other substances. The interaction of all these components produces a favorable environment for wound healing.

General Use

Few botanicals are as well known or as highly thought of as the Aloe vera plant. Throughout recorded history, it has been used to keep skin beautiful and restore it to health. A frequent moisturizing ingredient in cosmetics and hair care products, it also promotes the healing of burns and superficial wounds, but should not be used on deep or surgical wounds of punctures.

Topical application has been successful in treatment of sunburn, frostbite, radiation injuries, some types of dermatitis, psoriasis, cuts, insect stings, poison ivy, ulcerations, abrasions, and other dermatologic problems. Healing is promoted by the anti-inflammatory components, including several glycoproteins and salicylates, and substances that stimulate growth of skin and connective tissue. Aloe vera contains a number of vitamins and minerals that are necessary to healing, including vitamin C, vitamin E, and zinc.


It also exerts antifungal and antibacterial effects, and thus helps to prevent wound infections. One study showed it to have a little more activity than the antiseptic silver sulfadiazine against a number of common bacteria that can infect the skin. It has moisturizing and pain relieving properties for the skin lesions, in addition to healing effects.

Aloe vera gel products may also be used internally. They should not contain the laxative chemicals found in the latex layer. There is some evidence that Aloe vera juice has a beneficial effect on peptic ulcers, perhaps inhibiting the causative bacteria, Helicobacter pylori. It appears to have a soothing effect on the ulcer, and interferes with the release of hydrochloric acid by the stomach.

Colitis and other conditions of the intestinal tract may also respond favorably to the internal use of gel products. Aloe vera has been shown to exert a stabilizing effect on blood sugar in studies done on mice, indicating a possible place for it in the treatment of diabetes. One study suggested that giving Aloe vera extract orally to patients with asthma who are not dependent on steroids could improve symptoms. A health care provider should be consulted about these uses.

Other suggested, but insufficiently proven, indications for oral Aloe vera gel include prevention of kidney stones and relief of arthritis pain.

Aloe vera products derived from the latex layer are taken orally for the laxative effect. They can cause painful contractions of the bowel if taken in high doses. Milder measures are recommended first.The concentration of the immune stimulant acemannan is variable in the natural plant, as well as gel and juice products, but it is also available in a purified, standardized, pharmaceutical grade form. An injectable type is used in veterinary medicine to treat fibrosarcoma and feline leukemia, a condition caused by a virus in the same family as AIDS.

Products

Choosing effective Aloe vera products can be challenging. Once a leaf is cut, enzymes start to break down some of the long chain sugars which make Aloe vera gel an effective healing product, so it is important for the plant to have been properly handled and stabilized.

Ask for help in selecting a reputable company to buy from. When shopping for a product to use for topical healing, look for Aloe vera to be one of the first products listed to ensure that it is not too dilute to be efficacious.

Commercial, stabilized gel products may not work as well as the fresh gel, but cold processing is thought to best retain the beneficial properties. The FDA does not regulate labeling of Aloe vera products.Aloe vera juice is most often the form of the gel that is used internally. At least half of the juice should be Aloe vera gel.

If laxative properties are not desired, be sure that the juice does not contain latex. A product that is made from the whole leaf does not necessarily contain anthraquinones from the latex layer, as those are water-soluble and can be separated out during processing. Capsules and tinctures of the gel are also available.

Oral forms of the latex extract are generally capsules, as it is extremely bitter. One suggest, if you wanna get health I am sure that you doesn't mind with the taste what ever it is.

How to Growing Aloe At Home

For common topical use, keeping an Aloe vera plant at home is one of the easiest ways to get the freshest and most concentrated gel. It is easy to cultivate, requiring only good drainage, mild temperatures, and occasional watering.

Bring the plant inside if outside temperatures are less than 40°F (4.4°C). It will tolerate either full or partial sunlight, but will require more frequent watering in full sun. Water it only when the soil has become dry.

To use the gel, break off a leaf and cut it lengthwise to expose the inner layer. Scoop the gel out and apply generously to the area needing treatment. Discard whatever gel is not used immediately, as it will degenerate quickly. The inner portion of the leaf may also be applied directly to a skin injury, and bound to it.

Precautions

Aloe vera gel is generally safe for topical use, but it is best to apply it to a small area first to test for possible allergic reaction.

Stinging and generalized dermatitis may result in individuals who are sensitive to it. The vast majority of the warnings apply only to products containing anthraquinones, such as aloin and barbaloin (as well as the numerous others), which are found in the latex layer of the plant.

Aloe vera latex should not be used internally by women who are pregnant or lactating, or by children. This product can cause abortion or stimulate menstruation. It may pass into the milk of breastfeeding mothers.

People who have abnormal kidney function, heart disease, or gastrointestinal diseases are best advised to avoid any product containing Aloe vera latex or anthraquinones. Prolonged, internal use in high doses may produce tolerance so that more is required to obtain the laxative effect. Be aware of the possibility that any Aloe vera product for internal use that is supposed to contain only the gel portion can become contaminated by the anthraquinones of the latex layer.

For this reason, people who have a contraindication for using Aloe vera latex should use caution when taking an Aloe vera gel product internally.

But Wait; internal use of Aloe vera latex may turn the urine red, and may also cause abdominal pain or cramps when products containing anthraquinones are consumed.

Interactions

Chronic internal use of products containing Aloe vera latex may increase the likelihood of potassium loss when used concomitantly with diuretics or corticosteroids.

It may possibly compound the risk of toxicity when used with cardiac glycosides (both prescription and herbal types) and antiarrhythmic drugs. Absorption of other oral medications can be decreased. Aloe vera latex should not be used with other laxative herbs, which may also lead to excessive potassium loss.

Internal use of Aloe vera gel can cause changes in blood sugar, so diabetics should monitor blood glucose levels during use, particularly if insulin or other pharmaceuticals are being used to control hyperglycemia.Topical Aloe vera may enhance the effect of topical corticosteroids and allow a reduction in the amount of the steroid being used.

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Maybe you knows that a lot of flower that we had can cure us from illnes, try these any way ......

( Jasminum sambac, Ait.)

Familia :

Oleranceae

Description :

Jasmine ( jasminum sambac) including crop having many benefits. Its(the interest having colour aromatic and dinky white, often applied for various requirement. Jasmine, can flower during the year and can thrive at friable soil; land; ground with height around 600 or 800 metre to sea level, so long as getting enough sunshines. Jasmine can be breeding by the way of cutting. Bydm soriyts will seen after having age around 6 week.

Local Name :

Jasmine ( English), Jasmine ( French), Yasmin ( Arab); Jasmine ( Indonesia), Jasmine ( Java), Malati ( Sunda); Malate ( Madura), Menuh ( Bali);

1. Stops abundant secretory ASI

Material: 1 grasps jasmine leaf

Way of making: the material is smooth peel

Way of using: patched around bodice, every morning

before bath.

2. Eye pain ( red-eyed or conjunctivitis)

Material: 1 grasps jasmine leaf

Way of making: the material is smooth peel

Way of using: patched at forehead, if have been running dry

changed has just, repeats until recovering.

3. Swelling as result of bee leaf attack

Material: 1 grasps jasmine

Way of making: the material crumples up until smooth

Way of using: patched at part stung by bee.

4. Fever and headache

Material: 1 grasps jasmine leaf, 10 jasmines

Way of making: the material crumples up by hand,

then is soaked with water in food case

Way of using: this immersion water applied for forehead compress

5. Breathless

Material: 20 jasmine leaf sheets and salt sufficiently

Way of making: the material is braised with 3 water glass until

boils so remains 2 glass and filtered.

Way of using: patched around bodice, every morning

before bath.

Composition :

CHEMISTRY CONTENT : Jasmine contains big chemical element compounds of its(the benefit for therapy. the chemical content for example indol, benzyl, livalylacetaat.

Wijaya Kusuma

(Epiphyllum anguliger)

Familia :
Cactaceae

Wijayakusuma ( Epiphyllum anguliger) including cactus type, division anthophita, nation opuntiales and class dicotiledoneae. Cactus type there is around 1500 types ( set of relatives). Cactus crop can live fertility in medium area until tropical. And so do crop wijayakusuma. Interest wijayakusuma rhenium only a few moments just and not all crops wijayakusuma can flower easily, depended from climate, soil fertility and way of keeping.

In general cactus type crop difficult to be determined its (the morphology, but visible wijayakusuma clearly such part of leaf and such part of its(the bar, after this crop old in age. Tree trunk wijayakusuma actually formed from minimizing and ossifying leaf blade. Its(the leaf flat blade, having green colour with surface of smooth leaf not thorny, it's different with cactus in general. In each leaf ridge wijayakusuma there is hollowing’s growed by leaf bydm soriyt or interest . Wijayakusuma can grow good of place that is too not temperature.

Local Name :
Wijayakusuma (Indonesia);

Cures :

1. Hurt

Material: 1 lamina wijayakusuma

Way of making: boxed is smooth

Way of using: dabbed at hurt, then is wraped verban.

Cretin Lotus

(Nymphaea tetragona Georgi)

Familia :
Nymphaeaceae

Description :

This lotus type spread over in Asian continent, American, continent China, Korea, Japan and Indonesia. cretinous Lotus included in Nymphaea alba L. Water crop or bog, grows wild at [shallow/ superficial] water pond or looked after in pools as decoration. Leaf and exit interest from rhizome root in mud base, is growing upward at water level. Leaf floats at water level, medium of interest at [shallow/ superficial] water will emerge above water level. Shield similar leaf blade, jagged edge, part of narrow; tight jetty and in, its (green color. Interest blooms during 4 hour(clock only. Petal of its (the color purple.

Local Name :
Tunjung;

Curable Disease :

Hypertension, chronic spastic at child, addiction of alcohol;

PART USED:

Interest, root. When its(the interest is blooming, ready for plucked then is put to the sun until drought, and can be exploited as tribal medicine. Fresh usage or which has been dried.

USEFULNESS:

High blood pressure.

Chronic spastic at Child.

addiction of Alcohol.

USAGE:

To drink: 7-14 leaves interest, braised.

WAY OF USAGE:

1. Chronic spastic at Child:

7-14 Leaves interest is braised with 3 clean water glass until remaining

2 glass. After chilling filtered, drinks.

Composition :

CHEMICAL CARACTER AND FARMAKOLOJIC EFFECT: Reduces temperature, activates function of spleen. CHEMISTRY CONTENT: acidulous Root and leaf of amino and alkaloid.

Tunjung

( Nymphaea lotus L.)

Synonym :

= Nymphaea lotus, Linn.var.pubescens, ( Willd.) Hookf.& Thoms,

Familia :

Nymphaeaceae

Description :

Water crop or bog, grows wild at [shallow/ superficial] water pond or looked after in pools as pool decorator in garden. Its (the origin from African. Leaf and exit interest from rhizome root in growing soil; land; ground upward at water level. Leaf floats at water level, medium of interest at [shallow/ superficial] water will emerge above water level. Shield similar leaf blade, ellipse orbicular sometime folds, jagged edge, part of its (the narrow basal; be covered tight and in, its(the color green, its(the color underside more general and youngly of short which meeting. Leaf measure, long 15-50 cm, wide 12-45 cm. Rather interest stinks, blooms is nocturnal and closes in the day time. Petal 13-28, its(the color is white, red or yellow of purple. Ripe fruit under water, similar spoon’s, opens irregular. White color interest ( white water lily) preferred to be used in therapy.

Local Name :

small Tarate, tarate utan, white tunjung ( Indonesia); Tunjung bodas, tunjung says ( Sunda).;

Curable Disease :

Spastic, insensible, drunken of alcohol, abscess, chafes, tumor, ulcer; Diabetes. Lung tuberculosis, depress function of sexual;

PART USED:

Interest, root. Fresh usage or which has been dried.

USEFULNESS:

Interest:

Spastic at child.

1. Insensible because hot weather ( heat stroke).
2. Drunken of alcohol.
3. Depress function of sexual ( anaphrodisiac).
4. Skin disease like abscess, chafes, tumor and ulcer.
5. Diabetes ( diabetes).

Root:

lung tuberculosis.

USAGE:

To drink: Interest 3-5 leaf, root 6-9 g, braised.

Lotus

( Nelumbium nelumbo Druce)

Synonym :

= Nelumbiurn nuciferum, Gaertn. = N. speciosum, Wilid. = Nelumbo nucifera, Gaertn. = Nyrnphaea nelumbo, Linn.

Familia :

Nymphaeaceae

Description :

Beautiful chronical water crop, original from Asian continent. Lotus conducting in water territory and pool, sometime is found grows wild in marsh. straightening growth Water crop. Scaly thick rhizome, creep grows. Leaf and exit interest directly from its (the rhizome which tied at mud in pool base. Wide leaf blade and integer, supported by long handle and integer is having diameter 0,5-1 cm, length 75-150 cm. Incumbent leaf to the above of water level, boosts straightening like shield. Surface of leaf is having wax; candle; its (the color white green, plane edge, rather centered concave, vena spread over from center leaf towards edge, diameter 30-50 cm.

Its(the interest fragrance, grows boosts above water level with long integer handle and steady, interest shank length 75-200 cm. Interest diameter 15-25 cm, yellows gist; heads stamen, wide corolla, something single and something double by ruddling jambu, white and yellows. Interest blooms one day full from morning until evening. After wilting, corolla scales off until finally remains interest base which will become ovary, its form like inversed trapeze with flat surface a kind of spoons and perforated contains 15-30 seeds, its (the color chartreuse, then green and finally black chocolate, diameter 6-11 cm. Seed its form integer like peanut, there is in fruit holes which is in the form of like wasp den.

Seed which have been its(the color stripper green blackness, its(the age about 1 month of since its(the interest bloomed. Its(the leaf is usually is used as component of packer, young rhizome and seed can be eaten. Buddhist religion assumes this interest as a symbol for chastity, mirror in so many painting and statue depicting Buddha is sitting meditation above lotus.

Local Name :

Padma, seroia, terate, tarate, big taratai.;

Curable Disease :

Diarrhea, dysentery, white, cancer nasopharynx, fever, insomnia; Hypertension, blood vomit, nosebleed, bleeding cough, heart pain; Gives, headache, defecates and blood urine, anemia, ejaculation;

PART USED:

All crop. Rhizome, leaf and handle, interest and stamen, seed and interest prop which like den tawon/spons ( reseptacle), and seed bydm soriyt. Fresh usage or which has been dried.

USEFULNESS:

Seed:

1. absorbtion trouble of Food ( mal absorbent ).
2. Diarrhea because weak body, chafes chronic intestine ( chronic enteritis).
3. Dysentery.
4. Vomits.
5. White, haemorrhage to woman.
6. Wet dream ( spermatorrhea).
7. Sleepless, many dreams.
8. Urine felt pain and turbid.
9. lackluster drawn ( neurasthenia).
10. Cancer nasopharynx.

Lotus seed bydm soriyt:

1. Fever, thirsty taste.
2. Heart palpitates, jumpy.
3. Blood vomit.
4. early Ejaculation.
5. Red-eyed and swelling.
6. Sleepless (insomnia).
7. High blood (hypertension).

Stamen:

1. nighttime sperm exit ( sperrnatorrhea).
2. White ( leucorrhea).
3. Haemorrhage of like blood vomit, dysentery.
4. often urine.
5. Cannot arrest;detain urine ( enuresis).

Pentackle:

1. Haemorrhage of abundant content.
2. Abundant menstruation blood.
3. Haemorrhage at the time pregnancy.
4. Dilution exit ( lochia) abundant after delivering birth.
5. Stomachache under as result of blood cork.
6. Defecates blood, blood urine.
7. Pile, wet scabies.

Rhizome:

1. Fever, thirsty taste.
2. Bleeding cough, blood vomit, nosebleed.
3. Defecates blood, blood urine. High blood pressure.
4. Heart pain.
5. Stomach trouble.
6. Less blood ( anemia ).
7. Trouble at menopause (manopause).
8. Neurosis.

Root:

1. Blood vomit, nosebleed.
2. Red and hot urine.
3. Bleeding cough, defecates blood.

Leaf:

1. Insensible because temperature atmosphere ( heat stroke).
2. Diarrhea because temperature or damp.
3. Confused, headache.
4. Gives.
5. Haemorrhage of like nosebleed, blood vomit, defecates blood.
6. Haemorrhage to woman.

Leaf base:

1. Dysentery bloody, diarrhoea.
2. Baby in contents of not peace.

Bar:

1. Heat stroke, insensible.
2. Chest felt depress because temperature or damp.
3. Diarrhoea, vomit.
4. White.

Interest:

1. Beaten ( trauma).
2. Haemorrhage.
3. Chafes skin to fester ( impetigo).

Rhizome flour:

1. Adds appetite to eat,
2. Weak body and less blood.
3. Diarrhea.

USAGE:

To drink:

• Rhizome: 240 g. Braised or in juice.
• Leaf: 5-12 g, braises.
• Handle: 3-5 g, braises.
• Interest. 3-5 g, braises.
• Stamen: 3-10 g, braises.
• Receptacle: 10-15 g, braises.
• Seed: 5-12 g, braises.
• Lotus seed bydm soriyt: 1,5-3 g, braises.

WAY OF USAGE:

1. Bleeding cough, blood vomit:

Lotus rhizome is washed out then juiced, until collected 1 glass

measure 200 cc. Drinks, does during 3-5 days successively.

2. Vomit, diarrhea :

50 g lotus rhizome and 15 g ginger is cleaned then juiced or grated,

takes its(the water. Drinks, one day 3 times.

3. Dysentery:

50 g lotus rhizome and 10 g ginger, grated or juiced. Water

its(the juice is added [by] 10O cc water, then is heated until

boils. After chilling adds 1 honey tablespoon, swirled

then is drinked.

4. High blood:

1. 10 g lotus seed and 15 g lotus seed bydm soriyt. ( lien shim), braised
2. with 350 cc water until remaining 200 cc. Drinks every day

like tea.

3. Lotus seed bydm soriyt ( lien shim) 10-15 g is braised with water
4. sufficiently until boiling, drinks as tea. Earns also lotus seed bydm soriyt milled to be smooth, pours boiling water into with temperature water, drinks.

5. Hot in, goiter, also useful for heart patient and lever:

100 g lotus rhizome and 50 g sea grass fresh rhizome, cleaned

then is cut to pieces sufficiently. Braises with 500 cc clean water

until remaining 250 cc. After chilling filtered, drinks like tea.

6. Blood exit from nose ( nosebleed):

Joint lotus root is washed out then juiced. Its(the water is dripped to

nose.

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Gold is not only used in jewels industry, in cosmetic and healthy industries gold also adding in treatment and beauty programs.

Same as diamond or crystal, some spa or beauty center industries use golden dust to create new procedures which interconnected with some treatment they have.

And some specialist use some gold mixture to cure some diseases. Pure gold is non-toxic and non-irritating when ingested and is sometimes used as a food decoration in the form of gold leaf. It is also a component of the alcoholic drinks Goldschläger, Gold Strike, and Goldwasser. Gold is approved as a food additive in the EU (E175 in the Codex Alimentarius).

Soluble compounds (gold salts) such as potassium gold cyanide, used in gold electroplating, are toxic to the liver and kidneys. There are rare cases of lethal gold poisoning from potassium gold cyanide. Gold toxicity can be ameliorated with chelating agents such as British anti-Lewisite.

About gold treatment

Gold treatment includes different forms of gold salts used to treat arthritis. Gold is an effective medicine for controlling some types of arthritis and related diseases. In some people, it helps relieve joint pain and stiffness, reduce swelling and bone damage, and reduce the chance of joint deformity and disability.

If your arthritis improves with gold treatment, you may be able to resume many or all of your normal daily activities. But taking gold also involves some risks and precautions.

Does gold cure arthritis?

Gold does not cure arthritis. However, it helps keep the disease under control. Gold treatment relieves the pain caused by active joint swelling. It may also help prevent future joint damage caused by this swelling.

Gold treatment will not repair or correct existing joint damage or deformities. So, it will not reduce the pain or disability caused by these problems. Other types of treatment may be available for these problems.

Does gold help everyone?

Gold treatment does not help everyone. But arthritis usually improves in about one-half of all people treated early in the course of the disease. Many "late starters" may also benefit from gold. Two or three of every 10 people do not benefit from gold. Another two to three stop taking it for other reasons. It is impossible to tell in advance who will benefit and who will not. The odds, however, are in your favor.

When is gold treatment used?

Gold is used most often to treat rheumatoid arthritis. It is sometimes also used to treat juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

Gold appears to work best in the early stages of arthritis, but it may be effective in anyone with active joint pain and swelling. Because the treatment involves certain side effects and inconveniences, it may be used only if your arthritis does not improve with simpler or safer treatments. These include medicines such as aspirin, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or cortisone-like drugs (prednisone); in combination with exercise, physical therapy, and rest.

Deciding to use gold treatment Before recommending gold treatment, your doctor will consider these questions:

1. How severe is your disease?
2. How many joints are affected?
3. Which joints are affected?
4. Will joint damage or disability occur if gold is not used?
5. How has your arthritis responded to other treatments?
6. Is there time to try other treatments before beginning gold treatment?
7. Is there so much joint damage from the arthritis that there will be no significant benefits from gold treatment?
8. Do you have any other condition that would make the use of gold more hazardous (for example, severe anemia, kidney disease, or certain types of skin conditions)?

You and your doctor will work together to decide if gold treatment is right for you. Treatment program

How does it work?

It is not known exactly how gold compounds help rheumatoid arthritis. It appears that gold affects the process that causes the joint pain and swelling. Until the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is discovered, the way in which gold seems to slow down the disease process probably will remain a mystery.

How long does it take to work?

Gold works slowly and gradually. Most people begin to notice a difference within two to six months after they start taking it.

How long will the effects last?

Your gold treatment may become less effective after several years. There is no way to predict how long gold will continue to benefit you. But you should continue to take it as long as your arthritis improves and you don't have any serious side effects. If you stop taking the medicine while it still benefits you, your arthritis may become active again within several months.

How is it given?

Gold can either be injected into a muscle in the buttock or arm, or be taken in capsule form by mouth (oral gold). You and your doctor can decide which form is best for you. In general, oral gold may cause fewer side effects, but may not be as effective as injectable gold.

Injected

When injected, gold is given as gold sodium thiomalate (brand name: Myochrysine) or as aurothioglucose (brand name: Solganal). Injections must be given by your doctor or nurse. First, you'll be given a small dose, to make sure you do not have a severe reaction to the medicine. Then, you'll gradually be given larger doses until the full dose is reached. The full dose is given every week for four to five months. The dose is then adjusted, depending on how your arthritis improves and whether you have any side effects. When things are going well, the periods between injections will be increased, usually up to four weeks. Since everyone reacts differently to gold, some people will require more frequent injections than other people.

You may notice that your arthritis seems worse for a day or two after a gold injection. This does not always mean you must stop taking injections, but you should report these symptoms to your doctor.

Capsule form

In capsule form, gold is given as auranofin (brand name: Ridaura). It is usually given as two capsules every day. Some doctors prefer to start treatment with a single capsule for the first several weeks. You may be given slightly higher or lower doses from time to time, depending on the side effects and how well your arthritis responds. Never change the dose on your own. Talk with your doctor if you have questions.

Side effects

About side effects of gold treatment

This page includes some information about side effects of gold treatment.

Remember:

• Not everyone taking gold will have side effects.
• Most side effects are minor, but some can be serious.
• Side effects can occur at any time during treatment with gold.
• They may also occur for many months after you stop taking it.
• Talk to your doctor about the side effects; usually, the benefits of the medicine outweigh the risks.

Common side effects

Common side effects of gold treatment include:

Skin rash

The rash is usually itchy, red, and scaly, with tiny bumps. It may appear anywhere on the body, and can eventually cover the whole body. It usually occurs on the chest, arms, and legs. It can also cause sores inside the mouth. The rash can be quite severe and uncomfortable at times.

Generally, it is mild and affects only a few spots. It usually goes away on its own within several weeks, if gold is stopped.

Metallic taste, small sores in the mouth, or thinning of the hair

These problems often go away when the dosage of gold is lowered.

Diarrhea or loose bowel movements

These are common side effects of oral gold. This does not mean you'll have to stop taking the medicine. The problem may go away by itself or may go away if the dose is lowered. Taking a bulk-forming laxative may help manage this side effect. If you have loose bowels for more than a few days, or if you have severe abdominal pain or other symptoms, contact your doctor as soon as possible.

Allergy-like reactions

This sometimes occurs shortly after a gold injection. You may feel weak, faint, dizzy or nauseous. This usually goes away after you lie down for a few minutes.

Less common side effects

Less common side effects of gold treatment include:

Damage to the bone marrow

(The bone marrow is where the body produces red and white blood cells and platelets). This is uncommon, but can cause serious problems or even death. Your doctor will take regular blood tests to check for this side effect.

Kidney damage

To detect early signs of kidney problems, urine tests are done repeatedly during therapy.

Liver, intestinal, and lung damage

These have been reported in people treated with gold, but these reactions are very rare. Blood samples, analyzed every few months, should detect the possibility of liver damage.

If any side effects are severe, gold treatment will be stopped. It takes many months for injectable gold to be eliminated from the body, but complete recovery from the side effect usually occurs much sooner. In the meantime, serious reactions may be treated with cortisone-like drugs, medicines that speed the elimination of gold from the body, or other measures.

Proper use of gold treatment

Gold treatment will work best for you if you take the medicine correctly. Here are some general rules to follow and answers to common questions about taking the medicine.

Interactions with other medicines

Sometimes, gold treatment can be taken with other medicines. Because gold takes a while to begin working, there will be days (during the first four to six months of treatment), when you will have some joint pain and swelling. During this time, your doctor may prescribe other medicines, such as aspirin or other NSAIDs, to help reduce pain and swelling. If the gold is effective, it may be possible to slowly reduce these medicines. Some doctors may also use gold in combination with other, stronger medicines, such as corticosteroids (prednisone).

Always tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are taking any other prescription or over-the-counter medicines. It is important to know how they will interact with the gold.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding

It is not known how gold will affect pregnancy or breast-feeding. Studies in animals show that gold may cause birth defects. Animal studies also show that injectable gold may cause unwanted effects in nursing babies. If you are pregnant, planning to have a baby, or are breast-feeding, discuss the risks and benefits of gold treatment with your doctor.

Children

Gold injections are given to some children who have juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). Oral gold is also sometimes given to children with JRA, but it has not yet been approved for use in children by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Repeat use

Gold may be effective when started again. But you should not take gold again if it caused severe side effects when you last used it.

Injections while traveling

Depending on the length of your trip, you may have to arrange for gold injections as well as for blood and urine tests while you're gone. Talk to your doctor about how and where you can do this.

Alcohol

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about alcohol and gold treatment. You may be able to drink small amounts of alcohol, if gold injection is the only medicine you're taking. Alcohol may cause increased stomach problems if you're taking oral gold. If you're taking oral gold or other medicines (NSAIDs, prednisone, etc.), you may have to avoid alcohol.

If a dose is missed

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist. Missing only one or two doses will not affect you. But if you miss many doses, the gold will not work as well.

Conclusion

This page contains some things to remember about gold treatments for arthritis.

Do's and don'ts

Do:
Take the medicine in the exact amount and at the exact times instructed by your doctor. Read the package insert that comes with your medicine. If you have problems or questions, call your doctor or pharmacist. Before taking gold treatment, tell your doctor:

1. If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding.
2. If you have any other health problems
3. If you are taking any other prescription or over-the-counter medicines
4. If you have taken gold before and why you stopped taking it
5. Know these facts about your medicine:
6. What is the name?
7. What are the side effects?
8. Why you are taking it?
9. How to take it correctly?

Don't:
Do not reduce the dose or stop taking your medicine without contacting your doctor.

Gold and beauties

Much of beauty specialist use gold’s in many usefulness. The tread is so expensive, and its proper with the gratifying result enough for the patient Allot of beauty product who combine gold as the basic material, the industry’s mix gold into the product they have.

( Mask with 24.k Gold )

Usually the gold mixed on to the mask, gel and a lot more. Its believe that gold can rejuvenate skin, lessens wrinkles, and eventually make it bright The many women’s who had trying to this method, is an evidence and at the same time answers to questionable of gold as beauty product. Some method who get famous in recently is Koiczynskiy's. This method had been proof rejuvenates the skin to the best result

Gold definition

Gold is metallic chemical element; symbol Au [Lat. aurum=shining dawn]; at. no. 79; at. wt. 196.9665; m.p. 1,064.43°C; b.p. 2,808°C; sp. gr. 19.32 at 20°C; valence +1 or +3.

Gold is very ductile and is the most malleable metal; it can be beaten into extremely thin sheets of gold leaf. Only silver and copper, which are above it in Group 11 of the periodic table, are better electrical conductors. Gold is chemically inactive. It is unaffected by moisture, oxygen, or ordinary acids but is attacked by the halogens. Aqua regia (a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids that liberates chlorine) is so named for its ability to dissolve gold, the “king” of the metals. Gold forms both aurous (univalent) and auric (trivalent) compounds; auric chloride and chloroauric acid are its most common compounds.

A relatively soft metal, gold is usually hardened by alloying with copper, silver, or other metals.

• White gold, a substitute for platinum, is an alloy of gold with platinum, palladium, nickel, or nickel and zinc.
• Green gold, also used by jewelers, is usually an alloy of gold with silver.
• Alloys of gold with copper are a reddish yellow and are used for coinage and jewelry.
• Gold is often found in nature alloyed with other metals; when more than 20% of silver is present the alloy is called electrum. The gold content of an alloy is commonly stated in carats, a carat being 1/24 part by weight of the total mass.
• Pure gold is therefore 24 carats fine; an alloy that is 75% gold is 18 carats fine. Fineness is sometimes expressed in terms of parts per thousand; thus gold containing 10% of other metals is said to have a fineness of 900.

Gold is widely distributed on the earth; although large amounts are present also in seawater, the cost of current methods for recovering it exceeds its value.

Most gold is found in the metallic state in the form of dust, grains, flakes, or nuggets. It occurs, usually in association with silver or other metals, in quartz veins or lodes so finely disseminated that it is not visible. It is found also in alluvial placer deposits, which are worked by panning, dredging, and hydraulic mining.

Gold is extracted from its ores by mechanical means and separated from other metals by chemical processes, notably the cyanide process, the amalgamation process, and the chlorination process (in this the ore is oxidized and chlorinated and the gold precipitated with hydrogen sulfide).

It also occurs in compounds, notably telluride minerals. Gold has been known from prehistoric times and was possibly the first metal used by humans. It was valued for ornaments , and magical efficacy was attributed to it. In the Middle Ages alchemists sought to transmute baser metals into gold.

The quest for gold stimulated European explorations and conquests in the Western Hemisphere, and its discovery has led to many a gold rush. Much of the gold now extracted is used for jewelry. The chief producers are South Africa, the United States (especially in Nevada and Alaska), Australia, Canada, Russia, China, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. For a discussion of the monetary function of gold, see bimetallism; coin; international monetary system; money.

Now this is what I am talking about " waste". This is one rich cup of haute chocolate: A New York eatery is offering a US$25,000 dessert bulging with top-grade cocoa, edible gold and shavings of a luxury truffle.


The Frozen Haute Chocolate was declared the most expensive dessert in the world on Wednesday by the Guinness World Records. The dessert is a frozen, slushy mix of cocoas from 14 countries, milk and 5 grams of 24-carat gold topped with whipped cream and shavings from a La Madeline au Truffle. It is served in a goblet with a band of gold decorated with 1 carat of diamonds and served with a golden spoon diners can take home. The dessert was created by Serendipity 3, a restaurant popular with tourists and once featured in a John Cusack movie. Wanna buy it? , I am sure you rich enough to bring me some pieces of gold from your teeth

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