Star Anise Saves Lives

This paper was written for fellow arthritis sufferers by a NZ nutritionist who developed RA while living in Mexico. Its findings are that star anise eliminates and controls the symptoms of arthritis and possibly other immune system conditions.


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The main points are as follows:

- Arthritis is not an autoimmune disorder. The immune system does not turn upon itself for no reason.

- Arthritis is caused by a virus, which attacks a weakened immune system and takes it over.

- Recent research confirms the link between microbial and arthritis.

- Further research confirms a strong connection between anise consumption and low arthritis rates worldwide.

- Environmental toxins may weaken the system allowing the virus to regain control, and the arthritis may reoccur.

- In essence, the arthritis is removable; the virus is not.




Shikimic acid derived from Star Anise, has been used as the seasonal Influenza A and Influenza B vaccines since 1999, and is quintessentially biotic. and has replaced antibiotics in many instances.

Bacteria, viri, micro organisms, plants and fungi produce shikimic acid, but animals do not. This puts microbes at great advantage, and is why animals are subject to frequent microbial invasion. Humans and animals need to include shikimic acid in their diet to defend themselves against the microbial world.

Skikimic acid was used for the bird, swine and recent hybrid flu strain because it does not operate at the level of any particular virus, but at the point of replication. The spread stops immediately, regardless of the virus - with such a rapid and complete effect, it is likened to a miracle.

Arthritis is also caused by a virus, which accesses a weakened immune system, and takes it over.

Recent research confirms this link between microbial load and arthritis.

“The results indicate that the microbial load of the host has a profound effect on the susceptibility to experimental arthritis."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1005022/

It is generally said that with contemporary pollutants, the immune system becomes so confused it cannot distinguish between self and non-self, but this is incorrect. The immune system is all-knowing; it does not confuse itself. In reality, is has been attacked and taken over.

Other research focuses on bacteria as causal, but this is also incorrect. Arthritis is a virus, and the effect of shikimic acid on arthritis is identical to its effect on the swine flu virus. The virus is deactivated, and the spread of pain is instantly halted. Within minutes, the effects of immune system restoral can be felt; muscles are released from contraction, joint and bone pain disappear. Furthermore, when taken with a purine (see below), the system actually enters a state of heightened wellbeing.

However, once the virus is in the system, certain triggers may reactivate it. These include stress, manual labor, microbial attack, concrete dust, petrochemicals and toxic waste, especially neurotoxins. When these triggers are removed from the environment, the arthritis does not reappear, and may indeed be said to be cured in that sense. But most modern environments contain at least some of these elements, and many people are subjected to them.

Star anise is grown in China, Jamaica, Mexico, the Phillipines, and NSW (Australia). As a plant, it may be bought in Chinatown of most major metropolitan centers. It comes in the form of an eight-point star pod. The shikimic acid is expressed by the seed into the pod, which may then be added to coffee or hot chocolate, sauces and stews. and sucked. Three or four pod halves per cup are usually enough for medium level maintenance. This strength is fine for children, and general purposes.

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Anise liquer: This is the strongest natural form, and may be mixed with gelatine to form a soft or firm gel which may be eaten directly, or melted into food and drink. Fish oil may be added to the gel to provide the purine. Gel is ideal for portable purposes. One teaspoon of gel is usually enough to deal with most flareup situations, and as a daily residual.

Shikimic acid: Is available for sale online as a powder from many suppliers in China.

Anise essential oil: Useful for massage relief, especially when combined with tiger balm.

Shikimic acid is also found in fennel and the Nth American sweetgum tree.




Anise Consumption Linked to Low Arthritis Rates

There are demonstrable links between anise consumption and low arthritis rates.

Anise is the essential ingredient in certain liquers consumed in significant volume in southern Europe and the Mediterranean; including Pastis (France), Sambucca (Italy,) Raki (Turkey) and Ouzo (Greece).

Each of these countries with anise as their national drink report remarkably low arthritis rates.


France: Pastis - 130 million liters of Pastis are sold in France each year (more than 2 liters per inhabitant).

"The RA incidence rates appeared lower in France than in any other country in Europe, USA and Japan.."

http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/03009749409103727


Greece: Ouzo - above 1.5 quarts per year per capíta consumption

In Greece, only 59 people of 8740 test subjects were found to have arthritis ...

http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/45/12/1549


Italy: Sambucca - Increased in popularity following the Second World War

"Prevalence of RA is low in Italy and has remained unchanged in the last 40 years..."

http://ard.bmj.com/content/57/5/315.abstract


Turkey: Raki - 1.5 liters per adult per annum

"RA is less frequent in Turkey than in Northern Europe..."

http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/15940553


In Australia, study participants born in Italy and Greece had a lower rate of primary joint replacement compared with those born in Australia.

Unfortunately, none of these researchers made the connection between anise and RA. Some concluded that the secret is the oils used in Mediterranean cooking, and indeed, fish oil is often present as a purine. Others, such as the Greek study, evidently did not ask participants about their dietary consumption habits at all – or the connection with the Greek national drink would have been obvious.

In recent years, Ouzo has become a popular export, especially to Germany, Belgium, Holland and the US. This presents a serious potential hazard for anyone in these countries taking immunosupressants, as does eating ginger, fennel, anise or licorice. Other anise liquers include Pernod, Absinthe, Anis Mico and Chinchon.

Drinking Ouzo or any of these liquers while on DMARDS could well be fatal.


Kidney health: Kidneys play a vital part in the autoimmune disorder picture, with the kidneys in today’s populations trying to deal with powerful synthetic chemicals and toxins they were never evolved to handle. Antioxidants become crucial in their restoration to normal functioning, and should be eaten in the few days prior to the full system treatment. Helping the kidneys combat petrochemical poisoning is imperative and obvious. Sesame seeds and afalfa are very high in antioxidants, as are prunes, raisins and roast peanuts, hibiscus, echinacea and golden rod.

Antioxidant Foods

Purines: People with gouty arthritis are usually advised to eat foods low in purines, because they interfere with immune system suppression. When the immune system is being fortified, the situation is reversed, and high purine foods become important. Foods rich in purines such as red meat, seafood, coffee and chocolate (theobromine) facilitate the uptake of shikimic acid and increase its potency- hence its combination with red meat in Chinese cooking, its presence in the Mexican chocolate drink Champurrada, and the combination of coffee with Sambuca in Italy.

Furthermore, purines reactivate shikimic acid residual in the system. This is especially useful for ongoing maintenance.

Various food types and their purine content


Important: If the person has previously been administered DMARDS, cortisone, other immunosuppressants or antibiotics, they MAY NOT take this medication. It may be at least 3-12 months before they are able to do so.

The contradictory combination of immune system fortification and suppression leads to devastating effects - extreme brain and neural damage, followed by death.

DMARDS are increasingly being prescribed for arthritis, yet the way they work is not even properly understood. They reduce the immune system response and thus lower the intensity of the condition, but simultaneously reduce the patient’s overall immunity.

Treatment with immune suppressants has severely compromised patient health as well as prospects for future treatment.

The exact out-take time for various DMARDs to completely leave the system needs urgent research.



It is my conclusion that the vast array of 'autoimmune' disorders – none of which have been cured – are actually all different manifestations of the same viral presence. If they weren’t, it is reasonable to assume that at least some of these disorders would have been cured by now. But they have not.

Arthritis is the classic instantiation of an immune system malfunction in that it manifests itself in the bone marrow with the T cells. Shikimic acid may therefore be a universal acid, possibly capable of correcting other immune system disorders.

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