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Natural "Cures" for Thalassemia
Himanshu Kumar:
Posting a video for some home remedies. The video doesn't claim a cure but expounds the use of wheat grass which can reduce transfusion. The video is in Hindi though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=99&v=VpkRZnnc6V0
Lokkhi maa:
Dear Andy,
Please share your experience and feelings about wheatgrass tablet.Is it really reduce transfusion?
jay:
okkhi maa
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15297687
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11989836
the first study says that it is very useful and the second study says that wheat grass it is not a placebo.
so it means it is definitely useful, but here is a catch the clinical trials use different different protocols and alternative medicines try to avoid the protocols which are very stringent.
The results of the study are so promising that it looks like fake.
Most of the ancient knowledge is lost and we can see many fake interpreters of Ayurveda but i strongly believe in lifestyle which includes yoga and Ayurveda.
I tried it on my baby once and it did not yield any better results but as he is on best observation and goes through all the tests every 15 days i will try wheat grass after couple of months.
Andy Battaglia:
My personal experience of observation is that wheatgrass does raise Hb in many people, even non-thals, as it did for my wife while she underwent chemotherapy. I used it after great blood loss during surgery and it definitely helped. In addition, wheatgrass is a mild iron chelator and has a positive effect on the immune system. Because it has several areas of value for thals, I do recommend it to thals in some form. Most will not find fresh wheatgrass juice palatable, so tabs, powder or extract are the more commonly used forms.
Lokkhi maa:
Thanks Andy.Could you please provide me the best online service for order place and best brand of wheatgrass tablet to purchase.I got various offer of many brands from many Indian online site to purchase.So really confused.Please help....
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