Oleander Soup????

Hey, does anyone have any oleander lying around their yard that they want to get rid of or cut back on? I’m looking for some. I ran across some references that indicate that oleander soup is useful in treating cancer.

The major drawback to this plan is that the oleander plant is poisonous!

Now, most folks will tell you that the entire plant is poisonous whether fresh, dried or boiled. Then, there are other folks who will tell you that boiling the plant destroys the neurotoxins and the rest of the mixture is actually beneficial to the human body.

It seems that Turks, among other ancient peoples, historically have used the plant for medicine, including cancer treatment. You can read about the use of the plant here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

The problem with the use of oleander as a medicine goes back to the Turkish doctor who tried to bring this medicine to the world. Unfamiliar with governments, especially the US government, he actually told the truth about what he was trying to do. Normally I would think that would be a good thing, but not when dealing with governments.

Once the FDA got wind that the drug that was being made from the oleander plant was an anti-cancer drug, no stone was left unturned trying to keep it from the public.

You may think that the governmental agencies like the FDA are here to protect and serve you. Yeah, just like the police are here to protect and serve you. It reminds me of when, as a college student, I tried to tell my mother that Richard M. Nixon was guilty of a variety of crimes. She just couldn’t believe that the President of the United States would actually break the laws of this country.

I lost a good online friend who couldn’t believe my claim that the US government was actively involved in killing its citizens in this day and age. You see, the governmental agencies have rules that they couldn’t conceive of breaking even if it meant that US citizens would die. If you don’t save them when it is within your power to do so, that’s as good as murder to me.

Take the FDA for example. There are drugs out there that have been approved in quite a few “civilized” countries and that have proven themselves safe and effective. But here in the states, they’ve only started undergoing trials.

Now, there are patients in this country who are terminal, who only have 3 to 6 months to live, that these drugs could, in all likelihood, save from a premature death. Despite the fact that they are approved for use in other countries and are passing the tests in this country, the FDA won’t allow American citizens to take those “foreign” drugs. Even if it means that they DIE!

Now, the patient could jump on a plane to whatever is the closest country utilizing those drugs to seek treatment, if they have the money. But how many can do that?

Now, if you and I are walking down the road and see someone who is drowning in the river next to the road and I refuse to pull that person from the water, have I committed a crime? How about if I prevent you from helping that person? In either case, you wouldn’t suggest that I was “protecting and serving” my fellow man by allowing him to drown. So how is it you think that the FDA is protecting and serving you?

So, the FDA has restricted any sales of oleander-based “nutritional supplements” because one doctor told the truth as he saw it when he said that the plant could treat cancer. Which leave me to the mercies of one company in Honduras, who sells something similar for quite a chunk of change. Or, I’m left with the alternative of seeking the plants to make my own. Assuming that I am going to do this, how are they protecting me now? I won’t have the benefit of some company’s Quality Control policies and procedures. I’m out there on my own! Gee, thanks, FDA!

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Last night I awakened rather abruptly coughing my lungs out. Or, to be more specific, I was coughing stomach contents out of my lungs. Yup, I had some back up due to the gas that I mention every now and again, and it went down the wrong pipe. It’s not exactly a nice way of waking let me assure you. I’m going to have to start taking my nighttime meds even earlier it looks like so I don’t have anything on my stomach when I go to sleep. It would help if I digested things faster too!

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Since the oleander is a subtropical plant there should be quite a few in Florida. Amy, aren’t those tall shrubs against your back wall oleanders? It would be a good idea to keep the dogs away from them.

Kunolunkwa, y te quiero!