Autoimmune and Immune boosting links

vetri science other name- great supplements for your companions

http://www.viim.org/therapeutics/refguide_forpdf.pdf
The ultimate find-VIM has a very long guide-over sixty pages in pdf format of alternative remedies for our animals...it is worth downloading and using as a reference book!!!!!

I am not an affiliate but it seems as if http://www.iherbal.com has the best prices for supplements

Herbs for Pets

Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats : Your A-Z Guide to Over 200 Conditions, Herbs, Vitamins, and Supplements

Moducare
180 vegi cap

They sell Ark Natural Products at discount besides other products.

if you want to educate your children this might be way to go=written for young children!
links to research on bromelain-digestion,aids in burn healing, possibly anti tumor,antibiotic inhancer..a mini natural pharmacy..made from pineapple extract

Links to research on Aloe Vera, a mini pharmacy, wound healing, burns, radiation,cancer,ulcers etc

Bitter melon-Momordica- research abstracts on anti cancer and for diabetes

Immune System-by DVM from University of Florida

Dr. Dodds-overview of immune system,vaccinations and more dog immune
Dr. Mike how does immune system work
human Dr.Weil
human
immune system moducare

Dr. Murray Articles Please check Dr.Murray's archives for flaxseed etc flaxseed and cottage cheese and cancer shirley's wellness cafe lactoferrin

moducare L-lysine. this is a amino acid supplement that comes in 500mg tablets. Get the type NOT containing ethylene or propylene glycol (a preservative). give 1/4 tablet daily. some ophthalmologists feel the supplement help suppress the replication (growth) of the virus. i'm optimistic this will go well. from rockefeller university
herbs
basil,black pepper
cancer,oregano,mint
,onion,cumin
,rosemary catsclaw resveratrol and quercetin-long interesting article

vet's medical library summary of immune boosters immune boosting products by Thorne Moducare write up by Thorne

reishi mushroom research lactoferrin-colostrum Adaptogenic Herbs And Their Effects On The Immune System
"Adaptogenic is a term used in herbalism to reflect the ability of a plant to work as a biological response modifier." Oli-Pet™ is 100% pure Olive Leaf Extract.,A nutritional supplement to support immune system function, oxygen utilization, endurance, and muscle recovery.* Gluta-DMG™ is a combination of two effective products,Gluta-DMG™ is a combination of two effective products, Gluta-Syn™ and Dimethylglycine (DMG). Gluta-Syn™ is an undenatured whey protein isolate that represents proprietary technology. It is a multi-patented product (five patents) for improving immune system function and for producing a sustained cellular increase of glutathione in the body.*.,etc click for olive leaf monograph

what is cetymristoleate melatonin
cancer treatment
immune system ahcc research -IMMPOWER

autoimmune disease melaton-Dr Soutzos said: "What is interesting is that melatonin is an immuno-enhancer; it drives the immune system. If you deprive mice of melatonin, for instance, they start dying of cancer.

melatonin-review mgn3 research graviolaforcancer some warnings re Chinese herbals

pau d'arco

Why wouldn't herbs help? If some help rid the body of hostile forces-parasites,fungus,hostile bacteria,etc-wouldn't the immune system have less to fight? If certain herbs help detox the liver,help blood circulation,keep clean the kidneys etc wouldn't that eliminate a lot of stress on the body? Hopefully more and more research will be conducted to show how the earth's products can heal us inexpensively. The amazing world of herbs-what a way to help your family remedy some health problems inexpensively and less drastically. There are a lot of "testimonies" on the web re Essiac tea for suppressing cancer,milk thistle for helping liver damage,echincea,garlic,tumeric,cayenne,cogen10,IP-6,Pau D'arc,flaxseed oil,selenum,oliver leaf extract for immune boosting. There will probably growing emphasis focussing on immune boosting to return body to health. More people are turning to St.John's Wort or hypericum,Kava Kava,Passionflower,etc or homeopathic products such as Sedulia,Ignatia Amara,or Rescue Remedy for anxiety,stress and depression
vetriscience products-probably the most respected brand for herbal and supplemental pet products
from gary null's site vinegar; essential oils

MOST IMPORTANT LINK-HERB SEARCH ENGINE-links to precautions-if you decide to try some herbal remedies you might want to check on research articles in their database-
Search engine-type in herb or homeopathic remedy and you get to see medical abstracts-this is a must
herbal treatment for cancer-research	Schizandra.

Decreased CoQ10 levels have been reported in human heart failure (CHF), but it remains unclear if this is a conserved feature of CHF....Although dramatic effects on hemodynamics were not observed, CoQ10 supplementation did appear to attenuate the hypertrophic response associated with CHF.

Nutritional supplementation with MyoVive repletes essential cardiac
CONCLUSIONS: Supplementation results in higher myocardial CoQ10, taurine, and carnitine levels and is associated with a reduction in left ventricular end-diastolic volume in patients with left ventricular dysfunction before revascularization. Because the risk of death for surgical revascularization is related to preoperative left ventricular end-diastolic volume, supplementation could improve outcomes.

MILK THISTLE-LIVER	MILKTHISTLE RESEARCH	oil of oregano -anti fungal etc	HAWTHORN-HEART -dr. Weil	SLIPPERY ELM
Eucalyptus	passionflower stress anxiety	GARLIC	peppermint chronic bowel irritation	ginger antiinflammatory also for nausea
Mullein -EAR INFECTIONS	echinacea intermittent use	symptoms then herb	Black Kat Herbals homeopathic
hermmed excellent	garlic immune system	Livotrit -for the liver	PAROTOX PARASITES liver detox
MODUCARE STERINOL IMMUNE BOOSTER	ip-6 immunebooster	Inosol and ip-6	astragulus immune booster prolapses	msm
RED CLOVER	general informtion	specific uses	herbal	herbal contra
herbal energetics	peppermint diahrrea	HERBAL INTERACTIONS	ascorbic acid and cancer prevention treatment
yucca like natural cortisone	herbal healing for pets	grapeseed extract PCO	Neem-pest control	Neem therapeutic uses
ESSIAC TEA -DOG CANCER	essiac tea	essiac tea -cancer news	IP-6cancerkiller?	IP6-CANCER-do a search
tall-104	TALL-104	ip-6 research	REFERENCE TO BROMELAINE pineapple
INTERESTING RE DMSO	FAQ re MGN3	hyssop autoimmune disease helper?
kidneys herbs Chinese approach	glandulars
vetnat homepathic supplies	(Coenzyme Q) research review	The role of coenzyme Q10 in the pathophysiology and therapy of experimental congestive heart failure in the dog.	Antioxidant vitamins attenuate oxidative stress and cardiac dysfunction in tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy. CONCLUSIONS: Antioxidant vitamins reduced tissue oxidative stress in CHF and attenuated the associated cardiac dysfunction, beta-receptor downregulation and sympathetic nerve terminal abnormalities. The findings suggest that antioxidant therapy may be efficacious in human CHF.
liver-Eclipta alba- Foster mentions in another article for hair growth etc	emu oil	neem oil repellent etc	transferfactor immune boosting	moducare research
colustrum told to buy only from NZ animals	more on bovine colostrum	oil of oregano
vet's medical library

Autoimmune diseases and immune boosting links
Dr. Dodds-overview of immune system,vaccinations and more	dog immune Dr. Mike	how does immune system work human	Dr.Weil human immune system
flaxseed and cottage cheese and cancer	shirley's wellness cafe	lactoferrin-colostrum
L-lysine. this is a amino acid supplement that comes in 500mg tablets. Get the type NOT containing ethylene or propylene glycol (a preservative). give 1/4 tablet daily. some ophthalmologists feel the supplement help suppress the replication (growth) of the virus. i'm optimistic this will go well.	from rockefeller university herbs basil,black pepper cancer,oregano,mint ,onion,cumin ,rosemary
vet's medical library	summary of immune boosters	immune boosting products by Thorne	Moducare write up by Thorne
paratox-liver support-parasite riding-vermifuge Black Walnut, Wormwood, Garlic, Parsley, Fenugreek, Alginate, Goldenseal, Norwegian Kelp, Cayenne and Chlorophyll. two amino acids, Methionine and Cysteine Alginate, an herbal extract obtained from seaweed	vetriscience-canine products	preparing herbs	oli-vet vetriscience -feline -olive leaf extract
what is cetymristoleate
Place to buy medicinal herbs for growing	moducare	catsclaw
moducare	lactoferrin
Dr.Schulze-cats and dogs	north star natural pet herbal products	azmira natural animal products
glyco-flex Green-Lipped Mussel (Perna canaliculus)

eyes

J Biol Chem 2003 May 16;278(20):18207-13 : A2E-epoxides Damage DNA in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells. VITAMIN E AND OTHER ANTIOXIDANTS INHIBIT A2E-EPOXIDE FORMATION.
Sparrow JR, Vollmer-Snarr HR, Zhou J, Jang YP, Jockusch S, Itagaki Y, Nakanishi K.
Departments of Ophthalmology and Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10028.
The autofluorescent pigments that accumulate in retinal pigment epithelial cells with aging and in some retinal disorders have been implicated in the etiology of macular degeneration. The major constituent is the fluorophore A2E, a pyridinium bisretinoid. Light-exposed A2E-laden retinal pigment epithelium exhibits a propensity for apoptosis with light in the blue region of the spectrum being most damaging. Efforts to understand the events precipitating the death of the cells have revealed that during irradiation (430 nm), A2E self-generates singlet oxygen with the singlet oxygen in turn reacting with A2E to generate epoxides at carbon-carbon double bonds. Here we demonstrate that A2E-epoxides, independent of singlet oxygen, exhibit reactivity toward DNA with oxidative base changes being at least one of these lesions. Mass spectrometry revealed that the antioxidants vitamins E and C, butylated hydroxytoluene, resveratrol, a trolox analogue (PNU-83836-E), and bilberry extract reduce A2E-epoxidation, whereas single cell gel electrophoresis and cell viability studies revealed a corresponding reduction in the incidence of DNA damage and cell death. Vitamin E, a lipophilic antioxidant, produced a more pronounced decrease in A2E-epoxidation than vitamin C, and treatment with both vitamins simultaneously did not confer additional benefit. Studies in which singlet oxygen was generated by endoperoxide in the presence of A2E revealed that vitamin E, butylated hydroxytoluene, resveratrol, the trolox analogue, and bilberry reduced A2E-epoxidation by quenching singlet oxygen. Conversely, vitamin C and ginkgolide B were not efficient quenchers of singlet oxygen under these conditions.

J Pineal Res 2003 May;34(4):269-77 : Melatonin, xanthurenic acid, resveratrol, EGCG, vitamin C and alpha-lipoic acid differentially reduce oxidative DNA damage induced by Fenton reagents: a study of their individual and synergistic actions.
Lopez-Burillo S, Tan DX, Mayo JC, Sainz RM, Manchester LC, Reiter RJ.
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
DNA damage generated by oxygen-derived free radicals is related to mutagenesis, carcinogenesis and aging. In the last several years, hundreds of publications have confirmed that melatonin is a potent endogenous free radical scavenger. In the present in vitro study, we have examined the efficacy of three polyphenolic antioxidants, i.e. xanthurenic acid, resveratrol (3,4',5-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) and (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and two classical non-polyphenolic antioxidants, i.e. vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and alpha-lipoic acid (LA, 1,2-dithiolane-3-pentanoic acid) in inhibiting *OH-induced oxidative DNA damage. We compared the efficacy of these five antioxidants with the effectiveness of melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) and we also investigated the possible synergistic effects of melatonin with the other five molecules. Using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), the formation of 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) in purified calf thymus DNA treated with the Fenton reagents, chromium(III) (as CrCl3) plus hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) (Cr(III)/H2O2), was measured in the presence or absence of the antioxidants alone or in combination with melatonin. 8-OH-dG is considered a biomarker of oxidative DNA damage. Among the antioxidants tested, melatonin was the most effective of these with an IC50 = 3.6 +/- 0.1 micro m. For the other antioxidants the IC50 values were as follows: xanthurenic acid (IC50 = 7.9 +/- 0.3), resveratrol (IC50 = 10.9 +/- 0.3), EGCG (IC50 = 5.7 +/- 0.3), vitamin C (IC50 = 16.9 +/- 0.5) and LA (IC50 = 38.8 +/- 0.7). These values differ from that of melatonin with a P < 0.01. Melatonin (1 micro M) reversed the pro-oxidant effect of resveratrol (0.5 micro M) and vitamin C (0.5 micro M), had an antagonistic effect when used in combination with EGCG (1 micro M) and it exhibited synergism in combination with vitamin C (0.5 micro M) and with LA (5 micro M).