Lepidoptera In Medicine

[Charles Gavette]

Cordyceps, the fungus pathogenic to Lepidoptera was one of the 4 tonic
medicines used in the following report.
This is an appropriate day to post this, seeing that the western press
overlooked or ignored it. It does tend to make western medicine look like
the horse's rear end.

  "A Report Of 8 Serconverted HIV/AIDS Patients With Traditional Chinese
Medicine," Chinese Medical Journal,
 Aug., 1995, 108(8): 634-46. In this study, four males, four females,
average age 26.5 years, seroconverted to immunosilent as detected by
pcr(polymerase chain reaction) tests. The patients were Tanzanians.

  In another report by the same team: "After medication for 87-463 days,
seronegative conversion occured, PCR assay revealed that 5 cases were PCR
(+), 2 of them (-), one turned seropositive again in the early stage.
Observed continuously for 11-49 months, the "serum negative and intranuclear
positive" state maintained. These patients belonged to immunosilent
HIV-infection. The immunological function of all seronegative converted were
good. CONCLUSIONS: AIDS is a reversible disease. Using medicinal herbs to
enhance the immune function will facilitate the appearance of seronegative
conversion, which has not been reported befoe. If it could be confirmed, its
mechanism elucidated, this may greatly strengthen the confidence of the
patients." (Chung Kuo Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih, May; 17(5) pp.
271-273)




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