Re: [Aroid-l] aroids as medicines including againt snake bite!

From: STARSELL at aol.com on 2010.03.27 at 16:07:57 Dear Steve,   The responses so far are anecdotal, which is not bad.   A most useful tool that I use almost daily:  scholar.google.com Entering "aroid treat snakebite"  I get some useful returns, one is this reference:   WALTER & KHANNA: CHEMISTRY OF THE AROIDS ... necrosis and destruction of small blood vessels producing hemorrhage such as at the site of a snake bite. ...     http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=3Daroid+treat+snakebite&hl=3Den&as_sdt=3D20000000001&as_sdtp=3Don   Try looking through some of those or try different keywords to get a different result.   Let us know what looks most interesting!     Alison     In a message dated 3/27/2010 10:28:43 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Steve@ExoticRainforest.com writes: I am curious if any of you know anything about the use of aroids as a medicine.  I have had a brief discussion with a friend in Ecuador about the possibility the oxalates in the juices of some of some aroids counteracting the venom of snakes.   --part1_68f98.ec0e3e9.38df875d_boundary----===============6263853610428416755==

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