00SW04 - Botanical Interventions for Hyperreactive Immune Systems Format:Audio He flavors his program with

He flavors his program with regional dialects

cruciferous vegetables and garlic all have their place in aiding the liver- and research is presented to verify these claims

Ocimum sanctum

This class explores such beliefs held by people of the Amazon and how they work with the spirits of plants to heal disease

the early use of ceremonial herbs and the relevance and continuance of shamanism in the "modern" world

00SW04 - Botanical Interventions for Hyperreactive Immune Systems Format:Audio He flavors his program withSpeaker: Kenneth Proefrock. Discussion of the complement cascade and its function in immunity: activation of mast cells and phagocytosis. The inability of the immune system to recognize "self" and "non self", and the subsequent over reaction of the system to stimuli, lead to many pathologies. When the immune system response becomes hypersensitive to something in the environment, it will react to agents that are not inherently disease causing as if