IPHY 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Reuptake, Oxidative Stress, Serenoa
6 Mar 2016
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Side effects o o o o o o. Perceived as harmless people do not tell doctors medication interactions. No testing by the fda on quality, ingredients, claims, toxicity levels, or long term effects. Immune system, prevent cancer, energy, reduce stress, reduce blood pressure, antiparastic, reduce headaches, better eyesight, skin/hair, sexual function, metabolism. Ingredients: tea bags, water, sugar, kombucha tea fungus, mother tea from last brew or fungus. Created by adding bacterial/yeast colony to sweetened tea. 2 weeks for fermentation from mother tea mat. End result is slightly acidic: often home brewed, upset stomach from acidity. Contamination from home brewing: metabolic acidosis- excessive acid in body, may be treated like alcohol according to govt. First used by native americans in se usa, was called snakeroot. Clinical use: commonality women"s fertility and menstruation: menstrual issues/pms, menopause- hormonal change. Sterility: amenorrhea (lack of menstruation due to lack of fat)
