Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Not Only But Also - Antiinflammatory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111201132501.htm

(snip...) ""We also know that when inflammation starts -- be it a simple cut to a finger or in an arthritic joint -- the body starts producing a compound called interleukin 8, which helps the process along. We began wondering if there was a way we could switch that signal off, thereby blocking the inflammation's progress."
Even though the team's previous research had intimated there might be some promising results ahead, the experts were astonished to see just how good the various concentrations of the three extracts were at doing the job."

Journal Reference:
Tamsyn SA Thring, Pauline Hili, Declan P Naughton. Antioxidant and potential anti-inflammatory activity of extracts and formulations of white tea, rose, and witch hazel on primary human dermal fibroblast cells. Journal of Inflammation, 2011; 8 (1):



Not only for skin, but also as an antiinflammatory. Very interesting research.

my dad just printed this for me! great minds...
thanks!!

Thanks Molly,
That was an interesting article, I'll have to buy some white tea, maybe it will help:)

Don't forget the rose petals - saw that one of the white teas has rose petals added. http://www.whittard.co.uk/tea/white

Dunno about the witch hazel - mother used to use witch hazel and distilled rose petal water (made her own) on her skin. She had terrif skin: I've got more wrinkles at my age than she did when she died in her 96th yr!

Will phone Whittard tomorrow to order up some tea and some coffee - they have Peaberry - one of my fave coffees. Ohhhh, what happy discoveries <grin>

thanks molly

love white tea. drink it along with green, oolong, herbal.
probably drinking white lately several times a week as i found this great lychee coconut whitle tea. has a number of antioxidant claims on the tin. i personally just like the way it tastes.

maybe if i had several cups each day? but think maybe, like with a lot of things, they will have to isolate the active component(s) and sell it as a supplement. like for example with vitamin C, over 1000 mg, maybe more seems to be the therapeutic dose, depending on the ailment. whereas something like 40 mg is considered "100%" serving. or magnesium: i eat a lot of magnesium rich nuts and veggies, but still have to take a 100-200 mg pill for it to help my muscles. fish oil another good example: would have to eat a lot of fish to get the 3000 mg fish oil i consume in a day. eating fish a few times a week wasn't helping my cholesterol much, but the supplements are really helping.

but this is really promising research

first step, finding pathways to affect. second step, discovering inhibitors / activators. third step, developing supplements and/or drugs.