04-01-2021, 08:01 PM
(04-01-2021, 07:42 PM)Ninurta Wrote: Bromeliane is effective against inflammations. It helps with things like joint pain caused by inflammation, so it may be working against inflamed nasal/sinus tissue to make breathing freer. It can be gotten from fresh pineapple, and some other members of the bromeliad family of plants.
I ran into some uses and indications for Quercetin a few weeks ago, but don't recall them at the moment, and will have to refresh on that substance. I do recall that it can be gotten from the bark of some particular trees.
Zinc I know practically nothing about, other than it is a metal, and is taken to alleviate colds and flus, which covid and presumable nasal/sinus trouble can sometimes mimic. Since I don't eat metals as a general rule, my zinc intake is probably not what it should be.
Here is some information on quercetin. As it turns out, my memory was faulty, and it can be got from quite few sources. All I recalled was trees of the Quercus genus.
Quote:Quercetin is a plant pigment (flavonoid). It is found in many plants and foods, such as red wine, onions, green tea, apples, berries, Ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort, American elder, and others. Buckwheat tea has a large amount of quercetin. People use quercetin as a medicine..
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Quercetin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects which might help reduce inflammation, kill cancer cells, control blood sugar, and help prevent heart disease.
Thanks so much! If they ever got froggy and ban supplements, I'll look for buckwheat tea. I've been having quite a bit of green tea since around Feb 2020 when AMDEDDOC (?) mentioned it. It may have made my renal values better. Post transplant nurse commented on it, and nothing had changed except for green tea intake.
Based on my own experience, I'd say it's a very good anti-inflammatory. Not so much for joint damage, but it seems to really work well in soft tissues.