INSULIN HERB.
BOILED-BARK RESEARCH. Possibility of a new source of insulin, obviating the necessity of hypodermic injections for diabetes, is seen in the experiments of Dr R. G. Large, and Dr H. N. Bickleby of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, with an old Indian herb remedy. The experiments are reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal and deal with the toots of “devil’s club,” a shrub that growswild on the Pacific Coast. Made by boiling bark from the plant roots, the extract, taken through the mouth, has given remarkable results in reducing sugar in the blood of diabetic rabbits, the article said. The doctors’ attention was drawn to the remedy through use of it by a patient, wiji apparently good results.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 234, 1 September 1938, Page 16
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120INSULIN HERB. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 234, 1 September 1938, Page 16
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