Week 3: Neptune’s Medicine Chest

I can appreciate the spirit and efforts of Bill Fenical and Scripps research, working toward a ‘cure for cancer‘. However, I think the approach and motivation is the same as it always has been, just in a different location: instead of terra firma, we’re now plundering the oceans. What disturbs me about this are several things. #1: Apparently, we haven’t learned any lessons from our experiences with the previous ‘magic bullet’ medicines that the pharmaceutical industry has developed and produced over the years; that biologic life is smarter and bacteria will adapt and overcome whatever they throw at it. #2: In TCM, Western Herbalism, Ayurveda, Homeopathy (just to name a few), we already have plenty of herbal remedies made of plants, animals, herbs, fungi, minerals, etc. that can be used to treat the imbalances that lead to cancer -or- to relieve the pain of swelling and inflammation…but, the problem is just that: they are naturally occurring substances that can’t be patented. However, only the natural substances are complex enough that the bacteria, etc. can’t mutate and become immune to it. Which leads me to reason #3: Really what Scripps is after are products that they can patent and make royalties on…essentially, making money on people’s illness. Currently, I have a friend who is using Western Medicine to fight an aggressive form of kidney cancer; one of his medicines, alone, costs $10,000 per month! That’s unconscionable! People are going bankrupt trying to heal from their diseases! #4: If we really want to prevent cancer, we need to take a look at the environmental pollution of our air, water and food and the over-proliferation of chemicals that we are bombarded by internally and externally every day. That approach would go further in the fight against cancer…the only problem is, Scripps won’t make $$$ that way.

In Mendocino County, and many other places, the latest treatment for cancer is something called “Simpson Oil”, after the man who developed a process of distilling cannabis leaves to an essential oil that truly is healing and curing all kinds of cancers and other illnesses…and people are making this medicine available to those who are sick, for free. To watch a 7-part video regarding this go to You Tube and type in: “Run From the Cure: the Rick Simpson story”. Thankfully, were able to procure some Simpson Oil for our friend, who is feeling much more comfortable in his body, since he’s been using the oil for the last week.