| From the standpoint of the evolutionary model, we have as much or more to worry about from chronic viruses and depressed immune system states than we do from an influenza pandemic. Prior to the mid-twentieth century, poor sanitation and crowded cities facilitated the transmission of viral infections from person to person. In modern times, chronic viral illnesses occur due to hosts with compromised immunity, and in some parts of the world, nineteenth-century conditions still exist alongside widespread immune system weakness. | | They also hypothesize that a combination of the two known influenza pandemic strains (hemagglutin type 1 and neuraminidase type 1) does not inevitably lead to a deadly strain similar to that of 1918, as is suggested by conventional virologists (see figure 2-1).
Figure 2-1: Structure of Influenza Virus
This electron micrograph of a cluster of influenza virions shows the typical spherical shape and closely packed spikes that create the characteristic halo around individual influenza virions. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
See book keywords and concepts |  Lomatium was used, particularly in the southwestern United States, during the influenza pandemic of 1917 with reportedly good results.
Active Constituents
Tetronic acids and a glucoside of luteolin appear to be the main antimicrobial agents in lomatium root.' Little is known about how these compounds act, or if other ones might be as important. The resin fraction occasionally causes a whole-body rash in some people. There is not enough information at this time to determine if the resins are necessary for the medicinal action of lomatium. |
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