Re: Triphala and radiation

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Hey, have you been able to tell if it's helped your es?

I have some, suppose to be good for eyesight, but I've never gotten around to

giving it a good try, but as that interesting article says, it's got protective

qualities.

If it helps with gamma, I'd guess it would be useful for all those below it too,

whether we felt it or not.

~ Snoshoe

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> Hi Guys: long time since posting. Had this article for a while and forgot

about it. I have been taking Triphala on and off for a year and a half. Its

organic, sourced from reliable source, prepared by the dispensary of my

Ayurvedic doc.

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> Regardless of whether I can tolerate or not, I have cut down hours spent on

the net. It makes no difference if we react or not, the bottom line, its

unhealthy and causes health problems which I don't want to have.

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> The evaluation of the radioprotective effect of Triphala (an ayurvedic

rejuvenating drug) in the mice exposed to [gamma]-radiation.

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> Summary

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> The effect of 0, 5, 6.25, 10, 12.5, 20, 25, 40, 50 and 80 mg/kg b. wt. of

aqueous extract of triphala (an Ayurvedic herbal medicine) administrered

intraperitoneally was studied on the radiation-induced mortality in mice exposed

to 10 Gy of [gamma]-radiation. Treatment of mice with different doses of

triphala consecutively for five days before irradiation delayed the onset of

mortality and reduced the symptoms of radiation sickness when compared with the

non-drug treated irradiated controls. The highest protection against GI

(gastrointestinal) death was observed for 12.5 mg/kg triphala, where a highest

number of survivors were reported up to 10 days post-irradiation. While 10 mg/kg

triphala i.p. provided the best protection as evidenced by the highest number of

survivors after 30 days post-irradiation in this group when compared with the

other doses of triphala. Toxicity study showed that triphala was non-toxic up to

a dose of 240 mg/kg, where no drug-induced mortality was observed. The

[LD.sub.50] dose i.p. o f triphala was found to be 280 mg/kg b. wt. Our study

demonstrates the ability of triphala as a good radioprotective agent and the

optimum protective dose of triphala was 1/28 of its [LD.sub.50] dose.

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http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+evaluation+of+the+radioprotective+effect+of+Tr\

iphala+%28an...-a092544748

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