Mold illness, inflammation, carnosine, histidine, arginine, ornithine, wound healing, limb regeneration in mammals, application to systemic mold injuries?

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Today while looking for stuff on reflux and healing I kept coming back

to the idea of trying to fight inflammation by enhancing the body's

natural abilities to heal itself. Poking around on Medline I came up

with a wealth of stuff, including the abstract below..

" : Langenbecks Arch Chir. 1980;351(1):39-49. Links

[The inhibition of inflammation by the promotion of spontaneous

healing with L-carnosine

* Nagai K.

In 1970 Nagai and associates discovered the granulation promotive

effect of L-carnosine. Its effective dosage roughly corresponds to

1/35 of what is naturally contained in the m. gastrocnemius of

experimental rats, as little as 20 mg/kg IP being effective. Its works

synergically with cortisone in the anti-edematous and granular

promotive actions. In 1975 the author regarded L-carnosine as a

natural chemical mediator in the promotion of spontaneous healing.

This effect is believed to make possible the elimination of

inflammation by promoting spontaneous healing, which has been lacking

in the previous concept of an inflammatory mechanism. The author's

coworker confirmed the pronounced effect of L-carnosine in the

promotion of wound healing and the inhibition of L-carnosine in the

promotion of associated inflammation in dental extraction with no

conjoint administration of other anti-inflammatory drugs.

PMID: 7401821 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] "

Basically, as I understand it, there are a number of amino acids and

natural endogenous substances already present in the body that when

supplemented, promote healing, such as carnosine, arginine, ornithine,

histidine, etc. They work through different pathways..

Obviously, these substances would help with situations such as

esophagitis because of the injury being an actual wound, but I am

wondering how they do when the injury is present in other forms and

also whether enhancing the body's ability to heal might have side

effects in some area. Also, with mold illness, I often wonder what the

effect of toxins are to modify the body's ability to metabolize

nutrients. That could be part of why the effect us the way they do.

Additionally, could some mold toxins be hurting us not so much through

direct toxic effect so much as by blocking some innate repair

processes that are not understood?

I wonder about this again and again.

There is also a very interesting area of study which involves the use

of gene therapy and other methods to enable mammals to regenerate

limbs in the same way amphibians and some primitive animals do.

(higher mammals, including humans CAN presently regenerate the tips of

our fingers - imagine if we might be able to do someday in other

areas)

Anyway, they are all avenues that the professionals might want to

explore in trying to help people get over these injuries. But with

even the acknowledgement of their existence blocked, how is it going

to happen?