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I don't think Barbelith already has a thread for collation and discussion of substances promoted as "wonder drugs" with the apparent ability to cure a huge number of often unrelated) illnesses or undesirable conditions...
(I found one on the Noni fruit, which is one such substance i hadn't previously heard of...)
The latest one seems to be Rhodolia rosea, which according to this article was known and used in the Soviet Union, but has only just reached the West...
(There doesn't seem to be anything about Rhodolia on Wikipedia, which is odd - most plant genera have at least stubs...)
Any other examples? Is there anything real behind any of the panacea claims made about any of these plants or substances, or are they all just hype? How often do such new "wonder cures" "come to light" then disappear off the radar again and/or are replaced by new ones? Has anything once touted as such a "wonder drug" actually been proven to be of real medicinal value? |
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