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HERBS
Rodriguez, who has traveled extensively
throughout Asia and South America in¬
vestigating medicinal herbs, had given
nether lecture in the afternoon on the
chemistry and mechanistic ways herbs
Much of his experience comes from
living in the Amazon region 12 years ago
with a plant doctor who used herbs to cure
sick patients.
"He had a garden with about 20 different
herbals from all over the Amazon."'
Rodriguez said, "They were^j»t your
normal garden variety. The phrase in
Spanish he used for them literally meant.
The plants dial make you drunk.' "
According to Rodriguez, the medicine
man had obtained the plants by bartering
and trading with medicine men from all
over die Amazon.
The entire lecture consisted of a slide
show which Rodriguez used to elaborate on
his theory that the first agricultural cult¬
ivation was linked closely with the
cultivation of medicinal plants.
The reason many of these plants work
is they contain effective organic che¬
micals," Rodriguez said, "The first drug
industry was primarily organic."
Rodriguez said hie went to the Amazon
12 years ago "looking for • drug that
would make rrle rich and famous.
Tm still not rich," Rodriguez said, "and
certainly not famous."
He lived near the Putamayo River and
showed a picture of the medicine man who
looked 40 years old, but was actually 70
years old.
"When I first got there, I told him I was
a doctor." Rodriguez said, "he looked at
me kind of puzzled, so I told him I came
as a student to learn. After that, we got
along fine."
The medicine man is a highly respected
individual in his culture who practices a
dying art, according to Rodriguez.
Besides participating n
with psychoactive plants used to cure
parasitic disease*. Rodriguez was exposed
to an area of the garden that the medicine
man used to cure diabetes.
"He had one plant there that was 1.000
times sweeter than sugar," Rodriguez said,
"but it was not a sucrose chemcial com¬
pound."
Many of the plants Rodriguez referred to
are listed in a book written by an Aztec
Indian called Bendianas Codes. This
book, written in Latin, detailed the me¬
dicinal use of plants and contains drawings
so accurate that a botanist can use it to
easily pick out die variety of plants listed.
Peyote, which is listed in the book, has
become well known for its psychoactive ef¬
fects, but has some very interesting
medicinal properties, according to Rod¬
riguez.
The fact that you might see white
tigers, however, may be disconcerting."
Rodriguez said.
Illustrating how these drugs worked,
Rodriguez showed a picture of a wound, 12
inches long, two inches wide and'about
one inch deep, dial was packed with sugar.
Thirty-six hours later, it started to close
and in seven days was completely healed.
At one time, humans used a lot of me-
dicinals in our diet, according to
Rodriguez, until we became meat eaters.
"Herbal use cuts across all ethnic
groups," Rodriguez said.
FACULTY
Continued from page 1
Arm Shadwick. state president for CFA.
said, "We are absolutely delighted by the
ruling. We are die largest faculty
association and we should be ~ given the
right to speak on issues regarding us."
t Dominick said on CFA's victory that
"Naturally CFA is very pleased. We
believe we were right and this action
proves that we were right"
The CFA did not ask for the right to
speak regarding their contract, which they
are fighting for with the CSU, because
weateaM to Domiruck "We didn't bargain
for this because we thought we already had
Shadwick and Dot run irk
the Trustees will
failed to predict
appeal the rul-
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A break in the recent heat wave sent nighttime temperatures down, keeping the crowd for the annual Spring
Football Scrimmage small. Two fans keep their eyes on the action from their cold concrete seats at the
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| Title | 1987_05 The Daily Collegian May 1987 |
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| Publication Date | 1987 |
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| Title | May 1, 1987, Page 4 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1987 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Full-Text-Search | ■ Page 4 -Friday, May 1,1987- -T\ = HERBS Rodriguez, who has traveled extensively throughout Asia and South America in¬ vestigating medicinal herbs, had given nether lecture in the afternoon on the chemistry and mechanistic ways herbs Much of his experience comes from living in the Amazon region 12 years ago with a plant doctor who used herbs to cure sick patients. "He had a garden with about 20 different herbals from all over the Amazon."' Rodriguez said, "They were^j»t your normal garden variety. The phrase in Spanish he used for them literally meant. The plants dial make you drunk.' " According to Rodriguez, the medicine man had obtained the plants by bartering and trading with medicine men from all over die Amazon. The entire lecture consisted of a slide show which Rodriguez used to elaborate on his theory that the first agricultural cult¬ ivation was linked closely with the cultivation of medicinal plants. The reason many of these plants work is they contain effective organic che¬ micals," Rodriguez said, "The first drug industry was primarily organic." Rodriguez said hie went to the Amazon 12 years ago "looking for • drug that would make rrle rich and famous. Tm still not rich," Rodriguez said, "and certainly not famous." He lived near the Putamayo River and showed a picture of the medicine man who looked 40 years old, but was actually 70 years old. "When I first got there, I told him I was a doctor." Rodriguez said, "he looked at me kind of puzzled, so I told him I came as a student to learn. After that, we got along fine." The medicine man is a highly respected individual in his culture who practices a dying art, according to Rodriguez. Besides participating n with psychoactive plants used to cure parasitic disease*. Rodriguez was exposed to an area of the garden that the medicine man used to cure diabetes. "He had one plant there that was 1.000 times sweeter than sugar," Rodriguez said, "but it was not a sucrose chemcial com¬ pound." Many of the plants Rodriguez referred to are listed in a book written by an Aztec Indian called Bendianas Codes. This book, written in Latin, detailed the me¬ dicinal use of plants and contains drawings so accurate that a botanist can use it to easily pick out die variety of plants listed. Peyote, which is listed in the book, has become well known for its psychoactive ef¬ fects, but has some very interesting medicinal properties, according to Rod¬ riguez. The fact that you might see white tigers, however, may be disconcerting." Rodriguez said. Illustrating how these drugs worked, Rodriguez showed a picture of a wound, 12 inches long, two inches wide and'about one inch deep, dial was packed with sugar. Thirty-six hours later, it started to close and in seven days was completely healed. At one time, humans used a lot of me- dicinals in our diet, according to Rodriguez, until we became meat eaters. "Herbal use cuts across all ethnic groups," Rodriguez said. FACULTY Continued from page 1 Arm Shadwick. state president for CFA. said, "We are absolutely delighted by the ruling. We are die largest faculty association and we should be ~ given the right to speak on issues regarding us." t Dominick said on CFA's victory that "Naturally CFA is very pleased. We believe we were right and this action proves that we were right" The CFA did not ask for the right to speak regarding their contract, which they are fighting for with the CSU, because weateaM to Domiruck "We didn't bargain for this because we thought we already had Shadwick and Dot run irk the Trustees will failed to predict appeal the rul- \ TWO TO A VIEW BSBSBBl ^> I A break in the recent heat wave sent nighttime temperatures down, keeping the crowd for the annual Spring Football Scrimmage small. Two fans keep their eyes on the action from their cold concrete seats at the 25-yardIine. - |
