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PLANT STEM CELL WEBINAR PSC 103 – PLANT STEM CELL THERAPY, MEDICNE OF BUDS OF TREES PART A: HISTORIC SYMBOLISM I. INTRODUCTION · The first plants on earth were a form of Blue-Green algae (Laminaria Digitata), which appeared and lived in the oceans 3.4 billion years ago according to the fossil record, protected from the harmful high energy radiation of the sun. · Tress came from the ocean. · There was a time about 550 million years ago when life “exploded” on the planet. Nearly all of the animal groups in existence today, as well as many that no longer exist, first appeared on earth during this time. It was the Cambrian Period, and this time of tumultuous and colossal animal diversity is called the Cambrian Explosion. *Cambrian Explosion – marks an important point in the history of life on earth; it is the time when most of the major groups of animals first appear in the fossil record. This event is sometimes called the "Cambrian Explosion", because of the relatively short time over which this diversity of forms appears. The theory of the Cambrian Explosion holds that, an explosion of diversity led to the appearance over a relatively short period of 5 million to 10 million years of a huge number of complex, multi-celled organisms. The Cambrian Explosion is the outcome of changes in environmental factors leading to changes in selective pressures in turn leading to adaptive diversification on a vast scale. By the start of the Cambrian, the large supercontinent Gondwana, comprising all land on Earth, was breaking up into smaller land masses. This increased the area of continental shelf, produced shallow seas, and expanded diversity of environmental niches in which animals could specialize and speciate. II. TREE EVOLUTION · Trees evolving some 100 million years after the first land plants began to emerge from their oceanic origin. · However, neither plant nor animals could have evolved if were not for the protection and nurturing of the ocean. · Trees first appeared and began to cover the land surface of the earth some 370 million years ago. Today, we are so used to and dependent on trees, that it’s hard to believe that animals could have existed without them or that they did not at least simultaneously evolve together in the beginning. · Trees with their large and thick root, helped break up the rock crust of Earth’s surface to create the soil that would allow the development of new plant species, including other trees. · In addition, it was the greater evolution of plants and trees that enabled the evolution of larger and more diverse land animals, including mammals.
· What makes trees unique from all other plants is they all have WOOD. · Wood is much tougher, thicker reinforced fiber necessary for trees to hold themselves up under the pressure of their weight. As plants began to evolve and diversify, this fortification was necessary in order for them to branch out into much larger and heavier plants. As such, the evolution of wood is synonymous to the evolution of trees. ARCHAEOPTERIS – is the earliest known modern tree. It looks similar to a Christmas tree with buds, reinforced branch joints and wood similar to today’s timber. Its branches and leaves resemble a fern. According to the World Resources Institute there are approximately 100,000 known species of trees that exist throughout the world today. The United Nations Environment Program World Monitoring Center confirms that over 8,000 species of trees are threatened with extinction and 976 of those are in critical state. · Trees are vitally important to world health on all levels. · Globally, forests are essential to the health of ecosystems and their function, biodiversity and economics. Ø Key Forest Functions: - Climate regulation - Cycling and distribution of nutrients - Provision of raw materials and resources Ø Key Functions of Trees: - Cleanse the air - Provide oxygen - Help soil retain water - Shield animals and other plants from the sun and other elements - Provide habitat for animals, plants and humans - Help regulate climate - Help regulate the cycle and distribution of nutrients - Provide raw materials and other resources - Give us awesome BEAUTY throughout the year · Just one-fifth of the world’s original forest cover remains in large, contiguous areas of relatively undistributed forest. These forests are called Frontier Forests, the largest of which exists in Russia. *Frontier Forests – are the world’s remaining large intact natural forest ecosystems. These forests are - on the whole—relatively undisturbed and big enough to maintain all of their biodiversity, including viable populations of the wide-ranging species associated with each forest type.
· Today, there are only Three Great Forests Left on Earth: 1. Amazon forest of Brazil 2. Boreal forests of Russia 3. Boreal forests of Canada · Forests provide a staggering range of products, with some 15,000 species of wild plants and animals are used for foods, medicines and other functions. · All of the Earth’s oxygen is produced by photosynthesis. *Photosynthesis – the process plants use to combine water and carbon dioxide to create glucose (their own food) and oxygen using energy from the sunlight. Photosynthesis is vital for life on Earth. As well as maintaining the normal level of oxygen in the atmosphere.
· Trees produce natural anti-freeze chemicals which can keep them from freezing in temperatures up to -40 degrees Fahrenheit in some species.
· An average tree absorbs 10 pounds of pollutants from the air each year, including four pounds of ozone and 3 pounds of particulates. *Particulate – is a general term given to a tiny solid or liquid particle or a piece of matter. It usually refers to particles in the air (airborne particulates).
III. PARTICULATES *Particulate – is a general term given to a tiny solid or liquid particle or a piece of matter. It usually refers to particles in the air (airborne particulates). Ø Sources of Particulates (in the air): - Soil - Plants - Fires - Road dust Ø 3 Major Types of Particulates: 1. Man-made type o Fumes from combustion processes and products - We breathe 0.5 gram of second hand tobacco per day - We breathe 2 lbs of car exhaust per day o Power plants o Wood stoves o Oil burners o Other heating systems o Burning candles or oil lanterns o Toxic cleaning products 2. Dust o Dust from mechanical processes such as grinding or sweeping o Common household dust - Mold - Pollen - Small insect parts o Fibrous building material such as fiber glass 3. Mist - Spray painting
Ø Tree Symbolism Uses: - Information (arborescence of hard disk) - Mechanic (tree cam) - Psychology (test of the tree) - Esoteric (kabbale) - Medicine (anatomy) - Art (chandelier) IV. THE TREE DOCTOR: PSC CONCENTRATED EXTRACT v ETYMOLOGY AND SYMBOLISM TREE - analogue to the human being - Tree bronchial – lungs - Tree of life TREE - analogous to the human being: Resemble - The Trunk: Vertebral column, Bones - The Sap: Bone marrow, Blood, Lymph - Bark: Skin - Branches: Limb - Leaves: Head - Roots: Legs and Feet Tree (in general) is: - Of matter (Great Biomass) - Of Time (longevity) *it concentrates a lot of energy (great foliar surface and through integration of electromagnetic micro field) Trees are: - Grow away from the ground or earth. - Forms many forests and numerous vegetable associations (field morphologically important) v BUDS “Nature’s bounty recompense with its litteless bodies of great virtues” From Buds to Leaf: - Enormous productivity (100-1000X) - Intense multiplication - Very few materials in nature produce this much energy - Stimulate the reticulo-endothelial system - Stimulate emunctory functions - Facilitate detoxification of the organism - Action in tissue and cell regeneration BUDS = Concentration of energy = Focused energy and concentrate energy forces (both external and internal) = Knots juncture weave
V. THE ECO-PHYSIOLOGY OF PHYTOREMEDIATION Ø 6 Basic Plant Functions (Phytoremediation): 1. Phytodegredation 2. Phytoextraction 3. Rhizofiltration 4. Rhizodegradation 5. Phytostabilization 6. Phytovolatilization · These functions are clear examples of the eco-physiology of plants and its practical application for environmental remediation. Several comparisons can be made between these plant processes and human metabolic functions. *Phytoremediation - describes the treatment of environmental problems (bioremediation) with the use of plants which mitigate the environmental problem without the need to excavate the contaminant material and dispose of it elsewhere.
1. Phytodegradation – is also known as “Phytotransformation”. - It is the breakdown of contaminants by metabolic processes within the plant, or the breakdown of contaminants external to the plant through the effect of the compounds produced by the plants. - Plants degrade contaminants through enzymatic pathways, and the metabolites are incorporated into new plant material. - Phytodegradation processes are effective on organic pollutants including: o Petroleum byproducts o Pesticides like DDT o Explosives like TNT - The processes of Phytodegradation can be compared to detoxification processes in the human body, especially those occurring in the liver, such as cytochrome enzymatic pathways. 2. Phytoextraction – is the use of plants to absorb toxic metals from the soil into the harvestable parts of the roots, stems and leaves. - “Hyperaccumulators” absorb unusually large amounts of metals in comparison to other plants. One or a combination of these plants are selected and planted at a particular site based on the type of metals present. - After the plants have been allowed to grow for some time, they are harvested or incinerated or composted to recycle the materials. - Approximately 400 species of hyperaccumulators exist, including representatives of many families from herbs to perennial shrubs and trees. - Hyperaccumulators: Black poplar, Algae Chlorella
For example: The tree Sebertia acuminata absorbs so much nickel that it bleeds a blue-green latex when cut, caused by the oxidation of nickel.
- Phytoextraction is a method that can be used to pull contamination from water deep in the earth.
- Phytoextraction of toxins by plants is analogous to the accumulation of toxins within the organs and tissues, especially the liver. 3. Rhizofiltration – is similar to Phytoextraction, but the plants are used primarily to address contaminated ground water rather than soil. Rhizosphere – is the area surrounding the roots of plants, which contains 10-100X the amounts of bacteria in unplanted soil; organic compounds degrade faster in this microbe-rich flora. As the roots become saturated with contaminants, they are harvested. For Example: Sunflowers were used successfully to remove radioactive contaminants from pond water in a test at Chernobyl.
4. Rhizodegradation – is the breakdown of contaminants in the soil through microbial activity in the root zone (Rhizosphere). Certain microorganisms can digest organic substances such as fuels or solvents that are hazardous to humans and break them down into harmless products. Plants release sugars, alcohol, and acids from their roots, which provide nutrition for the microorganisms and enhance their activity. Biodegradation is also aided by the plants loosening the soil and transporting water to the area.
5. Phytostabilization – is the use of plants to immobilize contaminants through absorption and accumulation by roots, absorption onto roots and/or precipitation within the rhizoshpere. - This process does not remove the toxins from the soil, but reduces their mobility, prevent their migration into ground water and air and decreases their entry into the food chain. For Example: The poplar trees can transpire between 50 and 300 gallons of water per day out of the ground. The water consumption by the plants decreases the tendency of surface contaminants to move towards ground water and into drinking water. 6. Phytovolatilization – is the uptake and transpiration of contaminants by a plant, with release of the contaminant into the atmosphere. - Phytovolatilization occurs as trees and other plants take up water and the organic contaminants can pass through the plants and leave and evaporate, or volatilize, into the atmosphere.
VI. PHYTOSOCIOLOGY Phytosociology – is the study of the chracteristics, classification, relationships, and distribution of plant communities. It is useful to collect such data to describe the population dynamics of each species studied and howe they relate to the other species in the same community. · Subtle difference in species composition and structure may point to differing abiotic conditions such as soil moisture, light availability, temperature, exposure to prvailing wind, etc. when tracked over time, species and individual dynamics can reveal patterns of response to disturbance and how the community changes over time. v PHYTOSOCIOLOGY: PHYSIOLOGY ANALOGUE TO THE HUMAN BODY · When healing an illness, there is probabaly little that doctors and patients can to directly produce optimum finctioning of human physiology. Plants, however, provide the biochemical and nutritional compounds that assist the body’s internal ecology and promote its innate homeostasis and equilibrium. Phytonutrients – nourish the organs, supports the tissueas and enhance immunity. Medicinal Phytochemicals – are constituents of plant species; detoxify metabolic wastes and xenobiotics. - No other pharmaceutical drug can perform these functions. - Ø Key Functions of Plants Humans CAN’T Do: - - Stabilize disturbed weather patters - Detoxify environmental contamination - Cool the planet - Help regulate the seasons - Recharge groundwater - Restore soil’s fertility - Stp erosion - Regenerate the ozone layer - Bind atmospheric carbon dioxide - Purify toxins · Plants perform the same crucial functions in the outer environment as they do in the inner environment of the body. Biotransformation – is the chemical alteration of compounds by living things; in particular, the microbila alteration of anthropogenic xenobiotics. Xenobiotics - are chemicals made by humansthat are not formed by “natural processes”. It may also include “natural” compunds produced primarily by human beings. The words means “foreign to life”. It includes such infamous things as: - Ploychlorinated anomalies - Organophosphates and carbamates - Polycyclic aromatics; pyrene (creosole) - v Analogue Correlation Between Plant and Human Anatomy and Physiology · Plants and humans share numerous anatomical and physiological characteristics; we are actually more similar than different. Understanding these remarkable parallels gives us a better appreciation for this kinship that exist between the plant and human reals. This is turn is the basis of reverence for nature and the respectful coesictence with bioiversity. It also provides an understanding of what plant detoxifies, which chemicals, and proves their detoxifying powers og RNS reoeai, regenerating dying cells and correcting organ function. Ø 3 Catgories of Plant and Human Similarities: 1. Basic life needs 2. Anatomical and physiological characteristics 3. Subtle functions 1. BasicLife Needs · The basic needs of plants and people are the same. Plants and people share the same fundamental biological cycle of birth (germination), growing to maturity, reproduction aging and decline, and death. Plants and people need nutrients in order to grow and thrive, water to moisten the tissues (rehydration) and facilitate metabolic processes, air for respiration, and environmentala nd seasonan conditions conducive to life. Plants and people both need defense mechanisms to protect themselves freon the elements and fromother organisms; both suffer from diseases, viral and bacterial infection, and parasitic infestations. 2. Anatomical and Physiologicak Characteristics · There are numerous parallels between the anatomical structures and physiological functions of plants and people. - Plants have outer cells that function similarly to skin. Just as human skin is lubricated and protected from the external elements by oily secretio of the sebaceous glands, the aeriel surface of plants have their own connective tissues and skeletal structures; the growth and development of plant cells and organs rely on a skeleton comprised principally of microtubules and microfilaments. - The blood vessels and capillaries of the human body can be compared to the xylem (wood) of plants, which is a complex vascukar tissue caontaining water-conducting cells; the blood and lymph correlate with the various fluids that flow through the channels of the plants. - The human alimentary canal is comparable to the roots, which draw nourishment into the outer tissues and cells of the plant. - Human and plants both have reproductive systems; human sperm and ova can be compared to the pollen-producing stamens and overy-containing pistills. - Like humans, plants have complex immune systems. o Mechanical defenses: spines and thorns o Chemical defenses: secrete essential oils and oleoresins, which function a immunological compounds to discourage herbivors, stimulate healing of wounds and protect from insect and fungal pathogens. o Plants react to pathogens and disease by producing certain antibacterial compounds; Phytoalexins are probabaly the most studies of these defensivecompunds. - These immune responses can be compared to various responses of the human immune system, such as the activation of lymphocytes. - Polant metabolic reacton sare governed by hormones, as are human functions. Gibberelins and Auxins are a group of hormones that control growth and a wide variety of other plant development processes. - Plants have detoxification mechanisms that work to break down xenobiotics; many of these mechanisms are similar to how the human body deals with toxic compounds. Both plants and humans require certain nutrients and enzymes to efficiently remove toxins and to protect themselves from stress. For Example: Glutathione plays an imporatne role in various physiological processes of both plants and humans, functioning primarily as an antioxidant. - Like humans, plants suffer oxidative stress and free radical damage when exposed to xenobiotic compounds and produce antioxidants in response. Pollutant tolerance is determined by many of the same physiological mechanisms as in humans. In general, there are more similarities between the metabolic pathways of plantsa nd humans than there are differences. - The bodies of plants, like the bodies of humans support complex mecrobial ecosystems. From the root tips to the tips of the higest leaves, plants provide a diverse habitat for a wode range of microorganisms. Just are the skin and the mucous membranes of the human bpdy are are the biogeography of various colonies, each zone of a plant has its own cohort of micrrorganisms. Both the plant and the human body set the stage for its microbial inhabitants, and in turn, the microbes establish a range of varried re;lation hips with their partnmers, ranging from relatively inconsequential transient visits, to symbolic functions, to pathogenic attacks. 3. Subtle functions · There are other fascinating paralleles between plants and humans that are more in the realm of subtle energetic physiology tyhan purely borchemical or anatomical functions. - Plants, like humans have, have circadian rhythms. There is accumulating evidence that plants have circadian clocks both in different tissues and, quite probabaly, within individual cells. - Plant growth, like the growth of humanbody is guided by gravity. Gravitropism, the ability of plant organs to use gravity, has been recognized for over two centuries. - Like the human body, plants develop symmetry of form; like the human body, these processes arise in embryogenesis. - Plants communicate, both with other plants and with other forms of life. The primary mechanism for this is semiochemicals. These secreted compounds act as acts as attractants and repellants of beneficial or destructive insects, and allow plants to informother plants of events such as insect attacks and infestation. *Semiochemicals - (semeon means a signal in Greek) is a generic term used for a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message. It is usually used in the field of chemical ecology to encompass pheromones, allomones, kairomones, attractants and repellents. VII. EMUNCTORY ORGANS AND SYSTEMS OF ELIMINATION Emunctory Organs – are the organs responsible in cleansing our body through excretion of wastes. · In mammals the main organs of excretion are the kidneys and accessory urinary organs, through which urine is eliminated · Mucociliary excretion is the excretion of mucus in the respiratory system. · Biliary excretion occurs via the bile which is delivered to the duodenum and removed in the feces. · Perspiration is another excretory process which removes salts and water from the body through the skin, although the primary purpose is cooling. Dr. Antoine Nebel – a French medical doctor and homeopath who became the Father of modern day drainage during the beginning of the 1900s. · The theory of drainage is to free the organism from morbid substances. Drainage remedies are developed to act on specific organ systems. Ø Classifications of Toxins in the Human Body: 1. Exogenous toxins 2. Endogenous toxins 3. Autogenous toxins 1. Exogenous toxins – come from external sources - Tobacco - Drugs - Stimulants - Amalgam fillings - Atmospheric pollutants o Motor exhaust o Carbon dioxide o Lead o Nitrogen dioxide o Sulphur dioxide - Mental and emotional factors capable of interfering with normal body processes o Anxiety o Grief o Depression o Stress o Worry o Emotional relationships 2. Endogenous toxins – are the result of viral or bacteria; infections affecting the normal functions of the body and mycostatic (prvents moild) activity. This can include the by-products of wastes metabolism of yeasts, molds and fungus. 3. Autogenous toxins – are generated within the body from heredity weakness such as miasmatic influences as psora, sycosis, etc. *Sycosis – is an inflammation of the hair follicles of the skin that has been shaved. *Psora – is a cutaneous disease; especially, the itch. · Waste is excreted from the body through the emunctoru organs. - Urea is eliminated by the kidneys. - Carbon dioxide is eliminated by the lungs. - Neither of these organs is so constituted that it can do the work of the other. Henece, when the blood passes thorugh the lungs, it takes out carbon dioxide and not urea; when it passes through the kidneys, it takes out urea and not carbon dioxide. · Something very similar to the above mentioned processes is seen when drugs are taken. One drug is expelled by vomiting, the other by diarrhea, another by diuresis, another by diaphoresis and still another by expectoration. Other substances not easily eliminated through these channels are sent out through the skin in the form of skin erruptions. · Each emunctory organ seem to excrete the drug it can handle best. - Emetics do not act on the stomach, but are ejected by the stoimach. - Purgatives do not act on the bowels, but are expelled through the bowels. - Diaphoretics instead of acting on the skin are sent off from that direction. - Diuretics do not act on the kidneys, but the poisonous drug are gotten rid of through that emunctory organ. v The Law Of Selective Elimination: · All injurious substances which, by any means gain admittance within the domain of vitality, are counteracted, neutralized and eliminated in such a manner and through such channels as will produce the least amount of wear and tear to the organism. Ø 6 Primary Emunctories 1. Skin 2. Gastrointestinal (intestines) 3. Lungs 4. Lymphatic 5. Kidneys 6. Bladder Ø Sencondary Emunctories: 1. Liver 2. Stomach 3. Pancreas - are so-called secondary emunctories because they perform many essential functions that are vital in the proper functioning of the primary emunctories. · All cells produce waste that must be eliminated from the body. When the cell eliminates waste, it fills the blood with toxins. The circulating blood is then sent to the liver which in turn does its job of filtration and detoxification. The broken down wastes are then yhe primary excretory organs. - Solid wastes exit the body via the intestines. - Liquid wastes exit the body via the bladder. - Gaseous wastes exit the body through the lungs. - Sweat exit the body through the skin. · On the cellular levels, toxic blockages can be reversed by regressive vicariation into humoral phases. Allopathic medicines can cause the toxins to be suppressed or driven deeper into the body, this is called progressive vicariation. v Choosing a Remedy: · Polycrest: Principal remedy of first rank. · Adjuvant: remedy which assists or increases the action of the principal remedy. · Remedy for Acute State versus Remedy for Chronic State. v POLYCREST EMUNCTORIES: (for the 6 Priamry Emunctories) Ø For the 6 Primary Emunctories: 1. SKIN · Elm – Ulmus Campestris (buds) · Cedar of Lebanon – Cedrus Libani 2. GI – Intestines · Cowberry – Vaccinium Vitis Idses (young shoots) · European Alder – Alnus Glutnosa (buds) · Fig – Flous Carica (buds) · Rosemary - Rosmarinus Officinalis (young shoots) 3. LUNGS · Wayfaring tree - Viburnum Lantana (buds) · Hazel - Corylus Avellana (buds) 4. LYMPHATIC · Sweet Chestnut – Castanea Vesca (buds) - Detoxifies the lymphatic system, lymphedema, lymphatic stasis.
· Silver birch - Betula Verrucosa (sap) - Detoxifies the lymphatic system - SAP can be obtain in a pure non-pasteurized preparation in a 250 mL size and add to custom made therapeutic program; 1 TBSP in the morning, once a day. · Crab Apple – Malus Sylvestris (buds) - Detoxifies the lymphatic system 5. KIDNEY · · Sweet Almond – Prunus Amygdalus (embryinic hust and embryonic fruit) - Both are high in Betulinic Acid concentration, which helps in cleansing the kidneys · Juniper – Juniperus Communis (young shoots) - With liver association · Silver Birch – Betula Verrucosa (sap) - For spring cleaning of toxins that have accumulated during the winter. 6. BLADDER · Cowberry – Vaccinium Vitis Idaea (young shoots) Ø For the Secondary Emunctories: 1. LIVER · Rosemary – Rosmarinus Officinalis (young shoots) · Hazel – Corylus Avellana (buds) - Fibrosis or Cirrhosis of the liver · Rye – Secale Cereale (rootlets) · Juniper – Juniperus Communis (young shoots) - With kidney association 2. STOMACH · Fig – Ficus Carica (buds) · European Alder – Alnus Glutinosa (buds) - Associated with food allergies 3. PANCREAS · Walnut – Juglans Regia (buds) Ø For Other Systems 1. HEART · Hawthorn – Crataegus Oxyacantha (buds) · Dogwood – Cornus Sanguinea (buds) · Lilac – Syringa Vulgaris (buds) 2. ARTERIES · Black Poplar – Populus Nigra (buds) · Dogwood – Cornus Sanguinea (buds) 3. VEINS · Service Tree – Sorbus Domestica (buds) · Sweet Chestnut – Castanea Vesca (buds) 4. NERVES · Linden Tree – Tilia Tomentosa (buds) · Fig – Flous Carica (buds) VIII. PHASES OF DETOXIFICATION (DRAINAGE)
Ø 6 Phases of Detoxification/Elimination: 1. Excretion Phase – toxins are eliminated via the orifices (diarrhea and vomiting) 2. Reaction Phase – the body utilizes the inflammatory processes to eliminate homotoxins (fever, inflammation, mobilization of the white blood cells to consume the toxins) 3. Deposition Phase – storage followed by deactivation of the toxins in connective and fat tissue and in the vascular system. - The above mentioned phases are reversible.
4. Impregnation phase - severe disease occurs in a "locus minoris resistentiae", the body's weakest organ. 5. Degeneration phase - the organ is increasingly and irreversibly damaged, with alteration of the cellular enzymes and in the organic structure. 6. Neoplasm or Cancer phase- the cell genes are damaged.
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