Monday 25 April 2011

Number 11 - Daffodil

The flowers representative of Wales, the Narcissus genus, or the Daffodil, is a symbol of renewal, the begining of a life cycle, and the season of spring.

The juice from a daffodil plant can be used as a treatment of Altzheimer´s Disease.

However, care should be taken in preparing the flower for any medicines - its bulb and in some plants, its petals, are poisonous.

The juice from the flower is taken in a pill form. It is an expensive drug as there is only one commercial plant decicated to producing the chemicals using daffodils. They are currently working out which type of daffodil is the one which produces the most galantamine.

Galantamine is extracted from daffodils. (Unkown Image Source. Product of Galamer)

12 comments:

  1. it really helps with Altzheimer's? How much?

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  2. Yeah how effective is it for Alzheimers.

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  3. It´s supposed to be really helpful, I saw a sufferer of Altzheimers on the tv. He claimed he felt completely normal, besides forgetting some small details. It really improves the quality of lives :)

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  4. That's really interesting, I never knew that such a common plant could help with such a terrible disease

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  5. Sometimes natures medicine is best (Or cheaper) ;)

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  6. good info, better natural

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  7. Didnt know this about daffodils, thanks

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  8. This is very interesting. I didn't know daffodils could be useful. Thanks for the info. :D

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  9. Hmm well it's quite expensive think. Anyway it is useful too and it's a nature product so I would say there are more pros then contras.

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  10. Wow I didn't even know daffodils were used in this way!

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