I too was turned off by Dr. Brian Ardis' over the top claims about snake venoms. He was clearly 'self taught' as.a scientist--not that i am against that in principle, being self-taught largely myself. I dismissed him until I was stuck at a conference with him as the keynote speaker and I decided to attend his talk. Yes, there were the mi…
I too was turned off by Dr. Brian Ardis' over the top claims about snake venoms. He was clearly 'self taught' as.a scientist--not that i am against that in principle, being self-taught largely myself. I dismissed him until I was stuck at a conference with him as the keynote speaker and I decided to attend his talk. Yes, there were the mistakes that only a self-taught scientist would make--the humoral immune system was equated with the adaptive immune system. But his overall point was really remarkable. If you go back to the original analysis of the coronavirus genome in Scientific American, Jan. 20 something, 2020, you'll see that they show that the virus is basically the original SARS CoV virus discovered in 2013 with the addition of five spikes, two of which come from the chinese king cobra snake, one from the chinese krait snake and two more from other toxic animals. Ardis went on from that, finding that tobacco was recognized as an antidote to covid by summer 2020. some of you may remember the honest effort to make a vaccine from burgmansia, a tobacco cousin. from there the research went on to show that snake venoms attack nicotine receptors including the ACE 2 receptor and finding to research showing that the nicotine patch has 'cured' or put in remission long covid sufferers. Ardis finally makes the jump to using nicotine patches as antidotes to covid, long covid, and vaccine side-effects. This is a worthwhile argument. Too bad it is undercut by his lack of competent scientism. This is not exactly a 'cried wolf' thing as much as a day-dreaming shepherd not exactly managing his flock competently but dreaming up a useful solution for his charge nonetheless.
Thanks for your take on this, Matthew. As I know of you and your extensive background in healing and herbal uses, I am glad to see your knowledge in this piece. It is always valuable to have another educated voice.
Thank you, D D. You may be interested in the herbal spin-off I got from our friend the snake venom salesman. I like to see correlations: my "science" is intuitive. Ardis mentioned that rabies is another virus that enters into nicotinic receptors. That struck an intuitive note. One of the first remedies recommended for covid was Chinese Skullcap, which is pretty close to interchangeable with American Skullcap. The latter has been used for both rattlesnake bite and rabies. The anecdotal work with rabies (7000 'cures' according to one doctor--Vandervere) dates to 1805-1840, but was so extensive and well known in New York City that it should not be scorned. This suggests that Skullcap would be another agent in covid, long covid, and injection side-effects. It ought to have more action on neurological symptoms and heat regulation than blood, I would think. The other herb which hits the nicotinic receptors is Lobelia, once an FDA approved drug (lobeline sulfate) for creating aversion to tobacco. Well attested, but it produced widely diverse reactions and is hard to use.
I too was turned off by Dr. Brian Ardis' over the top claims about snake venoms. He was clearly 'self taught' as.a scientist--not that i am against that in principle, being self-taught largely myself. I dismissed him until I was stuck at a conference with him as the keynote speaker and I decided to attend his talk. Yes, there were the mistakes that only a self-taught scientist would make--the humoral immune system was equated with the adaptive immune system. But his overall point was really remarkable. If you go back to the original analysis of the coronavirus genome in Scientific American, Jan. 20 something, 2020, you'll see that they show that the virus is basically the original SARS CoV virus discovered in 2013 with the addition of five spikes, two of which come from the chinese king cobra snake, one from the chinese krait snake and two more from other toxic animals. Ardis went on from that, finding that tobacco was recognized as an antidote to covid by summer 2020. some of you may remember the honest effort to make a vaccine from burgmansia, a tobacco cousin. from there the research went on to show that snake venoms attack nicotine receptors including the ACE 2 receptor and finding to research showing that the nicotine patch has 'cured' or put in remission long covid sufferers. Ardis finally makes the jump to using nicotine patches as antidotes to covid, long covid, and vaccine side-effects. This is a worthwhile argument. Too bad it is undercut by his lack of competent scientism. This is not exactly a 'cried wolf' thing as much as a day-dreaming shepherd not exactly managing his flock competently but dreaming up a useful solution for his charge nonetheless.
Thanks for your take on this, Matthew. As I know of you and your extensive background in healing and herbal uses, I am glad to see your knowledge in this piece. It is always valuable to have another educated voice.
Thank you, D D. You may be interested in the herbal spin-off I got from our friend the snake venom salesman. I like to see correlations: my "science" is intuitive. Ardis mentioned that rabies is another virus that enters into nicotinic receptors. That struck an intuitive note. One of the first remedies recommended for covid was Chinese Skullcap, which is pretty close to interchangeable with American Skullcap. The latter has been used for both rattlesnake bite and rabies. The anecdotal work with rabies (7000 'cures' according to one doctor--Vandervere) dates to 1805-1840, but was so extensive and well known in New York City that it should not be scorned. This suggests that Skullcap would be another agent in covid, long covid, and injection side-effects. It ought to have more action on neurological symptoms and heat regulation than blood, I would think. The other herb which hits the nicotinic receptors is Lobelia, once an FDA approved drug (lobeline sulfate) for creating aversion to tobacco. Well attested, but it produced widely diverse reactions and is hard to use.
I know what you mean.