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Many Blessings,
CrystalRiver
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Saponins are soap-like substances that can cause lysis of bacteria. Lysis is the disintegration of a cell by rupture of the cell wall or membrane (lytic action).

The scientific evidence for the spirochete killing power of saponins was provided in this 1917 paper (on pubmed) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19868094

Quote:
" Neufeld and von Prowazek found that spirochetes, unlike bacteria in general, are highly susceptible to the lytic action of ...saponin, and they considered that this phenomenon was of differential diagnostic value in determining plant and animal organisms.

Their observations were confirmed by Gonder, who found, however, that spirochetes, especially treponemata, offer a great deal of resistance at the beginning, but finally undergo lysis, with their cell bodies swollen up or macerated.

In the present experiment we have found that these substances not only bring about cytolysis of the spirochetes in higher concentrations, but also kill them without causing a gross destruction of the cells in very high dilutions; thus, sodium cholate in 1: 5,000, sodium glycocholate and taurocholate in 1: 2,500 each, saponin 1:7,500. "

Saponins are in the following plants and herbs:

Sarsaparilla (smilax)
Astragalus
Panax Notoginseng
Gymnema sylvestre
Licorice
Horsechestnut
Asparagus ferns
Ginseng(chinese and korean)
Garlic
Alfalfa
Fenugreek
Bacopa Monierri
Wild Yam
Red Onions
Agave, Yucca and Prickly Pear
Paprika
Sea Cucumber (animal source)
Quinoa, amaranth and oats (unwashed)
Red wine (not white)
Lily of the Valley
Soy beans, green peas, lima beans, navy beans, kidney beans, chick peas
Spanish saffron-- Crocus sativus
Acacia nilotica --Gum arabic
Gotu Kola

(Note-- I admit that I tried the Bacopa herb a while back and it did improve my memory in just a few days.)

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(breaking up the text for easier reading for many here)
Note--- Hi Robin-- Lets spend our time ADDING COMPOUNDS to this list, rather than editing in more white spaces, which is extremely time consuming. I for one dislike too many paragraph returns, and I find it MORE difficult to read. Thanks...

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CrystalRiver and her ponderings--Mad Cow, prions are they just misfolded proteins caused by the song of the spirochete? frequency as it were?????