Influenza cure?

It is said that everything we need to survive is already on this planet of ours, we just don't know how to use it. So I thought this of interest. . .

"Scientists have discovered that an ingredient in Honeysuckle tea (drunk in China for centuries), has properties that can beat Influenza".

That could be interesting if it really does work.

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I hope it does we don't see many deaths here and we have vaccinations but some areas of the world flu is a real killer.

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I wonder if its a case of building up yer immune system, if so, we can do that now. I've had a virus threatening for days, I keep holding it back with a pycogenal tablet in the morning and a sambucol later on - it has stopped it progressing ...........I need the help as my immune system isn't good ......

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"It is said that everything we need to survive is already on this planet of ours, we just don't know how to use it"

I believe that too Mups, anything that lives there is something else to kill it on this planet.

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I hope it works too Mumps

looks like not enough chinese people were drinking it then

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Looks like it.

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...well there you go Mups , we can but hope the tea is effective on 'mumps' too

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The scientists said their experiment was the first to show that a natural product can directly target a virus in mice, although it has not yet been proven to be effective in humans.

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Well, we have to use what's available on this planet unless we plan on going further afield, so it's a good job it's all here!

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My understanding of the flu virus is that it constantly mutates and changes and therefore a 'cure' is only possibly for a short period, because next time it may be a different strain.