Interesting tidbit -a homepathic perspective
06/13/06 11:59 AM
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I was doing a bit of research on the acacia plant, and the acacia powder that is helping with my IBS symptoms. As I explored it, I discovered that one of the plants in the same family as acacia is the mimosa, or "sensitive plant". This is a tree that grows in the deep south, with beautiful fronded branches and whispy pink flowers. When the leaves of the tree are touched, they fold in on themselves. Even the slightest touch, or a rough breeze, will cause the leaves to fold up and hide. In addition, they fold up at night, when there is no warm sun to encourage them to open.
My mate is a homepath, and she found this interesting. She indicated that one of the reasons that acacia may work for IBS where other types of soluble fibers do not do as well is because of the homeopathic principle that "like cures like". Because the family of acacia have such sensitivity, and spasm closed on "aggravation or irritation", it made perfect sense to her that the extracted powder from the plant, in small material doses, could help desensitize spasming intestines. She reminded me that this is all theory, because acacia has never, as far as she knows, been "proven" by homeopathic method, but it is an interesting possibility to explain acacia's ability to work more effectively than other, similar soluble fibers.
Just an interesting tidbit.
ZWD
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"Couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't and can't may be the most dangerous words in our vocabulary" - ZWD
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