Once again, thank you so much for your responses Haidut!!!That's a good point too. I was hoping that Theranos (or a similar company) would launch their fingerprick tests nationwide and then I could run a lot of these tests on myself. I have always wanted to see the effects of some foods, alcohol, herbs, vitamins, etc on some biomarkers within the first 24 hours of exposure. But that hope has been dashed, so not sure what else can be done to see the real effect of emodin on the immune system. If anybody has suggestions I'd love to hear them. Again, I think that if emodin is not effecting somebody in a good way then they should stop taking it. No need to "push through" because a study says some stuff is always good for you. There are certainly cases where emodin can be dangerous. Since it is a powerful 11b-HSD1 inhibitor, in people with low cortisol it can drive it low enough to trigger fainting or even seizure (both due to hypoglycemia). But I am hoping those cases are rare on the forum.
I don't think my rat is having negative responses to taking the cascara capsules.
It sure would be great to be able to track the various pro and anti-metabolic markers as we learn from our rat's experiences.
I am keeping a neutral mind about how to think about cold/flu-like symptoms.
I put 4 drops of metergoline on my rat since I last posted and had her take an aikido class. She coughed a few times but enjoyed class and had a lot of mat energy. She sang along in the car home feeling worked out but refreshed and liking her new training environment. Indeed, one of the rat's partners said , "whoa, maybe a little less caffeine before training?!?" He was laughing; it wasn't snarky.
This same rat had gone to bed last night with the idea that it caught the cold/flu bug going around Chicago. The rat slept in and felt sorry for itself most the day. But such_saturation's brief missive re serotonin perked her experimental curiosity to snap out of it. C'mon rat, how would you feel with less serotonin?
ha, well for whatever that update was worth.... (maybe less)
I find I am guilty of thread bleed (cascara => metergoline) but, at the same time, everything seems to be pointing to the same thing. I apologize for getting off-topic.
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