Become the Master Alchemist - Creating Gold and Healing
- dianadem
- Jul 5, 2020
- 4 min read
Suggested song for the reading: Golden Time of the Day (feat. Frankie Beverly) by Maze (Thanks Katherine!)
Have you ever heard a saying that you can become your own alchemist? Alchemy by its definition signified a supposed science of transmutation of base metals into silver or gold. Now, despite the fact that this kind of alchemy would seem kind of attractive, most people would doubt the possibility of making gold from copper.
When you are in dubious circumstances, it is difficult to make matters 300% better, right? However, you have to learn to play the golden hand even if your abundance is not on the level right now.
The Golden Microbial Magician
Well, let me introduce You to the microbial magician, Cupriavidus metallidurans. Not only is this tiny proteobacterium able to live in highly toxic environments (wouldn't we all wish to have this special ability at times?) surviving in the areas of many metals, it can also metabolize toxic metals. And interestingly, it grows well in on the substance of gold chloride. In a minilab full of gold chloride, it converts the gold chloride to 24-carat gold in a week’s time, a process that this bacterium is thought to carry out regularly in nature. Adam Brown has called it neo-alchemy, a cross between modern microbiology and alchemy. So the process is to from gold nuggets from toxic gold compounds that are found in nature.
Why won't we grow some nice microbes that would make us rich and healthy?
Read more about interesting aspects of the microbiome here
Thymus, Gold, and Ayurveda
Did you know that there is gold in your thymus? It was found in the Langerhans cells in the thymus. Now, the thymus is one of the central organs of immunity and when it comes to immunity, we also speak about tolerance mechanisms. Not very sure, if it is actual truth, but so it said in 1 study of 1984.
Knowing this, it is intriguing to know that the practice of using gold as a healing compound in Ayurvedic medicine. If you're interested, the link some basic translations of Ayurveda is here
Gold is used both externally and internally, possibly the most famous treatment is the Swarna Bhasma. Swarna bhasma (or Suvarna bhasma) is a gold ash treatment that is told to promote Immunity through phagocytosis. In Ayurvedic medicine, the effect of Swarna bhasma is dependant on the compounds taken with the treatment. For example, if taken with saffron, it improves skin complexion, but if used with ginger, clove and pepper, it relieves psychosis. The treatment is good for Vata-related diseases such as joint pains, mental disturbances, asthma, memory loss, but it also has tridoshic effect. Ayurvedic text also notes that it may be effective in hemiplegia and paralysis.
The process of producing gold ash involves the three processes of shodhana, dravana,
and marana. Interestingly, study shows that the gold particles may enter cells by macropinocytosis and accumulate in vacuoles and even enter the nuclei of the cells.
It is not medical advice, but to give an overview:
The dose of Swarna Bhasma, is1/8 –1/4 Ratti. 1 Ratti means 125 mg. So, the dose is 15 –30 mg per day for adults (Sravani et al, 2017)
In another reference (Raghunathan 1976), the recommended dose was significantly higher - 100 to 250 mg for a male adult
It is interesting to know that modified gold-containing drugs are used in modern medicine in Rheumatoid Arthritis for decades and gold nanoparticles are investigated for cancer treatment (the gold compounds would transport the medicine closer to the target)
Is the best use and value of gold possibly...eating it? The gold standard would be to take care of yourself?
Grow your microbiota, use your day wisely, treat yourself with some gold or treat yourself like gold. All is Veda to a proper person!
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Thymus, Gold and Ayurveda
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