Gedurende n besoek aan Kalifornië het ons mense besoek wat ons vantevore in Ottawa leer ken het. ( Hulle was uit Rusland, maar toe alreeds Kanadese burgers.) Hy werk nou in Santa Cruz. Die vrou vra ons toe of ons vir een van haar kennisse in Ottawa, wat onlangs 'n operasie ondergaan het, 'n soort medisyne sou terugneem, wat glo nie so geredelik in Kanada beskikbaar is nie, maar glo taamlik goedkoop in die VSA is, as jy weet waar om dit te kry. Die Russiese naam van die medisyne is "Mumie." Dit het my nie lank geneem om te verstaan aan haar verduidelikings dat sy van Dassiepis praat nie. In die "Dictionary of South African English" word Dassie- pis as volg beskryf: Hyraceum: "klipsweet" the solidified urine of the Dassie used medicinally by country and Khoi People. "Early travellers in the Cape...were puzzled by a substance they found in some caves,black masses like pitch. Thunberg thought it was bitumen, but the Bushmen and Hottentots knew better... They call the substance klipsweet or dassiepis. In the Cape Pharmacopoeia it is listed as Hyracium. Hyracium has been used as a medicine for centuries." Die vrou in Santa Cruz het vir my iets oor Mumie op die Internet uitgedruk sodat, as ek daarmee op die grens gevang word, ek kan verduidelik wat dit is. Volgens die informasie het Aristoteles dit al beskryf. Dit word gewoonlik in berge gevind, op die mure van grotte. "Research has shown that its main ingredient are harvest mice droppings. Melting in the sun, they seep into the cracks of the rocks, and is enriched with minerals. Naturally, the composition of the droppings depends on the food the mice eat. ... This is why composition of mumie found in different caves or even collected at different times of the year is different.... Mumie belongs to the group of biosynthesis boosters. It means it does not fight any specific problem but instead stimulates each cell of the body. What is most important is that in case of damaged organs or wounds, the body instead of scar tissue produces new healthy functional cells. " L.G. Green Karoo (1955)
> the Bushmen and Hottentots knew > better... They call the substance klipsweet or > dassiepis. In the Cape Pharmacopoeia it is > listed as Hyracium. Hyracium has been used > as a medicine for centuries." En so gaan ons terug na die natuur toe om onsself te genees.