Comments on: Black Pepper may hold key to Vitiligo cure

By: Radha

Radha — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:35:46 +0000

I am suffering from vitiligo for the past 10 years.I used english medicine but no use.Please suggest effective tratment for me.

and also suggest me who to use Black Pepper and Chickpease.

Thanking you Radha

By: A

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:31:07 +0000

With reference to Ginger related patents above, please also note from http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090220624 that some herbal extracts were obtained from “…Picrorrhiza kurroa … obtained from SAMI Labs Limited, of Bangalore, India” according to a 2009 patent application (granted). Clearly there is a need for serious study and legal resistance. (But I will admit readily that this is easier said than done. The first problem faced by ethnic groups is that they lack any form of “public funding”. Ideally it should be the job of some local governments).

By: A

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:23:05 +0000

Related: A UK pharma company tried to patent the use of Ginger to treat coughs and colds. It was reported in Times of India without identifying their name! (What sloppy reporting. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Database-helped-thwart-UK-patent-bid/articleshow/11358577.cms ). I have tracked down the name of the patent applicant/company as “Nicholas John Larkins”. Here is another 2008 patent by them which includes ginger. Please post this for the benefit of all researchers of ethnomedicine in India.

http://www.europatentbox.com/patent/EP1993521A1/abstract/530650.html

Hope somebody will counter such patents, which are an attempt to appropriate traditional wisdom and culture handed down by the respective ancestors of elders. It is best if such wisdom is shared publicly and not made the property of any private individual, group or for-profit company. Thank you.

By: asif khan

asif khan — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:19:48 +0000

can anyone suggest the way to use black pepper on spots?

By: B Shantanu

B Shantanu — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:27:02 +0000

@Rashmin: Pl. read my comments at #13 and #22.

I think the effect of chick-peas and pepper on vitiligo is the subject of continuing research.

Pl. check this site where you are likely to find more information: http://www.vitiligosupport.org/