Worth the sting: Cuba's scorpion pain remedy

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Worth the sting: Cuba's scorpion pain remedy
Rodrigo Gutierrez

HAVANA (Reuters) - Once a month for the last decade, Pepe Casanas, a 78-year-old Cuban farmer, has hunted down a scorpion to sting himself with, vowing that the venom wards off his rheumatism pains.

His natural remedy is no longer seen as very unusual here.

Researchers in Cuba have found that the venom of the blue scorpion, whose scientific name is Rhopalurus junceus, endemic to the Caribbean island, appears to have anti-inflammatory and pain relief properties, and may be able to delay tumor growth in some cancer patients.

Continued at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-cancer-cuba-scorpion-idUSKBN1OD2GH

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Socialized medicine at its best.

[Oceander]

Socialized medicine at its best.

Natural remedies aren’t limited to socialized medicine.

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Natural remedies aren’t limited to socialized medicine.

Nope, but socialized medicine taken to the extreme like Cuba and Venezuela eliminates most of what our normal treatment options for the common man.

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Researchers in Cuba have found that the venom of the blue scorpion, whose scientific name is Rhopalurus junceus, endemic to the Caribbean island, appears to have anti-inflammatory and pain relief properties, and may be able to delay tumor growth in some cancer patients.

Hmm, tumeric or a scorpion sting?