Asao Shimanishi spent fifteen years trying to release minerals from rock into water. What he produced may have isolated a working phase of Earth’s life-sustaining chemistry.
"For the first time in my career, I had encountered something that appeared to influence physiology not only in patients, but across living systems more broadly: microbes, plants, animals, humans, and even the water systems that sustain them.
In medicine, there is really no precedent for that. No vitamin, antibiotic, immune modulator, cytotoxin, or metabolic therapy operates across biological kingdoms, much less extends its influence into soil and water.
No physician expects a therapeutic principle to operate alike in bifidobacteria, basil, eels, potatoes, and people. The only other agent I could find with effects extending beyond mammals was aspirin, since its derivative, salicylic acid, participates in plant signaling."
Is the tree still living? What species is/was it?
Key insights & findings...
"For the first time in my career, I had encountered something that appeared to influence physiology not only in patients, but across living systems more broadly: microbes, plants, animals, humans, and even the water systems that sustain them.
In medicine, there is really no precedent for that. No vitamin, antibiotic, immune modulator, cytotoxin, or metabolic therapy operates across biological kingdoms, much less extends its influence into soil and water.
No physician expects a therapeutic principle to operate alike in bifidobacteria, basil, eels, potatoes, and people. The only other agent I could find with effects extending beyond mammals was aspirin, since its derivative, salicylic acid, participates in plant signaling."
Love the first hints of your trip to Japan.
Also enjoyed you bringing the really enjoyable & informative book "Super Minerals (Trace Elements) Protect Your Health! Hisatake Nojima".
I recently read, but plan to read it again soon. Do you know if his other ~4 books have been translated into English?
I received this comment from Hazama, the translator who I'm sure you've been in touch with...
"Translating this text required me to first fully understand the content in Japanese, which was a great learning experience.
That sour taste of the solution is quite addictive, isn’t it?
I would be delighted if the English translation is of the slightest help to you.
Thank you again for your valuable feedback.
Hazama"