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(Message started by: FramCire on Jan 8^th, 2006, 3:30pm)

Title: Mangosteen
Post by FramCire on Jan 8^th, 2006, 3:30pm

Ok, time to get beaten up.

I friend suggested this Amway type product. He is a good friend and gave me a bottle (a huge one) for free and said he read it helped headache (migranes I guess) and warned me it was a Amway type product but that it had helped some other medical issues that it claimed to help in his family.

He gave me the bottle for free to try and I am not going to open it until I check out the possible interaction and see if there is any documented success, interactions, or addictive issues.

Anyone tried this stuff or know anything. I wouldn't have even taken the bottle but the guy is a friend who was completely up front and isn't the tyoe if guy to try and make money off of me.

I haven't done the research yet, so I came here first. AGAIN I KNOW NOTHING and I do not indorse this product nor suggest you even look into it, I am only looking for people who have tried it and can give me input.

Title: Re: Mangosteen
Post by Mr. Happy on Jan 8^th, 2006, 3:38pm

http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=meds;action=display;num=1135080530

http://www.med-owl.com/clusterheadaches/tiki-index.php?page=Xanthones

Title: Re: Mangosteen
Post by BarbaraD on Jan 8^th, 2006, 6:44pm

Fram,

Read the contridictions on the lable and then try it. Heck we've all tried about everything. Check the ingredients - then check them against Excedrin ES or Tylenol and see how close it is (just guessing). If it's close to Excedrin, be careful - it can cause rebounds if taken too often. But it may just have something in it that can help for a little while and that will be worth the price.

A friend of mine gave me some tonic that I drink when I think about it. It's supposed to cure everything from arthritis to ringworm. It's just loaded with vitamins so I figured it can't hurt me and if I think positive enough, the vitamins just might do me some good.

Good luck..

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Mangosteen
Post by StressFree on Jan 9^th, 2006, 12:15pm

Some interesting things about Mangosteen I learned in Malaysia. It is very popular there, but isn't allowed in hotels. They have signs banning the fruit from the rooms. It is a very messy fruit, with a sticky outside skin and VERY stinky smell. They can't get the smell out of the rooms when the fruit is taken inside. The flesh of the fruit is very sweet and tasty, though it does have an odd distinctive flavor to it. I looked at the links mentioned above, and it sounds like it would be worth a try - perhaps in capsule form! Take care-Pain Free Days and Nights to everyone! Rich

Title: Re: Mangosteen
Post by BarbaraD on Jan 9^th, 2006, 4:18pm

Good grief.... If I'd read the headings I might see what the devil we're talking about. I just thought you didn't mention the product for some reason. If it's a herb or fruit capsule -- go ahead and try it for goodness sakes. It might just help....

And it can't be any stickier than banana peels around your head (yep, hubby brought that one back from Venezuela - I think a witch doctor told him about it -- didn't work but I tried it just the same). Also tried aloavera juice (didn't work but I can still taste that awful stuff - really tastes better in tequella).

Kudzu seems to be helping me all of a sudden (I'm being real quiet until after a long trial period, but so far all fingers are crossed).

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Mangosteen
Post by taraann on Jan 11^th, 2006, 7:10am

If you do try it, please keep us updated on changes if any.

Title: Re: Mangosteen
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Jan 13^th, 2006, 12:14am

Mangosteen was debated in a thread on this site about 3-4 weeks ago but I haven’t been able to dig it up.

I read quite a good article in a magazine last April pointing out the therapeutical benefits of mangosteen; it is generally considered to be one of the stronger anti-inflammatory natural products around.

If you got the bottle for zip then good on you as this stuff isn’t cheep; it should be cheap as its only fruit juice after all and if you have to pay more than you would for a bottle of orange juice then you are getting ripped off.

http://chetday.com/mangosteen.htm

Below is a piece quoted from the link above.
A common feature of the way in which natural medicines such as mangosteen are promoted is the use of network marketing. This involves the retailing of products through the use of independent distributors. These distributors are then encouraged to build and manage their own sales force by recruiting, motivating, supplying, and training others to sell products. Compensation in such arrangements includes the distributor's own sales as well as a percentage of the sales of his or her entire "downline" (i.e., all those people signed up by an individual, who in turn go on to become salespeople). The term network marketing is virtually synonymous with the older but now somewhat disreputable term 'multi-level marketing' (MLM).
Network marketing turns mere consumers into determined marketers who aggressively sell their product, often to their own friends, relatives and neighbours. The more people they can recruit into the growing network the more money they themselves make. A sophisticated marketing blitz, including books and pamphlets, seemingly objective newsletters, press releases and chattering websites, inflate the importance of a product, creating a buzz that only dies away when the huge supply of potential customers and salespeople is finally exhausted. Or when, as it has on occasion, the government finally steps in. But the essential requirement for a successful MLM operation of this sort is a kernel of promising-sounding scientific evidence, coupled with a credible and compelling story, a compliant doctor willing to underwrite the concept, and finally some patients (who may themselves be distributors) willing to testify that the product led to astounding cures.

It cant hurt you to try it, only your back pocket if you get it from a shark.

Kind Regards
Barry