Comments on: The Cow Dung Fertility Cure—and other odd adventures in baby-making http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2010/01/the-cow-dung-fertility-cure%e2%80%94and-other-odd-adventures-in-baby-making.html A Community for Curious Minds who love History, its Odd Stories, and Good Reads Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: daedalus2u http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2010/01/the-cow-dung-fertility-cure%e2%80%94and-other-odd-adventures-in-baby-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-8249 daedalus2u Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:51:58 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/?p=3815#comment-8249 I think this would work. Ancient Egyptians used a pessary of crocodile dung as a medical treatment. For what is unknown because there is a hole in the papyrus telling what it was for. Dung is a strong source of combined nitrogen and ammonia oxidizing bacteria. These bacteria are important in setting the basal level of NO/NOx by converting ammonia on the skin into NO and nitrite which are rapidly absorbed. http://books.google.com/books?id=a3mwmXzpsjkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q&f=false Many instances of infertility are associated with low NO/NOx levels, for example PCOS and hyperandrogenic anovulatory syndrome. NO inhibits the cytochrome P450 enzyme that is the rate limiting step in the formation of androgens. Less NO means more androgens. More androgens cause increased hair growth, which increases the niche where the bacteria I am working with live and so increases NO/NOx levels. Stress is a low NO state. Any kind of stress reduction is going to raise NO/NOx levels. What is important is having the right bacteria. It is not necessary to use dung. I think this would work. Ancient Egyptians used a pessary of crocodile dung as a medical treatment. For what is unknown because there is a hole in the papyrus telling what it was for.

Dung is a strong source of combined nitrogen and ammonia oxidizing bacteria. These bacteria are important in setting the basal level of NO/NOx by converting ammonia on the skin into NO and nitrite which are rapidly absorbed.

http://books.google.com/books?id=a3mwmXzpsjkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q&f=false

Many instances of infertility are associated with low NO/NOx levels, for example PCOS and hyperandrogenic anovulatory syndrome. NO inhibits the cytochrome P450 enzyme that is the rate limiting step in the formation of androgens. Less NO means more androgens. More androgens cause increased hair growth, which increases the niche where the bacteria I am working with live and so increases NO/NOx levels.

Stress is a low NO state. Any kind of stress reduction is going to raise NO/NOx levels.

What is important is having the right bacteria. It is not necessary to use dung.

]]> By: Vicky Alvear Shecter http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2010/01/the-cow-dung-fertility-cure%e2%80%94and-other-odd-adventures-in-baby-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-4036 Vicky Alvear Shecter Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:19:10 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/?p=3815#comment-4036 Okay, now I really, really have to get the image of marinating in a cow dung diaper out of my head! Might need a scrub brush for my brain. Anyway, that was hysterical and fascinating. Thanks for posting! Okay, now I really, really have to get the image of marinating in a cow dung diaper out of my head! Might need a scrub brush for my brain. Anyway, that was hysterical and fascinating. Thanks for posting!

]]> By: Cole http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2010/01/the-cow-dung-fertility-cure%e2%80%94and-other-odd-adventures-in-baby-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-4031 Cole Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:41:12 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/?p=3815#comment-4031 That's fascinating. I can't imagine telling a woman to put on a dung diaper in this day and age! That’s fascinating. I can’t imagine telling a woman to put on a dung diaper in this day and age!

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