Historically, respitory ailments were succesfully treated at seaside spa health centers. A sea salt saline-type solution involving the Brown kelp extract mannitol is being tested as an inhalant remedy. Mannitol, a suger molecule, is obtained from the kelp Laminaria saccharina (bladtång in Swedish), rich in this substance, and is believed to improve the delivery of saline into the respiratory system.
Intestinal worms
In the years during World War 2 when anti-worm medicine was unavailable, soldiers in the Philippines were given powdered kelp – which, according to Medical reports, had no negative side effects and was 73 percent effective.
Brown seaweed, such as the Fucus and Laminaria and Irish moss
Whether your are eating them or taking them as supplements, be sure to drink plenty of water as they increase in volume in the gastrointestinal tract and will swell and expand to several times their dehydrated state.
Kelp and indigestion
The sodium found in kelps and seaweeds is vital for the absorption of amino acids in your digestive system and also stimulates your taste buds and salivary glands for improved digestion.
Potato chips
In Ireland and Scotland, laminaria digitata, nori and laver, is eaten like potato chips. In fact, it aids in the digestion of other Foods. It may be a good idea to eat this kelps when you indulge in fried or high-fat fast foode.
Cells
Some scientists theorize that the factor in RMA that prevents viral infection may be carrageenan in kelp. It could be acting as a specific receptor molecule, binding to a cell and triggering a positive cellular response, as well as entering the infected cell itself or hindering the union between infected cells and testing about this and HIV are made in SouthAfrica.
Radiation exposure
During periods of acute radiation exposure, such us following a nuclear accident, (Fukushima, Japan), some experts suggest taking six ounces per week (nearly an ounce per day) or two tablespoons of alginates (bladderwrack or laminaria digitata) four times a day to counteract the absorption of and negative effects of radiation.
Harmful toxins
The Brown algae, such as kelp, kombu, wakame, hijiki, sea palm, and laminaria digitata, will all bind with harmful toxins and Escort them out of your body.
Strontium-90
At McGill University in Montreal, Canada, researchers found that alginic acid, one of the significant polysaccharides found in large Brown algae such as kelp and Alaria and Laminaria Digitata, can combat radiation poisoning and reduce the amount of strontium-90 absorbed through the intestinal wall.
Kelp and spa
Fucus kelp has a long history of relieving pain associated with rheumatism through its external application and its use in brine baths. Bladderwrack kelp (fucus vesiculosis) was used traditionally by the Native Americans and Europeans especially in Spa (Belgiums) as a popular ingredient in steam baths for painful joints, arthritis, gout, and chronic illness.