Turns out in Cuba, scorpion's venom has already been used for traditional medicine to cure rheumatism
News24xx.com - A farmer named Pepe Casanas (78), once a month will search for wild scorpions. He claimed that scorpion stings could help him deal with rheumatic diseases that he has been suffering for years."I put it (scorpion-ed) in a place that feels pain. The pain from the sting is only for a moment and then it goes away and i don't feel any more pain from my disease" Pepe said as quoted by Reuters on Monday, December 17th 2018.
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On the larger scale, the Cuban pharmaceutical company named Labiofam even has been harvested scorpion venom and created traditional medicine called Vidatox since 2011. The drug is made by mixing the poison with water.
Chairperson of the Labiofam laboratory Dr. Fabio Linares said that the drug from scorpion poison works by stimulating the body's natural defense system. For this reason, Labiofam still recommends its products as a complementary therapy, not a substitute for conventional medical therapy.
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At least there are 6,000 scorpions Labiofam takes care. The scorpion venom is harvested by electrocuting it with low voltage electricity. In the medical world there is indeed research that looks at scorpion venom can fight tumors and relieve inflammation to pain. However, some oncologists say further studies are needed to really confirm these claims.
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