Unravelling Frequencies

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Article by Dr. Schick describing his discovery of 'Menotoxin'.

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'Menotoxin' as subsequently discussed in scientific journals. Copyright restrictions prevent me from showing these in full.

Menotoxic Tulips

In the 1920s, four centuries after Paracelsus declared menstrual blood to be one of nature's most toxic substances, Dr. Béla Schick and his colleagues conducted experiments to demonstrate the presence of harmful toxins in the blood of menstruating women. Despite extensive research spanning until the late 1970s, medical professionals in the United States and Europe failed to conclusively prove this theory. Although menotoxins have been used to explain various women's health issues throughout the 20th century, most modern doctors no longer consider this theory valid, though it still persists in some alternative medicine circles. Today, menstrual blood is viewed as a valuable resource for stem cell research aimed at treating neurodegenerative disorders.

My recreation of this experiment, using blood drawn from my arm vein on the first day of menstruation, revealed that the tulips in vases containing my 'menotoxic' blood survived the longest. The slideshow contrasts the experiment's documentation with images of Chenopodium vulvaria, Mercurialis perennis, and Berberis. These plants are known to actually produce trimethylamine, the toxin allegedly emanating from menstruating women.