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by atrust 3688 days ago
It's obvious that the author doesn't know all the details and you keep asking all of these questions over and over again, making yourself look like a troll.

I have a feeling that the _magical_ Peruvian cure is based on eating blister beetles, which is a popular treatment in Chinese medicine. Apparently, chemicals these bugs make could be beneficial in treating certain kinds of cancer. There are a few researches going on on that front.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24733674

http://www.academia.edu/1279793/Antitumor_Activity_of_Mylabr...