Antihistamines are often large ligands and tend to have other neurotransmitter affinities beyond just histamine receptors, chlorogenic receptor affinity is fairly common as well. They’re extremely powerful drugs with incredibly complex side effects. It surprises me that modern medicine uses them so casually, though thank goodness, as easy availability does allow for bypassing the gatekeepers. Just people should know they can make themselves quite sick from it, though if you’re sick it could make you better.
> Boswelia, which helped this author, is frankincense
The author very narrowly cites BosPro,[1] which is a gum extract of Boswellia serrata, or Indian frankincense. Specifically, it claims to have high levels of AKBA (Acetyl-11-Keto-β-Boswellic Acid),[2] an antioxidant with vascular remodeling properties.[3]
It probably came up in Dr. Spray-n-pray's treatments because of studies that suggested AKBA could bind to SARS-CoV-2 proteins, but were inconclusive on whether they were effective treatments.[4]
The author dismisses the inspecific "inflammation" response from that doctor, but considering that the inflammations AKBA seems to often be found effective as a potential treatment are often related to either severe cardiac issues or neurological inflammation - including MS - I'm naively, but more than a little, concerned for the author.
The doctors might have understandably been focused on the author's digestive/GI health, but as noted in the article the brain/GI connection goes very deep. Early-onset symptoms of MS are often digestive in nature.[5]
Boswellic acid derivatives in true frankincense and Indian frankincense are both strongly medicinal.
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, vasopressive intenstinal peptide-vasopressin regulatory axis, pinneal-thymic-bone marrow system, hypothalamic-pituitary system, and more are all significantly influenced by boswellia derivatives.