http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2010/07/ancient-drinks-had-anti-cancer-properties/

Ancient drinks held properties that affected lung and colon cancer.

We knew this, but it’s nice to have it confirmed.  Let’s hope they continue this line of thought, I would love to see more research into ancient healing modalities and their usefulness in todays society.  Confirmed by scientific research, because even though I am a Seidhkona, I still use the scientific method to confirm my findings.

Over the past two years, researchers working on a unique joint project, “Archaeological Oncology: Digging for Drug Discovery,” have been testing compounds found in ancient fermented beverages from China and Egypt for their anticancer properties. Several compounds—specifically luteolin from sage and ursolic acid from thyme and other herbs attested in ancient Egyptian wine jars, ca 3150 BCE, and artemisinin and its synthetic derivative, artesunate, and isoscopolein from wormwood species (Artemisia), which laced an ancient Chinese rice wine, ca 1050 BCE—showed promising and positive test tube activity against lung and colon cancers.