[Latin Name]Huperzia serratum

[Source] Huperziceae whole herb from China

[Appearance]Brown to white

[Ingredient]Huperzine A

[Specification]Huperzine A 1% – 5%, HPLC

[Solubility] Soluble in chloroform, methanol, ethanol, slightly soluble in water

[Particle size] 80 Mesh

[Loss on drying] ≤5.0%

[Heavy Metal] ≤10PPM

[Pesticide residue] EC396-2005, USP 34, EP 8.0, FDA

[Storage] Store in cool & dry area, keep away from the direct light and heat.

[Shelf life] 24 Months

[Package] Packed in paper-drums and two plastic-bags inside.

[What is Huperzine A]

Huperzia is a type of moss that grows in China. It is related to club mosses (the Lycopodiaceae family) and is known to some botanists as Lycopodium serratum . The whole prepared moss was used traditionally. Modern herbal preparations use only the isolated alkaloid known as huperzine A. Huperzine A is an alkaloid found in huperzia that has been reported to prevent the breakdown of acetylcholine, an important substance needed by the nervous system to transmit information from cell to cell. Animal research has suggested that huperzine A’s ability to preserve acetylcholine may be greater than that of some prescription drugs. Loss of acetylcholine function is a primary feature of several disorders of brain function, including Alzheimer’s disease . Huperzine A may also have a protective effect on brain tissue, further increasing its theoretical potential for helping reduce symptoms of some brain disorders.

[Function] Used in alternative medicine, huperzine A has been found to act as a cholinesterase inhibitor, a type of medicine used to prevent the breakdown of acetylcholine (a chemical essential to learning and memory).

Not only used as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, huperzine A is also said to enhance learning and memory and to protect against age-related cognitive decline.

In addition, huperzine A is sometimes used to boost energy, increase alertness, and aid in the treatment of myasthenia gravis (an autoimmune disorder that affects the muscles).

In Egyptian legend, bees were created when the tears of the sun god Ra landed on the desert sand. In the creation story of the San people of the Kalahari, the seed that a bee plants in a mantis grows into the very first human. These myths are pretty wild, but here are 5 bee truths that are truly terrific.

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Music Attribution:
“Precipice” by Avaren

Video Attributions:

Not The Bees (The Wicker Man):

Bee Macro (Canon 550D with reversed lens)

Bee Macro

OUCH That HURTS! Yellow Jacket & Honey Bee Sting Closeup!

Honey Bee Swarm MACRO close Clear Audio/Sounds

Bumble bee drinking nectar from flower macro hd (Osmia cornuta)

Dead Drones After Mating

Bees enjoying honey waterfall [HD macro]

Honeybee-Stomach.jpg

https://www.benefits-of-honey.com/bee-vomit.html

Dude Drinks a Gallon of Honey While Covered in Bees (Warning: Vomit Alert)

High speed summary of Life inside the Beehive

Transcript:

Bees evolved from prehistoric, carnivorous wasps that laid their eggs in the bodies of their prey. As flowering plants evolved, bees became gentle herbivores and began using hives and nests as nurseries instead of the corpses of their insect enemies. But bees retained their stabby reproductive organs, and replaced the eggs with venom. For defensive purposes. These stingers evolved from female reproductive organs, which means that only female bees can sting.

Or, at least, female bees are by far the dominant sex. In nearly every species, a male bee’s only job is to mate with a female. Most male bees lack even the structures necessary to carry pollen or make wax. In some species, the mating process is deadly for the males: They leave their endophallus in the female’s body, fatally injuring themselves in the process. Yes, endophallus: Male bees don’t have external genitalia, instead hiding a secret penis inside their bodies.

Male bees are so extraneous to the hive life of social species like honeybees that female honeybees usually force the males out of the nest before winter, or whenever food becomes scarce. Speaking of food…

Delicious honey starts out as flower nectar: The sugary fluid that that gives flowers their scents and attracts pollinators. Foraging honeybees collect it in a specialized organ called the honey stomach, and carry it back to their hive in wee, 40-milligram loads. Once there, they regurgitate the nectar and pass it to worker bees. They transform the thin nectar into energy-dense honey by evaporating out the water content.

Bees reduce the moisture in nectar by up to 50% in order to create honey, and they do it by swallowing and regurgitating the nectar over and over. As a bonus, this also adds enzymes from the bees’ mouths, which give honey its antimicrobial properties. What’s your favorite application of delicious bee regurgitation?

That’s because structures in bees’ eyes allow them to see ultraviolet light, and to tell the difference between polarized and unpolarized light.

Bees detect a sun obscured by clouds by looking for the part of the sky with the least amount of ultraviolet light. (Speaking as someone who’s gotten a sunburn on a cloudy day, I can personally attest that UV light is not blocked by clouds.) And, OK, light is polarized if its wavelengths are traveling parallel to one another. Sunlight is unpolarized when it hits Earth’s atmosphere, but then it starts refracting through all the particles in the atmosphere at particular angles. So bees can confirm the position of a hidden sun by looking 90 degrees azimuth from the part of the sky with the strongest polarization.

Bees can also navigate by the arcs of Earth’s magnetic field. Science isn’t entirely sure how, but researchers are pretty sure it has to do with the iron granules containing superparamagnetic magnetite that can be found in the front of their abdomens.

Special cells in all kinds of organisms can build mineral structures — it’s how we get our bones, and how birds grow their beaks. While bees are alive, their bodies keep them with a fresh supply. Honeybees use their magnetoreception to orient themselves while building honeycomb and telling their fellow workers where food can be found.

In this episode of Bubble Child, we have Damien Binois from Nossa! Fruits in our kitchen to make an Avocado Acai Bowl that’s vegan, gluten-free, and grain-free. FULL RECIPE BELOW.

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We got lucky in the Bubble Child kitchen! CEO and Founder of Nossa! Fruits Damien Binois stops by to show us how to make an Acai Bowl with his organic frozen acai. Damien’s company is the only one in France to directly import and sell organic acai, and I’m happy to know it’s from someone with such product for the berry, the environment of Brazil, and food!!

I’m really happy with the way this superfood turned into frozen dessert. It’s completely grain-free, vegan, and gluten-free, and is loaded with minerals, vitamins, antioxydants, and omega fatty acids.

No wonder Brazilians have so much energy.

AVOCADO ACAI BOWL

serves two

400 g frozen acai (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 banana
1 avocado
1/4-1/2 tsp. stevia (depending upon how much you like it)*
a pinch wasabi powder
1 square dark chocolate
1/4 cup dried raspberries
2 tbs. roasted pumpkin seeds
lemon zest

1. Blend acai, banana, avocado, stevia and wasabi in a blender, starting with the banana and avocado on the bottom, and the acai, stevia, and wasabi powder on top.
2. Immediately spoon into serving containers. Top with raspberries and pumpkin seeds. Add a pinch of lemon zest, and finally grate some dark chocolate on top with a microphone for a fabulous texture.

*if you hate stevia, agave nectar or coconut sugar are other low glycemic replacements. Add about 2 tbs. or each if you’re replacing the stevia.