President Trump’s Aspirin Use
Earlier this year, it was reported that President Trump takes 325 mg of aspirin daily. A typical maintenance dose is 81 mg. A dose of 325 mg is generally prescribed to patients in the period following a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack or ischemic stroke. When photos of President Trump’s bruised hands first emerged, it became obvious to me that they were the result of so-called “blood-thinning” medication.
Aspirin is used primarily for pain and inflammation reduction, as well as blood clot prevention. Because the drug decreases platelet aggregation, it is known to significantly increase the risk of bleeding.
Trump stated that he does not want “thick blood pouring through my heart.” However, artificially thinning the blood carries serious health ramifications, especially when higher doses of aspirin are involved. Owing to its anticoagulant action, the drug predisposes users to easy bruising, gastrointestinal and other internal bleeding, and hemorrhagic stroke, among other adverse effects.
Aspirin is a trade name for a synthetic compound called acetylsalicylic acid. Acetylsalicylic acid is man-made and inorganic and is therefore incompatible with organic human biology.
Like most other drugs, the idea to manufacture acetylsalicylic acid originated in Nature. The predecessor of modern aspirin is Salix alba, a plant commonly known as white willow. Its bark was used for millennia (in Kemet [ancient Egypt], ancient Greece [including by Hippocrates], and ancient Rome) as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic (pain reliever), and antipyretic (fever reducer). Its therapeutic efficacy is largely attributed to its rich content of salicin. When the herb is ingested, the phytochemical salicin is metabolized into salicylic acid, which ultimately produces the aforementioned therapeutic effects.
Nearly two centuries ago, scientists isolated salicin from white willow and later chemically converted it into salicylic acid. Synthetic salicylic acid, however, was caustic to the body’s mucosal membranes (as opposed to the salicylic acid produced naturally within the body following ingestion of the herb). Because of its toxicity, artificial salicylic acid was subjected to another synthetic process – acetylation – to make it more tolerable. The result of this alteration was a substance called acetylsalicylic acid, which was later named “aspirin.” (The name itself is derived from meadowsweet – another plant with similar medicinal properties, whose botanical name at the time was Spiraea ulmaria [“A-” for acetyl and “-spirin” from Spiraea].) Although aspirin is technically less toxic than the original synthetic salicylic acid, it is still highly corrosive and deleterious to health.
Besides temporary use in certain acute emergency situations, thinning the blood with synthetic compounds is not a wise approach to cardiovascular event prevention. Herbal “blood thinners,” such as cayenne pepper, ginger root, ginkgo biloba leaf, garlic, and turmeric root, are organic (contain carbon-hydrogen bonds) and thus possess innate natural intelligence that allows them to work in harmony with the body’s natural processes. Conversely, inorganic drugs such as aspirin lack this biological synergy and therefore tend to cause harm, even when used as directed (see “iatrogenics”).
In my nearly two decades of working with plants, I have yet to see a single individual suffer a stroke, stomach ulcer, or kidney damage due to his or her use of an herb. However, hundreds of thousands of injuries and deaths are attributed annually to aspirin use.
I encourage those who have developed peptic ulcers, or otherwise suffered injury to their gastrointestinal lining due to prolonged aspirin use, to read my article, Healing Ulcers in Days With Cabbage Juice.
Rather than thinning the blood with man-made chemicals, individuals –including Trump – concerned about proper blood flow would be wise to address the underlying causes of vascular dysfunction by cleansing the arteries of plaque and calcium accumulation through the adoption of an organic, whole-food, plant-based diet, which is incontrovertibly the most beneficial for repairing and maintaining clean, elastic blood vessels and a strong, healthy heart.
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