There's an inflammatory autoimmune condition known as oral lichen planus,

in which our immune system starts attacking the lining of our mouth.

This is what it looks like.

It's actually not that rare.

It strikes up to 5% of the population, particularly women, and about 1%

of cases can turn into cancer. If there's no cure, there's just symptomatic treatments,

steroids, immunosuppressants, and total glucosides of peony? Like peony, peony, yes, medicinal properties

in the root of the common garden peony. That's neat.

But are there any edible plants that may help? There's a plant called Perslane, one of the

most common weeds in the world. You can see it growing out of the cracks in the sidewalk

everywhere you look once you start looking. Its healing properties were thought to be so

reliable that Roman Savant Pliny the Elder advised wearing the plant as an amulet to expel

all evil. I don't know about that. What about just eating it? A randomized double-land

placebo-controlled trial found that 83% of those in the Perslane group experienced partial or complete clinical

improvement compared to 83% of the placebo group who either didn't respond or got worse.

So this simple weed appears to be clinically affected in the treatment of oral-like

in plainness with no side effects.

In a comparison to the efficacy and safety of nine different treatments, including steroids,

immunosuppressants, Perslane, appeared to not only be the safest, but the most effective

treatment available, with only good side effects, lowering triglycerized and decreasing

inflammation.

You can overdo it, though.

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