Can you eat moldy orange rind as an emergency antibiotic?!


Question: Can you eat moldy orange rind as an emergency antibiotic.?
Answers:
I'm not aware of any antibiotics derived from the mold that grows on citrus fruits.. You would just get sick..

While penicillin was purified from a type of bread mold, that doesn't mean that all molds have any useful antibiotic propertiesHealth Question & Answer

Not all molds are safe to ingest.. Bread mold for
instance is dangerous for the body and
I'm not sure about orange mold but I wouldn't
substitute it for antibiotics if I were you!
If you HAVE to take antibiotics, take the right one
that best suits your symptoms, otherwise you can take something to give your immune system a boost..............like Echinacea tablets or capsules that are available in health food shops..........
If possible, avoid taking synthetic antibiotics if it is not a MUST, they cause unhealthy reactions in the body......
Garlic is a natural antibiotic......Health Question & Answer

i wouldn't recommend it.. Doesn't sound kosher..

Yeah, antibiotics are derived from certain molds/fungi but they isolate it out from other molds during a certain incubation period, so you don't know what your getting and when its a good mold harvest time..Health Question & Answer

Moldy anything is gross, and may contribute to disease in the body..

That's just disgusting!!!Health Question & Answer

I don't know about as an antibiotic, but it might work in purifying your body as you puke your guts up..Health Question & Answer

no, antibiotics don't come from moldHealth Question & Answer

you wouldn't die but might get sick; diarrheaHealth Question & Answer



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