The Forgotten Fruit Behind the Fight Against Leprosy - CHAULMOOGRA FRUIT (History Unpeeled)

Episode: 777 Chaulmoogra Species: Hydnocarpus sp. Location: Bangkok, Thailand & NYC, USA --- + See EXCLUSIVE videos! Get REWARDS! Help the channel GROW! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weirdexplorer YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChsbD6Clp-ZPqKwXJR3V7DQ/join --- + GET A SHIRT: https://www.weirdexplorer.com/shop --- +Fruit Hunting Tours! https://weirdexplorer.com/tours --- +SEARCH through a complete database of all my fruit reviews on my website: https://www.weirdexplorer.com --- + Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA: IG: @weirdexplorer Twitter: @weirderexplorer FB: https://www.facebook.com/weirdexplorer Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/weirdexplorer/ --- + MUSIC: "Nonstop" "midday dance" "mystic force" "Ecossaise in E-flat" By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Sources https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-621/chaulmoogra https://archive.org/details/americandoctorso00heis/page/262/mode/2up?q=leprosy confusion with gynocardia odorta, still goes on today, researchgate.net gets it wrong.. https://www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa500d_0x00159782 https://www.statista.com/statistics/871627/leprosy-new-cases-number-worldwide-by-country/ https://theconversation.com/humans-gave-leprosy-to-armadillos-now-they-are-giving-it-back-to-us-99915 https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/symptoms/index.html https://www.britannica.com/science/leprosy/History https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/world-leprosy-day/index.html a bit about g. odorata https://medicineonscreen.nlm.nih.gov/2016/06/23/leprosy-in-india/ https://www.nytimes.com/1924/07/14/archives/explorer-from-china-brings-60000-plants-jf-rock-has-2200-specimens.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-29-mn-62114-story.html --- Chapters 0:00-2:34 What does chaulmoogra fruit taste like? 2:34-4:12 The legend of how chaulmoogra was discovered 4:12-7:21 What is leprosy? 7:21-13:45 The Social Stigma about Leprosy Past and Present 13:45-19:10 How Leprosy used to be treated 19:10-23:49 Traditional use of chaulmoogra oil 23:49-27:00 How Chaulmoogra was introduced to the West 27:00-29:53 Chaulmoogra Seed review 29:53-36:18 Alice Ball and an improved leprosy medication 36:18-39:14 Moogral Review, a manufactured medicine for leprosy 39:14-41:49 How Chaulmoogra Fruit came to be grown in the USA 41:49-47:23 The Problem with Chaulmoogra Oil 47:23-51:08 How Leprosy is cured today 51:08-54:41 Will there ever be an end to Leprosy? 54:41-57:15 How Leprosy will be defeated + SPECIAL THANKS: Smarter Every Day, Joseph McCorkle, Bill T