AMBER Elixir of Immortality: Health compounds with pharmacological action. Baltic amber, Succinite- scientific research on dementia and Alzheimer's disease Kindle Edition

Baltic amber contains unique compounds that support the human brain and body.

Succinic acid supports mental and physical activity; restores vitality, increases the body’s

protection. That compound is often used during alcohol poisoning and reduces the craving for alcohol. It slows down the aging process of the body at the cellular level. In case of diabetes of any form, in the complex therapy succinic acid is used to lower the content of cholesterol, fatty acids and ketone bodies in the blood and reduces insulin demand as well

as stimulates the body to produce its own insulin. Succinic acid along with glucose increase

the body’s efficiency during training, allow the body to quickly and easily adapt to increasing

physical stress, decrease the pain of over-trained muscles.

The different colors of amber are the result of the interaction of the resins of various prehistoric trees.

An important component of amber is succinic acid, discovered in the 1930s. Succinic acid is a natural intermediate product of the metabolic processes and is found in every cell of the body. It takes part in the oxidation of the nutritional ingredients. Succinic acid is formed in the Krebs cycle and then it is used in the intracellular reactions in the body.

During stress, the metabolites which are involved in the energy production are rapidly broken down. Succinic acid plays an important role in this process, participating in the energy transformations in mitochondria.

Sometimes the traces of trees and leaves survive on amber.

Avicenna Ibn Sina in 1019 mentioned that amber has a positive effect

on improving the work of the heart, stomach pain, fainting, fever, decreasing nausea and

stopping vomiting. One of the recommendations was of the use of amber to accelerate the

regeneration of the broken bones, while in the case of the skinny people to gain the weight.

An old engraving of a dripping resin from a tree.

Pliny the Elder in Natural History, cited by Callistratus, recommended wearing amber

beads for sore throats and tonsil diseases. In the years 1098 In 1179 it was recommended

to put pieces of amber in beer, wine or water, and to use it for 14 days after eating in

order to help overcome diseases of the stomach and intestines. In turn putting the amber in

cow’s or sheep’s milk for a day was supposed to contribute to improving the functioning of

the urinary system.