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ewh-110825-serotonin-and-endotoxin — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview ewh-110825-serotonin-and-endotoxin. The excerpt begins at 12:07 and runs for 1 minute 3 seconds.

It causes spasms not only in the uterus but in blood vessels. And when people were poisoned by this ergot fungus, they would develop gangrene and insanity, nausea, vomiting, just about every unpleasant symptom you could think of. In the early 1900s, people were starting to study the chemistry of the ergot fungus. And histamine was the first thing they identified that caused muscular spasms and would accelerate either miscarriage or abortion or normal delivery. And for about 20 years, histamine was of considerable interest and led to the development of antihistamines.