Probably the most spectacular rejuvenation therapy of all times on a mass scale is the so-called Gerovital therapy. Gerovital is a procaine preparation, the rejuvenating effects of which were discovered by the Rumanian doctor, Professor Ana Asian, M.D.
Professor Ana Asian is very popular in Europe. Thousands upon thousands of people from all over the world travel to her Rejuvenation Institute in Bucharest and receive Gerovital treatments in hyper-modern clinics under doctors’ supervision. Dr. Asian says that she has treated over 40,000 people in her Institute.
Dr. Asian discovered quite accidently that procaine, previously commonly used as an anesthetic agent, had age-retarding property. She injected specially designed doses of procaine, which she named H3, into patients showing signs of degeneration and premature aging, and observed that stiff, immobile joints became flexible, pain disappeared and the patients gained new energy and vitality. Dr. Asian has improved her original H3 formula and uses only Gerovital, which she claims has been demonstrated in tests in Italy and U.S.A. as being superior to pure procaine. Gerovital has been used in Rumania for 17 years, and presently 40,000 persons all over Rumania are under continuous prophylactic treatment with Gerovital. Dr. Asian claims that Gerovital prolongs life and gives more energy, vitality and zest for living to older people. She recommends starting Gerovital treatments for preventive purposes at the age of 40. Between 40 and 60 Gerovital can be taken in tablet form. After 60, when absorbtion ability is diminished, she recommends injections.
According to Dr. Asian, aging processes start when the body’s ability to produce new cells and to replenish the old ones is diminished. Gerovital helps the body to regenerate new cell production, which is the reason for its rejuvenating effect.
I met Dr. Ana Asian in Sweden, in the summer 1968, where she lectured on her rejuvenating method. She is a living advertisement for her drug and her therapy. At 72 she looks as though she is in her late fifties. Her face is quite free from wrinkles and even the skin on her arms is perfectly smooth and firm as on a younger person. I have ‘ also talked with several persons who undertook Gerovital therapy, and they all seemed to be enthusiastic about its revitalizing and j rejuvenating effect.
Although Gerovital treatment is not endorsed by official medicine in most countries, it has an official sanction in Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, East Germany, and Rumania.
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