I have been putting star anise in my coffee (break it up and put it in the k cup thing you can use grounds in) the last few weeks. Its actually a good sweetener if you want to avoid sugar.
Thoughts on this wont change the end result. Cause and effect will favor generic drug companies. Expect research and development to stop. Cancer won't get cured for 2 more decades. HIV drugs will cease to be.
the rice bag trick does work, as i rescued an iphone from a lake with it. it had been underwater for over a year, so it was sopped good. the rice started sprouting. It took a couple of batches(1 lb each) of rice and 2 weeks.