History of Coral Calcium

The first use of coral in medicine is impossible to document, but it clearly began thousands of years ago. The use of mariceuticals (medicine from marine organisms) is well documented in ancient Arabic and Chinese literature, but the first specific mention of coral is found in Indian Ayurvedic Medicine, dating back some 5,000 years. Coral was first introduced as medicine to the Western World by the ninth century Arab expansion into Europe. The Persian philosopher Al-Kindi included coral in the "Medical Formulary" (830 A.D.), which was adopted by the Arab world upon the Muslim conversion of Persia and then spread during their westward campaigns. Proof of western coral usage can be seen in a pharmacy that was established in 1685 and is still in existence and preserved as a museum in northern Spain. Among the rows of bottles on the ancient shelves is a container of coral powder with the inscription "Coral Calcium from Okinawa, Japan" and "The blond coral is the only coral used for medicine." The inscription further states that the coral has a beneficial effect upon the heart and elevates the mood of the person taking it.

In Japan, where Coral Calcium has been ingested for years, people commonly live to well over 100 years of age and are relatively free of degenerative diseases. And, millions of Okinawans who live in the southern Coral Islands near Japan experience an average life expectancy of 105 years. These proud Asian people discovered over 500 years ago that feeding coral sand (produced from the weathering of the reefs) to the chickens and cows resulted in twice as many eggs and twice as much vitamin rich milk. They also found that when coral sand is used as a fertilizer, crops increase by as much as threefold. And, when they finally began to personally consume the coral sand (16th Century), the disappearance of most disease forced under-utilized doctors to leave the islands. This was known historically as the Japanese Exodus. Eventually, the early European explorers discovered this secret and transported shiploads of the calcium-rich coral sand back to Europe. Many say that coral minerals are the reason for the indisputable longevity of the people of Okinawa; at best, coral calcium might have been one influence on their longevity, certainly not the only.