Dragon Ball Z’s Senzu Beans EXPLAINED

How exactly do the senzu beans in Dragon Ball work? Kyle takes a closer look at those magical healing plants in this week's episode of Because Science!

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Learn More:
Medicinal plants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicin...
Overview of plants in medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...
Senzu bean: https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Se...
Caffeine enhancing performance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffein...
Morphine pharmacodynamics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphin...
Caffeine and exercise/performance: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/20...
Plantago major: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantag...
Plantago major in modern phytotherapy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...