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! More science: http://nerdist.com/topic/science-tech/ Watch more Because Science: http://nerdi.st/BecSci Follow Kyle Hill: https://twitter.com/Sci_Phile Follow us on FB: https://www.facebook.com/BecauseScience Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/becausescience Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becausescience Follow Nerdist: https://twitter.com/Nerdist Because Science every Thursday. Learn More: Medicinal plants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_plants#Phytochemical_basis Overview of plants in medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK464488/ Senzu bean: https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Senzu_Bean Caffeine enhancing performance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine#Enhancing_performance Morphine pharmacodynamics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine#Pharmacology Caffeine and exercise/performance: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/03/29/bjsports-2018-100278 Plantago major: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago_major#Other_uses Plantago major in modern phytotherapy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5878035/