Providing a crucial cure for malaria with herbs
In rural Africa children suffer from as many as six bouts of malaria a year. In the past, malaria has been poorly treated, and the children affected by this disease die slowly of anaemia. Those who survive are affected both mentally and developmentally in their growth. The primary reason these children are continually affected is because the current drug treatment Chloroquine, used since 1970, is practically useless as resistance is up to 90 percent in some areas and continuing to spread.
Artemisinin may prove to be the final solution to malaria disease as researchers are looking at the possibility that a patient may never develop resistance to the treatment.
According to Todd Luger, L.Ac. Director of Chinese Herb Academy, Artemisinin shows promise in the treatment of malaria as well as other diseases as serious as cancer. It appears to affect the life cycle of the malaria parasite as well as the life cycle of cancer cells.
What makes this herb different from past remedies such as the drug Chloroquine, is that it kills the parasite before it has time to recognise the drugs structures.
In order to prevent patients from becoming resistant to artemisinin, researchers are developing multi-drug cocktails.
Using two drugs in conjunction with one another ensures destruction of the malaria parasite; therefore, if the virus was resistant to one drug, the other drug should prove to be effective.
This has proven to be an effective method in treating other diseases that produce resistant strains such as AIDS and cancer.
Artemisinin is particularly effective because it acts like a bomb when introduced into the blood stream.
The two main oxygen atoms that break apart in the presence of iron, filter into the red blood cells where the malaria parasite inhabits, and explodes, releasing lethal toxins that destroy the parasite.
This process rapidly reduces the number of parasites in the blood to extremely small numbers. In fact, test trials have shown that artemisinin is an effective cure for malaria, killing 99 percent of malaria parasites within 48 hours, but to completely cure the infection the drug must be taken for week.
In a large scaled assault on the malaria epidemic, the WHO has dedicated itself to cutting the number of deaths from malaria over the next decade in half. Some Useful Unani Medicine: 1. Gul Banafsa 7 in numb,Maveez munaqa 9 in numb, Bekh kasini 7 gm, Badyan 7 gm, Gauzan 7 gm. make decoction and mix with Khameera Banafsa 40 gm or Turanjabeen 40 gm. use this formulation two times daily before meal. 2. Habbe Bukhar 2 hab three times. 3. Barg Tulsi 7 gm, Kali mirch 7 in numb, Dar filfil 1 in numb, Nabat safaid 10 gm, grind all in normal water and use 3-4 times. 4. Karanwa, afsanteen, chiraita, gilo each same in quantity and make powder, use this powder 6 gm thrice daily with Sharbat Banafsa 20 ml.
Some useful Ayurvedic medications1 Sudarshan Churna, Maha Sudarshan Churna, Sudarshan Ghan Vati, Saptaparn Ghan Vati, Nimbadi Churna, Kalmeghasava
Nimbasava, Guruchi ghansatva Vati,Amritarista. (Reprint)
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