GARLIC as an anti-malarial?

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Hi Daniel & DM,

 

> hello group, i would appreciate any specific experience or

> reccomendations for prophelactic use of cm against malarial infection?

> thanks for your help, dm<<<

 

Hello dm, There was a discussion on this list a few months back and, if I

remember correctly, there was some consensus that there may not be any

Chinese medicinals that could be used as prophylactic agents.

 

However, there are some obvious choices available if one is in a

situation where any possible protection would be appreciated such as

may be the case right now all over south Asia.

 

Heshouwu, Qinghao, Aiye, and Longdancao come to mind, as well as

medicinals that improve immune functions such as Renshen, Gancao,

Huangqi, etc. Daniel C. Luthi

 

Is there any truth in the claim that eating 2-4 cloves of garlic/d keeps

mosquitos at bay, and, hence, may reduce the risk of being bitten /

infected?

 

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1994 February; 38(2): 337–339. In vivo

activity of ajoene against rodent malaria. H A Perez, M De la Rosa, and

R Apitz Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano

de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela. Abstract Ajoene

(4,5,9-trithiadodeca-1,6,11-triene 9-oxide), a product initially isolated

from extracts of garlic (Allium sativum), was tested for its antimalarial

activity in vivo in a well-characterized murine model. A single ajoene

dose of 50 mg/kg, on the day of infection, suppressed the development

of parasitemia; there were no obvious acute toxic effects from the tested

dose. The combination of ajoene (50 mg/kg) and chloroquine (4.5

mg/kg), given as a single dose on the day of the infection, completely

prevented the subsequent development of parasitemia in treated mice.

 

Medicinal preparation and use of Garlic by traditional healers in

Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples State, Ethiopia Dawit

Dikasso Dilbato, Tadesse Mola Tito, Ministry of Health P.O. Box 1234,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Abstract: A study on traditional medicinal use of

garlic was carried out among rural and semi-urban resident traditional

health practitioners in the Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples

Regional State (SNNPR) in 1996. A total of 125 traditional healers took

part in the study in eight Zones and three Special Woredas in the

Region. Their responses indicated that garlic is used for the treatment of

common cold (88%), malaria (85%), cough and lung TB (66%),

hypertention (57%), wounds (25%), sexually transmitted diseases

(22%), mental illnesses (22%), kidney (19%), and liver diseases (16%).

The responses also suggest that the medicinal content lies in the broad-

bulb which must be taken raw. Ninety six (77%) respondents stated that

the bulb should be crushed before use while 88(70%) of them

suggested the taking of 2-3 table spoonfuls of the crushed garlic on

daily basis. The duration of treatment varied from one to ten days. The

frequency of use is indicated to be once every morning (46%), twice a

day, in the morning and at night (30%) and thrice a day (18%). Twenty

nine (23%) of the respondents suggested the use of lemon juice after

consuming the garlic preparation in order to reduce the odour. All of

these claims have concurred with the so far documented scientific

explanation about the medicinal value of this plant. But there could be a

problem with standardizing the dosage as there has been no attempt

made to extract the medicinal contents using modern techniques so as

to incorporate it into the pharmaceutical sector in this country. Thus, it is

recommended that preparation and use of garlic for incorporation into

the modern medical treatment system should be investigated further.

[Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 1999;13(2):93-99]

 

 

 

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