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- Title
Phytotherapy in an influenza pandemic.
- Authors
Rasmussen, Phil
- Abstract
The article examines the potential of some phytotherapy in treating influenza pandemic. According to the author, the risk of global influenza pandemic has surfaced again following the outbreaks of a new form of influenza A (H1N1). It reveals that American ginseng root has a protective effect against winter influenza in institutionalised older adults. It cites that a combination of Thuja occidentalis, Baptisia tinctoria and Echinacea root has shown efficacy against influenza A infection in mice when administered 6 days before exposure. Moreover, it is noted that a combination preparation of Andrographis and Eleutherococcus senticosus has also shown efficacy in both adults and children with early noncomplicated upper respiratory viral infection.
- Subjects
MEDICAL botany; INFLUENZA treatment; INFLUENZA A virus; PANDEMICS; AMERICAN ginseng; BAPTISIA; THUJA occidentalis; ACANTHOPANAX senticosus; ECHINACEA (Plants); THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism, 2009, Vol 21, Issue 2, p32
- ISSN
1033-8330
- Publication type
Article