HERBAL MEDICINE: A GROWING FIELD WITH A LONG TRADITION Traditional medicine is “the knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the maintenance of health and in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness” (World Health Organization) There are many different systems…
Some info on ANDROGRAPHIS, part of our 6 week Lyme protocol! “The herbs Andrographis paniculata, Polygonum cuspidatum (resveratrol extract), Stephania tetranda root, and Smilax rotundifolia (common greenbriar) all have strong scientific backing in patients with ongoing symptoms and inflammation, Dr. Horowitz said.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3351864/ “Native to India, andrographis has antibacterial, antiviral, and antiparasitic properties to defend…
Lyme disease is a tick-borne multisystemic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. Administering antibiotics is the primary treatment for this disease; however, relapse often occurs when antibiotic treatment is discontinued. The reason for relapse remains unknown, but recent studies suggested the possibilities of the presence of antibiotic resistant Borrelia persister cells and biofilms. In this study, we evaluated the…
Computational modeling was performed to predict that a series of Cinchona alkaloids can effectively bind to the RING domain of TRAF6, leading to disruption of its native binding with the Ubc13 protein, which is critical for initiating downstream events of AKT and TAK1 activations. Both in vitro and in vivo experiments distinctly demonstrated that these Cinchona alkaloids could induce early apoptosis and…
Protein kinase B (AKT), is a pivotal component of pathways associated with cell survival, metabolism, invasion and metastasis. AKT mediates anti‑apoptotic and proliferative signaling in response to essential cytokines. Tumor necrosis factor receptor‑associated factor (TRAF)6, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, has been shown to ubiquitylate, as well as activate AKT. The present study used computational methods…
In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with colleagues at the California Center for Functional Medicine and Focus Health, surveyed the power of 14 plant-based extracts to kill Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme diseases, compared to the currently used…
Lyme disease — transmitted via tick bite — affects thousands of people in the United States and around the world. Currently, doctors use antibiotics to treat it, but could plant-based remedies be more effective? Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi). The disease spreads to humans through the bite…
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