There have been extensive reports in the media about the World Health Organisation (WHO) report on increasing resistance to antibiotics (see for instance http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27204988 ).
The WHO report envisages "post-antibiotic era, where people die from simple infections that have been treatable for decades" (Pippa Stephens Health reporter, BBC News).
Herbs in a Bottle urges everyone interested in this issue to read the evidence submitted to the House of Commons Science Committee by eminent medical herbalist Michael McIntyre (Chair of the European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association ).
Entitled Herbs to combat the threat of microbial resistance to antibiotics the submission can be read on the website of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists: http://www.nimh.org.uk/wp-content/titkosuploads/2010/10/Presentation-on-anti-microbial-resistance-to-the-House-of-Commons-Science-Committee.pdf
Herbs listed in the report are:
Thymus vulgaris
Sophora alopecuroides
Rosmarinus officinalis
Coptis chinensis and
Phellodendron amurens
Scutellaria baicalensis
Wrightia inctoria
Dendrobenthamia capitata
Elsholtzia rugulosa
Elsholtzia blanda
Geranium strictipes
Polygonum multiflorum
Salvia officinalis
Isatis tinctoria
Echinacea purpurea or angustifolia
Arctium lappa
Arctostaphylos uva ursi
Zea mays
The WHO report envisages "post-antibiotic era, where people die from simple infections that have been treatable for decades" (Pippa Stephens Health reporter, BBC News).
Herbs in a Bottle urges everyone interested in this issue to read the evidence submitted to the House of Commons Science Committee by eminent medical herbalist Michael McIntyre (Chair of the European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association ).
Entitled Herbs to combat the threat of microbial resistance to antibiotics the submission can be read on the website of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists: http://www.nimh.org.uk/wp-content/titkosuploads/2010/10/Presentation-on-anti-microbial-resistance-to-the-House-of-Commons-Science-Committee.pdf
Herbs listed in the report are:
Thymus vulgaris
Sophora alopecuroides
Rosmarinus officinalis
Coptis chinensis and
Phellodendron amurens
Scutellaria baicalensis
Wrightia inctoria
Dendrobenthamia capitata
Elsholtzia rugulosa
Elsholtzia blanda
Geranium strictipes
Polygonum multiflorum
Salvia officinalis
Isatis tinctoria
Echinacea purpurea or angustifolia
Arctium lappa
Arctostaphylos uva ursi
Zea mays
It is vital that the medical establishment takes seriously this evidence.
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