[HealingDen2] Prunella Vulgaris & Herpes

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This article is from the WebMD

Medical News Archive

 

Herb May Be Alternative Herpes Treatment

 

Prunella vulgaris Reduces Cold Sores and Lesions in Animal

By Jennifer Warner

WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD

on Monday, May 19, 2003

 

May 19, 2003 - An experimental herpes treatment derived from an herb

known as Prunella vulgaris may one day help prevent and treat both

types of the herpes virus that cause cold sores and genital herpes.

 

Researchers say preliminary tests show mice and guinea pigs treated

with the herb developed significantly fewer of the cold sores and

genital sores or lesions associated with herpes than untreated

animals.

 

The results of the study were presented today at the 103rd General

Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Washington, D.C.

 

" Prunella vulgaris [also known as self heal] is a perennial plant

found in China, the British Isles, Europe, and North America, " says

researcher Song Lee of the Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada,

in a news release. " P. vulgaris has been described as a hot water

infusion to treat sores in the mouth and throat, as an astringent

for internal and external purposes, as a crude anti-cancer drug, and

as an herbal remedy to lower high blood pressure. "

 

In the study, researchers created a topical cream containing a

compound derived from Prunella vulgaris and tested it on mice and

guinea pigs infected with an experimental version of the herpes

simplex virus-1, and herpes simplex-2, typically known as genital

herpes.

 

Researchers found that mice infected with herpes type 1 who received

the herbal herpes treatment were significantly less likely to die of

their disease than untreated mice. And guinea pigs infected with

herpes type 2 and treated with the cream developed much fewer skin

lesions than those who did not receive treatment.

 

Laboratory tests also showed that Prunella vulgaris has a different

type of anti-herpes action than currently available treatment, such

as Zovirax (acyclovir).

 

" Given the high incidence of herpes infection and the emergence of

acyclovir-resistant strains of herpes viruses, the [experimental

herbal herpes treatment] may prove to be a useful new anti-herpes

drug, " says Lee.

 

SOURCES: 103rd General Meeting of the American Society for

Microbiology in Washington, D.C. News release, American Society for

Microbiology. WebMD Medical Reference: Genital Herpes: Alternative

and Herbal Treatments.

 

© 2003 WebMD Inc. All rights reserved.

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