tablet brands and malaria prophylaxis

May 17, 2005

Hi All,

I am new to the list, my name is Nora Madden. I'm a newish practitioner

(licensed in 2002) in Santa Cruz, California. I have two herb questions

for the group:

1. A friend is travelling to India this coming fall for a six-month

stay. She says she can't take the pharmaceutical malaria prophylactics

- I gather that they induce anxiety, or something. She had heard buzz

about qing hao as the next big antimalarial, and was wondering if I

could prescribe a chinese herb as a prophylactic. I was doing some

online research and it seems as though Health Concerns' Artestatin can

be used this way; just curious if anyone has actually done so, what

dosages they used, how long before setting off to a malaria zone that

they started the regimen, etc. I would like to send her off with

tablets or pills because of ease in taking and - hopefully - realtive

ease in getting past customs, etc. Any other brand suggestions are welcome.

2. What kinds of tablets/wan are folks using (if any)? I have been

doing a little experimenting around with different brands, for patients

that cannot cook herbs (we have only raw herbs and K'an tablets in the

clinic where I am currently working). The K'an generally seem to work

well, and they are local to us, though for some things I like Plum

Flower, actually (and they're certainly cheaper, which is a

consideration). I'm curious what other folks' experiences are,

especially longer-term experiences, or exceptional experiences (e.g., a

practitioner might carry most of one line, but for such-and-such dx they

prescribe a different brand or specific formula.) I'm particularly

wondering about Seven Forests, Health Concerns, and K'an; I'm also

curious whether anyone has been experimenting with Secara.

Thanks for any advice you can give.

Nora

May 17, 2005

Hi Nora,

I looked into Secara last year, but with the exchange rate, they were about 8

times the price I was paying for Chinese patents. I was also a bit suspicious

about their addition of western herbs into the Chinese formulas.

Quoting Nora <nora:

> 2. What kinds of tablets/wan are folks using (if any)? I have been

> doing a little experimenting around with different brands, for patients

> that cannot cook herbs (we have only raw herbs and K'an tablets in the

> clinic where I am currently working). The K'an generally seem to work

> well, and they are local to us, though for some things I like Plum

> Flower, actually (and they're certainly cheaper, which is a

> consideration). I'm curious what other folks' experiences are,

> especially longer-term experiences, or exceptional experiences (e.g., a

> practitioner might carry most of one line, but for such-and-such dx they

> prescribe a different brand or specific formula.) I'm particularly

> wondering about Seven Forests, Health Concerns, and K'an; I'm also

> curious whether anyone has been experimenting with Secara.

>

May 17, 2005

Hi Nora,

I travelled around Asia for 8 months, which included a 5 month period in

India. Malaria is really not a problem. I've only meet one person who had

contracted malaria and that was in Thailand. The WM that deals with malaria

will only protect you against one particular type of malaria and will make

you ill, alot. A friend of mine I travelled with experienced the ill-effects

of Quinine. Also, if your 3000 metres above sea level, I.e. in the

Himalayas, there are no mosquito's carrying malaria. Otherwise, yes Qing Hao

is good for malaria.

The only suggestion I would give your friend is to take lots of dehydration

salts for when you become ill. It's just a case of when and how many times!

Kind regards,

Attilio D'Alberto

Doctor of (Beijing, China)

BSc (Hons) TCM MATCM

07786198900

attiliodalberto

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Chinese Medicine On Behalf Of Nora

17 May 2005 22:16