tablet brands and malaria prophylaxis and mosquito repellents

[Guest guest]

Hola Eric,

How do you come to this conclusion?

 

You say;> Qinghao and artemesinin are only for the treatment of

malaria, they are apparently not effective for prevention. <

 

Do you you have tests or literature that show this? I ask because my

own experience shows the opposite to be true.

 

Malaria is a parasite. (Four kinds of malaria parasites can infect

humans: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae.)

If something kills the parasite to treat the disease how would it not

do the same to prevent the disease?

I have been using the regime i recomended for over 11 years and know

of a few dozen folks who also spend a lot of time in Malaria zones who

use it as well.

I have on several occasions been deep in the rain forest treating a

malaria patient who has had high fever and watchimg as the mosquitos

transfer blood from them to me....

 

>Prevention of malaria is best done by minimizing mosquito bites<

 

I agree that not getting bitten is the best prevention. Since Dengue,

and Japanese encephalitis, also occur in this region and are also

mosquito borne protecting ones self against mosquito bites is

obviously essential.

 

> and only relatively strong

> concentrations of DEET are effective in the most mosquito-ridden

> areas.<

 

 

Above 23% there is no benefit to stronger concentrations but the

toxicity does increase greatly.

 

> DEET is certainly bad for you, but malaria is far worse.<

 

AMEN! and so are Degue and encephalitis

 

Doc

 

BTW

Night time Mosquitos carry Malaria and daytime Dengue not certain

about encephalitis.

>

> Eric

[Guest guest]

Chinese Medicine , " Dr. R. S. Doc

Rosen " <Doc@s...> wrote:

> Hola Eric,

> How do you come to this conclusion?

>

> You say;> Qinghao and artemisinin are only for the treatment of

> malaria, they are apparently not effective for prevention. <

>

> Do you you have tests or literature that show this? I ask because my

> own experience shows the opposite to be true.

 

I don't have any personal experience with artemisinin or qing hao for

malaria treatment or prevention, but according to Chinese Medical

Herbology and Pharmacology (by John and Tina Chen), they cannot be

used for prevention, only treatment. Apparently the reason for this

lies in the fact that these drugs are only effective at certain points

in the life cycle of the parasite, and there is a part of the life

cycle that they do not affect that is critical to prevention. I would

recommend that you consult their book and the references they provide

to investigate further. They make a specific point about this issue,

and they seem to have done their homework.

 

> > and only relatively strong

> > concentrations of DEET are effective in the most mosquito-ridden

> > areas.<

>

>

> Above 23% there is no benefit to stronger concentrations but the

> toxicity does increase greatly.

 

This is true. I wasn't advocating the 95% DEET solutions, I was just

pointing out that one can't use the fluffy stuff and hope to keep away

mosquitos in a real jungle.

 

> BTW

> Night time Mosquitos carry Malaria and daytime Dengue

 

Yes.

 

Eric

[Guest guest]

Thanks Eric,

I will read the book and do the research.

Doc

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