This week, I would like to highlight a few excerpts from a recent news article in WholeFoods Magazine about a Lab Study on Natural Options for Lymes!
“Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium that causes Lyme disease – Borrelia burgdorferi – according to a preclinical study performed by researches at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health along with colleagues at the California Center for Functional Medicine and Focus Health.
The study surveyed 14 plant based extracts, testing their effectiveness in vitro against the free-swimming form of the bacterium as well as against microcolonies. The researchers also tested the currently used Lyme antibiotics doxycycline and cefuroxime. The researches found that plant extracts from black walnut, cat’s claw, sweet wormwood, Mediterranean rockrose, and Chinese skullcup had strong activity against the bacterium, outperforming both testing antibiotics.
‘This study provides the first convincing evidence that some of the herbs used by patients have potent activity against Lyme disease bacteria, especially the dormant persistent forms, which are not killed by the current Lyme antibiotics,’ said Dr. Ying Zhang from the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. ‘These findings are exciting as they offer opportunities for improved treatment of persistent Lyme disease, which is not helped by the current standard treatment.’ “
Dr Jocelin has been using these herbs for her patients with Lymes Disease for many years now! So if you or someone you know has Lymes, be sure to schedule your consult with her!
