Here is some information about a treatment for shingles that you may
wish to try.
The sap of the Frangipani tree (plumeria alba - white frangipani -
yellow flowers)
The branches ooze a white sap when bruised or cut, and this should be
applied to the affected area, within a few hours (as the sap looses
potency). It is used for herpes treatment throughout south east asia,
africa and mexico.
Burns a little when first applied, but pain starts to go within half
an hour.
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Local cure for herpes found
By CATHERINE MGENDI
Local researchers have identified a plant whose sap can effectively
treat skin infections caused by the herpes virus without causing any
side effects, a conference on infections control heard recently.
According to Mr James Muthotho, a microbiologist with the Kenya
Medical
Research Institute (Kemri), the plant has been shown to "virtually
cure"
herpes zoster, an itchy, painful skin infection characterised by
blistering.
Herpes zoster is caused by the varicella virus, which also causes
chicken pox in children, according to medical experts.
It is boosted by a depressed immunity, mainly resulting from HIV
infection as well as from cancer drugs and radiotherapy, doctors say.
The frangipani plant's extract also treats the less traumatic herpes
simplex which manifests itself as recurrent cold sores around the
mouth,
Mr Muthotho says.
He unveiled these findings during the recently concluded scientific
conference of the Infections Control Association of Kenya held in
Nairobi.
Mr Muthotho says they have been studying the efficacy of the
frangipani
plant, plumeria rubra of the Apocynaceae family, for the past five
years, and have successfully treated more than 130 people suffering
from
herpes zoster.
The plant, which can grow more than two metres high and is
vegetatively
propagated through the use of cuttings, is commonly referred to as the
`peace plant' as it is most commonly found in graveyards.
The frangipani sap, Mr Muthotho says, stops the itchiness of herpes
zoster sores, healing them without leaving any scars. It also kills
the
intense, recurrent post-treatment pain, and prevents recurrence,
unlike
the conventional drugs.
The microbiologist says the sap works by permeating the nervous system
cells to kill the herpes zoster virus eradicating the pain, and any
possibility of recurrence.
"During application, one experiences a burning sensation. However,
within 10 to 20 minutes, the pain in the lesions reduces
dramatically,"
he says.
He adds that conventional medicines only dry up the blisters and do
not
exterminate the virus, thus the recurrence of pain.
"The lesions heal without scar tissue formation or secondary bacterial
infections," he says. "The drug Ipan (the plant sap) is safe and
efficacious."
In some people, Mr Muthotho says, herpes zoster infection causes
restricted chest movements during breathing, which clear within two
hours of applying the sap.
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Letters
Thursday, April 22, 1999
The facts on herpes treatment
We refer to an article on the use of herbal medicine for
the
treatment of herpes zoster in the Horizon Section of the
Nation (DN,
Mar 25).
It is important to clarify a few points that were unclear
and one
incorrect one in the article.
You reported that Mr Muthotho discovered the use of
frangipani for
the treatment of herpes zoster. Mr Muthotho is not the
discoverer of
this herbal treatment.
He has been and is still working with the Catholic
Archdiocese of
Nairobi's Eastern Deanery CBHC & Aids Relief Programme.
It is this programme which discovered the use of this herb
for the
treatment of herpes zoster.
More than 800 patients have been treated since we began
dispensing
this medicine, with effective results as stated by Mr
Muthotho in
his paper.
The basic information about the use of this medicine for
the
treatment of herpes zoster was reported more than three
years ago to
our donors.
The information has also been given out at different
international
conferences, which we have attended.
Mr Muthotho, under the leadership of Dr Davy Koech, the
director of
Kenya Medical Research Institute, has been able to
stabilise the
shelf life of the milk from the plant for up to 10 days.
This type of chemical analysis we would not have been able
to do. We
really appreciate the continuing laboratory analyses being
done by
Mr Muthotho and Kemri.
One area we feel it is important to correct is the name
that your
reporter used for the species of frangipani. There are two
species
of frangipani, plumeria rubra and alba. Unfortunately,
your reporter
cited the wrong species in the article, plumeria rubra.
The species,
plumeria rubra, is highly toxic and can cause cardiac
arrest.
Finally, the title of your article, "Local cure for herpes
found,"
was incorrect. The correct position is that there is no
known cure
for herpes zoster.
The herbal medicine only treats the external symptoms by
relieving
the pain and drying up the lesions.
With so many dubious claims these days of medical cures,
we feel it
is extremely important that the medial information is
stated clearly
and correctly.
Again, we congratulate the Nation for publishing such an
informative
article. We hope you will correct the apparently
unintentional
errors which appeared in the article.
Alice Njoroge,
The Rev Edward Phillips M.M.,
Nairobi.
There has to be the odd Frangipani in the neighbourhood that you can
raid :-)
Ivan.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: waddle...@aol.com [mailto:waddle...@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 26 September 2002 8:54 p.m.
> To: silver-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: CS>shingles
>
>
> Some time ago there was a discussion on post herpetic
> neuralgia pain.
>
> After trying many alternatives such as Reiki, Theraputic
> touch, Universal
> Healing, Pranic Energy, Gentle Touch, Chants, Affirmations
> and some others
> w/o significant improvement.........back to the Doc.
>
> The drug Neurotin is used to treat depression. However, it
> was also found to
> work for shingles. It is still considered experimental
> treatment for phn.
> They don't know why it works, when and if it does.
>
> I was prescribed 300mg/day which I took for 30 days and
> 600mg/day for 30 days
> with no improvement. I just started 900mg/day and on the
> 2nd day there was a
> 70% reduction in pain.
>
> The maximum dosage is 2,400mg/day.
>
> I can drive rather comfortably now and walk straight up but
> slowly. Hopefully
> may even give up my handicap plague soon. Let's see.
>
> Waddle
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