The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to Drs. Youyou Tu, William C. Campbell, and Satoshi Omura for their discoveries of Artemisinin and Avermectin, natural substances that treat parasitic diseases.
Campbell from Duke University and Omura of Kitasato University in Japan are sharing half of the $960,000 Nobel Prize award to develop Avermectin which has greatly reduced lymphatic filariasis which causes chronic swelling and “elephantiasis,” and river blindness – both caused by parasitic worms. The purified version was named Avermectin and was later developed into the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin which is used in both animals and humans to treat a variety of parasites.
Youyou Tu, a pharmacologist turned to traditional Chinese herbal medicine when chloroquine’s effectiveness was waning with malaria on the rise. She had to go back to the ancient literature to successfully extract the active component from Artemisia annua. Artemisinin is able to rapidly kill malaria parasites at an early stage of development and is highly effective in both animals and humans. When used in combination therapy, Artemisinin is estimated to reduce malaria deaths by more than 20 percent overall and more than 30 percent in children which amounts to more than 100,000 lives saved each year in Africa alone.
Dr. Klinghardt addresses parasitic infections first in his MISIDS patients by giving them wormwood (Artemisinin), phospholipids, vitamin C, and various herbs.
Also, eating raw garlic that has been smashed first to activate the beneficial properties and raw pumpkin seeds may also help. Maintaining a health GI is paramount and using fermented foods and taking high-quality pro and prebiotics may help to prevent and eradicate parasitic infections.
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