herbs that kill giardia

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Hi all,

My daughter has tested positive for blastocystis hominis several times, but

was only treated once for it--with Flagyl, which was a disaster. We are

looking for safe Flagyl alternatives. Does anyone know of any?

Here's an abstract on an Indian herbal preparation that I'm wondering

about, because if it works for giardia it might work for blastocystis. Does

anyone know what the American equivalents, if any, of Butea Monosperma and

Piper Longum L. would be?

Sue B.

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J Ethnopharmacol 1997 May;56(3):233-6

Management of giardiasis by a herbal drug 'Pippali Rasayana': a clinical study.

Agarwal AK, Tripathi DM, Sahai R, Gupta N, Saxena RP, Puri A, Singh M,

Misra RN, Dubey CB, Saxena KC

Central Drug Research Institute, Division of Microbiology, Lucknow, India.

Pippali Rasayana (PR), an Indian ayurvedic drug prepared from Palash (BUTEA

MONOSPERMA (Lamk) Kuntze; Leguminaceae) and Pippali PIPER LONGUM L.;

Piperaceae), was administered at a dose of 1 g p.o. three times daily for a

period of 15 days to patients (25 treated, 25 placebo controls) suffering

from giardiasis with clinical signs and symptoms, and stools positive for

trophozoites/cysts of Giardia lamblia.

After 15 days of drug treatment there was a complete disappearance of G.

lamblia (trophozoites/cysts) from the stools of 23 out of 25 patients.

General signs and symptoms of ill health and abdominal discomfort, presence

of mucus, pus cells and RBCs were significantly reduced. There was a marked

improvement in the clinical and haematological profile of the patients.

Spontaneous recovery in 20% cases was recorded in placebo controls.

Publication Types:

Clinical trial

Controlled clinical trial

PMID: 9201614, UI: 97345247