Guest guest Posted August 5, 2002 Report Share Posted August 5, 2002 I inquired on the apitherapy (that's the use of bee products for healing) list that I belong to about the whether or not bee venom is effective against malaria with the thought that, if so, it may be useful against Babesia as well. A Dr. from Sudan answered and says that it IS useful against malaria especially in chloroquine resistant malaria. And that double blind studies showed a superiority of BV over chloroquine. I will try to find more information and if possible get the studies. I'm hoping that it has actual acceptance by the medical community there, where malaria is epidemic, so that there might be some good review material and experience to draw on. A couple of other people said that bee propolis has been used against malaria. Propolis is a sticky substance used by bees to seal cracks, polish the hive surfaces and such. It is collected from various plant sources and therefore varies in composition by area. That means that it is more difficult to generalise about it's usefulness in various conditions; but, it also means that there are more types of propolis to use for various conditions as well. Propolises collected primarily from one source are studied for their usefulness in preventing or curing disease. For instance, I just got a study about the use of a Brazilian propolis against HIV. Some alleged benefits are- antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, aparently antimalarial, it is supposed to potentiate antibiotics- that is make them work better, used against gum disease, and much more. The interior of a bee hive is maintained in the 90's and can be very humid from the work of evaporating nectar to make honey. It is thought that the propolis helps keep things sterile and clean in this warm and moist environment that would otherwise be very suited to the growth of fungus and bacteria. I have purchased propolis from glorybee.com in powdered form and just chew it like gum. It can also be bought as, or made into, a tincture. We just got our first bee hive so we will probably be using propolis produced by our own bees if they produce enough. a propolis database is found here http://www.sci.fi/~apither/bibbase/bibliography.html#Propolis E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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