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Herbal

Antivirals

Natural Remedies

for Emerging Resistant and Epidemic Viral Infections

STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER

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Storey Publishing

For Our Children

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? 2013 by Stephen Buhner

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Buhner, Stephen Harrod, author. Herbal antivirals / Stephen Harrod Buhner.

p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61212-160-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-61212-385-1 (ebook) I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Antiviral Agents. 2. Phytotherapy. 3. Plant Preparations--

therapeutic use. 4. Virus Diseases--drug therapy. WB 925] RM411 615.7924--dc23

2013009932

CONTENTS

Why This Book Exists........................................................................... 1

1 Emerging Viruses: What We Are Facing.......................... 5 2 Viral Respiratory Infections and Their Treatment.......... 22 3 Viral Encephalitis Infections and Their Treatment......... 61 4 A Brief Look at Some Other Viruses: From

Cytomegalovirus and Dengue to Shingles and Their Treatment Protocols.................................... 96

5 Herbal Antivirals: The Materia Medica...................... 122 6 Strengthening the Immune System.......................... 260

Epilogue: What the Future Holds......................................................304 Appendix A: A Brief Look at Herbal Medicine Making........................307 Appendix B: Sources of Supply........................................................328 Notes ............................................................................................330 Bibliography...................................................................................333 Index ............................................................................................386

Why This Book Exists

It serves little purpose merely to be scared by viruses. But it serves a good deal of purpose to understand them.

-- Frank Ryan, MD, Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues

If you aren't skeptical about your skepticism, you aren't a skeptic.

For several decades now, I have been deeply interested in antibiotic resistance, the intelligence of bacteria, and the use of treatment approaches that are, ultimately, more elegant than pharmaceuticals. Plant-based medicines, unlike pharmaceuticals, don't cause resistance problems, they are much safer, and they are ecologically sound -- they are biodegradable and renewable, which most pharmaceuticals are not.

My long-term interest in herbal antibacterials resulted, after a considerable time (and an early initial look at the topic), in a very deep exploration of systemic herbal antibacterials for resistant infections (Herbal Antibiotics, second edition, Storey Publishing, 2012). And during that exploration, many aspects of plant medicine not hitherto developed in the West began to reveal themselves (such as the importance of plant synergists).

This book is the beginning, for me, of a similar exploration into the world of viruses, emerging and resistant viral diseases, and more ecologically responsible (and often more effective) forms of treatment. In this book you will find information on some of the best broad-spectrum, systemic, antiviral herbs on Earth. As with herbal

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