Herbal Medicine Is Much Better Than Pharmaceutical Medicine

Learn why herbal medicine is much better than pharmaceutical medicine. Check out the article we found over at Medicine.News.

Infectious disease specialists are up in arms about a spike in the price of Daraprim. The drug was acquired by Turing Pharmaceuticals in August, which upped the price from $13.50 a tablet to $750 a tablet overnight. The increase in drug prices is driving many people away from Big Pharmaceuticals in the quest to find cheaper, alternative remedies.

Daraprim, known generically as pyrimethamine, is primarily used to treat toxoplasmosis, but can also combat malaria. Toxoplasmosis is a parasite born disease that can cause blindness and even death to babies born to women infected by the disease, as well as AIDS and cancer patients with a compromised immune system.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association sent a joint letter to Turing expressing their outrage, stating the price in Daraprim was “unjustifiable for the medically vulnerable patient population” and “unsustainable for the health care system.”

Martin Shkreli, the founder and chief executive of Turing, argued that the drug is scarcely used and won’t have a major impact on the health industry. He stated that the money used to purchase the drug will help fund research for new treatment options for toxoplasmosis. Despite its supposed scarcity, many hospitals in need of Daraprim state they can no longer afford the drug.

Save your health and wealth

Fortunately, there are plenty of alternative remedies that can save both your health and wealth. For instance, tea made from wormwood, the Chinese plant that is the source for the world’s most powerful anti-malaria treatment, can be used to treat malaria. The wormwood herb can be purchased for less than $10 online.

Other herbal treatments that are just as effective at combating malaria including quinine, which comes from the cinchona tree. It was the first effective western treatment for Malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

You don’t have to trade your wallet for your health. Their are plenty of other herbs and spices that can boost your health.

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