Malaria and how Chinese Medicine is Advancing Science
In case you haven’t already heard, today is World Malaria Day,
April 25th, 2009.
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate World Malaria Day than to write on a Traditional Chinese Medicinal herb and it’s benefits for malaria. Ok, I know most of us in the west don’t know much or maybe anything about this disease. Some may even be thinking… isn’t malaria one of those plagues from the middle age
Malaria is the number one killer in underdeveloped countries, especially prevalent in Africa where it’s an epidemic. As many as 5 million people each year contract malaria, many recover, many do not. Malaria kills nearly one million people worldwide each year. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given millions of dollars for malaria research with the goal of eliminating malaria in our lifetime and by…
