Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease

(Frontiers) A preclinical in vitro study shows that selected plant-based herbal medicines, especially Ghanaian quinine and Japanese knotweed, work better than antibiotics against the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. These findings represent an important step towards the development of treatments that might be better tolerated and more effective than the current standard of care.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news