Many many drugs are developed from the knowledge of medicine men. One of the problems of these discoveries are the lack of availability of some herbs. Recently I came across this 2009 study, Antibacterial Activity of Medicinal Plants Against Pathogens causing Complicated Urinary Tract Infections, It is almost a exact match for some of my model. The source of the information was medicine men (and women) from rural india — a country very rich is herbs and spices.
Looking at the Australian and other studies, we see the following overgrowth:
- Klebsiella/Enterbacter
- Enterococcus
- Streptococcus
Reviewing this article we found the following are most effective for two of these:
- Klebsiella pneumoniae – ethanol extracts of Terminalia chebula and Ocimum sanctum
- Enterococcus faecalis – ethanol extract of Azadirachta indica and Ocimum sanctum
Of course, latin names are always fun.. with a little wikipeding, we have
- Azadirachta indica – or Neem
- US Orders [100 capsules $7]
- UK Orders [100 capsules £9]
- Ocimum sanctum– or Tulsi
- US Orders [1 lb (450gm) $21]
- UK Orders [500 gm £13]
- Terminalia chebula– or Haritaki
- US Orders [8 oz (225gm) $12]
- UK Orders [300 gm £10]
Checking a few other similar articles, the problem was often finding the bark, herb, spice available for sale.