Scientist show how Honeysuckle Tea acts like a Viral Penicillin For the first time scientists can show how a natural herbal remedy can directly target influenza and behave like a “viral penicillin”. An ingredient in Honeysuckle can directly target the virus which mutates quickly and becomes resistant to vaccines. Up until now Antibiotics have been the defense against most infections. The discovery that a natural product can work in the same way is groundbreaking and holds the promise of new treatments for the virus. Researchers from the Nanjing University School of Life Sciences in China found that a compound in the Honeysuckle plant called MIR2911 directly targets the influenza viruses. The most common seasonal flu millions of people are affected with every winter is a strain of either influenza A or B. The most severe global pandemics that occasionally arise like swine flu and avian flu are dangerous strains of influenza A. Ongoing tests showed that the compound MIR2911 may work against the Ebola virus. The study was published in Cell Research. Honeysuckle has been taken by the Chinese and herbalists for hundreds of years to ward off the flu. youtube/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=00zHmQObBcM
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 23:43:07 +0000
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