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Traditional Methods for Malaria Treatment and Prevention

June 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the traditional methods on treating and preventing malaria? ANSWER Many different cultures have had their own traditional ways of treating malaria. Perhaps the two best known come from the native tribes in the Western Amazon basin and the ancient Chinese. Tribes in the Amazon used the bark of a shrub called Cinchona to treat fevers and shivering; Spanish priests in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Artemisia annua, Chinese, Cinchona, Dr Youyou, Malaria Treatment, Mao Tse-tung, Quechua, Quinine, traditional medicine, Vietnam War

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