Amid the government's efforts to prevent transmission of infection by inviting Indonesians to immunize, an article emerged on herbal prescriptions and natural therapies to cure diphtheria.
From the ASI forum for Thinker Parents (Gentle Parenting) on Facebook, a user named Nurseha Madubianglebah shared a prescription to fight diphtheria using natural ingredients.
Either recipe from where, from the uploads he distributed about 20 hours ago, notes what materials are being used, and how to get rid of them.
There are neem leaves, one star fruit (one hand), masoyi (half finger), turmeric (one finger), kencur (three fingers), ginger (one finger), pulosari (half finger), and black cumin (one teaspoon) .
How to mix all ingredients is easy. All the ingredients are cut into pieces, soak them with water, then boil. Once cooked, water is filtered.
He recommends to drink twice, and let delicious plus lemon juice and two tablespoons of honey. This recipe is for adult patients.
What about children with diphtheria? Recipes and how they are made are still the same, most doses are added.
Expert Herbal Response Regarding Medicinal Plants for Diphtheria
When asked to Herbal Expert from the Graduate Program of Herbal Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University of Indonesia (FMIPA UI), Abdul Mun'im MSi PhD, the accepted answer for the first time is a call for people not to rush to trust information.
According to Mun'im, all these materials are true to overcome the problem of immunity or immunity. However, is it effective to overcome (let alone cure) diphtheria, there is no real scientific evidence.
"It's only for general immune booster, not for diphtheria," says Mun'im, a flu-infected model, usually using the material.
Ginger, for example. From the first, this herbal plant is beneficial to warm the body. Also with turmeric, which is often used by mothers to increase appetite baby beloved. The effect of this appetite increase, of course, will enhance immunity as well.
"If that's true for diphtheria, I do not believe in this proof, it's hard, and the research has not arrived yet," he stressed.
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Then also listed neem leaves, which is quite difficult to find. Mun'im said, there are indeed some studies that say that the neem leaves can boost immunity.
For antibacterials also exist, but if exposed to the virus.