05/14/2019 / By Ralph Flores
A recent case study published in the Journal of Herbal Medicine revealed that pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) can potentially be used as a complementary antiviral therapy for managing the symptoms of Japanese encephalitis infection. The study was conducted by researchers from India.
The researchers concluded that pokeweed can be used against JEV infections, considering the manner by which phytoconstituents of pokeweed interfered with JEV proteins.
Journal Reference:
Chaudhury HC, Panda AK, Behera SK, Mohanty M, Subudhi BB. Case report on recovery from Japanese encephalitis virus infection by complementary use of phytolacca-mother tincture and in silico analysis. Journal of Herbal Medicine. December 2018;14:22–28. DOI: 10.1016/j.hermed.2018.10.001
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