| Malaria is an infection of the blood that is carried from | | | | Artemisinins act quickly in your bloodstream; rapidly |
| person to person by mosquitoes. The disease has | | | | clearing away parasites and helping you feel better |
| been recognized for thousands of years and once | | | | faster. They may also help reduce transmission of the |
| was found almost everywhere except in the most | | | | disease by reducing the number of gametocytes — |
| northern areas of the world. Malaria has been wiped | | | | the infective version of the parasite — in your |
| out in North America, Western Europe, and Russia. It | | | | bloodstream. There's little documented resistance to |
| remains a serious problem in much of the tropical and | | | | artemisinins, and their combination with other drugs |
| subtropical world. | | | | may slow resistance to these companion drugs as |
| The seeds of the fever nut plant are another effective | | | | well. In addition, ACT has few known side effects and |
| remedy for malaria. They can be obtained from a | | | | shortens the treatment course from a week to a few |
| herbal store and preserved in a phial for use when | | | | days. In the case of ASAQ, it also simplifies treatment |
| required. About six grams of these seeds should be | | | | with just two pills a day for adults and a single pill a |
| given with a cup of water two hours before the | | | | day for children instead of the typical several — |
| expected onset of the paroxysm of fever, and a | | | | sometimes eight — pills. |
| second dose should be given one hour after the | | | | Malaria occurs where the Anopheles mosquito lives - |
| attack. The paroxysm can thus be avoided but even if | | | | ie particularly in hot, humid climates. Plasmodium |
| it occurs, the same procedure should be resorted to | | | | falciparum is by far the most important malaria |
| on that day and it will cut short the fever. | | | | parasite in Africa. |
| Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease which | | | | There are also areas in Latin America, Asia, and |
| is widespread in many tropical and subtropical | | | | Oceania, where malignant malaria still occurs. |
| countries. It is caught by being bitten by an infected | | | | Plasmodium vivax is the most common in Asia and |
| mosquito that is carrying the malaria parasites in its | | | | Latin America, including Central America. |
| saliva. | | | | Malaria home remedy treatment is quite effective. |
| Medical treatment should be sought immediately. The | | | | Following are some Malaria cure home remedies. |
| effectiveness of ant malarial drugs differs with | | | | Read on for home remedy for Malaria: In 1 glass of |
| different species of the parasite and with different | | | | water, add 1 tsp of cinnamon powder and bring to a |
| stages of the parasite's life cycle. Your physician will | | | | boil. Thereafter add a pinch of pepper powder and |
| determine the treatment plan most appropriate for | | | | some honey to it before drinking. Eating grapefruit |
| your individual condition.Drugs includes chloroquine, | | | | serves as an effective remedy in treating malaria, as it |
| mefloquine, primaquine, quinine, | | | | contains quinine-like substance. |
| pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (Fansidar), and doxycycline. | | | | In 1 glass of water, add 1 tsp of cinnamon powder and |
| Some plasmodium has developed resistance to certain | | | | bring to a boil. Thereafter add a pinch of pepper |
| medications, and therefore, alternative medications will | | | | powder and some honey to it before drinking. |
| be prescribed for you. | | | | |