Natural Antibiotics

Before the advent of antibiotics, the human race lived in constant peril and wallow in frustration and helplessness in combating against bacterial infections that have caused life-threatening diseases to spread unchecked. However, with the introduction of the penicillin and other antibiotic wonder drugs, man have finally found an effective weapon in curing infectious illnesses and proceeded on helping people cope better hazardous ailments that may have otherwise caused their own lives. However, the victory was short lived as bacteria have also decided to wage a more serious war against us, mainly due to the fact that they have developed resistance to antibiotics. We have failed to realize that like all other life forms, bacteria to have the will to survive and reproduce despite the threats to their existence. Hence, we are now faced with the present medical crisis of widespread case of antibiotic resistance.

Since some of the synthetic antibiotic drugs in the market today have been rendered ineffective, some medical experts are looking towards discovering more natural remedies. Truth be known, according to Dr. Jeffrey Fisher, the human race is rapidly approaching the time when about 80-90 percent of the bacterial infections will develop resistance to common antibiotics. This is largely the result of misuse and overuse of synthetic antibiotics that allowed certain bacteria to mutate and develop immunity. In fact, according to Centers for Disease Control scientists, we are in the brink of a serious health catastrophe, unless we find new drug agents that can present effective and lasting cure.

Some experts believe than in order for us to move forward, we need to step back and learn to address bacterial-related infections through the use of natural antibiotics. Medicinal plants that a far more complex chemistry than any other synthetic antibiotic. For instance, garlic has exhibited numerous natural antibiotic properties, containing 33 sulfur compounds, a dozen synergistic compounds and 17 types of amino acids. This is definitely more favorable than the pharmaceutical drugs that are usually just made from a single chemical component. Many scientists believe that the phyto-chemical synergistic mix that is found in many natural antibiotics may be our best hope in providing cure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. If one would take time to trace history, natural herbal antibiotic have been predominantly used in the past to effectively treat infections. Unknown to many, our ancestors have widely used the raw forms of natural antibiotics like penicillin and tetracycline to treat bacterial infections. Such evidences of these are the bread mold or soil fungi that are applied directly to festering wounds, which are known to be the component ingredients in manufacturing penicillin. Aside from this, ancient Nubian mummies were found to contain significant quantity of tetracycline in their systems.

When used properly, natural herbal antibiotics can efficiently overcome the inherent problems in the use of synthetic antibiotics since it helps the human body by boosting the immune system in producing natural antibodies to fight bacteria. Aside from than, natural antibiotics are considered to be less toxic and safer to use, so you need not worry the possible ill side effects plus the very fact that they come significantly cheaper that synthetic drugs distributed in the market today. Unlike drugs that are designed to combat bacteria, natural drugs help the body in producing protein antibodies that will lock in on the bacteria and effectively immobilize them in order to allow the white blood cells to efficiently transport the bacteria to the body’s lymph nodes or to the spleen, where it will be destroyed.

So instead laying your bets on the questionable effects of antibiotics that may have been rendered obsolete with mutating bacteria of today, you might as well seriously consider using more effective natural medicines, following the way nature has intended the art of healing to be.