Description:
Cryptolepsis is a potent antimicrobial against resistant systemic infections both Gram-positive and Gram-negative, mycobacterial infections and some fungal infections
Dosage:
30-100 mls per day, 4-14 mls per week
Parts Used:
Root
Main Actions:
- Antiamoebic
- Antibacterial
- Anticancer
- Anticomplement
- Antifungal
- Antihyperglycaemic
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antimycobacterial
- Antiparasitic
- Antiplasmodial
- Antipyretic
- Antiviral (mild)
- Hypothermic
Key Indications:
Bacterial infections
Gram-positive bacteria:
Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Streptococcus pyogenes
Gram-negative bacteria:
Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella dysenteriae, Vibrio cholera
Mycobacteria:
Mycobacterium abcessus, Mycobacterium aurum, Mycobacterium bovis
BCG, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium phlei, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(including drug resistant strains)
- Cancer treatment adjunct
- Diabetes
- Fever
Fungal infections :
- Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans*, Microsporum canis, Epidermophyton floccosum*, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Trichophyton rubrum*, Trichophyton mentagrophytes
- Malaria
- Neurodegenerative conditions
Parasitic infections :
- Babesia species, Entamoeba histolytica, Plasmodium falciparum
- (including chloroquine-resistant
- Systemic infections
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Viral infections
- Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
Major Safety Issues:
None known