Parasitic disease, remedies

Leucovorin or folinic acid, a mixture of the 6R- and 6S,-diastereomers of 5-formyltetrahydrofolic acid, is an important clinical agent which may be used as a remedy for megaloblastic anemia and as an antidote for inadvertent overdosages of antifolates in patients with cancer, parasitic diseases, or autoimmune disorders such as psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. In view of these applications it is surprising that few significant improvements in the manufacture of leucovorin have occurred... 

The use of natural products in the treatment and control of human parasitic diseases is referred in the texts of traditional systems of medicine. Ancient medical practioners of traditional remedies in China, India, Egypt, the Middle East and Europe knew several plants having activity against various diseases caused verv likely by protozoans, though the etiology and epidemiology of such diseases were not well defined in those days. Many of these remedies are still used, particularly in countries where traditional systems of medicine are a part of the health care systems. In India it is believed that 50-75% of the population uses traditional drugs Irecause of their lower cost, easy access and faith in them [1]. 

In a state of desperation, I went to see all kinds of different doctors, healers and alternative practitioners. Based on the symptoms I reported, one doctor told me I must have intestinal parasites. I was willing to go along with any glimmer of hope. I thought If I have parasites, that can be treated, then my symptoms will go away—fantastic However, I wanted a second opinion. I went to a doctor in Albuquerque who took urine, stool and saliva samples and sent them to a doctor in New York. The lab report said there were eggs from two kinds of parasites found, hookworm and whipworm. The doctor gave me herbal potions made from God-knows-what he had gathered in the rain forest. These remedies made me worse, so I decided to go to the Tropical Disease Hospital in Tondon. It wasn t easy. 

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