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| View Larger Image | Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria (Storey Medicinal Herb Guide)
by Stephen Harrod Buhner
| | List Price: | $12.95 | | Price: | $10.36 | | You Save: | $2.59 (20%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 37960 | | Studio: | Storey Publishing, LLC | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 144 | | Publication Date: | January 08, 1999 | | Publisher: | Storey Publishing, LLC |
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Product Description
Current information about antibiotic resistant microbes and the herbs that are effective in fighting them. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 7 reviews)
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Herbal Antibiotics by Stephen Buhner 
This book has some great information about using herbs. It is well organized and easy to understand. I have many books on herbology, but this one stands out as a must have. For any who are dealing with Lyme disease and it's co-infections, I highly recommend it.
September 13, 2007 | |
Informative and essential
I've moved back and forth recently, but I'm glad I decided to keep this book. It's well-written and informative and seems like something we should all have in our libraries.
June 26, 2007 | |
Excellent Primer and Quick Reference
Just the book I was looking for. The author presents the information in a very clear and concise way. The book is well formatted for quick reference too and does a good job of suggesting how to prepare dosages. It's good to see also the sources the author cites on the effectiveness of some of these herbs.
The only thing I disagree with the author on is how he makes it appear that these bacteria are somehow "intelligent". Bacteria aren't intelligent. They're just little organic machines that perform to their program written in their DNA. They're not conspiring to somehow take over the world;-)
January 14, 2006 | |
AN INCREDIBLE BOOK
Using leading-edge scientific research author Stephen Buhner reveals the little-known world of bacteria and their amazing ability to develop defenses to pharmaceutical antibiotics. Citing many of the world's leading bacteriologists he shows how bacteria will eventually develop immunity to most antibiotics - that the window of opportunity we have had as a species during the antibiotic era is almost over. He then comprehensively explores the most recent scientific research on the plant compounds that have been found in in vivo, in vitro and in human trial to be effective in treating antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. The book looks at the ten primary antibiotic-resistant disease organisms and those plants that have been found in clinical trial to be effective for their treatment. This book is a must have! It begins a long overdue exploration of more ecologically sustainable approaches to the treatment of disease with substances that are ecologically sustainable. The author's firm grasp of his subject matter and the comprehensive nature of his treatment of the subject make this a book that will continue to be useful for years to come. Highly recommended!
December 19, 2002 | |
Tenets of Bacterial Ecology 
It seems that Mr. Buhner is not particularly well versed in the basics of bacteriology and microbiology. I found it particularly perverse when he claims that bacteria have true intelligence and premeditated cooperative abilities in that they "learn" how to live in antibiotic environments. Further, the idea that the use of ground up plants will stop bacterial infection goes against sound reason.
1. Bacteria survive because they are opportunistic, id est, they reproduce quickly and successfully because they are small and can exploit natural resources before other organisms can.
2. Bacteria survive because they are variablistic: they are not intelligent or premeditative, they are a simple algorithm which permutates often, but randomly. When something works it survives to reproduce.
This second statement supports the idea that plant extracts cannot be used as antibiotics any more effectively than a synthetic antibiotic like chlorampheticol. Plants as a general group of organisms rely on the opposite evolutionary strategy to survive: invest in your stake (resources and physical individual) in order to make it successful by making it unavailable for use by opportunistic organisms. While this sounds like it may support the use of herbal antibiotics, it actually indicates that plants choose stability over variability and therefore don't change as quickly as bacteria...nor do the biosynthetic products they produce. Any such product would, if it was antibiotic in the first place, be subject to the very same forces of selective bacterial reproduction as a synthetic drug, rendering it useless in short time.
December 11, 2002 | |
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