Herbal Treatment of Tuberculosis

TB is a major threat to public health in the present era. TB as a problem has now become so severe for public health that it has now become a topic of constant debate on international health platforms. Now international health-related organizations have started emphasizing the importance of proper treatment for TB to control and eradicate TB. These programs started getting special attention after the emergence of drug resistance in etiologic agents of TB along with the revelation of the fact the rigorous administration routines of anti-TB drugs are leading to increased cases of hepatotoxicity in patients. This happens due to long dosing regimens of the TB drugs along with high doses being administered to counter drug resistance and eradicate the disease completely. All these issues call for a new perspective on TB medication. Such an alternative is a medication manufactured from herbal extracts. This option kills two birds with one stone. It battles antibiotic resistance while minimizing the chances of liver damage and hepato-toxicity. The herbal extracts have a low cost of manufacturing and do not contain lethal amounts of toxins rendering them safe for consumption even in large amounts. Such useful characteristics of herbal medicine extracts necessitate thorough research to identify useful plants and the parts required to manufacture effective remedies.