Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Tuberculosis - Scope of Ayurvedic Herbal Treatment

Tuberculosis is one of the major killer diseases of modern times. Till recently, anti-tuberculosis drug regimes were successful in curing the disease in a majority of affected patients. However, multi-drug resistance is fast becoming a major concern for health providers the world over. Moreover, tuberculosis is no more a disease of only the poor or developing nations. At least a third of the world's population is believed to be harboring latent (hidden) tuberculosis, which can later on give rise to active infection and subsequent transmission to others.