Treating TB with Noni and Red Ginger

Tuberculosis ( TB ) is a serious public health problem for the citizens of the world . Burden of TB in Indonesian problems contribute significantly to the burden of TB issues at the global level , which is about six percent . Until now , Indonesia is among the four countries with the highest TB burden in the world problems .

Indonesia now ranks fourth after India , China , and South Africa .

Each year , there are 730 thousand cases of tuberculosis in Indonesia . The good news is from 1990 to 2012 , cases of tuberculosis continues to decline significantly, either through early detection and treatment.

Antituberculosis drugs ( OAT ) is a major drug in the treatment of tuberculosis . Besides given OAT , TB patients may also be given as a complementary herbal medicine .

Research conducted by Fathiyah Isbaniah , Heidy Agusti , Priyanti Soepandi , and the principal investigator Burhan Erlina Arifin Nawas get the result that the combination of noni and red ginger extract as an effective adjuvant , which is an additional treatment for increasing the effectiveness of the primary therapy katkan TB treatment .

The study was conducted at Friendship Hospital for a total of 100 patient respondents were mostly less than 31 years old , female, and not smoking . They were divided into two groups , namely the use of OAT therapy with a combination of noni extract and red ginger and OAT with placebo .

The results of the study concluded , in less than or equal to six weeks , the combination group experienced noni and red ginger conversion , ie, no change in acid-fast bacilli (AFB ) smear positive to negative more quickly than the placebo group . Acceleration conversion can reduce the transmission of TB .

From these results , Chairman of the Indonesian Doctors Association Lung , Arifin Nawas , recommend supplementation with a combination of noni extract and red ginger . Obviously , this position only supplements as adjunctive therapy to patients who are undergoing treatment according to national TB manual .

" Still further research is needed with a larger number of subjects and examination of immunological status ( immune system ) to uncover a more complete efficacy of these herbs , " said Arifin .