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by lymeeducator 2237 days ago
Many people (~thousands) in the US use a few species of Cryptoleptis (sanguinolenta) to good effect for Babesia, a less virulent and dangerous "cousin" of Malaria. It is generally safe for all ages. It is also used pretty effectively in Africa for Malaria (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2956313/ ... more studies should be done!). It is often hard to get young children to describe their symptoms, but night sweats and temperature disregulation (via nervous system) are common in both parasitic pathogens. At any rate, the more low cost solutions with minimal to zero side effects we have, the better.