Green Tea Proves Powerful Medicine Against Sepsis

A major component of green tea could prove the perfect elixir for severe sepsis, an abnormal immune system response to a bacterial infection. In a new laboratory study, Haichao Wang, PhD, of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and his colleagues have been studying the therapeutic powers of dozens of Chinese herbal compounds in reversing a fatal immune response that kills 225,000 Americans every year. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on November 11th, 2007