Re: andrographis / mechanism

[Guest guest]

P.S.: I just read that last year scientists discovered a possible explanation

for the antibacterial (and antiviral) action of andrographis paniculata and a

few other Chinese herbs: andrographolide (the main active component) blocks

quorum sensing, similar to the action of garlic.

Quorum sensing is the intra-bacterial language that is important for them for

working together, e.g. when targeting the host or the immune system, making /

maintaining biofilms, shifting into other pleomorphic forms, etc. AFAIK it is

not yet proven that Borrelia uses quorum sensing, but it seems to have all the

required equipment for it. So this discovery seems to support the use of

andrographis for Lyme disease.