Composition and method for treating and preventing helicobactor-pylori-associated stomach gastritis, ulcers and cancer
AssigneeNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
InventorAlvin Burton Segelman
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Abstract
The present invention is an orally-administrable composition for preventing and treating Helicobacter pylori-associated stomach gastritis and ulcers, and for preventing Helicobacter pylori-associated stomach cancer. The invention is a herb or herb extract containing an anti-H. pylori activity. The invention further includes methods for making and methods for using the invention.
Claims6
A method for inhibiting Helicobacter pylori in mammals, comprising:
- orally administering to a mammal a composition comprising between about 10 mg to about 400 mg of powdered herbal parts from Pau d'Arco, Inula racemosa and cloves, or aqueous-alcoholic extracts thereof, said composition having an anti-Helicobacter pylori activity.
A method for inhibiting Helicobacter pylori in mammals comprising orally administering a composition comprising between about 10 mg to about 400 mg of powdered Pau d'Arco (Tabebuia avellandae) inner bark, powdered Inula racemosa root, and powdered clove (Syzyzyium aromaticum) buds, or aqueous-alcoholic extracts thereof, said composition having anti-Helicobacter pylori activity that is useful to prevent and treat stomach ulcers, gastritis and stomach cancer in mammals.
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