Case Report
Treating HIV Infection with Herbal Medicine: A Case Report
Willard Mushiwokufa*
Chipinge District Hospital, P. O. Box 200, Chipinge, Zimbabwe
- *Corresponding Author:
- Willard Mushiwokufa
Chipinge District Hospital
P. O. Box 200, Chipinge, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 772 489702
E-mail: wmushiwokufa@yahoo.com
Received date: September 30, 2016; Accepted date: October 12, 2016; Published date: October 17, 2016
Citation: Mushiwokufa W (2016) Treating HIV Infection with Herbal Medicine: A Case Report. J Tradi Med Clin Natur 5:192.
Copyright: © 2016 Mushiwokufa W. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The AIDS pandemic remains a global threat. Ever since the case of the Berlin Patient who was cured after a bone marrow transplant, there is intense interest in developing a cure for HIV. A patient tested HIV positive after a routine voluntary counselling and testing. Her CD4 cell count was 528 cells/μL. She took a concoction for 12 weeks and her CD4 cell count rose to 1120 cells/μL. Viral load was undetectable, antibody tests were negative but DNA test remained positive after 14 weeks. The remarkable rise of CD4 cell count, undetectable virus and negative antibody tests without use of anti-retroviral drugs, a proof of functional cure.