Malaria: homeopathic remedies
Published 1 February 2011
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1. Homeopathic remedies for malaria
The Health Protection Agency Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention does not recommend relying on any herbal or homeopathic remedies for the prevention of malaria.
Herbal remedies have not been tested for their ability to prevent or treat malaria and are not licensed for these uses. There is no scientific proof that homeopathic remedies are effective in either preventing or treating malaria. In addition, the Faculty of Homeopathy does not promote the use of homeopathic remedies for disease prevention and notes that their use in malaria prevention is unlikely to be acceptable to insurance providers.
The medicine or medicines that should be taken to prevent malaria depend on the country or countries that will be visited during your trip. Anyone travelling to any country where malaria occurs should visit their GP or a travel clinic and should follow their advice on which medicines to take, the dose to take, and how long to take the medicines before travelling and after returning home.
Failure to take the right medicine or to take it at the right dose for long enough is the most common reason for people developing malaria after returning to the UK.
Even if you were born in an area where malaria is common, your immunity will fade within 6 to 12 months of living in the UK, where you are not regularly exposed to malaria.