Vancocin is the drug to ask your doctor for when all else fails. Herbal and Natural Alternatives Researchers around the world are taking another look at folk medicine, herbal remedies, and other alternatives to pharmacological drugs. Recent research has confirmed the antibacteriological value of herbal extracts from many parts of the world. Examples of useful herbal remedies abound. Herbal extracts from goldenseal and echinacea may be effective natural antibiotics.
Raw garlic has potent antibacterial effects.
Kyolic, an aged garlic product, does not kill bacteria directly but does boost immune function, enabling the body to fight off some chronic bacterial infections. Alkylglycerols Alkylglycerols, or AKGs, are a family of compounds that have been found to play a crucial role in the production and stimulation of white blood cells. They occur in freshwater fish and in cow, sheep, and mother's milk. AKGs help give nursing mammals, including breast-fed babies, protection against infection until their own immune systems can develop fully. Alkylglycerols are thought to act as immune boosters against infectious diseases.