Malaria Mosquito

Reading the news today I found a very nice and interesting article: The cure for the mosquito transmitted disease Malaria might inside the Costa Rica rain forests!

 

Every year an estimated 1-3 million people die from Malaria all over the world and although Malaria is not a common disease in Costa Rica at all, there are so many different types of plants hidden inside the rainforests, scientists and doctors have been collecting samples of the wide diversity available and so far 50 of them seem very promising and two of them actually appear to be medicinal candidates are from the Asteraceae and Meliaceae families. The Asteraceae family includes flowers like asters, daisies and sunflowers. This means that Costa Rica forests will not only be used to preserve species and run ecological tours nut also to save millions of lives around the world.

 

The plants from the Meliaceae family have been used as natural cures for fevers in some parts of the world and herbal remedies like the plant Echinacea are also found in the Asteraceae family. Costa Rica lands are known to be quite rich and the discovery of these potential remedies is a huge step forward in contemporary medicine, not only in Costa Rica, but all over the world.

 

Costa Rica products include bananas, coffee, some medicinal plants and homeopathic treatments for several diseases, flowers, rice and of course, tourism and of course my favorite: Costa Rica real estate. The variety of business as you can see as somehow related to the richness in Costa Rica natural resources, something every country should start paying more attention to. In the United States we have lost over half our mountains, forests and beaches, which is extremely sad since technology will cannot replace living in a paradise of natural beauties such as Costa Rica.