Dengue is an acute tropical and subtropical disease that is reappearing in the form of extensive outbreaks in several regions of the country, caused by any of the four Dengue existing types of virus and transmitted by the bite of the Aëdes Aëgypti mosquito (popularly called locally "white legs").

When the female of the species bites a virus carrying person, since human beings are the only source of infection, it can transmit the disease in two occasions: immediately after having bitten another nearby person; or after a period of incubation of 8 to 10 days, during which the virus is multiplied in the salivary glands of the mosquito.

Mosquitoes can become infected -when biting an affected person- in a period that lies between the previous days of the appearance of the symptoms till the fifth day of the appearance of symptoms. Luckily the disease is not transmitted from person to person.

Anyone of us can become infected and during the course of our lifetime it may be possible to suffer this infection up to four times, one by each one of the four types of Dengue virus.

After a period of incubation of 3 to 15 days, anyone of three medical records -charts- may occur:

1) Undifferentiated Virus's: indistinct to any viral disease.

2) Classic Dengue: it is characterized by a sudden beginning, fever, extreme weakness, sore throat, headache, muscle pain, cutaneous bright-red scarlatiniform eruptions and diarrhea.

3) Dengue hemorrhagic fever shock syndrome (DHFSS): the same symptoms of classic Dengue occur, but in addition diverse hemorrhagic upheavals appear (skin capillaries, mouth, rectum, urinary routes, abdomen, brain, etc.), that can increase progressively and lead to shock or even death.

The conventional treatment for this disease is symptomatic, therefore, only analgesic and antipyretic medicines are administered; as well as rest, fluids and balanced feeding.

Numerous investigations published in world-wide medical literature demonstrate that diverse adaptogens can stimulate the immunological defense system, reason why they contribute to prevent and cure infections, diminishing their intensity, duration and recurrence.  For that reason, adaptogens are indicated in the treatment of viral and bacterial infections, in children and adults, as much in the acute cases as in the period between infections.

These plants have been used, for many years, by European and Asian doctors, with the objective of improving the immune system and therefore prevent and/or speed up the period of recovery in diverse infectious diseases.

The immunemodulating adaptogens, used in combination with energizing plants, quickly improve the course of infectious diseases, such as Dengue, increasing platelet count, shortening the duration and diminishing the intensity of the symptoms, at the same time preventing the frightful complications. A solid scientific base exists that demonstrates that these plants fortify the inespecific immunological defense system, as well as at the cellular and humoral level. These plants do not produce secondary effects, reason why they can be used to prevent and fight all type of viral infection, such as Dengue.