“Mastic Gum Kills Helicobacter Pylori” (And Heals Peptic Ulcers)

Click Here To PrintThe headline above was also the headline over an amazing letter-to-the-Editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.1 Two of these authors had previously reported gastroscopically-proven healing of mastic-treated peptic ulcers within thirty days or less2, reporting that mastic “is active against Helicobacter pylori, which could explain its therapeutic effect in patients...