Wormwood: This treatment for malaria was, however, lost over time. It was only rediscovered in an archeological dig in the 1970s where its medicinal use was found in a recipe inside a tomb. The formula was dated back to 168 B.C. where the Chinese chemist isolated the primary active ingredient from the leafy portion of plant called A. annua L. In 1972, scientists in the West called this crystalline compound "qinghaosu" or "artemisinin". Since then, studies in China and Vietnam have confirmed that artemisinin is a highly effective compound with close to 100 percent response rate for treating malaria... In fact, over one million malaria patients have been cured via this method. Their symptoms also subsided in a matter of days.

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Lancet Medical Journal
.....There is one exciting development for malaria treatment on the horizon: a plant called qinghao, or wormwood, in the West, also known as Artemisia annua by the Chinese.
.....This herb, which has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years to treat a variety of ailments, has been recognized as an anti malarial drug in China since the early Seventies. The Chinese have demonstrated that it is more rapidly acting than any other antimalarial, with no evident toxicity (Lancet, 1993; 341: 603-8; Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 1994; 88 (Suppl I): S9-S11).In some parts of southeastern Asia (particularly the eastern and western borders of Thailand) where the failure rates of treatment with high dose mefloquine alone in falciparum malaria now exceed 40 per cent artesunate taken orally with mefloquine over three to five days still remains highly effective (Lancet, 1992; 339: 821-4; J Infect Dis, 1994; 171: 971-7).
.....These herbs also seem to be faster acting than other anti malarials and there appears to be no evident toxicity, although individual responses may vary, as with all herbs (Lancet, 1992; 339: 649-50).

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Ethiopia and Wormwood
It’s about the money! December 2004
”Artemisia, which grows wild in China and Vietnam, is considered one of the most effective treatments against malaria in the world.” ”Experiments began in China in the 1970s but Mao's government kept it secret for decades” “Research shows that artemisia (raw herb grown in China) remedies cure 90 per cent of patients in three days”

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Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
By Meera Selva in Chencha, Ethiopia

“traditional herbal tea to tackle malaria for poor communities who cannot access or afford to pay for anti-malarial products developed by the pharmaceutical industry.”

From SciDev.Net: Tea for the Poor
Charles Mkoka and Wagdy Sawahel - 15 February 2007