Artemisinin is a drug derived from the Asian plant Artemisia annua. This aromatic plant has fern-like leaves and yellow flowers.

For more than 2,000 years, it has been used to treat fevers. It’s also an effective treatment for malaria. Other potential uses include as a treatment for inflammation or bacterial infections or headaches, though there is no scientific data to support this.

According to www.cancer.org, sweet-wormwood is a plant from a family of artemisia that should not be mixed with her hereditary cousin, artemisia absinthum, which has traditionally been used for a long time in digestive disorders, puts on alcoholic beverages (absint, wormwood), used as an essential oil and against insects.

Benefits of artemisinin

The healing derivative of a sweet goat herb (Artemisia Annua), called artemisinin, is the latest hope in the treatment of the most aggressive forms of cancer. It is currently in the testing phase showing excellent results in destroying cancer cells leaving healthy cells intact. The discovery of artemisinin is again proposed for the Nobel Prize.

The whole plant is used for: bleeding, diarrhea, malaria, lupus, erythematosus, fever.

• Leaves: Malaria, Asthma, Eye Infection, Cholera, Denga Fever, Bronchitis and Inflammation, Athletic Foot And Eczema, Various Other Tropical Parasites, Skin Diseases, Hepatitis B.
• Stem: against anemia.
• Roots: summer diarrhea and vomiting and severe fever.
• Seeds works against choking (such as insecticide, high blood pressure, diabetes).

How can artemisinin help fight cancer?

In cancer patients, cancer cells take up a significantly higher amount of iron than normal cells. Medicine claims that cancer cells have more transferin receptors than normal cells.

What does artemisinin do? 

When it joins the iron ions in the cell, it becomes an aggressive, free radical and kills the cancerous cell. It is particularly effective in breast, lung and prostate cancer. His derivatives and many similar substances are studied in terms of this activity and truly provide outstanding hope in fighting almost all forms of cancer.

Side effects of artemisinin

Artemisinin can be taken orally, injected into your muscle, or inserted into the rectum as a suppository. This extract has several side effects, but should not be combined with other medicines unless the doctor agrees.

Some common side effects of artemisinin are: skin rash, nausea, vomiting, tremors and liver issues.

You shouldn’t take artemisinin if you are taking medication for seizures. It can trigger seizures or make the medication less effective. It can induce seizures or make the medications less effective. People with gastrointestinal problems shouldn’t take artemisinin.