Herbs For Healing

23/07/2024

Letter to BBC 2 re Horizon program 22nd July 2024

The Battle to beat Malaria.
I watched last night’s Horizon ‘The Battle to beat Malaria’ and was saddened by how biased it was towards pharmaceutical products. It gives the impression as if pharmaceutical remedies and vaccines were the only effective tools to deal with malaria. Effective plant medicines were used in the past and are being used today.
The Chinese scientist Tu Youyou received the Nobel Prize in 2015 in the field of Physiology and Medicine for her 1971 exploration of sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) that was traditionally used to treat intermittent fevers and malaria. Tu Youyou extracted the ‘active ingredient’ or artemisinin. Tu Youyou’s research yielded remarkable results, in that this work led to the acceptance of sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) as a medicinal agent, and soon it began to be commercially grown on a large scale.
The huge advantage of using Artemisia annua for people in Africa and other affected countries is the availability and very low cost compared to pharmaceutical products. There are organisations that train people how to grow the plant, how to process and how to prescribe it. The use of Artemisia annua helps people to help themselves.

24/01/2024

Very interesting research showing that Ginkgo biloba together with Turmeric have potential to prevent and heal Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative illnesses, and yet, no workable treatments have been discovered to prevent or reverse AD. Curcumin (CUR), the major polyphenolic compound of turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes, and Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) are natural substa...

24/01/2024

Are there alternatives?

Are they as effective as Big Pharma claims?

19/01/2024

The salad plant with potential cancer cell killing properties is Artemisia annua, a herb that is known to destroy the parasite which causes malaria.

Researchers at the University of Washington have updated a traditional Chinese medicine to create a compound that is more than 1,200 times more specific in killing certain kinds of cancer cells than...

02/01/2023

Effects of PROPOLIS on viral respiratory diseases

Propolis remains an interesting source of natural chemical compounds that show, among others, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities. Due to the growing incidence of respiratory tract infections caused by various pathogenic viruses, complementary methods...

16/02/2022

"Much of what heals us, can be found in Nature"

From the cavernous shops in Souq El Blat, herbalists share the rich and fascinating history of their proud and ancient trade – and their fears that it could disappear

07/02/2022

Please consider signing this petition

Exigez le Respect des lois éthiques de l'Essai du Vaccin RTS,S chez les Enfants Africains

16/01/2022

Instructions about how to make artemisia annua infusion

So ake légué ti tongo Artemisia ti kaï na palu la, ala man ni.La Maison de l'Artemisia de la Centrafrique vous propose le mode de préparation de l'Artemisia ...

19/11/2021

New herbal product available from my little herbal online shop: (Sweet anni) Artemisia annua. Check out herbsforhealing.org.uk

In 2015 a Chinese scientist received the Nobel prize for her studies with Artemisia annua. She discovered that this plant contains artemisinin, an active ingredient to heal malaria. Malaria still kills one child every minute in Subsahara Africa. Pharmaceutical companies have produced artemisinin-containing drugs that help to ease malaria symptoms but do not completely rid the body of the malaria causing parasite. This parasite is becoming more and more resistant to these drugs. This French documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvC4uSYprU8 explains the amazing story of Artemisia annua, used as a herbal tea: it is 97% effective against the parasite Plasmodium falciparum that causes malaria especially in children under 5 years old. This is an outstanding example of how people can help themselves by growing this plant as a preventative and as an effective remedy to heal malaria. An African version of Artemisia called Artemisia afra, a perennial plant, does not contain artemisinin but many other potent constituents which are also highly beneficial against malaria. Artemisia afra grows from South Africa right up to Ethiopia, the area where malaria is most prevalent. Both Artemisia plants have anti-parasitic properties.

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19/11/2021

A throat spray containing Echinacea, Sage and Licorice, all herbs that help us and our immune system to deal with viruses. Please contact me if you are interested.

05/11/2021

Good old dandelion! Who would have thought that?

Here is some research from Freibury university which sadly was not news worthy, however it is immensely interesting: dandelion helps to protect lungs and kidneys from damage by virus spike protein

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21/09/2021

A bit more relevant information of Artemisia annua. As Jean says “Artemisia annua is a jewel of China’s pharmacopeia.” This plant may also be of use in future pandemics. Keep some in your garden. You can grow it in the cold temperate zone to the equator.

Videos on starting Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua) from seedlings, potting them up, planting, growing, harvest and medicinal use.