Artemisia annua (Sweet wormwood) – from sowing to harvest a life-saving plant

The video documents the important steps in cultivating from sowing to harvest Artemisia annua (Sweet wormwood) which came to the lime light of modern Phytotherapy for its use in treatment of malaria. More than 30 patents are registered for the use of Artemisinin and its derivates in treatment of malaria and several other diseases including breast-, prostate-, and other carcinoma.
The plant grows well in Africa, the continent most affected by the malaria parasite. The plant contains 10 anti-malarial substances, the most important being Artemisinin.
A tea made from the leaves, containing Artemisinin and nine other anti-malarial substances can help to fight malaria in regions where people have no access to medical care or are too poor to buy the expensive pharmaceutical products – which particularly in Africa are up to 70 percent either fake or of substandard quality.
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