Sweet Wormwood Tincture

Artemisia annua

Common name: Sweet Annie, Sweet Wormwood, Chinese Wormwood, Sweet Sagewort

Family: Asteraceae

Part used: Aerial parts

Habitat: Native to temperate regions of Asia but naturalised in many other temperate areas globally.

Constituents: Sesquiterpene lactones (mainly artemeisinin which is also present in bitter Wormwood), terpenes, phenolic acids. Interestingly the sweet polysaccharide constituents of Sweet Annie may increase bioavailability of artemisinin.

Actions: Antiparasitic, febrifuge, anti-malaria, anti-proliferative

Traditional and current uses:

• Malaria and drug resistant malaria, enhancing efficacy of other anti-malarials

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