Posted on 04/23/2020 11:15:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has officially launched a local herbal remedy he claims can prevent and cure coronavirus in seven days. The beverage, called COVID-Organics and developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA), contains Artemisia, a plant used to treat malaria.
“Tests have been carried out – two people have now been cured by this treatment,” Rajoelina told ministers, diplomats and the media at the IMRA on Monday. “This herbal tea gives results in seven days,” he said.
Drinking a bottle of COVID-Organics, he said: “I will be the first to drink this today, in front of you, to show you that this product cures and does not kill.”
As the novel coronavirus spreads, people have been positive about how home remedies have helped them recover even though the World Health Organisation has said that there is no cure for the deadly virus.
“While some western, traditional or home remedies may provide comfort and alleviate symptoms of COVID-19, there is no evidence that current medicine can prevent or cure the disease,” according to the organization’s website. “WHO does not recommend self-medication with any medicines, including antibiotics, as a prevention or cure for COVID-19.”
The AFP reports that the safety and effectiveness of Madagascar’s local herbal remedy “have not been assessed internationally, nor has any data from trials been published in peer-reviewed studies.”
But the president of the large Indian Ocean island is sure of its effectiveness, adding that the drink would be given to schoolchildren.
“The COVID-Organics will be distributed free of charge to our most vulnerable compatriots and sold at very low prices to others. All profits will be donated to IMRA to finance scientific research,” the president wrote on Twitter.
“COVID-Organics will be used as prophylaxis, that is for prevention, but clinical observations have shown a trend towards its effectiveness in curative treatment,” said Dr. Charles Andrianjara, the director general of IMRA.
Madagascar has so far recorded 121 cases of coronavirus with no deaths.
As people hold talks about taking a chance with traditional medicine that is not proven, the government of Zimbabwe is already allowing herbalists to treat patients with the deadly virus.
“Traditional medicine practice is older … than science and it is accepted by the majority of Zimbabweans,” said Tribert Chishanyu, president of Zimbabwe Traditional Practitioners Association.
“If modern scientists are given opportunities to try whenever there is an emergency disease (outbreak), why can’t we do the same to traditional medicine practice? We are treating symptoms related to COVID-19, so by (some) chance we may be able to treat COVID-19.”
Get it while it’s hot!
The Mad(agascar) Hatter’s Tea Party.
Reminds me of the patent medicines that abounded in the US about 100-150 years ago. Cures your lumbago, too.
“Reminds me of the patent medicines that abounded in the US about 100-150 years ago. Cures your lumbago, too.”
I was just watching Josey Wales’ recently and this reminds me of the salesman hehe
Related;
Nobel for Chinese traditional medicine gives hope to Ayurveda
https://www.natureasia.com/en/nindia/article/10.1038/nindia.2015.138
Sweet Wormwood
From: https://www.canceractive.com/article/Artemisinin-and-cancer,-yeasts-and-parasites
” . . . Super-herb Artemisinin kills cancer cells, yeasts, parasites, pathogens like E coli, and viruses
Artemisia annua, or Sweet Wormwood, is a herb found from Pakistan to China, and is the current treatment of choice for malaria. The highest concentration of active ingredient is found in the leaves and flowers. There are 14 other Artemisia species. It was originally used in Traditional Chinese Medicine where it was called Qing Hao. The species Artemesia has a number of active derivatives - artemisinin and analogs artemether and artesunate being the three most commonly used.
1. Artemisinin is the most potent anti-malarial treatment available
Malaria kills at least 1 million people across the world each year. Artemisia annua, or Sweet Wormwood, is the most effective treatment, especially as the potency of certain drugs has continued to fail. The plant came to the fore in the swamps and rain forests of the Vietnam war. The Viet-Cong used Artemesia to beat malaria. The Americans took their pills.
The exact understanding of how it works is not fully clear but the ingredient artemisinin seems to attack the mitochodrial membranes of the parasite Plasmodium which causes malaria in humans(1).”
EXCERPTED FROM ARTICLE AT LINK.
Remainder of article including references, at link.
Norski
yup
I’ve seen your posts. I was a little skeptical but not as much now.
Is this the same as Artemisia absinthium?
They are related but I don’t know if their actions are the same.
Sweet Wormwood is Artemisia annua.
One caveat to that. Common names of plants often apply to numerous plants, even plants from different families, so Artemisia absinthium may be called Sweet Wormwood also for all I know.
[[Artemisia, a plant used to treat malaria]]
That is a pretty rugged herb- strong side effects for some- researcvh it before jumping into it- they use this for combating lyme disease, and babesia too- (a sub parasite that one gets from tick bites too)
Yes- the same substance that was banned because of serious side effects-
I was gonna say it must be the Zinc in the tea but that would be cruel.
Sometimes I regret having ethical boundaries. I could SO make a fortune right now in Homeopathic Zinc and Selenium Supplements. I could come up with an entire line of “Zinc Pore” augmentation by Homeopathic Principles.
Sounds like a balm. Not trying it unless a maestro says to try it.
Need to add picture and endorsement of Granny Clampett
If I turn on my TV I’m sure I’ll find Jim Bakker selling this.
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