Originally published in icon Issue 1 2007
Wormwood, a Chinese Herb, is now in short supply. Why? It has an excellent effect against malaria – better than all five developed drugs. The WHO has endorsed this and a recent clinical trial showed that everyone who took it felt better within hours and recovered within days.
Apparently (Dr Mercola, Dec 11th 2006), thanks to its effectiveness, it is running into short supply, encouraging fake drugs (usually little more than chalk) to become widespread in South East Asia.
Experts also suggest taking wormwood to kill parasites and microbes, increasingly being noted to play some part in cancers. (Ed: You can always try our wormwood.)