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New Treatment for Malaria

May 19, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION New treatment for malaria? ANSWER The most recently developed type of treatment for malaria actually has very ancient origins. The herb wormwood (Artemisia annua) has been used in ancient Chinese medicine for hundreds, even thousands, of years to cure certain fevers. In the 1970s, a Chinese research program intensively sought new medications against malaria, as part of their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisia annua, Artemisinin, Chinese medicine, Chloroquine, Coartem, Duo-Cotecxin, lumefantrine, piperaquine, Pyramax, Pyronaridine, resistance, treatment research, wormwood

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