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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

Herbal Treatment for Malaria

April 5, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can any form of malaria be treated by herbs or plants, and how long does it take to recover from malaria? ANSWER Actually, two of the most important kinds of anti-malarial medication are derived by substances found naturally in plants, though they need to be processed in certain ways before the full pharmaceutical effect is felt. Quinine, administered intravenously, is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin, China, Cinchona, Malaria transmission, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Quinine, treatment, wormwood

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