Artemisia annua - in service for 2000 years

Artemisia annua - better known in Germany as annual mugwort - has had a firm place in traditional Chinese medicine for over 2000 years. The Chinese use it preventively to strengthen the immune system, but also to treat fever, infections, inflammation, food intolerances and digestive problems as well as to expel worms. Native to the sunny and rainy regions of Eurasia, this herbaceous plant with its strikingly aromatic scent also grows in our latitudes. As a wild plant, it is mainly found along the Elbe, but also feels at home in the garden.

Honoured with a Nobel Prize

International recognition for Artemisia annua - and thus growing interest in this versatile medicinal plant - has been accompanied by the discovery of its most important active ingredient to date, artemisinin. The Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou was awarded a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2015 for researching and isolating it as an effective antimalarial drug. The herb is widely used in Africa, among other places, where there are numerous projects that provide people with natural and affordable herbal remedies. The herb has also been successful in treating resistance to known antimalarial drugs.

The active ingredients in Artemisia annua

Artemisia annua is said to harbour a treasure trove of over 600 biologically active ingredients. The main player is artemisinin, a secondary plant substance from the terpene group. It is mainly found in the leaves, but also in the flowers of the plant. The annual mugwort also contains numerous essential oils, such as alpha and beta-pinenes, camphor, limonene, eucalyptus oil or menthol, flavonoids and essential fatty acids.

With and without alcohol

Artemisia annua tincture is made from the fresh herb, which is harvested directly before flowering and preserved in medicinal alcohol. This ensures that the elixir made from annual mugwort has a long shelf life. For easy and perfect dosing, we recommend our 1.8 ml dropper pipette. As an alternative to the alcohol-containing tincture, we offer an alcohol-free DMSO plant extract.

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Instructions for use

Natural plant extract for use in aromatherapy.

Storage

Keep tightly closed, cool, protected from light and out of the reach of children and adolescents.

Contents

100ml

A measuring pipette with 0.5 - 3 ml scale is included.

The dosing pipette with scale is made of PE-LD, which is also suitable for DMSO.