Artemisia Annua
Artemisia actually has many different names, however, each name means a variation of the herb that does vastly different things to the body.
Each variation has a cool Latin name and a common peasant name that most of us know.
Artimisia Annua is also called Sweet Wormwood, or Sweet Annie. It is an anti-viral.
Artemisia Bulgaris is commonly called Mugwort by the peasants. Or in case that’s not confusing enough, Old Uncle Henry, Felon Herb, Sailors Tobacco, and even Old Man. It’s probably called Sailors Tobacco because it can be smoked to promote lucid dreaming.
However, right now we are only talking about Artimisia Annua, one of the most fascinating herbs I have ever had the pleasure to meet.
Artimisia Annua is grown in many parts of the world but especially China and Africa. In China it is called qinghao. It has gained a lot of interest in the world today, thanks to Madagascars seemingly successful use of it to treat Covid-19. In fact, it was because of Covid-19 that I was introduced to it. I developed severe Covid-19 symptoms in 2021, and by day 11 was admitted to the hospital with my o2 levels in the seventies. I was so alarmed at the care I received in the hospital, I checked myself out against medical advice and walked myself out of the hospital where my husband was waiting in the truck for me. I was in a fight for my life, but thanks to the proactive care from my Covid doctor, I got the meds and resources I needed to make a full recovery.
However after getting it that first time, I was plagued with reoccuring covid infection and pneumonia. One day I asked my friends to pray for me because I was expecting a house full of company and was clearly getting quite sick again. My lungs felt sticky and my O2 was once again trending down to 93. One of my friends told me she wants me to try Artimisia Annua. She next-day-aired me her own bottle, and I took it religiously for several days. Within several days my lungs felt better, the depression had lifted, and I was no longer coughing. My energy came back, and I became strong again.
I did not think this could be mere coincedience so I ordered more Artemisia, and ended up giving that bottle away to a friend in church. I ordered more, but increasingly, online stores were sold out as more people discovered it. Me being me, I knew I had to learn how to make my own extract. This was too valuble to me to not take it seriously. I felt like my friends and family needed to have it on hand as well. I found a source for organic Artemisia and ordered several pounds of dry herb. I gave many many bags and bottles of Artemisia away to my sick friends and was gratified to see their confidence in the herb start to grow.
This was the start of this tiny little operation-make-artimisia. It was birthed out of necessity, and although we took it for a very specific reason, I am now discovering really what an incredible herb Artemisia is.
And of course the ever present disclaimer: the Salty Shepherdess makes no health claims regarding Artemisia.
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