Artemisia is one of the strongest herbs that fight cancer and strengthen the body's immune system

 

One of the more powerful anti-cancer herbs is Artemisia or Wormwood. Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry habitats. The fern-like leaves of many species are covered with white hairs. Common names used for several species include mugwort, sagebrush, sagewort, and wormwood.

          

Chinese herbalists for the treatment of numerous illnesses for more than a thousand years have used wormwood; the earliest record goes back to 200 BC. According to one of these ancient recipes, they used an extract of wormwood to heal malaria. Chinese scientists have shown artemisinin to have significant anti-cancer properties and have a considerable effect on human cancerous cells. This is due to the peroxide lactone group found in this herb's structure. When the peroxide comes in contact with very high iron concentrations, which is common in cancerous cells, the molecule becomes unstable and as a result, releases reactive oxygen species.

 

Artemisia (Wormwood) is one of the very powerful ingredients in Dr. Hulda Clark Parasite Cleanse. This is a very effective cleanse for not just cancer, but HIV/Aids, and other serious illnesses. There will be a link for this cleanse at the end of this article. It is a very simple and effective cleanse, good to do even if you are not currently sick. It will help you to remain healthy.

 

Along with this cleanse or any diet that you may be on it is good to add to the treatment plan the use of the Rife Digital machine. This is the machine that Dr. Rife invented in the '30s and it has been helping people overcome cancer and many other illnesses for years.

 

"Dr. Royal Rife investigated the cause of many diseases including cancer. Dr. Rife used the most advanced microscope in the world to identify the existence of a Virus that he believed was the sole contributor to all cancers. This microscope was the most powerful of its time and was invented and constructed by Dr. Rife himself for the sole purpose of locating the Virus that contributed to Cancer. The birth of the Rife Machine was to be the solution to the elimination of this Virus, and Rife performed successful Rife Machine treatments with many patients over the years. This was verified by the U.S.C. Medical School Special Medical Research Committee." USC-0292E41-Page1203(b)

 

Technology has advanced to such a degree that this machine is now affordable. Where it used to cost upwards of several thousand dollars it can now be purchased for under $500.00 and is small enough to be very portable, about the size of an old-style Walkman.

Artemisias produce hundreds of different aromatic oils, including camphor and thujone. This keeps them bug-free and provides us with medicines. Aromatic oils in fresh Artemisias may be extracted into vinegar, vodka, or fat such as olive oil and used externally to counter bacterial and fungal infections, and internally to prevent or cure digestive parasites in wo/man and beast. Small doses are said to improve appetite and digestion.

 

Dried Artemisias retain these oils and are frequently used to make long-lasting, aromatic bouquets, wreaths, and swags, as well as dream pillows, sachets, and magical charms. When dirt floors were common, Artemisias were popular as strewing herbs. And don't forget that all Artemisias are useful as smudges. Sagebrush, A. tridentata is the most famous of all smudges, but, for a change, try cronewort (A. vulgaris), the ally of dreamers.

 

Many books call Artemisia vulgaris "mugwort", a name she despises. "I give you the dreams of wise old women," she told me, "not the drunken fantasies of those with their noses in mugs. Can't you see my silver hair on the underside of every leaf?"

 

Tincture, vinegar (my favorite), or even a tea of cronewort can tonify and improve the urinary, digestive, hormonal, nervous, and circulatory systems. "I'm everything an old woman wants," she confides with a smile. "I comfort those who grieve; I stir those who are depressed. I remove irritability and ease burdened joints. I bring peace and sleep, rest and reassurance."

 

Cronewort is also beloved by midwives for easing the pain of labor, quelling menstrual cramps, and effectively treating heavy bleeding and other uterine complaints. And don't forget her "supernatural" powers! This most common (that's what "vulgaris" means) Artemisia is a powerful witch who will spin a spiraling spell for you - if you ask her nicely.

Wormwood (A. absinthium) is perhaps the best-known member of this genus. It is the strongest and most dangerous of the Artemisias. As the main ingredient in the mind-altering liquor absinthe, it stimulates mid-brain activity and increases creativity. (Repeated use disturbs the central nervous system, however; and overuse can lower seizure thresholds.) Herbalists like myself use tincture of fresh wormwood, 3-5 drops taken frequently throughout the day, to prevent giardia, dysentery, amoebas, and other parasitical infections. This bitter, bitter tincture is also useful to ease indigestion, improve liver function, and stimulate the production of bile.

 

Sweet Annie (A. annua), known in China as qing hao, is becoming quite the star these days. Dried and used in large daily doses, this Artemisia can prevent malaria. Drug companies hope to isolate the active ingredient and produce a drug that will even cure malaria resistant to current drugs.

 

Invite Artemis into your garden - or meet her in the wild places she loves. Open your heart, your head, and your womb to her. Invite her sexy beautiful green magic into your circle. It's easy and fun.

 

SOME ARTEMISIA SPECIES BELOVED BY HERBALISTS AND GARDENERS

 

. abrotanum (southernwood) - divinatory

. absinthium (wormwood) - medicinal

. Africa (African wormwood) - beauty

. annual (sweet Annie, qing hao) - medicinal

. camphorated (camphor-scented southernwood) - divinatory

. chinensis (moxa) - medicinal

. dracunculus (tarragon, little dragon) - cook's favorite

. frigida (fringed sagebrush) - smudge

. lactiflora (ghost plant) - beauty

. ludoviciana (silver queen) - beauty

. pontica (Roman wormwood) - beauty

. schmidtiana (silver mound) - beauty

. stellerana (old woman, dusty miller) - beauty

. tridentata (three-toothed sagebrush) - smudge

. vulgaris (cronewort, mugwort) - magic and medicine

 

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