Chinese Herbal against Malaria

Artemisia annua, which is a kind of shrub, is widely regarded by medical experts as the best cure for malaria, one of the world's leading killer diseases.

Artemisinin is the malaria-fighting compound extracted from the shrub and is used to treat the disease, which causes fever, vomiting, body aches, diarrhea, anemia, loss of concentration, delirium, convulsions, coma and eventually, death.

This article provides some details and facts regarding malaria.

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