Artemisinin, Cancer Killer...what's the latest??

[zebowho]

Hello Everyone!

We have gone through some research (quite a bit actually) concerning bone cancer in dogs and have come up with some interesting findings around Artemisinin, a compound in a Chinese herb, sweet wormwood (Not the same plant as perennial wormwood), also known as annual wormwood or sweet Annie.

Apparently there are three compounds that each fight cancer and according to research back from 1999-2003 at University of Washington by Dr. Lai and Dr. Singh, specifically targets cancer cells because of their iron content. All though its primary use has been for the treatment of intestinal parasites and malaria, the correlation between anti-malarial drug to cancer killer is with the iron content in the malaria parasite.

Now according to the research, this extract and its derivatives, treat cancer not only in dogs and cats but people as well and has been shown to target 55 lines of cancer cells. Here are a couple of quotes for those interested, quoted from two sources with links;

"Studies are showing that Artemisinin has destructive activity against 55 cancer cell lines. Most notably Artemisinin has shown to be effective against cancer cells from leukemia, colon, lung, breasts to fibrosarcomas. It has also been shown that Artemisinin even killed cancers that were traditionally resistant to chemotherapy."

http://artemisinin101.com/Artemisinin-Anti-Cancer.html

"Artemisinin has two derivatives: Artesunate, which has a relatively short half-life; and Artemether, which may be a more effective derivative, because it stays in the body longer. It also may be more effective than Artemisinin alone in brain cancers, because it penetrates the blood-brain barrier more readily."

http://www.bonecancerdogs.org/main/document/50

A quick google search on "Artemisinin" will reveal several links to older documentation/web sites.

My questions to everyone here:



Has anyone used these extracts for cancer treatment?
Does anyone know of updated treatment protocols?
Does anyone know of a resource for High quality, potent extracts?


As I stated earlier, this has shown promising results in both cancers in dogs/cats and people. and I've not only posted this as new info for others here but also to see if anyone has any experience with this extract and its use.

Thanks!
-z

P.S. I thought it interesting that the most recent info I've found concerning this substance (only one) was from 2010 October where a conference was organized by WHO, RMB, MMV and supported by DFID, UK about a Malaria treatment. MMV stands for Medicines for Malaria Venture. Of course they're talking about synthetic and semi-synthetic structures and cost to manufacture/price.

Link here: http://www.mmv.org/newsroom/events/artemisinin-conference-2010

Anyway, I forgot to add this.
-z

[Arrowwind]

This herb has been used for cancer for a very long time. It readily kills pathogens and hence it has the potiential as good cancer medicine. But In all the years I have been looking at things I have not found much material that states that this is a good choice for cancer. Either people are not using it or have used it and it failed. There is probably much to know about the potency of what you select to use also. In vitro studies cannot compare to in vivo studies.. one can make preliminary assumptions from an in vitro study but it often does not pan out.

There have been some testimonials that is has cured some cancer cases. Guess it all depends on what kind of cancer you are dealing with. I think that most cancer has a significant pathogen component and if that can be delt with the cancer may cure.. Clearly Artemisinin does not address all pathogens... and there are not studies on pathogens related to the different cancers that I am aware of except for the work of Dr Simoncini and a few others that related fungus to cancer.


I have seen that it seems to be better at killing some pathogens than with others... as seen when people did not get the effect they were hoping in their detox and hence had to change medicine... but this was not regarding cancer but parasites in general.

I certainly would consider using it as part of a protocol. I would not rely on it solely.

[Hybrid5226]

This herb has been used for cancer for a very long time. It readily kills pathogens and hence it has the potiential as good cancer medicine. But In all the years I have been looking at things I have not found much material that states that this is a good choice for cancer. Either people are not using it or have used it and it failed. There is probably much to know about the potency of what you select to use also. In vitro studies cannot compare to in vivo studies.. one can make preliminary assumptions from an in vitro study but it often does not pan out.

I have seen that it seems to be better at killing some pathogens than with others... as seen when people did not get the effect they were hoping in their detox and hence had to change medicine... but this was not regarding cancer but parasites in general.

I certainly would consider using it as part of a protocol. I would not rely on it solely.

Thank you for the information
Peace

Erin

[zebowho]

Its those differences between in vitro vs. in vivo and precisely whey I've decided to post here! Get the experience and wisdom of the people of Avalon. I've seen mixed results in pretty much everything we've found, which isn't as much as I'd like to see.

I agree, relying solely on this as a protocol isn't a good idea but some results do seem promising...some!

Thanks Arrowwind, its very helpful.

[conk]

It is also very effective against Lyme Disease.