The common plant found in our compounds and can be used to treat COVID-19 patients and malaria.

Artemisia herb plant commonly found in most of Kenyans compounds claimed to cure COVID-19.Dr. Kevin Amenya tharaka university student has done some research and found out importance of using Artemisia herb. Artemisia is an herb that has had many names over thousands of years of use, Artemisia is an herb with an ancient history in East Asian traditions as a remedy for coughs and colds. Said to have antiviral and antimalarial properties, Artemisia is known by herbalists to disperse pent up Qi (the body’s lifeforce energy) and inner heat caused by intermittent weariness or illness. This plant has a tannin structure, notable polyphenols and aromatic compounds like green tea, but is caffeine-free with detoxifying properties. It was used as a traditional medicine to prevent malaria and treat influenza. To add credence to this this traditional use, Chinese scientists identified the active component as artemisinin, also called qinghaosu in the 1970’s. Today this compound is used in anti-malarial medicine worldwide.

This plant contains zinc nutrients which are used to suppress corona virus and preventing them from multiplying. Most of antiviral medicine contain zinc, zinc is used to enclose the virus which have attached themselves to human cell and preventing them from multiplying.