First please note the
limited COVID death rate of Madagascar that the following article mentions (as illustrated by the Johns Hopkins charts), as compared to Big Pharma's captured government's mass-homicide in more developed western countries like the U.S., through deprivation of early treatment and prophylaxis for COVID
with safe, cheap, generic drug/nutraceutical protocols:
While it seems there hasn't been a need for an alternative to
ivermectin (
or HCQ) since April of 2020, perhaps a better title for the following article could have better characterized
sweet wormwood as a synergistic companion to ivermectin.
Following are excerpts from the article at this link:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/the-first-choice-natural-alternative-to-ivermectin-expert_5151952.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport "The ‘First Choice’ Alternative to Ivermectin: Expert FEATURED COVID Treatments & Remedies
Marina Zhang
Apr 5 2023"
"Sweet wormwood has been used for millennia in traditional Chinese medicine to treat malaria, fevers, viral and bacterial infections, as well as inflammation. The active ingredient in sweet wormwood is artemisinin, first isolated from the plant in 1972.
In recent decades, the World Health Organization has recommended artemisinin as a first-line treatment for malaria.
In 2015, artemisinin was awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for its success as a frontline treatment for malaria.
The other half of the award was given to ivermectin for its success in treating roundworm infections. Ivermectin is derived from a bacterium through a manmade process. During the COVID pandemic, it became one of the most controversial drugs. Despite its reported benefits from many doctors, usage has been largely discouraged.
Sweet wormwood is “a plant version that’s already growing that has strong antiviral, anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory properties,” naturopath Dr. Jana Schmidt told The Epoch Times, who added that it would be her “first choice” as an alternative to ivermectin."
"Differences
Despite their similarities, studies show that sweet wormwood and ivermectin do not act in the same location of the COVID virus. They can, however, complement each other.
Ivermectin binds with the strongest affinity to COVID-19 spike protein, preventing the virus from entering human cells,
as shown in a study that compared ivermectin with other drugs including remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine.
On the other hand, artemisinin and its derivatives have a low binding score to spike protein, as shown in the Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics study.
Artemisinin and its derivatives, however, are more capable of binding to SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid proteins, which is a property that has not been associated with ivermectin.
Ivermectin also has other antiviral properties that sweet wormwood does not have, including its ability to
maintain mitochondrial health under hypoxic conditions.
The Madagascar ProtocolAbreu published a combination treatment protocol that includes ivermectin, sweet wormwood, and zinc. He named his protocol the Madagascar protocol (pdf), based on his observation that Madagascar, which has a higher consumption of both sweet wormwood and ivermectin, was significantly less affected by the diseases than the rest of the Western world.Abreu
said in an interview with Dr. Jennifer Hibberd that his Madagascar protocol was a combination of drugs and supplements because “there is no magic bullet.”
Including as many drugs that work together without interference and competition in the protocol will give an individual a greater chance of reaping the most benefits.
Abreu pointed out that artemisinin has a property that he “has not seen” in any other plant or chemical, and that is the chemical’s potential ability to increase oxygen levels in the body.
The reaction between the hydrogen peroxide bridge and iron can lead to the production of oxygen, as demonstrated in the right corner of the diagram below.
“When we get COVID, the oxygen goes down, causing hypoxia,” said Abreu, that’s when artemisinin can help."
Much more:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/the-first-choice-natural-alternative-to-ivermectin-expert_5151952.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport
