COVID and Wormwood: The Study

In the past few days at the store, we have have had multiple people come in looking for wormwood and telling us that Wormwood cures Covid and acts like Ivermectin in the body. We do have the dried herb but it seemed people wanted the tincture. We started thinking about it, and knowing the actions of wormwood, this really didn't make much sense. We found some information suggesting what everyone had told us on Dr. Google. However, we know all this information has to come from somewhere: so we went to Pub Med to find the study.

The study is named: "Arglabin could target inflammasome-induced ARDS and cytokine storm associated with Covid-19"

Let's break down the title:

 First: Arglabin is the chemical constituent in a type of wormwood that allegedly presents these effects.

Second: ARDS means Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Third: Cytokine Storm: A severe immune reaction in which the body releases too many cytokines into the blood too quickly. Cytokines play an important role in normal immune responses, but having a large amount of them released in the body all at once can be harmful. A cytokine storm can occur as a result of an infection, autoimmune condition or other disease. It may also occur after treatment with some types of immunotherapy. Signs and symptoms include high fever, inflammation (redness and swelling), and severe fatigue and nausea. Sometimes, a cytokine storm may be severe or life threatening and lead to multiple organ failure. Also called hypercytokinemia.(National Cancer Institute).

What does this mean in simple terms? It means that the main chemical constituent in wormwood may help people that are in respiratory distress. It also means that it may support people who are having a dangerous and harmful immune reactions to Covid. These states are usually when people have been hospitalized.

So this study states that they have some evidence that this can work. However, there is a bigger part of it....the constituent is isolated from the plant and then put through an IV.

There is no way that you can get that kind of potency from a tea or tincture. It's just not possible.

Also important to note: The Herbal PDR (Physician's Desk Reference) states that wormwood in the natural state as a plant as we know it's Latin names Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia glabella can have a high thujone content. In large doses this herb can cause vomiting, intestinal cramps, headaches and disturbances of the central nervous system. It also should not be used during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Those who take phenobarbital should not use this herb. 

Feel free to look at the actual study here: https://mcusercontent.com/42b7e19a129f10174ee592e21/files/f428f3d9-3d71-04a0-b91f-bd637cb88939/Wormwood.pdf

This is why Faeve is here for you- to dispel alleged uses of natural plant based medicines with the scientific truth to give everyone a safer way to benefit from the use of  natural medicines.