ARTEMISIA

ARTEMISIA

You may not know
it yet, but this is a
very important
name.

Artemisia is the
genus name of a
group of plants that
are known
psychoactives.

Plants of this genus
induce deep sleep.

They calm you
down.

Relieve anxiety.

Reduce pain and
swelling in muscles.

Among other
things…

Now, I know you all
thought it…

You thought I might
be a crazy…
little

“What in the world
is this girl talking
about….?”

“Legal drugs…?”

“You buy them
online…?”

I know you thought
it was a little
kooky…maybe a
little funny.

There is something
we need to discuss
though…

And it’s not funny at
all

“7.6 MILLION people
die each YEAR from
cancer…” (World
Cancer Day)

“In adults 20 and older,
more than one in every 10
people suffers from
DIABETES…

and in seniors (65 and
older), that figure rises to
more than one in four.”
(Healthline Networks)

But what does
DIABETES and
CANCER have to do
with Artemisia?

EVERYTHING

Before that can be
explained, we have
to learn a little bit of
background
information…

CANCER:
Think you can DEFINE
it?

“A disease in which
abnormal cells divide
uncontrollably and
destroy body tissue”
(Mayo Clinic)

Easy enough?

How about
diabetes?

“A group of
diseases that result
in too much sugar in
the blood, or high
blood glucose”
(Mayo Clinic)

Two VERY different
diseases…

But they have ONE
thing in common.

ARTEMISIA can help!

Artemisia contains 2
active ingredients.

THUJONE
&
EUPATILIN

Thujone offers an
abundance of
medical applications

In a study done by Haj
Baddar, Aburjai, Taha,
and Disi in 2011, the
possibility of thujone
being a treatment for
diabetes was explored.

Haj Baddar et al. were
the “first [to perform an]
experimental study on
the effect of thujone on
diabetic rats”
(Lachenmeier, Walch
2011)

It was concluded that
“thujone [had] potently
corrected the levels of
serum cholesterol and
triglycerides” in the
induced-diabetic rats
(Haj Baddar et al. 2011).

So…what does that
really mean?

Thujone helped to
reverse the effects of
diabetes, therefore
proving itself to be a
worthy treatment to
combat the disease.

And Cancer?

In a study lead by
Kodappully S. Siveen of
the Department of
Immunology at Amala
Cancer Research Centre
of India…

it was discovered that
thujone had the ability
to “[inhibit] lung
metastasis induced by
melanoma cells in mice”
(Siveen, Kuttan 2011).

So why’s that other
active ingredient
important?

Eupatilin ALSO
combats cancer.

Eupatilin “induces
apoptosis and …
cell cycle arrest in
human melanoma
cells” (Al Shawi, et
al.)

BTW…

Apoptosis refers to
cell’s programmed
cell-death.

Each cell in your
body is supposed to
“know” when to
reproduce other
cells and eventually
die.

Cancer cells don’t
know when to die.

They just reproduce

And reproduce…

And reproduce…

Until YOU die

[insert foot in
mouth]

Too soon, huh?

So…plants
belonging to the
genus Artemisia
help to cure both
cancer and
diabetes…

And you’re just now
hearing about it…

Why???

The sad truth is that
there’s a catch to all
of this…

The active
ingredients Eupatilin
and Thujone are
coined as “active
ingredients” for a
reason.

In high doses, both
can lead to seizurelike
convulsions,
and possible death.

Thujone can also
cause unintentional
abortion in women
by inducing uterine
contractions.

To avoid the
dangers, yet reap
the benefits, more
research needs to
be done.

Without more
research, no
progress will be
made.

Some may say it’s
too dangerous…

Some may say it’s
too “out there” to
be possible…

But an old saying
remains true…

You don’t know
until you know.

Maybe it ends in
failure, but MAYBE it
leads to success!

Think about the
countless number of
failures that science
has produced.

Thomas Edison once
said…

“I have not failed.
I’ve just found 10,000
ways that won’t
work.”

Maybe the use of
Artemisia in
combatting cancer
and diabetes is
fruitless.

It is entirely likely
that it will not work
at all.

But what if it were
the 1 in 10,000 that
worked?

What if we could
use it as an
affordable, effective
treatment?

We owe it to ourselves
and the millions of
people facing these
grueling diseases to
explore every option
available.