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| Chinese Name |
Qinghao |
| Latin |
Herba Artemisiae Annuae |
| English Name |
Sweet Wormwood Herb |
| Key Characteristics |
Herb that clears heat from deficiency |
| Source |
Dried aerial part of Artemisia anmua L.(Fam. Compositae).
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| Property, Flavor and Meridians Entered |
Bitter, acrid, cold; Liver, Gallbladder |
| Actions |
To remove summer-heat, relieve consumptive fever, and stop malarial attacks |
| Indications |
Fever caused by summer-heat, afternoon fever from yin deficiency or consumptive disease, malaria with chills and fever, jaundice, in addition, used for malaria, common cold, flu, pneumonia, neurodermitis, acute icteric hepatitis
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| Special Usage |
It should not be decocted for a longer time. |
| Precaution |
It is forbidden to give to those with indigestion or watery diarrhea. |
| Chemical Composition |
It contains artemisinin, artemisinol, flavonoids, coumarins, volatile oil, etc. |
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