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Artemisia annua, Qing Hao 青蒿

Sweet Wormwood, Annual Wormwood
Qing Hao (TCM)
Nagadamani, Nagadana (Ayurveda)
mKhan nag  མཁན་ནག  (Tibetan)
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Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia),
Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) (Welcome, Wikimedia)

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Kops, Flora Batava, 1906

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Artemisia annua
(Photo by Xavierserratm) (Wikimedia)

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Botanical name:
Artemisia annua
Several related species have been used including A. japonica.

Parts used:
Herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter

Classification:
B. Clears Deficient Heat

Uses:
1. Clears Deficient Heat:

-Fever from deficiency

2. Clears Heat and Toxin from the Blood:
-boils, abscesses, itch, scabies

3. Clears Summer-heat:

4. Kills Worms:

5. Externally:
-used topically for Eczema and Urticaria


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Dose:
Decoction: 3–9 grams

Comment:
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Preparation:
... available in PRO version
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Main Combinations:
1. Deficient Heat, Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
2. Chronic low-grade (Hectic) Fevers, Yin-deficient Fever, Night sweats, feeling of heat in the bones:
i. Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
ii. Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
3. Consumption, Night Sweats, Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
4. Purpuric rashes from severe heat in the Blood, Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
5. Acute Summer-heat:
i. or Wind-Heat attack Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
ii. Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
iii. severe Summer-heat with thirst and dark, scanty urine, Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
6. Malarial Fever:
i. with Chills and Fever, Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
ii. Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version
7. Jaundice, Artemisia Qing Hao with ... available in PRO version

Cautions:
1. Use cautiously in those with weak digestion and diarrhea from Cold and Weak Stomach and Spleen.
2. When larger doses have been used, some people experience nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Main Preparations used:

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