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Artemisia, Mkhan pa མཁན་པ

Mkhan pa (Tibetan)
Qing Hao (A. annua) (TCM)
Bai Hao (A. siversiana) (TCM)
Artemisia annua
Kops et al., J., Flora Batava (1906)

Botanical name:
Artemisia spp.
4 types of Mkhan pa are recognised in Tibetan Medicine:
  1. Mkhan nag: 'Black' variety; A. annua (Artemisia Qing Hao of TCM)
  2. Mkhan skya: A. sieveriana 
  3. Mkhan dkar: Ajania tenuifolia or Ajania khartensis
  4. Mkhan dmar: Artemisia spp.
Other species listed as sources for Mkhan pa include: A. campestris, A. commutata, A. frigida, A. sericea, A. stelleriana

Parts used:
Above-ground parts

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Heat:
-used for Summer-heat in TCM
-Colds and Fever during the warm months
-Malarial Fevers

2. Clears Heat from Deficiency:
-Chronic Fever; Fever from Yin deficiency (TCM)
-can also be used for external patterns in those with Yin deficiency
-Kidney disorders

3. Clears Blood Heat, Stops Bleeding:
-Bleeding associated with Heat or Deficient Heat
-Dysentery with Blood
-Wounds

4. Clears Heat, Resolves Masses:
-Swellings, Masses
-drains Pus from the Lungs
-Cancer (Drungtso)


DOSE:
3–9 grams (up to 12 grams) in Decoction
500mg–2 grams in Powder

COMMENT:
1. A number of varieties can supply the medicine. The 'Black' variety is A. annua, used in TCM as Qing Hao for Deficient Heat.

SUBSTITUTE:
Artemisia Qing Hao of TCM may generally be used for Artemisia Mkhan pa

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Cautions:
Caution in those with weak digestion

Main Preparations used: