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Artemisia scoparia, Yin Chen Hao 茵陈蒿

Virgate Wormwood
Yin Chen Hao (TCM)
Tshar bong dkar po  ཚར་བོང་བོང་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibetan Medicine)
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Artemisia scoparia
Waldstein & Kitaibel, Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae (1799-1802)

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Botanical name:
Artemisia capillaris, A. scoparia

Parts used:
Herb
According to Tibetan texts, the root is most effective, although the herb is most used.

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Classification:
C. Clear Damp

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Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Damp: (TCM)
-Special for Jaundice; used for both Heat-Damp or Cold-Damp Jaundice
-Infectious icteric hepatitis (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)
-Urinary obstruction
-sores with exudation and itching

2. Clears Lung Heat: (Tibetan)
-heat type Cough and Sore Throat
-'Febrile disease caused by Cold' (Chen Cang Qi)

3. Moves Qi, Disperses Stagnation: (TCM)
-'disperses hidden mass' (Ming Yi Bie Lu)
-'hard mass in the abdomen of a woman' (Da Ming)
-also for Trauma


Dose:
Decoction: 9–30 grams

Substitute:
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Main Combinations:
1. Jaundice:
i. from Damp-Heat, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao with ... available in PRO version
ii. from Cold-Damp, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao with ... available in PRO version
iii. from Damp obstruction, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao with ... available in PRO version
2. Hepatitis B, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao with ... available in PRO version
3. Externally for Damp rashes and sores, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao ... available in PRO version

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Cautions:
Side effects are occasionally seen with high therapeutic doses. This may include indigestion, headache, dizziness, numbness.

Main Preparations used:

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