Chinese Herbalism
Sweet Wormwood
Artemisia annua
Also known as Qing Hao, Sweet Annie, huáng huā hāo.
Source of artemisinin for antimalarial therapy Used in TCM as Qing Hao for deficiency heat Do not decoct long (infuse 5-15 min) Chinese Pharmacopoeia lists for clearing deficiency heat, malaria, jaundice Generally well-tolerated short-term
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Indications what the tradition reached for it in
- Consumptive fever
- Intermittent fevers
- Night sweats
- Steaming bone fever
- Low-grade fever
- Blood Heat (purpuric rashes)
- Night fever
- Malaria
- Gastrointestinal infection
- Summerheat fever
- Dizziness
- Damp-heat jaundice
- Anhidrosis in febrile disease
- Liver Yang rising (red eyes)
- Epistaxis
- Fever
- Parasitic infections
- Hepatitis
- Photophobia
- Debility
- Fatigue
- Immunodeficiency
- Infection
- Inflammation
- Loss of appetite
- Recurrent infections
- Dyspepsia
- Viral infections
- Weakness
- Oxidative stress
Safety
Pregnancy: Not for use in pregnancy
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Dosing as the sources wrote it
| Preparation | As written | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| Dried aerial parts infusion/tea: 4.5-9g/day (Chinese Pharmacopoeia) | 4500-9000 mg | |
| 6-12g decoction, add near end | 6000-12000 mg | |
| Powder: 3g/day divided doses for 7 days (malaria) | 3000-3000 mg | |
| Tincture: 1-4ml | 1-4 mL | |
| Large fresh doses (20-40g) for malaria |
Doses are reproduced from the sources for practitioners and are not a recommendation for any person.
From the sources
Clinical Notes. Source of artemisinin for antimalarial therapy Used in TCM as Qing Hao for deficiency heat Do not decoct long (infuse 5-15 min) Chinese Pharmacopoeia lists for clearing deficiency heat, malaria, jaundice Generally well-tolerated short-term
action_antiparasitic. Traditional medicinal qualities include expulsion of intestinal parasites (Ascaris vermicularis and lumbricoides) and treatment of malarial intermittents; scientific research has shown artemisinin to be particularly beneficial in balancing the microbiology of the GI tract.
action_bitter_tonic. In small doses Artemisia annua acts as a stimulant tonic, improves the appetite, and is useful in atonic states of the gastro-intestinal tract, in tonic dyspepsia (especially when due to alcoholic excesses), in flatulent colic and in obstinate diarrhea; it was at one time a popular remedy for jaundice.
action_anticancer. Artemisinin becomes cytotoxic to cancer cells in the presence of ferrous iron; because most cancer cells have high iron intake and high cell-surface transferrin receptor concentrations, artemisinin selectively kills them by generating free radicals, and showed broad-spectrum cytotoxicity against several human tumor cell lines including P-388, A-549, HT-29, MCF-7 and KB.
In formulas
Sweet Wormwood stands in 35 documented formulas in the library, among them hão gin ging dǎn tāng, qing hão bie jia tǎng, ging hão biê jiǎ tǎng, ging jing sǎn, qin jião biê jiǎ sǎn, ging gu san.
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