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Sweet Wormwood Herb
Sweet Wormwood Herb
Synonym  
Latin name Artemisiae Annuae Herba
Botanical source: Family name Asteraceae (=Compositae)
Botanical source: Plant name Artemisia annua Linné (IPNI:304416-2)
Part used Aerial part
Empirical criteria for quality selection Unknown
Constituents Monoterpenoid:
A. annua: 1,8-Cineole, Artemisia alcohol, Artemisia ketone, Isoartemisia ketone, d-α-Cadinene

Sesquiterpenoid:
A. annua: α-Caryophyllene, β-Caryophyllene, γ-Caryophyllene, Caryophyllene oxide, Arteannuin B

Flavonoid:
A. capillaris: 5,2',4'-Trihydroxy-6,7,5'-trimethoxyflavone

Other aromatic derivatives
A. annua: Cuminal
Pharmacological effects Antimalarial, antibacterial (cutaneous fungus)
Indications Being antimalarial and antipyretic, it is applied to treat tuberculosis fever, chronic intermittent fever, puerperal fever, jaundice, and chronic febrile disease like various neurogenic fever.
Diseases Night sweats, Fever, Chill, Cough, Thirst, Headache, Nausea, Diarrhea, Summer fever, Malaria, Pyelitis, Alternating cold and fever, Purpura, Nasal hemorrhage, Urticaria, Itching
Formulas jingyobekkoto
Meridian tropism Liver, Gall bladder, Kidney
Property Cold
Flavor Bitter, Acrid/pungent
Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" Inferior
TCM: Classification Drugs for fever of deficiency type
TCM: Medicinal effects To remove summer-heat, to relieve consumptive fever, and to suppress malarial attacks and abate jaundice.
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