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Artemisia
Botanical name
Artemisia capillaris
Family
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Pin yin name
Yin Chen, Yin Chen Hao, or Mian Yin Chen
Pin yin description
(yin means mat or carpet; chen means to display; the sprouts grow out from the old dried stems and a field of the plants looks like a soft carpet in the spring; hao refers to this general group of plants, the Artemisias; mian means soft; Mian Yin Chen refers specifically to the sprouts, the part used
Other common names
Oriental Wormwood, Virgate Wormwood, Capillaris
Part used
Sprout
(collected in spring when 60 cm high; old stems removed)
Taste
Bitter
Nature
Slightly Cold
Traditional Chinese uses
Clear damp-heat, resolve the surface
Traditional Chinese applications
Damp sores with pruritis; jaundice
Possible unwanted effects
None
Herb drug interactions
None reported
TCM and other contraindications
Qi deficiency with normal urination
Formulas
Not currently included in Sen tablet formulas
Author
Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. Institute for Traditional Medicine
Last updated
6 Nov 2002



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