| Artemisia |
| Artemisia capillaris | | Asteraceae (Compositae) | | Yin Chen, Yin Chen Hao, or Mian Yin Chen | | (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 | | Oriental Wormwood, Virgate Wormwood, Capillaris | | Sprout
(collected in spring when 60 cm high; old
stems removed) |
| Bitter | | Slightly Cold | | Clear damp-heat, resolve the surface | | Traditional Chinese applications |
| Damp sores with pruritis; jaundice | | Possible unwanted effects |
| None | | None reported | | TCM and other contraindications |
| Qi deficiency with normal urination | | Not currently included in Sen tablet formulas | | Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. Institute for Traditional Medicine | | 6 Nov 2002 |
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