| Qing Hao |
| Artemisia annua | | Asteraceae (Compositae) | | Qing Hao | | (qing means green; the dark green leaves at the top of the plant are the most active portion, which might account for this designation; hao, indicates this type of plant, one characteristic being a tall stalk; hao is used to depict several other Artemisia species) | | Sweet Artemisia, Sweet Annie, Sweet Wormwood (sweet refers to the fragrance, not the taste), Ching-hao (based on Wade-Giles transliteration) | | Aerial Part or Entire Plant (collected in autumn, when in full blossom; older stems removed) | | Bitter, Pungent | | Cold | | Clear heat and resolve summer heat, eliminate deficiency heat, cool blood | | Traditional Chinese applications |
| Alternating fever and chill (associated with malaria), residual low grade fever after seasonal feverish disease; feverish feeling due to deficient yin (especially afternoon fever and intermittent feverish feeling); fever in general; mental cloudiness and headache | | Possible unwanted effects |
| Large doses may cause nausea | | None reported | | TCM and other contraindications |
| Cold from deficiency of spleen and stomach; blood deficiency in post-partum women | | Not currently included in Sen tablet formulas | | Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. Institute for Traditional Medicine | | 6 Nov 2002 |
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