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Qing Hao
Botanical name
Artemisia annua
Family
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Pin yin name
Qing Hao
Pin yin description
(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)
Other common names
Sweet Artemisia, Sweet Annie, Sweet Wormwood (sweet refers to the fragrance, not the taste), Ching-hao (based on Wade-Giles transliteration)
Part used
Aerial Part or Entire Plant
(collected in autumn, when in full blossom; older stems removed)
Taste
Bitter, Pungent
Nature
Cold
Traditional Chinese uses
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
Herb drug interactions
None reported
TCM and other contraindications
Cold from deficiency of spleen and stomach; blood deficiency in post-partum women
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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