Sweet Wormwood Herb

Sweet Wormwood Herb Artemisiae Annuae Herba (Qinghao) or sweet wormwood herb is the dried aerial part of Artemisia annua L., family Asteraceae (Compositae). The activity constituent is artemisinin. This compound is active against malaria parasite in erythrocytic cycle but not in exo-erythrocytic cycle and liver tissue stage. Artemisinin and its derivatives, artesunate and artemether, also active against Schiotomiasis. Artesunate and artemether are active against Theileria annulata and Babesia bigemina blood parasites. Artemisiae annuae Herba has anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-endotoxin, anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic activities. Those pharmacological activities are related to the treatment of infectious diseases. Artemisiae Annuae Herba and artemisinin can inhibit growth of serveral kinds of cancer cells such as liver cancer, large intestine cancer and lung cancer. Bitter and pungent in flavor, cold in nature. Enter liver and gallbladder channels. Remove heat due to yin-deficiency. relieve bone-heat syndrome, summer-heat fever, cure malarial attackand jaundice.