Names: Annual Mugwort, Annual Wormwood, Artemisinin, Chinese Wormwood, Ching-hao, Qing Hao, Qinghao, Qinghaosu, Sweet Wormwood. Artemisia annua.

Family: Asteraceae or Compositae

Properties:   

clear summer heat – fever, headache, dizzy, stifling sensation in chest
clear deficient fever – unremitting fever with no sweating
cool blood, stop bleeding – purpuric rash, nosebleed
malarial disorders – alternating fever and chills

Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Also Used For:

Orally, Qing Hao/Sweet Annie is used for dysentery, dyspepsia, fever (antipyretic), jaundice, night-sweats, scabies, tuberculosis, cryptosporidiosis in people with AIDS, preventing pneumocystis carinii infections in people with AIDS, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus and other auto-immune disorders, bacterial and fungal infections, malaria, inflammatory conditions, anorexia, circulatory disorders, common cold, constipation, gallbladder disorders, gastritis, nematode infestation, painful menstruation, and rheumatism.

Topically, Qing Hao/Sweet Annie is used for bacterial and fungal infections, arthritis, rheumatism, bruises, neuralgia, and sprains.

Also In Chinese medicine, Qing Hao/Sweet Annie is used orally for infections, fever, and malaria.