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Common Name
Sweet Wormwood, Chinese Wormwood, Qing Hao, Sweet Annie
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Botanical Name
Artemisia annua
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Part Used
Herb
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Clinical Summary
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Alcohol
30%
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Dose
10 to 30mL weekly
Many infectious microbial and viral diseases have been shown to respond to sweet wormwood and communities around the world use the plant as a medicinal tea, especially for treating malaria
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Traditional Use
Extracts of sweet wormwood have been used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine for dyspeptic conditions and as a cooling herb for fevers.
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Actions
Bitter tonic, antipyretic, anthelmintic, digestive tonic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral
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Indications
• Support for feverish conditions, malaria
• Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
• Colitis, intestinal worms -
Energetics
Bitter, cold
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Use in Pregnancy
Contraindicated
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Contraindications & Cautions
None known
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Drug Interactions
Caution with hepatotoxic drugs
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Dietary Information
Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free
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Substitutes
Andrographis, Feverfew, Graviola, Paw Paw