Qing Hao
青蒿 qīng hāo, "blue-green artemisia"

Category:

Clear Heat

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Bitter		Dosage: 6-12g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in those with weak digestion or watery diarrhea		Meridians: Liver , Kidney , Gall Bladder
	Preparation: • Dry-fried • Turtle blood		Quality: Good quality - dry, yellow-green stems with dark green leaves and an intense fragrance. The plant should be cut before flowering season.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (4) hāo qín qīng dǎn tāng (Artemisia Annua and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear) lèi shī qīng liáng dí shǔ tāng (Master Lei's Decoction to Clear, Cool and Remove Summerheat) qīng gǔ sǎn (Cool the Bones Powder) qīng jīng sǎn (Clear the Menses Powder)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Herba Artemesiae Annuae

Botanical: Artemisia Annua L.

Japanese: seikō

Korean: cheongho

Common: wormwood, ching-hao, sweet wormwood

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Checks malarial disorders add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Clears summerheat add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Clears deficiency fevers add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Fever add comment

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	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Nosebleed add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Alternating fever and chills of malarial disorders add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Steaming bone patterns marked by absence of sweating add comment

Qing Hao青蒿 qīng hāo, "blue-green artemisia"