Herb

Sweet Wormwood (Qing hao)

青蒿qing hao
1 sourceHerba Artemisiae Annuae

Clears summerheat and latent heat, relieves bone-steaming fever, and is recorded for malarial chills and fever.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十五·草部·青蒿·主治（《本经》）

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：《本经》载青蒿主疥瘙痂痒恶疮、杀虱、治留热在骨节间、明目；陈藏器谓鬼气尸疰伏连、妇人血气、冷热久痢；大明谓补中益气、轻身补劳、驻颜色、心痛热黄；李时珍治疟疾寒热。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，寒，无毒（《本经》叶茎根子）。·Meridians: 胆（足少阳）, 肝（足厥阴）

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类·青蒿（《本经》下品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·青蒿·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·青蒿·气味（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·青蒿·发明（时珍·少阳厥阴血分）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·青蒿·主治（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·青蒿·主治（藏器）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·青蒿·主治（时珍·疟疾寒热）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·青蒿·气味（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.