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[[File:Artemisia-annua.jpg|thumb|Alt=|350px|left|Artemisia Annua]]Other names Names: Sweet Annie, Absinthe Sauvage, Ajenjo Silvestre, Annual Mugwort, Annual Wormwood, CapillarisArmoise Amère, Armoise Annuelle, Artémise, Artemisia annua, Artemisia, Artemisinin, Chinese Wormwood, Yen Chen Ching-hao, Herba Artemisiae Annuae, Herbe aux Cent Goûts, Huang Hua Guo, Qing Hao, Qinghaosu, Sourcil de Lune, Sweet Wormwood.<br>Sweet Annie is an herb. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine.<br>See also : * [[Artemisia absinthium]]* [[Artemisia vulgaris]]* [[Capillary Wormwood]]* [[Artemisinin]]* [[Bitters]]==Special Precautions of Artemisiaannua==* Wormwood should Don't confuse with [[Wormseed]] and not to be confused with [[Artemisia vulgaris]] (common Wormwood or Artemisia absinthium)* Sweet Annie seems safe for most adults when taken by mouth. The tea of sweet Annie might cause upset stomach and vomiting. It might also cause an allergic reaction in some people including a rash and cough.*There has been one report of liver damage in a person who took doses of sweet Annie that were too large amounts or long-term. This herb But liver damage has not been declared unsafe for use during pregnancy due to its uterine and menstrual stimulating effectsreported in people taking typical doses. Due to *Not enough is known about the lack safety of sufficient reliable information, wormwood should not be used while breastfeedingapplying sweet Annie directly to the skin.* Habitual large doses of wormwood Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Sweet Annie is LIKELY UNSAFE when taken by mouth during pregnancy. Animal studies show that drugs made in the laboratory from artemisinin, a chemical found in sweet Annie, can cause a range death of undesirable effectsthe fetus or birth defects when used early in the pregnancy. These may include restlessnessThe safety of using sweet Annie during the last 6 months of pregnancy is not known. Nevertheless, insomnia, nightmaresthe World Health Organization considers drugs made in the laboratory from artemisinin acceptable to use during the last six months of pregnancy, vomiting, abdominal pains, dizziness, tremors, convulsions if no other malaria treatment is available.*The safety of using sweet Annie during breast-feeding is not known. Stay on the safe side and urinary tract disfunctionavoid use. Thujone’s toxicity can *Allergy to ragweed and related plants: Sweet Annie may cause various effects as an allergic reaction in people who are sensitive to the amount Asteraceae/Compositae family. Members of wormwood consumed increasesthis family include ragweed, including seizureschrysanthemums, marigolds, daisies, delerium and hallucinations in extreme casesmany others. Some researchers believe that thujone’s mind altering effects are similar If you have allergies, be sure to THC in marijuanacheck with your healthcare provider before taking sweet Annie.

==The benefits of Artemisia annua are==Artemisia species are rich in volatile oil, triterpenes, flavonoids, tannins and coumarin. Due Sweet Annie contains a chemical called artemisinin that seems to their beneficial action, be effective against the plant is associated with tonic, cardiac, nervine, vasodilatory, diuretic, antiseptic and anti-fungal properties. Also, scientists extracted an active chemical, parasites that they called artemisin, which has shown cause malaria. Some drug manufacturers make anti-malarial actions and thus medications from artemisinin that they have modified in the potential to work as laboratory.Sweet Annie should not be used alone for malaria remedysince it may only inactivate the parasites that cause malaria, not actually kill them. In additionThe amount of artemisinin in sweet Annie might be too small to kill all the parasites that cause malaria, plant's activity stimulates but large enough to make these parasites resistant to further treatment with more powerful malaria drugs that also contain artemisinin.Many researchers are investigating new ways to increase the production amount of the bile artemisinin in the liversweet Annie.*Historically [[Yin Chen Hao]] and Qing Hao are bitter and cold and up untill now the plant have been used for a variety of digestive tract disorders. Soothing the inflammation of intestinal tissueslight, herbal extracts relieve diarrhea and constipation, decrease stomach pain and cramping, and aid digestion by boosting the supply of nutrients to the cells. Artemisia bitter generally improves digestion and stimulates appetitefragrant smell.*Herbal preparations of the plant Both are considered to be the liver tonic commonly used for transforming Damp-Heat, eliminating Exterior Damp-Heat and treating symptoms such as well. They stimulate its cleansing by enhancing heaviness of the draining head, body and limbs, a sense of waste products with constriction in the help chest, nausea, loss of appetite, distension in the improved bile secretionabdomen and intermittent fever and chills. Artemisia is These symptoms are often used seen in jaundice sunstroke, summer cold infections, influenza, acute enteritis and hepatitis treatmentdysentery.*Anti-bacterial properties Both of Artemisia are applied for treating such conditions as parasitic them can clear Damp-Heat from the Liver and bladder infections, without damaging intestinal flora. It is especially effective against threadworn Gall Bladder and ringworm.*Being helpful relieve jaundice in severe cases of hepatitis or malaria, artemisin is also effective against the river blindness in which Damp- debilitating disease spread Heat accumulates in some regions the Middle Jiao and disturbs the secretion of Africa. It kills organisms causing this condition and fights its symptomsbile.*Both in Eastern These two herbs can also reduce low-grade fever and Western medicine Artemisia is are used for the reproductive system Interior disorders. It decreases the bleeding in a prolonged menstrual cycle, warms but the womb to enhance fertility, functions and soothes menstrual painapplications are different.*Nervine properties Malaria. Taking sweet Annie tea for 4-7 days might improve symptoms and decrease the number of mugwort help the patients active parasites in people with epileptic attacks, tension, and anxietymalaria. Its mild narcotic effects can stop hysteria and shakingThe tea should not be boiled, as well as enhance a good sleep in case of sleep disordersbecause heat will destroy the chemical that seems to fight malaria. Its appetite-stimulating action There is beneficial for some concern that if sweet Annie tea is used alone instead of in combination with usual malaria treatments it might only inactivate the patients malaria parasites, not actually kill them.*AIDS-related infections : People with depression who refuse AIDS sometimes use sweet Annie to take mealsprevent an often fatal type of lung infection called pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) that is caused by a fungus.*Applied topicallyAnorexia.*Arthritis.*Bacterial infections.*Fungal infections.*Bruises.* Cancer : See [[Artemisinin]]. In studies involving leukemia, mugworts alleviates bruisesbreast, itching, carbuncles bowel and felonsprostate cancer cells, the scientists say the compound was both effective at killing the cancer while preserving the non-cancerous cells. If your legs and feet Moreover some cancer treatments -- for example, those that are swollen and tired, or affected by gout and rheumatismused to treat leukemia -- can result in an excess of yeast, while some doctors feel that excess yeast can even be a bath with Artemisia extract will relieve the symptoms cause of these conditionscancer. Wormwood has properties that are directly anti-cancerous.*Since Common cold.*Constipation.*Diarrhea.*Fever.*Gallbladder disorders.*Upset stomach.*Yellowing of the plants skin (jaundice).*Night sweats.*Painful menstruation.*Psoriasis.*Scabies.*Sprains.*Tuberculosis : Artemisinin is capable of Artemisia genus are quite toxicblocking a defensive mechanism used by the TB-causing bacterium, an experienced herbalist should be consulted as for dosage before using it for any kind of treatmentsMycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).==Used in Patent Medicine==*[[Zong Gan Ling]]