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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, Artemisia AnnuaChing-hao, Yen Chen Herba Artemisiae Annuae, Herbe aux Cent Goûts, Huang Hua Guo, Qing Hao, Qinghaosu, Sourcil de Lune, Sweet Wormwood.<br>Wormwood ( Sweet Annie is a hardy perennial an herb native to Europe but now found throughout the world.The wormwood bush can grow to a height of 2 meters, and produces a number of bushy stems parts that grow above the ground are covered with fine, silky grey-green hairs. Wormwood produces small yellow-green flowers from Summer through used to early autumn or fallmake medicine.<br>See also : * [[Artemisia absinthium]]* [[Artemisia vulgaris]]* [[Capillary Wormwood]]* [[Artemisinin]]* [[Bitters]]==Special Precautions of Artemisia Annuaannua==* 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 *Not enough is known about the safety of applying sweet Annie directly to the lack of sufficient reliable information, wormwood should not be used while breastfeedingskin.* 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 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 a light, fragrant smell. * Both are commonly used for a variety transforming Damp-Heat, eliminating Exterior Damp-Heat and treating symptoms such as heaviness of digestive tract disorders. Soothing the inflammation of intestinal tissueshead, herbal extracts relieve diarrhea body and constipationlimbs, decrease stomach pain and cramping, and aid digestion by boosting a sense of constriction in the supply chest, nausea, loss of nutrients to appetite, distension in the cellsabdomen and intermittent fever and chills. Artemisia bitter generally improves digestion These symptoms are often seen in sunstroke, summer cold infections, influenza, acute enteritis and stimulates appetitedysentery.*Herbal preparations Both of them can clear Damp-Heat from the plant are considered to be Liver and Gall Bladder and relieve jaundice in hepatitis or malaria, in which Damp-Heat accumulates in the liver tonic as well. They stimulate its cleansing by enhancing Middle Jiao and disturbs the draining secretion of waste products with the help of the improved bile secretion. Artemisia is often used in jaundice and hepatitis treatment.*AntiThese two herbs can also reduce low-bacterial properties of Artemisia grade fever and are applied used for treating such conditions as parasitic and bladder infectionsInterior disorders, without damaging intestinal flora. It is especially effective against threadworn but the functions and ringwormapplications are different.*Being helpful in severe cases Malaria. Taking sweet Annie tea for 4-7 days might improve symptoms and decrease the number of active parasites in people with malaria. The tea should not be boiled, artemisin is also effective against because heat will destroy the river blindness - debilitating disease spread in chemical that seems to fight malaria. There is some regions concern that if sweet Annie tea is used alone instead of Africa. It kills organisms causing this condition and fights its symptomsin combination with usual malaria treatments it might only inactivate the malaria parasites, not actually kill them.* Without doubt the most famous therapeutic AIDS-related infections : People with AIDS sometimes use sweet Annie to prevent an often fatal type of wormwood lung infection called pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) that is the expulsion of parasitic wormscaused by a fungus. Many reference works continue to list wormwood as an effective vermifuge, and some also list it for it’s antibacterial and antifungal actions*Anorexia.*Both in Eastern and Western medicine Artemisia is used for the reproductive system disordersArthritis. It decreases the bleeding in a prolonged menstrual cycle, warms the womb to enhance fertility, and soothes menstrual pain*Bacterial infections.*Nervine properties of mugwort help the patients with epileptic attacksFungal infections.*Bruises.* Cancer : See [[Artemisinin]]. In studies involving leukemia, tensionbreast, bowel and anxietyprostate cancer cells, the scientists say the compound was both effective at killing the cancer while preserving the non-cancerous cells. Its mild narcotic effects Moreover some cancer treatments -- for example, those that are used to treat leukemia -- can stop hysteria and shakingresult in an excess of yeast, as well as enhance while some doctors feel that excess yeast can even be a good sleep in case cause of sleep disorderscancer. Its appetiteWormwood has properties that are directly anti-stimulating action is beneficial for the patients with depression who refuse to take mealscancerous.*Applied topically, mugworts alleviates bruises, itching, carbuncles and felonsCommon cold. If your legs and feet are swollen and tired, or affected by gout and rheumatism, a bath with Artemisia extract will relieve the symptoms of these conditions*Constipation.*Since 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]]