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Pin Yin:
qing hao
Common name: wormwood
Botanical family: Compositae
Botanical name:
Artemisia annuae [= A. qinghao]
Primary action:
Clear Vacuity Heat
Secondary actions:
Cool Blood
Temperature: cold
Taste: bitter, acrid
Entering Channel: Lv, GB
Actions:
Clears Summer Heat, especially with no sweating, low heat effusion (fever), constriction
in the chest and vertigo.
Clears Vacuity-Heat heat effusion (fever) in conditions of Vacuity of Blood or of
Yin; especially useful during recuperation from Warm Disease.
Cools Blood Heat and stops bleeding, especially for rashes and nosebleeds.
(See
Summer Heat
;
Vacuity Fire
;
Blood Heat
.)
Indications: tidal heat effusion, vexation, scanty
urine, nightsweats, focal distension, alternating chills and fever
Dosage:
1-3 qian; up to 8 qian for stronger Heat-clearing.
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