Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Sweet wormwood

Plant

English

Sweet wormwood, Annual mugwort, Annual wormwood, Chinese wormwood, Qing hao, Sweet annie, Sweet sagewort, Sweet sagewort sweet annie

Latin

Artemisia annua L.

Plantparts

Entire plant, Grass, Leaf, Seed, Unspecified, Whole herb

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Acrid, Acute coryza, Acute viral nasopharyngitis, Ague, Aids digestion, anaemia, Anemia, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Anti-anemic, Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Anticonvulsant, Anti-diarrheic, antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Anti-epileptic, Antifebrile, Antifungal, Antifungal Agent, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, Antihelmintic, Antihemorrhagic, Antihæmorrhagic, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Antimalarial, Anti-neuralgic, Anti-Paludic, antiparasite, Antiparasitic, Antipyretic, antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, bad digestion, baktericidal, benificial effect on the digestion, Bleeding Stancher, blood building, blood formation, Bloodforming, Calmative, Calming of nerves, Carminative, Carminativum, check bleeding, chill, Chills, Clears gas, cold, colds, Common cold, convulsion, Convulsions, convulsive state, cramp, cramps, diaorrhea, Diarrhea, diarrhoea, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, Disinfectant, dispel worms, dispepsia, diuretic, dyspepsia, Enhances immune resistance, epilepsy, Eupeptic, expel worms, Fart, Febrifugal, febrifuge, Febrile response, Fever, Fever due to summer heat, feverish condition, Fevers, flatulence, flatulency, Flatus, Fungicide, Fungitoxic, fungus, Gas, Gastric colic, General inflammation, General inflammations, Good for digestion, good for the stomach, haematopoiesis, haemostatic, Head colds, helmint, hematopoiesis, Hemostat, Hemostatic, Herbicide, Hæmostatic, Icterus, immune enhangement, Immune weakness, Immunostimulant, improves digestion, Imune activation, Imune stimulant, indigestion, Inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammations, Inflammations in general, inhibit bleeding, insufficient secretion of gastric juices, Intermittent fever due to tuberculosis, intestinal gas, jaundice, loss of blood, Low fever without sweat, Malaria, malarial fever, Marsh fever, Nerve pains, neuralgia, Night sweats, parasite, parasites, Parasiticide, Poor digestion, positive influence on the imune system, Promotes digestion, Pyretic, Pyrexia, reduce fevers, relaxes the nervous system, relax spasms, relieves fevers, Restores the blood, rheumatic pain, rheumatic pains, sedative, Sleep hyperhidrosis, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, Spasm, Spasmolytic, Stanches blood, staunches bleeding, stimulate digestive juices, stimulates digestion, Stimulates the immune system, stimulates the secretion of gastric juices, Stiptic, stomach atony, stomach debility, stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach tonic, Stop bleeding, Stops bleeding, styptic, tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, treatment for worms, Used as an antiseptic, Used in the treatment of anaemia, Used in the treatment of anemia, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, Warming digestive, weak stomach, Weedkillers, wind, worm, worms

Women's diseases

Anti-periodic, climacteric, Difficult menstruation, Dysmennorhoea, Dysmenorrhea, Dysmenorrhoea, ease menopausal symptoms, Interrupts menstruation, menopausal problems, Menopause, Menstrual cramp, Menstrual cramps, menstrual pain, menstrual problems, menstruation problems, Pain during menstruation, painful periods, Period pain, stops menstrual periods

Warnings

Not suitable for pregnant women, should not be taken when pregnant

Foods

Condiment, culinary, Culinary herb, spice

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in China, Phytomedical use in Korea

Ingredients

 (e)-Beta-Farnesene, a-Bisabolol, Alpha-Amyrin, Alpha-Cadinene, Alpha-limonene, Alpha-Pinene, Alpha-Terpineol, Apigenin, Artemisinin, Astragalin, B-Cadinene, Beta-Pinene, Beta-Selinene, Beta-Sitosterol, borneol, Bornyl acetate, Camphene, camphor, carvacrol, carvone, Caryophyllene, Caryophyllene Oxide, Casticin, Chrysoeriol, coumarin, Cuminaldehyde, Dehydroascorbic acid, Delta-Terpineol, D-Limonene, essential oil, eucalyptol, Farnesyl-Acetate, Fenchone, flavonoid, Friedelin, Gamma sitosterol, Gamma-Caryophyllene, Geraniol, Humulene, isoartemesia ketone, Isoeugenol, Isoquercetin, Isorhamnetin, Kaempferol, Lactone, limonene, linalool, Linalyl acetate, Luteolin, menthol, myrcene, Myrtenal, myrtenol, Neryl acetate, Ocimene, O-Cymene, Oleanolic acid, P-Cymene, Phytol, Pinocarveol, Quercetin, rutin, Sabinene, sabinol, Scoparone, Scopoletin, Scopolin, Stigmasterol, Terpinen-4-Ol, Terpinyl acetate, thymol, Trans beta-farnesene, Trans-Alpha-Ocimene, Trans-Caryophyllene-Oxide, Verbenone, Α-Farnesene, Α-Terpinene, Β-amyrin, Β-bourbonene, Β-farnesene, Γ-Cadinene, Γ-Selinene, Γ-Terpinene, Δ-cadinene

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn1613

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