| [English Name] | Japanese Wormwood Herb | |
| [Chinese Name] | 牡蒿 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Muhao | |
| [Latin Name] | Artemisiae Japonicae Herba | |
| [Genera] | Compositae | |
| [Efficacy] | Antipyretic drug | |
| [Pictures] | Plant picture | Drug picture |
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| [Ecology] | It distributes in the area of middle-low elevation ,except in western and south China from low elevation to high elevation,grows in a moist 、semi-humid or semiarid environment,common in the forest side、open forest、open forest、wilderness、bushes、hill、hillside、road side and so on. | |
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| [Pharmacological activities] |
1、Effect on Blood and Inflammation: Herba Artemisiae Japonicae extract show a good activity on hemostasis, activating blood and anti-inflammatory[1,2]. 2. Antioxidant: Herba Artemisiae Japonicae extract show a stong antioxidant activity on mice model and have no inherent toxicity[1,3]. |
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| [Traditional usage] | 1.Scabies, eczema 2.Tonsillitis 3.Acute erysipelas 4.Tidal fever and incessant low fever induced by pulmonary tuberculosis 5.Venomous snake bite 6.Common cold with headache in summer 7.Hemoptysis induced by pulmonary tuberculosis 8.Toothache induced by deficient fire 9.Morbid leucorrhea 10.Metrorrhagia 11.Icterohepatitis | |
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| [References] |
Pharmacologic Actions: [1] Lin Yourun. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 1991,11(1):1-24． [2]Avula Bharathi, Wang Y H, Smillie Tyro J, et al． Journal of AOAC International, 2009,92( 2): 633-644． [3] Zhang Dehua, Wang Ling, Zhao Ning. Journal of Biology, 2008,25(3):59-61． |
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