Sweet
Wormwood (qing hao)
Herba
Artemmisiae
Properties:
Pungent and bitter in
flavour, slightly cold in nature, it acts on the liver,
gallbladder and kidney channels. The bitter and cold
properties clear away heat, the pungent flavour expels
pathogenic factors. It is mainly effective in the liver
and kidney so as to purge the latent heat outwards from
the yin division. It is therefore indicated for the
febrile diseases at the later stage with an accumulation
of lingering heat in the yin division marked by nocturnal
fever and lingering low-grade fever. In addition, it is
used to treat restlessness and thirst due to summer heat
and cure malarial diseases, by means of its functions of
relieving summer heat and cure malarial diseases.
Effects:
Clearing away heat of deficiency type, relieving summer
heat and preventing attack of malaria.
Indications:
1. For febrile diseases at the later
stage with an accumulation of heat marked by nocturnal
fever or lingering low-grade fever, it is often used in
combination with the Yin-reinforcing and heat-clearing
drugs, such as anmarrhena rhizome, rehmannia root and
peony bark, known as Qinghao Biejia Tang (Deciction of
Sweet Wormwood and Turtle Shell). In cases of fever due to
Yin-deficiency or hectic and phthitic fever, it is used in
combination with the drugs for reinforcing Yin and clear
hectic fever, such as scutellaria root, picrorhiza
rhizome, rehmannia root, etc.
2. For the summer heat affection
characterized by fever and vexation, sweating and thirst,
it is used in combination with the drugs for clearing heat
and summer heat, such as talc, honeysuckle flower,
forsythia fruit, etc.
3. For malarial diseases with fever
and chills, this single fresh herb pounded to juice is
used, or in combination with scutellaria root and talc.
Dosage and Administration: 10-15g.
20-40g for treating malaria. Doubled the dose when use the
fresh. Do not over decoct.
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For the
convenience of customers, we offer the
Sweet
Wormwood (qing hao)
as the
quick-dissolving granule made through modern technology.
Directions:
Every
sachet is equivalent to raw herb 10 grams.
The dosage is for
adults, one sachet each time, twice a day. Please
put the granule into a cup, then put 50-100ml
boiling water into the cup and stir it with spoon.
You will get some tea, drink it when it is luke-warm.
For children, the dosage should be reduced according
to the weight.
Air ship 50 sachets of Sweet
Wormwood (qing hao)
in the form of quick-dissolving granule for your
personal use now at $52.00 .
If you would like to
order this raw herb, please go to
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