INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Herba Artemisiae Annuae Herba Artemisiae Apiaciae |
| Common English: | Sweet Wormwood Celery Wormwood |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter (Acrid) |
Cold |
Kidney Liver Gallbladder (Bladder) (Stomach) (San Jiao) |
3-12g For stronger Heat clearing: up to 24g For malaria: 20-40g Tincture: 1-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Clears Summerheat or Damp-Heat |
Summerheat with low fever, headache, dizziness and a stifling sensation in the chest |
Clears Deficiency fevers |
Blood Deficiency or Yin Deficiency fevers Sequelae of a febrile disease Especially good when steaming bone patterns are marked by anhidrosis |
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding |
Purpuric rashes or epistaxis due to Blood Heat |
Stops malarial disorders and relieves Heat |
Malarial disorders with alternating chills and fever |
Clears Liver Heat and brightens the eyes |
Liver Yang Rising with red eyes, dizziness and photophobia |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
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HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
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Sm. Lablab Album |
Rx. Stellariae |
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Fever without sweat, dizziness, and a stifling sensation in the chest associated with Summerheat. |
Blood Deficiency fevers, afternoon fevers and night sweats. |
Chronic low-grade fever with a sensation of Heat in the bones and a body that feels warm to the touch. |
Carapax Trionycis |
Carapax Trionycis |
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Fever due to Heat in the Yin regions of the body. Purpuric rashes due to Heat in the Blood. |
Malarial disorders due to Damp-Heat or Damp Summerheat with nausea, a stifling sensation in the chest and intense fevers . |
The final stages of a Warm febrile disease when the Yin Fluids have already been damaged and the pathogen still lurks deep within the Yin level with night fever with chills in the morning, the fever recedes without sweating, emaciation, rapid pulse and a red tongue with little coating. |
Minor Bupleurum Decoction Xiao Chai Hu Tang |
Carapax Trionycis |
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| Malaria with alternating chills and fever. | Yin Deficient Heat. | Heat in the Ying Level with constant feverish sensations. |
Fol. Nelumbinis |
Hb. Plantaginis |
Flos Chrysanthemi |
Summerheat or Damp-Heat. |
Summerheat or Damp-Heat in infants. |
Eye disorders. |
Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae |
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Jaundice. |
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- Some sources classify this as a Summerheat clearing herb.
- Burning this herb keeps away mosquitoes.
- It vents Heat from the Yin level outward to the Yang and is ideal for clearing Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder.
- Because it does not exhaust Qi or Blood, it is particularly appropriate for Heat disorders in patients with Blood Deficiency.
- Its clear aroma seeps through the forehead to brighten eyes and disperse Wind-Heat.
- This herb can be used fresh in large doses by itself to treat malaria.
- One source says that this herb relieves fever and overstraining.
- This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
- When applied to an incised wound, this herb can stop bleeding, promote the growth of new muscle and relieve pain.
- Don't boil this herb more than 5-15 minutes.
- Both Qing Hao and Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu enter the Liver and Gallbladder channels and treat malarial with alternating chills and fever. Qing Hao has a light, clearing, cooling aroma that is excellent for clearing Summerheat without injuring the Yin and is used for fever from Yin injured by warm and Summerheat pathogens or for steaming bones due to Yin Deficiency or consumptive Heat. Chai Hu is raising and dispersing which is excellent for spreading Liver Qi Stagnation, and raising clear Yang. Overuse of Chai Hu tends to injure the Yin.
- Both Qing Hao and Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu cool the Blood and reduce steaming bones. Qing Hao is acrid, fragrant, vents warm pathogens outward from the Yin level to the Yang level and is most appropriate for Heat at night which cools in the morning due to Ying Level injury by warm pathogen. It also resolves Summerheat and treats alternating chills and fever of malarial disorders. Yin Chai Hu does not clear Heat by venting, but does treat Heat due to childhood nutritional impairment.
- Qing Hao, Rx. Cynanchi Atrati Bai Wei and Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu all clear pathogenic Heat. Qing Hao does not cool the Lungs or facilitate urination. Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu does not vent Heat or vent Blood Heat outward, but only cools Blood Heat internally.
- Both Qing Hao and Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen are aromatic,resolve Damp-Heat and are often used together to treat Damp-Heat jaundice, Warm-Damp disorders and Summerheat-warmth. Yin Chen enters the Spleen and Stomach and is specific for jaundice. Qing Hao primarily enters the Liver/Gallbladder and is better able to resolve steaming bones due to consumption. It is particularly good for draining pathogenic Fire in Summerheat-warmth and for malarial disorders.
- Dry-fried Sweet Wormwood Chao Qing Hao is better able to treat steaming bones and consumptive Heat.
- Turtle Blood Sweet Wormwood Bie Xue Qing Hao is better able to cool Heat and nourish the Yin. It is frequently used for Yin Deficiency night sweats, consumptive Heat and steaming bones.