Artemisia annua

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Artemisia annua, also known as sweet wormwood, sweet annie, sweet sagewort, annual mugwort or annual wormwood (Chinese: 青蒿; pinyin: qīnghāo), is a common type of wormwood native to temperate Asia, but naturalized in many countries now.

 

 

Characteristics

It has fern-like leaves, bright yellow flowers, and a camphor-like scent. Its height averages about 2 m, and the plant has a single stem, alternating branches, and alternating leaves which range from 2.5–5 cm in length. It is cross-pollinated by wind or insects. It is a diploid plant with chromosome number 2n=18.

Medicinal uses

In Traditional Chinese Medicine the plant is referred to as Qing Hao and has been used for over 2,000 years to normalize digestive complaints. The whole herb in extracted or tea form is consumed in many countries for “digestive health” especially where sanitary conditions and insect borne infections are present.

Precautions

Not for use during pregnancy.

 

Planting

 

Sow on surface of sandy soil and keep moist until germination, which is usually a week or two. Very tiny seedlings grow rapidly and transplant well. Overdose of this plant potentially toxic due to thujone content.

 

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Related Plants

Artemisia princeps

 

Artemisia princeps,known as Japanese mugwort or kui hao is traditionally used in eastern medicine ,native to China, Japan, and Korea. It is a perennial, very vigorous plant that grows to 1.2 meters and is known as yomogi (ヨモギ) in Japanese. It bears small, buff colored flowers from July to November which are hermaphroditic, and pollinated by wind.The leaves are feather shaped, scalloped and light green, with white dense fuzz on the underside.

 

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Yomogi
Artemisia princeps
Culinary/Medicinal/Industrial
When to Sow: Spring/Late Summer/Early Fall
Ease of Germination: Easy

Germination Temperature 65-70°F

Edible uses

:Leaves and young seedlings can be eaten raw or cooked.They can also be used in salads and soups after removal of the bitterness. The young leaves can be lightly boiled before being pounded and added to glutinous rice dumplings known as mochi to which they give a pleasant colour, aroma and flavour

Medical uses

Artemisia princeps is one of the varieties of mugwort used as moxa in Moxibustion, a traditional medical practice of China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal and Vietnam. An evaluation of the efficacy of the smoke and water extracts of the herb found that both preparations inhibited the growth of a specific line of breast cancer cells in vitro

   
   

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Cultivation

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Prepare fertile, well-drained soil. Sow seeds in spring/summer after last frost in a warm, sunny location. Keep soil moist. Fertilize as needed. The leaves and stems are best when harvested young. Spreads quickly by stolons so contain the growing area to prevent invasiveness.

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