qing hao 青蒿
Edited by: Joe Hing kwok Chu
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Herba Artemisiae Annuae |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Artemisia apiacea Hance 青蒿 Artemisia annua L., 黄花蒿 Artemisia capillaris Thunb.茵 陈蒿 Artemisia Scoparia Waldst.Et Kitaib.滨蒿 Artemisia japonica Thunb.牡蒿 |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | seiko |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | ch'ongho |
粵音﹕ | cing1 hou1 |
Other Names: 別名 ﹕ | |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | worm wood, ching hao |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hubei, Fujian. 河北﹐ 山東﹐ 江蘇﹐ 湖北﹐ 福建。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter, cold. 苦﹐寒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | kidney, liver, gallbladder. 腎﹐肝﹐膽。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | for treatment of malaria, warm sickness 治瘧疾, 溫病。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 3 to 12 g. If heat if high, the dosage can be up to 24 g. Do not boil for long time. 3 ~ 12克。熱盛者﹐可用至24克。不耐久煎。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | For flu with fever and chills, sweating, heaviness in the head, tired, fullness in the chest. Name of formula: huang qin qing dan tang Composition: qing hao, huang qin, ban xia, chen pi, jie ke, zhu ru, fu ling, bi yi san.
For malaria and warm illness with fever in the evening and cool in the morning, thirty, wanting to drink water. Name of formula: qing hao bie jia tang Composition: qing hao, bie jia, zhi mu, sheng di huang, dan pi.
For gu zheng lao re: fatigue, flushed cheeks, night sweats, and progressive emaciation. Name of formula: qing gu san Composition: qing hao, di gu pi, yin chai hu, hu huang lian, qin jiu, bie jia, zhi mu, gan cao.
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Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | See qing hao su for malaria treatment. |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Not to use in post partum women with blood deficient or cold from pixu (spleen deficient with cold in the stomach. The side effect of decoction or pill forms: only a small number of patients showed nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or stomach ache. Most patients did not show any side effect. A small number of patients showed skin allergy. 水煎劑或口服 片劑,僅有少數人出現噁心,嘔吐,腹痛,腹瀉,絕大多數人未見毒副作用﹔肝臟﹐腎臟﹐與心電圖未見到過有異常。少數人曾經發 現有皮膚過敏。 |
Bi yi san: Composition: hua shi (3 MgO . 4 SiO 2. H2O) ,
碧玉散 ﹕組成﹕滑石,青 黛,生 甘 草。
Also see: Artemisia capillaris Thunb.茵陈蒿 Note: only the young leaves are effective.
Last update: July 22, 2009; 11:38 a.m. LAH