Artemisia scoparia, Yin Chen Hao 茵陈蒿
Virgate Wormwood
Yin Chen Hao (TCM)
Tshar bong dkar po ཚར་བོང་བོང་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibetan Medicine)
Artemisia scoparia
Waldstein & Kitaibel, Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae (1799-1802)
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Botanical name:
Artemisia capillaris, A. scoparia
Parts used:
Herb
According to Tibetan texts, the root is most effective, although the herb is most used.
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter
Classification:
Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Damp: (TCM)
-Special for Jaundice; used for both Heat-Damp or Cold-Damp Jaundice
-Infectious icteric hepatitis (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)
-Urinary obstruction
-sores with exudation and itching
2. Clears Lung Heat: (Tibetan)
-heat type Cough and Sore Throat
-‘Febrile disease caused by Cold’ (Chen Cang Qi)
3. Moves Qi, Disperses Stagnation: (TCM)
-‘disperses hidden mass’ (Ming Yi Bie Lu)
-‘hard mass in the abdomen of a woman’ (Da Ming)
-also for Trauma
Main Combinations:
1. Jaundice:
i. from Damp-Heat, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao with … available in PRO version
ii. from Cold-Damp, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao with … available in PRO version
iii. from Damp obstruction, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao with … available in PRO version
2. Hepatitis B, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao with … available in PRO version
3. Externally for Damp rashes and sores, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao … available in PRO version
Cautions:
Side effects are occasionally seen with high therapeutic doses. This may include indigestion, headache, dizziness, numbness.
