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)
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Picture 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:


C. Clear Damp

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


Dose:


Decoction: 9–30 grams

Substitute:


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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.

Main Preparations used: