Annual Wormwood

Chinese Name: Qinghao

Common Names: sweet annie, sweet wormwood, sweet sagewort or annual mugwort

Artemisia annua is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine, which is bitter in taste and cold in nature. It has the traditional functions of clearing summer heat, removing hectic heat and antimalaria.

Youyou Tu, in From Artemisia Annua L. to Artemisinins, 2017.