Can you provide me some information on
artemisia annua
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Artemisia annua is an annual herb native in Asia, especially in China. The name of the plant is Qinghao.
It has become naturalised in many countries all over the world, like Argentina, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Spain and USA
It is the annual herb occurs naturally as part of steppe vegetation in the northern parts of Chahar and Suiyuan provinces in China at 1000 to 1500 m above sea level
Leaves of
Artemisia annua are widely used for the treatment of malaria and as anti-inflammatory in most part of the world and in most of herbal drug market, leaves are being sold along with the aerial parts as Qinghao .
A.annua is a large shrub often reaching more than 2.0 m in height, usually single-stemmed with alternate branches. The aromatic leaves are deeply dissected and range from 2.5 to 5 cm inlength. Leaves and flowers contain both 10-celled biseriate trichomes and 5 cell filamentous trichomes
Artemisia annua is a potent antimalarial plant and used in folks, Homeopathic system and in Ayurvedic system of medicine .
According to the entho medical practices , in China, aqueous preparation of the dried herb was applied against fever, malaria, skin diseases, jaundice and haemorrhoids
High yield variety of A. annua was developed in India in 1986 now is cultivated exclusively by Ipca Laboratories Limited .
