ARTEMISIA ANNUA

Artemisia Annua

(Sweet Wormwood)

Pharmacy

art-a. Artemisia annua. Sweet wormwood. Sweet Annie. Qing hao. N. 0. Compositae. Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.

Clinical

• Fever
• Intermittent fever
• Malaria
• Parasites
• Stomach problems
• Worms

Herbal

This herb has been used in O.ina to treat malaria and fevers. Artemisinin is an alkaloid extracted from the plant that is being used as an anti-malarial drug. It reduces fevers and destroys the malaria organism.

Artemisia annua has been used in tinctures, powders, and teas. It is of special use in those areas where anti-malarial drugs like quinine are no longer effective.

Homeopathic

Art-a. has not been proved homeopathically. Clinically it has been used to treat fevers, stomach problems, and parasites. Remembers Nothing Kleptomania. Inclination to steal.

Abdomen

Violent cramps in abdomen.

Causations

• Blow on head
• Fright, grief, or bad news
• Masturbation

Constitutions

It has a prominent place in convulsive diseases of childhood and girls at puberty.

Eyes

Colored light produces dizziness.

Pain and burning of vision, better with rubbing, worse using eyes. Eyes turned up before attack.

Face

Twitching in the face, mouth drawn to left. Face looks older.

Female

Irregular or deficient menstruation with epileptic convulsions. Profuse menses. Violent uterine contractions. Spasms during menses. Prolapsed uterus. Nervous chlorosis, with very dry skin. Violent contractions of pregnant uterus, threatened miscarriage. Checked lochia. Eclampsia.

Food

Hunger, but cannot get the food down.

Head

Drawn back by spasmodic twitchings. Head bent backwards and sideways. Congestion of brain. Sharp shooting pains through the head.

Kidneys

Urine increased, yellowish.

Obstinate strangury in a child.

Limbs

Over-fatigue or weakness of the feet after long walks or long illness.

Lungs

Rattling breathing with the spasms.

Breathing checked, suddenly a deep inspiration ends the attack, catalepsy.

Male

Nightly pollutions. Seminal ejaculations with the spasm.

Mouth

Mouth drawn to left. Chewing motion of gums, grinding teeth. Lower jaw pressed forward. Bites tongue in spasms. Speech unintelligible, can utter but single words, and these only with great exertion.

Perspiration

Profuse sweat, smelling like garlic. Sweats during epileptic attacks. Sweating is a sign of relief. Warm sweat all over, most on occiput.

Rectum

Greenish diarrhea. Passes feces and urine with the spasms. Worms.

Relations

Compare: (I) Ars., Chin., Art-v.

References

Boericke. Clarke. Grim-mer.