Plant Details

Accepted name:: Artemisia capillaris Thunb. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
armoise capillaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
artemisia capillaris flower	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
artemisiae capillaris flos	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
artemisiae capillaris herba	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
artemisiae herba	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
artemisiae scopariae herba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
capillaris	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
capillary artemisia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fki iamogi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
herba artemisiae scopariae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
honokazu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
honongazu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
honowazu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
in chen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
in tying	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
intsjin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
jhirun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kawara iamogi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kawara yomsgi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kawara-yomogi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
konohogaru	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
marva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mian yin chen	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
nhân trần bắc	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
oriental wormwood	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
raowazu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
rumput roman	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shih yin ch'en	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
trådmalört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
virgate wormwood herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
yin ch'en	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yin ch'en chiu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yin ch'en hao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yin chen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yin chen hao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yin chen hau	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yin-chen wormwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yinchen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
yinchenhao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
インチンコウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
安呂草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
瞿麥	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
石茵陳	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
絨蒿	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
綿茵陳	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
臭蒿	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
茵藤蒿	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
茵陈	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
茵陈蒿	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
茵陳	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
茵陳蒿	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
蚊仔煙草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蚊仔煙頭	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
阴地蕨	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青荷	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
青蒿草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
seedling	dried seedling	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
capitulum		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
shoot	young shoot	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Branch without root, leaf		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
flower	capitulum	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
aerial parts		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
flower		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
aerial part		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Absinthium mollissimum Besser Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 1: 265 (1829).
Artemisia capillaris var. acaulis Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 646 (1927).
Artemisia capillaris var. arbuscula Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 175 (1866).
Artemisia capillaris f. glabra Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 648 (1927).
Artemisia capillaris var. sachalinensis (Tilesius ex Besser) Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 646 (1927).
Artemisia capillaris var. sericea Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 99 (1912).
Artemisia capillaris f. sericea (Nakai) Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 647 (1927).
Artemisia hallaisanensis Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 4 (1915).
Artemisia hallaisanensis var. formosana Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 658 (1927).
Artemisia hallaisanensis f. parvula Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 659 (1927).
Artemisia hallaisanensis var. philippinensis Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 658 (1927).
Artemisia hallaisanensis f. swatowiana Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 659 (1927).
Artemisia japonica var. hallaisanensis (Nakai) Kitam. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 15: 386 (1940).
Artemisia japonica f. vestita Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 669 (1927).
Artemisia mollissima D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 182 (1825).
Artemisia sachalinensis Tilesius ex Besser Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 8: 48 (1835).
Draconia capillaris (Thunb.) Soják Čas. Nár. Muz., Rada Přír. 152: 20 (1983).
Oligosporus capillaris (Thunb.) Poljakov Trudy Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Kazakhst. S.S.R. 11: 167 (1967).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Artemisia cap-illaris Thunb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Artemisia capillaris	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Artemisia capillaris Thumb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Artemisia capillaris Thunb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Artemisia capillaris Thunberg	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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