Chinese: yin chen
English: virgate wormwood, capillary wormwood
Pharmaceutical: Artemisiae scopariae Herba
Properties: Bitter, slightly cold
Standard Species: Artemisia scoparia Waldst. et Kit., Artemisia capillaries Thunb. var. scoparia Pamp., Artemisia capillaries Thunb.
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