Artemisia and Artemisia are essentially different, there are the following differences:

1, species: Artemisia is the above-ground part of the plant Artemisia annua in the family of Asteraceae, and Artemisia is the above-ground part of the family Artemisia annua, so the two plants are completely different.

2, taste and smell: Artemisia belongs to the spleen and stomach meridian, liver and gallbladder meridian, while Artemisia main into the liver and gallbladder meridian, Artemisia's main role is to intercept malaria, used for the deficiency of yin, and has the effect of clearing away heat and summer heat, and Artemisia's main function is to clear away heat and jaundice, used for urination, itching of the skin, or jaundice type hepatitis.

Yin Chen

Yin Chen Characteristics

Yin Chen is the name of traditional Chinese medicine, is the dried above-ground part of Artemisia annua or Artemisia annua, family Asteraceae, in the fall when the buds are long enough to be harvested when the flowers are open, remove impurities and old stems, and then dry them in the sun.

Artemisia

Artemisia characteristics

1, Artemisia is an annual herb of the genus Artemisia in the family of Asteraceae, the plant has an aroma, the main root is single, vertical single, up to 150 cm in height, the upper part of the multi-branched, the lower part of the slightly lignified.

2, artemisia leaves on both sides of light green, glabrous, lobes oblong, base cuneate, head hemispherical or nearly hemispherical, linear bracts at the base, the outer involucral bracts are narrow, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, abaxially green and glabrous.

Difference between Artemisia and Artemisia annua illustrated

Artemisia annua

Artemisia annua