Artemisia annua has significant hepatoprotective effect on hepatitis A, B, jaundice hepatitis, has significant curative effect. Favor bile, promote bile secretion, increase bile bile acid and bilirubin discharge effect. It can increase coronary blood flow, improve microcirculation, and has the effect of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, anticoagulant, diuretic, antipyretic and asthma, expel roundworms and inhibit a variety of pathogenic skin fungi and bacteria.

Artemisia absinthium, scientific name Artemisia capillaris, also known as chen or sheep chen. Asteraceae. Perennial herb. Up to 1 meter high, multi-branched. Stem leaves, pinnatisect, segments filiform, with gray-white fine pilose, head-like inflorescences, crowded into conical clusters of flowers, flowering in the fall, involucral bracts three or four layers, ovate; flowers greenish yellow, achenes oblong, hairless. The roots propagate, and the whole herb is aromatic.

The stems and leaves can be used as medicine "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: bitter odor, flat, slightly cold, non-toxic. Indications: wind-dampness, cold and heat evil. Heat knot jaundice, long service light body benefit gas resistance to old age. White face long years. White rabbit food fairy. It is used to treat yellowing of the body, urination, lowering head fever, and removing obstruction in the abdomen. The joints, remove stagnant heat, typhoid fever with.

The young stems and leaves are edible. At the time of the Qingming Festival, when Artemisia annua is in full bloom, there is a constant stream of people going to the graves to offer sacrifices, and collecting Artemisia annua for curing illnesses or quenching cravings. Artemisia annua has many ways to eat, one is to eat buns, dumplings to do filling, the second is mixed into the cornmeal steam nest, but also can be mixed with tofu ...... are quite tasty.