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Artemisia annua L. is the whole herb of Artemisia annua L. and Artemisia annua L. in Compositae, Artemisia annua L. is the most common and widely distributed all over the country. Artemisia annua has been used to treat malaria for more than 1 years in China. Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty recorded the method of treating malaria with Artemisia annua in Elbow Backup Emergency Prescription.

Since then, there have been records of Artemisia annua L. treating malaria and its single prescription in Sheng Ji Zong Lu in Song Dynasty, Dan Xi Xin Fa in Yuan Dynasty, Pu Ji Fang in Ming Dynasty and Da Ming Ben Cao. In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen used Artemisia annua to treat "malaria, cold and heat". The Qing Dynasty's Treatise on Epidemic Febrile Diseases records: "Artemisia annua Biejia Decoction is the main treatment for those with shaoyang malaria that is more severe than heat." Extended information

April 26th, 2 is National Malaria Day, and April 25th, 22 is WorldMalariaDay. This year's publicity theme is "Eliminating malaria, controlling COVID-19, and preventing re-transmission with imported malaria". Although malaria is an ancient disease, it is still an urgent, important and worldwide public health problem. Malaria is spread by mosquito bites, so malaria is also called a disease without national boundaries. When it comes to malaria control, we have to mention Chinese medicine: artemisinin.

artemisinin is the most commonly used drug to treat malaria, and its drug resistance to malaria is the best. At present, the combination therapy based on artemisinin is the most effective and main means to treat malaria. There are two main ways to obtain artemisinin: one is to extract artemisinin directly from Artemisia annua, and the other is to extract artemisinin with high content in Artemisia annua, and then synthesize artemisinin by chemical synthesis.

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