Botanical Name: Artemisia annua
Form Available: Dried tops, Powdered tops, Fresh tops
Also known as sweet annie, annual wormwood, sweet wormwood, annual mugwort, and sweet sagewort, Artemisia? annua is a medicinal plant. It has long been used in the preparation of Chinese medicines and in aromatherapy. Native to temperate Asia, it is also found in certain parts of North America. Artemisia? annua consists of artemisinin, which is known to have antimalarial properties. It also has anti-microbial, anti-tumour, immunomodulatory, and metabolic properties.