Mai Tsabtataccen Halittar Artemisia Annua don Lafiya
Artemisia shekaraL., wani tsiro na dangin Asteraceae, ganye ne na shekara-shekara na kasar Sin kuma yana girma ta dabi'a a matsayin wani yanki na ciyayi na ciyayi a arewacin Chatar da lardin Suiyan na kasar Sin a tsayin mita 1,000-1,500 sama da matakin teku. Wannan shuka zai iya girma har zuwa 2.4 m tsayi. Tushen yana da cylindrical kuma reshe. Ganyen suna madadin, duhu kore, ko launin ruwan kasa kore. Wari yana da halayyar da ƙanshi yayin da dandano yana da ɗaci. Yana da alaƙa da manyan panicles na ƙananan globulous capitulums (diamita 2-3 mm), tare da fararen involucres, da kuma ganyen pinnatisect waɗanda ke ɓacewa bayan lokacin fure, waɗanda ke da ƙananan furanni (1-2 mm) kodadde furanni masu ƙanshi mai daɗi ( Hoto1). Sunan shukar Sinawa Qinghao (ko Qing Hao ko Ching-hao wanda ke nufin ganyen kore). Sauran sunaye sune tsutsotsi, tsutsa na kasar Sin, tsutsa mai dadi, tsutsotsi na shekara-shekara, sagewort na shekara-shekara, mugwort na shekara-shekara, da sagewort mai dadi. A cikin Amurka, an san shi da sunan Annie mai dadi saboda bayan gabatarwa a karni na sha tara an yi amfani da shi azaman mai kiyayewa da dandano kuma furen sa na kamshi ya yi kyau ga potpourris da sachets don lilin da kuma mahimman man da aka samu daga saman furanni. Ana amfani dashi a cikin dandano na vermouth.1]. A yanzu shuka ya zama naturalized a wasu ƙasashe da yawa kamar Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Faransa, Hungary, Italiya, Spain, Romania, Amurka, da tsohuwar Yugoslavia.