Medicinal Uses
Sweet wormwood was used by Chinese herbalists in ancient times to treat fever, but had fallen out of common use; it was rediscovered in 1970s when the Chinese Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergency Treatments (340 AD) was found. This pharmacopeia contained recipes for a tea from dried leaves, prescribed for fevers (not specifically malaria).
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