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Capillary Wormwood
Artemisia capillaris
Capillary Wormwood · Armoise capillaire · Armoise à balais · Capillary wormwood · armoise capillaire · capillary artemisia · rumput roman · trådmalört · yin chen · yin chen hao · yin-chen wormwood · 사철쑥, 사철쭉 · カワラヨモギ
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Chinese, Japan
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ague, Anodyne, Antibilious, Antiphlogistic
Science studied: ACETYLBORNEOL, ESCULETIN, AESCULETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER, AESCULETIN-6,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Artemisia capillaris
Common names: Capillary Wormwood, Armoise capillaire, Armoise à balais, Capillary wormwood, armoise capillaire, capillary artemisia, rumput roman, trådmalört, yin chen, yin chen hao, yin-chen wormwood, 사철쑥, 사철쭉, カワラヨモギ
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Chinese, Japan, Elsewhere.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ague
- Anodyne
- Antibilious
- Antiphlogistic
- Bactericide
- Cataplasm
- Catarrh
- Constipation
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- Diuretic
- Dysmenorrhea
- Fever
- Fungicide
- Icterus
- Jaundice
- Rheumatism
- Spasm
- Tumor
- Ache(Head)
- Dysuria
- Oliguria
- Pruritis
- Malaria
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Chinese
- Japan
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Ague
- Anodyne
- Antibilious
- Antiphlogistic
- Bactericide
- Cataplasm
- Catarrh
- Constipation
- Diuretic
- Dysmenorrhea
- Fever
- Fungicide
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- Icterus
- Jaundice
- Rheumatism
- Spasm
- Tumor
- Ache(Head)
- Dysuria
- Oliguria
- Pruritis
- Malaria
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Capillarisin, a coumarin from Artemisia capillaris, alleviates APAP hepatotoxicity by targeting GSK3β/Nrf2 to suppress ferroptosis. · 2026 source ↗
- Aqueous extract of Artemisia capillaris Thunb. herbal tea alleviates liver injury in MASLD mice and lipotoxicity in HepG2 cells by inhibiting apoptosis and promoting autophagy. · 2026 source ↗
- A Comprehensive Multiomics Approach Illuminates the Biosynthetic Mechanism of Scoparone in Artemisia capillaris. · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETYLBORNEOL
- ESCULETIN
- AESCULETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER
- AESCULETIN-6,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER
- ARCAPILLIN
- AZULENE
- ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CAPILLARIN
- CAPILLARTEMISINS
- CAPILLONE
- CAPRYLIC-ACID
- CAR-3-ENE
- CHROMONE
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- CIRSILINEOL
- ALPHA-COPAENE
- COUMARIN
- M-CRESOL
- P-CYMENE
- P-CYMEN-8-OL
- DEHYDROFALCARINONE
- 6-DEMETHOXYCAPILLARISIN
- 3,5-DIMETHOXYALLYL-BENZENE
- 6,7-DIMETHYLESCULETIN
- BETA-ELEMENE
- EO
- O-ETHYLPHENOL
- P-ETHYL-PHENOL
- EUGENOL
- EUPATOLITIN
- BETA-GURJUNENE
- HEPTANOIC-ACID
- IRON
- LAURIC-ACID
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- 1-(2'-METHOXYPHENYL0-2,4-HEXADIYNE
- 4'-METHYLCAPILLARISIN
- METHYL-EUGENOL
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NONANOIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- PENTADECANOIC-ACID
- PHENOL
- 5-PHENYL-1,3-PENTADIYNE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- RHAMNOCITRIN
- SCOPOLETIN
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- TRIDECANOIC-ACID
- UNDECANOIC-ACID
- ZINC
- CAPILLARISIN
- CAPILLIN
- CAPROIC-ACID
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CIRSIMARITRIN
- COPPER
- P-CRESOL
- MYRCENE
- NEOCAPILLENE
- PALMITIC-ACID
- BETA-PINENE
- SABINENE
- STEARIC-ACID
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- ARSENIC
- BETA-BISABOLENE
- CAPILLANOL
- CAPILLENE
- CAPRIC-ACID
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- BETA-COPAENE
- O-CRESOL
- DEHYDROFALCARINOL
- 6-DEMETHOXY-4'-METHYLCAPILLARISIN
- ESCULETIN-6,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER
- GENKWANIN
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MERCURY
- 7-METHYLCAPILLARISIN
- NORCAPILLENE
- POTASSIUM
- SODIUM
- TERPINOLENE
- CAMPHENE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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