Artemisinin is the most effective specific antimalarial drug after ethirimide, chloroquine and primaquine, especially for cerebral malaria and chloroquine malaria, which has the characteristics of quick onset and low toxicity. It was once called "the only effective malaria treatment drug in the world" by the World Health Organization.
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Habitat of Artemisia annua: all parts of China; The eastern half of the provinces and autonomous regions are distributed below the altitude of 1500m, the northwest and southwest provinces and autonomous regions are distributed in the area of 2000-3000m, and Tibet is distributed in the area of 3650m. Habitat adaptability is strong, and the eastern and southern provinces of China grow along the road, wasteland, hillside and forest edge.
Other provinces and regions also grow in grasslands, forest grasslands, arid valleys, semi-deserts and gravel slopes. , also found in saline soil, local areas can become the dominant species or main companion species of plant communities.
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