Artemisinin was originally developed in 1972 in China (Chines Institute of material medicine) from the plant Artemisia annua L (sweet wormwood), a sesquiterpene lactone (emperical formula C15 H22 O5. Artemisinin is the active ingredient in qinghao, a Chinese herbal tea that have been used for 150 years to treat malaria and haemorrhoids. It grows in the wild in China and now has been found to grow in other parts of the world too, though the species may vary a bit. Locally, it is prepared as an infusion of the dried leaves. 

1. With function of controlling of vivax malaria and falciparum malaria symptom, as well as treatment of chloroquine-resistant strain of insect.
2. With function of oxidant. artemisinin is reduced by catalase,dithiothreitol and alpha tocopherol.
3. With the function of antibacterial, artemisinin has anti-influenza virus effect.
4. With the function of anti-parasite, artemisinin on the role of anti-schistosomiasis and leptospirosis.

1. Applied in the food field, it has become a new raw material which used in food and beverage industry;
2. Applied in the health product field, it is a natural health product to regulate sleeping;
3. Applied in the pharmace0.utical field, with the good effect of treating hepatitis.