XX. 
CINA. 
(ARTEMISIA CONTRA.) 
Tartarian Southernwood, Wormseed. 
Syvonyms. — Artemisia santonica, Linn. Semen cyne, seu Sinw, seu Contra 
vermes, seu lumbricorum. Semen sanctum. Semen zedoarie. Sementina. Semen 
zine, Artemisia austriaca. Jacq. Absinth. austriac. tenuifolium, Clus. Hist. Ab. 
ponticum tenuifolium, Bawh. Mw. Ab. tridentinum herbarior, Lod. Ab. seri- 
phium, Dod. 
Forrtgn Names.—Fr.: Semen contra, Barbotine, Sementine, Graine de Zedo- 
aries. Germ.: Zitttersaame, Wurmsaame. (Jtal.: Seme-sanuto. Pol. : Cytwa- 
rosoe-nasiene. 
Nat. Order, CoryMBiFER#, Juss.; SyNcENESIA, PoLyGAMIA 
SUPERFLUA. 
Gen. Cuar.— Receptacle either hairy or naked. Pappus none. Calyx 
imbricated, with rounded converging scales. Florets of the ray none. 
Spec. Cuar.—Stem-leaves pinnate, linear, multifid. Branches undivided. 
Spikes one-ranked, reflexed. Flowers composed of five florets. 
History.—The Artemisiz, to which subdivision belongs the 
drug known as Cina in the homeopathic Materia Medica, held 
a prominent place among the medicinal substances of the ancient 
physicians, from Hippocrates to Serapion. They were chiefly 
recommended as febrifuge, stomachic, and anthelmintic. In mo- 
dern times, under the allopathic school, Cina has entirely gone out 
of use. The modern Greek Pharmacopeia contains two species, 
Fig. 1. The root. 2. Involucrum. 3. Floret of the centre. 4. Floret of the 
ray. 5. One of the divisions of the inyolucrum. 
