About Hydrangea febrifuga (Lour.) Y.De Smet & C.Granados
Hydrangea febrifuga (Lour.) Y.De Smet & C.Granados is a flowering plant belonging to the Hydrangeaceae family. It grows as a subshrub or shrub, and is native to central and southern China, Indochina, Malesia, and New Guinea. This species was previously known under the scientific name Dichroa febrifuga, and it counts as an important herb in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is classified as one of the 50 fundamental herbs of the practice. The alkaloids febrifugine and isofebrifugine are thought to produce its observed antimalarial effects. When prepared as a traditional herbal treatment, it is used combined with other plants including Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice), Ziziphus jujuba, and Zingiber officinale (ginger).
