24 patients suffering from tertian malaria were treated with 600 mg of artesunate tablet as a total dose in a 5-day course. The result showed that all patients were clinically cured with symptoms and signs subsided quickly. Defervescence and parasite clearance times were 19. 9?15.8 and 56. 8?17. 4 hours respectively. The recrudescent rate was 54.2％ within 28 days.

The traditional Chinese herb Shancigu is derived from the dry tuber of Cremastra appendiculata(D.Don) Makino, Pleione bulbocodioides( Franch) Rolfe, Pleione yunnanensis Rolfe.The chemical composition and pharmacological effects of Shancigu were overviewed through searching relevant literatures .