Shizhihao

Shizhihao

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[synonym] Artemisia selengensis.

[source] it is the whole herb of Artemisia selengensis, a Labiatae plant.

[plant morphology] shizhihao

Perennial herbs, 20-40 cm high. The stolon is transverse, with fine fibrous roots on the nodes. Stem tetragonal, reddish. The leaves are simple, opposite, ovate to ovate oblong, 3-8 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin coarsely serrate; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long. Cymes; bracts leaflike: calyx funnel-shaped, teeth 5; corolla lip shaped, purple blue, upper lip small, apex concave, lower lip extended, 3-lobed. Nutlets obovate triangular. It blooms in summer.

It grows on the hillside, grass and the edge of the field. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet.

[collection] harvest in summer, wash and dry in the shade.

Bitter, cold.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, stopping dysentery and expelling insects. For dysentery, mastitis and Ascaris.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping.