Meconopsis

Meconopsis

(manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

Another name: apeselu (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the flower, fruit or whole grass of Artemisia annua.

[plant morphology] A. integrifolia, also known as a. trichopetala.

Annual herb, 25-90 cm high, 0.6-1.5 cm thick, brown villous. Basal leaves numerous, tufted, 30 cm long, 4 cm wide; leaf blade oblanceolate or obovate, apex acute or obtuse, base gradually narrowed, long petiole, with 3-5 main veins. Upper leaves of stem sessile, lanceolate or oblanceolate, uppermost few subwhorled. One flower is usually on the top of the stem, and the other 3-4 flowers are on the leaf axils of the upper part of the stem; petals are 6-8, yellow, obovate, 6 cm long; stamens are numerous, about 2 cm long, anthers are oblong, about 4 mm long, filaments are narrow; ovary is ovate, densely yellow, scabrous, style is short, style is capitate. Capsule 4-9-lobed.

In the hillside grass or gravel place. It is distributed in Northwest Yunnan, West Sichuan, Qinghai, South Gansu and Tibet.

[collection] from July to August, collect flowers, fruits or whole grass (deburring), wash and dry.

[nature and taste] 1. In Tibetan Common Chinese herbal medicine, it is sweet and astringent, cold and poisonous. "

② "Plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment manual": "bitter, slightly cold, small poison. "

[Guijing] Manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment: "entering liver, kidney and large intestine meridians. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, relieving cough and asthma. Treatment of pneumonia, cough, hepatitis, biliary colic, gastroenteritis, damp heat edema, leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea.

① "Tibet commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "heat clearing, lung draining, dehumidification and diuresis. It can cure cough, pneumonia, hepatitis, damp heat and edema. "

② "Plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment manual": sedation and pain relief, antitussive and antiasthmatic, dysentery and hemostasis. Treatment of gastrointestinal inflammation, hepatitis, gall bladder pain, leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 yuan.

[selection] ① for asthma: Artemisia ordosica flower or fruit with ephedra root, tianxianzi and Tinglizi decoction.

② Treatment of enteritis and diarrhea: Artemisia flower or fruit with pitaya root, Artemisia, edelweiss decoction.

③ Treatment of biliary colic: Artemisia ordosica flower or fruit with Anisodamine leaf decoction. (select the prescription to produce the manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)