Artemisia ordosica

Artemisia ordosica

(bielu)

[synonyms] Wei (the book of songs), Mushao (the biography of Mao poetry), qitouhao (Tang materia medica), shuichili (salvaging materia medica), Bucai, tiecaizi (collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines), tuchaihu (Luchuan materia medica), houzhangcao (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine), liuniahao (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals), Suai, wantouqing, Youai (Mindong materia medica), Youhao, Youpeng, Nai Chancroid, wormwood, junyuexue, laoyaqing, mugwort, magenchai, goose herbs (commonly used folk herbs in Zhejiang Province), Pedicularis (folk medicine materials in Hunan Province), Artemisia caudatum, Artemisia alba, and Herba Leonuri (medicinal materials of Jiangsu Province).

[source] it is the whole plant of Artemisia ordosica.

[plant morphology] Artemisia ordosica

Perennial herb, stem erect, height 60-90 cm. Leaves alternate; leaves below middle part of stem, base cuneate, apex pinnately 3-lobed, middle lobe wider and pinnately 3-lobed; leaves above middle part linear, entire; leaves green on both sides, glabrous. Head inflorescence, arranged in panicle shape, each head is spherical, about 1.5 mm in diameter; involucre is spherical, bracts are 3-4 layers, outer bracts are smaller, ovate, inner bracts are elliptic, back central part is green, margin membranous; receptacle is spherical, supernumerary bisexual flower and female flower, corolla is tubular; female flower is located in the periphery of receptacle, there is only one pistil and two stigmas in the center of corolla The flower is bisexual in the center, with 5-lobed corolla apex; 5 stamens, with anthers connate around the stigma; 1 pistil, in the center, with stigma capitate. Achenes elliptic, glabrous. The flowering period is from September to October.

Growing on hillside, roadside or wasteland. It is distributed in most areas of China.

The root of this plant (Artemisia ordosica L.) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

Another variant of this plant, rhinoceros wormwood, is also used as medicine. Leaves linear or deeply lobed, lobes broadly pinnate or anterior. It is distributed all over Sichuan.

[collection] in summer and autumn, the whole grass was taken and dried in the sun.

[medicinal material] the dried whole grass has cylindrical stem, 1-3 mm in diameter, black brown or brown surface, hard texture, fibrous surface, yellow white, and white loose pith in the center. The remaining leaves are yellowish green to brownish black, mostly broken, wrinkled and curly, brittle and easy to take off. The inflorescence is yellowish green, and there are several long oval brown seeds in the bracts. It is fragrant and slightly bitter.

Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places.

In Shanghai, Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places, this product can be used as a special agent of Artemisia annua. See Artemisia annua.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains volatile oil, including gabalene, farnesyl acetate, caryophyllene, tricyclic stigmarcene, β - CARENE, ε -, δ - and γ - pipercene; in addition, it contains α - and β - pinene, camphene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, ascarisone, α - platycladinone, ascarisol and β - Bourbon Geranium.

[pharmacological action] the ethanol or acetone extract of the whole herb has anti Trichophyton rubrum effect (in vitro).

[flavor] bitter, slightly sweet, cold.

① Bielu: "it tastes bitter, warm and nontoxic. "

② "Compendium": "bitter slightly sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "hard work, cold.". "

④ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is mild in nature, mild in taste and non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: relieving exterior symptoms, clearing away heat and killing insects. Treatment of cold, body heat, strain cough, hot flashes, infantile malnutrition, malaria, mouth sores, scabies, eczema.

① Bielu: "fill skin, replenish qi, make people fat. "

② The compendium of Medical Sciences: "the treatment of Yin swelling is based on leizhifu. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "to treat aphthous ulcer, to eliminate malnutrition, to eliminate insect concealment. "

④ "Classification of herbal medicine nature": "treatment of typhoid fever and chest, fever and madness, tonifying five tuberculosis and seven injuries, treatment of hemorrhoids, alcohol poison, lower blood. "

⑤ "Lu Chuan's materia medica:" dispelling wind and dispersing heat, relieving exterior heat. Treat cold, body heat and headache. "

⑥ "Jiangxi folk herbal medicine": "children's food accumulation, swelling and fever. "

⑦ "It can clear blood heat, liver heat and ebb tide heat. It can cure cough and constipation. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1.5 ~ 3 yuan; or mash juice. External use: wash with boiling water.

[formula selection] 1. To treat the cold and heat of malaria: a handful of Artemisia root and a handful of didijin root. I'll take it before I send it. I'll apply it to my mouth. (name of the sea)

② Treatment of women's blood collapse: one or two Artemisia, one hen, stewed to residue, eating chicken and juice. (Mindong materia medica)

③ Control throat moth: Artemisia fresh whole grass one to two. Chop and fry. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

④ Treatment of scabies and eczema: wash the affected area with mouhao decoction. (Zhejiang folk herbs)