Artemisia tricolor

Artemisia tricolor

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[alias] Artemisia annua (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of the Compositae plant dichromatic Xiangqing.

[plant morphology] two color Xiangqing

Perennial herbs, 35-50 cm high. The rhizome is short and has whisker like roots. Stems tufted, densely white woolly when young. Leaves alternate, linear, 2-2.5 cm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, apex sharp, base clasping stem, entire, green above, sparsely white woolly, white below, densely white woolly.

Born on a barren slope.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] slightly warm in nature, slightly astringent in taste.

Functions and indications: clearing heat, relieving pain and tonifying deficiency.

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of Sha Qi stomachache: fresh three round wormwood for one yuan, chewed and served with boiling water. (the following is Guizhou folk medicine)

② Treatment of tuberculosis: three rounds of Artemisia root three Liang, a jin of wine, sooner or later each take one or two. (Guizhou herbal medicine)