Desert GA

Desert GA

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

[synonym] Artemisia sphaerocephala.

[source] it is the tender branches and leaves of Artemisia ordosica.

[plant morphology] Artemisia annua

Subshrub, 50-80 cm high. Stem from the base of many branches, often creeping on the sand, wet sand with adventitious roots. The leaves are feathery and hairy, and the lobes are narrowly linear. Inflorescence hemispherical, pendulous, 4-5 mm in diameter; pedicel 1-2 mm in length. Seeds black, slender. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from September to October.

It is found in sandy land and saline soil. Distributed in Liaoning, Jilin, Inner Mongolia and other places.

[collection] in spring and summer, young shoots were cut and dried.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

[function indications] expectorant, antiasthmatic, relieving exterior. Treat chronic tracheitis, cold, rheumatoid arthritis.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: grind powder, 0.5-1 yuan; or make pills or boil ointment.

[prescription selection] ① to treat chronic tracheitis and asthma: Desert GA is made into honey pill (each pill contains desert GA dry powder for one dollar), twice a day, one pill each time.

② Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Desert GA, decoction boil cream, with other drugs made into honey pills, oral.