Artemisia matsutake

Artemisia matsutake

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[synonym] Artemisia glutinosa and Artemisia capillaris.

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

[plant morphology] Artemisia matsutake

Annual herb, 25-60 cm high. All glandular hairy, sticky. Stem erect, upper part much branched. Leaves opposite, 1.5-2.5 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, pinnately divided, lobes oblong on both sides, apical lobes larger, ovoid, margin serrate, with short stalks. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, shortly stipitate; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, lobes leaflike, long elliptic, margin serrate; corolla tubular, 2-lipped, reddish, ca. 1.5 cm long, throat with 2 yellow stripes, margin ciliate. Capsule ovate oblate, with short hairs. Seeds elliptic, reticulate. The flowering period is from September to October.

It grows on the grass slope of mountain area. It is distributed in most areas of China.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] it is mild in nature and pungent in taste.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. Treatment of jaundice, edema. Wind heat cold, nose hidden, mouth hidden, teeth hidden.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: decoct, wash or apply.

[selection] 1. Treatment of jaundice: one or two pine wormwood, five pennies of Bergenia, three pennies of Cortex Phellodendri, three Pennisetum, three Pennisetum, two Pennisetum. Simmer water clothes.

② Treatment of edema: Pine Artemisia one or two, simmer water in bedtime clothes; simmer water fumigation at the same time wash the whole body.

⑧ Treatment of wind heat cold: Pine Artemisia five money, ginger three. Simmer water clothes.