Wild green hemp

Wild green hemp

(Zhejiang Journal of traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] nettle (Chinese plant Atlas), Artemisia argyi, honghema, HEMA grass (Guizhou herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of Artemisia balsamifera.

[plant morphology] Artemisia balsamifera, also known as "stinging hemp seed".

Perennial erect herbs, 50-70 cm high. Roots fusiform or cordate, dark brown. Stems angulate, with small or sparsely setae. Leaves alternate, ovate, long ovate or ovate elliptic, 8-13 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, apex short acuminate, base obtuse to rounded, margin crenate serrate. The upper part is dark green with short hairs, stings and small globular stalactites, the lower part is light green with few hairs, and the veins are reddish. There are short hairs and long stings on the main veins. Generally, 1-3 brown, fleshy and globular bulbils grow in the axils of the leaves. The petiole is 3-6cm long with small hairs and long stings. Flowers unisexual, monoecious; male inflorescence conical, sessile, axillary, horizontally spreading, 2-4cm long; male inflorescence with short flat peduncle, perianth 4-5cm, green white, lobes ovoid, stamens 4-5, opposite perianth lobes, ovary degenerated into cup-shaped, translucent; female inflorescence conical, terminal, long peduncle, 11-15cm long, branches flat, short hairs and long stings Female flowers with short pedicels, pedicels flat, slightly winged; sepals 4, pale green, abaxial 2, significantly enlarged after anthesis; pistil 1, initially erect, later oblique, style linear. Achene flat, nearly round, short stalked, pale yellow, style lateral, persistent. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows in hillside grassland, shady slope broad-leaved forest, coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest or forest edge wetland. Distributed in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Henan, Guizhou and other places.

[nature and taste] Guizhou herbal medicine: "root: pungent, warm. "

[function and indications] ① Zhejiang Journal of traditional Chinese medicine: "whole herb: treating malnutrition.". "

② Guizhou herbal medicine: "root: dispelling wind, removing dampness, promoting blood circulation. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan (1 liang fresh); or soak in wine.

[selection] 1. To treat rheumatism and numbness: take honghema root Wuqian, simmer it in water, and wash it with honghema decoction. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

② Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis pain: honghemagen - two, hongwujiapi three money, wine service. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

③ Treatment malnutrition: wild green hemp whole grass three to five money (fresh product one or two), soak water service; serious cases with chicken liver or pig liver with boiling service. (Zhejiang Journal of traditional Chinese medicine (12): 321958)