The efficacy and function of Artemisia annua:

1, clearing heat and cooling blood

For internal heat caused by sore throat, red eyes, dry mouth and tongue.

2, relief of heatstroke

For summer heatstroke, evidence of dryness, heat and sweat, thirst, limb weakness, shock and so on.

3, remove steam

It is used for summer fever caused by yin deficiency and fire exuberance, fever caused by yin deficiency, night fever and morning coolness, bone vapor and labor heat, malaria cold and heat, and damp-heat jaundice.

4. Benefiting Qi

Treating hair loss, gray hair, blurred vision, jaundice and signs of depression and fire without relief.

5, cooling the blood and diuretic

For urinary incontinence, short and red urine, wind-heat in the large intestine and lowering of blood, retreating five kinds of laborious heat, fever and fear of cold.

Artemisia annua contraindications:

1, artemisia annua smell aromatic, the ground intestinal and gastric stimulation is not big, with the general bitter and cold medicine and injury to the spleen and stomach is different, but there is diarrhea should not be used. Sweaters should also be used with caution.

2, although artemisia can be used whole grass, but mainly rely on its leaves, clearing the muscle. Artemisia seeds without fever-reducing function, but can cure constipation.

Expanded Information

Artemisia annua related prescription:

1, the treatment of summer fever dysentery: Artemisia annua leaves one or two, licorice one money. Water decoction. ("Sheng Ji General Records")

2, the treatment of fatigue, night sweats, irritable fever, dry mouth: artemisia annua one catty. Take the juice of boiling cream, into the ginseng, maitake each one or two, boiled to the pill, pills such as a sycamore seed size. Every time after eating, drink twenty pills under rice. ("Sheng Ji General Records" artemisia pills)

3, the treatment of warm disease night heat and early cool, heat without sweating, heat from the yin to come: artemisia two money, turtle armor five money, fine raw land four money, mother of pearl two money, danpi three money. Five cups of water, boiled to take two cups, day again. (《温病条辨》青蒿鳖甲汤)

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