1, alias and source:
Artemisia capillaris, Artemisia capillaris, Artemisia capillaris and Folium Artemisiae Argyi. It is the dry aerial part of Artemisia scoparia or Artemisia scoparia in Compositae. ?
2. Place of origin:
Born on hillsides and roadsides. It is distributed all over the country. Location: Shaanxi, Hebei, Shanxi and other provinces. The commodity is generally called Mianyinchen, and the product produced in Shaanxi is called Xiyinchen, which has the best quality.
3, character recognition:
Most of Artemisia capillaris seedlings are curly, and the whole plant is densely covered with white hair and gray-green; The leaves are mostly silky and soft as velvet; The gas is slightly fragrant and the taste is slightly bitter.
The seedlings are all curled into a ball, grayish white, grayish green or grayish yellow (stored for a long time). All are densely covered with gray-white or gray-yellow silk hairs, soft as velvet. The stem is small, with a length of 1.5 ~ 2.5 cm and a diameter of 1 ~ 5 mm, and obvious longitudinal stripes can be seen after the surface silk hairs are removed. Fragile and easily broken.
Leaves have stalks. After flattening, the leaves split pinnately or palmately 2-3 times. The leaves are 1-3cm long and1cm wide. Leaflets are oval, obovate or oblanceolate, linear and sharp at the top. The smell is fragrant and the taste is slightly sweet. It is best to be tender, soft, gray and fragrant. ?
4. Sexual taste orientation:
Bitter, pungent and slightly cold. Into the spleen, stomach, liver and gallbladder.
5, performance characteristics:
The taste is bitter, the nature is cold and clear, and it can clear away damp-heat in liver and gallbladder, promote gallbladder function and relieve jaundice. ?
6, efficacy indications:
Clearing heat and promoting diuresis; Yellowing. Indications: jaundice; Poor urination; Wet sores itch?
7. Usage and dosage:
6~ 15g. Appropriate amount for external use, decoction, fumigation and washing.
8. Notes:
It is reported that excessive Artemisia capillaris can cause dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, epigastric discomfort, acute hepatobiliary injury and arrhythmia. However, the therapeutic dose of Herba Artemisiae Scopariae generally does not cause serious harm.
? 1, traditional Chinese medicine folk stories:
It is said that Hua Tuo treated a patient with jaundice, but there was no good medicine and no cure. After a while, Hua Tuo found that the patient had suddenly recovered and hurriedly asked him what medicine he had taken. He said that he ate a green weed. When Hua Tuo saw that it was Artemisia annua, he picked some from the ground and tried it on other people with jaundice. It didn't work several times. Hua Tuo went to ask the recovered patient when Artemisia was eaten, and he said it was March.
Hua Tuo's enlightenment, spring in March, yang rising, grass growing. It is possible that Artemisia scoparia seeds have medicinal properties. In the following spring, Hua Tuo picked a lot of Artemisia annua in March and gave it to people with jaundice. Sure enough, he ate a good one, but after March, Artemisia annua had no effect. In order to find out the medicinal properties of Artemisia annua, in the third year, Hua Tuo conducted a classification test on roots, stems and leaves. Practice has proved that only young stems and leaves can be used as medicine to treat diseases, and named "Chen Yin".
He also composed music for future generations to learn from: "March wormwood, April wormwood handed down to future generations." In March, wormwood cures jaundice, and in April, Artemisia annua is used as firewood. " ?
2. Pharmacology:
Clearing heat and promoting diuresis; Yellowing. Indications: jaundice, dysuria, wet sores and itching, infectious jaundice hepatitis. Pharmacological research is beneficial to gallbladder, liver protection, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, blood lipid lowering, blood pressure lowering, crown expansion and other functions. Of course, this is only a study of extracting ingredients from Herba Artemisiae Scopariae by western medicine, and it is difficult to judge the effect in clinical application. The toxicity of Chen Su is central inhibition, which is manifested as drowsiness and salivation.
It is reported that excessive Artemisia capillaris can cause dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, epigastric discomfort, acute hepatobiliary injury and arrhythmia. However, the therapeutic dose of Herba Artemisiae Scopariae generally does not cause serious harm.
Herba Artemisiae Scopariae has remarkable liver protection effect, and has remarkable curative effect on hepatitis A, hepatitis B and icteric hepatitis. Conducive to bile, promoting bile secretion, increasing bile acid and bilirubin excretion, increasing coronary blood flow, improving microcirculation, lowering blood pressure, reducing blood lipid, anticoagulant, diuretic, relieving fever and asthma, expelling ascaris, and inhibiting various pathogenic skin fungi and bacteria.
3, the wonderful use of traditional Chinese medicine:
(1) is used to treat Yangming disease, but the head is sweating, the body is not sweating, the medicine belongs to the neck, the urination is unfavorable, the body is thirsty, and the blood stasis is in the body. The body is yellow: Artemisia capillaris 300g, Gardenia 14 tablets (broken), and rhubarb 100g (peeled). Take two liters of water in a bucket, first boil Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, reduce six liters, take two flavors, boil three liters, and divide into three parts. Urine is beneficial, urine is like honey locust juice. (Yinchenhao Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases)
(2) Treatment of yellowing above waist, slow pulse, cold limbs and spontaneous sweating: Herba Artemisiae Scopariae 100g, 8 pieces of Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, and 75g of dried ginger (processed). 50 grams of licorice (fried). The top is rough and the bottom is rough. Divide into four stickers and decoct in water. ("Yu Ji Wei Yi" Chen Yin Sini Decoction)
(3) The patient's body is golden yellow, he can't talk much, his limbs are weak, he can't sleep well, and he vomits mucus: 50 grams of Artemisia capillaris and 50 grams of Dictamni Radicis. Two-flavor coarse sieve. Take 15g each time, a glass of water, fry for 6 minutes, and take it warm before eating for three days. ("The Total Record of Raw Muscle" Chen Yin Soup.
(4) Treatment of all gallbladder infections: Herba Artemisiae Scopariae 30g dandelion 12g honeysuckle stem 12g Sichuan Army 10g decoction. (Qingdao Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
(5) Treating fever: Herba Artemisiae Scopariae100g, Radix Scrophulariae 50g, Fructus Gardeniae 0g, and Radix Glycyrrhizae 20g, mashed and sieved into powder. Take 20 grams of Herba Artemisiae Scopariae with a glass of water for six minutes, regardless of time.
(6)? Treatment of ulcer: Artemisia capillaris is is boiled with five liters of water, and it gets seven liters. (Wash the ulcer with Gleditsia sinensis soup first, and then wash it with soup. It is best to wash it for three or four degrees every other day, otherwise it will be unbearable. ("Outside Taiwan Province" is quoted from "Cui Shi Square")