Speaking of wormwood, it is very common among people, and occasionally people will eat cakes made from wormwood. Do you know about Zangyinchen? Are Tibetan Artemisia and Yinchen the same plant? What are their respective functions and functions? Then this issue’s healthy food culture will be analyzed for you.
Effects of Tibetan Yinchen
Tibetan Yinchen, known as "Jiadou" in Tibetan and "Menggen Digetu" in Mongolian, is one of the eight precious Tibetan medicines with a long history. It is native to Tibet in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at an altitude of 2,000-5,000 meters and in the adjacent Nepal area under trees, shrubs, meadows, ravines and other places. Yinchen is also rich in vitamins C and B, and contains a variety of trace elements and amino acids needed by the human body, and has good health care functions. Yinchen contains active ingredients such as oleanolic acid, mangiferin, gentioside, and flavonoids. It is a specific drug for the treatment of chronic hepatitis and icteric hepatitis.
Tibetan artemisia has the effects of increasing human immunity, lightening the body and replenishing qi, protecting liver and gallbladder, resisting aging and preventing cancer. Commonly used to treat jaundice hepatitis, cirrhosis, and ascites. Cholecystitis, biliary syndrome, bile duct reflux gastritis, acute osteomyelitis, acute bacillary dysentery, acute jaundice hepatitis, acute conjunctivitis, acute pharyngitis and burns. It is also used for wind-fire toothache, heat stranguria and other diseases. In addition, it also has certain curative effects on urinary tract infections and gynecological vulvar diseases.
What is the difference between Tibetan artemisia and Artemisia arborescens
Artemisia arborescens is also known as oregano, artemisia arborescens, wormwood, Artemisia tenuifolia, amlu grass, etc. In summer, its seedlings turn into mugwort, so it is also called mugwort. Chinese people still have the habit of using rice flour to make wormwood cakes and dumplings. For cooking, you need to pick young seedlings of Artemisia arborescens. The old medicinal plant is Artemisia wormwood. The whole plant can be used as medicine to prevent influenza, treat heatstroke, colds, headaches, abdominal pain, vomiting, chest and diaphragm distension, gas blockage and food stagnation, food accumulation and bloating in children, diarrhea, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, skin itching and edema, etc. disease, its heat dissipation effect is especially better than mint.
Yinchen has two harvest periods. Spring Yinchen clears away heat and reduces dampness; it reduces yellowing. Indications: jaundice, difficulty urinating, eczema and itching, infectious jaundice-type hepatitis, etc. It is choleretic, protects liver function, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, lowers blood lipids, lowers blood pressure, and expands coronary artery. The customary name for harvesting in the season is "Mian Yinchen"; the customary name for harvesting in autumn is "Yinchenhao". Therefore, there is a saying that "in February there are wormwood and in May there are wormwood".
Although Tibetan Artemisia arborescens and Artemisia arborescens are very similar in name, they are actually two completely different traditional Chinese medicines. They are completely different in terms of origin, pharmacology and effects. They cannot be considered the same. Tibetan artemisia has very significant effects of reducing heat and dampness, clearing the liver, promoting choleretics, lowering blood pressure, etc. However, artemisia has antipyretic, analgesic, antipruritic, refreshing and diuretic effects.