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Different names Wei (The Book of Songs), Muwei (Biography of Mao Shi), Artemisia capillaris (Herbal Medicine of Tang Dynasty), hot and spicy vegetables (Herbal Medicine for Disaster Relief), Brassica campestris, Brassica campestris (Compilation of Common Folk Herbs), Bupleurum chinense (Herbal Medicine of Lu Chuan), and Paederia hirsuta (Jiangxi Folk Herbs) Artemisia ordosica, Herba Artemisiae Argyi, Herba Artemisiae Argyi, In the snow, Herba Ardisiae Japonici, Artemisia Ma Lian, Herba Agastaches, Goose Herbs (Common Folk Herbs in Zhejiang), Herba Artemisiae Scopariae (Hunan Folk Medicinal Materials), Herba Artemisiae Argyi, Herba Artemisiae Argyi, and Herba Paederiae (Records of Jiangsu Medicinal Materials).

The source is the whole grass of Artemisia scoparia of Compositae.

Plant morphology Artemisia scoparia

Perennial herb, erect stem, 60 ~ 90 cm high. Leaves alternate; Leaves below the middle of the stem, cuneate at the base, pinnately 3-lobed at the apex, wide middle lobe and pinnately 3-lobed; Leaves above the middle are linear, entire; The leaves are green on both sides and hairless. The flower heads are arranged in a panicle shape, and each flower head is spherical with a diameter of about 1.5 mm; The involucre is spherical, with 3 ~ 4 layers of bracts, the outer bracts are small and oval, the inner bracts are oval, the center of the back is green, and the edges are membranous; The receptacle is spherical, with bisexual flowers and female flowers, and the corolla is tubular; Female flowers are located on the periphery of receptacle, with only pistil/kloc-0 in the center of corolla and 2-lobed stigma; The center is bisexual, and the corolla apex is 5-lobed; Stamens 5, anthers connate, around the stigma; Pistil 1 piece, located in the center, stigma head-shaped. Achenes elliptic, glabrous. The flowering period is September ~1October.

Growing on slopes, roadsides or wasteland. It is distributed in most areas of China.

The root of this plant (Artemisia scoparia) is also used for medicine, and another article is detailed.

Another variant plant, Artemisia ordosica, is also used as medicine. The main difference from Artemisia scoparia is that the leaves are pinnately divided, the lobes are linear, and the front of the lobes are slightly wide or have deeply divided teeth. Distributed in all parts of Sichuan.

Collect the whole grass in summer and autumn and dry it in the sun.

The dried whole herb has a cylindrical stem with a diameter of1~ 3 mm and a dark brown or brown surface. Hard, the broken surface is fibrous, yellow-white, and there is a white loose pulp in the center. The remaining leaves are yellow-green to brown-black, mostly broken, shriveled and curled, brittle and easy to take off. Inflorescence is yellow-green, and several oblong brown seeds can be seen in bracts. The smell is fragrant and the taste is slightly bitter.

Location: Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places.

This product is used as Artemisia annua L. in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Sichuan. See article "Artemisia annua".

The chemical composition of the whole plant contains volatile oil, including coumarin, acacia acetate, caryophyllene, tricyclic mangene, β-humulone, ε-,δ-and γ-Uralene. In addition, it also contains α-and β-pinene, camphene, limonene, 1, 8- cineole, piperidone, α-arborvitae ketone, piperonyl alcohol and β-bourbon geraniol.

Pharmacological action The ethanol or acetone extract of the whole plant has the effect of resisting Trichophyton rubrum (in vitro).

Bitter and slightly sweet, cold.

① Bielu: "Bitter, warm and nontoxic."

② Compendium: "Bitter but slightly sweet, warm and non-toxic."

③ Compendium of Medical Forest: "Hard work, cold."

④ Annals of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Flat in nature, light in taste and nontoxic."

Functions: relieving exterior syndrome, clearing away heat and killing insects. Treat colds, body heat, cough due to strain, hot flashes, infantile malnutrition, malaria, aphtha, scabies and eczema.

(1) "Bielu": "Filling the skin, benefiting qi, making people fat."

(2) Compendium: "Take the juice and treat yin swelling."

③ A Compendium of Medical Forest: "Treat aphtha, eliminate malnutrition, and remove insects and hide."

④ Classification of Herbs: "Treating typhoid fever with chest obstruction and fever madness, reinforcing five tuberculosis and seven injuries, treating hemorrhoids, alcoholism and bleeding."

⑤ "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": "Dispel wind and disperse, relieve exterior symptoms and reduce fever. For colds, body heat and headaches. "

⑥ Jiangxi Folk Herbs: "Children with food accumulation and fever."

⑦ Annals of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine: "It can clear blood heat, liver heat and ebb tide heat. For cough, I can't urinate. "

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction,1.5 ~ 3 RMB; Or mash the juice. External use: decocting and washing.

Prescription 1: Treating malaria, cold and heat: one root of Artemisia sphaerocephala and one root of Dictyophora japonica. Beat the wine for one minute without taking it before sending it; Fill an inch with me. ("Famous Maritime Party")

② Treatment of women's bloody collapse: one or two Artemisia scoparia and one hen. After stewing, remove residues and eat chicken and juice. ("Mindong Herbal Medicine")

③ Treatment of throat moth: fresh whole grass of Artemisia ordosica is one to two. Chop and decoct in water. ("Common Folk Herbs in Zhejiang")

④ Treatment of scabies and eczema: Artemisia scoparia is decocted and washed with water. ("Common Folk Herbs in Zhejiang")

Remind you: Artemisia scoparia, a Chinese herbal medicine, comes from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.