Artemisia capillaris (UK)
Alias Artemisia capillaris, Artemisia scoparia, Artemisia capillaris and Artemisia argyi.
The source is the seedling of Artemisia capillaris. Compositae plants
Plant morphology perennial herbs or semi-shrubs. The stem is erect, with a height of 0.5 ~ 1m, woody base, yellowish brown surface, longitudinal stripes and many branches; When they were young, they all had brown silk hair, and when they grew up, they were almost hairless. The pinnae of leaf 1 ~ 3 is deeply divided, and the lower lobe is wide and short, often short and filiform; The middle leaf is as slender as a hair, about1mm wide; The pinnate head of the upper leaves is divided, 3-lobed or undivided, subglabrous. The heads are small and numerous, densely forming complex racemes; The involucral bracts are 3-4 layers, hairless, with oval outer layer, oval inner layer, green center and membranous edge; The flowers are yellow and tubular, with 3-5 outer flowers, fertile female flowers and 5-7 inner flowers, both sexes and sterile. Achenes oblong, ca. 0.8 mm long, glabrous. The flowering period is September to June 10, and the fruiting period is June 10 to February 10.
Born on hillsides and roadsides. It is distributed all over the country.
When the height of seedlings is 6 ~ 10 cm, spring seedlings are harvested, old stems and impurities are removed, and dried.
The chemical composition contains 6,7-dimethyl aesculin and volatile oil, and the main components are alpha-pinene, capillarine, capillarity alcohol, capillarine and chlorogenic acid.
The taste is slightly cold, spicy and bitter.
Function is mainly used for clearing damp heat and yellowing. Can be used for treating jaundice, oliguria, pruritus, and infectious icteric hepatitis.
The seedlings of Artemisia scoparia, which belong to the same plant, are used as medicine.
The dry aerial parts of Artemisia capillaris. Harvesting in spring when the seedling height is 6 ~ 10 cm, or harvesting in autumn when it sprouts, removing impurities and old stems, and drying in the sun. The spring harvest is called "Mianyinchen" and the autumn harvest is called "Yinchen".
Methods: Remove residual roots and impurities, and crush or chop them. Sieve the dust from the wormwood.
Character; Role; letter
Mianyinchen: It is rolled into a ball, gray-white or gray-green, covered with white fluff and soft as velvet. The stem is very small and long 1. 5~2。 5cm, diameter 0. 1~0。 2cm, obvious longitudinal lines can be seen after removing the white fluff on the surface; Fragile and easily broken. Leaves stipitate; After flattening, the leaves split into one or three pinnate compound leaves, with a length of 1 ~ 3cm and a width of1cm. Lobules ovate or slightly oblanceolate, strip-shaped, with pointed apex. The smell is fragrant and the taste is slightly bitter.
Artemisia capillaris: the stem is cylindrical and multi-branched, with a length of 30 ~ 100 cm and a diameter of 2 ~ 8mm；; The surface is lavender or purple, with longitudinal stripes and pilosity; Light weight, fragile, white cross-section. Leaves dense, or more deciduous; The lower leaves are pinnately divided two or three times, the lobes are strip-shaped or thin, and both sides are densely white; Cauline leaves split pinnately once or twice, with stipes and filiform lobes at the base; The head is oval, mostly conical, and is 1 long. 2~ 1。 5mm, diameter 1 ~ 1. 2mm, short peduncle; The total bracts are 3 ~ 4 layers, ovoid, and the bracts are 3-lobed; The outer female flower is 6 ~ 10, and the maximum is 15, and the inner bisexual flower is 2 ~ 10. Achenes are rectangular and yellowish brown. The smell is fragrant and slightly bitter.
Bitter, pungent and slightly cold in nature. Into the spleen, stomach, liver and gallbladder.
Usage and dosage: 6 ~ 15g. Appropriate amount for external use, decoction, fumigation and washing.