The efficacy and function of Qizhou Artemisia striata

For many Chinese people, traditional Chinese medicine is very trustworthy because it has a long history and few side effects. Artemisia argyi from Qizhou is a common Chinese medicinal material, which has many benefits for human health. So how can we eat Artemisia argyi from Qizhou? Let’s learn about it below.

[Other names] Snake tongue grass, bamboo leaf wormwood (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), fish gall grass, wormwood (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine).

[Source] It is the whole herb of Erigeron candidum of the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] Annual herb, 30 to 120 cm tall, green all over, with shed hairs. The upper part is multi-branched and the twigs are weak. The leaves at the base are nearly spoon-shaped, 7 to 10 cm long, 1 to 1.5 cm wide, with serrated or entire margins and ciliate edges; the leaves at the top are linear or linear-lanceolate. The head inflorescence is about 5 mm in diameter, with long petioles, arranged in panicles; the involucre is hemispherical, about 4 mm long; the bracts are linear; the marginal ligulate flowers are white, very small, and female; the central tubular flower is yellow, bisexual, and 5-lobed at the apex. Achenes are flat, slightly hairy, about 1.5 mm long, with pappus about 4 mm long. Flowering period is autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in fields and roadsides. Distributed throughout North China, East China and South China.

[Chemical composition] The whole plant contains 0.29% volatile oil (fresh product) and 1.14% (dry product). The volatile oil contains limonene, linalool, linoleyl acetate and 6% aldehydes; there are also pyrethrin, dehydropyrethrin and cyanidin X. The above-ground parts contain cumene and o-benzylbenzoic acid.

[Pharmacological action] The volatile oil contained in the leaves during the flowering season can prevent and treat diarrhea in children caused by allergic reaction to milk. It can also be used for diarrhea or internal bleeding.

[Nature and flavor] "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "bitter, cool."

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies, dispels wind and relieves itching. Treat stomatitis, otitis media, conjunctivitis, toothache caused by wind and fire, and rheumatic bone pain.

[Usage and Dosage] For external use: mash and apply, mash the juice and gargle with it, or grind it into powder and apply. For internal use: decoct 0.3-1 liang of water.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat otitis media: Mash the fresh leaves of fish gall grass into juice, add eel blood and drip into the ear, twice a day.

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This article ends the introduction to the medicinal value of Artemisia argyi from Qizhou. In fact, Artemisia argyi from Qizhou has many different effects when used as medicine, all of which have significant benefits to the human body. Everyone can try it.