The efficacy and function of Tibetan Artemisia

In daily life, people are not only very familiar with various foods, but also come into contact with a lot of medicines in daily life. Among them, Tibetan hornwormwood is a relatively common Chinese medicinal material. Given that there are still many people who don’t know much about Tibetan hornwormwood, let’s take a detailed look at it below.

【Other name】 Artemisia hornbeam

[Source] Medicinal material source: the roots and seeds of the Bignoniaceae plant.

[Original morphology] Tibetan Pomelo is a dwarf perennial herb, 10-20cm tall. The roots are fleshy, thick, and powdery, 6-11mm. The leaves are basal, flat on the ground, and are pinnately compound leaves; the rachis is 3-4 cm long; the apical leaflets are ovate to round, 3-5 (-7) cm long and wide, with rounded or obtuse apex and cordate base; the lateral leaflets are 2-5 pairs, nearly sessile, ovate-elliptical, 1-2 cm long, about 1 cm wide, rough, with bubble-like protrusions, and blunt teeth. Flowers are solitary or 3-6 in number on shortened peduncles emerging from leaf axils; pedicels are 6-9mm long; calyx is bell-shaped, glabrous, 8-12mm long, about 4mm in diameter at the mouth, with 5 calyx teeth of varying sizes; corolla is slender, funnel-shaped, 4-5 (-7) cm long, 8mm in diameter in the middle, and the corolla tube is orange-yellow; stamens are 4, didyna; ovary is rod-shaped, 2-chambered, stigma is fan-shaped, and dehisces in 2 pieces. The capsule is nearly woody, curved or crescent-shaped, 3-4.5 cm long, with 4 edges, sharp tip, light brown, and split into 2 lobes. Seeds in 2 rows, oval, about 5mm long, 2.5mm wide, convex below, concave above, nearly black, with inconspicuous serrated surroundings and scales. The flowering period is from May to August, and the fruiting period is from August to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in high sandy meadows and gravel mat thickets on hillsides.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Light; Warm

【Functions and indications】 Tonifies Qi and nourishes blood. Mainly used for weakness due to long-term illness; lack of milk after childbirth; dizziness; anemia

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

In general, the effect of Tibetan hornwormwood is quite significant. It is precisely because Tibetan hornwormwood has relatively good health-preserving effects that the application of Tibetan hornwormwood in health-preserving life can be said to be quite high.