The efficacy and function of Artemisia seeds

I believe that people are not so clear about the effects and functions of Artemisia seeds, but in fact, this thing can be used to treat many diseases, and there will be no side effects. Especially when female friends feel weak, they can use it for treatment, and it can also have a certain nourishing effect on the body. However, this kind of Chinese medicinal material often needs to be used in combination with other ingredients.

1. Warm pathogens damage yin, causing night heat and morning coolness

This product is bitter and cold in nature, clears heat, and is pungent and fragrant in nature. It is good at clearing latent heat in the yin. Therefore, it can be used to treat the latent heat in febrile disease, when residual heat has not been cleared, evil pathogens hidden in the yin, damaging yin and robbing fluid, night heat and morning coolness, no sweating when the fever subsides, or low-grade fever that persists after a febrile disease. It is often used together with turtle shell, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Cortex Moutan, Rehmannia glutinosa, etc., such as Qinghao Biejia Decoction (Treatise on Warm Diseases).

2. Yin deficiency fever, fatigue fever and bone steaming

This product is bitter and cold, enters the liver and circulates blood, and has the effects of clearing away deficiency heat, cooling blood and removing steaming. It is used to treat yin deficiency fever, bone steaming and fatigue fever, hot flashes and night sweats, fever in the five hearts, and red tongue with little coating. It is often used together with silver bupleurum, coptis chinensis, anemarrhena, turtle shell, etc., such as Qinggu Powder (Zhengzhi Zhunsheng).

3. Summer heat, fever and thirst

This product is bitter, cold, heat-clearing, aromatic and dispersing, and good at relieving summer heat. Therefore, it can be used to treat exogenous summer heat, dizziness, headache, fever and thirst. It is often used together with Forsythia suspensa, Talcum powder, and watermelon rind, such as Qingliang Dishu Decoction (Treatise on Shibing).

4. Malaria fever

This product is pungent, cold and aromatic. It mainly enters the liver and gallbladder. It is very effective in stopping malaria, especially in eliminating the cold and heat caused by malaria. It is a good medicine for treating malaria. For example, the "Emergency Prescriptions for the Elbow" uses large doses of fresh herbs alone, or combines them with herbs such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Talcum, Indigo, and Smilax glabra according to symptoms. This product has a fragrant and penetrating aroma, and is good at clearing away heat evils in the liver and gallbladder. It can be used together with drugs such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Talcum, and Pinellia ternata to treat symptoms such as damp-heat stagnation in the Shaoyang and Sanjiao, unfavorable Qi movement, severe cold and heat, and chest fullness and nausea, such as Artemisia Scutellariae and Gallbladder Clearing Decoction (Popular Treatise on Febrile Diseases).

Low toxicity is one of the important characteristics of Artemisia annua. When Artemisia annua extract tablets are used to treat malaria, only a few cases (3.4%) experience nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea; intramuscular injection of artemisinin aqueous suspension causes mild pain; artemisinin injection may occasionally cause allergic reactions, which should be noted.