What are the effects and functions of soaking white sedge in water? Who is the nemesis of white sedge?

White sedge is a very common plant, also belongs to the grass family. It can mainly regulate the sore throat that many people now have. It has obvious effects on eliminating dampness and heat, jaundice, swelling and heat, and cough. It has a very strong conditioning effect on jaundice, dampness and heat in the body, and gallbladder diseases that many people have. It also has a certain effect on preventing the formation of cholesterol stones, so it is very popular among people.

The role of Artemisia

Clears away dampness and heat, relieves jaundice

(1) Artemisia has a significant effect in promoting bile secretion and relieving jaundice

Artemisia white can not only effectively increase the bile flow of patients with gallstones, but also significantly reduce the cholesterol content in bile, and has a certain effect on preventing the formation of cholesterol stones.

It promotes bile secretion and excretion in both normal experimental animals and rats with liver damage caused by CCl4.

(2) It can reduce serum transaminase activity and alleviate hepatocyte swelling, ballooning, fatty degeneration and necrosis.

Artemisia annua chromone, 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin, artemisia annua flavonoids and other ingredients all have liver-protecting effects.

Liver protection: Artemisia has certain liver protection effects because it can enhance the liver's detoxification function, protect the integrity of liver cell membranes, and induce liver drug enzymes. In addition, it also has a certain promoting effect on the regeneration of liver cells.

(3) It has a significant inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus in vitro

It has a certain inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae, hemolytic Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, diphtheria Corynebacterium, bovine and human tuberculosis, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, pathogenic filaments, and skin fungi such as Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus versicolor.

The antibacterial active ingredients of Artemisia annua are mainly artemesinone, p-hydroxyacetophenone and other volatile oil components.

The antibacterial active ingredients of Artemisia argyi are mainly artemisinin, p-hydroxyacetophenone and other volatile oil components.

(4) Antipyretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory

Artemisia annua has a significant antipyretic effect on the fever of rabbits caused by mixed typhoid vaccine. 6,7-dimethylesculin in Artemisia annua has a certain degree of analgesic effect on the pain models of mice induced by hot plate method and acetic acid writhing method, and has an inhibitory effect on the swelling of rat metatarsal joints caused by carrageenan.

(5) Lowering blood lipids and preventing atherosclerosis

Artemisia annua can effectively reduce the serum cholesterol concentration and β-lipoprotein content of animals with hyperlipidemia, and can also significantly reduce the cholesterol content in the aortic wall, thereby alleviating the symptoms of atherosclerotic plaque disease in the arterial wall.

Other pharmacological effects

The anti-tumor Artemisia annua decoction has an inhibitory and killing effect on mouse Ehrlich ascites cancer cells and transplanted MethA cells, and can prolong the survival time of tumor-bearing mice. Artemisia chromone and cypermethrin in Artemisia alba have significant inhibitory effects on the proliferation of Hela cells and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells.

In addition, the decoction of Artemisia argyi has a significant inhibitory effect on the mutagenic effect of aflatoxin B (AFBl), a carcinogen.

Artemisia annua decoction also has an inhibitory effect on the hyperplastic lesions of the esophageal epithelium and bone marrow micronucleus mutations induced by sodium nitrite and N-methylbenzylamine in SD rats, and can reduce the expression of p53 and cyclin-dependent kinase CDK2 in the lesion tissues of rats with experimental esophageal tumors.