The efficacy and function of Artemisia argyi

Artemisia annua, also known as: Artemisia selengensis, Artemisia selengensis, Artemisia vulgaris, Artemisia annua, is a plant of the Asteraceae family.

The stem is cylindrical, one to one in length and up to 5 mm in diameter. Emerald green in color, with longitudinal ridges on the surface, through which symbiotic branches, leaves or leaf bases can be seen. There is dense soft hair on the top. It is hard and brittle, easy to break, fibrous in cross section, with white pith in the center. The leaves are wrinkled or crushed. When unfolded, the leaves are deeply palmately divided two to three times. The lobes are linear and covered with soft hairs on both sides. There are many capitula, hemispherical, 3-6mm in diameter, slender pedicel, linear bracts, 2-3 rows of bracts, with milky white wide pulse dampers on the edges, and short soft hairs on the back; the receptacle is ovate; the edges are female flowers, and the inner flowers are bisexual, all of which are tubular. The perfect head inflorescence reveals obovate achenes. It has a mellow aroma and a slightly bitter taste. Artemisia has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, dispersing blood and activating blood circulation.

The efficacy of Artemisia

Gum Poria Cocos has a unique taste with a slightly bitter taste, a slightly sweet taste, and a cool nature.

The gums belong to the specific gastrointestinal, liver and gallbladder meridians.

The gums have a specific effect of clearing away heat and dampness; dispersing blood and activating blood circulation.

Gum swelling, fever, cough; sore throat; jaundice caused by cold and dampness; dysentery; gonorrhea; rheumatic arthralgia; vomiting blood; hemoptysis; bleeding due to trauma; scabies and malignant ulcers

1. Ben Jing: "It cures dampness in the five internal organs, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, replenishes Qi, makes hair thicker and blacker. It cures anxiety, lack of appetite and constant hunger."

2. Meng Shen: "Crush the juice to remove heat, jaundice and heartache. Dried leaves are ground into powder. Mix one spoonful with rice drink and eat on an empty stomach for summer dysentery. Burn the ash and boil it to treat stranguria."

Gum Usage Directions: Dosage: Oral: decoction, 10-15g, double the amount for fresh; or mash into juice; or grind into powder.

Effects of Artemisia:

1. To treat leprosy and sores all over the body: take 10 bundles of white wormwood as big as a liter, boil them to extract the juice, add koji and rice, and make it the same as making wine. Wait until it is cooked and drink it in small amounts. (from Monk Shen Ji Fang)

2. Treatment of subacute bacterial dysentery: Take 2 liang of fresh Artemisia annua or 1 liang of dried slices and decoct in water. Take it in 2 to 3 times, 1 dose per day, and one course of treatment is 5 to 7 days; or make it into oral liquid or tablets for oral administration. A total of 100 cases were treated, 70 of which had significant effects (clinical cure within 3 days), 23 had reasonable effects (clinical cure within 4 to 7 days), and the cure rate was 93%. According to the observation of some medical records, after taking the medicine, the body temperature recovered in an average of 1.35 days, the bowel movement recovered in 2.12 days, the abdominal pain disappeared in 1.55 days, and the anal prolapse disappeared in 1.68 days; the average time for stool microscopy to recover and the bacteria to turn negative was 3.02 days and 5.65 days respectively. The efficacy seems to be higher than that of Scutellaria baicalensis, Furazolidone, and Synthromycin. The efficacy of oral liquid and tablets seems to be worse than that of decoction.

3. Choleretic effect

Artemisia has significant choleretic and jaundice-relieving effects. Artemisia white can continuously increase the total bile flow in patients with cholelithiasis, reduce the cholesterol component in bile, and prevent the formation of cholesterol stones. Whether it is done on normal animals or on rats with liver damage induced by CCl4, it has the effect of promoting bile secretion and metabolism.

4. Liver protection effect

Induce liver enzymes, enhance the liver's detoxification function, maintain the details of liver cytoplasm and promote liver regeneration. It can reduce the level of blood transaminase, relieve liver swelling, ballooning, fatty degeneration and necrosis. Ingredients such as Artemisia capillaris chromone, 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin, and Artemisia capillaris flavonoids all have liver-protecting effects.

5. Inhibit pathogenic bacteria

It has a significant inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus outside the body. It has a certain inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae, hemolytic streptococcal infection, Pneumococcus, diphtheria, bovine and human tuberculosis, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, pathogenic floccules, and skin fungi such as Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus nitidus. The antibacterial specific components of Artemisia annua are mainly capillary ketone, p-hydroxyacetophenone and other volatile oil components.

6. Effects on blood vessels

Lowering blood lipids and preventing aortic atherosclerosis Artemisia annua can reduce blood cell cholesterol and β-protein in animals with hyperlipidemia, significantly reduce the cholesterol component in the pulmonary artery wall, and alleviate atherosclerotic plaque degeneration of the aortic wall.

7. Antipyretic, analgesic, anti-infection

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