Be careful, your difficult and complicated diseases can be cured on the roadside

People often say, "If someone knows the grass by the roadside, he will have enough food and clothing throughout his life." This sentence is actually telling us that even the wild flowers and weeds on the roadside can be good medicines for treating diseases as long as they are used correctly. Therefore, some doctors in ancient times relied on these flowers and weeds to support their families.

I remember there was a kind of wild grass similar to wormwood, which was quite interesting. The seedlings could be eaten and used as medicine, but some people also softened the finished product, braided it into braids, hung it on beams, and then ignited it with fire to use it for making fire or repelling mosquitoes. So what is this wormwood-like weed? It is Artemisia capillaris.

Speaking of Artemisia Capillaris, perhaps friends who have suffered from jaundice hepatitis in the past years are more familiar with this medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Artemisia capillaris is bitter in taste, slightly cold in nature, and enters the spleen, stomach, liver, and gallbladder meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting dampness, and reducing jaundice. It has always been regarded as an important medicine for treating jaundice in clinical Chinese medicine. For example, Yinchenhao Decoction is used to treat yang jaundice, and Yinchen Sini Decoction is used to treat yin jaundice. In addition, when treating jaundice caused by damp-heat fumigation, you can use Artemisia capillaris alone and take it orally in large doses, or you can use it together with rhubarb, gardenia, etc.

The clinical effects of Artemisia capillaris are quite broad, but its most important function is to promote diuresis and reduce jaundice, and it is more effective for jaundice and hepatitis. Generally speaking, in addition to its good medicinal value, Artemisia capillaris also has good therapeutic value. In terms of medicinal use, the more famous prescriptions include Yinchenhao Decoction and Yinchen Sini Decoction. So, in terms of diet therapy, is there a better recipe for Artemisia Capillaris?

Let’s first take a look at a dietary recipe that can eliminate dampness, reduce jaundice, dispel wind and improve eyesight. Use 250g of young stems and leaves of Artemisia capillaris, appropriate amounts of sugar and sesame oil. First, remove the impurities from the Artemisia capillaris and wash it clean. Put it in a boiling water pot and blanch it thoroughly. Take it out and wash it again, squeeze out the water, chop it into pieces and put it on a plate. Add salt, sugar, sesame oil and other seasonings, mix well and it is ready to eat. This dietary recipe is green and fragrant, sweet and refreshing. It is suitable for treating damp-heat jaundice, difficulty urinating, itchy scabies, blurred vision, night blindness and other symptoms.

Let’s take a look at a dietary recipe that can strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote bile secretion and relieve jaundice. Use 25g of Artemisia capillaris, 1 fresh lotus leaf, 100g of polished rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar. The specific method is to first wash the Artemisia capillaris and lotus leaves with clean water, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil the soup, take the juice, remove the residue, add the washed japonica rice and cook together. When the porridge is almost cooked, add white sugar and cook for a while. This porridge is light in color, rich in texture, fragrant and sweet. It is suitable for the recovery period of chronic hepatitis and has a certain effect on the recovery of liver disease.

In fact, Artemisia capillaris is not only an important medicine for treating jaundice and hepatitis. Modern pharmacological research shows that in addition to its choleretic and liver-protecting functions, Artemisia capillaris also has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, lipid-lowering, blood pressure-lowering, and coronary artery dilation effects. Of course, although Artemisia capillaris has many functions, especially for the liver and gallbladder, it should not be used in large quantities. If used in excessive quantities, it may cause dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, upper abdominal discomfort and other symptoms.

I almost forgot that when I was interviewing an old Chinese medicine doctor, I accidentally heard him say that Artemisia capillaris can also treat oral ulcers. The specific usage is to take 30 grams of Artemisia capillaris, decoct it into a soup and use it instead of tea, and gargle from time to time, with no limit on the number of times. Generally, recovery can be achieved in five days.