What are the medicinal values ​​of wormwood?

What medicinal value does mugwort have? Many people don't know what mugwort is. If you live in the countryside, you must be very familiar with it and know how it can help people. However, many people living in cities don't know what mugwort is, nor do they know what specific benefits it can bring to people's bodies. Therefore, they are unwilling to eat mugwort. So what are the medicinal values ​​of mugwort?

Antiasthmatic effect

Mugwort oil can directly relax the tracheal smooth muscles of guinea pigs, and can also counteract the tracheal contraction caused by acetylcholine, barium chloride and histamine; and increase the lung perfusion volume of guinea pigs. Oral administration of 0.5 ml/kg of wormwood oil has an inhibitory effect on asthma in guinea pigs induced by spraying of acetylcholine-histamine mixture. 2×10(-4) ml/kg of wormwood oil has a relaxant effect on the isolated trachea of ​​guinea pigs and can counteract the contraction caused by acetylcholine and barium chloride. The suspension made of mugwort oil and Tween-80 can inhibit the release of slow-reacting substances (SRS-A) from lung tissue; it has a direct antagonistic effect on slow-reacting substances, and can inhibit the release of slow-reacting substances from lung tissue and tracheal smooth muscle; after guinea pigs were gavaged with mugwort oil once, the content of slow-reacting substances in the lung tissue did not decrease significantly. In 1981, two monomers with strong antiasthmatic effects were separated from the medium-boiling point oil of Artemisia argyi, namely α-terpinenol and trans-terpinenol; animal experiments showed that their antiasthmatic effects were stronger than those of Artemisia argyi oil. Terpinenol-4240-300 mg/kg isolated from mugwort oil, administered by oral gavage or spray, and α-terpinenol 80-120 mg/kg, administered by oral gavage, can both counteract guinea pig asthma caused by histamine and acetylcholine. The other two components, trans-vanscarveol (TCMLIBanscarveol) and β-caryophyllene (β-caryophyllene), also showed antiasthmatic effects. Inhalation of 1% α-terpinenol has an inhibitory effect on histamine-induced asthma in guinea pigs, and can counteract the changes in the mechanical function of the guinea pig lungs caused by ovalbumin sensitization and attack.

Choleretic effect

Take mugwort leaf oil capsules and mix them with 2% leaf temperature to make a suspension (each 1 ml contains 75 μl of mugwort leaf oil). Rats were given 0.8ml/100g and 0.3ml/100g mugwort oil by duodenal injection, in groups one and two respectively. The positive control group used dehydrocholic acid (DHC), 0.25 g per tablet, prepared into a 20% suspension, 0.3 ml/100 g, and administered intraduodenally. Carbon tetrachloride poisoning group: 1 ml/kg carbon tetrachloride was gavaged once, choleretic experiment was performed 24 hours after poisoning, and 0.3 ml/100 g wormwood oil was administered into the duodenum. The control group was given 2% Tween 0.3ml/100g by duodenum. The mice were divided into 3 groups: the mugwort oil group was given 0.2ml/10g intraduodenal administration. In the dehydrocholic acid group, 5% dehydrocholic acid 0.2 ml/10 g was administered intraduodenally. For the normal saline group, 0.2 ml/10 g was administered intraduodenally. Experimental results: 0.8ml/100g of wormwood oil suspension increased the bile flow of normal rats by 91.5%, which was significantly different from before administration; the 0.3ml/100g group increased the bile flow of normal rats by 89%, which was significantly different from before administration; the dehydrocholic acid group increased the bile flow of rats by 83.2%; the bile flow of rats in the carbon tetrachloride poisoning group also increased significantly, and compared with normal rats, the choleretic effect was weakened and maintained for a shorter time; 2% Tween had no obvious effect on bile flow. Mugwort oil also has a significant choleretic effect on mice, increasing their bile flow by 26%.

Above we introduced the various medicinal values ​​of mugwort. If you know the medicinal value of mugwort, you can use it in your daily life to help yourself achieve the effect of curing diseases. Mugwort can also be used for moxibustion. When doing moxibustion in the hospital, mugwort is often used. It is very good for the body. When using mugwort to treat diseases, you must use the medicine reasonably.