Where is the medicinal value of Artemisia argyi reflected?

Among wild vegetables, Artemisia annua is loved by many people for its high medicinal and edible value. According to the elderly, Artemisia annua is not only a natural green food, but also a natural medicinal material. It has the special effects of nourishing the liver and preventing hepatitis. Eating and drinking it for a long time can prevent hepatitis. So where does the medicinal value of Artemisia white artemisia lie?

Clears away dampness and heat, relieves jaundice

(1) Artemisia has obvious choleretic and jaundice-relieving effects.

Artemisia white can significantly increase the bile flow in patients with cholelithiasis, reduce the cholesterol content in bile, and prevent 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 the degree of hepatocyte swelling, ballooning, fatty degeneration and necrosis.

Ingredients such as Artemisia capillaris chromone, 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin, and Artemisia capillaris flavonoids all have liver-protecting effects.

Liver protection: induce liver drug enzymes, enhance the liver's detoxification function, protect the integrity of liver cell membranes and promote liver cell regeneration.

(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 capillaris are mainly artemisia arginine ketone, p-hydroxyacetophenone and other volatile oil components.

(4) Lowering blood lipids and preventing atherosclerosis Artemisia capillaris can reduce serum cholesterol and β-lipoprotein in animals with hyperlipidemia, significantly reduce the cholesterol content in the aortic wall, and alleviate atherosclerotic plaque lesions in the arterial wall.

(5) Antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory Artemisia capillaris has a significant antipyretic effect on the fever of rabbits caused by typhoid mixed vaccine. 6,7-Dimethylesculin in Artemisia capillaris has a certain degree of analgesic effect on the hot plate method and acetic acid writhing method-induced pain models in mice, and has an inhibitory effect on the swelling of the plantar joints of rats caused by carrageenan.

Other pharmacological effects

The anti-tumor water decoction of Artemisia capillaris 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. Capillarin chromone and cyperine in Capillaris can significantly inhibit the proliferation of Hela cells and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells.

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

The water decoction of Artemisia capillaris 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.

After reading the above article, I believe you have also learned about some of the medicinal values ​​of Artemisia annua. Of course, the pharmacological effects of Artemisia annua and Capillaris ternata in clearing dampness and heat and relieving jaundice are choleretic, liver protection, anti-pathogenic microorganisms, lipid-lowering, as well as antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory effects. Therefore, everyone must learn more about the relevant knowledge in this area.