Artemisia ordosica
(Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)
[synonyms] Artemisia ordosica (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine), Artemisia ordosica (Chinese desert medicinal plant), Hala shabaga (Mongolian name).
[source] stems, leaves and flower buds of Artemisia ordosica.
[plant morphology] Artemisia ordosica
Subshrub, 50-100 cm high. From the base part of the stem, the branches form clumps, without obvious main stem. The current year branches are purple red, and the old branches are dark gray. Leaves smaller, sessile, pinnately divided, 2-3 pairs of lobes, fleshy, glabrous, linear or filiform, 1.5-3 cm long, 1 mm wide, apex pointed, yellowish green; upper leaves 3-lobed or undivided. The head is oval, arranged in a cone, 2-3 mm in diameter; the involucre is yellow green; all tubular flowers are pale yellow, very small. Achenes small, ovate. Seeds black, long. The flowering period is from July to September. The fruiting period is October.
On fixed or semi fixed dunes. Distributed in Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and other places.
The root and seed of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.
[collection] the stems and leaves were collected from April to August; the shoots and buds were collected from May to July. Fresh or sun dried.
[nature and taste] Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine: "hard work; mild temperature. "
Functions and indications: dispel wind and dampness, extract pus and extract toxin. It is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, cold, sore, furuncle and carbuncle.
① "Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine": "stem and leaf: remove rheumatism, eliminate heat and detumescence. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, sore throat. "
② "Medicinal plants in desert areas of China": "leaf: smashing external application of sores, furuncles and carbuncles can be purulent and open in advance, which has the effect of removing pus. "
[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or foaming agent.
[prescription selection] ① treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: mash the leaves, fresh branches and flower buds of Artemisia selengensis, apply them to the pain area until itching and foaming, break the bubbles and flow out yellow water, and wrap them with sterile gauze to prevent infection, especially in summer. (medicinal plants in desert areas of China) two black Artemisia stems and leaves, each five coins, Pedicularis equisetifolia three coins. Take it in water. (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)
② Treatment of cold and headache: Black Artemisia bud three money, water decoction. (medicinal plants in desert areas of China)
Chinese PinYin : Hei Sha Hao
Artemisia ordosica