Artemisia officinalis

Artemisia officinalis

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[synonym] Herba agave flaviflora (Fujian folk herbal medicine), Herba Gleditsiae, Herba Agave, Herba Gleditsiae, chrysanthemum flaviflora, Artemisia annua (Chinese medicinal plant Atlas).

[source] it is the whole plant of Artemisia halodendron.

[plant morphology] halodendron

Perennial creeper, rhizome divergent, creeping, rooting. Stem rounded, all densely covered with setae. Leaves opposite; slightly thick, long elliptic, sometimes ovate or lanceolate, 1.5-4.5 cm long, 4-14 mm wide, usually obtuse, rarely acute, base cuneate, 3 large missing teeth at the leading edge, small shallow serrated at the trailing edge; petiole slender, 3-4 cm long. Inflorescence: head; involucre hemispherical, bracts ovate, hairy; marginal ligulate flower 1 row, female, tongue yellow, 8-11 mm long, 4 mm wide; central tubular flower bisexual, corolla tubular, 5-toothed, apex of anther with appendages, style sharp. Achene densely setose, 3.5-4 mm long, 2 mm wide, 3-4-ribbed, apex truncate, without dentate corona. The flowering period is from July to August.

Distributed in Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan, Zhejiang and other places.

Varieties of the above plants are also used as medicine in some areas of Fujian Province. It is often called "barren grass".

[collection] harvest from June to July.

[nature and taste] Fujian folk herbal medicine: "sour, sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] Quanzhou materia medica: "entering the liver and spleen meridians. "

[function indications] clearing heat and detoxifying. It is used to treat laryngeal moth, laryngeal obstruction, diphtheria, pertussis, lung heat, asthmatic cough, epistaxis, carbuncle and sore.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "clearing heat and detoxifying. "

② Quanzhou materia medica: "treat acute tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess, pneumonia, bronchitis, laryngitis, laryngitis, pertussis, gingivitis, hypertension, liver heat, hemoptysis, heat type asthma, epistaxis; external treatment of snakehead, abdominal carbuncle. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-6 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh); or mash juice. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. To control the throat moth: one or two pieces of fresh whole grass (dry six coins) of Artemisia. Decoct with vinegar, then wrap the chopsticks with sterilized cotton, dip in medicine and vinegar and wipe the affected area. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of laryngopharyngeal obstruction: a grasp of the whole grass of Artemisia. Wash and mash with cold boiled water or rice washing water, wring juice, and mix with the same amount of winter honey. Or take fresh whole grass five money (dry three money), and vinegar fried open, gargle throat. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

③ Cure diphtheria: bittern chrysanthemum twelve five money, rock sugar five money. A cup of boiling water for stewing. (Fujian folk medicine)

④ Treatment of pertussis: Artemisia five money, Shandong pear three. Stewed clothes. (Fujian folk practical herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis fever: a grasp of the whole fresh grass of Artemisia. Wash and mash, wring juice, and the same amount of honey, boiled water. Take it twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

⑥ At the beginning of measles treatment: Stewed chrysanthemum Decoction instead of tea. (Fujian folk practical herbal medicine)

⑦ Treatment of pneumonia, high fever, asthma and cough: fresh brine chrysanthemum grass one or two (children halved). Wash, mash, mix honey, stew, warm, twice a day.

⑧ Treatment of dysentery: fresh brine chrysanthemum grass in half. Water two bowls, fry into a bowl, bubble black sugar oral.

⑨ Treatment of mastitis: take fresh brine chrysanthemum leaves and buds, mash with porridge and apply to the affected area.

⑩ Treatment of snake bite: fresh marinated chrysanthemum whole grass two liang, wash, mash and wine juice for oral use; residue applied to the affected area. (7) Quanzhou materia medica is published below.)

[clinical application] prevention and treatment of diphtheria

1. Prevention: wash and chop the whole herb with 0.5-1 Liang (half dry), add water to extract 20 ml (half dry for children), once a day for 3 days; or squeeze the whole herb juice, add vinegar equivalent to 1 / 4 of the juice, and apply it on throat and tonsil with cotton swab, 1-2 times a day for 3-6 days. The second treatment: 1-5 liang of halodendron (2 liang under 3 years old, 3 Liang above 3 years old, 5 Liang adults) were decocted in water three times a day, and the throat was swabbed with halodendron acetate twice a day until the pseudomembrane subsided and other symptoms disappeared. Penicillin was added to mixed cases, and glucose, vitamin C and hormone were added to toxic cases as appropriate. 443 cases were treated and 439 cases were cured. The average course of treatment was 3.8 days for limited local type cases, 5.5 days for Ⅱ ° poisoning cases, 1.2 days for effective cases, 1.7 days for Ⅱ ° poisoning cases, 2.6 days for the earliest pseudomembrane regression (limited local type), 5.1 days for the longest pseudomembrane regression, 5.1 days for diffuse type cases, and 2 days for other types. In practice, it was also observed that halodendron had curative effect on acute tonsillitis and acute angina. In addition, it has been reported that 2 liang of fresh Artemisia, 2 Qian of licorice and 5 Tong Cao were used as one dose. They were decocted in water and taken warm for 3-4 times, 1-4 times a day. Local application of Artemisia vinegar was 2-3 times a day. Penicillin, vitamin B and vitamin C were used in most cases, and other methods were used for symptomatic treatment in case of myocarditis and laryngeal obstruction. A total of 773 cases were treated, 756 cases were cured and 17 cases died. The clinical symptoms of most patients were relieved in 2-6 days, pseudomembrane disappeared in 2-7 days, and the average time of bacteria turning negative was 4.9 days.

Chinese PinYin : Lu Di Ju