Artemisia rupestris

Artemisia rupestris

(collection of compendium)

[alias] centipede (classified herbal medicine), Luanhe (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), Yizhihao, Feitian centipede (Guiyang folk medicine), Plumeria (Guizhou herbal medicine), Qiantiao centipede (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual), Sawgrass (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] the whole plant of yarrow or yarrow in Compositae.

[plant morphology] yarrow (Shangshu)

Perennial herbs, 50-100 cm high. Stem erect, ribbed, upper branched. The leaves are alternate, long linear lanceolate, 6-10 cm long and 0.7-1.5 cm wide, sessile; they are pectinate, pinnate, linear, sparsely arranged, sharply pointed, with unequal notched teeth; the leaves are semiamplexicaul, covered with villous hairs on both sides, with dense hairs on the back, and the lower leaves often wither at flowering. Capitulum 5-6 mm in diameter, 6-7 mm in length, densely integrated into a compound corymb; involucre campanulate, involucre ovate, ovate lanceolate or long four shaped, imbricate arrangement; peripheral ligulate flowers, female, 5-11, white, corolla oblong, apex 3-lobed; central arm flower, bisexual, white, anther yellow, protruding outside corolla. Achene flat, oblong, winged, without corolla, about 3 mm long and 1 mm wide. Flowering from July to September. The fruit period is from September to October.

It grows on the edge of forest, roadside, house edge and hillside sunny grassland. It is distributed in Northeast, North and Northwest China.

The fruit of this plant (yarrow seed) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

② Yarrow. For details, please refer to the article "Artemisia rupestris".

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn and dry in the sun.

[medicinal material] dry whole grass, mostly broken, short root, dense fibrous roots. All of them are covered with gray white Tricholoma, the upper part of the stem is slightly branched, the surface is brown yellow and slightly purple, and there are fine lines along the direction. The leaves are slightly curly, grayish green or brownish yellow, and the marginal lobes are as small as centipede feet. The flowers are hemispherical and yellow brown. The air is weak and the taste is bitter. It is better to be dry, complete, rootless and impurity free.

Produced in Northeast, North China and Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

It's hard, slightly warm and poisonous.

① Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is mild in nature, bitter in taste and poisonous. "

② "Shanganningken Chinese herbal medicine selection": "taste hard, temperament, small poison.

[Guijing] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "entering the heart, liver and lung three meridians. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation, dispelling wind, relieving pain and detoxifying. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatism, pain, swelling.

① "Gangmu": "yarrow leaf is mainly used for treating ruffian diseases. "

② "Gangmu Shipai" says: "activating blood circulation and detoxification, removing all stagnant, chronic Yin cold and other diseases, dispelling wind and regulating fear. "

③ "Classification of herbal medicine nature": "treat all heat poisons, spread sores and generate muscles. "

④ "Northeast medicine Zhi": "it is a tonic and strong medicine for stomach and hemorrhoids. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 0.5 ~ 1 yuan; soak in wine or powder. External use: tamping or wine daubing; grinding and mixing.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it.

[formula selection] ① treatment of traumatic injury: one or two Artemisia. Rub it with wine.

② Treatment of serious injury, pain and swelling: Artemisia two money, law Pinellia three money, health Angelica three money. Grind each medicine into fine powder, mix it into powder, swallow it with boiling water, 3 points for each.

③ Carry injury, rheumatism pain: Artemisia rupestris one money, wuxiangxueteng five money, see Xuefei two money, black bone five money, paifengteng four money, red Achyranthes bidentata three money. Soak two Jin of wine, take one or two at a time. (it's better not to publish Guiyang folk herbs)

④ Treatment of abdominal lumps: yarrow leaf, garlic, pangolin powder, salt. With good vinegar pound into say, the amount of ruffian size paste, two Jixiang for degree, its ruffian into pus blood, from the stool out. (baoshoutang experience prescription)

⑤ Treatment of head wind, head wind pain over a long period of time: wormwood pound velvet twist juice, Li ear heart. < Guizhou Herbal Medicine >

⑥ Treatment of abdominal pain due to amenorrhea: three to five yuan of yarrow leaves. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)

⑦ Treatment of swelling and poison: three to five bucks of yarrow leaves. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)

⑧ To cure toothache caused by wind fire: mash the wormwood and rub the two temples; if the pain does not stop, take the leaf and put it in the painful place. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

⑨ Treatment of snakebite: Yizhihao, shuicigu. Mash, or sun grind, transfer Taomi water to apply to the wound. (Guiyang folk medicine) the stem and leaf of Artemisia eryizhihao should be grasped, mashed, pushed down on the upper part of the swelling until the wound, applied around the wound, and can stop bleeding. The pain decreased after the application of this medicine. (secret recipe of Guiyang)

[clinical application] to treat various acute and chronic inflammatory diseases

The injection is made from yarrow, 2ml per ampoule, equivalent to 8g of the original medicine, 2-4ml per time for adults, twice a day, intramuscular injection, with appropriate dosage for children. Or take fresh stems and leaves for 3-5 yuan, fried in water, twice a day. It can also be processed into 60% Vaseline ointment for external use. He has treated 188 cases of acute surgical infection, acute appendicitis, acute enteritis, acute mastitis, acute tonsillitis, acute lymphadenitis, deep abscess, carbuncle, gynecological inflammatory diseases, upper respiratory tract infection, chronic otitis media, eczema, etc. The observation period is 3 days for acute inflammation, 6-7 days for chronic inflammation, and 7-10 days for chronic inflammation. Results after one course of treatment, 137 cases (72.8%) were cured, 36 cases (19.2%) were improved, and 16 cases (8%) were ineffective. According to clinical observation, this product has good antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic effects, especially for acute enteritis, acute appendicitis, acute tonsillitis and acute mastitis, but has poor effect on respiratory inflammation. In most of the effective cases, the body temperature dropped to normal within 1-2 days, and the number of white blood cells gradually returned to normal within 2-3 days. It has been proved by animal experiments that this product has low toxicity and is safe for clinical use.

Chinese PinYin : Yi Zhi Hao