Top Quality Artemisiae Argyi Folium

Artemisiae Argyi Folium is a perennial plant, 0.5 to 1.2 meters high. Stem erect, densely pilose, distally branched. Middle Stem leaves ovate-triangular or elliptic, petiolate, pinnately divided, lobes elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, margin irregularly serrate, dark green above, with glandular dots and spider-like trichomes, Underside gray-white velutinous; Stem apical leaves entire or 3-lobed. Inflorescences Ca. 3 mm, 2-3 mm in Diam. , arranged in complex racemes; involucre ovate, involucre 4-5 layered, densely White Filiform; Floret cylindric, Reddish, female flowers Ca. 1 mm, bisexual flowers Ca. 2 mm, achene ellipsoid, ca. 0.8 mm, hairless. Florescence 7 ~ 10 months. It is also a good food. Among traditional foods in southern China, one type of CIBA is made with wormwood as the main ingredient (see ai CI) . That is to use around Qingming fresh wormwood and glutinous rice flour in a ratio of 1:2 and together, covered with peanuts, sesame and sugar fillings (some areas will add Mung Bean paste) , and then steam it. In the Dongjiang River Basin of Guangdong Province, locals pick fresh wormwood leaves and buds in winter and spring for consumption as vegetables. Cultivated on barren land or forest margins. Distributed in north China, east China, southwest and Shaanxi, Gansu and other places. When summer flowers are not picked, remove impurities, drying. The characters of medicinal materials are multi-crinkle, broken and short handle. The intact leaf blade is oval-shaped, deep-lobed, Lobes elliptic-lanceolate, margin irregularly coarsely serrate; upper surface gray-green or dark yellow-green, with sparse pilose and glandular spots; lower surface densely gray-white velutinous. Soft texture. It smells good. It tastes bitter. Sexual Taste Channel: sexual temperature, taste bitter, acrid. The liver channel, Spleen Channel and kidney channel. Efficacy and function: Disperse Cold and stop pain, warm menstruation and stop bleeding. Belongs to the hemostatic medicine subordinate classification warm classics hemostatic medicine. Pharmacological Study: It has antibacterial effect, can significantly enhance the phagocytosis of reticuloendothelial cells, antiasthmatic, antitussive, expectorant, anti anaphylaxis, inhibit myocardial contraction, anticoagulant and highly inhibit platelet aggregation; Significantly prolonged pentobarbital sleep. Still has the CHOLAGOGIC, excited uterus function. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: containing 0.2% ~ 0.33% volatile oil, containing-sitosterol, stigmasterol,-aromatic resin,-aromatic resin, Wuwuwujuan, citrus, Quercetin and 4 cinethane derivatives. It also contains 2-methyl butanol, Eicol, Borneol, cis-ketol, eucaryophylline,-platycladene, methyl eugenol, Quishao lactone and so on.