Top Quality Artemisia Carvifolia

Artemisia carvifolia is a annual plant plant; the plant has a fragrance. Taproot simple, vertical, few lateral roots. Stem solitary, 30-150 cm tall, upper much branched, green when young, longitudinally striate, lower part slightly lignified, slender, glabrous. Both surfaces of leaves Cyan or Pale Green, glabrous; Basal and lower stem leaves tricuspid-lobed, long petiolate, withered at anthesis; Middle Leaves Oblong, oblong-ovate or elliptic, 5-15 cm long, 2-5.5 cm wide, lobules Oblong, base cuneate, each lobe having many long triangular pectinate teeth or minute, slightly linear-lanceolate lobules, Apex Acute; Both sides often have 1-3 lobed teeth or non-lobed teeth, the central axis and Lobes pinnate often have small serrate, petiole 0.5-1 cm long, the base of a small semi-amplexicaul pseudostipules; the upper leaves and Bracts 1(- 2) Back row-toothed pinnately divided, sessile. Inflorescences hemispherical or Subhemispheric, 3.5-4 mm in Diam. , shortly pedicellate, pendulous, basally linear bracteoles, arranged in spikes on branches and forming moderately spreading panicles on stems; involucral Bracts 3-4 layers, outer involucral bracts narrowly, long ovate or ovate-lanceolate, abaxially green, glabrous, with minute white spots, margin broadly membranous, middle involucral bracts slightly larger, broadly ovate or long ovate, margin broadly membranous, inner involucral bracts semimembranous or membranous, apex rounded; inflorescence Stipules Globose; Flowers Pale Yellow; female flowers 10-20, Corolla narrowly tubular, limb with 2-lobed teeth, style extended beyond Corolla Tube, Apex 2-forked, forked tip; hermaphroditic flowers 30-40, gestating or middle of a number of sterile, Corolla tubular, anthers linear, upper appendage pointed, long triangular, base obtuse, style as long as Corolla or slightly longer than Corolla, apex 2-forked, forked end truncate, with eyelashes. ACHENES OBLONG TO ELLIPSOID. Flowering period 6-9 months. Born in hillside grassland, wasteland, river bank, roadside, village side. Distributed in Guangdong and other places. Harvested in summer and autumn when flowers are in full bloom or bear fruit. Cut off the upper part of the body and remove the old stems, dried or dried in the sun. The character of the herb is stem Terete, the upper part is much branched, the surface is yellow-green or brown-yellow, with Longitudinal Arris, the quality is slightly hard, easy to break, the Middle Section has pith. Leaves alternate, dark green or Brown-green, crisped and fragile, intact spreading into 3-pinnate parts, lobes and lobules oblong or oblong, both surfaces covered with short hairs. It has a distinctive aroma and a slightly bitter taste. Sexual Taste Channel: sexual cold, taste bitter, acrid. Tropism of gallbladder channel and liver channel. Efficacy and function: clearing heat and detoxifying, eliminating bone and steaming, and removing malaria. Belongs to the heat-clearing medicine under the classification of heat-clearing medicine. Pharmacological Research: It has antibacterial, antiviral, anti-parasitic, anti-tumor, antipyretic effects, regulates the body's immune function, can slow down the heart rate, inhibit myocardial contractility, reduce coronary flow, lower blood pressure, and has certain antiarrhythmic effect; It also protects the liver, protects against radiation, and shortens the sleep time of pentobarbital. Chemical composition: mainly contains many kinds of sesquiterpene lactones, flavonoids, coumarins, volatile oil and so on. It also contains artemisinin, artemisinin, artemisinin acid, methyl Artemisinin Ester, Quercetin, fennel ketone, Artemisia coumarin and other ingredients.