This product is the whole plant of the perennial herbaceous plant Virgate Wormwood (Artemisia capillaris Thunb.) or Artemisia (A. scoparia Waldst. et kit). It is distributed in most parts of my country, mainly produced in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Anhui and other places. Harvest the seedlings in spring when they are about three inches tall, or in autumn when the flower buds have grown. Remove roots and impurities and dry in the sun. For raw use.

[Property]

Bitter, slightly cold. Returns to the spleen, stomach, liver, and gallbladder meridians.

[Efficacy]

Clears draining dampness and heat, promotes gallbladder and reduces jaundice.

1. for jaundice. This product reduces bitterness, can clear away heat from cold, is good at clearing and resolving spleen and stomach, liver-gallbladder dampness-heat, and makes it come out in the urine, so it is an important medicine for treating jaundice. If the body and eyes are yellow and the urine is short and red, it is often used together with Gardenia, Phelloendron Bark, Rhubarb Rhizoma , such as Virgate Wormwood Decoction; if jaundice is more moist than hot, it can be used with Poria and Polyporus, such as Powder of Capillaris and Five Ingredients with Poria, if the spleen is stomach cold and dampness is stagnant, the yang qi will not be suitable for yin jaundice, mostly with Aconite Lateral Root, Dried Ginger, etc., such as Virgate Wormwood Cold-Extremities Decoction.
2. Used for dampness warm disease, eczema, eczema. Taking advantage of its clearing heat and draining dampness, it can also be used for eczema cutaneous pruitus, and can be used with Phelloendron Bark, Sophora, common cnidium fruit, belvedere fruit are equivalent. It can also be decoctioned and washed outside.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Main wind-dampness Hanre pathogenic heat accumulation jaundice."
2. Bielu: "Tongshen Yellowing, difficulty in urination, remove headache, and remove scabies."
3. Yixue Rumen: "Eliminate scabies all over the body."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 10~3g. Appropriate amount for external use.

[Precaution]

Use with caution if blood accumulation causes yellowing or blood deficiency causes shallow yellow.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Virgate Wormwood contains volatile oil. The main components of the oil are B-pinene, Virgate Wormwood hydrocarbon, Virgate Wormwood ketone and folic acid. Virgate Wormwood has a significant choleretic effect. While increasing gall fel secretion, it also increases the solid matter and cholic acid in gall fel. and bilirubin excretion. And can relieve heat and reduce blood pressure. Its decoction has a complete inhibitory effect on human subcutaneous node bacteria. Ethanol extract has an inhibitory effect on influenza virus. Decocted with water agent has inhibitory effect on ECHD11 virus.