The primordium is Artemisia argyi of Compositae.

Wante. Dry leaves.

Artemisia argyi, herb, wormwood, yellow grass and other different names.

Bitter, pungent and warm in nature.

Meridian enters spleen, liver and kidney.

Ingredients This product contains 0.2-0.4% volatile oil, which is its main effective component.

Its main functions are to treat qi and blood, dispel cold and remove dampness, warm channels to stop bleeding and prevent miscarriage. Indications: chills and pains, diarrhea, muscle twitching, chronic dysentery, vomiting, bleeding, carbuncle, furuncle, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, and restless fetal movement. Use with caution for people with yin deficiency and blood heat.

Pharmacological research

(1) antiasthmatic effect 0.5 ml of Folium Artemisiae Argyi oil has obvious antiasthmatic effect on guinea pig acetylcholine-histamine spray model.

(2) antitussive and expectorant effects Many antitussive models have proved that 0.25-0.5 ml/kg of Folium Artemisiae Argyi oil has obvious antitussive effect by gastric perfusion or intraperitoneal injection. In addition, the study also found that Artemisia argyi oil has expectorant effect on rabbits and mice, and cutting vagus nerve does not affect its expectorant effect, so it is considered that it directly acts on bronchi to stimulate its secretion and achieve the purpose of expectorant.

(3) The antibacterial function is to smoke Folium Artemisiae Argyi, moxa sticks or moxa sticks, which can be used for indoor disinfection. Smoke mixed with Atractylodes lancea or Realgar and Acorus calamus can kill or inhibit Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic Streptococcus B, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Diphtheria, Typhoid Bacillus and Paratyphoid Bacillus. The in vitro test of Artemisia argyi decoction also showed that it had inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus hemolyticus A, Pneumococcus, Diphtheria, Shigella sonnei, typhoid and paratyphoid bacilli in different degrees.

(4) Other functions. In addition, it is found that it has antiallergic and sedative effects.

This decoction must be taken orally. About 30% cases have dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, diarrhea and dizziness. Clinical decoction dose should not be too large, generally 3 3- 10/0g is appropriate.

clinical application

1. Cold syndrome

Zhao Sanweng, called advanced, put the word first. People from Baisha Town, zhongmou county. ..... People who have been loyal for two years have been ill with a cold for several years, and all kinds of medicines have failed. On the one hand, the Japanese burn moxa, ask the source of the disease and tell the truth. Weng Ling moved the moxa stick away from the fire. Only in hot weather can he open the three skylights in the house and let the sun shine down, so that he can lie on his back and wipe the moxa stick all over his abdomen under the sun moxibustion, about 10 kilograms. I feel hot when I move, and I can't stand it through my navel and abdomen. Suddenly, my abdomen thundered and my breath was exhausted. There is a strong moxa between my nose and mouth. I will do it again tomorrow. If you recover in January, it will still be 120 days. Since then, you have been healthy and energetic. Besides, he said, the secret of Sun Zhenren is well known to the whole world, but he knows Ai Xi, but he doesn't know acupuncture, so he endured the pain in vain and wasted his strength. The sun is really hot in the sun, and Ai shines slowly all over the abdomen, which is very skillful. But in June and July, if it is autumn and winter, it is necessary to spread more than ten kilograms of moxa on the abdomen, cover it with cotton-padded clothes, and burn it with charcoal fire until it smells a strong moxa smell. This is also the second kind. [Notes on Medical Records in Past Dynasties: 466]

headache

Zhang Moumou, 42 years old. First visit on March 30th, 1985. Headache attacks for 8 years, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, manifested as dull pain or severe pain, uncertain position, dizziness, head heaviness, climate change, mood fluctuation, fatigue often aggravates headache, accompanied by insomnia, dreaminess, restlessness, mental fatigue and limb weakness. Instruct patients to make their own moxa pillows instead of daily sleeping pillows. No other treatment was used. After half a month, the headache was obviously relieved and other symptoms improved. After 2 years of follow-up, the curative effect is obvious and consolidated. [She Zongnan. Guangming traditional Chinese medicine. 1989; (5):23.〕

3. migraine

Liu Moumou, female, 30 years old. Headache on the right side, which has lasted for 3 years, occurs 4-5 times a year for 3-5 days each time, and is ineffective after treatment with traditional Chinese and western medicine. 1February, 965, headache on the right side, eye twitching, tears, chills and mental fatigue. So wick fire moxibustion was adopted, and the pain stopped immediately after moxibustion 10 minute. There is no recurrence after follow-up.

Treatment: Take 20 pieces of Folium Artemisiae Argyi 10-20, soak them in distilled liquor, and stick them on the four acupoints of Sun, Sishu, Yangbai, Shangguan and Toujiao respectively (hairline angle, oblique to the head vertebra point, not on the hairline), with the left pain sticking to the left, the right pain sticking to the right, and the Folium Artemisiae Argyi sticking the wine. Then cut the rushes out one inch long and dip them in sesame oil (don't dip them in oil, because it is inconvenient to use), so that patients can close their eyes and cover their hair to avoid burns. Then, the wick moves steadily, accurately and quickly, directly moxibustion the midpoint (acupuncture point below the midpoint) of the wormwood leaf, and when it touches the wormwood leaf fiercely, its light will go out, which is called 1 Zhuang. The number of acupoints should be 1-2, which means 10. Before the operation, you should find 1-2 extremely painful acupoints, and you can moxibustion several times. Generally, the acupoints are only 1. Then light a fire and moxibustion again, but don't moxibustion a point. If the original Folium Artemisiae Argyi falls off, you can use 1 tablet instead, but you must moxibustion slowly until it doesn't hurt. Zhao Jinqiao. Jiangxi medicine.1966; (6): 308. According to the words, Chinese medicine believes that migraine is mostly caused by the imbalance of wind and fire in the liver meridian and the poor circulation of qi and blood in the collaterals. "Herbal Zheng Zheng" records that "Folium Artemisiae Argyi can activate the twelve meridians, especially the medicine for liver, spleen and kidney", "promoting qi and blood circulation, promoting qi and relieving depression", and cooperating with acupoint moxibustion, the medicine can reach the pain point directly, so it can take effect.

4. Bronchial asthma

Wan Moumou, male, 64 years old. He was admitted to hospital with bronchial asthma. After admission, I felt chest tightness, shortness of breath, palpitation, sweating, frequent asthma, unable to lie flat day and night, cyanosis in my mouth and limbs, heart rate 108 beats/min, and my lungs were covered with dry rales and wheezing. After inhaling low-flow oxygen, the symptoms cannot be alleviated. Then give 300 ml of volatile oil from Folium Artemisiae Argyi and inhale it into a humidifying bottle. After 30 minutes, the symptoms are relieved and you can lie on your back. After 60 minutes, the heart rate dropped to 92 beats/min, and the rales in the lungs disappeared.

Treatment: The volatile oil is extracted from the commercial Folium Artemisiae Argyi by distillation with water. Generally, it is distilled 1-2 times. The more times of distillation, the higher the oil content. If the volatile oil extracted from Artemisia argyi leaves around the Dragon Boat Festival is good, it can be fresh or dry, which may be related to the largest amount of volatile oil from Artemisia argyi leaves at this time. Extract volatile oil from Folium Artemisiae Argyi, and store it in a sealed bottle. When in use, 250-300ml of volatile oil of Folium Artemisiae Argyi is added into a humidifying bottle. When using, it is necessary to observe whether the patient's inhalation amount is appropriate at any time, and the oxygen flow rate is generally not less than 4L/min, and adjust the flow rate of the humidification bottle at any time according to the condition. Journal of practical internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine 1989； (4):22.〕

insane

When Zhang Zhongxing was having sex in the closet, he fainted and didn't know anyone. After Su Hexiang Pill woke up, he talked nonsense and mumbled endlessly. According to the diagnosis of soil materials, the left pulse is seven to seven, which is large and incoherent, and the right pulse is three to three, which is subtle and difficult to see. As the saying goes, two hands are like two people, and this evil pulse is also. Tie the cord with two thumbs and cover the armor with moxa cone moxibustion. When you are in the top seven, ghosts will mourn and beg. It will last for a few days after taking Wei Ping powder and peach pit. [Notes on selected medical records of famous acupuncturists in past dynasties: 1 13. ]

diarrhea

Yang Moumou, male, 32 years old, farmer. First visit on August 6th, 1986. I caught a cold in the rain half a month ago, and my bowel sounds and abdominal pain. Recently, my diarrhea has worsened, and I have diarrhea more than a dozen times a day. Poop is like duck excrement or water sample, and even particles don't melt. With cold, timidity and weakness. I have taken a variety of western medicines, intravenous injection of glucose saline, and traditional Chinese medicine astringent antidiarrheal drugs are ineffective. The syndrome is cold-dampness diarrhea. Patients are required to fast for 8 hours, and fumigate and wash their feet with about 250 grams of Folium Artemisiae Argyi (or Folium Artemisiae Argyi) in boiling water for 20 minutes at a time, and fumigate and wash their feet 4-5 times every 40 minutes. Add 500 grams of salt and 30 grams of fresh ginger, chop them up, fry them together, put them in a cloth bag and scald their stomachs. When I came to the clinic the next morning, I was told that I had not had diarrhea for 10 hours, and there was no discomfort in my abdomen. Tell him to continue to smoke and wash with Folium Artemisiae Argyi and take several doses of Buzhong Yiqi Decoction to recover. Yang Yuxi. Shanxi traditional Chinese medicine. 1988; (4):6.〕

7. Abdominal pain

Li Moumou, male, 68 years old. 1985 April 12 First time to see a doctor. Patients often have dull pain in navel and abdomen for more than half a year, especially from midnight to noon. Climate change or cold usually aggravate the pain. Hot compress can relieve pain, but it hurts when it's cold. After being sent to the hospital for examination, no other abnormalities were found. The umbilicus and abdomen are afraid of cold and warmth, and they like oppression, loss of appetite, weakness of limbs, pale tongue, white fur and heavy pulse. The patient was instructed to wrap the affected area with 1 self-made moxa stick, and the pain was relieved after 3 days, disappeared after 10, and there was no recurrence after 1 year follow-up. [She Zongnan. Guangming traditional Chinese medicine. 1989; (5):23.〕

8. Black and blue cards

Two slaves in a family, both bruised and weak, couldn't eat. They went to visit those ignorant doctors and learned that their ankles would be stronger, so they recovered. [Notes on selected medical records of famous acupuncturists in past dynasties: 1 13. ]