Medicinal value and edible efficacy of wormwood (Fig.)

The medicinal value and edible efficacy of wormwood? Wormwood, also known as wormwood, Artemisia, Compositae, herb for many years According to Mei Quanxi, director of the Zhongshan Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Guangdong Province, the price of Artemisia argyi has been used for more than 2000 years In the first prescription book of China, the therapeutic effect and usage of the price of wormwood leaf are recorded in the 52 disease prescriptions of the Warring States period, and later recorded in all previous dynasties In Qizhou, Hubei Province and other places where the price of high-quality Wormwood Leaves is very high, there is still a saying that "the family has three years of wormwood, but the doctor doesn't use it" There are many local households to plant and collect the price of Wormwood Leaves Mencius said, "seven years of disease, three years of AI", we can see the medicinal value of AI Cao Wormwood is one of the few drugs mentioned in Huangdi Neijing There are two prescriptions for AI: Jiaoai Decoction and Baiye decoction The former is for the treatment of infertility caused by dysregulation of meridians, cytoplasmic obstruction and uterine cold It takes the warm uterine hemostasis effect of the price of wormwood leaf The latter is mainly for the treatment of bleeding, which is still commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine The history of moxa used in moxibustion is also very early There are records about moxibustion in 52 disease prescriptions and lingshujing The medicinal value and edible efficacy of wormwood in ancient times not only through oral and acupuncture to treat diseases, but also many documents record the use of wormwood leaf price smoke treatment and prevention of diseases For example, there are records of moxa leaf price fumigation treatment in the earlier medical works such as the 52 disease prescription and the elbow reserve emergency prescription in the Eastern Jin Dynasty In ancient times, people believed that the tobacco produced by the price combustion of Artemisia argyi leaf had the function of preventing disease and evil spirits, while modern research proved that the tobacco had the function of preventing disease and plague, because the tobacco had the inhibitory effect on a variety of pathogenic bacteria and viruses In recent years, the research on the price of Artemisia argyi leaves is more and more in-depth In terms of chemical composition, it is found that the price of Artemisia argyi leaves contains not only essential oil, but also tannins, flavonoids, alcohols, polysaccharides, microelements and other organic components In the aspect of pharmacological research, it was found that the price of Artemisia argyi has the functions of antibacterial, antiviral, antiasthmatic, antitussive, expectorant, antiallergic, hemostasis and anticoagulation, enhancing immune function, etc In clinical application, AI Ye price is widely used in the treatment of gynecological diseases such as metrorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, tuberculosis, cold and so on.