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Artemisia annua is a plant of the Asteraceae family, the seedlings of which are curled into clusters, gray-green in color, with a distinctive aroma and a pungent taste, and is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine as a remedy to clear heat and dampness. In this article, we will introduce the efficacy and effects of Artemisia annua and how to consume it.

Artemisia absinthium is a bile-suppressant and anti-yellowing herb

Artemisia annua contains a variety of effective biliary components, such as coumarin, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid and p-acetophenone, which can increase the secretion of bile and the content of solids, bile acids and bilirubin in the bile.

Artemisia annua anti-inflammatory

The decoction of Artemisia annua has an inhibitory effect on human and bovine tubercle bacilli, staphylococci, dysentery bacilli, hemolytic streptococci, and Escherichia coli, and the ethanol extract can also inhibit influenza virus.

Artemisia annua relieves fever and asthma

Artemisia annua contains volatile oil substances, which have a significant antipyretic effect. The coumarin contained in it has a calming effect on asthma and has been synthesized to treat chronic bronchitis.

Artemisia annua against cardiovascular diseases

The coumarin and p-hydroxyacetophenone contained in Artemisia annua can lower blood pressure, lower serum cholesterol and β-lipoprotein, and prevent fatty deposits in internal organs and blood vessel walls, mainly because coumarin compounds have vasodilating, hypolipidemic and anticoagulant effects, and thus can be used to prevent coronary heart disease and hyperlipidemia; Artemisia annua also contains folic acid, which can be used to prevent megaloblastic anemia caused by folic acid deficiency. It also contains folic acid, which can be used to prevent megaloblastic anemia caused by folate deficiency.

Artemisia annua as an anthelmintic

The volatile oil of Artemisia annua has a certain anesthetic effect on earthworms, pig roundworms and human roundworms, and can paralyze the worms and expel them from the body, so it can be used to expel roundworms.

How to eat Artemisia annua

Artemisia annua can be used to make a medicinal meal of jujube soup, honey tea, cold dishes of Artemisia annua, and stir-fried shredded pork.

Dates Soup

How to do it: First take an appropriate amount of water, add 20 grams of Artemisia absinthium and 3 jujubes and cook them. After the water boils for 15 minutes, fish out the Artemisia absinthium and beat it into a lotus egg and cook it for 2 minutes. Efficacy: Dates soup is a very nutritious health soup, it has the function of benefiting qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and stomach, etc.

Cold Artichoke

Directions: 250g of young stems and leaves of Artemisia absinthium, sugar and sesame oil. Remove and wash the leaves, blanch them in a pot of boiling water, take them out, wash them, squeeze out the water, chop them and put them on a plate, add salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar and sesame oil, and mix them well when eating. Effect: This dish is green and fragrant, sweet and refreshing, with the effect of dampness, remove wind and brighten the purpose. It is suitable for damp-heat jaundice, urinary inconvenience, wind itchy scabies, dizziness of both eyes, night blindness and other diseases.

Yin Chen Honey Tea

Directions: 10g of Chinese medicine and the right amount of honey. Soak the chen in cold boiling water for a few moments, then remove the cold water, add honey and boiling water, steep and drink. Efficacy: This method is useful for acute jaundice hepatitis.