Chinese Medicinal Herb: Artemisia capillaris has the effects of promoting blood circulation, dispelling wind, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat injuries from falls, rheumatic pain, and other symptoms. What are the methods to reduce swelling and relieve pain using Artemisia capillaris?
Artemisia capillaris functions in promoting blood circulation, dispelling wind, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. It is used to treat injuries from falls, rheumatic pain, stomachache, toothache, abdominal pain during menstruation, acute mastitis, and swollen abscesses.
① "Wenshan Chinese Herbs": "It dispels wind and dampness, reduces swelling, and stops bleeding. It is used to treat hematemesis, hematochezia, rheumatic pain, lumbago, external bleeding from injuries, and toothache."
② "Yunnan Simao Chinese Herbs Selection": "It clears heat and detoxifies, disperses stasis, and relieves pain. It is used to treat injuries from falls, fractures, rheumatic pain, hemoptysis, bronchitis, tonsillitis, hematemesis, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal mass, external bleeding from injuries, and snake bites."
③ "Yunnan Chinese Herbs": "It promotes blood circulation, reduces swelling, relieves pain, and has anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effects."
Artemisia capillaris is a perennial herbaceous plant, 30-100cm tall. It has a short rhizome. The stem is erect with longitudinal grooves and is densely covered with soft hairs above the middle, with branches and infertile branches often found in the leaf axils.
The leaves are opposite, sessile, linear in shape, 4-6.5cm long, 1-2cm wide, pinnately lobed on both sides, with a leaf axis about 1.5mm wide, entire or with 1-2 small teeth, oblanceolate in shape, with cartilaginous small tips on the lobes and teeth, sparsely hairy on the upper surface, and densely hairy on the lower surface with glandular dots.
The head-like inflorescences are numerous, containing compound umbels of flowers; the involucre is broadly bell-shaped or hemispherical, 4-6mm in diameter; the involucral bracts are arranged in a tile-like manner, with the outer layer being short, ovate-lanceolate in shape, with a midrib, membranous edges, brown, fringed with soft hairs; the receptacle is boat-shaped, with a thalloid shape;
The marginal florets are female, 6-16 in number, with white or pale pink petals, 3 shallow teeth at the apex, and the central and bisexual florets are pale yellow or white, with a compressed tube and glandular dots. The fruit is elongated and wedge-shaped, 2.5mm long, with wings and no pappus. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to September.
