Artemisia scoparia is mainly produced in Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, and Heilong. It is the tender stems and leaves of the perennial herbaceous plant Artemisia scoparia in the Asteraceae family. Artemisia scoparia has the effects of promoting appetite, breaking up blood stasis, detoxification, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipid levels, and preventing and treating constipation. It is suitable for people with poor appetite, postpartum blood stasis, lower abdominal distension and pain, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, and constipation.
Promoting Appetite
Artemisia scoparia has the effect of promoting appetite and is mainly used to treat poor appetite. The taste of Artemisia scoparia is fresh and tender, with a slightly spicy and bitter taste. It can stimulate appetite and relieve greasiness, making it very suitable for consumption in hot summers or when experiencing a loss of appetite.
Lowering Blood Pressure
Artemisia scoparia is rich in potassium, with 1960mg of potassium per 100g of dried Artemisia scoparia, which is much higher than other mineral elements in Artemisia scoparia. Potassium mainly increases the excretion of sodium in urine, reduces blood volume, and lowers blood pressure. In addition, potassium can soften blood vessels, thereby reducing blood pressure. Furthermore, the dietary fiber in Artemisia scoparia can adsorb ions and exchange them with sodium and potassium ions in the intestines, thereby reducing the sodium-potassium ratio in the blood and lowering blood pressure.
Lowering Blood Lipid Levels
Artemisia scoparia is a vegetable rich in dietary fiber. Dietary fiber can bind with bile acids and quickly excrete them from the body. At the same time, the binding of dietary fiber with bile acids promotes the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids, thereby reducing cholesterol levels. Additionally, dietary fiber can also inhibit the absorption of lipids. Therefore, Artemisia scoparia is an excellent food for lowering blood lipid levels and can also prevent and treat coronary heart disease.
Preventing and Treating Constipation
The dietary fiber in Artemisia scoparia has strong water-holding capacity, with a water absorption rate of up to 10 times. After absorbing water, it increases the volume of intestinal contents, making the stool softer and easier to pass through the intestines. At the same time, dietary fiber can stimulate intestinal contractions and peristalsis as a foreign object in the intestines, speeding up the excretion of feces and effectively treating constipation.
